Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1848 The Boss Zhou Who Robbed Shifts and Seized Power
After mastering the inside information, Zhou Buqi made up his mind to reorganize Changyou's internal structure.

To be defeated by the opponent's sword is to be inferior to others.It would be a big joke if the opponent hadn't made a move yet, and he became obsessed because of his practice.

Changyou is now encountering this potential crisis.

Zhou Buqi was somewhat fortunate.

Fortunately, he had arranged for his college classmate Yan Xinlei to work in Changyou. He was quite responsible and dedicated, and would discuss these matters with him in private.

If it wasn't for Yan Xinlei, he would probably be kept in the dark until Changyou went bankrupt.

This old Zhang is really unprofessional, he doesn't care about such a big incident in the company.

Zhou Buqi was not polite, returned to the company, and immediately called Zhang Chaoyang.

"Hello? What time is it?" Zhang Chaoyang's voice was lazily mixed with fatigue, "Please, I'm in New York, can you call and pay attention to the time?"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Don't go to sleep, something serious has happened!"

"What's the matter? Let me tell you, if it's nothing serious, I'll never end with you. You won't come to the road show after Changyou goes public, and you'll just pass all the responsibilities to me, right?"

"It's still on the market. If this problem is not resolved, Changyou will go bankrupt!"

"Ah?" Zhang Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, and he woke up a little bit from his sleep, "What's going on? Don't scare me."

Zhou Buqi asked, "Is Wang Fang with you?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "That's right, a few of us are on the road show, and the effect is very good. According to the latest market estimates, Changyou's valuation after listing can exceed 200 billion US dollars!"

Having said that, he was very excited.

Sohu has been following the trend for the past two years. Although the profit has not increased, the stock price has performed very well.Recently, affected by the good news that Changyou is about to go public, Sohu's share price has once again climbed steadily.

Now, Sohu's market value has reached 63 billion US dollars!
When Changyou is successfully listed, as Changyou's largest shareholder, Sohu's stock price will continue to rise due to the good news... By then, Sohu's market value may reach 100 billion US dollars!

You know, Sohu two or three years ago had a market capitalization of only about US$15 billion.

As one of the earliest Internet companies in China, Sohu's size and scale were gradually surpassed by a group of new companies such as Ali and Baidu. Even executives who left Sohu started their own businesses, resulting in the market valuation of Kuliu and Youku. The value is higher than Sohu.

This once made Lao Zhang almost depressed.

Everyone has self-esteem, and most people really can't bear such a big blow to their careers, so they can only find ways to find some spiritual sustenance.

Fortunately, a person appeared at this time - Zhou Buqi.

At that time, Ziweixing's headquarters was in Sohu Building. Ziweixing and Sohu were neighbors upstairs and downstairs. Zhang Chaoyang and Zhou Buqi also established a good personal relationship.

In this situation, the two parties reached a cooperation in the game field and established Changyou Company.

Then, the business exploded.

After winning the agency rights of "World of Warcraft", Changyou has two top online games "Dragon Babu" and "World of Warcraft" in China, surpassing Shanda and becoming the company with the highest revenue in the domestic online game market.

This is not counted, and the multiplayer competitive game "Dota 2" has also been launched.

This is a free game that can be played online.

At first glance, there is no direction for profit.

However, in the past year, just by selling skins, the global revenue reached 2.1 US dollars, 80% of which came from overseas markets.From this business alone, the net profit reached 1.5 million US dollars.

In terms of the ability to create net profit for Changyou, "Dota 2" is on the same level as "Dragon Babu", far ahead of "World of Warcraft".

It can be said that the cooperation with Zhou Buqi made Zhang Chaoyang feel that his career has reached a new level, and he has a feeling that an old man is talking about teenage madness.

Not only professionally, but also psychologically.

There was a time when Zhang Chaoyang felt that his mental state was very bad, especially seeing the growth of Kuliu and Youku, and the rapid development of iQiyi, which is backed by Baidu, which made people feel in a trance, as if their soul had been seriously injured. hit.

It is different now, with the help of Zhou Buqi, he feels that his soul has been repaired, he has become normal, and his mentality and character have been sublimated.

Don't look at Lao Zhang who usually laughs and doesn't say anything, in fact, he is full of gratitude to Zhou Buqi in his heart.

Now that he heard that Changyou was in a life-and-death crisis, he suddenly felt uneasy and tensed up.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Do you know the set of management methods that Wang Fang implemented in Changyou?"

"This..." Zhang Chaoyang was a little embarrassed, "The specific situation needs to be investigated."

Zhou Buqi said: "You are the chairman, you don't even know?"

Zhang Chaoyang was a little impatient, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Wang puts the Indian Taiyi teaching inside Changyou, and also evaluates employees' understanding of the teaching, and also links it with performance KPIs. Do you think this is nonsense?"

"Ah?" Zhang Chaoyang froze for a moment, "Is there anything else?"

Zhou Buqi was convinced, and said speechlessly: "Old Zhang, you, the chairman, are not doing your duty too well? You don't even know about such a big incident in the company? If you let Wang Fang go on like this, Changyou will collapse. Yes! I have designed such a complete set of global development paths for Changyou, but in the end, I have been messed up three times and four times at the execution level, isn’t that nonsense?”

