Reborn I want to surf

Chapter 778 The King of Africa
Turn back the time to February.

While Yao Yuan and Yu Jiajia were struggling in the United States, Bai Yongxiang also arrived in his loyal Nigeria.

Nigeria, Africa's largest economy and largest oil producer, has a population of 1.7 million.Like most people, Bai Yongxiang came to this mysterious continent with a trace of stupidity in his clarity.

Looking down on the plane, he saw some high-rise buildings and spacious roads, which made him feel relieved, ah, it is a civilized world.

Then he got off the plane, and when he entered the country at the capital Abuja Airport, two customs stopped him.

"What are they going to do?"

"Check luggage?"

"Ok?"

"There was a bomb attack a few days ago, and now the security check is very strict!"

The guide hired from China - a poor Nigerian man, grinned his teeth and explained in fluent Mandarin.

"Bomb attack?!"

Bai Yongxiang immediately trembled, looked around, and asked, "Is it common here?"

"It's only once or twice a year. Abuja is very big, and certain areas are more dangerous. You know, there is no safe place in Africa, only relatively safe places."

The guide said a famous saying.

During the conversation between the two, the customs kept inspecting the luggage. Bai Yongxiang didn't pay attention at first, but the inspection time was a bit too long.

"Is there any problem?"

"Your things have to be taxed!"

The customs pointed to the clothes in the suitcase, and Bai Yongxiang wondered: "How many clothes do I have to pay tax?"

"Of course, you'll have to buy it at your local store!"

"But……"

The guide stopped him and murmured a few words. The official language of Nigeria is English, but there are several other national languages, which I couldn't understand anyway.

Seeing that the guide opened the wallet, Bai Yongxiang took out a few banknotes and handed them over. The customs decisively let him go.

I rub!

Only then did he realize that this was extortion!
"How much did you pay?"

"300 RMB, about 30000 Naira (Nigerian currency)."

"You are a local!"

"Then what happened?"

"Blackmailing foreigners, I can understand logically, but they don't even let the locals go?"

"I'm working for you now, we're a team..."

The guide spread his hands and laughed at himself proudly: "This is Africa!"

Well!It took only an hour for Bai Yongxiang to get off the plane, and he fully experienced the vitality of this mysterious continent, so much so that when he got out of the airport, he saw those peddlers blatantly selling fake certificates, and his mind was already very peaceful.

Plus two assistants, a total of four people, first find a hotel to live in.

There are quite a few Chinese in Abuja, some are investing, some are doing trade, and some are opening hotels, supermarkets, restaurants and so on.A group of people stayed in a hotel run by a Chinese owner, who could provide Chinese food.

But if you go abroad, you have to taste the special features. Bai Yongxiang ate a set meal of fufu (transliteration of fufu) + Egus thick soup.

Fufu is a big steamed bun-like staple food made from cassava.

Egus thick soup is pumpkin, melon, gourd and other things, dried and ground, plus palm oil, onion, pepper, locust beans, African crayfish, fish, chicken, etc., a big stew, Turn into something mushy.

The standard way of eating is to break off a piece of Fufu with your hands and eat it with the paste...

There is a word called: acclimatization.

Bai Yongxiang is very thin, and his physique is not good. Eating this thing is like picking his ass hole with his hands-looking for death (shit)!

Fleeing all night, the power is about equal to 10 Wallaces.

The next day, my feet were swollen and my face was pale, but I still braced myself and went to the branch of Transsion in Abuja.Along the way, he has seen the influence of Transsion in Nigeria.

Whether it is the body of the building, the wall of the low house, or even the utility pole, all of them are painted with blue paint, and then painted with white words: Tecno!

Tecno is the flagship brand of Transsion in Africa.

"This is a marketing method for the urban-rural fringe area. It's a character!"

Bai Yongxiang nodded frequently, and was playing with two Transsion mobile phones in his hands, one is a smart phone with low configuration and low performance;

Because the operators in Nigeria are weak, the coverage of base stations is limited.A person may have to pass through the coverage areas of two or three operators from where he lives to where he goes to work.

So some people often put several mobile phones in their bags, one mobile phone and one operator.

These four cards and four treats belong to the lore.

More importantly, they are all very cheap. Smart phones are about 450 RMB, and feature phones are even more expensive, which is less than 100 RMB!
"The main export of a copycat machine, small profits but quick turnover, low cost, insufficient funds..."

