Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2918: Driving Xiao Zha Crazy

Three days later, Zhou Buqi and his party had arrived in the Algarve in Portugal, which has the most beautiful Gold Coast in Europe.

Because the location here is relatively remote, the prices are very high, and transportation is inconvenient, there are relatively few tourists.

This is perfect for Zhou Buqi.

He was also extremely generous.

We immediately booked a very famous luxury resort hotel here for 5 days at a total price of US$45.

It was here that Zhou Buqi saw the sensational news from Silicon Valley.

Apple has taken action.

Because Qualcomm refused to pay "technology licensing fees" to Apple, Cook showed the outside world his courage and determination in Apple's strategic choice. He filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm in a Los Angeles court!

As China and South Korea have launched antitrust lawsuits against Qualcomm, Apple has finally taken action.

Zhou Buqi was very concerned and immediately contacted Senior Sister Zhen Yu who was in New York, "Senior Sister, what's going on? I saw the news, Apple took action against Qualcomm!"

Zhen Yu chuckled and said, "Yeah, I noticed it. The stock market will open soon, and I think Qualcomm's stock price will fall for a long time."

"What about us?" Zhou Buqi only cared about his own interests and didn't care about the lives of Qualcomm's shareholders. "Have we dealt with all the stocks in our hands?"

“It was wrapped up last week.”

Zhen Yu's tone was relaxed and grateful.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It's all finished, why are you still in New York? Come over quickly, we are in Portugal. If you don't come, we will go to Spain and Tunisia in a few days."

Zhen Yu said softly: "There are also some financial matters..."

Zhou Buqi thought he was talking about Google.

He has already made a strategy to exchange all the Google shares held by his family for Microsoft shares. Now Google's market value is higher than Microsoft's, which is a rare opportunity. After this stage, Microsoft will be far ahead.

At the same time, you can also cash out some cash to ease the debt pressure at home.

Now, the Zhou family’s total debt has exceeded 70 billion US dollars.

Of this, the debt owed to banks and some financial institutions is approximately US$53 billion.

There is also the balance owed to the Rockefeller family for a batch of antiques, totaling $18 billion.

However, Senior Sister Zhen Yu was not talking about this matter, "It's not about the family, it's about Fu Sheng."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was slightly startled. "He came to you? Because of the Panda Movement?"

Recently, Fu Sheng has been actively connecting with major technology giants in the United States.

We want to sell Panda Mobile.

There are only two options left for Panda Mobile: sell off or look for an IPO. In fact, the capital market is more optimistic about the strategy of going public. Technology stocks are booming now, and Panda Mobile is engaged in mobile Internet, so it is easy to give a price-earnings ratio of dozens or hundreds of times.

Fu Sheng found a reason.

He said that he did not understand American living habits and was not familiar enough with American business operations. He felt that he was not suitable to lead the long-term development of Panda Mobile and it would be better to sell it.

  This is an emerging mobile Internet company!

Great potential!

For many technology giants undergoing industry transformation, acquiring Panda Mobile is an excellent opportunity to ride on the mobile Internet bandwagon.

How can I let it go?

The competition is fierce.

As Zhou Buqi's financial advisor, Zhen Yu had to participate in the whole process. She said softly, "The competition is very fierce now. Even Facebook has joined in."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was very surprised, "Zuckerberg?"

"Yes, Zuckerberg is very concerned and has contacted me several times. His wife has also met with me several times." Zhen Yu and Zuckerberg's wife are good friends, so she was a little helpless about this. "But I know that Facebook is Ziweixing International's biggest competitor."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Is Zuckerberg confused? Those traditional technology companies can't see the truth of Panda Mobile, but he can't see it either?"

Zhen Yu said: "I don't understand it either, but Facebook seems to be under a lot of pressure now. Apart from Facebook, there is a lack of new breakthroughs in the market, which puts a lot of pressure on their stock price." "Yeah, that's true!"

Zhou Buqi burst into laughter.

Behind this, there is a very complicated marriage relationship.

At this time in its previous life, Facebook was also looking for new business breakthroughs on the mobile side, and then wanted to launch three acquisitions - WhatsApp, Snapchat and Instagram.

Except for the failed acquisition of Snapchat, the other two companies were acquired by Zuckerberg.

Later, they became the core products of Facebook.

This life is different.

WhatsApp never appeared. Instead, the overseas version of WeChat… Helo, designed by Zhou Buqi, is now the most mainstream instant messaging tool in the European and American markets. The original WhatsApp startup team now basically works in Helo.

Instagram did emerge.

However, after this product came out, it did not create any waves in the market. This small startup company only survived for 8 months and did not even get the A round of financing. After spending all the $120 million in angel financing, it declared failure and the team was disbanded.

The reason for this is that blocking Instagram is another giant photo social product, Ucgram.

The two products are highly similar.

Many people who used Instagram thought that this product was unoriginal and uninteresting, and was simply a copy of Ucgram. At that time, Ucgram had become popular in Europe and the United States, with more than 1 million daily active users.

This is not a company of that magnitude at all.

Users don’t like it, the capital market is not optimistic about it, and no institution will invest in Instagram, which is doomed to fail.

Without WhatsApp and Instagram, it would be like cutting off Zuckerberg's left and right arms.

There are more serious ones.

In his previous life, Zuckerberg had tried for a long time but failed to acquire Snapchat. Last year, Boss Zhou personally stepped in and acquired it from Ziweixing International. The reason why Zuckerberg failed and Zhou succeeded was that Spiegel, the founder of Snapchat, was a playboy... He had a special liking for American porn.

However, Spiegel comes from an intellectual family in Silicon Valley.

From childhood to adulthood, the girls I met were all science and engineering girls.

Zhou Buqi found the right angle and used his best area to successfully win him over. He took him to Hollywood celebrity parties and to New York to attend a yacht party for fashion supermodels... It can be said that he grasped Spiegel's weak spot in one go.

Ziweixing International successfully completed the acquisition of Snapchat.

This is a disaster for Facebook.

In the field of social giants, Facebook still has the strongest competitiveness... However, as a technology giant with a market value of 2000 billion US dollars, Facebook only has this one product, which is strategically inappropriate.

The risk is too great!

  If this product fails in the market, doesn’t it mean that the market value of $2000 billion may disappear in a short period of time?

There must be more products to provide protection!

As a competitor, Ziweixing International owns a series of popular products for both C-end and B-end, including Helo, Yahoo, Ucgram, Ziwei Cloud, Snapchat, EverZoom, Everbook, EverDrive, Rotten Tomatoes, etc. Facebook is just a lone commander...

This time, Zuckerberg has chosen Panda Mobile, probably because he is desperate and looking for a cure.

Zhou Buqi was a little embarrassed, "What is Zuckerberg's offer?"

"The highest!" Zhen Yu is very clear about these situations. "In the beginning, there were seven or eight companies participating in the competition, and now there are only two left, one is Cisco and the other is Facebook. Cisco has made a final offer of $42.5 billion. And $30 billion of it can be paid directly in cash. It is very sincere."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What about Facebook?"

“That’s too expensive.”

"How many?"

"$55 million."

"Oh my god!" Zhou Buqi was stunned. "This Zuckerberg is crazy!"

Zhen Yu laughed and said, "That was also forced by you."

Zhou Buqi said sternly: "Don't blame me, it has nothing to do with me!"