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Yahoo has been strategically cooperating with Samsung Electronics for many years. Selling Yahoo Korea to Samsung will open up many more possibilities.

As a master of business operations, Zhou Buqi is particularly good at thinking about problems from the other party's perspective.

For Samsung Electronics, Internet services and software services for terminal devices are a very important link that they must firmly grasp.

In the short term, they are weak and cannot develop, so they can only rely on outsiders.

In the long run, they will definitely do it themselves.

This is also in line with Samsung's consistent style.

Samsung mobile phones are the most typical example. In order to ensure sufficient autonomy, Samsung Electronics has gone through the entire upstream and downstream industrial chain of mobile phones.

This is the only mobile phone manufacturer in the world that does not rely on external procurement of spare parts and is completely self-sufficient.

This is related to national characteristics.

Legally speaking, South Korea is still in a wartime state, and the nation's DNA is full of a sense of crisis.

Moreover, during the Asian financial crisis, South Korean industries were strongly penetrated by foreign capital. The wealth that South Korea had striven for for decades fell into the hands of European and American capital, which made them more aware of worries.

If Europe and the United States want to bully others one day, Samsung Electronics can still be self-sufficient. With the protection of family wealth, it will not be bullied too seriously by outsiders. From this perspective, it is very similar to the domestic technology industry.

Therefore, for Samsung Electronics, their ultimate solution must be independent research and development around Internet services and software services for Samsung mobile phones.

It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others.

The acquisition of Yahoo Korea is an opportunity to strengthen its own strength.

Moreover, there is also the hidden danger of dependence on partners.

In the Internet industry, Google and Microsoft are definitely the ones with the best technical level. But Samsung mobile phones cannot go to them to cooperate. They are competitors. Once they become dependent on Google and Microsoft in these businesses, it will definitely affect the competitiveness of Samsung mobile phones.

So Samsung Mobile has been actively looking for alternatives.

First I found Yahoo.

Later, I found Ziweixing and then Baidu.

With more partners, Samsung mobile phones will not become dependent on any party. Whether it is Yahoo, Ziweixing, or Baidu causing trouble, Samsung can immediately cut off cooperation and be prepared.

Not now.

Ziweixing International acquired Yahoo!

Samsung Electronics' two most important partners in the fields of Internet services and software services have merged... This will inevitably cause Samsung to worry.

In this life, due to the emergence of Ziweixing, Baidu's strength is relatively weak, and there is not much cooperation between Samsung and Baidu.

This means that Zhou Buqi can almost control Samsung Electronics' Internet services and software services through Ziweixing and Yahoo. If Big Boss Zhou wants to do something bad, it will be a huge blow to Samsung!

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Even if Boss Zhou is the richest man in the world, his status will not be so low, and he will not resort to such low threats, but it will always be a time bomb for Samsung.

It is impossible for the Li family to sleep peacefully if they sleep with a time bomb in their arms.

This will definitely make Samsung Electronics nervous. Once you are nervous, it is easy to be emotional, make hasty decisions, make decisions as soon as you slap your forehead, and speed up the self-research route hastily.

So Zhou Buqi came to South Korea carelessly.

He thinks this is more reliable.

Moreover, when it comes to handling Yahoo Korea, he is not just betting on Samsung, he also has alternatives. If Samsung is unwilling to take over, then let Kakao Group acquire Yahoo Korea, just like Alibaba acquired Yahoo China.

Zhou Buqi arrived in South Korea, and Li Zairong arranged a big scene that night.

In the Shilla Hotel, many well-known political and business figures in South Korea were invited to express their welcome to Boss Zhou's visit. At the same time, I also take the lead in letting everyone get to know each other.

After all, Zhou Buqi, as the latest richest man in the world, is too low-key.

Many people want to get to know him and get acquainted with his immortality, but they really don't have the chance.

Lee Jae-yong can also take this opportunity to show Samsung's strength.

Looking at the whole of South Korea, besides him, Lee Jae-yong, who else can organize a game to invite Boss Zhou over?

Zhou Buqi doesn't mind either.

It doesn't hurt to get acquainted briefly.

However, after walking around, I found the problem. They were all men. The ladies present all appeared as female companions accompanying the men. This was simply a man's vanity fair.

With so many people, it’s hard for Zhou Buqi to remember them all. Anyway, the words he hears the most are: “Mr. Zhou, you are so young!”

There were also officials present, the highest-ranking one was the "deputy-level", the minister in charge of culture, surnamed Cui, who discussed with Boss Zhou the possibility of promoting Korean Wave culture to the European and American markets.

Perhaps as a sign of goodwill, Minister Choi also made a very positive statement, saying that he would establish a cultural development fund with a scale of no less than 1.4 trillion won to promote the co-production of Korean and American films.

As the most popular Hollywood giant today, Ziweixing Global is of course the first choice for cooperation.

These are all really related.