Sitting in the car, Bai Yongxiang has already felt the lifeblood of Transsion, thinking about how to negotiate for a while.He had only made two phone calls before. The other boss said that he was in Nigeria. Bai Yongxiang didn't say anything, but he acted silently, wanting to make a surprise.

In negotiations, this method works very well, especially when the powerful party takes the initiative to show its attitude.

"arrive!"

The car stopped, and Laobai poked his head to see that it was an ordinary small building on the third floor, which was very old.

He walked in staggeringly, and there was a Chinese girl at the front desk, who asked very surprised, "What can I do for you?"

"I am Bai Yongxiang from Meizu!"

"Ok?"

The little girl didn't react, but quickly opened her mouth wide: "Meimei Meizu? Why are you here, no, I mean, do you want to see our chairman?"

"He said he was in Nigeria, so I came!"

Bai Yongxiang tried his best to show an attitude of being open-minded and looking at the thatched cottage, but the little girl had a strange expression and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, the chairman has gone to Kenya!"

"..."

Lao Bai was in a daze for a while before he understood this sentence, and he was also a little confused: "He went to Kenya?!!!"

"Yeah, we are focusing on the two markets of Nigeria and Kenya. He just left yesterday, and it will take three to five days to come back. How about you, you..."

The little girl was uneasy.

"How far is Kenya?"

Bai Yongxiang ignored her and asked the guide.

"Not too far, 5-6 hours by plane."

"Okay, let's go back then..."

The two came out and went back to the hotel first.

Bai Yongxiang really wanted to fly to Kenya again and continue to surprise the other party, but the Egus soup last night had too much stamina, so he gave himself a surprise. Not long after returning, he began to feel dizzy, nauseous, and even had a fever.

The assistant was so scared that he rushed to the hospital.

Ruined!
Abandoned!

Lao Bai was lying in the hospital moaning and moaning, feeling that he was about to die young. He, who was always honest and willing to work, couldn't help cursing Yao in his heart who was happy in the United States.

…………

Zhu Zhaojiang was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang.

In the 90s, after graduating from Nanchang Hangkong University with a major in mechanical and electronic engineering, he joined Bird to be responsible for the sales of pagers - Bird was still making pagers at that time.

Due to his excellent performance, he quickly became the executive vice president, responsible for offline sales and going overseas. He is an old man.

Later, Zhu Zhaojiang resigned and founded Transsion by himself, and landed in Nigeria and Kenya to enter the African market.The reason is simple. The African market has a low technical threshold and is relatively easy to mix.

This person is very good at doing business, knows how to encircle cities from the countryside, and adapts to local conditions. In later generations, he sold 1.56 million mobile phones a year at most, and his share of the smartphone market in Africa exceeded 40%.

Known as the king of Africa!

At this time, he just flew to Kenya from Nigeria to inspect the operation here.

As a result, just one day after arriving, the branch office called, saying that someone named Bai Yongxiang was looking for him...

What the hell!

Zhu Zhaojiang, who has always been in a mess, almost missed his cell phone. He had called twice before, but he never expected that he would come to Africa to visit him!
.........

Lao Bai stayed in the hospital for a day, and his condition improved greatly, but when he rolled his eyes, the honesty failed, and he endured another day.

This morning.

Bai Yongxiang ate some porridge, stood at the window of the ward and looked out. He could see the city center of Abuja, and suddenly became sentimental.

Shipwrecked!

If Meizu enters the African market, it can do it, but it has to lay channels from scratch.And Transsion's channels are very mature, and Zhu Zhaojiang is also a great talent in this field, so the best way is to invest or acquire.

Before he came here, he thought about a lot of words, repeatedly deliberated and sorted them out, and when he was lying on the hospital bed, he had an inspiration. He thought of NetDragon, which was killed last year, and the newly established Middle East business department.

What Yao Yuan meant was to use an entire industry to face the Middle East market, and transplant various products, including games, to the Middle East as a localized ecosystem.

Can Africa do the same?

E-commerce, games, music, videos... African people must also need entertainment!

"Boss Bai! Boss Bai!"

He was thinking about it when his assistant Pidianpidian ran in and said, "Here comes the man!"

"Where have you been?"

"It's going upstairs!"

"Quickly, feed me!"

