Blooming America

Chapter 182 Wrestling with IBM

The conversation with Heidi was very pleasant, and the other party agreed to meet with Catherine.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Catherine made another call to Martin Cooper.

"Spread-spectrum technology? Can we really use spread-spectrum technology?" Cooper was obviously excited.

"Yes. Our next-generation mobile phones are going to use this technology...Of course, our main thing now is the cellular call system."

"I understand."

Catherine hung up the phone, and then began to think about the future direction of the company.

After getting D, immediately, the research of the optical drive should move towards the data optical drive.

Only when the data CD-ROM drive is developed, can one's future development be smooth.

At present, the company is developing steadily. There is no news about Motorola's CRT research. Although IBM is clamoring for the launch of laser discs, it has not taken any action so far.

So Catherine's current situation is relatively stable.

Taking advantage of this time, Catherine also went to take the driver's license test, and then received a gun license, which is considered to be legally equipped with a gun.

In addition, taking advantage of this time, Catherine also finished the script of "The Legend of Condor Heroes".

Many plots of Catherine do not follow this original version of "The Sculpture". After all, this version is not perfect.

For the time being, the script only wrote about the place where Yang Guo broke his arm, and then did not continue. After all, Jin Yong would not necessarily sell such adaptation rights.

Making cartoons is not Catherine's main business, and she still has a lot to do. Although the company's current capital flow is quite surplus, after all, it has to face a large company like IBM.

...

At this time, Sanders on the other side is discussing D with various companies in Hollywood.

"The recording time of a disc D is about 40 to 50 minutes, and a complete movie is about 4 discs. Of course, if it is a black and white movie, two discs will do. Our D It is able to faithfully restore all aspects of the film, using the color difference interface, our film can become very gorgeous."

"It sounds good." The representative of Warner Corporation smiled.

"But isn't this kind of film too troublesome? With four discs, it's easy to make mistakes, right?"

Some people also raised doubts.

"Yes, so we can use a different color on this part of the disc, as well as text." Sanders smiled confidently. He was born in Hollywood and it was his dream to be an actor.

"But why do you use the LAB interface instead of the RGB interface?"

"First of all, using the color difference interface. For black and white movies, this can save nearly half of the cost. More importantly, the LAB interface is better than RGB in terms of visual performance. Our experts have gone through repeated trials. Demonstration, it was decided to use the LAB interface." Sanders' words are half true.

"With all due respect, I don't see how your product has any advantages over IBM's laser discs."

The person who said this was a representative of 20th Century Fox.

"IBM's products have not yet appeared. What's more, the color separation recording technology that our D uses can truly restore the picture of the film, which should be larger than a single disc."

All the original color video is divided into brightness information, and then output. The color-difference interface restores these messages to color messages to get a perfect display effect.

"Of course, the most important aspect is the price. Our D discs are cheap to make, and laser discs... IMHO, IBM’s laser disc plan was originally developed with us, but laser discs are used to record images. The cost is very high, and sometimes it is not as good as D, with such a good picture effect. IMHO, if the other party really adopts a low-price strategy, it is only possible that the other party is selling at a loss, and this action is not It may last too long."

Sanders' words are mixed with water.

"As for the share?" The representative of Universal asked a most practical question.

"I have prepared the information in this regard."

Sanders handed them a plan.

"Our company provides two solutions for this. The first is that your company authorizes us to make the film, and the final profit is divided into the second. We license D's technology to you, and the last We divide the profit by 25%, but in this case, you need to sign a contract with us. In the next ten years, your films cannot appear on other media transmission media...especially such as laser discs."

The second option is obviously superior. In order to win over customers, Catherine and Sanders have given up their money.

After all, Catherine is now the creator of history. Wouldn't it be a good thing if all the rules in the future were set by herself?

"Compared to existing video tapes, no matter how many times D is played, there will be no degradation in playback quality. The storage life of a disc can reach 20-50 years. The most important thing is that our cost is higher than that of video recording. Bringing too much low, this is almost an investment without any risk..."

