My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 542 If the old man with the knife doesn't make a profit, he's a grandson.
Even if Chi Shiming were a piece of shit, Jenny would still be unable to resist embracing a foreign beauty of Demimore's caliber when she saw her vying for his attention.

Even Qin Yuye couldn't resist the instinct to compete at this level.

When Chi Shiming hurriedly started reciting his lines, he realized that his English was terrible. But he could only grit his teeth and stutter in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English words: "What are you doing? You missed the call, you missed the meeting, what are you doing here!"

Wei Dong also realized this loophole and quickly urged the translator to step in: "Don't be so fierce. Moore is also a customer of ours. Let's talk things out. Once we've cleared things up, it'll be fine. We also need to maintain a good relationship with Citibank..."

As a result, Jenny couldn't help but step forward: "No need, Amin doesn't need to put up with their attitude. I'll provide whatever sales targets they want!"

Hey, hey, I didn't mean to conspire with you to scam you into investing.

Wei Dong was just jokingly helping Chi Shiming resolve this ambiguous period, while a group of artists were frantically attacking and competing with him.

Look, now those dozen or so artists are all awkwardly making way.

Whether it was their lack of English or their awe of Demimore, their gazes toward Chi Shiming became both humble and reverent.

No wonder he's the type to charm rich and beautiful women; just look at the caliber of beauties vying for his attention.

They used to take Chi Shiming for granted, but now they'll definitely have to look at him with new respect and think twice.

A woman as beautiful as Demimore only makes people think how amazing the men she likes must be.

Qin Yuye couldn't resist his acting urges and told Wei Dong to go and "persuade" Moore: "Jack said we're just work partners..."

Moore exclaimed excitedly, "But I like you!"

The translator's subtle shift in deception prevented the mistake from being exposed: "You didn't say you liked her, did you? What do we do now?"

Chi Shiming said helplessly, "Just because you like me doesn't mean I have to like you back. I already have someone I like!"

The translator turned and said in sincere English: "Jack is very loyal; he really does have a girlfriend now..."

Moore crossed his arms and stamped his foot: "How come I didn't know? Everything was fine last year!"

Qin Yuye quickly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, you can tell who he likes now just by looking at him like this..."

Chi Shiming said decisively, "That's right, I like her! Understand? Dwarf Lake!"

He also pointed to the figure leaning against him.

No translation needed; even someone in a deep V-neck can be sharp-tongued: "If you like her, she has to like you back!"

Jenny, who is also fluent in English and can understand Cantonese, received the lines throughout the entire performance. Perhaps it was this smooth reception that made her forget that she had to switch between the two.

She immediately pushed her way in front of Chi Shiming in a very defiant manner, blocking his way: "I like him! I like him a lot, and we're getting married this year!"

Steve and Rang Weidong watched with great interest from the sidelines!

Qin Yuye realized that her professional skills were still lacking and she was about to burst out laughing. She tried her best to hold it in and advised the foreign actor, "Never mind, they're getting married soon."

Then Moore started to put on an act: "What about me! What am I supposed to do?"

There was no loud screaming, no hysteria, just tears streaming down my face instantly!

The quiet flow of the water is even more breathtaking.

Her eyes and body language are perfect!

Qin Yuye was stunned. You were really acting!

Of course, she would follow, desperately trying to add a hint of reluctance to her eyes, but resolutely hugging Moore's waist and pushing him away, turning back to say, "Yes, what can we do? Moore is so sincere..."

Chi Shiming, squeezing behind Jenny, declared righteously, "What to do? Go home! What does it have to do with me? I'm really fed up. I'm so busy with my career right now..."

Wei Dong didn't even understand what "marriage" meant, since there was no translator. But now he knew to step forward quickly, nudged Steve, and together they rushed forward as the owner of the company, trying to persuade him to forget about it, saying there are plenty of fish in the sea.

The four of them, under the watchful eyes of the entire gallery, linked arms and pinched each other to stifle their laughter as they left.

There were also European women who came to hand Mohr tissues with tears in their eyes, perhaps because it touched a soft spot in their hearts.

Only Xiaodie rolled her eyes and kicked her legs hard, trying to avoid me, you perfume monsters!
Wei Dong should still be mindful of the consequences of the scam, so he decided not to go look at the restaurant upstairs and instead return to the hotel.

Qin Yuye translated it directly as "going back to our family's residence, the old house has been vacated."

Her current international fashion design center is there, and she's even built two or three bedrooms upstairs.

This level of sophistication is comparable to Steve's house in Silicon Valley.

Steve also agreed with Vivian Goode and immediately started a working meeting here.

One by one, they implemented the tasks and also completed the filming of the new computer advertisement. Qin Yuye found a team from Hong Kong to fly over. Steve has never been stingy with his investment in advertising and promotion. If it weren't for the tight schedule, he would have prepared to call in people from Citibank.

Besides contributing advertising ideas, Wei Dong finally rewarded Demimore for her contributions: "You... your best feature is actually your short hair. I told you last time not to make it so messy. You need to bring out the pure and innocent charm that comes with short hair, like the way you looked when you cried in this performance. I'll give you a story outline, and you can find someone to turn it into a good script..."

Qin Yuye assisted with the translation throughout, even adding her own embellishments. She transformed what Wei Dong had initially only described in a rough draft of "Ghost" into a story filled with girlish fantasies.

