Chapter 921 Alliance with Infoseek

Sony Columbia Records has not been in chaos under the management of Columbia Pictures President John Carley. Judging from the upper-level news that has been inquired from many sources, it is even running more smoothly than when Daniel was in charge.

The release of his own music video and the new singles list are in an orderly pace. MJ’s crisis public relations are also doing well. leading position.

This is unscientific. John Carley, the newly appointed Sony Beimi and Howard Stringer, the president of Sony Entertainment, are all laymen in the record industry. The predators of the II man group who suddenly became emotional and broke into the free market should not react so quickly and dare to fight.

"What's the matter with you? APLUS, did you encounter any unhappy things at the signing in San Francisco?"

On the way from San Francisco to Sunnyvale, Goodman's younger brother, A+ venture capital legal consultant Jimmy, who was in the same car, noticed Song Ya's absent-mindedness.

"No, it's just... I smell something familiar." Song Ya said while moving her sore right wrist.

"Familiar? You still have enough energy to prepare for the LSAT exam in the past two years? Wow, what a genius!" Jimmy would be wrong, pointing to the LSAT exam manual in Song Ya's hand and flattering him.

"No, I just got it, am I asking you for advice?"

Regardless of it, anyway, there are more than half a year left between A+ Records and Sony Columbia Records, and even if that man is secretly involved in the management of Sony Columbia Records, he will never see him again after half a year...

"It seems difficult." He waved the test booklet in his hand and said to Jimmy.

"Of course it's difficult. This is the law school entrance exam. And the University of Chicago Law School you applied for belongs to the top 14 or even the top 6 camps in the United States. The graduates have great prospects. Unlike me, I went to a pheasant school..." Jimmy glowed slightly Said sourly.

"Then shall we continue?"

"OK, the LSAT test is divided into three parts: reading comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical reasoning, as well as writing..." Jimmy began to tutor seriously.

Old Mike glanced at the boss who was listening carefully in the rearview mirror, slowed down the car, and drove as steadily as he could.

The weather on the west coast is 10,000 times better than in Chicago. On a sunny afternoon, Song Ya walked out of the car and stood in front of the office building of the American music website.

"APLUS! Look at this!"

Unexpectedly, Silicon Valley, where paparazzi seldom come and go, has more camera shutter sounds. No, it’s not a paparazzi. The photographer who said hello is obviously more stylish than the paparazzi whose jeans are always sloppy. He is a few meters away from the security line. Greeted generously from the distance, the leather shoes under his feet were shiny, and there was an assistant by his side to help carry the large equipment bag.

"The weather is good ah?"

It should be a street photographer from a fashion magazine, and it is likely to be hired by his own A+ clothing, otherwise he would not be blocked here. Song Ya didn't care too much, raised her hand, smiled, and kept walking.

"Yeah, another frontal photo?" the other party asked.

Song Ya stopped at the door, turned around and posed slightly, and then walked into the building greeted by Di Lai.

"Sorry, APLUS, this time it's a little bit underwhelming."

The real estate deal between DeLay and YAHOO collapsed. The founders of YAHOO, who just went public, were not in a hurry. After learning that Kirsch, the owner of rival Infoseek, was involved in the competition, they pretended to continue the negotiation, but in fact they were not far away. Palo Alto negotiated a new headquarters location. They are only listed two months earlier than Infoseek. This leading period is a good opportunity to use financing advantages to catch up and expand. It is really stupid to waste time in a real estate acquisition case.

Of course this is all after the fact.

"Why was it discovered? Kirsch came forward in the name of an intermediary company?" Song Ya asked.

"The venture capital companies behind YAHOO are well-informed, Silicon Valley is not big."

Delay was very annoyed, "Fortunately, Mr. Kirsch will keep his promise. We failed to help him delay Yahoo for two months, but after all, it's not bad if he delays for more than ten days. He will give us a price slightly higher than the market price." The price is good, and they are willing to put the link of the American music website on the homepage of their music section, and they will also carry out exclusive and in-depth cooperation in the provision of music content services.”

