Chapter 443 Tianyin Internet Technology Company
Seeing the young man about to leave, Jacques Berman quickly grabbed him.
"Wait a moment."
An impatient expression appeared on the young man's face. Jacques Berman quickly took out a twenty-dollar bill from his pocket. The young man's expression immediately eased and he said, "What do you want to know?"
Jacques Berman asked: "What are these comments and votes you're talking about?"
The young man replied amiably, "This is the Tianyin Community that Qianqian Jingting software has just launched. Previously, registered users of Qianqian Jingting could only upload and download music on the software, but now they can post and comment on other people's posts in the community. They can also create hot words for their idols, vote for their idols, and request songs for other users. They can also increase the popularity of their idols through rewards, allowing their idols to move higher on the rankings and gather more fans. Of course, all of this requires an activation code. Every Tianyin MP3 has a unique activation code, which can be used after binding an account."
While listening to the young man's story, Jacques Berman's facial features twitched several times.
What a beast!
It's really a beast!
Where else can you find bundled sales like this?
I have never seen such a shameless person!
If I want to use the social function of Qianqian Jingting software, do I have to buy Tianyin MP3?
Who came up with this?
Is there still law?
Is there still law?
Jacques Behrman stuffed the banknotes into the young man's hand and left in a hurry.
Back at the Imperial Company, Jacques Bellman quickly told Ferdinand Mitford exactly what he had seen and heard that day.
After hearing this, Ferdinand Mitford flew into a rage and slammed the table, shouting, "This is clearly unfair competition! They are really going too far!"
Jacques Bellman was extremely helpless: "Yes, you must buy Tianyin MP3 to enjoy the full functions of Qianqian Jingting software. This move is really too despicable!"
Ferdinand Mitford felt very uncomfortable. The Supreme Alliance had condescended to reduce the price by 20%, but still couldn't defeat Tianyin?
This is not a failure for their Imperial Alliance, this is a slap in the face of the United States!
"Prosecute! They must be prosecuted!"
Every true American knows that when you are in doubt, you should file a lawsuit. Ferdinand Mitford immediately called his legal adviser, Arthur Henry, to explain the whole story to him, and then asked him to write the complaint.
Arthur Henry looked at the two "fools" in front of him calmly and did as he was told silently.
Anyway, he doesn't care as long as there is a lawsuit.
In the hotel, Song Honglin once again received a call from Lu Yiming, asking him to return to the country to escort a batch of goods over.
In just a few days, 50,000 Tianyin MP3s were sold out again, and dealers almost bombarded the phone of Mingyuan Technology's US branch.
Although the round trip took several days, Song Honglin had no complaints and even felt happy about it.
He was even sighing with emotion, thinking that it was so damn easy to make money. How could so many items worth only two or three hundred dollars be sold at once?
The people of the United States are really rich!
And judging from the situation, the market is far from being saturated.
He immediately promised, "Okay, Mr. Lu, I'll get 100,000 units this time!"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Are you relieved now? Anyway, let the factory work overtime. Our products will soon be sold all over the United States, and there will be a lot of money waiting for us to make."
If Lu Yiming had talked to Song Honglin like this before, Song Honglin would have thought that Lu Yiming was just bragging and daydreaming. But after seeing the best-selling Tianyin MP3 with his own eyes, Song Honglin has become a loyal fan of Lu Yiming, and even thinks that Lu Yiming is too conservative!
"I'll arrange it when I get back!"
In 1998, Disney was eager to find a female singer with a wide vocal range, a strong voice, and superb high pitch to sing the theme song of the movie "Mulan". Christina Aguilera's cover of "Run To You" recorded with a portable stereo in her living room was sent to Disney. Disney was very satisfied with her voice and immediately contacted her. Within 48 hours, she recorded "Reflection" in Los Angeles. A week later, Christina Aguilera received a record contract from the American Broadcasting Company and began to prepare her first solo album.
By May 1999, Christina Aguilera's first studio album, Christina Aguilera, had recorded all twelve songs and was ready for post-production. The album included Reflection, which was recorded and released in 1998.
In the recording studio, after the last song of the album was recorded, Christina Aguilera walked out of the studio, stretched, took out her newly bought Tianyin MP3, naturally plugged in headphones, and started listening to music.
She bought this thing last month and couldn't put it down after buying it. Not only does it have a large storage capacity, but it is also very convenient to operate. You can switch songs, fast forward, rewind, etc., all by touch, without having to take the MP3 out of your pocket.
Recently, Qianqian Jingting has also created a Tianyin community. Of course, the 19-year-old Christina Aguilera would not reject such a new thing. She immediately used the activation code on the Tianyin MP3 to bind her account. Not only that, she also verified her identity according to the community's guidance - a signed artist of the American Broadcasting Records Company. There is a unique little lightning logo in the lower right corner of the avatar, which is very unique.
