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The shareholders' meeting is over, and so is the board of directors.

For Zhou Buqi, the busiest period has passed. Next, all he has to do is wait for the official announcement of each major event and arrange for each major event to be executed according to the plan.

At this stage, there are 6 transactions listed on his attention list, namely——

1. Acquire the product Knol that Google wants to give up;

2. Changyou acquired outfit7, the game studio behind "Talking Cat";

3. Acquired the Los Angeles Dodgers in his own name;

4. Yuanwei Group acquired Dongpeng Special Drinks;

5. Jieyu Media acquired East Asia Records and Gold Medal Wind from the Hong Kong government;

6. Take your secretaries to invest in Momo.

Among them, acquiring Knol and investing in Momo should be the simplest, and can be done with just one move. It is only a matter of time before Yuanwei Group takes over Dongpeng Special Drinks.

Several other cases are relatively complex.

The acquisition of the Los Angeles Dodgers, in particular, is fraught with uncertainty.

This morning, he came to the office, sat down to drink coffee, and casually looked through a brand-new material on his desk.

It was the president's office that handed over the acquisition intention - Ziweixing wanted to acquire Umeng.

Zhou Buqi is still the chairman and CEO of Ziweixing. According to the company's system, every acquisition in the company needs to be approved by the CEO.

However, he has significantly delegated power. For acquisitions with a total scale of less than US$100 million, Zhang Yiming can make a decision by looking for a few friends to study it.

Even so, for every acquisition Ziweixing wants to initiate, relevant materials will be reported to Zhou Buqi. If he wants to intervene, he should intervene; if he doesn't interfere, Zhang Yiming and the others can do it themselves.

Zhou Buqi briefly read this material, then became concerned about it, and wanted to intervene.

He really doesn't know what Umeng is. It's just a small company that has been in business for more than a year.

But the founder of Umeng is famous—Jiang Fan.

Later, he was the youngest partner of Alibaba. He took charge of the two most important business units of Tmall and Taobao at a young age, and was regarded as a young genius cultivated as a successor.

It's a pity that the relationship between wives and concubines was not properly handled later, which also caused public opinion effects.

Listed companies are most afraid of this, which directly causes strong fluctuations in stock prices.

After being punished by the company and criticized by public opinion, he became a frustrated person and was assigned to be in charge of overseas business.

I just don’t know if this Jiang Fan is the same Jiang Fan in my memory.

Zhou Buqi picked up the phone on the table and called Zhang Yiming, "I saw the Umeng case. What does this company mainly do?"

Zhang Yiming smiled and said: "Technical companies provide technical services."

"Which aspect?"

"The mobile Internet is here now. Many entrepreneurs and start-up companies have a good idea, but they lack the technology to implement it, as well as some product statistics, etc."

"Other people are starting a business, and Youmeng is helping others start a business." Zhou Buqi nodded and said with a smile, "It's quite thoughtful and very smart."

In fact, it means not following the crowd and taking the narrow door.

Live broadcasting makes money, everyone is doing live broadcasting, the competition is too fierce, and most anchors can't make much money. Especially when doing live broadcasts, it is better to teach others to do live broadcasts.

This is often the case. Even in the most competitive Red Sea market, you can still make a lot of money in the Red Sea market by changing your thinking.

Zhang Yiming said: "The founder's name is Jiang Fan. I have already met him. He is a very outstanding young man."

"young people?"

Zhou Buqi is a little funny.

Zhang Yiming smiled and said: "What a young man. He is several years younger than me and about the same age as you. He is also related to Ziweixing. Zhang Xuhao knows him. They used to promote the campus network in the university circle of Shanghai."

Zhou Buqi asked: "The university he studied in Shanghai?"

"Yes, Fudan's Computer Science Department."

"Um."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

For companies to select candidates, they often have to go through several rounds of screening. The first round of screening is the college entrance examination. The college entrance examination is not just a report card, it is the first major test in every student's life.

Not only ability, but also mental strength.

Many people usually have good academic performance, but when it comes to important moments like the college entrance examination, they become nervous because they don't have enough mental energy. In the workplace, such people are unable to handle tasks and find it difficult to take on stressful tasks.

Zhang Yiming continued: "I have read his resume, and every step he took was very steady. After graduating from college, he joined Google China. Well, at that time, Google China's appeal was stronger than that of Ziweixing."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I understand. At that time, Ziweixing was not as good as Baidu, right? It is normal that it cannot compare with foreign companies."

Zhang Yiming continued: "Last year, Google withdrew from the domestic market, and Google's employees were snatched away by major domestic Internet companies. However, he roped in a few friends and chose to start his own business."

"last year?"

