Silicon Valley

Henry officially initiated the acquisition request to Sikorsky, and his own professional team was responsible for how to negotiate.

At this time, "Toy Story" has been drawn in the United States, and has received a box office of 265 million US dollars.

The box office performance is much higher than that of the previous life. First, it benefited from three months of publicity, and secondly, the number of films was large.

The U.S. box office is usually a bellwether, the higher the box office, the more popular it is in other countries.

Subsequently, "Toy Story" was released successively around the world, setting off a movie-watching craze.

Hundreds of companies around the world have approached Pixar Animation Studios for cooperation and licensing. In order to expand its influence, Pixar is naturally happy to see it, as long as the other company is strong, it will not refuse!

Galaxy Film Company established the Galaxy Film Peripheral Management Company, which is specially responsible for the peripheral products and production business of movie licensing. It also has its own production companies under the Galaxy Film Peripheral Management Company, the most important ones are: Galaxy Toys Company, Galaxy Clothing Company, Galaxy Books Audio and Video Company, Galaxy Daily Necessities Company and so on. But more is to invest some funds to support third-party manufacturers, making them a relatively stable strategic partner of the Galaxy film system!

Both glory and loss!

The Galaxy Film Company has developed well, and only those companies can make more money. And Galaxy Film can use their power to promote the film offline. There are all kinds of overwhelming products, ranging from computers and cars to toothbrushes and key rings. When these things are launched on the market, they will inevitably attract people's attention and increase the popularity of the movie.

After the success of "Toy Story", Pixar Animation Studios expanded its production to 2,000 employees and produced two animated films at the same time.

The first is Toy Story 2 and the second is A Bug's Life.

Among these 2,000 people, more than 1,500 are reserve talents. After a period of training and study, more than half of them will be transferred to the TV animation production department to be established by Galaxy Film Company, specializing in the production of TV animation.

The value derived from a classic TV cartoon is sometimes more profitable than an animated film, and TV cartoons are more likely to form super IP due to the particularity of the media.

Whether it is an animated movie or a TV cartoon, both hands must be grasped, and both hands must be hard!

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After Clinton came to power, he immediately implemented the policy of rapid development of information, and the government allocated funds or provided preferential policies to help companies build basic network facilities.

CommScope Optical has made breakthroughs in the development, using digital synchronous SDH technology, making the new generation of optical fibers up to 10Gb/s.

Before, the record for the fastest speed was only in 1992, when Bell Labs and Japanese partners cooperated successfully with a 5Gb/s test product.

CommScope Fiber Optics clearly wins!

When CommScope Fiber announced his development, it immediately caused an uproar in the industry.

At present, only 2.5Gb/s optical fiber is generally used, and the transmission speed is slow, so that users can generally only receive 56kbps broadband.

When the optical fiber speed is increased to 10Gb/s, the user's broadband can at least be doubled. If you have money, you can open 4 times the original broadband.

Williams Telecom took the lead in using CommScope Fiber's SDH fiber, ready to replace the original fiber and upgrade the entire network!

Williams Telecom shouted the slogan: "High-speed network, unobstructed, giving you the feeling of flying - Williams Telecom, 2M broadband era!!!"

1M broadband is 112kbps, 2M broadband is almost 224kbps.

It's as fast as a plane ride!

When other telecom companies are still 56kbps, and Williams Telecom is 224kbps, the gap widens instantly!

Williams Telecom adjusted the price of Internet access immediately.

Great discount on 56kbps internet access from $1000 a year to $800 a year!

Internet access at 112kbps costs $1000 a year.

Internet access at 224kbps costs $1200 a year.

This pricing has almost made other telecom companies so depressed that they vomit blood. The cost of Nima's own 56kbps and Williams Telecom's 112kbps are actually the same. Who wants to open and provide Internet services to their own company?

At this time, it was the information highway policy proposed by Clinton, and the number of Internet users in the United States was increasing day by day.

As for which telecommunications company to choose, it is self-evident.

Other telcos were forced to cut prices to $750.

