Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2220
Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "There is nothing impossible, it is nothing more than finding a solution that can resolve the final conflict."

Carl Icahn thought it was almost impossible, "How to solve it?"

Zhou Buqi said: "We all know that Thompson is a very good CEO. Whether it is at PayPal or Yahoo, he has done a good job. But why does such a CEO take the blame and leave because of some trivial things many years ago?"

Carl Icahn shook his head, "Some things cannot be decided by the talents of one or two people."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "It's nothing more than a confrontation between two forces in Yahoo's board of directors."

"Obvious."

As Carl Icahn freely admits, it's all too obvious that the confrontation has been going on since he got into Yahoo in 08.

Zhou Buqi said: "The biggest controversy in the disagreement is nothing more than one side wants to sell Yahoo and cash out, and the other side wants to keep Yahoo's control."

Carl Icahn said indifferently: "The biggest responsibility of the company is to create the most value for shareholders. People like Yang Zhiyuan...I'm not saying that Yang Zhiyuan is not good. He has a deep affection for Yahoo, but affection is often the key to many major decisions. The biggest negative factor is whoever has feelings will fail, and whoever has deep feelings will lose even more."

In fact, it wasn't just him, everyone could see it.

Since 08, the outside world has seen clearly the internal battles surrounding Yahoo for so many years. The biggest obstacle is the founder team's feelings for Yahoo.

Because the relationship is too deep, it is difficult to maximize the benefits.

Regardless of whether it is the capital or the founding team, the goals of both parties are actually the same, and they both want to make money and make a lot of money.But the management believes that without the emotional factors of the founding team, they can earn more!

At least they sold Yahoo to Microsoft back then, and they already made a lot of money!
In 08, Yang Zhiyuan's faction did not sell Yahoo to Microsoft. Today, Yahoo's stock price has fallen by 50%.

This is not counting.

Although Microsoft is a bit "lonely" in the technology industry, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Compared with Apple and Google, Microsoft is still one of the best technology companies in the world.

From 08 to now, Microsoft's stock has increased by nearly 30%.

It should have been a 30% profit, but now it has become a 50% loss!

When something like this happens, who wouldn't get angry?

Can the management not go to war, and want to fight with Yang Zhiyuan?
As for Scott Thompson, Yahoo's new CEO... I'm sorry, under the general trend of power confrontation behind him, he can only become an abandoned child.

Zhou Buqi said: "The operation of a company is really different from investing on Wall Street. When investing, you must be calm and make decisions calmly. The more ruthless you are, the more money you can make. But if it is normal Emotional factors are still very important in company operations. Only a team that has feelings for the company and a sense of belonging will have a stronger combat effectiveness."

Carl Icahn shook his head, disapprovingly, raised his hand...

Zhou Buqi interrupted him, and rushed to say: "Wall Street companies, do you have any loyalty? The turnover rate of employees exceeds 70%. Because Wall Street is doing investment business, so I can bear it. But for some As far as the actual company is concerned, without a stable and strong team, nothing can be done at all.”

Carl Icahn glanced at him. "Who cares?"

Zhou Buqi couldn't help but laugh.

Carl Icahn said indifferently: "It's like raising chickens. Some people raise chickens and sell eggs, and some people raise chickens and sell them. The meaning of chickens is to create wealth. Who cares about you?" Do you sell eggs slowly, or kill chickens all at once?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "In fact, there can be a better compromise solution."

"Ok?"

Carl Icahn disagreed, feeling that the kid was a little hairless and incapable of doing things.

Zhou Buqi said: "Some people want to raise chickens to lay eggs, and some people want to raise chickens and sell chickens. They both want to make money. In fact, they can also cooperate."

Carl Icahn's heart skipped a beat, "How to cooperate?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Since it is selling chickens, there is no need to slaughter and sell chickens. You can sell the chickens to chicken farmers, so that the chicken farmers can operate for a long time, and rely on laying eggs for a long-term business."

Carl Icahn's face changed immediately, and he understood what he meant, "What if there is a conflict between the chicken farmer and the chicken seller? Who will negotiate?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I'll come!"

Carl Icahn took a deep breath.

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "I'll set up a game. I'll buy a chicken from you, and then invite the chicken breeder to come over and raise the chicken to lay eggs!"

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The original plan was to come to New York for only two days.

However, it was a rare opportunity to see the American tour of Kunqu Opera "The Peony Pavilion" by the "ancestor of a hundred operas" in the theater. Zhou Buqi temporarily changed the plan, at least to see it with his own eyes.

In the domestic opera industry, it is said that Peking Opera is the quintessence of the country.

But retrospectively, that's not the case at all.

Peking Opera was created by the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty, because they couldn't understand traditional Han dramas at all.

