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Zhou Buqi didn't want to cross-level management, so he made a special call to Changyou's CEO Don Mattrick to explain the matter and let him coordinate the matter downwards.

When the Big Boss is doing research, it always involves making some gestures. Regardless of whether you understand something or not, you have to wave your sleeves and point in the direction to reflect the Big Boss's extraordinary ability.

But in fact, Zhou knows nothing about game marketing.

Once it is not handled well, it can easily cause chaos in the company's management.

Zhou Buqi is very self-aware.

Reflect on yourself secretly.

You should be more restrained in the future and don't give random orders.

Regardless of whether the command is good or bad, the very act of overstepping command is wrong.

Changyou’s current development momentum is good enough.

When the summer vacation comes and there will be a big promotion, we need to build up the brand of "2K" sports games, attract a wide range of players, and increase the popularity as much as possible.

However, some research is still useful.

At least I know some of the current development status of the football game industry.

Especially in the Manchester area.

Winning Manchester United and Manchester City is equivalent to winning the entire market. No matter how hard EA works, it will be useless.

While watching the game at Old Trafford in the evening, the club's David Gill sat next to Zhou Buqi, and he talked about it, "Who can win the Premier League this year?"

"This..." David Gill hesitated, "Chelsea is currently ranked first, 2 points ahead of second-ranked Manchester City. Manchester United has encountered too many controversial penalties this season and is 7 points behind. Although there will be follow-up There is a direct competition between Chelsea and Manchester City, but judging from the current situation, it is already difficult to win the championship."

Zhou Buqi had a good attitude and said with a smile: "Manchester United keeps winning championships, which may not be good for the industry. I have a friend named Elon Musk... he is the one who makes the Rockets, you know?"

David Gill smiled and said, "Of course I know, he is a very fierce person."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "He also has a company called Tesla, which makes electric cars. The technology is relatively mature now, and the only difference is mass production. I have the same idea as him, the greatest Enterprises are never about being a business, but about being an industry.”

David Gill was in awe.

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "The electric vehicle industry is currently under great pressure from the automotive industry. If we want Tesla to survive, we must first make this industry stand out. We must liberalize patents, encourage competition, and cultivate better talents." There are many electric vehicle manufacturers. As the industry develops, Tesla, as the leader in the industry, can achieve better results and develop better, move from the fringe to the mainstream, and from the ordinary to the great."

David Gill said with sincerity: "I'm taught."

Zhou Buqi said: "Manchester United has won five consecutive Premier League championships, which is not good for the development of the industry. It is not good for the industry. As the first business card of the Premier League, Manchester United's brand value will also be damaged. Klopp is the coach. His job is to lead the team to win and win championships; fans all want to keep winning and win championships. But we can't do this. We should have a higher vision. Manchester United should be the greatest club. Only the Premier League is better , the better Manchester United can be."

David Gill said with a smile: "The Premier League and the FA are also happy."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, that's what I mean. Klopp's complaints in the media must be limited, and don't always put pressure on the Premier League and the FA. At the same time, you must have friendly communication with the other side. , voluntarily accept some unfair treatment."

David Gill raised his eyebrows and immediately understood what he meant, "Through some of your own grievances, you can exchange for some other benefits."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Ziweixing Digital Media can cooperate more extensively with the Premier League. Changyou has also launched a football game. It should get the exclusive rights to adapt the Premier League games, including the doll figures from Chaowan Commune. Those They are all commercial companies, and their connection with the Premier League and the Football Association will be relatively weak. But this is your advantage, especially when Manchester United was wronged, but we firmly supported them and safeguarded the overall situation and the development of the industry."

David Gill took a deep breath.

Once again, I realized the incredible business layout of this young boss. This plan is really big enough, including the Premier League, the Football Association, Manchester United, Ziweixing Digital Media, Chaowan Commune, Changyou... so many behemoths, They all became pawns in his hands.

David Gill is the CEO of Manchester United and he has no substantial relationship with those companies. It is not within the scope of his job to serve those companies at the expense of Manchester United.

However, Manchester United is a private company owned by Zhou Buqi.

This is different from listed companies.

As the CEO of Manchester United, the first priority is to serve shareholders, that is, to serve Zhou Buqi. When the big boss makes a request, he has no choice but to comply.

Many things are not simple relationships.

Boss Zhou said before that he would not pay a penny from Manchester United, and he did so. This is much better than the previous Glazer family.

However, as the owner of a private company, Manchester United should serve him accordingly.

If you don’t take money, you can take some resources, right?

David Gill said solemnly: "I understand. If you have any needs from Ziweixing Digital Media or Changyou or Chaowan Commune, you can contact me at any time and I will coordinate. As a director of the Premier League, this is Manchester United." Brought.”

Zhou Buqi nodded and looked at Manchester United's control of the field, feeling very relaxed.

Today's Barcelona is no longer Team Cosmos.

Guardiola resigned last season.

This season, Guardiola's assistant coach will be the head coach, and this head coach also suffers from cancer and has been admitted to the hospital...

Barcelona are currently without a coach.

The performance of the entire team was poor.

In the game at Camp Nou, Manchester United relied on two goals from Bale and one goal from Suarez to defeat Camp Nou with a score of 3:2.

Now back at Old Trafford, there is almost no suspense for Manchester United to advance to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.

Zhou Buqi returned to the previous topic and said with a smile: "Compared to letting Chelsea win the championship, I prefer Manchester City to win the championship."

"ah?"

David Gill was slightly stunned.

This is a mortal enemy in the same city!

This big boss is a bit out of character.

Zhou Buqi said: "For the same reason just now, Manchester City is the city of Manchester. If Manchester City can develop rapidly and become a club with the same Premier League flag as Manchester United, then Manchester can truly become the capital of football in the UK and even Europe. All. The football market here will become bigger. The more intense the local derby is and the more spectators there are, the better the football events in Manchester will be."

David Gill joked: "That opinion could get out and our fans would go crazy if they found out."

Zhou Buqi said: "The external display is, of course, a competitive relationship, and even deliberately intensifies conflicts. Privately, both parties should jointly contribute to the development of football in Manchester. The two parties can carry out many projects. cooperate."

David Gill has a strong sense of identity.

These plans are all long-term.

Including stadium renovations.

This means that Boss Zhou has a great vision for Manchester United and has a series of long-term plans, rather than opportunistically buying low and selling high to make money by selling the club.

The game flowed very smoothly.

In the first half, the goal was scored from a corner kick.

In the second half, Manchester United scored two more goals.

Sitting at Old Trafford, he easily defeated his opponent with a score of 3:0 and entered the semi-finals. The opponent in the semi-finals will be Bayern Munich.

After the game was over, Zhou Buqi went home and picked up senior Wu Yu who came over. He was very tender. He was about to take a mandarin duck bath when he received a call from Boss Ma.

"I'm in the United States."

"good!"

"I checked something out." Boss Ma was very reluctant. "Now that PayPal is about to go public, if you fire the CEO at this time, the price you pay will be very high."

Zhou Buqi said: "Keep his stocks and options, just replace him."

Boss Ma said angrily: "It's very complicated. The compensation for termination of the contract may exceed 20 million US dollars. He has also made a lot of contributions to PayPal being able to be spun off and listed. Now that it is about to be listed, it is morally unacceptable to fire him." It doesn’t make sense.”

"Isn't it just a loss of some money? It's no big deal!"

Zhou Buqi remained unmoved.