Back To 1995: Chapter 456 Pandora\'s box
Chapter 456 Pandora's Box
The second-generation Alcatel mobile phone P2 requested by Song Yang, in terms of performance requirements, the technical requirements are more difficult.
In terms of technology, it is not as simple as simple superposition. To add a function, it may be necessary to make changes in both software and hardware.
"There is another aspect," Ertian didn't notice, and Hobro said, "If Alcatel mobile phone is going to launch a music phone, then music copyright may be a big problem!"
The five major record companies in the world are like a mountain, pressing down on all people related to records in the world, and compared with the major film and television giants in Hollywood, the influence of the major record companies is much greater.
Warner Music, Universal Music, Bertelsmann's BMG, EMI, and Sony's Columbia Records have formed a large network of record copyrights all over the world, making any company that wants to enter this industry feel desperate!
Why did Sony buy Columbia Records in the first place? Part of the reason was that the Japanese had a lot of money to buy the whole of America. The other part was that Sony sold these music products in order to promote its own Walkman and other products. If there are no songs to listen to, then absolutely is a disaster.
Sony has suffered a lot in America, and has also been slaughtered for being taken advantage of. However, the layout of the film and record industry also allows Sony to sell its electronic products wantonly without worrying about being hurt by copyright. Stuck neck.
Hearing Hobro mentioning the copyright, Ertian also suddenly came to his senses, entering the music industry, several major record giants are the biggest obstacles in the way.
"Western Films will cooperate with Alcatel Mobile to establish a record department, and acquire some music copyrights from other small and medium-sized record companies for download and use by Alcatel mobile phone users. Cooperation agreement..."
"What if they refuse to cooperate?"
Hearing this, Song Yang showed a regretful look on his face, "Then there is no other way!"
Seeing Song Yang's expression, Ertian and Hoblo couldn't help showing ugly expressions on their faces. If Alcatel mobile phone launched a P2 music phone, and users can't download music at all, or the copyright fee is too expensive, That music phone, I'm afraid it's a bit tasteless.
Just when Ertian felt that the P2 music phone might be unreliable, he heard Song Yang say again, "Alcatel mobile phones have always advocated users to download safe and genuine software, music or other products, but if users If you bypass the Alcatel mobile phone official website and download from other places, then the Alcatel mobile phone can only express regret..."
Hearing these inexplicable but meaningful words, Ertian and Hoblo were a little confused for a while, not knowing what Song Yang meant.
"Recently, a new Internet company Scour website appeared in Silicon Valley. The founder is the Internet genius Kalanick. This is a website that uses P2P technology as a search engine. Using the technology of Scour website, you can search many movies and TV shows on the Internet. , records, etc., these data are basically shared by users and uploaded to the Internet platform!"
Ertian, who is not yet familiar with the Internet, still has a little understanding when he hears Song Yang's words. He feels that Song Yang seems to have said something, but it seems that he didn't say anything.
Hoblo fully understood the meaning of Song Yang's words. He already felt that Song Yang was going to play something, but this made him even more surprised.
"Let users of P2 music phones download music through websites like Scour?!"
Hobrow finally said it, Ertian was stunned for a while, and finally knew what Song Yang just said at the beginning.
Alcatel Mobile will launch a genuine music website. It wants to cooperate with record companies such as Universal and Sony Music to obtain their music licenses. And know.
The Alcatel mobile phone will not launch pirated music, but if there are other websites that provide pirated music for users to download, then the Alcatel mobile phone cannot be stopped. After all, even several major record companies cannot control it. For mobile phones, can you still control users from listening to pirated music?
It's like, someone did something bad with a kitchen knife. You can't blame the manufacturer of the menu, isn't it a good thing...
Listening to this theory of using magic to defeat magic, Ertian and Hobrow didn't know what to say for a while, but Hobrow always felt that if he did this, it seemed to be opening Pandora's box. something is going to happen.
Ertian was thinking about Song Yang's words. Alcatel produces music phones, and websites like Scour provide free music for users to download. This suddenly broke through the restrictions of the record group, but it seems that the unlucky ones are several major records group…
In Song Yang's heart, he mourned for a minute's silence for Kalanick, the "most unlucky Internet practitioner in history" and the most "kind" man in the world. Alcatel mobile phones need to let him and the Scour website act as cannon fodder, so that users can download Only music can be sold. Music phones and... MP3!
