Chapter 1543: No One Pays Attention

Old fox! Qin Feng cursed.

I originally thought I had taken advantage, but who would have expected that I would now have to be responsible for negotiating with major record companies.

In this regard, it is not so easy.

Although, in the long run, there are pros and cons to opening up digital downloads of music.

But this is only 1998. God knows what the record labels would think.

You know, companies in this industry, such as Microsoft, have missed the entire Internet era.

By the time Microsoft came to its senses, it had missed the development of the online world. In the end, relying on his wealth and power, he was able to get on the cloud computing bus. Of course, Microsoft has also relied on cloud computing to become a company with a market value of over one trillion US dollars.

Even Microsoft will miss it, let alone those traditional record companies today.

Qin Feng remembered that Jobs also spent a lot of effort to negotiate with major record companies.

Now, this troublesome matter is left to me.

This 7% is really hard to get.

But there is no way, who allows this 7% profit sharing, it is really a bit exciting.

So, Qin Feng went to those record companies.

Lisa continued to improve interface design at the company.

Although Qin Feng thought that the interface was very simple and beautiful, Jobs still asked him to come up with several more options to choose from. Moreover, it cannot be worse than the current plan, it must be better.

This is the picky Jobs.

Working with him is indeed painful at times. Of course, it was also because of his artistic obsession that products that changed the world were born.

It has to be said that sometimes, people are different.

At present, there are actually not many mainstream record companies in the world.

In this regard, there are five major record companies in the world.

Warner, Universal, BMG, EMI, and Sony.

As for the Rolling Stones that everyone is familiar with, it is just a local record company in Baodao. Compared with the world's five major record companies, the gap is huge. It can only be said that local record companies have made it known to the public.

But in fact, most of the well-known singers are basically signed to the five major record companies.

Qin Feng's goal is to win the online sales rights of the five major record companies.

In this regard, Qin Feng's first target is naturally his old acquaintance Warner.

After all, Qin Feng originally purchased the cable technology from Warner, which catapulted China into the high-speed Internet era.

In addition, Qin Feng sold the copyright of "Harry Potter" to Warner.

It can be said that the two parties have the basis for many cooperations.

Originally, Qin Feng believed that this was a matter of course.

Digital music copyright is a major trend in the future. The two sides have a basis for cooperation, so this should go smoothly.

Who would have expected that the negotiation between Qin Feng and Warner would not go smoothly at all.

Warner Records has no interest at all in Qin Feng's proposal.

"Mr. Qin, the Internet era will come. But we believe that people will still choose to go to record stores to listen, which will have more atmosphere and can be shared with more music lovers. As for the MP3 format you mentioned, its effect It is not comparable to CDs and cannot provide everyone with the immersive feeling of sound. Moreover, this may lead to rampant piracy," said the president of Warner Records.

Qin Feng frowned.

This is indeed an old antique.

There is no prospect of the record market at all.

in the future,

Many singers no longer pay much attention to the offline market. Many singers sell directly online. This eliminates the need for middlemen, and neither the singer nor the record company will earn less than before.

It may even increase your revenue by reaching a wider audience.

However, now, it is indeed still a prosperous season for the offline record market.

This gave Qin Feng a headache.

The other party is not interested at all, what should I do?

"But wouldn't it be better to have one more channel?" Qin Feng asked back.

"That is likely to affect offline sales. Moreover, if consumers go to record stores, they may buy many records instead of buying a single song online." The president of Warner Records rejected Qin Feng's proposal.

This was the case for several subsequent companies.

Qin Feng is not very optimistic about this online sales proposal.

Qin Feng was helpless.

Maybe it's still too early.

In fact, it was the end of 2001 when Jobs launched the iPod.

It is now the second half of 1998. Although the difference between the two is only three years, in the Internet market, three years can be said to be an era.

Especially in the next few years, the development of the Internet will be changing with each passing day every year.

Three years can indeed change the minds of many people.

And now, how to convince them?

There is only one company left, Sony.

However, Qin Feng didn't really want to go.

Because, if we go, there is no telling what will happen.

You know, Sony is currently the giant in the Walkman market. Qin Feng was worried that he might remind Sony if he went to discuss this cooperation with them.

If so, it would be troublesome.

After all, Sony has its own resources. It couldn't be easier to get one out.

But on my side, I don’t have any resources at all.

what to do? Qin Feng hesitated.

Should we go here or not?

After much thought, Qin Feng decided to pay a visit to Sony Records.

Anyway, give it a try.

As for Sony, if it launches an online mall, that's fine. Perhaps it can reverse this backward concept.

If it can be done like this, that would be great.

At that time, everyone can compete again.

With iPod, Qin Feng believes that he can defeat Sony.

After all, although Sony's Walkman is awesome, compared with the iPod, it is inferior in all aspects.

Qin Feng stepped into Sony Records headquarters.

After waiting for a while, Qin Feng met Sony Records President Howard Stringer.

Howard Stringer was not too cold about Qin Feng's arrival.

However, because this time, Qin Feng's car sales were extremely amazing. As the owner of a local Chinese car brand, he defeated many international brands during the National Day Golden Week, which made Qin Feng very famous in Japan.

After all, before this, Huaxia Automobile was half-dead. It can even be said that it has basically been buried.

However, Qin Feng saved him with his personal strength. Although the performance is not very good in all aspects, the quality control is good, coupled with the entry-level price and stylish appearance, many Japanese car companies regard Qinfeng as their biggest competitor in China in the future.

Howard Stringer also heard some rumors about Qin Feng from some Japanese people. At this time, Qin Feng's visit made him extremely curious.

"Mr. Qin, I heard that your Daqin Automobile ranked first in sales at the China International Auto Show, beating cars from Japan and other countries. What do you think?" Howard Stringer asked curiously.

Qin Feng looked depressed. I'm here to talk about records, not cars.