"This is equivalent to..."

This means that the American music website and Infoseek have formed a de facto alliance. Infoseek’s portal and community content have not been as good as YAHOO’s. Song Ya is a little worried: “I see that YAHOO is also doing music, movies, stocks, sports and other communities. , and more and more users will skip the Netscape homepage and directly set the browser homepage to YAHOO."

"Mr. Kirsch said that they are also striving to imitate and catch up with YAHOO's rich portal content. How about Infoseek, it is still the first in market share, and its IPO is only two months late." DeLay persuaded.

"Actually, if the American music website goes public next year, we'll also need a bigger office space, right? DeLay."

Alicia was waiting in the meeting room, she said: "Maybe we can reject Kirsch's money, and let APLUS personally invest in the funding gap for hardware upgrades?"

This is what the two discussed on the phone before coming here. Song Ya looked at Di Lai, "I don't care, it's okay."

"No, APLUS, let me handle it myself, we agreed." Delay shook his head: "We can't wait for the acquisition of Louise Newspaper and the hardware upgrade of the website. Kirsch's money will arrive in the account soon, and we will also It really needs the drainage of Infoseek."

"OK."

Song Ya shrugged. Anyway, he also took a lot of YAHOO stocks, even if he hedged the risk of the alliance between the American music website and Infoseek.

I inspected at the headquarters and made some comments on the American music website as usual. This time, Song Ya noticed a lot of posts with MP3 format attachments. Except for her own and Madonna's songs, due to the preference of Internet users, rock music Music is the hardest hit area for this kind of behavior.

In addition, some users will also copy and paste some entries in the record industry database that the rival music website is most proud of as arguments into the post.

"It doesn't matter, users upload and share pirated content by themselves, as long as the website does not actively participate and guide, there is no legal responsibility."

The governor's wife confidently gave professional advice, "I checked, and this kind of behavior on the Internet is still a gray area."

"I'm a singer, Alicia, and my website..."

Not showing dissatisfaction in front of De Lay, Song Ya complained when she was alone with her: "The record industry has been devastated by pirated CDs in recent years, and now the Internet is coming... I don't know when my second college will be sold. Diamond line. Forget about other people’s, at least get the A+ record and Mimi’s song removed.”

"No, just pretend you don't know about it. When the American Music website goes public next year, you'll first pocket this money, which far exceeds the income of the record industry, and then figure out a way. The impact shouldn't be big at the moment."

Alicia replied: "DeLay has already been in contact with Wall Street investment banks. He is very concerned about his 15% shares that took effect in 1997, so he just rejected your offer without hesitation. New financing plan."

"I can understand, otherwise I would have said it directly outside. However, he did not do a very good job of selling the land, and the relationship between Yahoo and YAHOO was froze."

Song Ya said: "YAHOO was delayed for more than ten days, the land was not sold at a high price as expected, and it was tied to an Infoseek chariot. It was tantamount to being played around by Kirsch."

"This ability...he is indeed still a little immature in front of the Silicon Valley tycoon Kirsch and the investment institutions behind YAHOO, but do you really think you can do better than him?"

Alicia smiled.

"Me instead? I don't need to sell land for money, so your question is invalid, Alicia."

Song Ya also laughed, and he just complained about it. Since Di Lai took charge of A+ Audio, he has almost never taken any money from himself, and he has moved all the way to today, the eve of the website's listing. Everything can only be discussed after the website is listed, and I hope that Internet companies will still be so sought after next year."

"Sure, so wish us success?" Alicia went to pour champagne.

"I wish us success." Song Ya looked at her graceful back under her professional suit, "Uh, why don't you drink here? Go and visit my new home here?"

"No, I just saw the paparazzi taking pictures upstairs, otherwise I will go out with Dilai to pick you up."

"Well, prudence is an excellent quality."

Song Ya took the wine, the two clinked glasses, and then drank it tacitly with their heads up.

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