Reborn in 1984: Starting with the Development of Chinese Character Cards, Chapter 219: The iPod Delivers a Fatal Blow to Record Companies. May rains clear, plums ripen, apricot blossoms fade, swallows fly away.
It has been half a year since Wujiang Group started promoting the Internet. According to incomplete statistics, there are already 50 million Internet users worldwide.
There are about 22 million in Europe alone.
The rapid growth in the number of internet users is mainly due to the development of internet cafes around the world.
In this environment, Napster has developed rapidly, and most internet users choose Napster as their first choice for listening to music.
Physical record sales plummeted, resulting in huge losses for major record companies.
At this point, major record labels around the world viewed Napster as a thorn in their side.
At the same time, he also hated the Wujiang Group.
Firstly, it was Wujiang Group that developed the internet, and secondly, the hao123 website navigation site has always hosted the Napster music sharing website.
Many internet novices started their first experience with pirated music by accessing the Napster music website through the hao123 website navigation site.
The record company had also asked Wujiang Group to block and shut down the Napster music sharing website, but Wujiang Group refused outright.
If your record company doesn't give Wujiang Group any face, why should Wujiang Group give you any face?
If you want to remove the Napster website from hao123, you'd better win the lawsuit first.
Wujiang Group is intentionally allowing the development of the Napster website. In the past few months, Wujiang Group's electronics factory has been working overtime to produce iPod music players.
The more popular Napster becomes, the more iPods will sell.
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"Wujiang Group is truly despicable! If it weren't for its support of Napster, how could this lousy pirate music website have developed so quickly?!" the president of Universal Music Group said angrily.
"Yes, according to the survey, more than 30 million people have logged into the Napster website and downloaded about 500 million songs. This means that our record company has lost at least $500 million," the president of Warner Music said with a shake of his head and a sigh.
The president of Sony Music frowned and said, "That's not all. What I'm most worried about is that as Napster becomes more and more popular, users will no longer be willing to buy physical records, but will all go to pirate music websites to listen to songs. This would be a disaster for our record company!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces were filled with worry, and they wished they could tear the Napster website to pieces.
"Oh, by the way, Wujiang Group held another product launch today. I wonder what products they'll be releasing..."
10:00 AM on May 20th.
Wujiang Group's product launch event arrived as scheduled, once again attracting worldwide attention.
Last year's Wujiang winter product launch is still fresh in people's minds.
At this moment, the press conference venue was packed with thousands of guests, and more than 100 television stations around the world were broadcasting live, with tens of millions of people worldwide watching the live television broadcast.
Many people sighed at this situation.
"No other company in the world has held a press conference with such a huge impact. Wujiang Group is truly unique!"
"I wonder what kind of product Wujiang Group will release this time?"
Amid the discussions, the press conference host stepped onto the stage.
The crowd was slightly disappointed to see that the host wasn't Zhao Ye. They had all figured out Wujiang Group's modus operandi: Zhao Ye would personally appear for any truly important product.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the product launch of Wujiang Group. I am Lou Hongfei, CEO of Wujiang VCD Company."
"Today, I'd like to introduce our company's new product—the Super VCD!!!"
Lou Hongfei then launched into a lengthy introduction to the Super VCD, using PowerPoint slides on a large screen to give everyone a clearer understanding of its advantages.
The Super VCD has made significant breakthroughs in both picture and sound, and it can be said that it has completely surpassed VHS videotapes.
The guests present and those watching the live stream were somewhat surprised, but not particularly impressed.
That's it??
Many people were puzzled, and some were even disappointed.
Of course, they will still buy Super VCDs, since Super VCDs outperform regular VCDs and VHSs, but are not expensive.
The heads of several major American record companies laughed.
"Wujiang Group's press conference only released a super VCD, what a disappointment!" The president of Sony Music couldn't help but laugh.
The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
If it were a regular company holding a press conference, this would be fine, but you're the awesome Wujiang Group!
However, the record company's joy was short-lived.
After Lou Hongfei finished introducing the Super VCD, he stepped aside. Immediately afterwards, a new face that was unfamiliar to everyone walked onto the stage.
"Hello everyone, I am Zhuang Hongxin, the development manager of the MP3 music player from Wujiang Group!"
"Thanks to the tireless efforts of our development team, we have finally developed a groundbreaking product – the iPod."
"Its arrival will undoubtedly change the way everyone listens to music and lead a fashion trend!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire audience erupted in applause.
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