Chicago 1990

"Dila, tell the website operation and maintenance staff, I want to delete a post..."

The promised thing still needs to be done. He called Dilei, "Immediately, I will wait in front of the computer."

"What post? Ok... I wrote it down."

Dilai hung up the phone and quickly called back to say that he was done. Song Ya refreshed the page, and as expected, all the back and forth discussions were gone.

He called Barenboi again, and the other party was naturally very happy, thanking his'student'.

"I have recently started to receive similar requests. Looking at it now, the Internet is definitely the first to replace paper media."

A few days later, Dile brought Alicia and the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) who was responsible for the listing and docking of Alicia and DTS to visit A+ Records. "For example, AOL (American Online) used their Internet interface advantages to start a news website. And the BBS community, the influence is growing."

"What do you mean?" Song Ya asked.

"I want to expand the American music website and turn it into a news website in the music circle. Now many people in the classical music circle like to discuss in our BBS section. Why can't we expand the territory to the pop music circle? That's comparable to classical music. The circle of people who bowed their heads and didn't see them had too many users."

Dile began to paint a magnificent blueprint. Among his two old brothers, he developed 10,000 times better than Al. Although Al is now working with well-known singers, Chicago music social circle celebrities, and resident guests on talk shows. Very contented.

But for Song Ya, Dilai has his own problem, that is, he wants to reinvest all the profits and even the forward profits of A+ Audio as collateral, so that he can get the maximum benefits when the equity incentive period expires. This proposal Don't think about it, more Internet hardware investment must be needed.

"Yes, I agree in principle."

Song Yazhen didn't want to make small moves with his expected equity. He always felt that he was like a villain to treat his own gentleman's belly, but this also shows that Dilei has become more and more mature. His current thinking and behavior are American occupations. The manager’s regular response is as long as he doesn’t play tricks like Columbia Pictures’ Gubert.

He also thinks it is a good opportunity to extend the influence of the Amerika music website to the pop music circle. Although he rarely sits in front of the computer recently, he still knows the stock prices of a number of companies in the Internet sector, such as AOL, such as buy Palm's USR (U.S. Robot Company) is soaring.

Barenboy didn’t ask for himself, so he wouldn’t be so active in inviting the Scott brothers to come to Chicago to meet him, but the creation of this demand is almost costless to him. Just delete a post. This is also a traditional media. The'convenience' is also power to some extent.

The two sides talked about the topic, DTS’s listing has entered a countdown, and is now preparing for the roadshow stage. In addition to some advertising campaigns aimed at investors, a promotion meeting was held on Wall Street.

"The effect of the promotion is not as good as expected."

The CFO of DTS has been very busy recently. This forty-year-old white man appeared to be a little sluggish. “The market is not very optimistic about the prospects of an audio technology company. The biggest problem is that they don’t think we can compete with Dolby Laboratories and Sony. SDDS."

"DTS already has a good market in the film industry, doesn't it?"

Song Ya asked: "In order to increase the number of theaters, more and more film companies have begun to incorporate DTS into the audio format of new projects, alongside Dolby and SDDS. I see that the copies of new Hollywood movies are usually There are audio codes compatible with three formats."

"Yes, our business situation is fine."

The CFO nodded, "But IPOs are actually a process of public financing. We need to explain to investors where we want to spend the money we have raised and what expected benefits are there. Essentially, we have to say that everyone agrees. Story. If we are only satisfied with a firm foothold in the professional cinema market, then why should we go public? We can achieve at most one third of the professional cinema market.

"Where is the selling point of our story?" Song Ya asked.

"The share of surround sound in home theaters is much larger in the general user market than in the professional market. Our President Terry Beard intends to put the treasure on the next generation of home audio and video media, that is, the SD optical disc format. Only that kind of large-capacity optical disc can be used. Extra large data volume surround sound music files will be installed. So we will use the money from the post-marketing circle to acquire a series of small and medium-sized technology companies that hold relevant patents and squeeze into the SD format supporting industry."

