Chicago 1990 - Chapter 1516

When Steve Jobs took out the smart phone with all Daquan keyboards, which had only one key, and the futuristic iPhone, the audience was boiled.

Song Ya in front of the TV scratched his head.

According to Palm’s intelligence, Apple does have a huge secret team of at least hundreds of people working on developing new products. Rubinstein, the head of the iPod department, who left Apple not long ago, heard that it was because he was completely squeezed out by Jobs. Outside that circle, he left with anger.

It seems that the secret team developed the iPhone.

It is a pity that none of this information has attracted enough attention from him.

“Damn it!” he muttered to himself.

According to the enlightenment of Tianqi Image, he knows that the future mobile phone will look like this, but it is not sure whether it is first released by Apple. According to the analysis of the frequency of brand appearance in film and television dramas, he has always believed that the probability is Samsung…

In terms of time, it will take at least a few years for this type of smartphone to dominate the world, so Palm still has time, and Palm is also developing the same type of mobile phone.

Apple’s speed also exceeded his expectations.

So at the last minute before the Disney shareholders meeting last year, Jobs chose to compromise and let Robert Iger, Staggs, and Pixar Animation voluntarily leave Disney and exchange shares with himself for patents, etc., which makes sense. He is the butterfly of the traveler. Wings make Palm have a large number of related patents, especially the appearance of BeatsVideo released earlier, Apple can’t get around, Jobs can only trade.

It’s a pity that the pressure from Jobs and others was great enough, and Disney’s control is more important to them…

At that time, there was no way for Palm. In the field of smartphones, Palm was in the stage where its old rival BlackBerry, the emerging rookie Dopod, and the industry leader Nokia and other competitors were flanking from side to side. The barriers for this industry are getting lower and lower, with IT manufacturers such as Motorola and HP. After you save the hardware and buy a WindowsMobile operating system license, you can use their respective powerful channels to sell, and the market has become a red sea.

On the 3DFX side, the architecture designed by Jim Keller for the Voodoo graphics card at the time, the potential of stitching and patching was almost exhausted after so many years. It has been technically overtaken by NV. Another rival, ATI, is rumored to be acquired by AMD, and the acquisition was successful. ATI’s design and manufacturing capabilities should be leaps forward with the support of AMD technical support against Intel.

Because of the crash of XBOX360, the relationship between 3DFX and Microsoft has also froze.

So I felt that it could eliminate the hidden dangers of Disney as soon as possible, and easily switched to some Apple patents, which is a great thing for Palm or 3DFX.

Now let’s look at… It’s hard to tell whether the choice of trading with Jobs is a loss or a profit.

No, no… or Disney is more important. It is a super media and entertainment group that sells goods across Hollywood, the record industry, television networks, amusement parks and peripheral products.

The media industry has always been more important to him than the consumer electronics industry.

And after the patent exchange, Palm continues to follow the tactics and there is no obstacle.

I think should not be?

Song Ya was also not sure. He asked the Palm executives who watched the press conference together: “Can the development of our similar products be accelerated?”

“How easy to use full keyboard typing!”

CEO Jeffrey Hawkins is a loyal fan of full-keyboard smartphones, “Apple has done so many gimmicks, but in the end it is not about implementing the soft keyboard function on the screen, in addition to being beautiful…”

“Except for beauty?”

Song Ya rolled his eyes, “We are making consumer electronics products. Don’t be so engineer thinking.”

“There are no obstacles in the hardware. The touch screen gestures demonstrated by Jobs use multi-touch technology. Apple obtained the patent through acquisition. Microsoft also has a similar patent. A professor at New York University also used other technology routes to achieve the same function last year. ”

Chief Technology Officer Dr. Su Zi said: “The key is the operating system. Apple has obviously developed a mature software ecosystem. We…”

The head of the operating system, Jean Louis Gasser, said: “Our PalmOS is no problem, it is smaller and faster.”

“You have always controlled PalmOS too small. I admit that on the one hand, the storage space of early PDAs and smart phones was limited, which was necessary. On the other hand, the early Palm was not strong enough. In addition to some necessary functions, other software was handed over to the first. Third-party production is also a strategy that has to be adopted.”

Stephen Ward, the chief operating officer of the IBM department, stunned him, “As a result, there is a huge gap between the aesthetics of the user interface and the iPhone that Jobs demonstrated. Use it and you’re done. In order to control the software quality of third-party companies, you have made very strict regulations on PalmOS operating speed and security, and the authorization of development tools is very expensive…Many of these strategies are out of date.”

