1991 Starting from the core

Jiang Qingchuan immediately asked the key point.

In the previous life, the birth of MP3 was not smooth sailing - a man from Samsung was watching a briefing on audio and video on the plane. When he finished, he turned around and saw a man next door listening to music on an MD player - MiniDisc. minidisc.

Then this buddy came up with a bold idea, using flash memory particles to load MP3, an audio format that is small and can guarantee sufficient sound quality, and take advantage of its small size, light weight and easy management of songs to replace MD and Walkman.

But it was 1997, and the Asian financial crisis swept across Southeast Asia, and the country was inevitably affected, so this guy was laid off...

Later, this guy went to Saehan (Sehan), where he got support, and in 1998 he built the first MP3 player based on flash memory particles as memory - MPman F10.

However, the flash memory chips at that time were still in the sky-high price category, and MD had already successfully occupied the high-end market through Niguo’s long-term and unremitting promotion. In addition, the Internet at that time was still unable to play a song in seconds. Internet speed. Therefore, MP3 was defeated in the first round, and MPman F10 became the loser of MD players.

But the wheel of history will never be moved by the will of backward technology. Even if audio and video entertainment giants like Sony are vigorously promoting MD, with the birth of MLC particles, with the advancement of architecture, with the rise of flash memory particles from hundreds of From 32MB in US dollars to 32MB in hundreds of RMB, as the Internet becomes faster and faster...

Let alone MD, even MP3 only played for a moment before being defeated by the subsequent feature phone + TF card.

Of course, then MD and MP3 took another route of fans and fever, which is another story - the HIFI religion was born.

Compared with the previous life, MP3 in this life has received less Internet dividends, but the opponents it faces are not as strong. More importantly, Su Yuanshan naturally has a solution to solve the problem of music files.

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"The plan has been in progress a long time ago. We have now reached copyright agreements based on Internet media with Sony Pictures and multiple audio-visual publishers. In theory, as long as we issue MP3 formats instead of traditional CDs, And D/VCD disc format, we can provide users with high-quality music products at a very low cost." Su Yuanshan patiently introduced to Jiang Qingchuan: "Even according to the agreement, we can also release MP3 music collections in data format - but this way It’s easy to piss off those traditional publishers. Let’s forget it.”

Wang Chuanfu smiled when he heard this: "And it's very easy to be pirated."

"Yeah... But in China, I'm afraid it's a world of piracy." Su Yuanshan smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, we won't care about it in China, and we can't control it."

Jiang Qingchuan coughed - he actually knew the details of Zhang Jianjun, and he also speculated that Zhang Jianjun's piracy was instigated by Su Yuanshan - because the biggest winner of pirated VCDs is the VCD market.

Nowadays, VCD is still in the expansion period of the market, and as far as the country is concerned, it is called a red ocean... Yuanxin gradually began to transform into a professional OEM factory after taking advantage of the monopoly profits in the early stage. Although Yuanxin VCD and DVD still have the third largest market influence A brand, and sales did not drop, but revenue fell.

And with the expansion of the VCD market, the pirated market is also booming... Not to mention places like townships and towns, even in big cities, there are shops selling pirated discs and people riding tricycles wandering the streets. Mobile vendors.

Not to mention, when walking on the street, you may encounter an ambiguous pirate dealer from time to time who whispers to you - Brother, do you want to buy a CD? There is no mosaic.

"But MP3 is just a gadget, making a little money. The real big killer is the mobile phone." Su Yuanshan put down the MP3 and looked at the two people with burning eyes: "The first music phone, VIDOO music phone, it is exciting to think about it - as long as With this slogan, I feel it can be sold to the tycoons in the Middle East."

"Well, don't worry. There are only a few difficulties left on the PCB board. The engineering machine will be ready by the middle of next year at the latest - if you really want to see it in advance, I can make a prototype for you during the Spring Festival."

"Okay! I'm just waiting for your good news." Su Yuanshan stood up and held the MP3 player in his hand: "I'll take this one and take it to Ni Country next week."

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After getting ready together, Su Yuanshan took an international flight from Shanghai to Niguo.

Before he left, Zhou Xiaohui also arranged some work, and Duan Yongping also returned to the mobile phone division of the special zone to coordinate matters between the design department and the foundry.

Accompanying Su Yuanshan were Cheng Peng and others from the Yuanxin lithium battery project team, as well as BOE’s deputy director in charge of technology.

The plane arrived at Tokyo International Airport smoothly.

"Isn't it a bit too exaggerated?" As soon as Su Yuanshan walked down the hanging ladder, he saw three black Honda commercial vehicles parked quietly not far away, and then Kutaragi Ken and some Nigao personnel stood beside the hanging ladder. , looking at him with a smile - in addition, Li Xiao, who has short hair and is extremely energetic, is also among them.

"As it should be. Su Sang, Miss Zhou, please come this way."

"Thanks."

The group of people simply shook hands, then quickly got into the business car under the astonished eyes of the passengers on the side, and then left the airport through the VIP channel.

As the commercial vehicle drove along the avenue to Sony's headquarters in Kyoto Port, Su Yuanshan looked at the tall buildings on the roadside and felt a little emotional when he thought that these were all products of the last ten years.

As the most sensitive semiconductor industry in the technical field, Niguo is not unaware of the current situation. They have also tried to break through... but ultimately failed.

There is no way, in today's world, no country can compete with the lighthouse country - whether it is economy, technology or anything else.

"I heard that in the past, after selling the house prices in Tokyo, you could buy the entire lighthouse country..." Su Yuanshan was chatting with Kutaragi Ken, while looking away, he smiled and brought the topic to the city below.

"Well, it's expensive now. Population and habitat are the eternal contradictions in our country." Kutaragi's tone was very relaxed, but he hit the nail on the head.

He and Su Yuanshan have been together for a long time, and he knows that Su Yuanshan has the "gentleman's style" in ancient times, and hopes to treat each other with sincerity. So when he faced Su Yuanshan, he also put away his usual disguise and felt very calm.

"In fact, there is still a place to live, but the resources are not easy to deal with. But now is not an agricultural society, and it needs a lot of cultivated land to feed the population. Now it is an industrial and economic society...making money is the first factor."

Zhou Xiaohui, who was chatting with Li Xiao but had been listening to the conversation between the two in the front row, smiled when she heard the word "making money" come out of Su Yuanshan's mouth.

This guy, as he said, is here to talk about money.