"Alright, that last comment was a joke."
Seeing Dean's perturbed gaze, Dave burst out laughing.
He had chanced upon Dean's image in the entertainment section of the newspaper recently.
The article was nothing more than unsubstantiated rumors about Dean and Jennifer Connelly, which might have something to do with Jennifer's upcoming movie release.
Between the Toronto Film Festival and various promotional shows, it was only normal for Jennifer to be somewhat of a hot topic in entertainment news.
"Dave, back to the main topic, when is Word Link planning to start its IP telephone service?"
Today was only the signing day; the company was still bustling with preparations.
"We will have rented an office by Christmas, and the first batch of employees will be drawn partly from MCI and partly from Byte Company.
After Christmas, we'll start R&D, and then aim to run a trial operation within the first quarter."
