Li Mu and Geng Yang broke down without any surprise.
Because Li Mu didn't want to talk to him at all.
Just pay some money after beating the person and think about it? Don't say he doesn't agree. Zhao Kang is worth tens of millions now, so it's impossible for him to agree.
Besides, the uncut version of "Oldboy" has already premiered. Li Mu will never delete the scene about Ji Shen Lao Baigan in the rerun, because then everyone will realize that they have given in to Ji Shen Lao Baigan. If not, it will create a big advertisement for him.
Therefore, Li Mu must stick to the end on this issue. No TV station can cut even one frame of his own film.
Geng Yang hated Li Mu to death, but he couldn't stop "Old Boy" from being replayed on Xiangnan Satellite TV at 7:30. Tens of millions of users turned on Xiangnan Satellite TV to watch it, making Xiangnan Satellite TV's ratings reach 10%. This data made The leaders of Shonan Satellite TV were all impressed, and the key interface person who obtained the priority rebroadcast rights of "Oldboy" from Makino Image at an affordable price of two million was also named and praised by the station leaders.
Li Mu asked Ning Hao to notify the major TV stations tomorrow morning. From tomorrow to the end of the first month, during this period, the major TV stations can arrange the time and frequency of rebroadcasts at will. There is no need to communicate with Makino Video for confirmation, but one thing still needs to be ensured. Cannot cut the film.
At the same time, Li Mu told Zhao Kang that the navy should not stop adding fuel to the flames and let him control the rhythm of what to do. ,
After arranging these two things, Li Mu no longer paid attention to the subsequent development of "Old Boy" because he discovered that a new Internet craze was already starting to take off.
Data from Yiting.com shows that in the past two days, the volume of online music listening has soared to an unprecedented height, and at the same time, the number of MP3 downloads has also increased significantly compared to before.
On the surface, these two data are due to Du Wei's two popular works, "That Year in a Hurry" and "In My Singing", but Li Mu smelled something different from them.
Behind the data, there are often deeper details. Li Mu believes that starting from 2002, the number of computer hardware and MP3 hardware began to increase significantly, especially MP3. In 2001, there were still thousands of such things. It is a rare item, but during the Spring Festival, the price suddenly began to loosen. Now you can buy a good MP3 for seven to eight hundred yuan, and you can get a cheaper one for four to five hundred yuan.
Li Mu realized that the spring of MP3 hardware was coming, and so was the spring of Yiting.
Although Li Mu has long had the idea to sell all of Yiting.com to Baidu, this does not prevent him from taking advantage of the popularity of MP3 to make Yiting.com more valuable. If Baidu regards it as the next breakthrough The key point is, if he buys it for 500 million yuan, he will buy it for 1 billion yuan. If it is too hot, he will still buy it for 2 billion yuan.
In view of this situation, Li Mu suddenly wanted to strike while the iron was hot in the MP3 field.
The degree of development and popularity of the industry often depends on a company and a product, just like the MTK system gave birth to the entire Chinese copycat phone industry and the iPhone led the global smart phone innovation boom. If Yiting.com can find it at this time, If we take advantage of the opportunity, it is likely to quickly promote the development of domestic MP3 software and hardware, making its development pace much faster than in previous generations.
Li Mu believes that the core of the MP3 craze is hardware, followed by software. If MP3 players can quickly reduce their prices and quickly penetrate into ordinary users, they will surely make MP3 downloads popular.
If the price of hardware is reduced, Li Mu also has a rough plan. Now is an era of opaque hardware profits, and the profit margin of hardware is relatively large. If he finds a company that can OEM MP3 in the name of Yiting.com, and customizes a large number of Yiting, Ting.com sells its MP3 players to the market at a cost price that makes absolutely no profit. The first benefit it will get is that it will directly increase the number of MP3 player users. Secondly, it will force other MP3 manufacturers to lower their prices. This will trigger a large-scale price reduction wave, quickly lowering the price and entry threshold of MP3, just like Shenzhou's impact on the notebook market, and it will do better than it.
If MP3 players could drop to the price level of the previous generation in 2003 in 2002, then MP3 online listening and downloading would become one of the most popular Internet areas in 2002, and now Yiting.com is solving the problem of streaming. In terms of media playback, page UI, user experience, product functions, etc., it is more than an era ahead of its competitors. Therefore, once MP3 becomes popular this year, Yiting.com will be the biggest beneficiary.
Li Mu almost had an impulse to go to Shenzhen City in person, find a few suitable foundries there, and seize the time to customize a batch of MP3 players. The estimated cost should be controlled within 300 yuan, and the first batch of customized MP3s would be 100,000 units. If so, it would only cost 30 million, and you can also discuss specific settlement methods with the manufacturer and strive for a certain period of time to reduce capital investment.
However, Li Mu quickly suppressed his impulse. Although there was nothing wrong with doing it now, he would be wasting an excellent opportunity - Taobao.
