Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3040 Innovative Spirit

In August, stock prices in the Internet industry collectively rebounded.

Boss Zhou personally stepped forward and finally negotiated a big deal for Ziweixing International after its listing!

LinkedIn deal is sealed!

Ziweixing International completed the acquisition of business social networking giant LinkedIn at a total value of US$154 billion!

The transaction was carried out in the form of share swap, with Ziweixing International completing the transaction at a price of US$27.5 per share and a private placement of US$5.6 million. At that time, LinkedIn's share price was US$96.2, equivalent to a premium of 20.3%.

On the day of the official announcement, LinkedIn's stock price soared 20% to US$115.4.

The share price of Ziweixing International also rose by 7%, from US$27.5 to US$29.4.

If the deal is approved, the merger will go smoothly.

After the transaction is completed, the total share capital of Ziweixing International will reach 94.3 billion shares, of which Zhou Buqi personally holds 21.1 billion shares, and his shareholding ratio will be diluted to 22.4%.

This is an acquisition in the Internet industry, and the supervision is very loose.

Judging from feedback from all sides, this transaction will not be hindered in any way.

After working hard for several months, we finally accomplished this big thing.

Zhou Buqi was very happy, and he could finally relax for a while.

He will return home next.

As for the acquisitions in the education industry, mainly Coursera and Lynda, they have basically been negotiated. These are small websites, and cash transactions are enough. The price of 12 billion to 15 billion US dollars is enough to package the two websites together.

Zhou Buqi will not participate and will leave it to the company's management to operate.

At the same time, good news came from Ballmer. He spent $20 billion to complete the acquisition of the Los Angeles Clippers.

The two of them had a phone call.

Ballmer congratulated him on completing the acquisition of LinkedIn, and Zhou Buqi congratulated him on completing the acquisition of the Los Angeles Clippers.

"There is one more thing. Today I have formally submitted my resignation to the board of directors. After leaving Microsoft's board of directors, I will retire completely, and all my energy will be used to run this team from now on." Ballmer is a big player in the team and is very passionate.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Just play with one team?"

"what?"

Ballmer was slightly stunned.

Zhou Buqi said: "Since you are playing, play more. Look at me, I have a rugby team, a baseball team, a basketball team, and a soccer team. Especially my soccer team. You should know the performance of Manchester United this year, right?"

Manchester United is the most popular football team in the United States, and Ballmer knows a thing or two about it. "Yeah, I know a little bit. Double champions, right? The champions of the Premier League and the European League."

Last season, Manchester United, under the leadership of Klopp, finally played a phenomenal performance.

In the league, they have been leading since the first round, and have been in the first position for 38 rounds. In the end, they were 12 points ahead of the runner-up Manchester City and won the league championship. In the Champions League, Manchester United also won all the way. In the Champions League final against Real Madrid, they took advantage of Casillas' two attacking mistakes and won with a score of 2:1, and finally won the Champions League Cup.

It can be said that Manchester United’s success has truly made the world realize that boss Zhou is omnipotent!

If the previous Manchester United still had traces of the godfather Ferguson, the current Manchester United has completely lost any trace of Ferguson. Manchester United, led by Klopp, has swept Europe with its rock-and-roll football offensive style.

From business to sports, Manchester United has achieved incredible achievements under the management of boss Zhou!

Manchester United's great achievements have earned Zhou Buqi greater reputation in the UK and even in Europe.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Yeah, what's the point of playing basketball all the time? Let me tell you, professional sports in the United States are commercial sports, they are for making money, it's not that interesting. If you go to Europe and buy a football team, you can really feel the charm of competitive sports, that's what we call thrilling!"

"Who said that?" Ballmer loves basketball so much that he disagrees with his statement. "American sports are also competitive sports! The NBA has the best games!"

Zhou Buqi couldn't say more to him.

He just said that they could go to the stadium to watch NBA basketball games when they were free. In fact, he preferred watching football games.

Come to think of it, he only went to Old Trafford to watch two or three games in the past year, which was really busy.

Fortunately, the club chairman of Manchester United is his father.

His father would attend almost every home game, which was considered as fulfilling part of his responsibility as the team owner.

At this time, Wang Langli came over.

I knocked on the door carefully, a little tiptoeing.

Zhou Buqi waved to her, then ended the call with Ballmer and said with a smile: "This pajamas is really nice, very slim-fitting and suits your temperament. But isn't this pink a bit too girly?"

Wang Langli blushed and said, "Huo Hua is still laughing at me."

"Why are you laughing at me?"

"Say I'm a girl."

"What's this?"

Zhou Buqi didn't think much about it.

Wang Langli said stubbornly: "She is two years younger than me, and she showed off to me, saying that she is already a young woman, and asked me to hold on tight."

Zhou Buqi laughed and patted his thigh, "Come and sit down?"

Wang Langli bit her red lips, lowered her head and did not dare to look at him. She walked over and sat next to him, but was too embarrassed to sit on his lap.

Zhou Buqi slapped her on the butt.

Wang Langli then slowly sat on his lap. Her voice was so soft as to be heard but no one could hear what she said.

Zhou Buqi held this beautiful woman in his arms and felt that her warm and soft body was really attractive, especially since she was not even wearing underwear. The seductive intention was obvious. He held her gently and whispered, "Do you want to be a woman?"

Wang Langli bit her lip and told the truth: "Huahua told me to hurry up, because when I return to China in a few days, I won't be able to get a place."

"How could that be?" Zhou Buqi was very concerned about her feelings. "Don't worry, the key is to see how you feel."

Wang Langli thought for a while and whispered, "Boss, I want to have a heart-to-heart talk with you."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

Wang Langli asked, "If I follow you, how should I understand this? How should I understand these sisters at home? Isn't this a bit against the rules?"

"Rules?" Zhou Buqi shook his head. "Rules are used to... Well, let me ask you, what kind of spirit do the best people in society have?"

"Hard work? Diligent?"

“It’s the spirit of innovation.”

"Oh."

Wang Langli nodded slightly.

Zhou Buqi smiled and asked, "What is the spirit of innovation?"

Wang Langli said: "Just do something different..."

Zhou Buqi said: "Innovation means jumping out of the existing rules and doing something that does not conform to the current rules. Just like when I first started my business in college, I wanted to find a few partners to work with me. How to find partners? One of the important methods I used was to take those college students with good character and academic performance to nightclubs, and even to saunas, foot baths and massage places. Logically speaking, good students should not go to such places, but they are willing to break such rules, which shows that they have the courage to innovate. Innovation can be good or bad, and breaking the inherent rules is a basic requirement."

Wang Langli blinked and looked at him, "So I have to have the courage to innovate?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "We are in the Internet business. The underlying logic of the Internet is to break the existing rules and establish new rules for the Internet era by breaking the rules. You too, the choice is yours. It depends on whether you want to live the same life as before or want to enter a new life."