【Anti-theft Sticker Chapter】

Tinkobar and Broadcast, in fact, are absolutely controlled by the Westeros system.

Claire wondered: "Boss, I don't think there is an IPO for this matter as long as you agree." ”

The main purpose of most IPOs is to raise capital.

However, for Tinkobair, although it has not been established for a long time, the electronics company has begun to generate stable cash flow thanks to the hot sales of a series of its products, and even if it needs financing, it is very convenient to do so through debt financing at the moment.

Most importantly, it is not cost-effective to IPO Tinkobar right now.

Tinkobar has maintained more than 100% performance growth for the past two consecutive years, and the revenue growth rate in the first few months of this year shows no signs of slowing down, coupled with the popular digital music player iPlayer, which has just been launched, it can be said that, like Igret, the later the company IPO, the higher the valuation it will be able to achieve.

An IPO in the short term will only be tantamount to a bargain sale.

Claire also knew this, and when she mentioned the Broadcast matter to Simon, she only hoped that her boss would push for a private merger between the two companies, and did not mean to promote Tinkobair's IPO.

Simon just shook his head and said, "Of course there are other reasons, C, are you satisfied with the current momentum of Tinkobair?"

Girl C suddenly smiled and said, "Seriously, boss, when I first started, I really didn't think that Tinkobar could develop to the current scale, in fact, I was very satisfied." ”

Simon was speechless.

Claire chuckled softly.

After making a joke, Simon took a sip of the coffee next to him, picked up his sunglasses and put them on again to cover the afternoon sun on the terrace, and said: "Actually, not only Broadcast, I also hope that Tinkobar can buy Apple in the next two years." ”

Girl C was a little surprised: "Boss, Apple's decline is obvious now, I ......" Speaking of this, Claire suddenly understood something, sat up slightly, and looked at Simon: "Well, boss, do you want to support Apple, and the operating system that Igrat quietly developed to compete with Microsoft?"

After a period of rip-off, Igrete has officially reached an agreement with Microsoft to pre-install IE browser for overseas versions of Windows. However, whether it is in the circle or in the media, it is generally seen that there are signs of discord between the two companies, and there are many signs of perennial correlation recently.

Being in the same circle, Claire naturally felt it more deeply, and when Simon mentioned the apple, she quickly reacted.

Simon didn't deny it, nodded directly, and said: "It's not just about competing with Microsoft, Apple has a lot of things that both Igrete and Tinkobar need very much in the next step." ”

Girl C followed directly this time: "Patent?"

This is the result of Simon's long-term ear life.

A long time ago, just after the establishment of Tinkobar, Simon emphasized the importance of patents to C Girl more than once, and almost all companies in the entire Westeros system have special departments responsible for applying for various brand trademarks and patented technologies in the United States and around the world.

The results are impressive.

Simon nodded again: "That's right, patents, because the operating system was developed earlier than Microsoft, Apple has a large number of core patents related to the operating system, and only by getting these patents can we successfully launch another set of operating system platforms, which can ensure that the Internet ecology of the Westeros system is not controlled by the Microsoft Windows system to the greatest extent." Actually, as the second largest shareholder of Microsoft, I don't want to develop into a second operating system to compete with Windows. However, because Gates not only doesn't want Microsoft to be part of the Westeros system, but is also quite hostile to us, I can only do this. Even if the personal computer with a Linux system is introduced, the share will not be too high, and at the same time, it will not become the core business of Tinkobar. At the end of the day, this is just an insurance policy, an insurance that Microsoft is afraid of, and I want Gates to understand that if Microsoft can't support the Westeros Internet ecosystem well, the result will only drive users to our Linux system. ”

Tinkobar can develop to this day, C girl is very clear that her own boss has played a vital role in it, over the years, the rapid rise of the bystander Westeros system, Claire also has almost blind trust in her own boss, after listening to Simon's explanation, the girl said directly: "So, boss, I have recently started to prepare for the IPO?"

