Chen Lang had a brief meeting with Zheng Zhenkun and Duan Zhongyi to understand the development of Haishan Rolling Stone Records and determine the company's next development direction. "Top" point "small" said,

Set up record branches in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong respectively to occupy as much of the record market as possible, but Haishan Rolling Stone faces a large number of competitors and each of them is extraordinary.

Now, with the rapid rise of Asia, especially the obvious economic growth, people's purchasing power is also increasing, and the proportion of entertainment spending in consumption is also increasing.

As a result, the total film and record market in Asia as a whole is getting bigger and bigger, which has also led the big five international record companies to set their sights on Asia.

In the 80s, the top five international record companies were BMG (Betusman), EMI (EMI), CBS/Xinli, EA (Time Warner) and Polygram Records.

Today's Big Five record labels have set up their own subsidiaries in East and Southeast Asia, or have taken stakes in local record labels.

Polygram Records, followed by Warner and CBS, followed by BMG and EMI.

Taking Hong Kong, which is gradually showing its status as the entertainment center of Asia, as an example, PolyGram (Hong Kong) has already become the most powerful record company in Hong Kong, with well-known singers signed by it accounting for 40% of Hong Kong, including Teresa Teng, Kwan Zhengjie, Lei Anna, Peng Jianxin, Alan Tam, and the recently escaped Hui Guanjie and other well-known singers.

CBS Xinli is also not to be underestimated, with singers such as Cai Fenghua, Xu Xiaofeng and Lin Zhimei.

Warner has Chen Baiqiang, Lin Zixiang and Ye Qianwen.

In addition to these international giant companies, Hong Kong's local Huaxing Records has big-name singers such as Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, and Luo Wen, and Kang Yi Chengyin also has Xu Guanjie and Xu Xiaofeng, two heavenly queens.

Entertainment Records has powerful singers such as Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Mingquan, Bao Cuiwei, Mai Jiewen, etc., and Eternal Records also has Ye Dexian, Zhang Mingmin, Zhang Delan and other singers who have different strengths.

Taiwan's long-established record label Kolin, as well as the newly emerging flying saucer, are very strong competitors of Haishan Rolling Stone, so it is not easy for Haishan Rolling Stone Records to occupy more market share of the record market.

However, Haishan Rolling Stone has Haishan's previous distribution channels, plus an excellent musician from Rolling Stone magazine, as well as a singer such as Chen Lang, Zhen Ni, Lin Huiping, Zhou Huajian and Tong Ange, plus Chen Lang, the biggest variable, it is not impossible to win in this fierce competition.

In the afternoon, Duan Zhongtan rushed back from Singapore, explained in detail the specific situation of the four Southeast Asian countries, and also knew the company's next development plan, in fact, this plan has already been mentioned, but now it has officially begun to be implemented.

In the afternoon, Chen Lang basically ended the inspection of Haishan Rolling Stone Record Company, so Chen Lang and Chen's father came to the ll entertainment commodity company in the same office building of Haishan Rolling Stone headquarters, and the two were greeted by Chen Lang's Tang sister Tang Xiuxiu.

According to Tang Xiuxiu's introduction, so far Lang Lang Qiankun stores have been spread throughout the central and northern regions of Taiwan, and the entry time for the southern region has been postponed.

This is also related to the actual situation in Taiwan.

Now the most developed region in the whole of Taiwan is undoubtedly Taipei, followed by Taichung, and finally Taiwan.

Because at that time, the Kuomintang retreated from the mainland, and the old Chiang retreated to Taiwan, bringing a large number of people, capital, technology, and talents, most of these people were arranged in the northern and central regions of Taiwan, because of the relationship between the two sides of the strait, Taiwan is like a small kingdom, as a political, economic and cultural center, the northern part of Taiwan has naturally developed rapidly, and the development of various infrastructures and cultural entertainment far exceeds that of other places in Taiwan.

Taiwan's central part borders the north, and in addition, people who have also come from the mainland are separated by a strip of water, and although its development is not as rapid as that of the north, it is not too backward.

After the Kuomintang/retreat to Taiwan, the southern part of Taiwan became the residence of Taiwan's aborigines, where 99 percent of Taiwan's aborigines lived.

Although the aborigines will not live a primitive life, they are undoubtedly much worse than the modern industrial civilization in northern Taiwan, although many larger cities are also the same as modern cities, but as far as the entire southern Taiwan is concerned, whether it is culture, entertainment, or economic development, it is far behind the northern and central parts of Taiwan.

It is also for this reason that after opening up all the important cities in northern and central Taiwan, Tang Xiuxiu stopped continuing to expand and turned to steady development.

