Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1919 Commercial Drainage
The climate in the bay area is very good, surrounded by the ocean, it is definitely warm in winter and cool in summer.Zhou Buqi went for a walk with Baoshan. Although it was summer, when the breeze blew, he would feel very comfortable.

The two first went to Ziweixing International's headquarters park, and the overall construction has been completed.

Not so beautiful, just a few cuboid-shaped buildings without any artistic atmosphere, just the most economical construction method.

Compared with the headquarters in the capital, that is really a thousand miles away.

Baoshan gently took his arm, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "This is already finished, when will it start?"

"This year should be about the same. The one in the middle...is the one..." Zhou Buqi stretched out his hand and pointed to the largest office building in the middle, "That one will be put into use first, and it will probably be available this year, and we will be moving at the end of the year." .”

Xue Baoshan said sweetly, "The development is really fast."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was a little amused, "That's fast? The construction speed is already slow enough. If this kind of ordinary office building is built in China, it will be finished within a year."

Xue Baoshan said with a light smile: "No, I said your business is developing really fast. The headquarters building in the United States has been built, and next... the second headquarters in New York is also planned."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "That's true, but it's really hard to say who is the first headquarters and who is the second headquarters. Silicon Valley has enough technical talents, and everything else is really disadvantaged."

"what?"

Xue Baoshan was a little surprised.

Zhou Buqi said: "The tax in New York is relatively low, and California is getting more and more left, and the tax is too high. I heard they had a meeting that day, and said that they want to file taxes in New York in the future."

Xue Baoshan's expression was very complicated, "New York has become a tax depression..."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Well, it's not that taxes in New York are low, it's that taxes in New York are lower than those in Silicon Valley."

Xue Baoshan looked up at him, "Have you dealt with the matter on Google?"

"What about Google?" Zhou Buqi winked at her, "There are several things about Google!"

Xue Baoshan cast a charming glance at him, "It's actually just one piece, so stop teasing me."

"so smart."

"It's rare."

"Almost, I've made a shot, and I can catch it!" Zhou Buqi had an illusion, "I feel like I am Larry Page's idol."

Xue Baoshan chuckled, "Idol?"

Zhou Buqi said seriously: "Really, I can really feel that he worships me."

Xue Baoshan pursed her lips, and then whispered, "I admire you too."

Zhou Buqi laughed, and put one hand lightly on her shoulder, with a little more pride in his spirit, "Anyway, he has let go of the Motorola matter and is willing to cooperate with Asda. The next step is to push Special."

"Twitter?" Xue Baoshan was very curious, "Google is not focusing on the social field, it should pay the most attention to Twitter!"

Zhou Buqi said: "We attach great importance to Twitter, but Twitter is not a subsidiary of Ziweixing. Our shareholding is only...less than 40% anyway. If Google wants to take Twitter down, it has to find a way to convince other Some investors, at least have to get enough shares to control the board."

Xue Baoshan nodded lightly, "So Google has done your work well, and the next step is to clear up the relationship with those investors."

"Yes." Zhou Buqi was very helpless, "Google's relationship with those venture capital institutions is not very good, and I will have to come forward to help when the time comes. This Silicon Valley, it feels like I can't function normally without me."

Xue Baoshan's eyes were shining brightly, her pretty face was flushed, and her smile was like a flower, "Student Zhou, you are the best!"

"It's nothing," Zhou Buqi shook his head, "Do you know what I'm most proud of?"

"What is it?"

"Making you pregnant with a baby."

"Ah."

Xue Baoshan bit her lip lightly, knowing that it was a joke, she admitted it openly.

In her opinion, this is indeed a very proud event.

After walking around, Zhou Buqi received a call from San Dezi, saying that he was inspecting the land planned by the San Jose city authorities for the earthquake team.

The headquarters of Ziweixing International in Silicon Valley is located in a city under San Jose.

Very close.

After getting on the bus, I saw San Dezi and his party 15 minutes later.

There are quite a lot of people here, but Zhou Buqi did not avoid everyone's eyes, and gently took Baoshan's hand, not wanting to let go for a moment, and listened to the urban planning plan of the staff of the city hall together on the spot.

This area is still relatively desolate, and it is a pier near the river.

