Hastings's actions did not have any effect.

Merbuck, who led the team to negotiate, was quite nervous after seeing the news that came out halfway.

Cantatupo believes that it is better to cooperate with Netflix than to cooperate with coins, but he doesn't know.

In his opinion, Netflix is ​​a strong rival as a well-known company that has been leasing DVD business for many years.

To be honest, Feng Yiping was also a little surprised when he saw this news, but was not surprised.

He knew very well that this cooperation was different from the last acquisition of Coin Star.

There is no overlap between the company and Coin Star business, but DVD rental is different. Those DVD rental companies may jump out and disrupt the situation.

What surprised him was why Netflix came out to disrupt the situation?

You should know that he is interested in Netflix, not because he is interested in its achievements in DVD rental. Netflix's achievements in this area are really limited. What he is interested in is the very good vision of the Netflix team.

However, after thinking about it for a moment, he also understood the obstacles. Buchanan asked Hastings to discuss cooperation, but was rejected, but Hastings must have paid great attention to his actions since then.

If he didn't understand when he acquired Coin Star, he proposed to cooperate with McDonald's Redbox this time, he would definitely understand what Feng Yiping's layout is.

Never think of your opponent as a fool!

Feng Yiping compared the advantages and disadvantages of Coin Star and Netflix. Netflix's advantage is that it is also engaged in DVD rental business, but it does online rental and has no experience or channels for operating rental machines.

Especially channels, for business formats like redbox, the most important thing is channels.

So from this point of view, Coin Star is the best collaborator of Redbox. None of them, it is useless to jump out of Blockbuster.

After hearing what he said, Merbuck, who had originally wanted to go to Cantaloupo, calmed down and took the initiative to go to McDonald's. Wouldn't he come to ask him to raise prices in other aspects?

Therefore, although the McDonald's negotiating team took advantage of this new situation to increase the price on other terms, the Coin Star was always unmoved and did not give in, and the confidence was so that people at McDonald's couldn't figure it out.

After hearing about the negotiations, Cantaloupo, who had always been concerned about the negotiations, also extinguished his thoughts of delaying for a few days before replying to Netflix.

Just one day later, he officially rejected Netflix's proposal on behalf of McDonald's.

Therefore, Hastings' laborious action really did not bring any substantial trouble to Feng Yiping.

Of course, this is another arrangement he didn't know about Hastings, and he didn't know that if Hastings had a better reputation in the industry, maybe he would have caused other companies to take action, which would be really a big trouble.

But who said Hastings is a fairly good reputation in his colleagues? For example, after receiving his call, Blockbuster's first reaction was that he was thinking that he was having a trap!

So, sometimes, if you have a good character, that is really good.

Hastings' move also brought another result. After the announcement of this news, Netflix's stock price also rose slightly, so from a certain perspective, the McDonald's brand was successfully consumed by him.

Anyway, the troubles that Hastings wants to create actually did not affect Feng Yiping's interest in shopping and shopping.

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September 11th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and starting from the 9th, the 7th Mid-Autumn Festival Street Conference was held in Chinatown, San Francisco.

There are traditional lion dances, traditional Chinese music, dances, dramas, etc. On both sides of the short Chinatown, there are various stalls, all of which are authentic food from China, as well as traditional festivals overseas, and essential Chinese elements, red lanterns.

Although Mid-Autumn Festival is not a legal holiday in the United States, the atmosphere here is more lively than in China.

Because speaking of this, many Chinese who work hard overseas are all alone. Even if the couple is together, most of their parents are in China and even their parents are around them. However, because they are overseas, they always feel incomplete on this day of reunion.

In order to make up for this shortcoming, everyone generally devoted more enthusiasm to this festival to relieve the strong homesickness.

Go to places with many Chinese people, or have dinner with classmates and friends who rarely contact you...

During the two days of the Mid-Autumn Street Meeting, Chinatown has briefly brought the bustling atmosphere in the downtown area of ​​China.

People on the street are no longer in a hurry, and they are rarely slowing down. Even men who look single will stop in front of the stalls one by one, and walk carefully like those women who love to go shopping.

Facts have proved that the American people are also lively and crowded on the streets, American couples pushing baby carriages can be seen from time to time, harmoniously blending into the Chinese people with various accents around them, buying various gadgets, and cheering for Cantonese operas they don’t understand.

