Giant of the times

At noon, Li Zetian had lunch with Nolan Bushnell.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Zetian went to Violet Records.

Li Xueyu, CEO of Violet Records, was very surprised by Li Zetian's arrival: "Mr. Li, what brought you, the big boss, here? You're such a good boss that you're a hands-off boss. You haven't come to the company for several years!" in his tone. With a hint of resentment, she still liked Li Zetian at first, but as time passed, this feeling slowly faded.

Li Zetian laughed sarcastically and said, "As long as you are here, what else do I need to worry about? Now Violet Company has developed into one of the top ten record companies in the world!"

"Okay, let's be serious, there must be something going on when you come here, right?" Li Xueyu said.

"Well, it's true!" Li Zetian nodded and sat down on the chair opposite her desk.

"Tell me, what's the matter? I bother you to come here in person!" Li Xueyu said, feeling excited for some reason. Perhaps it was because Li Zetian had given her a lot of shock before, but now that Li Zetian came to Violet Company in person, it might be another big event!

Li Zetian organized his words and said slowly: "You should know about the dancing machine developed by Flamingo Company!!"

"Of course I know, the copyright of many songs in it belongs to Violet Company." Li Xueyu nodded.

"You should also know about the virtual character Hatsune Miku, right?"

Li Xueyu nodded and said, "Mr. Li, stop being so pretentious. What's going on?!"

"Well, that's it. I'm going to use 'Hatsune Miku' as a character to develop a virtual singer!!" Li Zetian said.

"Virtual singer?" Li Xueyu looked confused and asked immediately, "You mean to make Hatsune Miku a virtual singer and sing like a singer?!!"

"Yes! I plan to package Hatsune Miku into a star, write songs for her, and have original songs!" Li Zetian nodded, looking at the surprised expression on the other person's face, he couldn't help but smile. Of course, anyone listening to his idea now would find it incredible. How is it possible that a virtual character is actually packaged as a star?

Li Zetian continued: "The cost of cultivating a star is very high, but the cost of cultivating a virtual character is relatively less. In addition, the income of the virtual character can be all owned by the company, while the company can only take part of the income of a real star!"

Li Xueyu shook her head. At this moment, she still felt that it was a bit fantasy.

"Mr. Li," she thought for a moment and said, "Even if we can package Hatsune Miku, how can we make money? Concerts? How can virtual characters stimulate the atmosphere? Celebrities can interact with fans, but can virtual characters do this? Celebrities You can attend various events and increase exposure, but can avatars? Once the exposure decreases, the popularity of avatars will soon drop!"

Li Zetian was slightly startled. He didn't expect Li Xueyu to look so far away. He frowned slightly and showed a smile in his eyes. He said unhurriedly: "Well, what you said makes sense! However, I plan to use the Internet to promote virtual characters. !Since it is a virtual character, it is naturally more appropriate to be active on the Internet.”

Speaking of this, Li Zetian suddenly stopped, and after a while, he said: "With the development of the Internet, Internet music will gradually rise, and the sales of CDs will drop sharply. These songs will appear on the Internet and become extremely rampant piracy." Music has caused record companies to suffer huge losses! There is no doubt that record companies will decline! Violet Records should seize the opportunity in this big wave and carry out partial transformation!!!"

When he said this, Li Zetian's tone was very serious and solemn, which shocked Li Xueyu.

"Internet music?"

At this moment, Li Xueyu suddenly thought that there was a lot of music in MP3 format on the Internet. Netizens could listen to music online without buying CDs. Thinking about it, Li Xueyu couldn't help but feel worried.

Seeing her solemn and worried expression, Li Zetian nodded slightly, knowing that his words had attracted the other person's attention, and he couldn't help but feel satisfied.

"Okay, let's get down to business!" Li Zetian smiled and said, "We will discuss the transformation of the Internet later. Let's talk about the virtual character Hatsune Miku first! In fact, the development of the virtual character Hatsune Miku can also be regarded as a preparation for the future transformation of Violet Records. Foreshadowing! Violet Records can add new businesses: sound production and music software production, such as the development of music players, speech synthesis engines, etc..."

After Li Zetian said this, Li Xueyu's eyes lit up with excitement, and she couldn't help but stare at Li Zetian closely for a long time.

Li Zetian was so embarrassed by her look that he joked: "Is it possible that I'm so handsome that Beauty Li keeps staring at me?"

"Fuck you, you are so pretty! There are many people who are more handsome than you, including a dozen at Violet Records!" Li Xueyu curled her lips and said disdainfully.

Li Zetian smiled and didn't take it seriously. He was so handsome that he only had power, money and talent.

Li Xueyu said at this time: "However, Mr. Li, I still admire you. How can you be so smart, think of many things that others can't think of, and lead the development of the times step by step! Oh, I really want to open your head and study it. How is it different from ordinary people inside!"

When Li Zetian heard this, he immediately couldn't laugh or cry. His heart was filled with 10,000 headaches. Isn't it good for a person to be too smart? It actually led others to want to study his brain?

At this time, Li Zetian poured himself a glass of red wine, then took a sip and ignored the other party's joke.

After putting down his glass, Li Zetian started talking about business: "From now on, Violet Company will recruit a group of software developers to develop speech synthesis engines, and then develop sound source libraries based on the speech synthesis engines. As for the sound source data, it can be sampled from Violet A singer from a record company, or a professional voice actor!”

Li Xueyu nodded and said, "Okay, I understand!"

Li Zetian said: "That's pretty much it. You do what I tell you first, and then I will come to the company to help them develop the speech synthesis engine!!!"

After explaining the matter, Li Zetian did not leave the company immediately. First, Li Xueyu gave him a detailed introduction to Violet Records, and then took him around the company.

As one of the top ten record companies in the world, Violet Records is powerful and has many signed singers. Big stars can often be seen within the company. When many female singers saw Li Zetian coming, they frequently flirted with him, made all kinds of charming moves with great energy, and some bold ones even stepped forward to strike up a conversation and seduce him. Li Zetian only needs to nod, and these actresses are at his mercy...