Chen Lang was noncommittal about this, after hearing that Lang Lang Qiankun could make millions of NT$ every month, Chen Lang was relieved, and the next thing was to work intensively to strive for higher profits, or to develop sales channels, which was what Chen Lang cared about the most.

"Sister Xiuxiu, your performance in Taiwan for more than a year is obvious to all, and even busy with work has delayed your love, my mother and uncle have criticized me many times." Chen Lang said with a satisfied smile after listening to the report.

"I'm not that old now, and it's not time to get married, besides, I have to wait until the right person to get married, and I can't just decide the things of my life." Tang Xiuxiu frowned slightly when she heard this, and was noncommittal.

Chen Lang saw Tang Xiuxiu's brows frowning slightly, and he didn't mention this matter anymore, "In view of your efforts and achievements, Mr. Tang, the company has decided to directly promote you to the general manager of the Taiwan branch of ll entertainment commodities company, and my father is only a financial director." ”

"That's a good relationship, and I'm also promoted." Tang Xiuxiu said with a smile when she heard this.

"Well, in addition, the company will give you a five-percent option reward, and I hope that Mr. Tang can make persistent efforts to continue to grow the company." Chen Lang continued.

"This ...... You don't need to use this. Tang Xiuxiu waved her hand and refused when she heard this.

"This is not because we are relatives, but the result of your own efforts, if our company wants to continue to grow and develop, we must have clear rewards and punishments, so as to encourage everyone to make more contributions, as a manager, I believe you also understand these truths." Father Chen saw Tang Xiuxiu refusing and said.

"That'...... Well, I'm going to do my job harder. When Tang Xiuxiu heard this, when she saw the eyes of Chen Lang and Chen's father, she nodded in agreement.

"Okay, that's it, then we'll see you at the hotel in the evening." Chen Lang was ready to leave when he was done.

"Mr. Chen, there is another thing, now the production capacity of the factory for Lang Lang Qiankun has been maximized, but it is still a little insufficient to meet the needs of the entire northern and central Taiwan, is it possible to reorganize a part of the vinyl record factory, it is best to divide it in half, because now many record companies have begun to use this carrier." Tang Xiuxiu said with the things in his hand.

When Chen Lang heard this, he saw the things in Tang Xiuxiu's hand again, and immediately walked over and took them into his hands.

Chen Lang was holding a CD in his hand.

On October 1, 1982, Sony unveiled the digital audio revolution with the release of the CDP-101, the world's first commercial disc player, in Japan. It heralds the "dawn" of a new audio medium that promises to deliver a crystal-clear musical experience to a generation of consumers accustomed to the fizz of vinyl.

For many consumers, the disc player represents a tangible link between the present and the future. It combined lasers and digital computers, two cutting-edge technologies of the time, into a relatively inexpensive consumer product with features that would have been unimaginable just a decade ago.

Then, the disc appeared, which stores the audio in tiny dimples and is then read by the player with a reflected laser. Although optical discs have existed before, it is the CD that has truly become a major breakthrough in the application of lasers in the mass market.

In terms of the astounding success of this audio format, the CD represents the "ultimate defense" of lasers – both as an invention and as a commercial product.

Correspondingly, the relatively primitive vinyl record has become huge, clumsy, and unportable in everyone's eyes, which directly leads to a great decline in the use value of vinyl records, until it withdraws from the historical stage, and the original Haishan Record Company is in a desperate situation because of the birth of CD.

For the advantages of CD, everyone can see it, but now CD has only appeared for less than two years, although the advantage is very obvious, but it has not yet reached the level of immediate popularization, vinyl records always have a few years of service life, until they are completely eliminated, and finally can only become a singer.

Seeing the advent of CDs, Chen Lang knew that Haishan's original vinyl record factory had to be downsized again and reduce its production line.

In this way, the long pain is not as good as the short pain, and at the same time, it can also make up for the lack of supply.

Father Chen saw his son staring at the CD in his hand, and asked curiously, "What's wrong, Lang Lang?" ”

"This thing is going to put an end to vinyl, and it looks like we're going to have to downsize vinyl again, and we're going to have to prepare a CD version for future releases." Chen Lang held up the CD in his hand and sighed.

"Then do we have to discuss it with Mr. Zheng?" Chen's father said.

"Yes, let's find a kind of explanation now." After Chen Lang finished speaking, he took the lead and walked out of the office.

Ten minutes later, Zheng Zhenkun and the Duan brothers reunited with Chen Lang again, and then stared at the CD in Chen Lang's hand.

This CD is the culprit that made Haishan Records go to a difficult place.

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