Zhang Chaoyang said easily: "It's not that serious. I will tell him later that religious brainwashing is not allowed. I guess he also has good intentions. Once the brainwashing is successful, employees can have a higher sense of loyalty to the company." And a sense of dedication. At that time, even if you give a lower salary, you will bear a higher target..."

Zhou Buqi said: "Stop talking! The young people nowadays are not fools. They all have received higher education and experienced modern civilization. If you want to brainwash them, they will watch your jokes behind your back. Business is business, and business is business." Business, don’t engage in those messy things. None of the countries where religion and government are united has developed a higher civilization, and this is the most typical example!”

Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile: "How can it be so serious? Don't take your hat off."

Zhou Buqi said: "Who took the hat off? What I'm talking about is history. After Rome, Europe began to move towards the separation of church and government. Only in this way can we move towards a modern sovereign system and create greater productivity. Chinese civilization For thousands of years, especially since the Han Dynasty, the unity of religion and government has been pursued. Confucianism is the imperial court, and the imperial court is Confucianism. Suppressing the creativity and productivity of the whole society. What do you think the reform and opening up really changed? Wang Fang’s plan in Changyou is to integrate education and government. Once he succeeds, it will only make him strengthen his internal strength in Changyou. However, the entire company will become rigid, innovation will stagnate, and work efficiency will drop sharply.”

Zhang Chaoyang was silent for a long time before he said in a heavy tone: "Okay, I'll tell him and let him change."

"no!"

Zhou Buqi rejected the plan.

"Huh?" Zhang Chaoyang raised his eyebrows, "Then what should we do?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It must be fired!"

"Ah?" Zhang Chaoyang was startled, "It's not necessary, is it?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It's very necessary. I've heard that Changyou's internal team split up before, and a "Genghis Khan" was created to compete with "Tian Long Ba Bu."

Zhang Chaoyang knew about it, "It's not that serious."

Zhou Buqi said: "The "Deer and Ding Tale" he was solely responsible for developing failed."

"This is normal."

Zhang Chaoyang didn't think it was such a serious matter.

Zhou Buqi said: "There are conflicts and splits in the team, project failures... these are nothing. However, we need to see the logic behind it, which is the change of Wang Fang's mentality. Under continuous setbacks, what he thinks is not Rebuild the team’s confidence through innovation and success, but want to strengthen the company’s control over people’s hearts through religion. This is a matter of heart and character, and a matter of personal quality. This person is not worthy of being a CEO and must be taken down!”

Zhang Chaoyang remained silent.

Zhou Buqi said: "And you, the chairman, are too irresponsible. I think you can step down too. I will be the chairman."

Zhang Chaoyang laughed loudly, "Well, you are not good at Zhou, so you are waiting for me here, so you want to grab the class and seize the power?"

Zhou Buqi sighed, "Old Zhang, I'm not joking with you. Changyou is now in a serious crisis. I even heard that Wang Fang divided the region internally, and only sent his fellow villagers to take up important leadership positions. .My college classmate... Yan Xinlei, you know? He is definitely a game talent, but he was assigned to make chess and card games, and he was not allowed to develop online games at all."

Zhang Chaoyang said in a serious tone: "This is not a trivial matter, I will investigate later."

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, you should check it out and think about it carefully. Wang Fang can't stay, and his fellow villagers, it's best to clear them all without leaving anything behind, and enjoy a bright future. With them here, enjoy the journey. The future is likely to be full of crises."

Zhang Chaoyang said in a deep voice, "Even if you want to be fired, it's not possible at this time. Changyou will be listed soon. At this time, a large-scale mobilization of the management will cause panic in the capital market."

This is indeed a suitable reason, Zhou Buqi asked: "Where are you in New York?"

"Correct."

"Are you back for the Spring Festival?"

"Go back!"

"Well, let's talk about this matter after you come back for the Spring Festival. The listing is coming soon, and the executives really shouldn't make any big moves. Keep quiet over there first, and investigate this matter silently, and see what I say. right."

Zhou Buqi is more experienced in such matters.

The listing of Taizun Real Estate cannot be affected by the divorce of Shi's father-in-law.

He is going to the Hong Kong government soon, to attend the IPO ceremony of Taizun Real Estate, and to ring the bell.

In fact, it is the platform for Taizun Real Estate.

Those capital forces in the Hong Kong government took a look, ho!It turns out that Mr. Zhou Buqi, the richest man in China, is an important shareholder of Taizun Real Estate. He can't trust the members of the Shi family, and can't he trust the boss Zhou?
Then, capital institutions and shareholders will actively snap up the shares of Taizun Real Estate.

It can push Taizun Real Estate to a higher market value.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Buqi would not participate in this kind of thing, and he didn't go to Youku when it went public.But this time is different, this is the old father-in-law's business, to give a platform to his family, if he doesn't go, he has to go.

Once this matter is settled, the Shi family's divorce dispute can come to an end, and the internal conflicts in the family can be resolved.

(End of this chapter)