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"About online payment, Simon, I am not optimistic that Igret's online payment tools will be able to form a sufficient scale in the short term. In my opinion, the ability of ordinary people to accept new things is not as strong as we imagined. Consumable online The online content is not rich enough. Moreover, in order to ensure the security of online payment, the early opening and payment process of Eaglet online payment tool will definitely be very cumbersome, which will limit the development of online payment. "

"so what?"

"The market potential of online games should be no less than that of console games and PC games, but we must find more convenient and faster online payment channels."

In the office, Simon heard Nancy say this and asked, "You must have an idea?"

Nancy nodded and said: "Any user who accesses the network must pay telecom fees regularly. Moreover, most people tend to pay more in order to save time and energy. If you can use the operator account to directly consume on the Internet, the just now The problem was solved.”

"Actually, Nancy, some people in Eaglet have made similar suggestions. However, have you ever thought about it? Just in North America, the number of Internet service providers now exceeds one hand. If you count traditional telecommunications Operators, the number will further increase. We may be able to handle two companies such as America Online and Bell Atlantic, but to open up all other telecom operator accounts, we need to invest more resources than directly promoting online payment tools .”

"Operators can extract payment commissions, which will involve a lot of benefits. We will first bring in a few companies to try, and other telecom operators will see the profits, and they will naturally join this joint payment network. .”

"Maybe so. However, your idea has another serious shortcoming. Even if users usually recharge their carrier accounts with a certain amount of excess fees, it is not too much, which will largely limit online payment. The scale of the payment. Moreover, the operator takes a cut." Simon recalled his experience of using his mobile phone account to recharge and was directly deducted half of the handling fee. He couldn't help shaking his head again, and said: "It's okay if it's a small payment. The larger the amount, the more sensitive users will be to transaction fees, which can easily lead consumers to other free payment tools. Therefore, even if an operator payment network is successfully built, it is doomed to be short-lived.”

Nancy thought for a moment, and had to agree with Simon's point of view: "Since this is the case, we can only think of other ways."

Simon's thoughts didn't stop.

Nancy's judgment on online payment tools just now is not wrong.

The promotion of online payment tools does not happen overnight, but the development of the payment system takes about a year. In the early stage, in order to ensure security and other factors, the activation and payment process will indeed be cumbersome. In addition, the Internet platform can consume content. These will hinder the enthusiasm of users to open online payment tools.

So maybe some kind of transition is needed.

Some sort of introductory tool that incentivizes users to make online payments.

When the thoughts came here, Simon quickly had a flash of inspiration.

Of course, I also went to Internet cafes and played games in my previous life. When "Legend", "Journey" and "World of Warcraft" were all the rage, Alipay and other tools were far from popular. At that time, if you wanted to spend money on games, you could only buy point cards.

Point card ah!

Simon couldn't help snapping his fingers.

Prepaid phone cards have become very popular in this era, and online consumption point cards are easily accepted by users.

Igret can issue an online payment point card tool. Users can purchase point cards through current retail channels for online consumption, and it does not need to be limited to online game consumption, but can also be used to purchase software or pay Internet fees, etc. Wait.

At the same time, the payment point card can also be used as a 'kindling seed' to cultivate users' online consumption habits.

As long as users get used to online payment, Eaglet's Ypay tool can carry out some appropriate marketing methods, and it will naturally turn temporary point card users into formal users who bind credit cards.

After reorganizing his thoughts, Simon explained his thoughts to Nancy, opened his e-mail, and quickly typed out his thoughts and sent them directly to several senior executives in Ygritte.

Today is the day of the Oscars.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Simon still got off work on time, but instead of rushing to the Holy Citizen Auditorium, where the awards ceremony was held, he went to his own villa in the Trousdale Manor in Beverly Hills.

Sofia Fishy took her children to live here two days ago, so that she can easily arrange the upcoming Gucci brand party at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel.

The little ones rushed back to the east coast yesterday, and the women still live here.

In the bedroom of the villa.

After some hearty joy, the sky outside had already darkened.

The sound of the award ceremony in progress came from the TV in the bedroom.

