Not to mention MJ, the trouble is even greater.
"I think he likes Rashida, doesn't it?" Jesse Jackson urged, "Can Rashida tie his heart?"
"Don't talk nonsense about Jesse, APLUS has a girlfriend." Quincy Jones knows his family affairs and lacks confidence.
"Amy Adams? No, it's not a good marriage partner. Didn't Linda say that APLUS will choose the chief in the future? He'd better marry a black girl." Jesse Jackson said.
At the same time, Sloan looked back worriedly when he stepped out of the hotel door, "Isn't it bad?"
"No." Song Ya smiled and gently closed the door.
The two walked briskly all the way, talking and laughing, and went to find other people for a meeting.
"It seems that Nobuyuki Idei paid no attention to our visit and music store business. The reception and meeting arrangements were all courtesy."
Amelio saw it from the first day of the meeting. He put down the minutes of the meeting and said, "They avoided talking about any substantive content. The current situation is clear. Based on personal interests, Idei must continue to support Howard Stringer. , Otherwise you will lose the checks and balances against Kutaragi Ken."
"Sony has been so miserable, and our political relations and trade methods in the United States can't play a big role."
Sloan said: "Because of the competition between XBOX and PS2, Microsoft has already used all the tricks we can use. We can't be more influential than Microsoft. Sony also has the help of IBM, the blue giant."
"Yes." Song Ya nodded.
As a multinational giant, Sony has just made management adjustments. At this time, a competitor came to take the eye drops of the head of the entertainment department. Will not react in any way.
"It's time for us to find Ken Kutaragi." Donna Dubinsky said.
"No, it's not time yet."
Sloan disagreed, "After all, Idei is the chairman of the board. We rushed to find Ken Kutaragi to completely turn the relationship between the two parties into irreversible. Moreover, we rashly participated in the high-level battle of a multinational giant for the copyright authorization of the music store. It's too impulsive and arrogant."
"It is the management system of this book that determines the attitude of the out-of-the-well. The interests of the company must give way to the power of individuals and even departments." Amelio has dealt with this subsidiary.
"Kutaragi just became CEO. In the context of East Asian culture, there is absolutely no time to start challenging Idei's authority. It is impossible for a technical madman to rise to this position without knowing anything about power."
Song Ya said: "Moreover, he doesn't know much about the entertainment industry in Beimi. He has no foundation and no interest. Even if he chooses to cooperate with us, he will not be able to deal with the alliance between Idei and Howard Stringer within Sony. At least in the entertainment business. We can’t figure it out, we may be evil people."
"Maybe not necessarily. He is currently engaged in internal layoffs. Even if it is from Sony Electronics, as long as it is not part of the game console gang, it is possible to get a knife. He will not have no idea about the huge independent entertainment kingdom within the company. "
Ryutaro Yamamoto said: "Moreover, his CEO has to face financial pressure, and his attitude towards us to subscribe for convertible bonds will be more positive than Idei."
"Can you give it a try?"
Everyone agreed with this statement and looked at the big young boss. “It’s better than staying in a hotel in Tokyo and nothing can be done?” Amelio said, “And I don’t believe that Sony is not excited about our willingness to subscribe for convertible bonds. Tens of thousands of layoffs...extremely short of money."
"Um……"
This was a tough battle. There were still cards in his hand that some people didn't know about. Song Ya pondered and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
The others waited quietly.
"Okay, but before that, arrange to meet with Idei alone." Song Ya made a decision.
"Welcome, APLUS."
"Mr. Idei."
Nobuyuki Idei left him for two more days before hosting a banquet in a kaiseki restaurant.
He took off his shoes and entered the house, shook hands and sat down cross-legged, Song Ya immediately picked up the hip flask and leaned forward to pour the wine for everyone.
"Shoichiro Nikkei said that you know how to pretend to be yourself. You can turn around and turn your face ruthless as soon as you are still crying." Nobuyuki Idei raised his neck and drank the glass of wine. Song Ya was already holding a hip flask and waiting. He had to hang in the air waiting to be filled again.
"I respect him very much. We have some misunderstandings." Song Ya asked, "Is he okay now?"
"I returned to the auto industry after leaving Sega." Idei replied.
Even in high-intensity competition, the friendship between these senior managers is not necessarily bad. For example, Hideki Sato, who succeeded Shoichiro Shinko as the president of Sega, has a good personal relationship with Sony’s current CEO Ken Kutaragi. It is said that Ken Kutaragi every quarter Will meet with Hideki Sato, brainwash him by the way, persuade Sega to withdraw from the game console competition and concentrate on making exclusive games for PS...
It seems that Shoichiro, who is in the acquaintance, has not complained about himself with Idei less. Song Ya laughed, "Business is business, but I am a person of the rules."
"I hope so, I heard you have something to tell me alone today?" Idei asked.
"Yes."
"Then no time wasting."
"Can."
The two of them held off the entourage at the same time, and waited for the sliding door to be closed, "I respect you." The two pushed their cups and changed, and after a few bites of food, Song Ya said, "Maybe you don't know, I have already praised Haikou in the United States. This trip to Tokyo has to get the license of your company’s music copyright library for the Beats Music Store."
"It turned out to be like this." Idei nodded, "It just so happened. Before coming today, I talked about this with Kutaragi Ken. He said that he was very interested in some 3D chip patents of your 3DFX company."
"Haha, I can't do that..."
This is an impossible condition. 3DFX, as XBOX's display chip provider, cannot pass the test of Microsoft alone. "Convertible debt..."
"Sony's convertible bonds really don't worry about no one to subscribe." Idei interrupted.
"What if I buy 200 million knives?" Song Ya stared at him, "I was willing to pay the money because of you. I remember when I saw you in Washington that year, you gave me a DV machine. , I like it very much, I can't put it down, I admire you Mr. Idei very much."
Idei narrowed his eyes, "This is not a question of specific numbers, APLUS, and for what authorization, is the money worth it? 200 million, and Beats's sales for a year is not 200 million, right?"
"Maybe, after Apple released the third-generation iPod, our Walkman sales situation has been declining."
Song Ya did not shy away from this, "This matter is mainly related to my personal prestige. Mr. Idei, who wants to save face in the United States, is one of the six major music libraries in the Beats music store, which is a bit ugly."
"Haha..." Idei reached out and touched one on the initiative.
‘Hiss...’ The two were inhaled so hot at the same time, they were eating.
Idei became silent. Song Ya took the opportunity to look at him while eating and drinking. Howard Stringer participated in the MJ incident, and the headquarters must have also participated. Even during the financial difficulties, he kept lending huge amounts of money to MJ, and has been silently watching MJ’s debt. Maintaining half of the shares in Sony/Copyright Library, without the support of Idei from the headquarters, Howard Stringer has absolutely no power.
In addition to the Motula incident, Idei was actually an insider, at least acquiesced.