Chapter 268: Television [3]
Undoubtedly, this is where James felt the danger, he knew that it was a warning from Doolin to him, and even Doolin had guessed that he was going to call Juan, so he sent someone to cut his phone line. He slowly put the phone back in its place, and it just so happened that his wife came to his study with fruit. His wife was a native, almost ten years younger than James, she was very beautiful, and she also bore him two children. For his wife, James always gives her the best, whether she wants it or not, he will give her everything he can.
He loves his wife and his children, he loves this home, and all of it, and he doesn't want to lose these beautiful things!
"Your face doesn't seem to be good, are you tired?", after his wife put down the fruit plate, she walked behind him and pinched his shoulders hard, "If you are tired, take a leave of absence to rest for a while, don't drag your body down, our family is counting on you!"
James closed his eyes and enjoyed his wife's kneading, he sighed faintly, raised his hand and touched the back of his wife's smooth hand, "Then these days, I'll explain my work tomorrow morning, and then rest for a while, do you want to go on a trip?"
His wife squeezed out a negative snort in her nose, a little coquettish, James liked this voice, "It's a waste of money to go out on a trip, and besides, Ilian is the most famous tourist city in the Empire, are we going to go to the countryside full of dust and mud? Just rest at home!", she just let go of her hand and remembered something, "By the way, did you hear? There was a guy in a coffee shop on Dawn Avenue who was burned to death. ”
"What's going on?", James suddenly sobered up a little, he turned sideways to look at his wife, "Was it an accident?"
He was now suddenly very sensitive to these lives and deaths, and when he heard of the death of a guy in a coffee shop, he immediately thought of a rumor about Doolin, who was said to show up at a coffee shop on Dawn Avenue every morning at six o'clock to read the newspaper, have a bite to eat and a cup of coffee, and then leave. He had only met Durin in the evening, and there was no way he could not think of the man, a man who had a good way in the mouth of his friend.
James's friend is a city hall worker, and he mentions Durin casually, without any specific reference. It seems to be talking about something related to the fifth district, and James didn't care about it at the time, but at this time, somehow he suddenly recalled it, and immediately felt as if it all could be connected into a line.
His wife told the story in its entirety with curiosity.
It is said that the guy has to work long hours every day, and he looks weak every day, but he works hard enough and he doesn't make any mistakes, so the owner of the coffee shop doesn't fire him. He may have been exhausted after coming home from work in the middle of the night the day before, and accidentally fell asleep on the kitchen table while cooking and eating, ignoring that there was no one to manage what was burning on the stove, so a fire broke out.
The guy was burned to death in his home on the spot, and both the fire and police stations had already explored and found nothing unexpected, so the case was decided and the team was closed.
Originally, this matter was almost over here, who would have thought that the guy's parents would make a fuss and find the workers' union. The workers' union decided to take the lead in this matter, believing that it was the coffee shop owner's mistreatment of the employees that led to the tragedy, and although the coffee shop owner was not primarily responsible, there was secondary responsibility, and on this basis, the coffee shop owner was held accountable for the death of the guy, two thousand yuan.
Now that both parties have hired lawyers and are ready to settle the dispute through the courts, many people are talking about the matter and the possible outcome.
The muscles on James' face twitched uncontrollably, and he chuckled softly to delay the true fluctuations in his heart, "That's why I often say, if you need to leave while you're cooking, be sure to turn off the fire!"
His wife nodded yes, but also fought back slightly, "But in the end, it's because he's too tired, if he wasn't so tired, such a tragedy wouldn't have happened, so I hope you can take a good rest, don't go anywhere at home, and sleep for a few days." ”
James squeezed his wife's hand and nodded vigorously, "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”
He never thought to call Juan again, not at all!
"Well done this time!", Durin returned home and hung his coat on the hanger, glancing at Dufo who was playing cards with the others in the living room, and complimented.
