Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1964 Board of Directors
Handing over the real estate project of "Changyou Park" in New York to Lao Zhang is definitely a man of his talents.This dude has lost his magic in Internet judgment, but his understanding of real estate is not bad at all.

In the early years, he bought the Sohu Internet Building located in Tsinghua Science and Technology Park from a Hong Kong businessman. It is located in the core of Zhongguancun and can be called a landmark building.

It stands to reason that with Sohu's size and size, one Sohu building is enough for all Sohu's employees to work here.

But Lao Zhang didn't.

He only occupied a few floors of Sohu Building, rented out the rest of the floors, and went to collect the rent as a charterer!

This time, Sohu's employees can't be crowded, what should we do?
Lao Zhang still has tricks.

He acquired a piece of land on Science Academy South Road, and then built an 18-story building with 15 floors above ground and 3 floors underground, and built a spectacular office building.

Named Sohu Media Building.

Sohu only has a few people, and there is no need for such a large office building.So it's also simple, use a few floors by yourself, and rent out the rest, as a charterer!

This is not over yet.

Zhang Chaoyang asked the beautiful female secretary to make two cups of espresso. In fact, he didn't sleep for a few hours, so he patted him on the leg, "Get up! The list of the board of directors, have you figured it out yet?"

Even if you can't develop a classic game like World of Warcraft, at least you can develop some easy-to-play mobile games that can be connected to the Internet, right?

Zhou Buqi said: "Stop talking nonsense, I was dealing with work!"

He also solemnly stated that at this stage, he will not fire anyone.Next, a new team will join Changyou to lead Changyou on a new journey.

It's so annoying!

"Where's Kevin Tsujihara? What's his name? Japanese name?"

"Let him join in, what do you mean?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Family entertainment... Alas, Lao Zhang, you still don't understand Hollywood movies. There are many income channels for Hollywood movies, and the box office income only accounts for 25% of the total income. There is a very important section, It’s called the derivatives market. In the derivatives market, a very important business is game development.”

Zhou Buqi said as a matter of course: "Jones is the chief investment officer of Ziwei Star International, and he, as a representative of Ziwei Star International, attends Changyou's board of directors."

It's not that he was fired and couldn't find a job. Although Changyou is going downhill now, this is also a leader in the domestic game industry and the largest game giant.

"Depend on!"

The past is the past, and no executive will lose his job because of past mistakes. We must look forward with unity.

I was fooled every time I bought it, and every time a popular movie was released and a spin-off game was launched, I would be very impulsive to spend and buy it. After I bought it and played it at home, I found out that it was a garbage game.

Still focus on stability.

"In addition to the two of us, Wang Fang's board seats must also be retained. The rest should be replaced. The two co-CEOs, Tang Mattrick and Ren Yuxin, are both executive directors. In addition, Guo Pengfei, Ya Alex Jones and Kevin Tsujihara, one more seat for CFO, that's enough."

Zhang Chaoyang wished he could raise his foot and kick over.

Known as a "one-time game", it means playing it once and then throwing it away.

Zhang Chaoyang had a black line on his forehead, "I know Guo Pengfei, who are Alex Jones and Kevin Tsujihara?"

You can't leave a mess for the new big boss.

However, Sohu Changyou Building has a disadvantage, the location is too remote, in the Shijing Mountain area outside the West Fourth Ring Road.

Lao Zhang has already arranged everything.

That's all for Guo Pengfei and Alex Jones. Changyou's business development will require a strong relationship with Ziweixing in the future.However, people from Ziwei Star Global also participated, what's going on?

When it works, it's entirely possible to make a good game.

Just to grab a seat on the board?

For players, it is actually impulsive consumption.

After Zhou Buqi passed by, I met with Changyou's executive team, and I could clearly feel some fear and worry in their eyes.In the industry, Boss Zhou's reputation is too great, it can be said that he has the means to turn stones into gold, and all kinds of myths and legends have long been spread in the domestic Internet circles.

It is said that they want to change the senior management, mainly to replace the CEO and president, and the remaining vice presidents... They are more familiar with Changyou's business, if they are all replaced, it is easy to cause turmoil.

Will buy games to play.

Of course, both the CEO and the president must step down.

Even so, Zhou Buqi did not kill them all. He appeased Wang Fang, the real founder of Changyou, and retained his seat on the board of directors.

After watching the movie, many people were very excited and excitedly bought a lot of derivative products, such as the "Spiderman" shirt, the "Jedi Knight" lightsaber, and so on.

The most important point is that Boss Zhou is about to take the stage!

Most of them are rubbish games, none of them have continuity, and they are all cheating money for scammers.

Zhang Chaoyang felt that this kid was going too far.

Zhang Chaoyang glanced at him, "What's the matter? On a woman's belly?"