“PalmOS does not have to compete with Microsoft and Apple on the PC operating system.”

Beats CEO Donna Dubinski retorted: “I don’t think it is a problem to do this on the mobile phone. If it is too big, how can the customized version take into account the use of the Walkman?”

“Don’t always mention your Walkman Donna. There are so many mobile phones that focus on music.”

Stephen Ward waved his hand impatiently, “According to Jobs’ design, the iPhone will include iPod functions in the future, so in the future, smart phones will naturally include music phones, and users can listen to songs on their phones.”

“Jobs? Haha, I know him, that control freak will definitely make the early mistakes of the iPod and pay the price for Apple’s closed ecology.” Let Louis Gasser sneered.

“They are too early for large-scale distribution, at least half a year.” said Ryutaro Yamamoto, who is in charge of the supply chain.

“Stop arguing, we have to follow up with the iPhone anyway.”

The interior of Palm is also full of little Disney who are collaborating and fighting for power. Song Ya hates to let Louis Gasser a bit more. This Frenchman is also very skilled in internal fighting, but for the time being, he has no idea how to deal with him and interrupt the quarrel. Refers to the TV, “It should be a while before this thing goes on the market, we must accelerate to catch up.”

“That needs to hire more programmers, hundreds of people…” Jean-Louis Gasser said.

“Recruit, in addition, we need more support. The operating system should be open source and open source. Don’t worry about making a small amount of money for authorizing development tools.”

After Song Ya confessed a few words, he hurriedly went out: “Let’s all go to the conference room for a meeting.”

“APLUS.” Jeffrey Johnson caught up and pulled him aside. “That’s a lot of capital expenditure, our debt ratio, stock price…”

Palm has had a very difficult time in the past two years. After carrying the burden of IBM’s personal computer department, it has to compete on multiple lines with walkmans, music stores, laptops, smartphones, PDAs and IT giants.

“Think of a way together.”

With a bright future enlightened by the apocalypse, Song Ya at least never doubted the general direction. “Grit your teeth and hold on to Jeffrey. Perseverance is victory.”

The corporate atmosphere has a lot to do with Jeffrey Hawkins, who is obsessed with brain-computer research and is not good at controlling people, but this does not mean that he is willing to give up his CEO power and leave Palm.

Song Ya planned to recruit Rubinstein, who had left Apple, to follow Apple’s philosophy thoroughly.

Of course, he will give Jeffrey this old friend one last chance.

“There is no other option, we must follow up with Apple’s smartphone route this time.” He repeatedly emphasized at the meeting, unifying his thinking.

“The full keyboard Tero series…” Jeffrey Hawkins was reluctant to create the Treo product line by himself.

“Except for the existing projects, let’s stop the follow-up plan. The company doesn’t have so many resources to take care of.”

Song Ya made a decision.

Fortunately, Ryutaro Yamamoto’s judgment was right. After the iPhone conference, Apple set the launch date in the middle of the year.

“John, welcome.”

In February, Palm and John Rubinstein hit it off. Song Ya, who was eager for talent, personally welcomed the former Apple cadre and the head of the iPod project at the headquarters.

“Jean, Donna, you all came from Apple, right?”

When Jobs learned that he had come to Palm, he was furious and declared that he would never talk to him again. His arrival also made the current Palm ‘Apple Gang’ lineup more swell.

“Yes.” Rubinstein shook hands with Jean-Louis Gasser and Donna Dubinsky, “Hello, hello…”

He will be responsible for the research and development of mobile devices and operating systems, as well as the follow-up research and development of the Beats Walkman. Therefore, the atmosphere of the first meeting of the Apple Gang reunion is general, and the powers of the three overlap each other.

Song Ya has no good solution for the time being. In any case, he will first pile up resources and make the products of the standard iPhone. Let’s talk about the future.

The main energy has to be put on Disney to help Linton gain control of the board of directors.

“The best acoustics for the 79th Oscars are! Quincy Jones and…Congratulations!”

On the eve of another Disney shareholder meeting, the Oscars ceremony was held. Burst Drummer received seven nominations, and the first best sound effect was won.

This is also the first time Quincy Jones has won the award after being nominated seven times. He has only received the 67th Gene Hersholt Humanitarian Award before.

