American Life

Chapter 201 Pretend It Didn't Happen, Embrace The Next Era

As soon as she turned around, she saw Kayla wrapped in a bathrobe, her wet hair spread out, the expression on her face was a little twisted, and she looked like she was ready to take whatever she wanted.

Charlie laughed: "Maybe I didn't express it clearly enough."

This sentence alone made Kayla react instantly, and her expression suddenly became awkward again: "I'm sorry, sir, I... I shouldn't be like this, I thought..."

Her whole body was like a deflated rubber ball, her shoulders were drooped, her head was lowered, her expression was visibly frustrated, and she even felt a little inferior.

"I was the one who was rude, sir. See you tomorrow..." She didn't know how to face Charlie tomorrow, and just wanted to escape from this place quickly.

"You haven't taught me how to use this yet. I need you very much now." Charlie pointed to the screen on the computer.

Keira paused, but chose to come back, avoiding to meet Charlie's eyes during the whole process.

Charlie moved his chair back slightly to make room for her.

"It's very simple, like this, and then this." She moved the mouse and looked at Charlie inadvertently, but found that the boss was looking at her intently.

Without words, Charlie moved her waist lightly. Keira resisted at first, but finally sat down.

Charlie grabbed Kayla's hand, turned the mouse, and the invasion began from the other side.

"Oh." Kayla's eyes became blurred, the fire in her heart began to burn, and her hand involuntarily brushed Charlie's cheek back.

The keyboard is pressed and characters appear randomly on the screen...

Charlie woke up the next morning refreshed, looking at her head on her chest, stroking her hair.

Keira seemed to wake up too, moved her position, and curled up in Charlie's arms.

"If you can, move here when you go back." Charlie said.

Kayla paused and said slowly: "It still doesn't work. I think this is good."

In the morning, Charlie walked into the headquarters building of Silicon Valley Bank alone.

Gal Gadot, who was sitting in the car, turned her eyes to Keira in the passenger seat.

She seemed to be a different person today, her expression was a little quiet, and she seemed to be in a bad mood.

"You failed last night? Don't worry, you still have a lot of time." Gale comforted.

Keira glanced at him without any explanation, and then looked out the window silently.

"What's wrong, dear?" Gal Gadot asked with concern.

Keira just shook her head slightly, no matter how Gal Gadot asked, she didn't respond.

In the afternoon, Charlie returned and said as soon as he got in the car: "The matter is almost done, you can go back."

"Then I'll book a return ticket now." Keira silently took out her phone.

"There's nothing to do this afternoon. Is there anywhere you two want to go and play?"

"Boss, you haven't given us our year-end bonus yet!" Gal Gadot said suddenly.

She knew very well that she would not be with Charlie for several months, and it was more of a joke. Unexpectedly, Charlie actually agreed and let her drive the car to the famous Union Square, which is the most famous luxury shopping street in San Francisco. .

But when they arrived at the place, Gal Gadot understood Charlie's intentions and that she was just along for the ride.

But Keira didn't seem to like Charlie's generosity. She repeatedly pushed back, but couldn't resist Charlie, so she reluctantly accepted it.

The atmosphere became a little awkward, and finally had to end hastily.

That night, Gale took the initiative to find Kayla and asked about what happened last night.

"He and I, do you understand?" Keira laughed.

"I was confused. Looking back now, I was too impulsive. Everything happened too fast. I haven't thought about many things yet." Keira shook her head, "If you can, just pretend that this never happened. You have to Keep this a secret."

"I really don't understand your thoughts." Gal Gadot shook his head and said helplessly.

"I'm tired, you should go to bed early, and you have to catch a plane tomorrow." Kaila ordered the eviction.

Back in his room, Gail called Charlie and relayed Keira's response to him.

"What you asked me to do has been done, and I can't help with the rest." Gal Gadot didn't want to be a mouthpiece for the two of them.

"Since she needs time, give her enough time." Charlie also understood.

A little coaxing would be enough, and it would be far less likely to lead to a cold war.Gale became more and more confused about the two of them and hung up the phone in a hurry.

