Chapter 641: Bad News from Technological Progress

After a hard exam week, Song Ya left a full day before leaving for New York to deal with the affairs of A+ records.

Rose's speech in the technology media is basically not out of the circle, but this kind of thing does not need to be out of the circle, the story of Fliggy APLUS himself was fooled by 3DFX with a 'small trick' to rush to invest five million, and it has been fermented in the IT and investment circles, and everyone has confirmed that this is a lucky real pig, and it is only lucky, and now it seems that the good luck is going to run out.

A large number of start-up projects in the online industry have begun to take the initiative to seek investment, giving people the impression that this pig is not pitted for nothing, which makes him more angry than Daniel being caught in an antitrust lawsuit.

"Jim ......"

While signing one document after another, he talked to Jim Clark on the phone, "I'm fine, 3DFX can still make products, and next year, I will force them to make a complete chip design in the first half of next year...... Yes, I can understand you, after all, no one dared to pack tickets at that time, they were cheating, and you were not obliged to clarify my inner speculation...... No, I'm not angry, and I won't be angry when all this little money is thrown into the water...... Okay, I'll be there during the Netscape launch roadshow, no problem. ”

Putting down the microphone, he changed his face and yelled at the landline, "Fxxk! Old fox! Why didn't you say beforehand that you were also suspicious of them!? I ask you why you didn't invest in 3DFX, and you still shirked that you didn't have any money? Well? SGI founders will run out of money!? ”

Gass!

At this time, he saw a depreciation statement of last year's fixed assets of A+ Records in his hand, which recorded the CD burning equipment that he had only bought for a few years as obsolete office supplies, so he was even more angry, "Linda! In! ”

"What's going on with this YAMAHA burning device? I bought it for more than 30,000 dollars, and now I have to throw it into the warehouse to eat ashes!? He asked, shaking the papers.

"Uh, yes, we have other options now."

Linda called Dion Wilson, the production director of A+ Records, in to help her explain, "We purchased a Philips CD-R recorder this year, which is smaller, faster, and easier to use, and only requires more than a thousand dollars. Dion Wilson called in a technician to answer the question.

"More than 1,000 dollars of equipment can replace more than 30,000 dollars?"

Song Ya didn't believe it, "Take me to see it." ”

When the group entered the warehouse, the technician said to a cabinet the size of a washing machine: "This is YAMAHA's, a product from the early nineties." ”

"This is a new recorder that Philips just launched this year." The technician pointed to a black box that was only half the size of a VCD player, "The technology has improved a lot compared to the former, let me demonstrate it below." ”

Song Ya had no choice but to quietly watch the demonstration comparison, and sure enough, when the Philips machine was burned, the YAMAHA 'washing machine' was still squeaking and working, and there was no obvious difference in the sound quality of the CD disc burned by the two, according to the technician, the probability of Philips carving the discarded disc was even lower.

"Technological advancements, yes? APLUS。 ”

Dion Wilson lamented: "We musicians are always amazed by the speed at which electronics are being replaced, and I've heard that even a full set of the highest level of industrial CD burning pipelines can now be done with millions of dollars." ”

"Wouldn't that be a big development for pirated CDs?"

Song Ya thought of something even worse, "It's not good news for the record industry. ”

"That's right, I've heard that many criminals in Asia buy complete sets of equipment and hide them in small mountain villages, as long as there is no problem with the power supply, a steady stream of pirated CDs and VCD discs will flow into the market, and the cost of each piece is extremely low, and the price will inevitably not be high."

Linda replied: "The film industry can't run either. ”

"Alas! Forget it, so be it. ”

Song Ya knew that he couldn't affect this, Sony, Philips, Panasonic, these electronics giants are not stupid, they lose money in the record industry, and there must be means to make money back on other electronic devices, he signed it and agreed to throw the Yamaha 'washing machine' into the warehouse to eat ashes.

