Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 439 Out of stock?
Pretty Country, Chatsworth, California.

This is the headquarters of Diamond Multimedia.

When the new quarterly report came out, Ferdinand Mitford, who was the company's president at the time, frowned and scowled.

Around him, several company executives were too nervous to speak out.

After all, they all know that the boss's temper is notorious. If anyone offends him and gets scolded bloody, it is considered a friendly exchange.

Obviously, Mr. Ferdinand is very unhappy now.

After a while, Ferdinand Mitford looked at the company's sales director, Jacques Berman, and roared loudly: "I think you should give me an explanation! Why has the company's product sales dropped off in the last month? type of decline?"

Jacques Behrman looked helpless, and said bravely: "Our potential users have been snatched away by a company from the Xia Kingdom, and their MP3s are very popular among young people."

Ferdinand Mitford became even angrier after hearing this, and directly sprayed Jacques Behrman all over his face: "Is this the reason? You plan to ask me to tell the shareholders of the company that we lost to a group of barbarians from Xiaguo People? What do you think will happen to us?"

After venting the anger in his heart, Ferdinand Mitford sat down again and asked Jacques Berman: "What is going on?"

Although losing to Xia Guoren is a very unbelievable thing, but after all, Ferdinand Mitford is a boss, after all, he returned to reason after being impulsive.And this incident itself was so bizarre that he wanted to understand what happened in it even more.

Seeing that Ferdinand Mitford hadn't communicated with him on a physical level, Jacques Bellman couldn't help feeling a long sigh of defeat.He pondered his words for a while, and then said with an aggrieved face: "Originally our products sold well, even the Recording Industry Association has nothing to do with us, and even because of the ongoing lawsuit, we are still criticized by those who like to oppose the authority." Young people pay homage to him, but this company called Mingyuan Technology, he doesn’t play cards according to routine.”

Speaking of this incident, Jacques Bellman was also very angry, and began to curse: "They advertised on LAUNCHMedia. First, they said that their Tianyin MP3 sold first in the world for a whole week. The second week changed to A question, asking Tianyin's sales ranking in the world, isn't this an insult to IQ? The most outrageous thing is that there is a reward for answering correctly! Isn't this just giving money?"

Later, he also opened LAUNCHMedia with the computer next to him, and projected the screen onto the multimedia screen.

"Look, their ads are still up here."

Ferdinand Mitford was furious after reading it, and directly called Arthur Henry, the company's legal counsel.

After telling Arthur Henry about Lu Yiming's advertising, Ferdinand Mitford said: "There is no doubt that they have been involved in false advertising and unfair competition."

However, after Arthur Henry finished watching Lu Yiming's advertisement, he calmly adjusted his glasses and said, "The lawsuit can be fought, but the winning rate is not high."

Ferdinand Mitford heard that the winning rate of the lawsuit was not high, so he immediately became angry and asked: "The advertisement above is obviously deliberately misleading users. Mingyuan Technology didn't even sell a single MP3 at that time. Why do you say that you are the number one in sales?"

Arthur Henry didn't care about Ferdinand Mitford's roar, and said with a deadpan face: "The person who came up with this advertisement probably has a deep study of advertising law. It’s not a violation of advertising laws.”

Arthur Henry pointed to a line of words in the corner of the screen that could only be seen clearly with a magnifying glass, and said, "Look here, they said that the number one sales volume is a prospect for the future of the product. This is a desire, isn't it? In fact, legally, there is a difference."

Ferdinand Mitford put on his glasses and looked at the small print for a long time before he could clearly see the small print, and suddenly he was furious: "It's so small and so long, who would read it?"

Arthur Henry shrugged slightly, spread his hands, and said, "You make a lot of sense, but if it's not illegal, it's not illegal. Even if we sue, it doesn't make much sense."

Jacques Behrman asked unconvinced: "What about this place? There is a quiz with prizes, asking whether Tianyin's MP3 sales volume is the first or the second in the world. You can always sue this one, right?"