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Chicago, O'Hare International Airport, Danielle, Faith and Linnie came to pick them up.

"You are finally back. This period has been too boring." Danielle said with a bit of complaint.

"Taylor went to the show, the doctor asked Gisele to stay at home, Meghan went to Los Angeles, and Ivanie was at the company, but she was very busy, so I didn't ask her to come over, but Linney was free. ” Faith gave Charlie a deep hug.

"As long as you can come, it's the best." Charlie was not ready to let go, and gave Faith a long kiss in front of everyone.

"Don't let others hear this. Look at Linni, is she more beautiful?" Faith pulled Linni over.

During the Miss World competition, Lin Ni still had a bit of baby fat, but now her face was even thinner, which was set off by her sapphire-like pupils, making her even more breathtaking.

This is the fad started by Fei Si, a lot of money is spent on beauty, and the specifications are even inferior to many top Hollywood actresses.

In addition, the dress is more modern and modern. The upper body is a small black suit jacket with shoulder pads, and the lower body is a short skirt with nylon socks launched by PB Company.

Charlie nodded with satisfaction, only feeling that the money ability was indeed useful.

"Although it's very special, the relationship between each other is really good." Looking at the hands of Charlie and the two women in front of them holding hands tightly from beginning to end, Gal Gadot said subconsciously.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he immediately realized his gaffe and quickly observed Keira's reaction next to him.

Keira was seen staring at the three people walking in front like conjoined twins, not knowing what she was thinking.

"I usually go to the company, and Artis is doing a good job. Everything is fine. I think you can give yourself a few days off." In the MPV, Faith looked at Charlie with pity.

She felt that Charlie was very tired from running around outside every day, and she even felt a little sorry for her sweetheart.

"But the rotation of the clock will not stop. In fact, we don't have much time. A new change is coming. If we fail to successfully transform, we will only be eliminated by time." Charlie seemed imminent.

The iPhone 3G will be launched on the market in a few months. During this time, the company should carry out drastic reforms.

"Go back to the company, I have something to discuss with Ossenzweig." Charlie told the driver.

"I have to go back and rest." Gal Gadot shook his head.

"Forget it, Keira, come back to the company with me." Charlie said again.

"Yes, sir," responded Keira, who was sitting in the front row.

"Then let's go home first and prepare a big meal for you." Faith nodded.

So the vehicle went to the PB headquarters first, and after Charlie and Kayla got off the car, it turned back home.

Since it was working time, Charlie and Kayla were the only two people in the elevator.

"By the way, I'm going to adjust Artis's work content, and you will take over her job now."

"If you didn't have what happened that night, would you still arrange it like this?" Keira thought for a while, but asked rhetorically instead of agreeing immediately.

"Of course, this was originally planned." Charlie said expressionlessly.

"I know." Keira nodded.

Returning to the familiar office again, facing the familiar Artis, Charlie could feel something different.

Artis didn't have as elaborate makeup as before, and it seemed that her heavy work had somewhat affected her personal life.

"Do you need me to report to you the work content during this period?" Artis asked with a smile, taking a look at Keira who was pouring tea for Charlie. There was a time when this work was still done by herself, but as time went by With the development of the company, she herself is like a fish in the water, being pushed in a new direction by the waves.

"If there is no major business, forget it, and I have a lot of ideas about the future, you ask Ossenzweig to come over."

After a while, Ossenzweig also entered the office, and after the usual greetings, Artis was about to leave with Keira.

"You have to stay here." Charlie didn't let her out of the office.

"Not just now, many high-level meetings will also require your participation in the future." Charlie followed.

Artis was obviously flattered. She knew that Charlie intended to push herself to a more important position, so she nodded solemnly and chose to sit down.

"I don't know if you two have heard of the third-generation communication technology." Charlie looked at the two of them.

The two of them looked at each other, then shook their heads in unison.

"Simply put, the speed of mobile phone networks will be rapidly improved. Videos can be played online without downloading. Do you know what this means?"

"No need to download songs on iTunes in advance."

"The signal is clearer."

The two said one after the other.

