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Jiang Daier thinks that she is the kind of girl who is late in love, although she pursues a lot of boys, she is still ignorant of the relationship between men and women when she enters college, and often makes Ling Xiaoyan, Lin Bing, and Xu Wei laugh at the life of female high school students who have no crush on life. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ling Xiaoyan and Lin Bing took a special flight to Hong Kong last night, and at night, the four girls squeezed into a room like they did in college, chatting excitedly about their college life, and finally Sun Jingxiang came over madly to drive Ling Xiaoyan, Lin Bing, and Xu Wei out of other rooms to sleep, so as not to keep Jiang Daier excited at the concert the next day.

Even if the memory is excavated from the spring, once the spring is excavated, it is difficult to cover, Jiang Daier suddenly found that the memory from the winter of 94 is particularly profound, the four people are crammed into the narrow back compartment, through the thin pants, the buttocks are next to Zhang Ke's thighs, almost five years have passed, the memory is still so clear, just like sitting close together yesterday, there is an indescribable wonderful taste, and the feeling of imagining that the hands holding the chest are the hands of another person.

Jiang Dai'er knew that she was like a flower that suddenly bloomed that winter, and she was no longer in love with a girl who had not yet bloomed - perhaps the first love was more like the love of a girl's secret love, more like an indescribable good feeling. After a while, this kind of love may fade at the beginning, like a passing cloud, and then think back that you will feel that you were naïve and ridiculous at that time, and may unconsciously penetrate into the bone marrow and become a kind of imprint, which cannot be erased in this life.

The memory extends from the winter of '94 to the back, the summer of '95 is simple and happy, almost passively pushed to become an advertising girl, came into contact with Xu Si, Xie Wanqing, Sun Jingxiang, Ye Jianbin These people, and two years ago in the rainy dusk in Hong Kong saw Zhang Ke and Xu Si hugging each other under the umbrella and going away, some impressions and feelings are confused, I can do what I want to do in the past two years, and I don't have time to carefully clean up these things hidden in the shadows in my heart, and then look carefully, it seems that there is some moss, But it's also full of greenery.

With this guy, there will be a kind of expectation to be with him forever, Jiang Dai'er stared at the moonlight falling on the windowsill, thinking that this guy may already belong to many women, right?

With the excitement of the upcoming concert and the bits and pieces of the years in her memory, Jiang Daier barely fell asleep until two o'clock in the morning, and when she woke up the next day, she was all engaged in the final preparations before the concert, and she didn't have the heart to think about anything else.

When the concert sells tickets, many people wait in line with small benches or tents the day before, and at this time I heard that scalpers have been fried to seven or eight times the price, although there have been many live singing experiences, the special large-scale concert is the first time, which is almost every successful singing artist must take a step to the peak.

Before nightfall, Jiang Daier went backstage with Sun Jingxiang, Xu Wei and many company staff to the concert site to prepare, so Xiaoyan and Lin Bing also came directly to the backstage, they rushed to Hong Kong to witness the success of their good friends, even if they felt that Jiang Daier's singing voice was charming, it still felt completely different from ordinary fans. and Jiang Daier's father, who came from Huishan on purpose, although he couldn't help at all, he also squeezed backstage to watch others busy there, and he felt very happy, and he didn't go to the front to listen to his daughter's concert until the performance started.

Jiang Daier's mother Li Yueru has been running around with her daughter over the years, becoming more and more like a professional agent nanny, and she also professionally gave Jiang Daier the last psychological counseling before going on the field.

Jiang Daier took out her mobile phone from her mother's bag from time to time to check the time, the concert was approaching minute by minute, that guy hadn't appeared in the background yet, would he honestly sit in the audience and watch the concert among ordinary fans? Even so, it seems that you have to go backstage to say hello first.

"Aren't you nervous?" Ling Xiaoyan saw that Jiang Dai'er kept taking out her mobile phone to check the time.

"It's okay......" Jiang Dai'er smiled.

The door of the dressing room opened, Tang Jing and Sheng Xia poked in to take a look and slipped in. Just the two of them, Ling Xiaoyan noticed that Jiang Dai'er's eyes suddenly bloomed with surprise, and after seeing that it was only Tang Jing and Sheng Xia coming in, she thought to herself: Could it be that guy?

