Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1928
This trip to Netflix, the result is quite satisfactory.

First, push Netflix to open a branch in China, mainly a research and development center; second, push Netflix to open a branch in New York, mainly a business center.

Right now, Netflix is ​​the video streaming platform with the highest market value in the world, but the market is still full of pessimistic arguments, thinking that Netflix’s stock price is inflated, Netflix’s model is unsustainable, and so on.

This is a new thing, and it takes a long enough time for the market to react, digest and understand.

So much so that Netflix is ​​actually not confident enough internally.

Netflix is ​​now worth $160 billion... oh my god!Such a large number has made many executives a little dazzled.

Zhou Buqi wants to take a reassurance with Hastings.

Let him do it with confidence and boldness!

Don't be petty!
If you want to become a world-class multinational giant, you must be inseparable from New York, an international metropolis, and you must use New York as an international transit point.

Here are the most resources.

Especially since it is close to Wall Street, it can be close to the water, and it can be most conveniently close to the core area of ​​capital, so that it can respond quickly in the capital market.

The control of cash flow and the control of financing channels are often the most critical part of the survival of international giants.

Netflix wants to make self-made dramas, and it burns a lot of money.

It is necessary to continuously issue debt financing.

We must promote Netflix to develop the New York market and help Ziweixing.

Hastings responded on the same day, saying that he would respond to the call of boss Zhou and go to the New York market!

Then, take action now.

The next day, a group of people, including Zhou Buqi, went to New York vigorously and began to look for a site layout.

The location must be in Manhattan.

This is very helpless. The grand and magnificent headquarters park plan is no longer feasible, and we can only fight separately.Originally, in Zhou Buqi's plan, a large science and technology industrial park was to be designated with Ziweixing International's headquarters park as the core.

But the situation in New York is more complicated, and Manhattan has a lot of people and a lot of land.

This makes it difficult to organize all the "Ziwei galaxies" geographically.

Michael Bloomberg is a top rich man, and his ability and personal charm are extremely strong, coupled with the fact that the United States is a very pure capitalist society... This has led to the suppression of partisan differences in New York City in the past ten years .

The checks and balances are gone.

In New York City, basically what Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to do, he can do whatever he wants.Just coordinate the relationship with New York State.

Therefore, the plan of the Farley Building passed the parliamentary vote very quickly.

Under the development of the new era, the presence of the postal system has become less and less. The post office can no longer support such a magnificent building as the Farley Building. As early as a few years ago, it began to close and move one after another.

Now, New York City has made a formal resolution.

It is going to transform the Farley Building into a commercial center, and then lease it to Ziweixing International as its headquarters in the New York area.The Farley Building has only 4 floors. Even if the renovation is completed, it can provide up to 5000 jobs, which is still a bit small.Let alone big companies such as Changyou, Netflix, and Spotify, it is not enough for Ziweixing to use it exclusively.

There is also a need for larger project planning.

New York has come up with two big plans.

One is the "Chelsea Market Building" in Manhattan, and the other is the "St. John's Terminal" on the West Side of Manhattan.

The former used to be a department store, but the business of the physical store has been so bad these years that it can't survive.

The latter is great.

The terminal building, as the name suggests, is built with the airport.There used to be a large airport in Manhattan, but because it was so expensive, it was abandoned, and three international airports were built around Manhattan to supplement it.

After being abandoned, the former old airport will be renovated.

Part of it was taken out to build a building.

Part of it was left and turned into a civilian airport for the private jets of the rich.

Civilian airports have a limited number of flights and few people, so there is no need for such a large terminal building, so the terminal building has been transformed into a commercial office building.

However, it is relatively remote in Manhattan, and there is an airport next to it, so the noise is too loud, which is really not conducive to office work.Only some small companies with no money will choose to rent office space here, coupled with the economic depression in recent years, resulting in a relatively low occupancy rate.

This has a lot of room for manipulation.

Doesn't Boss Zhou want to build a headquarters park?
There is no land in Manhattan, so it is really impossible to do it.

But around this "St. John's Terminal", there is a great opportunity to buy the terminal in the name of Ziweixing, Changyou, or Netflix, buy out all the contracts of those tenants, and drive them away!

