Chapter 189: It's Finally Here
The sun is shining, the air is filled with the scent of flowers, and the entire highway is bathed in spring light. Good weather brings good mood, because the time difference affects Li Jiaming, who has not slept all night, and he doesn't feel upset when he looks at the car moving in front of him.
Sony Records still refused to compromise, but the other four major record companies all negotiated, and iTunes\/Store finally completely consolidated its dominant position. No matter how Sony tries to win over other record companies and player manufacturers in the future, it is impossible to shake iTunes\/Store. Websites are sticky, as long as users are used to using iTunes\/Store websites, coupled with the excellent performance of the iPod, it is difficult for other competitors to make users change their habits, which is the well-known first-mover advantage.
When Yahoo finishes the process and gets $2.4 billion, HH can set up a research institute to develop mobile phone operating systems and strive to take the lead in the competition of the next generation of mobile phones. It is crazy to be one step ahead of the market, but HH's technical strength is too weak, and it has to spend more money and time to get closer to giants like Motorola and Nokia!
Finally out of traffic, Kyle sped up and headed toward Long Island, and they made an appointment with Ms. Agnese about financing. When SOHU went public, Li Jiaming had a private deal with Ms. Agnese through him, and the other party helped them lobby major record companies and arrange Zhao Wei's film contract, but HH Company had to transfer 5% of her shares at a valuation of 80% during the A round of financing.
In the current situation, HH suffered a loss, but who knew at the time? Not to mention that without Ms. Agnese's introduction, Kyle might not have been able to meet those CEOs and directors, and could have those high-ranking bigwigs patiently listen to the plans of a former IBM executive?
"Ming, if this financing goes well, I recommend starting the iPhone program immediately. ”
"What did you hear?"
Kyle was born in a prestigious school, and his classmates and alumni are all over the world, and he heard a rumor that Ericsson has made a breakthrough in AP Internet access and handwriting recognition input. Breakthroughs in new technologies will inevitably lead to the application of new technologies, and it is estimated that Ericsson will be able to develop new products based on new technologies in a maximum of one year.
"Ming, technology-driven content is right, it can even be said that technology drives everything! Anything else can wait, chips can never be delayed, now Qualcomm is not in a good situation, if we can cooperate with them, maybe we can develop better chips." ”
Yes, the development of science and technology is changing with each passing day, and if you can't keep up with the pace, you will be eliminated. Unlike those technology giants, Hanhua Technology has no relevant technology accumulation in its own company, and everything has to start from scratch. Even if the company buys a part of the patent, it knows the general direction of development, and it still can't avoid taking detours and taking great risks.
If the financing fails, I am afraid that I will not succeed if I throw all the profits of my iPod into it.
"Kyle, do you think we can sustain it by relying on our own accumulation?"
It's very difficult, the salary level of the IT industry is too high now, and the annual salary is often hundreds of thousands, even if most of the low-tech work is outsourced back to China, the salary of a few hundred programmers alone is the cost of tens of millions.
Kyle, who was driving off the highway, mistakenly thought that Li Jiaming was not satisfied with the financing plan, and asked rhetorically: "Ming, the prospects of iTunes \/Store will be very good, but it will be difficult to generate profits in the next year or two, do you understand what I mean?"
Of course, I understand that there is still a lot of pirated music in the hands of netizens, and it will be distributed privately, and it will not be profitable until most of their computers are obsolete or new music is constantly coming out. In other words, all of HH's profits now come from the iPod, and the profits from the iPod are subsidized by iTunes\/Store.
But the new technology is developing so fast, and although the iPod is profitable, it can't support the expenses of the two stalls at the same time. Therefore, if you want to overtake in corners and catch up with those tech giants, the only way to succeed in financing and use other people's funds to research and development.
"Kyle, you're mistaken, I'm worried that the bubble will burst suddenly and Yahoo will shrink back. ”
This is also what Kyle is most worried about, Yahoo is not slow to follow the program, but the stock market is too crazy. If this guy really predicted, Yahoo would definitely shrink back immediately and save the cash in his hand.