Song Ya and Rashida stood up and applauded to the old man. He was also very happy, embracing all the crew with tears in his eyes.

After that, his best sound editing failed, and the second time Dream Broken, Song Ya’s nomination for best original screenplay did not win the award.

“take it easy.”

Song Ya comforted Rashida, who had been on the shelf for the first time, as she squeezed her arm tightly.

“I’m afraid…”

“What are you afraid of? We are sure to win.” Song Ya was very sure.

“The best editing award, the winner is: Burst Drummer! APLUS and…”

Before the voice was over, Song Ya defeated the main opponent, Infernal Walker, at the Best Editing Award.

Amid the attention and applause of countless people, he calmly buttoned the dress button, and Rashida’s red lips had been blocked.

There were not many strong opponents for the Oscars this year, and the Weinstein brothers simply did not come to the scene. JK Simmons of the Burst Drummer crew subsequently won the best male match.

“The best director nominations are: Martin Scorsese, Infinite Walker; Clint Eastwood, Iwo Jima’s Letters; Larry Jordan, Burst Drummer…”

Finally, this awards ceremony entered the most important link.

Old Larry has accumulated a lot of points over the years, but there is still a big gap with Martin Scorsese. The old man held the handrail with both hands and leaned back. When the camera lens came over, he quickly smiled and applauded.

“The winner is…”

The organizing committee arranged three super directors, Coppola, Spielberg, and Lucas to jointly present this award. This lineup is supposed to be prepared for Martin Scorsese or Clint Eastwood.

“Larry Jordan, burst drummer, congratulations!” Spielberg and Lucas humbly asked Coppola, director of the Godfather’s trilogy, to announce the names of the winners.

The Burst Drummer crew jumped up and cheered for the old Larry. Song Ya took the opportunity to observe Martin Scorsese, Li Zi, Matt Damon and other members of the Infinite Walker crew. They were not bad, they all showed perfect demeanor, Xiao Li laughed The most brilliant.

The old Larry, who had finally attained Zhengguo, was satisfied, and the gray-haired man came to the stage and choked with thanksgiving.

“Damn it!”

George Mitchell stared at Song Ya, who was a tycoon in the picture, and simply turned off the TV. The old man had been exhausted from years of Disney infighting. After Paulson’s resignation from Goldman Sachs, it was not going anywhere. , He reached out and picked up a piece of paper on the table. It was just given to him by the doctor today. It was a diagnosis report of his prostate cancer, “Damn!”

Misfortunes never come singly, and curses continue to be heard in the chairman’s office.

“APLUS created and deeply participated in the burst drummer this year, seven mentions and five, the best director, best film all won!”

The times come and the world is all in the same force. In March, the Disney shareholders meeting ended. Linton was willing to replace a director with his own person. On the board of directors that implemented the shareholders meeting resolution the next day, he shouted: “We can’t hesitate anymore. No longer want to keep A+ Entertainment, APLUS will hand over all the films under his family to other companies for distribution in the future!”

“Don’t worry about the creative passion of billionaires. APLUS and A+ Entertainment have signed five more movie scripts and related creative contracts. They also have a popular Twilight series, which is even a big money printing machine!”

“We have been arguing at the conference for more than a year! If you listened to me early, A+ Entertainment would be much cheaper than it is now!”

“It will get more and more expensive!”

“Think about it, the dance my life series, Fifty Shades of Grey, Blade Warrior and other series that have been sealed for a long time will be available for shooting again in a few years!”

“A+ Entertainment also enjoys the long-term benefits of the Titanic! And a large-scale movie copyright library!”

“Intern Grey also has the potential for longevity dramas!”

“There is no such healthy second-tier production company in Hollywood. Think about Paramount’s burden of the mess of debts left by the Big Three in order to buy DreamWorks Studios!”

“Okay, okay, my mouth is dry, let’s vote!”

“Huh! Pass! It’s **** difficult!”

‘Disney announced today that it will acquire A+ Entertainment in the form of a payment of shares. After the transaction is completed, APLUS will acquire about 5% of Disney’s shares. Together with the Disney stocks he previously owned, he will total about 100%. 7.7 Shareholding instantly rose to Disney’s largest individual shareholder! ’

This transaction instantly detonated the world, ‘this is also the first non-white rich man of African-Chinese descent in history to control Hollywood’s first-line production company and the second largest television network…’

Hum!