"But the problem now is that the SD format may not necessarily win. Our camp includes Toshiba, Time Warner, Panasonic, Hitachi, etc.... Toshiba was disgusted by the Americans because it bought the Rockefeller Center and exported its machine tools privately. It is about to sell Universal, and its influence will inevitably drop."

CFO analyzes one by one, "And our opponent is the DVD alliance formed by companies such as Sony and Philips. Sony has Columbia Pictures and Columbia Records, and MJ, Mariah Carey, You, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Bolton. Wait for the most popular singer of this era. Philips has PolyGram. Last year it also bought influential music production upstream companies such as Motown and DefJam Records. They also promoted the VCD standard very well in underdeveloped areas. "

"The market is more optimistic that they will win, and we... will tie at best."

"Are the two formats not compatible?" Song Ya asked.

"There is definitely no problem technically, but the next generation of audio-visual media standards is accompanied by a huge market. The two sides are fighting to the death and death, and no one in this camp is allowed to betray. You know, DTS and Universal are closely related, and Universal is undoubtedly still It belongs to the Panasonic camp."

"I understand." Song Ya probably figured it out, "Then you came to me to think..."

"We need your help to endorse the SD format and DTS listing platform, just like you support those politicians."

The CFO replied frankly: "You are not only a popular star, you are also the inventor of the famous saying in the investment circle "the pig on the wind". Maybe now everyone needs to rely on your luck."

"No problem, our common business."

Song Ya agreed, "You can discuss the specific schedule and position with Dile and Linda. As long as I have time, I will try my best."

"Okay, thank you Mr. APLUS."

The CFO was happy to leave with Dile.

"What do you think? Alicia." Song Ya saw Alicia deliberately stayed alone, knowing she had something to say.

"I?"

Alicia smiled embarrassedly, "I don't know much about this. I only focus on the legal work of A+ Audio, guarding your related interests after listing on DTS. APLUS, uh, your record company... intends to change Is it an agency law firm?" Alicia asked suddenly.

It's really blunt, greedy, really think I gave you the legal business of A+ audio because of your good service?"Not yet, I am very satisfied with the services of Goodman and Hamlin Law Firm." Song Ya refused.

"So..."

She got up disappointed, "Then I won't bother you, I must consider my law firm if I have a chance, goodbye?"

"Yes, goodbye."

Song Ya shook hands with her and looked at Nunu's mouth from the graceful back of the beautiful mature woman who turned and left, suppressing the urge to whistle.

"Jim Clark."

Linda walked into the office with her mobile phone.

"Hey, APLUS, I decided to list Netscape operations this year. When that happens, you will help us to make frequent appearances to meet investors and brokerage representatives." Netscape owner Jim Clark changed his former coldness and was very affectionate. Said loudly.

"No, go public?"

Song Ya was taken aback for a moment. It’s no wonder that Jim Clark replied that DTS was as slow as a snail, and the pace of listing was too fast. "If I’m not mistaken, where is Netscape’s profit now? Didn't you find it? What story can we tell investors?"

"The story, it depends on the level of the storyteller. Netscape browser will be a professional version, which will be sold at a price like software, so there will be profits?" Jim Clark replied.

"But the current trend in the Internet industry is free and free to share..."

"The story is not necessarily based on facts. Regardless of the ethos, our advantage is market share. Everyone is using our browser, so we can make a lot of money through this advantage, right?" Jim Clark laughed.

"What big money? For example?"

"For example, we can allow users to directly access our browser client, and they can use various software services such as Office without operating systems such as Windows and UINX. Think about it. What level of software is Windows and Office? What's the market value? Huh?"

"Bypass windows? Will Microsoft be happy to see you?" Song Ya was startled.

"I don't care about Bill Gates, but we have our story." Jim Clark replied.

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