On the second day of the riots in Los Angeles, although Claudia Schiffer and Tina Fey were found coming out of Eric's bedroom early in the morning, facing the riots that continued to ferment in the urban area, none of the women leave. Of course, the crusade eyes towards Eric must be indispensable, but they are basically ignored by Eric, and he can't poke a hole in his body anyway.
In the morning, the helicopter in the manor returned to Beverly Hills, and picked up a certain little one. With Emma who was slithering around like a little mouse in the villa as a buffer, the atmosphere in the villa also changed. Be gentle.
In order to protect privacy, Julia did not bring the nanny along, perhaps because she wanted to show her maternal side in front of Eric. The five women took the initiative to take care of the little guy, but obviously, none of them For those who are good at raising children, take Julia as an example. If you think about Emma Roberts, who has the same personality as Xiao Fei in the original time and space, you will know what level of education Julia is.
Although he had already planned to leave Los Angeles, the riot lasted for three days and did not reach Malibu. Eric also dismissed the idea and stayed in the villa with nothing to do, so he began to discuss the incident with Chris on the phone all day long. The preparations of the three companies.
When the riots happened, Chris was in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Bridge City was recruiting staff for three companies. In the early 1990s, the two universities with the most advanced computer technology in the United States were Stanford University, Yahoo and Google. The founders of famous Internet companies are all from Stanford University. The other is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The famous father of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chris then told Eric that he had contacted Tim Berners Lee himself. Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor and promoter of the concept of the World Wide Web. The so-called World Wide Web. That is the predecessor of the Internet. Later, websites starting with '' on the Internet are members of the World Wide Web Consortium.
Chris said on the phone that Tim Berners-Lee was very interested in GUI browsers, but at the same time Tim Berners-Lee was also full of concerns about this project. As early as a few years ago, Tim Berners-Lee and others developed a web browser software with a non-graphical interface. However, when he realized that once a web browser is used for commercial operations, it is likely to be because of the software Standards and other issues caused the network to be torn apart and the idea was eventually abandoned.
Eric quickly realized the importance of Tim Berners Lee. Tim Berners-Lee is the chairman of the World Wide Web Consortium, and almost controls the formulation of many technical standards in the early days of the Internet. If he can make friends with this person, or go further and win this person under his banner, then It will make itself even more powerful in the layout of the high-tech Internet industry.
Through Chris's introduction, Eric quickly got in touch with Tim Berners-Lee himself by phone. Facing a professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Eric's meager computer knowledge had no room to expand, but Fortunately, he can see the future. He is well aware of the development trend of the Internet industry, so. The two had a very pleasant chat on the phone. Tim Berners-Lee was overwhelmed by Eric's many ideas about the development prospects of the Internet.
The two chatted for more than an hour. In the end, Eric took advantage of the opportunity and invited Tim Berners-Lee to Los Angeles as a guest. By the way, he had a more detailed talk about his thoughts on Internet Explorer (ie) company. What Eric didn't expect was that Tim Berners-Lee was more straightforward than him, and he directly agreed to come to Los Angeles this weekend. You know, Los Angeles is still in the midst of riots.
The other party was so eager, of course Eric would not object, and specially sent a private jet from Firefly Pictures to pick him up in Massachusetts.
The riots in Los Angeles are still going on, and it is the year of the US general election. Eric guesses that the most troubled person must be Bush Sr. Because of the victory of the Gulf War, Bush Sr.'s voter support rate is much higher than that of his opponent, and the hope of re-election is extremely high. Big, but everyone knows that no matter what the outcome of the Los Angeles riots is, it is bound to affect Bush Sr.'s approval rating. Eric couldn't help but think that in the original time and space, Clinton's victory in the U.S. election by a small margin may have something to do with this very 'timely' riot.
On the third day of the riots in Los Angeles, sporadic riots also occurred in major cities on the east and west coasts of the United States, and the racial issue has always been the last thing the American rulers want to face. Therefore, Bush Sr. could only avoid the important things in his televised speeches. uttered rhetoric such as 'anarchism intolerable' and said nothing about racial conflict.
At the same time, it was not until the third day of the riots that a large number of Los Angeles citizens took the initiative to take to the streets to ask the federal government to quell the riots as soon as possible. California Governor Peter Wilson also asked the federal government for help in the name of the California state government. Bush Sr. then ordered a large number of citizens to Guards and Marines headed for Los Angeles.
Although the federal government did not send troops to quell the riots until the third day and was criticized by a large number of media, in fact, many people knew in their hearts that doing so was a helpless move by the Bush administration. Due to the misleading video tapes, 90% of citizens believe that the four policemen who violently assaulted Rodney King are guilty. Sending troops to suppress them at this time is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. Only after a few days of chaos, when the people themselves realize that doing so will only harm their own interests, can stopping the riots be effective.
When a large number of National Guards took to the streets to arrest people, Tim Berners-Lee also came to Los Angeles. In order not to leave the MIT professor with the influence of a playboy (although this is the case), Eric temporarily sent out several women, leaving only Julia. The guy seemed to like it here, and he cried and refused to get in the car.
When a helicopter landed on the tarmac of Pointe Manor, Eric held teary little Emma in his arms.
A middle-aged man in his thirties with disheveled hair and sunken eyes got off the helicopter and walked towards Eric with a smile, followed by Chris who looked curious when he saw the little guy in Eric's arms.
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Li. The little guy cried a lot just now. I just coaxed him." Eric supported little Emma in one hand, and shook hands with Tim Berners-Lee with one hand.
