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Zhou Buqi stayed in Japan for two days, where he met Boss Ma, and the two went to watch a spectacular sumo wrestling match.

It’s really touching.

Sumo wrestling was actually passed down from China. It was once a very popular sport during the Song Dynasty, but it became less popular later on.

Now this has become a kind of traditional Japanese culture in the sense of "Tao". This is not an ordinary sports comparison.

For example, a popular Japanese female star, Rie Miyazawa, announced her engagement to a sumo wrestler yokozuna. At that time, Rie Miyazawa's status in the Japanese entertainment industry was similar to that of Gong Li and Kokusai Akira in China. As a result, this incident aroused strong public opinion.

The status of sumo wrestling is too high. It is a kind of belief. How can an actor be worthy of a yokozuna?

Then, with a national outcry, the marriage was called off.

As a result, Miyazawa Rie fell into depression and stopped acting for many years.

Zhou Buqi actually has little interest in this kind of thing.

But Boss Ma was obsessed with martial arts and was very interested in "martial arts", so he ran over to take photos with the sumo wrestlers, and even took Zhou Buqi to experience the daily life of the sumo wrestlers up close.

The Sumo Association attaches great importance to it and specially arranged for the strongest yokozuna Wakano Hanakatsu to accompany him.

For a whole morning, Zhou Buqi was dragged by Boss Ma to visit the sumo wrestling "martial arts hall" and experience their culture of life, food, training and rest up close.

It's really not interesting.

What shocked Zhou Buqi the most was the high status of sumo wrestling!

Wakano Hanakatsu is a fat man covered in fat, so fat that he can no longer take care of himself, but his wife is surprisingly beautiful. Not only is she beautiful, but she also has an unusual background. She is the daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur.

Only with this noble status can one be worthy of being a sumo wrestler.

However, this is not the most important thing.

In Wakano Hanakatsu's family, there is not only a beautiful wife, but also an equally beautiful maid. Because this man is too fat and cannot take care of himself, and his wife is from a noble family and cannot do much housework, so she can only find a maid or a nanny.

That's not even the most important thing.

If Hanasheng goes to the toilet, he can't even take off his belt and pants, so he has to be served by a maid... That's not to mention, he can't even wipe his butt by himself when he goes to the toilet, so he has to be served by a maid. If you are in a "martial arts gym", let the lower-level sumo wrestlers rub you. You can be bullied as much as you want.

Bullying in the workplace is about class classification; maid service is about men being superior to women.

For a man of status, this kind of environment is really comfortable.

At noon, I had a meal with Wakano Hanakatsu Yokozuna and finally finished.

Zhou Buqi was ready to get up in the afternoon and go to the United States.

Boss Ma was still not satisfied, so he invited him, saying that he could come and watch more sumo matches when he had time in the future, which would be quite interesting.

Zhou Buqi could only laugh.

But when it came to business, Boss Ma became serious and suggested, "Go over this time and find more people to ask and make more inquiries."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What are you asking about?"

Boss Ma said: "Yahoo, look what happened inside."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Go and ask Yang Zhiyuan. You two have such a good relationship, can't you just ask him directly if you have anything?"

Boss Ma said awkwardly: "After Yang Zhiyuan withdraws from Yahoo's board of directors, he will naturally lose his seat on Alibaba's board of directors. You'd better ask, isn't he an independent director of Ziweixing International?"

"Okay, I'll go find out."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

He wouldn't ask Yang Zhiyuan, he might as well ask Carl Icahn directly. He is probably the real operator behind it.

Boss Ma suddenly asked: "By the way, I heard that UC Group is going to be sold?"

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was slightly startled, "Who did you listen to?"

Boss Ma said angrily: "What kind of secret is this? UC Group has always maintained independent operations and has not been fully integrated with Ziweixing's core business. There are only two results in the future. Either it will be listed independently or it will be sold as a whole."

Zhou Buqi looked at him strangely, "Are you interested?"

"have."

Boss Ma admitted it openly.

UC Group has two flagship products in China, one is UC Browser and the other is UC Mobile Assistant, both of which are super apps on the mobile side.

It is difficult to turn around a big ship. It is not easy for technology giants like Alibaba to complete the transformation to mobile Internet.

If there are these two products of UC, it will be even more powerful.

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "Do you have money? It's delisting and buying back stocks. You can't afford it!"

Boss Ma refused to give up, "Just wait a few years."

Zhou Buqi then refused, "No, it's best to sell it this year!"

Boss Ma frowned and didn't understand, "Why are you in such a hurry? When Ali is done with his work for a while, he can..."

Zhou Buqi said: "It has nothing to do with Alibaba, but to do with Ziweixing's own plan. Ziweixing plans to be listed on Nasdaq next year. It is best to produce a sparkling financial report this year, and then make next year's IPO a success. ."

"It's not easy to sell UC. Who can you sell it to?" Boss Ma snorted, "Baidu? Baidu has such an appetite? I'm afraid it won't be able to digest it."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "So this time I go to the United States, I have to deal with this matter."

