The Internet wave has been brewing violently, but this time Tao Zhiming no longer has to worry.

The Sanyou Foundation has gained a stable foothold, the Heisei era has officially entered a stable period, and otaku culture is already brewing.

A Gwa, a financial defense battle for Hong Kong Island, Tao Zhiming, a blue force, has brought two far-reaching exercises to the island, and has also established true mutual trust and tacit understanding between himself and the bosses of the hub.

Now, another exercise on an invisible level begins that will last for many more years.

The erosion of ideas brought about by media and cultural products through new forms of methods.

In the United States, Tao Zhiming also spent a special honeymoon with another person whom he had not seen for a long time.

"You have become a figure denounced by many people, a financial devil." Monica Bellucci, who has reached middle age, has become more charming, and her deep eyes look at Tao Zhiming, who is already a influential figure in the world.

"Then what do you think?" Tao Zhiming disapprovingly threw his arms around and sunbathed in the early winter.

"I don't see it very much, but I feel that the world is just like that." The literary artist said in literary terms, "Human nature is greedy, how can you be an exception?"

Tao Zhiming looked at her profile.

Over the years, from an actress to a female director, Monica has always wanted to express her observations and thinking about human nature through her works.

This kind of work, in addition to the attraction and selling point of "beautiful thing" that she always brings when she appears on the screen, the work itself is destined to be just a highbrow literary film. Winning some awards and gaining some reputation does not allow her to have her own thoughts.

Inspires a resonant sense of satisfaction.

To put it bluntly, how much real and profound understanding can she have of the world? Without enough talented perspective and thinking, and without rich accumulation, she cannot produce a truly masterpiece.

Tao Zhiming suddenly said: "Do you want to do something that can truly go down in history and inspire people to think about human nature to the greatest extent?"

Monica turned to look at him curiously: "What's the matter?"

Tao Zhiming smiled, sat up and walked to the terrace, enjoying the wind blowing in the mountainside villa in Hollywood.

Holding the beer bottle, he said slowly: "I am going to open a documentary channel under Bravo Media, just like the BBC has always done."

"Documentary?" Monica was a little curious, "A documentary that will go down in history? And it also inspires people to think about human nature to the greatest extent?"

"The main thing is the scale, span, and depth." Tao Zhiming looked at her, paused and said seriously, "You can understand it as a history recorded with real images and sounds starting from the new millennium."

Monica still didn't understand, but what Tao Zhiming said next immediately shocked her: "At least 5 billion yuan of production cost is invested every year, covering most countries and most classes in the world. If it is 20 years

How many people's real lives can be recorded across the span? What kind of special new history book of mankind will this be in 20 years?"

If the span is 20 years, wouldn’t it be 100 billion yuan?

Monica looked at him blankly: "Are you serious?"

"Of course." Tao Zhiming's eyes were deep, "If you find it interesting, I want you to do it."

"...The kind without a script?"

"No." The corner of Tao Zhiming's mouth turned up, "Only the selection of materials. Since it is a new form of history book, of course it must cover as many subjects as possible. I don't do nature, I don't do technology, I only do contemporary humanities. It's different.

places, and the lives of people from different classes. For example, if I had been prepared, how many people's lives would have been changed by this incident of me being called a devil? If many stories were recorded, in this process, there would be

How much of human nature is worth thinking about?”

Monica's eyes flashed, as if she was moved by the grand narrative he described.

Tao Zhiming raised the beer bottle: "Respect the world! A 'big man' like me is destined to change the fate of many people. You can record the fate of the world. There is no director, no script, and no real actors. 20 years, 1,000

100 million yuan, leaving behind an epic of the times."

"...Why spend so much money to do such a thing?"

Tao Zhiming laughed: "Just think that I am tired of making money, and start thinking about how to spend money in a fun way."

After so many years, Monica has always felt that he is a mysterious man with a depth of thought that is difficult for ordinary people to reach, and he always has so many wild ideas.

Now, has he come up with another idea?

"How about it? Miss Monica." Tao Zhiming invited again, "Do you want to participate in this unprecedented special documentary? The New Millennium Human Epic Project."

"...Sounds very interesting, but I don't have a clue yet."

"There are many themes. It records major events of competition or cooperation between countries, records the rise and fall of a city, records a person's transition from youth to middle age, records a company's creation to prosperity or destruction, records the joys and sorrows of a family."