Simon leaned back on the recliner, tapped his fingers lightly on the wooden stand of the recliner a few times, and said: "In this way, you first discuss the acquisition of Broadcast with Jeff and them, although I can directly decide, I still have to get the cooperation of Igrett's side, and the New York Times Group, after all, they are also important shareholders of Broadcast, and when you complete the merger, you will start the IPO." ”

Claire leaned sideways in her recliner: "Boss, so you agree?"

Simon is not a man who lacks determination.

Whether it is to keep Broadcast operating independently and become a large online audio sales platform for all digital music players in the future, or to integrate it into Tinkobar to maximize the market advantage of iPlayer, it is a very good choice.

However, it is not known when the previous plan will be realized, and there will be many changes in the meantime. The latter is just around the corner.

The merger of the two companies will also maximize the Internet attributes of Tinkobar, which will help the valuation of the IPO in the future.

Simon agreed to Girl C's question and said, "That said, but you'll have more challenges ahead. Before that, I meant to bring the world's major record labels together on the Broadcast platform, making it the only online platform for all digital music players to sell genuine audio. Because Broadcast doesn't belong to any hardware company, it's relatively low. Now, once you're merged, it's hard to get a license from a record label. Just like Sony, because they want to protect the interests of the Walkman, they will definitely not easily put music on the Broadcast platform. ”

Girl C blinked and said, "Boss, do you think there will be a second electronic manufacturer that can compete with Tinkobar's digital music player?"

Simon smiled: "That's a certainty, I know that you have created a very strong patent barrier here." However, in this regard, you are definitely not as good as the old manufacturers like Sony. With iPlayer's hot sales in the past month, I think other manufacturers will definitely develop the same type of products as long as they are not stupid. ”

In the past, the iPod was launched in 2001, and it was not until 2005 that Jobs opened the product to Windows under internal pressure from Apple, which prompted the explosion of iPod sales. However, at that time, the iPod had actually missed the excellent period of monopolizing the market, and both Sony and Microsoft launched digital music player products one after another.

Then, with the advent of the smartphone era, traditional feature phones also began to integrate MP3 functions on a large scale, resulting in MP3 players being quickly eliminated from the market.

Therefore, the dominance of iPod, in fact, is only a few short years since the beginning of 05, even if the arrival of the new era has dampened the enthusiasm of other manufacturers to develop MP3 players, the market share of iPod is only about 60% after 06 years.

Now it's different.

Although the doubling cycle of semiconductor performance of Moore's law is very short, it will take time after all, which means that from 95 to 05 years, there will be at least 10 years, limited to the performance of semiconductor chips, it is impossible for electronic manufacturers to integrate digital cameras, digital music players and other products too much, it is not that it can't be done, but the performance is difficult to meet, and the cost will be very expensive, which makes the performance of iPlayer and other types of digital music players with relatively single performance have at least ten years of prosperity.

In ten years, even if Tinkobar is strong, under the trend of huge profits, there will inevitably be competitors who will spare no effort to open up the market in this area.

C-Girl plans to merge Broadcast, mainly to gain more initiative in terms of content.

At this time, listening to Simon say this, combined with the other plan of Broadcast he just talked about, he realized that he did not have the long-term vision of his boss after all.

Simon looked at the expression of Girl C, and said: "Actually, there is another point, the popularity of iPlayer should be similar to the VCD I plan to promote in China, which mainly relies on pirated resources." You should have felt this in recent times. In fact, it's better to leave Broadcast to you, so that you can block the mouths of those record companies to the greatest extent. Of course, it's good that everyone knows about it, and don't say it. ”

Girl C nodded with a little evil smile, as if she had done something bad with her boss, and said, "However, Sony has already protested against us." ”

Simon smiled: "Sony is the least qualified to do this, the VCR back then, Hollywood sued Sony, they won in the end, if Sony launched the same lawsuit, their own case will happen to be taken out as a precedent." Of course, in my opinion, the main role of piracy should be to force those record companies to authorize Broadcast to sell genuine music resources, and you must keep in mind that when the time is right, Igrete and Tinkobar will also take the initiative to fight piracy. C, you have to understand that copyright is the foundation of the entertainment industry, and if we don't respect that, then piracy will destroy the entire entertainment industry, and at that time, hardware companies like Tinkobar that are attached to the entertainment industry will only die. ”

When Girl C heard this, she nodded solemnly.

