Chapter 399 Sony's Great Crime
The next morning, Lu Yiming arrived late. When he leisurely walked into the classroom, the bell for the morning reading class was almost ringing.
There were many classmates gathered around Li Zhengkai's seat. They were discussing something intensely, and exclaimed from time to time.
Lu Yiming came to sit next to Li Quanwang, then pointed to Li Zhengkai's seat and asked, "What's going on so early in the morning? It's so lively."
Li Quanwang curled his lips and spread his hands: "I just arrived too, and they were already like this when I saw them."
As the two were looking around curiously, Wu Kejun, who was standing next to Li Zhengkai, suddenly asked with stars in her eyes: "Li Zhengkai, is this the MD player you mentioned?"
Li Zhengkai, who was holding a Sony's latest Walkman, nodded proudly when he heard this: "Right! Look, isn't it very delicate and small? This is a gift my dad brought back from a business trip to Japan during the Chinese New Year."
After he finished speaking, he puffed out his chest with pride, sighing and lamenting, "SONY is really a great company, especially in the field of electronic products. They have done a great job. Domestic companies can't compare with them at all. For example, this MD player in my hand, if I use it to listen to music, it is simply a supreme enjoyment!"
"I am sure that MD players will replace CD players and tape players in the future!"
Listening to Li Zhengkai's boasting, many students showed longing and envy in their eyes. After all, in today's country, especially for students like them who are still in high school, the international vision is too far away.
Occasionally, if you know some news that others don’t know, you can use it as a topic of conversation and become the focus of everyone’s attention.
Seeing Li Zhengkai's confident tone when he said this, Wu Qiuya couldn't help but believe it a little, and then asked curiously: "This MD player is so small that CDs can't be put in it. How can I listen to music?"
Li Zhengkai raised his eyebrows and immediately introduced it to Wu Qiuya enthusiastically: "Of course, the MD machine has a dedicated MD disk."
After saying that, he opened the lid and took out a palm-sized MD disc to show everyone.
Unlike ordinary CD records, although MD discs are also discs, they are protected by a transparent plastic shell and are shaped like a floppy disk, which can effectively prevent wear and tear.
"In terms of function, MD discs are also different from ordinary CD discs. MD discs are rewritable. Using this feature, users can move, delete and edit songs freely."
Several high school students were completely confused by what they heard and had no idea what the principle was. They just thought this thing was amazing.
"That's why people say that technology is invented by foreigners. Our country is so backward. It's really admirable that Japan next door can produce such amazing things."
"SONY is indeed the leader in the music industry. Even the music listening equipment is so advanced that it seems like something out of a science fiction movie."
"There is still a lot for our country to learn and catch up with."
"What's the point of catching up? Do you think others won't make progress? The gap will only get bigger. If you have the chance, you should immigrate. Only foreign countries can enjoy these most advanced things."
Several young people were talking about everything from small MD players to technology and immigration...
Then, a burst of inappropriate laughter made them all frown.
Everyone turned around and looked in the direction of the laughter, only to find that the person laughing was none other than Lu Yiming.
Li Zhengkai was immediately displeased when he saw Lu Yiming interrupting him from pretending to be cool, and said with a dark face: "Lu Yiming, what are you laughing at?"
Although Lu Yiming's billionaire status has long been known in the school, Li Zhengkai has not yet stepped out of the ivory tower. He does not quite understand the weight of the word "billionaire". He even feels that his future may not be worse than Lu Yiming's.
Lu Yiming suppressed his smile and said, "Ah, nothing, I just remembered something happy."
Li Zhengkai snorted, "What happy things do you think of?"
Lu Yiming said: "I had meat buns in the morning."
He laughed out loud again before he could finish his words. This time, even Li Quanwang couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed out loud too.
It would be fine if Lu Yiming laughed, after all he was a billionaire, Li Zhengkai could give him some face, but Li Quanwang also laughed, which made Li Zhengkai even more upset: "What are you laughing at?"
