Chapter Seventy-Three: It's Too Insidious
In fact, the more technology develops, it seems that these terminals facing ordinary consumers will become more and more versatile and homogeneous.
A computer that can bring a variety of entertainment functions to people will become a portable laptop. But even if it tries to change, it will be replaced by more portable and convenient smartphones and tablets.
Enterprises that were originally unparalleled in the world because of computer platforms will miss the development of the entire mobile era because of slow action and wrong judgment. As a result, its own operating system, which was originally the world's largest in terms of installed base, was surpassed by two mobile phone systems and became the third.
Lin Yan seems to have figured out the development path of video game consoles in the future. As a product that can sell millions, tens of millions, and hundreds of millions of units in a single model. It seems that the most suitable development route for it is to become a TV box.
With it as an entrance, users can watch a variety of TV programs. This is actually quite attractive to users in the United States.
TV users in the United States, in addition to paying CCTV fees, watch some public programs. If they want to watch other shows, they need to pay a special fee.
For example, there is a special Las Vegas channel, and all the shows are all related to gambling, such as Texas Hold'em, blackjack, and so on.
There are also dedicated music channels, specialized movie channels. These channels are all dedicated to a niche. If you want to see it, no problem, just give money.
Although it seems that the United States is a genuine paradise, in such a country, engaged in the cultural production industry. It's a very happy thing.
But most people are deterred by the high fees.
To know. Only 10 percent of the population in the United States lives in cities, and the remaining 90 percent. A large part of them live in small towns with only a few hundred people. Those who live in urban slums are poorer than them.
The social system of the United States seems to be an elite education system. Children from wealthy and powerful families attend private schools with a high level of education. Those who do not have the money attend public schools with lower levels of education.
The success rate of private schools is much higher than that of public schools. Therefore, the proportion of people who go to private schools and universities is high, and of course there are public schools that go to college, but most of them are because of poor grades. It was gradually eliminated and became a screw.
Such a system, although it seems, is not so fair. However, everyone is used to it. The general public is aware of the high rate of admission to private schools. And the elites said yes, we give everyone the opportunity to go to school, you don't study hard, your grades are not good, then you are to blame.
Lin Yan's assessment of this education system in the United States. Actually, I don't have much affection.
However, what does it matter if you don't have a good feeling. He didn't come to educate him, he came to inspect the market and consume.
After a few days of investigation. He's probably already seen what the whole Christmas shopping carnival looks like. I also went around the mall. Souvenirs have also been bought.
However, late at night before Christmas, it was past eleven o'clock. He still took John Kishimoto with him, and stood in front of the supermarket crowd and huddled with the others. I plan to follow them into the supermarket and join in the fun.
The reason why these people are guarding the door of the supermarket. Waiting for twelve o'clock is not because it is something similar to the Chinese New Year "bell ringing" festival. Rather, it is because, after twelve o'clock, the supermarket begins to sell goods.
The discount is not low, and if it weren't for people like Lin Yan who are not short of money at all, most Americans would choose to start buying things at this time.
Lin Yan looked at the endless sea of people in front of the supermarket, and suddenly thought that the scene that Americans were most exposed to was like a zombie movie. Isn't it the annual Christmas shopping festival?
With so many people rushing in together, wouldn't there be a stampede and a fatal incident?
Of course, there are nearly fifty security guards standing at the entrance of the supermarket. These supermarket security guards are probably the hardest working people. Everyone else can take the holidays, and when they go to the Christmas shopping spree, they are the only ones who need to be faithful and look at the goods but not be able to buy them themselves.
However, it is also possible that these guards who maintain order have their own permission to shop.
Rush into the supermarket.
For example, the supermarket that Lin Yan and John Kishimoto rushed into today is a super-large supermarket. Such supermarkets not only sell vegetables, fruits, and daily necessities, but also sell more things. For example, small household appliances, or other electronic products. For example, computers.
Right! It's a computer!
Christmas shopping festival is a shopping festival, if you can describe it in two words, it is crazy!
It is probably also the favorite scene of merchants. The discounts on the goods are within their affordability, and the shoppers buy the goods as if they don't need money.
It was a little difficult for both of them to walk on their own.
Hayashi and John Kishimoto walked to the area where computers were sold, wanting to see what computers sold best.
The two of them went to see a strange scene, the whole counter, except for the Apple computer, there were no other computers.
Could it be that other computers are selling too well? Apple computers are unsalable?
However, it doesn't seem to be like this.
The Apple computer on the counter has no unsalable meaning, and some people grit their teeth and choose the Apple computer after seeing that there is no other computer.
The group of people who buy computers looks very distinct, and most of them are like parents, and they also buy them for their children. After all, these days, high-tech gadgets like computers are popular.
"Do you know what's going on?" Lin Yan asked John Kishimoto beside him.
"No, I don't know......" John Kishimoto replied.
His stature was relatively short, and the flow of people was so dense, he was like a flat boat in the stormy waves, helplessly drifting with the current.
Although Lin Yan was not as miserable as him, he couldn't stand the smell of these white people.
Compared with the yellow race, most white people have such a thing as "fox odor" or "armpit odor". It's not discrimination, it's genetic. This is also the reason why European aristocrats love perfume so much.
Lin Yan tried his best to breathe through his mouth, looking at the Apple computers that were constantly being sold in front of him, and other empty shelves, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.
Maybe so?
Is it Apple's machime?
It would be insidious if it really was so. (To be continued......)