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Although the two have not reached a consensus on business, their personal relationship is still good, especially Zuckerberg can speak some half-baked Chinese and his newlywed wife is of Chinese descent.

Zuckerberg seemed embarrassed, so he invited Zhou Buqi to his home in the evening, hoping to resolve the business differences between the two parties. Business is business, and personal relationships are personal relationships.

This is Zhou Buqi's consistent principle.

So I agreed.

But there was one thing that was very distressing. It was my first time to be a guest at someone's home... Zuckerberg said that an elder from his wife's family was also there, and she was a pure old Chinese lady.

This is a bit troublesome.

When you meet this kind of old lady, you won't care about personal privacy. You will definitely ask questions about whether you are married, whether you have a girlfriend, whether you have children...

Zhou Buqi hesitated, but still felt that he should take Bao Shan as a guest.

After giving birth to her child, her figure still did not return.

And a little chubby.

He is 1.68 meters tall and weighs 126 pounds. He is slightly fat at best. However, in the Zhou family's environment, everyone pays special attention to dieting and keeping in shape, and Baoshan has been working hard for this.

Went to Zuckerberg’s house in the evening and ate Cantonese food.

It's summer. After dinner, everyone sat in the garden eating iced fruit and chatting. It was quite enjoyable.

Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, is not very pretty, but she is very nice and very comfortable to get along with. It's not easy to talk about business matters at a private party, so the topic revolves around the charity she cares about.

Priscilla Chen told herself that her family was very poor when she was a child. Her parents were from the lowest level who came to the United States to work. They made a living by selling fish, so she could only grow up with her grandmother.

This grandma is the elder who cooked a Cantonese meal for everyone in the evening.

The conditions at home are really not good, but Priscilla Chen is very smart and studies well. In the process of studying and growing up, her family received many financial aids from different charitable organizations, which gave her the opportunity to continue her studies and eventually went to Harvard.

Now that you are successful and famous, you will naturally want to give back to society.

Just like those people helped themselves, they will help more poor people.

Such reasons are really unacceptable to Zhou Buqi and Xue Baoshan.

Especially Baoshan.

She has lived independently with her mother since she was a child, but Aunt Xue's status is rather special. What she feels is never enthusiasm and help, but cold eyes and ridicule.

However, this also allowed Baoshan to establish a strong and independent heart very early on.

On the way home, Zhou Buqi couldn't help complaining, and said angrily: "The United States relies on the hegemony of the US dollar and relies on the world to support it. It is only natural that the rich in the United States should donate more money to the world. I also I didn’t benefit from their half cent! Why are you spreading money all over the world to benefit those foreigners?”

Xue Baoshan said softly, "Yeah, I think so."

Zhou Buqi changed the topic and said, "When my grandfather was in the mountain goods business, he was risking his head. Not to mention helping, it would be good if he didn't hold back."

Baoshan was a little frightened, "No way?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Why not? There was a group of people who were doing the mountain goods business at the same time as my grandfather. Many of them got into disputes with the villagers when collecting the mountain goods, and some were beaten to death on the spot."

Baoshan's beautiful eyes widened and she was speechless.

Zhou Buqi said: "This is nothing. No matter how the villagers make trouble, it is just for money. If each person is given 100 yuan, everything will be solved. Later, when my family's business became bigger, it became more dangerous. My uncle ... He had been squatting for several years, but he was raped. Later, my grandfather finally fished him out."

Xue Baoshan said softly: "Fortunately, everything is over."

Zhou Buqi said: "This Zagbek must be taught a lesson."

"Ah?"

"No, it's a business matter."

"oh."

"By the way, I see you always use Pinterest, how about it?"

"Very good, very interesting."

Xue Baoshan pursed her lips and smiled.

Pinterest is a picture social networking website that is very influential in the European and American markets. It is equivalent to the domestic "Little Red Book". 80% of the user group are female users.

Coincidentally, Ziweixing International entered the market early and completed two rounds of investment in Pinterest. It currently holds 28.4% of the shares and is the company's second largest shareholder.

Zhou Buqi nodded and then asked: "Where's Flickr, have you used it?"

"Yes, I have used it. But it seems that it is not very popular now. The most popular picture website now is Ucgram, and then Pinterest. There is a new Path, which is said to be quite interesting, but I have never used it." Xue Baoshan remembered What, "By the way, isn't Flickr a website owned by Yahoo?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, I plan to sell it."

Xue Baoshan nodded lightly, "Well, Flickr is not as popular as it was in the past two years, and I don't use it that much. Flickr is a professional photo website. Once the professional threshold is set, it will be hindered in mass communication."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Zuckerberg also wants to get a share of the pie in the field of picture social networking. He has launched three products in a row, and they are all lukewarm. I heard that he has not given up yet."

"Ah?" Xue Baoshan vaguely heard something, "Selling Flickr to Facebook? Isn't it good?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Ucgram's position is very stable, and it is also related to Pinterest. Ziweixing's position in the field of picture social networking is relatively stable. Selling Flickr can be regarded as a high-level realization in the face of the trend, which can alleviate the company's cash flow pressure."

It is said to be a high position, but in fact it is no longer.

Flickr was most popular in 2009, with a market valuation of US$4 billion. It was considered Yahoo's most important asset and the hope for Yahoo's revival.

Microsoft offered $1 billion to acquire Flickr, but Yahoo rejected it without hesitation.

However, it didn't work anymore.

Yahoo's mobile transformation has been too slow.

Flickr is a typical social networking site in the PC Internet era. It did very well in the PC era and was number one in this industry.

But in the era of mobile Internet, it is a bit outdated.

In particular, Ucgram from Purple Star International, with its convenient mobile phone photography and simple filter photo editing, has instantly overcome the barriers to professional cameras and professional photo editing software in the past, allowing countless ordinary people to have the opportunity to show off beautiful photos through the Internet. Chance.

Photo Times have changed.

Not so with Flickr.

In the past two years, user activity has dropped again and again.

It was precisely because of Flickr's demise that Yahoo's board of directors was determined to sell it as a whole.

Zhou Buqi wanted to cut the knot quickly and get rid of the burden of Flickr.

Xue Baoshan looked suspicious, "That can't be sold to Facebook. If Flickr revives in Zuckerberg's hands, wouldn't this create a competitor?"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, if you don't betray him, you'll make him angry."

Xue Baoshan was very worried, "Selling to other companies is also risky. If big technology companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Oracle, and Adobe take over Flickr and start their business, wouldn't they be like Are Ucgram and Pinterest competing head-on? When the time comes, the market will laugh at you, say you have bad vision, and say you are feeding tigers."

"Well……"

Zhou Buqi was persuaded by her immediately.

He originally wanted to sell Flickr for cash, and rely on selling Yahoo's assets to solve the indigestion consequences of acquiring Yahoo.

Sister Bao's remarks really need to be carefully considered.

It doesn't matter whether we compete or not, the key is that Boss Zhou's reputation is at stake!

If Flickr comes to life and prospers in the hands of others, wouldn't it be ridiculed by the market, saying that Boss Zhou has poor vision and makes wedding dresses for others?

Xue Baoshan clenched her fists in front of him and said decisively: "If you ask me, I would rather hold Flickr in my hands and rot it than sell it to other technology companies. The money problem is easy to solve, but the reputation cannot be damaged. ."