Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 226 DVD
"Why is there no response? Tianxiu can clearly open it. Is it out of ink?"

On New Year's Eve, the first thing the boss did after getting up was to open his electronic notebook to see what he had to do today. He tried to open it for more than ten minutes but failed. He fiddled with his stylus in distress, thinking that it was out of ink.

He scratched his head and said to himself in distress: "It's terrible. I wrote everything down in there and I don't know what to do today. Tianxiu and Achan have gone back to her parents' home to celebrate the New Year. There's nothing I can do. I'll go ask Azu." This year, the second brother and his wife took Tianxiu and Siyu back to her parents' home in Chaoshan to celebrate the New Year, while Kang Qirui, Zhu Wanling, Siqi and Mrs. Zhu went to their aunt's home in Malaysia to celebrate the New Year yesterday. This year is the first time that the five Kang brothers did not celebrate the New Year together.

Therefore, Big Brother Guang could only turn to A-Zu for help. He walked out of the room and found A-Zu watching TV in the living room. He asked, "A-Zu, I have something to trouble you. Can you help me figure out what to do today? I can't figure it out."

A-Zu took the electronic notepad from Da Lao Guang and said with a wry smile, "Really? It's been a week and you still don't know how to use it?" Diana didn't have to go to work during the New Year holidays, so A-Zu rarely had time to spare from taking care of the baby. He looked at Da Lao Guang, and after a second thought, he said, "High-tech products are meant to make things easier for people, not to cause trouble. You always bother Tian Xiu, what is Tian Xiu? You're just an elementary school student, and you've been waiting for him to help you until your machine is broken and everything is delayed."

"How about this, you let me use this machine, don't worry I don't just record my own things, I can also help you record your things, if you have anything you need to remember just tell me and I'll write it down for you." As A-Zu spoke, he revealed his true intentions, "I have another very important function, you know I'm a househusband now, that means you can find me at any time and I can notify you at any time, isn't this much more convenient than looking for Tianxiu?"

"But. But." Although Lao Guang felt that what A-Zu said made sense, he was still very hesitant.

Seeing his expression, A Zu knew that this machine was almost right. He continued, "You said a few days ago that if you couldn't learn it in three days, you would give it to me. Now it's time for you to fulfill your promise, big brother, you won't go back on your word, right?"

"Of course not. I, your boss, always speak with my teeth as if they were gold." said the boss Guang.

"That's fine. I'll help you protect this machine." After saying that, regardless of Lao Guang's objection, he checked Lao Guang's schedule. "Lao Guang, you need to buy pork today. Also, you haven't bought gifts for visiting relatives and friends tomorrow on New Year's Day. You have to remember to buy them. Just remember these two things today."

The boss nodded and told A Zu about the new schedule. A Zu wrote it down one by one in the electronic notebook. After he finished writing, A Zu closed the notebook and said with a smile: "Look how good this is? As the saying goes, one family gets two benefits, which is completely in line with the new trend of our time. Win-win."

"That's true, but it's a pity that this thing is so expensive and I can't use it myself." Big Brother Guang had a bitter look on his face. Although he agreed with A Zu's plan, he still felt a little aggrieved.

Ah Zu did not give him a chance to think about other things, and stood up to present his own theory: "There is a truth that I have wanted to tell you for a long time, but I was afraid that you would not understand. However, even if you do not understand, I will still tell you."

"The measure of whether something is valuable is whether it is valuable to you. If it is useful to you, it is valuable. If it is useless to you, it is garbage. Now you have this machine in your hand, but you don't know how to use it, then it is no different from garbage. But in my hand, at least I can help you remember some things, so it is still useful to you."

It must be said that what A Zu said was not completely unreasonable. Although A Zu was wrong to try to seize the things from Big Boss Guang, what he said was also correct. Big Boss Guang would not be able to use the things in his hands. It was just a decoration.

On the night of New Year's Eve, without the Er Lao family and Kang Qirui's family, the Kang family was obviously not as lively as in previous years. In fact, Sachiko also wanted to go back to her parents' home for the New Year, but Zhizi was still young and it was not convenient to take a car or a plane, so she gave up. However, she has made up her mind to go back to her parents' home for the New Year next year. Anyway, she was not the one who took the lead and she was not afraid of being blamed by the old lady. At 8:30 in the evening, Kang Qirui made a video call from Malaysia. He called A Zu's computer. The old lady and the eldest brother Guang Xianglan were all gathered in front of A Zu's computer, and on the other end of the phone were Kang Qirui, Zhu Wanling, Kang Siqi and Zhu Shi Nai sisters, which was also an alternative five-on-five.

(A little-known fact: the concept of video calls was born in the 1950s, and Bell Labs formally proposed related solutions for video calls in 1964. In the late 80s, video calls were first realized, and in the 90s they became popular in many countries.)
(Many TVB dramas in the 1990s featured characters talking to each other via computer video, such as the 1997 drama Forensic Files.)
After Da Lao Guang and Xiang Lan returned to the room, Xiang Lan was still immersed in the excitement of high-tech products. She said to Da Lao Guang: "Next year is the first day of the new year. Why don't we buy a computer to celebrate the new year?"

"Ah? Computer? We can't use that thing even if we buy it." The boss just shook his head. He thought for a while and said, "How about this? I saw someone put a VCD player in the room and played some great feature films. How about we buy a VCD player?"

"VCD? Okay, let's buy a VCD." Xianglan thought about it and decided that it was okay. The computer was really useless to them, so it would be nice to buy a VCD to watch movies every day. She thought about it and said, "Hey, honey, I heard that there is a DVD now, which is better than VCD and has clearer images. Why don't we just buy a DVD?"

The boss nodded. Now that they had earned some money, they would buy the most advanced one. The difference was not much. The next day, they went to buy the DVD. They even gave them a 20% discount on the first day of the new year. Xianglan was so happy that she didn't even go shopping. She just wanted to go home and try out the DVD.

"Wife, I heard from A-Zu that these high-tech gadgets will easily break down if they are not used, so let's quickly connect them online and watch a feature film, hahaha." As soon as the big brother Guang got home, he immediately dismantled the machine and placed it next to the TV.

Xianglan was naturally anxious. She helped the boss connect the cables and immediately turned on the TV to watch. At the beginning, she frowned and said, "Honey, did you buy Animal World?" Tianyou thought the lions and tigers on the TV were interesting and clapped his hands.

"There's no reason. I bought a feature film." Big Brother Guang was also confused. He thought for a while and said, "I understand. Now everything has to be advertised. After the ads, there will be a story to watch."

After half an hour, it was still Animal World. The boss couldn't help but get up and adjust the DVD cable. Now, Animal World was gone, but a sports game was played. "Honey, did we buy a parallel import?" He was completely confused.

"I wonder if this is the original content on TV?" Xianglan guessed. She picked up the remote control and pressed it. Sure enough, the channel was changed. This meant that the boss did not successfully connect the DVD and TV.

"There's no reason. I clearly followed the instructions to connect the wires. How could I not have connected them successfully?" The boss said stubbornly, not wanting to admit that he had failed.

"But now we can use the remote control to change channels, and what we watch is the content of the original TV station." Xianglan looked at Dailaoguang and said seriously.

The boss didn't say anything stubborn this time.

(End of this chapter)