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Chapter 694 Famous Scene

When Jobs arrived at the scene, he met many acquaintances. They used to be in the same family as Apple, but Jobs sold it to Song Yang, the president of ARM Sucksby, the crouching dragon and phoenix of PA Semiconductor, Jim Keller, and the relationship with Jobs. Close Sierra President Williams.

In addition, there are 3M, Knowles Electronics, Micron Technology, ON Semiconductor and other major suppliers in the American electronics industry. Apple also uses components supplied by these companies.

To Jobs' surprise, he saw Palmer, the president of DEC, who was discussing something intensely with Dobber, the president of PA Semiconductor.

"Steve!"

The Williams couple came over and gave Jobs a hug. They were old friends for decades. At the beginning, the Williams couple had also developed games for Apple Computer. A few, rare characters who did not fall out with Jobs.

"Ken, Roberta!"

Seeing the two acquaintances, Jobs also showed a smile on his face. He could bear Jobs' character and temper, and Jobs couldn't help warming up to those who had maintained a good relationship for so many years.

When Jobs returned to Apple and it was on the verge of collapse, Williams and his wife also helped out by introducing white knights to Apple, allowing Song Yang to invest in Apple, buying stocks, stocks and bonds, and saving Apple's life!

It is true that Song Yang also took a lot of things from Apple. ARM chip company made PA Semiconductor and Panda TV become Apple's component suppliers, and Fortinet Antivirus, ICQ, and PayPal became the official software partners of Apple's system.

These conditions, for Jobs, who is domineering and paranoid, can be regarded as an alliance under the city, but given the situation of Apple at the time, there is really no other company that is willing to help Apple, and they are all waiting to see the good show, William Mr. and Mrs. Song, being able to attract Song Yang to invest in it, for Jobs, is already life-saving!

The scene of the conference center was noisy, especially the Alcatel mobile phone supply chain manufacturers, retail channel providers, and Symbian system software developers, who were most excited.

Just like the fruit machine of the later generations is a carnival every time it is released, after the last release of the P1, the supply chain manufacturers that provided parts for the P1 took off in place, and their stock prices skyrocketed. born.

The stock prices of listed companies related to this concept stock have doubled, and component suppliers, mobile phone retail channel dealers, and even scalpers have all made a lot of money. This time, the Alcatel P2 mobile phone is released, so these companies will naturally It is the most active, and they are all counting on the P2 mobile phone to make a lot of money.

In addition to the companies and personnel who were invited to the scene, there was another person who seemed to be incompatible with the scene, but something special, and was invited to sit in the front row.

Using P2P sharing technology, the users of the website have grown by leaps and bounds. The Scour website has exceeded tens of millions of users, and the Internet resources such as music, movies, and books in America have become flooded on the Internet. Hollywood giants have been beaten. dizzy.

Before Hollywood, they didn't look at Internet companies at all. As for the cooperation proposed by the Scour website, it was even thrown into the trash can, but this time, they were embarrassed by the movement made by Scour.

In the latest quarter, the revenues of major Hollywood record groups and movie giants have generally declined. This is the first time this has happened since the 80s. After all, there are cheaper Internet music and movie resources on the Internet that are almost free. Who wants to spend more money to buy records, movie CDs and the like.

Scour also felt that they had unleashed a ferocious beast, and the flood of resources on the Internet was beyond their imagination.

If the website is closed, the venture capital company and investors will be in vain, and the tens of millions of users they have finally attracted will be in vain. If the website is not closed, they may have to sue Hollywood. You must lose, and you could face huge fines.

Kalanick, the founder of the Scour website, has fallen into a dilemma. At this moment, he received an invitation to launch the Alcatel P2 mobile phone.

Kalanick, who was sitting in the front row of the conference center, was a little restless. He was from Los Angeles, and he knew all the Silicon Valley bigwigs present, but he sat in the first row today.

Looking at Jobs, the Williams couple, PA Semiconductor President Dopopper, ICQ Chief Technology Officer Wesley and other big figures not far away, Kalanick could only show a stiff smile. He really didn't know, Why can he sit in the first row.

Sitting next to Kalanick, who was also invited to participate in this kind of press conference for the first time, William Shedler, president of Diamond League, stretched out his hand to Kalanick, "Shedler!"

"Kalanick!"

Kalanick absent-mindedly shook hands with William Sheidler, never thinking how deeply the two would be involved in the future.

