1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 174 Suddenly I heard of the Internet wave, and only today did I realize who I am~
In early August, Peggy from the United States called.

As a result, Milan grabbed the phone and chatted for more than ten minutes before licking his lips and reluctantly sending the message to Xia Tian.

In the summer, she would run to the study with her phone to talk—after all, sweet words and the pain of longing were still necessary, and if they couldn't meet, they needed something else to make up for it.

But you can't say it in front of others!
Not everyone has the ultimate composure like Ms. Mi – she simply doesn't know what embarrassment or shyness is.

After chatting for a while, we started to get down to business.

Peggy told Summer that she had started managing her own fund.

Although we mainly rely on our own funds now, we have also received some small investments.

Once she has operated the business several times and the profit margin has increased, it will naturally attract more people.

Once the fund grows larger, reaching tens of millions of US dollars, there will be more room for maneuver!

Summer gave her an initial investment, which has now multiplied several times over.

A genius's thinking and actions are different from ordinary people; they are very systematic!

The investment ideas, strategies, and operations are all excellent.
Summer chatted with Peggy about the development of the internet in the United States. He couldn't remember the specific companies, but the general trend of the internet will not change!

Summer's Nasdaq account was also buying related stocks.

"By the way, there's a company called Netscape Navigator that you could look into," Xia Tian said.

"They just went public, and their stock price jumped from $28 to $70 on opening day, giving them a market capitalization of $27 billion. I profited from that initial surge, and I still think it's worth buying now; it should at least double in value!"

In fact, by December of this year, Netscape's stock price had reached $170!

It was this company's soaring stock price that sparked the wave of internet entrepreneurship!

Just a few months later, the investors collectively started dreaming.

They casually throw out investments worth millions, just like fishing bait!
95 can be considered the first year of commercial use of the Internet.

This year, Microsoft released Internet Explorer, Yahoo was founded, and Amazon and eBay officially launched...

The first wave of this emerging technological revolution will not end until 99.

At that time, the Silicon Valley internet frenzy had reached its peak, and everyone felt they could fly – from 1995 to March 2000, the Nasdaq index increased eightfold like a runaway horse.

The index has increased eightfold, not to mention individual stocks!

This, of course, is the final glory~
Then came the dot-com bubble, and most stocks returned to their pre-liberation levels overnight.

It truly lives up to its name as a bubble, shimmering with dazzling light, but once popped, nothing remains.
……

That evening, we did a thorough house cleaning.

Milan and her two friends wrapped towels around their heads as headscarves and began rummaging through drawers and cabinets to sort through old things.

"We can't lose this! This was left over from when we were doing XXX!"

"Keep this one too! I loved it back then!"

"And that one, that one, and that one..."

"You still have this bra? You can't even fit into it anymore!" Xiao Xu said, holding up a white cotton bra bag.

"Keep this one too. It's the first one I wore to sleep in during the summer. It's very meaningful!"

Finally, the group tidied up the warehouse.

There are stacks of wine in the warehouse, more than a hundred cases, which were transported from a winery in Northeast China in the late summer of 1980.

Those kinds of wines, like ginseng wine and tiger bone wine, are definitely impossible to get now.

Because tigers are now protected animals, they can't be easily handled.
As a result, Milan found several bottles of winery manager's personal "gifts" to Xia Tian.

She wiped the dust off the plain glass bottle and tried to decipher the words on it: "Tiger, tiger what?"

She handed it to Xiao Xu, who glanced at it and said, "A whip!"

"Ah~ That's great! It's so nourishing!"

"No!" Milan blurted out, quickly trying to cover it up, "I meant, it'll expire in a few more years, let's drink it quickly and not waste it!"

Zhang Li strongly opposed this decision!
Because she knew that the last bottle of wine would probably be used on herself!

really!

The next day, when Xiaoxu got up, she found that Zhang Li, who always got up early, was still fast asleep.

She's always a light sleeper; she wakes up early in the summer. But today she's sleeping very soundly.

Xiao Xu touched her rosy cheeks and said with a smile, "Who knew the wine in the bottle was so valuable? Sister Lili, you've worked so hard!"

……

From August 17th to 27th, summer heard a lively story.

They say there's some kind of international university debate competition in Yenching!

