Hanging up the phone, Michelle's stunned heart actually rose a little panic. She relies on her parents to shade her, has hundreds of millions of family fortunes to squander, and almost walks sideways in Europe and the United States.

Life in your twenties has always been smooth.

Until she met Zhou Qingfeng, Michelle experienced many dangers, not to mention, and repeatedly hit a wall. Let her know that the world doesn't revolve around her.

Zhou Qingfeng is ruthless, cunning, scheming, and his ideas of doing things are whimsical and unrestrained. All Michelle's pride was nothing to mention in front of her.

If this is just the leader of an unsavory underground force, the little foreign girl will not have much interest, and will even mock the other party as a rotten rat hiding in the sewers, and can only feast in a dark and smelly corner.

But Zhou Qingfeng had a dazzling light from the moment he appeared. Its influence has jumped so fast that it is difficult to find it in ancient and modern times. He's slowly changing history.

The sudden phone call messed up Michelle's mind. She hurriedly left the unfinished shop and returned to her home in Manhattan's Central Park. Only by staying at home can she be calmer.

"Hey, Uncle Billy, I'm Michelle. Can you do me a favor? Do you know what new news I have recently reported on the company that I studied for China's 'Shengguang' Group? ”

Michelle calls her father's assistant. In terms of relationships, the 'Uncle Billy', who is almost fifty, is no different from his family. With her father's status, the assistant's connections are like octopuses, everywhere.

Michelle made a phone call at noon, and two days later received a parcel from her father's assistant.

Inside the parcel was all the public and non-public reports about the 'Holy Light' in the past month, including the sensation caused by the 'new fighter'. But the most striking are the several VCD discs.

"Now the CIA doesn't use videotapes?" Michelle complained.

The assistant uncle who delivered the parcel laughed, "The disc is lightweight, has a large capacity, and is convenient for encryption." The CIA is not ignorant and has always chosen the most advanced technology. However, these are not particularly secrets, and VCDs are used for convenience. ”

"It seems that the 'Holy Light' produces products that affect the world." Michelle has a VCD player at home, and there is no obstacle to playback.

Hearing 'influencing the world', the assistant uncle nodded in agreement, "This thing does have a great impact." ”

Michelle looked back, expecting her assistant uncle to continue. Because there must be a deeper reason behind this evaluation of this person.

"Since the beginning of this year, the VCD production capacity of 'Holy Light' has grown explosively. They lack foreign exchange, so they spend 80% of their production capacity on exports.

Originally, their foreign markets were mainly in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe, where consumption power is poor and income is not high. We didn't pay much attention to it. But you definitely can't think of who buys the most VCDs now? ”

Michelle was even more surprised, "Is it America?" ”

"No, it's Europe. Especially those countries that pay a TV tax. ”

Many countries in Europe collect TV taxes, such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium and so on. As soon as you buy a TV, a TV station like the BBC will send someone to collect the money.

Even if you say you don't watch the BBC, you can't do it.

If you have the possibility to see, you have to pay for it. If you peek, you face a hefty fine – trust the BBC, if you don't pay for watching TV, they'll have professionals using professional equipment to catch them.

Guaranteed to make the peeping eye ache in the heart.

If you go to Europe, you will find that many families do not have a television at all. Don't be surprised, it's all forced. So many people would rather go to a bar at night than stay at home. Because it's so boring at home.

Now, the 'Holy Light' has sent the VCD.

Connect the VCD to a monitor that can't accept external signals, and get some pirated discs to enjoy modern audio-visual products. It is not illegal to possess pirated CDs, and at most they will be confiscated.

Even if you break the law one day, it's much easier to hide a pirated disc than a TV.

"Sales of VCDs and pirated discs in Europe are particularly hot right now. No matter how much the media tries to publicize the harm, ordinary people don't care about it.

Since most of these are underground transactions, it is not possible to officially count the exact number.

A British reporter made an unannounced investigation of a neighborhood in London and found that more than 80 of the more than 500 households in the neighborhood were using VCD.

Nearly half of the remaining families also have a desire to buy, but they can't buy it temporarily because of the lack of stock.

The British police have been investigating the smuggling channels of VCDs, but there has been no progress. At present, it is not only local gangs that are involved, but also many regular businesses.

Because the profit is too large, the risk is low. A few months ago, I heard people joke that drug traffickers in the past are now selling VCDs and pirated CDs. ”

Michelle pursed her lips and whispered, "This is the typical 'Holy Light' style, that is, knowing that it has done bad things, and even has sufficient evidence, but cannot catch it alive or dead. It's so hateful! ”

The assistant uncle also sighed, "Now the VCD industry is not only smuggling, but also causes other social problems. ”

"What could be a deeper impact?"

"Absolutely." The assistant uncle nodded affirmatively, "VCD burning equipment is very cheap, and it can be purchased for only a few thousand dollars, which is much cheaper than ripping video tapes." So private disc production began to proliferate.

For example, there are some underground bands run by black people, and their street music lacks distribution channels. Now, 'Holy Light' recently launched a portable VCD, which is almost a perfect match for street music.

If you go to Brooklyn now, you'll see almost all black people with headphones, a portable VCD pinned to their waists, and a hip-hop music writhing around the streets.

Similar homemade audiovisual images are exploding, and there is already research into what impact the rapid spread of subcultures will have on mainstream society.

Because there are many people who no longer get information from the regular media, and this even affects the votes in some areas. Your father has noticed this, and he is concerned about it, and thinks it might be an opportunity.

Another point is that the VCD patent of 'Holy Light' comes from Philips. But Philips found that the technology it developed was cheaper than others, and it is fighting patent lawsuits around the world.

In addition, Philips is also working with other technology companies to prepare for the next generation of DVD technology, hoping to regain the current hot VCD market.

But you know, the VCD market is completely supported by pirated discs. DVDs wanted to restrain piracy, which was almost doomed to fail.

The Light recently issued a statement saying that if they were denied access to the new DVD Alliance, they would not hesitate to destroy the industry.

At present, Japan's Sony has succumbed and is trying to pull Philips to admit it. Because they realize that the Light has the power to undo their efforts. ”

"That bastard is so domineering." Michelle complained weakly.

The assistant uncle smiled again: "It's really annoying and domineering, and there is nothing you can do to let others take it." But your mother's interest in the Light has been growing lately. ”

"Oh, I know."

The assistant didn't say much, but Michelle knew what the other party meant. Most of the goods she got from the Holy Light are currently being handed over to her mother for publicity and sales.

Luxury goods from other worlds have a strange seductive effect, and the ladies and ladies of New York and Washington have no resistance to this, and they have generously donated money to buy them.

If you make a lot of money, the goodwill will naturally rise.