Chapter 186
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Seeing that 1971 is about to pass, Gao Xian has to go to the United States at the end of the year to deal with affairs, including sorting out funds to form external financial support.
Gao Xian does not intend to transfer this part of funds directly to Xiangjiang, but intends to transfer it through the branches of Bank of America in Xiangjiang, such as Wanguo Baotong bank, if necessary.
In fact, the current international situation is not friendly to international capital flows.
Take the Commonwealth economic zone where Xiangjiang is located. Sterling is the central currency, and there are many restrictions on the exchange between Hong Kong dollar and US dollar.
In particular, the Bretton Woods system, which has been operating for decades, has now been scrapped. The international currency exchange rate fluctuates a little disorderly and is becoming more and more attractive. It is not wise to concentrate funds on the embarrassing currency of Hong Kong dollar.
Of course, the source of all these changes is still the United States, which always seems to control the world.
At this stage, the overall situation of the US economy is very bad. Thanks to the bottomless hole of the Vietnam War, the unemployment rate remains high, reaching 6.1%; Inflation is serious, exceeding 5.8 percent; At the same time, it is accompanied by balance of payments deficit, dollar crisis, gold outflow and so on.
Under the Bretton Woods system, the pressure of currency appreciation in West Germany reached the highest point this year. However, the German bones were very hard. They would rather leave the Bretton Woods system than let their mark appreciate. As a result, the value of the US dollar against the West German mark fell by 7.5%.
Seeing the bad situation, many European countries further abandoned the dollar and embraced gold.
For example, in July this year alone, Switzerland exchanged $50 million in gold from the United States, and even learned from West Germany and withdrew from the Bretton Woods system; France was even more ruthless and exchanged more than 190 million dollars of gold.
To this end, the U.S. Congress issued a report suggesting that the United States should stop stubbornly fixing gold at 35 U.S. dollars per ounce, and the U.S. dollar should simply depreciate.
In mid August this year, US President Nixon, who was in a state of great distress, convened US Federal Reserve Chairman burns and his senior White House staff and cabinet officials to study countermeasures at Camp David.
Nixon was indeed worthy of being a big man in the political arena. Finally, he cut three axes with great courage:
First, give up the promise and stop the exchange of US dollars for gold;
Second, issue an executive order to control wages and prices for the first time since the end of the Second World War for a period of 90 days to prevent further inflation;
Third, a 10% import surcharge will be levied.
The impact of this event was so great that it was called the "Nixon shock".
The exchange rates of currencies of all countries will have to face major adjustments, and it is inevitable that the exchange rate is closely pegged to the Hong Kong dollar of the pound.
The trend of international exchange rate is dazzling, mainly because countries have different interest demands, and some hope that the US dollar will not depreciate, while others strictly abide by the value of their own currency.
For example, in August, when the "Nixon shock" appeared, we bought four billion US dollars in succession to maintain the original exchange rate of 360 yen to one US dollar.
With Gao Xian's small body now, there is no need to tangle with troubles such as the increase or decrease of the value of the US dollar. The US dollar assets will lie on the US dollar account for the time being. It is true to eat the milk company first.
Therefore, Gao Xian temporarily stopped some speculative activities. After all, his energy is limited and he can't stare at it all the time. Instead, he may be speculated.
In addition, Gao Xian also wants to talk with American banks that have branches in Xiangjiang about how many loans they can get if necessary next year.
These jobs are boring and waste brain cells.
Fortunately, there is a very relaxing activity that can be used as a relief.
……
After Li Xiaolong's kung fu films "big brother Tangshan" and "Jingwu gate" were released in the United States, although they did not become popular in Asia, they did cause some repercussions in the United States.
As a result, Gao Xian struck while the iron was hot and launched a NBC talk show "Tonight Show".
Because Hoover, the director of the FBI, is getting older and more difficult to figure out, he has a whim to cultivate Gao Xian to become an elite Chinese traitor. Gao Xian took the opportunity to contact many circles, and then it's nothing to talk about such a small matter as launching an episode of tonight show.
After Li Xiaolong got the news, he admired Gao Xian again and was also very happy.
Of course, he knows that the tonight show, which began broadcasting in 1954, has a considerable influence in the United States; And my own "dragon crossing the river" will be released in the next step. I just take the opportunity to publicize it.
