After entering April, in Chen Yuanming's notebook, the invitations from social aspects have been significantly reduced, and he no longer rushes around like a newcomer to Wall Street, attending those banquets full of money and interests, not friendly. Instead, like the leaders of the two largest hedge funds, he turned his attention back to the London metals market.
After a month and a half of steady decline, in early April, London copper futures suddenly began to rebound sharply. Facing the oppression of many hedge funds, the so-called Mr. 5%, who controlled more than half of the long-term London copper futures contracts, was not intimidated by the surging financial predators, but launched a tenacious counterattack.
This kind of counterattack did not come from Binzhong Tainan or the Sumitomo Group, but a joint reaction of a complex force. You must know that in the metal market, there are not only a few rich and powerful companies in Canada or Europe, but also many large metal traders with equal power standing behind Binzhong Tainan. For these real miners and smelters, the fall in copper prices is by no means a good thing. It is their interest and demand to throw out the single-handed deal to stabilize the price in a timely manner and bring the copper price back to the original basis.
At the same time, some off-site hot money has also begun to withdraw. In the financial hunting ground, although hedge funds have quite astonishing strength and can influence the investment trend of the market in the short term, it is not a few oligarchs who really rely on money to prey on them. a huge impact. When the month-long decline began to enter a period of correction and even a gradual rebound, it was time for them to stay on the sidelines.
Under these two factors, the momentum of copper futures recovery is almost unstoppable, and this tenacious posture can greatly exceed the expectations of several hedge funds. You must know that Soros only threw out 10 billion when he fought against the British government. Now it is only the copper futures market. Just one enemy has resisted the pressure they jointly exerted. Such a tough attitude has also amazed many people.
But again, no fund wants to give up on its current offensive. In the last two months, without the manipulation of too many foreign forces, the price of London aluminum futures dropped by 10% on its own, while in terms of copper futures, after struggling for two months, only a 5% decline, including the leverage effect, But it is 50%-60% of the profit, which is not a wonderful figure for a hedge fund that has invested a lot of manpower and material resources.
Therefore, the two sides began the first round of overweight duel. The price of copper futures fluctuated at a high level in the range of $2,600-2,700 per ton.
The war on the bright side is still hot, but after all, the wrestling is just a money game for a few big players. When the copper price fell to the lowest point, Guoxing Fund quietly left the short side, changed its face, and turned to the multi-party camp. Since the operation is very secretive and mixed into the teams of those retail investors, no one can detect this change. With the rise of copper prices, this standard "siding on the wall" began its second round of hunting. Of course, there is more artifice and political jockeying going on outside the financial markets.
Seeing that the copper futures market is about to start a long-term tug-of-war, unlike Mr. Robertson and others' tough stance, Chen Yuanming is somewhat relaxed. The real turning point of the Sumitomo incident was the intervention of the regulatory authorities on both sides of the UK and the US. Without such political interference, it would be unrealistic to overthrow the dominance of Sumitomo Group or Binzhong Tainan in copper futures. Therefore, if there is no accident, the current copper When it rebounds to $3,000 again, the major hedge funds will enter a period of relative balance and start to agitate the decision-making departments at the rear. When they start again, it will be the end of 1995.
The precious time in the middle of the half year is not to be wasted. After instructing Sun Guoqiang in detail and giving instructions to the partners of Yuanyang, Chen Yuanming withdrew from the deep pool of Wall Street and returned to the direction of Silicon Valley. At the beginning of April, after several companies' long R&D and industrialization exploration, the DVD player was finally born.
At this time, the DVD standard of Sony-Philips has just been released for less than 3 months, and the Toshiba-Warner camp is still changing and improving its own standard because it is too similar to Feiyan's standard. Under normal circumstances, it often takes 1-2 years from standard formulation to product development, so no one can predict that Feiyan DVD players can appear in front of the world at such a speed.
And the product released by Feiyan this time is not just a simple player, but also its advanced anti-theft functions, including the APS encryption technology to prevent the disc from being copied, and the CGMS technology to prevent the disc from being copied and recorded. , the CPRM technology that prevents other media from being dubbed by video recording, plus the previous CSS region code protection measures, a complete and effective CD projection and protection technology has been formed.
The emergence of this anti-theft technology, its significance is far more than the birth of DVD players. At present, there are a series of well-known manufacturers such as Sony, Philips, Toshiba, Panasonic, Pioneer, JVC, etc. that develop DVD players on the market. As long as they have their own DVD standards, any of them can develop excellent products suitable for the market. . However, this set of anti-theft measures has fundamentally solved the problem of copyright protection of DVD discs, making it possible to solve the piracy problem that began to plague major film companies in the tape era.
When several major film companies recognize this anti-theft standard, it is impossible for any manufacturer to bypass this standard and produce independently. This not only involves the issue of patent rights, but also the common needs of the entire DVD disc camp, and no one can stop it. This trend.
Two weeks after News Corporation and Feiyan jointly held the DVD player conference, Paramount, Universal, Columbia, and Disney successively reached an agreement with Feiyan DVD Alliance to adopt Feiyan's DVD standard and start the official production of the first DVD player. A batch of DVDs.