"Ah, Sister Dai'er is really dazzling today," Tang Jing said excitedly when she saw that Jiang Dai'er was already on the stage, "I was about to go out, and suddenly I received a phone call, Xiao Jincheng was going to the hotel to discuss things...... We rushed over first, Zhang Ke may be a little late, and he wrote a note for me to bring to you. ”

"Uh......" Jiang Dai'er didn't know what Zhang Ke would write on the note for his girlfriend to bring to herself, so she took the note suspiciously, looked at it and couldn't help laughing, and scolded with a smile: "This guy!" "I don't care about this guy anymore and concentrate on getting ready to go on stage.

Ling Xiaoyan turned her head sideways and looked at the note that was thrown on the dressing table, which read: "Don't wait for me, you guys start first!" She couldn't help but laugh, and the guy thought it was dinner.

Xiao Jincheng rushed over to talk about things, which is indeed quite important.

In late July, Kumho concluded its lawsuit with the Recording Industry Association of America in the United States, and according to the terms of the settlement agreement, Kumho will adopt stricter anti-piracy software encryption technology for iplayers sold in North America, and in North America, it will strictly bundle the iplayer hardware platform with the online platform of global music online.

In this way, a new contradiction is formed.

With the exception of Toshiba and Scober, which have a stake in Global Music Online, other manufacturers licensed by Kumho to manufacture and sell digital music player hardware in North America are not only limited by financial resources, but also limited by additional terms with Kumho, and they are unable to establish new online music store platforms outside of Global Music Online.

Others have invested in the establishment of legitimate music download and sales sites, because without the cooperation of the iPlayer hardware platform, they will not be able to compete with the global music online at all - Kumho's absolute control of the global music online is suspected of monopolistic operation in the United States.

Even though Toshiba, Scober and Kumho were still on their honeymoon, Kumho's absolute controlling stake in Global Music Online made them wary.

On the other hand, the concept of the new technology Internet industry has been hyped in the European and American capital markets, and after reconciling with the Recording Industry Association of America, Zhang Ke decided that Kumho should take the initiative to give up its absolute controlling stake in Global Music Online.

Kumho can sell almost 30% of the equity of Global Music Online.

This part of the equity will not be transferred to Toshiba and Scober in the first place, so that they will not gain greater control of Global Music Online; It will not be transferred to other hardware manufacturers, so as not to create more competitors for itself in the iplayer market.

Amazon, the largest e-commerce site in North America, had quoted a price, but Ma Yasun wanted to buy all the shares of Global Music Online in Kumho's hands, which of course would never be accepted by Kumho, and naturally there was no need for in-depth negotiations.

Zhang Ke received a call from Xiao Jincheng before he was about to go to Jiang Daier's solo concert, and the latest news from Xiao Jincheng was that Microsoft had just officially proposed to acquire Kumho's intention to transfer 30% of the shares of Global Music Online.

“…… It's just that Microsoft also requires iPlayer authorization, and the authorization level should be on par with Scooper......"

This is indeed an important event of the sudden. Some things were not clear on the phone, Zhang Ke asked Xiao Jincheng to come directly to the hotel, and notified Chen Xinsheng, Su Jindong, Ding Huai, Cheng Hanzhang and others to hold a conference call to discuss the matter briefly, and before the concert started, he sent someone to drive Tang Jing and Shengxia over first.

Microsoft suddenly threw an olive branch, which surprised Kumho executives and frightened them.

In 95, Microsoft launched the Windows 95 operating system of the DOS system, which quickly occupied the global personal computer market, and finally determined Microsoft's hegemony in the field of operating systems and commercial tool software, at this time Microsoft's market value has exceeded 120 billion US dollars, and Bill Gates also topped the world's rich list with his shares in Microsoft.

At least in the minds of ordinary people, Microsoft's status and influence are far higher than Deyi.

Microsoft threw an olive branch to cooperate with Kumho, Kumho's senior management was somewhat flattered, and this news was taken back to China to hype up casually, and it was definitely an important financial event that would cause a sensation between the media and the general public.

In addition to surprise, it is inevitable that there is a deep concern, because Microsoft is not a company that will be satisfied with a monopoly on the operating system software market.

In recent years, relying on the strategy of bundling, Microsoft has penetrated into all aspects of the field of commercial tool software, and has been invincible, so that in recent years, there has been a saying in the IT software industry: "Never do what Microsoft wants to do".

Of course, Microsoft's ambition is not only to expand into the field of commercial software, in 95, Microsoft launched MSN Online, in 96 and the American broadcasting giant NBC co-founded MSNBC, to become an online news service provider, in 97 to acquire the most popular mail service provider in the United States Hotmail, and this year launched the MSN messenger network instant messaging service, at this time has become one of the largest comprehensive Internet service providers in the United States.

