American Peanuts

Chapter 16 You call this a company dormitory?

After coming out of the conference room and walking along the corridor to the end, which is the president's office, Charlie took the lead and pushed open the door.

The inside was not as grand and grand as he expected. It could even be called "narrow". Of course, it was still much larger than an ordinary office.The office is spotless, with all kinds of books neatly stacked on the bookshelf behind the chair, but it feels like a studio for movie shooting, lacking a bit of "popularity".

"Christie is not often in the company, as for Hugh, he prefers to work in his home office, on the huge round bed with swivel function in his former residence, which is the first bed with such function in the world, it is Hugh Hai The idea came up with Frederic. I must admit, he is better at having fun than editing." Richard always talks about the past when he mentions it.

"Every day after being woken up by his secretary, he would pat the girls around him to let him go. Usually there were more than one girl, sometimes three, sometimes five, or even more. Then the maid brought breakfast, and there was still With the sample drafts placed, he will start today’s work while eating, work like this until the afternoon, and then continue to start HAPPY, just like this. Every Friday, he will invite celebrities from all walks of life in Chicago to hold a grand party, wearing bunny costumes Girls wandered through it, and the party usually lasted until dawn.”

"That house is on State Pkwy, less than two kilometers from the coast. Hugh lived there until he moved to Los Angeles. At that time, Hugh bought it for $40, which is about 2000 million now, and then used ten times more It is now one of the tourist attractions in Chicago, and we hired a municipal company to take care of it, and it can earn millions of dollars in tourism revenue every year."

"Interesting." Charlie leaned on the table. Although these happened four or fifty years ago, listening to Richard's narration, he could still get a glimpse of Hugh Hefner's crazy life back then.

"Actually, I have always been curious. Hugh Hefner really dated so many women...you know sir." Saul on the side had an ambiguous expression and began to gossip.

"There was a time when Hugh Hefner's life was indeed very crazy, but that was all when he was young. Since he suffered a stroke, his health has been deteriorating. It can be said that he is 'powerless'. As for the number 2000 , I think subtracting a zero is more realistic." Richard explained with a smile.

"Hugh Hefner only had four children in his life. This may be the evidence. Men always brag about their experience, but for Hefner, it's not just about face, it's also about the personality he deliberately created. This is a kind of marketing. To put it more exaggeratedly, even if he appears in a wheelchair, he still has to be hugged from left to right." Charlie also explained.

"Of course, all the above is inference, and no one knows the truth except Hugh Hefner himself."

In fact, he had similar thoughts when he was making videos before traveling through time.It can be said that Hefner spent his whole life to establish the "Playboy" brand.

"Mr. Charlie mentioned the key to the problem. This was the fundamental reason why the magazine's sales were soaring at that time. Hefner made the life described in the magazine a reality. And it is still applicable today." Rosenzwei Grid couldn't help turning his gaze to Charlie.

No matter from which aspect, Charlie has the possibility of becoming the successor.

At this time, Charlie was thinking about another thing: "You just mentioned that the house is now owned by the company?"

"Yes, that's the company's property." Rosenzweig nodded.

"Now the company's assets are equal to my assets, right? I don't have a foothold in Chicago yet." Charlie became interested.

"If you insist on staying there... I'll make a call for you." Rosenzweig took out his cell phone and made arrangements.

After finishing the house, Charlie felt better and started talking about business.

"The reason I called you three here is to share with you a long-term plan. I expect to achieve this goal within two years. By then, the company's core business will have transformed. I call it the "Palace" project. , can completely transform the company..."

The secret conversation lasted for nearly three hours. When they walked out of the office, the three subordinates had different expressions.

Perhaps because his face was too dark, William still looked expressionless, but his steps were obviously faster. He was determined to race against time and achieve this goal as soon as possible. This plan was very exciting.

The second person to come out was Saul, humming a flamenco tune, twisting his waist and taking tango-like steps.He felt like Moses who had just received the Ten Commandments.However, his land of milk and honey was not Canaan, but a place called "the Palace".

Rosenzweig was the last one to come out. He was not excited at all. Instead, his face was full of fear and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.With trembling arms, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the sweat off his face, and then took off his glasses tremblingly.

Is he a lunatic?Or a genius?He didn't know how to define his new boss...

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The VIP lounge with clear windows is elegantly decorated and embodies the style of a fashion magazine headquarters. The Eames lounge chair, minotti round table, and even the inconspicuous water glass are all Lalique.

"Wait a minute." Taylor called to the administrative front desk who was passing by not far away.

The lady at the front desk was wearing a black dress with a brooch with a rabbit head logo on her collar. She had a slim figure and extraordinary temperament.

Taylor took out his Sony Ericsson W600. The orange and white body looks dynamic and youthful. The phone has a rotating slider design. This was Taylor's 16th birthday gift.

Of course, only 130 million pixels cannot well preserve the beauty of the beauty at the front desk, but Taylor is still satisfied with it. He took the perfect girl and took photos in the lounge.

"Taylor, can you stop acting like a child?" Faith frowned.

"This is a task assigned by Charlie. He asked me to send three tweets every day. I have now gained a total of 2000 followers."

Twitter?Only then did Faith remember that she had also registered for this software, and she took out her rose-red BlackBerry 8300.

Compared with the iPhone's large screen, the full keyboard at that time was a more "smart" embodiment. BlackBerry was at its peak, becoming the best-selling smartphone in the United States for three consecutive years.

After entering the Twitter app and seeing her thousands of private messages, Faith realized how much of a stir the previous tidbits had caused on the Internet.

And his followers have grown by leaps and bounds, reaching more than 9.

Looking at Charlie Rossi's attention count, it has reached [-], which is slightly more than himself.

You must know that the number of Twitter registrations in the United States had just exceeded 200 million at that time, that is to say, one out of every twenty users followed Charlie.

Gotta fill two rugby fields...

The fact that he has so many people paying attention to him is essentially taking advantage of Rosie. After all, who cares about a has-been old singer?

Looking up, I saw Charlie walking in.

"I have found a very nice place to live. Let's go there now." Charlie greeted the two of them.

Half an hour later, the three people got out of the Mercedes-Benz MPV.

Charlie pointed to the four-storey, refurbished single-family building not far ahead...

"This is our destination."

Looking at the tourists queuing up at the door, waiting to enter, the master and apprentice exclaimed.

“This is the company dormitory you are talking about???”

(End of this chapter)