At the beginning of 1998, an American guy named Sean came up with the idea of making his own MP3 software because of his roommate's poor experience with Internet Mp3 downloads. After tossing and turning for more than half a year, a free MP3 search and download software called Napster was launched.

In the beginning, the major record companies didn't take it seriously.

However, this Napster software then swept the entire United States at a speed that no one expected in just a few months - the peak number of permanent users was nearly 40 million, and the peak reached as much as 80 million, directly dealing a devastating blow to the physical record industry in Europe and the United States.

Warner, Sony, EMI and other international giants jointly filed a lawsuit against it, which curbed the momentum of Napster's development with the help of legal means.

In February 2001, after more than a year of extremely long litigation periods, Napster was finally found guilty of infringement.

However, although Napster lost the lawsuit, the behavior of founder Sean was like opening the lid of a Pandora's box, and various mp3 piracy methods on the market began to expand like a fly.

And Jobs also took a fancy to this -

He wants to use this Internet tide to make a product that can save both the music industry and Apple's own: the iPod.

In his imagination, since mp3 network downloads are inevitable, it is better for me to make an official and genuine music store, all those who have purchased our products can pay to download and listen to songs on this music store.

Although the songs in the music store are much cheaper than traditional records, at least they are in large quantities!

It's a pity that his idea is very beautiful, but at the beginning it was unanimously rejected by Warner, Sony, EMI and other international giant record companies: it is difficult for them to accept such a low price and they are still a little hesitant about this Internet tide -

After all, they are still a physical record company, and they still have so many channels to raise under their hands, and it is difficult for the ship to turn around.

Even if they joined, it was a question of whether the company's artists would be willing to accept their records being made into mp3s and put them on the iTunes store.

Originally, the giant companies still felt that they were very tough, but as a result, the cruel piracy market directly taught them to be human beings-

The opened Pandora's box could no longer be closed, and after a year of piracy, they had to pinch their noses and return to the negotiating table to restart negotiations with Jobs.

From the beginning of 02 to the end of the year now, the general entry terms have been almost discussed, except for the big names stationed in the shell -

The music store that Steve Jobs envisioned doesn't yet have a big-name artist who can generate enough buzz to move in.

Fans of the old gods have formed the inertia of buying physical records, so the singer himself doesn't scoff at this kind of MP3, at least he doesn't like it;

The Mesozoic King and Queen of Heaven are also in contact with him in private, and many of those topics with a high degree of conversation can bring huge attention are in the lion's mouth.

Jobs, who wanted to continue grinding, at least until Christmas, was reading the newspaper today, but suddenly saw that Time Warner's media was reporting the news that Warner Records' singer Spike Week had created world music history-

Because of Eminem diss Spike Chow, this name, which has gradually faded over time, is now popular in the United States again, coupled with Warner's strength, which blew him into the sky and the earth, which immediately reminded Jobs of the music frenzy that this man set off in the United States-

Once, his English single "yes" B chart won for 12 consecutive weeks, creating a miracle in the history of the Chinese entertainment industry like Chen Long in "Rush Hour 2".

Now, he has once again set a world record in distant China, which is likely to be unprecedented, and unprecedented: he alone dominates the top 10 of Hong Kong's Radio 1 music charts!

Hong Kong, the bustling Oriental city of Jobs, still knew.

This world record undoubtedly impressed Steve Jobs, who is now lacking such talent cooperation.

Moreover, Spike Chow naturally has a layer of topicality: he is also a musician who can write his own songs. Since Eminem wrote a song to scold him with rhythm, he will definitely write a song again and scold him back with the character shown by Spike Chow.

Even if he doesn't want to write or can't write it, Warner will secretly find someone to write it and give it to him, otherwise it will conflict with the character he has set up in the United States.

What's more, Jobs smelled a very strong Internet attribute from this man-

Among the information he gathered, this man is very optimistic about the future of the Internet, even if the market value of China's Internet companies has been losing money, he still keeps spending money to buy.

Such a person will definitely accept Internet music faster than the group of people he is talking about now -

Times have changed.

What age is it, and you are still playing traditional channels!

"I don't want to, but I can't do anything about Internet channels."

Domestic, imperial capital, short and tight.

After complaining to his friend Song Ke on the phone, he knew that he couldn't do anything about it, and this time he really felt that the sky was a little falling.

November 15, 2002, a day that made him feel flustered -

Today, the mother of his ex-girlfriend Junzi, who committed suicide, suddenly stood up and accepted a news interview with some media, attributing his daughter's suicide to him, and once again said her daughter's last words before she died: Short and tight sold me.

At a time when traditional media channels are being controlled, the Internet has grown to some maturity and has become the tipping point of this news-

Because some brothers in Guangdong Province watched the program of Jade Channel, they immediately moved out of Zhou Yi's point of view that he was asked about this on the show: I have vaguely heard of it.