In addition to getting involved in the online music market, Microsoft also asked Kumho to authorize the transfer of digital music player hardware technology, which also means that Microsoft intends to enter the field of consumer electronics hardware.

"If you agree to cooperate with Microsoft, will it be considered a wolf into the house?" During the impromptu conference call, Su Jindong did not shy away from his concerns.

Today, North America is Kumho's most important market for selling iPlayer.

In the field of digital music players, Toshiba is focusing more on the business of the RB wood and earth market than the North American market.

Although Scooper's business focus is on the European and American markets, Scooper does not have core technology, and relies heavily on the business model created by Kumho that integrates hardware sales and network platforms, and the financial scale of Scooper also determines that Scooper cannot pose a real threat to Kumho's position in the North American market in the short term......

At this time, let Microsoft step in, Microsoft definitely has the strength to threaten Kumho's position in the North American market.

"It doesn't seem ......reliable to reject Microsoft," Chen Xinsheng said in an impromptu conference call, which inevitably sounded hoarse due to technical limitations.

Everyone has a thorough understanding of the current situation and development trend of the industry, and there is no need for Chen Xinsheng to explain in detail, just know what Chen Xinsheng wants to express.

In order to promote the iPlayer technology, Kumho quickly broke out of the camp of Japanese MD manufacturers, and Kumho has widely licensed related product technologies in the global region.

There are pros and cons to everything, the technology is widely licensed, so that the DMP-iPLAYER technology market has rapidly expanded and surpassed MD, the disadvantage is also obvious, Kumho no longer has the dominance of technology licensing, Microsoft can bypass Kumho's technology blockade by casually acquiring a company that has previously obtained technology licensing.

In addition, Microsoft can also provide genuine music download services on the Internet service platform that it has established as the dominant player in the industry.

Kumho's business model is an understatement to be copied by Microsoft, and the foundation of Global Music Online is far from being deep-rooted, and it is far from being known whether it will withstand Microsoft's confrontational impact.

After an hour-long phone call, it was decided that the North American company, on behalf of Kumho, would contact Microsoft first to find out Microsoft's determination to enter the online music market and DMP digital music player hardware, and quote a price that Microsoft would not accept.

"If Microsoft agrees to pay $900 million, 30% of the equity of Global Music Online can be transferred to them immediately, and we will find a way to wipe our butts if there are any remaining problems," Zhang Ke's voice still had a slight echo in the communication channel of the conference call, "If Microsoft thinks that our offer is a little too high, it doesn't matter, everyone can sit down and talk slowly......

After a short conference call, Zhang Ke looked at his watch, Jiang Daier's concert had been going on for a while, and he didn't continue to chat and fart with Xiao Jincheng in the hotel, and said to him: "I promised others to go to the concert, and now I can listen to the tail when I rush over, and it is not a missed appointment, I invite you to come over." ”

"The concert is almost over, isn't it?" Xiao Jincheng said, he still got into Zhang Ke's car and rushed to the concert site together, his wife and son also went to the concert, thinking that they would rush over to pick them up.

Sitting in the car, Xiao Jincheng joked with Zhang Ke: "How will Microsoft feel when it hears our offer?" ”

The 30% stake in Global Music Online is priced at $900 million, and even if Xiao Jincheng wanted to blackmail Microsoft, he never thought of opening the price so high, and he was worried that this random offer might anger Microsoft, so that Microsoft would adopt a confrontational business strategy, which would really create the most threatening competitor for Kumho in the North American market.

"Asking for a lot of money, sitting on the ground to pay back, and besides, I'd rather let Microsoft leave the impression of Kumho lion opening his mouth than let them think Kumho is a docile sheep," Zhang Ke is not worried, the strength of the widget is not in the field of consumer electronics hardware, rather than worrying about Microsoft, it is better to worry that Apple may still revitalize with digital music players - in his impression, Microsoft's entry into the field of consumer electronics hardware is a matter of zero year later, and gradually in the game console, There are some achievements in the fields of digital music players and digital mobile phones, but I did not expect that Kumho's butterfly wings will now fan Microsoft off the track of history, and Microsoft's participation at this time can precisely inhibit the rise of Apple in the future. Deep down, Zhang Ke still welcomes Microsoft to join at this time, but this reason can't be explained to others, and Xiao Jincheng explained, "If it's a simple online music store, of course 30% of the equity is not worth so much money; Microsoft also knows in its heart that even if Microsoft wants to replicate the business model of hardware sales and Internet music platforms, it may not be completely successful - if the total sales of iPlayer in North America exceed 50 million pieces, then the 30% equity of the global music store is not worth 900 million? ”

The total sales of iPlayer in North America exceeded 50 million, and although iPlayer's encryption technology will be cracked, there are theoretically nearly 50 million potential paying users of music online worldwide.