Li Quanwang actually didn't know what he was laughing at, but Lu Yiming was laughing so happily that he inexplicably started laughing too. When Li Zhengkai asked him this, he said, "I also remembered something happy."
Li Zhengkai gritted his teeth and said, "What happy things have you thought of?"
Li Quanwang thought about it and didn't know what happy thing he remembered, so he imitated Lu Yiming and said: "I also had meat buns in the morning."
Li Quanwang looked at Lu Yiming suspiciously, then looked at Li Quanwang again and asked, "Are you eating the same meat bun?"
"Right... um, no, what I mean is that the meat buns we both ate were bought from the same breakfast shop."
After saying this, Li Quanwang couldn't help but laughed out loud again.
At this moment, Li Zhengkai clenched his fists, and he was extremely angry. His eyes seemed to be burning with fire: "This is too much. You two are obviously laughing at me, and you never stop!"
Seeing that Li Zhengkai was about to explode with anger, Lu Yiming had to admit: "Okay, I was laughing at you, but I didn't mean to target you."
But Li Zhengkai, who was furious, would not listen to Lu Yiming's explanation and immediately asked, "What are you laughing at? Is what I said so funny?"
Lu Yiming sighed and said, "Well, I didn't want to say anything, but you asked me to say it."
Then, in front of everyone, in order to prove that he was not deliberately opposing Li Zhengkai, Lu Yiming also talked about the topic of digital music, saying: "MD is actually the English abbreviation of 'Mini Magneto-Disc'. It was officially mass-produced and launched into the market by Sony in 1992."
"Based on the technical level at that time, Sony had high hopes for MD and promoted it as a next-generation playback device. The idea was good, but six years later, the market response has been lukewarm due to the high price. Not to mention that users are not very receptive to this product, even major record companies are not very willing to launch MD discs, so the price of this thing is even higher. Many people would rather use CD players. After all, CD discs are cheap and can be bought everywhere. Those who use MD players now are typical fools with a lot of money. Isn't it funny that they are still the mainstream of the future?"
Li Zhengkai was very dissatisfied and asked: "Since you think MD players will not become mainstream in the future, what do you think will be the mainstream music player in the future?"
Lu Yiming said without hesitation: "Of course it's MP3."
After hearing this, Li Zhengkai sneered and said, "I also bought an MP3, but it's not easy to use. I have to download the songs myself before listening to them, and I need to use special software to transcribe the format. And it can only hold up to ten songs at a time. It's not as good as a tape recorder, at least I can change the tapes at will. I think you are just arguing with me. Your MP3 is not as good as my MD player."
Lu Yiming said: "These are only temporary, and the speed of technological progress will far exceed your imagination. In the next ten years, digital music will be dominated by MP3. As for Sony, it has also begun to decline. It is completely an old company and its future is doomed to be bleak."
Li Zhengkai acted as if he didn't believe even a single punctuation mark in Lu Yiming's conclusion: "How could Sony, such a great company, fail?"
Lu Yiming squinted at Li Zhengkai and said, "Great bullshit, Japan is such a small place, there is not even a decent piece of land to be found, there are no resources and no depth, how can you use your head to be great? Besides, it's a Japanese company, what does its greatness have to do with you? Are you a spiritual shareholder of Sony?"
"you……"
Li Zhengkai was speechless after being scolded by Lu Yiming .
What he said just now was just based on the little he knew, bragging to make himself stand out. What about the future direction of Sony, the strategic depth of Japan... He knows nothing.
But who is Lu Yiming? A reborn Internet surfer of the 21st century! Not only did he learn a lot of , but he also witnessed the rise and fall of countless "great" companies.
Seeing that Lu Yiming had silenced Li Zhengkai with just a few words, the classmates immediately turned their attention to .
"Lu Yiming, you said that MP3 will be very popular in the future, is this true?"
"Lu Yiming, what do you think our future life will be like?"
Everyone chattered, one after another, and started a heated discussion with Lu Yiming. Li Zhengkai had just shown off his MD player for a few minutes before Lu Yiming stole the limelight, which made him very depressed.