Tao Zhiming said casually, "Everything is good, but in the end they are all spliced ​​together to form a scene of an era at a certain moment. It may not be comprehensive, but it takes into account both the dimensions of time and space."

He looked at Monica and stretched out her hand: "It's very romantic, isn't it? The world is dancing like this, heading towards a new future. Whether it is a cliff, an abyss or a paradise, when you reach a certain step, you will have enough material to look back on. This is

The difficulty lies in how to make good use of so much money and make our records more comprehensive as much as possible."

Monica kept up with his dance steps and listened to him continue: "Just like the huge changes that neon has undergone in the past ten years, just like the financial tsunami that happened in Asia last year and this year, just like the life of Europeans after the collapse of Hongsu

If there are enough recorded materials, we can find many interesting clues in the future. Where will the humanity of all people in the world lead the world in the end? We don’t know, but this is a real epic.

.”

"...Bravo!" Monica was able to murmur to herself, "This is indeed... very romantic."

"You want to do it?" Tao Zhiming's words had profound meaning.

"...Which director can refuse an investment of 100 billion yuan? It is still a unique work." Monica's red lips spread, "But I will be very tired."

"No, you will be crowned queen in a brand new field." Tao Zhiming said in her ears, "Let the epics of the times judge those of us who change the world. Whether we are heroes or devils will depend on the passage of time.

Only through trial can we be convicted, right?"

…

The anticipation for the new millennium has indeed begun to spread around the world.

In 1000 AD, the world was still divided into major civilization regions with minimal exchanges, and many places were not discovered by major dynasties.

The Liao and Song Dynasties were in confrontation in the east, and the Holy Rome and Byzantium were competing in the west.

But standing on the eve of the year 2000, the world has been very closely connected. "Globalization" and "global village" have become very popular terms. Overall peace has lasted for more than 50 years. Computers have set off a new round of

technological revolution.

Entering the Xia Kingdom at the turn of the century, as college graduates were no longer assigned, young people were looking for more paths.

Studying abroad and working abroad no longer have as many restrictions as in the past.

The New Dongfeng Training School, which has been established for 6 years starting from making up classes on the campus of Yantai University, has ushered in a new chapter. They have a teaching building of their own, and their core selling point is to go abroad for language training. They are following the trend of the times.

Officially entering a new stage.

Starting from January, the government's Internet access project was officially launched. At the same time, the dominant telecommunications company also began to split up.

There are always so many people who sense the opportunities of the times.

The "fathers" of the Internet era are now officially embarking on a journey.

Portals, e-commerce, social networking, games, online travel...a group of well-known Internet companies that will cover almost all Internet product forms in the next 20 years were born at this point in time.

Traditional industries, facing the opportunities of the WTO era, are also facing an almost crazy development period.

And a net that has been laid out long ago is waiting quietly on Xiang Island.

The first one to get into this network was Xinchao.com, which was only officially established for 2 months and has already been blown to the sky by the wind of the times.

This is the first IT company in the Mainland to introduce venture capital. Having tasted the benefits, they have clearly set their sights on the capital operation path of going public.

The best partner in front of them is naturally a Xia native who has strong influence and strength in Xiangdao, Neon, and the United States. He is also a Xia native who started to seriously engage in the industry because of the poor reputation.

A high-rise building in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Island, is now named Tao.

After the turmoil last year, this property originally belonged to the Li family. Because the Li family needed a large amount of money to "take care of their funeral affairs," Tao Zhiming "lent a helping hand" and sold it to the Dow Group at a "fair" price.

It is indeed fair. After all, since the financial tsunami the year before last year, Hong Kong's property market has stopped growing for so many years and has also fallen sharply.

"Dr. Tao!" Wang Dong from Xinchao.com shook hands with him excitedly, "I have long admired your name! You have always been the idol of our Xia entrepreneurs!"

Tao Zhiming smiled and shook hands with humility: "Thank you. Last year, we carried out financial operations as before. Unexpectedly, someone acted out of common sense, which caused a setback and ruined our reputation."

"Where, where..." Wang Dong didn't know whether he should go in depth, and the topic immediately changed, "Our Xinchao.com is now the largest Xia people portal in the world. Domestic information is still blocked, and we still have no understanding of internationally accepted practices.

We need to study and research more. For the development of Xinchao.com, we also need to consult Director Tao more."