The success of this type of talk show depends largely on the charm of the host. Therefore, the host's name is often preceded by the name of the talk show.
At this stage, NBC's "Tonight Show" should be spread to the third generation. The host is Johnny Carson. Therefore, the name of this program has become "Johnny Carson tonight show".
Although Johnny Carson is thinking about moving the shooting location of tonight show to Burbank, Los Angeles, on the west coast of the United States, so as to facilitate access to more celebrities needed for the program, it has not been implemented yet. Therefore, Li Xiaolong, who lives in Los Angeles, has to take a horse to New York on the east coast of the United States.
In addition to Li Xiaolong's family, there are several proud Kung Fu disciples and Chuck Norris, who plays the ultimate opponent in the Dragon crossing the river.
Obviously, so many people spend a lot on air tickets alone, but Gao Xian paid generously.
In addition, Gao Xian is also on this trip.
It's not that Gao Xian wants to rub the heat, but that Li Xiaolong needs the scene of his town. There are places where Boyi must be installed, which can't do without the help of experts.
I have to say that Li Xiaolong is arrogant wherever he is. He is not willing to make jokes, sell cute and play tricks to make the audience laugh on Johnny Carson's tonight show; They were not satisfied with waving nunchakus, which stunned the main players and bands at the scene.
During the talk session, Li Xiaolong asked Gao Xian to talk with him about his ideals.
Johnny Carson also provided an opportunity, because he asked a question, "Bruce, your kung fu film is really loved by some fans, but there are more Americans who haven't seen your film."
"Do you think these people will go to see your kung fu movies in the future?"
"I think this involves an oriental Zen problem." Li Xiaolong, who has long been familiar with American humor, shrugged and turned his eyes to Gao Xian. "I often discuss philosophy with David. He must know what I'm talking about."
Gao Xian nodded, "do you mean to say that the value of the tea cup lies in its emptiness?"
Johnny Carson quickly asked, "what does that mean?"
Gao Xian said slowly, "once, a scholar visited a Zen master and wanted to ask for the mystery of Zen."
"When the Zen Master explained, the scholar nodded repeatedly, 'yes, that's right, I know too.'"
"So the Zen master stopped to explain and pour tea for the scholar."
"But when the cup was full, the Zen master kept pouring so that the tea overflowed."
"Seeing this, the scholar shouted, 'don't pour it, the tea is full.'"
"The Zen master replied," if you don't empty your cup first, how can you taste my tea? "
"The scholar suddenly realized that he was ashamed."
Li Xiaolong answered, "the Zen master's meaning is simple enough to point out that the scholar: how can you accept my Zen if you don't get rid of your inherent ideas?"
"Hollywood is the world's highest level film production base. With it, the appreciation level of American audiences is also very high, but this should not become an obstacle to complacency and refusing to accept new films."
Gao Xian joked: "it's like a person who looks up to the sky and laments after reading several billion words of novels. Since then, there are no books to read and there is a shortage of books, but in fact, he is complacent."
When Gao Xian and Li Xiaolong joined hands to talk about Zen and Taoism and entered the philosophical mode, Johnny Carson was obviously too ignorant to talk.
Seeing Gao Xian joking, Johnny Carson breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "David's metaphor is exaggerated. How can someone read a novel with billions of words? Then he still doesn't work or live."
"Besides, the billions of words of novels, corresponding to the money for books, will not be an acceptable amount for ordinary people."
Gao Xian laughed. "This metaphor is really incredible. In fact, it refers to a group."
Lest Li Xiaolong and Gao Xian bring the scene into boyg's infinite philosophical model, Johnny Carson quickly concluded: "I think I understand what Bruce wants to express."
"American audiences should get rid of their inherent stereotypes in order to better appreciate Bruce's kung fu films."
"In fact, it's not just movies, but also in other fields."
"The reason why the United States has achieved today is not due to the abandonment of stereotypes and the inclusion of all races."
Well, Johnny Carson also turned around and unknowingly talked about the topic of height. He looked at the high string and laughed to himself.
Johnny Carson immediately realized this. Philosophy is too high and cold. Talking too much affects the ratings. Change the topic quickly.
……
"Johnny Carson tonight show" is broadcast on NBC at 11:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Li Xiaolong's ratings are good.
