Vol 4 Chapter 85: Mid-Autumn Festival (Part 1)

Hastings's actions were not without effect.

Merbach, who led the negotiation, was quite nervous after seeing the news that came out halfway.

Cantatubo thinks that cooperating with Netflix is ​​better than cooperating with Coin Executive, but he doesn't know.

In his thoughts, Netflix, as a well-known company that has been in the DVD rental business for many years, is really a strong opponent.

To be honest, Feng Yiping was a little surprised at the news, but he was not surprised.

He is very clear that this cooperation is different from the previous acquisition of Coinstar.

No company and Coin Star have overlapping businesses, but DVD rentals are different. Those DVD rental companies might jump out of the game.

What he was surprised was that it was Netflix who came out to disrupt the situation?

We must know that he liked Netflix, not because of its achievements in DVD rental. Netflix's achievements in this area are also limited. What he likes is the very good vision of the team of Netflix.

However, after thinking about it, he also understood the implications. Buchanan approached Hastings to discuss cooperation, but was rejected, but Hastings must have been paying attention to his actions since then.

If he didn't understand when he acquired Coinstar, he would definitely understand what Feng Yiping's layout was for when he proposed to cooperate with McDonald's Redbox.

Never imagine your opponent as an idiot!

Feng Yiping then compared the advantages and disadvantages of Coin Star and Netflix. Netflix’s advantage is that it is also engaged in DVD rental business, but it does online rental. It also has no experience and no experience in operating rental machines. ,channel.

Especially channels. For a format like Redbox, the most important thing is channels.

So from this point of view, Coin Star is the best collaborator of Redbox. There is no one. It is useless for Blockbuster to jump out.

Hearing what he said, Merbach, who was thinking of going to Cantalupo immediately, also calmed down. At this time, he took the initiative to find McDonald's. Isn't it going to ask him to raise prices in other ways?

Therefore, although the McDonald’s negotiating team really used this new situation to increase the price on other terms, but the Coin Star side has always remained unmoved and refused to give up, so confident that McDonald’s. No one can figure it out.

Cantalupo, who has always been following the negotiation, lost his mind to give Netflix a reply after a few days.

Only one day later, he officially rejected Netflix's proposal on behalf of McDonald's.

Therefore, this laborious move by Hastings really did not cause any substantial trouble to Feng Yiping.

Of course, this is another arrangement he didn’t know about Hastings. He didn’t know. If Hastings had a better reputation in the industry, he might have been tricked by him to make other companies take the shots. It's a big trouble.

But who told Hastings to have an average reputation in the eyes of his peers. For example, when Blockbuster received his call, the first reaction was that he was under the control!

So, sometimes, if the character is good, that is really good.

Hastings’s move also brought another result. After the announcement, Netflix’s stock price also rose slightly. Therefore, from a certain perspective, the McDonald’s brand was successfully consumed by him. A handful.

In short, the trouble Hastings wanted to cause did not actually affect Feng Yiping's interest in shopping and shopping.

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September 11th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and starting from the 9th, the 7th Mid-Autumn Street Festival was held in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

There are traditional lion dances, traditional Chinese music, dance, drama, etc. On both sides of the short Chinatown, there are all kinds of stalls, all kinds of authentic food from China, and traditional festivals overseas, which are essential Chinese elements. ,Red Lantern.

Although Mid-Autumn Festival is not a legal holiday in the United States, the Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere here is more lively than in China.

Because speaking, many Chinese who work overseas are all alone. Even if they are together, most of their parents are in the country, that is, their parents are also with them. But because they are overseas, in this reunion day, they will always There is a feeling of incompleteness.

In order to make up for this shortcoming, everyone generally put more enthusiasm in this festival to relieve the strong feelings of homesickness.

Go to places where there are many Chinese people, or have a meal with classmates or friends that you rarely contact....

During the two days of the Mid-Autumn Festival Street, the short Chinatown gave a short period of lively and vibrant domestic downtown.

The people on the street are no longer in a hurry, and the rare ones have slowed down. Even the men who look single will stop in front of the stalls next to each other, just like those women who love to go shopping. Walked very carefully.

Facts have proved that the American people are also lively, crowded streets, and American couples pushing strollers can be seen from time to time, harmoniously blending into the surrounding Chinese with various accents, buying all kinds of gadgets and listening to them. Cantonese opera who does not understand cheers.