In order to cater to the Manchu imperial power, a drama type with Manchu Chinese as the main body gradually emerged.Manchu Chinese has been passed down and is today's Mandarin.So now Chinese people listen to dramas. Peking opera is the only opera that has no language threshold, and the others are "dialects".

And because the barbarians entered the dynasty, and the cultural background of the barbarians was too poor, the libretto of Peking opera was all vernacular, which could be understood by people from lower Liba.

Because it is a vernacular, it is easy to popularize.

Because the Manchu people in power liked it, it was most widely circulated in the Qing Dynasty.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty, it became the most important drama heritage of the country, and it became a national treasure.

The real cultural treasure is actually Kunqu Opera.

This is something made by the Han people who are serious and honest, and the language they speak is also a Jiangsu-Zhejiang branch of the three schools of ancient Chinese.But the culture is so dated that they all speak Mandarin.

Just like the cultural scholars on Baodao, they will always object to calling the language "national language" and "cheongsam and mandarin jacket" as Hanfu.This is something made by the Manchus. How can it represent the great Han world?
In fact, when the People's Republic of China was first established, the mainland also wanted to use "Mandarin" to refer to it, but it was opposed by many great writers and intellectuals in the South at that time, and directly wrote to the highest level.

This language cannot represent China.

The authorities followed suit and called it "Mandarin" instead of "Mandarin", which is more neutral.

But even so, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the reunification of the country, under the general trend of the same track, the same text, and the same pronunciation, Putonghua has become irresistible.

The orthodox language becomes a dialect.

Culture is broken.

So much so that today no one can understand what is sung in Kunqu opera, even if they can understand, they don't know what is sung.Because the libretto is too elegant, and they are all the purest classical Chinese, not ordinary classical Chinese, but poetry.

"It turns out that there are so many beautiful purples and reds blooming all over the world, and they are all ruined like this. The beauty of the day is nothing but the sky, the clouds and green pavilions, the rain and the wind, the misty waves and the boats, Jinping people really see this time as cheap..."

Who can understand this?
The bar is too high.

Ning Lu is not from the opera industry, so she is not clear about more related things.

it's fine.

What Boss Zhou lacked most were two things.

The same is money.

The same is a woman.

Ning Lu made a phone call a long time ago, found Li Xinwan who is now in the entertainment industry, and arranged for her a private jet to fly to New York overnight.

Li Xinwan is not ordinary.

Before filming "A Dream of Red Mansions" and entering the entertainment circle, she was a well-known boudoir dancer in the Kunqu opera world, and was once a young artist with high hopes in the Kunqu opera world.

Also because it was so good, Director Li of "A Dream of Red Mansions" took a fancy to it, and visited the thatched cottage several times.The Li family was under tremendous pressure from the Kunqu opera industry, so they sent their daughter out to play the role of Xue Baochai, stepping into the entertainment circle.

Boss Zhou also wants to save face, knowing that the threshold for listening to Kunqu opera is too high, so he has to prepare lessons in advance.

In the study room at night, I don’t read other books, except to deal with some work matters, which is to turn out Tang Xianzu’s masterpiece "The Peony Pavilion" and read it carefully.

It's so well written!

Okay, it's a little hard to understand.

How embarrassing!
Fortunately, Ning Yameng's artistic atmosphere is very rich, and she has a strong foundation in poetry and poetry.In fact, she is more obsessed with painting art. One of her most important hobbies is going to various studios or museums to see paintings.

Just a look for hours.

Others were standing so that their legs were numb, but she still stood there with one movement, watching with relish.

Zhou Buqi told her several times that if you see something you like, you can buy it back, and our family is not short of money.Be it antiques or modern paintings, it doesn't matter!You can buy them all!

Ning Yameng smiled and said, "Art is about feeling, not owning."

Zhou Buqi felt ashamed.

With Ning Yameng's interpretation, Zhou Buqi has a relatively clear outline of the story line of Tang Xianzu's drama "The Peony Pavilion".

"The threshold is really high!"

Zhou Buqi was very impressed.

Ning Yameng pursed her lips, and said softly: "But as long as you pass this threshold and feel the powerful rendering power of art, you will...see a new world. It's just like doing business. The lower the threshold, the more popular, and the higher the threshold, the more user loyalty."

Zhou Buqi stretched out his hand, hugged her limp body to his lap, and said with a smile: "No, I don't have artistic talent, I can't feel..."

"How is it possible?" Ning Yameng rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily, "You are so good, how could you feel it? You are just too lazy, right? Seeing that the threshold is too high, I don't bother to learn to pass it."

Zhou Buqi could only find an excuse, "I'm too busy at work."

Ning Yameng bit her red lips lightly, and said in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, I think you should really pay attention to art. This is a higher spiritual pursuit. This is not only a positive thing, but also a preventive measure."

"Precautions before they happen?" Zhou Buqi was slightly taken aback, "Prevention of what?"

(End of this chapter)