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Chapter 3153 Public Welfare Charity Fund
Zhou Buqi didn't want to drag it on. It would be bad if it became a big deal. After all, this was Apple and the impact would be on all aspects. He just had to deal with it.

Moreover, the Zhou family has also settled down.

Getting ready to spend the winter in the southern hemisphere.

Zhou Buqi also planned to take a long vacation and stop wasting time in the United States. His basic goal had been achieved. If he continued to pester Cook, Cook might become desperate.

In fact, Zhou Buqi was a bit bullying this time, bullying Cook because he was gay and had a gentle and friendly personality.

If it were Steve Jobs, he would have done it anyway!
Cook is still good-tempered.

But if the pressure is too harsh, the good-tempered Cook may also get angry, and then it will be easy for Zhou Buqi to cause big trouble. It's almost over, don't take it too far and cause a break with Apple.

So this time Cook contacted Zhou Buqi again. He was not arrogant and said he would take the initiative to visit him.

Together with the secretary Zhang Zetian, go to Apple.

This gesture made Cook very happy, and he went downstairs personally to greet Zhou Buqi with a smile on his face.

They both knew it clearly.

Everyone wants it to end as soon as possible.

Cook was the more anxious one. He did not take Zhou Buqi to visit, but quickly took him back to the office and said, "This matter must be resolved immediately, the sooner the better!"

Zhou Buqi said, "To be honest, the Rights Protection Committee is not something I can decide. Half of Hollywood is involved. You have to pay enough chips to impress them. Otherwise, even if I agree, it will be difficult."

Cook said simply, "Draw a line! How much?"

Reconciliation is nothing more than spending money to avoid disaster.

Zhou Buqi opened his mouth with a loud voice, "One billion US dollars."

"How many?"

Cook stared at him like a hawk.

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "What's your price?"

Cook said: "4500 million dollars."

"That's impossible!" Zhou Buqi thought he was joking. "You underestimated Hollywood's ambitions. In recent years, Hollywood has been severely invaded by the technology industry. This time they finally seized an opportunity to fight back."

Cook thought to himself, isn't it you who led it?

If you hadn't taken the lead, would those people in Hollywood dare to stand up against Apple?
However, it was meaningless to argue at this time. Cook did not want to argue with him and said, "You can't offer a sky-high price, otherwise I won't be able to get through the board of directors."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It's just a few hundred million dollars. It's nothing to Apple, right?"

Cook looked at him deeply and said, "There must be a legitimate reason for that! I can't use the fact that Apple Photos was hacked as an excuse to make some compensatory compensation. Apple can't admit its fault in this matter."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes, I understand."

It’s okay to ask Apple to pay, but Apple cannot compensate you in the name of making a mistake.

But Zhou Buqi didn't care, as long as he got the money.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "The FBI is very efficient and the hackers have been caught. So the impact of this photo leak is limited, and only photos of a dozen people were leaked. I hosted a charity dinner before and raised a large amount of donations, which is enough to comfort them."

"Ah."

Cook was very satisfied.

Zhou Buqi then gave his own plan, "However, this incident has given Hollywood a wake-up call. Hollywood is full of celebrities, and there is a very bad phenomenon in society now, where many people with bad intentions will try to scam celebrities. Just like the news I just learned yesterday, at a party, a male actor met a girl, they got along very well at the party, and went to a hotel together after the incident. The next day, the girl called the police, saying that she was forced."

Cook is more distant from such things.

He has never had any sexual relationship.

Zhou Buqi said: "Later, there was no other way. The actor had to pay $45 and sign a confidentiality agreement to calm the storm."

Cook sighed, "This is the trouble of celebrities." Zhou Buqi said, "Yes, so many times, entertainment stars become victims of various incidents, but it is difficult to gain public support. Then a long time later, the truth surfaced, proving that he was wronged, and his career was greatly affected."

"indeed."

"So I plan to turn the remaining charitable funds and the reorganization of the rights protection committee into a Hollywood Public Rights Protection Fund, which is a charitable organization dedicated to protecting producers, directors and actors who may be illegally harmed in the future."

"Well, that's a good plan."

Cook's eyes lit up and he found a solution.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Let's just leave the rights protection issue alone. However, I hope Apple can support Hollywood's public rights protection and make a large donation to this fund. This not only reflects Apple's social responsibility, but also can improve the relationship between Apple and Hollywood. If Apple wants to do music streaming or film and television streaming in the future, this is actually a starting point for establishing a good relationship with Hollywood."

Cook said: "Well, it's feasible."

This solution perfectly solved many of the troubles Cook faced.

The first is to have a legitimate reason.

Apple cannot admit its mistake and cannot offer compensation.

If Apple really admits that the photos were leaked due to its own technical problems and therefore demands compensation... then it's all over. In the future, if anyone has information leaks, they will come to trouble Apple, and there will be no way to do business there.

From the perspective of paying attention to charity and caring about the public rights of Hollywood celebrities, making a donation to the charity fund that Boss Zhou wants to establish can turn passivity into initiative and turn bad reputation into good reputation.

Another point is that it also saves money for Apple.

Compensation is paid through expenditure channels.

More expenses mean less profits.

Donations can be made through tax channels.

The more you donate, the less tax you pay.

Big companies like Apple have to set aside a sum of money for donations every year, in order to save taxes and to shoulder social responsibilities and gain a good reputation.

It's a donation anyway, so it doesn't matter who you donate to.
This means that donating the money to Zhou Buqi's Hollywood charity fund will not cause any loss to Apple. Apple has a large amount of donations in its account anyway, so if it doesn't donate to this charity fund, it can donate to other charity funds.

It was obvious that Boss Zhou had already planned everything.

Just waiting for Cook to jump in.

Cook now saw it clearly, but he couldn't care too much about it. This was already the best result. "How much is appropriate?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Of course the more the better. This money will be used to maintain fairness and justice in Hollywood, and it can effectively resolve many conflicts within Hollywood. All major film companies are happy to see it happen. The more you donate, the higher Hollywood's evaluation of Apple will be. If $10 billion is not enough, how about $8 million?"

Cook is very sensitive to numbers. He didn't even need to look up any materials. He thought for a moment and said, "I can give up to $2.3 million. But that's too much. I need to leave some charitable funds to deal with possible emergencies. How about this, Apple can donate $1.8 million."

"make a deal!"

Zhou Buqi did not procrastinate at all. $1.8 million was enough.

Ok, deal!
If you have money, you have a say.

Half of Hollywood can participate in this newly established Hollywood public welfare charity fund, but the chairman of the charity fund must be Jason Kilar, the chairman of the Rights Protection Committee. This is power.

It is the right to distribute wealth.

From now on, this Hollywood public welfare charity fund will have a legitimate reason to continue to raise funds and call on people from all walks of life to donate.

After receiving the money, the right of distribution will be dominated by Ziweixing Global.

There are so many "victims" in Hollywood.

Blackmail for relationships between men and women happens almost every day. Many people even go bankrupt. For example, the big star Nicolas Cage had a relationship with his nanny and had a child with her, so he had to pay millions of dollars in child support every year.

Ruined his life.

As for who this Hollywood Charity Foundation will help, it is hard to say. There are too many people who need help, and it is impossible to help everyone. Whoever is close to Ziweixing Global will definitely be given priority.