Uncle Zhou is in a bad mood and he plans to find a punching bag.

Real world.

New York, Times Square.

The so-called Times Square is just the intersection of Broadway Avenue and several other streets. It is better to say that it is a square than a street intersection. Because this place is too small, too messy, and there are a lot of people.

The buildings around the square are covered with neon billboards, and they flash all day long. The original intention of the original name here was not "Times Square", but "Times Square".

Because the New York Times Group established its headquarters here in 1904. Although its headquarters has been replaced many times in the following hundred years, the New York Times has always stayed near the square.

Now, December 24, 1993, Christmas Eve.

The wind and snow are invading south from Canada, covering most of the United States. People have prepared hearty food and gifts to spend a peaceful and peaceful day with their families.

But Mr. Braton, editor-in-chief of the Times' News Edition, was still sitting in the gray building on the 18th floor of the headquarters, looking at the wind and snow outside and a small number of homeless homeless people through the glass window.

The secretary got off work half an hour ago. While sending Christmas Eve blessings, he also gave Bratton a gift. It was a big square box with beautiful ribbons tied.

Bratton was in a bad mood and simply sat down to unpack the gift box. When he opened the wrapping paper, there was a very conspicuous "light under the skirt" logo on the box.

"Oh, hell, this thing is again."

The VCD from the other side of the ocean is still produced by the sanctioned "Sacred Light" group.

"This thing is simply not legal!"

That's right, it's illegal, very illegal.

A reporter from the Times recently investigated the matter and investigated this incredible case - not long ago, a batch of VCDs appeared in major supermarkets in the United States and were sold publicly.

For ordinary people, no one cares about sanctions or not. They only care about whether the goods meet the needs. It has to be admitted that VCD is a revolutionary advancement of audio-visual equipment. It is much better than a video recorder.

Americans were skeptical of this product at first, but they soon began to shout "It's so fragrant" - black people near supermarkets have learned new living skills and peddled pirated CDs.

This business is too profitable and very safe.

VCDs are sold in the United States for thousands of dollars, which is no cheaper than in the origin. But people still flock to it because although the machines are expensive, the discs are very cheap and the content is extremely rich.

As long as you buy a VCD, the promoter will guide customers where to buy the CD they want. Not to mention that foreigners have a high copyright awareness, everyone will be moved when facing the dazzling array of CDs.

Hollywood movies, TV series, concert videos, and even books and materials - American books are expensive, and they can be dozens or hundreds of dollars at any time. So the old book business in the school is very prosperous.

"Sheng Light" also produces "optical drives" for computers, which specifically provide technicians with cheap knowledge and information. The current hard disk capacity is too small, and a CD can be stored in a small library, which makes searching very convenient.

By solving various pain points of users, VCD has begun to be popular all over the world. "Sacred Light" is not only sold in the United States, it is dumping all over the world, earning huge excess profits.

In Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Eastern Europe, and South Europe, Africa and South America, VCDs are completely sold well in places where regulations are not sound.

Because it can earn foreign exchange, the factories of "Sheng Light Audiovisual" simply reduced their supply to the country and exported them specifically. This move is not only not blamed, but is praised.

But the experience of this thing in Europe, America, Japan and other places is different. It has been hit by law enforcement agencies from the beginning. But the more you investigate, the more you find that the water behind it is very deep.

All customs import documents provided by dealers are completely fake and real. Unless you go to the customs to edit the original files, no one can easily distinguish them.

At first, the US Customs believed that there were insiders on its own, and maritime anti-smuggling personnel also tried every means to track down the smuggling route. However, investigators soon discovered that "Sheng Light" was a group that started with smuggling, and their smuggling paths could not be found out.

With his professional sensitivity, Bratton believed that this was a big news and there must be inside stories behind it that could cause storms. However, after several months of investigation, the editor-in-chief of the Times did not make any breakthrough progress.

By forging various import and transportation documents, "Sheng Light" sold at least 100,000 VCDs and five million pirated CDs in the United States in 1993. This is only the current half-month production capacity of "Sheng Light".

Half of the gift was removed, Bratton felt bored. He sat down and read the "Sacred Light Economic Weekly" at hand. This publication has been published in multilingual versions and has become increasingly influential.

In the 12th issue of "Shengguang Audiovisual" in the 12th issue of "Weekly Magazine", it published the year-end sales estimates and production prospects for the next year. This subsidiary is building a factory across the ocean at an extremely fast speed and has built a strong production capacity in a short period of time.

According to public reports, "Shengguang Audiovisual" sold one million VCDs in 1993 and has built twelve production lines with an annual production capacity of 1.5 million units. The company plans to increase its production capacity to five million units next year.

As for the production of VCD discs, the magazine did not say it. But Bratton himself estimated that the number of secretly sold by the "Holy Light" will soon exceed 500 million per month.

This figure comes from the recent increase in exports of polycarbonate in Japanese and Korean chemical products.

"Bypass the supervision of various countries and sell the goods directly to the final market. How is this done?"

Editor-in-chief Bratton has arranged for several senior journalists to investigate this, seek clues within the police, and even bribe local gang members to act as informants.

As far as we know, "Sheng Light" has a very efficient underlying sales channel. After it cannot be sold publicly, it skillfully found local gangs to sell.

One hundred thousand units are not fully distributed recently, and the sales volume is only in one place in New York. According to the consumption capacity of the United States, the annual sales volume in the entire United States will definitely not be less than five million units.

Due to the extremely hot sales, local gangs can even fight for the supply. But no one can tell how the supply came about.

An informant once provided Bratton with simple news that the goods appeared directly at the warehouse in New York Harbor, and the gang personnel drove to transport them directly.

When Bratton wanted to know more, his informant had been publicly executed, and even he himself received multiple calls and mailing threats to stop the investigation.

But Bratton scoffed at these threats, only considering the profits of "Holy Light" in the sales of VCDs - even if the gross profit of one is only 20%, it is enough to make the US sanctions on the group a joke.

"There must be an unknown means of transportation behind this."

Editor-in-chief Bratton determined this. He put down the Weekly magazine that he had read more than ten times, moved his butt that had been sitting for a long time, and decided to get up and go to the toilet. Even if he squatted on the toilet, he was thinking.

Then..., a series of low and dull sounds suddenly came from under the toilet.
Chapter completed!