Vol 2 Chapter 347: There is no permanent enemy

Chapter 347: There is no eternal enemy

The news of Microsoft was like a thunder on the ground, which caused a shock of eight to ten thousand people.

However, many media are destined to be disappointed. Although Steve Ballmer announced with great fanfare that Microsoft is preparing to enter the walkman market and launch the "wma player", this is completely satellite, just like the US "Star Wars" back then. The plan is the same, purely fooling the Soviets. This time, Microsoft was just fooling Lin Feng, trying to put pressure on Lin Feng to force him to negotiate again.

Microsoft has the pride of Microsoft, and its status as a software empire makes it impossible to seek peace talks with Lin Feng. No matter how Steve Ballmer tried to promote his "wma audio format", he couldn't put his face down. However, Steve Ballmer disappointed the reporter, but Lin Feng disappointed Steve Ballmer.

Lin Feng ignored Microsoft's fanfare at all. After making an appointment with the president of 3do, Tripp Hawkins, he took advantage of his free time and ran to Houston to see how his TV station performed during this time. The result was still very satisfactory to Lin Feng.

As the episodes of prison escape aired, the drama "Michael Schoelfield's experience attracted the sympathy of countless American housewives. The highest ratings have exceeded 70 million, breaking the 52 million set by himself in the first episode of prison escape. People’s American TV series ratings, and its 30-second advertising price rose to 4.2 million U.S. dollars, and the three-minute advertising price before the start of the jailbreak also rose to 2.4 million U.S. dollars in 30 seconds. The advertising price also increased within one minute of the end of the film. To 1.8 million US dollars. However, in other time periods, there are still few people interested.

Helplessly, Lin Feng’s "fsn-houston" TV station has no good programs except for jailbreaking, and can only buy programs from other TV stations, but most of them are about to be smashed by other TV stations, and the ratings are naturally imaginable.

Regarding Terry's helplessness and ambition, Lin Feng can only take comfort in a word. The TV station has just become a national TV station, so don't worry.

During this period of time, the "fsn-houston" TV station was also full of the charm of prison escape. Just broadcasting 6 episodes brought Lin Feng a gross profit of more than 62 million US dollars, which made Lin Feng have to lament the huge profits of popular TV shows. If according to this ratio, the 22 episodes of the first season will be broadcasted, it will bring Lin Feng at least 228 million US dollars in income. In addition to Lin Feng’s 100 million US dollars investment, and related publicity and other expenses, it will also earn 110 million. Around ten thousand dollars.

"Oh, boss, this **** Alexander, what did the Houston Rockets look like, alas, look at the ratings of sports channels, and then the ratings of jailbreak, boss, I really want to hit the wall!" Terry complained.

After listening to Terry's words, Lin Feng's eyes lit up and he had a plan in his heart.

At this moment, a phone call came.

"Hey, this is Sun Lin." Lin Feng saw that the phone number was extremely strange.

"It's me, Jobs." There was a voice on the other end that Lin Feng couldn't think of.

Lin Feng was in a daze and didn't understand why Jobs called him.

"Lin, I'm afraid you wouldn't expect it to be my call!" Jobs coughed a few times and said in a low-breathed voice.

Lin Feng answered, he really didn't think that Jobs would call himself after being stunned by himself, and after a serious illness.

Jobs shook his head helplessly. This time I was ill by Lin Fengqi, but the media was too exaggerated. The main cause was the recurrence of Jobs's old illness, which later broke out because of Lin Feng's irritation. But Jobs's illness really scared many people. The most worrying is naturally the "Apple" company. Finally, he invited Jobs back again, and under his leadership, "Apple" walked out of the trough and exuded vitality again. If Jobs was overwhelmed by Lin's atmosphere and eventually could no longer lead "Apple", I am afraid that the directors of "Apple" swallowed Lin Feng's heart. Both.

Fortunately, Jobs woke up after being in a coma for a few hours, and it was not a major problem, he only needed to be meditation for a period of time. In order to prevent Jobs from recurring in the future, the "Apple" board of directors forced Jobs to lay down all work, concentrate on recovering from the illness, and return to the company to reorganize after he recovered.

Because of this, Jobs got rid of everything in his hands and healed his illness. The cultivation in the past few days also made him realize the reason for the failure of the "ipod" in the European market.

auzw.com First digging Beckenham is a foolish trick. This method is relatively despicable, and many consumers do not agree with it. The consumers who are competing for it are also the kind of horror. When Lin Feng lifted out Prince William and other members of the British royal family, these consumers easily turned back. Second, and the most important point, this logic is wrong in attempting to dominate the market in vain.

