Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1584 Sincerity
There are many relatives in the Shi family, the older ones are too embarrassed to join in with Zhou Buqi, and they are kept at a respectful distance, but the younger ones are not afraid.The cousin Shi Rui from the fourth uncle's family and the cousin Zhang Yanli from the aunt's family, two high school students, ran towards him with great interest.

Shi Rui is a handsome young man. He is a sophomore in high school this year. He is full of vigor and sunshine and is very lovable. "Third brother-in-law, you still have business in Hollywood!"

"That's it."

Zhou Buqi had just talked with Jason Kilar on the phone, and he was very happy that he had resolved a major issue.

"Then can you get a ticket for Avatar?"

"What?"

Zhou Buqi was taken aback.

Shi Rui said, "Movie tickets!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "The 3D version is not easy to buy?"

Shi Rui shook his head and said, "It's not the 3D version, it's the 3D version of IMAX. In the entire magic city, only one theater in Heping Movie Metropolis has an IMAX giant screen. Tickets are hard to come by!"

The cousin Zhang Yanli next to her added: "Years ago, I went with my classmates, and the people queuing up at Heping Movie Metropolis...was endless! Later, my classmates and I went to line up early in the morning, but we still couldn't make it. One day, I went with Shi Rui, with a few others, went at one o'clock in the morning."

Shi Rui nodded again and again, "Well, it's winter, and the queue is early in the morning. Guess what? It's still full. When I inquired later, I said that those people went there in the middle of the night."

"Such an exaggeration."

Zhou Buqi was very surprised.

It's winter now!

People queuing up outside the cinema to buy tickets in the middle of the night... Damn!This kind of immoral thing that only the bourgeoisie can do is like the Apple store after the new iPhone is launched, inducing ordinary people to stand in long queues in cold weather, which is inhumane at all.

Shi Rui smiled and said: "Yes, it's an exaggeration. They all went to line up in full armor, some wrapped in bedding, some gathered to play cards, and some brought desk lamps. Anyway, it's quite interesting. But later It was too cold, so we left. So far, I haven't been able to watch the IMAX version."

Zhang Yanli added: "The equipment for those people is ready, food, padded jackets, benches, sleeping bags, tents and so on."

Zhou Buzheng said in a deep voice: "Only the Internet can solve this problem of time and space inefficiency in the real economy."

"Yes, the Internet." Mentioning this point, Shi Rui was heartbroken, "I couldn't buy it in line, so I searched online and found that someone was actually selling tickets on Taobao. It seemed to be some kind of scalper, and it cost 1200 yuan a ticket. I I bought 5 tickets and traded them offline. It was later discovered that they were fake tickets and I was cheated."

Zhou Buqi was a little embarrassed, and said sternly: "I mean that the Internet should directly connect with movie theaters. You are right, this is indeed a very difficult problem, and it should be resolved as soon as possible. Douban should launch an online ticket purchase business. ..."

Shi Rui looked at him suspiciously, thinking he had encountered a counterfeit, "Third brother-in-law, isn't there something on Douban?"

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment, "Is there?"

"Yes, you can buy movie tickets on Douban. We watched the normal 3D version, which is the ticket bought on Douban. But this IMAX theater doesn't seem to be added."

Shi Rui was very strange.

I thought that Douban is not a website under Ziweixing, so why doesn't the third brother-in-law even know about this?It looks silly, like a mallet.

How could Zhou Buqi pay attention to such trivial matters?

However, he was not comparable to these two innocent high school students, and he knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Douban can help movie theaters sell tickets, and there will inevitably be a commission.

And Heping Movie Metropolis is currently the only theater in Shanghai where you can watch the IMAX version of 3D "Avatar".

This is absolute monopoly.

Why should they join Douban, and then give Douban a commission for nothing?

Letting the common people line up all night to buy tickets can also attract social effects, it can also make the movie theater famous, and it can also trigger a blind obedience effect, why not do it?
Fortunately, the film industry belongs to a relatively open market, and capital can follow the market's preferences. It is conceivable that in the next six months, many IMAX theater projects will be launched in Shanghai.

When there is more competition in the market, it will no longer be able to use its own monopoly advantage to bully consumers, and it can only cater to the general trend of the times and cooperate with Douban.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. In a year or two, there may be hundreds of IMAX theaters in Shanghai."

Shi Rui said weakly: "What about "Avatar"?"

"Ok?"

"Third brother-in-law, can you help me get a few tickets? It doesn't need too many, 50 tickets are enough! After the Spring Festival, the movie theater will open again. I want to invite my classmates to watch a movie."

As soon as Shi Rui finished speaking, Zhang Yanli glared at him, and then said crisply, "Third brother-in-law, I want a ticket too!"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, and said angrily: "Okay, the third brother-in-law will solve this matter for you, and I will book the room directly, and the two classes will go together!"