"The good news is that in the future, there will be larger capacity SD or DVD as a carrier, and the piracy of new technologies will inevitably be very difficult, at least in developed countries where copyright protection is good, our records can still be sold."

Linda saw that the boss was a little frustrated, and said with relief.

"In the future, it is estimated that only the top singers or popular records will be able to drive sales, even if it is a listener in a developed country, for the mediocre works of small and medium-sized singers, or if they don't like it the most, just buy pirated discs and listen to it, if it is not good, it will not feel distressed to throw it in the corner and eat ashes."

A woman at the door added that Song Ya turned around, and it turned out to be Fergie's agent Pai Kingsley, and her judgment was very reasonable, but it was still bad news for the record industry as a whole.

"This year, Fergie is going to start making the second album."

The two returned to the office, and Kinsley got straight to the point, "She said you had promised to write a song for her personally?" ”

"Yes, I promised, I've asked Dion Wilson and William Adams to do their best to help her build a new album this year, and I've done everything I need to do."

Song Ya replied: "And in a certain strong list in my second college, she will also have a Feat status." ”

"Can you let me see the score for that song?" Billkinsley asked.

"I haven't written it yet, where did I get the score?"

Song Ya was silent, and there was no apocalypse to say something suitable for Fei Ji to sing, "Don't rush me, wait until my wedding is over to talk about this, okay?" I've been going crazy lately. ”

"Okay."

Billkinsley nodded, "I'll take my other artists to New York as well." ”

"Pretty soup?" Song Ya is happy again, there are the hottest Hollywood male stars among his artists.

"Liangtang won't go, he's not in the mood, you know, Oscar doesn't think about him at all. We were miserable by David Geffen, and we made a big breakthrough in the image of the star, and only got back a movie that was barely a success at the box office, with a production cost of nearly 70 million, 100 million in North Rice, and 220 million in the world, but the cost of publicity and distribution was extremely high. ”

Pykinsley complained, "Now Liang Tang is still suspected by the tabloids of being GAY because of his performance in the movie, and he is obviously married to Nicole a long time ago." ”

The two chatted while determining the budget and plan for the promotion and distribution of this year's album of Ferge, this kind of CAA's strong agent will naturally compete with Becky's interests, and Song Ya can only grind with her one by one.

Last year, Al, Common and William Adams' albums were cold, and this year it was his turn to release a special album with Ferge, and A+ Records' 95-year project also had a Dion Wilson, and the production director has also prepared some songs for himself in recent years, planning to release a rap album this year, all in the second half of the year.

So Song Ya wanted to make a surprise decision before the wedding.

"Ms. Kingsley, just right, you're there too."

When the negotiation was almost settled, Hayden hurriedly pushed the door in and turned on the TV directly, while comforting Song Ya, who was wide-eyed, "Don't worry, boss, it's okay with us this time." ”

Speaking of Liang Tang Liang Tang, on the TV screen, Liang Tang hugged his wife Nicole Kidman and talked to the microphone, "Actually, for me, starring in the project of Night Interview with Vampires is a tortured process, we filmed for six months, and we had to try some breakthrough performances and relationships, which are completely different from my personal values, in a way, it all hurts......"

"Damn."

Billkinsley scolded, "He's starting to talk nonsense when I'm not around, I really don't know when this big boy will really mature." ”

She got up anxiously and said goodbye, "I'm sorry, APLUS, I have to rush back to Los Angeles to put out the fire, Liang Tang must have made this statement because he was impatient by the tabloids, he also resented David Geffen's oath to Oscar when he pulled us into the vampire project at night, David Geffen didn't do what he promised us, so Liang Tang is blowing up when he touches it now...... But Mr. David Geffen certainly doesn't think so, he should be angry by now, the vampire who visited this Chinese New Year's Eve was frustrated at the Oscar nomination stage, and now he has to be complained about by the actor......"

"I understand, goodbye, Ms. Kingsley, I won't send you."