Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1861 Resistance to Industrial Upgrading

That night, Zhou Buqi invited Jiang Bingjie and Li Xinwan's parents to dinner.

Before, they only dealt with their mothers.

The main thing is to avoid risks.

After all, this is not a glorious thing. The daughter is the heart of the father. Seeing being bullied by a rich man like this, she might get angry and start a fight.

However, it is basically not afraid now.

In the past two years, Boss Zhou's financial resources have brought huge changes to the lives of the two families. Just the real estate has purchased several sets in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Not to mention stocks.

The shares held by the two daughters in Jieyu Media are in the hundreds of millions.

With such a great wealth pressure, even Jiang Bingjie's parents are businessmen, they are a little bit overwhelmed, and they will be glad that their daughter has the opportunity to find such a backer in the development of her career.

After meeting, it was discovered that Jiang Bingjie's father's surname was not Jiang, but Xu.Originally, her surname was Xu when she was a child, but after some problems happened between her parents, she changed her surname to Jiang and started to take her mother's surname.

Zhou Buqi could vaguely guess something.

It's nothing more than a matter of men and women.

In this kind of business family, it is almost impossible for a man to stay at home and take care of his wife and children. It has always been that the red flag at home does not fall, and the colorful flags flutter outside.

During the meal, Zhou Buqi didn't need to be too proactive, the two families would come over to please them, toast constantly, and say a lot of thanks and compliments.

This is not surprising, the level of life on both sides is really too big.

After the meal, Zhou Buqi had already opened two luxury suites in the five-star hotel, and he brought Jiang Bingjie and Li Xinwan back to his home in London to show his care and love.

I haven't bought a hotel-style big house yet, so it's inconvenient to take guests back.

The next day, Zhou Buqi arranged for Ziweixing Digital Media's administrative clerks, two British girls with native English, to take them on a tour in London.

He himself continued to work, meeting with the Spotify team who came from Sweden.

The main thing is to talk about the construction of the headquarters in New York.

This was originally in line with the meaning of the Spotify team. In addition to being closer to Europe on the east coast, New York has lower state taxes than California.

Zhou Buqi should focus on New York.

In addition to Changyou's overseas headquarters and Ziweixing Global's distribution department, Ziweixing International's second headquarters will also be located in New York.In addition, the U.S. headquarters of Ziweixing Digital Media and Chaowan Commune will also be selected in New York.

put it all together.

In this way, it is convenient for Zhou Buqi to walk between these companies.

The big boss of Spotify, Daniel Eck, has already investigated clearly, and said with a smile: "Now there are many elites who are trying to set off a movement to escape Silicon Valley."

"is it?"

Zhou Buqi was secretly startled.

Sure enough, one cannot underestimate the heroes of the world. He made this judgment through his foresight and his feelings in this life.Unexpectedly, many people in Silicon Valley are already taking action.

Daniel smiled and said: "A friend of mine...Jimmy, the founder of Netscape browser, moved the company from Silicon Valley to Miami two years ago. The main reason is that the cost is lower. He said that after moving, he companies can save $1.5 million a year in taxes.”

Zhou Buqi sighed, "Indeed, the labor cost in Silicon Valley is also high. The salary of the same junior engineer in Silicon Valley is more than twice that in Seattle."

He once led Ziwei Star International to acquire Popcap Game Studio, and he also saw the uneven development among different cities in the United States.

Each state is like an independent kingdom, with its own legal and tax system.

Daniel said: "It's nothing more than a high salary. The main reason is California's increasingly leftist policy. Many people have said that Silicon Valley culture is now poisonous, and the leftist trend of thought is getting worse. It has lost true freedom. So Spotify can't do it anyway. Going to San Francisco, New York is a good choice."

Zhou Buqi is very courageous, and he can do something big if he wants to do it, "That's it, I will organize a team later, get in touch with the New York City government, plan a piece of land there, and build a large headquarters park."

"This..." Daniel frowned slightly, hesitating slightly, "Is this convenient?"

Zhou Buqi was slightly taken aback, "What's wrong?"

Daniel said: "I don't know much about the situation in the United States, but we must learn from what happened to Spotify and be careful. Spotify's previous office area was a rented office building, and the current number of employees in Sweden has reached 200. It is expected to Within 5 years, it can reach 1200-1500 people. I plan to imitate those Silicon Valley giants and build a modern artistic building in Stockholm as the headquarters.”

Zhou Buqi smiled, "As long as the funds can be met, there will be no problem."

