Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 401 When everyone is a villain, there will be no villains in the world

Well, although Roland Allen kept saying that Michael Jackson's shareholding in Sony/ATV and the resulting battle made the Sony music industry unattractive, but if you jump out of the field of music, from Roland- Judging from the industrial structure owned by Allen, the value of Sony Music is actually greater than that of Qualcomm and Juchang, because the existence of those copyrights can create a solid moat for Roland Allen's other industries.

no way!

Who made music the root of the rise of most Internet or technology companies?

In China, the search engine company actually beat all competitors with music.

In 2001 and 2001, Du Niang was only a service company that provided search services for SOHU and SINA. When they analyzed user behavior and found that most users were interested in music, they searched for MP3. Special optimization has been done. Due to the accurate search and free content, it is very popular and sought after by the public as soon as it is updated.

In that year alone, Du Niang’s traffic surged by more than 30%.

If it's just these, it can't actually reflect the awesomeness of music.

Because at this time, Du Niang was only doing searches.

And after tasting the sweetness, they made their own pirated hotlinks.

In 2003, Du Niang's MP3 service was officially launched, and when they threw off their sleeves to do it themselves, this service brought them a traffic increase of more than 50%, because for consumers, this The service is simply not too easy to use!

In the past, when users searched for music on Du Niang, all the websites that popped up were websites like 'DJ Dance Music Network'.

Although music can also be found, it can only be said to be relatively convenient to use.

But now, when users search for music on Du Niang, the main column of Du Niang MP3 pops up. Users don't have to visit other websites as before to filter the content they want. Download the songs you want through Du Niang, and when this one-stop service appears...

Du Niang exploded!

Before 2005, Google's market penetration rate was comparable to Du Niang's, but after 2005, Du Niang's MP3 search and download service reached 72%, and then it skyrocketed, reaching as high as 100% at its peak. 85/85.

Countless young people who have just come into contact with the Internet have boarded Du Niang, a free platform under the guidance of information technology teachers, making it an instant monopoly in the search engine industry. This explosive growth has made people see the value of music, and Also at the same time, Du Niang became the world's largest pirated music website in the eyes of Westerners.

Because of this, the world's seven famous record companies, including Sony, Universal, Warner, and EMI, jointly sued Du Niang in order to protect their own interests. However, due to some complicated and unspeakable reasons, Du Niang From the beginning, she kept winning the lawsuits. It was not until the most stringent copyright order in the history of the streaming music industry in 2015 that Du Niang began to pay copyright fees.

Unfortunately, at this time, things like music are no longer important to Du Niang.

Because of the monopoly of the Du Niang search engine, it has been established in the past twelve years of piracy and hotlinking.

Of course, the success of this kind of indulgence in piracy cannot be replicated, and the reason why Roland Allen needs Sony Music is not to attract Google, the guy who can lie on Yahoo and MSN, but to hope that these copyrights can give Apple's hematopoiesis allows iPod and iTunes to monopolize the global portable media player device market and digital music market.

Since the end of the twentieth century, North America and Europe had already begun to establish a digital music copyright protection system, so the relative perfection of the law allowed a sound payment environment to be born. In this environment, when Roland Allen got Sony Music, Other companies that want to compete with iPod and iTunes can only go through bankruptcy and death, because Roland Allen, who owns Sony Music, can only authorize Apple and ignore the desire of other companies.

That is to say, when the wind of genuine editions prevailed, Sony Music controlled by Roland Allen only granted digital copyrights to Apple. In this case, non-iPod and iTunes users could not enjoy the Beatles, Songs such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, etc. Although this approach will sharply reduce the copyright income of Sony Music, it can also greatly stimulate the choice of users. When people find that, in addition to Apple, other portable audio When players and music software are lame guys, then the traffic will naturally continue to converge towards Apple.

In this way, the market share of other companies will naturally decline year after year.

When the operating income of these companies cannot support the company's R&D expenses and copyright expenditures, then the two paths that appear in front of them are very clear, or they do not buy copyrights, let their products give up encryption, and adapt to all pirated music , just do the pirated business, or leave the market sadly, declaring his failure.

If it is the former, then the sue is over!

What Dutch Philips? South Korea's Samsung? Just hold the muzzle and press them into the soil!