"Go to the United States?" Boss Ma was stunned for a moment, "Are you going to sell to a big company in Silicon Valley?"

Zhou Buqi didn't need to hide it from him, and said frankly: "Well, Microsoft asked about it last year and they were interested in UC Group."

"Microsoft……"

Boss Ma took a deep breath.

Zhou Buqi said: "UC Group not only has domestic business, but also has a lot of overseas assets. I estimate that the domestic business is worth 3 billion U.S. dollars, and the overseas business is worth at least 3 billion U.S. dollars..."

Boss Ma laughed angrily, "I think you are crazy! Why didn't you say it was US$30 billion?"

The two of them were still sitting in the Japanese food shop.

The waiter brought a pot of tea, and after the sumo wrestlers left, the two chatted here. When the time comes, Zhou Buqi will leave for the United States.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "That's what it means. UC Browser is very popular in overseas markets, second only to Google Chrome on the mobile side. Do you know what this concept is? UC Browser is on the mobile side. It’s talking about overseas markets, and its market share is 300 times that of Microsoft’s IE browser!”

Boss Ma nodded, "Microsoft competes so fiercely with Google, so it's not surprising that it likes UC Browser."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Yes, this is the way to get started."

Boss Ma showed some doubts, "Do we really want to sell to a foreign company? Is this good? It took a lot of effort in China to create such an excellent company with multinational business, and then sell it to Microsoft? Sell it to Microsoft? American?"

"Well……"

Zhou Buqi is a bit embarrassed.

How do you say this?

Fortunately, Boss Ma knew him well enough, "You are already the richest man in the world and you are not short of money at all. Why do you need to sell high-quality assets to Americans? Unless...unless this is not a high-quality asset at all and you are setting up a trap to deceive Americans." ."

By the end of the sentence, his eyes were burning.

Zhou Buqi laughed haha.

When Boss Ma saw his state, he had already guessed at least 70%, and said with a smile on his face, "Do you really want me to be sure? Well... it's really possible. UC Group has maintained an independent operation in the past few years. Did you have this idea early on? After it becomes bigger, you will sell it and realize it."

Without Zhou Qi, I feel deeply powerless.

In this interpersonal relationship, it is not good to have a heart-to-heart relationship, and it is not good to not have a heart-to-heart relationship.

He is so familiar with Boss Ma and has such a good relationship... Although the two of them usually set traps for each other, they deceive each other and win or lose.

But the personal relationship is good.

No worse than Lao Zhang.

In this way, weaknesses become apparent.

Boss Ma knows Zhou Buqi so well that it is easy to guess the basic ideas of some of his business operations through his personality and style.

If Mr. Li from Baidu, he would never be able to guess what Boss Zhou is thinking. Firstly, he is not as shrewd and careful as Lao Ma, and secondly, the relationship between the two parties is not that good and they are not completely familiar with each other.

When Boss Ma saw that he was silent, he became more certain and said with a smile: "You must have been disinterested in UC's business, otherwise you must have integrated Ziweixing and UC at a strategic level. The reason why you didn't do it The purpose of business integration is to make it more convenient when selling UC Group."

Zhou Buqi could only tell the truth, "As of now, few people in the world can really understand the mobile Internet, even Google. The most important change is the importance of browsers on the mobile side. It will decline significantly. In the PC Internet era, the browser is the core product and a hurdle that can never be bypassed. But on the mobile side, the App model has broken out of the browser blockade."

Boss Ma became in awe.

Not to mention whether this statement is correct or not, the key point is that the other party dares to express it, which shows extraordinary courage. He not only expressed it, but actually put it into practice and sold the browser business that he was not optimistic about. This is even more courageous.

Boss Ma began to advise very carefully, "I won't say anything else, but I will remind you. Once you sell UC Browser to Microsoft, and then Microsoft starts making this product, it becomes famous all over the world. , be careful that you will be pressured by public opinion."

Zhou Buqi said nonchalantly: "I am already the richest man in the world, why should I be afraid of the pressure of public opinion? If there are too many lice, I am not afraid of being bitten."

Boss Ma laughed and said, "That's right! I heard that you donated a sum of money to establish some kind of health charity fund, and the total amount was 1 billion?"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and did not answer the question. He said in a deep voice: "Anyway, I have already said what I need to say. Don't have any other ideas. It is actually for Ali's benefit that you don't sell UC Group to Ali."

"Anyway, you're right. Even if you want to sell, Alibaba can't afford it now." Boss Ma didn't care much, "By the way, you want to sell Huayi's shares?"

Zhou Buqi sighed, "There's no other way. I can't do it without selling stocks. Donate 1 billion. Where can I get so much cash?"

Boss Ma said: "Well, I also want to find an opportunity to cash out. If Huayi wants to cooperate with Penguin, saying that it can get a strategic investment of more than one billion... it is no different from rebellion. It is time to find an opportunity to withdraw. ."