Reborn Capital Madman

Seeing that 1971 was coming to an end, Gao Xian had to go to the United States at the end of the year to handle some matters, including sorting out funds to form external financial support.

Gao Xian does not plan to transfer this part of the funds directly to Xiangjiang, but intends to use it as a new force when necessary through the branches of the Bank of America in Xiangjiang, such as Wanguo Baotong Bank.

In fact, the current international situation is not friendly to international capital flows.

Take the Commonwealth Economic Zone where Hong Kong is located, the pound is the central currency, and there are many restrictions on the exchange between Hong Kong dollars and US dollars.

In particular, the Bretton Woods system, which has been in operation for decades, has now been abolished in half. The international currency exchange rates are fluctuating in a way that is becoming more and more eye-catching. It is not wise to concentrate funds on a currency with such an embarrassing status as the Hong Kong dollar.

Act of.

The source of all these changes is, of course, the United States, which always seems to have control over the world.

At this stage, the overall situation of the U.S. economy is very bad. Thanks to the bottomless pit of the Vietnam War, the unemployment rate remains high, reaching 6.1%; inflation is serious, exceeding 5.8%; and at the same time, accompanied by the international

Balance of payments deficit, dollar crisis, gold outflow and other issues.

Under the Bretton Woods system, the pressure for currency appreciation in West Germany reached its highest point this year. However, the Germans are extremely tough and would rather leave the Bretton Woods system than let their own mark appreciate. As a result, the value of the US dollar against the West German mark has declined.

It fell 7.5 percent.

Seeing that the situation is not good, many European countries have further abandoned the US dollar and embraced gold.

For example, in July this year alone, Switzerland exchanged 50 million U.S. dollars of gold from the United States, and even followed West Germany's example and withdrew from the Bretton Woods system; France was even more ruthless, exchanging more than 190 million U.S. dollars.

Dollar gold.

To this end, the U.S. Congress issued a report recommending that the U.S. stop fixing a fixed exchange rate of 35 U.S. dollars per ounce of gold and simply devalue the U.S. dollar.

In mid-August this year, US President Richard Nixon summoned Federal Reserve Chairman Burns and his senior White House staff and cabinet officials to Camp David to study countermeasures.

Nixon was truly a political leader, and in the end he struck three bold blows:

First, abandon the promise and stop converting US dollars into gold;

Second, issue an executive order imposing wage and price controls for the first time since the end of World War II for ninety days to prevent further inflation;

Third, a 10% import surcharge is levied.

The impact of this event was so great that it was called the "Nixon Shock."

The exchange rates of currencies of various countries will have to face major adjustments, and the Hong Kong dollar, whose exchange rate is closely focused on the British pound, cannot avoid it.

The reason why the trend of international exchange rates is dazzling is mainly because countries have different interests and demands. Some hope that the U.S. dollar will not depreciate, while others strictly adhere to the value of their own currencies.

Take one book as an example. In August when the "Nixon Shock" occurred, four billion U.S. dollars were purchased in succession to maintain the original exchange rate of 360 yen to one U.S. dollar.

With Gao Xian's current small body, he doesn't have to worry about the increase or decrease in the value of the U.S. dollar. He can just keep his U.S. dollar assets in the U.S. dollar account for the time being. The only real thing is to eat the milk company first.

Therefore, Gao Xian temporarily stopped some speculative activities. After all, his energy was limited and he could not keep an eye on it all the time. Instead, he might be speculated on.

In addition, Gao Xian also needs to discuss with American banks with branches in Xiangjiang how much loans they can get if necessary next year.

These tasks are boring and a waste of brain cells.

Fortunately, there is a very relaxing activity that can be used as an adjustment.

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After Li Xiaolong's kung fu movies "Brother Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury" were released in the United States, although they were not as popular as those in Asia, they did arouse a certain response in the United States.

Therefore, Gao Xian struck while the iron was hot and hosted an episode of NBC's talk show "The Tonight Show."

Because the FBI Director Hoover, who is becoming more and more unpredictable as he gets older, suddenly wants to cultivate Gao Xian to become a Chinese elite traitor, Gao Xian takes the opportunity to get in touch with many circles, and then do something as small as doing an episode of "The Tonight Show".

