It was only 2004, and many of the older female clerical workers in NYPD only knew how to type and tabulate computers. They didn't know much about collecting information online.
Luke met Elizabeth's expectant gaze and pondered for a moment before he said, "If you like it, you can give it a try. This job will become more and more important in the future."
Titanium phones were still at the top, but all kinds of bigwigs who wanted a piece of the smartphone pie had already started, and had even completed a lot of negotiations.
If everything went according to plan, next spring, other low-end smartphones would be popping up all over the world like mushrooms after a spring rain.
These bigwigs weren't stupid.
Next year, the wireless network in America would be more complete, and the market would be even larger.
Smartphones without network support wouldn't be able to deal a "fatal blow" to consumers' wallets, and wouldn't be able to snatch too many users from Titanium phones.
Luke didn't care at all.
The more people Jenny dragged down with her, the fewer patent lawsuits Titanium would face in the future.
Under the principle that profit wasn't her top priority, Jenny had obtained more and more patent authorizations. Together with the patents she had secretly bought through shell companies, it was enough to deal with most patent lawsuits.
This also meant that smartphones would explode in two years.
The significance of one Titanium phone or the world making it was different for Luke, as well as for the world.
An era where everyone was an eyewitness was coming, and online intelligence gathering would become more and more important, even more timely than traditional intelligence gathering.
If Elizabeth was interested, she would have a good future if she entered this line of work early on.
In any case, she was going to be a small supervisor, not a programmer. She wasn't afraid of dark circles under her eyes and hair falling out.
Elizabeth heaved a sigh of relief.
Under Luke's guidance, she had inadvertently come into contact with online information collection and intelligence analysis.
After jumping to NYPD's intelligence agency, she naturally gravitated toward this area.
She realized that she preferred doing behind-the-scenes investigations than picking up a gun and banging around outside every day.
However, Luke and Selina, these two "teachers," were definitely "hands-on."
Faced with this opportunity, Elizabeth couldn't help but wonder if she was "deceiving her teachers," so she had to talk to Luke in person.
More importantly, she had told Luke what would happen when she had money.
Since she had chosen this path, she was destined to stay in the office every day. She was afraid that Luke would misunderstand that she couldn't take it.
Of course, Luke didn't think so.
Hiding in the office and being a shut-in was also a job that many people could not stand.
This wasn't like hiding at home playing games and reading gossip. It was a job that required him to complete tasks every day.
Everything had to be done according to the rules, and he had to work overtime at every turn. If he didn't have some passion for work, he wouldn't be able to do it.
Hearing Luke's affirmation, Elizabeth relaxed a little.
She picked up the cup of black tea and drank it in one gulp. Then, she stretched out the cup and said, "Another cup."
Luke was helpless, but he still poured her another cup. "This is black tea, not Coke or whiskey. Drink it slowly. There's milk and sugar, biscuits and pastries. Think of it as afternoon tea. "
Y'lisabet chuckled and slowed down. "Am I bothering you?"
She knew that under his lazy appearance, he was serious when he was working, but most people didn't have the chance to notice this.
Luke rolled his eyes. "Since you want to collect intelligence online, let me test you."
Y'lisabet was puzzled. "How?"
Luke gave her a tablet. "I'll ask you questions, and you can answer them on it."
That way, he would be able to hear a lot of gossip from the intelligence department.
When Elsa and Selina came down, they saw that the "master and disciple" were sitting opposite each other on the bay window, each holding a tablet.
If one didn't look at the tablets, they would really think that they were playing Go just by looking at the coffee table and the way they were sitting cross-legged.
Elsa was confused. "What are they doing?"
Selina sat down with Elsa after the tour. She picked up the tablet and looked at it. She instantly smiled. "Sort of … a daily quiz."
Elsa shook her head.
She was an old-fashioned police officer who would teach anything at work. She didn't even have enough time to rest after work. Naturally, she didn't have the patience to do such a "quiz."
It could only be said that Luke was indeed very serious as a "teacher."
Elsa hesitated for half a second before biting into a chocolate biscuit.
Then, she took a sip of the warm black tea that Selina had just poured for her and sighed in satisfaction. "This is what afternoon tea looks like. What kind of life have I been living recently? It feels even worse than in Los Angeles. At least I can see the sun on my way to and from work in Los Angeles. Here, I feel like I'm in a world without sunlight. "
Selina wasn't too surprised. "Haha. My bathroom has a sauna function. Do you want to try it later?"
Elsa's eyes lit up. "Well, that sounds good."
She immediately shook her head. "Forget it. Dustin will be here soon. He doesn't have much time."
Selina didn't care. "We'll go after he leaves. I dare say that he'll only be here for an hour at most, including dinner. "
Elsa said, "We both know that. We'll talk about it after dinner."
Selina said, "There's a guest room on the third floor. You can sleep there if you want."
Elsa hesitated for a moment, but still agreed to stay the night.
Selina had stayed the night at her place in Los Angeles, and they were quite close.
As they spoke, Dustin arrived.
He looked at the time. It was two minutes past seven. He was late by two minutes, which was within his expectations.
Dustin's gift was simple but interesting. It was a pot of devil's ivy for interior decoration.
When Selina accepted the gift, she heard him say, "I was going to give you a cactus or something, but then I remembered that you got off work a lot earlier. You should have time to water it."
She could only chuckle.
There were some green plants for decoration at home, but Little Snail was the one who watered them, so she didn't have to worry about it at all.
The extra pot of devil's ivy was just an extra hose.
Everybody was very familiar with Dustin's style. They chatted for five minutes before dinner started.
Dinner was quieter.
Luke only cared about the food, and didn't care about the restaurant's rules.
There was lobster, fish, pork, beef, and mutton on the table. There wasn't a lot of each, but there was everything.
If they really went to a restaurant to eat these things, nobody else had that much time.
Even if they did, they would be eating in style, and enjoying the food was secondary.
Thus, everybody was too busy gorging themselves today to chat.
It wasn't until half past seven that their mouths stopped working.
Dessert and drinks were served, and the small talk officially began.
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