Then, buy the small civilian airport next to it and bulldoze it directly, so that a relatively small business park can be built here.

Zhou Buqi was very moved by the second plan.

It feels like a big deal.

After communicating with Hastings, I found that he was very hypocritical. He said that to find an office building, it is enough to rent two or three floors first, and there is no need to come up and make it so big.

The real estate economy is still relatively sluggish, the risk is great!
Zhou Buqi stopped talking nonsense with him, even if he was given a chance, he couldn't grasp it.

If Netflix doesn’t want it, leave it to Changyou.

Zhou Buqi called Lao Zhang and invited him to come over and preside over the "St. John's Terminal" project. It will take 3-5 years to renovate and use it as the headquarters of Changyou in overseas markets.

As for himself, he is quite busy.

It is now the end of July, and the Manchester United team has regrouped and started training in North America.The so-called training is actually a business operation, the promotion and marketing of the Manchester United brand.

The team is in New York at this time.

Next will be a friendly match with the New York Red Bulls under the Red Bull Football Group.

Manchester United was originally the most popular football giant in North America. As the new champion of the Champions League, the popularity is even higher. Almost all the football fans in New York flocked here. Even the training ground gathered hundreds of reporters. Stop and pat.

Zhou Buqi will go to the scene to watch the friendly match with the New York Red Bulls.

Mainly pay attention to the transfer operation of Manchester United this summer.

Ferguson retired, the German Rangnick officially became the director and sports director of Manchester United, and his disciple Klopp became the new head coach of Manchester United.

This summer, three Manchester United players have retired, Neville, Scholes and Van der Sar, which requires the team to strengthen the lineup this summer.

Moreover, Klopp has just taken office, and in the process of contacting these Manchester United players, it is very likely that he will encounter some thorns and some small disagreements.

Zhou Buqi announced at the board of directors that no matter how meritorious the player is, who dares to challenge the authority of the head coach... Sorry, Manchester United must follow the tradition left by Ferguson and focus on the head coach!

He has high hopes for Klopp.

It is even no exaggeration to say that the Manchester United after Ferguson retired is the real Manchester United that belongs to Zhou Buqi.Whether Klopp's success is largely linked to the personal authority of Zhou Daboss.

There was nothing to say about the friendly match. Although the New York Red Bulls had the legendary star Henry, they were hard to beat with two punches and four hands. Manchester United easily won the game with a score of 4:1.

The sports meeting of the competition is the key point.

Boss Zhou was involved.

He has heard that there are two thorns in the Manchester United team, one is the midfielder Yaya Toure, and the other is the left back Evra.

Klopp said in his not-so-standard English: "Yaya Toure is a very good player. After Scholes retires, the midfielder should not make big moves. You can observe it for another season."

As for Evra, he did not say.

The meaning is very clear.

David Gill did not retire with Ferguson, he stayed on with a raise, explaining: "Evra's contract has only one year left, and he now has the initiative."

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, "Contract year?"

"Yes." David Gill nodded. "His agent offered a big contract. After our evaluation, we think this is a very unreasonable request."

Rangnick added next to him, "A salary of £400 million after tax is at the level of Robben and Van Persie, and he can't reach it at all. The system construction of the team must have a clear salary level."

Zhou Buqi is actually very generous.

The salary cap he proposed on the board of directors is 1000 million pounds after tax, which is basically the same as Ronaldo's salary in Real Madrid and Messi's salary in Barcelona.

However, that is Messi and Ronaldo, the peerless double pride.

No one in football can match these two. The highest salary in the Manchester United team is Wayne Rooney, who completed his contract renewal in March, which is 3 million pounds after tax.

The newly-emerged No. 7 core Gareth Bell only holds a low salary of 230 million pounds.

Evra's request is indeed a bit too much.Relying on the advantage that it is a contract year, if Manchester United does not renew his contract, he can leave the team freely when his contract expires next year, so as to make a wave of threats.

With the introduction of the Bosman Act, this has formed an ethos in football.

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "The issue of money is secondary. The key is whether he has challenged the authority of the head coach? If so, it is a red line that cannot be touched!"

Feeling the support of the big boss, Klopp felt warm in his heart, took a deep breath, and said decisively: "If there is a suitable substitute, Evra can be sold."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Then sell it! Kill chickens to make an example to monkeys, and if you want to show your power, you must show your power!"

