It is only 2004, and many older female clerks in NYPD are only able to operate computers by typing and tabulating, and do not have much knowledge of collecting information on the Internet.
Luke met Elizabeth's expectant gaze and said after a moment's hesitation, "If you like, you can try it. This job will become more and more important in the future."
Titanium phones are still the dominant force now, but various big players who want to get a piece of the smartphone pie have already started or even completed a large number of negotiations.
If nothing unexpected happens, other low- and mid-range smartphones will pop up all over the world next spring.
These big sharks are not stupid.
By next year, wireless network construction across the United States will be more complete and the market capacity will be larger.
Smartphones without network support cannot deliver a “fatal blow” to consumers’ wallets and cannot snatch many users from titanium phones.
Luke didn't care at all.
The more people Ginny gets involved with now, the fewer and smaller patent lawsuits Titanium Mobile will face in the future.
Based on the principle of not taking profit as the first pursuit, Ginny obtained more and more patent authorizations in exchange, and the patents secretly purchased through shell companies were enough to deal with most patent lawsuits.
This also means that the number of smartphones will explode within two years.
Whether the titanium mobile phone is made by one company or by the whole world, it means something different to Luke and to the world.
The era where everyone is an eyewitness is coming, and network intelligence collection will become more and more important, even more important and timely than traditional intelligence collection.
If Elizabeth is personally interested and enters this industry early, she will indeed have great development prospects.
Anyway, she is going to be a junior supervisor, not a programmer, so she doesn't have to worry about dark circles under her eyes, hair loss, or death from overwork.
Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief.
It was also under Luke's guidance that she accidentally came into contact with the field of network information collection and intelligence analysis.
After jumping to the NYPD Intelligence Agency, she naturally moved closer to this area.
She found that she preferred doing this kind of behind-the-scenes investigative work to picking up a gun and shooting people every day.
However, these two "teachers" Luke and Selina are definitely "hands-on" people.
Faced with this opportunity, Elizabeth couldn't help but doubt herself whether she was "betraying her teacher and ancestors", so she had to talk to Luke in person.
More importantly, she and Luke had talked about what would happen when they had money.
Choosing this path meant she was almost destined to stay in the office every day, and she was afraid that Luke would misunderstand that she couldn't endure hardship.
Of course Luke wouldn't think so.
Hiding in the office as a stay-at-home girl is also a job that many people can't stand.
This is not about hiding at home playing games and reading gossip, but a job with daily tasks.
Everything you do is regulated, and you have to work overtime all the time. If you don't have enthusiasm for your work, you really can't do it.
Elizabeth felt relieved after receiving Luke's affirmation.
She picked up the cup of black tea and drank it all, then held out the cup: "Another cup."
Luke had no choice but to pour her another cup. "This is black tea, not Coke, and certainly not whiskey. Drink it slowly. There's also milk and sugar, biscuits and snacks here. Treat it as afternoon tea."
Elizabeth chuckled, and her movements did slow down: "Am I disturbing you?"
She knew that beneath his lazy appearance he was serious at work, but most people had no chance to discover it.
Luke rolled his eyes and said, "Since you want to work on network intelligence gathering, let me test you."
Elizabeth was surprised: "How do you take the test?"
Luke handed over a tablet: "Just answer my questions on it."
In this way, he could hear a lot of gossip from the Intelligence Department.
When Elsa and Selina came down, they saw the "master and disciple" sitting opposite each other on the bay window, each holding a tablet in his hand.
If you don't look at the tablet, but only look at the small coffee table and the two people sitting cross-legged, you would really think they are playing Go.
Elsa was puzzled: "What are they doing?"
Selina sat down with Elsa, who had just finished her tour. She picked up the tablet and took a look. She immediately smiled and said, "It can be considered... a daily quiz."
Elsa shook her head helplessly.
She is an old-school police officer. She only asks for advice when she is working. She doesn't even have enough time to rest after get off work, so she naturally doesn't have the patience to do such "small tests".
All I can say is that Luke is really serious about being a "teacher".
Elsa held a chocolate cookie, hesitated for half a second, and finally took a bite.
Then, she took a sip of the warm black tea that Selena had just poured, and sighed contentedly, "This is afternoon tea. What a miserable life I've been living lately, it feels even worse than in Los Angeles. At least in Los Angeles I can see the sun on my way to and from get off work, but here, from the time I leave home to the time I get home, I feel like I'm in a world without sunshine."
Selina was better: "Haha, my bathroom has a sauna function, can you try it later?"
Elsa's eyes lit up: "Well, this is possible."
As soon as she said that, she immediately shook her head: "Forget it, Dustin is coming soon, and he doesn't have much time."
Selina didn't care: "Wait until he leaves. I bet he'll be here for no more than an hour, including eating."
Elsa: "We all know that. Let's talk about it after dinner."
Selina: "There are guest rooms on the third floor. You can sleep here tonight if you want."
Elsa hesitated for a moment about staying overnight, but finally agreed.
When in Los Angeles, Selena also stayed at her place, and the two had a good relationship.
While the two were talking, Dustin arrived.
When I looked at the time, it was two minutes past seven. I was two minutes late, which was exactly as expected.
The gift Dustin gave was simple but interesting, a pot of green ivy for interior decoration.
When Selina took the gift, she heard him say, "I wanted to give you a cactus or something, but I thought you guys would get off work early a lot, so you should have time to water it."
She could only laugh.
There were some decorative green plants at home, but they were watered with a smart dripper controlled by Xiaowo, so she didn't have to worry about it at all.
Adding this pot of green ivy is just a matter of adding a drip pipe.
Everyone was familiar with Dustin's style, so after a simple five-minute chat, dinner began.
Dinner was relatively quiet.
When Luke cooks, he only cares about how good the food tastes, not the restaurant rules.
There were lobsters, fish, pork, beef and mutton on the table, all of which could be considered main dishes. The portions of each were not large, but there was everything.
If we really want to go to a restaurant to eat these things, other people don’t have that much time.
Even if you go there, the focus is on eating in style, and enjoying the food is secondary.
Therefore, everyone was busy feasting today and had no time to chat.
At half past seven, everyone's hard-working mouths basically stopped working.
Desserts and drinks were served and the chat officially began.