Eric remembered Elizabeth's whisper to himself yesterday, and he didn't plan to explain too much, so he said finally: "Seagate will probably be able to launch a 2G capacity microhard drive next year, and then we can appropriately increase the price of different styles of Fireflyer according to the capacity, and now, and in the future, the bottom line of $299 cannot be changed." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Victor McNelly and the others frowned slightly when they saw Eric, and their expressions were a little more unquestionable, and they were very interested in no longer arguing.

After breakfast, we went to visit Firefly Electronics' latest multi-touch capacitive screen laboratory, which was set up after Firefly Electronics acquired a small capacitive screen research and development company in recent months. Compared with the current mainstream resistive screen, the capacitive screen undoubtedly has more advantages, and this kind of screen has also proved to be the mainstream technology of handheld mobile devices in the future.

Similar to 3D and IMAX in the film industry, both capacitive screens and multi-touch technology have been around for many years, but there has never been a mainstream electronic product to match them, so the development has been slow. Eric believes that as long as the planned Yahoopad tablet is launched, the capacitive screen that supports multi-touch will soon become the mainstream of the touch screen.

Towards noon, with only three hours left before the afternoon launch, more and more guests who planned to attend the event began to gather at the Marriott Hotel.

Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos arrived in San Francisco in the morning, and after three rounds of capital injections, Firefly Investment already owns 30% of Amazon's shares. Under the management of Jeff Bezos, Amazon has also developed extremely rapidly in recent years, although it has not completely occupied the position of the overlord of online book sales, but Jeff Bezos has been eager to start to make Amazon develop in the direction of a comprehensive online retailer, and Fireflyer's online sales are Amazon's first attempt to expand its business.

In order to show his importance to Amazon, Eric took time out of the afternoon to have lunch with Jeff Bezos and discuss the next steps for Amazon.

After selling a 30% stake in Firefly, Jeff Bezos did not plan to continue raising capital from Firefly Investment and began preparations for an IPO in order to avoid losing control. Eric also has no intention of eagerly acquiring more shares of Amazon, after all, Amazon's development journey is not so smooth, and there are still many opportunities for Firefly investment in the future.

The two were sitting in the Marriott Hotel restaurant eating and chatting, when Bill Olsen, president of Firefly Electronics, suddenly walked into the restaurant in a hurry and walked directly towards Eric.

Bill Olsen nodded to Jeff Bezos, did not shy away, and said to Eric in a somewhat eager tone: "Eric, Celine Dion's agent Rennie Angeli just called, and he said that Celine Dion can't just come to the press conference in the evening. ”

Eric's mind turned, and he basically understood what was going on.

Among the traditional five major record companies, the biggest impact on the release of Fireflyer is undoubtedly Sony, which produces a variety of mainstream portable music player devices at the same time. Celine Dion is precisely a singer under Sony Records.

Although Celine Dion's voice is heavenly, in fact, her personal music style is very single, and if it were not for the birth of "My Heart is Eternal", it would be almost difficult for Celine Dion to become a first-line superstar in the music industry. Therefore, before "Titanic", Celine Dion could only be regarded as a second-tier singer under Sony Records, although after the release of "My Heart is Eternal", Celine Dion's status rose, but he was bound by the contract, and it was absolutely impossible to obtain the freedom of Michael Jackson and Madonna.

It's clear that Sony Records is pressuring Celine Dion to attend the Fireflyer's product launch event.

Eric just didn't expect Sony to be so bad that he chose to put pressure on Celine Dion only two hours before the press conference.

Before he could say anything, Bill Olson's cell phone rang again.

Bill Olsen didn't answer, but handed it directly to Eric, saying, "Lady Dion just said she wanted to apologize to you in person. ”

The person behind this incident is Sony, although Eric is angry, he will not be angry enough to anger Celine Dion, answer the phone, and chat with the other party.

Celine Dion is well aware of the importance of "My Heart Forever" in advancing her career, so she was also quite respectful to Eric on the phone, apologized again and again, and vaguely explained her distress.

After chatting a few words, Eric hung up the phone, and at this time, Chris, Victor McNairy and others who heard the news also appeared in the restaurant.

Since this press conference will also announce the release of the "Titanic" soundtrack album on the Yahoo Music Store, Celine Dion can be arguably the most important guest performer tonight, and Bill Olsen also deliberately put her near the end of the press conference to announce the official release of the "Titanic" soundtrack album on behalf of the Yahoo Music Store.

Everyone hurriedly talked a few words, and then left the restaurant together and came to a conference room specially prepared for Firefly Electronics at the Marriott Hotel to discuss countermeasures.

Bill Olsen looked at the crowd and said, "It's definitely too late to negotiate with Madonna now, but it's not too difficult to get the Backstreet Boys to praise one more song, it's just that if they get them on stage, the next part will be disrupted." ”

There were originally three guests scheduled for the afternoon. Madonna Sciccone, Backstreet Boys, and Celine Dion.

Madonna was naturally not bound by the same constraints as Celine Dion, and she had already publicly expressed her intention to cooperate with the Yahoo Music Store, so after receiving the invitation, she readily agreed. The Backstreet Boys are the pillars of Firefly Records, and the launch of Firefly Electronics will naturally not leave them behind. Celine Dion was also determined early, but no one expected that she would be pressured by Sony at the last minute to give up this performance.

Everyone has seen the rehearsal of last night's press conference, and it is natural that if someone else is temporarily replaced, the details of the next announcement of the original soundtrack album of "Titanic" on the Yahoo Music Store will have to make a lot of temporary changes.

