Chapter 316: Huge Victory! Double Happiness!
A few hours later, the German writer Leon appeared in the office building of Dream Vision.
Vince Gilligan, president of the TV series business, received them warmly.
"Don't be fooled by how big our office building is, and don't be fooled by how high our market value is, but our company has less than 200 people in total, and only a few dozen of them are screenwriters."
"Not far from us is the X Research Institute, and further ahead is Ergou Studio. The tall building farthest away is the Facebook headquarters, and the one next to it is the YouTube headquarters. This entire area is our territory."
"They all belong to the Ergou Empire."
“We share a lot of things, like some restaurants, some bars.”
“We would party a lot.”
"Next, I'll take you to meet two people." Vince Gilligan took them to an office.
Inside, the air was filled with smoke and a heated discussion was taking place.
"This is Matt Duffy, and this is Ross Duffy. These two will be in charge of a brand new TV series called Stranger Things, which is a science fiction suspense drama."
“Leon, it is your talent in this area that we value.”
"Okay, you join them first."
"Regarding your employment report, I'll have someone process it for you. Before you get off work, just take an hour or so to complete the procedures!"
Then Vince Gilligan pushed him right in.
Someone next to me handed me a script and a cigarette: "Want to smoke?"
"No, thank you..." Matt Duffy: "There are writers who don't smoke?"
Leon: "The leader of Ergou doesn't smoke."
Matt Duffy: "The coffee is over there, pour it yourself."
Then, Lyon immediately found himself in this environment.
A quarter of an hour ago, I was still a little reserved.
An hour later, he was beaming with joy.
Two hours later, he was spitting profusely.
It took more than an hour in the afternoon to sign the contract, the confidentiality agreement, etc., and then I got the company card and a bunch of office supplies.
After get off work, I was surrounded by a group of people and went to the bar.
But it feels like it's just a different place to discuss the script and a different place to quarrel.
Around eight o'clock in the evening, he got into the back seat of his car, drunk, with a designated driver in the front.
He was obviously drunk at this time, but he felt a sense of reality.
I... I just got such a high-paying job? Stable and high-paying.
Even the basic salary is already very high, and if the project is successful, there will be a share of the profits.
Although he is not the main screenwriter, there are only six screenwriters on this project, and he is one of them.
When negotiating his salary, and even when signing the contract, he was confused by the salary figure.
It was not until now that this number seemed to become clear.
The weekly salary is $3,800, and although it is only signed for 20 weeks, according to the practice of Dream Vision, basically every work will be successful and have a very long life.
Especially when this work is credited as the work of Master Ergou, it will definitely be a hit.
In terms of TV drama projects, the company already has two super hits, "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead", and the IP of "Stranger Things" was also personally selected by Leader Ergou.
So...almost as soon as this project was established, many TV stations came to negotiate.
Huanmeng Vision is one of the companies in the industry that values friendship the most, and chose CBS because the company has been very stable in its position for a long time.
This project was also very luxurious. There was no such thing as a pilot episode. Instead, the entire first season was filmed directly.
Another project, "Person of Interest," started at about the same time.
"Leon, as long as you maintain your passion and strong desire to create, you will be able to stay in the company and continue to grow."
"But please remember to leave a mark."
Leon: "Is it branded as the leader of Ergou?"
Vince Gilligan: "It is a spirit that is radical, innovative, and never content with mediocrity."
"Brother, as long as you have established a firm foothold in our company, then...money is only the most mediocre gift."
At this moment in the car, Leon's mind was replaying today's conversation with Vince Gilligan and the discussion with the entire screenwriter team over and over again.
He just felt that every pore in his body was leaping for joy, dancing, and getting excited.
He felt that he was talented since he was a child, but there seemed to be no room for him to display his talents in Germany, so he chose to study in the United States and plunged headfirst into the film, television and literary circles here.
As a result... I wandered for more than ten years.
He's done everything: ghostwriting, really, really bad scripts, and even writing scripts for performances for kids in school.
Today, he finally got that sense of security.
He finally found his own world, the spiritual empire created by Master Ergou.
He could even feel that his talents were very well suited to this company.
The other party has been emphasizing that you have excellent talent for fragments and can come up with some very amazing and bizarre plot fragments, but they are incomplete and even difficult to connect.
However, being part of the writing team gives him free rein.
"Leon, do you know why we chose you? Do you know how many people we picked you from? We picked you from more than 160 people." Vince Gilligan said, "Because you have been tirelessly submitting your works to us for two years, and you have been constantly evolving your works, even if they are still not complete enough. But as long as you have new ideas, you will try your best to express them."
It was almost half past nine when Leon returned home.
The first thing he did was rush into the study and hugged his girlfriend.
"Honey, I have good news for you."
"I was hired and I signed a 20-week contract, but the president told me that as long as I kept my creative desire and passion, it would be much, much longer."
