Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1726 The Nobles Who Hit

Spotify's new round of financing, with a valuation that may exceed $10 billion, is already beginning to take shape.The next step is to expand the layout of globalization.

Doing music streaming is relatively simpler than doing video streaming.

Because the amount of music data is small, the operating cost is lower.

Simple, means more competitors.It is necessary to make the layout as soon as possible and occupy the track first.

Zhou Buqi told Daniel that the mainstream music products are mainly music websites and music software, and they are all built around the PC Internet.Next, is the era of mobile Internet, this is an opportunity!
Spotify must grasp the pulse of the times, even if the share on the PC side does not increase, it does not matter, this is the past tense.How many people can use the computer to listen to music?
In the past, Sony's walkman and Apple's iPod were so successful because they captured the essence of consumers listening to music.Listening to music, more anytime, anywhere, is fragmented time.This has a high logical overlap with smartphones and the mobile Internet.

Spotify's next focus on the market must be to launch multiple versions of smartphone-based apps. This is the future!

This is already Spotify's C round of financing, and Zhou Buqi made three major requests to Daniel.

[-]. Develop the North American, Korean and Japanese markets.

Second, the strategic focus is tilted towards the mobile Internet.

Third, look for a space for cooperation with the cloud computing platform.

Of course, the cloud computing platform here can only be Ziwei Cloud.It is impossible for the music streaming products cultivated by Zhou Buqi to go to competitors.

For this reason, Zhou Buqi used his little knowledge of cloud computing to popularize Daniel Aike simply, "Listening to music online is actually a downloading process. Whether it is a computer or a mobile phone, listening to music or watching videos It is to download and cache the data content to the terminal, and then read it. The computer is fine, and the hard disk space is relatively large, but the mobile phone does not have such an advantage. Cloud computing is the solution.”

Daniel Eck thinks deeply, "Yes, cloud computing is the ultimate solution for online services and represents the future of the Internet. The cooperation between Spotify and Ziwei Cloud in the UK has achieved very good results. Very important The reason is that when young people use their smartphones to listen to music, other music apps will get stuck after listening for a long time, but our products will not.”

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "This is the meaning of cloud computing."

Internet data acquisition requires transmission and downloading.

Watching news, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, etc. on the Internet are all data download processes.However, these data are generally not found by users and will be hidden in the cache.

If the cache accumulates too much, it will be very stuck.

The solution is to find the cached folder and empty it. If you can’t find it, you can use a product like Micropoint Security Guard to clean it up.

The space is freed, the operation is smooth, and the boot time of the computer can be shortened.

The same goes for smartphones.

Why is the Android system often freezes, but Apple's iOS system is smooth?

There are many reasons, and there are two pain points based on the cache level.

First, the iOS system has an automatic cleaning mechanism, that is, the system will automatically clean up the cache files that the user does not use to ensure that the iPhone is clean and runs smoothly.The Android system actually had a similar function later, but it was a service set up on the GMS and could not be used in China.

The second is cloud computing services.

Cloud services are cloud services.

In contrast to the cloud is the user's terminal, that is, the user's computer, tablet, and mobile phone, which are all terminal devices.

The traditional technical logic of watching movies and listening to music online is that the terminal device sends a request to the platform server through the Internet, requesting to download relevant data files into the terminal's cache, and then read the cache to play videos and music .

Cloud services can bypass this barrier and run directly on the cloud. The data content is not downloaded to the terminal, but to the cloud... In this way, there is no need to occupy the cache space of the terminal.

The terminal device will be clean, and the operation will be smooth without stuttering.

The iOS system is smoother, because Apple has opened a cloud computing service in China, that is, iCloud cloud, and the top of each iPhone is connected to iCloud.The computing, storage and running consumption of the terminal is reduced through the cloud, and many complicated processes are completed in the cloud of iCloud. The iPhone terminal only receives signals or processes some simple calculations, and of course the operation is smooth.

Google Cloud is several orders of magnitude more powerful than Apple Cloud, and of course Google can.

However, Google Cloud was blocked in China.

Google Cloud cannot enter the domestic market.

As a result, the domestic Android system cannot use cloud services similar to the iOS system, which means that all work must be done by the terminal mobile phone, with a lot of work and tasks, and of course it will be very stuck.

For domestic mobile phones of the same type such as Xiaomi, Huawei, OV, and ZTE, the configuration of foreign versions is lower than that of domestic ones.It's not to cheat foreigners, but because Google Cloud can be used in foreign countries, and the technology is not enough to make up with the configuration.With the blessing of cloud computing, even if the configuration is very low, it can run smoother than the domestic high configuration.

For example, when sending WeChat in China, the iPhone will have a delay, but the Android phone will have zero delay. The reason is cloud computing.

Sending WeChat on an Android phone is "user-user".

Sending WeChat on the iPhone is "user-iCloud-user".With one more intermediate link, there will be a little delay.

