The winter sun in California is very warm, and Li Jiaming seems to enjoy his time in Silicon Valley, going to the company every day to care about the situation, and then leisurely going to the café to read a book. In the evenings, he clubs and plays with Marissa and her group of friends, or invites a group of new friends and company employees to his mansion or apartment for a party.

In a word, Li Jiaming accepted Yang Zhiyuan's admonition that in his efforts to integrate into the United States, he must at least have a sufficient understanding of this country, not the impression in TV and movies.

In stark contrast to Lee Ka Ming, Kyle had to work fifteen or sixteen hours a day to get the company's affairs and negotiations with the record company right. Fortunately, this has paid off, with the demonstration of Columbia Records, Warner finally agreed to license to E, and several large independent record companies have also taken the initiative to discuss licensing.

Of course, there are good and bad, and after a month of hot sales, iPod sales are starting to fall back. In the days of Christmas and New Year's Day, the daily sales in the United States alone were tens of thousands, and after the outbreak in Europe and Japan, sales also slowed down, and now the daily sales of several markets together are only more than 20,000 units, and they are still slowly declining. What Li Jiaming didn't expect was that Dong Ying wanted to export Huarong Electronics's 'Charm' MP3 to the United States, and continue the usual style of domestic products - price war. dollars, they directly removed the previous 1, and the price was $99.

Such a low price has no effect on the iPod, because HH is taking the brand route, but for other brands, it is tantamount to a catastrophe. The US dollar can also give manufacturers such as Dimeng a price advantage. If the 'Glamor' destroys even their advantage, then the market will be fun, and the stock prices of many companies that produce audiovisual products will plummet.

However, Li Jiaming is not optimistic about this low-price dumping, and the selling price of $199 is not high relative to the income of Americans. The minimum wage in California is now $10 per hour, you can buy an iPod after three days of work, and Americans have a habit of spending in advance.

"What?"

Dong Ying, who was looking for Li Jiaming to play in Silicon Valley after she was free, was taken aback, she was ready to shop 200,000 units in the United States, and the cost alone was seven or eight million US dollars!

"You've been in the U.S. for three years and don't know their spending habits?"

"Me"

Understood, this is a typical example of Yang Zhiyuan's resistance integrated into the United States, and it is estimated that this old lady spends most of her time in the Chinese circle except for going to Shop.

"200,000 units is not a big problem, it is estimated that it can be sold out, although the United States has money, there are still 10 million or 20 million poor people. ”

"I'm scared to death by you!"

Li Jiaming also took this old lady, which may be a best-selling in the domestic market, which made her lose her calm. But since I called my sister, I have to point out one or two people, and every time they sell one, they have to pay 40 yuan in patent fees to Hanhua.

"Sister, don't go to Wal-Mart, it means low-end, you have to find a mid-range sales channel, and you'd rather give rebates to dealers than lower prices for customers. If you think about it, in times of economic crisis, the capitalists would rather pour out the milk than give it to the poor for free. ”

It's good not to lose money, Dong Ying, who was taken aback, was somewhat relieved, and asked why Li Jiaming was still here. It's almost the New Year, and the iPod is selling so well, why don't you hurry back to China to make a name for yourself?

Li Jiaming also thought about it, but he couldn't ask for this name, the iPod can sell so well, on the one hand, the quality is good, and on the other hand, it is covered with a layer of American skin. Before there is no monopoly on the digital music player and digital music online sales market, it is necessary to have as few complications as possible.

In addition, Marissa took him to meet a few Apple friends, and he wanted to inquire about the development progress of the Jobs version of the digital music player. Jobs is a real demon, he can make Apple as a personal computer, play anime and play Pixar, don't look at the hot sales of iPods now, or find out a little bit of information about Qiao's gang leader, Li Jiaming will not feel at ease even if he returns to China.

But these fears are in vain when told others, Li Jiaming can only find other excuses, and he has to sound lofty.

"Sister, I position myself as a scholar-type entrepreneur, if I am like a speaker everywhere, will I not become the second Zhang Shuxin? No one is a saint, there is a rational and emotional side, if I am surrounded by a group of reporters every day, all I hear are compliments, I will definitely float to the sky. To do learning and industry, we must be calm and endure loneliness. ”

Isn't this scolding yourself? If it weren't for knowing that this kid is a low-key person, Dong Ying, who has just shown her face in the domestic electronics industry and is touted as a digital hero, would really want to spill coffee on this ugly face.

"Youkai!"

"Sister, this is called sobriety!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Jiaming's shoulder was patted, followed by a faint smell of perfume.

"Ming, is this your girlfriend?"

Looking back, seeing that it was Marissa and two Apple friends, Li Jiaming hurriedly introduced them and asked the waiter to serve coffee, wanting to turn around and inquire about Apple's movements.

"No, my sister, Cal's Master of Electrical Engineering. ”

After listening to them chatting a few words, Dong Ying, who had something in her heart, said goodbye, and several people didn't care that the Chinese girl left in a hurry.

"Ming, did you talk about Warner?"

"How do you know?"

"I'm a fan of M2M, I love their 'YouLoveMe' and just found out that I can download their music on e. ”

What the hell is M2M, Li Jiaming doesn't know anything, but he is very satisfied with the hard work of the employees. I just signed an agreement yesterday, and today I upload the music of a group I don't know, and I will give them a few hundred dollars more this month.

After drinking coffee, Li Jiaming still didn't inquire about the useful situation, and the two apple boys also paid and left. Americans are good at this, everything is AA system, although there is a big gap in status and wealth, everyone can be friends without guilt. This is the so-called not eating people, not taking people, the waist pole can be straight.

"Ming, can I ask you a question?"

“Ok”

Although Li Jiaming was very secretive when he inquired about the situation, he still couldn't escape the girl's attention, and no one would mention similar topics several times.

"Why do you care so much about Apple?"

Li Jiaming talked about the news he heard from Kyle at the beginning, and said with a very sincere attitude: "Jobs is a person I respect very much, he said that if he wants to put a thousand songs in his pocket, then he will definitely do it." Although we were the first to launch the iPod and achieved market leadership, we still have to pay attention to this respectable rival. ”

But he's not the Jobs of 20 years ago, he's just the owner of Pixar and the CEO of Apple. ”

"No, you must pay attention to your opponent and as long as he does not quit this business, always be vigilant. Unlike those in the Imperial League, Jobs paid great attention to the user experience in addition to technology, which is the key to the success of electronic products!"

"Ok, I'll go and inquire for you, but you have to make a deal with me. ”

Li Jiaming looked at the beautiful blonde girl carefully, and suddenly his heart was ecstatic, and he joked: "Marissa, you are exposed, I bet that at least Apple is ready to abandon the plan of a digital music player." ”

“No!”

Coaxing ghosts, those two boys couldn't hear the news just now, can you be an outsider to inquire about it? Online music sales This piece of fat falls into your mouth, Apple will not come to stir up the situation, and the rest of the people are not worried. I didn't expect the investment to be frustrated, but I picked up a big bargain in this matter, which is really / lost the east corner and reaped the mulberry elm.

Come to think of it, there are already two big record labels licensed to e, and the rest is not far off. Without a music source, even if Apple can develop a better player, what's the use? Of course, if Apple can come up with the battle, it would not be a bad thing for the two sides to compete for online music sales, and they just happened to focus on smartphones. Today's Apple is not the Apple of 10 years later, and its financial resources are not enough to support more than two battlefields at the same time.

"Thank you, beautiful Miss Marissa, for my French cuisine in the evening?"

"You're so bad!"

Coquettish and soft, Li Jiaming couldn't help but be stunned, what was wrong with him?