Reborn since 1993

Chapter 495 Pandora’s Box

"This……"

Li Dongling didn't know how to answer. He couldn't say that one out of every fifty Americans believed in this theory.

In America alone, there are more than six million believers in the flat earth theory. Looking at the world as a whole, this ratio is almost incalculable given the billions of people in the world.

"What he said seems to make sense!"

Before Li Dongling could say anything, a voice was heard from behind them. Turning around, they saw that it was Justin Frank, the technical genius of Himalaya Silicon Valley.

Seeing everyone's strange eyes cast on him, Justin Frank shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't agree with his theory, but some things really need to be seen to be believed!

I have decided that for the rest of my life, I must go to space myself and take a look at what the world we live in really looks like!"

Justin Frank, who has always had the eccentric style typical of a genius, seems to have found a new goal in life.

Justin Frank also knew that with his physique, if he wanted to go into space, it would probably cost a huge amount of money to achieve this goal. He at least needed to achieve financial freedom first.

"madman!"

When Zhou Hualiang saw Justin Frank's excitement, he couldn't help but have this thought in his mind. This was the first time he had seen someone who made going to space his life goal. He felt that Jory Kings's brain circuit was not normal when he got the goods, and he was afraid that Justin was not much better.

Whether it was Jolly Kings or Justin Frank, Zhou Hualiang couldn't understand how their brain circuits worked.

"How is the sound quality of the Himalaya website?!" Li Dongling asked the professional sound quality personnel in the technical department.

“Not very good!”

After saying this, the technician quickly added, "Compared to CDs and vinyl records, the sound quality loss of the Himalaya website is probably unacceptable to music professionals!
But for ordinary users, the digital sound quality of the Himalaya website will not change much. "

"In other words, the sound quality of the Himalaya website has passed the test?" Li Dongling asked directly.

"Yes!"

The professional sound quality technician thought about it for a moment and nodded.

The audio used by Himalaya is MP3 compression technology, which can compress a 40M 16-bit WAV format file into an MP3.5 with 3M memory. This is equivalent to a 700M CD with fifteen songs. Only fifteen 3.5M MP3 files are needed to save it on the computer. The technical basis for songs or pictures to be circulated among computer users has actually been laid down.

To put it bluntly, with this technology, when Internet P2P technology becomes popular, songs without copyright will begin to flood the Internet. By then, traditional records alone will not be able to sell, and the hard days of the American and old European five major record companies will come...

By the time the major record companies including Columbia Records, EMI, Sony Records, Universal, and BMG were on the verge of collapse due to the rampant pirated music.

At that time, Himalaya Radio could appear in front of them as a savior, just like iTunes and Spotify in the past, and launch genuine music, coupled with the Shenzhou high-end MP3 produced by Dongling Hi-Tech. Would they still be afraid that Sony and EMI would not fall for it and open their music copyright libraries to Himalaya? !

Himalaya's future transformation into a legitimate music platform is also crucial to Dongling Hi-Tech's MP3, tablet and other businesses.

In comparison, Himalaya has transformed into a music platform, with billions of dollars in revenue from legitimate digital music every year. How much revenue can it earn by playing pirated music, not to mention the endless lawsuits with several major record giants?

Which pirated music platform dares to say that it can earn 2007 billion US dollars a year? In the past, Apple achieved annual revenue of billion US dollars in when it launched the iTunes platform.

In the later stage, Himalaya website can also increase the income from pictures, TV series, movies, etc. These are all legitimate money earned in a fair and legitimate way. Several major record giants such as Sony and Hollywood movie giants such as Disney are seeing the copyright of records and movies collapse in the era of the Internet, and they are begging Himalaya for cooperation!

Of course, compared to selling genuine songs, movies, podcasts, novels, etc., Dongling Hi-Tech's launch of high-end MP3s, combined with the Himalaya website, can play a greater role. The high-end MP3 market can make much more money than the record industry!

Apple's MP3 device iPod, from its first sale to its discontinuation, at its peak, this model of product brought Apple annual revenue of eight to nine billion, with total revenue exceeding $ billion!
If Apple can earn this money, why can't Dongling Hi-Tech earn it? Of course, if it were Dongling Hi-Tech, the profit might not be as high as Apple's, but Dongling Hi-Tech must earn this money.

Li Dongling nodded, "After the first batch of podcast programs are uploaded, we will arrange for Himalaya to be online!"

