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Cards Story 6


FADE IN.

INT. HONG KONG AIRPORT - NIGHT

Getting off from an aircraft, PETER makes a call.

PETER (V.O.) A credit card center

staff called me twice

while I was in Japan.

I was using my new

credit card a lot there.

There's no need to

check if it was I who

was using it. Anyway...

Oh, call again during

office hours?

INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY

Peter is having a phone conversation.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Oh, I haven't settled

my credit card payments?

Oh yes, I haven't done

my auto-pay arrangement

yet...I'll pay right away

by PPS.

Ending the call, Peter taps his phone screen again.

INT. STUDY - DAY

Peter turns on the TV but the screen remains dark.

PETER (V.O.)

It hasn't been working

I don't know what's

wrong - either my

first-generation flat-

screen TV is out of

order or there's

something wrong with

the cable service

delivery. Let me call

iCable to have someone

coming up to find out

the problem. I've tried

many times without

success.

Checking his phone diary, Peter looks for something.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Where are my other

phones? I haven't

seen them for days.

Peter then finds a Nokia from a handbag and an iPhone 6 from a jacket pocket.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

I bought the Nokia

because it was a Nokia

and I wanted to learn

to use the Andriod

system. I seldom use

it though as the contents

I created aren't interoperable

with the iOS system.

Checking.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Oh, they're still in

airplane mode.

After tapping the phone screens, Peter makes a call with the iPhone 6. And we hear: We can't connect your call as your phone is set to disable all out-going calls.

PETER (V.O.)

When did I do that?

I did tap a number of

icons in Settings to

try to activate a Sim

card - but without

success.., and that

last Nov.

Peter serves the web with a newer iPhone.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Here is the step-by-

step approach to check

my phone and reset.

After tapping a few buttons, Peter looks frustrated. He then uses a pin to take out its Sim card and then reinserts it again.

Then he taps the phone screen and we hear the same message again.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

(Frustrated)

Let me do one thing

at a time. Call iCable

first.

Peter uses his Nokia phone to call.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

How come my Nokia

phone works...

Remembering.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

I passed by its service

provider weeks ago

and bundled my

payments with my

new credit card...

After the phone conversation, Peter checks the Messages icon on the iPhone screen.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Oh, there's one from

the service provider -

I haven't paid up the monthly fee...

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Once the problem is

identified, it's easy to

resolve.

Peter then makes another call.

PETER

Okay, I'll come to one

of your branches and

settle that in person.

Pausing.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

It's all because I lost

my wallet and the

credit cards - another

sequel to my Cards

Story.

Reflecting.

PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)

Einstein is right. No problem

can be resolved with the

same level of consciousness

that created it.

Peter uses a phone to take a photo of other phones.

FADE OUT. The End

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