Therefore, it can be judged from the technical logic that if Apple mobile phones and Android mobile phones with the same configuration are grabbed red envelopes in the domestic Internet environment, the Android mobile phones will be faster because of the lack of "middlemen".If the Android phone has not been snatched, it means that the configuration is too low, or there are too many junk files in the phone and need to be cleaned up in time.

Storage space is too small for a smartphone.

Developing the Spotify mobile app with traditional technical means is prone to problems. Every time you listen to a piece of music, you have to download the data of the music to your mobile phone... If you listen to too many songs, the mobile phone will be full, and the Stuck.Users do not know why, thinking that Spotify is too rubbish, thus reducing the recognition of this product.

Cooperating with Ziwei Cloud and putting the relevant processes on the cloud can perfectly solve this problem.

This is a more conventional understanding of cloud services, and Daniel Eck also knows it.

However, since Zhou Buqi said it, he must have some other insights to give some strategic guidance to Spotify's future development.

Zhou Buqi said: "Music piracy is the common enemy of the entire music industry. In the past few years, the music industry's attitude towards digital music has been relatively conservative. The important reason is the flooding of the piracy market. Cloud computing can solve it."

"what?"

Daniel was slightly taken aback.

Zhou Buqi said: "A lot of pirated music is not downloaded from pirated resources, but downloaded from genuine channels. But after users download it, they will spread it privately, which constitutes a pirate infringement."

Daniel's eyes lit up, and he seemed to understand what Boss Zhou was going to say, "Yes, the cloud service is to download music to the cloud, not the terminal!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Yes, in order to prevent the spread of piracy, many genuine music have also closed the download channel. However, the transmission mechanism of Internet data is downloading. For some computer-savvy users, even if the platform does not provide download channels It doesn’t matter, just listen to the song online, and the song will be completely saved in the terminal cache. Then, go to the cache file to find the corresponding song file, which is equivalent to downloading in disguise.”

With cloud computing platform services, you can solve this problem.

The data is cached in the cloud instead of the terminal, and the user cannot find it in the cache of the terminal. (In fact, it is also possible, the threshold is higher. The cloud computing platform keeps changing the cache strategy, and the user has to keep looking for cracking methods.)
Daniel Eck reacted quickly, and immediately realized that this idea was likely to become an advantage in negotiations for Spotify to cooperate with the four major record giants!
Other digital music websites and music software will breed the proliferation of pirated music and seriously erode the interests of music groups.

But Spotify is different. Spotify is a formal data music platform, which not only supports genuine music, but also effectively restricts the spread of pirated music through technical means.

Zhou Buqi said: "Privately, I can tell you that Ziwei Star Global has reached a plan with Citigroup. In the next few months, Ziwei Star Global will complete the acquisition of EMI."

"Great!" Daniel was excited and excited, as if it was not Zhou Buqi who completed the deal but him, "Next, with the full support of EMI, Spotify will definitely be able to go on the road of digital music transformation. farther."

Zhou Buqi said: "You have to find a good angle of cooperation. The thinking of the music industry is still relatively traditional. You have to tell them that Spotify is different from other music websites. With the support of cloud computing, Spotify will not destroy the industry. It will make the cake in the music market bigger. Through smart phones, it will provide a wider and more popular communication channel for music.”

Daniel took a deep breath, "Okay, I understand. Mr. Zhou, you are truly my destiny!"

Jiang Shuying was honored to have the opportunity to investigate this office building with Mr. Zhou.

She speaks good English and can understand their communication.

My heart was shocked and fluctuated.

When she was in China, she walked with Mr. Zhou once, and saw many big scenes. A big man like Mr. Huayi always submissive in front of Mr. Zhou.

Here is London, and her feelings are even deeper.

Mr. Zhou is too great!
Look at these blue-eyed, white-skinned foreigners, following him step by step.They are all social elites, the most influential group of people in the upper class in Europe. In front of Mr. Zhou, they have all become obedient younger brothers.

Daniel Aike's phrase "the noble man who hits the ground" made Jiang Shuying empathize even more. The small flame in her heart couldn't be suppressed no matter how hard she tried.

She is more and more eager, and she hopes that Mr. Zhou can also become her "desired nobleman".

I don't know if Mr. Zhou can fancy himself...

No!

Zhou is always a big shot, even if he really likes him, with his demeanor, self-cultivation and high status, he may not show it.

Jiang Shuying took a deep breath, and she was very firm in her heart: "There is no need to be reserved in this kind of thing, I have to take the initiative. I have to find a step for Mr. Zhou."

She knew that she was not worthy of Mr. Zhou, but the impact of power and wealth brought by Mr. Zhou was really intoxicating.Even if you can spend a night of sex with him, it will be enough for a lifetime, and it will be a precious treasure in your life.

(End of this chapter)