The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 30 I'm just pretending to be stupid
Xu Jiuyang was a bit confused. "No, your reaction is a bit strange. As the family of a Samsung employee, and quite possibly the family of an executive—otherwise you wouldn't get this kind of discount card—you not only have no objection to what I'm saying, but you actually quite agree with it?"

"Sorry, I lost my composure a bit. It's like this..." The Korean girl quickly controlled her emotions and lowered her head embarrassedly. "The main thing is, some time ago, an engineer in the department my brother-in-law is in charge of discovered an audio compression technology called... MP3. Based on this technology, we can create a compact and large-capacity portable music player.

He reported this project to higher-ups, believing it had great potential. My brother-in-law…my brother-in-law agreed and reported it to higher-ups, but Samsung headquarters showed no interest at all.”

"Really?" Xu Jiuyang was a little surprised. He was quite aware that Samsung had neglected MP3 technology.

Who hasn’t used Apple products in their previous life? If you have, you will have more or less heard the preaching of Apple fans, and the lack of vision of followers has always been a hot topic of discussion.

"That's a shame," he agreed. "It's a product with a lot of potential."

"You think so, right?" the girl said, even more excitedly, as if she had finally found someone who agreed with her. "It's compact, has a large storage capacity, and young people will definitely like it. I've done a survey, and as long as the sound quality isn't awful, everyone's fine with it. So this is a great opportunity to beat the Walkman!"

Oh my god, you have good taste! Xu Jiuyang was increasingly surprised, but quickly shook his head: "That's right, but classmate, how are you going to solve the content?"

"Content?" The other party was stunned.

"If I remember correctly, at the beginning of this year, a music store seemed to be launched in the United States. It was called Napbter or Napster. I can't remember clearly. You can check it online later." Xu Jiuyang started bragging mode.

Anyway, we don't know each other, and I'm very bored at the moment, so it's nice to brag and show my superiority.

"Simply put, this website can provide MP3 format music downloads on the Internet, but it was soon sued by the American Recording Industry Association. Do you know why?" he continued, ending with a question.

"Copyright?" The Korean girl asked after thinking for a moment.

"That's right, this means that if you want to do this, you must build your own music website and then purchase copyrights from major record companies," said Xu Jiuyang.

This is a huge amount of money. Samsung can't even see the prospects of MP3, so how can it afford to buy music copyrights?

However, the Korean girl in front of me thought for a moment and then asked, "What kind of music website do you need?"

"You didn't understand at all?" Xu Jiuyang couldn't help but sigh inwardly. I just praised you for your good taste...Okay, let's recall, how does Xiao Fang always do it?

“You can download, comment, and communicate…”

"You know, Win is the most popular operating platform..."

"Of course Apple also has to support..."

He talked about all sorts of things for more than half an hour. Although his speech was not very systematic, the Korean girl was still very excited. She wrote down a lot in her notebook and bought two large cups of Coke for him.

"That's pretty much all I can think of. After all, I've never actually built a website, so I just read and thought a lot." After quickly reviewing it in his mind and feeling that it was okay, Xu Jiuyang said so.

There has to be a limit to being cool. If you talk too much, you will appear weak. He just wanted to show off and had no intention of throwing a boomerang.

"Thank you very much," the girl stood up and bowed deeply. "I won't disturb my classmates anymore."

After saying that, she ran out briskly. It was obvious that she did have a lot of ideas, otherwise she wouldn't be so reckless.

Xu Jiuyang shrugged and was not optimistic about this. Looking at the situation at Samsung, not to mention that her brother-in-law was just a senior executive, even if Lee Jae-yong came, he might not be able to do a good job.

This thing required a significant initial investment, and before Apple launched its efforts, no one anticipated the MP3 format would pose such a significant threat to Sony. Samsung was still run by Lee Kun-hee, so it wasn't Lee Jae-yong's turn to speak. Besides, Samsung had followed trends before, but the results... Xu Jiuyang remembered it clearly. He had searched online for related products, and the pink color scheme nearly blinded him, not to mention the various bizarre, anti-human designs.

That's why he said so much and stuffed Mr. Xiao Fang's tricks into the girl bit by bit, letting them worry about it.

Besides, what if, what if they really succeed, it would be good to give Apple some trouble. After all... there is no real Mr. Fang in China now.

He sighed, then stood up, took the unfinished Coke, and walked out leisurely, ready to find some fun to spend his last time in Beijing this year.

What he didn't know was that a few minutes ago, a Korean girl came out of KFC, walked a few steps along the road, and got into a Mercedes-Benz parked on the side of the street.

"Go to the company." She gave a brief instruction in Korean, and at the same time took out her notebook to think and write again. The smile that had been on her face had long disappeared, replaced by a cold indifference that kept people at a distance.

Soon, the car arrived at the Samsung Building on Jinghui Road. After getting off the car, the Korean girl strode inside. A group of people automatically followed behind her, including a young girl who looked like a secretary in an OL uniform and a bodyguard-like figure in a suit and tie.

The staff they met along the way also made way. Even if there were mainland staff who knew nothing, there would be Korean staff to help them to prevent any collisions.

Not only that, there were people who were already waiting impatiently in front of the elevator, but when they saw this group of people, they immediately and respectfully made way and went to wait in another elevator.

"Who is that?"

"The president's youngest daughter."

"Chairman Park's youngest daughter?"

"No, it's the youngest daughter of Chairman Lee from Samsung headquarters."

There was a knock on the door. After receiving permission, the secretary who came in bowed and said, "Executive Director Bai, Secretary Jin has informed Vice President Li that you would like to come over."

"Which Secretary Jin?" Bai Xiangyou asked immediately.

"It's Secretary Kim Hyun-joo." The other party replied immediately.

"I understand." Bai Xiangyou nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

As we all know, the third lady has three secretaries around her: Kim Tae-hee is dignified, Kim Hyun-joo is decent, and Kim Ji-young is strict.

They are about the same age as the Third Young Miss, and were all personally picked by the Third Young Miss to be kept by her side. They are considered her most trusted confidants.

If it is a matter of high importance that requires careful discussion, it is usually Kim Tae-hee who notifies; if it is a matter of high priority that needs to be handled as soon as possible, it is usually Kim Hyun-joo who notifies; if it is a very bad matter that makes people very angry, it is usually Kim Ji-young who notifies.

"You guys go back first," Bai Xiangyou said to the two subordinates who were still in the office, "I have said everything I need to say."

"Yes, General Manager Bai." The two subordinates bowed and left.

After straightening his clothes, Bai Xiangyou went out to another office. After waiting outside, Secretary Jin opened the door, he walked in and bowed respectfully to the girl at the desk: "President Li."

(End of this chapter)