Not a problem at all.

After Li Xiaolong got the news, in addition to admiring Gao Xian again, he was also very happy.

Of course he knows that "The Tonight Show", which has been broadcast since 1954, has a very considerable influence in the United States; and his own "The Way of the Dragon" will be released next, so he just takes the opportunity to promote it.

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The success of a program like a talk show largely depends on the charm of the host, so the name of the host is often placed in front of the name of the talk show.

At this stage, NBC's "The Tonight Show" should be considered the third generation. The host is Johnny Carson, so the name of this program became "The Johnny Carson Tonight Show."

Although Johnny Carson is thinking about moving the filming location of "The Tonight Show" to Burbank in the Los Angeles area on the west coast of the United States to facilitate access to more celebrities needed for the show, it has not yet been implemented, so home

Li Xiaolong, who was in Los Angeles, had to travel a lot to New York on the east coast of the United States.

In addition to Li Xiaolong's family, there were also several proud Kung Fu disciples on this trip, as well as Chuck Norris, who played the ultimate opponent in "Way of the Dragon".

Obviously, with so many people, the air tickets alone cost a lot, but Gao Xian paid the bill generously.

In addition, Gao Xian is also in this business.

It's not that Gao Xian wants to gain popularity, but that Li Xiaolong needs him to control the scene. In some places where he has to pretend to be Bo Yi, the help of an expert is indispensable.

It has to be said that Li Xiaolong is arrogant no matter where he is. He is not content to make jokes and act cute to make the audience laugh as usual on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show"; nor is he satisfied with waving nunchakus

, which shocked the host, band, etc. at the scene.

During the chat session, Li Xiaolong asked Gao Xian to talk with him about his ideals.

Johnny Carson also happened to provide an opportunity, because he asked a question, "Bruce, your kung fu movies are indeed very popular among some fans, but there are more Americans who have never seen your movies.

"

"Do you think these people will watch your Kung Fu movies in the future?"

"I think this involves an Eastern Zen issue." Li Xiaolong, who has long been familiar with American humor, shrugged and turned to Gao Xian, "I often discuss philosophy with David. He must know what I said.

What is it."

Gao Xian nodded in agreement, "Are you trying to say that the value of a teacup lies in its emptiness?"

Johnny Carson quickly asked: "What does this mean?"

Gao Xian said slowly: "Once, a group of scholars visited a Zen master and wanted to ask for advice on the mysteries of Zen Buddhism."

"When the Zen master was explaining, the scholar nodded frequently, 'Yes, that's true, I know it too.'"

"Then the Zen master stopped explaining and poured tea for the scholar."

"But when the cup was full, the Zen master kept pouring it, so that the tea overflowed."

"Seeing this, the scholar shouted, 'Stop pouring the tea, the tea is already full.'"

"The Zen master replied: 'How can you taste my tea if you don't empty your own cup first?'"

"After the scholar suddenly realized this, he suddenly became ashamed."

Li Xiaolong took over and said, "The meaning of this Zen master couldn't be simpler. He pointed out to the scholar: If you don't get rid of your own inherent concepts, how can you accept my Zen?"

"Hollywood is the world's highest-level film production base. Therefore, the level of appreciation of American audiences is also very high, but this should not become a hindrance to complacency and refuse to accept new movies."

Gao Xian joked: "This is like a person who, after reading billions of words of novels, looks up to the sky and laments that there are no books to read in the world and there is a shortage of books. But in fact, he is complacent."

When Gao Xian and Li Xiaolong joined forces to talk about Zen and Taoism and entered philosophical mode, Johnny Carson was obviously too confused to interrupt.

Seeing Gao Xian making a joke, Johnny Carson secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly added: "David's metaphor is exaggerated. How can someone read a novel with billions of words? Then he is still working?"

Life is no longer living.”

"Besides, the amount of money to buy the books for these billions of words of novels is not an amount that ordinary people can accept."

Gao Xian laughed loudly, "This metaphor is indeed a bit incredible. In fact, it refers to a group."

Lest Li Xiaolong and Gao Xian once again bring the scene into Poig's infinite philosophical mode, Johnny Carson quickly took advantage of the opportunity and concluded: "I think I understand what Bruce wants to express."

