Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3107 Blackmail Email

At night, Zhou Buqi had to deal with some work matters as usual.

Mainly due to time difference.

In China, I deal with matters in Europe and the United States at night; if I am in the UK and the US, I need to learn about domestic developments at night.

The way of working is mainly to read some sorted micro-book documents and emails sent by important people.

For less important ones, you can reply online.

If it is something important and urgent, Zhou Buqi will directly communicate with the other party through online video or telephone conference.

"There is one last document. It is about a business acquisition by PayPal of a German startup payment company that combines software and hardware. The price is over 3000 million Euros. Take a look..."

Gu Zanli pushed a document to Zhou Buqi through Weishu.

Zhou Buqi clicked on the document.

It's just a bit of a headache.

This is so detailed!

There are a total of 7 pages.

There are very comprehensive acquisition analysis and various reports, which are not what Boss Zhou is good at. However, this acquisition has been approved by PayPal's executive vice president, chief financial officer, chief operating officer and chief executive officer.

Zhou Buqi had no interest in reading any further, "Why are there so many?"

Gu Zanli said, "It was like this when it was given to me. All the documents PayPal gave me were of this type, as detailed as possible. They still don't quite understand how we work."

Zhou Buqi asked: "How is the document? Have you read it?"

Gu Zanli blinked her eyes and said, "I saw it."

"what do you think?"

"Hmm... there are some parts that I don't quite understand."

"Probably?"

Zhou Buqi had neither the time nor the interest to read these complicated documents.

He directly manages six listed companies, namely Ziweixing, Ziweixing International, Changyou, PayPal, Ziweixing Global and Ziweixing Media, not to mention the listed companies he indirectly manages, such as Jieyu Media, Yuanwei Group, Taizun Real Estate, Netflix, and a large number of non-listed companies.

  He never reads this kind of documents!

Just talking about this document in front of him, if he read it from beginning to end and then analyzed it carefully... it would take at least an hour to finish it, which would be such a waste of time.

"Hmm..." Gu Zanli hesitated for a while, very unconfident, "I think it's good. The payment method of software and hardware coordination may be more suitable in Europe. Aren't Europeans and Americans used to swiping credit cards? If the software and hardware are well combined, you can just swipe your phone, and you don't need to open the software to scan the QR code like in China."

Zhou Buqi said decisively: "Then I'll listen to you!"

Gu Zanli was slightly stunned, "What do you mean listen to me?"

Zhou Buqi said irresponsibly: "Isn't your business over there finished?"

Gu Zanli nodded slightly, "Yes, this is the last document of PayPal."

"Then study it." Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "I give you the power. If you think it's okay, you sign on my behalf."

"Ah?" Gu Zanli was surprised. "How can this be possible?"

Zhou Buqi said: "That's it!"

Gu Zanli said in a panic: "No, the harem cannot interfere in politics. Sister Yaxian told us very sternly that we are not allowed to make decisions in your name."

Assisting the big boss in the office with his work are two secretaries, Zhao Limuge and Zhang Zetian, who are both proficient in English.

They all looked up.

They were all shaking their heads.

I also felt that this was inappropriate and did not conform to the rules of the Zhou family and the office.

Zhou Buqi felt it now.

No wonder the emperors in ancient times were so troublesome. If power was delegated to the court, there would be a dispute between the imperial power and the prime minister's power, leading to the prime minister forcing the emperor to abdicate; if power was delegated to the harem, there would be interference from foreign relatives in government affairs; if power was delegated to eunuchs, there would be castration problems.

But it's too much work to handle all the big and small matters by myself.

Zhou Buqi calmed down and felt that it was indeed inappropriate to authorize Gu Zanli, but it was impossible for him to read such a large document. "Then approve it. I think what you said makes sense! The management has agreed. It would be bad for me to kill it."

After finishing the PayPal side, the next step is Ziweixing Global. Zhao Limuge will be in charge.

The pace in Hollywood is slow, and communication is mainly done through email.

The emails that Zhou Buqi needed to read had already been screened by Zhao Limuge and pushed to him.

The first email was explosive.

It turned out to be a set of large-scale nude photos of beautiful women, seven or eight in total, and many of them were selfies of the women facing the mirror while naked in the bathroom.

This beauty is a household name.

  It turned out to be the Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson!

Zhou Buqi glanced at Zhao Limuge and nodded secretly, thinking that this girl was quite sensible. She knew that the big boss worked hard and should watch something relaxing and entertaining to relax.

Well, I have to say, this photo is very well taken, it’s very fragrant, very sexy and very exciting.

However, Zhou Buqi was very calm.

There were so many female stars, models, internet celebrities, and college girls who sent him private photos that he received a batch almost every day. He got used to it after seeing so many of them. Moreover, Scarlett Johansson was the "Black Widow" in the Marvel movies. She had met Zhou Buqi many times, and once she even stripped naked and stood in front of him to seduce him.

She is also an actress who became famous for stripping off her clothes, and she has always been very open about this.

Zhou Buqi had even seen the real person, so the photo didn't matter to him.

The email was sent by Jason Kilar, CEO of Ziweixing Global.

"Kilar, what does he think of me? Does he really think I'm interested in photos like this? Don't do these things in the future... ok?"

Zhou Buqi thought that the other party was using the celebrity's nude photos to please him.

Unexpectedly, there was another additional sentence next:

"Emergency: Hackers have a batch of nude photos of female stars and are blackmailing us. Scarlett Johansson will appear in Spider-Man 2 in two months, and Captain America 3 will be released next summer. We need to solve this problem quickly."

Jason Kilar also used bold processing specifically.

Zhou Buqi suddenly realized.

It turns out that this set of photos was sent by hackers as a threat.

Blackmail is common in Hollywood.

Many celebrities' scandals or negative information are often threatened after being known by others. In most cases, it is to spend money to avoid disaster. Film companies are even more victims. Every time before a big movie is released, there will be all kinds of blackmail.

Some are extortion, some are just pure fake news.

That's okay too.

Fake news can also make money, because fake news can have a great impact on the box office of a movie. By the time the facts are clarified, the box office market of the movie will have been ruined. When encountering such a thing, the film company can only accept the loss.

Therefore, Hollywood often involves both black and white, and needs "gangster brothers" to settle many things.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Mu Ge, what do you think about this pornographic photo? It shouldn't be serious, right?"

"Serious! It's very serious!"

Zhao Limuge put this email first, which shows that she also attaches great importance to this matter.

Zhou Buqi said disapprovingly: "Sex photos are just porn photos, what else can you do about it? Scarlett Johansson's movies are very explicit, and the whole world has seen her naked body. These photos just show some more private parts."

"This is just one group, not just her!"

"Ok?"

"There are so many people! Look at the following emails, there are similar things. The company has received more than 20 similar blackmail emails, involving more than a dozen female stars. If it is not handled properly, it will affect the release of several of our future blockbusters!"

"a lot of?"

Zhou Buqi opened his eyes wide.

Zhao Limuge said, "There are so many, and it's so serious! Look at the emails again, it's not just Ziweixing Global, almost every film company has encountered such threats, this is a flood of pornographic photos of Hollywood actresses. Not only female stars, but also female models, female hosts and so on."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Where did they get all this? Did they hack into someone's server?"

Zhao Limuge said: "It seems that the cloud photo album has been cracked."

(End of this chapter)