Chapter 200 Impression of funny guys

The Internet in 1995 was still a very weak stage. Although there were already 25 million netizens in the United States, it was still a new thing around the world.

This year, the five countries with the largest number of netizens were 25 million in the United States, 2 million in Japan, 1.5 million in Germany and 1.1 million in Britain. Among the five major hooligans, China, Russia and France were not on the list, but Canada, the American cousin, ranked fourth with 1.2 million.

From this we can also see how great the United States has to influence the Internet. Among the five countries, Japan and Germany are colonies of the United States, while Britain and Canada are his traditional allies and cousins.

The news of Liuer I recruiting international agents was the biggest response to these five countries. The United States is Liuer Im's home court and the competition for regional agency rights is the most fierce. Japan is the private place of Xinke Computer Company, but in history, the Japanese really didn't like this instant messaging software very much. So the three countries that can be bid for the time being are the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany.

The UK is the most active country in this regard, with eight Internet companies applying for bidding qualifications. Canada and Germany also have five companies, and they rushed over before the bidding date.

Compared with domestic agents in the United States, the international version of agents has stronger independence and naturally the competition is more fierce. Before domestic agents bid, Yu Qiong started bidding for international agents in advance. Before the overall bidding work was carried out, she raised a sharp sword to the company.

Although Liuer Software Company has drawn a lot of people from the Northern Dynasties Computer Company, it is still a new company after all. In addition, Yu Qiong's age and identity, it is inevitable that things can't be suppressed by the white men. During the bidding process, there have always been various tricks. Some staff members use their power and start to work unscrupulously.

However, what is surprising is that the staff who were transferred from the Northern Dynasties would never go beyond the brink of any inspiration by the newcomers. Instead, they would work harder and more carefully.

Even so, Yu Qiong's position in the company is still in danger. Not only can the work assigned cannot be carried out, but even accidents of rushing inside and outside have occurred frequently. Either company leaks company information or sells bidding company information. A good company is about to be tossed from the inside and panic.

Liuer Software Company was in a mess for a while, and finally developed to the point where it was so angry that it gave up its bidding qualification. Fortunately, the technical department has always been in the hands of the Chinese team led by Shao Shiming, otherwise even the host source program would have been sold.

Finally, after a long talk with Shao Shiming, Yu Qiong introduced a new management system at the company-wide conference.

In the new system, Yu Qiong greatly improved the position of the technical department in the company and vigorously promoted the electronic network office system. The office process of each department will leave records on the Internet and cancel several middle-level management positions. Her move immediately seemed to poke a hornet's nest, which made the crowd excited.

Some management teams who knew Zhou Shuo’s contact information called him to complain directly. They even threatened to resign collectively, asking him to choose between Yu Qiong and others.

Zhou Shuo held the phone, but he left a merciless sentence: "If you like to do it, don't do it, get out of here." As a response to them.

With self-control and control of the key positions of the company, these people are naturally unwilling to accept such failures. How can two locals from mainland China ride on the heads of our white men? Without using some means, the yellow-skinned monkey really thinks he can be a home in the United States.

After a few people discussed it, they decided to use the most common means of American labor-capital struggle - strike! Liuer Software Company's business is now progressing thousands of miles a day, and it is easy to say that the money lost in one day is lost, but its reputation is going to be bad.

After these people’s connection, many recent employees agreed to join the action. Just when they thought everything was ready, they finally realized why Yu Qiong had the nickname of “Queen Jones”.

As a result, the next day, he planned to strike a group to give Yu Qiong some colors. Before he could launch an action, he was taken away by the police. The dirty things they had done were handed over to the Seattle police in front of the entire company. The company's legal counsel was right next to him, explaining the possible punishments after the crimes were imposed. Even if these people were exempted from prison, a large fine would not be able to escape.

Then several of the favorite middle-level players who jumped were immediately dismissed. Not only that, these people were also jointly declared as unpopular people in the Internet industry by SBC, Sprint, AOL, PuSeRVE and Prodigy. The statements of the five Internet giants can be said to have directly sentenced these people to their career death penalty.

As for the staff below, several of them who were very unscrupulous in their performance at the time were driven away on the spot because of someone's behavior. The remaining people were also silent in front of Yu Qiong's explosive female power.

The entire atmosphere of Liuer Software Company was completely reversed. Yu Qiong's nickname of "Queen Jones" has become synonymous with the cold-faced demon in the new company. Despite this, there is absolutely no eye-opening plan to eliminate the demons and defend the way.

Just kidding, if sending executives to jail is just a show of her scheming. But several middle-level officials were kicked out of the Internet industry, it would be too scary. What kind of energy does this need to make the five Internet overlords do this? If there is any force in the United States that can correct racial discrimination, it must be the power of capital.

