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There are many relatives in the Shi family. The older ones are too embarrassed to warm up to Zhou Buqi and keep a respectful distance, but the younger ones are not afraid. Shi Rui, his cousin from his fourth uncle's family, and Zhang Yanli, his cousin from his aunt's family, both high school students, ran towards him in high spirits.

Shi Rui is a handsome young boy who is in his second year of high school. He is cheerful and cheerful. "Third brother-in-law, you still have a business in Hollywood!"

"So be it."

Zhou Buqi just had a phone call with Jason Kilar, and he solved a major matter. I'm very happy.

"Then can you get tickets for "Avatar"?"

"What?"

Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment.

Shi Rui said: "Movie tickets!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Is it difficult to buy the 3D version?"

Shi Rui shook his head and said: "It's not the 3D version, it's the 3D version of IMAX. In the entire Magic City, there is only one theater in Heping Cinema that has an IMAX giant screen. It's hard to get a ticket!"

My cousin Zhang Yanli next to me added: "Years ago, I went there with my classmates, and the queues for Hepingying were endless! Later, my classmates and I queued up early in the morning, but we still couldn't get in line. One day I and Shi Rui, along with a few others, went there at one o’clock in the morning.”

Shi Rui nodded repeatedly, "Well, it's winter, so I queued up early in the morning. Guess what? The queue is still full. Later, when I asked about it, I said that those people went there in the middle of the night."

"Such an exaggeration."

Zhou Buqi was very surprised.

It's winter now!

Having people queue up outside the cinema to buy tickets in the middle of the night... Damn it! Only the bourgeoisie can do such immoral things, just like the Apple store after the new iPhone was launched, inducing people to queue in long lines in the cold, which is inhumane.

Shi Rui smiled and said, "Yes, that's an exaggeration. They all lined up in full gear, some wrapped in quilts, some gathered together to play cards, and some brought lamps. Anyway, it was quite interesting. But then It was too cold, so we left. Until now, we haven’t been able to watch the IMAX version.”

Zhang Yanli added: "Those people are well equipped with food, cotton-padded jackets, benches, sleeping bags, tents and so on."

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "Only the Internet can solve this problem of time and space inefficiency in the real economy."

"Yes, the Internet." When mentioning this, Shi Rui lamented, "I couldn't buy it in the queue, so I looked online and found that someone was really selling tickets on Taobao. It seemed like some kind of scalper, and they cost 1,200 yuan each. I I bought 5 tickets and traded them offline. Later I found out they were fake tickets and I was deceived."

Zhou Buqi was a little embarrassed and said seriously: "I mean the Internet should be directly connected to the cinema. You are right. This is indeed a very difficult problem and should be solved as soon as possible. Douban should launch an online ticket purchase service. …”

Shi Rui looked at him suspiciously, thinking he had met an impostor, "Third brother-in-law, isn't it available on Douban?"

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment, "Is there any?"

"Yes, you can buy movie tickets on Douban. What we watched was the ordinary 3D version, which was the ticket purchased on Douban. But this IMAX theater seems not to have joined."

Shi Rui is very strange.

I thought that Douban was not a website owned by Ziweixing. Why didn’t the third brother-in-law even know about this? It looks silly, like a mallet.

How could Zhou Buqi pay attention to such a trivial matter?

However, he was not comparable to these two innocent high school students, and he knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Douban can help cinemas sell tickets, and there will definitely be a commission.

As the only theater in Shanghai where you can watch the IMAX version of "Avatar" in 3D, Heping Cinema City is in a stage where demand exceeds supply. Ticket prices are rising again and again, and one ticket costs more than 200 yuan.

This is an absolute monopoly.

Why should they join Douban and then give Douban free commissions?

Letting people queue up all night to buy tickets can also bring about social effects, build the reputation of the cinema, and trigger a blind obedience effect. Why not?

Fortunately, the film industry is a relatively open market, and capital can move according to market preferences. It is conceivable that in the next six months, many IMAX theater projects will be launched in Shanghai.

When there is more competition in the market, it will no longer be able to use its monopoly advantage to bully consumers. It will have no choice but to cater to the general trend of the times and cooperate with Douban.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. In a year or two, there may be hundreds of IMAX theaters in Shanghai."

Shi Rui said weakly: "What about "Avatar"?"

"Um?"

"Third brother-in-law, can you get me some tickets? You don't need too many, 50 is enough! The cinema will open again after the Spring Festival, and I would like to invite my classmates to watch the movie."

As soon as Shi Rui finished speaking, Zhang Yanli glared at him, and then said bluntly: "Third brother-in-law, I want a ticket too!"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said angrily: "Okay, the third brother-in-law will take care of this for you, just book the venue and let the two classes go together!"

