Li Zetian thought about it for most of the night, and finally came up with a method, so he lowered his face and fell asleep contentedly.
The next day, the sun was shining and the weather was very good.
Li Zetian was driving fast on the dangerous road of Les Leis, and the wind whistled in his ears.
When he came to Apple, Li Zetian asked everyone to go to the office for a meeting.
When everyone arrived, he said, "I think everyone knows Apple's current situation, so I won't say much. If you have any ideas, you can share your thoughts and work together to solve this problem!"
After Li Zetian finished speaking, the office fell into a brief silence.
After a while, Tian Shuai said: "Mr. Li, should we spend a lot of money to win over a large record company, for example, give it an additional subsidy for every music tape it sells? As long as it is profitable, maybe it will favor us... as long as With a major record company in my favor, the 'Anti-Walkman League' will go haywire!"
Zhang Yan said angrily, "I don't agree, doesn't this make us subsidize the record company? It's too embarrassing!"
Li Zetian smiled and asked, "Zhang Yan, what do you think?"
"I can't talk about high opinion. I think that we simply don't need music licenses and directly produce music tapes from these record companies. When users buy music tapes, naturally there will be no trouble. The record companies are not happy, it's a big deal to sue us, and we will try our best to sue us. Drag it back. By then, the Walkman has taken over the market, swept the world, and made a lot of money for Apple! Even if we lose the lawsuit and lose money, we can afford it!"
Holy crap, so arrogant! ! !
Li Zetian couldn't help but admire Zhang Yan with admiration.
In fact, many big companies do this. They know that the patent belongs to someone else, but they use it themselves. Then they file a lawsuit with the other party. It's no big deal to lose some money in a lawsuit.
This world is a world of the weak, the market is like a battlefield, it is very cruel.
Hearing this, Jobs frowned, "This is not a good idea, it will seriously damage Apple's image!"
When Zhang Yan heard that Jobs opposed him, he was immediately upset. Originally, he was a little dissatisfied with the arrogant and powerful Jobs, and now he is even more dissatisfied.
"My solution is not good?? Okay, I would like to hear what you can do?" He said in a very targeted tone.
Jobs said: "First of all, we have fallen into a misunderstanding, why should we produce music tapes ourselves?" He paused, looked at Li Zetian and said, "We can secretly support other factories to produce pirated music tapes, and we can solve this problem. Is there a problem with our current Walkmans lacking songs? And there's no way for the record companies to settle our bills with Apple!"
When Zhang Yan heard this, he couldn't think of an excuse to refute it. Jobs's idea was better than his. "This Jobs is really a bit of a level, no wonder he was entrusted by Mr. Li..." Zhang Yan said in his heart.
Li Zetian smiled at this time, and said: "Everyone's ideas are good, and they can help Apple get out of trouble! However, Jobs's method is more satisfactory to me. However," Li Zetian glanced at everyone and said, "If anyone does not know If the record company finds out that Apple is secretly supporting other factories to produce pirated record companies, it will also discredit Apple! So,” Li Zetian paused again.
Zhang Yan was impatient and couldn't help but say, "Mr. Li, don't give a shit! Just looking at your expression, I know you've already figured out a solution, and you're confident, right?!"
"Haha," Li Zetian smiled lightly, nodded and said, "I did think of a way, and it's closer to Jobs' idea!"
"Come on, we are all ears!"
Li Zetian nodded and said, "Marx once said, 'If there is 100% profit, capitalists will take risks; if there is 200% profit, capitalists will defy the law; if there is 300% profit, then The capitalists will trample everything in the world!', millions of Walkman users need new songs, there is a huge demand and market! In fact, there is no need for us to secretly support those pirate factories to produce music tapes, they will also Produce it ourselves, and what we need to do now is actually very simple, is to let them see this huge demand, so as to speed up the production of pirated tapes! I think there should be a lot of 'smart' businessmen in this world..."
When Li Zetian mentioned the word "smart", he deliberately raised a few decibels.
Everyone nodded frequently, feeling that what Li Zetian said made sense.
"Mr. Li, what should we do?" Zhang Yan asked.
