What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 68 Voodoo
The pirate is actually me?
As soon as Chen Ming finished speaking, Tang Wen knew what was going on.

But if you think about it carefully, it is normal. The South China Sea is not Mali, and the appearance of "pirates" is unusual.

Not to mention that compared to the black uncle who only has AK and RPG, Tang Wen's 152mm cannon makes him an elite pirate in one fell swoop.

Not only did the Dongsha Water Police fail to catch anyone, they also lost a small boat. When they got back, the base commander was scolded severely.

In other words, information transmission is too underdeveloped nowadays, otherwise armed pirates would have become international news long ago.

The angry Dongsha Water Police garrison strength increased several times and they were hanging around in the surrounding waters all day, waiting to catch the "pirates" and take revenge.

Duty-free merchants who originally had to pass through the nearby waters were also affected. Their only channel to land in the southeast was cut off, and they had no choice but to move to the Hong Kong River.

Heroes from all walks of life gathered in Hong Kong, and the Anti-Smuggling Bureau was almost in trouble.

Tang Wen could already imagine that the Anti-Smuggling Bureau was in a mess, just like it had suffered a DDOS attack. It was time to strike hard and curb this arrogance.

Although more than 100,000 US dollars is a lot of money, it may not be a huge number for them.

You should know that the ordinary materials seized by the Anti-Smuggling Bureau are usually auctioned off or used by themselves, and the amount they can get from just a little bit is more than this.

Knowing that he was the culprit, Tang Wen felt mixed emotions and said hesitantly:

"It's indeed... a serious situation."

“Yes, the last time I wanted to buy those four ships was to strengthen our pursuit force, but who knew… Sigh.

But it's also our fault that we need to retain our identities, I hope Boss Tang will understand."

The more embarrassed Chen Ming felt, the more guilty Tang Wen felt, and he could only nod vaguely.

Fortunately, the boats and equipment used at the time had been completely destroyed, otherwise we wouldn’t even be able to sleep peacefully.

Given the sins he had committed and the huge sum of millions, Tang Wen agreed to it.
"Then we'll take this deal, but it will take at least a month for the goods to arrive. I hope you understand."

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way."

"Boss Tang's support for our business is already a huge help. If it weren't for his sensitive identity, we would definitely publicly commend him."

"No need for rewards!"

Tang Wen quickly refused, fearing that his blushing would be seen.

However, Chen Ming continued to talk about the pirates:
"Dongsha also informed us that the fundamental danger of this pirate group is provocation. Considering the size of their ship, they are likely to have hiding places around here.

There are cannons and machine guns. We suspect that there may be a potential super-large integrated criminal group, and this provocation is most likely to cover up something.

The reason they mobilized so much effort might be a major flour case or even an arms case."

"Boss Tang, please don't go out to sea casually recently. Safety is the most important thing."

Tang Wen nodded numbly. As long as he didn't go out to sea, the sea would still be safe.

After eating the fried noodles, he quickly found an excuse to slip away, otherwise he would not be able to hold it in any longer.

……

"Tang Feng, we shouldn't have left any traces, right?"

In the car, Tang Wen couldn't help but ask.

"Definitely not. We all had our faces covered, the boat was gone, and even with the video footage we couldn't find anyone."

In fact, his worries were unnecessary. At that time, digital recorders were not yet popular. Unless prepared in advance, there would be no real-time video recording, and any video recording would be very blurry.

Although he had something on his mind, Tang Wen did not forget his purpose and found the legendary "Internet cafe".

The result disappointed him greatly. Although there were computers there, it might be more appropriate to call the Internet cafe a game hall.

When he went there, he saw the network administrator copying games from one computer to another, without even a server.

Even so, the fee is 2 yuan per hour, which is quite expensive in this era. However, the Internet cafe is always full, and there are many people queuing up to watch others play games.

Tang Wen took a few glances at the current games but wasn't very interested. He mainly observed the current level of computer hardware. This Internet cafe still mainly used Texas Instruments' 486DX2 board.

iHome's Pentium Pro has already appeared, but has not yet been rolled out on the market.

Tang Wen also saw some exposed computer cases waiting to be installed, and a motherboard inside caught his attention.

Voodoo 3D accelerator card.

This ancient motherboard has two graphics cards plugged into it, one of which is specifically labeled "3D."

现在市场上普遍还在使用2D显卡，但3Dfx公司开发了配合2D显卡的3D加速卡，从而为3D游戏画面提供支持。

Tang Wen knew that soon, graphics cards that integrated 2D and 3D rendering would appear, and the graphics era was about to arrive.

3Dfx has been very popular in recent years. Its unique 3D acceleration technology even gave rise to the success of the huge IP "Tomb Raider".

Invista, which will be a powerful company in the future, is now just a small player in the free market. ATI, S3 Graphics and even Intel are all entering the graphics card market, and the competition is at its most intense.

While processors have not yet entered the nano era, the Hanxin incident has not yet occurred, and several giants have not yet grown up, should we seize the opportunity to enter the market?

With one million dollars, you might be able to become a not-to-be-ignored shareholder in S3 Graphics or ATI, and with ten million dollars, you might be able to control a giant.

In 2000, Invista acquired 3Dfx for only $ million.

It is only 1996 now. Even if we cannot acquire the company completely, it would be great to control one of the companies and transfer the technology patents.

"What are you looking at, buddy? Get on the plane and get in line over there."

The busy assembler impatiently pushed Tang Wen away, and then carefully began to assemble the computer.

Tang Wen was not angry, but just asked:
"Don't you have internet access on your computers here?"

“Yes, but we just opened it and now we can only play games.

Bro, you can surf the Internet too?"

The installer took a look at Tang Wen and thought he was a college student.

"know a little."

The phrase "surfing the Internet" made Tang Wen feel dazed. Did this word appear so early?

Tang Wen was not very familiar with the development of the Internet at that time, so he asked tentatively:
"Do you go to the chat room?"

“Oh, you’ve been on Yahoo too, but my English isn’t very good, so it would be nice if there were a Chinese chat room.

Classmate, which school are you from? You must have been to the computer room quite often."

Tang Wen: "I understand a little bit. Why don't you use Pentium?"

"Pentium is so expensive. A 486D is enough. But I have played with a Pentium P75. That CPU seems to be able to be overclocked, but I haven't learned how to do it."

Hearing the young man's affirmative answer, Tang Wen breathed a sigh of relief. Pentium P75 has entered the market, the glorious era of i family is about to begin, and familiar history is about to come.

Tang Wen thought about it and said to the installer;
"Let's be friends. I want to buy some computers and I might need your help."

"Some?"

The assembler raised his head and looked at Tang Wen, who looked like a student, with wide eyes.

"Computers are great things. They're convenient for making spreadsheets and documents. We should embrace paperless office."

Tang Wen asked again:
"Which company did you contact to install the network cable?"

(End of this chapter)