"The only one bold enough to slam Ma Hua with cash is you, Zhang nglong." After listening to the entire phone call, Wang Ling's admiration flowed endlessly like a raging river.
"No worries, next ti there's a call like this, you can talk on my behalf as my spokesperson," Zhang nglong generously said.
"Thanks a lot!" Wang Ling rolled his eyes, lacking the confidence to engage in such bold maneuvers.
"Ah, the main character arrives!" Zhang nglong glanced at his phone. It must be Ding Yuxi's call now.
"Zhang nglong!" Ding Yuxi imdiately got hold of Zhang nglong's number. "What on earth are you trying to do?"
"What am I trying to do?" Zhang nglong replied, "Not satisfied? If you're not, go buy it yourself! If you don't have the money, then shut your mouth!"
"Zhang nglong, don't think you're sothing just because you have money. Operating a music platform, having just rights hardly makes you competitive!" Ding Yuxi gritted his teeth as he spoke.
Speaking of rights, he indeed couldn't afford to be as extravagant as Zhang nglong — not even Tengxun could bring out that amount of money to buy so many rights.
But one should know that for music platforms like theirs, the sound quality of music is also very important. Their Wanyi Music developed music engine is currently the most advanced in the country, providing an atmosphere and enjoynt of music unmatched by other apps.
That's also why Wanyi Music doesn't have many rights, but still holds the second position in the national market.
Moreover, there's the "Net Suppressing Cloud," which has mixed reviews online — it's another reason for their huge user base, as listeners always find sothing relatable in it.
"Zhang nglong, our Wanyi Music's music engine, even if your tiny team researched for another five years, you couldn't reach this level."
"Oh, you're talking about this!" Zhang nglong laughed. "Our Music Forest's engine is called 'Sacred Sound 3.0'; since you're in the music business, you should know a bit about it.
"Sacred Sound? Impossible! That engine is the best overseas and was exclusively bought by the world's largest music company. How could you possibly have it?" Ding Yuxi felt that Zhang nglong's claim was completely absurd.
Anyone in the music industry knows that besides headphones and players, the engine a music app uses directly affects sound quality. There are many music engines worldwide, but 'Sacred Sound' is universally acknowledged as number one.
This was a music engine developed by a student from overseas a few years ago, which had attracted imnse attention upon its ergence. The largest music group, Nahua, wholly acquired this student team, and over the years, through several updates, its functionalities beca stronger and its performance more profound.
Even Huaxia's developnt teams had to admit that 'Sacred Sound' was currently the most advanced music engine in the world.
It is said that the team had signed confidentiality and non-compete agreents with Nahua Group, and this core technology was strictly not allowed to be divulged.
"Oh, are you talking about that team?" Zhang nglong smiled. "I've already bought the 'Sacred Sound' developnt team. Not expensive — just a few billion US dollars."
"Not expensive? I... " Ding Yuxi felt an urge to smash a cup.
"However, the penalty for breaching their non-compete agreent is quite high — enough to buy the team all over again," Zhang nglong ntioned with a hint of regret in his tone.
Ding Yuxi wanted to curse outright. Are you crazy? Spending so much to buy rights, and now a team, even if you overturn Wanyi Music, what good would it do you?
"Wait, how could Nahua Group be willing to sell that team?" Ding Yuxi suddenly thought of a critical issue. The music engine was their ace; selling off the team would be like losing an arm!
"It's simple. Their shares aren't all concentrated in a few hands. Wanting to acquire them is an easy task. Faced with the choice between being acquired and selling the team, I think any sane person would choose the latter, right?"
"Gosh!" Ding Yuxi was becoming irrational. Nahua Group is one of the largest dia companies in the world, with a market value exceeding 200 billion US dollars, yet Zhang nglong claims acquiring them would be easy! What is this madness?
"Co on, young man, don't be so hot-tempered," Zhang nglong laughed.
"Zhang nglong, if you want to do music, do you have musicians under your na? Do you have a team to scout new talent? Do you have any of these fundantal things?"
"I'm not sure if I do, but I know Tengxun definitely does!" Zhang nglong said.
"What do you an?" Ding Yuxi suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart.
"Nothing," Zhang nglong said flatly, "Ma Hua just called , offering to sell Tengxun Music to
at an 18% discount. You know, Ma Hua is soone who can bend and stretch. He just called , asking
to give them a way out."
"What did you do to Tengxun Music?"
"I've acquired them wholly. Starting from tomorrow, the entire Tengxun Music will be mine!"
"Are you insane?" This ti, Ding Yuxi couldn't hold back anymore, "For a spirit damage fee of 50 billion, you spent a hundred million buying copyrights, okay, but you also spent nearly 28 billion US dollars to acquire Tengxun Music, you...."
"You're wrong, it's not 28 billion US dollars, I spent 30 billion US dollars to acquire them," Zhang nglong laughed, "Don't doubt it. I have no issues with other platforms, my target is only your Yiyi Music. I'm pretty straightforward, in my eyes, you are all just trash. If I have offended you, freaking co hit !"
"You...you..."
"I thought you were Ding Sanshi's son, who grew up studying in Ivy League schools, calling
would surely be imposing, turns out you're just like a spineless dog, yapping here. I've never seen such a shaless person!"
"You...you...ah..."
"Hmm? Ambulance siren?" Zhang nglong hung up the phone, "The young people nowadays really can't handle pressure!"
"Even Wang Situ couldn't handle this kind of cursing!" Wang Ling didn't know Zhang nglong could be this biting, "From now on, I won't watch B station's remix section if you're not in it!"
"Cut the chatter, how's the app?"
"Don't worry, it'll be online by tonight!"
"Co on, let's go have skewers, my treat!"
...
Music Forest is a music platform that Wang Ling has been running for two years. Because it's not very large, it only owns so copyrights of indie artists and internet singers.
After two years, they haven't even made back the capital they invested, and the number of app downloads is pitifully low; Wang Ling was even close to cutting off this part of the business.
But Zhang nglong's joining revitalized the app from the ashes.
That very night, the project team of Music Forest started working frenzied overti; they knew that with Zhang nglong's involvent, big funding was coming. With money, what can't you do well?
The company doesn't have many people right now, but if business takes off, they will beco the senior mbers of the company!
Is business about to take off? As a music platform, as long as the copyrights are in place, users will start paying!
In just three days, the whole Music Forest app was transford completely, and during these three days, Zhang nglong had also secured a large number of music copyrights, all exclusive licenses!
On the third night, all the music was listed, and the new Music Forest app officially launched with Zhang nglong synchronizing this news on his social dia.
After a few days of buildup, the aficionados were already eager, and when the news broke out, both the Android and Apple app markets were half paralyzed, a massive download volu that even their servers could barely handle.
"This won't do!" Zhang nglong, looking at the download report, shook his head, "Maybe I should acquire Apple as well?"
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