The production of this type of game is really terrible, it is clearly a way to collect money... quickly develop the game, and then take advantage of the popularity of the movie to harvest a wave, sell 100 million sets, and earn tens of millions Dollar.

Boss Zhou is the one everyone wants to follow.

No one wants to leave at this time.

The Marvel universe is so big and there are so many well-known characters, if it is made into an online game, it will not be worse than "World of Warcraft", right?The way Hollywood used to be, it was so bad.

It is simply fishing out the water and taking consumers as fools. This concept is not at all Internet, and it is a typical traditional industry's consistent malaise.

Zhang Chaoyang said seriously: "Well, I praise you, I'm really worried that you will stand up."

Big IPs such as Star Wars, Marvel, Jurassic, Twilight, The Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, etc., actually have very good game adaptation elements.

A lot of games are garbage.

Killing decisively did not appear, boss Zhou adopted the attitude of spring wind turning rain, calming Changyou's internal worries and anxieties.After the meeting, it was obvious that every executive felt a lot more relaxed, with smiles on their faces.

At this moment, Changyou's executives are very worried about being fired.

In particular, the newly launched multiplayer online competitive game "DOTA2" is the most popular and popular game in the current market.The online game market also has strong vitality, and "Tian Long Ba Bu" and "World of Warcraft" are invincible.

First of all, Europe and the United States have strong spending power. They don't know how to save at all, and the probability of impulsive consumption is very high. If you are a little tempted, you will buy it.

Just like the previous few times, Changyou now only has more than 2000 employees, occupying less than one building, and renting out the rest.

But the mass class in the United States is so stupid, they just follow this routine and refuse to change after repeated admonitions.

The adjustment of the board of directors and the senior management team is actually relatively simple.

Another point is the strong influence of Hollywood movies.

Changyou wants to operate independently, which provides him with another reason to invest in the real estate market.

Afterwards, Zhou Buqi and Zhang Chaoyang went to the small office.

Zhang Chaoyang raised his eyebrows, "Game development?"

After the initial stage of anger, Zhou Buqi's mentality became much calmer. Although the current CEO, Wang Fang, made a mess in Changyou, he did not explode, showing an easy-going and friendly attitude.

With such a legendary figure in charge of Changyou, one can imagine how bright the future of Changyou will be.If you want to succeed in the workplace, the most important thing is to follow the right people.

Can't go to war.

"Well, a Japanese-American is now the senior vice president of Ziwei Star Global, in charge of the home entertainment business."

Secondly, the popularity of genuine games allows game manufacturers to launch some stand-alone games with confidence and boldly, and make money by selling genuine games.

Looking at the whole world, that can also be ranked first.

Online games can make more money than stand-alone games!
Professionals should do professional things, let Ziwei Star Global and Changyou link up, dig out the market and players' minds, and doing it casually is a hundred times better than making junk games to cheat money.

Big-selling movies such as "Star Wars", "Jurassic Park", "Spider-Man", "Fast and Furious", which have exploded the market, often develop derivative games when developing derivative copyrights.

This is hope!

"more or less."

Zhou Buqi said: "Haven't you watched the "Star Wars" game? Make more money? Lucasfilm also has a dedicated game studio, but the management is too poor. I plan to close all the verticals of Ziwei Star Global. The game studio in the game will only do authorization in the future, and Changyou will have priority."

The film industry and game industry for foreigners are really different from those in China.

Zhou Buqi didn't like this very much.

"Who?"

good for everyone.

So just last year, Lao Zhang made a decision as soon as he patted his thigh. He spent 9 million yuan to buy a commercial office building from Sunac and renamed it Sohu Changyou Building.

Zhou Buqi laughed, "Is this a compliment to me?"

As soon as the door was closed, Lao Zhang couldn't help but gave him a thumbs up, "You are young and sophisticated, amazing!"

This bastard boy!
It's too dressy!
Zhou Buqi yawned, and lay down on the sofa in a very disfigured manner, "I have been busy all night, and I didn't sleep for a few hours, so I was called over by you."

Originally, he wanted to build a building by himself like Sohu Media Building, but the rise of Changyou was too rapid, and the speed of building a building from scratch was too slow.

Zhou Buqi was calm and calm, and asked, "Do I still need to stand up? My prestige is not enough?"

Zhou Buqi held a heart-to-heart meeting with everyone, did not criticize anyone, and smiled and expressed his gratitude to every executive who had made great contributions to Changyou in the past.

Zhang Chaoyang was numb.

I think this bastard is too powerful!
Changyou has a total of 9 directors, and the directors who are obviously labeled as Ziweixing include Zhou Buqi, Don Mattrick, Guo Pengfei, Alex Jones and Kevin Tsujihara.

Regardless of the attitude of the other 4 directors, this is more than half!

Too bad!
No mercy!
The point is that the angle this kid found is so impeccable, there is no way for people to argue.

(End of this chapter)