Many viewers made a phone call and asked curiously, in reality, can nunchaku really be so cool?
The National Broadcasting Corporation was startled and quickly issued a statement: non professionals, do not imitate. If you are really interested, go to Bruce to learn, or go to Chinatown.
Some people exclaimed that Li Xiaolong was not only a kung fu master, but also a learned philosopher.
See the Johnny Carson tonight show that Li Xiaolong participated in. The effect was OK. Gao Xian sent a telegram to Xiangjiang to remind BTV that it can be introduced.
In fact, BTV has a lot of contacts with NBC. When BTV was founded, NBC was also one of the shareholders, but it had few shares.
……
I feel that things in the United States have been handled almost, and Gao Xian plans to leave.
At this time, Charles Tangdi, the CEO of Ruixia, who acts as the agent of Huanyu calculator in the American market, took the initiative to come to the door and asked suspiciously: "did you find that there seems to be something wrong with the American calculator market?"
Gao Xian asked quietly, "do you mean that a large company like HP has begun to enter the neglected mass calculator market below $500?"
"Yes, yes, that's the problem." Charles Dundee nodded repeatedly. "David, since you have found this situation, how can you be like nothing."
The current calculator market pattern 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 the blue giant successfully launched IBM-PC and nuggets succeeded that everyone suddenly realized it.
The mass calculator market, where Huanyu calculator is located, was not seen by large companies at first, which gave Gao Xian a chance to make a lot of money.
However, with the intensification of competition in the medium and high-end calculator market, the cost reduction brought by technological progress, and the market value of Volkswagen calculator, it has been proved that it is not unbearable because of the low end, so the large companies represented by HP also rush in greedily.
For example, HP has launched a model HP-35 calculator, which costs only 395 US dollars and has extremely powerful functions. In scientific computing, it has rolled the universal calculator-8800.
Charles Dundee added: "David, in fact, I'm more worried about Texas Instruments. It advocates that it will soon launch a calculator with all parts integrated into the same integrated circuit. The price is even as low as $119."
"Ruixia's headquarters is in Texas, so I know more about the style of Texas Instruments."
"In the market competition, Texas Instruments has always been famous for pursuing the tactics of the law of the jungle. It likes to launch price wars periodically, so that there is a popular saying in the industry that" heaven is not afraid, earth is not afraid, just afraid of the big price cut in Texas. "
"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 no use worrying. These big companies not only have technology, but also have their own manufacturing chains all over the upstream and downstream. If you really want to fight the cost, small companies have no way to survive."
Charles Dundee said dejectedly, "in this way, you have been prepared to withdraw from the market."
"I can't say that either." Gao Xian mused, "when big companies rush into the mass calculator market, profits will certainly plummet without the need for nostalgia."
"In this way, I promise to launch a new popular electronic product suitable for Ruixia's marketing network agent at a price of less than $500 in 1973."
"As for the gap in the middle, bear it for a while."
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Seeing that 1971 is about to pass, Gao Xian has to go to the United States at the end of the year to deal with affairs, including sorting out funds to form external financial support.
Gao Xian does not intend to transfer this part of funds directly to Xiangjiang, but intends to transfer it through the branches of Bank of America in Xiangjiang, such as Wanguo Baotong bank, if necessary.
In fact, the current international situation is not friendly to international capital flows.
Take the Commonwealth economic zone where Xiangjiang is located. Sterling is the central currency, and there are many restrictions on the exchange between Hong Kong dollar and US dollar.
In particular, the Bretton Woods system, which has been operating for decades, has now been scrapped. The international currency exchange rate fluctuates a little disorderly and is becoming more and more attractive. It is not wise to concentrate funds on the embarrassing currency of Hong Kong dollar.
Of course, the source of all these changes is still the United States, which always seems to control the world.
At this stage, the overall situation of the US economy is very bad. Thanks to the bottomless hole of the Vietnam War, the unemployment rate remains high, reaching 6.1%; Inflation is serious, exceeding 5.8 percent; At the same time, it is accompanied by balance of payments deficit, dollar crisis, gold outflow and so on.
Under the Bretton Woods system, the pressure of currency appreciation in West Germany reached the highest point this year. However, the German bones were very hard. They would rather leave the Bretton Woods system than let their mark appreciate. As a result, the value of the US dollar against the West German mark fell by 7.5%.
