Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1483 Benefits, power

There are many things that Zhou Buqi can't do anything about. Official policies must be introduced. This is a regulatory dilemma.

For example, Toutiao Literature under Ziweixing has a large number of pirated novel resources on the Internet.In fact, this matter is very simple to solve. The official document is issued, and the content that infringes on intellectual property rights is treated the same as the content related to pornography and politics, and it is resolved in minutes.

If the official doesn't make a move, Ziweixing can't push the genuine version even if it wants to.

Not only can it not be pushed, but its Weidian Search has to find ways to provide users with more and richer pirated resources to gain market share and prevent bad money from driving out good money.

Just like milk, other people's family purchases milk from dairy farmers, the cost is low, and the price in the market after the product is made is low.If the family does not purchase low-priced milk from dairy farmers, the price will be high and it will be eliminated by the market.

Another example is the waste oil in hot pot restaurants.

Other people's hot pot restaurants use waste oil, which is low cost, and you can only buy 20 yuan for a pot bottom;If the price is high and there are few customers, it may be eliminated by the market.

Unless the regulator can completely destroy the waste oil industry chain, all hot pot restaurants can maintain a level playing field.Otherwise, unscrupulous merchants who use waste oil will take advantage of the competition, and conscientious merchants will be eliminated.

The final result is that in order to survive, the company can only be more shameless and has no lower limit than anyone else.Whoever has no bottom line can live a better life.

There must be something wrong with Zhou Buqi's idea to Zhou Shaoning.

Self-developed patches, there will be a lot of indulgence.For example, some apps will forcibly obtain the user's mobile phone address book, will obtain the user's call records, and will not be allowed to install if they cannot be obtained, and so on.These rogue behaviors will be taken off the shelves in minutes under Google GMS.

But it can only be like this.

Asda does not do this, and there are a lot of mobile phone manufacturers that will.

At that time, Asda was left out by the market and was eliminated.In order not to be eliminated by bad money, they can only join forces.

In this way, domestic Android is different from foreign Android.

When many companies develop apps on the Android platform, they have to have two versions, one is the domestic version and the other is the international version.If the international version is under the Google GMS system, there will be no rogue behaviors, no mandatory choices, and no access to user privacy.

This also created a status quo.

For the same App, the installation package in the domestic system is much larger than that in the overseas Google GMS system.Because the international version is a pure version, there are not so many messy things.

Zhou Buqi was also helpless.

There is no white lotus in the big dyeing vat, unless it is a clean water vat.

He didn't dare to purify the big dyeing vat beyond his capacity. In the end, if the big dyeing vat couldn't be purified, he would be ruined by the demons dancing in the public opinion field.

Just do it!
Blocking Google is a general trend, and no one can stop it.

Want benefits, not power.

Tuck your tail and don't mess around.

For now, let's focus on the project of Ziwei Star Global.

Entering September, I feel that all the progress has been accelerated!

On September 9, the New York Stock Exchange approved the delisting application of DreamWorks Animation, and the privatization will be completed within 4 days. The total cost is expected to reach 30 billion US dollars.

At this point, the project of DreamWorks Animation is basically completed.

In addition to the privatization expenditure of US$24.2 billion, a loan of US$5.6 million must be assumed, which means that Ziwei Star Global will swallow DreamWorks Animation for a total price of US$29.8 billion.

That costs more than MGM.

On this day, Zhou Buqi's important assistant, An Sanov, finally took up his post as assistant to the chairman and vice president of Ziwei Star Global.

Her duty is to assist Boss Zhou to thoroughly investigate and investigate the subsidiaries of Ziweixing Global, and then carry out the reorganization of the Central Taiwan.

Do not affect creation, and do not move departments related to creativity, mainly to reorganize functional departments, such as finance department, personnel department, public relations department, legal department, home entertainment business and distribution business.

The home entertainment business is to organize the film and television copyrights of all the subsidiaries of Ziwei Star Global, and a unified home entertainment business department conducts peripheral operations, such as DVD sales and leases, TV-on-demand authorization, and TV broadcast authorization. , the authorization of streaming media copyright and so on.

The candidates for the group’s senior vice president and business unit president have long been decided. It is Kevin Tsujihara, the former president of Warner Home Entertainment and Japanese-American, recommended by Masayoshi Son.

Together with Ann Sanov, Zhou Buqi conducted a simple interview with this guy.

In fact, it is a process.

This appointment has long been determined at the level of the board of directors.

Softbank Group is the largest investor in the Ziwei Star Global project, and they will mainly arrange two direct descendants among the group's executives.One is the chief financial officer Miles Lee, who was previously the chief financial officer of Softbank America; the other is a business executive, that is, the Japanese-born Kevin Tsujihara.

