Xu Jianqiang glanced at Liu Zhiwen, who was speaking at the front, and said in a low voice:
"Don't look at how fiercely the major record labels are fighting, acting like they're out to destroy each other. But the truth is, you have to realize that everyone is from sister units. Sister units—how hard is it to get your hands on the tapes they're producing? Do you really think China Record Company is only pressing tapes over at Pacific Audio & Video? For all we know, China Record Company is probably listening to our Golden Boy and Jade Girl right now!"
"So this so-called strict security is just empty talk, and all the major record labels are basically sieves?" Zhou Ziheng's expression turned peculiar.
He finally understood why piracy would become so rampant in the future. With this kind of security awareness, if you don't get pirated, who will? It was even likely that quite a few people were actually stealing from under their own noses. And he wasn't just letting his imagination run wild. He had actually seen news about this in his past life. It was said that the boss of Guangdong Cailing—currently the largest importer of Hong Kong and Taiwan tapes in Mainland China, Tong Sulan—was actually the biggest pirate in the mainland. While importing and distributing Hong Kong and Taiwan tapes, she turned around and started pirating them, almost fleecing the singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan clean. If she hadn't been caught in 1996, she would have easily made a profit for another seven…
Chapter 50