When I am reborn in Hong Kong, I just want to lie down

While Li Bu was celebrating the new millennium at home, a new product launch conference was being prepared at the Future Theater in North America.

The Future Grand Theater is the largest cinema in the Entrepreneurship Park, and it is also the auditorium of the Entrepreneurship Park. At first, many office areas were built in the Entrepreneurship Park, but it was found that there was still land in the central area, and nothing was built. Finally, Li Bu thought, in the future, this place Many companies and subdivided companies will be born. These companies will definitely release some new products or hold press conferences.

In the past, when he saw fruit companies, they often held press conferences in the conference hall. He felt that this was very cool, and he wanted to build a conference venue like this and decorate it with the most modern technology. After it was completed, It is named the Future Grand Theater. It has the world's most advanced audio and video playback system. This system alone cost more than 2000 million US dollars.

On January 2000, 1, the venue was set up, and a company named imusic will hold a press conference here. This company has S-PC parent company as a shareholder, accounting for 5%, and the entrepreneurial park accounts for 30%. There are also some other unknown funds and institutions. It is such a company that held a new product launch conference in the name of S-PC's parent company.

Earlier, an invitation letter with a theme called 'Millennium Gift' was sent to major media, inviting them to attend this press conference.

The major media have speculated about what this is going to do. If it is such a big deal, is it another blockbuster product like S-PC?

There are also speculations on the Internet, and people are seeking answers. However, this time the product is more tightly blocked and nothing is disclosed to the outside world.

In some forums, some people have discussed whether it is a new generation of s-pc, because in recent years, the new s-pc has only been upgraded in hardware and system, and there is not much else.

There are also some posts that hold the view that it cannot be an S-PC because it is a very highly completed product and has reached the extreme. The new generation of S-PC is already very good.

In some newspapers, the invitation letter is regarded as the front page, and the content inside is very simple. January 2000, 1, 5 a.m., Pioneer Park, Future Grand Theater

The simple words are in line with S-PC's style. This is their usual style, arrogant and not explaining much.

Amid speculation from the outside world, January 1th arrived. On this day, the upper and lower floors of the venue, which could accommodate 5 people, were packed. On this day, more than 3000 media and some lucky enthusiasts also came. This future theater.

At ten o'clock in the morning, all the lights in the Grand Theater were turned off, and then a light shone down in the middle of the theater, and then appeared in the light was Jennifer Connelly, known as the Queen of Technology. She was dressed casually, just like the entrepreneurial park style, like this The style can be seen everywhere in the entrepreneurial park. Jennifer, who wears a little makeup, looks like a college student today, which is easy to accept.

“Welcome everyone to come here, you will witness the birth of two new products. This is a product that can be recorded in the history of science and technology. It is the pinnacle of industrial design aesthetics. Now, let’s appreciate its beauty. "

The light that shone on her disappeared, and another beam of light shone next to her. On the booth there, a small rectangular box made of brushed metal with rounded edges appeared in front of everyone, and then the big screen in front of them lit up. She stood up, but Jennifer had already stepped aside; she continued to explain: "This is a player, we named it imusic, and it is a music player."

On the screen, first a silver-white imusic appeared, and then the word imusic appeared. Next, Jennifer began to show how to use this gadget. In the picture, she was sitting in a simple hall, outside the huge floor-to-ceiling window. It was looking at the sea in the distance, the camera zoomed in on the gadget in her hand, and a narration sounded in the background.

The first is to search for music. This device can be connected to wifi. There is a software on it, the music mall, which has countless music to choose from, but it requires money. The process is demonstrated above, and a large amount of music is quickly downloaded, and then Plug in your headphones and listen to your favorite music.

The music playing sounds in the background, which is very convenient.

Then Jennifer's voice came from the venue. She said: "This product now has two models: 8g and 16g."

As she finished speaking, the prices of the two products appeared on the big screen, the 8g model was US$399, while the 16g model was US$599.

And open online ordering time, offline store or delivery time.

线上订购时间是2000年1月15日，线下门店或者配送时间是1月25日。

When the price appeared in front of everyone, they felt that this product was very cheap. What they didn't know was that the price was indeed cheap. The ex-factory price was 350 US dollars and 550 US dollars, and the company only made less than [-] US dollars. and one hundred dollars, the real money maker is the music mall.

The above music costs money. The price of a song is 3 US dollars. Only the music copyright can get 1 US dollar. The store can get 1 US dollar. The music player may also get [-] US dollar. This is a weird rule. It’s called platform usage fee.

Later, what people called the xx tax came from this.

After the press conference, it immediately spread on the Internet. They felt that such a beautiful electronic product only cost 399 US dollars and 599 US dollars, which was really cheap. Many people decided to buy 8g, feeling that 8g can store a lot of things. , there is no need to buy 16g, and some people like 16g, not for anything else, they just need it, but what they don’t know is how much money they need to pay if they want to save 8g or 16g.

A high-quality music file requires 20MB, and 8GB requires more than 300 songs, which costs US$16, while 600GB contains almost [-] songs and costs US$[-], which is no cheaper than vinyl records.

After the press conference that day, this product attracted widespread attention from audiophiles, and aroused enthusiastic responses from many electronic enthusiasts. The original Walkman and other products were outdated, and this product was their favorite. , he is not only beautiful, but also cool, giving people a full sense of style.

A phone call came from Xiangjiang to Jennifer.

"Congratulations, Jenny, you did great!"