"Boss, here's the situation......" Barry Weiss didn't talk much nonsense, and said straight to the point as soon as he came up.

After just a few words, Sid couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, because the news from Barry Weiss was the news of the dismissal of Tommy Motorola, the president of Sony Records, although this news was only circulating among the top leaders in the circle, but it was already confirmed news.

"Oh, Sony's pretty fast. Sid pouted.

"I guess they're in a hurry. "The sales of songs on iTunes are amazing. ”

With the iTunes music store with a large area of software updates, and the number of users increases, the purchase of digital music has skyrocketed.

After the sales of 1 million songs in the first week, the sales of the iTunes music store not only did not decrease, but increased significantly, and then in less than a month, the sales of digital songs exceeded 3.5 million, and the iTunes music store is becoming more and more in full swing.

The record industry, especially the Sony Group, which voluntarily refused, couldn't sit still, although Sony Records still had some doubts within it, but in the face of the reality that it was more than a slap in the face, coupled with Howard Stringer's secret blockage.

Tommy Motora, the former president of Sony Records, was soon targeted by the top executives within Sony Records.

"You bastards, you're going to regret it!" Tommy Motola yelled angrily at a high-level meeting.

"No, Tommy, it's you who will regret it. One of Howard Stringer's senior executives said coldly, "You have lost a lot of money and opportunities to all of us because of your own personal reasons, and you think you still have a chance to turn over?"

If there is anything more powerful in the European and American world than clan discrimination, it is the "unparalleled" greed for money and profit of capitalism.

After purging his disobedient subordinates, Howard Stringer finally gained real control of Sony Records, but they did not join the iTunes music store as expected.

"Isn't that, Barry. Sid smiled faintly, and said to the other side of the phone for a long time, "Sony is not other record companies, they have been taking the same 'combination of soft and hard' route as us from the beginning, but Alkman has done too badly in recent years, so many people have forgotten that Sony's pillar industry in the past is a Walkman." ”

"They're definitely trying to build their own digital music store right now and then come and play against Apple. Sid pouted, "historically" such a fact was staged around 04, and this time because of Apple's rapid rise, Sony did not react for a while.

But it's almost impossible for Sony to just give away its own song copyright library.

"And what do we need to do?" asked Barry Weiss when he heard Sid's words.

"No, I don't. Sid shook his head, "Not to mention whether Sony can do it now, we don't have to take too much sides between Sony and Apple, Apple is now far from taking the lead, and Sony will not turn against us for the benefit of a single record department." ”

Group games are like laying mines, whoever can bury more pioneers in advance will be able to occupy more initiative in the subsequent games.

Although the Fire Lion is to some extent Sony's rival in terms of record music and iPod listening, on the other hand, Sony Columbia Pictures' inaction in the film business and the cooperation with the "Harry Potter" series make Sony Pictures, which has "lost" the "Spider-Man" series, have to rely on the Fire Lion.

This kind of relationship of one advance and one retreat allows the Fire Lion Group to be more comfortable in the face of Sony, just like a famous saying on the other side of the ocean, "The result of the negotiation must be played out." ”

Only if the Fire Lion remains as strong as ever and takes the initiative in the process, then their advantages in film and other aspects can continue to be maintained, and at the same time, it will not affect the development of other departments.

"Okay, let's deal with this matter first. Sid scratched his hair, "You and Shirley can keep an eye on the rest of the matter." ”

"Okay, Boss. Barry Weiss nodded, and hung up the phone.

When Fire Lion Records and Apple upset the entire record industry this October, another important figure in the European and American music scene, Christina Aguilera's second album "Stripped" was officially released!

Because not only Britney wants to transform, Christina also wants to transform.

Just like the name of the album "Stripped", what is the direction of Christina's transformation from the name?

And in this album, she has changed not only her music style, but also her star image.

The English word Stripped, in addition to the meaning of peeling, also has the meaning of toss clothes and dancing Toyi, so this album has also been translated by many people as "falling".

So this album cover is Christina Aguilera, who was photographed almost Jeolla.

With the advent of this album, Christina also began to change her appearance frequently - from bleached long hair to blackened skin, which began to start Christina's routine of coming to an album and changing her style.

After the album was released, it received mixed reviews and mixed reviews, with some people praising it and some people hating it.

And the most important key is that this album did not win the top of the charts before and after its release.

This data speaks for itself.

In Sid's view, Christina's decision to put the creation of a star image on the creation of songs and albums is definitely the biggest mistake.

Whether it is a previous superstar or a later star, it has been proven countless times that singers will only be defined by their works, not by the image of stars.

Even if you want to create a star image, you should be subordinate to the song album.

If MJ hadn't had Thriller, would he still be the king of pop?

If Lady Gaga didn't have Poker Face and was just showing off those looks, would anyone take her seriously?

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"Dingding——!!dingding" When Sid was woken up from his sleep, it was the second half of the night, he shook his head in a daze, and then picked up the noisy phone on the bedside, "Hey, what's the matter?"

"Boss, Boss——, burns, burns!" was the somewhat panicked assistant across the phone.

"What's missing?" Sid was suddenly a little confused.

"Studio!" the assistant replied after a few moments of emotion, "Our studio No. 7 caught fire and burned down!"