Of course, Sony followed suit, using their industrial expertise to perfectly circumvent the patents related to the Xiaomi Walkman.
Both the redesigned exterior and the internal main control electronics are far superior to Xing Baohua's mediocre work.
The only advantage of the rice portable music player lies in its aesthetics and craftsmanship; everything else is only second- or even third-rate.
Sony completely outperformed the Mi Walkman in terms of electronic control, allowing it to play continuously for 1.5 hours on a single 1.5V AAA battery.
The Mi Walkman requires two external AA batteries. Only Panasonic's gum batteries can last for about 1.5 hours.
Besides the electronic control system, the main problem is that the other party's motor consumes a lot of electricity.
Morita Shōo put down the report in his hand and remained silent for a while.
Rice will always be Sony's rival, perhaps in a few years, perhaps... it won't be long.
Sony is also preparing to make wireless terminal products, whether it's pagers or mobile phones, and Xiaomi's products will ultimately be competitors.
This is getting a bit tricky.
Sony can't beat the wealthy rice, let alone Xing Baohua, who claims to have 50 billion US dollars.
But Morita Shōo couldn't swallow his anger and let it go!
The information from Xing Baohua kept being compiled and sent to his office, which annoyed the old man more and more.
Especially seeing this arrogant kid using despicable means to bully Toyota, he was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth.
But on the other hand, why would Xing Baohua use the same tactics he used against Toyota against Sony?
This would cause a large amount of Sony's funds to be transferred to the stock market and tied up there.
So having a huge cash flow means they're not afraid, but frankly, 50 billion could buy the entire Sony company.
Morita Shōfu wanted to study Xing Baohua's work style as soon as possible, hoping to find flaws in it.
Unfortunately, time was too short, and the advice from acquaintances at the Mitsui Group, combined with some information from the documents, made Morita Shōo sigh repeatedly.
It seems the only option is to compete head-on with them on product quality.
Then, Morita Shōo called the Happy Water Company and told them that they were abandoning Columbia Company for some reason.
Whoever wants to buy it can buy it; it certainly won't be Sony.
The other party has been notified by phone, and to be on the safe side, the Mitsui Group has been asked to act as an intermediary to inform that arrogant young man.
Sony wasn't afraid of his $50 billion; rather, Columbia Pictures didn't fit into Sony's overall strategic plan.
If you really want to compete with Sony, then show us your products.
He may be a coward, but he's not a coward when it comes to words.
This is like the two men preparing to fight, and one of them, seeing that he was no match for the other, left behind a threatening remark: "You just wait."
Similar meaning.
Following this incident, Morita Shōo assembled a team of researchers to specifically study products developed using rice technology.
Whatever product Xiaomi releases, Sony follows suit. It's about creating specialized products to compete.
Xing Baohua didn't say anything after receiving the call from Mitsui Fujisaburo.
He'd already said all that, so he didn't believe Sony would dare to stand up to him.
Since the other party was taking a hard line, he could only launch a tentative attack.
Fortunately, Sony backed down, saving a lot of trouble.
In this way, Xing Baohua was able to take over Columbia Pictures at the agreed time.
The future CEO of Columbia has arrived in Los Angeles. Since Xing Baohua failed to secure a deal with Sony, he has temporarily allowed Robert Iger to rest at the hotel.
Xing Baohua was afraid that if he reached an agreement with this CEO, Columbia, which he had already secured, would slip away. That would be incredibly embarrassing.
Now that the danger to Sony has been eliminated, it's time to talk about terms with them.
The next day, he sent a driver to pick up Robert Iger and take him to his mansion.
The vast estate is covered in green vegetation, and a small round table is located not far from the swimming pool.
When Robert Iger arrived, Xing Baohua asked him to sit down and first asked what he would like to drink.
Very traditional, still coffee.
Xing Baohua offered the cigarette again, but when the other person shook his head, he lit it himself.
He took a drag and said, "I've acquired Columbia Pictures."
“Congratulations, Mr. Xing. I had already verified this through multiple sources before coming here. Is there something you invited me to witness?” Robert Iger really couldn’t understand why this wealthy tycoon would invite him, a journalist, to come.
Aren't we helping him report the news?
Furthermore, I really can't understand why they would look for someone behind the scenes like him; they should have looked for a reporter on the front lines.
Since we're here, let's see how things go. Maybe we can get an exclusive report on Xing Baohua?
“Columbia needs a president,” Xing Baohua said, turning his head to look at Iger.
"Um! I'm not in a position to comment on this. Perhaps you should ask your HRM or HRD?"
"Not for now. If you were to lead Columbia Pictures, what would you do?" Xing Baohua continued, looking at the other person as he asked.
“This…” Robert Iger’s mind went blank for a moment.
They called him all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast just to ask him, "If you were the president of Columbia, how would you leverage your strengths and keep the shareholders happy?"
This topic came completely unprepared for, and to be on the safe side, Robert Iger shook his head and said to Xing Baohua, "Mr. Xing, I'm sorry, this topic came up too suddenly. I wasn't prepared at all; to be precise, I don't have any solutions in mind. I'm sorry, I can't answer you."
His answer was very frank, and the slight tremor at the corner of his mouth indicated that he was either excited or nervous.
Robert Iger knew that such an answer might displease Xing Baohua. Despite Columbia's multi-billion dollar valuation, the CEO position wasn't easy to hold. Could he really appease this bigwig with just a few random words?
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