Chapter 325: Continued Brilliance! The Sky Collapses!
On March 7, 2010, the annual film festival, the Oscars ceremony was once again held at the Koda Theater in Hollywood.
WeChat and Quantum Mobile were still present at this year's Oscars and are still the biggest sponsors.
Tonight, Lin Xiao, the CEO of Fantasy Vision, the CEO of Sony Columbia, and the CEO of Sony Classics were all present and sat in the first row, almost in the middle.
Last year, Kung Fu Panda was nominated but did not win.
This year, "The Graveyard Book" was nominated again, and its biggest competitor is still Disney's "UP".
Moreover, Lin Xiao is obviously more popular now than last year.
Because he is given screen time very frequently in TV programs broadcast live around the world.
In addition, the host, actors on stage, and directors would mention Lin Xiao many times when joking.
Lin Xiao was even the award presenter for Best Original Screenplay.
But I don’t know what to say about this year’s winner of the Best Original Screenplay Award, “The Hurt Locker,” and I don’t know whether it deserves the award.
Finally... it's Best Animated Feature Film's turn.
At this time, many people in Huanmeng Vision did not go home, but stayed in the company to watch the live broadcast of the Oscars.
Everyone had beer, red wine, champagne, etc. in their hands.
Leon and Zhang Yin were also in the crowd. She was obviously much more relaxed than before, and she also returned to putting on makeup, which made her oriental beauty bloom even more.
"This year's nominees for the Best Animated Feature Oscar include The Graveyard Book, Up, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells, and Fantastic Mr. Fox."
"The winner is The Graveyard Book!"
Suddenly, the whole audience burst into warm applause.
And inside the Fantasy Vision Company, there were bursts of cheers.
"Long live the leader Ergou!"
"Long live the Master!"
"Long live the King!"
Zhang Yin also jumped up with her boyfriend and shouted loudly, "Long live Leader Ergou."
Lin Xiao did not plan to go on stage to receive the award, but instead gave the honor to producer and CEO of Dream Vision Susan.
As a result, Susan, who was dressed in a gorgeous dress, stood up from her seat, came directly to Lin Xiao, hugged and kissed him, and then put her arm around Lin Xiao, forcing him to go on stage to receive the award together.
Lin Xiao shrugged his shoulders and had no choice but to follow her onto the stage.
The award presenter this time was actually Pixar boss Edwin Catmull.
He held the Oscar trophy in his hand reluctantly and said to Lin Xiao and Susan: "Susan, Lin, this originally belonged to us at Pixar, and you took it away."
"But if I had to vote, I would still vote for The Graveyard Book, it's just so great."
“Thanks to the emergence of Oriental Fantasy, Pixar is no longer so lonely.”
"Of course, there is also DreamWorks, sorry, sorry!"
Then he handed the trophy to Lin Xiao and Susan.
The two of them held the trophy together and raised it high.
The next acceptance speech was given to Susan.
Of course she thanked him profusely and thanked him for everything.
“Finally, thank you Lin!”
“Thanks to the most handsome boss in the world.”
"You are like an angel, fulfilling the dreams of countless people, including me."
"Even now, I still feel like I'm in a dream. Everything seems so unreal."
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"The Graveyard Book" won an Oscar. If it had happened a few years ago, domestic public opinion would have exploded.
But by 2010, it had caused little more than a minor stir.
Because in the eyes of many people, this is just icing on the cake for Leader Ergou.
Not only him, but even the movie "Graveyard Book" has created too many miracles.
This movie set a first-week box office record, and everyone knew it would definitely set a total box office record, and there was a high probability that the total box office would exceed 1.5 billion.
but……
Everyone still underestimates it.
I didn't expect it to have such strong staying power, as the Spring Festival period will come right after the New Year period.
In the Chinese film industry, the Spring Festival period was not very popular before, and people did not pay much attention to it. This is because almost all cinemas are in first- and second-tier cities, and during the Spring Festival, a large number of people return to the countryside, third- and fourth-tier cities, or even small towns to celebrate the New Year.
The explosion of the Chinese film market in recent years has led to the emergence of a large number of cinemas in third- and fourth-tier cities.
Then, the entire Spring Festival period suddenly became strong.
"Graveyard Book" and "Avatar" became the biggest beneficiaries.
