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Chapter 394 Settlement with Facebook
'Settlement' talks with Facebook are not coming anytime soon.

After going through all kinds of perfunctory, coping, targeting, and competition before, the two sides actually don't have a good foundation for cooperation, and naturally there will be no chance to sit down and talk face to face.

Therefore, across the ocean and with a difference of several time zones, there will be ghosts if it can be fast.

But Bolang actually doesn't care now.

Just take your time.

As a result, there was no precise text for a while, but there was some news about the content of the sea plan.

I really complied with that sentence, when the money is in place, everything is easy to say.

On the 3rd, the content industry summit ended, because Wen Liang specially approached Wang Sanri, and Wang Sanri patted his chest to give Wen Liang the necessary guarantee.

Fatty Wang considered various factors, including industry conditions, common practices in overseas markets, etc., and finally proposed a pilot plan.

Adapted Panlong, a popular work in overseas markets, into a comic.

Published in serial mode.

It is the serialization mode of doing and posting in overseas markets.

Fatty Wang's idea is that since the literary works are so popular, then try pushing the comic version again. If the comic version is well received, then organize people to start a remake of the comic in a common format in overseas markets.

Each episode is 1 hour long, with a total of about 12 episodes.

There is nothing wrong with this plan from a commercial point of view. Fatty Wang still has the habit of being responsible to the funder after spending so many years in Hong Kong.

There is no rush to advance because of the huge amount of funds that BTI has provided a total of 15 billion U.S. dollars.

According to the direction of the content that Bolang and White Goose want to spread, there are actually certain restrictions on the subject matter. Panlong’s model of constructing the Oriental Hongmeng universe with Western fantasy skins is also very popular in overseas markets. Of course, it can It's a good choice right now.

With sufficient funds, sufficient promotional resources, and adequate preparations, on Saturday, the 23rd, the first painting of Panlong Comics was launched simultaneously in overseas markets and domestic markets, and received a very good response.

There are corresponding discussions on major overseas social platforms, and the popularity is not bad.

For example, on range, the topic #Coiling Dragon (盘龙) Comic has been played more than 5000 million times in a short period of time.

Netizens in many areas said:

"I'm looking forward to the next painting, it's very well made."

"Nice."

"A work of conscience."

"The long-awaited manga version."

So much so that BTI Comic has also become popular. Although many overseas regions are not friendly to China, there are prejudices, etc., but the essence of human beings is really fragrant.

There is nothing wrong with this either.

Domestic netizens also gave feedback. Although BTI Comic is only for overseas markets, both Bolang and White Goose have more complete operating products in China.

Each company purchases authorization according to commercial rules.

Feedback points from domestic netizens mainly focus on:
"Oh my god, it really is Bo Lang's move, so I know if there is one. I have read Pan Long's book for four or five years, and it will be changed so exquisitely because of the fire in overseas markets."

"Yes, yes, the first painting is a little too short, but it can be seen that the artist has restored the original work very well. I have never seen such a good one."

"I heard that the drama will be changed..."

"Ah... don't, although, I'm a little scared, this kind of drama change with a fantasy theme... so scary."

On the one hand, he praised the quality of the comics.

The money is in place, and there are teams and talents in China who can make comics above the standard line. There is no technical threshold for this thing.

On the other hand, I am worried that the drama change will destroy the original work.

This is not a joke, the current domestic film and television dramas are... very difficult to watch, and the anti-Japanese dramas and palace dramas are the most popular in this era.

Actors' acting skills are also getting more and more eye-catching.

It is normal for netizens to worry.

But Fatty Wang, the executive leader of the project, is not worried at all. He is best at commercial film and television dramas. He has a good idea of ​​how to choose people and how to shoot them. Moreover, the budget is not tight, so it is obvious that the filming effect can be achieved.

BTI has given guidance on actors' salaries and other aspects.

What you want is the best effect.

Those who can't perform well or do well, all big names will leave.

To avoid embarrassment and throw it abroad.

However, Fatty Wang was so busy that he felt that he had lost weight.

Before the manga change, he was busy focusing on the effect of the manga change and team formation. After the first picture of the manga change received a very good response, he had more things on his head.

Because major content providers in overseas markets prefer to build series.

Such as the famous Marvel series, and the DC universe series.

Obviously, from the perspective of the company BTI, there will be such a long-term plan.

