After stepping out of the hospital’s main entrance, Wang Jian faced the winter sun and took a deep breath.
Sarah looked at him with a bit of concern, "Wang Jian, are you alright?"
Her slightly trembling voice betrayed the fact that her heart wasn’t as calm as it seemed.
"Of course not," Wang Jian replied with a smile.
At that moment, he truly felt an unprecedented comfort.
Because the sense of division that once existed in his mind had completely disappeared just then.
"Sarah, you should go home," he pointed towards the parking lot, "and remember to continue working on ’Prison Break’ Season Two."
"Hehe, bestselling author, TV scriptwriter," Sarah’s tone was particularly relaxed. "Who would have dreamed of that!"
She gave Wang Jian a gentle kiss on his cheek, "Actually, you could come over to my place tonight."
"Big sis, your little brother is very busy, okay?" Wang Jian glanced at Sarah. "I really don’t have so much free time to think about scumbags who only dare to bully children!"
Sarah carefully examined Wang Jian for a while and seeing that he was indeed fine, she playfully rolled her eyes at him.
"Then I’m heading back."
Watching Sarah’s retreating figure, Wang Jian turned to look at the lawyer Matthew.
Hmm...
Tom, who knew copyright law well and served as the copyright manager for the website, was qualified.
However, currently, his role leaned more towards that of a corporate executive rather than a lawyer.
So, hiring another lawyer to handle legal matters was essential.
"You did well," Wang Jian patted Matthew on the shoulder. "Draft a cooperation agreement between your law firm and the website."
"You know the going rate, right?"
"Of course," Matthew immediately flashed a radiant smile. "I’ll drive you to the office building first."
"In a few days, I will bring the quote over."
Wang Jian nodded and followed Matthew to the parking lot.
An hour later, inside the website’s office building.
After Wang Jian mentioned hiring a lawyer to Tom, who had just done a "charity" task,
"Oh, God!" Tom made an exaggerated expression. "I’ve finally waited for this day."
"Wang, I’ve always thought you were a Granget," he pointed to the dark circles under his eyes. "If I weren’t a shareholder of the website, I’d be tempted to join the scriptwriters and sitting in protest downstairs!"
"Lawyer, administrative staff, associate producer of films and series, and also managing part of the charity fund."
"I feel like slavery hasn’t been abolished in the United States," he pointed to the tip of his nose. "And I’m the last slave."
is a blessing, do you understand?
Wang Jian scoffed, "It’s not that exaggerated."
"Of course it is," Tom pulled out a document from behind. "Just now, at&t and a company called Nokia sent a fax."
"They expressed an interest in visiting the company and reaching a deep cooperative agreement with the website."
at&t? American Telephone and Telegraph Company?
Wang Jian suspiciously flipped through the documents on the desk, feeling like he had just seen that name somewhere.
Soon, he saw at&t in the documents from Reed and HBO.
This largest telecommunications provider in the United States, which was one of the shareholders of HBO and also one of the investors in Reed’s so-called new company "Netflix."
What would this industry giant, established by the famous scientist Bell, want with his small website?
Just as Wang Jian was puzzled, the office door was pushed open again.
This time, it was Lehman from Goldman Sachs who walked into the office.
"Wang, did you receive the fax from at&t?"
"I did. But I haven’t figured out exactly what it’s about yet."
Wang Jian looked at Lehman, "You got here quickly."
"Hehe," Lehman acted as if he didn’t catch the implication in the words, "Because AT&T also sent a fax to Goldman Sachs, which ended up in my hands."
"So, I came to clear up your confusion."
Wang Jian and Tom both looked at Lehman, waiting for him to continue.
"Ah, it’s really cold outside." Lehman sat in the office chair, "Tell me, why is winter in New York so cold?"
Wang Jian, speechless, stood up and poured Lehman a cup of hot coffee.
"Alright, out with it!"
Lehman picked up the coffee, chuckled lightly, "Being served coffee by a well-known philanthropist and best-selling author feels quite nice."
Just as Wang Jian was about to throw the coffee in his own cup at Lehman’s face, the young Goldman Sachs partner suddenly turned serious.
"Wang, do you understand the current mobile phone market? Who has the highest sales?"
Wang Jian glanced at his own phone, hesitatingly answered, "Motorola?"
"Absolutely correct!" Lehman took a sip of coffee and loudly said.
"At the moment, Motorola holds an unparalleled position in the mobile market. This has led them to want to do something."
"What is it?" Wang Jian and Tom asked simultaneously.
"They want to break away from the carriers and open their own mobile phone stores."
"Since the era of landlines, phone sales have been one of the major profit points for carriers."
"Naturally, Motorola’s actions displeased AT&T, so they reached an agreement with the Finnish phone manufacturer, Nokia."
"Nokia promised not to open dedicated mobile phone stores in the United States, and AT&T pledged that their employees would prioritize recommending Nokia phones to users."
"They decided to use the currently improving 2G network to launch a phone. Thus, they aim to remove Motorola from the throne of mobile dominion."
"But how is this relevant to us?" Tom still asked in confusion.
At that moment, a lightbulb went off in Wang Jian’s head.
"What’s the transmission rate of the 2G network?"
"Ha-ha, Wang, they say Asians are smart, and now I finally see why." Lehman laughed and nodded.
"You guessed right, under the 2G rate, only text messages can be transmitted without much interference."
"Flashy image-based models like Yahoo and Netscape would face significant disruption."
"So, Nokia means to..." Wang Jian hesitantly started.
"Use the Oak language to design a small program that can connect to the internet, and incorporate it into their phones," Lehman quickly answered.
"No, that language is now renamed to JAVA, I believe."
"Just like built-in email and small games in mobile phones?"
"Yes," Lehman nodded.
"Due to technical reasons, currently, you can’t make payments on mobile phones. So, they can only compile free Chapters."
"Although, this can’t rapidly bring profits to the website," Tom nodded in response, "it could gain some potential customers."
"That should be a win-win."
Lehman had just sipped his coffee and immediately spat it out.
"Tom, you really are a naive little bunny in the capital market!"
"They need us more than we need them."
Lehman walked over to Tom, looked at him with the eyes one uses for a mentally challenged child, "Then, we should talk about terms properly."
"Remember, a so-called win-win means we win twice."
"But behind Nokia, there’s AT&T!" Tom looked to Wang Jian for support.
Lehman scoffed and laughed briefly, "But behind you, stands Goldman Sachs."