Chapter 154: Confidence

After a pleasant electronic bell, iTunes/Store is finally available. Fire?Ran?Text?? ??? .?ran?en`net

As the world's largest online music store, iTunes/Store has been selling genuine music since the day it was born. Even with huge royalties paid to major record labels, iTunes/Store did not use the spirit of the Internet as an excuse to join the piracy camp that was popular in the Internet world at the time.

This proved to be true, and after Congress passed the supplementary provisions on the protection of intellectual property rights, the reputable iTunes/Store successfully signed sales sharing agreements with major record labels with a commission rate of up to 20.05%. The music websites established earlier than it have all fallen into a bitter battle with major record companies, and have been unable to reach an agreement on the percentage of sales commissions and obtain authorization letters from major record companies.

10.624 billion!

In the impression of investors, the Internet is a winner-takes-all industry, affected by the delay of other music websites to reach a sales sharing agreement and obtain authorization, the stock price of iTunes/Store has been rising, and the market value has reached 10.624 billion in one week of listing, an increase of 177.07%.

Mr. Lee didn't care how much Robert and the people behind him were making, and the $1.912 billion from the company's IPO was quickly invested in the company's expansion, making takeover offers to music sites with a regular user base.

The number of users is a gold mine, whoever has enough users will have the first opportunity!

At the same time, HH company released the rumor of the successful development of iPod7, and its sales channel provider BEST/Buy saw the sample, and its senior management privately declared that in the field of digital music players, there is no need for Apple, Sony and other companies.

Due to the restrictions of the silence period, Li Jiaming and Kyle were unable to respond to the matter, but the media was so excited by the high-level remarks that even talk show host Oprah Winfrey came to join in the fun.

"I'm a big fan of my iPod, yes, in today's terms, a big fan. The first time I saw an ad for an iPod, I was like, "Oh my God, that's cool!"

From what I know about China, maybe Mr. Houston is right, the iPod 7 is very likely to be another epoch-making product, which will completely end the competition in the field of digital music players. ”

No matter how big a celebrity is, he is just an artist, and Olap's words are not convincing, but HH spent $60 million to buy prime-time advertisements on several major TV stations, and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money on Super Bowl halftime commercials, which began to make digital music player manufacturers such as Apple and Sony like big enemies.

The inherent rigidity and stubbornness of the Japanese made Sony desperately develop a new generation of products, wanting to surpass the iPod 7 in performance; And Jobs, an opponent that Li Jiaming has never seen in person, personally called him to make a meeting.

Apple has had a good time in the past few years, with the success of iMac getting them through the financial crisis and the popularity of AppleTeav making them a comeback. Although it was suppressed by GCA in the field of digital music players, it has returned to the ranks of tech giants with its overall performance.

As Li Jiaming, who trampled others under his feet with other people's ideas, he really wanted to meet with Jobs, he wanted to see what kind of miracles the god who was robbed of his creativity could perform, but he still refused after thinking about it.

"Steve, you're someone I admire, and you've pioneered the era of personal computers, giving young people like me the opportunity to start their own businesses. I'm looking forward to meeting you, but I'd like to create an era of my own and then meet my childhood idols. ”

This is an era of media attention, but also an era of individuality. Dressed in a T-shirt, denim shorts, and sneakers, Mr. Li stood at the door of the company, and sincerely refused to meet with Mr. Jobs in front of the ABC camera, holding the other party to the sky and lifting himself to a height that would be compared to him.

Although he was a Stanford Ph.D., won a Richard/Stone dissertation award, turned down tenure as an associate professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and launched an epoch-making product like an iPod, he can't compare with Steve Jobs, who pioneered the personal computer era, right?China

Unless, unless the iPod 7 will not only be epoch-making, but also represent a breakthrough for the iPhone that HH has been quietly developing, they will apply new technologies that no one can imagine to the iPod 7.

For a while, all major media looked at the inconspicuous office building of HH, hoping that someone would give them an answer.

Sorry, HH employees were given a gag order forbidding them to express their personal opinions because it involved company secrets. While they have freedom of speech, they also have a business that keeps company secrets or they will be held legally responsible, even if the employees except for the core management don't know what the iPod 7 looks like and what the iPhone is.

The media has been whetted for appetite, iPod fans have been whipped up for it, and even Li Jiaming's old lover is very curious. A music player is a music player, and a mobile phone is a mobile phone, can you still make a subversive product?

Li Jiaming, who was wrapped in a large bath towel, avoided answering and asked rhetorically: "Marissa, when Google goes public, will you accompany me on vacation?" I bought a small island in the Aegean Sea, and we can stay on it quietly for half a month. ”

Of course, it would be nice to be able to go on vacation to the picturesque Aegean Sea, but Melissa, who was wiping her blonde hair, regretted: "No, I have been appointed by Eric as vice president, responsible for searching for products and user experience. Maybe you won't want to take a vacation for a year. ”

Strong woman!

"Haven't you told me that iPod 7 is really that cool?"

"Well, it's going to end an era. ”

"Completely monopolize the market?"

That's impossible, physical products are no better than operating systems or Internet companies, they can only lead the market, and no one can monopolize them. What's more, the iPod takes the high-end route, the mid-range market will be occupied by the charm, and the low-end market will not know what miscellaneous troops will fight to the top.

That's right, Melissa, who wiped her hair, stopped asking questions about the iPhone, walked over and lay down on the couch, and used Li Jiaming's thighs as pillows.

"Ming, wake me up in an hour, I'm going back to Mountain View. ”

With smooth blonde hair and skin that is better than snow, Li Jiaming looked at Melissa, who soon fell asleep, and sighed at the relationship between the two. If she hadn't been so strong, if she hadn't known that she wouldn't fall in love with her, maybe the two would have become a couple instead of lovers four years ago.

He knew that from the beginning, Melissa approached him for a purpose, but there was no intention of trading her body for it. The two went from friends to lovers, there are reasons for physiological needs, and there are also elements of mutual appreciation, maybe she still has a trace of love, but when she learned that he would not fall in love with other women, she sensibly pinched off that line of love and only maintained a lover relationship.

Too sensible, she, like herself, is more rational than emotional, and it is difficult to fall in love with another person. (To be continued.) )