After discussing for a while, Chris suddenly looked at Eric and said, "Eric, since Celine Dion can't be on stage, then you can come in person." You are the songwriter of "My Heart Is Eternal", and you have watched the rehearsal of last night's press conference, so there should be no problem. ”

Chris's voice fell, and before Eric could shake his head, everyone excitedly coaxed together: "Yes, Eric, you come personally." You're a lot taller than Celine Dion. ”

In fact, during the conception stage of the product launch, Bill Olsen wanted Eric to give a speech on stage, but Eric refused. At this time, Chris suddenly proposed, and they were naturally extremely excited. As the soul of the firefly system, Eric is destined to have a series of halos around him, and as long as he is on stage, the influence he will have in the media will definitely far exceed Celine Dion's performance.

Eric stretched out his hand and pressed the gossiping crowd, and smiled helplessly: "You won't let me go up and sing "My Heart is Eternal", is this like words?"

Bill Olsen said: "Of course not, Eric, you can say whatever you want, do whatever you want, and then help announce the sale of the 'My Heart Forever' digital album." ”

Victor McNelli, who has always been not very good at words, also chimed in excitedly at this time: "Yes, yes, that's all." ”

Ian Gnier also smiled and played the emotional card: "Eric, I don't think you want this press conference to be messed up, besides, this is your responsibility, and the whole firefly is yours." ”

In the face of everyone's eager gaze, Eric hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, then, let's discuss it now, what should I say when the time comes." ”

Bill Olsen shook his head and smiled, "Oh, Eric, it's your business, we're not involved, it's time for me to greet the guests." ”

Victor McNelly simply stood up: "Well, the vice president of Best Buy is still waiting for me downstairs." ”

"Haha, Jeff just said he wanted me to talk to me about Amazon's advertising on Yahoo, so I went down first. ”

As Bill Olsen, Victor McNelli, and Ian Gnier left the room, Eric turned to Chris.

Chris smiled and spread his hands: "I, I haven't come up with an excuse yet." ”

"Forget it, I'll play as I like then, and even if I mess up, no one will dare to say anything to my boss," Eric shrugged dryly, and asked about something else, "How's your wedding with Emily going?"

Hearing Eric bring up this topic, Chris just looked bitter: "It's still like that, my dad and her parents are much more eager than us." ”

Looking at Chris, Eric could almost imagine the three elders chasing Chris and Emily who were busy with work to discuss the details of the wedding, and joked with a smile: "I'll be going to New York for a week or two in the future, maybe I can help you come up with ideas." ”

"Don't make a mess with it," Chris shook his head and asked curiously, "Two weeks, do you have anything else to do besides Kevin and Xia Xia's birthdays?"

Eric nodded and said, "Regarding the establishment of Marvel Studios, Avi Arad and they have already made a preliminary plan, and I need to confirm it personally." ”

Chris occasionally heard Eric talk about the huge plans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he didn't show much interest in it because he needed to focus on it. The two chatted casually and left the conference room together.

After 12 o'clock, more than half of the guests had gathered in the grand ballroom of the Marriott Hotel, and the rest of the guests were also coming one after another.

Eric studied the specific plan of the press conference and threw himself into the activities to welcome the guests.

Media reporters from all walks of life naturally don't need Eric to entertain them personally, but those IT industry technology bigwigs still need him to come forward to say hello in person.

As the clock ticked by, Microsoft's Bill Gates, Cisco's John Chambers, Oracle's Larry Ellison, Apple's newly appointed CEO Jill Amelio and other IT industry executives, as well as senior executives from Seagate, Best Buy Appliance Chain and other partners, even Warren Buffett came from Omaha. In addition to these tech or investment industry giants, there will naturally be no shortage of entertainment industry stars who have been invited to the show, and Katzenberg also rushed to the Marriott Hotel in person an hour before the start of the press conference.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, all the guests had gathered in the banquet hall, and the lights in the rest of the room were dimmed, leaving only a few bright lights gathered on the stage.

As the CEO of Firefly Electronics, Victor McNelly first took the stage to announce the start of the press conference and give a brief speech to all the guests present.

Eric's original suggestion was that he didn't want the conference to be too long, so with a few interactive performances, the whole event was expected to last only an hour and a half, mainly including the configuration and function display of Fireflyer, the introduction of the Yahoo Music Store, and the introduction of sales methods and channels.

Bill Olsen for this product launch, a full two months of preparation, therefore, everything is in order, as Bill Olsen and others have announced Fireflyer, Yahoo Music Store and other detailed information, the guests on the scene frequently applauded and cheered, the flash of the camera in the hands of media reporters has not stopped at all, during this time, countless media have exposed a lot of information about Fireflyer, but the official final news undoubtedly has the greatest news value.

When Amazon President Jeff Bezos took the stage to introduce the news of the establishment of Amazon Fireflyer, Bill Olsen, who was the host himself, took the stage again with a chair in his hand.

The atmosphere at the press conference was always quite lively, and Bill Olson's strange behavior easily caused a chuckle from the guests.

Bill Olsen put the chair and patted the back of the chair in a thoughtful manner, but did not sit down as everyone present expected, just raised the microphone in his hand and said with a smile: "This chair is not for me, guess who will sit here." ”

If the president of Firefly Electronics can personally move the chair, there are naturally not many people in the banquet hall.

Someone at the scene soon shouted.

"Eric Williams!"

"Eric Williams!"

"Eric Williams!"

As the noise grew louder and louder, Bill Olsen stopped selling and raised the microphone in his hand and said, "Then, please welcome Mr. Eric Williams." ”

Amid loud applause and cheers, Eric walked up the side steps to the stage. (To be continued.) )