When Zhou Buqi heard this, of course he agreed. If someone comes to give you money, there is no reason to refuse. This co-production model is collectively referred to as "capital-guaranteed project" within Hollywood.

Whether it is a Chinese-American co-production, a Korean-American co-production, or the earlier British-American co-production, German-American co-production, or Japanese-American co-production.

How can it be so easy to take advantage of Hollywood?

The co-production was a huge success... Hum, sorry, Hollywood is going to pick the peach.

Just like "007".

This is actually an adaptation of a British novel, a film project approved by a British film company, and a British film. Later, it was co-produced with MGM... After filming, it became MGM's flagship series of movies. The British Film Company only had the copyright of a few scraps and could only drink some soup.

If the co-production fails, it doesn't matter.

Most of the capital and sponsors are borne by the co-production parties, and Hollywood can also control the copyright and channel distribution. In other words, the power to share the cake lies with Hollywood.

If it makes money, Hollywood will share it first; if it loses money, the co-production parties will lose it first.

There is also a "capital-guaranteed and value-added project" that is even more ruthless. Even if a co-produced movie is produced, no matter whether the movie is successful at the box office or not, Hollywood must have a guaranteed profit of 10% or 15%. Hollywood will definitely make money, and the losses will be borne by the co-production parties.

All the “Disney parks” opened around the world follow this model.

Koreans want to produce a Korean-US co-production movie with Ziweixing Universal. This is no different from giving money. With such a good thing, why not do it?

Just like the rising trend of Sino-US co-productions in China, Hollywood film companies are laughing their heads off.

There were several movie company bosses and shareholders present, and they looked like they had never seen the world. I was very excited to see Boss Zhou so readily agree to promote the co-production plan between Han Fang and Ziwei Star Global. Most of them were in their fifties or sixties, and they bowed to him to express their gratitude.

This made Zhou Buqi a little suspicious, wondering if this group of people was eyeing some development fund and wanted to use the opportunity of co-production to defraud the Ministry of Culture of money?

Anyway, South Korea’s political and business relations are very opaque and full of tricks.

We socialized for more than two hours with red wine in hand.

Zhou Buqi also gradually came back to his senses. Most of the people present were entrepreneurs. Some made cars, some made cosmetics, some made games, some made food, some made electronic products, and some made... Textile products...only one industry is missing - real estate.

No wonder a metropolitan city like Seoul is so poorly planned and the houses are so dilapidated.

After leaving the hotel, Sun Wanran said impatiently as soon as he got in the car: "That Xu Qingpei, you should say a few more words."

"who?"

Zhou Buqi saw too many people in one night, and he didn't have a photographic memory, so he couldn't remember who Xu Qingpei was.

Sun Wanran seemed to be very concerned and said quickly: "He is the big boss of Amore Group!"

"Amore?" Zhou Buqi had a vague impression, "What are you doing?"

Sun Wanran was helpless, "It's cosmetics, brother!"

"oh."

Zhou Buqi's reaction was still very dull.

Sun Wanran said: "42% of the cosmetics group purchases on Xiaonei.com are imported. 60% of the imported cosmetics are Korean. 80% of the Korean cosmetics are from the Amore Group."

Zhou Buqi was immediately amused. He sat in the car and turned to look at her, "Really or not? Do you remember this data so clearly? You didn't lie to me, did you?"

Sun Wanran blushed a little, "I can't tell you the specific data. Anyway, Amore's cosmetics are very famous in China, and their sales are very good. In the cosmetics category of group purchases on campus, they are among the top five brands. If it weren't for the imported ones being too expensive. , their product might be the best-selling product. When I was in college, I used it for more than two years."

"Ouch?" Zhou Buqi smiled, "Did you have a lot of living expenses when you were in college?"

Sun Wanran said: "Yes, cosmetics cost hundreds of dollars every month. Oh... I'm telling you something serious. While I'm in Korea, I'll hurry up and buy that person who is doing group shopping on campus... Qin He! Yes, Hurry up and ask Qin He to come to Seoul for a business trip and sign a big order with the Amore Group! There are so many agents for cosmetics, and the profits in the middle are too much. You should get the goods directly from the manufacturer. The on-campus group purchase uses a direct sales model for college students, and the price can It’s more fair. This is not a public market and should be treated differently. Large companies have preferential treatment policies for education.”

Zhou Buqi said "Oh", "Okay, you go make arrangements."

Sun Wanran said happily, "I'll make the arrangements."

Zhou Buqi glanced at her and said, "Don't abuse your power. Let the on-campus group buying team discuss it by themselves. Just come. If you think it's unnecessary, don't come. Don't order others."

"I know..." Sun Wanran rolled her eyes at him, curled her lips, and then became curious, "Why didn't you tell Li Zairong about Yahoo?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Don't worry, I'll contact Kakao first tomorrow morning to decide on the personality."

"What kind of sex is determined?"

"I want to see if Yahoo Korea's selling price is US$500 million or US$1 billion is more suitable."

"Have sweet dreams!"