There is no doubt that this is the source of the danger James feels. He knows that this is a warning given to him by Dulin. Dulin even guessed that he was going to call Juan, so he sent someone to cut his phone line. He slowly put the phone back where it belonged, just as his wife came to his study carrying fruit. His wife is a local, almost ten years younger than James, very beautiful, and has given birth to two children for him. James always gives the best to his wife, whether she wants it or not, he will give her everything he can.
He loves his wife very much, and he loves his children very much. He loves this family and everything else. He doesn't want to lose these beautiful things!
"You don't look good. Are you tired?" After his wife put down the fruit plate, she walked behind him and squeezed his shoulders hard. "If you are tired, please take a break." Take your time, don’t wear yourself down, our whole family is counting on you!”
James closed his eyes and enjoyed his wife's kneading. He sighed quietly, raised his hand and touched the back of his wife's smooth hand, "Then it will be just for these few days. I will explain the work tomorrow morning, and then rest for a while. Do you want to travel?"
His wife snorted in denial, a bit coquettish. James liked this voice, "It will waste a lot of money to travel. Besides, Ilian is the most famous tourist city in the empire. Do we want to Go to the countryside where there is dust and dirt everywhere? Just rest at home!" As soon as she let go, she remembered something, "By the way, have you heard about the coffee shop on Liming Avenue? The guy got burned."
"What's going on?" James suddenly woke up a little. He turned sideways and looked at his wife, "Is it an accident?"
He was suddenly very sensitive to life and death. When he heard about the death of a coffee shop boy, he immediately thought of a rumor about Dulin. It was said that he would appear on Dawn Avenue at around six o'clock every morning. In a coffee shop, read the newspaper, eat something and drink a cup of coffee, and then leave. He had just met Du Lin in the evening, and he couldn't help but think of that man, a man who his friends said was very capable.
This friend of James is a staff member of the city hall. He mentioned Dulin casually and did not refer to anything in particular. It seemed that he was talking about something related to District 5. James didn't pay attention to it at the time. He suddenly remembered it for some reason and immediately felt as if all these things could be connected together.
His wife told the whole story in a curious tone.
It is said that the waiter had to work long hours every day and looked weak every day. However, he worked seriously enough and made no mistakes, so the owner of the coffee shop did not fire him. He might have been exhausted after returning home from work in the middle of the night before yesterday. He accidentally fell asleep on the kitchen table while making something to eat. He ignored what was burning on the stove and no one was taking care of it, so a fire broke out.
The guy was burned to death at home on the spot. The fire station and police station had already conducted investigations and found nothing unexpected. They concluded the case and closed down the team.
Originally, the matter would have ended there, but who would have thought that the boy's parents started a quarrel and even found the workers' union. After discussion, the workers' union decided to take part in this incident. They believed that the tragedy occurred because the coffee shop owner treated his employees harshly. Although the coffee shop owner did not need to bear primary responsibility, there was secondary responsibility, and they used this as their excuse. The basis is that the coffee shop owner is required to bear a certain amount of responsibility for the death of the waiter, two thousand yuan.
Now both parties have hired lawyers and are preparing to resolve the dispute through the courts. Many people are discussing this matter and the possible results.
The muscles on James' face twitched uncontrollably, and he chuckled softly to delay the real fluctuations in his heart, "So I often say, if you need to leave while cooking, be sure to turn off the heat!"
His wife nodded in agreement, but also made a small counterattack, "But in the final analysis, it is because he is too tired. If he was not so tired, such a tragedy would not have happened, so I hope you can take a good rest." , don’t go anywhere at home, just sleep for a few days.”
James squeezed his wife's hand and nodded vigorously, "Okay, I will listen to you."
He never thought about calling Juan again, not at all!
"Well done this time!" Du Lin returned home and hung his coat on the hanger. He glanced at Dufo who was playing cards with others in the living room and praised him.