Seeing the bad situation, many European countries further abandoned the dollar and embraced gold.
For example, in July this year alone, Switzerland exchanged $50 million in gold from the United States, and even learned from West Germany and withdrew from the Bretton Woods system; France was even more ruthless and exchanged more than 190 million dollars of gold.
To this end, the U.S. Congress issued a report suggesting that the United States should stop stubbornly fixing gold at 35 U.S. dollars per ounce, and the U.S. dollar should simply depreciate.
In mid August this year, US President Nixon, who was in a state of great distress, convened US Federal Reserve Chairman burns and his senior White House staff and cabinet officials to study countermeasures at Camp David.
Nixon was indeed worthy of being a big man in the political arena. Finally, he cut three axes with great courage:
First, give up the promise and stop the exchange of US dollars for gold;
Second, issue an executive order to control wages and prices for the first time since the end of the Second World War for a period of 90 days to prevent further inflation;
Third, a 10% import surcharge will be levied.
The impact of this event was so great that it was called the "Nixon shock".
The exchange rates of currencies of all countries will have to face major adjustments, and it is inevitable that the exchange rate is closely pegged to the Hong Kong dollar of the pound.
The trend of international exchange rate is dazzling, mainly because countries have different interest demands, and some hope that the US dollar will not depreciate, while others strictly abide by the value of their own currency.
For example, in August, when the "Nixon shock" appeared, we bought four billion US dollars in succession to maintain the original exchange rate of 360 yen to one US dollar.
With Gao Xian's small body now, there is no need to tangle with troubles such as the increase or decrease of the value of the US dollar. The US dollar assets will lie on the US dollar account for the time being. It is true to eat the milk company first.
Therefore, Gao Xian temporarily stopped some speculative activities. After all, his energy is limited and he can't stare at it all the time. Instead, he may be speculated.
In addition, Gao Xian also wants to talk with American banks that have branches in Xiangjiang about how many loans they can get if necessary next year.
These jobs are boring and waste brain cells.
Fortunately, there is a very relaxing activity that can be used as a relief.
……
After Li Xiaolong's kung fu films "big brother Tangshan" and "Jingwu gate" were released in the United States, although they did not become popular in Asia, they did cause some repercussions in the United States.
As a result, Gao Xian struck while the iron was hot and launched a NBC talk show "Tonight Show".
Because Hoover, the director of the FBI, is getting older and more difficult to figure out, he has a whim to cultivate Gao Xian to become an elite Chinese traitor. Gao Xian took the opportunity to contact many circles, and then it's nothing to talk about such a small matter as launching an episode of tonight show.
After Li Xiaolong got the news, he admired Gao Xian again and was also very happy.
Of course, he knows that the tonight show, which began broadcasting in 1954, has a considerable influence in the United States; And my own "dragon crossing the river" will be released in the next step. I just take the opportunity to publicize it.
The success of this type of talk show depends largely on the charm of the host. Therefore, the host's name is often preceded by the name of the talk show.
At this stage, NBC's "Tonight Show" should be spread to the third generation. The host is Johnny Carson. Therefore, the name of this program has become "Johnny Carson tonight show".
Although Johnny Carson is thinking about moving the shooting location of tonight show to Burbank, Los Angeles, on the west coast of the United States, so as to facilitate access to more celebrities needed for the program, it has not been implemented yet. Therefore, Li Xiaolong, who lives in Los Angeles, has to take a horse to New York on the east coast of the United States.
In addition to Li Xiaolong's family, there are several proud Kung Fu disciples and Chuck Norris, who plays the ultimate opponent in the Dragon crossing the river.
Obviously, so many people spend a lot on air tickets alone, but Gao Xian paid generously.
In addition, Gao Xian is also on this trip.
It's not that Gao Xian wants to rub the heat, but that Li Xiaolong needs the scene of his town. There are places where Boyi must be installed, which can't do without the help of experts.
I have to say that Li Xiaolong is arrogant wherever he is. He is not willing to make jokes, sell cute and play tricks to make the audience laugh on Johnny Carson's tonight show; They were not satisfied with waving nunchakus, which stunned the main players and bands at the scene.
