Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2212 Guess It Right

Zhou Buqi stayed in Japan for two days, met Boss Ma here, and both parties watched a spectacular sumo match together.

It's really touching.

Sumo wrestling was actually passed down from China. It was once a very popular sport in the Song Dynasty, but then it stopped working.

Now this has become a traditional culture in the sense of "Tao" in Japan, which is not comparable to ordinary sports.

For example, once a popular Japanese actress Rie Miyazawa announced her engagement to a sumo yokozuna.At that time, Miyazawa Rie's status in the Japanese entertainment industry was similar to that of Gong Li and International Zhang in China. As a result, this incident aroused strong public opinion.

The status of sumo wrestling is too lofty, it is a certain kind of belief, how can an actor be worthy of yokozuna?

Then, the whole country cursed and the marriage was annulled.

As a result, Rie Miyazawa was directly depressed, and she stopped acting for many years.

Zhou Buqi is actually not very interested in this kind of thing.

But Boss Ma is very obsessed with martial arts and is very interested in "martial arts". He ran over to take photos with sumo wrestlers, and took Zhou Buqi to experience the daily life of sumo wrestlers up close.

The Sumo Association attached great importance to it, and specially arranged for the currently strongest yokozuna Wakanoka Katsura to accompany him.

For a whole morning, Zhou Buqi was dragged by Boss Ma to visit sumo's "martial arts hall" and experience their culture of life, diet, training and rest up close.

It's really meaningless.

What shocked Zhou Buqi the most was that the status of sumo wrestling was really high!
Ruonai Huasheng is a fat man all over his body, so fat that he can hardly take care of himself, but his wife is amazingly beautiful.Not only is she beautiful, but she also comes from an unusual background. She is the daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur.

Only such a noble status is worthy of a sumo wrestler.

However, this is not the most important thing.

In Ruonai Huasheng's family, there is not only a beautiful wife, but also an equally beautiful maid.Because this man is too fat to take care of himself, and his wife is from a noble background and can't do much housework, so he can only find a maid or a nanny.

That's not the most important thing.

When Ruonai Huasheng went to the bathroom, he couldn't even untie his belt and take off his pants, so he had to be served by a maid... Not to mention, he couldn't wipe his butt when he went to the bathroom, so he had to be served by a maid.If it is in the "martial arts hall", let the low-level sumo wrestlers wipe themselves, and bully as much as possible.

Bullying in the workplace is class classification; maid service is male superiority.

For a man of status, it is quite comfortable in this environment.

At noon, I had a meal with Wakanohana Katsuyokozuna before finally finishing up.

Zhou Buqi was getting ready to get up in the afternoon and was going to America.

Boss Ma was a little unsure, so he invited him, saying that it would be interesting to come and watch a few more sumo matches when he had time.

Zhou Buqi can only hehe.

But when it came to business, Boss Ma became serious and suggested: "You go over this time, ask more people and ask more questions."

Zhou Buqi asked, "What are you looking for?"

Boss Ma said: "Yahoo, let's see what happened inside."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Go ask Yang Zhiyuan, you two have such a good relationship, if you have any questions, just ask him?"

Boss Ma said in embarrassment: "After Yang Zhiyuan resigned from Yahoo's board of directors, he will naturally lose his seat on the board of Ali. You should ask, isn't he an independent director of Ziweixing International?"

"Okay, I'll go find out."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

He wouldn't ask Yang Zhiyuan, he might as well ask Carl Icahn directly, he is probably the real trader behind it.

Boss Ma suddenly asked: "By the way, I heard that UC Group is going to sell?"

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was slightly taken aback, "Who did you hear that from?"

Boss Ma said angrily: "What kind of secret is this? UC Group has always maintained an independent operation, and has not fully integrated with Ziwei Star's core business. There are only two results in the future. Either it will be listed independently, or it will be sold as a whole."

Zhou Buqi looked at him strangely, "Are you interested?"

"Have."

Boss Ma readily admitted.

UC Group has two flagship products in China, one is UC Browser and the other is UC Mobile Assistant, both of which are super mobile apps.

It is difficult for a big ship to turn around. It is not easy for a technology giant like Ali to complete the transformation to the mobile Internet.

If there are these two products of UC, it will be even more powerful.

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "Do you have money? It's delisting and repurchasing stocks. You can't afford it!"

Boss Ma didn't give up, "Wait a few years."

Zhou Buqi then refused, "No, it's best to sell it this year!"

Boss Ma frowned, not understanding, "Why are you in such a hurry? After Ali finishes working for a while, you can..."

Zhou Buqi said: "It has nothing to do with Ali, it has something to do with Ziweixing's own plan. Ziweixing plans to list on NASDAQ next year. It is best to come up with a sparkling financial report this year, and then make the IPO next year a success." .”

"It's not easy to sell UC. Who can you sell it to?" Boss Ma snorted, "Baidu? Baidu has such an appetite? I'm afraid it won't be able to digest it."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "So when I go to America this time, I have to deal with this matter."