After cleaning the room, the bidding preparations were completed. As the international version of the bidding conference was about to begin, there were still people who wanted to find various ways to try to get in touch with Zhou Shuo, the legendary CEO.

However, what they didn't know was that Zhou Shuo had long been no longer in Seattle at this time.

Nora Evelon handed over the revised script to Zhou Shuo, and she said proudly: "The overall idea of ​​your script is very good. But there are still some details. I must say that the processing is not so experienced. But don't worry, this version has been perfect after I modified it!"

Zhou Shuo was in the back garden of Evelong's house at this time. April in Los Angeles was already full of fragrance. The two of them were sitting next to the swimming pool, with two cups of mellow coffee on the retro iron coffee table. With the warm sunlight, it was indeed a very casual afternoon tea time.

However, such a romantic atmosphere did not bring Zhou Shuo a good mood at all.

He looked at the script given to him by Nora Everon, and as the sound of pages became faster and faster, he even became as heavy as water.

"Ms. Ephron..." Zhou Shuo put down the script and sat upright.

"Call me Nora, I believe this movie can make us friends. In fact, you are already very good at screenwriters." Nora Everon happily picked up the coffee and waited for Zhou Shuo's praise.

"Nora. Thank you very much for your recognition of me." Zhou Shuo said with his hands spread out: "It is indeed a very perfect script as you said."

However, he immediately changed his subject and asked, "But don't you think it's missing something?"

"What is missing?" Nora Evelon was slightly stunned and said inexplicably. Could it be that there are any flaws in the script that he did not discover, but instead made Zhou Shuo see it?

"It lacks selling points, or differentiated competitive strategies." Zhou Shuo said while filming the script: "Nora, the script you modified is indeed more warm and touching, but it has greatly reduced the scenes that show Internet life. In this way, how is it different from other love movies?"

This is also something that Zhou Shuo is a little dissatisfied with the original "Electronic Love Letter". Although the love story between the two heroes and heroines is warm and touching, it is just a love story. If you replace the electronic love letter with letters, the story will not feel different. As an engineering student, of course, he hopes that the film will show more changes to life by the Internet.

Nora Everon frowned and said, "The Internet is just a background. This is a love story, and of course it is necessary to highlight the warm atmosphere. Too much emphasis on technology is to destroy this feeling!"

"But online life itself is also very charming. Since this is a love story that takes place on the Internet, why not give the Internet more opportunities to show it? After seeing the magic of the Internet, maybe more people will go online." Zhou Shuo insisted toughly.

"Okay, you are the producer. Your opinions must be respected." Nora Everon nodded reluctantly and agreed.

"Where are the male and female protagonists, are you sure?" Zhou Shuo's wish was satisfied, so he naturally would not continue to get entangled, and instead asked about the crew's preparations.

Nora Everon sighed and said disappointedly: "I originally wanted Tom Hanks, but the time you asked for was too tight, and his schedule was not good. I think Meg Ryan is good, and she also happens to have time."

"The heroine is Meg Ryan, and I think she must be fine." Zhou Shuo thought for a while and said in embarrassment: "If the hero is not good, Nora, are you a replacement?"

"How about Johnny Depp who has played "Edward Scissor Hands"?" Nora Everons thought for a while and simply said: "I think he is also very suitable for the male lead."

"Johnny Depp?" Zhou Shuo was a little surprised. Isn't that Captain Jack in "Pirates of the Caribbean"?

"Is it appropriate to find him to act like a romantic film like "Electronic Love Letter"?" He asked Nora Evelon with some trepidation, thinking about the love scene between funny Captain Jack and sweetheart Megrian. This picture is so beautiful that it makes people dare not watch...

Nora Everon explained strangely: "Of course it's appropriate. Johnny Depp is a very powerful actor. If you watch "Edward Scissor Hand", you will know that he can handle all kinds of roles very well."

"Okay, I believe your judgment." Zhou Shuo still gave up. Since Nora Everon respected his opinion in the script, then casting should be more worthy of trust than herself.

Of course, this is purely the reason why Captain Jack played by Johnny Depp is too deeply rooted in Zhou Shuo's heart. In fact, they are hailed as "the coolest and most versatile face in Hollywood". They have always taken challenging difficult acting skills as their responsibility. Basically, they must be literary and artistic, pure and innocent, funny and funny...

And Johnny Depp has one of the biggest advantages, that he was cheap enough in 1995. Although Zhou Shuo did not expect to make money by making movies, the original "Electronic Love Letter" was completely lost behind the box office of $110 million. Although watching movie scenes, props and other products were just small productions, Tom Hanks's pay alone made it among the big productions.

Historically, its total production cost was as high as 65 million US dollars. According to the method of sharing half the share between American theaters and publishers, the film lost more than 10 million.
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