Back to 1995

Kalanick is attending a grand reception, which Ovitz, the former CAA emperor, personally hosted for him.

Hollywood actresses, models, champagne, and fine wine, wherever they went to the banquet, they were full of respect. Today, Kalanick seems to have reached the pinnacle of his life!

Holding Kalanick's arm was a new Hollywood actress. At this moment, her body seemed to have no bones, and she leaned on Kalanick.

After all, who wouldn't want to date a diamond tycoon? In the center of the banquet, there was a big cake marked with five followed by nine zeros, implying that Scour's valuation at this moment has exceeded $50 billion!

Seeing that piece of cake, the little actress in Kalanick's arms softened a bit. Hollywood also needs the support of big money owners. It's like Yi, but who doesn't want to be that person?

In recent years in Hollywood, Jenny has become famous by relying on big money owners. There are many voices who scold Jenny for relying on big money owners to get resources, but actresses like Kalanick's arms, The eyeballs of Jenny who are also envious are a little red!

Leaning in Kalanick's arms, the little actress wondered if he could become the second Bruno Song. At that time, she would have all kinds of Hollywood resources at her fingertips, even like Jenny, a multi-billion-dollar production Movie, waiting for her to be the leading actress...

"Congratulations, my genius!"

Ovitz, the host of the banquet, embraced Kalanick and winked at Kalanick, "How is it? Do you like this banquet?"

"Thank you, Mr. Ovitz." Kalanick felt a little dizzy all over. This kind of wealth, power, beauties, champagne and flattery are really easy to make people intoxicated.

Ovitz laughed a few times, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Kalanick was pleasing to the eye. He felt that Kalanick was the most correct investment he made in the rest of his life!
"You deserve these, I promise, when Scour goes public, you will see a party that is ten times bigger than today, and the Oscar queen will personally pour you wine!"

Ovitz told Kalanick that by the time Scour goes public, Kalanick's worth will probably be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Even Hollywood movie queens and queens can't refuse such a diamond king.

"Mr. Ovitz, the listing of Scour is not..."

Looking at the excited Ovitz, Kalanick wanted to explain to him in a low voice that it was not so easy for Scour to go public, and Scour's valuation soared, so Kalanick had nothing to do with it .

The emergence of the Alcatel P2 mobile phone made MP3 digital music appear in front of the world for the first time. The Diamond MP3 player may completely detonate this concept. Scour basically did nothing, and then won inexplicably...

At this moment, a partner of Scour rushed in, whispered a few words in Kalanick's ear, and Kalanick's face changed drastically.

"Sorry everyone, I have very important things to deal with right now!"

Holding on for the last time, Kalanick walked away quickly, and Kalanick didn't bother to take a second look at the little actress who was eyeing him.

Seeing the sudden situation, there were whispering voices at the banquet, and then many people received calls, and then left with various excuses.

Looking at the gradually empty banquet hall, Ovitz's face became gloomy. When he was the emperor of the CAA brokerage company, who would dare to treat him like this?

After Ovitz made a few phone calls, his complexion became even more ugly. When he returned to his room, he turned on the TV channel in Los Angeles. There was news about Scour without Ovitz looking for it.

"Warner Records, Universal, Sony and other record groups, together with more than 29 record and film and television groups, formally filed a class action lawsuit against Scour through the Recording Industry Association RIAA in the Los Angeles Federal Court!"

Ovitz looked at the names of the Hollywood giants on TV, and frowned deeply. Ovitz also knew that Scour's copyright issue had always existed. He always believed that Scour could solve the problem with Hollywood. Regarding the issue of copyright, I didn't expect that Hollywood didn't seem to want to let Scour go.

"Representatives of Warner, Universal and other major record groups declared that Internet music and film and television platforms led by Scour have seriously infringed Hollywood's copyright and violated federal copyright laws.

It is reported that Kalanick may face a huge claim of up to 2500 billion US dollars! "

Ovitz stared at the news on TV in astonishment, and it took him a while to confirm that he was not mistaken. The compensation of 500 billion US dollars, in this year, can buy most of Microsoft, General Electric, Yahoo, AOL After waiting for a group of companies, they were packaged and bought, which is equivalent to the GDP of Sweden and other countries in Western Europe for a whole year.

Hollywood, making such a claim against Kalanick is to kill him and Scour. Obviously, such compensation is not expected to be repaid by Kalanick. It is still to force him to go bankrupt. According to the bankruptcy system of America, As long as Kalanick declares personal bankruptcy and does not want Scour, he will basically not have to pay the sky-high compensation.

He sat down dejectedly. After the excitement dissipated, Ovitz suddenly seemed to be ten years older. He bet on Scour, but now, Scour is obviously a little unreliable. With this lawsuit, Scour is not Want to go public.

Scour was sued by a Hollywood giant, and immediately became a hot news in America. The Internet and Hollywood, two seemingly incompatible industries, were involved for the first time, but I didn't expect it to be this way!

No matter how controversial the Internet and Hollywood are, whether Scour will go bankrupt, whether Kalanick will go to jail, Diamond Rio300 is still selling soaringly.

For one week in a row, the shipment has exceeded one million units. Not only in America, but also in other overseas regions, the acceptance of this MP3 player is also very high, after all, the price is there!

Stimulated by Diamond MP3, Samsung, Siemens, Plam, etc. all announced that they will launch their own MP3 in the near future. After all, the process is simple, the cost is not high, and the profit is not low. How can these electronic companies bear it.

And Warner Records and other giants are also suing Scour in full swing. They are sure to win this lawsuit. Even Scour gritted his teeth and formed a luxurious lawyer team, but Warner Records will definitely win this lawsuit in the end. Wait, it depends on whether Scour can avoid bankruptcy and huge claims and continue to live, but the lawsuit cannot end immediately, at least it will be delayed for a while.

Internet platforms such as Scour have been jittery, but Warner Music and others are not having a good time.

I originally thought that after killing Scour, other platforms would be restrained, but the hot sale of MP3 players has led to the emergence of various Internet music platforms, and even some platform servers are set up in Canada, Overseas markets such as England are beyond the reach of Hollywood.

"Now on Yahoo, AOL and other platforms, there are more than 3 million discussions and reports on MP1000 every day, and there are more than 50 songs, which are transmitted on the Internet every day. Samsung, Siemens, Plam, etc. enter the MP3 player industry. It is expected that next year At the beginning, the shipment volume of MP3 is in the unit of [-] million every year!
Even if Scour is turned off, it cannot change the fact that digital music such as MP3 has become the mainstream of users. In the future, more users may choose to download MP3 music online! "

Paul Vidic, president of Warner Music, said to the heads of North America of Morris, Motura, BMG and EMI who finally got together.

Originally, the record group thought that after getting rid of Scour, they would scare off those Internet music platforms, but who knew, it didn't have much effect at all. The sales of MP3 players continued to skyrocket, and all kinds of unauthorized music on the Internet , film and television, etc., are still being widely circulated.

Morris, Motura, and the North American president of EMI Records were all silent. The current situation is indeed a situation they have never encountered in so many years. This kind of invisible and intangible opponent is really It's a headache for them.

"Maybe, we should talk to Saipan Music Store once!"

Paul Vidic looked at the crowd and said.