Because it is a wharf, there is no private land in this area, and it is all owned by the city government, so it is easier to plan.Because of the convenient transportation, it is easy to develop.

There is a business district over there, an office building over there, a bar street here, a campus here, and museums and science and technology museums here...

San Dezi is very optimistic and strongly recommends to make a decision like this.

Then find a professional real estate project operation company to operate this stadium real estate project. It is estimated that this new commercial area can be developed in 3-5 years.

As long as the development of Silicon Valley does not fall behind, this new area will inevitably burst out with great economic vitality.

Zhou Buqi took his younger sister Bao and had lunch with San Dezi.

It's a Chinese restaurant nearby.

It's really not very good, with so much curry on it, I really don't know that Chinese cuisine uses so much curry as seasoning.

As a result, both Zhou Buqi and Baoshan had poor appetites, but San Dezi ate deliciously, which suited his appetite.

Zhou Buqi felt that he would go home and cook a bowl of egg noodles for his younger sister Bao. The nutrition must keep up. "By the way, what do you think of the Brazilian team?"

San Dezi put down the spoon and shook his head, "It's not going well."

"Not smooth?"

"Well, it is similar to your previous guess. The football environment in Brazil is too bad, and there has been a trend of nationalization."

"Nationalization?"

Zhou Buqi is too familiar with this.

Most of the domestic Super League teams are supported by state-owned enterprises.If football can't make money, and you must play football if you want to save face, then the state-owned enterprises that don't treat money as money can only rush to the front line.

However, San Dezi said that the state-owned enterprises in Brazilian football are not the same. "Brazilian clubs are generally not well-run, and they are not transparent everywhere. There are too many black-box operations inside. Private companies don't sponsor football anymore. , only some state-owned enterprises are sponsoring for the development of national football."

Zhou Buqi suddenly realized, "You are talking about sponsorship fees."

San Dezi said: "Yes, sponsorship fees. There are three main sources of income for Brazilian football, broadcast fees, sponsorship fees, and transfer fees. Isn't it the World Cup in Brazil in a few years, and the country is investing money. The industry has lost interest."

This is very embarrassing.

Even local companies in Brazil have lost interest in football. If a foreign company is involved, it will definitely be swallowed up to the bone.

Zhou Buqi frowned, "Is it not possible to operate in a black box?"

San Dezi said: "Maybe, but I don't think it's necessary, so don't get involved, anyway, I don't have confidence. Now that Brazil is playing football, it's completely burning the country's money. You know, there are 20 teams in Brazil. Among the teams, the Brazilian Postal Bank sponsored seven of them. Because the state-owned banks have money, only they can afford it.”

"What about the transfer?"

"The situation in the transfer market is actually quite good. Brazilian football can almost earn about 2 million US dollars in transfer fees from Europe every year. This money is more than their main annual income, broadcasting income and sponsorship income. .But the transfer process is too opaque, and it needs to be dealt with layer by layer. If you want to tap the South American market, I think you should be more cautious and careful."

Obviously, San Dezi was pessimistic about Boss Zhou's idea of ​​going to Brazil to buy a football team.

San Dezi went on to say: "Moreover, the political arena in Brazil...including South America is not stable enough, and the risk is great. Private companies are withdrawing from Brazilian football, which is related to a political scandal this year. Football in Brazil is not market-oriented at all. , directly linked to the political arena. Originally, there was a private company called BMG Bank. This bank was the largest sponsor of the Brazilian Serie A, and sponsored a full 8 Brazilian Serie A teams. It can be said that something happened because of being involved in this political scandal. , Spending so much money on football has become the culprit instead. Private companies are afraid to enter the field, and it has become a game for state-owned companies.”

Zhou Buqi didn’t go to Brazil to investigate, so he felt that the previous concept was too good, and sighed, “Some things really can’t just be done by imagination. Red Bull Group’s disastrous defeat in Brazil is really representative. sex."

Seeing that he let go, San Dezi was also relieved, and said with a smile: "The football business really doesn't make money, it's a loss-making business. If you want to make money from football, you still have to make money from the surrounding area. I think the blind box business It’s very good, relying on football to build a brand, attract fans, and then sell blind boxes to make money. Of course, the best model is the United States, which cooperates with the San Jose authorities to plan a large new business district centered on sports.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, "This can be regarded as Internet thinking, using football as a tool for drainage."