As the largest e-tailer in North America, Amazon has no more paying users, but its market capitalization has exceeded $30 billion.

To put it that way, Zhang Ke's offer is not outrageous.

One of the characteristics of the new technology wave bubble is that investors are looking at future earnings expectations, just like Quantum Online expects to wait until 02 or 03 to reverse the situation of loss-making operations, but it does not prevent Quantum Online's stock price on the Nasdaq at this time from standing firmly above $15.

It's not impossible for iPlayer to surpass 50 million units in North America, and it's hard to tell how many paying subscribers the global music online will actually get from it.

Even in the United States, where copyright protection is tight, there is still a lot of piracy or use of free resources.

Prior to this, the total sales of iplayer in North America had just exceeded two million pieces, on the one hand, the encryption software was not strict enough and easy to crack, on the other hand, the free music resources on the Internet in North America were relatively rich, and the paid users of global music online were only 400,000, and North American companies estimated that the real paid downloads were far less than one-tenth of the total downloads of iplayer.

Of course, traditional publishers such as the Recording Industry Association of America are fighting unrelentingly, the legal environment for copyright protection is becoming stricter, and free music resources in North America are rapidly decreasing.

While this has somewhat curbed iPlayer's sales in North America, it has also rapidly increased the number of paying users of music online around the world - the size of iPlayer's final user base is the key to the debate over the value of global music sites.

Xiao Jincheng grasped the key to the sky-high asking price, although he felt that the possibility of Microsoft accepting this price was very low, but their purpose was to drag Microsoft first.

When I arrived at the concert site, the concert was nearing the end, and when I parked my car in the parking lot, I heard the shouts of fans in the venue, and the atmosphere was so hot that I almost tore off the roof.

Zhang Ke couldn't get in touch with Tang Jing, thinking that she and Sheng Xia might not hear the mobile phone ringing in front of the boiling anti-profit stage, and with bodyguards following, the staff here would also notice their safety, so there was nothing to worry about.

The scene was so hot, he couldn't squeeze in to find Tang Jing, so he could only call Xu Wei and ask her to send a staff member to take them out and lead them to the backstage first and wait for the concert to end.

Xiao Jincheng likes to join in the fun, sneaking from the backstage side door to the front, and the end is the end, so he can still listen to a few songs.

Zhang Ke swore during dinner yesterday that he would come over to cheer Jiang Dai'er, but he didn't expect to delay things until now, so he waited for Jiang Dai'er to return and change into the last set of clothes and said a few words in the background, which can be regarded as no gaffe.

At the end of the song, Jiang Daier retreated backstage to change the last set of costumes, and when she saw Zhang Ke in the dressing room, she waved her hand excitedly, but the time to change costumes for the concert was very tight, and she had to change her costumes, memorize the lyrics, put on makeup, and adjust her singing mood, so how could she have time to speak?

Seeing the staff in a hurry, Zhang Ke didn't want to add to the chaos, so he exited the dressing room first and walked to the passage between the stage and the backstage, where there was a door and a curtain separating the stage in front of him, and the door was opened, so that people could hide behind the curtain and watch the final performance of the concert.

"Ah, are you here......" Jiang Dai'er changed into the last outfit and prepared to appear.

Jiang Daier's last outfit was a long T-shirt that covered her hips and exposed half her knees, but the pattern on the T-shirt was a little weird, and I really didn't know what kind of taste the costumer was.

"Wait......" Zhang Ke suddenly realized that Jiang Daier's costume was wrong, and pulled Jiang Dai'er back, who was about to go on the stage, "Take off your clothes quickly, wear my shirt and ......go up" Zhang Ke quickly untied his shirt, only to see Jiang Dai'er stunned there, time was pressing, and the sound of calling Jiang Dai'er to appear was already outside, in a hurry, he pulled the curtain over to cover Jiang Dai'er and himself, and personally helped Jiang Dai'er take off the T-shirt.

Jiang Daier was at a loss, so she took off the T-shirt for Zhang Ke in a daze, and stood half-naked for a few seconds before realizing that she was holding her breasts wearing only a bra with both hands.

"Why don't you play yet?" Sun Jingxiang, Li Yueru, and Xu Wei listened to the constant calls outside the venue, trotted over from the dressing room to see what was going on, and saw that they didn't see Jiang Dai'er or Zhang Ke, so they saw the curtain moving violently.