At the same time, a number of telecommunications companies jointly sued Williams Telecom for a monopoly.

Williams Telecom said innocently to the outside world: "Because SDH fiber is the latest new product developed by CommScope Fiber, the production capacity is seriously insufficient, and it is very reluctant to only provide it to Williams Telecom. Alas, it is not that we want to have a monopoly , the production capacity is really insufficient... Of course, we have been working hard to increase production capacity, and I believe that it will not be long before other telecom companies can use CommScope SDH fiber!!!"

This is a set of rhetoric from Williams Telecom to the outside world. Internally, it said to CommScope Fiber Optics: "Don't worry, everything is done step by step, and it will develop as it should..."

The longer it drags on, the more customers Williams Telecom grabs.

By February, everything was fine.

Each company is developing very well. Williams Electronics has developed a new product, the palm handheld computer, which can just snipe Apple's AppleNewton handheld computer and destroy Apple's efforts for several years.

Bing you fast, Apple's Apple Newton handheld computer is about to be released.

Therefore, the palm PDA must be in the lead.

Soon, Williams Electronics held a product conference and officially announced the palm handheld computer.

When Apple saw the news, it was dumbfounded that Williams Electronics had developed a very similar product.

It doesn't matter, the point is, the palm is only $299, what's wrong with Apple?

Apple Newtons cost far more than $299 to manufacture...

Apple is already crying in the toilet!

When it was rumored within the company that Apple and Williams Electronics had developed the same type of product, but the price was $1,000!

Following this, Apple's stock price plummeted.

Apple hurriedly issued a statement: "palm handheld computers are low-end products, and AppleNewton handheld computers made by Apple are high-end products. The difference between the two has little impact! We believe that after AppleNewton goes public, it will definitely be a big deal. Sell!"

At this time, Williams Electronics has put the palm PDA in the Williams Electronics store for sale, and it can also be purchased through Amazon's website and eBay's website.

The palm handheld computer is light and portable, with simple and practical functions. Once launched, it is very popular among business people.

One hundred thousand units were sold in the first month.

When the data was released, Apple was taken by surprise.

Holy crap, palm is selling so well? ! Although Apple Newton is expensive, it is not too bad. So, quickly ordered the factory to produce Apple Newton, and the order was, the more the better!

An Apple spokesperson told the media: "The palm handheld computer is selling well, and our Apple Newton handheld computer will only become more popular!!!"

Investors think, yes, Apple's AppleNewton has developed a lot of functions, with touch screen, infrared, handwriting input (even support cursive) functions, etc., and it also has a variety of software to assist in managing personal data, such as Notes , Names, Dates, and other gadgets, such as computers, conversion programs, time zone maps, etc., are so awesome that they can completely blow up palm handheld computers, and there is no reason why AppleNewton can't sell it! ! !

Apple's stock price rose sharply for a while.

Many newspapers reported: "Apple is going to rise!!!"

On April 1, Apple officially released AppleNewton.

At the product launch event, it was a lively mess, and a lot of media reporters came.

The Apple Newton sold more than 4,000 units on the same day, which was a gratifying performance. After all, the price is expensive, you can't take the cheap route like palm, and the quantity is less, which is normal.

As a result, the reporter rushed for the draft that night, and kept advocating that the Apple giant stood up again.

The newspapers were sent out early the next morning.

However, the sales of Apple Newton the next day were less than 1,000 units, which severely swept the faces of many media and newspapers.

On the third day, Apple Newton sales dropped again, only 500 units.

Media reporters, know that Apple Newton is finished and can't sell anymore, only about 100!

At first, so many people came to buy Apple Newton, most of them were fans of Apple, or just curious, but the high price stopped most people.

Although AppleNewton has many functions, it is not very useful. Buying a palm is much more affordable than AppleNewton.

Palm is still a big seller, while AppleNewton's sales are poor, less than 100 per day.

The Apple building collapsed suddenly, and the stock price fell wildly!

(To be continued ~^~.)