After a while, the road ahead was blocked again, and after looking at the time, Kyle had to call Ms. Agnese to apologize.
"Oh God, God bless you, the subway workers are on strike, you may have to wait a while. ”
Hey, there's such a fun thing to do?
When Li Jiaming got out of the car, he saw that there were hundreds of blocked cars in front of him, and in the distance, there were still people in the distance who were happily parading the streets waving flags, and the policemen of the brigade were like facing a great enemy. Look at it like this, you can't recover in an hour or two.
The highway is not passable, the subway is out of service, then there is only waiting, natural human rights are the belief of the American people. The strange Kyle went through the car dragon to buy two cups of coffee, and accompanied Li Jiaming to sit on the hood while watching the excitement, wanting to continue the topic just now, but Li Jiaming was not interested. No matter how much you talk about, it's better to concentrate on watching the excitement, and you can't see it if you want to see it in China.
"Kyle, won't they be unable to go on strike and how many citizens will be disgusted with this Monday's demonstration?"
The boss doesn't want to talk about it, so Kyle won't talk about it, anyway, there's a lot of time.
"If it's not serious, how can the government give in?"
Also, the American people are used to doing their own thing, and Lao Tzu is the best in the world!
Drinking coffee and looking lively, Li Jiaming was looking happy, when suddenly a cup of coffee flew over his face, and the hot coffee splashed his head and face.
Li Jiaming turned his head suddenly, and the Wang Ba/Dan in a suit and leather shoes didn't apologize at all, and was still holding his mobile phone and yelling at him, '*!*!!'
", you want to you!"
Li Jiaming, who was used to being brutal, had never suffered such a loss? Rushing over was a slap in the face, slapping the white man who was stronger than him to the ground, and then kicking him in the stomach, turning the white man into a shrimp.
“*!”
A young yellow man rushed out of the car next to him, but he was stunned after seeing Li Jiaming's face clearly. When fighting, Li Jiaming would not be polite, he rushed up fiercely, grabbed the other party's arm, and made a beautiful over-the-shoulder fall, slamming the guy on the hood of the other car and convulsing. There was a loud 'bang', which frightened the people in the car, and also stunned Kyle, who was holding coffee.
'Phew', at this time, Li Jiaming also saw clearly who this handsome Chinese guy was, and he actually spit out a mouthful of phlegm on people's faces.
"Wow, kungfu!"
Li Jiaming's tyranny did not attract public outrage, but made the white and black people who were waiting impatiently scream and cheer. A black man who was hanging up and like a child even ran in front of Li Jiaming, made a Bruce Lee-style movement, and screamed: "I love!"
Of course, Li Jiaming's successive knocking over a white man and a yellow man attracted cheers, and also attracted the intervention of a black fat policeman, and he also put his hand on the pistol holster, making Li Jiaming raise his hand. What was very surprising was that the middle-aged white man who couldn't get up on the ground glanced at Kyle's million-dollar black Maybach, and hurriedly said to the policeman with a belly like a pregnant woman: "No, no, that gentleman didn't attack me, I provoked him first, and Tom also misunderstood, so he went to provoke that gentleman."
Sir, I'm so sorry, I'll compensate for your shirt. ”
Hey, did you go out and meet a gentleman? This fat guy has a very good upbringing, Li Jiaming, who has lost his anger, took the initiative to go over, pulled the fat guy up, and said apologetically: "Sir, I also misunderstood, I thought you did it on purpose, and you deliberately insulted me." ”
"I'm sorry, I'm so angry. ”
Since the parties involved have reconciled, and both parties are rich white garbage and yellow-skinned monkeys, the police are too lazy to do much, and after asking if they want to be sent to the hospital, they left with a big belly. Seeing that the fat guy was fine, Li Jiaming also went to the café to wash up, and went to the clothing store opposite to buy a new shirt to change into, but what he didn't expect happened again.
Kyle, whose face was dark, covered his phone and said nervously: "Ming, the stock market has crashed!"
"What?"
The middle-aged white man who was knocked over by Li Jiaming just now added: "The NASDAQ has fallen from 5038 to 4879, a full drop of 4 percentage points!"
, it's finally here!