Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1324 Please listen to me
Zhou Buqi stayed in Japan for two more days.

"The Voice of Japan" will be broadcast after New Year's Day. At present, newspapers, TV, magazines, the Internet and many other platforms have placed advertisements.

Zhou Buqi went to TV Asahi. With the multi-party cooperation of Dongbao, Aihui and Jieyu Media, this program is actively advancing and making final preparations.

However, this is just a small thing.

The opponent's level is too low.

Even though Zhou Buqi is very friendly, but his identity is there.No matter where he went, as soon as he appeared, everyone present would stand up collectively, and then rush forward to shake hands with him warmly.

In contrast, the communication with Sun Zhengyi is more equal.

Recently, Masayoshi Son has a good life. In addition to getting a lot of money from local tyrants in the Middle East, SoftBank's operator business is booming, and the bet on the iPhone is the right move.

Once, Vodafone couldn't live happily in Japan. It was acquired by Softbank and reorganized into Softbank's operator business.Relying on his understanding of smartphones, he made moves one step ahead of others, and finally achieved unexpected achievements.

This time, Sun Zhengyi took the initiative to invite Zhou Buqi to meet.

First, I praised the excellence of the Aster phone.

Well, it's pretty good!

Sales have caught up to 20% of the iPhone!
Zhou Buqi felt that this kid was a bit high-spirited, mainly because it was easy to come in. The investment business under Softbank can raise a new fund of 1000 billion U.S. dollars every few years.

The financial tsunami is a disaster for small and medium-sized investment institutions, but it is an opportunity for Softbank to get rich.

Sun Zhengyi said with a smile: "Are you interested in cooperating?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Cooperation? Internet?"

Sun Zhengyi said: "The layout can be bigger."

"Depend on!"

Zhou Buqi wanted to curse.

This old boy is just as virtuous as Boss Ma.

pattern?

The pattern of my Zhou is not small, okay?
Sun Zhengyi said: "Softbank bought Vodafone's business in Japan three years ago. At that time, they were already in jeopardy and could not continue. Everyone was not optimistic about Softbank and was waiting to see my joke. Hehe, the result now, we all See it. The iPhone is going to change the mobile phone industry in Japan."

Zhou Buqi was very strange, "To make a long story short."

"I believe success can be replicated," Son said with a smile.

"Ah."

Zhou Buqi nodded, knowing that this was a big secret of the opponent's success.Yahoo in the United States succeeded, and invested in a Yahoo in Japan.Amazon in the United States succeeded and invested in Ali in China.

It is often copied.

Sun Zhengyi said: "Softbank's revenue in the operator business... is about 11 times, and it took less than 3 years."

Zhou Buqi praised: "Well, it's amazing."

Sun Zhengyi said: "Aster's sales in the United States are very good, right?"

Zhou Buqi smiled, "It's okay."

Sun Zhengyi said: "It can be better."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi's complexion changed slightly, and he suddenly guessed what the other party wanted to do. "You want to copy Softbank's successful case of Vodafone in Japan to the US market?"

Sun Zhengyi laughed loudly, "How about it, do you want to cooperate?"

Zhou Buqi felt that he was bold enough, but he still didn't dare to reach out to such an unfamiliar field, "I don't know anything about the carrier business."

Sun Zhengyi said: "Mobile phones are sold through operators. If there are controllable operator resources, the sales of Aster mobile phones will be smoother. I think the main underwriter of Aster mobile phones is T-Mobile. In fact, there are A better option."

"is it?"

"Sprint."

"Oh."

Zhou Buqi doesn't know much about the situation, so it's inconvenient to say more.

Sun Zhengyi said: "T-Mobile used to be the fourth largest operator in the United States. Through the sale of iPhone and Aster, its performance has been rising in a straight line. Sprint's customers are losing, and the stock price has fallen sharply. It may change from third to fourth. .”

Zhou Buqi twitched his mouth, "You want to annex Sprint, this case is too big. Even if the stock price falls, it will still be a telecom giant with 200 billion or 300 billion dollars."

Son Zhengyi said: "Cooperation can be multi-directional."

"is it?"

Zhou Buqi's reaction was very flat.

Sun Zhengyi said: "Vodafone will be successfully transformed by Softbank. There are two main reasons. First, Yahoo Japan. Let Yahoo Japan cooperate deeply with telecom operators to provide more favorable broadband package packages. Second, it is to deploy the iPhone in advance. In the matter of Sprint, it can also be copied. Let Ziweixing America cooperate with Sprint... Although Sprint’s user loss is serious, there are still more than 5500 million users in the United States. The cooperation between the two parties can directly provide Ziweixing’s US business with 5500 million million users."

This point made Zhou Buqi very excited.

5500 million users!

Americans buy mobile phones through their telecom operators, usually in bundled packages.If the computer broadband and mobile phone signal are bundled together, the price will be more favorable.

If Ziweixing and Sprint have such an in-depth strategic cooperation, they can grasp huge user resources.