"The first contract was for $3,800 a week."
"What I lack the least is passion. I am filled with the desire to create from the bottom of my soul."
“Before long, we’ll be able to buy a house.”
Zhang Yin was slightly stunned, and her emotions became complicated.
Of course, she would definitely be happy for her lover, but... she had worked hard for many years, and her monthly salary was only about $10,000.
My boyfriend has not had a stable income in the past few years, but suddenly his income has surpassed mine.
"Congratulations, dear..." Zhang Yin kissed him: "I know you can do it. I always believe in your talent."
Then she saw the cell phone box in Leon’s hand.
“Leon, didn’t I ask you to return your phone?”
Leon: "I did go and cancel it, but... it seems like everything is destined. The job I got today gave me a Quantum Note, and as a benefit, my family also has one."
Zhang Yin: "Which company gave you this job?"
Leon: "Dream Vision, the coolest film and television company in the world, the spiritual empire of the Ergou Patriarch, the IP factory that will never be defeated. Dear, I finally converted to my archbishop, and I finally found my spiritual empire."
Suddenly, Zhang Yin's face changed, but she didn't say anything in the end.
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Lin Xiao held a secret report in his hand.
There is a vicious trick here, specifically designed to deal with Android phones.
To be precise, it is the Samsung i7500, because this product was hastily produced as it overturned the original design midway, and was forced to be made relatively thin, so the heat dissipation function is very poor and the temperature of the phone is very high.
There are already all kinds of jokes on the Internet, and "overheating" has almost become a synonym for this phone.
So, someone made a suggestion.
You can write an article based on this.
This immediately reminded Lin Xiao of the battery spontaneous combustion incident that caused a huge loss in Samsung’s history.
The product was recalled in many markets around the world, but it was arrogant towards the Chinese market, which ultimately led to its sales in China becoming lower than others.
Lin Xiao thought for a long time and then burned the report.
If such an accident still happens to Samsung in this world, it will be its doom.
But, Lin Xiao would at least not take the initiative to create such an accident, because that would probably not be worth the loss.
The most important thing is that if history really has such a strong inertia, then in this world, once such a large-scale accident occurs, the damage to Samsung will only be greater than in history.
Because historically, Samsung has been number one in the world, and in the Android camp, it actually had no rivals back then. Even if such an accident happened, there was no second strong Android phone brand that could replace it.
But it’s different in this world.
Although the sales of Samsung I7500 are good at present, there is still a gap compared with Motorola DRIOD, not to mention compared with quantum mobile phone.
Although it is difficult to build a high-end brand, quantum phones are at least on the way.
Not to mention the celebrities at home and abroad, Facebook has a series of quantum mobile phones with suffixes.
Moreover, the spokespersons at home and abroad are all top stars.
The high-end advertising spots around the world and the advertisements on major TV stations around the world are all for quantum phones.
They even hired a very powerful advertising company to specialize in advertising for quantum phones.
This kind of advertising is long-term and subtle.
It is very restrained, even a little mysterious, but full of beauty.
Even the product appears in the advertisement for a very short time, maybe only the last moment. When you watch the commercial, it feels like an art film, until you realize it is a mobile phone at the end.
Moreover, the entire commercial will be an art series, a very long-term brand marketing that does not pursue short-term benefits.
Not only that, advertisements for quantum phones will also be embedded in very high-end movies, both in Hollywood and domestically.
Very restrained and very natural implantation.
It is definitely not like the soothing milk in Transformers, but a subtle influence.
It would be best to achieve the effect like in Zhou Xingchi’s “King of Destruction”: My Armani, you broke my Armani, ahhh…
Of course, it is not forced. For example, in next year's "Inception", quantum phones will be used.
But it won’t be clear enough for close-up.
The cell phone rang and Lin Xiao picked it up. It was Mr. Huang from Meizu.
"Boss Lin, I have a request. We are going to hold a press conference for our first mobile phone in December. Can you...can you come?"
Lin Xiao: “Okay.”
The other party was stunned. It was very presumptuous of him to make this request, and it really took a lot of courage for him to make it.
Because of the quantum conference, Lin Xiao did not show up.
Unexpectedly, he agreed now.
Lin Xiao: "I'll just sit there quietly, not make any speeches, and not pay tribute or anything like that, okay?"
Mr. Huang: "Of course, of course, thank you Mr. Lin."
Meizu is taking a different path. Its price will be higher than Coolpad K1, and its phone design will be more outstanding. Even the operating system has been customized to a certain extent.
They also have their own store, and have accumulated a lot of fans through their previous MP4s and their own forums.
ZTE and Huawei have already planned to quietly launch cheaper X-system phones around the world, with prices in China reaching around 1,299 yuan, and of course, the configurations in all aspects will be lower.
