Hastings's actions did not play a role.

Merbuck, who led the team to negotiate, was quite nervous when he saw the news that came out halfway.

Cantatupo thinks that cooperating with Netflix is better than cooperating with Coin Execution, but he doesn't know.

In his mind, Netflix, as a well-known company that has been immersed in the DVD business for many years, is really a strong opponent.

To be honest, Feng Yiping was also a little surprised when he saw the news, but he was not surprised.

He is well aware that this collaboration is different from the last acquisition of Coin Star.

There is no overlap between the company and Coin Star, but DVD rental is different, and those DVD rental companies will jump out and stir up the situation.

What surprised him was that it was Netflix that came out to stir up the situation?

You must know that he likes Netflix, not its achievements in DVD rental, Netflix's achievements in this area are really limited, what he likes is the very good vision of the Netflix team.

However, after a little thought, he also understood the stakes, Buchanan approached Hastings to discuss cooperation, but was refused, but Hastings must have been very concerned about his own actions from then on.

If he didn't understand it when he acquired Coin Star, he would definitely understand what Feng Yiping's layout was for.

Never imagine your opponent as a fool!

Feng Yiping then compared the advantages and disadvantages of Coin Star and Netflix, Netflix's advantage is that it is also engaged in DVD rental business, but it does online rental, and it also has no experience and channels for operating rental machines.

Especially for a business like Redbox, the most important thing is the channel.

So from this point of view, Coin Star is Redbox's best collaborator, and without one, it's useless for this bullish BesTV to jump out.

Hearing him say this, Merbuck, who originally wanted to go to Kantalupo immediately, also calmed down, and took the initiative to find McDonald's at this time, didn't he come to the door to ask him to raise the price in other aspects?

Therefore, although the negotiation team of McDonald's really took advantage of this new situation to raise the price on other terms, the coin star has always been unmoved, not giving an inch, and is so confident that the people on McDonald's side can't figure it out.

Cantalupo, who has been following the negotiations, heard about it, and he also put off the idea of delaying it for a few days before replying to Netflix.

Just one day later, on behalf of McDonald's, he officially rejected Netflix's proposal.

Therefore, Hastings' laborious move really didn't bring any substantial trouble to Feng Yiping.

Of course, this was another arrangement he didn't know about Hastings, and he didn't know that if Hastings' reputation in the industry was better, maybe he would really be in big trouble if he really encouraged a few other companies to take action.

But who called Hastings to have a mediocre reputation in the eyes of his peers, for example, after Blockbuster received a call from him, its first reaction was to think that he was in the middle of a set!

So, sometimes, if you have a good character, that's really good.

Hastings's move also brought another result, after the announcement of the news, Netflix's stock price also rose slightly, so, from a certain point of view, the McDonald's brand was still successfully consumed by him.

In short, the trouble that Hastings wanted to create actually did not affect Feng Yiping's interest in shopping and shopping.

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September 11th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and from the 9th, San Francisco's Chinatown has held the 7th Mid-Autumn Festival.

There are traditional lion dances, traditional Chinese music, dances, dramas, etc., and on both sides of the short Chinatown, there are all kinds of stalls, all kinds of authentic food from China, as well as traditional festivals from overseas, the indispensable Chinese elements, red lanterns.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is not a legal holiday in the United States, the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival here is more lively than in China.

Because speaking of which, many Chinese who work hard overseas are alone, even if the husband and wife are together, most of the parents are in China, even if the parents are also around, but because they are overseas, there will always be a feeling of inadequacy in this reunion day.

In order to make up for this shortcoming, everyone generally put more enthusiasm into this festival to relieve the strong homesickness.

Go to a place where there are many Chinese, or have a meal with classmates and friends who don't usually have much contact .......

In the two days of the Mid-Autumn Festival Street Fair, the short Chinatown briefly had the liveliness of the domestic downtown area.

The people on the street are no longer in a hurry, and they have all slowed down, and even those men who seem to be single will stop in front of those stalls one by one, and shop as carefully as those women who love to go shopping.

Facts have proved that the American people are also bustling, and from time to time you can see American couples pushing strollers on the crowded streets, harmoniously blending in with the Chinese people with various accents around them, buying all kinds of gadgets, and cheering for Cantonese opera that they don't understand.

Amanda likes such a lively scene the most, with a small lantern hanging from her arm, like a little mouse, holding a mooncake with both hands and nibbling on it in small bites, her little head will turn to the left and right, and when she sees something she is interested in, she will say loudly to her parents, "Look,"

It looked like a country kid who had entered the city for the first time.