During the talk session, Li Xiaolong asked Gao Xian to talk with him about his ideals.
Johnny Carson also provided an opportunity, because he asked a question, "Bruce, your kung fu film is really loved by some fans, but there are more Americans who haven't seen your film."
"Do you think these people will go to see your kung fu movies in the future?"
"I think this involves an oriental Zen problem." Li Xiaolong, who has long been familiar with American humor, shrugged and turned his eyes to Gao Xian. "I often discuss philosophy with David. He must know what I'm talking about."
Gao Xian nodded, "do you mean to say that the value of the tea cup lies in its emptiness?"
Johnny Carson quickly asked, "what does that mean?"
Gao Xian said slowly, "once, a scholar visited a Zen master and wanted to ask for the mystery of Zen."
"When the Zen Master explained, the scholar nodded repeatedly, 'yes, that's right, I know too.'"
"So the Zen master stopped to explain and pour tea for the scholar."
"But when the cup was full, the Zen master kept pouring so that the tea overflowed."
"Seeing this, the scholar shouted, 'don't pour it, the tea is full.'"
"The Zen master replied," if you don't empty your cup first, how can you taste my tea? "
"The scholar suddenly realized that he was ashamed."
Li Xiaolong answered, "the Zen master's meaning is simple enough to point out that the scholar: how can you accept my Zen if you don't get rid of your inherent ideas?"
"Hollywood is the world's highest level film production base. With it, the appreciation level of American audiences is also very high, but this should not become an obstacle to complacency and refusing to accept new films."
Gao Xian joked: "it's like a person who looks up to the sky and laments after reading several billion words of novels. Since then, there are no books to read and there is a shortage of books, but in fact, he is complacent."
When Gao Xian and Li Xiaolong joined hands to talk about Zen and Taoism and entered the philosophical mode, Johnny Carson was obviously too ignorant to talk.
Seeing Gao Xian joking, Johnny Carson breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "David's metaphor is exaggerated. How can someone read a novel with billions of words? Then he still doesn't work or live."
"Besides, the billions of words of novels, corresponding to the money for books, will not be an acceptable amount for ordinary people."
Gao Xian laughed. "This metaphor is really incredible. In fact, it refers to a group."
Lest Li Xiaolong and Gao Xian bring the scene into boyg's infinite philosophical model, Johnny Carson quickly concluded: "I think I understand what Bruce wants to express."
"American audiences should get rid of their inherent stereotypes in order to better appreciate Bruce's kung fu films."
"In fact, it's not just movies, but also in other fields."
"The reason why the United States has achieved today is not due to the abandonment of stereotypes and the inclusion of all races."
Well, Johnny Carson also turned around and unknowingly talked about the topic of height. He looked at the high string and laughed to himself.
Johnny Carson immediately realized this. Philosophy is too high and cold. Talking too much affects the ratings. Change the topic quickly.
……
"Johnny Carson tonight show" is broadcast on NBC at 11:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Li Xiaolong's ratings are good.
Many viewers made a phone call and asked curiously, in reality, can nunchaku really be so cool?
The National Broadcasting Corporation was startled and quickly issued a statement: non professionals, do not imitate. If you are really interested, go to Bruce to learn, or go to Chinatown.
Some people exclaimed that Li Xiaolong was not only a kung fu master, but also a learned philosopher.
See the Johnny Carson tonight show that Li Xiaolong participated in. The effect was OK. Gao Xian sent a telegram to Xiangjiang to remind BTV that it can be introduced.
In fact, BTV has a lot of contacts with NBC. When BTV was founded, NBC was also one of the shareholders, but it had few shares.
……
I feel that things in the United States have been handled almost, and Gao Xian plans to leave.
At this time, Charles Tangdi, the CEO of Ruixia, who acts as the agent of Huanyu calculator in the American market, took the initiative to come to the door and asked suspiciously: "did you find that there seems to be something wrong with the American calculator market?"
Gao Xian asked quietly, "do you mean that a large company like HP has begun to enter the neglected mass calculator market below $500?"
"Yes, yes, that's the problem." Charles Dundee nodded repeatedly. "David, since you have found this situation, how can you be like nothing."
The current calculator market pattern 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 the blue giant successfully launched IBM-PC and nuggets succeeded that everyone suddenly realized it.
