Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1642 Old confused

After going to New York, Zhou Buqi received a temporary notice from Ziwei Star Global, saying that the copyright transaction plan with [-]th Century Fox is likely to make progress.

However, this intention does not come from [-]th Century Fox, but from its parent company, News Corporation, which wants to cash out and raise money.In recent years, News Corporation has had a difficult time, and the business of traditional media has become worse and worse.

In fact, since five or six years ago, News Corporation has started to lay out the Internet industry, spending 10 billion US dollars to acquire several media websites, and wants to build its own Internet media ecology.

One of the most well-known of course is MySpace.

It's a pity that with the advent of Facebook, MySpace has become a sunset product and an obsolete product of the times.There is also Rotten Tomatoes, which has been acquired by Ziweixing International and has become an important part of the "Internet + Movie" industry matrix.

During the financial crisis in the past few years, News Corporation's share price has fallen by 40%, far exceeding the S&P index, and has been questioned by investors.

Mr. Murdoch is 80 years old, is he still able to lead such a media giant forward?
Zhou Buqi didn't have much interest in this matter, he was too lazy to go there himself because he only had a little bit of copyright business.According to the report, it is said that [-]th Century Fox is willing to sell part of the copyright, but it is not the copyright of the main company, but the streaming media copyright of the subsidiary Fox Searchlight.

Twentieth Century Fox is a Hollywood giant, owning the copyrights of many Hollywood blockbusters, the most famous of which are of course "Titanic" and "Avatar".

This company is mainly engaged in medium and large-scale high-quality Hollywood films. For some films with relatively low production costs and foreign language films imported from foreign countries, these companies have a different positioning from Twentieth Century Fox, so a subsidiary was established. The company called Fox Searchlight, to be in charge of this business.

In other words, Fox Searchlight's film copyrights are relatively low-end. Many films are not even released in theaters because of their poor quality. They are directly released in the form of DVDs.

This kind of low-end copyright is easy to purchase.

Don't bother Boss Zhou to come forward, and he doesn't want to deal with that old fool Murdoch.

Zhou Buqi went to Manchester and participated in a Manchester United sports conference.

Mainly two things.

First, the World Cup is in full swing, and many newcomers have emerged. Among them, the German team that attracted the most attention is of course the youthful storm.

The World Cup has only completed the group stage, and there have been many transfer rumors in the market.

Many giants have already made urgent moves.

Manchester United also has a goal. This is the position that Manchester United most desperately wants to strengthen this summer-the goalkeeper.The target is Neuer of the German team.

Although Neuer is only 24 years old, he is a bit younger and immature in the goalkeeper position.But he has been the main player for the fourth consecutive season in Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

Great experience!
Manchester United's scouting department and technical department have assessed that he is the best candidate to succeed Van der Sar.Ferguson also admires Neuer very much. The only trouble is that the transfer fee for such a player with both strength and potential is not low!

Is it worth spending so much money on a goalkeeper?
Zhou Buqi made a decision on the spot and said decisively: "That's it! I also think Neuer is very suitable for Manchester United!"

The second thing is the candidate for the center.

Last year, Zhou Buqi had his eye on Ibrahimovic. This is the king of the new generation of small restricted areas, the killer of killers, and can greatly strengthen the lineup.

However, Barcelona also offered an olive branch to Ibrahimovic last year, and Ibrahimovic was bought by Barcelona at a price of 6500 million euros, intending to follow Guardiola to fight for the Champions League.

Unexpectedly, conflicts broke out between Ibrahimovic and Guardiola, and he was even eliminated by his old club Inter Milan in the Champions League.He went to Barcelona to compete for the Champions League. Unexpectedly, after going to Barcelona, ​​his old club won the Champions League.

All parties were disappointed, and Ibrahimovic made a transfer.

Agent Raiola gave a very precise statement that as long as 2500 million euros are paid, he can be taken away from Barcelona!

Zhou Buqi is very interested.

Said to sell Berbatov, and then buy the big Ibrahimovic.

Ferguson has a different idea, he said Berba can be sold, Ibrahimovic is not necessary to buy.The team's striker configuration is enough.Van Persie is better at playing in the middle, and can be trained in the direction of a center forward, with Rooney's support, and the rookie Welbeck of the second team.

Ibrahimovic's transfer fee is very low, but the annual salary is too high.

The annual salary after tax must reach 900 million pounds.

But now the highest salary in the Manchester United team is only 600 million pounds after tax. The introduction of Ibrahimovic at this time will disrupt Manchester United's salary structure.Manchester United has actually set a higher salary system internally, but it must be changed slowly, and it is best not to break the structure abruptly.

In addition, Ferguson is also very worried about Ibrahimovic's character.