"Go to the United States?" Boss Ma was stunned for a moment, "Are you going to sell to a big company in Silicon Valley?"

Zhou Buqi didn't need to hide it from him, and said frankly: "Well, Microsoft asked about it last year, and they are interested in UC Group."

"Microsoft……"

Boss Ma took a deep breath.

Zhou Buqi said: "UC Group not only has domestic business, but also has a lot of overseas assets. I estimate that the domestic business is worth 30 billion U.S. dollars, and the overseas business can be worth at least 30 billion U.S. dollars..."

Boss Ma laughed angrily, "I think you are crazy! Why didn't you say it was 300 billion US dollars?"

The two were still sitting in the grocery store.

The waiter brought a pot of tea, and after the sumo wrestler left, the two chatted here.When the time comes, Zhou Buqi will leave for the United States.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "That's what it means. UC Browser is very popular in overseas markets, second only to Google Chrome on the mobile side. Do you know what this concept is? UC Browser is on the mobile phone side, and I We are talking about overseas markets, and the market share is 300 times that of Microsoft's IE browser!"

Boss Ma nodded, "Microsoft competes so fiercely with Google, it's not surprising that they are interested in UC Browser."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Yes, that's the approach."

Boss Ma showed some doubts, "Is it really going to be sold to a foreign company? Is this good? It took so much effort in China to create such an excellent company with multinational business, and then sell it to Microsoft? Sell it to Microsoft?" American?"

"Uh……"

Zhou Buqi was a little embarrassed.

How do you say this?
Fortunately, Boss Ma knows him well enough, "You are the richest man in the world, and you are not short of money at all. Why sell high-quality assets to Americans? Unless... unless this is not high-quality assets at all, you are setting a trap for Americans. .”

In the end, his eyes were already burning.

Zhou Buqi laughed.

When Boss Ma saw his state, he had already guessed about seven or eight points, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Are you sure I'm sure? Well... it's really possible. The UC Group has been operating independently for the past few years. Did you have this in mind early in the morning? Sell it for cash after it grows bigger?"

Zhou Buqi felt powerless.

When it comes to interpersonal communication, it's not good to have a heart-to-heart relationship, and it's not good to not have a heart-to-heart relationship.

He and Boss Ma are so familiar with each other and have such a good relationship... Although the two usually play tricks on each other, fooling each other, and winning or losing each other.

But personal relationships are good.

No worse than Lao Zhang.

In this way, the weakness is revealed.

Boss Ma knows Zhou Buqi too well, so it is easy to guess some of his basic ideas of business operations through his character and style.

If it were Mr. Li from Baidu, he would never be able to guess what Boss Zhou was thinking.Firstly, he is not as shrewd as Lao Ma, and secondly, the relationship between the two parties is not that good, and they have not reached the level of complete familiarity.

When Boss Ma saw that he was silent, he became more certain, and said with a smile: "You must have been disapproving of UC's business a long time ago, otherwise you must have integrated Ziweixing and UC at a strategic level. The reason why you didn't do it Business integration is to make it easier to sell UC Group.”

Zhou Buqi could only tell the truth, "Looking at it now, few people in the world can really understand the mobile Internet, even Google. The most important change is the importance of the browser on the mobile terminal. It will decline sharply. In the PC Internet era, the browser is the core product, and it is a hurdle that can never be bypassed. But on the mobile terminal, the App model has broken through the blockade of the browser.”

Boss Ma was in awe.

Not to mention whether such a statement is correct or not, the key is that the other party dares to express it, which is extraordinary courage.He not only expressed it, but also really practiced it, selling the browser business that he is not optimistic about, which is even more courageous.

Boss Ma advised him very carefully, "I won't say anything else, I will just remind you. Once you sell UC Browser to Microsoft, then Microsoft will make this product and become famous all over the world. , be careful that you will be under the pressure of public opinion."

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "I am the richest man in the world, why should I be afraid of the pressure of public opinion? There are too many lice and I am not afraid of being bitten."

Boss Ma laughed, "That's right! I heard that you donated a sum of money to set up some kind of health charity fund. It's 10 billion yuan?"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, did not answer the question, and said in a deep voice: "Anyway, I have already said what I should say. Don't have any ideas. If you don't sell UC Group to Ali, it is actually for Ali's good."

"Anyway, you are right, even if you want to sell, Ali can't afford it now." Boss Ma didn't care much, "By the way, you want to sell Huayi's stock?"

Zhou Buqi sighed, "I can't help it, I can't do it without selling stocks, donating 10 billion, where can I get so much cash?"

Boss Ma said: "Well, I also want to find opportunities to cash out. If Hua Yi wants to run to cooperate with Penguin, he says he can get a strategic investment of more than one billion yuan... It's no different from rebellion. It's time to find an opportunity to quit .”

(End of this chapter)