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Eric probably understood something and continued to ask, "Which record company?"

"Polari is the record company headquartered in the Netherlands. I remember it was probably in 1992, when Baoli invested in w-title and became the largest shareholder of this film company. At that time, one of the founders of w-title seemed to be It's called Tim Bevin, and because the other partners left the company without doing this deal, Polaroid hired Eric Feiner as president, and it's been until now," Barbara Bullocki said after saying that she knew Some information, curious: "Eric, what are you asking about?"

Eric is a little surprised. Although Firefly Electronics has launched the fireflyer player and has been in contact with major record companies about online music sales, Eric is not too concerned about the trends of the major record companies. I thought that Polaroid had been accepted by several other major record giants. In my memory, after 2000, it seems that the name Polari is rarely heard again. Listening to Barbara Bullockley, this obviously hasn't happened yet.

After sorting out some scattered information in his mind, Eric said: "Just now, before you came to say hello, Eric Feiner should have hinted to me that Baoli may be for sale."

"I haven't heard of this," Barbara Brockley shook her head and said, "However, this should be a good opportunity. Drew gave me a fireflyer player a few days ago, and I also think it's very good. , but there are too few songs in the music store. If you want to listen to any song, you have to buy a CD to copy it, which is very troublesome. If you have Polaroid, the song content in your online music store will definitely increase a lot."

Eric nodded and smiled, but his heart was more clear.

Since Barbara Bullocky can see the shortcomings of the Yahoo Music Store in terms of content, it must be easier for Polaroid to notice this. Although it is not clear about the current situation of Polaroid, it is obviously also Eric Fee. The reason for what he just said.

In fact, Eric has always hoped that through the large-scale promotion of p3 music players, several major record companies will be forced to actively seek cooperation with online music stores.

However, the lack of capacity in Yahoo's music store is indeed a bit of a headache. After all, even if you don't care about the life and death of the entire record industry, if users cannot buy genuine music through the Internet and are forced to turn to pirated music in large numbers, p3 players will definitely will be subject to more and more public pressure.

Deciding to let someone collect some Polaroid information first, Eric and Barbara Bullocki chatted about other topics at random.

However, before the dance music was over, Eric saw his assistant Petriich gesture towards him with a mobile phone in his hand.

Eric raised his chin towards Petric and said, "Sorry, Barbara, Peter may be looking for me in a hurry."

"Of course it doesn't matter."

Barbara Bullock smiled and shook her head, released Eric, and the two left the dance floor together.

Petridge waited for Eric to approach, handed over the phone, and said, "Boss, the call from the old mountain is from Mr. McNally. You must answer it yourself."

Eric nodded, smiled at Barbara Bullocky again, took the phone and put it in his ear, and walked towards the door of the banquet hall.

Although the call came from Firefly's CEO Victor McNairy, it was related to Amazon.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening in London, and it was only afternoon in the western United States.

The matter has to start from the pre-sale of Amazon's fireflyer player in the morning. At ten o'clock in the morning in the western United States, Amazon is opening the pre-sale of fireflyer player to users.

Unexpectedly, in just 52 minutes, the sales exceeded the 50,000-unit mark, which far exceeded Amazon's expectations. Jeff Bezos, who felt that something was wrong, decisively suspended the pre-sale.

After investigation, it turned out that because the fireflyer player in the physical store is generally $30 higher than the Amazon platform, and the price of Amazon's fireflyer player is still $299 after the opening of pre-sale, so many users who are obviously electronic retailers They all regard Amazon as a 'wholesale' platform for fireflyer players, and some users even go so far as to order 1,000 units at a time, and orders such as 50 units of 100 units are countless.

As a result of the final statistics, among the pre-sale sales of 50,000 units, the orders from ordinary Ke households are probably less than 7,000, and all the others are large orders.

In fact, Amazon did not consider this issue before opening the pre-sale. In the previous rush stage, Amazon stipulated that each user can only buy a maximum of two units at a time.

However, Amazon's management generally feels that with the substantial increase in Firefly's electronic production capacity, the market demand for fireflyer players may not be so tight, and the retail price of physical retail should gradually decrease to the same price as the online platform. Therefore, there is no limit to the number of users who can buy.

The result of this has also led to the frenzied 'billing' after the opening of the pre-sale. Obviously, the physical retailers have tasted enough sweetness in the sales process of the fireflyer player in the first few months. When there is not enough supply, start to find another way.

It is conceivable that during the first three months of Amazon's looting activities, there must be many shadows of these people, otherwise it is unlikely that all 5,000 players will be swept away in less than a minute. After all, Grab a fireflyer player, and you can make at least $30 or more when you change it. This kind of 'business' is still very cost-effective.

But now that the missteps have occurred, Amazon must find a way to fix it.

It is definitely impossible to cancel those large orders. Although the motivation of these users is somewhat lacking, since Amazon did not limit the number of purchases in advance, they are not breaking the rules. Adding the mistakes of the company to the users will lead to a lawsuit in the United States, and it is impossible to win at all, and it will also damage the reputation of the company.

