giants of the era

Chapter 333 Speech Synthesis Engine!

At noon, Li Zetian had lunch with Nolan Bushnell.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Zetian went to Violet Records.

Li Xueyu, CEO of Violet Records, was very surprised by Li Zetian's arrival: "Mr. Li, what brought you here as a big boss? You are a good boss, you haven't been to the company for several years!" In the tone There was a resentment, at the beginning, she still liked Li Zetian, but as time passed, this feeling gradually faded.

Li Zetian sneered, and said, "With you here, what else do I need to worry about. The current Violet Company has developed into one of the top ten record companies in the world!"

"Okay, seriously, you must have something to do here, right?" Li Xueyu said.

"Well, there is indeed something to do!" Li Zetian nodded, and sat down on the chair opposite her desk.

"Tell me, what's the matter? I'm bothering you to come here in person!" Li Xueyu said, feeling excited for some reason.Perhaps it was because Li Zetian had brought her a lot of shocks before, and now that Li Zetian came to Violet Company in person, it might be some great event!
Li Zetian organized his words, and said slowly: "You should know about the dancing machine developed by Flamingo Company!!"

"Of course I know, many of the copyrights of the songs in it belong to Violet Company." Li Xueyu nodded.

"The virtual character 'Hatsune Miku' you should also know?"

Li Xueyu nodded, and said, "Mr. Li, don't be fooled, what's the matter?!"

"Well, it's like this, I'm going to use 'Hatsune Miku' as a character image to develop a virtual singer!!" Li Zetian said.

"Virtual singer?" Li Xueyu showed doubts, and immediately asked, "You mean to make 'Hatsune Miku' a virtual singer, singing like a singer?!"

"Yes! I plan to make Hatsune Miku a star, write songs for her, and have original songs!" Li Zetian nodded, seeing the other party's surprised expression, he couldn't help but smile.Of course, anyone who listens to his ideas now finds it incredible.How is it possible that virtual characters are packaged as stars?

Li Zetian continued: "The cost of cultivating a star is very high, while the cost of cultivating a virtual character is relatively much less. In addition, the income of the virtual character can be fully owned by the company, while the income of a real star, the company can only take part of it!"

Li Xueyu shook her head, at this moment, she still felt a little fantasy.

"Mr. Li," she said after thinking for a while, "Even if we can package Hatsune Miku, how can we make money? Concerts? How can virtual characters drive the atmosphere? Celebrities can interact with fans, can virtual characters do it? Celebrities Can attend various events and increase exposure, can virtual characters do it? Once the exposure decreases, the popularity of virtual characters will soon drop!"

Li Zetian was slightly startled, he didn't expect Li Xueyu to look so far away, his brows were slightly frowned, and a smile appeared in his eyes, and he said unhurriedly: "Well, what you said makes sense! However, I plan to use the Internet to promote virtual characters !Since it is a virtual character, it is more appropriate to be active on the Internet."

Speaking of this, Li Zetian stopped suddenly, and after a while, he said: "With the development of the Internet, Internet music will gradually rise, and the sales of CDs will drop sharply. These songs will all appear on the Internet and become extremely rampant pirates. Music has caused the record company to suffer huge losses! There is no doubt that the record company will decline! Violet Records should seize the opportunity in this big wave and carry out some transformation!!!”

When he said this, Li Zetian's tone was very serious, which surprised Li Xueyu.

"Internet music?"

At this moment, Li Xueyu suddenly thought that there are a lot of music in MP3 format on the Internet. Netizens can listen to music online without buying CDs.Thinking about it, Li Xueyu couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Li Zetian saw her dignified expression, worried face, nodded slightly, knowing that his words had attracted the attention of the other party, he couldn't help feeling satisfied.

"Okay, let's get back to business!" Li Zetian smiled, "I'll talk about the transformation of the Internet later. Let's talk about the virtual character Hatsune Miku first! In fact, the development of the virtual character Hatsune Miku can be regarded as a contribution to the future transformation of Violet Records. Foreshadowing! Violet Records can add new businesses: sound production and music software production, such as developing music players, speech synthesis engines, etc..."

After what Li Zetian said, Li Xueyu's eyes lit up with excitement, and she couldn't help staring closely at Li Zetian for a long time.

Li Zetian was embarrassed by her stare, and joked: "Could it be that I'm so handsome that Miss Li keeps staring at me?"

"Fuck you, you're so stinky! There are a lot of people more handsome than you, Violet Records has a dozen!" Li Xueyu curled her lips and said disdainfully.

Li Zetian smiled, and didn't take it seriously, handsome is a bird, he has power, money and talent.

Li Xueyu said at this time: "However, Mr. Li, I still admire you. How can you be so smart, think of many things that others can't think of, and lead the development of the times step by step! Oh, I really want to open your head and study it. How is it different from ordinary people inside!"

Li Zetian couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words, his heart crossed with a million thoughts, even if a person is too smart?It actually attracted others to want to study his brain?

At this time, Li Zetian poured himself a glass of red wine, took a sip, and ignored the other party's joke.

After putting down his glass, Li Zetian began to talk about business: "Violet Company will immediately recruit a group of software developers to develop a speech synthesis engine, and then develop a sound source library based on the speech synthesis engine. As for the sound source data, you can sample it from Violet A singer from a record company, or a professional voice actor!"

Li Xueyu nodded and said, "Okay, I understand!"

Li Zetian said: "That's about it. You do what I tell you first. After that, I will come to the company to help them develop the speech synthesis engine!!!"

After explaining the matter, Li Zetian did not leave the company immediately. First, Li Xueyu gave him a detailed introduction to the situation of Violet Records, and then led him around the company.

As one of the top ten record companies in the world, Violet Records is powerful and has signed many singers.Big stars can often be seen inside the company.Many female singers saw Li Zetian coming, they frequently winked, they were full of energy, and made all kinds of charming moves, and some of them were bold enough to strike up a conversation and seduce him.Li Zetian only needs to nod his head, and these actresses are allowed to play with him...

(End of this chapter)