"Avatar" is still very popular in this world, still shocking everyone and creating a box office miracle.
In the Chinese market, its final box office still exceeded 1.3 billion.
However, as the work of Ergou, the final box office of "Graveyard Book" exceeded 2 billion! The whole market was excited and even trembling.
Because this data completely exceeded all imagination and expectations.
Just last year, the entire market was still desperately trying to break through 1 billion, but now it has directly exceeded 2 billion.
This is not just about breaking through the ceiling, but about directly tearing the sky apart.
Of course, almost half of the box office figures created by this movie were recorded in 2010.
But even so, the total box office data of Chinese movies in 2009 directly reached 11.9 billion, almost doubling the historical data.
And this additional data is almost entirely due to Lin Xiao.
Over the years, it has brought huge growth to the entire market.
Of course, it all comes down to the people's growing consumption demand, because historically, the Chinese movie box office in 2010 increased by 70% compared to 2009.
The global box office of "Graveyard Book" has exceeded 1.2 billion US dollars.
It became Sony's highest-grossing film of all time worldwide.
So, the fact that this movie won an Oscar was just the icing on the cake.
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And on another battlefield.
Or it could be said that it is the most important battlefield for Lin Xiao.
In February, Google’s most important flagship, NEXUS one, which was manufactured by HTC and is also Google’s first generation product, was officially released.
This phone is almost unrecognizable compared to its history.
Compared to previous Android phones, this is a true flagship.
Whether it is the appearance, workmanship, or internal configuration, it is all flagship level.
First of all, it uses Qualcomm's MSM8260 processor, which is the first time it uses a 45nm process, and its performance is comparable to Quantum Technology's X1.5.
In addition, on the screen, since it is still a 4-inch screen, it did not aggressively increase to 720P, but it did not conservatively choose 480P. Instead, it chose LG's 640P.
As for the camera module, we can finally get Sony's IMX145.
Basically, all mainstream configurations have been pushed to the top.
Google also held a huge launch event for this phone and carried out massive global publicity.
And also tried to snatch the title of King of Machines.
In a sense, it was successful.
Because of this mobile phone, it really set off a trend.
At that time, the entire media community was full of praise.
“This is the best era because the fierce competition among the three camps has made the entire technology industry move forward at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the ultimate beneficiaries are global consumers.”
"This is a true flagship phone from Google, and it is a product that is in no way inferior to the Quantum NOTE."
Many video bloggers and testing media around the world have given objective evaluations.
“This product is the best in the world in every aspect.”
“Whether it’s system fluency, system aesthetics, or screen, industrial design, SOC performance, camera performance, etc., they are all in no way inferior to Quantum Technology’s NOTE.”
"The only shortcoming is still the entire system ecosystem. But Google has made every effort to make up for it. Basically, any APP can find a corresponding alternative."
This seems to be a great turnaround for Google.
Whether it is Google, HTC, or even global mobile phone manufacturers, they are all eyeing this product.
If its sales explode, Android's market share will rise again and begin to catch up with Quantum Technology's X operating system.
Then the majority of mobile phone manufacturers will once again strengthen their stance and continue to stand with Android.
Google and HTC are also willing to spend money, placing massive amounts of advertisements around the world in full accordance with quantum technology tactics.
On the other hand, Google is actively pushing forward the acquisition of Motorola.
Once the acquisition is successful, it will be a shot in the arm for the entire Android camp.
In addition, Motorola owns a large number of patents, and Google will once again launch a patent war against quantum technology.
Almost all news media around the world are tracking this super acquisition.
This negotiation is much earlier and more urgent than in history.
Even authoritative media have started a progress bar for the successful acquisition.
Many TV stations, many communications experts and economists have commented on it.
"This acquisition is very, very important to Google, and of course it is also important to quantum technology."
"Once Google acquires Motorola, it will have a very strong brand and a super strong base."
"Of course, the most important thing is that Google can wield the patent stick more fiercely and start a patent war."
"As the originator of mobile communications, Motorola owns an astonishing number of core patents. With these patents, Google can not only launch a large-scale patent war against quantum technology, but more importantly, it can intimidate mobile phone manufacturers around the world with patents."
"We know that Qualcomm stands behind Google Android, and Texas Instruments stands behind quantum technology in the communications field. Once Motorola is completely owned by Google, it will have a strong initiative in patents. At that time, other mobile phone manufacturers are likely to stand more firmly on the side of Google Android in order to avoid patent sanctions from Google."
