Reborn since 1993

Chapter 490 Bait
It is still the "ancient" period of the Internet. Technically, it is far from being as convenient and complete as in later generations. If you want to do something, you must first see if there is corresponding supporting technology.

If you want to listen to music on your computer, you also need software that supports playing songs, including Himalaya Internet Radio. You need to create the podcast content first, store it on the server, and then the user opens the Himalaya software on the computer. But how to play it on the computer has been a difficult problem before!
In fact, the main task of Himalaya's Silicon Valley office is to solve the problems encountered by users when playing audio on their computers using Himalaya software.

The AMP MP3 digital playback engine program allows users to click on the computer to listen to the content played by Himalaya Radio.

It is no exaggeration for Lu Kui to say that Justin is a genius. He has helped Himalaya Radio, and even countless Internet companies and users, solve the problem of listening to music using software programs on computers!
Justin, whom Lu Kui was talking about, was obviously still young, but he had an unruly air and looked like a "thorny" person. Even when people from the headquarters arrived, Justin's eyes were still fixed on the computer in front of him.

Lu Kui obviously knew Justin's character, and was afraid that the people from the headquarters would be dissatisfied with Justin, so he said in advance that Justin was a genius in program development and would be of great help to Himalaya Radio.

When Li Dongling saw Justin, he just smiled indifferently. Geniuses all have personalities, and being aloof and rebellious are labels attached to many geniuses.

If you ask, are there people who are both technically talented and have high emotional intelligence? Of course there are. There is such a person in America, named Bill Gates. There is also a similar person in China, his name is Lei Jun...

He is a technical genius, has top-notch emotional intelligence, has no obvious flaws in his character, and is even very tenacious. To be honest, it would be strange if such a person fails to make a name for himself!

As for Justin in front of him, he had the temperament of a genius. Li Dongling was certainly not surprised. In fact, Li Dongling even wished that Dongling Hi-Tech had more geniuses like him!

Just like this AMP MP3 digital playback engine program, this technology alone is worth so much money that it is no exaggeration to say that all companies involved in audio playback will need to use this technology in the future, whether it is a music website, video website, or MP3 player, etc., they will need to pay patent fees to Himalaya Radio!
“Now the player, equalizer and playlist of Himalaya Internet Radio have been developed!”

Lu Kui opened the interface of Himalaya Radio and demonstrated it to Li Dongling and Yao Luoying. This interface was made according to the requirements sent by Feiyan Technology and was quite simple.

Unlike websites like Netscape and Yahoo, which require no operations, the interface of Himalaya Radio is almost fool-proof. Just open the page and click the mouse on it to play the content.

Lu Kui clicked on a song used for testing Himalaya Radio. To be honest, the sound quality was not that good, certainly not comparable to Sony CD, but after buffering for a while, it finally played!
No matter what the sound quality is like or how slow the buffering speed is, as long as Himalaya Radio can play the content, that’s enough!
"Thanks for your hard work!"

Li Dongling patted Lu Kui on the shoulder and said to him, Lu Kui was also a Chinese who came to America in the early years and had worked in many companies such as Wang Laboratories and Cisco.

Himalaya Radio poached Lu Kui to manage the Himalaya Silicon Valley office. Lu Kui is currently doing a very good job and has basically completed all the requirements of the headquarters.

Of course, joining Himalaya Radio was also an opportunity for Lu Kui. His career had reached the ceiling in companies like Cisco and he could not move up any further.

By joining Himalaya Radio, Lu Kui has taken a key step in his career and become a manager. If Himalaya Radio can achieve success, his resume will be very impressive, and his salary will be much better than before.

After entering the meeting room of the office, Li Dongling did not say anything else, and directly said to Lu Kui, "After the first batch of Himalaya Radio creators are recruited and the programs are recorded, you must put these programs on Himalaya Radio as soon as possible!"

"I see!"

Lu Kui hurriedly said that even if he didn't know that Feiyan Technology wanted to use Himalaya Radio to complete the feat of going public, he could see how much Li Dongling valued Himalaya Radio and he didn't dare to let him down at this time.

Li Dongling then turned his attention to Zhou Hualiang, “There is too little content on Himalaya right now, and it is impossible to acquire songs and publish books on a large scale in America.

Ximalaya Radio can seek cooperation with other open radio stations and allow them to settle in Ximalaya Radio. We can provide these radio stations with an exclusive settlement fee!"