Just imagine, if Taobao is established, with Alipay as the payment channel, and hundreds of thousands of MP3 players sold at ex-factory cost price are sold on Taobao, how much promotion will it bring to Taobao
There are now over 10 million Alipay users, and perhaps 100,000 factory-priced MP3 players can be sold out within a few days. This will also be of great help to Taobao's reputation and popularity. How could Li Mu miss such a good opportunity
It seems that it is indeed imperative to do Taobao!
Li Mu could only temporarily seal up his MP3 plan, and wait until he returns to Yanjing in the next year to seize the time to find Senior Brother Liu Edong and Liu to start Taobao together.
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On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Qingya suddenly called Li Mu. She said that she attended a high school reunion last night. After hearing that she was at Makino Technology, a high school classmate recommended her cousin who had just returned from abroad. , it is said that her cousin went to the United States for further study in 1991, and received a master's and doctoral degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota. He studied until 1998 before starting to work. However, he has only worked in one company so far, which is the famous overseas Google. .
As soon as Li Mu heard the word Google, a strong belief in being a programmer arose spontaneously.
In the minds of most computer technicians, the company with the highest belief is Google. Even Apple cannot compare with it. Google has too many products that influence the world, and there are too many technology experts who can influence the world. Whatever Catch one, they are all top level in the industry.
Li Mu asked Lin Qingya: "What is that person's name?"
Lin Qingya said: "His name is Fang Xudong."
Fang Xudong
Li Mu's eyes lit up. He had heard of this person in his previous life. He was the most powerful Chinese software engineer at Google. Fang Xudong returned to China in 2005 to work as CTO of a large Internet company and became one of the top ten CTOs recognized in the industry. He was an absolute technical expert. Dana.
As soon as he heard that Lin Qingya and Fang Xudong knew each other, Li Mu immediately asked: "Is this Fang Xudong planning to return to China for development?"
"No." Lin Qingya said: "My classmate told me that he intends to return to China, but he has always lamented that there are no good Internet companies and employment environment in China. However, when he went home to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year this year, he mentioned us in front of my classmate. company, it is said that he still recognizes our company very much, so when my classmate heard that I worked in our company, he wanted to introduce him to me, and his family also hoped that he could return to work in China."
Li Mu understands. Fang Xudong just has the idea of returning to China now, but he has never had a good choice. That is why he did not come back until 2005 in his last life. However, there was no Makino Technology in his previous life. I wonder if Makino Technology can return in this life. Impress this technical guru
So Li Mu asked, "Have you met him?"
"Not yet." Lin Qingya said: "I got his contact information, but I haven't made an appointment with him yet. I don't know technology, and I'm afraid that if we don't have a good conversation, it will lower people's impression of our company. My idea is, Mr. Li, can you take some time to come over in person? If he is really capable, our future technical aspects will be much easier."
Lin Qingya has long responded to Li Mu's request and searched for suitable technical personnel all over the world. After the year, Baofeng Entertainment will conduct internal testing of "Miracle MU". Li Mu also wants to do e-commerce, and there is a huge gap in technical talents. If he can't find them anymore, If a technical expert who can take charge of his own business leads a team again, many of Li Mu's businesses will not be able to develop.
This time Fang Xudong's information was an unexpected gain. Lin Qingya was afraid that she wouldn't be able to defeat him, so she called Li Mu for help.
Li Mu agreed without hesitation and asked her to make an appointment with Fang Xudong. The earliest date could be tonight. Lin Qingya's home was in Lunan, which was not far from his own home. It could be reached by car in a few hours.
Lin Qingya immediately contacted Fang Xudong. Because she was introduced by an acquaintance, and the acquaintance was Fang Xudong's cousin, Fang Xudong's attitude on the phone was very friendly. When Lin Qingya explained the company where she worked, and told him that it was her boss who wanted to come in person. When chatting with him, Fang Xudong was also surprised. He had some understanding of Makino Technology, but only at the business and technical level, and did not know its other background in detail. However, the CEO of a company with a valuation of more than one billion must personally Coming to see him showed the other party's sincerity, so Fang Xudong agreed without hesitation.
It was about seven o'clock in the evening that day, at a relatively high-end hotel in Zao City, southern Qilu. Lin Qingya told Li Mu the address and time, and Li Mu told her: "You can book a hotel for me in the city tonight. Stay one night in Zaoshi.”
Li Mu, who was in an excited mood, drove off alone after lunch.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Mu drove to Zao City. Zao City is the southernmost city in Qilu. The geographical location of this city is somewhat special. The old urban area has gradually declined due to insufficient external transportation. It is located in Xue Guo District, west of Zao City. Because it is run through by the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, the transportation is convenient, so the development has gradually caught up with the old urban area. Lin Qingya's dinner place and Li Mu's hotel are located in a three-star hotel here.
(End of chapter)