"Xinchao.com is indeed good." Tao Zhiming smiled half-heartedly, "It's just that my current reputation in the mainland is not very good. Mr. Wang hopes to introduce us for a second round of investment. Aren't you afraid of being criticized?"

"This Director Tao is overthinking." Wang Dong replied firmly, "The policy of economic development will not waver. The Internet is a high-tech industry, which is also strongly supported by the country. Regarding our introduction of foreign investment and rapid development abroad, the leaders

I also strongly support it. Mr. Tao, just looking at the popularity of the Internet sector in Nasdaq, investing in Xinchao.com is definitely a grand event that we all share, creating history and having great prospects."

He paused and then said firmly: "We want to be the first Xiaguo Internet company listed in the United States!"

Tao Zhiming looked at them with great interest and surprise, and then praised: "It's amazing, your thinking is very clear! It has only been officially established for more than 2 months, are you already preparing for the listing?"

"Of course! We are the first Internet company in the Mainland to introduce venture capital, and our management concepts can keep up." Wang Dong did not plan to do it all at once, and sincerely invited, "Although Xinchao.com has only been officially established for more than 2 years,

However, there has been a foundation of 6 years before. If Director Tao can arrange the time, I also hope that Director Tao can go to Yanjing to see what we are doing and give some advice."

"You don't need to look at it." Tao Zhiming seemed to be very satisfied with their enthusiasm, "You are two years younger than me, just call me Brother Tao. After contacting Lao Zhao, he has already done a background check. I have read it.

The potential is indeed great. How much do you want to raise this time?”

Wang Dong's heart suddenly moved, and then he tentatively expressed his previous thoughts: "Our risk round was completed based on the pre-money valuation of 8.5 million yuan, and the post-money valuation was 15 million yuan. In this round,

Our pre-money valuation is 45 million yuan, and we want to raise 15 million yuan. We plan to promote the third round of financing within this year, and the goal is to go public next year!"

Tao Zhiming looked at him meaningfully: "If we plan to go public next year, we will indeed start operations this year."

"Brother Tao is familiar with major banks in the United States, and our venture round shareholders also recommend that Brother Tao lead the second round of investment and endorse it. In this case, the hope of listing next year is very high."

There was no need to speak so clearly, Tao Zhiming also knew their thoughts.

Originally, Xinchao.com was an example of very fast-paced capital operation, and it was listed in 2000 at the height of the Internet bubble.

At this moment, there is no need for such a complicated income evaluation model. Just the concept of being the first Xiaguo Internet company listed in the United States is very gimmick.

Coupled with Tao Zhiming's connections and endorsement, it will only become more popular.

Although Xiangdao has broken his undefeated golden status, it is a "non-war crime" after all. Xiangfu and Xiaguo don't act according to common sense!

Their group of financial giants set off a financial tsunami, sweeping across this large area of ​​​​several countries. Their momentum is not without influence.

Tao Zhiming thought for a while and said: "The investment valuation can be discussed again. 15 million yuan is less. The value can be increased indirectly through the financing line. I can use the Dow Group and the New Millennium Vision Investment Fund for this amount."

Invest 20 million yuan, plus another investment from Neon Softbank’s Masayoshi Son, plus the follow-up investment in the venture round, to make up the total financing of 30 million yuan!”

Wang Dong was stunned: "Isn't this... a bit too much?"

He was excited, but also worried that the management's shares were being diluted too much.

If the valuation is to be discussed again, of course it is impossible to negotiate for a higher value.

Tao Zhiming expressed his position and said no more: "Think about it, I don't care about the management. It has not entered the profit period yet. After the listing, I can withdraw slowly. Since the goal is to go public first, then I will focus on the listing."

Come up with a plan so that everyone's expectations are clear."

After seeing them off, Zhao Yuanxi returned to his office and frowned: "Is the prospect really that good? I can't see it. Getting up so early, with such deep capital involvement, it's very likely to make a mess? Are you going to just go through it?

Want to make some money by going public? What if the stock price drops when the time comes and there is no time to sell the shares?"

Tao Zhiming looked at their current equity status with a smile.

Wang Dong also built the Xiawen operating system at the beginning, and once obtained 80% of the domestic Xiawen pre-installed system for microcomputers. Of course, with the release of win95 and win98, this is history in the past.