The two continued to chat, and seeing that the time was approaching two o'clock in the afternoon, they got up from the terrace together.

Claire said goodbye to work at the headquarters of Tinkobar, Simon came to the master bedroom of the villa, the housekeeper was still asleep, aware of the movement around her, woke up keenly, sat up, and her fair face still had a faint flush on her first awakening, which was very attractive.

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The only online genuine audio sales platform for all digital music players. Because Broadcast doesn't belong to any hardware company, it's relatively low. Now, once you're merged, it's hard to get a license from a record label. Just like Sony, because they want to protect the interests of the Walkman, they will definitely not easily put music on the Broadcast platform. ”

Girl C blinked and said, "Boss, do you think there will be a second electronic manufacturer that can compete with Tinkobar's digital music player?"

Simon smiled: "That's a certainty, I know that you have created a very strong patent barrier here." However, in this regard, you are definitely not as good as the old manufacturers like Sony. With iPlayer's hot sales in the past month, I think other manufacturers will definitely develop the same type of products as long as they are not stupid. ”

In the past, the iPod was launched in 2001, and it was not until 2005 that Jobs opened the product to Windows under internal pressure from Apple, which prompted the explosion of iPod sales. However, at that time, the iPod had actually missed the excellent period of monopolizing the market, and both Sony and Microsoft launched digital music player products one after another.

Then, with the advent of the smartphone era, traditional feature phones also began to integrate MP3 functions on a large scale, resulting in MP3 players being quickly eliminated from the market.

Therefore, the dominance of iPod, in fact, is only a few short years since the beginning of 05, even if the arrival of the new era has dampened the enthusiasm of other manufacturers to develop MP3 players, the market share of iPod is only about 60% after 06 years.

Now it's different.

Although the doubling cycle of semiconductor performance of Moore's law is very short, it will take time after all, which means that from 95 to 05 years, there will be at least 10 years, limited to the performance of semiconductor chips, it is impossible for electronic manufacturers to integrate digital cameras, digital music players and other products too much, it is not that it can't be done, but the performance is difficult to meet, and the cost will be very expensive, which makes the performance of iPlayer and other types of digital music players with relatively single performance have at least ten years of prosperity.

In ten years, even if Tinkobar is strong, under the trend of huge profits, there will inevitably be competitors who will spare no effort to open up the market in this area.

C-Girl plans to merge Broadcast, mainly to gain more initiative in terms of content.

At this time, listening to Simon say this, combined with the other plan of Broadcast he just talked about, he realized that he did not have the long-term vision of his boss after all.

Simon looked at the expression of Girl C, and said: "Actually, there is another point, the popularity of iPlayer should be similar to the VCD I plan to promote in China, which mainly relies on pirated resources." You should have felt this in recent times. In fact, it's better to leave Broadcast to you, so that you can block the mouths of those record companies to the greatest extent. Of course, it's good that everyone knows about it, and don't say it. ”

Girl C nodded with a little evil smile, as if she had done something bad with her boss, and said, "However, Sony has already protested against us." ”

Simon smiled: "Sony is the least qualified to do this, the VCR back then, Hollywood sued Sony, they won in the end, if Sony launched the same lawsuit, their own case will happen to be taken out as a precedent." Of course, in my opinion, the main role of piracy should be to force those record companies to authorize Broadcast to sell genuine music resources, and you must keep in mind that when the time is right, Igrete and Tinkobar will also take the initiative to fight piracy. C, you have to understand that copyright is the foundation of the entertainment industry, and if we don't respect that, then piracy will destroy the entire entertainment industry, and at that time, hardware companies like Tinkobar that are attached to the entertainment industry will only die. ”

The two continued to chat, and when the clock was approaching, they got up from the terrace together.