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Zhou Buqi laughed out loud, "Ziweixing Digital Media? You pay so much attention to so many things!"

Son Zhengyi looked strange, "My information is wrong? Didn't Ziweixing Digital Media intend to separate it and operate it independently?"

"Well, we need to split it up."

"It is right to separate. Ziweixing Digital Media wants to do football business, but football represents the European value system, which is very different from the American business culture. Just like Ziweixing and Ziweixing International, it is right to separate. Since they are incompatible, there is no need to forcefully fit them together."

"You really have a lot of insight."

Zhou Buqi's tone was mixed with a bit of ridicule.

This feels bad.

He was already convinced that this old fox entered the market to invest in the entertainment industry, not because he was deceived at all, but because he actively wanted to enter the market but deliberately pretended to be deceived.

I have really made every step of the arrangement, waiting for things to fall into place and advancing the project step by step.

Sun Zhengyi also showed his fangs and said: "I was deeply inspired by your concept of combining the Internet and the football industry. I sent two assistants to conduct research, and the feedback results were very gratifying. The official website agency business may be possible every year Bringing profits of more than 500 million pounds to Ziweixing Digital Media."

Zhou Buqi said lightly "Yeah".

Sun Zhengyi continued: "Coupled with other football-related news websites, social networking websites and data websites, preliminary estimates are that Ziweixing Digital Media will be listed on the London Stock Exchange in three or four years, and the market value may reach 15 billion - 20 billion pounds, it will become the largest Internet giant in Europe. With this relationship, Ziweixing can take root deeply in Europe and obtain policy treatment that far exceeds that of Silicon Valley giants."

Zhou Buqi snorted, "You are really thorough in your investigation."

"Your business model is very clear." Sun Zhengyi sighed and couldn't help but sigh, "I have been investing in the Internet for more than ten years, and I have tried hard to find good Internet projects in Europe. I have searched and searched, but I can't find anything. No. Later I accepted my fate and thought that Europe was an Internet desert, so I focused my main investment in the Asia-Pacific region. This time, your layout of the European Internet industry around football is really eye-catching. Give it to me. A lesson learned.”

Zhou Buqi said: "You also taught me a lesson."

Sun Zhengyi laughed, pretending not to hear the dissatisfaction in his tone, and vowed: "In all the years I have been investing, you are the genius who has the deepest understanding of the Internet I have ever seen. I can give you an accurate guide now." Xin, as long as it is a project surrounding the Internet industry, no matter what you do, I will support it! In terms of funding, there will definitely be no difficulties!"

"Is it?"

Zhou Buqi acted relatively calmly.

Son Zhengyi continued: "However, if Ziweixing Digital Media only does some simple football-related businesses, it would be a waste of resources. The future development direction must still be streaming media. Streaming media will replace TV, so in the near future In the future, live streaming sports events based on the Internet will gradually replace TV stations. If Ziweixing Digital Media engages in live streaming business, it may reach a market value of 100 billion pounds."

Zhou Buqi is angry and funny.

Very speechless.

Of course he knows this.

The key is that he doesn't want to do it.

Streaming media is an emerging industry, and its operation difficulty is comparable to that of e-commerce. Any business mistakes may make users dissatisfied and cancel their subscriptions.

Streaming media platforms such as Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are a bit simpler, but what is more difficult is the streaming of live events.

Just like the Premier League.

The copyright of the Premier League is divided according to regions around the world. After purchasing the German copyright but not the French copyright, the streaming media platform can only open the Premier League broadcast service to the German region, but cannot provide related services to French users. This is obviously not in line with the nature of the Internet.

Sun Zhengyi then promised benefits, "If Ziweixing Digital Media is spun off, I suggest you serve as chairman and CEO, and give you 10% of management shares."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "It's not about the number of stocks!"

"what is that?"

"I'm lazy, okay?"

"Well……"

This time, it was Son's turn to be speechless.

He thought that the difference between himself and Zhou Buqi was about strategic concepts, so he expressed his sincerity. Unexpectedly, it was because the boy lacked entrepreneurial passion and didn't want to work hard anymore.

Sun Zhengyi felt that he should give some advice and said tactfully: "Zhou, you are a rare entrepreneurial genius that I have never seen before. You... you are still young. I think you can have higher achievements. Yachts, luxury houses , champagne, beauties, works of art, these are life and it is important, but I think a more ambitious life goal will make your life more meaningful."

"What?"

Zhou Buqi felt that this old boy was a bit baffled.

Masayoshi Son said seriously: "When SoftBank went public, my wealth exceeded US$200 million. I was a little carried away at that time. At the most, I dated more than 30 girlfriends. But as time went by, this spirit Pursuits outside the realm will become increasingly pale and indifferent. The road to business and investment to realize personal value is more full of passion and challenges."