Even so, after all, they were one of the earliest trendsetters in the domestic Internet industry. After receiving venture capital to acquire another company and officially transforming it into a portal website, Wang Dong's own shareholding was less than 20%.

If you want to push it to the market quickly, it would be good if the final share held by the founding team exceeds 10%.

If you only want to go fast in everything and just use capital to sprint, you will naturally have to pay a price.

Tao Zhiming said calmly: "Whether it's going up or down, what am I afraid of? If it goes up, I'll make a profit. If it goes down, I might just be able to buy the bottom and take over."

During the Internet stock market crash in 2001, Amazon's share price fell from 100 yuan to 9 yuan, and the share prices of IT giants like Intel evaporated by more than 80%.

Zhao Yuanxi's heart moved: "Do you want to... start from Xinchao.com to lay out the Internet media in the mainland?"

"That's right." Tao Zhiming looked at him, "The door of the country has been opened. In the market-oriented competition, if we don't occupy some positions, others will naturally occupy them. Now that I have a good identity, there will be many opportunities in the future. No need.

I don’t do anything deliberately too early, but when the stormy moment comes, I must have the ability to change the direction of the wind!”

Zhao Yuanxi is still in awe that he just sent the Gwa away like that, and even more outrageous that he was able to "fail" so miserably in Xiang Island and then issue treasury bonds through various countries and have Xia Guo subscribe for part of it.

After that, only the world where everyone in Xiangdao was injured was achieved.

He has obviously reached some kind of tacit understanding with Yanjing, and there is still a lot of trust between the two parties.

If not, why did Yanjing later state that the financial incident in Xiangdao was just a special practice in a special period, and it still maintained an open mind and actively participated in international cooperation, welcoming investment and so on...

In addition to the private discussion, many people have been talking about it, but the officialdom has been avoiding talking about it. This is a deliberate cooling of the situation to show goodwill towards international investment.

Anyway, no one suffered a loss, and the price seemed to be borne only by Zhou Guo and Xiang Dao.

But the more this happens, the more Zhao Yuanxi fears the next real dispute.

Next time, it should be the time when he really takes a stand and breaks with his closest allies and has a decisive battle, right? What is his trump card?

Zhao Yuanxi didn't dare to ask, so he just nodded: "Since you have thought about it, let me talk to them like this."

Tao Zhiming smiled and added: "There is no need to be too harsh on pre-investment valuations. We must set a good example for others."

He stood in front of the window and looked toward the mainland with a smile: "I hope the rich people in the mainland will come to be friends with me and trust me."

Zhiming Trust's pockets in Xiangdao have also been opened.

Back at the villa in Repulse Bay, one of the trump cards that Zhao Yuanxi didn't know was actually here.

Duan Lanyue looked at Tao Zhiming in awe, stood beside him and said, "Boss, all the 20 billion yuan in the Nasdaq direction have been bought."

Tao Zhiming nodded: "Whether the millennium bug's statement is true or not, the strategy should not change. Tell the experts over there to start taking action after New Year's Day. Even if it continues to rise, don't worry about it and replace it with short orders at the end of the year.

"

"...They won't ignore their hometown, right? If they also rescue the market, then..." Duan Lanyue thought to herself, don't really lose miserably once.

Tao Zhiming simply said: "Do as I say."

"...Boss." Duan Lanyue gritted her teeth and said, "They also hope...to hear more about why. Although the backdoor of your transaction order made them gain so much last time, it's not that they don't trust you.

It’s just that after all, it’s the United States’ own stock market, so it’s hard to have a big collapse like what you said, right? What’s involved is their core interests.”

"It's just unreasonable and too artificially high." Tao Zhiming said calmly, "What's more, if they don't make what they expected this time, they will be even hungrier. During the interest rate hike cycle, how much capital from Asia flows to the United States? How much capital flows to the United States from Europe?

After cracking down on the euro that just started circulating on New Year's Day, how much European capital has flowed? You don't need to listen to me to analyze these principles. When it is pushed up, you have to return to rationality. This is the rule."

Tao Zhiming left the room to spend time with his wife and children, while "nanny" Duan Lanyue continued to look after her here, communicating with those on the other side of this special network cable.

In any case, more than two years later, the amount is close to 150 billion yuan.

This is a ghostly figure. This amount of money accounted for 15% of Xia's GDP last year.

