Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2340
In the previous life, Kakao dominated the Korean Internet market under the leadership of Kim Beom-soo, which is equivalent to the domestic "Ali + Penguin + Meituan", relying on the traffic flow of KakaoTalk, a social application product.

For this reason, Kim Beom-soo has been the richest man in South Korea for many years.

In this world, with the product framework and technical support provided by Ziweixing, development will be easier. In just a few years, the prototype of a giant has emerged and it has become the dominant player in the mobile Internet field.

However, in terms of hard power, this richest man is still a bit behind the big chaebols like Samsung and Hyundai.

For example, Zhou Buqi just read this year's Forbes Korea Rich List, and only ranked in the top 30.The richest man is the one from Samsung, and the second is the one from Hyundai.

None of this is surprising.

No.3 is Kim Jong-woo, the big boss of the game company Nexon, which is somewhat dazzling.

In terms of wealth, the Samsung Li family and the modern Zheng family are richer, mainly because the family assets have been dispersed over several generations.Among the top 30 richest people in South Korea, Samsung's Lee family has 9 people on the list; Hyundai's Zheng family has 6 people on the list.

The strength of big chaebols like Samsung, Hyundai, and LG is much more influential than that of domestic state-owned enterprises and central enterprises.In China, everyone has a consensus that the people do not fight with officials, and private enterprises do not fight with state-owned enterprises; Lack of the mentality of domestic private entrepreneurs.

Zhou Buqi wants to make money from the Korean market, and the most important thing to focus on is the IT market.If you want to make money safely and for a long time, it is best to handle the relationship well.

So far it's okay.

The Kakao Group is in the modern camp.

So Zhou Buqi was very confident about selling Yahoo. The next day, he met with Changyou's Vice President Li Ye's team, and then went to Kakao's headquarters together.

The two sides naturally talked about Yahoo Korea's business.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "If Samsung doesn't come to take over, I will merge Yahoo Korea into Kakao. By then, Samsung will be completely decoupled from the Internet industry."

Li Ye is an old employee of Changyou. He has been in the job for 7 years. At the beginning, he was the operation director of "Tian Long Ba Bu". Now he has been promoted to vice president and plans to operate the Korean market.

However, he is very young.

This year is only 30 years old.

Wanting to run the game business well in South Korea, Li Ye tried to understand the situation here, and asked: "The Hyundai Group is behind Kakao..."

"Correct."

Zhou Buqi smiled, this is also his proud work.

Li Ye frowned slightly, and asked very seriously: "Hyundai is doing traditional business, and the mobile phone business has done very well in the past few years. But in the era of smart phones, Hyundai is not doing well. If the Zheng family is allowed to intervene Kakao's decision, this is an Internet company, I'm afraid..."

"Intervention?" Zhou Buqi was a little amused, "What's the point of meddling? The Zheng family is only a few people, Hyundai's business is so huge, they can't manage their own share, and they still have the energy to manage Kakao's affairs? "

Li Ye was very surprised, "Isn't Kakao in the modern camp?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It belongs to the modern camp, but it is more of a business cooperation, and... a statement."

"Statement?"

"It is to declare to the outside world that Kakao is the site of Hyundai Group."

"What does this mean?"

Li Ye didn't quite understand.

Zhou Buqi said slowly: "This cannot be viewed from the perspective of simple commercial interests. Hyundai holds Kakao shares. After several rounds of dilution, it is now less than 5%. The so-called Hyundai camp is not commercial interests. It's political interests."

"Uh……"

Li Ye was so stunned that he couldn't speak.

Zhou Buqi said: "In a democratically elected country like South Korea, the economic indicators are the votes of the people. Economic indicators are closely related to all walks of life. As the old saying goes, everyone is innocent but pregnant is guilty. For Samsung, Hyundai, Lotte, etc. For such a big family, making money is one aspect, and more importantly, to be innocent in South Korea, so that Bi can be passed down in the family."

Li Ye suddenly realized, and took a deep breath, "Use the economy to kidnap politics!"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes, interests are secondary. The most important thing is to clear the territory and express an attitude. In modern society, a mother is a woman who has milk."

In fact, it was what Xu Baihui told him about Li Zairong yesterday.

A few months ago, a Korean actress jumped off a building.

caused a great shock.

The whole society was also very angry and demanded to deal with it seriously. Cheong Wa Dae responded immediately and set up an investigation team.Several actresses were investigated and provided testimony, pointing the finger at many high-level chaebol leaders headed by Lee Jae-yong. Their behavior of using female stars as playthings is outrageous.

However, the incident soon subsided.

The investigation team ended hastily.

He just said that he jumped off the building because of depression, and more inside information has not been made public.

The main reason is that the Blue House cannot withstand the pressure.

Samsung's sphere of influence is too large.

With just a wave of hand, many young men from various industries will stand up and express their opinions... The spread is too wide. Once these industries all make trouble, the society will be in chaos, the national economy will be in turmoil, and the president will have to step down.

The actress jumping off the building this time was actually a trivial matter.

There were several serious cases, and the owner of Samsung was really arrested and sentenced... As a result, after the sentence was sentenced, the president quickly pardoned him in various ways, and even changed the law for it. How long did it take to release it completely.

In fact, not only South Korea, similar things are the same in China.

Therefore, some leading private entrepreneurs, as well as excellent private enterprises with growing sphere of influence, will attract fear and be suppressed in terms of reputation and interests.

in the country, Zhou Buqi must be restrained.

Low-key enough.

Try not to touch this kind of thing, don't reach out randomly, even if you get involved, don't ask them to express their opinions.

It's different abroad.

Especially South Korea.

What Zhou Buqi wants to do most is to help the evildoers, that is, to promote the industrial expansion of big chaebols like Samsung and Hyundai.They use their attitudes to take power, and Boss Zhou takes benefits to take benefits, and each takes what he needs.

Cheong Wa Dae and the big chaebol are a long war, and Zhou Buqi's choice of side is the latter.

As for whether South Korea will live or die in the future, who can truly represent the interests of the Korean people between the chaebol and the Blue House... Zhou Buqi doesn't care, it's just about making money.It's not his country, and he feels no guilt.

It is precisely this kind of irresponsible attitude of going to the countryside and catering to the general environment just to make money, which often has a better reputation and popularity.

Just like Microsoft is living a prosperous life in China, but Google has completely withdrawn.

Li Ye was thoughtful, "So if Changyou wants to enter the market and operate games in South Korea, it is not enough to just comply with South Korean laws and regulations..."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It's not that serious. Those traditional big chaebols have very little involvement in the emerging Internet and game fields."

"Um……"

Li Ye is a smart person, so it is inconvenient to say more.

He is just a vice president of Changyou, and he really can't get involved.If you just bring Changyou's games to the Korean market for operation and promotion, that's okay.

At this level, he really couldn't participate.

This has to obey the orders of the big boss, and it can't be for the mere petty profits.If he offended Samsung by taking the side of Hyundai, or if he offended Hyundai by taking the side of Samsung, the big chaebols would not look for him as a small person, but would go to the big boss Zhou to explain.

Zhou Buqi downplayed it, and said with a smile: "You can't rise to this level with such a trivial matter. It's okay, you can do whatever you want. Even if Changyou opened a branch in South Korea, there are one or two hundred employees, it's not worth it." A mention. Yahoo Korea is the key.”

(End of this chapter)