Chapter 176: Arcade Ambassador
On a street near San Francisco's Chinatown.
An RV, a van stopped in front of and back, wearing a tight T-shirt and pencil jeans, and Olivia, with long hair, stepped out of the RV and walked into a neighborhood grocery store on the side of the road, followed by a team of three, carrying a bulky tape camera, and Bai Shaoyi walked in the back.
She smiled and said to the old white man who was sorting out the shelves, "Hello boss, I'm Olivia, can I disturb you for a while?"
"Oh my God, it's Juliet!" The biscuit in the boss's hand fell to the ground, and he was stunned in disbelief for a long time, and after seeing the camera behind him, he was a little nervous.
"Don't worry, we'll eventually erase this footage if you don't want to. Olivia explained empathetically, "Now, would you like to give me a few minutes?"
"Of course!" the boss finally came to his senses, and hurriedly beckoned her to sit down at the small table in the corner.
"Here's the thing, I'm now an arcade ambassador for Mirohua. Olivia sat down and brushed her somewhat loose hair, "Have you heard of Mirohua? ”
"Mirohua, you make speakers, right?" the boss thought for a moment, showing a hint of nostalgia, "After the outbreak of the war, I bought one of their tube speakers, and at that time my wife liked to listen to the songs of 'Bluegrass Boy', but unfortunately I went to Asia, and when I came back, she was gone, and the speaker was broken, and now it should be in my farm hay vault in San Simon." ”
"Oh, a poignant story, sorry to remind you of it. Olivia looked sympathetic and wittily changed the subject, "You said that you have been to Asia, then you are a warrior who fought for your country, can you talk to us about those difficult years?"
Under her constant and timely guidance, after ten minutes, the boss gradually regained his pride, and finally simply laughed.
"Hey, Jack, so you're such a valiant warrior who is willing to be obscure. Olivia exclaimed exaggeratedly, then turned to the topic, "We've inquired, your grocery store is the favorite of the residents of the nearby community, and I really admire your wisdom on the new battlefield." ”
The boss smiled proudly.
"Mirova has recently launched an arcade machine for ordinary residents, which is perfect for a grocery store like yours, and maybe you'd like to give us a chance to show it to your customers," Olivia said sincerely. ”
Without hesitation, the boss said, "Is it a PONG-like machine?"
"So you've heard of PONG, that's great, it's similar, but our game is more fun and will definitely bring you more money. Olivia smiled sweetly.
"Do you have a sample?"
Olivia handed over a coloring album, "Please take a look at this first, I'll let them bring the machine in, you can try it yourself." ”
Bai Shaoyi walked out quickly, waved his hand to the back, and immediately two Mirova salesmen got down from the truck, opened the back compartment, and moved down an arcade machine that had just been transported from the Fort Wayne factory to San Francisco.
"Our arcade game is Arkanoid, where the player takes on the role of Romeo, breaking through layers of bricks with magic balls, and finally rescuing Juliet from being trapped in the darkness so that he can return to the beautiful woman. Olivia smiled and pointed to the page of the book, which was printed with a picture of her surrounded by bricks, her face sad and her watery eyes full of expectation.
She mischievously showed a desperate expression: "But one thing to note is that in the previous level, you need to use the magic ball to kill all kinds of monsters behind the bricks, but in the last level, the magic ball must not hit me, it will hurt me, and I will die after three times." ”
"I'll pay attention!" The boss got up and rushed to help Bai Shaoyi and a few people set up the machine, connected the power supply, and Bai Shaoyi threw in a 25-cent coin and left the place for him.
BONG'S VOICE RANG OUT, AND THE BOSS WAS SO HAPPY THAT HE FORGOT THAT THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WAITING FOR HIM, UNTIL A CUSTOMER CAME IN TO BUY CIGARETTES, AND HE HAD TO LET GO.
The customer was a young white man under 20 years old, took a cigarette and first glanced at Olivia several times, wanted to speak but was a little shy, and then his eyes turned to Bai Shaoyi, who was taking over the boss's play, and now he couldn't move his steps.
"Alright, David, you can come back in the evening to play with this new machine, and now that I have guests, you can get out of here." The boss put his hands on his shoulders, pushed him out, and turned around with a smile.
"Beautiful Juliet, now, let me talk to this gentleman about the price. ”
Olivia was a little surprised: "Don't you need to try the water first?"
The boss said confidently: "No need, I know my customers, not to mention I also know PONG, but I can't order their goods for the time being, in my judgment, your arcade machine should be more attractive than theirs." ”
"In fact, we still give them the game license, and we will launch more creative games that can attract more players in the future. Olivia reached out and shook his hand gently, "Well, let the sales staff from Mirova come and talk to you, thank you for your kindness, I'll be back next time, goodbye, Jack." ”
The boss withdrew his reluctant gaze and looked at Bai Shaoyi, who was also smiling, "So, man, you come and tell me, how many dollars do I need to pay to get such a liberated Juliet?"
"The retail price in the market is $2,000, and now it is in the marketing period, and each unit can be discounted by $200, and we also provide free maintenance services for one year and new game replacement services for life. ”
The boss covered his forehead and muttered, "PONG only sells for $1,500, your price is too high!"
