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Chapter 3214 Overseas Travel

Given Zhou Buqi's current status in the industry, it would be easy for him to intervene in this matter and rectify the chaos in the mobile phone evaluation software industry.

He didn't even need to make a big fuss.

A few words will put all those companies that make evaluation software into the water. The bold ones will do it covertly, while the timid ones may directly transform or go bankrupt. This is not a matter of whether the entrepreneurial team dares to offend Boss Zhou, but the investors behind him will definitely not dare to confront him head-on.

There is a very significant difference between domestic capital and European and American capital.

In overseas markets, capital has enormous power and can affect all aspects of society. When capital pours in, all parties must carefully give way to capital, which has power beyond the market.

It’s different in China.

If it is a fair market competition, there is no difference between domestic and foreign capital, and the power of capital can be demonstrated, and its ability is very strong. Once it encounters factors outside the market, capital has no power to resist and immediately kneels down and surrenders.

Domestic capital is behind these evaluation software.

With all this capital, no one dares to challenge Boss Zhou.

They have no chance of fair competition in the market; if it is something outside the market, they have no qualifications to compete with Boss Zhou. Evaluation software is originally a gray industry, so it can be banned just like that.

But Zhou Buqi didn't want to do that.

One of the biggest characteristics of the domestic business world is flexibility and adaptability.

This is very different from those foreigners.

This kind of flexibility actually has obvious disadvantages, and it is not good for pursuing perfection. Many high-tech or meticulous projects cannot be changed, and you have to be determined to break through, and have a stubborn and reckless spirit.

The benefits are also obvious.

That is, it can adapt to a more complex and changing market environment.

In the smartphone market, in addition to domestic mobile phone manufacturers, there are also two giants, Apple and Samsung. The competition between domestic mobile phones is all internal fighting. Whoever wins or loses, China wins. The core competition point is actually against foreign enemies, that is, against Apple and Samsung.

Mobile phone evaluation is actually a very effective countermeasure strategy.

Among domestic mobile phone manufacturers, some, such as Luo Yonghao, may be dismissive of mobile phone reviews, or even openly oppose them. However, as the market develops, mobile phone manufacturers will become more flexible in their strategies and move closer to mobile phone reviews.

Now that everyone has come together and is using the evaluation method, the competition between domestic mobile phone manufacturers has become fair.

The unfair parties are Apple and Samsung.

In other words, the emergence of the mobile phone evaluation industry may put some domestic mobile phone manufacturers in a passive position in the early stage. However, in the long run, the real losers will be Apple and Samsung. Mobile phone evaluation is of course a gray area, which will lead to unfairness in the industry, but the objects of this unfairness are Apple and Samsung, and domestic mobile phone manufacturers will be in an advantageous position after the survival of the fittest.

In today's Internet age, marketing has long surpassed the various theories and strategies established over the past hundred years.

Mobile phone reviews are actually a form of alternative marketing.

It can become a promotion advantage for domestic mobile phone manufacturers over foreign mobile phone manufacturers.

Why give up the advantage?

Zhou Buqi has no intention of intervening in this industry at this stage.

However, the next day, he received a call from Tang Binchen and had to move into another industry.

This call came at noon local time.

Zhou Buqi was still having lunch with some executives of Estar on official business.

Tang Binchen called, "There's something urgent, are you free?"

All the people present were senior executives of Estar, so there was no need for him to be shy. Zhou Buqi said bluntly, "We are eating. Go ahead."

Tang Binchen said: "There is a startup company called Banmi, do you know it?"

"I don't know." Zhou Buqi thought Lei Jun was up to something again, "Is it related to Xiaomi?"

Tang Binchen smiled and said, "No, it has nothing to do with Xiaomi. Banmi is an Internet company in the tourism industry. They chose this name probably to take advantage of Xiaomi's brand." Zhou Buqi breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Lei Jun wasn't causing trouble, it would be fine. "Well, what's wrong?"

Tang Binchen sighed, "This company is a bit lawless. You have to step in and suppress it, otherwise something bad may happen."

"what happened?"

"They are in the tourism business, mainly overseas tourism. Recently, perhaps because the Chinese are too wealthy, the number of people traveling to the United States has doubled. Wherever the tour groups pass, all kinds of shopping malls and supermarkets are sold out."

"Well, it's a bull market, and many people have made money." Zhou Buqi smiled and expressed his understanding. "This situation won't last too long. In two or three years, the popularity will drop significantly."

In fact, there are statistics.

More investors lose money in a bull market than in a bear market.

But the bull market has a stimulating effect.

The floating profit in the account is considered as a big profit. It is so easy to make money in the financial market, and then you start to spend money lavishly. When the stock price falls, the floating profit is lost, and in the end, you may lose everything.

Tang Binchen said, "Yes, overseas travel is so popular now. Since last year, the number of them has been so high that it's scary. No matter which country you go to, the large tour groups from China are described as a swarm of locusts. Wherever they pass, there is nothing left. Everything is sold out."

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Zhou Buqi had also read some of the news, "Well, even the toilet seats were sold out."

Tang Binchen said: "Yes, that's the situation. Under this trend, a former PR manager of Penguin Company started his own business and founded Banmi, an Internet platform company for overseas travel."

"Isn't this good?" Zhou Buqi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. "It's actually a good way to get in. Foreign tourism products are not convenient for domestic tour groups to use."

Tang Binchen said: "If it is just overseas travel, it is actually quite good. But just this year, Banmi launched a new business called corporate travel."

"Company tour? Visit the company?"

"Well, visit the headquarters of some well-known large companies."

“Come to Silicon Valley?”

Zhou Buqi reacted immediately.

There are many world-class companies in the United States, but the most well-known to the Chinese are the technology giants standing on the top of the mountain.

Tang Binchen simply explained: "The US tourism market is different from those in South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. To travel to the US, you must be very good at English. The threshold is much higher than those countries. The main groups that come to the US for tourism are actually those working in the IT industry."

Zhou Buqi said, "Hmm," If these people go to the United States, the headquarters of major Silicon Valley technology giants will become check-in destinations.

Tang Binchen said: "Yes, Banmi's American company's escort business mainly targets technology companies in Silicon Valley."

"What's wrong with this?"

Zhou Buqi did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

Because the headquarters of many large companies are tourist attractions in themselves. The concept of Silicon Valley is openness and inclusiveness. Major companies will open many scenes for tourists from all over the world to visit and take photos. This is also an important pillar of Silicon Valley's tourism industry.

In fact, it’s not just the United States.

Many large domestic technology companies are also very open. For example, the headquarters campuses of Ziweixing, Alibaba, Huawei, Baidu and other companies are actually open to the public and outsiders can visit.

These company headquarters are landmarks and important projects in the local tourism industry. Their tourism revenue-generating capabilities are higher than many "paid attractions."

Just like college.

Good universities are open, with no access restrictions, and outsiders can go in. Universities like Harvard and Cambridge don't even have gates or walls, and you can actually walk into the university campus without knowing it.

In order to reduce management costs and control risks, some inferior universities will have some restrictions in this regard. Outsiders are prohibited from entering, and even faculty and students need to scan their faces to enter the university campus.

In Zhou Buqi's opinion, it is very normal for tourists to check in at the headquarters of large companies in Silicon Valley when traveling to the United States.

Tang Binchen said: "Banmi's company tour is a collusion between insiders and outsiders, bringing tourists into the company."