Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1866 University is the youth training base
There is still a period of time before Changyou's listing, Zhou Buqi has been staying on the east coast, mainly doing three things.

First, pay close attention to the listing process of Changyou, and quickly deal with the situation. Lao Zhang felt that it was not reliable, so he specially dispatched the chief financial officer of Ziweixing Global to New York.On the one hand, they are focusing on the business integration between the distribution business department and EMI's distribution business, and on the other hand, they are making emergency preparations.

Second, to deal with the New York City and New York State Assembly, you have to participate in some entertainment and lobbying activities, such as participating in charity meetings organized by some congressmen, and helping them earn some fame and political assets in exchange.

It's not the same as the social entertainment in China, but it's essentially the same. Everyone is looking for self-interest, and the process of entertainment is to find a solution that can satisfy the mutual self-interest of both parties.

Third, take a walk around the universities on the east coast, go to New York University, University of Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, contact the game centers in these universities, and operate Changyou to cooperate with them on some projects.

In fact, it was a marketing campaign for school recruitment, telling the college students of computer science on the east coast that they don’t have to go to the west coast when they are looking for a job in the future.In the future, the east coast will also provide the best jobs.

In addition, a fourth thing was encountered.

Lu Qi and Alex Jones specially ran over from Silicon Valley and suggested that Zhou Buqi should pay close attention.

"Silicon Valley giants have not yet faced up to the New York technology market. If Ziweixing wants to deploy in New York, it must make the best use of this preconceived advantage!"

Lu Qi traveled all the way to New York to meet Boss Zhou, often it was not a business matter, but a strategic arrangement.

Zhou Buqi had just come out of HBO headquarters with Joshua Carey, the president of Ziwei Star’s global distribution business department, to confirm some distribution plans for "Game of Thrones", and discussed the next step in the cooperation between the two parties to shoot American TV series. possibility.

This is Zhou Buqi's proposal.

The adaptation project he proposed comes from a domestic science fiction novel "Three-Body Problem".

In a French restaurant on Fifth Avenue, Zhou Buqi met Lu Qi and Jones, and he supported such a suggestion, "That's right, Ziweixing International should be the first technology giant to deploy in New York, including the next ones. Changyou, Ziweixing Digital Media and Spotify, such huge resources must be fully utilized.”

Lu Qi smiled and said, "Although New York's technology industry is not as developed as the West Coast, it's not too bad. In New York... it's probably the seventh or eighth industry."

Zhou Buqi saw Alex Jones beside him, and immediately understood what he meant.

Jones is the chief investment officer of Ziwei Star International, mainly in charge of investment business.

Investment is also divided into financial equity investment and strategic equity investment.

Financial equity investment, such as Ziweixing International’s investment in Tesla, is a cross-industry investment that has no impact or complementarity at the business level and is invested solely for the purpose of making money.

The significance of strategic equity investment is relatively large. It focuses on Ziweixing International's own business and invests in some technology companies that may be of great help to its own development and business growth.Not only to make money, but also to strengthen its own business moat.

Lu Qi brought Jones to New York. It seemed that he wanted to take advantage of the current preconceptions and wipe out New York's technology industry!
Zhou Buqi kept up with this idea, and his mood was clear, "Well, there are many good Internet entrepreneurial projects in New York?"

Jones laughs: "Not as many as in the west, but there are some very good projects. Although the cost of living in New York is higher than in the west, the cost of starting a business is lower."

Lu Qi added: "The main reason is that the salaries of employees are not that high, and the salaries in Silicon Valley are too high, too high. Many traditional IT industries, whose profitability has declined sharply, are reducing the proportion of Silicon Valley business. HP, Dell They are all moving the R&D center away from Silicon Valley, and Lenovo closed the studio in Silicon Valley many years ago."

Zhou Buqi knew about this matter very well, and had met Yang Yuanqing a few days ago.

After Lenovo acquired IBM's PC business unit that year, it set up the headquarters of this business in New York.At that time, the business suffered serious losses, and Mr. Liu immediately closed the expensive Silicon Valley R&D center and set up a R&D headquarters in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.Only relying on the trick of moving, it solved the business problems that IBM could not solve in four or five years, and quickly completed the turnaround.

To say that IBM is really miserable, it is a bit behind the times in all aspects.Under the impact of the general situation of the Internet, the life of such traditional IT giants will only become more and more difficult.

In the domestic market, Zhou Buqi took advantage of the incident of Suning.com to suppress a wave of momentum; in the European market, the acquisition of Lufthansa’s IT infrastructure department also failed; the US market was also miserable, and was recently fined by the US Securities and Exchange Commission $1000 million.

Because it has been verified that in the past ten years, IBM has sent money to officials in China and South Korea many times in order to expand the market, and then found something wrong during the financial review. After some investigations, the evidence was solid, and business ethics were greatly questioned. It has fallen by 25% this year.

Lu Qi said: "The pressure of competition in New York is low, and there are not many entrepreneurial projects. If we manage with our hearts, we can completely build this place into a monolithic place before technology giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft deploy in New York."

"One piece of iron?"

Zhou Buqi was a little funny.