The mass calculator market, where Huanyu calculator is located, was not seen by large companies at first, which gave Gao Xian a chance to make a lot of money.
However, with the intensification of competition in the medium and high-end calculator market, the cost reduction brought by technological progress, and the market value of Volkswagen calculator, it has been proved that it is not unbearable because of the low end, so the large companies represented by HP also rush in greedily.
For example, HP has launched a model HP-35 calculator, which costs only 395 US dollars and has extremely powerful functions. In scientific computing, it has rolled the universal calculator-8800.
Charles Dundee added: "David, in fact, I'm more worried about Texas Instruments. It advocates that it will soon launch a calculator with all parts integrated into the same integrated circuit. The price is even as low as $119."
"Ruixia's headquarters is in Texas, so I know more about the style of Texas Instruments."
"In the market competition, Texas Instruments has always been famous for pursuing the tactics of the law of the jungle. It likes to launch price wars periodically, so that there is a popular saying in the industry that" heaven is not afraid, earth is not afraid, just afraid of the big price cut in Texas. "
"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 no use worrying. These big companies not only have technology, but also have their own manufacturing chains all over the upstream and downstream. If you really want to fight the cost, small companies have no way to survive."
Charles Dundee said dejectedly, "in this way, you have been prepared to withdraw from the market."
"I can't say that either." Gao Xian mused, "when big companies rush into the mass calculator market, profits will certainly plummet without the need for nostalgia."
"In this way, I promise to launch a new popular electronic product suitable for Ruixia's marketing network agent at a price of less than $500 in 1973."
"As for the gap in the middle, bear it for a while."
Seeing that 1971 is about to pass, Gao Xian has to go to the United States at the end of the year to deal with affairs, including sorting out funds to form external financial support.Gao Xian does not intend to transfer this part of funds directly to Xiangjiang, but intends to transfer it through the branches of Bank of America in Xiangjiang, such as Wanguo Baotong bank, if necessary.In fact, the current international situation is not friendly to international capital flows.Take the Commonwealth economic zone where Xiangjiang is located. Sterling is the central currency, and there are many restrictions on the exchange between Hong Kong dollar and US dollar.In particular, the Bretton Woods system, which has been operating for decades, has now been scrapped. The international currency exchange rate fluctuates a little disorderly and is becoming more and more attractive. It is not wise to concentrate funds on the embarrassing currency of Hong Kong dollar.Of course, the source of all these changes is still the United States, which always seems to control the world.At this stage, the overall situation of the US economy is very bad. Thanks to the bottomless hole of the Vietnam War, the unemployment rate remains high, reaching 6.1%; Inflation is serious, exceeding 5.8 percent; At the same time, it is accompanied by balance of payments deficit, dollar crisis, gold outflow and so on.Under the Bretton Woods system, the pressure of currency appreciation in West Germany reached the highest point this year. However, the German bones were very hard. They would rather leave the Bretton Woods system than let their mark appreciate. As a result, the value of the US dollar against the West German mark fell by 7.5%.Seeing the bad situation, many European countries further abandoned the dollar and embraced gold.For example, in July this year alone, Switzerland exchanged $50 million in gold from the United States, and even learned from West Germany and withdrew from the Bretton Woods system; France was even more ruthless and exchanged more than 190 million dollars of gold.To this end, the U.S. Congress issued a report suggesting that the United States should stop stubbornly fixing gold at 35 U.S. dollars per ounce, and the U.S. dollar should simply depreciate.In mid August this year, US President Nixon, who was in a state of great distress, convened US Federal Reserve Chairman burns and his senior White House staff and cabinet officials to study countermeasures at Camp David.Nixon was indeed worthy of being a big man in the political arena. Finally, he cut three axes with great courage:First, give up the promise and stop the exchange of US dollars for gold;Second, issue an executive order to control wages and prices for the first time since the end of the Second World War for a period of 90 days to prevent further inflation;Third, a 10% import surcharge will be levied.The impact of this event was so great that it was called the "Nixon shock".The exchange rates of currencies of all countries will have to face major adjustments, and it is inevitable that the exchange rate is closely pegged to the Hong Kong dollar of the pound.The