At night, the neon lights of Tokyo flash under the starry sky, and the auditorium of Sony's headquarters is also brightly lit, with nearly 200 directors and managers gathered together.
"Whoa whoa whoa~"
At this moment, a wave of applause rushed to Howard Stringer, Andy Lack and others on the stage. One by one, they accepted the letter of appointment from CEO Nobuyuki Idei, went through a full set of ceremonies, and finally ended the tedious and long induction meeting.
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Immediately afterwards, the buffet dinner was solemnly held, glasses were exchanged, glasses were exchanged, and the noisy exchanges in Japanese were mixed with English.
"Stringer, Lark, how are you resting?"
Nobuyuki Idei, the chief helmsman, approached the new sub-ruler, Howard Stringer, and the sub-ruler, Andy Lack, and exchanged greetings.
"It's great. My health has never been better. I can't wait to get back to work! Right, Luck?"
Howard Stringer was all smiles. He took over the helm of Sony Entertainment as he wished and climbed to the position of deputy director in the presidential election.
Andy Lac was smiling, but his eyebrows were filled with sadness.
I heard Nobuyuki Idei mention that the record industry in the digital age is in recession. Record sales have dropped sharply, and cassettes and CDs have been slow to sell, which has affected the sales of Sony Walkman and MD players.
"Lark, the mess Motorola left behind is small. Reviving Sony's dominance in the record industry is more important. Please!"
Howard Stringer vowed: "I believe that the person I recommend will definitely have this ability."
With a serious look on his face, Andilac took out lMusic from his pocket, which immediately aroused the alertness of more than a dozen people onlookers, who even turned to ashes and recognized this gadget.
It was this MP3 that almost killed Sony in Neon's homeland. Fortunately, the Internet was conservative and backward and severely cracked down on MP3 piracy, so it was able to hold on to its position.
"Everyone, this is not just a superficial thing, it has sold more than 1.5 million units in Europe and the United States..."
"Nadado?"
"Maseca, it can beat iPod?"
In an instant, the neon team, including Nobuyuki Dei, was struck by lightning. The enemy! The enemy is in China!
"That's not all."
Andy Lack brought the introduction of the Spotify store, "Even iTunes has copied it. In just 2 weeks, it has been downloaded more than 20 million times. The other four major records have all made money. Only Sony has not yet. Do you think we should cooperate?"
After Nobuyuki Dei, Howard Stringer's face instantly fell. He didn't expect the situation to be so serious and immediately asked various departments.
"Of course not! At least Neon's local ones can never be opened to Spotify!"
The first person to speak was the person in charge of the Walkman. Once Spotify has neon songs in its music library, lMusic will be even more powerful. It will definitely defeat the Walkman and leave them with no power to fight back.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
Hardware department managers work together to collectively defend business interests.
"Then we will first cooperate with Spotify on the European and American copyrights." Howard Stringer smoothed things over, "We will discuss the neon area later."
Andy Lack did not object. His goal was that during his tenure, digital paid music in Europe and the United States could make up for the decline in traditional record sales, and it would be best to turn losses into profits.
However, the software department smelled fat and proposed to make a software for Sony Music Mall.
"no!"
Andy Lack firmly opposed it, as the butt determines the head.
If the software department develops Sony's Spotify, Sony Music's share of the revenue will definitely be less than that of Spotify, maybe 70% of it will belong to others!
Like the hardware department, he must defend the interests of his own branch!
"Dorce?" the software department said dissatisfied.
"Apple also built the iTunes music store to challenge Spotify, but it failed."
Andy Lack smiled coldly: "Apple's stock price has been falling for several days in a row, and rumors say that Steve Jobs was so angry that he was hospitalized!"
"Nani?!"
Nobuyuki Dejing's body shook violently.
Hundreds of people gasped, "That's enough!"
……………
San Francisco University Medical Center, high-end private room.
Jobs was lying on his side on the bed. He had just received a painkiller injection and was still in unbearable pain. His whole face was hideous and terrifying, and he was sweating profusely.
Laurenna opened the door, "Steve, Huaxia Lu is here to see you."
"Hi, Steve~"
Lu Fei waved with a harmless look on his face. Seeing Jobs' haggard appearance, he politely said, "Are you ok?"
He bared his teeth and said in a cold tone: "Get out! You are not welcome here, and I won't meet the thief."
Lu Fei's face was full of innocence, "Steve, I came to see you out of kindness, but you slandered me as a thief?"
"Steve!"
Laurenna frowned and cast an apologetic look, "Sauri, it may be a side effect of the medicine."
Lu Fei spread his hands and said, "It's okay, I won't argue with the patient."
Laurenna moved a chair and said, "What do you want to drink? Only hot water and ice water."
"Ice water, thank you." Lu Fei sat down with a smile.
Jobs watched his wife walk away and then roared like a patient and sick lion, "You stole my iTunes and the music store's creativity."
emm, this is very American.
Lu Fei laughed instead of getting angry and teased: "Steve, I stole your idea for tomorrow? You obviously made it later than me, how could I steal it from you? Unless I have a time machine and travel from the future to the present.