After returning home from listening to music, Christina Aguilera couldn't wait to open the Tianyin community. During this period, Christina Aguilera has been recording songs and has not logged into Qianqian Jingting for a long time.
She had just logged into her account when new message notifications kept flashing, which startled her. She opened the backstage and saw that all the song comments, personal messages, etc. were 99+.
After a closer look, she realized that the Tianyin community had opened a ranking function. A wealthy fan gave her song crazy rewards, which directly pushed her song to the top of the rankings and attracted a lot of attention.
The number of her fans has also increased from a few hundred to several thousand.
The song "Reflection" has also exceeded 100,000 views and has topped this week's hot song chart.
"I seem to be popular?"
Christina Aguilera was stunned for a moment, feeling that the world was becoming magical - especially when she saw that the income column in the backstage was more than three thousand dollars.
According to Qianqian Jingting's reward rules, when users spend money on Qianqian Jingting to support their favorite songs, the owners of the songs will receive 20% of the profits.
Christina Aguilera, feeling quite nervous, opened the private messages and comments, and began to check them one by one, replying carefully to each one.
At the same time, she was also thinking whether she should upload her songs to Qianqian Jingting in the future. After all, she could earn more than 3,000 US dollars for one song...
California.
Kailin received a large envelope from the editor-in-chief, which contained the bonus for her previous report on Lu Yiming's Mingyuan Technology and Qianqian Jingting. Because the content was easy to understand and the report was timely, this report received a lot of attention.
Happy Karen took the prize money and went to the supermarket to buy a lot of things to share this joy with her family.
At this moment, at home, her sister Eva and her classmate Clara were sitting in front of the computer.
"Oh my god! Christina actually replied to my message! And invited me to her fan meeting!"
Eva turned around and hugged Clara, screaming and jumping with excitement.
Kailin happened to come home and heard the noise in the room. She came over to take a look and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you? You look so happy today."
Eva said excitedly: "Christina invited me to attend her fan meeting in Los Angeles on Saturday! I can see my idol!"
After hearing this, Kailin smiled and said, "Not bad."
Eva sat back in front of the computer and opened the message Christina sent her with shaking hands, and replied, "I will definitely go!"
Kailin was shocked to see that Eva could communicate directly with her idol.
When she was young, she also liked a certain singer, but there was no Internet at that time, so if she wanted to know about her idol, she could only read newspapers and magazines. And she could only pay attention to her idol one-sidedly, like unrequited love. But now, Eva is actually interacting with her idol in real time on the Internet!
Out of her sensitivity as a journalist, Karen felt that this could lead to big news!
This Xia guy is so amazing, I must find a way to get an exclusive interview with him!
New York.
Christina Aguilera has been sitting in front of her computer all day.
In the Tianyin community, she kept replying to fans' private messages and comments, and expressed her sincere gratitude to her loyal fans who gave her rewards.
She really loves communicating with her fans in real time in the Tianyin community, especially reading comments that praise her.
In the following days, the first thing she did every day when she woke up was no longer to brush her teeth and wash her face, but to turn on the computer and log into her Tianyin account.
She thinks the Tianyin community is really great, and its interactive social attributes are simply unique in this era.
A few days passed quickly. On this day, she was interacting with fans in the Tianyin community as usual, when her agent Angel suddenly called her.
As soon as the call was connected, Angel said to her excitedly: "Your number of fans has increased rapidly in the past few days. You are going to be famous."
Thanks to the support of wealthy people, Christina Aguilera's songs remained high on the charts and attracted a lot of traffic.
This was also done intentionally by Lu Yiming.
He just wants to tell everyone that if you have money you can do whatever you want and spending money is the only way.
In addition, Christina Aguilera herself has been diligently posting messages on the Tianyin forum these days, which has also attracted a lot of popularity.
Christina Aguilera beamed and said to Angel: "Yeah, it's so unexpected! Is this the power of the Internet?"
Angel said, "I have arranged several fan meetings for you. You must maintain your popularity!"
"Um!"
Christina Aguilera, who has been in the industry for two years, is now full of energy.
Los Angeles.
A few days ago, Lu Yiming registered and established a Tianyin Internet Technology Company, which is specifically responsible for the operation and management of the Tianyin Forum and Qianqian Jingting software in North America.
It was impossible for Lu Yiming to stay here to manage the company, but fortunately the professional manager system in the United States was very complete. With the help of Bill Gates, Lu Yiming formed a management team of six people to be responsible for the daily management of Tianyin Internet Technology Company.
On this day, Lu Yiming was busy explaining Tianyin's philosophy and corporate culture to the new team, but Larry Page and Sergey Brin suddenly came to visit.