Amanda likes such a lively scene the most, with a small lantern hanging from her arm, like a little mouse, holding moon cakes in her hands and nibbling, her little head will turn to the left for a while, and then to the right, what to see If you are interested, say to your parents aloud, "Look,"

It looked like a country kid who entered the city for the first time.

To say, she usually lives in the country, it is rare to see so many people.

Huang Jingping looked at the full Chinese restaurants on both sides of the street and thought of her own restaurant in the plan. She wiped the mooncake crumbs from the corner of Amanda's mouth, "You are right, our restaurant must be large in scale, at least when it is completed in the future. , If there is a place for performances, hey, you say, can we build a theater in the restaurant?"

"I think you have a good idea. Since you want to build a Chinese style, you can build it together with the theater."

"Separated from the restaurant, it's best to be built in a courtyard,"

Enjoying the show while eating, it was very low, but in a restaurant, there was a theater building attached to it, and that level suddenly rose.

At that time, I would invite some "horns" from the country every now and then, to have a meeting or something, so that Lao Mei opened his eyes and let them know that the opera **** horse is weak and explosive.

Besides, isn’t such a place very suitable for holding some gatherings? For special Peking Opera, some facial makeup, Kunqu opera, some silk and embroidery, will not make those housewives who worry about the theme of the gathering to death envy. ?

"Hey, why is it so lively there?" There are actually two stores, which are more lively than the restaurant next to it.

"The remittance bank, you didn't see it," Feng Yiping said, pointing to the signboard.

"Oh, no wonder." Every holiday season, before the holiday, it is also the peak time for everyone to pay money to the home. No matter how difficult your life is, at this time, you will do your best to not let your family down.

"But why don't they go to the bank? Is it safe here?"

"You stupid girl," Feng Yiping patted her head, "Do you think everyone has an American identity?"

I don't have a legal identity, how do I open an account in a bank?

"You mean?" Huang Jingping looked at so many people coming in and out there in surprise.

"Yes, it is estimated that some came with tourist visas, and some came from other channels,"

"You don’t have to think too much. In the next few years, the situation in China will get better and fewer people will come here. It is the international students here. The better and more they will go back. Calls,"

"Hello, the Mid-Autumn Festival is good, I'm sorry, there have been a lot of trips these days, and I am not in Silicon Valley now. I'm sorry I can't join your party,"

It was the Tsinghua Alumni Association from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. After that year's New Year's Eve, Feng Yiping was absolutely cut off from such an event. If he could not participate, he would not participate.

Although the activities organized by this alumni association are more mature than those organized by international students, to put it bluntly, although they are not filled with all kinds of show-offs and comparisons like the domestic alumni associations, there are also fewer connections and feelings. In order to find resources that can be used by oneself in this group.

To a certain extent, the higher the degree of education, the longer the time spent in the United States, and the more prosperous people are no different from the authentic Americans, and even more pure, that is, more utilitarian, sophisticated, and so on. Just throw it out of the sky, so they can get mixed up in the United States.

People who really adhere to some old traditions in China are afraid that only these old men in Chinatown will become smaller and deserted in Chinatown.

Of course, the decline of Chinatown, in a sense, is also a good thing, indicating that more and more Chinese have successfully integrated into American society.

"This month, you have already refused three or four such invitations. Don't even go to the consulate. Is that okay? You also asked me to organize more gatherings at home."

"That's not the same, it's to integrate into the community, to convey some of our concepts of charity, to put it bluntly, we have to do that,"

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The provincial capital ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Luo Jia, who didn’t even take vacations very tragically, followed the co-leasing colleagues at noon, who were also newly recruited colleagues this year, out of the company’s door. Days, I always feel very tired, leave me alone at noon, I don’t want to eat, I just want to sleep well..."

He glanced around at random and said immediately, "Just remembering that I have something left in the office, you can go first."

But it was too late. She was neatly dressed and carrying a bag. Mother Luo, who was standing at the door of the company, saw her early.

Seeing her running inward, Luo mother chased her, "Xiao Jia,"

Luo Jia stopped helplessly, "Mom, didn't you say it's okay? I will go home at noon tomorrow, so you don't have to drive to pick me up.

"I know you won't eat well," Luo mother smoothed her daughter's hair that fell in front of her ears, "Mom invites you to eat,"

"It's so good to me," Luo Jia instinctively held her bag to her chest, "It's okay to eat, it's a rare benefit, I just assumed that the sun came out from the west today, or you mistakenly recognized me as Rowe, But there are some things I want to say first," (to be continued.)