This time Du Fu really dealt with this matter with his heart. Du Lin didn't want to know what the process was like, he just wanted the result. This result satisfied him very much. What made him even more satisfied was that the workers' union was involved in a lawsuit with the coffee shop owner, which completely diverted people's attention from the death of the waiter. No one will pay attention to that now. Is there any doubt about the guy's death? I only care about the process and outcome of this lawsuit.
Duffer grinned and quickly focused on the poker in his hand. They play without any chips or bets, it is purely a way to kill time. Du Lin looked at the group of people who were concentrating, smiled, shook his head and walked up the spiral staircase. After a while, they might be asked to play cards, and they would no longer be in the mood to play cards.
Du Lin ordered three monochrome video players from the Imperial Capital. To put it bluntly, they are TVs from another world. However, the TVs here seem to be equipped with black technology, and their development has deviated a bit from the track of another world. Before cable television stations even existed, there were things like video tapes. This thing is integrated with the black and white TV. The TV itself cannot receive any TV signals and has no line interface. If you want to play it, you must buy tape.
Joshua told him that a monochrome video player costs 1,200 yuan, and the tapes that record movies cost 30 yuan each. Now major distribution companies and producers are going crazy. Fill with new tape. Despite this high price, it still attracted the attention of many wealthy people. It is said that all the first month's production has been booked, and people waiting in line to receive the goods are already living at the door of the factory.
And this is the new deal Du Lin thought of!
In terms of theaters, there is a giant like the George family standing in the way, so the so-called cooperation is actually unreliable at all. If Juan and the others thought they had hundreds of movie theaters in their hands and sat down at the negotiation table to discuss terms with the George family on equal terms, it can only be said that he has not yet awakened from his dream of getting rich. For giants like the George family, their more realistic idea may be to acquire the resources in Juan's hands. If they were asked to divide the expected economic and political gains in the future among these old haters, would they be willing
Absolutely not. That is the George family, not some small rich. Their influence in the political field is definitely the number one in the media. How could they compromise? Even if they give up this industry, they cannot share their interests with "little rich people" like Juan and Luke. Every trust is not a good person. If they were good people, many people would be bankrupt and homeless!
Although this emerging business cannot be done, Dulin sees another industry, which is the future television media. He had heard before that the Imperial Academy of Sciences had produced a qualified product on the assembly line, but it had never been released. Perhaps this could also explain why there was something similar to a video player integrated into the TV—they needed content. !
Who would waste money on something worthless and meaningless if there isn't enough content
This just provides Dulin with a new development direction, and this development direction also has great potential. Once something like television, which can satisfy almost everyone's entertainment needs, becomes popular, the earliest batch of media will definitely be swallowed up into a giant. Perhaps these TVs are still unable to access limited signals, but Dulin believes that this day will not wait long. In the final analysis, interests are driving 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, he would record them in advance, and then sell the recorded tapes at cost price to all users who own TVs. Compared with those movies and operas that are replayed countless times, content like Dulin that keeps up with the times and is different in each issue can definitely attract the attention of most people.
People who can spend 1,200 yuan on a TV will never mind paying an extra ten yuan every week to buy a tape with a lot of new content.
What's more important is that there has not yet been a trust with a strong dominance in this industry, and it can even be said that Dulin has no rival! At that time, he can even really cooperate with the George family to broadcast the news in an imaging way!
Distribution companies are also coming to him to cooperate and provide packaging business. With the revenue from advertisers, Dulin can already imagine what a big piece of cake this is!
Once he has numerous loyal and loyal users, these people will naturally become his most loyal customers when he establishes a wireless or cable TV station, and his potential political influence will also be greatly improved. If those politicians want to promote their political ambitions and ideas among these middle- and upper-class families who own televisions and stable jobs and form the most important part of society, they must pay fees to Dulin and have a good relationship with Dulin. relation!
It can be expected that in the future, Dulin may become a giant like the George family, firmly controlling this industry, and all practitioners need to look at his face to act!
(End of chapter)