"Sony lost to Longteng in the VCD project competition. When the iPod first appeared, they were not nervous because the other party was just a small company. Later, they found out that Longteng was behind the iPod, so they started to work on it."
My roommate is an electronics enthusiast and knows a lot about this. "Because of past mistakes, Sony didn't dare to engage in a price war with Longteng again, and instead directly reported the iPod."
"This move is truly a fatal blow."
Chris downloaded the music to his MP3 player and couldn't help but exclaim, "Luckily you were quick-witted and ordered an iPod from Amazon a while ago. I was a step too late and ended up catching the pre-sale!"
“The product that was in pre-sale has been taken down.” His roommate took the MP3 from Chris’s hand and added insult to injury, “I told you to hurry up and buy it, but you didn’t listen. You insisted on going to the Sony forum to read the comments and saying that you should compare before buying.”
Chris looked at his roommate's iPod with envy. In contrast, he had spent the same amount of money, but the product had been taken down, and his money was stuck with Amazon.
"Amazon, either pay back the money or put the iPod back on the shelves!"
Chris went mad and launched a manifesto on the iPod forum, determined to make Amazon pay the price.
More and more people began to respond to Chris's call. Later, someone dug up the old feud between Sony and Longteng, and everyone realized that this was no longer a simple business competition.
This means Sony is determined to destroy DragonTech.
The conflict quickly spread to Sony's European and American regions, the iPod brand owner, Longteng's headquarters and Longteng Electronics Technology Company, the North American regulatory authorities, and the European International Trade Department.
Some netizens transferred their online anger offline, silencing electronics enthusiasts in Europe and America by besieging the regulatory departments in those regions.
The regulatory building had to close its doors and hire a number of security guards to maintain order outside.
Meanwhile, Chris, along with his classmates and friends, organized a march and demonstration, and the street outside Sony's European operations office was quickly blocked off.
Electronics enthusiasts held up signs and shouted: "Make the iPod available! Sony, please compete fairly!"
The regulatory authorities felt the pressure from iPod enthusiasts and had to personally call the Freemasons to seek a solution.
If it were a conflict that broke out in a company or a department, the Freemasons could intervene to resolve it. But now, tens of thousands of netizens are supporting the iPod. Even if they had a thousand hands, they couldn't silence so many people.
Wang An, Annie, and Lin Zhiyuan kept a close eye on the online developments.
Soon after, Amazon headquarters received the email.
“It seems Amazon can’t hold on any longer,” Anne said with a smile.
Lin Zhiyuan's smile faded. "No rush. Amazon is just a platform. It's no use for them to back down."
It was his brother-in-law who saw the key point. Chen Dong nodded secretly, "The European and American regulatory authorities haven't given in yet. As long as they don't back down, we won't be able to put the products back on the shelves."
"What do we do now? Although there are many people in Europe and North America who are willing to support us, they are just ordinary people and there is very little they can do."
Chen Dong shook his head. "Quite a few. Online opinions can sometimes influence reality."
“But Sony is such a big company, they have a lot of supporters in Europe and America,” Annie wondered. “Won’t the position of our iPod be threatened when their supporters step in?”
"The reason why iPod enthusiasts are so excited right now is mainly because under the pre-order model, they paid money, but the money was deducted by Amazon."
"Once Amazon refunded the pre-sale deposits to consumers, netizens calmed down, and we were back in a passive position."
Chen Dong looked at Annie calmly, "Sony? Do you think it's only Sony that's targeting us this time?"
Wang An and Annie were completely stunned. Who else could it be but Sony?
"Freemasonry?" Lin Zhiyuan asked.
Chen Dong nodded, his gaze fixed on the iPod online community. "Don't forget, the official brand owner of iPod is not Longteng. Longteng Electronics is just an OEM manufacturer."
"Moreover, after we left the port, we relabeled the goods. According to the international trade rules of Europe and the United States, they can't do anything to us."
"But this time, the regulatory authorities in Europe and the United States have stuck with us and even shifted the pressure to Amazon, forcing Amazon to remove our products from its platform."
Chen Dong stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the group of people. "This shows that there is an unseen hand controlling everything."
“The Freemasons.” Lin Zhiyuan gritted his teeth. “But even if we know it’s the Freemasons, we can’t do anything about them. They hide behind the scenes and usually don’t take action themselves, so they don’t leave any evidence.”
At this moment, Ma Guoliang interjected, "I have a way."
Everyone turned to look at Ma Guoliang, who was a little nervous. "Didn't the boss say that we should learn to make good use of online public opinion?"
"Now that there is so much demand for the iPod, all we need to do is bring up the accusation of malicious suppression by the regulatory authorities and tell them that it is the regulatory authorities that are suppressing Longteng."
Lin Zhiyuan cautioned, "Evidence? We have no evidence, how can they believe us?"
“No evidence is needed!” Ma Guoliang explained, “iPod enthusiasts are saying everywhere that Sony is suppressing Longteng and engaging in unfair competition in the European and American markets, but aren’t those all just speculations?”
Chen Dong had seen it all before; in this age of deception and truth, the internet was full of such things. Hearing Ma Guoliang's words, he was somewhat surprised. "You mean, we're releasing a smokescreen to steer the conversation toward the regulatory department?"
“Once someone gets involved, whether it’s real or fake, the regulatory department won’t stand idly by,” Ma Guoliang nodded.
Chen Dong looked at Ma Guoliang with admiration. He usually thought Ma Guoliang was quite dull, but he never expected that Ma Guoliang would reveal the essence of the Internet in just one sentence: it's all about willing people taking the bait.
"Wang An, find a private account and post some updates about the European and American regulatory authorities on the iPod community," Chen Dong instructed. "Be careful not to make it too obvious."
"Understood."
A day later, the Freemasons sent a notice to the oversight department: These people all have votes, and we cannot incite public outrage.
After hanging up the call from the Freemasons, the regulatory department immediately withdrew its control over Amazon and announced that as long as Longteng Electronics paid the fine, the International Trade Department would grant Longteng Electronics market access.
"We still have to pay the fine." Annie's heart jumped again.
Chen Dong pressed his throbbing temples: "Fine, then let's just go all out."
“We told the regulators that we would pay the fine in three installments, but they had to guarantee that our products would be available on Amazon immediately.”
“Okay.” Annie was thinking about the exorbitant fine, and couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.
That evening, after communication, Amazon put the iPod back on the shelves.
When this news reached the iPod community, everyone went crazy, which meant that their struggle had achieved some results!
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