Vol 2 Chapter 327: Meet Milan

Chapter 327: A Battle of Milan

Since Lin Feng declared war in front of many reporters at the "Apple" headquarters, Steve Jobs held an emergency board meeting to unify his thoughts. "Apple" will focus on the European market in the near future. After all, the US market is now dominated by the "ipod", and the Asian market may not be able to enter the market for a while. As for the South American and African markets, Jobs gave up after thinking about it. With so many slums, it's hard to want to buy an "ipod".

Therefore, the European market is a top priority. After the board of directors unified their thinking, Jobs now began to restrict supply in the United States, while increasing the production of "ipod" in preparation for landing in Europe. With the full cooperation of Britney Spears, Jobs believes that this time he will be able to defeat Lam Fung again in Europe. Being able to own North American (mainly the United States) and European markets, one less Asian market is irrelevant.

Unexpectedly, Jobs suddenly saw Lin Feng's $10 million bet in the newspaper, which really shocked him. Especially for Lin Feng who dared to bet 10 million dollars, betting that Avril's record sales could overwhelm Britney, Jobs was very surprised. Although for Lin Feng, this 10 million US dollars is nothing, but dare to take 10 million US dollars as a bet requires great courage in itself. Is he so confident in that Avril?

But the bet between Avril and Britney was just a farce for Jobs. Britney's strength and popularity, how can a newcomer can compare. He is concerned about how to prevent Lin Feng's "Phantom" from entering the European market before the "ipod". Now Lin Feng has 800,000 "Phantoms" in his hands, and only less than 100,000 "ipods" can be transferred to the European market. The gap is too big. Moreover, Asia is undoubtedly much closer to Europe than the United States.

If Lin Feng's "Phantom" is allowed to land in the European market first, he will have already lost half of this war before it starts.

Jobs squeezed the bridge of his nose and got a headache. He picked up an apple from the table and took a bite. This is the habit of Jobs. Whenever he has troubles that are difficult to solve, he will eat apples, which can inspire him. At the beginning of the establishment of the company, the use of "Apple" as the company name was also out of his preference for Apple.

After thinking about it, Jobs called Lin Feng.

Lin Feng was at Goldman Sachs in New York, and the acquisition of ‘avenue-a’ was nearing completion, but unexpectedly received a call from Jobs. Lin Feng was slightly surprised. At this time, Jobs called, he was definitely not here to chat with him.

"Hi, Stephen, what are you looking for?" Lin Feng asked.

"December 1, Milan." Jobs said a few short words, then hung up the phone.

Jobs took another big bite of the apple, with a slight smile on his face. Lin Feng declared war on himself in front of everyone, forcing himself to fight, and changed the focus of "Apple" to the European market in advance. Lin Feng also took advantage of the trend to redeem the shadow of "Phantom"'s fiasco in the US market. This time, he "followed the other way and gave back to the other body", faced the battle head-on, and set aside time, forcing Lin Feng to fight against himself, forcing his "Phantom" to not be the first to enter the European market.

Jobs believed that Lin Feng would fight against him. Even if Lin Feng refused, Jobs believed that public opinion would force Lin Feng to fight against him. Thinking of this, Jobs picked up the phone again.

Lin Feng was taken aback for a moment, and he just wanted to ask more clearly, but Jobs had already hung up the phone. What do you mean on December 1st? Lin Feng rubbed his temples, a bit inexplicable. But after careful consideration, I immediately recalled.

After Lin Feng figured it out, he smiled. However, he secretly said to Jobs, the old fox, this time he had to start a head-on contest with Jobs in Milan on December 1. But whoever does the best depends on who is more capable.

"What's so funny?" Abby asked curiously.

"Nothing, Jobs asked me to meet in Milan on December 1." Lin Feng said.

Abby was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood what Jobs was referring to. The two people were really funny. Lin Feng ran to the "Apple" company headquarters to declare war, and Jobs also faced him. There was a time limit. When it was a duel. But this also made Abby look forward to this duel, especially with Avril's declaration of war on Britney.

interesting! Abby is looking forward to the last month of 2001 this year and wants to see how crazy it will be.