The centralization of the home entertainment business is the first step in Ziweixing’s global mid-stage plan.

Kevin Tsujihara has a great reputation in the Hollywood industry, and he can be called the number one person in the field of home entertainment. Let him lead and coordinate this business, whether it is Universal Pictures, MGM, DreamWorks Animation, or Marvel, Summit Entertainment , can't say anything.

Zhou Buqi wants to bring Ann Sanov to meet him.

This first step depends on Ann Sarnoff and Kevin Tsujihara working together to make this happen.

However, after the meeting, Kevin Tsujihara said another thing, "Is "The Hobbit" really not going to be filmed?"

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi smiled, "Is there any problem?"

Kevin Tsujihara said: "Now is the economic crisis, and Warner is very cautious about investing in big productions. Their most advanced investment project now is the "Hobbit" trilogy in cooperation with MGM."

"Warner is urgent?"

"It's urgent!"

"That's good."

Zhou Buqi is confident and fearless, and he is prepared for danger.

Kevin Tsujihara said: "The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, through DVD sales, rentals, VOD on-demand and cable TV broadcasts in the past few years, can generate an average of 1.2 million US dollars for Warner each year. This is the Warner family. The most popular series in the entertainment business, even more profitable than the "Superman" series and the "Batman" series."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Earning $1.2 million from movie fans every year, excellent movies are indeed a tax-collecting business."

Kevin Tsujihara smiled, "Yes, it's like collecting taxes."

Ann Sarnoff blinked and asked: "The average is 1.2 million US dollars per year. What about the changes in the revenue curve? I remember last year... when the Oscars were held last year, the police cracked down on a pirated website. The most downloaded resource on it was " The Lord of the Rings series."

Kevin Tsujihara said: "The longer a movie is released, the lower the income of the home entertainment business will be, and the year-on-year decline is certain. Especially the Internet piracy in the past few years has caused huge economic losses to Warner. Last year Home entertainment revenue for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is just $5600 million."

"Piracy..."

Zhou Buqi laughed.

The whole world is the same and is being victimized by piracy.The difference is that the crackdown on piracy in the United States is very severe. Let alone operating pirated websites, downloading and distributing pirated resources is equivalent to theft and should be sentenced.

Kevin Tsujihara said: "It has been seven years since the release of "The Lord of the Rings 3". The influence and popularity of this series are declining, and the revenue from home entertainment is less than 30% of what it was five years ago. So Warner is very urgent. We hope to launch the "The Hobbit" trilogy as soon as possible, and with the new trilogy, we will boost the popularity of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and restore the revenue of the home entertainment business."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "I see, you are the president of Warner Home Entertainment. Is this your suggestion?"

"Indeed, but my resignation procedures have been completed."

"You want to help your old club?"

"Ah?" Kevin Tsujihara was stunned for a moment, "The Lord of the Rings is shared by Warner Bros. and MGM, and MGM enjoys a 6% profit share of the "Lord of the Rings" series!"

Zhou Buqi said from a high-level view: "Ziweixing Global is in the early stage of development. The most important thing in the short term is to design a correct development strategy, build a competitive organizational form, and clarify standardized system norms. Any violation of these three points Money, we don’t make any money!”

"Uh……"

As a senior Hollywood practitioner, Kevin Tsujihara feels like he has come to a new world.

Boss Zhou really came from Silicon Valley. This business philosophy is really different from Hollywood.In Hollywood, nothing is important, the most important thing is to make money.

In many cases, in order to make money, you can lower your face and make fake accounts.

He is too familiar with this point. Warner's "Harry Potter" series has often played book lawsuits with young actors.This set is at odds with the philosophy of Silicon Valley.

Zhou Buqi said: "MGM was too embarrassed in the past. MGM held the distribution rights of the "Lord of the Rings" series, but when they cooperated with Warner, they could only convert the distribution rights into 6% of omni-channel profits. Dividends. This is turning power into benefits, and the gains outweigh the losses.”

"Power turns into interests, is there a problem?"

"Having power, are you afraid that there will be no benefits? Giving up power is tantamount to pinning the hope of earning benefits in the future on others. The philosophy of Ziwei Star Global is to be self-centered, to control your own lifeline, rather than relying on others alms."

"Ah."

Kevin Tsujihara nodded, and exchanged glances with Ann Sarnoff.

They all felt that Boss Zhou was really different.

It really is not an ordinary businessman!

This pattern is really big, jumping out of the perspective of money directly.

Zhou Buqi said: "Like this time Warner begged us to cooperate in the "Hobbit" trilogy. Why? Because of power! Because MGM holds the distribution rights. Whether "The Hobbit" will be filmed or not, It is not because of the distribution of benefits, but the distribution of power. You want power, not benefits.”

(End of this chapter)