To say, she usually lives in the countryside, and it is rare to see so many people.

Huang Jingping looked at the full Chinese restaurants on both sides of the street, and thought of her own restaurant in planning, she brushed the mooncake crumbs from the corners of Amanda's mouth, "You're right, our restaurant must be large, at least when it is completed in the future, there must be a place for performances, hey, you say, can we build a theater in the restaurant?"

"I think your idea is good, since you want to build a Chinese style, then simply build it with the theater,"

"Separate from the restaurant, preferably built in a yard,"

Enjoying the show while eating is very low, but in a restaurant, there is a theater building, and the grade is suddenly raised.

At that time, I will invite some "corners" from China to come over and hold a church meeting or something, so that Lao Mei can also open her eyes and let them know that the opera is a god horse, and the weak one said.

Moreover, isn't that kind of place very suitable for holding some parties, Peking Opera special performances, just do some face painting, Kunqu Opera, put on some silk and embroidery, won't it make those housewives who are worried about the theme of the party envy to death?

"Hey, why is it so lively there?" There are actually two storefronts, which are even more lively than the restaurant next to them.

"Money transfer bank, you didn't see it," Feng Yiping said, pointing to the sign.

"Oh, no wonder," every festive season, before the festive season, it is also the peak period for everyone to send money to the family, no matter how difficult their life is, at this time, they will do their best not to disappoint their families.

"But why don't they go to the bank? Is it safe here?"

"You stupid girl," Feng Yiping patted her on the head, "Do you think everyone has an American identity?"

If you don't have a legal identity, how can you open an account in a bank?

"You mean?" Huang Jingping looked at the people who came in and out in surprise.

"Yes, it is estimated that some of them came with tourist visas, and some came from other channels,"

"Don't think about it, in a few years, the situation in China will get better and better, and there will be fewer and fewer people coming here openly and secretly, but the international students here will go back better and more, I'll answer the phone,"

"Hello, good Mid-Autumn Festival, I'm sorry, I've had a lot of trips these days, I'm not in Silicon Valley now, I'm sorry I can't attend your party,"

It was the cross-strait Tsinghua alumni association calling, and after the Chinese New Year's Eve incident that year, Feng Yiping was considered to have lost his fate for such an event, and if he could not participate, he would not participate.

Although the activities organized by this alumni association are more mature than those organized by international students, to put it bluntly, although they are not as full of all kinds of show-off comparisons as the domestic alumni associations, there are also few contacts, and everyone gets together mainly to find resources that can be used by themselves in this group.

To a certain extent, the higher the education, the longer the time spent in the United States, and the more smoothly developed people, who have behaved no different from authentic Americans, and even more pure, that is, more utilitarian, sophisticated or something, have long been thrown out of the clouds, so they can mix like fish in water in the United States.

People who really stick to some old traditions in China are afraid that only these old men in Chinatown will make Chinatown smaller and smaller, and it will become more and more deserted.

Of course, the decay of Chinatown, in a sense, is also a good thing, indicating that more and more Chinese have successfully integrated into American society.

"You've turned down three or four of these invitations this month, and you don't even go to the consulate, okay?

"That's different, it's to be part of the community, it's to convey some of our ideas about philanthropy, to put it bluntly, it's that we have to do that,"

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In the provincial capital, Luo Jia, who was very miserable and didn't even have a holiday, walked out of the company gate at noon with her colleague who shared a house - also a new colleague this year, "I was supposed to have a holiday, but I had to go to work, and on such days, I always feel very tired, you don't care about me at noon, I don't want to eat, I just want to sleep well...... ，”

Glancing around, he immediately said, "I just remembered, I forgot something in the office, you guys go first,"

But it was already late, dressed neatly, carrying a bag, and Luo's mother, who was standing at the door of the company, had already seen her.

Seeing her running in, Luo Mu chased after her, "Xiao Jia,"

Luo Jia reluctantly stopped, "Mom, didn't you say okay? I'll go home at noon tomorrow, you don't have to take the car to pick me up,"

"I know that you won't eat well," Luo's mother smoothed her daughter's hair scattered in front of her ears, "Mom invited you to eat,"

"It's so good to me," Luo Jia instinctively held the bag to his chest, "It's okay to eat, it's a rare benefit, I'll treat it as if the sun comes out of the west today, or you mistake me for Luo Wei, but there are some things I want to say in front," (To be continued.) )