We can’t control where the copyright protection law is not perfect, there is really no way, but where the copyright protection law is implemented, if you support piracy, it will not be as simple as cutting your flesh and blood, but sending you directly to hell!

If it's the latter, it's even easier!

Subdue without fighting!

With the death of these companies one after another, the tens of billions of market belonging to portable audio playback devices and digital music can be easily captured by Apple, forming a de facto industry monopoly.

And in order to capture such a market, what does Roland Allen need to pay?

It is nothing more than one billion to buy Sony Music, and then spend another two to four billion to make it the number one in the world!

At least 3 billion, at most 5 billion, can be exchanged for the monopoly of two industries!

Using billions of investments to build an indestructible moat for Apple, isn’t this kind of business worthwhile?

As for whether other companies can follow suit?

This is no joke.

Who does Warner Music belong to? ƒ𝚛𝐞𝚎𝑤𝘦𝚋𝓷o𝚟e𝘭.c𝐨𝙢

Harry Potter and DC superhero movies?

Who owns Universal Music?

Can "X-Men" be done?

Don’t talk about whether portable audio equipment manufacturers such as Philips and Samsung can buy these music companies from Time Warner and Vivendi, they are exclusive licenses, and they are impossible to buy!

joke!

Really think that he is a courtesan for nothing?

In this way, even if Roland Allen thinks that Sony Music with Michael Jackson is a negative equity, he can actually bear it. It is indeed not worthwhile to invest in music, but the platform monopoly is really good!

The point is that even though MP3 and MP4 will eventually be eliminated by history, the monopoly brought about by the king of content can still continue to iOS and Android, and the voting rights of the shares held by him cannot exceed 67% Under such circumstances, using content to choke the necks of these giants, isn't it the only way to control the company?

And the resistance he's showing now?

Isn't it just to get more wool from the giant's body!

If he doesn't speak up, where will ATi develop?

If ATi does not develop, how can Nvidia have a financial crisis?

Nvidia does not have a financial crisis, how can he buy the bottom?

"Then these things are settled first?" Roland asked.

When everyone reached a consensus, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly relaxed a lot.

"Of course, the next step is to wait patiently." Bill Gates nodded, and the bright future made him smile.

"When are you going to do it?" Michael Dell couldn't wait, because Compaq was killed by them.

"That's hard to say." Warren Buffett shrugged.

At the same time, Steven Spielberg also responded, "Yeah, the time is hard to tell.

In 1979, the Soviet Union also sent troops to attack Afghanistan. At first they wanted to wipe out those guys in a month, but everyone knows that this war lasted for ten years, and finally ended in the defeat of the Soviet Union. end.

The ten-year war caused the cumulative casualties of the Soviet Union to exceed 50,000, costing 45 billion rubles, and directly changed their global strategy, leading to a major disintegration in 1991.

Under such circumstances, if we do not win Afghanistan within a month, there is a high probability that we will follow the old path of the Soviet Union. If there is a stalemate, then the public opinion can be manipulated and the blame can be thrown away, and killing Sony to supplement military spending can not only relieve the pressure, but also alleviate the financial problem. "

Roland loved to hear such unkind words, but after the old man finished expressing his views, another curiosity actually arose in his heart, "Steven? Do you think we can't defeat Afghanistan?"

However, as soon as these words came out, the scene was full of laughter.

Steve Jobs said, "Roland."

"What's wrong?"

"Actually, you just need to do some economic calculations."

"Economic accounts?"

"Yes! Economic accounts." Steve Jobs nodded and said, "What do we have in Afghanistan? What do we have?

We went to Afghanistan and fired a 10,000-dollar rocket at them. What could it blow up?

A fifty-dollar tent, or a cave dug out with a ten-dollar shovel?

We shoot a guided missile worth 100,000 yuan at them, what can we destroy?

Is it a building worth 10,000 yuan, or an armory worth 20,000 yuan?

Our bullets were indeed fifty cents apiece, but after they were shipped to Afghanistan, the price per bullet tripled!

We transported a tank back. If there is a situation where it needs to be returned to the factory for maintenance, it might as well be scrapped on the spot!

Because it is cheaper to build new!

And in this case, how to fight this battle?

There is no way to fight at all!

Although we have the ability to flatten Afghanistan, who in the countries around Afghanistan will watch our soldiers carry out massacre plans? Or, who do you think will watch us plow them into scorched earth with Militia 3?

No one can sit still!