It's just that BTI's long-term plan is mainly to create a mythical universe.

Such as: the four stages of Conferred God Universe, the four stages of Journey to the West Universe, etc.

Among them, the fourth stage of Conferred God Universe has even completed the draft plan.

specifically is:
The first stage: "Nezha", "Jiang Ziya", "Nezha 2", "Yang Jian", "Ji Fa", "Feng Shen Yan Yi 1: Fengming Qishan"

The second stage: "Nezha 3", "Yang Jian 2", "Ji Fa 2", "Lei Zhenzi", "The Romance of the Gods 2: King Wu's Conquest of Zhou"

第三阶段：《土行孙与邓婵玉》、《姬发3：内乱》、《姜子牙2》、《雷震子2》、《黄天化大战魔家四将》、《姜子牙3》、《申公豹》、《封神演义3：诛仙通天》

The fourth stage: "Lei Zhenzi 3", "Yang Jian 3: The Seven Monsters of Meishan", "Feng Shen Yan Yi 4: The Battle of Muye"

Don't ask, it's because Mr. Wen is just 'writing' for fun when we are bored.

Even our President Wen was too bored to 'write' the four stages of Journey to the West.

This kind of draft planning is a direction.

As long as the first step can be promoted, money will naturally be spent to make it later. At that time, there will naturally be a large number of content industry personnel to analyze traditional myths and find a route that is best for commercialization.

Therefore, Fatty Wang has now started another line, being Nezha.

There are other things that keep Fatty Wang busy: martial arts film and television dramas.

You can't just have a mythology-based universe, and the martial arts series is naturally indispensable.

Fortunately, in this regard, our country's written works are not bad, and the works of Jin Yong and Gu Long are not bad.

Fatty Wang suffered too.

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When the content going overseas is gradually in full swing, the reconciliation negotiations between Bolang and Facebook have gradually moved on the right track.

Because of the current increasingly complex market environment, Facebook has gradually felt more pressure.

Bo Lang's ferocity has already been fully manifested.

Although the launch of Stars developer registration has no effect on Facebook's business, Facebook analysts have sensed a certain trend.

Analysts believe that the XingHai brand series under Bolang Terminal already has a hardware ecological foundation in overseas markets.

I think Bolang Terminal has done a good job in defining the main handheld entertainment center, and Bolang launched the application first, from the application vertical to the hardware, the effect is very good.

The Facebook team believes that Stars Apps will surely become the main mobile application ecosystem, and because even the official programming language is released, it is likely to quickly catch up with the gap, and then feed back the hardware, and eventually become the third largest application in the true sense ecology.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Facebook, which has begun to mobilize on a large scale, to avoid Stars Apps.

Considering that Bolang still holds Facebook shares, which is disgusting to Facebook, they must reach the best settlement with Bolang in the shortest possible time to avoid greater capital risks for Facebook.

According to the analysis, the crisis of Facebook does not only come from the capital market, and the international version of Xiaochengshu and QQ international version, which have already formed a trend, will become important bargaining chips.

From the gradual popularization of 4G networks in overseas markets, the wave of mobile Internet has become irresistible.

then……

After a few days of lingering, a senior vice president of Facebook had a conversation with Li Ze.

Although Mr. Ze is just an ordinary vice president of Bolang Group, and he is still a firefighter, and his main job is the CEO of Bolang Terminal, but Mr. Ze is still very firm in his aggressiveness.

Facing the senior vice president of Facebook, Mr. Ze obviously won't show too much enthusiasm.

The over there spoke English, said it politely, and then the translator conveyed: "Your Excellency Mr. Ze, we believe that the two sides have a very good foundation for cooperation and common interests..."

"Your Excellency President Ze..."

The other party's Chinese translation also came up with a very awkward address 'Your Excellency Ze Zong', and Li Ze couldn't even make complaints about it.

Li Ze said in Chinese slowly: "In fact, we have always been sincere. We hope that you and I can carry out in-depth cooperation. The BTI company under our group operates a social platform..."

"This……"

"Cooperation is a very important spirit, and I don't think there is anything we can't agree on."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Ze is right."

"..."

Li Ze's attitude is actually rather perfunctory. From the perspective of Bolang Group, it should indeed deal with the shares of Facebook as soon as possible, and holding them is of little significance.

