Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1895 I am a gentleman
In the next few days, Zhou Buqi stayed in Pengcheng and continued to contact Ren Yuxin.This person has made up his mind to join Changyou, and he is not alone.

Penguin's game business is basically built by him, which is very prestigious and has a strong sense of team.He plans to take his team of 14-20 people and jump ship together!
Among them, 3 people are at the level of business vice president, 6 people are at the level of director, and the rest are also very creative game designers who have been trained by him.

If this wave of job-hopping plans is successful, the core skeleton of Penguin’s game business will basically fall apart.

Zhou Buqi will not be soft this time.

Just do it!
In addition, he also visited Foxconn's foundry and saw the mobile phone production environment on the assembly line.The efficiency is really high, and the management level is really in place.

Zhou Shaoning said that Asda wanted to get Motorola's mobile phone business from Google and get Motorola's domestic mobile phone foundry.

Although Zhou Buqi didn't visit Motorola's factory, he was basically convinced that no one could compete with Foxconn in the field of OEM assembly.

Outsourcing orders to Foxconn is the most cost-effective and efficient way.

The disadvantage is that mobile phones all over the world will choose Foxconn as the first OEM. Once the peak season comes, Foxconn's orders will not be able to be filled, and many mobile phone manufacturers will not be able to get the goods.

Large companies such as Huawei, ZTE, and Coolpad all have their own foundries, and only when they are in their own hands can they have more initiative.

Zhang Chaoyang won't stay in Pengcheng for too long. After Ren Yuxin's matter is settled and the job-hopping plan is finalized, he will go north and return to the capital for the next step.

so awkward.

When Changyou was first launched, the market performed very well.As a major shareholder, Sohu's stock price will also rise, and its market value once approached 150 billion US dollars, which is second only to Baidu and Penguin among domestic Internet listed companies.

It's a pity that the good show didn't last long.

Changyou’s share price collapsed quickly.

Naturally, Sohu has also been implicated, and its market value has dropped to around US$80 billion.

Zhou Buqi is actually not in a hurry, but Lao Zhang is different, Sohu is everything to him, and he hopes to reverse the situation of Changyou as soon as possible more than anyone else.

After negotiating with Ren Yuxin, he is going to return to Beijing to deal with Changyou's management.

Next, it is imperative to reorganize the board of directors and management!
It is necessary to ensure the internal stability of Changyou before the reorganization, so that the new management team can take over the business smoothly without causing chaos at the operational level.

When Zhou Buqi received an impromptu call from Lao Zhang, he was with the high-spirited boss Xu Baihui, hosting a banquet for the crew of the movie "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", which was cast and controlled by Jieyu Media, which had just finished.

Xu Baihui is amazing now.

She was originally a daring and bold girl from Beiwu, but she didn't expect to join the "Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance" back then, and then met some good partners.

In a few years, with the help of Boss Zhou, she actually became a well-known entertainment queen in China.

Zhou Buqi didn't want to participate in this kind of entertainment industry activities at first, but Jieyu Media had just been listed, and Xu Baihui dragged him to suppress the market for herself.

The main reason is that Jieyu Media and Lao Mouzi did not formally sign a contract.Next, Xu Baihui wanted to really sign him and become a pillar of Jieyu Media's film industry.

Anyway, it was just one meal, just over an hour, and Zhou Buqi agreed.

Unexpectedly, I was a little surprised after I went there.

The scene is a bit big.

A total of 6 tables were set up, like a wedding. It is estimated that half of the crew came, including the main core actors.

No way, Zhou Buqi had no choice but to give a speech on stage.

Fortunately, Lao Zhang called at this time, like a rescue.Xu Baihui didn't have much to say, so she let him go.She also knew that Changyou was the business that Boss Zhou was most concerned about recently.

This is nothing.

It's just that something interesting happened when we left the scene. The heroine of this movie, Ni Ning, ran over, her big eyes twinkling, "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou..."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi turned around and smiled, "Miss Ni, what's the matter?"

The two got to know each other quite well. During the meal just now, Ni Ning was arranged to sit next to Boss Zhou, and they had a pleasant chat.

"Mr. Zhou..." Ni Ning bit her lip lightly, and then mustered up her courage, and whispered with a blushing face, "Mr. Zhou, if you have something... If you want to find me, you can contact me at any time, any time, I will definitely be there."

The words were very euphemistic, but the meaning was very clear. Zhou Buqi didn't seem to understand, and said with a smile: "Okay, if I need to ask you for help, I will contact you."

Ni Ning felt that Mr. Zhou was too gentlemanly and might not be able to understand her deep meaning, so she added another sentence, saying a little coyly: "Even if you have nothing to do, you can still find me, anything... OK. Mr. Xu said that you are the real big boss of the company."

Zhou Buqi didn't seem to have reacted yet, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu is the boss of Jieyu Media, and I will just listen to her arrangements in the future. Don't worry, I talked to her, and we all think you are a good young talent with acting talent. The company will focus on training you. I still have something to do, so that's it?"