After signing the contract, all the reporters squeezed in front of Song Ya and pressed the shutter frantically.

At this time, his girlfriend has been replaced by Halle Berry, who has recovered her perfect body after giving birth to Asha. The two old friends who have been living together like brothers for many years finally come together after many years, and their happy fingers are tight. buckle.

In the past two years, Halle has also lost interest in stocks, and she has no energy during her pregnancy. The money in her hands has been invested in the more secure real estate industry for rent and other appreciation.

“Aung Aung Aung!”

Rashida was crying in front of the TV, “Scumbag!” She used to be very envious, but now finally realizes the pain of Amy Adams, although the breakup after the bursting drummer rush promotion period is over, it has been well and has been said. There is a confidentiality agreement in black and white, “I knew it, I knew it would dump me after Oscar…”

Cathy, who was working as a housewife in the ‘husband’ constituency’s home, stopped washing the dishes, her eyes filled with relief and memories.

“he……”

Shakira, who accompanied Amy, saw this scene and was stunned, “He is now a century-old Disney…owner?”

“There is nothing difficult for him, he can always do what others can’t imagine.” Amy said lightly.

“Humph…”

Mariah Carey called the Queen’s producer Lee Daniels, “Let’s start work on the next one, and I’ll get Disney’s distribution resources. This time I won’t arrange two thousand theaters for us… I’ll just kill him. !”

Xuelinfen and Jenny, who were negotiating the release of the Twilight Sequel, watched TV, glanced at each other again, and then both silently cursed each other ‘Bi Chi’ while turning their faces away.

“Seize the opportunity! Grab the opportunity!”

Standing behind Charis, who was dazzled and staring at the TV, Aimee Berhild made up his mind secretly, after Hallie it was his turn to announce it to the king of Disney! Must seize the opportunity!

In Chicago, MC took Aunt Susie, Tony, Donnie and others to sing and dance, singing and dancing.

“you.”

I don’t know anything about the forest’s reaction. Song Ya, who is immersed in immense pride and contentment, is naturally in a good mood. Isn’t it just for today to fight for so long at Disney? He pointed his finger at a reporter.

“Mr. APLUS, what do you want to say about this deal?”

“Uh, it’s just some changes in stocks and money figures. Other than that, I don’t feel any special changes.”

He began to pretend: “I’m still continuing to create movies for A+ Entertainment. All of our projects have been handed over to Disney for distribution before and even more so. I think this is necessary to confirm and stabilize the partnership between the two companies. That’s all.”

“The outside world generally believes that this high-premium purchase is more beneficial to you, and A+ Entertainment has sold it at a good price.”

“I won’t let Disney down, or I haven’t let my partners down yet.”

“What will happen to you and Fox Pictures regarding the proceeds of the Titanic lawsuit?”

“That lawsuit has been going on for eight years… or nine years? It’s too torturous~www.mtlnovel.com~ This is one of the reasons that prompted me to make up my mind to sell A+ Entertainment.”

The follow-up income of the Titanic is actually paid by Fox Pictures every year. What they want to lose is the controversial part, and the lawsuit is also the part of the lawsuit. “In the future, this will be Disney’s problem. I believe that the Disney Legal Department will subdue Fox. of.”

Now that the lawsuit has been fought, the lawyers on both sides have exhausted their methods. Fox Pictures does not have the option of admitting loss and losing money. That is tantamount to pleading guilty to commercial fraud. Losing money and interest may require someone to go to jail. In the end, both sides are just how much Fox is willing to pay. The issue of the settlement amount is nothing more.

“For the Oscar controversy, Burst Drummer won Martin Scorsese’s Infinite Walker…”

“Martin Scorsese is a good director, I respect him, but this year Larry Jordan is more worthy of this award.”

“It’s rumored that you used some…reward redemption methods.”

“Everyone is like this, every year… Next!”

“What do you think of the iPhone released by Apple? At the press conference, Jobs ridiculed Palm’s Tero phone.” A reporter challenged.

“I also respect Jobs. The iPhone is likely to be an epoch-making product, but I still want to say that it is only a concept phone now. Each company makes this type of model year after year, but we are lower-key than Apple. Ha ha, So there is still the problem…”

Song Ya stretched out his hand to the camera and made a begging gesture, “Where is the camera? You ask him to sell it!”

(End of this chapter)

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