"Lin, after this period of acquisition, we acquired a total of 51% of the shares of'avenue-a' at a cost of 178 million US dollars. As long as you sign on this, this company belongs to you." Abby continued with the previous topic.

"En." Lin Feng nodded. This ‘avenue-a’ company is an extremely mature online advertising planning company. It belongs to the Internet in the future, and its own business is also IT-based. The acquisition of this online company is a perfect match.

Immediately, Lin Feng signed the ‘avenue-a’ company and officially belonged to Lin Feng.

"By the way, Abby, how about the listing of my'Starting Point Fast Food Restaurant'?" After Lin Feng sold the "shell" of Xinlang.com to the "Qing Point Fast Food Restaurant", Goldman Sachs was responsible for its listing affairs.

"Lin, because Xinlang.com belongs to a high-tech network company, the'Starting Point Fast Food Restaurant' belongs to the industry. In this regard, the SEC needs a little more time to conduct the review, and the review will be completed in late December," Abby explained.

Lin Feng nodded. The "Starting Point Fast Food Restaurant" went on the market, one is to completely swallow Xinlang.com, and the other is to raise more funds for itself.

After solving the official business, the two chatted casually.

"Lin, do you really believe that Avril can defeat Britney?" As an analyst, Abby is not an entertainment industry person, but after her data analysis, Avril's chances of defeating Britney are real. The low is desperate, but Lin Feng has a confident look on his face, and he bet 10 million dollars for it. This makes Abby really puzzled.

"Does it rely on your magical divination again?" Since Lin Feng told Abby that he is the 134th-generation grandson of Prime Minister Bigan, and showed some magical divination, Abby, a materialist, has been obsessed with this extremely mysterious , Mysterious divination, after a few months, the relevant books turned over are enough to make Abby become half an expert.

For divination, if you believe it is true, if you don't believe it, it is false.

Looking at Abby's scorching eyes, Lin Feng was also depressed. Unexpectedly, I was fooling around. This shrewd and calm Wall Street chief analyst became half a fan of occultism, which is really a bit speechless.

"No, Abby, I believe in Avril's strength. After you listen to her singing, you will be fascinated by her." Lin Feng didn't want Abby to sink deeper and deeper, so as not to ruin a financial genius.

auzw.com Superstition is harmful!

"Do you have any records or mp3s from her?" Although Abby was slightly regretful, seeing Lin Fengjiang Avril described it so well, she also became interested.

"Sorry, I don't have this now." Lin Feng said helplessly. Since Avril decided to remaster the record, Sam destroyed all the 100,000 copies that had been copied, and even Lin Feng’s samples were taken back and destroyed. Although it is good for Avril to be so serious, today is already November 23, and it will be fully released on December 1. Is there any time for it?

Thinking of the release of Avril and Britney’s records on December 1, Lin Feng thought of Jobs’s challenge statement just now, which was actually December 1. Obviously it was not a coincidence, but Jobs wanted to decide the victory and defeat on two battlefields at the same time with himself. No, it is one battlefield for Jobs and two battlefields for himself.

interesting! ——After pondering the psychology of Jobs, Lin Feng sneered several times.

After bidding farewell to Abby, Lin Feng rushed to Manhattan, New York to see how the Avril Records was recorded, but unexpectedly learned that Avril had been in for 12 hours and had not come out yet, Lin Feng could only continue to wait.

While waiting for Lin Feng, the reporter also somehow knew that Jobs responded to Lin Feng’s declaration of war. They gathered in Milan on December 1. The two companies launched their respective products "Phantom" and "ipod" at the same time, challenging their respective sales. This news made the already excited reporters even crazier.

Avril challenges Britney!

"Phantom" challenges "ipod"!

Among them are Lin Feng’s $10 million bet for this, as well as the grievances between Lin Feng and Jobs, which were all released on December 1, which is enough to make all the media go crazy. Under the frantic rendering of the media, the American people are also enjoying themselves as if they are watching a Hollywood blockbuster.

The news spread to Europe, and the European media were really speechless. Their own market has become a battlefield for the two companies, and they also set up a posture to decide the victory or defeat in Milan. Although this news is expected, it is still a bit embarrassing.