But he had no choice. He was not as rich as Lu Yiming, nor as knowledgeable as Lu Yiming. He could only maintain his dignity here by relying on his academic performance which was slightly better than Lu Yiming's.
Wu Qiuya seized the opportunity, approached Lu Yiming, and asked, "Lu Yiming, we only have one semester left in our senior year of high school, and the college entrance examination is coming soon, but I am very confused. What industry do you think is the most promising for me to work in in the future?"
Lu Yiming glanced at her and suggested very sincerely: "I think you will definitely have a bright future as an actor. When the time comes, you only need to act in your true colors and the movie will be a big hit."
Wu Qiuya's eyes sparkled with joy, and she smiled coquettishly, "Do you mean to praise my beauty?"
Lu Yiming said very seriously: "No, I mean to praise your natural acting skills. You will definitely beat those internet celebrities and young actors in the future."
Wu Qiuya’s mind was full of questions.
Internet celebrity? Fresh meat?
What the hell are these?
She couldn't understand what Lu Yiming said at all.
However, Wu Qiuya did not continue to delve into the matter, but naturally shifted the topic to Lu Yiming.
"What about you? Which university are you planning to go to?"
Lu Yiming looked indifferent and said, "Any university is fine. I prefer one that's close by, so I'll just find one in Guangdong Province. I don't like to travel too far."
Wu Qiuya wanted to ask more, but the bell rang, so she had to return to her seat.
After school in the afternoon, Lu Yiming received a call from Cheng Xiaohua and went to Mingyuan Technology.
In the research laboratory of the technical department, Lu Yiming met Cheng Xiaohua.
"Boss Cheng, didn't you say you would come back to the company after the Lantern Festival? Is Boss Zheng exploiting you so hard?"
Cheng Xiaohua smiled helplessly and said, "It has nothing to do with Mr. Zheng. My family is urging me to get married. I was annoyed by the noise, so I came to the company to get some peace and quiet."
I didn’t have much money before and I was working abroad, so the pressure to get married was not that serious.
But now, following Lu Yiming, the generous new boss, Cheng Xiaohua has initially achieved financial freedom and no longer has to worry about money.
However, precisely because he was rich now, other troubles followed. Every day, people who came to propose marriage almost broke down the threshold of Cheng Xiaohua's house.
Men with high education and high income are always popular in any era. Naturally, many people have their eyes on Cheng Xiaohua, who is still a bachelor.
During the few days he went back home for the Chinese New Year, he basically had three social events, morning, noon and night, and blind dates were everywhere, which left him with a psychological trauma. In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he found an excuse to go back to work and ran away.
After listening to Chen Xiaohua's complaints, Lu Yiming teased, "Isn't this a good thing? Or are all the women introduced to you ugly and ugly, with not a single beauty ?"
Cheng Xiaohua shook his head and said, "It's not that there aren't any pretty ones, but after chatting for a while, I found that we have absolutely no common topics. I don't like the things she likes, and she doesn't even understand the things I like. How can this work?"
People with high education seem to have similar troubles. After all, people need to communicate. If they find a partner who has difficulty in even basic communication, can they still live a good life in the future?
Therefore, compared with incompatibility of horoscopes, the problems caused by incompatibility of world views are more serious.
Lu Yiming patted Cheng Xiaohua on the shoulder and said sympathetically, "I understand your distress, but you are rich now, so you don't have to rush to get married. By the way, is there anything you want me to come here for today?"
The two finally got down to business. Cheng Xiaohua took out a sample and said, "Mr. Lu, I asked an old classmate to buy the MP3 player you mentioned from the United States."
What appeared in front of Lu Yiming was a black MP3 player that looked somewhat like an iPod.
Of course, chronologically speaking, the iPod should look like it.
Cheng Xiaohua introduced: "This is the RioPMP300 that you mentioned to me before, Mr. Lu. It has only been on the market in the United States for a short time, but it is said that it is now selling very well, so much so that it has been sued by the Recording Industry Association of the United States, RIAA, and both parties are still in the lawsuit."