In a word, the mainland Internet splashed directly!

Talk!

Sohu, endorsed by Zhou Yi, directly released the topic of the incident as if it had been prepared, and put it on the fucking homepage - the title is still fucking capitalized and bold red.

The short man looked at it tightly and wanted to scold his mother.

Sohu couldn't get involved, after all, he was kicked out earlier. I wanted to negotiate through the slag wave, but some high-level negative news suddenly broke out inside the slag wave, which caught those who supported him by surprise and took care of themselves-

Well, NetEase exposed.

That's a lot of fun.

The upward momentum of the slag wave, which had already had a rebounding trend in the stock price, was interrupted by this sudden negative news, and the head of the company, Lao Duan, frowned deeply.

"Zhou Yi is not afraid of losing money if he does this? He has a stake of his own, right? ”

"Do you see Zhou Yi like a person who is poor in money? He just breathed a sigh of relief, hasn't his character always been like this......"

“……”

Some remarks that I don't know who made them circulated in the circle, combined with the fact that Zhou Yi himself is now attending a banquet in Hong Kong and is in the limelight, as if he doesn't care about the mainland at all, the more it spreads, the more authenticity becomes.

Lao Wang, the founder of the original slag wave who was kicked out earlier but still retained some shares, didn't know whether it was out of hatred for the board of directors who ousted him or what, but he actually stood up and fell into the trap against some people at the top.

That's a lot of fun.

It doesn't matter what kind of tradition you have in the wild growth of Internet channels, how they attract attention and how they come - by the end of the night, the remarks of "short and tight ex-girlfriend who committed suicide for depression" began to take over......

This remark spread so quickly that there was no way to deal with it on the Internet, which lacked countermeasures.

In particular, there are many fans of Zhou Yi who bet on the reputation of idols to ridicule the short and tight-

"Zhou Yi now has a bright future, unbeatable sales, and has just set a new world record. If you haven't really heard the truth about this, how can you say that you have heard it? Is he full enough to slander? ”

"Indeed, Zhou Yi himself is a student of the law, where will he know the law and break the law."

"That's right, that's right."

“……”

I never expected that I would develop into a "murderer" so quickly in online public opinion, and when facing the group of reporters who crowded to my house for interviews, his face was as black as the bottom of the pot: "What nonsense!" Slander! This is blatant slander!

"He slandered me! He's slandering me! ”

………………………………………………

"Fart! Where am I slandering? ”

On the way to the venue of the celebration of the Peninsula Hotel, Zhou Yi, who was on the back seat of the car, pouted his lips disdainfully, and under Fan Xiaopang's stunned gaze, he said confidently: "What I said is only vaguely heard of Junzi's suicide, and in a legal sense, there is nothing wrong with what I said."

"She's still Wang Feng's ex-girlfriend, can't I hear about it from Wang Feng's mouth?

"At the same time, I don't have any intention of guiding public opinion, because I've been busy promoting the album charts, and I'm still participating in the celebration, and I have a full and sufficient alibi."

“……”

Fan Xiaopang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally closed his mouth.

"If he really dares to say that I am slanderous, then I will send him a lawyer's letter first."

“？？？”

Fan Xiaopang was taken aback: "You want to sue him?" ”

"No, I'll give you the truth: the lawyer's letter is actually no different from toilet paper to me. But in the eyes of the public, it will be a proof of my truth. As for the short and tight himself, believe it or not, he himself is weak-minded, whether he killed himself or not. ”

Before getting out of the car, Zhou Yi smiled slightly and gave an answer that made Fan Xiaopang give a thumbs up.

"You're awesome."

Fan Xiaopang, who got out of the car by Zhou Yi's arm, skillfully faced a crowd of cameras and walked on the red carpet, facing the flash that he had long been accustomed to.

She thought that no matter how she was, she would be able to get one or two questions, but she didn't expect that reporters would flock to Zhou Yi and ask the same question-

"Zhou Yi! Xie Tingfeng appeared at your celebration tonight, what is the situation with you? ”

"Zhou Yi, Xie Tingfeng's first public appearance after coming out was tonight......"

"Zhou Yi, Xie Tingfeng......"

There were seven or eight questions in a row, all about the two former pride who met at the celebration banquet tonight.

It stands to reason that tonight is Zhou Yi's home stadium and his night of honor, and Xie Tingfeng, his former rival, could not appear here.

The two of them have also been in the same frame in Hong Kong until now, and the two have teamed up to divide a bunch Chinese of awards, which is also the starting point of the name of Shuangjiao.

"Xie Tingfeng?"

Zhou Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, and his tone was slightly surprised.

This guy didn't go to do community service after he came out, why did he come here?

Wishing you prosperity?

(End of chapter)