, copied Apple’s design all over.”
“It’s the software team that’s holding me back!”
Jobs's face changed slightly, "Don't think that since Spotify is more than ten days ahead of iTunes, it can do whatever you want."
Lu Fei couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, Sao Rui, the reborn can do whatever they want.
"Steve, calm down, you shouldn't be talking like that to a gentleman who cares about your condition."
Laurenna had a good impression of him and offered him a glass of ice water.
Jobs suddenly changed from a lion to a cat, and his violent temper subdued a little, "We have two accounts to settle. In addition to the music mall, lmusic copied the iPod, and I haven't settled it with you yet!"
"No, no, no, Steve, we both have a rich neighbor. His name is Braun. One day I broke into his house and tried to take away his TV, but I found that you had already got there first."
Lu Fei raised his lips and counterattacked: "So I had to make a TV by myself, but I didn't expect you to even care about my TV. iPod3 copied the turntable design of lmusic1. I haven't hired a lawyer to sue. You should thank me.
I."
Do I still have to thank you?
Jobs was so angry that the corners of his eyes twitched. Why does this sound so familiar?
Fuxk, Bill Gates said the same thing when he copied my computer!
Suddenly, the pain was suppressed with analgesics. It was like a wound opening, and it spread all over the body. I was dripping kidneys!
Lu Fei was filled with joy. On the surface, he brought out the acting skills he had honed in Chinese operas and said with concern: "Don't worry, Steve, I won't kill you, I promise."
Jobs took a few breaths: "Why are you here? Do you want to hurt me to death so that you and Bill Gates can attack Apple?"
"Relax, I'm here to reconcile logic with Apple, peace and love."
"reconciliation?"
"Yeah!"
Lu Fei nodded, "In the current MP3 and digital music market, neither of us can do without the other, because if the other one does not exist, the remaining one will form a monopoly on the entire market. I don't want Spotify to be accused of monopoly. Your
Where’s itunes?”
Jobs pondered for a while, "How do you want to reconcile?"
"In the music mall, no matter who comes first, we are all digital pioneers. The two companies should join forces to make the cake bigger while defeating the competitors who are snooping on this cake."
Lu Fei expressed his sincerity, Spotify will never develop a mac version, and the land of Apple system will be left to Apple.
As for the territory of the Microsoft system version, everyone is fighting for it based on their abilities.
It seems like land is being exchanged for peace, but in fact, Apple's system has a copyright protection mechanism that prevents iPods from downloading songs from other online stores, and does not allow other music software to invade Apple's proprietary territory.
It is equivalent to using the land that cannot be occupied at all to sign a settlement agreement. If a third-party music mall appears, both parties will attack it together!
"anything else?"
Jobs narrowed his eyes and said, "Tell me everything."
"Logic will not launch an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, but Apple is also not allowed to threaten Logic with anti-dumping."
Lu Fei raised his water glass and said, "Both sides stop fighting!"
After Zhang Tianmei finished interpreting, she looked at Jobs and then at him. There was silence between them, and the atmosphere was subtle and strange in the silence.
Lu Fei took a sip of ice water and said, "Reconciliation, otherwise we will fight, and let Microsoft and Sony reap the benefits! Do you agree?"
Jobs squinted his eyes and met his eyes for a while, "Okay, I agree!"
Zhang Tianmei opened her mouth, her heart racing.
Mr. Lu and Gang Leader Qiao faced off, and the king did not lose to the king. When rumors spread, not only the domestic reputation, but also the global reputation would skyrocket by n levels.
"Tianmei, remember to share this idea of 'private agreement' to deal with anti-dumping with Huawei. Huawei should need it."
Lu Fei finished speaking in Chinese, then stretched out his hand and said sincerely: "Steve, next time I will bring you our Chinese magic medicine, Shenbao. I wish you good health."
"No need, I can recover with diet therapy!"
Jobs always felt weird, but couldn't explain why, so he issued an eviction order on the grounds that he was undergoing medical treatment, and violently kicked out the guests.
Laurenna eagerly sent Lu Fei and others out, turned around and complained: "Steve, you should thank me, this is polite."
"Let me thank him? No way!"
Jobs turned over with difficulty and lay flat on the hospital bed. The idea of integrating "e-mail, music, phone calls" into the iPod slowly emerged in his mind. In an instant, inspiration spurted out.
"Laurena! Laurenna! I've come up with a great idea, a brand new iPod that will definitely defeat logic!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people in white coats walked in, each with a serious expression and a pale complexion.
Laurenna's heart skipped a beat, "What's going on? Is there something seriously wrong with Steve's illness?"
"No, ma'am, stomach stones are too easy for us."
The dean scanned the surrounding area and saw no irrelevant personnel, and said solemnly: "We did a comprehensive examination on Steve and found that he has pancreatic cancer, and it is a rare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor."
"What?!"
Laurenna couldn't accept it for a while, and her body was swaying.
Jobs's eyes widened in disbelief, but when he saw that the doctors' expressions didn't seem to be fake, he couldn't help but believe it. His heart twitched tightly, and a devil's whisper rang in his ears -