However, this film is full of fantasy and even fits many elements of the ghost movies that are currently popular in Hong Kong.

It's actually just a standard Hong Kong ghost movie formula.

A deeply devoted couple is robbed, and the male protagonist dies, but his vengeful spirit lingers around the female protagonist, protecting her constantly but unable to communicate with her. He even discovers that his best friend has begun pursuing the widow, revealing a hidden conspiracy. With the help of a witch who can communicate with ghosts, he takes revenge on the villain and protects the female protagonist. Before going to heaven, he finally appears and embraces her...

While translating, she pouted and said, "I want to act in it! I want to act in the Hong Kong version!"

Wei Dong thought to himself, "Do you still can't resist wanting to be a queen of pleasure? Whatever."

Demimore was indeed moved to tears, not from emotion, but from immediately beginning to simulate and search for that feeling.

It felt like she had a faucet installed, always getting wet.

Steve, listening intently from the side, said, "Go ahead and film! If you need funding, Apple can sponsor it. We can use our computers to create the special effects for the ghost scenes. It'll be a good way to advertise for us."

In fact, Hollywood has already shown signs of computer involvement in filming since Star Wars in 1977. However, computer-generated imagery (CGI) technology, which requires higher computing power, has only just begun to emerge and is still limited to 2D level.

Steve accurately grasped this point and wanted to participate.

Well, if you're involved, then I have nothing to do. Wei Dong only reminded that the witch could be that funny-looking fat black woman from Hollywood. He knew that this actress had acted in movies like Sister Act, and was very famous and excellent. She was the most important character in the whole movie besides the male and female leads. As for the others, even the male lead, they were all pretty much the same and didn't matter.

Of course, he said this casually, mentioning that he had occasionally seen this black actress on TV during his time at Citibank and describing her impression of being crazy.

Demimore had already guessed that it might be an actress who had just become popular last year and had played the female lead for Spielberg, and that she would be playing a supporting role to me.
Demimore, who only starred in a few movies that didn't become hits, was still known as Little Caramille.

Wei Dong pointed at Steve and said, "With a big boss paying for it, even ghosts will do the work for you. What's so special about this?"

Steve laughed and thought that this line was the theme of the movie!
So Qin Zhiming came over during his free time at the restaurant to help him work out the script.

The pluggable memory that Apple is willing to adopt has basically outlined the standard.

The new Apple computers will eliminate the floppy drive and replace it with these 3.2M memory cards that cost $48 each!

To this end, Apple will invest in a rewritable memory chip production line at the Xizhou plant affiliated with Rangwei Dong, which is currently the most advanced memory chip technology, and Apple itself owns some of the intellectual property rights.

The reason for choosing the Xizhou plant is that this plant is already producing lower-level chips, and it is also the best chip in mainland China. From workers to technical management, it has the most mature ready-made products.

Apple can simply arrange for the equipment to be airlifted over for installation and then start production!
Without hesitation, the Shanghai municipal government applied for and opened a fully barrier-free access route, mobilizing all technical personnel to assist in putting the project into production as soon as possible.

That is, to achieve a higher yield rate in mass production within three months and to reduce costs to within twenty dollars.

Then, during those three months, the production line improvement for the display plastic casing was personally led by Apple engineers who brought the equipment. The main unit case was made of vertical titanium alloy, but the style of the auto parts market was adjusted to be more understated and sophisticated.

Therefore, the Alec production line also needs to be put into operation.

The total investment will exceed 50 million US dollars, with over 90% going to the chip production line, aiming for a surge in sales when the new product launch is held in June!

But before that, the new advertisement featuring Demimore could already be gradually promoted.

Of course, if her movie becomes a hit, it could be a chance for Apple to generate buzz in the same way.

For Apple, a company that generated over $5 billion in revenue and saw its stock rise by billions of dollars last year, this improvement investment is a drop in the ocean.

Rang Weidong, who controls the domestic Apple joint venture OEM factory, does not participate in this sales profit sharing, but he owns several patents involved. In the end, he will receive patent royalties based on the sales volume. For example, he "designed" the mouse, keyboard, computer case, and monitor, which will generate revenue of 50 cents, 1.2 US dollars, 1.5 US dollars, and 2 US dollars respectively.

The pluggable memory cartridges have been expanded to be compatible with Famicom game cartridges, which means they have two more pins.

Famicom game cartridges can be used in Apple computers, but Apple computer cartridges cannot be used in Famicoms.

This patent became Wei Dong's invention, and he charged $5 for each cassette cartridge socket system.

In other words, Wei Dong will receive $10.2 in patent royalties for each of the 86 Apple computers sold.

But that's not the most important thing.

As a contract manufacturer for the new computers, he could earn $150 from each Apple computer!

This is the combined profit of all manufacturers of monitors, CRTs, keyboards, and mice. It doesn't seem like much, does it?

But of the $48 that memory card sold, Wei Dong was to take 10% of the profit!

Imagine if this memory card were sold as a common computer consumable like a USB flash drive.

How much will Wei Dong, the patent holder, earn?

Of course, Apple will make more money, because that damn Steve Jobs actually raised the price of the new computer to $2700!

He never hesitated to exploit consumers.

(End of this chapter)