This time, Du Buddha really handled this matter with his heart, and Durin didn't want to know what the process was like, he just needed the result. And this result is very satisfactory to him, and what makes him even more satisfied is that the workers' union is messing around with the coffee shop owner in a lawsuit, which completely takes people's attention away from the death of that guy, and now no one is paying attention to whether there is any doubt about the death of that guy, only the process and outcome of this lawsuit.
Dover grinned, and quickly focused on the poker in hand. They don't play with any chips or stakes, it's just a way to kill time. Durin looked at the group of attentive people, smiled and shook his head and walked up the spiral staircase, I am afraid that after a while, I am afraid that they will be allowed to play cards, and they will not have the heart to play cards.
Du Lin ordered three monochrome image players from the imperial capital, to put it bluntly, it is a TV set in another world, but the TV set here seems to be lit up with black technology, and the development is a bit off the track of another world. Before cable television appeared, there were already videotape-like things. This thing is one with the black and white TV, the TV itself cannot receive any TV signal, and there is no line interface, and if you want to play, you must buy tape.
Joshua told him that a monochrome video player cost 1,200 dollars, and that the tape that recorded the film cost 30 yuan each, and that distribution companies and producers were frantically filling new tapes. Despite this, the high price still attracted the attention of many wealthy people, and it is said that the first month's production has been fully booked, and the people waiting in line to receive the goods have already lived in front of the factory.
And the new deal that Durin had in mind was just that!
In terms of cinemas, there is the giant George family as an obstacle, and the so-called cooperation is actually unreliable at all. If Juan and the others thought that they would sit at the negotiating table and negotiate terms with the people of the George family with hundreds of movie theaters in their hands, it can only be said that he has not woken up from his dream of making a fortune. For a giant like the George family, perhaps their more real idea is to buy these resources in Juan's hands, and if they are allowed to divide the economic and political gains that can be expected in the future to these old hats, will they be willing?
Definitely not, that's the George family, not some kind of little millionaires, they are definitely the first people in the media in the political field, how can they compromise? Even if they give up this industry, they can't share their interests with "little millionaires" like Juan and Luke. Every trust is not a good person, and if they were good people, there wouldn't be many people who went bankrupt and went homeless!
Although this new business could not be done, Dührin saw another industry, and that was the future of television media. He'd heard before that the Imperial Academy of Science had made a qualified product on the assembly line, but it had never been released, and perhaps that would explain why there was something like a video player that was composited on TV - they needed content!
Who would waste money on something worthless and meaningless without enough content?
This gives Dührin a completely new direction of development, and it also has great potential. Once television, something that can meet almost everyone's demand for entertainment, becomes popular, the first media will definitely swallow up a behemoth. Maybe these TVs can't access the limited signal now, but Duhring thinks that this day will not wait long, in the final analysis, it is the interests that promote the progress of science and technology.
As for what to do now, he has an idea, first set up a TV station, and then hire some actors and the like to perform some programs, to put it bluntly, it is to record in advance, and then sell the recorded tape to all users who own the TV at cost price. Compared to the movies and operas that have been replayed countless times, Dühring's content that keeps up with the times and is different from episode to episode will definitely attract the attention of the vast majority of people.
People who can spend 1,200 yuan to buy a TV definitely don't care about paying an extra dozen dollars a week to buy a plate of tape with a lot of fresh content.
What's more, there has not yet been a very dominant trust in this industry, and it can even be said that Dühring has not even had a single opponent! At that time, he can even cooperate with the George family to broadcast the news in the form of imaging!
The distribution companies are also coming to him to work with him, offering packaging business, and with the income from advertisers, Dührin can already imagine what a big piece of cake it is!
Once he has a large number of habitual users with strong viscosity, these people will naturally become his most loyal customers when he starts a wireless or cable television station, and his potential political influence will be greatly enhanced. If politicians want to promote their political aspirations and ideas in these middle- and upper-class families with televisions and stable jobs, and who form the most important part of society, they must pay a fee to Doolin and have a good relationship with Doolin!
It can be expected that in the future, Doolin may also become a giant like the George family, firmly controlling the industry, and all practitioners need to look at his face to act!