Even Coolpad's cheap phone priced at 1,299 is halfway there.
Taking advantage of the hot period of New Year and Spring Festival, the X operating system camp will suddenly launch a large-scale machine sea strategy.
This type of mobile phone is either sold through operators or completely offline, and does not even need advertising.
"Dad, when will you be back today?"
Then, I received another call, it was the soft and tender voice of baby Lin Yiyi.
As long as he works at Quantum Technology, Lin Xiao usually goes back to Linshan twice a week, and must go back on Fridays.
"Baby, Daddy will be home before six o'clock, okay?" Lin Xiao said lovingly.
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At around 5:50 in the evening, Lin Xiao arrived home on time.
The family has a meal.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Lin Yiyi was still too excited to go to bed, and was eventually coaxed away by Li Fangfang.
Then, Xiao Momo looked at Lin Xiao with a blushing face and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
After so many years, she is still as shy as she was a few years ago when it comes to that kind of thing.
"call……"
Even after it was over, Lin Xiao was still obsessed with hugging her jelly-like body.
"Xiaoxiao..." Paopao suddenly said in a sweet voice: "I have a piece of news to tell you..."
Lin Xiao was stunned, then instinctively put his hand on her smooth belly.
"How do you know? How did you guess it?" Bubbles whispered.
Lin Xiao: "I don't know. It's as if I can hear your tone and feel your emotions and know what you want to say."
Bubbles: "You're going to be a father again."
Lin Xiao didn't say anything, but just held her even tighter in his arms.
"Tell mom tomorrow, otherwise she won't let us make love for the next few months."
Next, Xiao Momo continued to whisper, talking about the interesting stories of her baby Lin Yiyi, or some of her experiences at Linshan No. 1 Middle School, and some things that happened in her classes.
Then, before she knew it, she fell asleep.
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November has arrived.
A whole month has passed since the second quantum technology press conference.
First of all, the sales of Lephone, Lenovo's first Android phone which was highly anticipated, were a complete failure, both in China and abroad.
It’s really a pity that this phone has such a dazzling appearance design.
Since then, this brand has not been particularly outstanding in appearance design. There may be some eye-catching ones, but they are not outstanding, especially the big kitchen knife.
The sales of Coolpad K1 have exploded!
It was so explosive that it was unbelievable.
It was so explosive that it made people forget everything else.
In just over a month, domestic sales exceeded 3.7 million units.
This sales volume is even more impressive than the quantum mobile phone at that time, and even more impressive than the quantum NOTE.
Some people even joked that quantum technology was a complete blessing for Coolpad.
You worked so hard to promote the concept of smart phones and ignited the wave of smart phones.
As a result, it was Coolpad that took over this trend.
It can be seen that price war is the real killer.
Not only in China, but even in the whole world, the middle and low-income groups make up the majority.
The quantum mobile phone, Quantum NOTE 1, sold 2.6 million units in China within one month.
It is undoubtedly a hit, but not as good as the Coolpad K1.
The combined price of the Quantum Phone 1S and 1Spro is just over one million yuan.
In other words, the combined sales of the three mobile phones just released by Quantum Technology are barely comparable to that of Coolpad K1.
This is not the most terrifying thing, what is even more terrifying is...
The sales of this mobile phone overseas are even greater than those in China, exceeding five million units.
Most of the phones sold overseas are customized by operators. The prices are really cheap, and most of them are signed for two years, so you can get them almost for free.
In fact, this phone does not have much influence on public opinion overseas, but its sales are very popular.
The key is the sales curve.
According to authoritative statistics, the shipment volume of this mobile phone this year may reach about 15 million units.
This data may seem like nothing a few years later, and even seems like nothing to HTC in history.
But in this era, these sales are terrifying.
The Quantum Note1, which has caused a huge sensation overseas and is crowned the king of mobile phones, has also achieved overseas sales that exceed domestic sales, and even far exceeds them.
Overseas sales reached about four million units.
It almost completely replicates the former glory of Samsung NOTE.
Moreover, the reputation of this phone is even better than last year's Quantum Phone PRO. Originally, it was thought to be a dedicated phone for business elites, but I didn't expect that many female stars and celebrities would particularly like this phone.
Is it true that bigger is better? But holding this big phone makes these female stars look more graceful and visually impactful.
This is just like many European and American female celebrities who often like to wear men's sports watches.
In other words, in just over a month, the shipments of various mobile phones running the X operating system have reached about 16 million units.
From whichever perspective you look at it, this is a huge victory.
The situation in which Apple was originally beaten by Android phones was not only alleviated directly, but it also surpassed Android once again.
In terms of market share, it has reversed again and is now ahead of Android.
Although the gap is not yet obvious, the situation has changed. It is no longer like before when people kept saying that Android will win and quantum technology will lose.
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