Arthur Henry still shook his head and said: "It's still not good, this is a question, they are still playing around the corner, although they have bad intentions, and there are suspicions that they can induce users, but suspicion alone cannot convict, we need tangible evidence. "

Ferdinand Mitford was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, and he cursed: "Damn evidence, is there really nothing you can do about this company?"

Arthur Henry's tone was unwavering: "I still say that, the lawsuit can be fought, but the winning rate is not high."

For the lawyers in the beautiful country, if there is a lawsuit, they will make money. Of course, if they can win, they will naturally earn more.But even if you can't win, you can still earn something.Therefore, Arthur Henry did not say that he would not fight a lawsuit.Whether he wins or loses, he always has an appearance fee.

Although Arthur Henry had already said that, Ferdinand Mitford was already dizzy with anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "This lawsuit must be fought!"

Obviously this Mingyuan Technology has already committed all the crimes, but in the end it didn't break the law at all?For this result, he did not accept it!
Today's Diamond Company has been pushed to the wall, and a marketing strategy of Mingyuan Technology has made them unable to take care of themselves. If they don't want to save themselves, it will really be cold.

Hearing that there was work to be done, Arthur Henry's unwavering facial features suddenly became lively, and even the tone of his speech revealed a three-pointed joy: "Then just wait, I will go to prepare the materials , sue them!"

As soon as Arthur Henry left, Jacques Behrman thought about it, and still couldn't help but said to Ferdinand Mitford: "Mr. Henry said just now that there is a high probability that the lawsuit will not be won, so should we still sue? You know, the lawyer's fee is not cheap."

Ferdinand Mitford also looked helpless, saying: "The money for a lawsuit is at least cheaper than the advertising fee. What we need now is to make a voice and let users notice us."

If a company does not get the attention of users, it is not far from bankruptcy.

Ferdinand Mitford knew this well.

He is not stupid.

Bill Gates' manor was very lively, and some business partners were invited to have a grand party.In the swimming pool, beauties with perfect bodies and good faces are playing and playing, and their broad minds are waiting for the interaction of these rich people at any time.

And in this feast, the brightest protagonist is undoubtedly Lu Yiming.

Tianyin MP3's first wave of water testing has achieved great success. This expensive music device has successfully entered the market and is in a state of short supply.

Bill Gates is more cheerful than ever, drinking champagne.After all, Tianyin's success has a high probability that Apple's project will be cut in half. Of course, thinking about such a wonderful thing will make you happy.

As for the instigator in front of him, Lu Yiming, of course he was happy no matter what he saw.Sometimes he wondered whether he should offer an olive branch to Lu Yiming and let him become an executive at Microsoft.Undoubtedly, through several cooperations, Bill Gates realized very clearly that Lu Yiming has this ability.

However, after trying a few times, he gave up, because Lu Yiming was not interested in working for others at all—even being the second child of the richest man in the world.

The test failed, and while he secretly regretted it, Bill Gates could only adjust his mentality by himself.

Bill Gates said to Lu Yiming: "Your publicity strategy is really damaging. I heard that Diamond has gone to the court to sue you."

A company from the Xia Kingdom was sued in the local court less than a month after its new product hit the North American market.

If it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would have been scared to pee his pants long ago.

But Lu Yiming was not flustered at all. Instead, he sat here and chatted with Bill Gates: "Let them sue. I specially formed a legal team to solve this kind of trouble."

Unlike in China, in the beautiful country, going to court is a common thing.

From national disputes to neighborhood disputes, as long as there is a conflict, the two parties in the conflict will inevitably go to court, which is why there are more lawyers in this country than doctors.

Even in Lu Yiming's view, going to court is also a means to help enhance the brand's reputation.

Bill Gates looked at the high-spirited Lu Yiming, raised his glass, and praised: "You are really a marketing genius. If Microsoft's marketing team is half as good as yours, Apple will give up the idea of ​​launching IMAC."