San Dezi thought for a while, and said slowly: "Yes, that's the way of thinking. The Earthquake team is the drainage work of this new area. Through the team, it will attract enough fans and tourists, thereby driving the surrounding employment and economic development. This It is the consistent sports model in the United States, sports are not competitions, sports are entertainment. This is not the same as European sports.”

In European sports, sports are competitive competitions.

Especially football, the reason why football has been pushed to the height of belief is very important because it is a war in a peaceful age. This is the tone of football laid down by Pele and Maradona, so he is the king of football, not just his skills it is good.

Especially Maradona, when Argentina was brutally abused by the British during the Falklands War, the whole country was crying.

At this time, the king of the ball appeared.

He completely killed England on the field of the World Cup. A goal with five players in a row can be called the most classic goal in the history of the World Cup; there is also a more classic one, that is, the hand of God, God used Maradona Nana knocked out England.

Raising football to this level of height, making money or something is really a trick.

American sports have a completely different logic. Sports are entertainment, and sports are a big party to make everyone happy.Especially American wrestling, it has nothing to do with competition, it is just performing according to the script.But even so, it can still cause carnival and drive huge economic value.

San Dezi went on to say: "It is really difficult to make money from football itself. Don't say that the United States is a football desert, even in the UK it is difficult to do it. The football game of the Earthquakes is just a drainage tool. It attracts After traffic, rely on other commercial projects in the stadium to make money. The construction of the stadium should be designed in the direction of commercial real estate. The core is commercial real estate, not stadiums.”

Xue Baoshan pursed her lips and smiled, "It's similar to Weidian Antivirus."

"what?"

San Dezi was slightly taken aback.

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Yes, a little bit of anti-virus."

Back then, domestic antivirus software companies relied on selling software to make money.How much money can this make?The domestic legitimate software market has never been able to develop.

Later, Ziweixing acquired Dongfang Micropoint and launched a free Micropoint antivirus.

The purpose of free is to attract traffic.

After the traffic comes, you can continue to develop other products, such as Micropoint input method, Micropoint browser, and Micropoint search, including the early Xiaonei and Youyou.com, which can develop rapidly, which is also the drainage from Micropoint Antivirus .

The antivirus software did not bring income to Ziweixing, but the traffic brought by the antivirus software gave Ziweixing a huge advantage in the next commercial development.

San Dezi has been engaged in football for so many years, but he really can't find a good room to make money.

Build the Earthquakes' home stadium into a commercial real estate project, just like a department store, cutting off all the area and renting it out to merchants.Let the merchants do business, and the stadium collects rent.

Consumers and passenger flow are driven by the brand of the Earthquakes and the game effect at home.

This is indeed a good way to make money.

Zhou Buqi agreed to the plan, "Since you have thought it all over, let's do it! As you said, go to the market to raise funds. It is impossible for me to pay you for investment."

San Dezi was very happy, "No need! With the endorsement of the overall planning of the city hall, there will be many big companies willing to come to cooperate with us!"

"That's it!"

Zhou Buqi got up and wanted to go home.

It's past 12 noon.

You can't starve sister Bao, go home and cook for her!

San Dezi got up quickly, and asked again, "What about Brazil?"

"Brazil..." Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, and took a deep look at him, "What do you think?"

San Dezi said: "I don't think it makes sense. An ordinary team in Brazil's first league costs at least 8000 million US dollars. A better giant team can't be bought for 2 million US dollars. Just like the Santos with Neymar, Even if the price is 5 million U.S. dollars, it is not enough. With such a large investment, it is better to go to developed countries, such as South Korea and Japan.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Then let's give up the Brazil plan for now."

……

EA acquired the friend studio of the game division of Ziwei Star International for US$19.2 billion, and the deal was officially signed.

Next, the other parts of the game business department will be merged into Changyou as a whole!
It's a big plan.

When Lao Zhang heard that his friend's studio was sold at a sky-high price, he couldn't hold back and flew to Silicon Valley.

It is no problem for Changyou to acquire the game division of Ziweixing.However, the value of the game business unit is too high. Once the transaction is completed, Sohu's shareholding in Changyou will inevitably be greatly diluted.

Old Zhang couldn't sit still.

　The update is not stable at the end of the year, but it will definitely not be updated continuously.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)