Top of the big era

Twitter's current core route is the PC side, and with the general trend of the times, it has reached its peak along with the PC Internet. Until the IPO, the market value reached US$30 billion.

In fact, taking advantage of the times, we are standing on the top of the PC Internet.

But with the explosion of mobile Internet and the decline of PC Internet, Twitter's stock price began to plummet rapidly and fell into a downturn. Until the core business adjustment is completed and the transformation from PC to mobile is completed, it will be recognized by the capital market again and the stock price will rise back.

This may take several years.

In other words, if Zhou Buqi wants to sell his shares in Twitter, it is best to be "stuck" at this point in time when the PC Internet is at its peak!

Once the PC Internet begins to clearly decline, it will not be easy to sell it at a good price.

Sun Wanran also understood what he meant, "But how to determine the exact time?"

"These are all details." Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "The general direction determines success or failure, and the details determine success or failure. There is no need to earn every last copper."

Sun Wanran nodded lightly, with a bit of cunning and joking flashing in his eyes, "Yes, starting from next year, American operators will begin to promote 4G networks, which will definitely speed up the process of mobile Internet. I want to seize the last step of the PC Internet era. If the bubble value is high, you can’t delay it too much, otherwise Google will find out.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and responded in the affirmative, "It depends on whether the negotiation with Google goes smoothly. If everything goes well... the transaction time can be set at the end of next year or the beginning of the next year."

"Google is ambitious for social networking, so there must be a high premium, right?"

"definitely."

"That could make a lot of money!"

Sun Wanran pursed her lips and smiled, happy and lively.

Zhou Buqi said: "That doesn't matter. It's enough to recover 5 billion US dollars. It can at least alleviate some debt pressure and prevent some people from worrying."

Ziweixing International has successively issued US$2.8 billion in corporate bonds over the past year or so. It has invested in many large projects, expanded into European and Asian markets, and acquired many game studios.

For example, Swedish game studio Notch finally reached a deal last month after negotiating for a year.

The transaction amount reached a terrifying US$650 million.

Among them, US$450 million was spent in cash.

This studio only has one game, and it has only been online for more than a year. It was able to offer such a high price. It was questioned and disputed by many people internally. In the end, Zhou Buqi made a decisive decision. Decide.

Take it!

Originally, a deal was reached last year, and the transaction price was US$80 million. Later, the other party regretted it and believed that such a price greatly underestimated the actual value of "Minecraft", a novel sandbox game.

Then he said that he would postpone the transaction for one year and see again after one year!

Sure enough, within a year, the game "Minecraft" gained popularity and love from players, and the price soared, with an asking price of US$800 million.

After some negotiations, the deal was reduced to US$650 million.

Zhou BuQu made a quick decision and decided to make a deal.

Stop putting it off.

The longer you delay, the faster prices will rise.

Zhou Buqi dared to make such a bold decision, and others would inevitably be worried. This is not surprising. Overseas expenditures in the past two years have been too much. The expenditures have been like water, but the money has not been returned for a long time.

If you can respond with a wave of blood through Twitter, it can very well calm people's hearts.

It’s not a pity at all to sell my shares in Twitter.

There are many alternatives.

Ziweixing also has a competing product, YikYak, and more importantly, the investment department discovered Pinterest, another well-known social project.

Ziweixing International has completed the Series A financing of Pinterest in early November, with a total amount of US$5 million, and obtained 25% of the shares.

Moreover, under the advice of the management, Pinterest wants to develop its efforts on both PC and mobile terminals, and a mere US$5 million is not enough. It is expected that Series B financing will be launched in February-March this year, and Ziweixing International will continue to lead the investment.

Others can't understand Boss Zhou, but he has been developing his career in an orderly manner according to his own plan.

Zhou Buqi said: "By the way, Wan Wan, please work hard and sort out the data on some important products of Ziweixing and Ziweixing International and give it to me."

Sun Wanran asked: "What kind of data?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The main thing is the scale of users, PC users and mobile users. Now is the time to transform from PC Internet and mobile Internet, which is very critical. The transformation situation of the era can be judged through user data. In the final analysis, it is still necessary to It falls on the user.”

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As more and more information is compiled, the background of many of Lufthansa's decisions is more exposed.

Why is Lufthansa so anxious to sell off its IT infrastructure department?

Because of financial crisis.

Mainly four points.

First, the European debt crisis has caused a heavy blow to the global economy, with global trade declining and cargo flights decreasing.

Second, the economic crisis is still a factor, which has led to the rise of low-cost airlines. Including Manchester United's current aviation sponsor, it is also an Asian low-cost airline.

To put it bluntly, it is a price war.

Lufthansa, an old-school aviation giant, has been severely impacted by emerging forces. Passenger traffic has dropped significantly and revenue has dropped sharply.