trend of international exchange rate is dazzling, mainly because countries have different interest demands, and some hope that the US dollar will not depreciate, while others strictly abide by the value of their own currency.For example, in August, when the "Nixon shock" appeared, we bought four billion US dollars in succession to maintain the original exchange rate of 360 yen to one US dollar.With Gao Xian's small body now, there is no need to tangle with troubles such as the increase or decrease of the value of the US dollar. The US dollar assets will lie on the US dollar account for the time being. It is true to eat the milk company first.Therefore, Gao Xian temporarily stopped some speculative activities. After all, his energy is limited and he can't stare at it all the time. Instead, he may be speculated.In addition, Gao Xian also wants to talk with American banks that have branches in Xiangjiang about how many loans they can get if necessary next year.These jobs are boring and waste brain cells.Fortunately, there is a very relaxing activity that can be used as a relief.After Li Xiaolong's kung fu films "big brother Tangshan" and "Jingwu gate" were released in the United States, although they did not become popular in Asia, they did cause some repercussions in the United States.As a result, Gao Xian struck while the iron was hot and launched a NBC talk show "Tonight Show".Because Hoover, the director of the FBI, is getting older and more difficult to figure out, he has a whim to cultivate Gao Xian to become an elite Chinese traitor. Gao Xian took the opportunity to contact many circles, and then it's nothing to talk about such a small matter as launching an episode of tonight show.After Li Xiaolong got the news, he admired Gao Xian again and was also very happy.Of course, he knows that the tonight show, which began broadcasting in 1954, has a considerable influence in the United States; And my own "dragon crossing the river" will be released in the next step. I just take the opportunity to publicize it.The success of this type of talk show depends largely on the charm of the host. Therefore, the host's name is often preceded by the name of the talk show.At this stage, NBC's "Tonight Show" should be spread to the third generation. The host is Johnny Carson. Therefore, the name of this program has become "Johnny Carson tonight show".Although Johnny Carson is thinking about moving the shooting location of tonight show to Burbank, Los Angeles, on the west coast of the United States, so as to facilitate access to more celebrities needed for the program, it has not been implemented yet. Therefore, Li Xiaolong, who lives in Los Angeles, has to take a horse to New York on the east coast of the United States.In addition to Li Xiaolong's family, there are several proud Kung Fu disciples and Chuck Norris, who plays the ultimate opponent in the Dragon crossing the river.Obviously, so many people spend a lot on air tickets alone, but Gao Xian paid generously.In addition, Gao Xian is also on this trip.It's not that Gao Xian wants to rub the heat, but that Li Xiaolong needs the scene of his town. There are places where Boyi must be installed, which can't do without the help of experts.I have to say that Li Xiaolong is arrogant wherever he is. He is not willing to make jokes, sell cute and play tricks to make the audience laugh on Johnny Carson's tonight show; They were not satisfied with waving nunchakus, which stunned the main players and bands at the scene.During the talk session, Li Xiaolong asked Gao Xian to talk with him about his ideals.Johnny Carson also provided an opportunity, because he asked a question, "Bruce, your kung fu film is really loved by some fans, but there are more Americans who haven't seen your film.""Do you think these people will go to see your kung fu movies in the future?""I think this involves an oriental Zen problem." Li Xiaolong, who has long been familiar with American humor, shrugged and turned his eyes to Gao Xian. "I often discuss philosophy with David. He must know what I'm talking about."Gao Xian nodded, "do you mean to say that the value of the tea cup lies in its emptiness?"Johnny Carson quickly asked, "what does that mean?"Gao Xian said slowly, "once, a scholar visited a Zen master and wanted to ask for the mystery of Zen.""When the Zen Master explained, the scholar nodded repeatedly, 'yes, that's right, I know too.'""So the Zen master stopped to explain and pour tea for the scholar.""But when the cup was full, the Zen master kept pouring so that the tea overflowed.""Seeing this, the scholar shouted, 'don't pour it, the tea is full.'""The Zen master replied," if you don't empty your cup first, how can you taste my tea? ""The scholar suddenly realized that he was ashamed."Li Xiaolong answered, "the Zen master's meaning is simple enough to point out that the scholar: how can you accept my Zen if you don't get rid of your inherent ideas?""Hollywood is the world's highest level film production base. With it, the appreciation level of American audiences is also very high, but this should not become an obstacle to complacency and refusing to accept new films."Gao Xian joked: "it's like a person who looks