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"Paul Vidic wants to see me?"

At dinner, Hobrow, Ken Williams and others stayed at Song Yang's side, and Gallo served as the barbecue chef. Let's not talk about whether the taste is good or not. Gallo's worth is now a billionaire. Is it important for Hobro and Williams to let a billionaire cook the barbecue himself?

Hearing that Hobro mentioned that Paul Vidic wanted to see him, Song Yang showed interest.

Paul Vidic's status is not low, the head of one of the five major record groups, but... that's all. Kalanick, then Paul Vidic is a big shot.

But now, Time Warner is pulling out, and the one who can match up with Song Yang must be Paul Vidic's immediate boss, Jerry Levin, the head of Time Warner Group, himself.

As for the five major record groups, Song Yang is not surprised if he knows that Scour and Diamond MP3 players are supported by Alcatel mobile phones and Symbian music stores. Only then did Song Yang wonder if they were holding some bad water secretly.

"Tell Vidic and I'll go see him!"

Song Yang is not going to procrastinate any longer. The prelude has already been performed, and it is just a matter of time. If he pretends to be, there will be no "surprise". It is better to show his cards and tell the major record groups, Scour, Diamond Wait, it is supported by Alcatel mobile phones and Symbian Music Store, how can they support Symbian Music Store?

Now, it is obvious that the situation in the recording industry is about to deteriorate, and MP3 digital music is almost flooding. Warner and the recording giants, who else can cooperate with them, besides Saipan Music Store? !

It is not impossible for those record giants to expect Apple to launch iTunes or Spotify, or Yahoo and AOL to enter the music industry and compete with Symbian music stores, but it will take time.

If the five major records don't sign the alliance under the city and open the copyright library to the Saipan music store, then Song Yang doesn't mind smashing the record industry completely, as long as he supports Scour, Napster, America Music Network and other websites to continue to do things and publish It took a year and a half to file a lawsuit for them with a huge sum of money, and the entire record industry was about to be smashed to pieces!
Anyway, Song Yang didn't feel sorry for him. He didn't have much investment in the record industry. He mainly sold mobile phones and MP3s. The record industry was broken, but it didn't delay the sale of mobile phones and MP3s. Maybe because of the copyright confusion, the machines sold even more. many……

Think about it, which one is more valuable than the record market, which is worth 200 billion dollars a year, or the electronic product industry, which is hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars a year?

Song Yang took a bite of the beef and had to say that Gallo's barbecue skills are getting better and better.

Looking at Hobro, Song Yang said, "Tomorrow, let Elthian and William Schedler attend the meeting with Warner Records!"

Hobrow, who was eating meat, almost choked when he heard this, and quickly took a few sips of wine. He knew that Song Yang was going to have a showdown with the record group.

Standing in the administrative office building of Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park, Paul Vidic can see a huge construction site in the distance, where countless construction vehicles gather, and flags of construction companies are planted around, Paul Vidic Qi knew that was the new headquarters of Alcatel Mobile.

The design of Alcatel Mobile's new headquarters is a global tender, and the design fee alone cost tens of millions of dollars. The American architectural magazine crazily touted the new headquarters of Alcatel Mobile. Once it is completed, it will lead the new The office function trend of a generation...

How good it is, Paul Vidic doesn't know, but he has seen it from many media, touting the completion of Alcatel Mobile's new headquarters, which will be one of California's new landmarks.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Paul Vidic turned his head and looked at the people who entered the conference room. Their eyes met. The atmosphere between Paul Vidic and the people was a little delicate for a while.

In the face of the "bad owner", William Schedler, who is not thick enough, is still a little embarrassed. It seems that the music downloaded by Diamond MP3 users is not genuine music, and the five major record groups are digging corner of the wall.

"President William, I heard...the sales volume of Diamond Rio300 is very good?" Paul Vidic spoke first.

William Schedler nodded noncommittally, before waiting for Vidic to attack, he preemptively stood on the moral high ground, "Dimeng hopes to allow users to enjoy the convenience brought by new products in the electronics industry!

Listen, Vidic, I know you have a problem with Diamond, but consumers don't want to be treated like criminals, and artists don't want their work to be plagiarized, that's not what Diamond MP3 was designed for.