But for the whole world, DVD video disc is still a brand new thing, how to promote it and make it replace the mature video tape rental market is still a very serious problem. In this regard, several companies have found their own teams to plan, and finally the idea of the Eagle's Nest Alliance has been widely recognized. Since it is an epoch-making product, it is natural to rely on the characteristics of the product. The biggest difference between DVD and all other media is that it increases the effective interaction between the producer and the audience.
In all previous media, the most that viewers can do is "pause", "rewind", "fast forward" and other simple operations, but DVD is completely different, the "menu" that appears on DVD video discs is an Subvert the existence of the entire viewing experience. Trivia, behind-the-scenes, easter eggs, different soundtracks, jumping paragraphs, all of which are unheard of by the audience.
For true fans, who have probably seen the film before buying the DVD, and have been moved and even remembered by the content of the film, what motivates them to pay more than a movie ticket? What about another DVD? Obviously, the real selling point is the things they can't appreciate on screens big and small. They wanted to see how the director made the film, wanted to see what the actors had to say about their characters or plots, and were curious about the cut scenes that were cut, and the surprise eggs that were deliberately hidden.
Any successful DVD is no longer a simple copy of the master disc, but a brand-new artistic creation. Such an idea undoubtedly hit the hearts of both the producer and the audience. In addition to the box office, the opportunity to obtain a second profit through the sale of DVD video discs, and the production process that should have been kept secret and made the filming staff laugh in front of all fans; in addition to watching movies, more In-depth understanding of how your favorite films are made, watching behind the scenes of those corners and corners, and re-acquainting with the efforts of directors and actors... This way of communication will undoubtedly shorten the distance between the makers who love the film and the audience. , also opened another broad door for the entire Hollywood film industry.
"Watching a movie, or owning a movie." Yan Qiaosen looked at the advertisement in front of him and smiled, "The talent in advertising is still far behind us technicians..."
As one of the major shareholders, Yan Qiaosen is of course qualified to watch the commercials produced by Eagle's Nest Entertainment for the promotion of DVD production. The dazzling operation menu mode, as well as the wonderful behind-the-scenes content and audio track display, are refreshing.
"This advertisement is only a part of the disc, there are many other excellent works." Chen Yuanming smiled, returned to the menu, and pressed the next play.
The DVD offensive that will be launched this time will not only affect the small screen of TV. There are also cinema chains, print media and many other mediums, even the Internet. This is a true viral marketing aimed at completely opening the door to the DVD market. In order to promote this new medium, several other Hollywood giants did not skimp on their energy, and all spent a lot of effort to produce their first DVD discs. The real multimedia era will begin with the promotion of DVD.
One advertisement after another is constantly playing, and each one is full of new ideas. But if there is no basis for the DVD playback model, how can these advertisements be born.
"This is a truly epoch-making technological innovation." With a light sigh, Chen Yuanming turned off the player in his hand and solemnly looked at the man sitting beside him. "Professor Yan, I know that the development of a new generation of DVD discs has already begun at 0:00. This time, the capacity will no longer be limited to 4G, but will be doubled. This general trend of optical storage needs to be grasped, but The research and development of small and mobile hard disks as I said before must not stop.”
Waking up from the excitement of DVD, Yan Qiaosen showed a wry smile, "But you know, if we have such a magnetic storage device, our CD business may come to an end..."
"So what?" Chen Yuanming smiled proudly, "There is no permanent foundation in this world. If you don't want to be an expander in the new era, you can only become the tomb keeper of the old era. No one can guarantee that our anti-theft code can keep up with the With the changes of this era, one day, when the video disc anti-theft system is truly cracked, and tens of thousands of movie masters follow the optical fiber into thousands of households, it will be too late for us to respond."
"In order not to be a grave keeper, would you rather be a grave digger?" Yan Qiaosen sighed softly, "I have also paid attention to the Realworks company that Dianjinshi invested in recently. The idea is very unique, maybe the Internet really It's the direction of future development... Okay, we're just a hardware business, and those future changes will be a headache for film companies."
With the results at this stage and the direction of development, Feiyan's future should be bright. When the DVD market in Europe and the United States is truly mature, and the production price of players is further reduced, it will be the turn of the rich land of the mainland. But before the beautiful vision was realized, a shocking news came.
In Hong Kong, Feiyan VCD was completely squeezed out of the market.
(End of this chapter)
The author has something to say: The DVD propaganda word has reference to IMAX, and everyone who has seen it understands XD
The next chapter starts, change the copy =w=
Hey, in the past two days, seven or eight kinds of diseases have been popularized by everyone, and four or five kinds of exercise methods have been introduced. The weak chicken shivered after watching it for a long time, and decided to start with radio gymnastics (hey).
The situation at home is a bit complicated, so let’s not seek a doctor for self-abuse first, and try basic health care. It’s estimated that I’m still sick of the computer 12 hours a day in the past few months, woohoo~~ I can’t stop exercising QAQ
Well, thank you for your concern, Wo will work hard to exercise, I have the idea of the next book and the next book, why can I give up>_