The participating schools came from all over the world!
Universities like the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Southern California, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University, the University of New South Wales, the University of Bonn, Nanjing University, and the National University of Singapore... In the end, Nanjing University was the champion, and Fu Jen Catholic University was the runner-up. Xia Tian noticed that the topic of their fourth preliminary round debate was "Is the information superhighway beneficial or detrimental to developing countries?"

The information superhighway strategy was initiated by the US blockchain industry. And it's already showing initial signs of success!

Our eyes are always on the Americans, after all, we know all too well the principle that "if you fall behind, you will be beaten".

Now that the US is embracing the information age and the internet, should we follow suit?
This issue has also gone viral!
The discussions in the newspapers, both official and public, were very heated.

The opposing side also has very valid reasons: this year, the telephone penetration rate in the United States has reached 95%, while ours is less than 3%.

The penetration rate of home computers in the United States has reached 31%, while we can hardly talk about home computers at all.

Now that we're involved in the internet industry, what are we doing?

But Xia Tian knew where the tide of the times was heading, and he was definitely in favor of it.

Thus, the newspaper writer, who had been "retired" for many years, has returned to the scene!

They're openly supporting the internet!

We have to get it done, no matter how difficult it is!

If you don't tackle the problem, it will remain there forever; only by starting to tackle it can you overcome it little by little!

All beginnings are hard!

"If we don't set goals, we won't be able to solve the problems that everyone is talking about now. If we let things develop naturally, we will fall far behind..."

"We not only want to develop the internet, but also the communications industry, and we also want to revive the chip industry that we canceled in the past!"

"Working hard is certainly the right thing to do, but we also need to look up and check our direction from time to time! We must focus on the present while looking to the future!"

"Whether the 21st century will be the century of biology, I don't know. But the 21st century will definitely be the century of information technology!"

"We have to get involved in the internet!"

Summer: Cough~ Let's go!

Summer rarely makes such remarks in public. He has always felt that he is not qualified and does not want to become a "public intellectual" without realizing it!
But this time he has to make a statement!
There are things we should do and things we shouldn't do!

Given Xia Tian's influence, this support is likely effective. However, the extent of its impact is uncertain.

He certainly wouldn't dare say he still has any influence at the national level.

I only hope that the relevant people see my statement and can understand and reflect on it.

……

On August 21, Marvin called.

He was yelling and screaming on the phone like a leaping monkey, so Xia Tian quickly moved the phone away from him.

Once his excitement has subsided, ask him what made him shout so loudly. Did he find a banana?!
As it turned out, Ma Wenyi said that the movie had been approved for public release!

"In the Heat of the Sun" was officially approved for release and screened nationwide.

The date is set for October 2nd!
(Marvin: Looks like it, right? That's because I was much thinner back then~)

However, Marvin doesn't have time to worry about the movie's release right now; we'll talk about it when he gets back.

He has to go to Venice!

Although it was his directorial debut, it has a strong personal style and is very watchable.

Through Xia Tian's connections in Europe, the film was submitted to the Venice Film Festival and received a nomination long ago.

Marvin is going to try his luck this time.
On August 24th, there was big news in the United States: Microsoft's Windows 95 was released!
Graphical operating systems completely opened up the home computer market!

In the past, computers were operated entirely through command lines, which was completely incomprehensible to laymen!

Milan has always been curious about this computer at home, but she just can't figure it out.
Now it's great! With windowed mode, you can operate by clicking icons, dragging files, and using pointers, greatly simplifying the use of a computer!

……

The Venice Film Festival opened on the 30th, and a few days later, at the closing ceremony, Xia Tian received a phone call.

"Tian'er! Tian'er! I won a prize! I won a prize!"

"What award did you receive?"

"Silver Lion! Silver Lion! The Grand Jury Prize!"

Summer immediately congratulated Marvin over the phone.

However, he did not expect that the film was submitted to Venice a year late and did not win the Best Actor award, but instead won the Jury Prize!
This is definitely a regret for Xia Yu; the youngest Venice Film Festival Best Actor is gone.

But for Marvin, this award is fantastic!

Winning the Venice Film Festival Award for his debut work is quite an achievement!
Although it can't compare to summer when he won two Palme d'Or awards...

(End of this chapter)