Chicago 1990

　　　　’Walkman sound quality competition! Beats overall score is not as good as APLUS boasted? ’

　　’Beats Walkman seems to have serious heating and power-down problems, and users complain that the battery life simply does not reach the nominal time. ’

　　‘Beats repair and return rates remain high. ’

　　‘Young people think the Beats is not cool enough. ’

　　 ‘Beats is facing patent litigation... IPO plans are overshadowed. ’

　　 Manhattan, Song Ya sighed long after reading the negative news gathered by his staff.

　　 The advantage of competing with Apple and Jobs is that there is no need to worry that people like Motula will play illegal hands outside the rules of the game, but the oppressive force is even more amazing just by the upright methods of business warfare.

The main markets for Apple’s iPod and its own Beats are developed countries such as North Miga, Western Europe, etc., which can be described as short-handed. After ordinary users pass the freshness period, Beats is obviously at a complete disadvantage. Sales data show that the shipments in the same period are about only iPods. One-eighth.

　　 Even if it is only one-eighth, the small sales peak immediately on Valentine's Day may still be constrained by insufficient supply of micro hard drives and out of stock.

　　 Out of stock is one of the things that channel dealers hate very much. Back then, Sega’s game console failed to deal with this problem in the North American market, which led to a bad relationship with the channel dealers.

　　 Apple’s influence is omni-directional. Advertisers, technology media, evaluation agencies, channels, supply chains...For a time, true and false news is flying all over the sky, and the newborn Beats is facing a major crisis.

Song Ya looked out of the car window. The promotion show of Beats Walkman was going on in the small square. The old brother NAS was working hard with his attendants to create the atmosphere. Supermodel Adriana Lima was beside him, following the rhythm of rap. Starting posture.

In the background building behind is also Adriana Lima wearing headphones and holding a large advertising poster of the Beats Walkman. She is a print spokesperson. Consumer electronics products of this level are not a luxury brand in the fashion circle. The high-priced endorsement of Beats in the circle has greatly helped her promotion in the model circle.

　　 The long black hair flying and her she-wolf-like face and eyes are in line with Beats' main ‘cool’ temperament.

　　 "APLUS, the company has made clear its intention to acquire Handspring, what do you think?"

　　 Jeffrey Hawkins called. After he left the Palm company he founded by himself, Palm was repeatedly owned. Song Ya still holds 5% of its shares and a board of directors.

　　 "It's not doing well these days, right?"

　　 Song Ya asked rhetorically. The company’s network equipment products have been beaten by competitors such as Cisco and Juniper, and are currently introducing a Chinese company as a foreign aid to survive.

　　 "Yes, they can't come up with so much cash for share swaps, but this is a good opportunity for us to get back control of Palm! Now there is no bargaining capital!"

　　 Jeffrey Hawkins’ new smartphone products launched in Handspring still need to be licensed for PalmOS, even if it’s the operating system he created before he left. “Palm is a listed company, so you can save yourself from going through the IPO process again!”

　　 "Let’s talk first."

Jeffrey Hawkins wanted to go back and was very excited, as he said: Taking back the control of Palm that he founded before and after, the merger can also eliminate the internal consumption of the two PDA and smartphone product lines of the same blood, which means that both parties have less A competitor.

　　 Strictly speaking, he is his own subordinate, but the actual relationship is more similar to that of a partner. Song Ya is unwilling to get into a bitter battle in the PDA and smart phone market outside the walkman front, so he agreed.

　　 "Hey!"

　　 was chatting about business matters. I don't know when Adriana Lima had finished the activity mission. She hurriedly opened the car door and sat in.

The supermodel’s straight long legs first appeared in Song Ya’s sight, and then the Latin girl embraced and kissed passionately. She had just jumped out of a layer of fine sweat, accompanied by the smell of perfume and youth, and her vitality was compelling, "Send you of……"

　　 This girl has a bit... old-school personality? Every time I receive my own luxury goods and job opportunities, I will surely give back carefully selected small gifts.

　　 "What?" Song Ya asked, holding up the gift box.

　　 "Open it up."

　　 she smiled. "Hi, Grandpa Mike." He put his chin on the back of the front seat and greeted the driver old Mike.

　　 "Hello, Adriana." Old Mike responded with a wry smile.

　　 "Goodbye! NAS!" Then he pressed the car window again, poked his head out and waved goodbye to the NAS and the others who had also gone over there, and there was no rest for a moment.