Tianyin MP3's hot sales are mainly due to Lu Yiming's correct advertising strategy, especially the precise delivery on several Internet music platforms with the largest traffic, so that potential MP3 users know that there is such a product as "Tianyin".

After all, MP3 users and computer users are highly overlapping, coupled with various coupons, it immediately grasped the needs of customers, and the sales volume naturally exploded.

"After the USB flash drive, your Mingyuan Technology has launched a new product that is very popular in the market. It seems that I want to congratulate you in advance."

Later, Bill Gates took the initiative to throw an olive branch to Lu Yiming: "Are you interested in listing Mingyuan Technology on NASDAQ? I can help you operate it."

There is no doubt that if Mingyuan Technology can be listed on the US stock market now, Microsoft will definitely be able to make a lot of money.

If it is an ordinary technology company, and it is still a technology company from Xiaguo, if asked by the world's richest man, I am afraid that I will be so happy that I can't find the southeast and northwest.

Nasdaq is listed, and it is still operated by Microsoft, so can't you just get rich right away?
However, Lu Yiming was surprisingly calm, and even rejected Bill Gates' proposal without hesitation.

"I also want to go public in the United States, but the situation of the new company is not stable, let's talk about it in a few years."

The stock market crash is about to happen. If you go to the U.S. for listing at this time, isn’t that lighting a lamp in the toilet?
Naturally, Lu Yiming would not do such a stupid thing.

Baiyun City, Mingyuan Technology Headquarters.

On Monday, in the meeting room, Song Honglin was sitting upright, listening to the reports of his subordinates, especially summarizing the situation of last week. These are the contents to be discussed later.

The head of the production department said: "Because of Mr. Lu's previous arrangement, a lot of funds of the company have been squeezed out, and the products produced have filled the warehouse. There are a total of 30 sets of MP3, and the production cost of each set is [-] yuan. The capital is close to [-] million. Basically, the cash flow earned by Mingyuan Technology by selling USB flash drives is all on it."

Today's Mingyuan Technology, like a red-eyed gambler, studs directly on the new MP3 product.

Success, of course, everyone is happy.

If you lose, that's really a family property.

Song Honglin sighed, and said: "Hey, Mr. Lu has sent [-] units to the beautiful country. If they can't be sold, let alone the supplier's payment, the company may not even be able to pay next month's wages." go out."

At this moment, his phone rang, and he picked up the phone to check, and found that it was Lu Yiming's number, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart.

It's over, this thing can't be sold in the beautiful country!
Thinking of this in his heart, Song Honglin pressed the answer button with a heavy heart: "Hello, Mr. Lu. How is the situation over there?"

Lu Yiming said: "Ah, it's nothing, it's just that we were sued by the Imperial League."

Song Honglin: "..."

Is this what you call "nothing"?

Shihan Group sued Mingyuan Technology, so forget it, after all, it is a company that steals the country, no matter how powerful it is, it is still the same, and it is still under Xia Guo's chassis.

But now, Mingyuan Technology is in the beautiful country, and the company of the beautiful country has sued it. Can this be the same?

Song Honglin hurriedly asked: "No, Mr. Lu, what's going on?"

Lu Yiming said: "Don't be nervous, it's nothing serious. In the beautiful country, going to court is more common than eating and drinking, and I have consulted with lawyers and spent a lot of money to hire a legal team, so there is no problem."

Song Honglin didn't know what to say anymore, he was a little discouraged, and asked: "Did the MP3s that were airlifted to the beautiful country not sell? If it really doesn't work, forget it, don't bother, stop now You still have time."

Lu Yiming was stunned: "What are you taking?"

Song Honglin was puzzled: "Didn't you say that there is a lawsuit? The product should not be sold, right?"

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "Hey, the lawsuit is a lawsuit, and the product still has to be sold. I called back to tell you about this. Our MP3s are selling like crazy here in the beautiful country. [-] units will be sold soon." The stock is about to be sold out, hurry up and airlift another batch from China!"

"..."

Hearing Lu Yiming's words, Song Honglin felt like he was in Sparta.

(End of this chapter)