The pre-sale was suspended for an hour, and after Amazon again added a limit of two units per user, the deal page was opened again.

But the 50,000 units that have been sold will definitely have an impact on Amazon's continued supply. What's more, even if restrictions are made, it is actually very simple to break the restrictions. As long as you have enough patience and register more Just a few accounts. The key to solving this matter is ultimately on the side of Firefly Electronics, so Jeff Bezos flew from Seattle to Old Mountain to meet Victor McNally, introduced the situation of his own, and hoped that Firefly Electronics will increase its monthly supply to Amazon by at least another 50,000 units.

The entire Midea electronics retailer is queuing up for Firefly Electronics to supply an extra 50,000 units to Amazon, and the brick-and-mortar retailers will surely complain. Victor McNairy naturally disagrees with Jeff Bezos' request. Impatient Bill Olson also got into a feud with Jeff Bezos. In the end, Jeff Bezos proposed to call Eric and let him make a decision. Seeing that Jeff Bezos was relying on the posture of staying in the old mountains, Victor McNally had to call Eric in London. .

After understanding the ins and outs of the incident on the phone, Eric hurried back to his residence on Kensington Park Street and held a video conference with Victor McNally, Jeff Bezos and others far away in the old mountains. At the end of the day, with Eric's solution, the two sides came up with a compromise solution. The supply of Amazon will increase by another 25,000 units, and this matter is barely resolved.

In fact, Eric felt helpless.

The technical content of the fireflyer player is indeed not too high, but it is a brand new electronic product after all. Manufacturers can achieve production capacity explosion in just a few months. Because it is a brand-new product, the fireflyer player will not only be limited by the supply of components, but the assembly plant and production line of the product will also need to be built from scratch. In addition, there are various issues such as employee training. To achieve an explosion in production capacity, The cycle is several times that of traditional electronics.

Although the problem between Firefly Electronics and Amazon was temporarily resolved through a remote video conference, Eric did not have the heart to stay in London and decided to return to the United States ahead of schedule. There were indeed too many problems that he needed to solve in person. .

The selection of the Spice Girls Group cannot be completed without two or three months, and he will only need to come over again.

So, the next day, Eric boarded the Tone 767 that Drew had leased from the Los Angeles alc company.

Since she was very interested in the trip to London, the girl signed a long-term lease contract with the alc company, and took the 767 down until the delivery of her own 747. Although the monthly rent is as high as 650,000 US dollars, and the fuel and other expenses for each flight are not counted, Eric has no objection. Perhaps the monthly rent of 650,000 US dollars is unbearable for ordinary rich people, but this Money was nothing to him. After all, it will cost tens of millions of dollars a year in maintenance and other aspects to wait for the delivery of the planned planes and the construction of two private airports on the east and west coasts.

When he left the party last night, Eric told Petridge to collect some Polaroid information. Despite the tight schedule, Petriage sorted out several Polaroid documents before Eric got on the plane.

The Sound 767 took off from Heathrow Airport in London. After a short period of discomfort just after take-off, the plane traversed smoothly over the Atlantic Ocean. Eric sat next to the luxurious window seat of the cabin and flipped through the Polaroid. material.

Just as he did not expect that the w-title film company would be behind Polaroid Records, Eric also did not expect that Philips in the Netherlands would be the controlling shareholder of Polaroid. His impression of Philips is basically only shaving, and it seems that there are DVD players and the like.

But after reading the information carefully, Eric discovered that Philips at this time was still very large in scale for the Netherlands. The company's business involved medical equipment, lighting equipment, household appliances, entertainment media and other aspects. It's all one your GE. In 1996, Philips' annual revenue reached 108.5 billion guilders, which translates to close to $37 billion.

The purpose of Philips' involvement in the record industry is the same as that of Japan's Sony, which is to promote its own music player products. In the 1980s, Polaroid was jointly held by Philips and De Siemens. Then, in the late 1980s, Philips bought all the shares of Polaroid from Siemens and listed it on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in the Netherlands. At present, Philips still owns 75% of the shares of Polaroid, and the other 15% of the shares belong to common stock.

At its recent share price, Polaroid's market cap is $9.7 billion.

Just seeing this number, Eric has already dispelled the idea of ​​buying Polaroid, not that he can't afford it, but that it's not worth it at all.

With a market value of $9.7 billion, the final transaction volume will certainly not be less than $10 billion.

Although if Firefly wants to take over, it is easy to acquire this record company by using a trading party that combines capital and stock, but if it is just for the copyright of the songs in the hands of Polaroid, this is probably the same as the original time and space Sony. The promotion of Blu-ray is almost the same as buying MGM. Sony bought MGM a few years ago, and the media era has come. Whether it is Sony's Blu-ray or Toshiba's HD, they have become tasteless. And now, with the rise of the Internet, the age of digital music has arrived without having to wait a few more years.

Moreover, according to Polaroid's 1996 annual financial report, last year the record giant's annual operating income was 3.6 billion US dollars, but its net profit was only 337.8 million US dollars. Even if the record industry did not decline, 10 billion US dollars bought This company also takes 30 years to recover its investment. (.)

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