Chapter 1039： future

"It is true that even if the information industry has been amazed by the speed of development in recent years, we cannot deny that the development of this industry is still in a very fragile seedling period, with huge investment and small output, so many people Extremely look at the prospects of the new technology industry."

"However, a hundred years back, we will find that when generators and internal combustion engines have just appeared, few people have expected that electricity will become one of the most important energy sources for modern people, and no one can expect one. After 100 years, the number of cars in the world will reach 500 million, almost equivalent to one car per ten people in the world. Therefore, in this era of technology development and promotion far more than a hundred years ago, we have reason to believe that In the near future, all areas related to the information industry will become an indispensable part of ordinary people's lives, such as food, clothing and housing. Therefore, the development of the firefly system may have reached an extreme in the eyes of outsiders, but in my eyes, It seems that this is just the beginning."

In the large conference room of the firefly Burbank headquarters, in the eyes of everyone, Eric looked around for a week, with a confident smile on his face, and continued: "Perhaps, some people will have doubts in their hearts, Eric, you put I have no reservations about the future planning of the firefly system so unreservedly. Do you not worry about being copied?"

In everyone's laughter, Eric quickly shook his head and said: "Really, I don't worry at all, because Yahoo, Cisco, Nokia and other firefly system companies have laid a very solid foundation for our future. Many of our competitors are still in a state of confusion. Moreover, in this world, business planning is actually a very cheap thing. I think everyone sitting in it can easily make a copy than I just made. Describe the more reasonable and detailed enterprise development ideas."

“However, if you want to turn a business plan into reality, you need too much investment. In this process, a company is often limited by technology, interfered by capital, and is constrained by insufficient team execution. Each of these factors may cause a creative company to die in the middle. But in fireflies, as long as we share common ideas and goals, then you can use your talents, and I will do my best to help you solve them. All the worries. I have believed that I have proved this to you over the years."

"Finally," Eric’s expression was more solemn. He took a step back and looked at everyone. He said: “Although there is no wine, I can’t toast, but I still want to go down together.”

Hey.

Whether in the conference room or in the speakers of the remote display, the warm applause rang out in an instant.

After Eric’s speech, the firefighter system executives began to summarize their own developments in the company’s development over the years, followed by discussions on the future development of various firefly systems.

The meeting started at 10 o'clock in the western time of Los Angeles. Because it was too focused, it continued until 8 o'clock in the evening. No one mentioned lunch or rest during the whole process.

Until the nightfall came to a close, the last discussion on the topic of mobile communication networks ended, and Eric concluded in a state of unsatisfactory: "Although there are some hasty and short-lived, I have to announce that today’s meeting is over. I believe that everyone has already gained their own feelings and gains, and I will send out the detailed meeting minutes of today as soon as possible. So, in the end, there is still a small matter, I hope everyone can cooperate."

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Fireflies did not conceal the news of the high-level gatherings in the system. However, when the media had not had time to dig into the details of the party, a series of news sensation inside and outside Hollywood came out from the companies of the Firefly System.

First, on the second day of the party, Qualcomm management held a press conference announcing that it will withdraw from the CDMA handset manufacturing plant jointly established by the company and Sony Group in the near future. The two parties will no longer cooperate in the future.

Although the reason given by Qualcomm is that the company intends to abandon its end products, focusing on technology licensing and chip development, however, considering the recent "Pirates of the Caribbean" script, everyone is sensitive to a clear sense of specificity. breath.

As everyone knows, as one of the giants in the world-class electronics industry, Sony has never given up plans to enter the mobile phone field since its inception in the digital age. Even later, after many attempts by Sony's mobile phone business to fail, it is still one of the most important high-end mobile phone component suppliers in the world.

Qualcomm and Sony's cooperation in mobile phone manufacturing even before Firefly invested in Qualcomm's largest shareholder.

After that, due to the same firefly system, Qualcomm's ties with Nokia have gradually deepened, and the relationship with Sony has been continuously diluted.

At this time, in the critical moment when all the electronics manufacturers in the world are spared no effort to expand their mobile phone business, Qualcomm, which has almost monopolized the patent of CDMA technology, completely kicked off Sony. It is a very serious blow to Sony’s plan to enter the mobile phone manufacturing field. .

If Qualcomm stopped working with Sony in the mobile phone business, it was only a downroar. Then a series of news that the group Hollywood quickly spread was even more shocking.

In the next few days, several news emerged from within the Firefly Group.

According to rumors, the Firefly Group executives said that all the media platforms of the Firefly system, including public television networks, cable TV, radio stations, and web portals, will no longer be used since Sony Pictures acquired the Pirates of the Caribbean script. Accept any advertising order from any movie produced by Sony Pictures.

The serious impact of this news on Sony Pictures, from the composition of the Hollywood movie marketing budget can be seen, in Hollywood, a movie advertising marketing budget, only 20% placed in outdoor billboards, theater placement ads, etc. In the non-media channel area, the remaining 80% are spent on media channels such as public television networks, cable television, newspapers, and radio.

It can be said that once the news is true, even if it can not be said to be blocked by the media, but then, Sony Pictures will definitely become difficult in the film distribution.

Moreover, this is not over yet. Shortly after the news came out, Hollywood's major brokerage companies received notices. They are still participating in Sony Pictures' movies since Sony Pictures acquired the Pirates of the Caribbean script. Directed by directors, actors, producers, etc., the major movie companies under the Firefly System will no longer cooperate with each other in any form within five years.

