The VCD factory was still under construction. It was estimated to be completed this Summer, and the factory would be in production before the end of the year. The monthly production would be 50,000 units.
After the VCD was developed, Feng Yu reminded Fu Guangzheng to apply for the patent as soon as possible. He also had to consider the antitrust case.
He also told Fu Guangzheng about the cooperation between Wind and Rain and Aiwa. Wind and Rain would be exchanging their VCD technologies to Aiwa. Aiwa's brand was a force to be reckoned with.
Also, VCD was not only for movies. It was also a revolutionary product for Karaoke. Aiwa was the star brand in the music player industry. This would also increase the sales of VCD music discs.
Currently, Fu Guangzheng had negotiated with more than 10 big companies for the music video rights. Not only Mandarin, but also English, Japanese, French, and many other languages.
Feng Yu told them to start producing VCD discs immediately after the factory was built. This was because the sales of the discs would be several times more than the VCD players!
This was the best timing. When the VCD players were launched, there would not be any pirated discs. Once the pirated discs appeared, it would have a huge impact on the original discs.
In Feng Yu's previous life, the pirated discs were more than 10 times the original discs. China's pirated discs were the best in the world. For example, when a Hong Kong or Taiwanese singer released a VCD, their original discs might sell more than 100,000 copies. But in reality, more than 1 million people had bought their VCD discs and sang along to their songs. They did not get a single cent as all the money was taken away by the pirated discs!
But there was no denying that the appearance of VCD had stimulated the recording industry. In the past, there were music videos, and now, there were music videos. The music videos allowed the fans to watch their favorite singers perform. Many songs were popular because of the music videos.
Feng Yu hoped that this would happen as soon as possible. The more music videos were released, the more people would buy the VCD players, and the more profits he would make!
Exchanging technologies with Aiwa meant that Wind and Rain would be introducing their own brand of Walkman or CD players.
Heitaro Nakajima followed Feng Yu's orders and continued to develop the Walkman while venturing into the CD player industry. CD and VCD have some complementary technologies. When both companies exchange technologies, they can improve each other's technologies to a certain extent.
In fact, Aiwa could already produce CDs now. But their technologies were still far behind Sony. If Feng Yu were to introduce this product to the market, he would not get any profits and would also damage Aiwa's brand value.
Now, AIWA represented the most advanced Walkman brand. Even though Sony had also used BEE technology and introduced high fidelity sound quality, Sony was branded as an imitator.
Sony felt wronged. They had this technology a long time ago, but they had not introduced it to the market. Norio Ohga was the most frustrated one. After all, he was in charge of AIWA previously.
But he was cheated by Heitaro Nakajima. If Heitaro Nakajima knew Aiwa's technologies were so good, he would never sell Aiwa. After all, compared to Sony, Aiwa's debts were still manageable.
After acquiring Columbia Pictures, Sony had been losing money. The losses they incurred every year were enough to buy a few Aiwa companies.
This year, Aiwa will surely repay their debts to Sony, and after that, they will have nothing to do with Sony! Sony will not let their former underling climb over their heads.
But Sony was unlucky. They had introduced a better Walkman, but they still could not compete with Aiwa. If this carries on, Aiwa will overtake Sony in the Walkman industry this year and become the world leader in the Walkman industry!
As for why Sony was branded as an imitator? This was because Feng Yu had spent money to hire western media to promote Sony imitating Aiwa. He had even given examples.
For example, Sony had introduced a new Walkman this year. The exterior design and technologies were the best in the world. But Aiwa immediately pointed out the aspects that Sony had imitated. For example, the exterior design, colors, and technologies.
Sony felt wronged. These technologies were all the same. Do you think our Walkman does not have a magnetic head? As for the colors, it was bullsh * t. There were only a few colors, and Aiwa had introduced all kinds of color combinations. No matter what color combinations we use, Aiwa will still be able to find similar products.
But similar does not mean imitating!
Also, the exterior design was rectangular. Can our Walkman be round like a CD player? If the rectangular shape was an imitation, then all the Walkman manufacturers in the world were imitating Walkman!
But no matter what, Sony's reputation was tarnished. Even the sales of other Sony products started to drop.
A single Walkman had affected Sony's brand value!
Once again, Norio Ohga was scolded by the President during the board meeting. Luckily, Norio Ohga's competitor was also not having a good time.
Nintendo had broken their video game cooperation agreement with Sony!
The video game industry had always been Sony's focus. As people's lives got better and more stressful, they will need video games to relax. This industry will become more prosperous.
Just when Sony wanted to enter the video game industry, they were kicked out by Nintendo. It was the same as when Sony broke their agreement with Aiwa.
Sony had finally experienced the feeling of being betrayed. It was so bitter and angry!
Sony had invested a lot of manpower, resources, and energy into the video game industry. But when Sony defeated Sega, Nintendo got to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
That's right. Nintendo had become the leader of the video game industry. Without Sony, they can still dominate the world.
Sony made an important decision. They will develop their own video game console. They still have the technologies, and they will surely get back the market share.
But at this time, Nintendo made another important decision. They will cooperate with Aiwa to continue developing their video game console!
Sony was going crazy. How can Aiwa's technologies be compared to Sony? You had broken your agreement with Sony, and now you want to cooperate with Aiwa?
At this time, Sony realized that they were stabbed in the back by Aiwa.
But why did Nintendo choose to cooperate with Aiwa? It was because Aiwa had control over the Hua Xia market! Nintendo had always wanted to occupy the Chinese market, and it was a huge market share. After all, Hua Xia had a lot of people, and their spending power was increasing. This will be the company's new source of revenue.
Aiwa's Chinese brand, Aiwa, was very popular in Hua Xia. It had occupied more than 90% of the Walkman market share.
Also, there were already other video game consoles in the Hua Xia market. Nintendo could not enter the Hua Xia market. It was very important for Nintendo to make use of Aiwa's sales channels and connections to enter the Hua Xia market.
Furthermore, Aiwa's engineers were good, and their sales channels were good. If Nintendo cooperated with Aiwa, they could make up for the loss of sales channels and technologies.
So, Aiwa started to erode Sony's glory in the video game industry!
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