"So I can't understand why Quantum Technology didn't join the acquisition war. We think Quantum Technology is the one that needs Motorola's massive patents the most. Although the price of more than 10 billion US dollars is very shocking, Quantum Technology has the support of the entire country, so it may not be difficult to come up with the money."
The global media is getting more and more excited.
There have even been many photos of contact between the Google team and the Motorola team.
Moreover, people from both Google and Motorola have been constantly spreading the word, allowing people around the world to see the progress of the successful acquisition more and more clearly.
In this acquisition case, Microsoft, which had some waves at the beginning, now seemed to be silent.
Many media outlets have judged that Microsoft should have given up completely.
Otherwise, given Microsoft's style, once it joins the negotiations, there will definitely be a stir.
Everyone still clearly remembers that in 2008, when Microsoft wanted to acquire Yahoo Group, it took about half a year from the leak to the end of the negotiations.
During that period, this acquisition dominated the most important pages of the global technology media for half a year.
Of course, the negotiations ultimately failed.
Now the facts have proved that it was a wise move for Microsoft to give up the acquisition at that time, because the Yahoo Group is really going from bad to worse now, and even the so-called Queen of Silicon Valley, Theresa, cannot turn the situation around.
This so-called Queen of Silicon Valley is not as magical as imagined.
Yahoo Group's financial report may have temporarily become slightly better, but that's because of cost-cutting. Yahoo Group has made little progress in open source.
On the contrary, after Yang Zhiyuan left Yahoo, Twitter, which he focused on, is making rapid progress.
So now the Queen of Silicon Valley has changed. It’s not the so-called Theresa, but Lingxi Wu, the CEO of Facebook Group.
Although it is still trying to hold on to a listing, Facebook's valuation has far exceeded that of Yahoo Group.
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As April approached, negotiations between Motorola and Google became increasingly intensive.
More and more news is being released.
Everyone seemed to see the progress bar of the successful acquisition reaching 70%.
80%.
90%.
95%.
Just when everyone thought the dust had settled.
Suddenly, a secret came out that it was not Google but Microsoft that successfully acquired Motorola.
When this secret came out, no one believed it and thought it must be fake news.
Because there have been constant false news during this period, there is even news that Quantum Technology has joined the acquisition war.
Besides, this is not Microsoft's style.
But... more and more signs show that this is not fake news.
Because of Google's statement on this matter, it has become more low-key.
As a result, on April 28, Microsoft CEO Ballmer officially announced to the media that Microsoft's acquisition of Motorola had achieved great results.
Motorola's CEO also came out to say that the two sides have basically completed the negotiations successfully.
Microsoft will acquire Motorola's mobile device division for $15.9 billion.
Next, this acquisition will be submitted to major governments around the world for approval.
Almost at the same time as both sides announced the success of the negotiations, the relevant Chinese authorities made a direct statement at an official press conference.
"We have also received relevant information about your information. In principle, our Ministry of Commerce agrees with Microsoft's acquisition of Motorola."
Everyone was stunned.
Damn, you're reacting so positively? The EU and Japan haven't responded yet.
Haven't Microsoft and Motorola submitted relevant reports? Under normal circumstances, isn't China usually late to respond? But many people understand.
Under normal circumstances, Chinese departments can use this power to gain some bargaining chips, so they will use it with caution.
But now this acquisition is very beneficial to Quantum Technology, and the most important thing is that Quantum Technology and Microsoft Group may have reached a large number of agreements.
That’s why China expressed its position so quickly.
The response from Japan was also quite positive.
Not only Microsoft is making efforts, even Masayoshi Son is making a little effort.
As one of the most important shareholders of Quantum Technology, this acquisition is also in his best interest. Kill Google Android first, and then Microsoft's mobile operating system. This is the decision he made after discussing it with Lin Xiao many times.
Therefore, there is a high probability that Japan will approve this acquisition soon.
It was at this time that Microsoft struck directly with a powerful blow!
He formally sued HTC for infringing on multiple Microsoft patents and demanded a ban on the sale of HTC phones in the US market.
This powerful punch came earlier than in history.
Microsoft will never forget the backstabbing by HTC.
For HTC, this blow was like the sky falling.
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