Cinemas are part of the film system. This is a trivial matter. For Xu Baihui of Jieyu Media... Well, forget it about Baihui. Don't bother her during the Chinese New Year. Just call Xiao Wang from Huayi and help arrange it.

Since the venue is reserved, don’t make a fuss.

Can be contracted for 20 games.

Ziweixing has a tradition that on the first day of work after the Spring Festival holiday, the company's boss or senior executives will line up at the door to welcome employees back to work, and each person will be given a red envelope of 1,000 yuan. If you are late or absent from work, you will not be punished. .

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year this year, Zhou Buqi will participate in this event at the Magic City branch.

Just giving red envelopes is not enough.

The popularity of "Avatar" is so high that it has set off a movie-watching craze all over the world. Not to mention countries in Europe and the United States, even places like South Korea and Japan, where local movies are very strong, the box office records have been refreshed by "Avatar".

Ziweixing employees will definitely want to see it.

We might as well take advantage of Boss Zhou's appearance to give out another wave of movie viewing benefits to the employees of the Magic City branch.

On February 26, secretary Ning Lu reported that Musk had sent an email.

After Zhou Buqi saw it, he immediately decided to take off to the United States.

According to the scheduled plan, Tesla will IPO in June this year. It stands to reason that within six months before going public, the company will not make any major financial moves.

But Musk is different. He is not the traditional relaxed American. He pursues efficiency and is a workaholic who doesn't care about traditional rules. Those who don’t care whether it goes public or not, just want to get Tesla up and running as soon as possible.

He took a fancy to an automobile factory in Fremont, California, that had been closed due to the economic crisis, and wanted to acquire it directly. The equipment in this factory is very new and the workers are of high quality. It is currently owned by Toyota and General Motors, and the price is as high as US$50 million.

Musk doesn't want to wait until the IPO financing is completed in June to do this, which will delay it for several months. He pursues efficiency in doing things, and what can be done today will never be postponed until tomorrow.

Because I had no money, I wanted to raise funds urgently.

I found Boss Zhou for help.

Of course Zhou Buqi is willing.

After the dilution of last year's financing, he now holds approximately 23.1% of Tesla's shares. If there is an opportunity to further increase his stake, of course he must seize the opportunity. The more, the better.

Musk was surprised. Unexpectedly, after just one email, Boss Zhou personally came to help solve the financial crisis. He was so sincere.

In terms of work efficiency, Boss Zhou is not bad at all!

In a way, the two have many similarities. They both operate multiple companies and multiple industries at the same time. They work day and night, have strict management styles and decisive strategic decisions. They even have many problems in their private lives. There are similar.

The next negotiation will be a matter of course.

Tesla’s listing valuation has been clarified, and investment banks have estimated it at US$4 billion. If the acquisition of the Fremont factory is successful, market confidence will further increase and the issue price may increase.

Musk was not ambiguous at all and just folded it in half.

Valuation of $2 billion!

We need to raise $50 million in emergency financing to buy the Fremont factory, then bring back the workers and restart the business. This is not only significant for Tesla, but also helpful for California's economic revitalization and alleviation of unemployment.

Zhou Buqi was even more unambiguous. Senior Sister Zhen Yu was still studying Tesla's financial documents carefully, so he agreed on the spot.

Ok, deal!

The Zhou family's Fangfei Fund once again invested US$50 million in Tesla. After the investment, it is expected to obtain 25.3% of Tesla's shares.

In fact, Zhou Buqi can give him more money, but he has no chance.

Tesla will go public soon. After it goes public, it will have more flexible and lower-cost financing methods in the capital market. Now it is an emergency financing, which is a special event, so that Zhou Buqi can take advantage of it and get a valuation quote of US$2 billion.

In less than an hour, it was done!

The next step is to contact a law firm and finalize the financing contract.

On the way back, Sun Wanran sighed with emotion, "I should have let Ning Lu come if I had known earlier."

Zhou Buqi quickly cut through the mess and reached a deal. He was in a good mood and suggested: "Wan Wan, if you ask me to tell you, you should work harder. Your English skills are not as good as mine. Should I be your secretary or you? Can I be a secretary?"

Sun Wanran pursed her lips and said with a smile, "You are my male secretary."

In the car, he was speaking in Chinese and was not afraid of the driver hearing him. Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "What does a male secretary do? Does it include getting under the table?"

"Rogue!" Sun Wanran rolled her eyes at him, and then she was a little eager to try, "You definitely can't!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, I really don't know how."

Sun Wanran was annoyed and snorted, "Not sincere!"

Zhou Buqi said seriously: "I am sincere, but my body does not allow it. Due to the flexibility of the body, you girls are more suitable for drilling into the table. If you want to try it, you can go to Ning Lu."

"screw you!"

Sun Wanran reached out to pinch him.

Zhou Buqi laughed and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Teacher Chen introduced a relative, how about it?"