Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1833 Then do it

The current core route of Twitter is the PC side, and with the general trend of the times, it will reach the peak along with the PC Internet.Until the IPO listing, the market value reached 300 billion US dollars.

In fact, with the ride of the times, I stood on the top of the PC Internet.

But with the outbreak of the mobile Internet and the decline of the PC Internet, Twitter's stock price began to plummet rapidly and fell into a downturn.It will not be recognized by the capital market again until the core business adjustment is completed and the transformation from PC to mobile is completed, and the stock price may rise back.

This is likely to take several years.

In other words, if Zhou Buqi wanted to sell his shares in Twitter, he had better be "stuck" at this point in time when the PC Internet was at its peak!

Once the PC Internet started to go downhill obviously, it was not easy to sell it at a good price.

Sun Guanran also understood what he meant, "But how do you judge the exact time?"

"It's all about the details." Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "The general direction determines success or failure, and the details determine the success or failure. There is no need to earn the last copper coin."

Sun Guanran nodded lightly, a bit of cunning and teasing flashed in his eyes, "Yes, from next year, American operators will start to promote 4G network, which will definitely speed up the process of mobile Internet. I want to seize the end of the PC Internet era. The value of the bubble, you can’t delay too much, or Google will find out.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and gave an affirmative response, "It depends on whether the negotiation with Google will go smoothly. If everything goes well...the transaction time can be set at the end of next year, or the beginning of the next year."

"Google is ambitious about social networking, so there must be a high premium, right?"

"definitely."

"That's a lot of money!"

Sun Guanran pursed her lips and smiled happily.

Zhou Buqi said: "It doesn't matter at all, it is enough to recover 50 billion US dollars, at least it can reduce the debt pressure a little, so as not to make some people panic."

Ziweixing International has successively issued 28 billion US dollars in corporate bonds in the past year or so.He has invested in many big projects, expanded into European and Asian markets, and acquired many game studios.

For example, the Swedish game studio Notch, which took a year to negotiate, finally reached a deal last month.

The transaction amount reached a terrifying $6.5 million.

Of which $4.5 million was spent in cash.

This studio only has one game, and it has only been online for more than a year. It was able to offer such a high price, which was questioned and disputed by many people inside. In the end, Zhou Buqi made a decisive decision with one word. Decide.

Take it!

A deal was originally reached last year, and the transaction price was 8000 million US dollars.Later, the other party repented, thinking that such a price greatly underestimated the actual value of the novel sandbox game "My World".

Then he said to postpone the transaction time for one year, and look at it in one year!

Sure enough, within a year, the game "Minecraft" has won the popularity and love of players, and the price has also risen, and the direct asking price is 8 million US dollars.

After some negotiations, it was pressed to 6.5 million US dollars.

Zhou Buqu made a quick decision and decided to reach a deal.

Stop procrastinating.

The longer the delay, the faster the price will rise.

Zhou Buqi dared to make such a bold decision, and the others were inevitably worried.This is not surprising. Over the past two years, overseas expenditures have been too much, and the expenditures are like running water, but the money has not been returned for a long time.

If you can return a wave of blood through Twitter, you can calm people down very well.

It is not a pity to sell the shares of Twitter.

There are also many alternatives.

Ziweixing also has a competing product YikYak, and more importantly, the investment department has discovered another well-known social project pinterest.

Ziweixing International has completed the A-round financing of pinterest in early November, with a total amount of 11 million US dollars, and got 500% of the shares.

Moreover, under the suggestion of the management, pinterest should make efforts on both the PC terminal and the mobile terminal, and a mere $500 million is not enough.It is expected that in February-March this year, the B round of financing will be launched, and Ziweixing International will continue to lead the investment.

Others can't understand Boss Zhou, but he has been developing his career in an orderly manner according to his own plan.

Zhou Buqi said: "By the way, Wanwan, you have worked hard to sort out the data of some important products of Ziweixing and Ziweixing International, and give it to me."

Sun Wanran asked, "Which data?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The main thing is the user scale, PC users and mobile users. Now is the moment of transformation from PC Internet and mobile Internet, which is very critical. The transformation situation of the times can be judged by user data. In the final analysis, it is still necessary to falls on the user."

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As more and more information is collected, many backgrounds of Lufthansa's decision-making are exposed.

Why is Lufthansa so anxious to sell its IT infrastructure department?
Because of the financial crisis.

Mainly four points.

First, the European debt crisis has caused heavy damage to the global economy, a decline in global trade, and a reduction in cargo flights.

Second, due to the economic crisis, the rise of low-cost airlines.Including Manchester United's current airline sponsor, which is also a low-cost airline in Asia.

To put it bluntly, it is a price war.