If you do this, there is no way!

The victory or defeat of modern warfare is not determined by whether we can destroy anyone, but whether we can gain something from the enemy.

We won't gain anything by attacking Afghanistan, so...

Then someone must be responsible for this war!

Judging from the current situation, Sony will definitely not be able to escape! "

Whoops!

Roland really wanted to applaud Steve Jobs.

No way, who made this economic perspective so powerful?

The reason why the war in Afghanistan left the United States in a mess, and finally had to leave in despair, isn't that because the rewards are not worth the effort? When the senior commanders of the US military did not know the specific banner of terrorist organization, the translators of the US military garrison did not understand the Afghan tribal language, and the contractors of US companies did not know what projects they had in Afghanistan...

Failure, isn't it an obvious thing?

Not to mention, the bear above is still staring at it!

So, this may be the reason why Wang Wang didn't declare war for four years!

Because, only when you are a playboy, you know that daily necessities are expensive!

As a guy who always picks and counts tickets for a long time when donating, that is the person who understands war better than Sleepy Bai!

It's a pity that this accordion master can't continue to tell the world stand-up comedy for four years...

Why…

And when everything was finalized, the five people who came to visit also got up and said goodbye.

At the beginning, Roland didn't know why these guys came and went in such a hurry, but after Bill Gates told him that Microsoft would release the new system Windows XP on October 25th, and he had to go back and keep an eye on the project, Roland It is also relieved, as the most successful system in the history of Windows, its existence is indeed more important than the game console market.

And when Steve Jobs told him that the iPod launch event would be held on October 23rd, and he had to rush back to stare at the project, Roland threw him into the Mariana Trench when he pulled the other party's mind to eat .

No way, who made the iPod the product that could change Apple's life?

Like that Apple M1 chip twenty years later.

For Intel, this kind of cross-border breakthrough is really because young people don't talk about martial arts, and rat tail juice!

"That's fine, next time we have a chance to make an appointment..."

"Slow down! Just call me if you have anything to do!"

When Roland stood at the door and watched the eight cars speeding away, he was filled with emotion at the figure that was fading away.

He thought it would be very difficult to break up Sony, but now...

The capital eager for profit gathered up by itself!

He thought that breaking up Sony would make him condemned by the outside world, but now...

How can conscience be profitable?

"It's really a group of realistic people!"

"Everyone gathers for profit, everyone travels for profit, everyone struggles for profit, and everyone sticks together for profit..."

"Although it is ruthless, it is transparent!"

Sighing at the same time, Roland was also physically and mentally comfortable.

Since everyone is a villain, there will be no villains in this world.

However, just as Roland put his hands in his pockets and was about to walk back leisurely, just as he turned around, the person who was standing at the door of the house and had been watching him made Roland's smile froze on his face.

Because Kate's eyes are full of doubts...

and puzzled.

Note: ①Du Niang expanded wildly through piracy and hotlinking and was jointly sued by the world's seven major record companies since 2005. However, according to the "Regulations on the Protection of Information Network Communication Rights" at that time, what Du Niang did, It's actually not illegal. Because the regulations at the time clearly stated that ‘if a network service provider provides search and link services, if it immediately disconnects the link to the infringing work after receiving the notice from the right holder, it will not be liable for compensation’. The actual operation is that if you sue me for breaking the law, then I will disconnect the server one second, and connect it the next second. At most, I will be warned one by one, and there will be no punishment, and the next time I sue, I will be disconnected, connected and warned. Isn't it ridiculous? But the situation is like this, and Sony, Universal, Warner, and EMI also found it incredible at the time. ②The article says that sleepy worship does not understand war, which is actually a stalk. When Ao Guanhai was the president and Sleepy Bai was the vice president, Sleepy Bai visited Afghanistan twice, and then taught Afghan President Karzai to be like his grandson. The funniest thing is that Karzai hoped that the United States could regard Afghanistan as a sovereign country like Japan and South Korea, but Sleepy Bai publicly stated that Afghanistan had the same status as Japan and South Korea at that time. And what was the status of Afghanistan at that time? The U.S. military sweeps the streets when they are interested, has unlimited immunity, and participates in the change of the Afghan government. If this treatment is the same as that of Japan and South Korea, does it mean that Sleepy Bai publicly stated that Japan and South Korea have been managed by the United States all these years?

(end of this chapter)