"American audiences should get rid of their inherent prejudices in order to better appreciate Bruce's kung fu movies."

"Actually, this is true not only in movies, but also in other fields."

"The reason why the United States has achieved today's achievements is not due to the abandonment of stereotypes and tolerance of all races."

Yes, Johnny Carson also took advantage of the situation and unknowingly started talking about lofty topics, which made Gao Xian secretly amused.

Johnny Carson also realized this immediately. The philosophy was too cold and cold, and talking too much would affect the ratings, so he quickly changed the subject.

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"The Johnny Carson Tonight Show" is broadcast on NBC from Monday to Friday at 11:30 p.m. Li Xiaolong's ratings for this episode are good.

Many viewers called specifically to ask curiously, can nunchucks really be played so coolly in reality?

NBC was taken aback and issued a statement: Non-professionals should not imitate. If you are really interested, just seek Bruce's apprenticeship or go to Chinatown.

Some people also exclaimed that it turned out that Li Xiaolong was not only a kung fu master, but also a knowledgeable philosopher.

Seeing that Li Xiaolong participated in this episode of "The Johnny Carson Tonight Show" and the effect was good, Gao Xian sent a telegram to Xiangjiang, reminding BTV that it could be introduced.

In fact, BTV and National Broadcasting Corporation have many contacts. When BTV was first founded, National Broadcasting Corporation was also one of the shareholders, but the shares were not large.

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Feeling that the matter in the United States was almost settled, Gao Xian planned to leave.

At this time, Charles Tangdi, the CEO of Ruixia who represents Universal Calculator in the US market, came to the door and asked in surprise: "Have you noticed that there seems to be something wrong with the US calculator market?"

Gao Xian asked calmly: "Are you referring to a big company like HP starting to enter the mass calculator market of less than $500 that was originally ignored?"

"Yes, yes, that's the problem." Charles Tangdi nodded repeatedly, "David, since you also discovered this situation, how can you still act like nothing is wrong."

The current calculator market structure in the United States is somewhat similar to the more familiar personal computer market. At the beginning, large companies did not see the market value of personal computers. It was not until Big Blue successfully launched the IBM-PC and the Nuggets succeeded that

Let everyone suddenly realize.

The market for mass calculators under US$500, where Huanyu Calculator is located, was not initially noticed by large companies, which gave Gao Xian the opportunity to make a killing.

However, as the competition in the mid-to-high-end calculator market intensifies, as well as the cost reduction brought about by technological progress, coupled with the market value of mass calculators, it has been proven by facts that they are not inferior to the low-end. Therefore, companies represented by Hewlett-Packard

Big companies also rushed in greedily.

For example, Hewlett-Packard has launched a calculator model called HP-35, which sells for only $395 and is extremely powerful. In terms of scientific calculations, it crushes the Universal Calculator-8800.

Charles Tondy added: "David, actually, I'm more worried about Texas Instruments. It claims that it will soon launch a calculator with all components integrated into the same integrated circuit, and the price will be as low as just one.

One hundred and nineteen dollars."

"Ruixia's headquarters is in Texas, so I have a good understanding of Texas Instruments' business style."

"In market competition, Texas Instruments has always been known for pursuing the law of the jungle and the strong, and it likes to launch price wars periodically. So much so that there is a popular saying in the industry, not afraid of heaven and earth, but afraid of Texas price cuts.

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"I estimate that when Texas Instruments officially launches this highly integrated calculator, the actual price will be lower than $119."

Gao Xian shrugged, "It's useless for you to worry. Not only do these big companies have the technology, but they also have their own manufacturing chains that extend upstream and downstream. If the costs really add up, small companies will have no way to survive."

Charles Tondi said dejectedly: "So, you have already been mentally prepared to withdraw from the market."

"You can't say that." Gao Xian mused: "When big companies all rush into the mass calculator market, profits will definitely plummet so much that there is no need to linger."

"In this way, I guarantee that in 1973, we will launch a new mass electronic product with a price of less than five hundred dollars and suitable for the Ruixia marketing network agent."

"As for the gap in the middle, let's just endure it for now."