Chapter 139: The Upper East Side
In the evening, inside a mansion on New York's Upper East Side.
Jeff?? Bezos sat on the couch with a Motorola sample machine in his hand.
Although Motorola is slightly behind Nokia in the research and development of 2G mobile phones, as the overlord of the mobile phone industry, it still quickly catches up with its deep technical accumulation.
Bezos took out his Nokia phone and compared it to Motorola.
Both phones are full keyboards that support functions such as Internet access, text messaging, and faxing.
If you have to pick out the difference, in addition to the brand, it is probably the reading program that comes with the mobile phone is different.
Bezos recalled that he had once met the king downstairs in Random House.
At that time, he was just a fledgling best-selling author.
But who would have thought that only half a year later, the Asian boy's private website has grown to such a point.
In terms of model, eBay and Amazon are not only disruptors of traditional business, but also competitors.
So in terms of publishing, that website has subverted even the physical bookstore and Amazon's online bookstore model.
A few days ago, the editor-in-chief in charge of popular literature complained to himself: "The second half of 1995 was the worst half of the year in which the sales of feature books in the last decade were the worst." ”
Bezos almost couldn't hold back, and wanted to say to him: "You have to look on the bright side, maybe this is the best sales half a year in the next ten years?"
When Bezos wanted to continue to compare the two reading programs differently, his wife Mackenzie?? Bezos came to his side.
"Jeff, go get dressed in a formal setting, there's going to be someone from the community coming to the house today. ”
Bezos, who had just obtained the residence qualification of the Upper East Side, sighed helplessly: "These old money, it's really troublesome. ”
Ten minutes later, neighbors arrived one after another.
The maids at home also put a sumptuous dinner on the table.
"Ha, Jeff, welcome to the best neighborhood in America. The neighbor handed Bezos a bottle of red wine, "This community has finally been moved in by Internet elites." ”
"Thank you. Bezos politely, "It's not an online elite yet, Amazon is still some way from going public." ”
"Don't be modest, your website is great, and it's so convenient to find some classic old books. The man of the other family said sincerely.
Unexpectedly, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy said in a disdainful tone: "What age are you, and you still watch "Uncle Tom's Cabin"." ”
These words immediately aroused the collective echo of the rebellious teenagers: "That is, "Extreme Heavenly Demon" and "Abnormal Creature Experience" are really good-looking. ”
The hostess of the neighbor's house, feeling very embarrassed.
She apologized to Mackenzie and reprimanded the boys: "You can't read some classics? Look at your sister, who has 'Little Women' in her hand all the time." ”
"She lied to you! My sister uses a printer to print it out. "Little Women" is just a book cover, and inside it is actually "Harem?? The little daughter of the Pauline family!"
"What nonsense!" The eldest daughter, who was lying down and was shot, hurriedly reprimanded her younger brother, she attached herself to the boy's side, and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, I'll tell you later, I met Wang Jian when I participated in a public welfare activity a few days ago." ”
The Bezos quietly looked at each other.
To lighten the mood, Mackenzie said, "It's not early, let's eat." ”
So, the embarrassed adults sat down in their chairs one after another and directly revealed the topic just now.
At the dinner table, everyone complimented each other as much as possible.
What "your family's business prospects are good", "your hospital must be profitable"...
And then the men started talking about politics.
The women, on the other hand, talked about what new models were coming out of the luxury store.
However, because of political differences, there were some quarrels between the two neighbors who belonged to the donkey elephant.
Bezos, as the host, hurriedly played the round, "Don't talk about politics, there is a Knicks game tonight." ”
Well, while the Knicks suck, support is still high in New York.
The men took the opportunity to pick up the topic and sat down on the couch together, ready to watch a basketball game.
Bezos turned on the TV to switch the channel to ESPN.
But at this time, a female neighbor shouted, "Was it Cbs just now? Can you change it back first?"
Although at home, men may not pay attention.
But in front of everyone, they still very gentlemanly tuned the channel to CBS.
"Welcome to next week's highlights.
Since the broadcast of "Prison Break", its wonderful plot and tense atmosphere have attracted a large number of viewers.
So, what will be its finale, will the heroine be able to escape from prison and reunite with her boyfriend as she wishes?
Friendly reminder: This first boyfriend is played by one of the play's screenwriters, producer and best-selling author Wang Jian. ”
"Wang Yan?" The eldest daughter's eyes lit up, and she immediately left the table and stood behind the sofa.
And the housewives were silent for a while, and finally someone spoke: "This is the finale?"
"I don't know what the producers of "Prison Break" think, and they don't release the tape yet. One housewife complained, "That handsome Asian boy looks smart, huh?"
"Alas, Nora, I remember that your father was one of the shareholders of CBS, can you lend out the original tape and we burn it?"
"It's just a minority shareholder who has only one vote on the board. Nora is very "modest": "However, there should be no problem in lending the original tape of a TV series. ”
"When the time comes, lend me a rip, I want to watch it from beginning to end. The housewives said, "I once missed a whole episode because of the parent-teacher conference!"
Mackenzie?? Bezos looked at the neighbors, "This "Prison Break", is it really that good?"
"Haven't you seen it?" the housewives looked at Mackenzie in surprise, "then after a while, you come to my house, let's look at it from beginning to end." ”
While the housewives complained that the "Prison Break" video was not yet released, the producers were actually working hard.
At this moment, Wang gradually sat in his apartment, answering Tom's call from Netflix's headquarters.
"Netflix will make 10,000 tapes for rent, and for reasons it is not involved in the production, the profit share of "Prison Break" will be 2:8. ”
And starting from "Prison Break Prequel: From Special Forces to Warden", because of his participation in the production, the income from the videotape has become fifty-fifty. ”
"Well, got it. Wang gradually agreed, while looking at the text message Naomi sent him.
"Wang, have a chance to have a cup of coffee together?"
He casually turned off his phone and said to Tom, "Just leave your subordinates there, and you can come back as soon as possible." ”
"Tomorrow, the audition for "Prison Break" will begin. ”