Li Zetian laughed: "Let someone post a message in front of Apple's flagship store, which reads:
'Recently, Apple has received a letter from an anonymous user reporting that some video stores have pirated tapes of well-known singers such as Elvis, The Beatles, Aretha-Franklin, etc., and the price is $20, which is more expensive than the genuine tapes. USD10. Here, Apple has issued a statement to seriously condemn this illegal behavior and appeal to everyone not to waste money on pirated music tapes. Apple is in contact with record companies, and may reach an agreement with the record company in half a year...'"
Hearing this, Zhang Yan almost laughed, "Hehe, how could the users of n have been able to wait so long? When they see this news, they will definitely go to the video store and ask the boss if he has pirated music tapes. At that time, the owner of the video store will feel in his heart. He must be very surprised that so many people have asked him, he must have realized immediately that this is an opportunity to make a fortune! No one will let money slip away from his eyes, absolutely not!"
Li Zetian nodded and smiled, "Yes, I think it won't be long before there will be pirated tapes in these video stores!"
Tian Shuai couldn't help but praised: "Mr. Li's method is really good. We don't produce pirated tapes, and we don't support pirated factories. The record company has nothing to do with us! When a lot of pirated tapes appear on the market, that's what we should do. The record company has a headache!"
Zhang Yan laughed, "I really want to see their faces when they have a headache, it must be very exciting!"
Li Zetian said: "Okay, everyone, the meeting is over, and immediately do what I just said!"
"Yes!!!"
That morning, a notice was posted on the glass doors and windows of Apple's flagship store, which immediately attracted countless people to watch.
After that, the news spread little by little, and more and more Walkman users knew that there were pirated music tapes in the audio and video store. So they went to the nearby video store to buy.
"Boss, do you have a tape?"
"What?" the video store owner asked.
"It's the music tape played in the Walkman - I want to pirate it!!!"
The owner of the video store was stunned.
At this time, several people walked in at the door, opened their mouths and said, "Boss, I want pirated music tapes. Do you have Elvis here?"
Before the owner of the audio-visual store could speak, four or five more people entered the door.
"Boss, are there any pirated tapes, I want Beatles songs!"
"… "
The owner of the audio-visual store was extremely distressed. Seeing so many people coming to buy pirated tapes, it's a pity that he didn't have them in his store. However, the owner of the video store is also a "smart" businessman, he said with a smile, "Oh, I'm really sorry, before you come, all the pirated tapes are sold out, or else, if you come back after a while, I'll immediately Going to stock up?"
"Damn it, it's actually sold out? Boss, can you order in advance?"
The owner of the video store hesitated for a moment, but immediately said, "No problem, you can order in advance!"
As a result, customers in the store have ordered in advance in the audio-visual store.
Seeing so many orders, the owner of the audio-visual store suddenly burst into laughter!
In one day, there were more than 2,000 orders for pirated tapes.
"Hello, Jack? I heard you say that your factory used to make tapes? The kind that put songs in there!"
"Well, yes, that's the case," Jack nodded, then asked, "what's the matter? Abigail?"
"Oh, Jack, you're going to make a fortune!!!"
"Abigail, please don't joke, I'm going bankrupt now!"
"Jack, I'm not kidding! You know what, I got over 2,000 orders for bootleg music tapes in my store today for $20 each, for a total of $20,000! Oh god, it's only been a day Since other people can produce pirated music tapes, Jack, you can too!" The owner of the video store bewitched, if he didn't confuse the other party, he wouldn't be able to get the goods.
Jack was very surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Abigail, what's going on?"
So Abigail spoke out about the notices outside Apple's flagship store.
"Jack, the Walkman has more than a million users, and I'm sure that as more pirated music tapes become available, the Walkman will grow and they will buy more tapes. Oh, Jack, you are. You're going to make a fortune, if you can take advantage of this opportunity..."
At this moment, Jack was so excited that he didn't need Abigail to persuade him any more, he decided to make a big fight.
"Abigail, thank you so much for providing me with such noble news. I have decided to start producing bootleg music tapes immediately!!!"
"Jack, then finish the order I have first!"
"No problem, Abigail, you will be my most loyal partner from now on, and I will be the first to complete your order."
"Then I will fax you the order information now?"
"OK!"