Chapter 90 Strong alliance

The Ethernet adapter is actually a network card, and its importance is self-evident. Li Zetian calculated the time and felt that he still had enough time to get involved in the Ethernet standard. The top priority now was to develop the Walkman first.

In addition, headphones are an important part of the Walkman and have huge profit margins. When the Walkman is released, the headphones will naturally be sold in bundles!

After all, Apple has to establish its own headphone company!

When you think of Apple's headphones, it's easy to think of Bests headphones. In its previous life, Apple spent US$3 billion to acquire Bests headphone company. When Bests headphone company was first established, it was designed, produced and provided technology by Monster. Li Zetian has paid attention to the news, so he also knows something about Monster Company.

This company was established in 1978 by a Chinese-American Li Meisheng. In 1971, Li Meisheng graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a major in electrical engineering and was employed by the Lawrence National Laboratory as a design engineer.

At this time, he had not yet made a fortune.

Li Zetian can poach him and establish Monster Company! Presumably, Li Zetian invited him to join as a Chinese and with a high salary, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Under Li Zetian's influence, Chinese Americans will become even more outstanding!

Of course, except for those who oppose him.

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The next day, Tian Shuai took the negotiation team to Dolby Laboratories to negotiate with the other party.

Li Zetian took the company's financial officer to First Intercontinental Bank to handle the loan procedures.

The loan went very smoothly, but the acquisition negotiations for Dolby Laboratories encountered a little trouble.

Dolby Laboratories can be said to be Dr. Dolby's private company. If he is unwilling to sell, no one can do anything to him. With the boom and development of the recorder market in the 1970s, noise reduction has become a demand. Dolby Laboratories has good performance and is prosperous. It has no rivals in the industry. Most of the top talents in the industry have been recruited by him to Dolby Laboratories. room.

Therefore, Dr. Dolby does not intend to sell Dolby Laboratories.

Li Zetian thought about it for a while. Since the acquisition failed, he would raise financing, first occupy the shares, form an alliance, and then slowly make plans.

Li Zetian conveyed his order to Tian Shuai.

Therefore, in the next round of negotiations with Dolby Laboratories, Tian Shuai proposed to raise US$4 million from Dolby Laboratories and hold 33.3% of the company's shares.

"Dr. Dolby, if Dolby Laboratories can marry with Apple, it will definitely promote the development of Dolby Laboratories! In 1970, Dolby began to promote the concept of issuing pre-recorded cassettes with Dolby B-type characteristic encoding. Today What Apple needs to do is to make Dolby B noise reduction tapes popular all over the world!" Tian Shuai said very confidently.

Dr. Dolby frowned slightly when he heard this, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"How can Apple guarantee that Dolby B noise reduction tapes will become popular all over the world?" After a while, Dr. Dolby asked.

"Dr. Dolby, before I tell you the reason, do you mind signing a confidentiality agreement?" Tian Shuai asked with a smile.

Dr. Dolby nodded, "I don't mind."

So Tian Shuai took a confidentiality agreement and handed it to him.

After he finished signing, Tian Shuai spoke and took out the Walkman's design drawing from the document bag.

"This is a brand new product being developed by Apple - the Walkman tape player!" Tian Shuai paused, allowing Dr. Dolby enough time to think, and then continued, "The Walkman will be the world's first personal portable device. Music lovers can take the tape player with them wherever they go. They can listen to music when they go for a walk, they can listen to music while riding in the car...With the Walkman, people can listen to music anytime and anywhere!"

After finishing speaking, Tian Shuai smiled at Dr. Dolby and asked, "Dr. Dolby, do you think that having Walkman will accelerate the development of Dolby Laboratories?"

"Yes!"

At this moment, Dr. Dolby was very shocked and excited!

There is no doubt that a product like the Walkman, a product full of unlimited innovation, will be popular all over the world. If the Walkman's tapes use Dolby Laboratories' noise reduction technology, then Dolby Laboratories will take off! ! !

Dr. Dolby took a deep breath and praised with great sincerity: "Apple is truly an innovative company! The designer of the Walkman must be a genius! Mr. Tian, I wonder who this design master is?"

Tian Shuai smiled slightly and replied: "This person is none other than Chronos Li, the founder of Apple, and Apple's Apple-l and Apple-ll were also designed and developed by him! In fact, this acquisition of Dolby The laboratory is also his decision! Chronos·li believes that Dolby Laboratories is a great and innovative company, and only such a company is worth acquiring by Apple!"

Wear it a thousand times, but flattery never wears it.

When Dr. Dolby heard this, he felt very comfortable in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel good about Li Zetian, whom he had never met before.

Tian Shuai then asked: "Dr. Dolby, do you accept Apple's financing conditions now?"

There was nothing left to hesitate, Dr. Dolby nodded directly and said: "I accept!"

"Another point is that if Dr. Dolby wants to sell his shares, Apple has the right of first refusal."

Dr. Dolby pondered. Because of the existence of Walkman, Apple naturally valued Dolby Laboratories very much, so it was reasonable to ask for the right of first refusal. Moreover, Dolby Laboratories relies on Apple to develop faster. Not only Walkman, but also personal computers will use Dolby Laboratories’ technology. As an industry giant in personal computers, Apple will play a very important role in promoting Dolby technology. role. It doesn't matter who you sell to, not to mention that selling to Apple is beneficial to Dolby Laboratories.

In fact, which company founder wouldn’t want to see his company prosper? Jobs was kicked out of Apple's board of directors in his previous life, but he still deliberately retained a share of the stock in order to pay attention to Apple's development.

Dr. Dolby didn't hesitate long before agreeing.

He nodded to Tian Shuai and said, "Okay, no problem, I agree to this request!"

"Dr. Dolby, in that case, let's sign the contract as soon as possible! In addition, Chronos·li hopes that Dolby Laboratories can send a technical team to Apple to assist the Walkman development team in developing the product as soon as possible."

Dr. Dolby smiled and said: "Okay, then we will sign the contract today! Tomorrow, I will personally take the team to Apple!"

Tian Shuai smiled and said: "With Dr. Dolby's personal participation, I think the development speed of Walkman will be even better!"

With that said, Tian Shuai stood up and stretched out his hand to shake Dr. Dolby's hand.

Later, Tian Shuai and Dr. Dolby chatted about the Walkman project, while the others were busy drafting the contract.

Before noon, Tian Shuai and Dr. Dolby officially signed a financing contract. Apple became the second largest shareholder of Dolby Laboratories, holding 33.3% of the shares, second only to Dr. Dolby who held 42.5% of the shares. The remaining shares Excellent talents belonging to the company.

After Tian Shuai left Dolby Laboratories, he immediately called Li Zetian to report the situation.

After listening to the report, Li Zetian hung up the phone and murmured with a smile: "Apple and Dolby Laboratories have joined forces, and Walkman's core competitiveness has become stronger. Even if Sony also releases a Walkman, so what? Crush it all the same!"

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