"Oh...oh!" Ni Ning didn't dare to mess around, feeling dizzy in her head, and her self-confidence was hit, "Okay, okay, then I won't bother you. Mr. Zhou, goodbye!"

"See you."

……

Lao Zhang has already arranged the voyage back to Beijing. When he saw Zhou Buqi, he was very anxious. "The latest news is that in the US stock market, Changyou's share price dropped by 13% today."

Zhou Buqi was very calm, and said with a smile: "If you fall, you will fall, what can you do? Waiter, have an iced Coke!"

"Sir, we don't serve Coke here..."

This is a very high-end business club, the beautiful waiter came over, the smile on her face stopped abruptly, she stared at Zhou Buqi in a daze, rubbed her eyes, as if she didn't dare to admit it.

Zhou Buqi looked at her with a half-smile, "No Coke?"

"Oh! Oh!" The beautiful waiter came to his senses and quickly changed his words, "Yes! There is Coke! Mr. Zhou, I'll go and prepare it for you! Do you want Coca-Cola?"

"Well, let's go."

Zhou Buqi is a young man who is very interested in carbonated drinks.It has little to do with whether you have money, the key is that this stuff is really delicious.Buffett and Bill Gates also drink Coke every day.

Zhang Chaoyang didn't have such a relaxed mind like him, and he sighed: "If you can do it in advance, you should hurry up and take over. With your fame and influence, you might be able to bring confidence to the capital market and boost Changyou's stock price. Anyway, now Ren Yuxin has agreed to reshuffle the management at any time."

"What's the rush?" Zhou Buqi shook his head, not thinking it was a good idea, "The timing is not right, the economic environment in Europe and the United States has been impacted, and the impact is huge. The sharp drop today is probably due to some negative news in the market , dragged down the stock market. It’s okay, it’s all temporary, as long as Changyou’s internal affairs are not chaotic. When you return to Beijing this time, you must stabilize the management.”

Zhang Chaoyang was very helpless, "Then when do you want to do it?"

"September, didn't we agree!"

"Can't it be early?"

Zhou Buqi said bluntly: "No!"

"It's better to be a little earlier."

Zhang Chaoyang's morale was taken away by the impact of the stock market during this period, and he felt that he was unable to control such a large market with a market value of more than 100 billion U.S. dollars, no matter in terms of ability, determination, or sense of responsibility.

Zhou Buqi said: "No, we must wait until after September. There is a friend studio under Ziweixing International, and I am planning to sell the friend studio to EA recently. It is estimated that it will not be completed until July or August." Deal. When the deal is concluded, I will take over Changyou."

"Friend Studio? What is it?"

"It's a studio that makes social games for Facebook and wants to sell it to EA."

Zhang Chaoyang was quite interested, "How much is it?"

Zhou Buqi said helplessly: "The current situation in the game market is not very good, and the financial industry is also in crisis, so it is difficult to sell at a high price. I estimate... it may only be 20 billion US dollars, or even 20 billion US dollars. Can’t even sell it, so it’s only 15 billion U.S. dollars?”

Zhang Chaoyang's eyeballs almost fell to the ground, "Are you kidding me!"

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Who is joking with you?"

Zhang Chaoyang was a little stunned, unbelievable.

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "Isn't this normal? The social game industry is so popular now, it is considered to be a new trend of games in the future."

Zhang Chaoyang may have been shocked by this shocking big deal, and after a long silence, he frowned and said, "But, what does the deal between Friends Studio and EA have to do with Changyou?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Friends Studio is a studio under the game business department. After selling this studio to EA and divesting the assets, we can operate the merger of Changyou and the game business department."

"Ah?" Zhang Chaoyang was stunned. He had never heard this kid talk about it before, and he was shocked, "Merger? Ziwei Star International's game business department? The business in the United States?"

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Yes."

"To merge?"

"Well, merge."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Zhang Chaoyang was a little dissatisfied, feeling that this kid was a bit too arbitrary.

Zhou Buqi didn't dare to say that, "I'm telling you this. Besides, it's meaningless to tell you that you don't understand. I have a huge business plan for Changyou, so don't worry about it. "

How could Lao Zhang not worry?
However, in terms of strategy and business, he felt that he really didn't need to worry too much, and just let this kid do it.This kid is definitely a rare business genius. It would be quite risky to let him do it, but you should have 100% confidence in him.

What he really cares about is the financial aspect.

As the major shareholder of Changyou, he must consider his own interests.

Zhang Chaoyang took a deep look at him, and said vigilantly: "Business merger...you think this kind of thing is okay, and I will support it. However, how much is the transaction value of the merger? I seem to have heard you say that Ziweixing International's Bian is very short of money, and has to rely on issuing bonds to survive. Changyou’s IPO raised 26 billion U.S. dollars, so don’t play tricks with your left hand and right hand, pour all this money into Ziweixing’s account!”

"Damn!" Zhou Buqi almost died of anger, "What are you talking about? I am a gentleman!"

(End of this chapter)