Ferguson is a strong locker room manager, and Ibrahimovic has a strong personality, which is prone to friction and destroys the atmosphere of the locker room.This year, Barcelona was eliminated, and there were big problems with the local and international factions in the locker room.

More importantly, Ferguson is not a worker.

Although he does not hold a penny of shares in Manchester United, he never considers himself a wage earner of Manchester United. His life has been linked to this team.

He is willing to make this club better and better.

So when he was about to retire, the biggest thing Ferguson planned was to provide his successors with a young, potential and powerful championship lineup.

Ibrahimovic is not too young, so it is better to focus on training Van Persie to pave the way for Manchester United's future.

Instead of wasting future potential in pursuit of short-term achievements.

However, Ferguson still made a small request, saying that he could buy Mexican player Javier Hernandez to supplement the lineup.

This player is very young, has great potential, is a point-grabbing striker, and can strengthen the composition of Manchester United's lineup.At the same time, there are commercial considerations.

Manchester United Commercial is actively expanding the US market.

Needless to say, the United States is just like Manchester United's back garden.When Manchester United won the Champions League, they went to the White House as a guest and received a great welcome. The players kept signing autographs.In the second year, Barcelona won the Champions League and was invited by the President of the United States. It was very embarrassing. The staff didn't even know Messi.

However, the development of the Mexican market is not easy.

Ferguson heard about the concept of the commercial department, and after a competitive evaluation, he selected the best and most potential Mexican player from the market, that is, "Little Pea" Hernandez.

This somewhat moved Zhou Buqi.

Who doesn't like such a head coach who wholeheartedly cares for the team and the club?

Too bad he's retiring.

Zhou Buqi had no reason to reject Ferguson, so he accepted his opinion.

In the afternoon, Zhou Buqi accompanied Sun Guanran and Ning Lu to swim at his home, while preparing to watch the World Cup match between Germany and England in the quarter-finals.

This game is very interesting.

For Zhou Buqi, the most anticipated is Lampard's unsolved goal line.

The football world doesn't seem to be too interested in Hawkeye technology. As long as the unsolved case happens as scheduled, with the influence of the UK in the world media field, they can quickly promote the technologicalization of football.

The business of Ziweixing Digital Media can develop faster.

While watching the game, Zhou Buqi received a call from Xu Baihui, "Boss Zhou, do you know Murdoch?"

"Murdoch? Which Murdoch?"

"Well, the one from News Corp."

"I know him. I've met him twice. He's a bad old man, very perverted. There are several beautiful little honeys around him."

Xu Baihui said "Oh", "Someone asked me to do something, are you free? If this matter is completed, the listing of Jieyu Media will be smoother, and various approvals can be easily obtained."

Zhou Buqi smiled and asked: "Who is the relationship so hard?"

"Chinese Cultural Industry Investment Fund, do you know?"

"I haven't heard of it."

"Well, it was just established not long ago. It is a private equity fund under the National Development and Reform Commission. It mainly invests in the entertainment industry. They want to negotiate business with News Corporation, but the middlemen are all Americans. They don't believe it. I heard that Jieyu Media has a large presence in the United States. business, come to me for help.”

"That's it." Zhou Buqi was wearing swimming trunks and was going to watch the football game in the living room. "What's the matter? I don't know Murdoch very well either."

Xu Baihui said: "It's just to make a connection, to talk in the middle, to ensure that the state assets will not be lost during the transaction. Don't you have a good relationship with Goldman Sachs? You can get in touch. You can't let the top investment banks let News Corporation win over. You are not I know that in the past few years, state-owned enterprises have gone overseas for mergers and acquisitions, and they have often been deceived."

During the overseas financial crisis in the past few years, all kinds of assets are very cheap, and the rich state-owned capital has carried out many large-scale mergers and acquisitions overseas in an attempt to buy the bottom.

The thinking is right.

But the level is not good.

After going abroad, this is a pure market economy. How could they understand this? They fell into it after eating and drinking, and there was a lot of unspeakable blood and tears.

Zhou Buqi paid more attention to this matter, "No problem, I will try my best to help."

Xu Baihui said with a smile: "That's right. News Corporation has set up several TV stations in China, but this does not comply with policies and regulations. Due to the WTO agreement, it is not easy to force them to withdraw. The best way is to be acquired by state-owned assets. "

"Television station?" Zhou Buqi had a black line on his forehead, he couldn't believe it, "Is it real or not?"

"Really, Star TV has three channels!" Xu Baihui was also a little confused, "I was surprised when I first heard that even private capital can't do it, but foreign capital dares to enter the market. This Murdoch is really stupid I really thought I could dominate the world."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It's good to be old and confused, it's easy to fool."

(End of this chapter)