Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2338
Yahoo has been strategically cooperating with Samsung Electronics for many years. Selling Yahoo Korea to Samsung will open up many possibilities.

As a master of business operations, Zhou Buqi is particularly good at thinking about problems from the perspective of the other party.

For Samsung Electronics, Internet services and software services for terminal equipment are very important links, and they must be firmly in their hands.

In the short term, their strength is weak and they cannot develop, so they can only rely on outsiders.

In the long run, they will certainly do it themselves.

This is also in line with Samsung's consistent style.

Samsung mobile phones are the most typical example. In order to ensure sufficient autonomy, Samsung Electronics has done a full set of upstream and downstream industrial chains for mobile phones.

This is the only mobile phone manufacturer in the world that can be completely self-sufficient without relying on external procurement of spare parts.

This is related to national characteristics.

Jurisprudentially speaking, South Korea is still in a wartime state, and the nation's genes are full of a sense of crisis.

Moreover, during the Asian financial crisis, the Korean industry was really infiltrated by foreign capital. The wealth that South Korea has struggled for for decades has fallen into the hands of European and American capital, which makes them more aware of urgency.

In case Europe and the United States want to bully people again one day, Samsung Electronics can still be self-sufficient. With the protection of its family, it will not be bullied too seriously by outsiders.From this level, it is very similar to the domestic technology industry.

Therefore, for Samsung Electronics, their ultimate solution must be independent research and development around Internet services and software services for Samsung mobile phones.

It is better to rely on oneself than to rely on others.

The acquisition of Yahoo Korea is an opportunity to strengthen its own strength.

Moreover, there are hidden dangers of dependence on partners.

In the Internet industry, the best technical level must be Google and Microsoft.But Samsung mobile phones can't go to them to cooperate. They are competitors. Once they rely on Google and Microsoft in these businesses, it will definitely affect the competitiveness of Samsung mobile phones.

So Samsung mobile phones have been actively looking for alternatives.

First I found Yahoo.

Later, I found Ziweixing and Baidu.

With a few more partners, Samsung mobile phones will not become dependent on any one party. Whether it is Yahoo, Ziweixing, or Baidu doing things, Samsung can immediately cut off the cooperation and be prepared.

Not anymore.

Ziweixing International acquired Yahoo!

Samsung Electronics' two most important partners in the field of Internet services and software services have merged... This will inevitably cause Samsung to worry.

In this life, because of the emergence of Ziwei Star, Baidu's strength is relatively weak, and there are not many cooperations between Samsung and Baidu.

This means that Zhou Buqi can almost control Samsung Electronics' Internet services and software services through Ziweixing and Yahoo.In case the big boss of Zhou wants to play tricks, it will be a huge blow to Samsung!

The gentleman does not stand under the wall.

Even if Boss Zhou is the richest man in the world, the structure will not be so low, and he will not play such low threats, but it will always be a ticking time bomb for Samsung.

It is impossible for the Li family to sleep peacefully if they sleep with a time bomb in their arms.

This must make Samsung Electronics nervous.Once nervous, it is easy to be emotional, it is easy to make a hasty decision, make a decision with a slap on the forehead, and hastily accelerate the direction of self-research.

So Zhou Buqi ran to Korea carelessly.

He thinks this is more reliable.

Moreover, he didn't just bet on Samsung in dealing with Yahoo Korea, he also had alternatives.If Samsung is unwilling to take over, let Kakao Group acquire Yahoo Korea, just like Ali acquired Yahoo China.

Zhou Buqi arrived in South Korea, and that night, Li Zairong arranged a big scene.

In the Shilla Hotel, many celebrities in South Korea's political and business circles were invited to express their welcome to Boss Zhou's visit.At the same time, it is also taking the lead to let everyone know.

After all, as the latest richest man in the world, Zhou Buqi is too low-key.

Many people want to get to know him, to get a taste of the fairy spirit, but they really don't have the chance.

Lee Jae-yong can also take this opportunity to show the strength of Samsung.

Looking at the whole of South Korea, besides him, Li Jae-yong, who else can organize a game to invite Boss Zhou?
Zhou Buqi didn't mind either.

It doesn't hurt to simply get acquainted.

However, after turning around, I found the problem, they were all men.All the ladies present accompanied the men as female companions. This was simply a man's vanity fair.

With so many people, it was difficult for Zhou Buqi to remember them all. Anyway, the most common words he heard were: "Mr. Zhou, you are so young!"

There were also officials present, the highest level was the "deputy chief", the minister in charge of culture, surnamed Cui, talked with Boss Zhou about the possibility of promoting Korean Wave culture to the European and American markets.

Perhaps as a gesture of favor, Minister Cui also actively stated that he would set up a cultural development fund with a scale of no less than 1.4 trillion won to promote the co-production of Korean and American films.

Ziweixing Global, as the most popular Hollywood giant today, is of course the first choice for cooperation.

These are all relevant.

