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Chapter 3235 New CEO
After Asda went public.

Sure enough, good news came one after another.

The first person to tell Zhou Buqi the good news was Lao Yan. He said that the university teacher finally recognized the reality after seeing his success at NASDAQ. During a date, after dinner, Lao Yan invited Zhou Buqi to a hotel and he did not refuse.

Then there is Zhou Shaoning.

For this year's latest model Aster7, time is tight and the task is heavy. The plan must be adjusted in the shortest time possible, switching to Samsung chips and making comprehensive optimizations.

Facts have proved that the domestic team’s combat effectiveness is indeed strong!

By late June, the new version of the Aster6 phone had begun production in foundries.

In fact, there is still a lot of optimization work that has not been done well.

it's fine.

The remaining optimizations are at the software and system levels, and will be handled through subsequent updates and upgrades.

Once the hardware is ready, production can begin.

Next, Zhou Shaoning has begun preparing for the most important press conference of Aster this year. The conference will be held in London. The most important new product to be released is of course the Aster7 that is highly anticipated by the market.

Among them, the Ferrari co-branded Aster7 has been hyped on social media for two months.

Due to the principle of confidentiality, the outside world does not know what the Ferrari co-branded mobile phone looks like. Netizens and some so-called "insiders" have given some speculative plans. In short, the market's expectations are very high.

According to the release plan of the new phone, Aster7 is not just a Ferrari co-branded model!
On July 7, the Ferrari co-branded model was released.

On August 8, the Porsche co-branded model was released.

On September 9th, the Lincoln co-branded model was released.

There will be no more in October. In October, Motorola will hold a press conference and release three new Motorola phones, one of which is Motorola Utra10, which is also a high-end model.

There is no way, Apple is too powerful.

If Apple wants to compete with Apple in the high-end mobile phone market, it can only keep innovating in new ways and rely on the strategy of flooding the market with new products to create freshness in the market.

Co-branding is a good strategy.

The model of the phone remains the same, which means the R&D, design and production costs remain the same. You only need to change the shell. Changing the shell to keep the phone fresh is a time-saving, labor-saving and cost-saving method.

Zhou Shaoning wanted to invite Zhou Buqi to attend the new product launch in London.

Rejected by Zhou Buqi.

He is very busy recently.

The first thing was to resign from the position of CEO of Ziweixing Group, and then Zhang Yiming would take over.

From a business perspective, such adjustments will not have any impact on Ziweixing.

Because in the past five or six years, Zhou Buqi's CEO position was in name only, and basically all business matters were handled by President Zhang Yiming, who had already been the CEO. This shift change only changed the title, and nothing else would change.

The trouble is the process.

Changing the CEO requires approval from the board of directors and then reporting to the shareholders' meeting. As Ziweixing is a listed company, it also needs to connect with the media and the capital market to make certain explanations so as not to cause irrelevant social impacts due to changes in management.

For Ziweixing in the country, this process goes very smoothly.

April 2015, 7.

Zhang Yiming officially took office, replacing Zhou Buqi as the CEO of the country's largest Internet giant with a market value of more than US$2900 billion.

To this end, Zhou Buqi, Zhang Yiming, He Yang, Guo Pengfei, Meng Houkun, Pei Yao, Liu Qing, Wang Xiaochuan, Nie Caijun and others also appeared together and participated in this media open meeting, mainly to send a signal to the outside world.

They are the core executives of Ziweixing, and they all support Zhang Yiming.

After taking care of the domestic situation, Zhou Buqi still couldn't sit idle.

Because the United States has a more important issue.

To appoint Kurian as CEO of Ziweixing International.

This is complicated.

Because Kurian was only the president of the business group before, and Lu Qi was in charge of the company's daily affairs before. Now directly promoting Kurian to the position requires more thorough communication with the board of directors, investors and Wall Street media.

Fortunately, the decision to reuse Kurian started last year.

So over the past year, Kurian has been connecting the entire company's business with Luqi. He is no longer a novice and can smoothly complete the job adjustment and work connection.

I was busy until August 8th and finally completed all the procedures.

Kurian officially became the CEO of Ziweixing International.

When a new official takes office, he is very powerful.

As soon as the appointment letter came down, he went to find Zhou Buqi.

Kurian said unwillingly: "The market seems to have no confidence in me."

Zhou Buqi said firmly: "It doesn't matter. The market will understand. You have the absolute trust of everyone in the company. Anyone who lacks respect for you may not be suitable for his current position."

Kurian took a deep breath and said, "In the past week, the market value of Ziweixing International has fallen by 11%." Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Don't worry too much."