Speaking of which, the fixed forests are basically people of the same age or older than themselves. Adriana’s youth and vitality are another kind of enjoyment. Song Ya ignored her and unpacked the gift box, “I have it. "

　　 is a product of his own, Jeffrey Hawkins' proud work last year: HandspringTreo270, which is also the smart phone he is using.

　　 "But the agent told me that this is the latest model that just came out!?" Adriana turned her head back and screamed very disappointed.

　　 The young supermodel reminded Song Ya of Mila back then, and the English with a Latin accent resembled Shakira, but he was better in shape than Mila and taller than Shakira.

　　 "Oh, it is."

Song Ya clearly read the GPRS words on the outer packaging of the phone. He remembered that this is the new 2003 Treo270 from Handspring this year. It is the follow-up model he is using. The performance is slightly enhanced, and the GPRS function that supports faster network speeds is added. "Thank you, Adriana."

　　 "It's okay..." She covered her chest, rejoicing that she didn't give the wrong gift.

Old Mike drove the car, Song Ya took out this phone and studied it. Black...Strictly speaking, it is a steel gray plastic body with a stubby antenna. In order to protect the 4096-color, 160-by-160-pixel touch screen that is easy to scratch. , There is a special transparent plastic flip cover, open the cover, below is a row of full-letter keys.

Agent Adria bought the version that is not bound to the operator contract, which is more expensive, and the price should be 699 dollars, but because Songya’s old phone contains phone books and other information, it can’t be used immediately after changing the card. superior.

　　 She bought one herself, and Song Ya played with her.

　　 Open the transparent flip, press the browser icon, and you can use the GSM network to surf the Internet. The Internet speed of the GPRS version seems to be much faster.

　　 But it is still very slow. The reason that Jeffrey Hawkins adopted a browser is that it has optimized many large websites to save traffic and accelerate. For ordinary users, the current mobile wireless Internet charges are still relatively expensive.

　　 Open the YAHOO page, which is very different from the current mainstream PC browser IE. It is basically full text, without a lot of messy pictures, and some complex page functions are also missing.

　　‘Facing a large number of lawsuits again, MJ is likely to lose custody of three children. ’

　　'R Kelly's case opened in March. Like Simpson and APLUS, he also spent a lot of money to form a dream lawyer team. ’

Song Ya briefly browsed the entertainment news of YAHOO. The two black lights have not gotten rid of their troubles. At present, the attacking alliance is chasing after the mental state of MJ and taking the youngest son out of the hotel balcony in Germany. Gloria Allred, the California female lawyer who has harassed him for ten years, and a child protection organization have launched a prosecution, and other former bodyguards, former gardeners, and former servants who took advantage of the fire have appeared again.

R Kelly’s case is relatively simple. After Aaliyah and other insiders refused to testify, the key witnesses of the videotape, the victim’s underage girl and the girl’s outdated singer’s uncle, were willing to appear in court and testify that he was definitely winning. Negative hand.

Because the case was also fought in Chicago, Song Ya saw a lot of familiar faces in the Dream Lawyers, such as Diane Lockhard and Will Gardner, who once represented him... and some black barristers in Detroit, basically from R Kelly’s two basic cities.

　　 Song Ya made a mental calculation, this configuration will make R Kelly a lot of blood, if the short-term lawsuit cannot be ended, then 10 million dollars will be the base.

interesting……

　　 Now Alicia is the Cook County State Attorney. For such a large and highly anticipated case, Alicia will definitely not let go of the court and be the chief prosecutor of the prosecutor and enjoy the spotlight.

　　 So... the former colleagues in the law firm are going to face off.

Song Ya put down the phone, and Adriana next to him did not want to disturb him. She took out another book from her bag and was reading it silently. As a Brazilian, she was reading Portuguese documents, but Song Ya recognized the cover. "style?"

"Yes."

　　 is indeed a best-selling book by Paul Seifer: Style. Song Ya has read and was deeply impressed by the nine classes described in the book: top, upper, middle and upper classes, middle class, upper poor, middle poor, lower poor, extreme poor and invisible bottom...

The so-called anxiety of the middle class and the fascination with the so-called “elegant” and “noble” taste. Talking about how to teach the middle class and nouveau riche how not to be seen through the short paragraphs, talking, manners, making sentences, dressing, education, what brand to use... and so on.