"In addition, we cannot stop upgrading the technology of the Himalaya website. In the future, we need to upgrade the technology of the Himalaya website at least every two weeks to minimize the computer resources and provide users with the best sound quality!

In addition, we need to add background running programs, that is, users can work or play games on the computer screen, but Himalaya will still run in the background and continue to serve users. In addition, we will develop some plug-in functions. These picture or dynamic graphic plug-ins can be made by Himalaya website, and users can also make them by themselves, so that users will not feel boring when they open Himalaya website to listen to programs! "

Hearing Li Dongling's request, Lu Kui's eyes lit up. When listening to podcasts or songs, if there are dynamic graphics, even if they are just simple changes, in this era, it is enough to make users feel cool and full of the sense of technology.

Justin, a technical genius, couldn't help but look towards the big money sponsor when he heard what Li Dongling proposed.

As a technician, he knew that the conditions proposed by Li Dongling did indeed require certain technical development and computer hardware conditions.

Not to mention the software technology, just the background running program alone made Justin feel a little amazed. This set of technology must be able to be developed, but no one has ever thought about it before. Sometimes, even genius programmers may not have genius ideas!

In terms of hardware, it also requires larger memory, processors, graphics cards, sound cards, speakers, etc. If Himalaya Radio can become popular, it is possible that users can upgrade sound cards, speakers, graphics cards and other components, which will drive a wave of demand...

It's like graphics cards. Every time a 3A blockbuster game is released, it can bring a wave of top-end graphics cards. Games are the catalyst for graphics card manufacturers to upgrade!

"These software program technologies need you, Justin, to develop. Of course, in the future, you will also receive enough funds from Himalaya to go into space!"

Li Dongling fed Justin a bowl of poisonous chicken soup, which was just like if cattle and horses endure the hardships, the boss would buy a Land Rover next year.

Of course, a talented programmer like Justin will definitely not be treated unfairly. As long as he stays in Himalaya, it will not be difficult for him to obtain option rewards in the future.

The entire Himalaya Silicon Valley office became extremely busy, constantly uploading new podcast program content to the server, and also began to place Himalaya advertisements on a number of websites such as Yahoo, Netscape, ASK, Sohu, and IE browser.

Not only is the Silicon Valley office busy, but Himalaya Radio in the inland is also preparing for the launch.

It’s just that although the Himalaya inland and the Himalaya in America use the same brand, the content of the two websites cannot be said to be similar, they are almost completely different...

The inland Himalaya website mainly focuses on songs, audio novels, operas, storytelling, etc. In the future, Himalaya’s own content will also be launched, but the main focus will still be on the above content.

As for the American Himalaya website, in the early days, it could only focus on self-made podcast content and open radio stations because it could not buy the copyright of songs.

“Himalaya FM Radio, let the world hear your voice!”

This is the slogan used by the Himalaya website, and it is also the title you see on the homepage after entering the website.

The Himalaya website was launched on America. On the day of its launch, it was not heavily promoted in traditional media. Instead, it was mainly promoted through websites such as Netscape and Yahoo. As for the effect...

"The number of users visiting now is less than 1,000, and the number of clicks and views is even lower!"

In the Himalaya Silicon Valley office, looking at the website traffic in the background, Lu Kui said a little nervously.

The current number of Internet users in the Americas is over 20 million. The number of Internet users in all of Asia combined is not as large as the American Internet market. This is why Silicon Valley companies dominate other markets.

From the time the site was launched in the morning to now, more than a whole morning has passed, but the number of visits is less than a thousand, not to mention the click-through rate.

Lu Kui and the management of Himalaya Silicon Valley office couldn't help but feel anxious, and Zhou Hualiang also looked solemn.

But Li Dongling looked normal, and occasionally discussed in a low voice with Yao Luoying until the phone in the office rang.

"Larson!"

The call was from Larson. After Li Dongling put down the phone, he clapped his hands and said, "Guys, keep working. There must be enough backup servers. I don't want to see Himalaya website go down due to too many users visiting!"

When Lu Kui and others heard this, they were filled with question marks. There were less than a thousand visitors this morning, and they still needed a backup server?

Regardless of Lu Kui's expression, Li Dongling told Zhou Hualiang, "Tell Jory Kings, Logan and other Himalaya contracted podcast creators that when there are media interviews, they must mention the Himalaya website according to the instructions given to them!"

(End of this chapter)