William Schedler would not have imagined that the appearance of a "noble person" is often just a moment, and how much money the alliance can make in the future depends on the support of the "noble person".

Kalanick chatted with William Schadler at odds, one with the Internet and Hollywood, and the other with the electronic circle. They basically didn't match up, and naturally they didn't have much in common.

However, when he heard that the Scour website established by Kalanick is a website that provides downloads of music and movies, William Schedler couldn't help being stunned.

"Scour website, that website that provides online video and music resources?" William Sheidler couldn't help asking.

"That's a file shared between users, it has nothing to do with the Scour website, technology is innocent!"

Kalanick explained again that he is a supporter of technology supremacy, just like the most talented man in the country, who developed the "chopper theory" of the fast-broadcasting guy. The difference between good and bad depends only on what the person using it is doing.

Kalanick and the father of Kuaibo share some of the same theories. They insist on the Scour website, which only provides users with P2P technology. The Scour website cannot intervene in the behavior between users, how can the bad guys be innocent for no reason? !
Looking at Kalanick who tried his best to explain this theory to him, William Schedler kept nodding his head in "agreement", but didn't listen to a word. William Schedler only knew that Kalanick was in front of him. He is really courageous, even Hollywood's wool dares to squeeze!

Seeing William Sheidler's expression, Kalanick knew that his efforts were wasted, and he didn't bother to defend himself.

William Schedler looked at Kalanick from time to time, hesitating to speak, his Diamond League is now working with Alcatel mobile phone to develop a new type of music player MP3, and it will be launched soon. sale.

If William Schedler's guess is correct, then this MP3, which is provided by Alcatel mobile phone with technology and funds, and sold under the brand of Diamond, is estimated to be the Scour website for users to download music.

Similarly, using Kalanick's theory just now, Diamond MP3 users, which website they download music from, and whether the downloaded music is genuine or pirated, has nothing to do with Diamond. After all, it is a MP3 seller, which is equivalent to only selling A kitchen knife, whether the user uses the kitchen knife to cut vegetables or chop meat, where can Diamond be in charge?

Looking back, when he saw the organizers and arranged him and Kalanick to sit together, William Shedler was even more weird, and he always had the feeling that the Alcatel mobile phone was doing something.

"Kalanick, no matter what, the Imperial League will thank you and... will always support you!"

William Schedler was ambiguous, and thanked the "noble person" solemnly, which made Kalanick confused, wondering what kind of honey operation William Schedler was doing.

"President Palmer!"

Doble Poole on the side was arguing more and more intensely with Palmer, the president of DEC. The sound of Doble Poole even attracted the attention of Jobs, who was talking with Williams and his wife.

Like Apple, DEC, which beat IBM and kicked Intel, and played very well in both computers and semiconductors, has entered a period of recession after struggling for several years. It is said that it is now looking for a financial backer.

Palmer and Doberpool are from the same school. Both of them came from the semiconductor department of DEC. Doberpool is famous and much older than Palmer.

After Olsen, the old boss of DEC, was getting old and finally couldn't control it, and was forced to give up the head of DEC, Palmer took over DEC. At that time, Dobber had left DEC and established PA Semiconductor. If he doesn't leave, there may be no doubt about whether Palmer is the head of DEC today.

"DEC's semiconductors must not be sold to Intel!"

Doble Poole suppressed his anger, and said to Palmer, today on this occasion, Palmer came to the door suddenly and told Dober Poole the news that DEC couldn't hold on and was about to sell himself!
Palmer came here today because he wanted to bring PA Semiconductor into DEC's list of acquirers. PA Semiconductor is not very good, but its big financier is Song Yang, who just completed a sum of tens of billions. The M&A of Meidao has won such a large financial backer, and DEC is also very greedy.

In the list of DEC's sponsors, in addition to PA Semiconductor, there are Intel, IBM, SUN, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, etc., and it is Intel who makes Dobbpool angry. DEC is fighting with Intel. After several decades, when he was old, he sold himself to his rival. Even Dobpoor, who had already left DEC, couldn't bear it. In that case, it meant that he had been fed dogs for most of his life.

"I can't decide this matter. I can only bring PA Semiconductor into the acquirer!" Palmer said helplessly.

Doble Poole was still arguing with Palmer, and there was a lot of noise in the venue, but it was Song Yang, Alcatel mobile phone president Ertian, Saipan system director Hobro and others, who had already arrived at the venue.

(End of this chapter)