Song Ya's special opposition is still fresh in his memory of how to arrange the living room in the style of'old money'. The book even scores the various decorations in the living room one by one. The fake Tiffany lamp is reduced by four points, and the real Tiffany lamp is reduced by three points. The older the better The higher the score for oriental style rugs, etc...

　　 The final score exceeds 245, indicating that you are in the upper class, and if it is lower than 50, you are the lower class poor. Very maneuverable.

　　 Xue Linfen carefully rearranged her living room in Los Angeles using the score sheet as a bible. She also asked for a lot of oil paintings from herself, and got more than 245 points as she wished.

　　 But Song Ya feels like that after seeing it...

　　 "These burning, swelling, and frustrated desires in the heart begin to bite the soul in secret and in vain, and we can see the pain and torment of the soul everywhere."

　　 Adriana said in English: "Only an alternative that is beyond the depression and anxiety caused by class chaos is an American who truly enjoys the freedom promised on the coin."

　　 "Bullshxt!"

　　 Song Ya still disagreed, but he remembered something, "Mike, go there and go around..."

　　 He told Old Mike to walk around outside an Apple store in Manhattan.

　　 should be the year before? Apple began to imitate Gateway and build its own direct retail store. Gateway had his computer in the store, but it was only for display purposes. Customers would pay for a good style and leave the address, and Gateway would deliver it to the door.

　　 This model has achieved partial success, but Gateway lost in the end to Dell, which provides telephone matching ordering and door-to-door service, which is more convenient.

Apple has made it more than Gateway... Yes, it has a higher style, high-quality service, well-arranged exhibition hall with a sense of design, and the layout of all ecological products. It uses computers to display various Apple software and teach customers how to use it. You can also listen to songs while putting on your iPod...

　　 There is no other electronic product store that always surrounds you to urge and fool you to buy products. Apple has imitated the self-service shopping principle of the clothing chain GAP.

The regular-priced products in 　　 directly managed stores are even more expensive than those in electronic stores outside! But Apple still succeeded miraculously under the circumstances that the outside world is very unoptimistic. It has opened fifty stores in Quanmi, and it is said that it will continue to expand this year...

The traditional supply chain that Beats still follows, supplies to major chain electronic product stores, even Best Buy, Wal-Mart and other supermarkets, which makes it very difficult to maintain the same price style as Apple. Those stores are secretly trying to sell goods quickly. Poke the price war, even if Beats makes three orders and five applications, it can't be banned.

　　They won’t know how to cut prices, special offers, coupons, small gifts, and Wal-Mart’s special tricks. They will waive your consumption tax in disguise at the checkout...

In the MP3 player market, which has many different brands and has become a red sea, even if it is not your intention, if you lower the price before Apple, it means that your style is not high and not cool, so you wait for your style to fall to those of other brands. Customers will become less and less willing to pay high premiums for your products.

　　 At the time, Daniel and the six major record companies were planted in the game with these guys, and finally they were caught in the anti-monopoly handle of joint resale price maintenance.

　　 Although the Ministry of Commerce raised high and claimed that billions of dollars in fines finally fell slightly with the decline of the recording industry, it only fined more than 80 million dollars in total...

"Um……"

　　 Song Ya remembered the vicious circle of Grey Goose Vodka that was sold at a lower price and lower in style.

　　 Copy Apple’s direct sales model again? No, just selling the Walkman is not worth the investment.

　　According to the intelligence, it was Ron Johnson, who was poached by Apple from Target, who presided over this direct marketing model. Song Ya even knew him, and he had dealt with it when he advertised the opening of Target stores.

　　 Song Ya later tried to dig Ron Johnson and Apple's supply chain master Cook, but they were rejected. The appeal of working for Apple is undoubtedly greater than Beats.

　　 It's so difficult to make consumer electronics! He sighed to himself.

unless……

　　 What MP3 player, smart phone, notebook computer business together, unified image and ecology like Apple...

　　Tribeca’s house arrived. Old Mike drove the car into the underground garage, Song Ya shook his head, temporarily drove the troubles out of his head, and got off the car with Adriana laughing and went into the elevator.

　　 "Where is your boyfriend? Amy."