Sun Zhengyi went on to say: "I have a good relationship with Jobs, and we can make Sprint the first carrier platform for the iPhone. Plus your Aster mobile phone. The two most popular mobile phones in the world are in our hands. Is there a chance to stand up?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "This is not in my plan."

He was not at all interested in this proposal.

There are probably three reasons.

First, Sprint is a telecom operator, which is subject to strict supervision, and it is too troublesome to participate.

Second, SoftBank invested in Sprint...

Softbank is very famous in China!
Investing in Alibaba has been a huge success!
However, Zhou Buqi has never heard of Softbank's investment in Sprint.If this investment was successful, it would have been known all over the world long ago, at least domestic marketing accounts would have already touted it.

Thirdly, and most importantly, Zhou Buqi is not a marionette, all his investments are within a very unified business logic.

The field of telecom operators is not in his business plan.

For an unfamiliar industry that is not planned, especially tens of billions of dollars may be used, even if this investment can make money, it cannot be done.

Investing is investing in knowledge.

Make money within the cognitive range.

Honestly invest in Google, invest in Apple, or develop real estate and build Ziweixing's Internet empire... These are the right reasons.

You can't be led astray by this kid.

"The field of telecom operators is too sensitive," Zhou Buqi shook his head with a serious expression, "I don't think this is a good investment direction."

Sun Zhengyi smiled, "You worry too much."

Zhou Buqi said: "Even if you can lobby, but the profit prospects of this investment... Indeed, some successes can be debts. But most of the successes cannot be replicated. Especially this industry is asset-heavy, and the cost is too high .”

"Didn't you get a sum of money?"

"Ok?"

"Neptune Capital? Pluto Capital?"

"Depend on!"

Zhou Buqi has complex eyes, this old boy knows quite a lot.

"You've raised so much money, why don't you invest in it?" Sun Zhengyi was very surprised, and put on a well-intentioned look, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand investment, I can take you with you."

Zhou Buqi felt that he was despised, and was very speechless, "Thank you! No need!"

Sun Zhengyi was puzzled, "Then what do you want to invest in?"

Zhou Buqi would not tell him his impeccable and brilliant investment strategy, and said with a smile: "You can invest in the entertainment industry!"

"The entertainment industry?"

"The economic crisis is so serious that consumers have no money to go on vacation, so they can only use the simplest leisure methods, such as film and television and music."

"Film entertainment..."

Masayoshi Son has never been involved in this direction.

However, he is different from Zhou Buqi. He belongs to the typical successful person. Once successful, he feels that he is omnipotent and can give advice across various industries.

In the previous life, Softbank really invested in the entertainment industry.

After the economic crisis, they made a lot of efforts first, spent more than 200 billion US dollars to win most of the equity of Sprint, and entered the US operator market.Then they discovered that the entertainment industry was on fire, and they also participated in the acquisition of Universal Music Group for US$85 billion and DreamWorks for US$35 billion, but they failed.

Zhou Buqi said: "If you want to talk about buying the bottom, it is too difficult to win Sprint, and it is easier to buy the bottom in the music industry. Because of the emergence of the Internet and digital music, the traditional music industry has collectively been silent, and its income has declined for more than ten years. .However, with the further development of the Internet, digital music will definitely be reborn. It won’t be too long before the music industry’s good days will come. Now is the best time to buy the bottom of the music industry.”

The entertainment industry is not included in Sun Zhengyi's business plan for the time being, but he is different from Zhou Buqi. He even jumped out and said with a smile: "From what you said, it seems that the music industry really has great opportunities."

Zhou Buqi said seriously: "This is for sure, the opportunity is great! With the popularization of smart phones, the Internet, mobile phones, and music will be highly integrated, and the spring of music is coming. If you are willing to adjust the direction of investment, to The music industry is working hard. I think we can cooperate. There are four major record companies in the world. Sony Records is backed by Sony, and Warner Records is backed by Time Warner. These two cannot move. But behind Universal Music and EMI Lack of support from media giants. By the way, Comcast is buying NBC Universal. This is an opportunity. Don’t invest in operators, listen to me, invest in music!”

Behind NBC Universal and Universal Music is the French company Vivendi. The gap with the world's giants is a bit big, and it is really not on the table.Vivendi is going to sell even Universal Pictures, will Universal Music be far behind?
This matter must not be delayed.

Another five or six years of delay, well, by then digital music has developed, music streaming media has become a new music trend, and copyright prices have risen again and again.

The music industry is recovering collectively.

At that time, if you want to spend money to buy Universal Music, can others sell it if the price is less?
Now is the best time!

No way, the future is the entertainment era of streaming media.Movies and TV shows are easy to handle. Netflix is ​​strong enough to make films independently and controllably.But Spotify can't do it. It can only serve as a platform and is stuck alive by the copyright owner.

Netflix and Spotify are the right and left hands in the streaming media industry, and it is best to take care of them.

It would be great if SoftBank was willing to help.

(End of this chapter)