Kurian shook his head and said disappointedly: "In the past two years, the market value of Ziweixing International has always been higher than that of Ziweixing. But now it is different. The market value of Ziweixing has reached 2900 billion US dollars, while the market value of Ziweixing International has fallen to 2500 billion US dollars. Both of us have changed CEOs, and the capital market is more optimistic about Zhang Yiming, but lacks trust in me."

Zhou Buqi had to comfort him and said with a smile: "The surge in Ziweixing's market value is related to the listing of Astar. From a strategic and business perspective, Ziweixing International has a more complete system and a larger market than Ziweixing. In the long run, Ziweixing International's market value will definitely be higher than Ziweixing."

“I have to prove myself.”

Kurian gritted his teeth.

He felt humiliated by the recent reaction of the capital market.

This is a kind of inferiority complex coming from the bottom of society.

Just like black people.

Ordinary people may not feel anything when this is said, but black people may feel greatly offended. It is not that black people are pretentious, but that they have been at the bottom of society for a long time, and have a sense of inferiority in their hearts, so they will be overly concerned and sensitive in many aspects.

Kurian comes from the lower class of India.

He couldn't accept it.

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Zhou Buqi asked: "Then what do you want to do? If you want to make some adjustments to the company's organizational structure or business structure, my advice is to be cautious. There is a saying in the football industry that you don't change your formation when you win. Ziweixing International has been winning in recent years."

Kurian said: "I will not seek change, but I must tell the capital market some things clearly to let them know how powerful I am!"

Zhou Buqi found it a little funny, thinking that this guy was like a child, "What are you going to tell them?"

Kurian took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I want to make a public commitment to Ziwei Cloud's performance. Within three years, Ziwei Cloud's revenue will exceed 500 billion US dollars!"

"what?"

Zhou Buqi was shocked.

It was like seeing the fierce Kurian again.

This is too fucking fierce!
Just like Musk.

Ziwei Cloud’s current overseas market revenue is only 120 billion US dollars, and it is expected to reach 500 billion US dollars within three years... This is crazy!

Once such a public commitment is made, it is conceivable that the capital market will go crazy.

All parties' expectations for Ziweixing International will intensify, and the market will have a strong optimistic effect.

Then, Ziweixing International’s stock price will skyrocket.

Kurian regained his reputation as CEO.

But the problem is...

This kind of public commitment will be subject to legal liability.

Companies make public commitments to the market, which of course provides benchmark data for the market to value the company and predict its future growth.

This is indeed a clever way to resolve the pessimism of all parties after Kurian took office.

But what if the promise is not fulfilled?
It is possible that Kurian will be arrested and imprisoned, and Ziweixing International will have to pay a large sum of money to the investors.

Of course, it is still difficult to truly implement it.

Arresting and imprisoning entrepreneurs is a taboo in all countries around the world. Unless some people want to kill the pig and bleed it, or the entrepreneur's crime is very serious and there is no room for leniency, the law will take action against this group.

All parties will turn a blind eye to minor mistakes.

After all, thousands or tens of thousands of people are waiting for him to make a living, and the related industries may cover hundreds of thousands of people.

Don't arrest anyone unless it's absolutely necessary.

Just like Musk.

In his previous life, when he was working for Tesla, he was really exhausted. He had to fight with the board of directors, investors and short sellers every day. Sometimes he really couldn't win, so he started to talk big and made a series of exaggerated promises, which then pushed up the stock price.

In fact, it is using false promises to attack short sellers.

This resulted in Musk receiving many lawsuits.

That he committed securities fraud.

But in reality, these noisy indictments are just like tickling to Musk.

Musk resigned as Tesla's chairman and appointed a close confidant to take the position, and the matter was resolved. This small mistake cannot shake an entrepreneur of his level.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Can we really achieve 500 billion US dollars within three years?"

"Yes, I have the confidence." Kurian glanced at him, "This is also a kind of motivation for myself. I know I can do it."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said, "You are the CEO. Since you have made up your mind, I will not object."

Kurian felt great support from his big boss, "I can do it, and I must do it!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "There is no need to be so stressed. I estimate that in three years, even if Ziwei Cloud's revenue does not reach 500 billion US dollars, the gap will not be too big. The commitment to the capital market will not have too much negative impact."

Kurian said: "I can do it because I have a second plan. I hope to adjust the compensation system for executives. The current compensation system...is not competitive enough, which will breed laziness and mediocrity. Executives must perform in line with expectations in order to get corresponding rewards. In the past few years, we have not done well in this regard. We need a better compensation incentive plan."