Chapter 442 Seattle Black Coffee

In some emotions, all human beings share common feelings, such as yearning for peace, cherishing family affection, and devoting themselves to love. These emotions from the depths of the hearts of intelligent creatures can transcend the boundaries of race, faith, and even language, and resonate with everyone.

Seattle National Geographic Magazine Seattle Branch

Editor-in-chief Mr. Jack pushed open the door of his office with a tired face, and two dark circles like pandas on his face. He yelled at the secretary outside the door in a somewhat ungraceful manner: "Nikki, where's the coffee! Damn it, do you want me to rely on smoking marijuana to stay awake?"

Black secretary Nikki, like Mr. Jack, also stayed up all night and was dealing with the emails while resisting sleepiness. When she heard the boss's scolding, Nikki's thick lips pursed helplessly.

If a month ago, oh no, even just a week ago, white Jack dared to speak loudly to black Nikki, or even cursed "damn it", even if Jack was the editor-in-chief of the branch and the immediate superior, Nikki would not let him off easily. A word of "racial discrimination" would make Jack lose face and be scolded by the media.

There are many strange phenomena in America, such as "political correctness". Although everyone knows that racial discrimination exists deeply and most white people do look down on black people from the bottom of their hearts, few people, especially famous people, dare to say it directly.

However, due to the special situation of the magazine, Nikki chose to ignore the word "damn", made a face behind Mr. Jack, and then quickly left his seat and ran to the lounge to make coffee for Mr. Jack.

At this time, the entire National Geographic magazine, whether it is the headquarters or the branches, thousands of employees, everyone is working hard to keep their jobs, and they are in a terrible mood, and Mr. Jack is no exception.

Founded in 1888, National Geographic Magazine has a glorious history and present. It is the most well-known magazine in the world. The content of the magazine is high-quality articles about society, history, and customs around the world; its printing and picture quality standards are also praised by people. In the past 100 years, it has always been among the top ten best-selling publications in the United States.

Just as Su Ming has always adhered to the principle of "content is king" in China, the reason why National Geographic Magazine has become a world-renowned best-selling magazine and is even considered a temple for "photographers and subjects" is closely related to the strict selection rate of up to one thousandth and the editor's almost paranoid professional attitude. A large number of excellent photographers and journalists full of ideals and romanticism were born here. Only works with soul and passion can be published in the magazine.

Therefore, in the eyes of most readers, National Geographic Magazine means authority, science, and quasi-officialism. It is more like an encyclopedia than just a magazine.

This is very similar to the Guinness World Records that Su Ming once appeared in.

Just last month, 21st Century Fox announced the acquisition of National Geographic Magazine and announced a large-scale layoff plan. About one-third of the magazine's employees will be laid off, and even the editors-in-chief of each branch will face strict assessment.

Capitalism has its superiority, but it also has its more cruel side. If it were in China, even if such a century-old news unit was restructured and changed its owner, the government would definitely find a good way out for most employees, at least a way out that can barely survive.

But this problem does not exist in National Geographic. A meager compensation can make these veterans who have worked in the magazine for half their lives go away.

Without income, mortgages, car loans, insurance... a series of problems will follow one after another, and the bank will take away everything from you without mercy. In the United States, there are countless examples of the middle class becoming destitute overnight due to losing their jobs.

So now at this critical moment, who can care about a word "damn".

There is an automatic coffee machine, a ping-pong table, and a row of large sofas in the lounge, which are usually used for the magazine staff to rest. Recently, the magazine is facing layoffs, and the employees are busy and exhausted. How can they waste time drinking coffee and chatting in the lounge, so the entire lounge is empty.

Nikki made a cup of black coffee that was three points darker than her skin. When she was about to leave, she suddenly found a photo on the coffee machine.

The editors of the magazine sometimes discuss work in the lounge. The photo was printed out in color from the computer. The surrounding area was soaked with water. It was probably left here by a careless editor.

"These careless men!" Nikki muttered.

Nikki not only inherited the exaggerated hot body of black people, but also looked as good as some popular black Hollywood female stars. The key is that she also has a serious cleanliness obsession, so she picked up the photo and prepared to throw it into the trash can. She absolutely can't stand a messy working environment where everything is thrown around.

But after just one look at the photo, Nikki was stunned and deeply attracted by the content of the photo.

In the photo, there is a gorilla wearing gorgeous battle robes and armor, riding on the back of an exaggerated wild boar. From the posture, the chimpanzee has fierce eyes and is about to attack the wild boar, but the huge fist stays on the back of the wild boar's head.

This photo is actually a set of three consecutive individual photos. In the second photo, the gorilla's fist has opened and turned into a palm, and his eyes have softened significantly. In the third photo, the gorilla's palm gently strokes the back of the wild boar's head.

Perhaps it was the photographer's superb skills, or perhaps the expressions of the gorilla and the wild boar were so rich, Nikki even felt that she could clearly feel the changes in the emotions of the two animals from these three photos, especially the third one, which formed a sharp contrast with the first one. The gorilla's eyes were particularly gentle, without any aggression at all, while the wild boar showed complete trust and joy.

"These stupid men!" Nikki had been a secretary in a magazine for three years, and she still had the most basic vision. She could see at a glance that this photo was definitely qualified to be published in the magazine. If there was a good editor to add text, it would be no problem to be on the cover of this issue. I don't know which little editor with no vision actually treated it as garbage and threw it in the lounge.

"Bang!" The door of the lounge was pushed open heavily from the outside, and Jack strode in with red eyes, shouting angrily: "God, Nikki, what are you doing? Does it take a century to make a cup of coffee!"