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Chapter 182: Wrestling with IBM

The conversation with Heidi was very pleasant, and the other party agreed to meet 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 will use this technology... Of course, our most important one now is the cellular call system."

"I see."

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

After getting the vcd done, the research on the optical drive should be directed towards the data optical drive.

Only by developing a data optical drive can our future development be smooth.

At present, the company is developing steadily, and there is no news about Motorola's picture tube research. Although IBM clamors to launch 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 permit, which was considered legal to carry a gun.

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

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

For the time being, the script only reached the point where Yang Guo broke his arm, and then stopped continuing. After all, Jin Yong may not necessarily sell such adaptation rights.

Making cartoons is not Catherine's main business. She still has many things to do. Although the company's current capital flow is quite abundant, after all, she still has to deal with big companies like IBM.

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At this time, Sanders on the other side was discussing VCD issues with various companies in Hollywood.

"The recording time of a VCD disc is about 40 to 50 minutes. A complete movie is about 4 discs. Of course, if it is a black and white movie, two discs will be enough. Our VCD

Being able to faithfully restore every aspect of the video, and using the chromatic aberration interface, our videos can become very gorgeous."

"Sounds good." The Warner representative smiled.

"But isn't this kind of video too troublesome? With four discs, it's easy to get it wrong, right?"

Some people also had doubts.

"Yes, so we can use different colors and text on this part of the disc." 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 can save nearly half of the cost for black and white films. More importantly, the lab interface is better than rgb in terms of visual performance. Our experts have gone through repeated

After demonstration, we decided to use the lab interface." Sanders' words were half true and half false.

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

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 used in our VCD can truly restore the film's image, and it should be larger than a separate disc."

The original color video is divided into brightness information and then output. The color difference interface restores these information into color information to obtain a perfect display effect.

"Of course, the most important aspect is the price. Our VCD discs are low-cost, and laser discs... IMHO, IBM's laser disc project was originally developed together with us, but laser discs are used to record images.

The cost is very high, and sometimes it is not as good as VCD, which has 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 such an action is not

It might have gone on for too long."

Sanders' words are watered down.

"As for what to do with the sharing?" a representative from Universal raised the most practical question.

"I have prepared information in this regard."

Sanders handed them a schedule.

"Our company provides two options for this. The first is that your company licenses the film production work to us, and we share the final profit. The second is that we license the VCD technology to you. The final

We will share 25% of the profits, but in this case, you need to sign a contract with us. In the next ten years, your films cannot appear on other media...especially laser discs and the like."

The second option is obviously superior. It can be said that Catherine and Sanders spent a lot of money in order to win customers.

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

"Compared with existing video tapes, no matter how many times VCD is played, the playback quality will not deteriorate, and the storage life of a disc can reach 20 to 50 years. The most important thing is that our cost is lower than that of video

The price is too low, this is almost an investment without any risk..."

Companies need to take risks to make money. After all, no one can say that they can make money 100% of the time. However, precisely because of the low cost of VCDs, even if the film fails, there will be no problems.

"And our disc making speed is very fast. Our disc making method uses stamping. It only takes a few seconds for us to produce a disc. And for some films that we cannot show in theaters, we can also directly sell VCDs.

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Sanders has finally used all his methods. At this time, it depends on whether they will take the bait.

"Maybe you can demonstrate it to us?" someone else said.

"No problem at all."

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

The picture is indeed outstanding. Everyone who saw it couldn't help but nod.

And Sanders breathed a sigh of relief.

This seems to be the case.

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At this time, there was also a discussion going on within General Electric.

A manager took out a report: "This is the preferential condition IBM has given us. They are willing to bear the full consequences of our breach of contract."

The scope of GE's operations is even more complex than that of Catherine's Ark Group.

Their company is mainly composed of seven parts: Consumer Finance Group, Business Finance Group, Energy Group, Medical Group, Infrastructure Group, Global, and Transportation Group.

"According to the report from Global, vcd seems to have a big advantage. I don't think IBM can do better than the other side." Another manager disagreed.

The current chairman of GM is Bochi. But no one would think that such an issue would be related to the chairman.

In fact, this issue is just a fight between IBM and Ark, and whoever they support wins, they can follow and pick up the pieces.

This is totally a good fisherman's profit.

Another person suddenly said: "Both sides have interests entangled with us. No matter who we support, we will eventually face enemies. However, Ark Company seems to be changing this situation."

Catherine has been calling for a win-win.

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

"And...IBM also has Motorola helping."

Indeed, one of RCA's enemies is moto.

Radio Corporation of America was jointly established by three companies: General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, and AT※T.

From this point of view, the threat from IBM seems to be greater.

These shrewd businessmen quickly figured out which side they should stand on...

Things like Big Blue are the most annoying.

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On October 1, 1966, the VCD cooperation with Hollywood was finally concluded, and Catherine stepped up her promotion of VCD.

The person in charge of advertising is Donald.

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 VCDs can even be opened to individuals, and independently shot films can also be handed over to Catherine's company for disc pressing and then sales.

However, Catherine followed the methods of later generations and graded these films.

This aspect is mainly for differentiation. To purchase these videos, you need proof of identity.

In this way, the healthy development of vcd can be maintained.

At the same time, companies such as General Electric and Westinghouse Electric also began to produce their new generation of televisions-using component interfaces.

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

It was also at this time that IBM also announced that it would advance the launch of laser discs to August next year.

"It seems that little Watson is really willing to risk everything..."

Catherine frowned.

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

But my capital chain seems to be a bit behind...

Catherine felt quite headache for a moment.

As you can see, once laser discs start to be sold, a price war is inevitable. And at that time, if you don't have enough funds, you will have no choice but to retreat.

"The Third Middle East War..."

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

She originally planned to use this plan to make a fortune, but now it seems that she cannot make much with the existing funds.

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

Catherine was so cruel that at worst, she mortgaged her company so that she could get more funds.

The fluctuation of oil prices during the Third Middle East War was very short, lasting only for a short period of time in June, but the fluctuations of oil prices were huge, enough for me to make a lot of money...

Sometimes, speculation has to be done...