Businesses need to take risks to make money. After all, no one can say that they can make 100% money, but because of the low cost of D, even if it is a failed movie, there will be no problems.

"Moreover, our disc production speed is very fast. Our disc production method uses stamping production. It only takes a few seconds to produce a disc. Moreover, we can also directly sell some films that we cannot show in the cinema ."

Sanders has taken out all the methods, and at this time, it depends on whether they will be hooked.

"Maybe you can show us it again?" someone said.

"No problem at all."

Sanders had prepared a 25-inch dazzling TV, and then put the prepared "Wasteland" CD into it.

The picture is indeed very good. Everyone nodded unceasingly when they saw it.

And Sanders also breathed a sigh of relief.

This thing seems to be done.

...

At this time, there is also a discussion in General Electric.

A manager took out a report: "This is a favorable condition given to us by IBM, and they are willing to bear the full consequences of default for us."

The scope of GE's business is more complicated than Catherine's Ark Group.

Their company mainly consists of seven parts. Consumer Finance Group, Business Finance Group, Energy Group, Medical Group, Infrastructure Group, Global, Transportation Group.

"According to the report from Universal, D seems to have a great advantage. I don't think IBM can do better than the other." Another manager disagreed.

The current chairman of GM is Poche. But no one would think that such a problem would have something to do with the chairman.

In fact, the problem is that IBM and ARK are fighting, and whoever they support and who wins, they can follow behind to pick up meat.

This is a good thing for the fisherman's profit.

Another person said suddenly: "Both sides have interests entangled with us. No matter who we support, we will face the enemy in the end. However, ARK seems to be changing this situation."

Catherine has been calling for a win-win situation.

The power of an interest group is far greater than that of a company.

"And... on the IBM side, Motorola is helping."

Indeed, one of the rivals of American Radio Corporation is.

American Radio Corporation is a joint establishment of General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, and AT*T.

From this point of view, the threat on IBM's side seems to be greater.

These shrewd businessmen quickly made it clear where they should stand...

It's the most annoying to be like the giant blue.

...

On October 1, 1966, the cooperation with Hollywood on D was finally concluded, and Catherine increased the publicity of D.

Donald is in charge of advertising.

His advertising slogan is "your home theater".

To be honest, Catherine did feel a little sweaty about this advertisement, but I have to say that the effect is very good.

In order to seize the market, Catherine's D can even be opened to individuals and independently filmed videos can also be given to Catherine's company to be pressed and sold.

However, Catherine classifies these films according to the methods of later generations.

The main purpose of this aspect is to distinguish ***, and to purchase these films, you need to rely on identification.

In this way, the benign development of D can be maintained.

At the same time, companies such as General Electric and Westinghouse Electric have also begun to produce their new generation of TV sets that use color-difference components.

But at this time, Sony and Motorola announced that they have developed a new type of picture tube, and the new generation of TVs will use the RGB interface to support the laser disc developed by IBM.

At this time, IBM also announced that it would advance the launch of laser discs to August next year.

"It seems that Watson Jr. really took the risk..."

Catherine frowned.

Mobile phones are a weapon against Motorola, and D is used against IBM.

But my own capital chain seems to be unable to keep up...

Catherine felt quite a headache for a while~www.wuxiaspot.com~ can be met, once the laser discs are on sale, a price war is inevitable. At that time, if you don't have enough funds, you can only retreat.

"The Third Middle East War..."

Catherine suddenly thought of the war in the Middle East next year.

She originally planned to use this plan to make a fortune, but now it seems that using the existing funds does not seem to be able to make much.

"It's really difficult to make more money..."

Catherine was cruel, big deal, and mortgaged her company. In this way, she would be able to arbitrage more funds.

The oil price fluctuated in the third Middle East War for a short period of time. It only lasted for a short period of time in June, but the oil price fluctuated greatly, enough to make a fortune...

Sometimes, speculative things have to be done...