Chapter 209

"Oh?"

Linus's gentle eyes suddenly flashed a light.

There is absolutely no need to say the excellence of Linux system, but the rule handed down by Linus that "as long as the system developed based on Linux kernel must disclose the source code for everyone to study and study" surprised and regretted many people, because these technologies could have sold money.

Now what Xiao Qi calls "closed system", it is obvious that he wants to make money, hide the source code, and don't want outsiders to participate in research and development.

Linus didn't speak, because although he was a technical otaku, he was also an extremely smart man. He knew that Xiao Qi came to the door in person. He was definitely not rash. He must have overall consideration.

Xiao Qi should have a good reason to take the initiative to find the "Pope of free software" and say that he actually wants to engage in a "closed system".

Even if Linus wants to oppose and refute Xiao Qi, he hopes to talk about it after hearing Xiao Qi's meaning.

"Mr. towaz, I'd like to ask you, do you know the current situation of the American music industry?" Instead of talking about software, Xiao Qi talked about music.

"I personally like listening to music, but I'm still not very proficient in macro things." Linus replied without taboo.

"Can you tell me the names of your favorite music tracks and what are they?" Xiao Qi said noncommittally.

"'sayousayme ',' firstofmay ',' inmylife ',' yesterdayoncemore ',' hotelcalifornia '..." Linus reported a long list of song names without thinking.

"Lionel Ritchie, 'thebeegees', Beatles, carpenter, eagles..." Xiao Qi also reported the singers of these songs to him, "if I remember correctly, these were almost active people in the 1960s and 1990s, right?"

"Yes."

"Why are there fewer songs that can impress you and never tire of hearing after the new century?"

"This... Maybe it's because I'm old and don't pursue fashion anymore!" Linus thought back for a while and replied with some embarrassment.

"No." Xiao Qi denied, "this is because there are fewer and fewer classic songs now. Of course, fast-food songs can be a hit, but they will be bored after listening to them dozens of times and hundreds of times. Therefore, you will listen to those songs that never get tired of listening again. Subconsciously, you further feel that only the previous songs are classics."

"Why are there fewer good classic songs now? Why can't the superstars, including Michael Jackson, sing the classics of a few years ago? That's because the excellent talents who compose words and music can no longer sink their minds and create better classics. " Xiao Qi said, "the reason is that the rapid spread on the Internet has led to a sharp drop in the sales of singers' records. Similarly, the income of songwriters and composers who can share the royalties has also fallen. The songs they have worked hard and painstakingly have been stolen without effort, resulting in their inability to guarantee a comfortable life, What desire and motivation do they have to write songs? "

"They don't sell very well in the Backstreet, Elvis and Beyonce... I don't think so." Linus objected.

"The record sales are good, but don't you see it? Only the top talents write songs for them. Those new to the cottage, as well as middle-level lyricist composers, can no longer create a shining classic in a year or a few years. Even the top talents are just writing songs with inertia, so do you think anyone can remember their songs ten years later? Like Michael, Elvis Presley and the Beatles, no matter how time goes by, it will still be popular? "

After a pause, Xiao Qi said positively, "many classic songs are created by unknown authors who suddenly come up with inspiration. Therefore, a creative group with a large number of talents is the hope for the prosperity of the whole recording industry... And now? Now the songwriters who want to enter the industry think that I can earn more than this songwriter by doing it and fashion design... So why should I work hard to write lyrics and music? Therefore, this is the fundamental reason why you can't find good songs more and more! "

Linus was silent.

Although he feels that Xiao Qi is making some strong arguments, there is no doubt that no one can deny the decline and weakening trend of the recording industry.

Xiao Qi only talked about Europe and America. The copyright awareness here should be stronger. If Linus were Asian, especially people from the mainland, Hong Kong, treasure island and other places, he would feel the same.

Because the singers there have almost been forced to death by the Internet. Compared with them, the situation of European and American singers is much better.

Linus usually didn't think about the record industry, but Xiao Qi put it forward. He pushed forward along Xiao Qi's thoughts, and was shocked to find that what Xiao Qi said was really true, and there were signs as early as several years ago.

A typical example is Michael Jackson.

In the 1980s and 1990s, it belonged to Michael Jackson. Each of his records sold more than 20 or 30 million copies. Even after a few years, it was not difficult to sell 50 or 60 million copies.

But after 2000, not only did Michael Jackson's record production speed slow down a lot, but even the sales of records fell sharply, even when they sold only 10 million a year - this should be a good achievement for ordinary people to open champagne and party celebration, but who is Michael Jackson? Unique emperor superstar! Ten million achievements is a complete failure!

Many people say Michael Jackson is too old to lead the trend.

But if it is according to Xiao Qi, Linus recalls several new records of Michael Jackson he bought. Those familiar songwriters have slowly disappeared. Although they are also famous, they don't have that taste after all.

Perhaps it is for this reason that Michael deliberately strives for perfection. He would rather slow down his record production than sing with bad songs（ It's not finished yet. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)