up to the sky and laments after reading several billion words of novels. Since then, there are no books to read and there is a shortage of books, but in fact, he is complacent."When Gao Xian and Li Xiaolong joined hands to talk about Zen and Taoism and entered the philosophical mode, Johnny Carson was obviously too ignorant to talk.Seeing Gao Xian joking, Johnny Carson breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "David's metaphor is exaggerated. How can someone read a novel with billions of words? Then he still doesn't work or live.""Besides, the billions of words of novels, corresponding to the money for books, will not be an acceptable amount for ordinary people."Gao Xian laughed. "This metaphor is really incredible. In fact, it refers to a group."Lest Li Xiaolong and Gao Xian bring the scene into boyg's infinite philosophical model, Johnny Carson quickly concluded: "I think I understand what Bruce wants to express.""American audiences should get rid of their inherent stereotypes in order to better appreciate Bruce's kung fu films.""In fact, it's not just movies, but also in other fields.""The reason why the United States has achieved today is not due to the abandonment of stereotypes and the inclusion of all races."Well, Johnny Carson also turned around and unknowingly talked about the topic of height. He looked at the high string and laughed to himself.Johnny Carson immediately realized this. Philosophy is too high and cold. Talking too much affects the ratings. Change the topic quickly."Johnny Carson tonight show" is broadcast on NBC at 11:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Li Xiaolong's ratings are good.Many viewers made a phone call and asked curiously, in reality, can nunchaku really be so cool?The National Broadcasting Corporation was startled and quickly issued a statement: non professionals, do not imitate. If you are really interested, go to Bruce to learn, or go to Chinatown.Some people exclaimed that Li Xiaolong was not only a kung fu master, but also a learned philosopher.See the Johnny Carson tonight show that Li Xiaolong participated in. The effect was OK. Gao Xian sent a telegram to Xiangjiang to remind BTV that it can be introduced.In fact, BTV has a lot of contacts with NBC. When BTV was founded, NBC was also one of the shareholders, but it had few shares.I feel that things in the United States have been handled almost, and Gao Xian plans to leave.At this time, Charles Tangdi, the CEO of Ruixia, who acts as the agent of Huanyu calculator in the American market, took the initiative to come to the door and asked suspiciously: "did you find that there seems to be something wrong with the American calculator market?"Gao Xian asked quietly, "do you mean that a large company like HP has begun to enter the neglected mass calculator market below $500?""Yes, yes, that's the problem." Charles Dundee nodded repeatedly. "David, since you have found this situation, how can you be like nothing."The current calculator market pattern 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 the blue giant successfully launched IBM-PC and nuggets succeeded that everyone suddenly realized it.The mass calculator market, where Huanyu calculator is located, was not seen by large companies at first, which gave Gao Xian a chance to make a lot of money.However, with the intensification of competition in the medium and high-end calculator market, the cost reduction brought by technological progress, and the market value of Volkswagen calculator, it has been proved that it is not unbearable because of the low end, so the large companies represented by HP also rush in greedily.For example, HP has launched a model HP-35 calculator, which costs only 395 US dollars and has extremely powerful functions. In scientific computing, it has rolled the universal calculator-8800.Charles Dundee added: "David, in fact, I'm more worried about Texas Instruments. It advocates that it will soon launch a calculator with all parts integrated into the same integrated circuit. The price is even as low as $119.""Ruixia's headquarters is in Texas, so I know more about the style of Texas Instruments.""In the market competition, Texas Instruments has always been famous for pursuing the tactics of the law of the jungle. It likes to launch price wars periodically, so that there is a popular saying in the industry that" heaven is not afraid, earth is not afraid, just afraid of the big price cut in Texas. ""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 no use worrying. These big companies not only have technology, but also have their own manufacturing chains all over the upstream and downstream. If you really want to fight the cost, small companies have no way to survive."Charles Dundee said dejectedly, "in this way, you have been prepared to withdraw from the market.""I can't say that either." Gao Xian mused, "when big companies rush into the mass calculator market, profits will certainly plummet without the need for nostalgia.""In this way, I promise to launch a new popular electronic product suitable for Ruixia's marketing network agent at a price of less than $500 in 1973.""As for the gap in the middle, bear it for a while."