Bai Yongxiang returned to the bed, tilted his head and leaned on his body, instantly weak and helpless.The assistant sat beside him, feeding him half a bowl of porridge spoonful after spoonful.

When Zhu Zhaojiang entered the door, he saw such a scene.

The first time the two officially met, there was an inexplicable aura matching, Bai Yongxiang was like a dying person seeing hope, his eyes suddenly lit up: "President Zhu?"

"Don't move! Don't move!"

Seeing that he was about to get up, Zhu Zhaojiang hurried forward and said in a rather complicated way: "Mr. Bai, you are... well, I really don't know what to say. I really didn't expect you to come to Nigeria."

"It's too big, and it will collapse on this day. It's extremely embarrassing, ashamed and ashamed!" Bai Yongxiang shook his head with a wry smile.

"what did the doctor say?"

"It's okay, the water and the soil are not acclimatized."

"Oh, you must also pay attention, Africa is no better than China."

On special occasions, the first time they met, they got closer. After chatting for a while, the assistant went out consciously, and gently closed the door.

Bai Yongxiang still tilted his head, leaned on his body, and said, "I came to Nigeria and felt the influence of Transsion firsthand. I wanted to have a long talk with you all night, but unfortunately my health didn't live up to it.

If you don't mind, let's talk briefly? "

"Okay, tell me!"

Zhu Zhaojiang pulled a chair and sat opposite.

"You know my reason for coming here. Let me talk about the general plan. First of all, Meizu will become a shareholder of Transsion. The price will be discussed in detail. We must be the largest shareholder.

Meizu will set up an African business department to enter the market as an independent sub-brand, and you will provide all your resources and channels.Meizu and Transsion do not attack each other, but jointly develop the market. "

"..."

Zhu Zhaojiang raised his eyebrows. The condition was very harsh, but he did not refute and continued to listen patiently.

"In addition to funds, we also provide products from the 99-series ecosystem."

"for example?"

"Do Africans like music?"

"Of course I like it, they all bring their own raps when they talk!"

"Do Africans like watching movies?"

"I like it, especially Kung Fu movies!"

"Then do they like to watch reality shows?"

"You are..."

Zhu Zhaojiang was taken aback.

"In terms of hardware, we have a 10-year smart life strategy to develop electronic products such as TVs, stereos, headphones, and laptops. I don't need to talk about the content, you must know it.

In short, we can launch music streaming in Africa, we can do cross-border e-commerce, we can even sponsor TV stations, and do a talent show in Nigeria..."

Bai Yongxiang smiled weakly, and said, "Don't tell me that you have no ambitions and only want to sell counterfeit phones in Africa for the rest of your life?"

"..."

Of course Zhu Zhaojiang has ambitions, but his career has just reached a certain scale, and he has not had time to show his ambitions.

99 came to him suddenly, speeding up the process suddenly.

He doesn't reject the introduction of capital, and he knows how powerful the 99 ecosystem is, but he can't give up his shares and must strive for the best interests.

"Your conditions are very attractive, but this is a big matter, and I can't express my position now."

Zhu Zhaojiang thought about it, and said: "I will return to China next month, and I will visit you then, how about we talk about it in detail?"

"of course can!"

Seeing his attitude, Bai Yongxiang knew it in his heart.

After sitting for a while, Zhu Zhaojiang got up to say goodbye.

"have they gone?"

"Let's go, let's go downstairs!" the assistant said.

Lao Bai sat up, refreshed, and called Yao Yuan directly: "It's done! It didn't take me all the way here."

"Of course you can do it, but I can't do it here. I have to wait for "Black Robe Pickets" to go online before we can see the result."

"Then I'll go back to China first, by the way, how should I deal with the bank?"

"Don't worry about it, we have made it clear that we will not participate in NFC mobile phones. ICBC, you must let them underwrite, otherwise we won't do it!"

"Okay, I see."

Ever since, due to the busy domestic affairs, Bai Yongxiang insisted on returning to China with his sick body, which made Zhu Zhaojiang greatly appreciated.

When it comes to history books in the future, it will be a good story to take it out.

"Lao Bai went to Africa alone, and he made a sound transmission in front of his bed!"

....................................

"What Can Rule Superheroes? Answer: Capital and the Media."

"So people from the motherland are premature ejaculation men? It's over in a few strokes!"

