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Returning to China, the board of directors of Ziweixing.

This is a big deal.

After adjustments to the board of directors, there are now 11 directors, namely Zhou Buqi, Zhang Yiming, He Yang, Guo Pengfei, Nie Caijun, Lu Qi, Sun Zhengyi, Shen Nanpeng, as well as independent directors Zhou Hongyi, Boss Ma and Shi Yuzhu. .

In the past year, Ziweixing’s development far exceeded expectations.

Business profit reached 4.5 billion yuan, 2 billion yuan more than expected.

However, this is just business profit.

This does not include the research and development expenditure of Ziweixing Research Institute, the investment expenditure of cloud computing business and cloud data center, and the acquisition of land in the capital, Shanghai, Pengcheng, Yangcheng, Hangzhou, Tokyo, Silicon Valley, London and other places. The investment expenditure of the headquarters building does not include income from business investment and financial investment, and even Helo’s “10 billion subsidy” plan is not included.

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This is Ziweixing’s first year of profit since its establishment!

Moreover, as soon as it makes money, it goes crazy. According to domestic accounting standards, Ziweixing made a total profit of 33.7 billion yuan in the past year!

One of the most important pieces of business was, of course, the big short position in the financial market that was exploited by the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, which was personally handled by Zhou Buqi and kept secret.

Now, Ziweixing has more than 40 billion yuan of liquidity on its books, including 2.4 billion yuan in Chinese currency and $5.08 billion in foreign exchange.

This matter was not made public either internally or externally.

But most people know it.

As investors, Sun Zhengyi and Shen Nanpeng were both smiling from ear to ear, not to mention how happy they were.

Lao Ma and Lao Shi both knew this before, but when they actually saw the financial report, they felt chills running down their spines.

This guy is so awesome!

It’s only been a few years, and it’s getting out of hand.

There are really talented people in the world.

Of all the people present, only independent director Zhou Hongyi was kept in the dark. After reading the materials, he sat there blankly, speechless, and his hands were shaking.

My intestines are so wet!

pain!

Heart hurts!

At the beginning, the battle between Weidian Antivirus and 360 Antivirus ended in the victory of Weidian Antivirus, and Ziweixing also took advantage of the situation to acquire 360. There were two acquisition plans at that time, one was cash and the other was stocks.

Because Ziweixing was still very weak at the time and had little money, Zhou Buqi's suggestion was to give less money and mainly use stocks for mergers and acquisitions.

But Zhou Hongyi didn't agree.

The money you get is money. How much risk does it take to invest money in others? Then, he chose a cash transaction. After you get the money, invest it yourself. This choice led to the fact that he could have become a director of Ziweixing, but because his shares were too small, he became an independent director.

Now the dazzling financial report is out.

My heart is bleeding!

What a loss!

According to the procedures of the board of directors, the next step is for Vice Chairman Zhang Yiming to speak and introduce the business development of Ziweixing in the past year as well as the outlook and strategic planning for the next year.

However, Ziweixing is not interested in this.

Ziweixing's board of directors is more about disclosing information to shareholders and the board of supervisors. Strategic and business matters are discussed by the decision-making committee.

It can only be like this, there are colleagues like Boss Ma and Shi Yuzhu on the board of directors!

If you talk too much, won’t you reveal your secret?

However, a little more can be said about foreign strategic planning.

Regarding the development of overseas business, Zhou Buqi focused on four points according to geographical location: first, the Japanese business has completed the strategy and is very successful; second, it is about to start a tough battle in the Korean market; third, steadily develop the US market; Fourth, use football as the entry point to enter the European market strongly.

"football?"

Sun Zhengyi, Shen Nanpeng, Lao Ma, Lao Zhou, and Lao Shi were all surprised.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It's been reported all over the news that I acquired Manchester United."

Zhou Hongyi was not happy. As an independent director, she is more responsible for supervising, supervising, and finding faults. She frowned and said, "Is this related to Ziweixing's overseas business? Isn't this your personal hobby?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Indeed, football is my hobby. But similarly, Ziweixing's career is also my hobby. For me, football and Ziweixing are just the relationship between the palm and the back of the hand. There is no need to distinguish them too clearly. Not only can they not be distinguished, but they can also have a linkage effect."

This is too nonsense to fool these people.

Zhou Buqi can only give some dry information, "Everyone must know that Ziweixing is going to be split up. After the split, the overseas business will have no foundation in the domestic market and will have to be self-reliant. Facing the menacing Silicon Valley giants, survival The pressure is too great. Ziweixing International must have a solid foothold that can be invincible. It just so happens that Europe is an Internet desert and the United States is a football desert, and the two are incompatible. Ziweixing can become a bridge between the Internet and football. ."

Shi Yuzhu smiled and said nothing.