"Uh..." Charlie stroked his forehead, feeling that he was communicating with two primitive people.

"Okay, you are right, but this is not the key to the problem. The key to the problem is that in the future, people will spend more and more time on their mobile phones, and the performance of mobile phones will also improve by leaps and bounds, and their computing power will be no less than that of computers. , the scenes in the science fiction movies of the last century are being realized, everyone can carry a computer with them, which will create a lot of application scenarios, do you understand?”

The two of them looked at each other and shook their heads in unison again.

"Forget it, I'll just say the conclusion." Charlie decided not to do such thankless things anymore.

"For magazines, the electronic version should be the core. This is the first priority. Paper publications only use the materials of the electronic version. All performance appraisals of the editorial department are based on the electronic version."

"It doesn't sound any different from before." Ossenzweig whispered.

"The difference is huge. Have you forgotten the insert invented by Hugh Hefner? This thing is already outdated. Regarding the display of models, videos and even interactive videos will be used later, with animation effects added, requiring every advertisement to be animated. of."

"This is a big project and requires the recruitment of many animators and technicians, as well as the expansion of the editorial team."

"That's right. In addition, we also need to recruit software engineers, who are required to be proficient in mobile development positions." Charlie looked at Atis.

“How about the closed beta version of Palace?”

"not bad."

"Very well, I have set three steps for the company's transformation. First, completely shift the magazine to an electronic version. After that, complete the digitization of all content, and turn the digital version of the magazine into mobile entertainment content. The ultimate goal is to realize the company's digital transformation. , the technology sector is the company's most valuable future asset."

After several hours of discussion, Ossenzweig and Artis left Charlie's office one after another with their respective tasks.

When Ossenzweig left, Charlie specifically asked him about Sophia Stallone.Ossenzweig said she's doing pretty well so far.

"I personally feel that the company is at the forefront of the entire industry this time." Keira expressed her approval when faced with Charlie's inquiry.

You must know that many traditional media giants only began to make transformational moves about 10 years ago, and PB Company's relevant plans were two years ahead of schedule.

"I hope this time I won't get up early and miss the train. Let's go and have a look at the derivatives department." Charlie decided to go downstairs for a walk.

Faith mentioned before that Ivanie is very busy right now, and Charlie just confirmed with Artis that the derivative products department has indeed made many big moves recently.

When we come downstairs, we can see many differences at a glance. First of all, the number of people in the office area has increased significantly, and the workstations are connected to each other, which even makes people feel crowded. Secondly, the entire office area is very noisy and the staff In and out, footsteps are hurried.

In the conference room of the derivative products department, Ivanie was meeting and discussing with everyone, and Paris Hilton was sitting on her right.

Suddenly the door of the conference room opened, and everyone looked and found Charlie Rossi standing at the door.

"Don't worry about me, you continue." Charlie quickly walked to the end of the conference table and sat down.

Ivanie nodded towards Charlie, and then looked at everyone.

"Continuing on from what we just talked about, the derivatives department will determine multiple new product lines this year..." At this moment, Ivanie seemed resolute and resolute, like a real entrepreneur. During her time at PB Company, she had really grown a lot. few.

Charlie even saw a bit of Victoria in her.

Listening to Ivani's arrangements for this year's business, Charlie was completely relieved.

After the meeting, she just kissed Charlie on the cheek and left in a hurry.

"Dear, European manufacturers are waiting to call me. We'll talk in the evening," she said.

Charlie even felt like he was redundant here.

"She's a workaholic." Paris Hilton stayed behind and took the initiative to talk to Charlie.

"How's it going? Are you getting used to it during this time?" Charlie asked.

Charlie has not communicated with her in detail since she joined PB Company, and now he finally found an opportunity.

"It was really hard to adapt to it at first, but now it's much better." Paris said with a smile.

"That's good, this time I've finalized a reality show about you in Los Angeles."

"Speaking of reality shows, I think this plan can be put on hold for the time being." Paris suddenly said.

"why?"

"Because now I have found something more interesting than filming a reality show." Paris' smile revealed mystery...

(End of this chapter)