When Zhou Buqi heard this, of course he agreed.Someone came to send money, there is no reason to refuse.This kind of co-production mode is collectively referred to as "capital preservation projects" in Hollywood.

Whether it is a Sino-US co-production, a Korean-US co-production, or an earlier British-American co-production, a German-American co-production, or a Japanese-American co-production.

How can it be so easy to take advantage of Hollywood?
The co-production was a huge success... ahem, sorry, Hollywood is picking peaches.

Like "007".

This is actually an adaptation of a British novel, a film approved by a British film company, and a British film.Later, I found a co-production with MGM... After filming, it became MGM's ace series of movies, and the British film company only had the copyright of leftovers, and could only drink some soup.

It doesn't matter if the co-production fails.

Most of the capital and sponsors are borne by the co-producer, and Hollywood can still control the copyright and channel distribution.In other words, the power to divide the cake is in the hands of Hollywood.

If it makes money, Hollywood will divide it first; if it loses money, the co-producer will lose first.

There is also a "capital preservation and value-added project", which is even more ruthless.Even if a co-production movie is produced, no matter whether the movie is successful at the box office or not, Hollywood must have a guaranteed profit of 10% or 15%.Hollywood will definitely make money, and the co-producer will bear the loss.

This is the model of "Disneyland" opened all over the world.

Koreans want to produce a Korean-US co-production movie with Ziweixing Universal. This is no different from giving money. With such a good thing, why not do it?
Just like the rising trend of Sino-US co-productions in China, Hollywood film companies are dying of laughter.

There were several bosses and shareholders of the film company present, and they looked like they had never seen the world.Seeing that Boss Zhou so forthrightly agreed to advance the co-production plan between Hanfang and Ziweixing Global, I was very excited.Generally, they are people in their 60s and [-]s, and they bowed to him to express their gratitude.

This made Zhou Buqi a little suspicious, wondering if this group of people were eyeing some kind of development fund, and wanted to use the opportunity of co-production to defraud the Ministry of Culture of money?
Anyway, South Korea's political and business relations are very opaque, and there are many tricks and thieves.

Holding red wine, they socialized for more than two hours.

Zhou Buqi also gradually recalled that most of the people present were entrepreneurs, some made cars, some made cosmetics, some made games, some made food, some made electronic products, and some made Textile products... there is only one industry missing - real estate.

No wonder a metropolis like Seoul is so poorly planned and houses are so dilapidated.

After leaving the hotel, Sun Guanran said impatiently as soon as he got in the car: "That Xu Qingpei, you should say a few more words."

"Who?"

Zhou Buqi had seen too many people in one night, and he didn't have a photographic memory, so he couldn't remember who Xu Qingpei was.

Sun Guanran seemed to be quite concerned, and quickly said: "He is the big boss of Amore Group!"

"Amore?" Zhou Buqi was vaguely impressed, "What are you doing?"

Sun Guanran was very helpless, "Cosmetics, brother!"

"Oh."

Zhou Buqi's reaction was still very flat.

Sun Guanran said: "In the cosmetics group buying on Xiaonei.com, 42% of the cosmetics are imported. Among the imported cosmetics, 60% are from Korea. Among the Korean cosmetics, 80% are from Amore Group."

Zhou Buqi was amused at once, sat in the car, turned to look at her, "Really? I remember this data so clearly? You didn't lie to me, did you?"

Sun Guanran blushed a little, "I'm not sure about the specific data, anyway, Amore's cosmetics are very famous in China, and the sales volume is very good. Among the cosmetics category of group buying on campus, they are the top five brands. If it weren't for the imported ones that are too expensive , Their product may be the number one in sales. When I was in college, I used it for more than two years."

"Oh?" Zhou Buqi smiled, "Then you spent a lot of living expenses in college?"

Sun Guanran said: "Yes, cosmetics cost hundreds of dollars every month. Oh... I'm telling you the business, while you are in Korea, hurry up and get that... Qin He from the school group buying! Yes, Let Qin He come to Seoul for a business trip, and go to Amore Group to sign a big order! There are many layers of agents for cosmetics, and the profits in the middle are too much. You should get the goods directly from the manufacturers. The group purchases on campus use the direct sales model for college students, and the price can be as high as possible It’s more fair. This is not the public market, and it should be treated differently. Big companies have preferential policies for education.”

Zhou Buqi said "Oh", "Okay, you can arrange it."

Sun Guanran was delighted, "I arrange it and I arrange it."

Zhou Buqi glanced at her, "Don't abuse your power, let the group buying team in the school discuss it themselves. Come here, if you think it's unnecessary, don't use it, don't order others."

"I know..." Sun Guanran rolled his eyes at him, curled his lips, and immediately became curious, "Why didn't you tell Li Zairong about Yahoo?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Don't worry, let's get in touch with Kakao tomorrow morning to establish a personality."

"What sex?"

"I'll see if the price of Yahoo Korea is US$5 million or US$10 billion."

"Have a sweet dream!"

(End of this chapter)