David Gill said with a smile: "I heard that Juventus is communicating with Evra's team."

"Go and deal with it." Zhou Buqi didn't pay too much attention to these trivial matters. It doesn't matter if he sells players for a contract year, but he can't sell them for a high price. "By the way, who do you want to buy to replace Evra?"

Klopp said: "My tactics require fast speed, good at assault, excellent technique, and top-level full-backs. Evra is relatively balanced."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

He still has a good understanding of Klopp's tactical style, which is to continue Rangnick's veins, run and bomb, rely on speed, running and body to keep pressing, and after the counter-attack is completed, he quickly completes the attack and initiates the attack. Wave after wave of impact until the opponent is destroyed.

Rangnick said: "If there is a chance, we can introduce Real Madrid full-back Marcelo."

When Zhou Buqi heard this, he was immediately excited, "Well, good idea! Marcelo! I have followed him. Although he is strong offensively and weak defensively, he is very aggressive, just like a winger."

Rangnick said with a smile: "Real Madrid coach Mourinho doesn't like Marcelo's style very much. He thinks his defense is too frizzy. Just a few days ago, Real Madrid just spent 3000 million euros to buy the Portuguese leftista. Defender Coentrao. Next season, Marcelo will either sit on the bench for a long time or find a chance to leave."

"Well, that's it! Buy Marcelo!"

Zhou Buqi took a longer-term view.

Manchester United wants to remain at the pinnacle of European football for a long time. In addition to their own strength, there is another point that they must find ways to weaken the strength of their core competitors.

Real Madrid is one of them.

Marcelo is Real Madrid's future left winger, and the core player of Real Madrid's "three consecutive championships" in the Champions League.Real Madrid has now bought Coentrao, and now is the best time to buy Marcelo.

David Gill is cautious: "Real Madrid may not let people go easily..."

"Give me the money." Zhou Buqi looked indifferent, and looked at Klopp with a smile, "Scholes has retired, what should we do next? Is there any good choice for the midfielder?"

Klopp said: "I have a choice and Ralf has a choice."

"Tell me."

"I think Leverkusen's midfielder Vidal can be introduced. I have been paying attention to this player for several years. His performance in Leverkusen is very eye-catching. Leverkusen won the Bundesliga runner-up last season. He is the most important player."

"Vidal..."

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth.

Klopp was slightly taken aback, seeing the strange expression on his face, "What? Is there a problem?"

Zhou Buqi said frankly: "Manchester United is not Dortmund. Manchester United is not short of money. As long as there are good players, there is no upper limit on the transfer fee! I told Ferguson before that if he can persuade Messi to join Manchester United, then I can spend A lot of money for Barcelona to release someone, it can also work for you."

"Messi?" Klopp didn't have the confidence, "I'm afraid it's impossible."

Zhou Buqi said: "In my opinion, if you want to buy a midfielder, it must be the world's top midfielder, such as Pirlo, De Rossi, Fabregas, Modric, Kroos, etc. ..."

"This one……"

Klopp looked suspicious.

Pirlo and Cesc Fabregas are the best in the world, but the others don't seem to be high enough, right?

Rangnick has been in contact with boss Zhou for a long time, knowing that he is not the kind of headstrong and unwilling to be persuaded by others, so he said bluntly: "The formation of the team lineup cannot be based on whoever is famous. Who can best suit the head coach's tactical style of play. Choose the person who is most suitable for the tactics, not the person with the strongest ability."

Zhou Buqi nodded and accepted the statement.

Klopp heaved a long sigh of relief when he saw that the big boss didn't insist anymore, and explained: "Pirlo's running ability is too poor, De Rossi's speed is not fast enough, and his impact is not enough. Fabregas is very good. players, but he has similar attributes to Modric and Kroos, slow in speed and not strong enough. Since we have Yaya Toure and Carrick in our team, there is no need to buy these people.”

Looking at it this way, it makes sense to choose Vidal.

The impact and running ability are indeed stronger, and they have very strong mental attributes. When playing on the court, they are more passionate and rock spirit, which is in line with Klopp's tactical philosophy.

(End of this chapter)