Chapter 0900 is really domineering
After hanging up the phone, Mixue'er's shocked mood suddenly became a little panic. She relied on her parents to hide her, and had billions of wealth to spend, and she almost walked sideways in Europe and the United States.
Life in my twenties has always been smooth.
Until she met Zhou Qingfeng, Mi Xueer had experienced many dangers, but she still encountered walls repeatedly. She knew that the world was not rotating around her.
Zhou Qingfeng is cruel, cunning, and scheming. His idea of doing things is to be wild and unrestrained. All Mixue's pride seems unworthy in front of her.
If this was just a shameful underground leader, Xiao Yangniu would not have much interest, and would even mock the other party as a rotten rat hidden in the sewer and could only have a feast in the dark and smelly corner.
But Zhou Qingfeng has been shining with a dazzling light from the moment he appears. His influence is so rapid that it is hard to find in ancient and modern times. He is slowly changing history.
The sudden call made Michelle's mind mess. She hurriedly left the store that had not yet been renovated and returned to her residence in Manhattan 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 has happened to that company that I have studied China's "Sacred Light" Group before?"
Michelle called her father's assistant. In terms of relationships, the 'Uncle Billy' who was almost fifty years old was no different from her family. With her father's status, her assistant's connections were like octopus and were everywhere.
Mixue'er called at noon and received a bag personally delivered by her father's assistant two days later.
The mailing bag contains all public and non-public reports about the "Holy Light" in the past month, including the sensation caused by the "new fighter jet". But the most eye-catching are several VCD discs.
"Don't CIA need videotapes now?" Mixueer complained.
The assistant uncle who sent the mailing bag laughed, "The CD is light, large in capacity, and convenient to encrypt. CIA is not unaware of goods, and has always chosen the most advanced technology. However, these are not special secrets, and use VCD for convenience."
"It seems that the 'Holy Light' has produced products that affect the world." Mi Xueer has a VCD machine at home, which plays without any hindrance.
Hearing the 'influence of the world', the assistant uncle nodded in agreement, "This thing really has a big impact."
Mixueer turned around and looked forward to her assistant uncle continuing to talk. Because she was able to get this evaluation, there must be a deeper reason behind it.
"Since the beginning of this year, the VCD capacity of 'Shengguang's' has increased explosively. They lack foreign exchange, so they used 80% of their capacity to export.
Originally, their foreign markets were mainly in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe, where the consumption capacity was poor and the income was not high. We didn’t pay much attention to it. But you definitely couldn’t think of who bought the most VCDs now?"
Michelle was even more surprised, "Is it America?"
"No, it's Europe. Especially those countries that have to pay TV taxes."
Many European countries collect TV taxes, such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, etc. As long as you buy a TV set, TV stations such as the BBC will send people to collect money.
Even if you say you don’t watch the BBC, it won’t work.
If you have the possibility of watching, you have to pay. If you peek, you will face a huge fine - please believe in the BBC. If anyone watches TV and doesn’t pay, they will have professionals using professional equipment to catch them.
Ensure that the peeker will feel heartbroken.
When you go to Europe, you will find that many families don’t have a TV at all. Don’t be surprised, they are all forced. So many people would rather go to a bar at night than stay at home because the home is so boring.
Now, the VCD is sent to the ‘Holy Light’.
Connect the VCD to a monitor that cannot accept external signals, and then get some pirated CDs to enjoy modern audio-visual products. It is not illegal to hold pirated CDs, and at most it is confiscated.
Even if it is illegal one day, hiding pirated CDs is much easier than hiding a TV.
"Now, sales of VCDs and pirated CDs in Europe are particularly hot. No matter how the media promotes the harm, ordinary people ignore it at all.
Since most of these are underground transactions, the official cannot count the specific number.
A British reporter secretly investigated a neighborhood in London and found that more than 80 of the more than 500 households in the neighborhood had VCDs.
Nearly half of the remaining families also have the desire to buy, but they are temporarily out of stock.
British police have been investigating VCD smuggling channels, but there has been no progress. At present, not only local gangs are involved, but many regular merchants are participating.
Because the profits are too high and the risks are still low. I heard jokes a few months ago that drug dealers have now started selling VCDs and pirated CDs."
Mixue'er curled her lips and whispered: "This is a typical 'holy light' style. She knows that it has done something bad and even has sufficient evidence, but she can't catch it. It's so hateful!"
The assistant uncle also sighed, "Now the VCD industry is not only smuggling, but also triggers other social problems."
“What other deeper impact can it have?”
"Of course there is." The assistant uncle nodded with certainty, "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 CD production began to spread.
For example, some underground bands set up by black people lack distribution channels for their street music. Now, "Sacred Light" recently launched a portable VCD, which is almost perfect for street music.
When you go to Brooklyn now, you will see almost all black people wearing headphones, with a portable VCD on their waists, and twisting around the streets as you listen to hip-hop music.
Similar homemade audio-visual images are growing explosively, and some people are already studying what impact the rapid spread of subculture will have on mainstream society.
Because many people no longer obtain information from formal media, this even affects votes in certain regions. Your father has noticed these things, and he expressed concern about it, and he felt that this might be an opportunity.
Another point is that the VCD patent of "Sheng Light" comes from Philips. But Philips found that the technology it developed was actually cheaper and was fighting a patent lawsuit around the world.
In addition, Philips has joined hands with other technology companies to prepare for the next generation of DVD technology, hoping to regain the currently hot VCD market.
But you should know that the VCD market is entirely supported by pirated CDs. If DVDs want to restrain pirated CDs, it is almost destined to fail.
"Holy Light" issued a statement not long ago saying that if they are refused to enter the new DVD alliance, they will destroy the industry without hesitation.
At present, Sony Japan has surrendered and is trying to pull Philips to admit defeat. Because they realize that the Holy Light really has the ability to turn their efforts into a bubble."
"That bastard is so domineering." Mixueer complained weakly.
The assistant uncle smiled again and said, "It's indeed annoying and domineering, and there's no way for others to do it. However, your mother's interest in the 'holy light' has been increasing day by day."
"Oh, I know."
The assistant didn't say much, but Mixueer knew what the other party meant. Most of the goods she brought from "Holy Light" were currently handed over to her mother for promotion and sale.
Luxury goods from other worlds all have a strange charming effect. Ladies and ladies and socialites in New York and Washington have no ability to resist this, and they all donated generously and sought to buy them for money.
If you make a lot of money, then your favorability will naturally rise.
Chapter completed!