Daniel said: "The city center of Stockholm is very crowded and there is no suitable land. It just so happens that there is an old industrial area in the northeast of the city. The industry is very backward and the economy lacks vitality. It wants to carry out industrial transformation. I heard that Spotify is planning to build a headquarters. He gave an excellent investment condition. As long as Spotify moves its headquarters there, it can give up to 5 million US dollars in economic subsidies. It is hoped that Spotify can bring new economic vitality to this area and become a foothold for the technology industry. .”

Spotify is definitely the most successful internet company in Sweden.

If this company can be attracted there, it can drive the trend of the entire industry, more and more Internet companies will move there, and the industrial upgrading of the region will be completed.

It's a very good plan.

It is very similar to many local economic policies in China. It is excellent. It seems that the planning of local industrial structure by the small government in Sweden is also very good.

Moreover, the opening is a subsidy of 5 million US dollars.

The tone is really big.

Sure enough, it is a developed country in Northern Europe, really rich.

With this money, Spotify is equivalent to owning a headquarters office building for free.Otherwise, with Spotify's rapid development period, such a large sum of money really cannot be paid out.

Unexpectedly, Daniel let out a long sigh, "Unfortunately, this plan fell through."

Zhou Buqi was puzzled, "What's going on? This is a good thing! Whether it's for Spotify, or for the development of the local economy and the adjustment of the industrial structure, it's a good thing!"

Daniel said helplessly: "After the news was announced, it was condemned by the local council and trade unions, and then a large-scale protest was triggered, gathering thousands of people."

"Because the subsidy amount is too much?"

"On the one hand, there are too many subsidies. The parliament believes that the government's administration is illegal and needs to defend. Spotify will only provide more than 1000 jobs, and a subsidy of 500 million US dollars is enough."

"Then what? The union?"

"The trade union is the most troublesome thing." Daniel shook his head, recalling that he was still a little sad, "I went to the scene and decided to abandon the plan on the spot. Those people...how should I put it...the old industries Workers, do not want industrial upgrading."

"what?"

Zhou Buqi really didn't turn this corner too much, because this system is completely different from that in China, and it is impossible to happen in China.

It is a good thing to help local governments develop their economies and upgrade their industrial structures, right? !

The common people would object?

There are many troublemakers in Sweden!
Daniel spoke slowly, and said slowly: "The parliament disagrees because the government subsidy of 5 million US dollars is too much and may be involved in administrative violations. The labor union disagrees because they are worried that industrial upgrading will hurt local people."

Why didn't Zhou Buqi understand, "What's the reason?"

Daniel said: "If Spotify moves there and builds a beautiful headquarters building, it will attract more and more technology companies to move there. The local economy will develop. But there is a derivative problem of people's livelihood. Technology companies have moved there, and the salaries of employees of these technology companies are very high, which will inevitably lead to rising rents and traffic congestion in the surrounding area, and further price increases for restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and movie theaters. Many old industrial industries in those places For the aborigines, it will greatly increase their living pressure and cost of living. The parliamentary issue is actually easy to solve. Try to lobby. This is the elite class, which is more accepting of principles and long-term planning. Trade unions are not the same , it is difficult to resolve this contradiction, so we can only cancel the plan.”

Zhou Buqi blinked and remained silent.

Shocked!

Yes, for the aborigines, the income is low, the cost of living is also low, the pressure of life is small, and they can be happy.As for whether the old industry is a sunset industry, whether it lacks future growth potential...that is the business of the capitalists, not their workers.

They just want to live a good life.

If Spotify drives the technology industry to settle in the local area, it will have a serious impact on the local industrial structure and change the living environment they have been familiar with in the past few decades.

This kind of thing is actually very easy to solve domestically.

The industry has been upgraded, and there are more high-salary groups, so the local housing prices and rents will rise sharply, which is too easy for the local aborigines.

There are two options, either sell the house at a high price and live in another place; or rent the house to practitioners in the technology industry at a high price, and collect rent every year, so happy!

This kind of phenomenon has basically appeared in the properties around many big factories in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The local people have basically left, and many people have even gone abroad to live freely. The rental life of struggling young people in the city.

But the brain circuits of those foreigners are different.

They have lived in their homes all their lives, so why should they just move?Isn't the purpose of making money also to enjoy life?Living here is good, don't want to move!

This is probably the difference of national conditions.

Especially developed countries like Sweden with the highest per capita income have to choose between making money and living.This is not the case in many developing countries. The social security and welfare systems are not perfect. You have to make money first, and then you can have a living.

The United States is far behind Sweden.

But New York is the brightest pearl in the United States, and it should be similar to the situation in Sweden.

From this point of view, when building the New York headquarters, we should really be cautious and make a comprehensive social investigation before making a decision.

(End of this chapter)