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For many things, there is nothing you can do about it. Official policies must be issued. This is a regulatory dilemma.

For example, Ziweixing’s Toutiao Literature has a large number of pirated novel resources on the Internet. In fact, this matter was very simple to resolve. An official document was issued, treating content that infringes on intellectual property rights the same as content related to pornography and politics, and it was resolved in minutes.

If the official doesn't take action, Ziweixing won't be able to push the genuine version even if it wants to.

Not only cannot it be promoted, its subsidiary Weidian Search must also find ways to provide users with more and richer pirated resources to gain market share and prevent bad coins from driving out good coins.

Just like milk, other people purchase milk from dairy farmers, the cost is low, and the price in the market after it is made into products is low. If we don’t purchase low-priced milk from dairy farmers, our prices will be high and we will be eliminated from the market.

Another example is the gutter oil in hot pot restaurants.

Other people's hot pot restaurants use gutter oil, which is low-cost and only costs 20 yuan for a pot bottom. If your own family does not use gutter oil, the cost is very high, and a pot bottom costs 50 yuan. If the price is high, there will be fewer customers, and it may be eliminated from the market.

Unless regulators can completely eliminate the gutter oil industry chain and keep all hot pot restaurant merchants in a level playing field. Otherwise, unscrupulous merchants who use gutter oil will take advantage of the competition and conscientious merchants will be eliminated.

The final result is that in order to survive, companies can only compete with others to be more shameless and have no lower limits. Whoever has less bottom line will live better.

There must be something wrong with Zhou Buqi's idea for Zhou Shaoning.

There will be a lot of connivance in self-developed patches. For example, some apps will forcefully obtain the user's mobile phone address book and call records, and will not allow installation if they cannot be obtained, etc. These rogue behaviors will be removed from the shelves in minutes if placed under Google GMS.

But that's all.

Asda doesn't do this, there are a lot of mobile phone manufacturers that do this.

By then, Asda was left out in the market and eliminated. In order not to be eliminated by bad coins, you can only join the trend.

In this way, domestic Android is different from foreign Android.

When many companies develop apps on the Android platform, they have two versions, one is the domestic version and the other is the international version. If the international version is under the Google GMS system, it will not be able to engage in rogue behavior, there will not be any mandatory choices, and it will not be able to obtain user privacy.

This has also created a status quo.

For the same App, the installation package in the domestic system is much larger than the installation package in the overseas Google GMS system. Because the international version is a pure version without so many messy things.

Zhou Buqi is helpless.

There is no white lotus in a large dye vat, unless it is a clean water vat.

He didn't dare to overestimate his ability to purify the big dye vat. In the end, the big dye vat could not be purified, and he would be ruined by the chaos of public opinion.

Just do it!

Blocking Google is a general trend and no one can stop it.

Want interests, not power.

Put your tail between your legs and don't mess around.

For now, let’s focus on the Ziweixing Global project.

Entering September, I feel that all progress has accelerated!

On September 4, the New York Stock Exchange approved DreamWorks Animation's delisting application and will complete the privatization within 30 days. The total cost is expected to reach US$2.42 billion.

At this point, the DreamWorks Animation project is basically complete.

In addition to the privatization expenditure of US$2.42 billion, it will also have to bear a loan of US$560 million, which means that Ziweixing Global will swallow DreamWorks Animation for a total price of US$2.98 billion.

That cost more than MGM.

On this day, Zhou Buqi's long-established important assistant An Sarnoff finally took up his post. His position was assistant to the chairman and vice president of Ziweixing Global.

Her duty is to assist Boss Zhou in conducting thorough research and inspections of Ziweixing Global's subsidiaries, and then reorganize them into a Chinese-Taiwanese company.

Do not affect creation, and do not touch creative-related departments. The main focus is to reorganize functional departments, such as the finance department, human resources department, public relations department, legal department, home entertainment business and distribution business.

The home entertainment business is to organize the film and television copyrights of all subsidiaries of Ziweixing Global and conduct peripheral operations through a unified home entertainment division, such as DVD sales and rentals, TV on-demand authorization, and TV station rebroadcast authorization. , licensing of streaming rights, and more.

The candidates for the group's senior vice president and business unit president have long been decided, and it is former Warner Home Entertainment president and Japanese-American Kevin Tsujihara recommended by Masayoshi Son.

Zhou Buqi and An Sanoff conducted a simple interview with this guy.

In fact, it’s just a process.

This appointment has long been confirmed at the board level.

As the largest investor in the MSI Global project, SoftBank Group will mainly arrange two direct descendants among the group's senior executives. One is chief financial officer Miles Lee, who was previously the chief financial officer of SoftBank America; the other is a business executive, Kevin Tsujihara, a Japanese-American.

