Chapter 846 Eighty-Eight

"1996 was crucial to a+ audio."

At the end of this year, Song Ya did not gather all the executives under his management in a conference room. He felt that it would be better to meet separately, so as to save everyone from arguing and wasting time at the meeting like last year. Besides, it is not necessary for every executive to know own other business.

1996 was the last year before De Lay received a 15% equity incentive. After Yeremov left, Song Ya "summoned" him the next day.

DeLay, who had previously received 5% of the incentive equity, still intends to maintain the old routine, expand as much as possible, and keep all the profits within the a+ audio company. So in 1996, in addition to continuing to invest in the American music website, he also planned to increase the market share of the a+ synthetic music copyright library again, directly reaching more than 10% through an acquisition.

The profit of the synthetic music copyright library is stable but cannot support his ambition. The land and small office building in Silicon Valley borrowed from the American music website project are his main sources of financing. According to his 1996 plan, he will basically use The rest is all mortgaged out.

As for the shares of dts that have been listed that are worth less than five million, Song Ya will not let him move, and he has no idea. The 3.2% of the shares have 5% of the voting rights, and one director, in the After dts went public, he was keen to participate in the board meeting there.

In this way, the real plan in his heart is obvious. Taking advantage of the rapid development of the Internet, after receiving the equity incentive in 1997, he immediately borrowed the American music website to operate the overall listing of a+ audio, so as to maximize his personal interests.

This serves Song Ya himself and the joint accountant of a+ audio. Samuel of Yongdao Firm has already noticed the clue and gave an early warning. O'Grady of Northern Trust also reminded him privately. Delay should also guess Come out, I know his plan very well.

Now the two have maintained this tacit understanding by relying on their friendship back then and their determination to keep their promises.

Of course, I can't help but guard against him wanting to be more greedy. Alicia is in charge of the legal affairs of a+ audio.

Um? Where did he think, Song Ya shook his head.

"Yes, it's very important." DeLay didn't take the initiative to poke the window paper, but he didn't deliberately cover it up. He followed the hints in the words of his old friend and boss, "As long as Internet companies can go public this year, their stock prices will double. go up."

"Well, Nine Sisters."

At the end of the year, two more Internet companies were successfully listed, and the market name was changed from Seven Sisters in 1995 to Nine Sisters.

"Pity,

Have you heard? The yahoo next door to us will also go public next year, in March. said Delay.

"So soon? I thought it would be at least until the end of next year."

Yahoo has quietly climbed the market share of search engines to the top three. Now this type of website is much more touted by the market than music websites. One of the founders of Yahoo is Chinese, and Song Ya missed the early investment opportunity. Money regret.

"I feel that the Internet industry is characterized by fast speed, everything is fast, and everything changes rapidly."

DeLay also sighed for a while, "So next year I will follow the trend and update the American music website every three months. I may not have time to tour abroad with you. How did you sign the new contract with Anschutz?"

"At present, there are six shows in Central and South America, one in Spain, and one in Portugal, depending on the situation, as the first half of my 'full score' global tour." Song Ya replied.

"Whoa, a trip to Latin?" DeLay laughed.

"Yes ha."

Benefiting from the love song aiseeutepego, South Americans gradually fell in love with the two mambo songs mambono.5 and angelina in Erzhuan. Song Ya knew it herself, the publisher Sony Columbia Records knew it, and of course Anschutz's performing arts department knew it He's getting more and more famous there. Due to the rampant piracy in Latin America, the popularity of songs may not necessarily be converted into sales of genuine albums. Therefore, it is more practical to exchange popularity for real money by holding concerts and accepting advertisements while they are popular.

This is also good for him to fight for the theme song of the 98 World Cup through the powerful South American gang in Fifa.

"Next year we will try to sell our t-shirts and vodka to South America."

After sending Delay away, he met with Scout, the president of a+ clothing, and Riser, the president of a+ wine, the a+ pedal company.

"Capacity."

Riser is not too cold, "Grey Goose vodka is not sold enough in Beimi now. A bottle of more than ten dollars is twice as expensive as ordinary vodka. Is the spending power of South Americans enough? Our high-end route is very good."

"In short, build up the skeleton of your South American branch first, and I will be even more popular there next year."

In the general direction, Song Ya is undeniable: "Anyway, the sparkling wine project has been suspended, and the second phase of vodka production expansion has been strengthened. As always, Scout, you will combine the profits of a+ clothing this year's soft sister currency with the local winery The shares of the company will be exchanged again, and the specific operation will be discussed between you two, and it will be today."

"Oh my God."

Scout frowned as expected, "Again?"

"My situation is different now, Scout, you don't want to get last year's price." Reese smirked at him triumphantly.

"fxxkyou!" Scout gave him a middle finger, "You might as well go back and eat yourself."