In the future, Himalaya Radio may enter the music website and launch music platform businesses such as iTunes and Spofify, but that will take a few years. At least when pirated music is rampant and several major record companies suffer heavy losses, those record giants will bow their heads and be willing to become music suppliers.

When it was impossible to obtain a large amount of music copyrights from America, in addition to self-made content, if we wanted to increase the content of the Himalaya America website, we could only obtain content from America Open Radio.

What is an open radio station? To put it simply, it is a wild radio station that does not charge money and broadcasts for free. There are countless radio stations in America. In addition to a few large radio stations covering the entire America, there are countless small radio stations, the largest of which are local music stations in each state.

Some of these radio stations are more formal, and are affiliated with local TV stations, while others are the kind that just put an antenna on the roof, get a set of radio equipment that I don't know how to use, and then start to make a big splash on the radio. These music radio stations actually serve as channels for promoting records, just like TV stations, newspapers, and magazines, but the quality and influence vary.

In addition to music radio stations, there are also different radio stations such as sports, current affairs, and talk shows. They are basically broadcast for free and their influence is limited to the local area.

When Himalaya website is unable to obtain large-scale record and book copyrights, cooperating with these open radio stations is a stopgap measure. It is hard to say how much effect it will have, but at least it will not make Himalaya in America look empty.

“I’m afraid these open radio stations won’t be so easy to deal with. It won’t be easy to get them to join the Himalaya website!”

Zhou Hualiang frowned and said, why do so many wild small radio stations exist? Except for a few who are really interested in this field, most of them are there to make money.

It would be no problem to invite several open radio stations to join Himalaya Radio. Each radio station would cost several hundred or several thousand dollars. For a radio station with a certain reputation, the exclusive Internet entry fee could be as high as tens of thousands of dollars.

But it is not so easy to invite them all. There are so many radio stations in America. I don’t know how much it would cost to invite them all!

In the meantime, if we encounter a few radio stations that ask for exorbitant prices, it will be just like encountering stubborn residents during a demolition project. I don’t know how much money will be spent!

Li Dongling glanced at Zhou Hualiang and said, "Who said that we have to spend all the money at once to invite these open radio stations to join the Himalaya website?"

Hearing this, Zhou Hualiang looked at Li Dongling in confusion, not knowing what Li Dongling meant.

“First, we will recruit a group of open radio stations, give them an exclusive entry fee in the early stage, select a few radio stations with potential, and focus on supporting them, so that they can become the leaders among the open radio stations and earn profits!

As long as the radio stations that have entered the Himalaya website develop and make money, why should we worry that there will be no other open radio stations to cooperate with Himalaya?" Li Dongling said lightly.

After hearing this, Zhou Hualiang couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then he couldn't help but slap his head. He knew that he was trapped in fixed thinking.

Li Dongling's trick is simple and unpretentious. It is to take advantage of people's envy. It is just like buying lottery tickets. As long as the prize is five million, even if everyone knows that it is just luck and they will never win in this lifetime, there are still countless people who buy lottery tickets every day without thinking about gains and losses, just for the day when they can turn the tables.

Similarly, as long as one of the small open and wild radio stations that have settled in Himalaya can become popular, other radio stations will come running and beg Himalaya for cooperation without the Himalaya website asking for it. As more radio stations come, even the settlement fees can be saved.

"I'll send someone to contact the open radio station in America now!" Zhou Hualiang stood up and walked out in a hurry.

……

The arrival of Li Dongling, Yao Luoying and others, with the supervision of a big money sponsor, made the entire Himalaya Silicon Valley office busy.

The next day, when Sohu founders Steve Kissinger and Li Yanhong arrived, they saw a busy crowd in the office.

When Steve Kissir was led into the reception room, he saw two other figures. He was not familiar with David Burnett, the founder of GeoCities, but he knew Gruner, the founder of ASK, also a search company.

When Steve Kissir saw Gruner, his heart sank. As they were both from a search company, Gruner's presence here today made him suspicious. Was Li Dongling no longer wanting to support Souxin, but was instead going to support its rival ASK?

Competitors are enemies. Even though the search industry is not favored by investors, when Steve Kissier met Gruner, they just nodded to each other and didn't say a word.

Gruner and David Burnett were discussing the latest Silicon Valley rumors in a low voice. "I heard that Yahoo rejected America Online's offer!"

(End of this chapter)