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Entrusting Lao Zhang to handle the real estate project of New York's "Changyou Park" is definitely putting his talents to good use. This guy has lost his magic in making judgments on the Internet, but his understanding of real estate is not bad at all.

In his early years, he bought the Sohu Internet Building in Tsinghua Science and Technology Park from Hong Kong businessmen. It is located in the core of Zhongguancun and can be called a landmark building.

Logically speaking, given Sohu's scale and size, a Sohu building is enough for all Sohu employees to work here.

But Lao Zhang didn't.

He only occupied a few floors of the Sohu Building, rented out the remaining floors, and worked as a tenant to collect rent!

Now, Sohu’s employees can no longer be squeezed in. What should we do?

Lao Zhang still has tricks up his sleeve.

He acquired a piece of land on Science Academy South Road, and then built an 18-story building on his own, with 15 floors above ground and 3 floors underground. He also built a spectacular office building.

Named Sohu Media Building.

There are only a few people in Sohu, so there is no need for such a big office building. So it’s easy, use a few floors yourself, rent out the rest and act as a landlord!

This is not over yet.

Changyou wants to operate independently, which provides him with a reason to invest in the real estate market.

Originally, he wanted to build a building by himself like the Sohu Media Building, but Changyou's rise was too rapid, and it was too slow to build a building from scratch.

So just last year, Lao Zhang made the decision to spend 900 million yuan to buy a commercial office building from Sunac and rename it Sohu Changyou Building.

Just like the previous times, Changyou now has more than 2,000 employees, which can’t occupy a single building, and the rest is rented out.

However, Sohu Changyou Building has a shortcoming. It is located too far away, in the Shijing Mountain area outside the West Fourth Ring Road.

The adjustment of the board of directors and senior management team is actually relatively simple.

Lao Zhang has already arranged everything.

You can't leave a mess for the new big boss.

After Zhou Buqi passed away, I met with Changyou's senior management team, and I could clearly feel some fear and worry in their eyes. In the industry, Boss Zhou is so famous that he has the ability to turn stone into gold. All kinds of mythical and legendary stories have long been spread in the domestic Internet circles.

At this time, Changyou's executives are worried about being fired.

It’s not that you can’t find a job after being fired. Although Changyou is in decline now, it is also the leader in the domestic game industry and the largest game giant.

Looking around the world, that would rank high.

In particular, the newly launched multiplayer online competitive game "DOTA2" is the most popular game in the market today. The online game market also has strong vitality, and "Dragon" and "World of Warcraft" are invincible.

The most important thing is that Boss Zhou is coming to power!

This is hope!

With such a legendary figure at the helm of Changyou, one can imagine how bright Changyou’s future will be. If you want to succeed in the workplace, the most important thing is to work with the right people.

Boss Zhou is the one everyone wants to follow.

No one wants to leave at this time.

After the initial angry stage, Zhou Buqi's mentality became much calmer. Although the current CEO Wang Fangfang made Changyou a mess, he did not break out and showed an easy-going and friendly attitude.

We still need to focus on stability.

We can't go to war.

It is said that the top management will be refreshed, mainly by replacing the CEO and president. The remaining vice presidents... they are more familiar with Changyou's business. If they are replaced, it will easily cause turmoil.

Zhou Buqi held a heart-to-heart meeting with everyone, without criticizing anyone. He smiled and expressed his gratitude to every executive who had made great contributions to Changyou in the past.

He also solemnly stated that at this stage, he would not fire anyone. Next, a new team will join Changyou and lead Changyou on a new journey.

The past is past. No executive will lose his job because of past mistakes. We must unite and look forward.

Of course, the CEO and president will definitely step down.

Even so, Zhou Buqi did not kill everyone. He appeased Wang Fang, the real founder of Changyou, and retained his seat on the board of directors.

good for everyone.

Killing decisively did not appear, and Boss Zhou adopted a positive attitude, which calmed Changyou's internal worries and worries. After the meeting, it was obvious that every executive felt more relaxed and had smiles on their faces.

Afterwards, Zhou Buqi and Zhang Chaoyang went to the small office.

As soon as he closed the door, Lao Zhang couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, "You are young and your skills are sophisticated, it's amazing!"

Zhou Buqi laughed, "Are you complimenting me?"

Zhang Chaoyang said seriously: "Well, I praise you, but I'm really worried that you will establish your authority."

Zhou Buqi was calm and asked, "Do I still need to establish my prestige? My prestige is not enough?"

"Depend on!"

Zhang Chaoyang wanted to kick him over.

This bastard boy!

So good at pretending!

Zhou Buqi yawned and lay down on the sofa in an awkward manner, "I was busy all night and didn't sleep for a few hours when I was called over."

