Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1586 Community of Interests

Things on Lucasfilm's side went smoother than expected, and the price was even lowered a lot.In the previous life, Disney spent 40.5 billion US dollars to complete the acquisition, but Ziwei Star Universal made the move two years ahead of schedule, only costing 35.5 billion US dollars.

There are even more dumbfounding.

Because George Lucas was not sure about the future development of Ziwei Star Global, he was unwilling to complete the transaction in the form of mergers and acquisitions, and he wanted all the cash.

He would then take $20 billion of that cash and put it into Pluto Capital.

This is really...

The business is going well, and people are rushing to send you money.

What is the concept of $20 billion?
In the past year, Pluto Capital has increased by 30%. If it can maintain the 30% increase this year...that is to say, US$20 billion will generate US$6 million in asset appreciation, and Zhou Buqi can draw 25% of it. As much as $1.5 million!
That is to say, there is a linkage effect behind Ziweixing Global's acquisition of Lucasfilm's business, which allows Zhou Buqi to earn an additional US$1.5 million a year.

The speed of making money is far greater than the speed of spending money. Zhou Buqi felt that he was still too simple, "Senior sister, how much money is left in our account?"

"After deducting the debt and interest to be repaid this year, there is still 8.7 million US dollars left. I just bought 2000 million US dollars worth of Microsoft stock."

"When did you buy it?"

"just."

"today?"

"Correct."

"Hmm..." Zhou Buqi thought for a while, "You can set aside 1 million US dollars to help fuel the fire when Tesla goes public."

"Okay, I see."

Zhen Yu just took a shower and was touching up her makeup.

This is Los Angeles, and I'm going to Jason Kilar's house party tonight. He has resigned from Hulu, and the next step is to join Ziweixing Universal.

Zhou Buqi said: "You can strengthen the security force of our family."

Zhen Yu paused, then turned to look at him, "It's already very strong now."

"How much is the annual security cost?"

"Last year it reached US$500 million. There are a total of 10 bodyguards, 6 vehicles, and security equipment... The ammunition costs alone cost US$20."

"What?" Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment, "Ammo cost?"

Zhen Yu spread her hands, "The security personnel also need training and exercises. Sometimes they have to buy bombs. During the exercise last year, two cars were damaged."

"I'll go!" Zhou Buqi was very cautious, "Then you have to pay attention, buy insurance for everyone, don't worry that nothing happens during normal work, and you will die during the drill."

"Well, the premium for a single person is $4.5 a year."

"Let's add some more expenses. Every year...an annual budget of 3000 million US dollars, 5000 million US dollars is fine, you can figure it out. Don't just protect me, our family must be protected. Someone must follow at any time."

"Is it unnecessary?"

Zhen Yu frowned slightly, feeling a little fussy.

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "It has to be done. Didn't you read the news? In the United States, the economy is in a downturn, the unemployment rate is rising, and the crime rate is also rising. Even in places as safe as Silicon Valley, there have been shooting incidents. Our family Everyone has to be protected, and everyone has to have two personal bodyguards."

Zhen Yu glanced at him, "Male or female?"

"female."

"The price of female bodyguards is high, twice the cost of male bodyguards, and the effect may not even be half that of male bodyguards."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Then you can't find a man!"

Zhen Yu actually understood what he was thinking.

This bodyguard is one aspect of security protection, and another aspect of surveillance. If the women at home go out for travel, shopping, parties, meals, etc., they have to follow them at all times.

In order to prevent them from taking advantage of it.

This is the same as the management of the company. You cannot rely on the morality and conduct of employees to restrain yourself. No one is perfect, and everyone will make mistakes.The best way is to fill in the loopholes from the system level.

Under a perfect system, bad people have no chance to do bad things; if the system is not perfect, good people will also have the curiosity to do bad things.

Now that the family has such sufficient funds, it is absolutely possible to make greater investment in this area and take care of everyone.

"Actually, the status quo is enough. No one will go out alone, including the little stars you raised. They are usually accompanied by special assistants, picking them up early and sending them off late."

Zhen Yu still felt that there was no need to be so wasteful.

Zhou Buqi said boldly: "Security, of course, the tighter the better, that's the deal. Now that the family is not short of money, we must establish a complete system. You can also act as an assistant when you go out. Pack water and drive a car or something."

Zhen Yu was still fixing her makeup, "Then let's recruit 50 female bodyguards later."

"50?" Zhou Buqi coughed lightly, "Isn't it going to take so many?"

Zhen Yu rolled his eyes at him, "Aren't they personal bodyguards? Even if they don't live together, they have to live in a nearby hotel to be on call at all times, right? This is a 24-hour duty, and you have to change shifts frequently. Didn't you notice that those around you Do bodyguards change frequently?"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes, such a large security team is really not easy to manage."

