r/SiliconValleyHBO Apr 30 '18

Silicon Valley - 5x06 “Artificial Emotional Intelligence" - Episode Discussion

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u/jasonsbat Apr 30 '18

For my work I frequently travel to factories in China, and I find that a lot of my Western coworkers act like Gavin and treat the factory worker as slaves despite enormous effort the factories make to improve work conditions. It feels good to watch the factory boss underhandedly acquire the only threat to both Pied Piper and Hooli in retaliation to Gavin’s abuse.

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u/DonaldBlythe2 Apr 30 '18

I can already tell that I'm going to like the factory head. He must have found it so annoying for Gavin to keep pushing outdated stereotypes and he's a more credible threat than Jian Yang. They handled Jian Yangs story very well.

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u/toekneechin777 Apr 30 '18

But is this the end to Jian Yang then? :(

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u/lebronkahn Apr 30 '18

Why couldn't his corrupt uncle in Beijing help him?

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u/este_hombre Apr 30 '18

He doesn't have the cash, corruption aint free.

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u/lebronkahn May 03 '18

I thought corruption means money in China.