This old boy was once the richest man in the world, and he had more wealth than he could spend in a few lifetimes.

But he still insists on working more than ten hours a day, so there must be factors other than money affecting him. Just like Steve Jobs, his personal wealth mainly consisted of Disney stocks, but he worked at Apple almost for free. He was even willing to devote his life to Apple, and he was still designing a blueprint for Apple's future before he died.

Of course Zhou Buqi can understand this level of spiritual realm, and waved his hand, "It has nothing to do with personal life, it's two different things. I'm not a scumbag, and I can't do such a thing as dating dozens of girlfriends at the same time."

Zhen Yu and Xue Baoshan next to them didn't say much, they just looked at each other briefly.

Then he lowered his head and calculated silently.

Um!

It seems there really aren’t that many!

Son Zhengyi asked: "What's the reason?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Human energy is limited. If I were to do business in person... the streaming media business is very complicated to do, especially the live sports streaming media. This is a matter of process and technology. I won’t say much more. What I will say is that if I spend all my energy on these trivial matters, I will inevitably pay less attention to other areas.”

"Other fields?"

"I think I can accomplish more."

"certainly."

“It’s not just the Internet.”

"Well……"

Son Zhengyi twitched the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Buqi said: "We have the same philosophy, but the difference is in the operation of the business. I stepped in to reorganize and integrate Ziweixing Global, which is no problem. It is impossible for me to personally lead the team to build a streaming media platform. .With the same time and energy, if I do other things, I am confident that I can do better."

"Is there no solution?"

Son Zhengyi frowned slightly.

If MSI Global does not develop a streaming media platform, SoftBank’s return on investment in this project will be greatly reduced. If Ziweixing Digital Media does not develop a streaming media platform, it will only be a small Internet giant at best, and it will be difficult to achieve a market value of 100 billion pounds.

If it is a 10 billion pound Internet company related to the football industry, this is the pride of the UK. If it were a 100 billion pound Internet company, it would be the pride of the whole of Europe. It would be a green field planted in the desert.

With this relationship, whether it is MSI or SoftBank, their business in Europe will receive extremely preferential treatment.

Zhou Buqi made a certain compromise, "There is no solution, there are two conditions."

"No problem, just ask!"

"First, you mentioned it just now, Hulu."

"That's right!"

Son was very happy.

Zhou Buqi said: "If you help me recruit Hulu's entrepreneurial team, it's not impossible for Ziweixing Global to build its own streaming media platform!"

Sun Zhengyi became even more happy when he saw his confident demeanor and his orderly and firm words. "No problem, I will definitely help you accomplish this! What's the second condition?"

Zhou Buqi asked: "I heard you bought a new yacht?"

"ah?"

Sun Zhengyi was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Buqi said shamelessly: "Lend me to use it for a while. It's going to be summer soon. I plan to take my family on a vacation to sea to relax."

Son Zhengyi was speechless and looked depressed, "Why don't you buy it yourself?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "I ordered one in Germany, and it won't be launched until the year after next. I'll lend it to you first. Don't worry, I'll pay the rent."

In Europe and the United States, private yachts have to pay a fixed asset tax every year, which may be as high as 5%. For a yacht worth $200 million, the annual asset tax is $10 million.

There is a very simple way to avoid this, which is to register a yacht rental company and list your private yacht for rent. The yacht owner then spends appropriate rent from the rental company to rent the yacht for use. The total annual expenses such as crew, maintenance fees, port fees, etc. are the total annual yacht rental.

In this way, the yacht rental company will not generate profits on its books and will not have to pay taxes.

Half of Sun Zhengyi's face went numb, "Nowadays, many rich people are selling airplanes, real estate and yachts to raise funds. You can buy one and use it first."

Zhou Buqi shook his head repeatedly, "They are all second-hand, I'm not interested. Isn't your yacht newly launched?"

"hehe."

Son Zhengyi smiled softly and thought this guy was fucked up.

"How about it? Do you agree?" Zhou Buqi laughed.

"Take it!" Sun Zhengyi waved his hand and decisively chose to compromise, "Give it back to me when you don't need it anymore."

Zhou Buqi's mood suddenly became more comfortable.

Um!

That's okay!

Finally got some benefit from this old boy!

His yacht was a huge success when Alibaba was listed in Hong Kong in 2007. He gave it to himself as a gift and cost as much as US$120 million. It was just launched from the Dutch shipyard this month, and it is still sailing on the sea and has not gone around to Los Angeles.

Before I could even enjoy it, I was stopped halfway by Zhou Buqi.

What a bully!