"As long as you have money." Zhen Yu acted very casually. She has lived in the United States for many years, and her life is superior and luxurious. She knows the capital service system of the upper class very well. Cooperation is fine. We do it ourselves domestically, and it is best to cooperate with them abroad, which is more worry-free and convenient.”

"Okay, I'll leave it to you anyway." Zhou Buqi hesitated for a moment, and said carefully, "Senior Sister, the security around you must also be done well."

Zhen Yu rolled her eyes, "I have lived in America alone for so many years, and I can still give you my whole body, you still don't believe me?"

Zhou Buqi said: "This is not a matter of trust or distrust, just like a company must have risk control management. The security system is our family's risk control system. I have a theoretical basis for this."

Zhen Yu couldn't help laughing, and jokingly said, "Great Boss Zhou, what great new theory do you have?"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "It's not a new theory, you should understand. Men and women are different. Men can easily separate the soul from the body, but women are different. Women are emotional, and the soul and the body are often separated. Unified. Once a physical mistake is made, there will be a psychological change, which will affect the atmosphere in our home."

Zhen Yu nodded lightly, "I'm a woman, and that's what I am."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, our family's situation is very special, so many women live together, it is very dangerous. However, this danger does not come from the inside, but from the outside. How many women I bring into the house is an internal matter. , It’s not important, what’s important is that no other men outside can take the opportunity to destroy our stable family structure.”

"Well, you can live and work in peace and contentment with information blockade."

"Cough cough..."

"It's okay, don't worry. Our family is very smart. When the time comes, we will hold a few family meetings to clarify the interests and interests. Everyone can understand. One person doing something wrong may affect the stability of the entire family and establish a sense of responsibility. Just get up. Collectivism is the greatest reason to limit individualism."

"I go!"

Zhou Buqi didn't expect that the stability of the back house would allow Senior Sister Zhenyu to say such a big truth.Letting her manage the back house really feels like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

Zhen Yu said calmly: "Some people know that group thinking restricts individual freedom, but they will still insist on collectivism. Brainwashing, deceiving, and bewitching are just low-level practices for the bottom. The most important thing is to share benefits. Like Like the Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance, this is a group. At the beginning, we all risked skipping classes and being expelled to start a business with you. Not because of our lofty beliefs in this group, but because you gave us shares These people are gone, we are an alliance of interests. But the other college students who do odd jobs with us and do part-time activities, they are not so eager. They have to go to class, sleep, and come out to work with us when they are free. Career. Because they are at the bottom, they are bewitched, they cannot share the collective interests, and their subjective initiative will not be so strong.”

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, this was the first time Senior Sister Zhenyu discussed such a profound topic with him, so she walked over and gently hugged her from behind, "Senior Sister, you speak so well."

Zhen Yu looked at the large dressing mirror, pursed her lips and glanced at him, "Boss Zhou, our family's risk control system is not a security system, you are still treating the symptoms but not the root cause."

"what is that?"

"Interest alliance, what you need is a community of interests. Just like how you dealt with the ten-school alliance back then, share the interests, and everyone will take the initiative to work hard to maintain this interest group, instead of worrying about who will betray you."

"Using the thinking of a business as a family?"

Zhou Buqi can't laugh or cry.

"Of course ordinary families don't need it, but can our family do the same?" Zhen Yu rolled his eyes at him, then slowly thought about it and said, "Our family is just like a company. You are the president, I am the chief financial officer, and Ning Yaxian is the director of the office. Xue My aunt presides over family meetings, and Wen Zhixia can be in charge of family training and give everyone some lessons on female morality. Shi Jinglin is very strict, and can manage personnel affairs, rewards and punishments. You have to give up the equity, and then decentralize power to make it a benefit Community, together to safeguard the collective rights and interests of this big family."

"What is equity?"

"The inheritance share of the family trust must be planned early and the rules made clear. Good performance will be rewarded, and poor performance will be punished. Whoever betrays you will directly deprive her and her children of all inheritance shares. Betrayal The price is too high, so there will be no betrayal. This is the greatest community of interests."

Senior Sister Zhen Yu's words completely tore away the hypocritical mask of love between men and women.

It's heartbreakingly rational.

But this is reality.

For example, Teacher Chen Yan, even if she tried everything possible to turn from the outer room to the main door of Zhou's family, but she is already thirty-one years old this year, how many years can she still be charming?
Even if she successfully entered Zhou's house, after ten or twenty years, would she still be favored by Zhou Buqi?The best outcome is to treat each other with respect.

Only this kind of interest community relationship makes her unable to bear to give up her due share of interests. Even if she loses her favor in the future and has no chance to serve her bed, she can still avoid all kinds of risks from the bottom of her heart to protect this interest community.

Just like Ziweixing.

There are many veterans of the early stage of entrepreneurship, because the company's learning ability cannot keep up with the growing size of the company, they stepped down from the positions of senior executives one after another, but they are still guarding Ziweixing.

(End of this chapter)