Back To 1995

  Kalanick is attending a grand reception, hosted by the former CAA Emperor Ovitz himself.

  Hollywood actresses, models, champagne, and fine wines are all respectful wherever they go to the banquet. Today's Kalanick seems to have reached the pinnacle of his life!

   The one holding Kalanick's arm is a new Hollywood actress. At this moment, her body seems to have no bones, and her whole body is leaning on Kalanick.

After all, who wouldn't want to date a diamond king and fifth, in the center of the banquet, there was a big cake marked with nine zeros after five, implying that Scour's valuation at this moment has exceeded US$5 billion Knife!

Seeing that piece of cake, the little actress in Kalanick's arms is a little softer. Hollywood also needs the support of big money owners. Ruoyi, but who doesn't want to be that person?

In the past few years, in Hollywood, the name of the big money owner has become famous, and there is no one more than Jenny. The voice of scolding Jenny for relying on the big money owner to obtain resources is not small, but like an actress like Kalanick's arms, The eyes that are envious of Jenny are a little red!

Leaning on Kalanick's arms, the little actress doesn't know if he can become the second Bruno Song. At that time, she will have all kinds of Hollywood resources at her fingertips, even like Jenny, a big production of several hundred million dollars. The movie, waiting for her to be the female lead...

   "Congratulations, my genius!"

   The organizer of this banquet, Ovitz grabbed Kalanick and gave Kalanick a wink, "How is it, do you like this banquet?"

   "Thank you, Mr. Ovitz." Kalanick felt a little dizzy. This kind of wealth, power, beauty, champagne, and touts really made people addicted.

  Ovitz laughed a few times. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that Kalanick was pleasing to the eye. He felt that Kalanick was the most correct investment he made in the second half of his life!

   "You deserve these, I promise, when Scour goes on sale, you'll see a party ten times bigger than today, and the Oscar-winning actress will pour you a drink!"

  Ovitz said to Kalanick, when Scour goes public, Kalanick's worth is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Even Hollywood actresses, divas and the like can't refuse such a diamond king.

   "Mr. Ovitz, Scour's listing is not..."

Looking at the excited Ovitz, Kalanick wanted to explain to him in a low voice that it was not so easy for Scour to go public, and Scour's valuation soared, so it had nothing to do with Kalanick. .

  The appearance of the Alcatel P2 mobile phone made MP3 digital music appear in front of the world for the first time. The Dimeng MP3 player may completely detonate this concept. Scour basically did nothing, and then inexplicably won...

   At this moment, a partner of Scour rushed in in a hurry, said a few words in Kalanick's ear, and saw Kalanick's face change greatly.

   "I'm sorry everyone, I have very important things to deal with right now!"

   forced himself to retain the last trace of his demeanor, and then Kalanick walked away quickly. Kalanick didn't even bother to take a second look at the little actress who was secretly sent to him.

   Looking at the sudden situation, there were whispering voices on the banquet, and then many people received calls and left with various excuses.

   Looking at the gradually empty banquet hall, Ovitz's face became gloomy. When he was still the emperor of CAA brokerage company, who would dare to treat him like this?

After   Ovitz made a few calls, his face became even more ugly. He went back to his room and turned on the Los Angeles TV channel. Scour news appeared without Ovitz looking for it.

   "Warner Records, Universal, Sony and other record groups, together with more than 29 record and film groups, formally filed a class action lawsuit against Scour in the Federal Court of Los Angeles through the Recording Industry Association RIAA!"

Ovitz looked at the names of the Hollywood giants on TV, his brows furrowed deeply. Scour's copyright problem, Ovitz also knew that it had always existed. He always believed that Scour could solve the problem with Hollywood. The copyright issue was lost, but I didn't expect that Hollywood didn't seem to want to let Scour company go.

   "Representatives of several major record groups such as Warner and Universal claimed that the Internet music and film and television platforms headed by Scour website have seriously violated Hollywood's copyright and undermined federal copyright laws.

   It is reported that Kalanick may face a huge compensation of up to 250 billion US dollars! "

Ovitz watched the news on TV in shock. After a while, he was sure that he was not mistaken. The compensation of 250 billion US dollars, in this year, can buy most of Microsoft, General Electric, and Yahoo! , AOL and other companies have bought them in packages, which is equivalent to the GDP of Sweden and other countries in Western Europe for a whole year.

On the Hollywood side, making such a claim to Kalanick is to kill him and Scour. Obviously, there is no expectation that Kalanick will pay back such compensation. It is to force him to go bankrupt. According to America's bankruptcy system, As long as Kalanick declares personal bankruptcy and doesn't want Scour, then he basically won't have to pay the sky-high compensation.

He sat down in a slump. After the excitement dissipated, Ovitz suddenly seemed to be a teenager. He bet on Scour, but now, Scour is obviously a little unreliable. With this lawsuit on his back, Scour is not. Want to go public.

  Scour was sued by Hollywood giants, and it immediately became a hot news in America. The Internet and Hollywood, two seemingly incompatible industries, were involved for the first time, but I didn't expect it to be this way!

  No matter how controversial the Internet and Hollywood are, whether Scour will go bankrupt, whether Kalanick will be imprisoned, the Diamond Rio300 will still be sold.

   For one week in a row, the shipments have exceeded one million units. Not only in America, but also in other overseas regions, the acceptance of this MP3 player is also very high, after all, the price is there!

   Stimulated by Dimeng MP3, Samsung, Siemens, Plam, etc. all announced that they will launch their own MP3 in the near future. After all, the process is simple, the cost is not high, and the profit is not low. How can these electronic companies hold back?

And Warner Records and other giants are also suing Scour in full swing. They will definitely win this lawsuit. Even if Scour bites his teeth and forms a luxury lawyer group, Warner Records will definitely win this lawsuit in the end. Wait, let's see if Scour can avoid bankruptcy and huge claims and continue to live, but the lawsuit cannot end immediately, at least it will take a while.

Internet platforms such as   Scour have been stunned, but Warner Records and others have not had a good time.

Originally thought that killing chickens and monkeys, after killing Scour, other platforms could be restrained, but the popularity of MP3 players has caused a variety of Internet music platforms to continue to emerge, and even some platform servers are set up in Canada, Overseas markets such as England are beyond the reach of Hollywood.

"Now on Yahoo, AOL and other platforms, there are more than 10 million discussions and reports about MP3 every day, and more than 500,000 songs are delivered on the Internet every day. Samsung, Siemens, Plam, etc. have entered the MP3 player industry. Beginning next year, MP3 shipments will be in units of 100 million every year!

   Even if Scour is closed, it cannot be changed. The fact that digital music such as MP3 has become the mainstream of users, there may be more users who choose to download MP3 music online in the future! "

  Warner Records President Paul Vidic, to the North American head of Morris, Mortura, BMG and EMI Records who finally got together.

Originally, the record group thought that after removing Scour, they would be able to scare off those Internet music platforms, but who knows, it didn't have much effect at all, MP3 players continued to sell, and all kinds of unlicensed music on the Internet , film and television, etc., are still spread by all kinds of crazy.

Morris, Motura, the North American president of EMI Records, and others were all silent. The current situation was indeed something they had never encountered in so many years. Such an invisible and intangible opponent was really It's giving them a headache.

   "Maybe, we should talk to the Saipan Music Store!"

  Paul Vidic looked at the crowd and said.