Chapter 431: Bringing the Magazine Online
In any case, these two phone calls seemed to prove that launching a 'rebellion' was less urgent, and Song Ya put other energy into business in addition to preparing for the exam.
"Delay, is there a response from the whole music?" As soon as Taragi left, many calls had to be made by him personally, which was very unaccustomed.
"Ellervine, the founder of All Music, and Miller Freeman, the editor-in-chief, had no intention of bringing in new investors, and they very simply refused." DeLay replied.
"Didn't you say last time that they needed money to move their services from Gopher to the World Wide Web?" Song Ya asked.
"But they don't want to take your money, and Ellevine has been friends with Bob Dylan and Iggy for many years, and he has no shortage of financing channels in the music industry. The all-music stance is also biased towards rock music, not very friendly to hip-hop music, and because they provide online lyrics, they pay more attention to the level of lyricism than melody, so NAS is rated higher than you by them, street poets or something. ”
DeLay said: "Give it up APLUS, it's better to have your own music website with this money, I heard that it's not expensive, and the World Wide Web hasn't started charging like Gopher." ”
"Do it yourself?"
"Yes, do it yourself, it's very simple, I know it." DeLay said.
"Can the website project get land in Silicon Valley?" Now the overall atmosphere on the Internet is to support free, sharing or something, don't think about making money, Song Ya immediately thought of the fact that Reese had been persuading herself to take land in Silicon Valley in the name of the project.
"I don't know, you ask Reese." DeLay replied.
Before calling Reese, he called two tech nerds in the company, "How's that UIUC World Wide Web client?" ”
"It's already online, and the response is very hot! Can you use your computer? ”
Andrew and Henry excitedly helped him download and open the Mosaic client, and then typed down a list of URLs, "You see, many universities have set up their own websites. ”
"Really?"
Song Ya used it casually, and the familiar feeling of ease came back, "Did you tell that programmer about my investment?" That undergrad named Mark Anderson. ”
He refused, saying that he wanted to wait until he graduated at the end of the year to make a decision, and now that everything in Mosaic belongs to UIUC, if he accepts investment privately, he will definitely not want to graduate.
"Bill Gates and Steve Jobs dropped out of school to found Microsoft and Apple." Song Ya said.
"They didn't drop out of school with half a year left after graduation." Henry smiled, "And how can you make money from something like Mosaic?" The World Wide Web itself is free, unlike MS-DOS and Windows that sell software by the port, and it's not a hardware device like Apple computers. ”
"Okay, I see, I'll think again."
Song Ya then called Reese and asked if the network company project could successfully get the land in Sunnyvale, and then he called Delay.
"Bringing America Music Magazine content online? Good idea, but ......"
He thought carefully about DeLay's suggestion, "I only own fifty-one percent of that magazine, half and half with Rick Rubin, and I don't want to share this business with him." ”
"There's always a way to get around him, right?" DeLay asked.
"I'll ask." He called Samur again.
"You can get the authorization to distribute the magazine's content on the Internet through a content broker, sign a long-term contract and you're good to go." Samur gave professional advice, "Then go to Silicon Valley to get land through this middleman with the project." ”
"Do you think you can make money? By hoarding land? Song Ya asked.
"It should be no problem, and now there are people who do this, and many manufacturers package their products and technology and information technology into high-tech or information technology products, and then enter the Bay Area and Silicon Valley through various names." Samuel said.
"Then do it!"
Just do it, since the idea was Dillay, then let him taste the sweetness as well, he asked Dillay to make a budget, and then called Rick Rubin.
"Hey, Rick."
"APLUS, I haven't been in touch for a long time, how is it? Isn't school life boring? ”
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, "Rick, what do you think of my A+ Audio company wanting to bring content from America Music Magazine to the World Wide Web?" ”
"Is this a business?" Rick Rubin asked.
"Yes, it's not a lot of money, but it will allow us to lose less." Song Ya flickered.
"How much?"
"It's about 100,000 dollars a year."
"That's enough money for something...... "Will it affect the magazine's sales?" said Rick Rubin. ”
"No, the content of the website will be delayed for a long time."
"Well, that's also an income, isn't it." Rick Rubin is insensitive to this, "but I'll ask an acquaintance first." ”
"Who?"
"Littleman."
"Oh, why did you hear that name again, don't be like that Rick, I don't want to deal with someone like Litman in my life, he made a lot of money selling us magazines, and now we are losing millions a year, do you really want to continue to trust him?"
"Haha, okay, then you can call the shots, anyway, the magazine is controlled by you."
"So we're done?"
"It's settled."
That's it, Song Ya called Shirley Fleming again, this old lady who is more out of touch with the rapid development of society is better fooled, she agreed without thinking much after confirming that it would not affect sales.
"So what's this...... Where can the website record all the past issues of the American Music Magazine? Can you find it from a hundred years ago? That's what the old lady cared about, "Like a museum?" ”
"Yes, how? That's not a bad idea, is it? Once you've got it all right, others will be able to read what you published decades ago. Song Ya said.
"Okay, when will I do the collection work, I have stored all the previous issues of the magazine in the warehouse, and there are a lot of copies."
"I'll do it as soon as possible."
Hanging up the phone, Song Ya asked Delay to use the expected income of the copyright library and DTS equity as collateral, loaned 10 million, and in addition to acquiring land in Silicon Valley, he would also acquire several small synthesized music copyright libraries, so that the market share of A+ audio could return to 7 percent, or even a little higher, about 8 percent.
“APLUS!”
As soon as he finished this matter, he received Motula's phone call in class, and the angry other party came up and asked directly: "You helped Mimi change all the bodyguards!?" ”
"It's not appropriate to say that it is not appropriate, she just asked the bodyguards arranged by the company to go back to her post, Mr. Motura, she feels that those bodyguards treat her like prisoners, and she needs more personal bodyguards." Song Ya replied: "So I said hello to CNA insurance company, which I have been working with for a long time. ”
"Those people are APLUS that I arranged, and I'm not happy that you're doing this!"
Motura said: "I know you are good friends, but you can't meet her demands without a bottom line! ”
"Satisfying ......"
Song Ya coughed twice, "I'm sorry, Mr. Motula, I know you also have good intentions, but her bodyguards are really excessive, she is a star, not a prisoner." ”
"Okay, okay, I'm busy right now, I'll clean you up when I get back to New York!"
"Wait, Mr. Motura, what are you up to? I heard you're in Neverland? Is it MJ's tour? ”
"What are you asking about this?"
"Well, I'm going to go to South Africa in the summer, I wonder if MJ has similar plans? Let's do something charity together......"
"Stop dreaming!"