In Hollywood, the war for the award season has begun. After Cold Mountain and Moulin Rouge lost their nomination twice, Nicole Kidman, who was completely on the list as the king of awards, can feel that this year's movie has a great opportunity to be a queen at all times. , Amy Adams, a powerful enemy backed by her boyfriend APLUS, seemed to have given up halfway, which made her feel a big stone in her heart, who was about to suffer from the black pharaoh PTSD.

　　 "He seems to be busy with the New Jersey Investment Bank."

Without Song Ya being courageous by her side, she just lost to the opponent in an award just now. Amy faced this senior Hollywood alone. Australia's high-headed Malaysia's aura is still somewhat at a disadvantage. She hugged and asked, "What's wrong with you." Looking for him?"

　　 "No, just ask."

　　Who is looking for the sting bee who turned his face and didn't admit it? Nicole said unhappily, "Taking pictures together?"

"OK."

　　 Nicole hugged Amy, and the two instantly switched to battle mode, posing the most proud pose to the reporter's camera.

　　 She is very confident that she can dominate each other in this group photo.

　　 "Harvey is looking for you." Then the agent sent Kingsley over to whisper.

　　 "Ok... sorry."

She used to be very resistant to Harvey Xu and Wei Snake. After each time, she felt very nauseous and vomiting, but in any case, Harvey had credibility, at least more credible than the stinging bee. After taking a sincere help, the movie queen With the crown soon, Harvey's fat pig face couldn't help but feel cute.

During this period of time, in order to win the prize, she had to frequently participate in TV interviews and talk shows. Every time she said she didn’t talk about her ex-husband’s soup, but every time she talked about her relationship with each other under the host’s questioning. Marriage and relationship problems, rubbing the ex-husband’s enthusiasm.

　　 Tired and not too young, she even has the idea of ​​using her charm to tie Harvey.

　　 "Mr. Weinstein..."

After saying goodbye to Amy, she moved to hug her new benefactor affectionately, and no longer was angry and afraid of being photographed by the paparazzi the last time, she took the initiative to hug Harvey, as before being helped by Harvey. Like the female stars of the award, they puckered their lips and kissed Harvey's fat pig face in front of the camera.

"Hahaha!"

　　 Harvey laughed, very satisfied, the flesh on his chin flicked.

　　 "Don't worry, there are no obstacles for this Oscar queen."

　　 After avoiding the camera, Harvey slapped his chest proudly.

"Thank you..." She knew the rules and was about to express her gratitude with practical actions. Harvey waved from a distance, and then called another nominee for the movie queen: the Latin actress Salma Hayek, and then One hand, one arm around the waist of the two of them, "Shall we... go upstairs?"

　　 "Harvey..." This year, Salma Hayek was very satisfied with the Oscar nomination, pretending to protest.

　　 "……"

　　 She was so disappointed in her heart, her smile couldn't help but froze on her face.

　　 "Nicole?" Harvey pressed his hand.

　　 I can’t look back, considering the sunk cost...

　　 "Hmm..." She had to gritted her teeth and agreed.

　　 A few days later, at night, Harvey sent a text message and gave the hotel room number directly.

　　 It's already like this, it doesn't matter... She had to take the initiative to come.

　　 "Huh!"

　　 I didn't expect that there was a young and beautiful white girl in Harvey's room. When she saw her, she immediately covered her mouth in surprise~www.NovelMTL.com~ eyes widened.

　　 "Know her? I didn't lie to you, did I? Just a text message..."

Harvey proudly pointed at her to brag to the girl and continued to seduce, "Don't worry, I won't let you lose. You can choose a good role in Hollywood, and you will be able to take the actress like her in the future. This is my guarantee! "

　　 Hollywood's top actresses and ex-wifes of Liangtang were all called, and the girl immediately fell into Harvey's power and no longer hesitated.

　　 "Nicole, close the door, thank you."

　　 Harvey hurriedly arched the girl towards the ensuite bedroom, "We are waiting for you!"

　　 She closed the door and leaned limply behind the door. How did this happen? She knows very well that the mouth of this pure newcomer girl is not like the famous actress Salma Hayek who already knows the rules! If Harvey does this, there is a risk of playing off in the future!

　　 Embarrassment, regret, shame, anger... fear.

　　 Various emotions climbed into my heart.

　　 covered his eyes and sobbed silently...

　　 Harvey’s behavior is too low, not to mention the ex-husband’s soup, it’s not even as good as the sting bee!

　　The black pharaoh is turning into color, at least he has some basic respect for women, and he will also help keep secrets!

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