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Zhou Buqi felt that foreigners could not be counted on to plan an e-sports competition. Chinese people are better at this aspect. He will talk to Ren Yuxin when he returns to China.

Once this matter is settled, he is ready to return home.

It won't be long before the Spring Festival.

Take the time to go to Japan again.

Ren Yuxin wanted to acquire several Japanese game companies. Jingtao was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March. Even because of the football game plan... Zhou Buqi has already set his sights on "Pro Evolution Soccer".

If you want to develop a game that can compete with "FIFA Football", not to mention the playability, stability and fun of the game, it is not easy to do it on the technical level alone.

An excellent football game engine is probably the highest technology in the game industry at present.

In order to catch up with "FIFA Football", the later generations of "Pro Evolution Soccer" modified the engine that they had used for many years, and something happened.The engine has changed, which often leads to the segmentation of human faces and players' bodies, or the splitting of footballs and players. When the game is running, it looks like a ghost is playing football, which is very scary.

Of course, no matter how difficult this technique is, it is not so difficult, it is just a game.

I am afraid that the things made in a short period of time will not be stable enough.

It would be much easier if we could start directly from "Pro Evolution Soccer".

However, it is not easy to make this happen.

Let's see if Sun Zhengyi's face is too big.

Softbank still wants to invest in Changyou, so it needs to contribute more and help more.

Zhou Buqi returned to Silicon Valley from Los Angeles, picked up his wife and children, and prepared to return to China for the Spring Festival.Then got a good news, eBay accepted Ziweixing International's plan to invest in PayPal for strategic cooperation.

Great price!

Very sincere!

Although PayPal has just changed its CEO, it is only a semi-independent company, and all strategic planning must be under the command of the parent company, eBay.

In other words, the top management of PayPal has not changed, it is very stable, and will focus on the development of the mobile Internet market in accordance with the previous strategy.

It just so happens that Ziweixing International is currently the company with the most comprehensive layout and the best development in this field.

If PayPal can be connected to Ziweixing International's products, it will be equivalent to having a huge stage that can be fully displayed.

Things went surprisingly smoothly.

Not even a matter of voting rights.

As many shares as Ziweixing International has, there will be as many voting rights, and the same shares have the same rights.It seems that eBay is very confident that as long as it owns the vast majority of shares in PayPal, it will have absolute control.

Of course Zhou Buqi was happy to see the success, so he made a special phone call with the notorious Wall Street jackal Carl Icahn, "PayPal's financing is almost done."

"So fast?"

Carl Icahn was amazed at his efficiency.

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "How can you be rejected when you come to deliver money? I offer the money sincerely, and of course they will accept it."

Carl Icahn was delighted, "What about the shares? How much?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Invest 5 million US dollars and get 5% of the shares."

"so much……"

Carl Icahn frowned slightly.

He meant a lot, and of course it wasn't $5 million. With Ziweixing International's current momentum and the courage of Boss Zhou, $5 million was really nothing.

He didn't expect to get 5% of the shares.

Doesn't this mean that PayPal's valuation is only $100 billion?
This is too little!
Carl Icahn was somewhat dissatisfied, feeling that PayPal had underestimated the company's valuation and harmed the interests of shareholders, so he said in a complicated tone: "Two years ago, I bought part of eBay's stock and spent 2 million U.S. dollars. , that is to say, got 2% of the shares.”

In other words, PayPal two years ago had a market valuation of $100 billion!

In the past two years, PayPal has developed so well on the mobile terminal, but the valuation has not increased at all?
Zhou Buqi heard the displeasure in his tone, and said with a smile, "This is not a financial investment, but a strategic investment. The capital is only 5 million US dollars, and what about the channel resources that Ziweixing International will invest in the future cooperation between the two parties?"

Instead of debating him, Carl Icahn asked the all-important question: "What about voting rights?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It's in my hands."

"what?"

Carl Icahn was taken aback for a moment, and then his worries turned into joy.

Zhou Buqi said: "After the strategic investment between the two parties is reached this time, I can get about 5% of the voting rights here. We have said before that I have the same idea as you and firmly support PayPal and eBay. Split! Only split is in the best interests of our small shareholders."

Carl Icahn understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't attack PayPal in a short time, and I will give you a certain buffer period."

If Ziweixing International has just reached a cooperation with eBay and made a strategic investment in PayPal.Turning around and partnering with Carl Icahn to make things happen and break up, then this will be a big deal.

The reputation stinks.

A lot of companies, unless absolutely necessary, won't take money from Carl Icahn because his reputation is so rotten.Everyone knows that his investment will mean the next rough exit, which may dismember the company.

Therefore, the cooperation between Zhou Buqi and Carl Icahn must be cautious.

No fanfare.

Lest Carl Icahn's notoriety affect himself.

Zhou Buqi said bluntly: "In two years, I will not attack PayPal, but focus on close strategic cooperation."

Carl Icahn said: "Two years or three years is fine. I am most concerned about Yahoo now."

Zhou Buqi was more curious about this, because he was sure that this sinister guy must be plotting against Yahoo behind the scenes. PayPal's CEO jumped to Yahoo as CEO, how can there be such a coincidence?

"Yahoo has changed its CEO. I think the effect is pretty good, and the stock price has risen."

"When the news of Yang Zhiyuan's departure from the board of directors is released, the stock price will only go up even better. At that time, the market will let Yang Zhiyuan see clearly who is the culprit in the scourge of Yahoo."

Carl Icahn's tone was heavy, apparently he had been dissatisfied with Yang Zhiyuan for a long time.

Zhou Buqi tried to ask: "What about the future? When Yang Zhiyuan leaves the board of directors, what will happen next?"

Carl Icahn said with a headache: "Those people's methods are too poor, too weak, and their work efficiency is too low. This time, only Yang Zhiyuan left the board of directors, but he still has at least four or five people on the board of directors, all of whom are helping him. Keep the house."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Then Yang Zhiyuan has left, isn't it the same as if he didn't leave? Isn't it different that he can remotely command Yahoo behind the scenes?"

"There are such worries."

"What should I do?"

"It's not that difficult." Carl Icahn looked very relaxed, as if he only had Yang Zhiyuan in his eyes. As for the other follower directors, it was no problem at all, "Just clean it up."

Zhou Buqi asked: "How to clean it?"

Carl Icahn said: "Look for opportunities, one pot!"

It's not easy to ask any more questions this week.

However, the other party's relaxed and leisurely tone made him firm in his opinion. This Wall Street wolf really has another trick!

I don't know if it was because of my own participation that some deviations from the butterfly effect occurred in the Yahoo case.Zhou Buqi didn't know how the Yahoo thing happened in his previous life.

He is a little worried now.

Don't delay Boss Ma's important event.

It would be bad if Boss Ma failed to recover the voting rights of Ali's 20% shares due to some complicated inside information.

This time I returned to China, I should go to Hangzhou to find Lao Ma once, and tell him to be more careful and act quickly.