Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3161 Power is better than money
After meeting Shi Jinglin, the group went to Xiyin.

The negotiations were more complicated than Zhou Buqi had imagined.

Boss Zhou has put up such a big show, calling on the two big bosses from Alibaba and JD.com, and Shi Jinglin was once the president of campus group buying... It can be said that this has brought together the three major giants in the domestic television industry.

Xiyin didn't seem to be interested.

Boss Xu doesn't want to give up the company.

Shi Jinglin explained to them that it was not giving up, but cooperation. After the merger, Boss Xu would serve as CEO and be in charge of business. Shi Jinglin would devote more time to policy, capital operation and strategic analysis.

Fortunately, Zhou Buqi and Boss Ma later joined forces, using both kindness and force, and using both power and capital.

Shi Jinglin even gave up the naming rights.

It means that the new company can be named Xiyin!
The name is not important. What is important is integrating resources, merging businesses and becoming a stronger and more globally competitive company!
This finally made the other party want to merge.

In this emerging, risky and highly competitive industry, mergers are inevitable.

Capital money is also limited.

It is impossible to burn infinitely.

Through continuous integration and mutual support, not only can the company become stronger and stronger, but it also provides many early investors with exit opportunities.

Zhou Buqi had no control over what happened afterwards.

This year is considered to be the year of explosion of mobile Internet capital in the country.

The large-scale capital activities have shocked the hearts of the people across the country and made the public truly feel the magic of the Internet era. Xiaomi launched its D round of financing, with a financing scale of US$10 billion. LeTV invested US$7 million in Yidao Yongche, and Baidu invested US$6 million in Uber...

The total size of the transaction to acquire Xiyin will be at least more than US$15 billion!
It is likely to be the largest transaction in the country this year.

After leaving Guangzhou, Boss Ma has to go back to the Internet Conference. That is his home ground and he has to play the role of a good host.

There was no need to bother with the others, so they just headed back to the capital.

I returned to the company and met He Yang.

He Yang smiled and said, "Did you see Mr. Li from Baidu in Wuzhen?"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "I saw it, what's wrong?"

He Yang said: "Isn't he quite impressive? Baidu is gaining momentum right now."

"Very powerful?" Zhou Buqi was a little confused, "How powerful is it?"

He Yang said: "Baidu's efforts in mobile Internet have shocked the industry peers. The strength and determination of its transformation to mobile Internet can be said to be outstanding. Everyone thinks it is better than what Alibaba has done."

"how is this possible?"

Zhou Buqi didn't believe it.

He Yang said: "That's true. We can't be careless. At the beginning, in the eyes of almost everyone, Baidu was considered the slowest to develop on the mobile side. But now it seems that Baidu has great potential. With Baidu Mobile Search + UC Browser + Baidu Map + Baidu Nuomi as the entrance, Direct Number as the carrier, Baidu Wallet to open the payment loop, and investment in Uber to strengthen the ecological layout, it is obvious that it has become the biggest winner in the O2O war."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "You're overthinking it!"

He Yang was a little surprised, "Not worried at all?"

Zhou Buqi snorted, "What's there to worry about? Can Baidu support such a big ambition with just this little money? How much investment is needed to develop food delivery, payment, and online car-hailing at the same time? If Baidu can really build this ecosystem, it will be really amazing. But this is impossible. Let alone doing all three at the same time, it is difficult for Baidu to develop any one of the businesses."

"It's good that you have a firm judgment." He Yang nodded. "With your judgment, the company doesn't have to lean towards Baidu when making decisions."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Don't worry about them too much. The domestic Internet O2O market is a mess right now. Except for our Ziweixing, the strategies of all the companies are too confusing. Look at Alibaba... I met with Boss Ma this time, and he said that in the next ten years, the Internet must solve the problem of 'happiness' for domestic users."

He Yang smiled, "Yeah, I saw the news. He talked about it in his speech at the conference." Zhou Buqi said, "Yes, so Alibaba will focus on solving these problems in the future. Investing in the film, music, and entertainment industries is fine, and he also wants to enter the football industry. He has also acquired some offline retail malls to promote happy shopping. So, begging is not a bad thing. Sometimes too much money is a bad thing, which can easily lead to strategic confusion. Ziweixing must have firm beliefs. No matter what others do, we must be down-to-earth. We can invest widely, but don't easily connect many businesses to Ziweixing's resource platform to develop strategic cooperation."

Then, we talked about the institutional transformation of human resources outsourcing to human resources subsidiaries.

He Yang was personally handling this matter. "It's OK, it's being promoted, but you can't be too anxious. It's almost the end of the year, and I'm planning a large-scale social event, cooperating with some enterprises and institutions to find partners for the single programmers in our company."

Zhou Buqi remembered something and said seriously, "Well, it's right. We should care about the lives of our employees. Last time, when I attended Zhang Yiming's wedding, I sat with Li Jun. He was still an executive, but he had trouble finding a partner. I gave him some advice."

"Your idea?"

He Yang curled the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Buqi asked: "What's wrong?"

He Yang said: "He rented an office building outside and registered a small company."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "What business are you doing?"

“No business.”

"what?"

"He just wanted to find a partner. His main job is the vice president of the Academy of Engineering. He has never left Ziwei Star." He Yang hesitated for a moment. "If you have nothing to do, you can go over and take a look. It's not far from here. I've been there once. It was quite absurd."

Zhou Buqi became interested after hearing what he said.

After the executive meeting in the afternoon, I set off with Sun Wanran to visit Li Jun’s company.

The company is small.

There are only a dozen in total.

It was quite lively. The girl at the front desk was pretty and served tea and water enthusiastically.

Li Jun's office was noisy, with five or six people present, seemingly in a meeting to discuss business. When Boss Zhou came over, he found several familiar faces, all of whom were from Ziweixing Engineering Institute.

Thinking back to what He Yang said...

Depend on!
Isn't this Li Jun bringing the Academy of Engineering's project meeting here?
Upon asking, it turned out to be true.

Zhou Buqi was very surprised. "What's wrong with your company? Are you not doing business?"

Li Jun laughed, "No business."

"No business?" Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "Didn't you say that you can outsource some projects from Ziweixing?"

Li Jun shook his head. "Isn't this a related-party transaction? It will affect the interests of the company and may also set a bad example. I told Boss He about it, but he didn't approve it. He told me to either quit and work on my own or work honestly at the Academy of Engineering. I can't do both."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Isn't it to find a partner for you? It's just a temporary solution."

Li Jun was very happy when he talked about this. He winked and asked, "How is the girl at the front desk?"

"Well, it's fine."

Zhou Buqi couldn't help laughing.

Li Jun whispered, "I interviewed more than 500 girls, all in their twenties. A total of three were left, one in finance and one in administration, in addition to the front desk. They are all pretty good. I'm choosing now, and I'm getting in touch with them one by one. I'm a little overwhelmed."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Your company has no business at all, but they created an environment for you to have a romantic relationship with your boss and employees!"

"Yes, the boss is power!" Li Jun sighed, "Power is still the best! Better than money!"