"Of course it doesn't matter," Tim Berners-Lee said with a smile, "Eric, I didn't expect you to have children."
"No, this is not my child, actually..." Eric pointed to Julia who was beside him, and just as he was talking, little Emma, who was still sucking her finger just now, yelled: "Dad. "
Although this immature voice is still a little vague. But the few people present could clearly hear what the little guy was yelling. Eric wanted to explain with a black face, but little Emma stretched out her little hand to Julia and made up the knife: " Mother."
It must be Drew, it must be the bad thing that this little girl did. Eric clearly remembered that the little girl was always secretly teaching the little girl what to say with a photo frame these two days, but she didn't expect it to be these.
Although it is already the 1990s, Westerners still generally feel that illegitimate children are a very shameful thing, and many people are unwilling to admit illegitimate children, such as Jobs or something. So the scene was a little awkward.
A feeling of powerlessness deep in Eric's heart, he patted the little girl's butt lightly. Just handed it to Julia, who was covering her mouth and snickering. Looking at Tim Berners Lee with a little disdain in his eyes, Eric knew that the other party must think that he was a guy who was unwilling to take responsibility, so he helplessly Spreading hands: "Well, I am her father."
"What's going on here?" Chris also came over at this time.
Holding Emma in her arms and shaking, Julia saw the expressions of Tim Berners-Lee and Chris, and then took the initiative to explain for Eric: "Mr. Li, this is actually my brother's daughter , after his girlfriend gave birth to the child, both of them were unwilling to raise it, so I adopted it."
Chris also said at this time: "Oh, I remembered, this incident was in the newspaper last year, your brother seems to be called Eric Roberts, right?"
Julia nodded.
Of course, it is impossible for Tim Berners-Lee not to know Julia. After hearing Julia and Chris' explanation, he also realized that he had misunderstood Eric.
"So, don't stand here, let's go in," Eric made a gesture of invitation, while thinking about how to gesture to a little girl who added trouble.
It was already noon, and after lunch, Eric brought Chris and Tim Berners-Lee to the glass curtain wall near the sea, and talked about the graphical interface browser. Although Eric gave three plans, Chris only detailed the browser project to Tim Berners-Lee.
Although he was slightly shocked by the endless blue sky and blue sea outside the glass curtain wall, Tim Berners-Lee quickly got into the mood and chatted about the browser: "Eric, what I'm worried about is , once the graphical interface browser enters commercial operation and achieves good results, it will definitely attract other software manufacturers to join the competition. Each manufacturer will formulate its own network protocol rules for its own browser, and the website will certainly not be able to adapt to all browser, which will cause the Internet to be divided. The reason why I did not commercialize the browser software we designed a few years ago is to consider these. I hope to establish a global unified information exchange network, not because A scenario where the Internet is fragmented due to differences in network protocols.”
Eric listened carefully to Tim Berners Lee's words, but he felt that the other party was too idealistic. In this society of capital, if there is 100% profit, capital can commit any crime, and the future output value of the Internet It will reach trillions of dollars, such a piece of fat is not ideal to control.
Although Tim Berners-Lee in the original time and space has been committed to the free promotion of the World Wide Web, the browser war between Netscape and IE still took place in the mid-1990s. Google browsers and Firefox browsers appeared. Although everyone began to implement a free strategy later, ie has never been able to dominate the world.
It wasn't until Tim Berners-Lee finished speaking that Eric asked: "Mr. Li, after talking so much, you actually want the graphical interface browser we developed to be open to users for free, right?"
"Yes, if the graphical interface browser can be free to users, it will definitely greatly increase the promotion speed of the World Wide Web," said Tim Berners-Lee and raised his hand towards the surroundings: "Look, Eric, You're so rich already, why not do something more meaningful?"
Eric smiled, picked up the coffee pot on the table and refilled some coffee for Tim Berners-Lee, and said, "Mr. Li, I make movies, so let's take movies as an example. Edison After the camera was invented, the first black-and-white silent film "Factory Gate" appeared in about 1895. It was a short film played at a film speed of 16 frames per second. Because the technology was very rough, the people in the picture looked like Like puppets."
Tim Berners Lee wondered: "Eric, I don't quite understand, does this have something to do with what we're discussing?"
Eric made a calm gesture and said: "It took a few more years before feature-length silent films appeared, and soon formed an industry. In the 1920s, sound films appeared again. In the 1900s, color movies appeared, in the 1960s, 3D movies appeared, in the 1980s, home video tapes appeared, and as we all know, now the more convenient DVD technology has also been developed. Do you think the factors driving all this are what?"
Tim Berners-Lee is not an old-fashioned nerd, so of course he can hear the meaning of Eric's words.
Eric smiled and continued: "It is the interest, because of the drive of the interest, the film technology will undergo reform and development again and again. If there is no interest drive, then what we see now is likely to be the same as in 1895. 16 frames per second film played like a puppet-like silent black and white picture."
"Eric, I don't refuse companies to make profits. I just hope that everyone can reduce some differences and build a unified information interaction network platform that can coexist with each other."
Eric nodded and said: "Mr. Li, in fact, my goal and yours are the same, and I also hope that a unified network platform can emerge, but our methods of achieving the goal are a little different. You hope that you can share it for free , but I hope to be able to monopolize!"
Tim Berners-Lee smiled and said, "Eric, I'm a little surprised by your frankness." (To be continued...)