"Kameda, Heitaro, why are you both here?" Feng Yu looked at Masao Kameda and Heitaro Nakajima in his office in Wind and Rain's Empire State Building.
Masao Kameda should be discussing with Taihua Holdings about the transfer of the hard disk technologies. That company had spent a lot of money to acquire the hard disk technologies, and they should be setting up a factory in China to develop it.
As for Heitaro Nakajima, he had mentioned that his company had introduced a new model of headphones. He should be paying attention to the sales of this product.
"Boss, AIWA is in trouble, and we are being sued!" Heitaro Nakajima replied angrily.
"Huh? Sued? Sued? What's the reason? "Feng Yu's first reaction is that Sony is up to something again.
"We are being sued by a company in the US called the Recording Industry Association of America. They claim our MP3 players infringed their intellectual property rights because we can download music in MP3 format for free." Heitaro Nakajima explained.
Feng Yu frowned. "Didn't I ask you to set up a website that charges for downloads? Didn't you say it is ready? "
"It is ready. Every user who bought our MP3 players will get a free account. This account allows users to download unlimited amounts of MP3 music from our website for one month, and we have the authorization to do so. But many users are not satisfied with the amount of music on our website, and some forums and websites offer free downloads. What has that got to do with us? "
Heitaro Nakajima is frustrated. He is like a watermelon knife seller, and someone had used a watermelon knife to kill someone. Does he still need to be responsible for selling the knife? Furthermore, he had reminded them that the knife is used to cut watermelons and not to kill people!
The Recording Industry Association of America must be jealous of their MP3 player sales and profits!
We are not selling pirated copies, and why are they suing us?
Masao Kameda added. "The US courts had accepted this lawsuit and asked us to appear in court. I had hired the most famous lawyer on the East coast. We must win this lawsuit! "
"Yes. You all are right. They are jealous of our products. Since we didn't do anything wrong, we aren't afraid of going to court against him. However, this lawsuit can't be won immediately. It has to drag on for a month or two. Moreover, it has to be reported on various media outlets to attract the public's attention and discussion. "
Heitaro Nakajima does not understand what Heitaro Nakajima is trying to do. Masao Kameda said with admiration. "Boss, you want to use this lawsuit to promote MP3 players? This way, more people will pay attention to MP3, and it will be equivalent to an advertisement in the US. We can even increase the sales of our MP3 players around the world. "
It was easy to talk to smart people. With such a subordinate, Feng Yu could save a lot of trouble. Heitaro Nakajima was good at music and electronic products, and he was good at managing his company. But in terms of sales, he was far from Masao Kameda.
Also, Heitaro Nakajima was getting older, and his reaction was getting slower. He was not as aggressive as before. Seems like it's time to choose a successor for Aiwa.
Heitaro Nakajima's deputy is a good candidate. He is in his 40s and had been with Heitaro Nakajima for almost 20 years. He had helped Aiwa through its difficult times and experienced its glory days. Most importantly, this deputy is like Masao Kameda. He is good at bootlicking and is ambitious.
Feng Yu does not like someone without ambition. Feng Yu is not afraid of his subordinates being ambitious. After all, none of them can escape his control!
"Heitaro Nakajima, the MP3 player is already in its second generation. When are you going to introduce the third generation?" Feng Yu asked.
"After we win the lawsuit, we will introduce the third generation. This new product will have a storage of 512 MB, and it is only two fingers wide and long. Using two AA batteries, it can still play for 8 hours. It is very lightweight. Also, it has an LCD screen and can arrange the playback sequence … "
Feng Yu was satisfied with Heitaro Nakajima's introduction of the MP3 player.
That's right. MP3 players should be small and more convenient to carry around than other portable players. This is also a selling point.
Sony's MD player is good, but it is too big. Since it was called a portable player, the word 'portable' was naturally very important.
It's just that MP3 players use flash memory technology. Flash memory is very expensive now, but the good thing is that as long as you have a computer, you can change the songs in it at will.
The best part was that you could download songs according to your preferences. Most CDs were albums. Even if it was a collection of songs, not everyone would like it.
If it weren't for this weakness of CDs, Walkman would have been obsolete a long time ago.
"Has anyone in the market noticed our MP3 player and started to imitate it?" This is very important. Being one step ahead and being half a step ahead will require a lot of effort and funds.
"Yes. Based on our investigations, Samsung Group had started to research on MP3 players and had launched a model. But it is about the same size and functions as our first-generation players. But it was launched at the same time as our second-generation players. Other than South Korea, no one is interested in it. Some other companies in South Korea had also started to research on MP3 players, but they had not even introduced their first generation players. In the US, a company called Diamond had introduced an MP3 player, and its performance is between our first and second generation players. It is still selling well in the US. "
Heitaro Nakajima is proud. That Samsung is only following the trend. Following the trend and trying to overtake us? What a joke!
Aiwa is not only the most advanced in technologies, but they also have the best sales channels, factories, brand, etc. Even if all the other brands' MP3 players are sold together, they will not be able to catch up with Aiwa.
"Since there are so many MP3 players manufacturers, are they sued?"
"No. We are the only ones who are sued, and they must be targeting us! Also, only our company has an official MP3 music download website. The other companies do not have it! "
Heitaro Nakajima is furious when Feng Yu mentioned this. You are not suing us when you should be suing us, and you are suing us when you shouldn't be suing us!
Feng Yu is also angry when he heard what Heitaro Nakajima said. Do you think we are easy to bully? Or do you think Aiwa is too big and wants to suppress us?
If Aiwa was the only one, they might be at a disadvantage. Because of this delay, other companies took advantage of the situation. But Aiwa had Feng Yu backing them. If they really want to fight, then let's fight!
They could use this opportunity to suppress the products of other companies. Didn't the Recording Industry Association of America say that it's illegal to download pirated MP3 music? We provide legal ones, but those companies don't. Go and sue them.
"Alright, we will fight the lawsuit and continue the research and development. Don't be afraid of the high R&D costs. This product will definitely bring us more profits in the future. If you run into any trouble during the lawsuit, let me know at any time. I'll think of something. "
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