"You eat yourself!"

"You eat yourself!"

"Okay, okay, don't quarrel in front of me, okay? You two are not three-year-olds." Song Ya had already foreseen this scene, "Scout, next year you will slow down the momentum of expansion, and your newly added official store I don’t think it’s time for T-shirts to be differentiated. This year, traditional cheap clothing giants have launched product lines that are comparable to ours. The price, quality, and design are similar. You have to compare it with Sears The huge loss counters we cooperated with stopped, and the money saved was spent on the South American branch..."

"Sears is just a little bit more difficult this year. We have to work with our partners to tide over the difficulties. They have helped us in the early days of a+ apparel business. They are still a local giant in Chicago and my old employer..." Scout was reluctant, "We can't turn our backs on people so quickly."

"Business is business, ok?"

Song Ya persuaded: "I have read your report. The operating cost of our Sears counter is several times that of other supermarkets. Their department store model is not suitable for this era."

Gray Goose Vodka was released in October along with the 21 album, and it has only been two months since today. A+ Liquor is still too early to pay off, but a+ Apparel has gradually become the most stable cash cow in its industrial business. Songya wants to expand radically and refuses to let it go. It's not that he doesn't want to grow bigger, but that he wants to stagger the rhythm and develop steadily in conjunction with the industry under his hand.

As the business grew bigger and bigger, he obviously felt more and more tired of competing with his senior managers. After wasting a lot of time and saliva, Scout finally accepted the boss's opinion helplessly, "Nothing will happen next year." If you don’t do it, you still need to shrink strategically? How will the profit of A+ Apparel be distributed this year?”

"You keep a part of the cash in the company's account, and you and other executives will also get a generous bonus, and then distribute dividends to shareholders. I arranged for Goodman to discuss the details with you. He is in the study."

"All right."

Song Ya coerced and lured her, and finally unified her thinking with the executives of the two traditional industry companies.

Soon he met with Gordon from a+cn, and with him were O'Grady from Northern Trust, the other two shareholders of a+cn, and people from Comcast.

"Because the two parties previously agreed that the channel resources will be determined according to the ratings of a+cn, then I think that after the official independent operation of the 20-hour news station, the channel will be relatively late, er, very late..."

Comcast's strategic direction has been adjusted to the infrastructure construction of the Internet and telecommunications industry, and a+cn itself is not very competitive. At present, a+cn produces about nine hours of programs every day, scattered on the three free channels of Comcast , Comcast actually placed higher expectations on this black news station than Song Ya. The owner Roberts Jr. personally made the decision and attended the signing ceremony in person, fully expecting that it can become a black cuu and an old black station bet, but at the stage More than two months after the pilot, almost no one thinks so anymore.

The people they sent here were of a lower level than before, and they were also much younger. "If nothing else happens, you can probably only choose one between seventy-five and ninety-nine stations, Mr. Aplus?"

"Is it okay to choose channel 88? Then choose this one, it will bring me good luck." For Song Ya, there is only one channel choice in this range, "Fortunately, it didn't fall to three digits." He took pleasure in bitterness Prank on Gordon.

Gordon forced a smile to respond to the boss, he didn't even bother to ask why Taiwan 88 had good luck, and was depressed, which was in stark contrast to his high-spiritedness when he just quit bet.

"Don't be like this Gordon, you haven't brought out a complete 24-hour news station yet, I believe you can do it, and you also said that TV station is a long-term business, right?" As a boss, what else can we do? Song Ya smiled and cheered.

"This is the promotion plan after the official launch next year." Comcast's people submitted a new document. In addition to the routine operation of mailing paper advertisements to potential subscribers through their channels, there are also such as cutting out Relevant newspaper advertisements can be mailed back to get a one-year free subscription, through joint promotion with other stations, etc., the total amount is 10 million.

The parent company of a+cn, a+ copyright and asset management company, will contribute 7.1 million in proportion, and the remaining 2.9 million will be borne by Northern Trust and Comcast, in addition to the need to expand the content of the program The three companies have to pay in proportion to the new investment.

The good news is that according to Gordon's ratings results, he will definitely not be able to get the top 5 million annual salary, and the three companies can save a small amount of money.

No matter which family is willing to see the number of subscribers skyrocket, Gordon's salary is nothing.

"We will only follow up for another year, and if the number of subscribers is still not as expected by then..."

It was inconvenient for Song Ya himself to give an ultimatum to Gordon, and O'Grady of the Northern Trust came forward to be the bad guy according to what the two had whispered before the meeting.

"I know, I won't fail."

Alicia is not free yet. The contract documents negotiated today will be signed together with the relevant documents of the inner city broadcasting company in charge of her law firm at the beginning of next year. Gordon stood up and smiled: "? I will build it Be the best news station ever, I swear."

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