Lu Qi said: "The biggest asset of a technology company is its talent asset. For some technology talents who start a family, they have a stable family on the West Coast, and it is impossible for them to leave their homes and businesses to work on the East Coast. So we can judge There are mainly two kinds of Internet talents in the future on the east coast. One is to start a family and start a business on the east coast, and the other is to graduate from a university on the east coast.”

Zhou Buqi thinks that this analysis is more reliable, "The salary of technology practitioners on the west coast is higher than that on the east coast. It is conceivable that college students on the west coast will be more willing to work in the west after graduation. Only in the east College students who are studying in universities will find jobs in the east because they are used to the living habits in the east.”

(The west is mainly Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Seattle, and the east is mainly New York, Boston, and Miami)
Lu Qi said: "That's right, so we only need to lock in these two types of people, which is equivalent to locking in future talent assets!"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "What about the strategy?"

Lu Qi said: "What we are doing is the Internet, so we only need to pay attention to the direction of the Internet. There are many excellent Internet start-up companies in New York, and they must be launched as soon as possible. After mastering the young entrepreneurs in New York, It is tantamount to having those mature talents in the technology industry who will start a family in New York in the future.”

"Well, then what?"

"Next, we must focus on the deployment of these universities on the east coast, such as MIT, New York University, Pennsylvania, Harvard, Princeton... In the past, computer talents from these universities would go to the west to seek jobs after graduation. If the east can provide suitable Employment opportunities, I believe that for these young people who have lived in the east for four years, the east will not be less attractive than the west."

"Coincidentally, I've been busy with this for the past few days." Zhou Buqi smiled, "Changyou has already reached some agreements with New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Pennsylvania Game Center, and will cooperate and jointly operate some projects."

Probably Changyou pays for these college students to find projects and design games.

After the success, Changyou, the school and the design team will share the copyright of the game in a ratio of 4:3:3.This is a very mature model. Ziweixing has been in operation at Tsinghua University and Peking University in China and Oxford and Cambridge in London for more than two years.

Lu Qi said: "It's not enough just to swim, we need to cooperate in the name of Ziweixing International. Universities such as USC and Stanford on the west coast have been robbed of resources by giants such as Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple. It’s hard to get in. In contrast, colleges and universities on the east coast are more sponsored by individuals and large funds, which is an untapped campus market.”

Jones added next to it: "The layout of the campus market is mainly about the deployment of talents. When fresh graduates are looking for jobs, they prefer to join companies that have had cooperation opportunities during college. This is a mutual sense of identity..."

Lu Qi interrupted him with a smile, "Don't you know Xiaonei.com? Zhou is an expert in setting up the campus market. We don't need to explain too much about it."

Zhou Buqi was not modest either, and said lightly: "The more important thing about setting up the campus market is to find geniuses. Through the cooperation of some campus projects, find those technological geniuses, so that we can lead the peers, discover and cultivate them in advance, and help them solve problems. Some troubles in life and studies, and the establishment of emotional relationships beyond workplace relationships."

Jones took a deep breath, "That's right!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Although the technology industry is a highly educated industry and a talent-intensive industry, even so, the vast majority of people can only play the role of screws. Only talents among talents, only geniuses can truly Create huge value, this kind of very few people can truly play an irreplaceable role. There are too many ordinary talents, and there will only be more and more in the future, and the supply will exceed demand. Only those top geniuses , is the scarce item, and is the key to firmly grasping it!"

This is the same as he wants to send San Dezi to Brazil to buy a team. He has to go deep into the grassroots of the first line to find talents.

As the football industry becomes more and more modernized and scientific, more and more "talented" players will appear in the future, and the overall level of football will be greatly improved.

The whole world is using a similar set of talent development and training methods, which will lead to a sharp reduction in the uneven football level gap between countries in the past few decades.

Even the backward Asian football seems to have the qualifications to fight against the top teams.

Because the football industry has been highly developed, there are more and more talents, and it is becoming more and more popular.

The key to truly deciding the outcome of a game, who is a strong team and who is a weak team, must be a "genius" player. Genius is the key to stand out from the industry!
Such as Argentina's Messi, Croatia's Modric, France's Mbappe, Brazil's Neymar.

If there is a lack of similarly talented players, even the traditional top teams such as Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands will suffer frequent upsets.

When there are many mediocrities, we must look for talents.When talents are everywhere, only by possessing talents can we stand out.

As with football, so with the Internet.

Technological talents from all over the world are going to the United States, and the most important thing here is talent.The same is true in China. With the popularization of the nine-year obligation and the advent of computer fever, computer talents will appear together.

How can we ensure that Ziweixing and Ziweixing International remain invincible in the fierce competition?
To find genius!
Just like when Zhou Buqi launched the "Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance", it is necessary to go deep into the campus and go directly to the campus market to dig out the best seedlings.Geniuses don't grow overnight, great people start at a very young age.

The best people on the university campus... are not those who have excellent academic performance, nor do they dominate the student union, but those who really excel in practice, and they will also excel in society.

The university is the youth training base in football.

After the player grows up, it will become a favorite. All teams will grab it, and the chance of falling into their own hands is very small.If you want to ensure that you get it, you have to start early, find out the talents during the youth training, and then focus on cultivating them to form an emotional bond.

Going to Brazil to buy a football team and go to the university campus layout, the essential logic is very unified.

(End of this chapter)