The news is undoubtedly more direct and intense for the whole of Hollywood.

In recent years, the strength of the firefly system in the film business also means that the firefly system has the best quality opportunities for Hollywood filmmakers.

If you cooperate with Sony Pictures, you will not get any firefly system film company's guidance or participation opportunities in the next five years, plus the firefly system to block Sony's media marketing. Many promising filmmakers will be silenced.

Therefore, as soon as the two news came out, the whole Hollywood was boiling.

For a time, in order to verify the authenticity of these two news, all the executives of the Firefly Group, the MGM Group, and the Fox Group have become the targets of media madness. The media in North America, Europe and even the Far East are also closely watching the development of the situation.

Although everyone did not expect the Firefly Group to react so violently because of a script, but not many people dare to personally verify the authenticity of the two messages.

In just a few days, all of Sony’s film projects that were in the early stages of preparation were stalled, and the directors and actors who were looking for the scenes announced their withdrawal.

The state of the film that is in the production stage is even worse. Most of the actors from top to bottom, whether they are directors or actors, have almost no thoughts on the film. The protagonists of many projects have begun to discuss whether they can still be released with Sony Pictures. Contracts, those insignificant supporting roles, have no scruples, have been looking for various reasons to withdraw from the crew, and will not hesitate to propose compensation, but also want to remove the film that they have finished shooting from the film.

In the face of such a terrible situation, after a short circle, Sony has also become a dog.

Howard Stringer, who could hardly believe the facts at hand, jumped out at the first time, angrily accusing the Firefly Group of being engaged in unfair vicious competition and claiming that Sony Pictures would do whatever it takes for the Firefly Group. This monopolistic behavior filed a lawsuit.

However, this level of threat naturally does not play any role.

Although the Firefly Group’s ban is fierce, it is definitely not an easy task to file a lawsuit. The most obvious vulnerability is that the Firefly Group has never confirmed the authenticity of these two messages through official channels.

What's more, if the lawsuit is really filed, such a slap in the face of three years and five years, under the banned state of the Firefly Group, whether Sony Pictures will still exist at the time may become an unknown.

In the case of Sony's top US madness who wanted to provoke a slobber but couldn't get any response, in just a week, the Sony RB headquarters was finally unable to sit still.

Because, after Qualcomm announced that it would stop cooperation with Sony in mobile phone production, the Firefly Group also stopped negotiations with Sony on the purchase contract of 4000 sets of 3D projectors, which is another very strong blow for Sony.

The 3D dual-machine projection system developed by Firefly's RealD company, the main two projector equipment, was originally intended to be purchased from Sony.

Sony's projector equipment, like other electronic products, follows a high-end route, and the high price naturally means that Sony's projector market share is very low.

If you can get the orders of the Firefly Group, according to the total number of 30,000 movie screens in North America, only 2000 sets of 4,000 projectors in North America can directly increase the market share of Sony projectors by more than 10 percentage points. ,

Moreover, once the Firefly Group's '4200' program is successful, 3D screenings have become popular. As the main equipment supplier of the RealD system, the market share of Sony projectors will undoubtedly be greatly improved.

Now, just because Sony Pictures has taken a script from the Firefly Group, not only has Sony's layout in the mobile phone industry been greatly frustrated, but the opportunity for Sony projectors to turn around will also be missed, not to mention that Sony Pictures in North America has fallen into In a mess, the top management of Sony headquarters can no longer calm down anyway.

Prea Vista.

Firefly Studios on the big ship in the restaurant.

Kapoor Sid ordered a lunch for the waiter and immediately looked at the opposite Eric. He said, "Just for a script, is it really necessary to make such a big move?"

Eric handed the menu to the pretty blonde waiter next to him, waiting for the other person to leave, laughing: "Are you also receiving someone to be a guest?"

Kapoor shook his head. "Of course not. I know that you must be annoyed recently. I just pay attention to my rice bowl for the actors in my hands. So, I really can't cooperate with Sony Pictures in the future?"

"For the time being, don't," Eric said with a smile: "You can't always let me down in the public, and it will be solved in a while."

"after a while?"

Eric shrugged and said: "It’s not good for me to play Sony Pictures. You know, the firefly investment has just got a lot of cash. If you can spend some money quickly, you can pay less. A lot of taxes."

Although he has already guessed seven or eight, Kapoor is surprised: "Would you like to buy Sony Pictures?"

"Not Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures."

"Oh, in this case, you can control four of the seven," Kapoor shook his head with emotion, and said: "So, all these recent things are bluffing?"

"Of course not, Qualcomm stopped working with Sony is true," Eric said: "If you don't knock Sony a stick first, how can you let 曰 succumb to honestly, if they are still hard, I will knock a few more times. Stick, speaking, Sony and the company in my hands really have a lot of cooperation projects."

Kapoor found out that he didn't know how to comment, but he said: "Then you should be careful, it is best not to lose more than the end."

"This is definitely not going to be," Eric shook his head confidently.

Take Qualcomm, whether it is Eric himself or Qualcomm's management team, originally hoped that Qualcomm's future can abandon the terminal equipment manufacturing, and concentrate on the development path of technology licensing and chip research and development. At this point, the cooperation with Sony on the terminal mobile phone device was eliminated. Although it was advanced, it also met Qualcomm's established development plan. In comparison, the loss of Qualcomm's strong technical support in the field of mobile communication technology, for Sony who wants to enter the mobile phone manufacturing industry, it is tantamount to a sap.