On the big bed, the two of them were covered with a thin quilt, but the woman under the thin quilt was completely covered by the man, revealing only two white jade arms and a delicate and charming face that looked ruddy even in dim light.

The man's body is very heavy, but Sophia has no intention of letting him go.

Some even enjoy the heaviness that makes it difficult to breathe.

With his chin resting on his arm, he casually watched "Dances with Wolves" win another award on TV, and casually talked to him about various recent things.

Daniel is actually smarter than little Gemma, and he learns Spanish very quickly.

Simon's mansion in Paris was also almost broken into, but the thieves were scared away by the sound of the siren.

Gucci bought the abandoned factory on the outskirts of Milan where the catwalk was held, and plans to renovate it as a brand display center.

My father accidentally caught a big sea fish, and the family ate it for a whole week, and probably won't want to eat seafood again for the next year.

……

The woman spoke in detail, and Simon has been listening patiently, occasionally echoing a few words.

On the TV.

Unknowingly, it has come to the Best Actress award.

Susan Sarandon, who replaced Kathy Bates in "Ten Days of Love", successfully defeated Meryl Streep and several other opponents to become the Oscar queen of this year, which is also Daenerys Entertainment Another achievement for producing a film.

The woman under her waited for Susan Sarandon to finish her speech, and said, "Simon, I heard that you have set up a vase fund?"

"Yeah, you want it too?"

"I don't need it, but the girls in Europe who help you take care of the property should also be able to enjoy this kind of benefits, right?"

Simon didn't go to Europe much after his honeymoon trip last year. After thinking about it, he said, "You first compile a document and send it to the Vase Fund team of Cersei Capital."

Sophia thought for a while, but shook her head by herself: "Over there in Europe, I only selected real maids for you. They don't have the potential to start a business."

"Then change a group of people," Simon said with a smile: "Choose from the top universities in Europe, the salary is paid according to the standard in North America, and the share of the vase fund, I think I can definitely pick a group the best."

"What on earth are you doing this for?"

"It's actually an investment. I won't do business at a loss. However, by the way, I can cultivate a large number of top vases with billions of dollars."

"Well, you feel so evil."

Simon smiled. Seeing that the nominations for the best director had started to be introduced on the TV, he lowered his head and kissed the woman's sideways face, and said, "Do you want to take a shower?"

Sophia knew what Simon meant, and shook her head and said, "There's no rush, all the work that needs to be done has been done, Angela is watching over the Hilton Hotel, we just need to show our face there a little before the party is over. .”

Simon actually didn't have much intention of going to the party, so he nodded.

Sophia quickly remembered one more thing: "You asked me to find a detective team in Europe. I have found several investigation and consulting companies, and I can dig some people out. But what should I do next?"

"Each team is controlled within 10 people, and a separate detective agency is established. The salaries of these people are paid by the overseas account of Westeros Corporation. On the surface, they still operate according to the traditional detective agency. They can accept investigations on their own on weekdays. work, and once ordered, our work is the highest priority."

"What are you going to have them do?"

"For example, to investigate whether you have found other men behind my back."

"..."

"Confused?"

Sophia gave the man a blank look, but couldn't help asking: "If, if I did that, what would you do?"

"No way."

"Ok?"

"As long as you don't murder me with a certain man, it's fine. I'll just lose a vase."

"..."

"What, you want me to tie you and that man into a sack and throw them into the open sea?"

"Ah."

At least not so totally indifferent to myself.

Simon slid his fingers across one of the woman's arms and said, "I only care about those who care about me, and of course I don't care about those who don't care about me."

Sophia turned her cheek and rubbed against the back of the man's hand, whispering softly, "Simon, I care about you."

"Oh, prove it to me?"

"..."

"Look, the lie has been exposed, right?"

"Westeros, you're an asshole."

"Hearing this tone, it seems that I really care a little bit."

"asshole."

"Go on, gnash your teeth a little more... Ah, don't really bite."

He lightly bit the man's arm, pretending to start a cold war.

On the TV screen, the 61st Academy Awards ceremony has officially ended.

