"Keda, Yagyu, why are you two here?" In the office of the Empire State Building, Feng Yu looked at Masao Kameda and Hajime Yagyu in surprise.
At this time, Kameda Masao should be discussing the handover of hard disk technology with Taihua Holdings Group. That company paid a high price to acquire it. It should build a factory in the mainland and put it into production as soon as possible, and organize technical personnel to continue research.
As for Hajime Yagyu, didn’t the company launch a new headset with better audio-visual enjoyment? In the past few days, we should pay attention to the sales of new products.
"Boss, AIWA company is in trouble, we have been sued!" Yagyu Hao said angrily.
"Huh? Accused? Where were you accused and why?" Feng Yu's first reaction was that something had happened to Sunny again.
"We were sued by a company called the Recording Industry Association here in the United States, saying that our MP3 infringed on their intellectual property rights because we could download free MP3 format music without spending money," Hajime Yagyu explained.
Feng Yu frowned: "Didn't I ask you to create a free download website? Didn't you say it was done?"
"It's done. Every user who buys our MP3 player can get a free account. This account allows users to download unlimited MP3 music from our website within a month, and we also get the corresponding Authorization. But many users are not satisfied with the amount of music on our website. Some forums and websites provide free downloadable versions, so what does that have to do with us?"
Yagyu Hajime felt very depressed, as if he was a watermelon knife seller, and someone killed someone with a watermelon knife, should he still be the person in charge of selling the knife? What's more, he also reminded that this knife is used to cut watermelons, not to chop people!
The Recording Industry Association of America was obviously jealous of their increased MP3 sales and good profits!
We didn’t sell pirated copies, so why should we be sued
Kameda Masao also added: "The court here in the United States accepted this complaint and asked us to appear in court. I have hired the most famous barrister on the East Coast. We must win this lawsuit!"
"Well, you are right, this is our product that they are jealous of. Since we are right, we are not afraid of filing a lawsuit with him. But this lawsuit should not be won at once, it will drag on for a month or two, and This lawsuit must be brought to various media outlets to arouse public attention and discussion.”
Hajime Yagyu didn't understand, but Masao Kameda said with admiration: "What does the boss mean, let this lawsuit be used to promote MP3? In this way, more people will pay attention to MP3, which is equivalent to a nationwide advertisement. , and can even create momentum around the world and increase our MP3 sales."
Talking to smart people is easy. With such a subordinate, Feng Yu can save a lot of worry. Hajime Yagyu is very good at researching music electronic products, and he is also very good at company management, but in terms of sales, he is far behind Kameda Masao.
Moreover, Yagyu Hajime is getting older and his reactions are getting slower and slower. His enterprising spirit in the past two years does not seem to be as sufficient as before. It seems that it is time to choose a successor for AIWA.
Hajime Yagyu, the deputy, is not bad. He is less than 40 years old. He has been with Hajime Yagyu for almost 20 years. He has gone through the difficult times of AIWA and experienced the glory of AIWA. The important thing is that, like Kameda Masao, this man is extremely good at flattering and ambitious.
Feng Yu doesn't like a person who doesn't even have ambitions. He is not afraid of the ambitions of his subordinates. Anyway, no one can get out of his palm!
"Yagyu, isn't MP3 the second generation? When do you plan to launch the third generation?" Feng Yu asked.
"When the lawsuit is won, we will launch the third generation product. The capacity of this new product will be increased to 512M, and it is only two fingers wide and as long as a finger. It uses two AA batteries and can also guarantee 8 hours of battery life. Continuous playback, very light. It also has an LCD screen and a playback sequence function... "
After listening to Yagyu Hajime's introduction, Feng Yu was very satisfied.
That's right, MP3 is smaller and easier to carry than any other portable player, which is also a huge selling point.
Sunny's MD player is really good, but it's too big. Since it is called a portable player, the word portable is naturally very important.
It's just that MP3 still uses flash memory technology. This flash memory is very expensive at this time, but the advantage is that as long as you have a computer, the songs in it can be replaced at will.
The best thing is that you can download songs according to your own preferences, while CDs are usually albums. Even some song collections may not have songs that everyone likes.
If CDs had not had this shortcoming, the cassette Walkman might have been eliminated long ago.
"Has anyone noticed our MP3 in the market and begun to imitate it?" This is very important. The energy and R&D expenses required to be one step ahead and half a step ahead are very different.
"Yes, according to our investigation, at least the Four Star Group has begun to research MP3, and has also launched one, but the size and functions are similar to our first-generation machine, but the launch time is the same as our second-generation machine, so in addition to In South Korea, almost no one is interested. Some other companies in South Korea have also begun research, but they have not even launched the first-generation machine. On the other hand, in the United States, a company called Diamond has also launched an MP3 player with average performance. Between our first-generation phones and our second-generation phones, there are still some sales in North America.”
Yagyu Shenghao was a little proud. The four-star group was just following the trend. Those who follow the trend and want to surpass our leaders are not joking.
AIWA not only maintains a leading position in technology, but also maintains a leading position in sales channels, factories, brands, etc. The sales volume of other brands of MP3 players combined cannot keep up with AIWA's.
"Since there are multiple companies that produce MP3 players, have they been sued?"
"No, we are the only ones being sued, so it must be against us! And among them, only our company has a genuine MP3 music download website, and no other company has one!"
As soon as he said this, Yagyu Hao became angry. You don’t sue those who should be sued, and you sue those who shouldn’t be sued!
When Feng Yu heard this, he felt a little angry inside. What's the matter, do you think we are easy to bully? Or do you think AIWA has done too much and want to suppress the leader
If there was only AIWA, it might really suffer some losses. Such a delay allowed other companies to take advantage. But Feng Yu is behind AIWA. If we really want to fight, let’s fight!
This can be used to suppress the products of other companies. Didn't your Recording Industry Association say that downloading pirated MP3 music is illegal? We provide genuine music, but those companies don't. Go sue them.
"Okay, then the lawsuit will be filed, and research and development must continue. Don't be afraid of high investment in research and development. This product will definitely bring us more profits in the future. If you encounter any trouble with the lawsuit, please inform me at any time, and I will think about it. Method."
(End of chapter)