However, now users do not have a channel to download genuine MP3 music, and the copyright library songs in the Saipan Music Store are really too small! "

The more you say it, the smoother it is. This is the interview draft prepared by the public relations team for William Schadler when facing the media interview. Now it is directly used.

Looking at the awe-inspiring William Schadler, Paul Vidic's face was a little dark, and co-authored, the current situation has nothing to do with the "culprit" of the Diamond League, but the five major records "deserved", should be released earlier Copyright library, open to Saipan Music Store?

His face twitched, and Paul Vidic, who was about to fight back, saw the door of the conference room being pushed open again, and a large group of people filed in, making him hold back his words.

Song Yang, who entered the meeting room, saw Paul Vidic with a dark complexion, and William Schedler with a proud face. He didn't know what the two talked about. Man, he was able to annoy Vidic.

"Say hello to President Jerry Levine for me, I heard that he seems to be very busy recently!"

Song Yang said with a pun, and Vidic's heart tightened when he heard it. He didn't know if Song Yang knew something, but he always felt that Song Yang seemed to be alluding to the merger of AOL and Time Warner.

"President Jerry, I've been looking forward to meeting Director Bruno!"

Facing Song Yang, Vidic could not present the scores of the five major record groups, not only him, but also Universal's Morris and Sony Music's Motura.

Looking at the crowd of Hobro, Ertian, William Schedler and others in the meeting room, Paul Vidic secretly sighed in his heart. If Kalanick sat here again at this time, he would not There is nothing strange.

The "black hand" responsible for the recording industry's woes is right around the corner, but Paul Vidic can't even lose his temper!
Taking a deep breath, Vidic said, "I know that many users, including some people here, have more or less opinions on the record group, but believe me, the record industry needs order, and the record group It is the existence of maintaining order, singers, record companies, fans, the record group needs to balance all these!"

"If the record industry loses the record group, it won't take two years for the entire global record industry to collapse."

Song Yang, Hobro and others did not deny this point. Even if the five major record companies fall, there will still be new giants to replace them. did.

But the existence of the five major record groups is indeed maintaining the order of the record industry, discovering singers, cultivating singers, releasing records, supporting singers and creative teams, so that the entire record industry can operate.

"However, now is the time to change, and the record industry is no exception. The arrival of digital music is inevitable, and no one can stop it!" Song Yang also said.

Paul Vidic didn't object to Song Yang's words, but nodded, "This is also the purpose of my visit today. Warner Records can try to cooperate with Saipan Music Store!"

"Saipan Music Store has been looking forward to this day!" Hearing Vidic's initiative, Hobro couldn't help being a little excited.

As soon as Paul Vidic reached out his hand, he signaled that the cooperation he said was subject to "conditions", "Director Bruno, the reason why I invite you to participate today is that I hope that no matter what relationship between Diamond MP3 and Alcatel mobile phone, or other MP3 manufacturers authorized by Alcatel or Diamond must download genuine music in the future, and I need to guarantee this!"

Regardless of the technical difficulties, Vidic needs a promise from Alcatel Mobile and Diamond, whether it is the products sold by them or the MP3 players authorized to produce, users must buy from Symbian Music Store or other Channels, downloading genuine music, the recording industry cannot afford to lose more paying users.

Song Yang, Eltian, and Hobrow looked at each other, and Hobrow finally nodded, and now he has to learn the "Apple certification". As long as the electronic equipment equipped with the Symbian system has Only the Symbian system certification can download games, music, videos, games, etc. This system is somewhat unfriendly to users, but it does work.

"No problem, the Saipan Music Store will launch an anti-theft system. For each song that enters the copyright library of the Saipan Music Store, a sequence and code are individually set to ensure that it will not be redistributed and can be traced!" Hob Luo said.

Paul Vidic doesn't understand those technologies. What he needs is a promise, a promise that can be explained to the Time Warner board of directors. As for the rest, as for whether it really works, he doesn't have the mind to care about it now.

"Songs from Warner Records in the Saipan Music Store are required to be sold as albums!"

"We demand 70% of song sales!"

"Every sale of electronic equipment that contains MP3 songs should give Warner Music a dollar fee!"

"impossible!"

Faced with Paul Vidic's conditions, he asked the Saipan Music Store to pay Warner Music's copyright fee of several hundred million dollars at one time, and he also asked to sell a machine and pay Warner a sum of money. The entire meeting room stopped. Noisy.