Three, a general strike.

Due to the economic crisis, Lufthansa has to lay off employees. As a result, Lufthansa has encountered internal strikes many times. The most serious one was half a year ago, when more than 4,000 pilots went on strike, resulting in the cancellation of about 600 flights, and the turmoil lasted for half a month. Only then did work and production resume, causing huge economic losses.

This is why Lufthansa must have an additional condition of "no layoffs" when selling its IT infrastructure department, requiring the acquirer not to lay off large-scale employees in the short term, otherwise the union will directly veto the board of directors' resolution.

Fourth, the impact of the natural environment.

Eruption of Icelandic volcano.

This is a super serious natural disaster, causing economic losses even more serious than the "9·11" terrorist attacks that year. It is expected that volcanic ash will directly cause losses of up to 3 billion euros to the EU aviation industry this year. 8 airlines have already been affected by the disaster. Declared bankrupt due to this incident.

Another point is the emergence of new giants. British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia announced their merger to form International Airlines Group. The restructuring and merger was officially completed earlier this month.

As a result, the European aviation industry has become a trio of Lufthansa Group, Air France-KLM Group, and International Airlines Group, and the competitive pressure has become even greater.

I applied for subsidies from the German government, but they still refused to give them. Germany wants to use the money to save countries such as Greece, Spain, and Italy that are caught in the European debt crisis.

In short, Lufthansa’s idea of ​​selling its IT infrastructure department is very urgent!

Even Ning Yaxian heard about it, "Do you know Jade International Freight Company?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I don't know, what's wrong?"

Ning Yaxian said: "This is a domestic cargo airline, established in cooperation with Germany. Shenzhen Airlines holds 51% of the shares, the German sovereign fund holds 24%, and Lufthansa holds 25%."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, since the reform and opening up, a number of domestic heavy industries such as the aviation industry and automobile industry have developed with the help of Germany."

Ning Yaxian said: "Hansa is withdrawing."

"ah?"

Zhou Buqi was surprised.

"Don't you know?" Ning Yaxian was even more surprised, "It's been reported in the domestic news, and I thought you knew... Sun Wanran and Ning Lu, it seems they need to be taught a lesson! They're so irresponsible!"

Zhou Buqi said with relief: "It won't get in the way, it won't affect the overall situation."

Ning Yaxian said: "The more information you have, the easier it will be to see the truth clearly."

Zhou Buqi said: "The Lufthansa matter has basically been decided. This time I came here to sign a contract."

"Just pamper them!" Ning Ya gave him a stern look, a little bit coquettish, and then said solemnly: "It's true, Lufthansa is going to sell 25% of the shares they hold. It is said that Air China may I will take advantage of the opportunity to buy at the bottom.”

Zhou Buqi said with deep understanding: "Now the whole world has felt the shocking speed of China, and they are actively singing the long-term and investing in China. Lufthansa is not good, but it has to sell its shares and exit. This shows how deep their financial crisis is. serious."

Ning Yaxian looked at him with a smile, "So this time you come here, determined to win?"

Zhou Buqi held his head high and said, "Of course! It's a sure shot!"

After resting in the hotel for a long time, Kurian came over to report. First, he reported on the docking situation with Lufthansa, mainly around IBM.

Kurian said with a smile: "I handed over the e-commerce outsourcing process of IBM and Suning to several directors at Lufthansa, and they were all very angry. These Germans have a sense of justice."

Germany is the center of Europe's "Mother's Heart". It is the left among the left and has a great influence on the entire elite. Zhou Buqi basically guessed it and said calmly: "The effect is very good?"

"Very good!" Curry settled for a moment, "However, it is very likely that this is an excuse, and IBM's quotation is too low."

Zhou Buqi said: "Whether it's a true sense of justice, or it's just an excuse to give up the low price of IBM, I'm here this time to completely solve this case! I heard that HP's quotation is quite high?"

"Yes, it is said to have reached US$1.2 billion."

"Is the news accurate?"

"this……"

Kurian was a little embarrassed.

How do you say this?

If not, it shows that he is not capable enough; if it is accurate, it means that there may be theft of trade secrets.

After hesitating for a moment, Kurian said formally: "I think the price of US$1.25 billion is enough to suppress HP and complete this deal!"

Zhou Buqi understood immediately and seemed to have inside information, so he asked: "Will Lufthansa start a bidding mode?"

Kurian said: "No, it's already the 14th, and Lufthansa is more anxious than us. A beautiful year-end financial statement will be related to Lufthansa's stock price and next year's board of directors. As long as we follow up, Lufthansa will definitely do it as soon as possible. Make decisions. Procrastination does no one any good.”

Zhou Buqi slapped his thigh, "Okay, let's do it!"