Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 152 - 150: Still Not Enough

Meanwhile, near San Jose in Los Angeles, inside the headquarters of Apple.

Wozniak had just walked out of his old friend Jobs’s office.

He whistled cheerfully and slowly strolled back to the research and development department.

Soon, several subordinates gathered around him.

"Director, did the negotiations in New York go smoothly? Can our product now be mass-produced?"

"Everything went smoothly," Wozniak reassured everyone with a gesture, "Our new product development is concluded for now; you all can take a break before we prepare for the next stage of computer development."

"Great, I’m going to Hawaii for a vacation from this damn winter."

"I’m going to Miami!"

Watching his team chatter excitedly about their vacation plans, Wozniak shook his head with a smile and walked into his office.

While his subordinates could go on vacation, as the head of R&D, he still needed to be on standby to document his old friend’s endless creativity.

"Still," Wozniak poured himself a cup of coffee and sat in front of his computer, "as a site for relaxation, this one is quite decent."

"Especially ’Anomalies and Creatures,’ the characters are interesting, the story is novel, and the depiction of various civilizations’ declines even conveys a bit of depth and sentiment."

He took a sip of his cherished coffee, pursed his lips slightly, "It’s just whatever ’quantum mechanics’ is, it’s a bit baffling."

"But, it’s not enough to tarnish its virtues!"

At that moment, his computer made a faint electronic notification sound.

"Huh, ’Anomalies and Creatures’ updated?" Wozniak clicked the mouse, "Last time was ’brain in a vat,’ what’s it this time?"

Uh...

The Demon’s quest for family?

Quickly, he clicked and began reading with relish.

A Black Demon (he had always thought so, perhaps because of the ugly appearance and constant police arrests?), was about to travel to the African continent on a spaceship.

But speaking of which, if the demon was so ugly, what did his daughter look like?

Could it be that the author, in support of the so-called Black rights movements, introduced a Black female character into the protagonist’s team?

Wozniak frowned slightly at that thought.

Well, if that was the case, then he might just have to give it up.

However, he quickly put these thoughts aside.

Because the story was indeed interesting!

The Hellhound was treated as a pet and even named "Cat."

Then, the werewolf transformed into a giant Husky and led the protagonist’s team through the Abyss, tricking the Demon Guard.

Next, through the demon’s narration, the author started to tell the story of a mutant Demon Lord’s legendary life.

A blood-thirsty demon who wanted all races to coexist peacefully?

Of course, he ultimately failed shamefully.

But for some reason, the name "Mandela" immediately came to Wozniak’s mind.

"This insinuation by Wang Jian is quite subtle," he thought of the other’s information he had reviewed and nodded slightly.

"Literary Creators Charity Fund and these insinuations, his stance must lean towards the Republican Party," Wozniak thought while looking at his computer screen.

"Right, once the actual cooperation begins, I’ll need to introduce him to some people. Our Republican Party still has a significant disadvantage compared to the Democrat Party on the internet."

"Especially since this literary site also has some media influence."

Wozniak took another sip of coffee and continued clicking the mouse.

Demons had shockingly gone mad, and wanted to ascend to space.

Space?

Influenced by Cold War thinking, Wozniak immediately thought of South Africa’s dreams of being a great power.

Subsequently, seeing the originally aggressive demon armies gradually crumble, he became even more certain of this.

"Ah, just as I had anticipated," Wozniak sighed softly, "South Africa is finished; within a decade, it will surely face complete economic and political collapse."

"This Wang Jian, he truly is insightful."

Despite not agreeing with many views on the benign transformation of demons, he felt a bit of regret for their reform failures.

After all, the efforts expended towards such an unrealistic goal were indeed commendable.

Reading through "Anomalies and Creatures," where the author described somewhat tragic failure scenes.

Wozniak felt that his political stance was very close to that of Wang Jian.

Both belonged to the group that leaned right in the Democrat Party and left in the Republican Party.

And this differed greatly from many "Technology Elite," whose political stances were considered left-leaning within the Democrat Party.

Wozniak felt a strange affinity towards Wang Jian because of this.

Of course, the main reason was, at the end, he discovered that the demon’s daughter was of mixed heritage.

"Hmm..." the old tech-geek thought for a long while, then nodded, "Actually... Halle Berry is also quite attractive."

He thought it over and felt that it was rare to meet a "Technology Elite" who resonated so well with him.

"Ah, it’s necessary to get to know this Wang Jian."

Wozniak opened Wang Jian’s profile and searched for the email address.

Then, he wrote him an email.

Essentially expressing great admiration for Wang Jian’s political stance and hoping to find an opportunity for a good chat.

Meanwhile, Wang Jian, who had just updated "Anomalies and Creatures" today, saw the email from this very famous predecessor in the tech industry.

His expression was probably one of utter confusion...

Meanwhile, in the ABC office building.

Some executives in charge of TV series were holding a meeting, where the seated vice president surveyed the room and then voiced seriously,

"Starting with ’Seinfeld,’ through ’Friends,’ and the just-launched ’Everybody Loves Raymond,’ CBS has proven that if we want to appeal to all age groups, it needs to be comedy!"

"And what about us? Still clinging to ’Superman’ and ’ER,’ shows that should be scheduled in other time slots, placed in the prime time slot of 8 PM."

"Do you know what GE’s president asked me?"

"He even asked me what was performed last night on ’Friends’?"

"So, to everyone present, put aside the concerns about the screenwriters’ strike for now!"

"First consider where we might find a comedy script!"

Seeing the manager’s anger, the meeting room fell into a deathly silence.

At that moment, a young person timidly raised a hand.

"Good, you speak!" the vice president pointed at the young person.

"President," the young person swallowed, "what if, the production costs of the TV series are too high?"

"How high could it be? Do you know how much just the salaries of the six people in CBS’s ’Friends’ amount to?"

"And in ’Everybody Loves Raymond,’ the fee for the actor who played Raymond, per episode, is over $600,000."

"Probably..." the young person hesitated for a while, "still not enough."

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