Still can't help but take the initiative to speak: "Actually, you want to build a private intelligence network, and there have been many opportunities in the past two years."

"Ok?"

Simon asked a question.

When discussing the security of online payment tools with housekeeper Alice Ferguson a few days ago, Simon came up with the idea of ​​organizing some private investigation teams to deal with security issues such as possible attacks and theft of online payment tools.

The plan has recently been implemented.

On the North American side, Janet personally took over this very interesting job from a woman's point of view.

In Europe, although Ygritte has not yet expanded, Simon also let Sofia start looking for a team in advance.

As long as the time is right, this team will then develop to several other states.

On the big bed, Sophia continued: "After the continuous turmoil in Eastern Europe in recent years, the intelligence agencies of many countries will be abolished. The two camps have been fighting for nearly half a century, and those people are definitely the top intelligence experts. For example, East Germany The Stasi disbanded in March last year, and tens of thousands of people lost their jobs directly. Although these people are spies, they are just ordinary people in the final analysis and need to support their families. If they can get a good salary, I think they should be happy to accept it The jobs we give."

The Stasi was actually the Ministry of State Security of East Germany.

Later, more people only knew KGB, Mossad, MI6 or CIA. In fact, the Stasi was no worse than these intelligence agencies, just because the former ones have always existed, and the Stasi disappeared after the merger of East and West Germany. directly disbanded.

Simon thought for a moment, and said, "These people should be difficult to find. Even if the organization they belong to is dissolved, their identities should not be exposed at will."

"As long as you are willing to spend money, you can definitely find it. What's more, we don't want to copy the entire intelligence agency, but just poach some people from it."

"In this case, try to contact some people. It's best to find someone with a family and a house, so that there will be some ties. I don't have the intention of building a criminal network, it's just for self-protection, so I don't need a bunch of people who may backfire villains."

"I see."

"Also, try not to disclose the identity of Westeros Corporation as the employer for the time being. Even if they can guess, don't mention it, let alone leave any direct evidence that may point to us."

"I'll pay attention."

"In this way, I will ask James to set up an overseas account recently, and the money that should be spent will be spent. As long as these people really have real materials, they can get good enough treatment, including helping their families immigrate."

"Ah."

Simon went on to add: "Find these people, and still maintain a group model of less than 10 people. Also, don't set up all detective agencies. If there are too many, it will be too conspicuous. You can set up other types of shell companies, trade A company design company or even a publishing company is fine. I will give some opportunities in the future to directly hide some groups in the form of subsidiary departments under the corporate banner of the Westeros system."

Sophia nodded again, thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to name it?"

Simon smiled and said, "It's better not to have a name. Stasi Mossad KGB, once you say it, people will know what it is for. If you don't have a name, even if people notice it, they probably won't be able to do it."

Sophia didn't give up, and said, "There must be a code name, right?"

Simon remembered the movie called "Nobody" in his memory, and said a word: "Nobody."

"Ok?"

Simon smiled and said, "Nobody, that's the code name."

"Too unremarkable."

"That's what I want."

"Ok."

The two continued to chat casually about the idea of ​​the 'Nobody' organization, how to select talents, how to build a network, how to test the joining personnel, etc., and even began to consider the training and selection of backup personnel.

Like two behind-the-scenes masterminds conspiring to overturn the world.

In fact, more is just a whim.

Therefore, even Simon himself did not expect that after many years, a completely private intelligence organization with a somewhat vague name would develop to such a terrifying strength and scale.

Chapter 408 Pixar's Work Progress (Revised)

Seven awards including Best Picture and Best Director of "Dances with Wolves", Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay of "Ghostly Love", Best Actress of "Ten Days of Dangerous Love", Pixar The 3D animation "Little Lion" won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. This is the cumulative gain of the films produced by Daenerys Entertainment at the 61st Academy Awards Ceremony.

If you don't count other honorary awards, Daenerys Entertainment's total of 11 major awards accounts for exactly half of all 22 film awards. Like the Golden Globe Awards in January, it has become the biggest winner of this year's Oscars.

Simon has shown little interest in going to any parties these days.However, as a boss, you need to show your emotions and reasons at the celebration party.