The price of "ipod" is destined to be a high-end product in the mp3 player market. The consumers it faces should be white-collar workers, middle-class and upper-class people with affluent lives. As a result, because of Lin Feng's stimulation, Jobs' vain attempt to grab the low-end market with the cheap "Phantom" was undoubtedly a decision-making failure. After all, it is impossible for all countries to be as wealthy as the United States. Relatively speaking, Lin Feng's "Phantom" has no flaws in quality and is naturally more popular with such people.

It now appears that "ipod" and "Phantom" are basically two products that can coexist. "Phantom" and "ipod" do not have any positive conflicts unless one of them tries to seize the other's market. Therefore, Jobs summed up one point, this time he fought a confused battle, so he lost.

That being the case, there is not much hatred between Jobs and Lin Feng. However, thinking of being tricked by Lin Feng this time and being defrauded of 30 million US dollars, Jobs' heart was bleeding. He actually stupidly gave Linfeng Company US$30 million for nothing. Jobs felt uncomfortable in his heart, and his head felt stunned, and he was too stupid. But I also blame Lin Feng for being so cunning that he actually performed an "undercover" trick with Beckenham.

Jobs shook his head helplessly.

However, thinking that this US$30 million will allow Lin Feng to produce at least 800,000 "Phantoms", and then 800,000 "Phantoms" can bring at least US$5 million in income to Lin Feng every year, and Jobs's depression is not even more uncomfortable. .

It stands to reason that Jobs will never call Lin Feng now. Although he is no longer a competitor, he is not a friend either. However, as Microsoft announced the launch of a new "wma audio format" and threatened to enter the Walkman market, Jobs could not sit still.

Losing to Lin Feng, Jobs can bear it. But if you want Microsoft to enter the walkman market, "Apple" loses to Microsoft, that is absolutely unforgivable. Back then, "Apple" let Microsoft make a move and took the opportunity to make it a Microsoft empire, which has made "Apple" regret it for 20 years. Now Jobs must not tolerate Microsoft riding on "Apple" again.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend. In this case, Lin Feng is the friend of Jobs, joining forces against Microsoft.

"Lin, I think we can cooperate." Jobs told Lin Feng of his intentions.

Lin Feng nodded, and immediately agreed to Jobs. In the same way, the market now has "Phantom" and "ipod", and Microsoft can no longer tolerate it. With Microsoft's wealth and power, if you really want to spend money, it is not impossible to take back the market. Therefore, Lin Feng and Jobs are bound to join forces. Fight against Microsoft together!

There are no permanent enemies, only common interests.

The next day, Lin Feng and Jobs announced at the same time that the two companies have formed a strategic alliance to jointly develop the mp3 player market. In the contract, Lin Feng and Jobs stipulated that the limit was US$55, "ipod" could not launch mp3 players under US$55, and Lin Feng should not launch mp3 players over US$55. The two operate in their own fields and work together against Microsoft. .

The news broke out and the industry was in an uproar. No one would have imagined that the two companies that fought to the death last month suddenly announced the formation of a strategic alliance, which is unimaginable. It's like watching Ultraman. Just now, Ultraman was fighting with the monster. In the next shot, Ultraman was sitting with the monster drinking tea, which almost short-circuited everyone's brains.

Of course, the discerning person can still see the significance of the two companies suddenly forming a strategic alliance at this time. Obviously, it is in response to Microsoft's January 1st "enter the Walkman market" declaration, and the two mp3 player market hegemons will jointly fight against Microsoft.

The alliance between "Phantom" and "ipod" is a normal business method in business. Connecting horizontally and vertically, two weak companies join forces to fight against powerful enemies and seek space and rights for survival. But the U.S. media was very unhappy. It was just still happy that Microsoft was able to teach this arrogant Chinese kid. In a blink of an eye, Jobs formed an alliance with Lin Feng, which made the American media really uncomfortable. Under the anger and injustice, the whole story satirized Jobs's depravity, and actually cooperated with his opponent who defeated him.

For these boring articles from reporters, Jobs has always been indifferent. He only cares about whether the company can make money.

Benefits come first.

The most dumbfounded by this news is of course Microsoft. Steve Ballmer also didn't expect that he was just stimulating Lin Feng, wanting to force him to bow his head, and come to Microsoft to negotiate again, then he will slightly lower the conditions, and the two companies will reach a beautiful alliance. Unexpectedly, with his stimulation, Lin Feng not only did not come to Microsoft, but directly prompted the alliance between Lin Feng and Jobs, which made Steve Ballmer dumbfounded, and the reaction of the two companies was too intense.

This is a good time. The two companies have turned their battles into jade, each operating in their own fields, jointly occupying the entire market, and completely severing all the ideas of other companies. From now on, there will be no other companies in the mp3 player market.

Steve Ballmer was extremely depressed! But what should Microsoft do next?