The bulk of the money was originally taken out by Tao Zhiming, but the authority process used was half and half.

After Tao Zhiming came to Xiang Island this time, he told her the goal for the next stage.

Ten years from now, let this amount of money exceed 1 trillion yuan. Among them, the proportion of U.S. Treasury bonds held will be increased from about 15% of the current total capital pool to 50% gradually through dispersed accounts.

In other words, ten years from now, is it equivalent to him personally holding 500 billion U.S. dollars of U.S. national debt?

As long as the direction of the money transfer always follows his opinions, the essence is such an effect!

Duan Lanyue became increasingly thirsty. After finishing what she had to do, she carefully closed the computer here and then came to the living room and whispered to Tao Zhiming: "I think... we need to invite a few more people at home.

nanny……"

It is really difficult for her to shoulder such a heavy responsibility by herself! The main reason is... she is always in an inexplicable excitement and excitement, which may not be good for her health.

Tao Zhiming glanced at her blankly: "Why do you need so many nannies?"

Duan Lanyue thought about it, after all, her main job was just a "crypto tool person" and a "mouthpiece".

One person is enough and safer.

But when will this kind of day end?

In the dead of night, Tao Zhiming was quietly thinking about other things.

The United States has begun to engage in the Euro issue, so will Xia Guo, who has joined the WTO, still encounter the same tragedy? Will good brother Yin Lan continue to bring good national fortune to Xia Guo next year?

These are things that Tao Zhiming cannot interfere with.

All he can do is continue to draw cards. This time, it will take ten years or more to draw a card that will make people like Stevenson tremble in the future.

This is a card that, once played, may directly trigger a huge crisis that breaks out within the United States and then spreads to the whole world.

Of course, after this card is played, it is likely that both parties will suffer losses.

But at least the card is in his hand, which is a bargaining chip, so that he can do something in the future, and many people will use their weapons to prevent him from directly stopping him.

Regardless of the layout of chip manufacturing, technology and production capacity, the layout of electronic equipment, the layout of Internet media platforms, or the layout of content production, if they are to play a role in the future, they must have very strong hard power support.

Now, he is the devil.

In the future, he will represent justice.

As for how the times evaluate him, Tao Zhiming doesn't care that much.

Who can play the game of life to this extent?

In Yin Dali's shipyard, the newly ordered superyacht from Lamma Island is being built day and night.

On the neon side, Taro Hashimoto was re-elected.

Shigemitsu Takeo of the Zhou Kingdom, based on a report passed by Tao Zhiming about the changes in the financial circle of the Kingdom of Zhou, set his sights on Jin Yuzhong.

The Hong Kong International Airport has been officially opened to traffic, the Oriental Studios near Kai Tak Airport is under construction, and the Dow Group has brought many job opportunities and is "inviting to buy people's hearts again."

The 77-year-old king is getting older day by day, and Prince Hassar is actively planning to break the tradition of royal succession rules.

The prince who sent the letter received a call from Tao Zhiming and was extremely interested in participating in Xinchao.com's listing in the United States.

In mid-May, Tao Zhiming returned to Tokyo and saw Lin Qiyu in her villa with red eyes.

"If you feel sad, just cry." His voice was extremely gentle and equally low.

Lin Qiyu just wiped his eyes, then looked at him and said, "We must succeed!"

"Yes." Tao Zhiming nodded heavily, "We will definitely succeed!"

He just extended his hand.

Lin Qiyu also reached out and shook his hand firmly.

There was pure determination in each other's eyes.

…

"The Dog Dalang Still Takes Medicine"

Afterword.

"..."

"I spent most of my life by his side, and he still thought that I was boring, and that I could find things like that boring. But in fact, he gave me a very interesting life."

"He is not the person who shapes the times, nor is he the person who ends the times. He has always been just a person who plays with the times."

"A person who finds being undercover exciting, who finds it exciting to hear you scold him, and who says he will use money to bribe you to join the Tao Kua Kua group in the future."

"A man who has so many once arrogant people under his control."

"The last words he said to me were full of regret."

"He said that 2077 was such a disappointment to me. It's a pity that I haven't had enough time in the world of cultivating immortals."

"I still don't understand why his last words were this."

——Lin Qiyu: "About Dog Dalang asked me to write a biography and it must be named like this"

April 27, 2079.
Chapter completed!