"The cost of the internal components we use is different, as you can see the content and graphics of the game, I believe you can judge it. Bai Shaoyi smiled and said unhurriedly, "In addition, we also have the original 'Ping Pong' game arcade, with a promotion price of only $1,200, and a more playable 'Chinese Block' game arcade, with a promotion price of only $1,500." ”
"You have three arcade games?"
"Yes, if you want, we can move them all down for you to try for yourself. ”
"Then what are you hesitating about, quick!"
Ten minutes later, the boss, who had participated in World War II, bought four arcade machines in one go, two brick-making, in the boss's words, called the liberation of Juliet, plus a ping-pong and a Chinese cube, for a total price of 6,300 US dollars, paid in full.
The team's vehicle slowly departed, and the next destination was a nearby disco bar that had just opened.
"Liberation Juliet, that's a good name, maybe you can adopt it, Ollie's idea is quite interesting, everyone did a good job. ”
On the side of the street opposite the grocery store, an extended Lincoln turned the front of the car and slowly followed, on the car, the dialogue collected by the camera crew's pickup kept coming from the loudspeaker, Zhang Heng flipped through the advertising album, and Juliet, who was rescued, used Olivia's face thumbnail in the game screen, but why does the player's avatar look so similar to himself?
"It must be Tian Lenong's idea, Lu Yun won't think about it so much. He closed the album with some amusement.
Brandt listened beside him, and both of them looked relaxed.
"Evan, you go to Fuguo and negotiate an installment loan policy for arcade operators as soon as possible, and Mirova can provide a certain level of guarantee. "Since the rich country has given Mirohua a loan line of 20 million US dollars, it should not oppose adding a new money-making plan.
"Okay, boss. Brandt smiled and nodded.
Zhang Heng said solemnly: "Also, make a return visit plan, pay attention to the combination of telephone return visit and on-site return visit, cross the business department and the logistics department, and be sure to track the market feedback in time and pass it to all department heads of the company!"
Olivia then causes a small stir in the minority-owned bar, where the team struggles to free her from the crowd of fanatical young people and ends up sitting in front of the somewhat frivolous boss.
Inside Lincoln's car, Brant looked at Zhang Heng who was frowning awkwardly, and his heart was beating.
Zhang Heng made a decision: "Evan, increase professional security, and reduce Ollie's plan to go to a similar place, so that the salesmen rush to the front." ”
"Yes, I'll do it right away, and I can be in place tomorrow!" Brandt had decided in his mind to cut all similar plans, and in the future, Olivia would go to some relatively safe neighborhood stores and playgrounds.
"By the way, keep all the videos about the promotion, maybe it will be shown on TV in the future, and I hope to see an honest and reliable operator like Jack on the scene at the anniversary celebration next June, and Mirova is going to give them trophies, and we want them to get the respect they deserve, the respect of all Americans!"
After solemnly speaking, Zhang Heng pointed to the sky outside the window, "It's not early, now you go and take over the team to make a summary, I'll take a leave of absence for her, after all, you know, I'm going back tomorrow." ”
"I understand, I wish you all a great night. Brant smiled and got out of the car.
A few minutes later, Olivia came up with surprise on her face and looked at Zhang Heng intently.
"You've done a fantastic job! Zhang Heng stretched out his hand and hugged her in his arms, "Brandt told me that the company is ready to increase your salary, and asked me to ask you if you would like to come to Mirohua as the manager of the business department." ”
"Oh, the wicked capitalists have at last a conscience. Olivia lay comfortably in the crook of his strong arm, a mocking smile on her face, "It seems that it is not bad to be a business manager, the commission is very high, let me consider it before replying to you." ”
"Capitalists are extremely hateful, I hated those capitalists recorded in books when I was a child, but when I grew up, I realized that there is always someone who wants to be a capitalist, whether he is an individual, a collective or a country, otherwise everyone will have nothing to eat. Zhang Heng smiled, his nose rubbing against her pink face.
"Don't be like that, greasy!" Olivia turned her head away, her body shaking with laughter.
The two enjoyed a rare silence for a while, and she asked softly, "Are you going back tomorrow?"
"Well, things are almost done here, and the follow-up work has been handed over to Brant and the special team, and I'll go back with Lu tomorrow, and I'm going to start getting busy over there. ”
She sat up, looked out the window at the distant shadow of the Pacific Coast Mountains slowly passing by at night, and said faintly: "I have read a book about China, which says that even if your ancient people are separated, the waiting love can make the mountains overturn, the sea dries up, and the sun and moon are dull, this legend is very great and beautiful. ”
"Well, that's an exaggeration, but it's beautiful. Zhang Heng smiled and instructed the driver to change his destination.
"Aren't you going to your hotel?" said Olivia half an hour later, at the top of the Twin Peaks, a little surprised, and her whole body opened comfortably, embracing the entire San Francisco city that had been shrouded in brilliant lights and starry sky.
"We can't let the mountains overturn right now, but at least we can make the mountains shake. Zhang Heng smiled and carried her back to the car, Chen Zhenning and the driver walked away and waited at the entrance of the mountain road.