"P2 mobile phone, if it is a brand-new mobile phone, in addition to the functions supported by P1 mobile phone, new functions must be added, such as MP3 music, memory card and other functions. P3 mobile phone must support camera function. Every generation of Alcatel Mobile phones must have new changes!"
Song Yang said to Ertian that after a few generations of music phones, camera phones and other products, Alcatel mobile phones have basically become synonymous with "trends" in the mobile phone industry.
"In addition to the P2 phone next year, we can try to launch a flip phone to expand the product line of Alcatel phones!"
It is impossible for Alcatel mobile phones to dominate the world with only one mobile phone. The flagship mobile phone will not break away from the candy bar mobile phone in the future, and will transition all the way to the era of smart phones in the future.
However, in addition to flagship phones, Alcatel mobile phones will also launch flip phones, sliders, full keyboards, waterproof phones, etc. to attract more users, otherwise a product line is too thin.
"The Symbian system needs to be upgraded as soon as possible. In addition, we need to start cooperation with America Telecom. On the P2 mobile phone, it is expected to cooperate with America Telecom on some communication business projects."
Alcatel P2 mobile phone supports MP3 music, and things like color ring tones, multimedia messages, and color pictures can all be arranged. A qualified leek has not stepped on these pitfalls, how can it be said that it has entered the era of mobile Internet?
After Hobro left, Song Yang asked Ertian to stay. After taking a look at Ertian, Song Yang said to him, "Alcatel mobile phone needs to develop a new product, MP3 music player!"
Ertian, who was about to get up and leave the field, couldn't help but sit down again when he heard this, and couldn't help but asked Song Yang worriedly, "Is this too risky?"
The launch of a music phone can be a sideshow. After all, music is only a function of the P2 phone, and the Alcatel phone can also be pushed out.
But if Chiguoguo launched an MP3 music player, and then let MP3 users go to Scour and other websites to download music, wouldn't that be a lice on the bald head, obviously cheating several major record companies, and the work was done Some are too obvious.
“MP3 players will be the mainstream products in the next electronic music era. Walkmans, CD players, tapes, Sony MDs, etc. will all be replaced by MP3!”
Compared with mobile phones, even if music phones appear, it is difficult to replace MP3 in a short period of time. The key is only one thing, cheap...
Compared with mobile phones, the price of MP3 is low no matter what, and it can meet the needs of many users. For listening to music, MP3 will still be one of the mainstream products in the electronics industry, at least before the advent of the smart phone era.
Of course, Song Yang has another purpose. After the launch of the Alcatel P2 mobile phone, with the help of MP3, the water in the record industry is completely muddied, so that several major record giants don't care about the trouble of finding Alcatel mobile phones!
"Alcatel mobile phones will not directly produce MP3 players, but can authorize other brand manufacturers to produce MP3 players."
Song Yang said to Ertian, as long as the first MP3 appears, the 100 millionth MP3 will not be far away. Compared with mobile phones, there may still be some thresholds, and the MP3 industry is a chaos up.
"Alcatel developed MP3 technology and patents for mobile phones, authorized them to other brands for production, and asked the software department to design a song management system alone!"
This song management system is theoretically the same as Apple's iTunes music store, that is, to prevent unreviewed songs from appearing on MP3 players. The only purpose of this song management system is to provide users with Make a reminder, for example, on a shop selling kitchen knives, the kitchen knife is only for cutting vegetables, and the beginning of a movie in an island country reminds you that you must be over 18 years old to watch the movie, etc.
Essentially, it’s all about taking off your pants and farting, but with this song management system, it is very important to be able to stop the lawsuits from several major record companies!
Ertian could hear that Song Yang was preparing to completely muddy the record industry. After a long pause, Ertian nodded and said, "I will let Alcatel's R&D department set up an MP3 experiment room!"
The media is still reporting the news of Alcatel mobile phones in full swing. The sales of P1 mobile phones continue to hit new historical records. However, Alcatel mobile phones have begun to calm down internally, and the R&D department has begun to be busy again.
Afterwards, news spread that Alcatel Mobile will use 2% of its profits to reward the entire staff of Alcatel Mobile. The management and R&D personnel will get the bulk of it. It is estimated that the bonus may not be less than 80 million The US dollar may even exceed 100 million US dollars. As soon as the news came out, the entire Silicon Valley was shaken!
(end of this chapter)