Movie theaters are a part of the film system, so this is a trivial matter, for Xu Baihui of Jieyu Media...well, forget about Baihui, don't bother her when it's Chinese New Year.Just give Xiao Wang of Huayi a call and help arrange it.

Since the venue is reserved, don't make small fuss.

You can contract the next 20 games.

Ziwei Star has a tradition, that is, on the first day after the Spring Festival holiday, the boss or executives of the company will line up at the door to welcome the employees back to work, and at the same time will give each person a red envelope of 1000 yuan. If you are late or absent from work, you will have no part. up.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year this year, Zhou Buqi will participate in this activity at the Modu branch.

Just giving red envelopes is not enough.

The popularity of "Avatar" was too high, and it set off a movie-watching boom all over the world. Not to mention countries such as Europe and the United States, even South Korea and Japan, where local movies are extremely strong, had their box office records broken by "Avatar".

The employees of Ziweixing must really want to see it.

You might as well take the opportunity of Boss Zhou's appearance to give the employees of the Shanghai Branch another wave of viewing benefits.

On February 2, Secretary Ning Lu reported that Musk had sent an email.

After Zhou Buqi saw it, he immediately decided to fly to the United States immediately.

According to the scheduled plan, Tesla will go public in June this year.It stands to reason that within half a year before listing, the company will not make any major financial moves.

But Musk is different. He is not the traditional relaxed American. He pursues efficiency and is a workaholic, so he doesn't care about traditional rules.It doesn't matter if it goes public or not, it just wants to get Tesla up and running as soon as possible.

He took a fancy to an auto factory in Fremont, California, which was closed due to the economic crisis, and wanted to buy it outright.The equipment in this factory is very new, and the quality of the workers is also very good. It is currently shared by Toyota and GM, and the price is as high as 5000 million US dollars.

Musk didn't want to wait until the IPO raised money in June to do it, which would take several months.He pursues efficiency in doing things, and he will never delay until tomorrow what can be done today.

Because I ran out of money, I wanted an urgent round of financing.

So I found Boss Zhou to help.

Of course Zhou Buqi is willing.

After the dilution of last year's financing, he now holds about 23.1% of Tesla's shares. If there is an opportunity to further increase his shareholding, of course he must seize the opportunity. The more the better.

Musk was very surprised. Unexpectedly, after an email passed, the boss Zhou came to help solve the financial crisis in person. He is really sincere.

In terms of work efficiency, Boss Zhou is not bad at all!

From a certain point of view, the two have many similarities. They both operate multiple companies and multiple industries at the same time. They work around the clock, with strict management styles and decisive strategic decisions. There are similar.

The next negotiation will be a matter of course.

Tesla's listing valuation has been clarified, and the investment bank's estimate is $40 billion.If the acquisition of the factory in Fremont is successful, market confidence will further increase, and the issue price may increase.

Musk was unambiguous at all, and made a half-fold.

$20 billion valuation!
Urgent financing of 5000 million U.S. dollars is needed to quickly buy the factory in Fremont, then bring back the workers and restart work.This is not only of great significance to Tesla, but also helpful to California's economic revitalization and moderation of unemployment.

Zhou Buqi was even more ambiguous. Sister Zhenyu was still studying Tesla's financial documents carefully, so he agreed on the spot.

Ok, deal!
The Fangfei Fund of the Zhou family invested another US$5000 million in Tesla. After the investment, it is expected to get a 25.3% stake in Tesla.

In fact, Zhou Buqi can give more money, but there is no chance.

Tesla will go public immediately, and after it goes public, it will have more flexible and lower-cost financing methods in the capital market.Now it is an emergency financing, which is a special event, so that Zhou Buqi can take advantage of it and get a valuation quotation of 20 billion US dollars.

Less than an hour back and forth, get it done!

The next step is to contact a law firm and finalize the financing contract.

On the way back, Sun Guanran was very emotional, "I knew I should let Ning Lu come."

Zhou Buqi quickly concluded a deal and was in a good mood. He suggested: "Wanwan, if you ask me to tell you that you should work harder, your English is not as good as mine. Should I be your secretary or you will be your secretary?" I'm a secretary?"

Sun Guanran pursed her lips and said with a smile, "You are my male secretary."

In the car, he was speaking in Chinese, and he was not afraid that the driver would hear him. Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "What is the job of a male secretary? Doesn't it include working under the table?"

"Rogue!" Sun Guanran rolled his eyes at him, and then he was eager to try, "You definitely won't!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, I really don't know how to do it."

Sun Guanran was annoyed, and snorted, "No sincerity!"

Zhou Buqi said seriously: "I'm sincere, but my body doesn't allow it. Limited by the flexibility of my body, you girls are more suitable for drilling tables. If you want to try, you can go to Ning Lu."

"Screw you!"

Sun Guanran reached out to pinch him.

Zhou Buqi laughed, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Teacher Chen introduced a relative, how about it?"

(End of this chapter)