"Yes, at the beginning of last year, I identified the direction of mobile Internet, but instead of providing application services like most mobile Internet startups, I directly took the technical service route."

"good."

Zhou Buqi has basically determined that this Jiang Fan is the Jiang Fan in his impression.

It is difficult for ordinary people to be so good.

The college entrance examination is the first round of screening, joining Google after graduation is the second round, choosing to start a business after leaving Google is the third round, and the direction of starting a business is mobile Internet is the fourth round.

I have determined the direction of mobile Internet, but what I am doing is the direction of technical services to help others start their own businesses. This is the fifth round of screening. Every step was done exactly right.

If you have the courage to start a business, you are not an ordinary person.

The direction of starting a business is to help others start their own business, which is even more powerful. When there are more and more mobile Internet startups, the risks of starting a business are very high. Choosing to help others start their own businesses is the easiest way to succeed.

Zhang Yiming continued: "He got an angel round from Kai-Fu Li, worth 1 million US dollars, and now he seems to be talking about Series A financing. We originally wanted to participate in the financing, but later Zhang Xuhao sent me an email, strongly recommending that I Recruited Jiang Fan. Later I met with him... We met on Friday night and chatted until about 6pm on Saturday."

Zhou Buqi couldn't help laughing, "You stayed up all night?"

Zhang Yiming said: "Yes, he didn't sleep. I thought he was in good condition, but then I couldn't bear it anymore. I thought about having dinner and went to bed quickly. But he told me that he was delayed for a day and had to go back to the company quickly. Go to work. At that time, I thought this person was good and wanted to buy Umeng. As for whether the Umeng project succeeds, it actually doesn’t matter.”

Zhou Buqi thought deeply, "Yeah, buy someone."

That's often the case.

The best talents, big companies like Google and Microsoft, may acquire dozens of companies in a year. Many times you are not buying a company, but a startup team.

If you can't dig it out, then I might as well buy your company!

Entrepreneurship is often the most important screening link in the recruitment and selection of talents.

This is even more important than ability.

For example, a junior M2 employee at Google could not get promoted no matter how hard he tried, so he went out to start a business in frustration. Once the startup company is acquired by Google, after returning to Google again, it may be an M6 executive.

Because many times what determines the appointment of senior executives is character and stress resistance. Having the courage to go out to start a business and achieving certain achievements suddenly possesses the basic qualities of a senior executive.

Zhou Buqi continued: "If you like it, you should use it boldly."

"certainly."

"Well... there's one more thing about UC Group."

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Yiming was a little strange.

UC Group is very powerful. UC Browser dominates the mobile phone market with a market share of over 65%. Together with Weidian Browser, which is also owned by Ziweixing, the two browsers account for more than 80% of the mobile browser market.

Zhou Buqi said: "You should pay close attention to see what outstanding talents there are in the UC Group. If there are particularly good ones like Jiang Fan, send them out as much as possible to other large business departments."

"ah?"

Zhang Yiming was a little surprised and didn't seem to understand.

Zhou Buqi did not hide his thoughts, "UC's product structure problems are too serious, and the fire will cook the oil. The mobile Internet trend is coming very quickly. By next year, some large companies that have been slow to move will be anxious."

Zhang Yiming suddenly thought of what Boss Zhou had revealed a long time ago, and took a deep breath, "You want to sell UC!"

Zhou Buqi said: "It's a secret. Don't tell anyone. In the next one or two years, do a good job in talent research within UC and recruit the best and most promising people. Sell the company and retain the talent." "

"okay, I get it."

Zhang Yiming was finally convinced and fell to the ground.

The big boss is still ruthless!

UC Group mainly has two core products in China, UC Browser and UC Mobile Assistant. The two products have very similar functions. They are both traffic distribution tools and traffic-heavy products.

In China, UC Browser has 270 million users, and UC Mobile Assistant has more than 40 million users.

In the field of mobile Internet, it plays a decisive role.

What kind of companies would like this?

One is a traffic continuity company, such as Baidu. On the PC Internet side, Baidu has a strong traffic advantage, but this advantage is lost on the mobile Internet. It is necessary to ensure Baidu's leading position in this field through acquisitions.

One is to companies in urgent need, such as Alibaba. E-commerce is very profitable, but if e-commerce wants to increase transaction volume, it must have a steady flow of traffic.

As for other companies like NetEase and Sina, forget it. Even if they need traffic, they can't afford it.

The companies that have the most urgency and can afford it are Alibaba and Baidu.

Not only that, UC Group also has overseas business.

UC Browser has 120 million users in overseas markets, and UC Mobile Assistant also has more than 10 million users overseas. If Baidu and Alibaba have little demand for overseas traffic, they might as well spin off UC and sell their overseas business to large companies in Silicon Valley.