Boss Ma is as motionless as a mountain.

Zhou Hongyi frowned and looked suspicious, as if it was difficult to understand such a strategic direction.

football?

Combining the Internet and football? What are you doing?

This is not surprising, it is only 2009, it is still the first half of the consumer Internet, and the development of the Internet is still early.

The concept of industrial Internet has not yet emerged. The merger of Sina and Focus is actually Sina's transformation from the consumer Internet to the industrial Internet. However, this is sensational enough, making it difficult for people to understand and difficult for regulatory authorities to accept.

However, the two management representatives had different expressions.

Shen Nanpeng was thoughtful, and Sun Zhengyi even showed a bit of excitement in his brows. He felt that the direction of "Internet + Football" was very creative and constructive!

At least the general direction of confronting Silicon Valley based on Europe is correct.

Now is the right time to invest in Europe.

…

A board meeting left several outside directors confused, excited, hesitant, confused, and struggling.

Fortunately, there is a broad consensus on one thing - splitting.

Except for Boss Ma, everyone agrees with the idea of ​​splitting.

Domestic and foreign countries each have their own affairs. Don't mix them together. It's not good for anyone. At that time, the gameplay inside and outside will be different, and it is easy for people to misunderstand double standards.

After the board meeting, Zhou Buqi had a private chat with Sun Zhengyi in the office.

It’s talking about investment in the music industry.

"Universal Records?"

"right."

"This is not easy." Masayoshi Son shook his head. "After you told me last time, I asked someone to investigate. Vivendi is not interested in selling Universal Music. Blizzard and Universal Music are their core assets. ."

Zhou Buqi was not disappointed by the other party's answer, because he felt the positivity in the other party's posture, "What good ideas do you have?"

Son Zhengyi said: "You are right, the music industry is now at a trough, and the rise of digital music will become an important means to save this industry."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Yes, the iPhone is a big seller. The popularity of smartphones will drive the digital transformation of many traditional industries in the past."

Son Zhengyi said: "Another very important point is that the value of European assets is generally low."

"Well……"

Zhou Buqi is not sure about this.

It seems reasonable that the EU is not strong enough yet. When the EU system matures and becomes stronger, especially under the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, the EU forms a strong cohesion around Germany and France, and Europe's economic prospects begin to get better and better.

This can be seen from the fact that wealthy people in the Middle East have gone to Europe to invest in football instead of investing in basketball and rugby in the United States.

The EU is gradually competing with the United States.

Sun Zhengyi suddenly suggested: "Sony Records, Warner Records and Universal Records are all American record companies. Don't you want to focus your industry in Europe? You also bought a football team in the UK, so you can set your sights on the UK." ."

"You mean EMI?"

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up.

It’s the fourth largest record label in the world, which is certainly good. Although in terms of market share, the number of music copyrights held in its hands is only about 15%, which is not as good as the three major records.

In terms of copyright quality, EMI is even better than Universal.

The ace of Sony Records is Michael Jackson, and the ace of Warner Records is Madonna.

EMI's trump card is The Beatles!

However, the vitality of EMI is no longer good, and it is a bit out of touch with the times. It lags behind in the training, discovery, packaging and promotion of new people.

Son was also hesitant about this and said: "Now there is an opportunity to acquire EMI Records, which is relatively complicated. When we have time, let's go to the UK and do some research."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "No problem."

When it comes to such big business, there is no investor in the world as aggressive as Masayoshi Son. If you are looking for someone else to collaborate, just go to the trouble of doing it. The poor efficiency and slow process can drive people crazy.

This short guy was different, he was very courageous. In later generations, he not only went to the UK and spent tens of billions of pounds to acquire the semiconductor giant, but also spent billions of pounds to buy their retail giant. Lijiacheng is similar. They also played a wave of capital transfer and made heavy bets on investing in the UK.

Zhou Buqi actually didn't understand the logic of this very well, and even with foresight, he didn't understand it deeply.

After all, he is not a professional investor.

But that's okay.

This general direction should be right, just follow their ideas. Ziweixing’s industrial Internet about football must be rooted in Europe, more precisely, in the United Kingdom.

Seeing this, his interest in EMI Records greatly increased.

At this time, Zhou Buqi received a text message on his cell phone.

He looked down and saw it was from Yang Mi.

I opened it with great interest.

"I'm going to see Dilireya and her mother now. I'll issue a military order. This task will be completed! I will definitely bring that little beauty to the sponsor's father!"

Zhou Buqi was very happy and felt that his love for her was not in vain. He raised his head and said, "It just so happens that I'm going to England soon. Are you free?"

"Recently?" Sun Zhengyi shook his head, "No, I have to go to the United States to discuss the Sprint case first. In March, I will contact you then. It doesn't matter, EMI is very busy right now, so you can wait."