Karaoke doesn't seem to have much technical content, so it can easily give people the illusion that "this thing has been around for a long time."

But in fact, that thing also requires step by step technical accumulation and market accumulation, and I have never seen it in the European and American markets in 1981.

The earliest prototype of Karaoke, or the business model of "playing accompaniment belt with a speaker and playing with a live singing voice" can be traced back to Kobe, Japan in 1971. However, after its appearance, it soon fell into a downturn in the lawsuit for two or three years.

Because many entertainment venues have resident accompaniment bands, they find that they have career crisis, and they join forces with the music copyright holder to sue and suppress it.

The music copyright owners previously released the tapes must have lyrics, and it is impossible to send special accompaniment tapes, so the early accompaniment tapes must have been pirated. It took two or three years for the lawsuit to clarify the legal risks.

After 1975, with Sony's betamax videotape standards, it was defeated in the battle for the standard setting rights of its peers in the United States (you can understand it as the 21st century Sony and Universal Warner for the technical standard setting rights of the "Blu-ray" album. If you can't imagine it, you can imagine it as the case of Huawei and Qualcomm and the US imperial conscience.)

In order to find a way out for betamax, Sony by chance gave birth to the "true. Karaoke" with mtv (the previous ones only had accompaniment and no picture)

Coincidentally, Sony's betamax video tape standard has various disadvantages compared to the winning standards at that time, but its video tape is relatively short and the speed of rewinding is fast, so it is particularly suitable for karaoke song ordering. There is no trouble of "in order to order the 10th song in this tape, you have to pour the tape for three minutes first."

After a few years of copyright war, by 1978, commercially operated Karaoke began to appear in the Japanese market. Cassette companies such as Sony Music (at that time they could not be called record companies, because the carriers of tapes were much more than CDs) also began to create music TV video tapes, enriching the mtv library, and this industry complemented each other and gradually matured.

In contrast, although the European and American markets can learn innovations on equipment overnight, the accumulation of artistic materials cannot be achieved quickly, so karaoke has not been developed for a long time.

To be honest, Universal and Warner music companies have not made mtv video tapes like Japan, so they don’t have East and West to do karaoke, and everyone is still buying band accompaniment. It’s a bit like “Nokia has created a new system, but the application software providers don’t buy it and don’t develop apps for you”.

...

Gu Ao had no research on this in his previous life, but he had not been to the United States and Japan in this life. He observed the differences in cultural and entertainment between the two places and had personal experience.

If he made the decision himself, of course he didn't have to know why. But in order to convince others, he would make it clearer and make people see the future better.

"So that's the reason. Americans don't do it because Americans don't need much in this regard and don't have enough English songs to play. And we Chinese can directly use Japanese video accompaniment to play pirated... This business is done! After a long time of trouble, these songs that are popular in Xiangjiang Wanwan are all covered by songs written by young Japanese girls!"

After listening to several MTV accompaniment games brought by Gu Ao, Feng Pao suddenly realized and hummed.

There are no lyrics for the accompaniment belt, so Chinese and Japanese songs are completely the same.

After deciding to follow Gu Ao's instructions, Feng Pao asked: "Why don't you install two or three rooms for the time being? It's enough for Director Gu to entertain guests. If the business is good, I will purchase and expand the goods. This 31-inch large color TV must buy Sharp, and domestic products are not that big. Since video tapes and video recorders are such an outdated standard of betamax, I can only use Sony first, and there are no other companies. Director Gu, I can't get so much foreign exchange at hand."

"I signed the format contract for this equipment financing lease, and then recovered the money according to the investment." Gu Ao threw a piece of paper and did not ask the other party for a RMB deposit.

The format contract is Han Le Electronics, which is the financing leasing model that Han Ting's company used to sell game consoles in Japan. It can be used by smearing and changing some product names. Using Han Le Electronics' contract can also distinguish Gu Ao's personal relationship.

He didn't care whether the contract was OK. Anyway, he was not qualified to work at all. He personally asked about this little money. If a small character like Feng Pao dared to deny money, Gu Ao had a hundred ways to die, and there was no need for law.

"I'll just use this piece of paper to get things?" Feng Pao asked suspiciously.

"There will be someone bringing things tomorrow, just make the arrangements." Gu Ao said and left.

...

After giving the order, three days later, Gu Ao found a time off work and gave an excuse to invite a few colleagues to build a team.

Director Bao and Qin Guogang were invited to play for a while, and suddenly felt very decent.

The 31-inch large color TV, imported video recorder, special accompaniment video tape, and the stereo sound effect is very good.

"It's a bit interesting. Where did you learn it?" Although Director Bao didn't find a red song that suits his aesthetic taste, he still praised it.

The new sofa is equipped with fruit trays and foreign wines in Shanghai. This added value that Monacos must not even look at, but it is very satisfying for domestic guests who come to experience it.

Gu Ao replied casually: "What Japanese learned is that it is because their land is too valuable and Tokyo is too crowded. If you want to find a backup singer, you can't afford a band, so you can do this kind of bargain."

"Young Japanese people are just good at using such bad brains." Qin Guogang complained.