In Lu Yiming's private office, Larry Page, like a bullied wife, complained to Lu Yiming: "Lu, why have you been in the United States for so long and not come to Google? Don't forget that you are also one of our shareholders. We have a common cause."
Lu Yiming quickly said apologetically, "I'm so sorry. I've been very busy recently. As you can see, it's almost noon and I'm still in a meeting."
Sergey Brin said to Lu Yiming: "You are now a big celebrity in the United States. I don't know how many singers want to be friends with you."
Due to the sudden popularity of Christina Aguilera, more and more singers are opening accounts in Tianyin Community to interact with fans.
Thanks to the influence of these stars, the number of registered users and active users of Tianyin Community has also increased rapidly.
Larry Page said to Lu Yiming: "Someone has already set their sights on you. The vampires on Wall Street are famous for their keen sense of smell. You have made such a big fuss that they have already heard about it and are here."
Sergey Brin praised: "Your new product is great, especially the software function combined with the Internet, which is really amazing."
Larry Page complained, "You have such a great idea. Can you also consider Google? After all, you have shares in the company."
Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said, "I will definitely do that next time."
"As for those vampires on Wall Street? Let them target me if they want. As for whether they will suck my blood or I will suck their blood, that will only be proven by time."
Larry Page and Sergey Brin were also very sensible and did not take up too much of Lu Yiming's time. They left after chatting for half an hour.
As soon as the two of them left, the newly appointed CEO Anthony Falconer came over to report to Lu Yiming: "Boss, I just got the news that more than 20 investment banks and fund companies want to invest in our company. These include well-known investment banks such as Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs."
Lu Yiming was not surprised by the news.
The number of registered users of Tianyin Community has exceeded 400,000, of which about 150,000 are active users. Most of them are young people who are obsessed with chasing stars, and it is so easy to make money from them.
Not to mention that this new way of playing music community based on the Internet is obviously very promising and has huge market potential. Who wouldn't be envious ?
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and said, "Call the heads of Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs. As for the other minions, forget it. I don't have time to talk to them. They are not qualified to invest in me."
The development of Tianyin Internet Technology Company is mainly to provide network services. The biggest expenses are electricity and Internet fees, as well as the purchase of hardware equipment such as servers.
With Mingyuan Technology backing them up, they are not actually short of money. What they lack most are various "connections".
Don't think that doing business in the United States is free and fair. Those who think so must have been kicked in the head by a donkey. Here, if you want to get by, you still have to rely on connections and pay homage to some influential forces.
Wall Street is the gathering place of the top monopoly organizations and large financial institutions in the United States, such as the New York Stock Exchange, the United States Stock Exchange, investment banks, government and city-run securities dealers, trust companies, the Federal Reserve Bank, etc., as well as the headquarters of various public utilities and insurance companies. It is also the headquarters of large companies such as banks, insurance, railways, shipping, mining, and manufacturing opened by large financial groups such as Rockefeller and Morgan. Monopoly capital controls the political and economic lifeline of the United States through Wall Street, and at the same time restricts the economic development trend in many parts of the world.
Being able to establish connections on Wall Street is beneficial and necessary for Tianyin Internet Technology Company to gain a foothold in the United States.
Anthony Falconer followed Lu Yiming's instructions and went to arrange cooperation with three investment banks. Leaving Lu Yiming's office, Anthony Falconer was amazed. In the United States, entrepreneurship and financing are not uncommon, but most entrepreneurs want to find investors to invest money. Which one doesn't beg for money and even kneel on the ground crying and calling for the sponsor?
As a result, Lu Yiming was different. Investors flocked to him and waved money in their hands, but he was picky. If they wanted to cooperate with him, they had to be big investors like Morgan Stanley. It was outrageous to think about it.
The next day, Anthony Falconer arranged for Lu Yiming to meet with the business managers of Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs. After a morning of negotiations, the four reached an agreement that Tianyin Internet Technology Company was valued at 40 million US dollars, and each of the three investment banks would invest in it at a price of 4 million US dollars in cash, and each would own 10% of the shares.
With 12 million U.S. dollars in cash in hand, the funds for the next stage of development of Tianyin Internet Technology Company are in place.
Song Honglin participated in the entire negotiation and was stunned. As soon as the meeting ended, he couldn't help but complain to Lu Yiming: "Just built a website and organized a bunch of fancy activities, and the valuation is 40 million US dollars? In China, this would be more than 300 million, right? Is it so easy to make money?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "This is just an appraisal. If you ask for a high price, just pay it back. Besides, three hundred million is nothing. You should be bolder. You should always have dreams. What if they come true?"
Song Honglin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I've learned a lot this time. I didn't know that money can be earned this way."
However, Lu Yiming shook his head and said, "Easy money isn't necessarily a good thing."
Song Honglin was stunned: "Why?"