When can European companies be so prestigious to seize the American or Chinese market? - Many European media have resentment.

However, the news spread to the country, but it really made people excited.

While the US$10 million bet made people marvel at Lin Feng's boldness, it also caused differences in the original domestic call for support for Britney. For most citizens, 10 million US dollars is a huge number. Although Lin Feng is rich, he does not want Lin Feng to lose to the Americans or American gaming companies. Under this psychology, Avril’s approval rating has soared. Although it is not as good as Britney, it is not far off.

Of course, what is even more exciting is that in Milan, the "Phantom" and the "ipod" are fighting against each other, as if a gladiator is dueling. The only thing that makes everyone quite regretful is why it is not in Rome (the arena), but in the fashion capital of Milan.

After a night of waiting, the next day, at 6 o'clock in the morning on November 24, Avril came out of the recording studio with a tired face, extremely pale, but extremely relaxed. Seeing Lin Feng, his face showed a very confident and contented smile.

"Lin, I will never let you down this time!" After finishing speaking, Avril's feet were soft, and the person lost consciousness and fell limp in Lin Feng's arms.

Lin Feng was shocked, and instinctively caught Avril, waiting to be taken to the hospital.

"It's okay, Lin, Avril is just too tired, fatigue transition. But this record is really good, Avril broke through himself." Sam explained quickly. He and Avril went in to record for a whole day, for 24 hours, hardly eating or drinking. Avril was not very well, and it was normal to be tired. However, the recording went well this time, and the new let-go was successfully completed. Although there was no change in the style, Avril’s own singing skills broke through again. Now listening to Avril’s singing, even Samdou has a kind of penetration. The feeling of the soul.

Sam believes that no matter who he is facing this time, Avril will not fail.

Hearing that Avril was just a fatigue transition, Lin Feng relaxed.

"Lin, please send Avril back to the room. I will wait for you in the living room and discuss with you." Sam's eyes flushed and his face looked tired, but he still has more important things to talk to Lin Feng. He can't rest yet.

Lin Feng nodded and returned to the bedroom with Avril in his arms. This is the second time that Lin Feng has embraced Avril, but he obviously felt that Avril was much lighter than last time. During this time, he was obviously thinner in order to record the record. Gently put the sleeping Avril on the bed, and Lin Feng pityed him with a quilt.

"Lin, I won't let you down this time." Looking at Avril, who was sleeping extremely deep on the bed, recalling what Avril said just now, Lin Feng smiled slightly: Avril, you will definitely do it this time More than Britney! .

Coming downstairs, he saw Sam lying on the sofa with his eyes closed. Lin Feng was waiting to wake him up, but Sam heard the noise and sat up with his eyes open.

"Sam, if you take a break, we'll talk in the afternoon." Lin Feng suggested that Sam was too tired.

"No, Lin, time is running out, I can't rest yet." Sam shook his head, struggled to sit up, patted his face, and said sorry, "Wait for three minutes." After speaking, Sam ran to the bathroom. After immersing his head in cold water, Sam soon became sober after being stimulated by the icy cold water, dried his face, and ran out.

"Lin, time is running out, I'll just say it straight." Sam took out a document from the side, "Lin, look at this contract. If you have no comments, please sign it."

Lin Feng curiously accepted the contract and took a closer look. It turned out to be the equity transfer agreement of the small record company established by Avril. Avril transferred 50% of Lin Feng's shares, and Lin Feng injected US$5 million into Avril Records.

"This is..." Lin Feng asked puzzled.

"Now Avril Records has no money. All the 3 million registered capital in the early stage was used to produce records. Later, 100,000 records were abolished. The US$5 million promotional fee you gave last time was all used for purchase. From the 25th to the 30th, the major music TV stations have the song list. So now the company has no money, it is not enough to print records, and can print up to 300,000 copies." Sam said helplessly.

Lin Feng nodded, understanding what Sam meant. Money is not a problem, Lin Feng is not short of money, but Lin Feng must consider Avril, he is not here to annex her record company. Because Lin Feng knows how brilliant Avril will create in the future, this 10 million can get 50% of the equity, which is really worth it.