Amanda likes such a lively scene the most. She is hanging a small lantern on her arm, like a little mouse, holding the mooncake in both hands and gnawing in small mouthfuls. Her little head turns to the left and to the right. When she sees something she is interested in, she says loudly to her parents, "Look,"

That look like a country kid who has entered the city for the first time.

It is said that she really lives in the countryside and rarely sees so many people.

Huang Jingping looked at the Chinese restaurants on both sides of the street and thought of her own restaurant planning. She brushed the mooncake crumbs from the corner of Amanda's mouth, "You're right, our restaurant must be large in scale. At least after it is completed in the future, there must be a place to perform. Oh, you said, can we build a theater in the restaurant?"

"I think you have a good idea. Since you want to build a Chinese style, you might as well build the theater together."

“It is better to be built in a yard separate from the restaurant,”

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Moreover, isn’t such a place very suitable for holding some parties? If you have some facials and Kunqu opera, you will put some silk and embroidery on them. Wouldn’t the housewives who are worried about the theme of the party be envied to death?

"Hey, why is there so lively?" There are actually two stores, which are even more lively than the restaurant next to them.

"Remittance, you didn't see it," Feng Yiping said, pointing to the sign.

"Oh, no wonder," every festival misses your family more. Before the festival, it is also the peak period for everyone to pay money to their homes. No matter how difficult it is for their lives, they will do their best to not disappoint their families.

"But why don't they go to the bank? Is it safe here?"

"You silly girl," Feng Yiping patted her head, "Do you think everyone has the identity of the United States?"

If you don’t have a legal identity, how can you open an account in a bank?

"You mean?" Huang Jingping looked at so many people coming and going there in surprise.

"Yes, I guess some came with a tourist visa, and some came from other channels,"

"Don't think too much. In a few years, the situation in China will be getting better and better. There will be fewer and fewer people coming here openly and secretly. However, the more and more international students here will go back. I'll answer a call."

"Hello, Mid-Autumn Festival is good, I'm sorry, I'm going to have many itineraries these days. I'm not in Silicon Valley now. I'm sorry I can't attend your party,"

It was sent by the Tsinghua Alumni Association on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. After that New Year's Eve, Feng Yiping was denied the fate of such activities. If he could not participate, he would not participate.

Although the activities organized by this class reunion are more mature than those organized by international students, to put it bluntly, although they are not as full of various flaunting and comparison as the class reunion in China, there are also fewer contacts. Everyone gathers together mainly to find resources that can be used in this group.

To a certain extent, the higher the education level, the longer the time spent in the United States, and the smoother the development of people, they are no different from the authentic Americans, and they even have to be pure, that is, they are more utilitarian, and the worldly styles have long been thrown out of the sky, so they can survive in the United States.

People who truly adhere to some old traditions in China are probably only the old men on Chinatown, so the scope of Chinatown will become smaller and smaller and more deserted.

Of course, the decline of Chinatown is also a good thing in a sense, which shows that more and more Chinese people have successfully integrated into American society.

"This month, you have rejected three or four such invitations, and you don't even go to the consulate. Is this okay? You asked me to hold more parties at home,"

“That’s different, that’s to integrate into the community, to convey some of our ideas about charity, to put it bluntly, that’s what we have to do,” he said.

…………

Luo Jia, who didn't even have a holiday at the provincial capital, followed his colleague who shared his family at noon - also a new colleague who joined this year, walked out of the company's door. "I was on vacation, but I had to go to work. On such days, I always feel very tired. Don't worry about me at noon. I don't want to eat, I just want to sleep well..."

He glanced around casually and immediately said, "Just remembering, I had something left in the office, you can go first."

But it was too late, and she was dressed neatly and carrying a bag, Luo's mother, who had already seen her.

Seeing her running in, Luo's mother chased after her, "Xiaojia,"

Luo Jia stopped helplessly, "Mom, didn't you agree? I'll go home at noon tomorrow, so you can pick me up."

"I just knew you wouldn't have a good meal," Luo's mother shook her daughter's hair scattered in front of her ears, "Mom invites you to dinner,"

"It's so good to me," Luo Jia instinctively held the bag in front of her chest, "It's okay to eat, it's a rare benefit. I just think that the sun comes out from the west today, or that you mistakenly recognized me as Luo Wei, but I want to say some words in front," (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!