People in China are busy paying attention to Chen Zier's upcoming show.

Abroad, Fadell is already creating a music boom along with SPOD.

Although the Big Five record companies came together to bring down Napster, which helped provide pirated music, pirated music and images quickly disappeared from the Internet. But the habit of listening to music and songs with a small player has been formed.

Imperial Alliance is doing it, Samsung is doing it, Microsoft is being troubled by the anti-monopoly lawsuit, but there are also people who are worried about this gadget.

Compared to other similar products, SPOD is really too mature.

In high spirits, Fadel got himself a new car and threw aside the previous broken Toyota. After the first round of sales, almost all the big dealers and small dealers came back to him to continue to ask for goods.

Jobs also got the product, and when the company was in a meeting, it put the gadget aside.

Rubinstein of the hardware department told him that "more than 40,000 SPODs have been sold, and that alone has generated more than $10 million in sales for Fadel......"

Old Qiao sat there with Erlang's legs crossed, his fingers crossed, his eyebrows calm, "We all know these numbers, what I want to say is that we are right about this matter,"

He still seems to be full of fighting power, even if he is being preempted now.

"It's a very imaginative market, people are used to feeling the sound with the player, I mean CD players are a thing of the past, this market doesn't take time and money to cultivate, so forget Fadel, forget spods, ok? I want you to know that there's a big market out there, and all we have to do is develop a proper product, thank God, that's what Apple does best." ”

Jonathan, the subjective of the design department, was still frowning like that.

"It's not about the technology, Steve," he gestured, "we all know that the technology used in handheld music players is nothing compared to computers, maybe Apple can develop it in 8 or 10 months, I don't care, I care about the design, the patent." ”

"If we want to compete with SPODs, we have to need hard drives, we have to need storage space for thousands of songs, and I can't think of a better way than to control the wheel in order to keep users from looking for '1' in the number 1,000, but that's a ......."

"Jonathan!" Jobs interrupted, "I said, forget the opponent, forget the SPOD, we have to focus on doing our own thing! ”

Jonathan's words are exactly what Fadel keeps boasting about to his users.

It may not be accurate to say that he is saying this, but he is telling the truth.

Fadell was interviewed by Computerworld magazine.

SPOD is something that can't be ignored in Silicon Valley lately, and more and more people are thinking about how to get it.

That's it, the interviewer also began with this sentence, and he praised the SPOD.

Fadel's suit and tie, leather shoes and sweaters, are much more glorious than when the product was first developed.

"I think the time has come. Fadell replied, "In this market, people need a stylish and easy-to-use player, and SPOD has appeared, it's that simple." ”

The host asked, "So you put the sales of more than 10 million dollars, almost 20 million dollars right away, down to luck? Oh, buy karma, that's 20 million dollars, a very large amount of money." ”

Fadell smiled, "Luck is one thing, but luck is only for those who are prepared. Portable music equipment is the trend, and everyone who loves music wants this magical elf, so this market does not require us to spend time and money to cultivate. ”

He said the same thing as Steve Jobs.

Because these are all heard from Chen Zier, who firmly chose this direction at the beginning, he gave such a reason after judging the trend, and he saw it from the book.

"Two months ago, when you were promoting a SPOD, did you ever think it would be so popular? You know, it's impossible to get a lot of people to buy such a little thing for $399 without love," the host said. ”

"Well, actually, the price is not in my hands," Fadel touched his nose and smiled, then said, "I didn't fully expect it, but I know that SPOD is very promising, and many people don't know that it has proven to be more successful in China." Because my boss has giant retail companies in China and nothing in the United States, he said sorry to me, Fadell, I can only focus on China. ”

"Of course, my boss was impressed by my persistence, and he said, OK, then you go and try it, I want to say, try it, we created SPOD together as a team, and I believe in the charm, but to be honest, I didn't expect it to be like today, like you mentioned in less than two months, almost two million dollars. ”

"So SPOD is really invested by the Chinese?" the host confirmed.

This should be well said.

Chinese products in these years are not something that they recognize. It has nothing to do with national feelings, it is an objective fact.

Faddell nodded, "Yes, he's a young man with a lot of ideas, and he insisted on investing tens of millions of dollars, and we found the best engineers and designers in Silicon Valley." ”

People in Silicon Valley are raving about SPODs.

But Jobs said it wasn't perfect.

Chen Zier also knows imperfections.

It's not that there is a problem with the product itself, but there are few products that can pose any effective challenge to the SPOD.

Two years ago, he always wanted to avoid this, make a little money, and mess with Jobs, almost.

At the beginning, he also thought about taking down the multi-touch patent first, and then finding an opportunity to sell it to Apple.

But that is no longer the case.

People's minds change. Chen Zier has changed a lot.

Everything seems difficult before success, and always stirs your heart when you are about to succeed,

Where imperfection falls is iTunes.

Jobs knew, and so did Chen.

No matter how perfect the SPOD is, you have to download the song, which is not a problem in China, but in the United States, this is the misappropriation of other people's labor.

Steve came up with the idea at the conference table, and he knew that this shackle was the second key link that prevented the SPOD from immediately becoming a national phenomenon, in addition to the sales channel.

"Napster failed, but its legacy is rich, and its popularity proves that people need this software. ”

Rubinstein said, "Are we going to take the initiative to go to court with the big five record companies?"

"Think about it from a different perspective, guys. That Chen is a very ambitious person, he is not satisfied with making money, he wants to achieve the success of the product, and if SPOD wants to succeed, he will inevitably be unable to avoid this problem, so he will definitely try his best to solve it. ”

"And then?"

Jobs said with burning eyes: "We are already one step slower, and we can't be slower than a second step." ”

Fadel was also asked this question by interviewees.

Chen Zier was naturally asked the same question by him.

The sales of just over 40,000 units are not enough to attract the attention of the five hooligans, but if you want to take off, this hurdle must be passed.

Chen Zier also knew it very well, and his memory told him that after solving this problem, iPod sales went to a billion dollars.

At the moment, that's an unimaginable number.

And if you want to do it, it's not as simple as developing a product, it's about changing the entire music industry.

The bigwigs seem to have arrived in Yanjing one after another, and the security of this hotel has been sharply strengthened, and Chen Zier also wants to contact and see it in person.