Zhang Chaoyang glanced at him, "What are you busy with? On a woman's belly?"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, I'm doing work!"

Zhang Chaoyang asked the beautiful female secretary to make two cups of strong coffee. He actually didn't sleep for a few hours. He went over and patted his leg. "Get up! Have you thought about the list of the board of directors?"

"Roughly the same."

"Who?"

"In addition to the two of us, Wang Fang's board seat must also be retained. Replace the rest. The two co-CEOs, Tang Mattrick and Ren Yuxin, are both executive directors. The other ones are Guo Pengfei, Ya Alex Jones and Kevin Tsujihara, and leaving one seat for the CFO, is enough.”

Zhang Chaoyang had a black line on his forehead, "I know Guo Pengfei, who are Alex Jones and Kevin Tsujihara?"

Zhou Buqi said matter-of-factly: "Jones is the chief investment officer of Ziweixing International, and he attends Changyou's board of directors as a representative of Ziweixing International."

"Where's Kevin Tsujihara? What's this name? Japanese name?"

"Well, a Japanese-American, now the senior vice president of Ziweixing Global, responsible for the home entertainment business."

"What do you mean by asking him to join in?"

Zhang Chaoyang felt that this guy was a bit too much.

That’s it for Guo Pengfei and Alex Jones. Changyou’s business development will inevitably have a strong relationship with Ziweixing in the future. However, people from Ziweixing Global are also involved. What's going on?

Just to grab a board seat?

Zhou Buqi said: "Family entertainment... Alas, Lao Zhang, you still don't understand Hollywood movies. There are many revenue channels for Hollywood movies, and box office revenue only accounts for 25% of the total revenue. There is a very important sector, It’s called the derivatives market. In the derivatives market, a very important business is game development.”

Zhang Chaoyang raised his eyebrows, "Game development?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Have you not seen the "Star Wars" game, how much money can it make? Lucasfilm also has a dedicated game studio, but the management is too poor. I plan to close all verticals of Ziweixing Global Our game studio will only do licensing in the future, and Changyou will have priority.”

The film industry and game industry among foreigners are really different from those in China.

First of all, Europe and the United States have very strong spending power. They don’t know how to save at all. The probability of impulsive consumption is very high. If you are tempted, you will buy it.

Secondly, the popularity of genuine games allows game manufacturers to confidently and boldly launch some stand-alone games and make money by selling genuine games.

Another point is the strong influence of Hollywood movies.

Blockbuster movies such as "Star Wars", "Jurassic Park", "Spider-Man" and "Fast and Furious" that set off the market often develop derivative games when developing derivative copyrights.

Many games are garbage.

It's called a "one-time game", which means you play it once and throw it away.

The production of this type of games is really bad, they are just for money making... quickly develop the game, and then take advantage of the popularity of the movie, harvest a wave, sell 1 million units, and you can make tens of millions. Dollar.

For players, it is actually impulse consumption.

After watching the movie, many people were very excited and excitedly bought many derivatives, such as "Spider-Man" shirts, "Jedi Knight" lightsabers, etc.

I also buy games to play.

The vast majority of them are junk games, none of them sustainable, and they all seem to be used by scammers to get money.

But the American public is just so stupid. They just keep doing this and refuse to change despite repeated admonitions.

I get fooled every time I buy it, and every time a hot-selling movie is released and a spin-off game is launched, I will buy it impulsively. After buying it home and playing it, I find that it is indeed a garbage game.

Zhou Buqi didn't like this very much.

It’s so deceiving!

It is simply raking in the water and treating consumers as fools. This concept has nothing to do with the Internet. It is a typical shortcoming of traditional industries.

Big IPs such as Star Wars, Marvel, Jurassic, Twilight, The Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, etc. actually all have good game adaptation elements.

If it works well, it's entirely possible to create an excellent game.

The Marvel universe is so big and there are so many well-known characters. If it was made into an online game, it wouldn't be worse than "World of Warcraft", right? The way Hollywood used to be, it was terrible.

Even if we can't develop a classic game like World of Warcraft, we can at least develop some simple and easy-to-play mobile games that can be connected to the Internet, right?

Online games are much more profitable than stand-alone games!

Professional people do professional things, let Ziwei Star Global and Changyou link up, and explore the market and players' minds. Just doing it casually is a hundred times better than making rubbish games to cheat money.

Zhang Chaoyang was already numb.

I think this bastard is so awesome!

Changyou has a total of 9 directors, and the directors who are obviously labeled as Ziweixing include Zhou Buqi, Don Mattrick, Guo Pengfei, Alex Jones and Kevin Tsujihara.

No matter what the attitude of the other four directors is, this is already more than halfway!

Too cruel!

Show no mercy!

The key is that the angle this guy came up with is so impeccable that even if you want to argue, you can't.