"Spider-Man tells us: With great power comes great responsibility. But have you ever thought about it, why can't there be 'great power comes great desire'? If I were a superhero, I would definitely want to control the world!"

"The core of this drama is not an anti-hero, but an anti-people. The symbolic characters are born in the people, demanded by the people, and then borrowed to consume the people..."

A few days after the launch of "Black Robe Pickets", the number of members increased again, reaching more than 170 million at its peak.But everyone knows that after this month is over, there will definitely be a wave of unsubscribes.

The IMDB score is 9.0, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 93%!

The broadcast mode of all 8 episodes in one breath has been praised by most viewers. Anti-Super League, [-] bans, violence, sexual desire, revenge, political metaphors, etc. have caused a wave of discussions.

There are also criticisms, which are nothing more than those remarks of pornography and violence.

No one cares.

American video sites have always been foolish in grading. At most, they put labels on the works: suitable for minors to watch, watched under the guidance of parents, suitable for adults to watch, and so on.

But tagging is useless, you can watch it if you have an account, and the uncertainty of the account is too great.

Yao Yuan and Yu Jiajia have been staying for more than a month. After the results came out, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave for the return journey.

That night, the hotel.

Yao Yuan had just finished talking on the phone with Yin Yin, got dressed, and wanted to go to a movie as a parting gift, but Yu Jiajia suddenly called: "Wang Jianlin invited us to dinner!"

"Who?"

"Wanda, Old Wang!"

"What kind of meal did you eat for no apparent reason? Is there any connection with him? Is he also in Los Angeles?"

"Oh, Wanda is buying AMC theaters. Now is the critical moment. He may come over to sit in charge. I heard that we are also here, so come to socialize."

"Oh, let's go and see!"

99 and Wanda have no business conflicts other than entertainment. Yao Yuan has never met Lao Wang, but Yu Jiajia has met at some film exchange activities.

Yao Yuan went out, met Yu Jiajia, and went to the restaurant of the hotel.

After waiting for a while, a person came in, wearing a suit, walking with a big stride, and had the temperament of being a soldier.He took a few glances and went straight to this table.

"Boss Yao!"

"Mr. Yu!"

It was Wang Jianlin, with a strong voice, and every word was clear. He held Yao Yuan's hand tightly and said with a smile, "I've wanted to meet you for a long time, but I never had the chance. This time it's a coincidence that we are all in Los Angeles. "

"I have also admired Mr. Wang's name for a long time. It is a coincidence that there is no book. Please sit down!"

The three are seated.

Lao Wang has not yet reached the peak of his career, and he is not as low-key as he will be hammered in the future. He has a strong upward spirit, speaks and acts very directly, and said:
"I came to see the case of AMC this time. You have made a lot of noise. I have been here for a few days, and people around you are discussing your movie."

"It's just a big scale. It's just a gimmick to attract people. It can't be taken as real."

He was straightforward, and Yao Yuan didn't pretend to be, and asked directly: "AMC has negotiated?"

"It's settled, sign it immediately!"

"congratulations!"

Yao Yuan cupped his hands, not paying much attention.

There is something odd about this acquisition.

At the earliest time, Wanda announced that the total price was US$31 billion, including acquisition costs of US$7 million, theater renovation costs of US$5 million, and debts of US$19 billion.

At that time, everyone thought that Wanda had taken on a debt of 19 billion U.S. dollars, and they all said it was a loss.

After the acquisition, AMC turned losses into profits in a short period of time, and its stock price soared. Later, Wanda withdrew and returned 14.76 billion US dollars, claiming to have made a profit.

At this time, he said that the 19 billion yuan was not taken at the beginning, and it was still AMC's debt.

So how much Wanda spent and what was wrong with it, the outside world doesn't know.

The risk of this person is too high, Yao Yuan doesn't want to have too much interaction, just chat casually.After hearing this, Yu Jiajia thought about it and asked, "AMC has theaters all over the world. I remember there are two theaters in Hong Kong, right?"

"Is there any in Hong Kong? I didn't pay attention."

"Yes, yes, the Pacific Place family and the Festival Walk family."

Yu Jiajia took advantage of it and said, "Mr. Wang, since there is such a fate, let's discuss it. After you buy it, how about you sell the two theaters in Hong Kong to me?"

(no more...

Call it a day! )
(End of this chapter)