"Stop talking about this, see if there is anything bad? It will be a banquet for international friends in a few days."

Director Bao was spread on the sofa and didn't think of it: "All right, you Xiao Gu has seen the world with Kissinger. You can't even realize that something is bad. What else can we say? I just think everything is good--

Well, just turn on a soundtrack for me. It’s boring to just listen to the accompaniment when no one sings. What do you have to sing for a few of us men? You are such a good speaker. Let’s enjoy playing Teresa Teng’s song for me.”

Gu Ao was speechless for a while.

The innovation of Karaoke is valuable, and it is valuable in the accompaniment video tape + singing.

You old guy, you return to the level of playing the original soundtrack, isn’t that a historical regression?

But Gu Ao has no choice but to eat this thing. Experience this thing has nothing to do with whether the technology is advanced. The key is to make up for what the user lacks. They just like the imported audio that Gu Ao has made back in a hurry.

Sure enough, after Gu Ao took a plate of Teresa Teng's Japanese soundtrack, Director Bao quickly leaned on the sofa and drank the wine.

Gu Ao smiled bitterly: You guys, you guys, have fallen after hearing the effects of my imported audio. I haven’t seen any shocking sound effects in the Monaco royal family! I really asked you about the improvement experience.

...

After some nervous preparation, it was finally time for Princess Kelly and Princess Tiffany to come quietly for a trip.

Gu Ao took leave that day and drove to the suburban airport to pick him up.

There are not many planes in the international area, that is, terminal buildings, so there are not many people waiting to pick up the plane at the exit of that area - as mentioned earlier, the terminal of Capital Airport was just built last year.

In the decades before this, there was no need for a terminal building. Passengers took a shuttle bus or walked to the apron and boarded the gangway.

The appearance of the Capital Airport terminal was built because the first Boeing 747 was too high last year and the gangway was not accessible.

After the construction was completed, although there was only one Boeing 747 so far, the terminal was not easy to waste, so it moved all international flights to this area and boarded the plane with a cover bridge. Domestic flights still use shuttle buses and gangways.

Therefore, those who can wait in the international area are all on board, with only three or four planes arriving at the venue every hour.

Gu Ao saw that the time was almost over, and listened to the broadcast of the present information, so he stood at the entrance and waited.

After a while, I saw a young girl wearing sunglasses pulling off a middle-aged and elderly woman wearing sunglasses and walking towards this side.

Among the group were middle-aged people wearing cultural shirts, pipes in their mouths, and playboys with greasy heads and pink faces. Of course, the most important thing was the strong man.

"Gu! I finally came to this mysterious country." Tiffany trotted over, holding a small handbag in her hand, and punched him gently.

"Welcome to play." Gu Ao showed his enthusiasm just right, and then immediately returned to his very polite appearance, "Your Highness, Princess, you are such a good mother who loves your daughter."

Princess Kelly had some resentment accumulated due to fatigue, but after Gu Ao's praise, it dissipated a lot.

In contrast, if Gu Ao praises her, or is polite and polite, he will not have this effect.

"If you know, I will pay less attention to her during this period and help me watch her." Princess Kelly said respectfully.

"Of course, our country attaches the most importance to the safety of foreign guests, don't worry." Gu Ao said gently and elegantly, "By the way, have your travel itinerary been arranged? If it is arranged, I can take you there. If not, I can arrange it for you."

"There is an arrangement, so I'll visit in this order." Princess Kelly said, and her assistant handed over a list of English.

Obviously, I knew that Gu Ao would be their guide, and it was not good to take care of Gu Ao's French.

Otherwise, these guys who live in Paris every day must be French.

Just as Gu Ao was preparing to make arrangements, a sensation next to him disrupted the situation.

Next to Gu Ao, there was a team of people who picked up the plane, and they were holding a sign. Because the signs were written in Italian and French, Gu Ao couldn't understand it and didn't pay attention to it.

At this moment, they seemed to have not found the person they wanted to pick up, and began to ask respectfully: "Hello, sir/madam, do you know that Mr. Betorucci is on this plane? Do you know him?"

After a while, the innocent fat man with a pipe-smoked shirt on his face was pointed out to the pickup user.

"Hey, I'm Betorucci, I'm here to travel and inspect the field trip." The fat man was very dissatisfied.

"Mr. Bettorucci, we have no malicious intentions. We are here to guide you - please allow me to introduce myself. I am from the diplomatic department, and my colleagues are from the cultural department. We very much welcome people from the Italian cultural circle..."

"I...I didn't say I wanted to take a photo, I just saw it! I hope to move freely!"

“I won’t interfere with your free movement.”

Tiffany, who was standing beside her, looked a little unhappy: "Gu! What did you do? Are your country so tiny? My mother has already signed up for me as a 'student' to keep a low profile and followed me as a follower. As a result, you won't let it go if you practice a foreign director!"

"Maybe this 'cover umbrella' itself is too conspicuous. If you find a rookie who has not even won the Palme d'Or nomination, you might be able to escape the relevant departments... But don't worry, I will help you solve it."
Chapter completed!