An old-school aviation giant like Lufthansa has been severely impacted by emerging forces, with a sharp drop in passenger traffic and a sharp drop in revenue.

Three, general strike.

Because of the economic crisis, Lufthansa has to lay off staff, which has caused Lufthansa to encounter internal strikes many times. The most serious one was half a year ago, when more than 4000 pilots went on strike and about 600 flights were forced to be cancelled. The resumption of work and production caused huge economic losses.

This is also the reason why Lufthansa must have an additional condition of "no layoffs" when selling the IT infrastructure department, requiring the acquirer not to lay off large-scale employees in a short period of time, otherwise the union will directly veto the resolution of the board of directors.

Fourth, the impact of the natural environment.

Icelandic volcano eruption.

This is a super serious natural disaster, and the economic loss caused is even more serious than the "9" terrorist attack that year. It is estimated that the volcanic ash will directly cause losses of up to 11 billion euros to the EU aviation industry this year. declared bankruptcy.

Another point is the emergence of new giants.British Airways and Spain's Iberia Airlines announced their merger and became the International Airlines Group. The restructuring and merger was officially completed earlier this month.

As a result, the European aviation industry has become a trio of Lufthansa Group, Air France-KLM Group, and International Airlines Group, and the competition pressure is even greater.

They applied for a subsidy from the German government, but they refused to give it. Germany will use the money to save Greece, Spain, and Italy, countries that are in the European debt crisis.

In short, the idea of ​​Lufthansa selling its IT infrastructure department is very urgent!

Even Ning Yaxian has heard about it, "Do you know Jade International Freight Company?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I don't know, what's wrong?"

Ning Yaxian said: "This is a domestic cargo airline that was established in cooperation with Germany. Shenzhen Airlines holds 51% of the shares, the German Sovereign Fund holds 24%, and Lufthansa holds 25% of the shares."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, since the reform and opening up, a number of heavy industries such as the domestic aviation industry and the automobile industry have developed with the help of Germany."

Ning Yaxian said: "Lufthansa is about to withdraw."

"what?"

Zhou Buqi was surprised.

"Don't you know?" Ning Yaxian was even more surprised, "All the news in China has been reported, I thought you knew... This Sun Guanran and Ning Lu, it seems that they have to teach them a lesson! They are so irresponsible!"

Zhou Buqi reassured: "It's not in the way, it won't affect the overall situation."

Ning Yaxian said: "The more information you have, the more you can see the truth clearly."

Zhou Buqi said: "The matter of Lufthansa has basically been confirmed, and this time I came here to sign a contract."

"Just pamper them!" Ning Yaxian rolled her eyes at him, a little coquettishly, and then said solemnly: "It's true, Lufthansa is going to sell their 25% of the shares. It is said that Air China may Will take advantage of the opportunity to buy at the bottom.”

Zhou Buqi said deeply: "Now the whole world has felt the shocking speed of China, and they are actively singing more about China and investing in China. Lufthansa is not good, but they want to sell their shares and withdraw. It can be seen how serious their financial crisis is. serious."

Ning Yaxian looked at him with a smile on her face, "So this time, I am determined to win?"

Zhou Buqi held his head high and held his chest high, "Of course! I'm sure!"

After resting in the hotel for half a day, Kurian came to report. First, he reported on the connection with Lufthansa, mainly around IBM.

Kurian said with a smile: "I handed over IBM and Suning's e-commerce outsourcing process to several directors of Lufthansa, and they were very angry. These Germans have a sense of justice."

Germany is the center of the "Heart of Mary" in Europe. It is a leftist among the leftists and has a great influence on the entire elite. Zhou Buqi basically guessed it, and said calmly: "The effect is very good?"

"Very good!" Curry settled down, "However, it is very likely that it is an excuse, and IBM's quotation is too low."

Zhou Buqi said: "Whether it's a real sense of justice, or an excuse to give up the low-priced IBM, I'm here this time to completely solve this case! I heard that HP's quotation is quite high?"

"Yes, it's said to have reached $12 billion."

"Is the news accurate?"

"This one……"

Kurian was a little embarrassed.

How do you say this?
No, it seems that he is not capable enough; yes, this means that there may be theft of commercial secrets.

After hesitating for a while, Kurian said formally: "I think the price of 12.5 billion US dollars is enough to suppress HP and complete this deal!"

Zhou Buqi understood immediately. It seemed that there was some inside information, and he asked, "Will Lufthansa start the bidding mode?"

Kurian said: "No, it's already the 14th, and Lufthansa is more anxious than us. A beautiful year-end financial statement will affect Lufthansa's stock price and next year's board of directors. As long as we follow up, Lufthansa will definitely be in a hurry. Make decisions. Procrastination benefits no one."

Zhou Buqi slapped his thigh, "Okay, then do it!"

(End of this chapter)