Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1423 The Angle of Leading the World

Back to the capital.

Zhou Buqi was in a hurry, and immediately held a meeting of core executives to talk about his next arrangements.

The participants were all speechless.

What do you mean?
Headed to Hollywood for fun?

Zhou Buqi told them that what he wanted to do was not a Hollywood entertainment company, but an Internet-based streaming media platform, and his strategic direction was the future long video website.

In China, many executives suggested that Ziweixing should develop its own video website, but Zhou Buqi rejected it every time.

This line is not easy to do.

Domestic protection policies for intellectual property rights will be gradually strengthened, but this is aimed at companies, especially large private companies.These big companies have to pay high copyright fees to purchase copyrights.

However, after buying the content copyright, it cannot be converted into income.Because the protection requirements of intellectual property rights are not specific to individuals, no one has ever been sentenced or severely fined for downloading pirated movies or reading pirated novels.

Video websites are mostly intermediary in nature, buying copyrights from content parties and then selling them to users.However, it is easy to buy copyright, but it is impossible to sell it.

This has led to a depression in the entire industry, and the entire industry loses tens of billions every year.

It is impossible to make a profit in ten or twenty years.

Unless it is the model of UGC, which allows users to create their own videos and then upload them to the Internet, the platform and creators will share, which is the short video track that will shine in the future.

Zhou Buqi once again reiterated that when the protection of intellectual property rights is not strong enough, Ziweixing will not engage in long-form video business.Without enforceable legal protection, this is a bottomless pit of pure money burning.

In this line, there is no need to worry.

This is different from developing a social app, or making a live broadcast app, and rushing online to seize the track. Doing a streaming media long video website has a different concept.

UGC-type applications, that is, users create content, users upload it to the platform and show it to other users, such as friends.com, Weibo, and short videos, are indeed going to be the first to enter the market.Whoever seizes the track first has the advantage.

Long videos are different.

To allow users to calm down and watch a long video, the prerequisite is that the content is excellent enough, and the video must be produced by a professional team, such as movies, TV series, documentaries, celebrity lectures, etc.

This is the different model, the content is the foundation.

Whoever seizes the track first is useless.

Without content, users cannot be retained.With content, even a new platform can quickly gather a large number of users by relying on high-quality content and quickly stand out from the crowd.

All kinds of talking for twenty minutes.

Everyone stared wide-eyed.

What can I do?
He is the big boss, and no one can restrain him.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Why are you so worried? I can lead Ziweixing to fight against Silicon Valley, so I'm afraid I won't be able to conquer Hollywood?"

Guo Pengfei frowned and said, "After all, this is a crossover. We are engaged in technology and the Internet, and went to Hollywood to make movies... Isn't this a big leap?"

"It's not big, they're all the same!"

"what?"

"In the final analysis, both Hollywood and Silicon Valley are creative businesses." Zhou Buqi paused and said with a smile, "Don't you admire Jobs very much? Do you know what is the biggest source of wealth for Jobs? It's not Apple stock, he His stock was basically sold out more than ten years ago, and he is working for Apple for free."

"It's Disney."

Zhang Yiming, Xu Liangjie, Shen Xiangyang and others all gave their answers.

No way, Jobs' name is too big.

Even without an iPhone, he is still a monument in the technology world and the idol of every practitioner.Even a rebellious person like Elon Musk, after being scolded and humiliated by Jobs, praised him as "cool", "very individual", and "a role model to learn from".

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Yes, Disney. Jobs is the largest shareholder of Disney. Why? Because Disney spent a huge sum of money to acquire Pixar with stock a few years ago. Did you find out? Jobs took everything from technology and movies many years ago. There are two major industries. Pixar’s headquarters is in Silicon Valley, and it is built like a university. In the final analysis, whether it is making movies or doing technology, it is a process of creativity and research and development, and there is no difference in essence.”

It's not easy for others to say more, but Guo Pengfei dared to question it, and sighed, "The risk is too great, what if you fail? I think you were tricked by Sun Zhengyi, and you don't have to end it yourself."

Zhou Buqi was silent for a while, and nodded, "It's not necessarily that he was cheated, he has a plan for sure. However, these are all external factors, and he can't affect my attitude. How many times has Jobs been able to lead the technology industry in the past 3 years? He even led the revolution of the Hollywood animation industry, pushing Hollywood into the era of [-]D computer animation. If he can do it, so can I!"

Guo Pengfei twitched the corner of his mouth, "You are floating."

Zhou Buqi said: "Fuck it, it's fine, this matter is settled like this, I have already decided. Let's talk about the split of Ziweixing."

The trend of the times, the spin-off of Ziwei Star is about to be completed.

Barring any surprises, EU regulators could pass it next month.

After splitting into two companies, the domestic version is called "Ziweixing", and the foreign version is called "Ziweixing International".