In the future, the friction between the two parties in various fields will increase significantly. With Bolang's consistent dirty methods in overseas markets, Facebook's stock price will definitely be a bit volatile.

At that time, it was easy to make a bad shot.

Don't do it if you can't do it at a loss.

It's better to be long than to be short.

Speaking from a selfish point of view, doing more is the behavior of Bolang Group, and shorting is the behavior of asset management companies, which is in the interests of the co-founder of Bolang.

It can't be said that Wen Liang has already confirmed through the shareholders' meeting that the production materials of Bolang Group will be distributed, and Wen Liang and the others will immediately become saints and even stop earning overseas money by themselves.

There is no such way to play.

Let's talk about picking up money, who can refuse, right?

Anyway, asset management companies don’t intervene, some people will intervene, and in the end, they may be like Tim, with the capital behind them to short Apple...

but!
It can't be said that Facebook's shares should be disposed of as soon as possible, and Mr. Ze's platooning will be unnecessary.

It wasn't Mark Zucker who came forward, and this settlement can be delayed.

Anyway, Bo Lang was not in such a hurry.

In this regard, the senior vice president of Facebook is not stupid, as can be seen from Li Ze's attitude on the phone.

Naturally, Mark Zucker had to come forward.

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Wednesday the 27th.

Mark Zucker and Li Ze made a video call across the Pacific Ocean.

In the end, Mark Zucker chose to bow his head to talk to Li Ze. He was not even as good as an executive from Apple. At least he came to Yangcheng and met Wen Liang face to face.

Mark Zucker was manipulated for several months, and he didn't even have the chance to meet Wen Liang through the machine, let alone have a conversation.

The translator was still the same person, and he still used that strange address: "Hello, Your Excellency Mr. Ze, I am Mark Zucker, nice to meet you."

"Me too." Li Ze had a formulaic smile on his face.

"I have some ideas about our cooperation on social platforms."

"I have some ideas, too."

"..."

Li Ze's attitude is still the same, formulaic, coping, indifferent, and perfunctory.

Is there any possibility of cooperation between Little Orange Book International Edition and Facebook?
Normally no.

Nor are there unusual circumstances.

Both sides longed for the other's death.

It's just a pretext.

The two parties mainly talked about how Bolang transferred the shares to Facebook in a tactful state, and Facebook should show the necessary sincerity.

Facebook doesn't want to budge too much.

Just want to solve it with money.

But I can't give too much money, just a 10% premium on the basis of the existing stock price, which is about 381 billion yuan when calculated comprehensively.

The total investment of Bolang is 339 billion RMB.

That is to say, you can earn 42 billion yuan by changing hands.

This thing can be called a serious pure earner.

Even the main body of the Facebook company alone cannot come up with so much cash, and there is a very complicated operation behind it.

So the first exchange was only a slight progress.

Both sides pretty much know the bottom line of the other side.

Bolang needs benefits, substantial interests, because Bolang operates the same social platform and is in competition with Facebook.

And the Facebook Stars version that Bolang needed more, suddenly became a 'tasteless'.

In other words, Bolang's delaying tactics were successful.

The main reason is that Bolang's investment in the early stage is often far more than that of similar products in the same industry, and they are all forced to spend money first.

When the internal beta version of Scode was launched, it received high praise from developers in overseas markets for Bolang, who believed that Bolang paid attention to everyone's interaction, service, and experience. After that, Bolang opened up a deeper situation...

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Finally, after a total of three communications.

Li Ze had sufficient and necessary communication with Mark Zucker.

After various bargains, Bolang and Facebook finally reached a settlement.

Facebook paid 382 billion yuan in cash at one time, repurchased Facebook shares held by Bolang, and carried out a certain scale of joint cooperation in the field of social platforms.

In layman's terms, it is pushing each other.

In the case of a very large gap in the volume of different platforms, it is natural for Bolang to make a profit.

Nothing else.

Anyway, Bolang just wanted to get rid of the Facebook shares and take away the funds as quickly as possible, and everything else was considered extra.

As for Facebook's suspension of trading and other messy things, it's all Facebook's business.

what is interesting……

The day the settlement was reached was April 4st, April Fool's Day.

Another interesting thing is that Bolang related business has announced in advance that the official version of Scode will be launched on April 4st...
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