The mid-levelization of the home entertainment business is the first step in Ziweixing Global’s mid-level plan.

Kevin Tsujihara is well-known in the Hollywood industry and can be called the number one person in the field of home entertainment. Let him lead and coordinate this business, whether it is Universal Pictures, MGM, DreamWorks Animation, Marvel, or Summit Entertainment , couldn’t say anything.

Zhou Buqi wants to take An Sanoff to see him.

This first step requires Ann Sarnoff and Kevin Tsujihara to work together to get this thing done.

However, after the meeting, Kevin Tsujihara said something else, "Is "The Hobbit" really not going to be filmed?"

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi smiled, "Is there any problem?"

Kevin Tsujihara said sternly: "Now is the economic crisis, and Warner is very cautious about investing in large productions. Their most advanced investment project now is the "Hobbit" trilogy in cooperation with MGM."

"Warner is desperate?"

"Very urgent!"

"That's good."

Zhou Buqi is confident and prepared.

Kevin Tsujihara said: "The Lord of the Rings trilogy has generated an average of US$120 million in revenue for Warner every year through DVD sales, rentals, VOD on-demand and cable TV broadcasts over the past few years. This is the Warner Family The most popular series in the entertainment business has even higher revenue than the "Superman" series and the "Batman" series."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Earning 120 million U.S. dollars from movie fans every year. Excellent movies are indeed a tax collection business."

Kevin Tsujihara smiled, "Yes, it's just like collecting taxes."

Ann Sarnoff blinked and asked: "The average annual rate is 120 million U.S. dollars. What about the changes in the revenue curve? I remember last year... during the Oscars the year before last, the police uncovered a pirated website, and the most downloaded resource on it was " The Lord of the Rings series."

Kevin Tsujihara said: "The longer a movie is released, the lower the income from the home entertainment business will be, and it is bound to decline year by year. Especially in the past few years, Internet piracy has caused huge economic losses to Warner. Last year The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has generated just $56 million in home entertainment revenue."

"Piracy..."

Zhou Buqi laughed.

The whole world is the same and is suffering from piracy. The difference is that the United States cracks down on piracy very severely. Not to mention operating piracy websites, downloading and distributing pirated resources is equivalent to stealing and will be punished.

Kevin Tsujihara said: "Seven years have passed since the release of "Lord of the Rings 3". The influence and popularity of this series are declining, and home entertainment revenue is less than 30% of what it was five years ago. So Warner is very urgent. We hope to launch the "Hobbit" trilogy as soon as possible and use the new trilogy to boost the popularity of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and restore the revenue of the home entertainment business."

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "I understand, you are the president of Warner's home entertainment business. Is this your suggestion?"

"Indeed, but my resignation procedures have been completed."

"You want to help your old club?"

"Ah?" Kevin Tsujihara was stunned for a moment, "'The Lord of the Rings' is jointly owned by Warner and MGM. MGM enjoys 6% of the profit dividend from the 'Lord of the Rings' series!"

Zhou Buqi said from a high position: "Ziweixing Global is in the early stages of development. The most important thing in the short term is to design a correct development strategy, build a competitive organizational form, and clarify standardized system norms. Anything that goes against these three points We don’t make any money!”

"Well……"

As a senior Hollywood practitioner, Kevin Tsujihara feels like he has entered a new world.

Boss Zhou is indeed transferred from Silicon Valley. This business concept is really different from that in Hollywood. In Hollywood, nothing matters but making money.

Many times, in order to make money, you can lose face and make false accounts.

He is very familiar with this. Warner's "Harry Potter" series has often engaged in book lawsuits with young actors. This approach is incompatible with Silicon Valley’s philosophy.

Zhou Buqi said: "MGM was in such a mess in the past. MGM held the distribution rights for the "Lord of the Rings" series, but when it cooperated with Warner, it could only convert the distribution rights into 6% of omni-channel profits. Dividends. This is turning power into interests, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"Power turns into interests, is there a problem?"

"Having power, are you afraid of not having any benefits? Giving up power means placing the hope of earning profits in the future on others. The philosophy of Ziweixing Global is to put me first and control our own lifeline instead of relying on others. charity."

"Um."

Kevin Tsujihara nodded and looked at Ann Sarnoff.

They all feel that Boss Zhou is really different.

Sure enough, he is no ordinary businessman!

This pattern is really big, and it jumps out directly from the perspective of money.

Zhou Buqi said: "Just like this time Warner begged us to collaborate on the "Hobbit" trilogy. Why? Because of power! Because MGM holds the distribution rights. Whether "The Hobbit" will be filmed or not, It’s not about the distribution of benefits, it’s about the distribution of power. You want power, not profit.”