The composition of Ziwei Star's shareholders remains unchanged.

The shareholder structure of Ziweixing International is also in accordance with Ziweixing's standards.For every 10 shares held by Ziweixing shareholders, they can get 7 shares of Ziweixing International.

The remaining 30% is controlled by Ziweixing.

In terms of finance, Ziweixing now has 29 billion yuan, 48 billion US dollars, and 20 billion yuan in loans.After the spin-off, Ziwei Star will have 29 billion yuan, 18 billion US dollars in foreign exchange, and assume 20 billion yuan in loans.

The remaining 30 billion U.S. dollars were assigned to Ziweixing International.

This plan has been determined, the financial audit and split, and the distribution of stocks have also been implemented, and it is waiting for the approval of the European Union to formally split.

It is worth noting that Polaris Venture Capital now holds 5.5 million shares of Ziweixing.

After the split, 3.85 million shares of Ziweixing International will be available.However, there will no longer be allotment of shares in the name of the institution, but will be directly implemented into personal accounts or personal funds.

In short, after the split, Ziweixing International's largest shareholder is Ziweixing, holding 30% of the shares.The second largest shareholder is Zhou Buqi's family trust fund, which holds 3.5 million shares, accounting for 28.14% of the shares.

Other members of the ten-school alliance who do not work in Ziweixing, such as Xue Baoshan, Xu Baihui, Ma Pingshan, etc., can also get 1925 million shares of Ziweixing International.

At that time, Zhou Buqi will usher in three major titles——

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ziwei Star;

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ziweixing International;

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ziwei Star Global.

After the meeting was over, Guo Pengfei followed him to his office and said weakly: "There are so many things, are you busy?"

"Allocate time reasonably."

This is the second time Zhou Buqi has come to this temporary office, just as Sun Guanran complained, it is very small.

Ziweixing headquarters has not been fully completed yet, this is just a temporary office space.According to the plan, this was originally the office of a senior director of M5.

"what?"

Zhou Buqi couldn't help thinking of something.

Whether it is Ziweixing or Ziweixing International, they are all Internet companies.Even the boss can't be too presumptuous, he has to take care of the employees' emotions, and can't create an exaggerated office for them to point out.

However, Ziwei Star Global is different.

In the short term, Ziwei Star Global will not disclose its streaming media strategy, and will still focus on the entertainment industry model... This is a traditional industry, so there won't be so many concerns.

Ah!
You can build a magnificent office in Ziwei Star Global, which occupies half a floor area and has many attached rooms, such as bedrooms, bathrooms, toilets, gymnasiums, movie theaters, reception rooms, tea rooms, video conference rooms, secretary rooms, Wait a minute in the general affairs room, and put a few red sofas...

Well, forget about the red sofa.

Hollywood actresses are really not that good, and it's meaningless to dive in or not.The risk of diving is also great, so there is no need to take risks.

Seeing that Guo Pengfei was worried, Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of? Back then, Jobs was able to run Apple and Pixar at the same time. While leading Apple's revival, he also made Pixar the number one animation studio in Hollywood." .If it wasn’t for Disney’s softening, Pixar might have beaten Disney to the ground by now. And Musk… well, do you know Musk?”

Guo Pengfei raised his eyebrows, "The one who built the rocket?"

"Yes, it's him. Isn't he also managing a rocket company and an electric car company? I heard that recently he intends to set up another solar energy company. They can do it, why can't I?"

Zhou Buqi was actually a little weak.

Have you really reached the level of Jobs and Musk?
From the perspective of wealth, it must be far beyond.But in terms of the ability to run a business, it's hard to say.

However, if you can do it, you have to try it!
At Boss Zhou's current level, his life pursuits can no longer satisfy him, and he wants to pursue greater self-value in life!
This value cannot be reflected in marrying more wives and having more children. This is very important, but it is not advanced enough.

Why don't you just work hard and see if you can make achievements comparable to those of Jobs and Musk, and make a fortune from the perspective of leading the world and changing the world!
Guo Pengfei asked: "Then you don't care about the domestic business?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I'll give you a direction, give you a general idea, and how to do it specifically. You can discuss how to deal with it. By the way, I remember the email saying that many websites similar to Weibo have appeared in China recently?"

"Ah."

"Any trouble?"

"It's okay, there are some thorns, I guess they need to be fixed."

Guo Pengfei shrugged.

The current Weibo is actually a beta version of Weibo, which has been testing the official response.Because this product is too sensitive, once it is implemented, it may become a very influential social media. How can it be in the hands of a private company?
So Weibo has been doing more cautiously.

But some peers can’t do it, especially some small start-up companies that rush in because of frizz. They don’t know how deep they are. For the sake of gimmicks and eyeballs to attract users, they have made a lot of big noises. In the past six months, several batches have been caught.

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Don't ask me for this kind of thing, I can't help it."

(End of this chapter)