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David Marcus, the CEO of PayPal, which is about to be listed on the Nasdaq IPO, has resigned. This news has become the biggest news in the financial field in the United States.

Many investment institutions are panicking.

They had all made plans to participate in PayPal's IPO process and strive for long-term future returns through investment.

Unexpectedly, such a change occurred.

Even the three major underwriters Goldman Sachs, Morgan and Credit Suisse have asked, what is going on?

Isn't this nonsense?

Zhou Buqi completely ignored this problem and handed all the troubles to CFO Patrick and asked him to deal with it. Boss Zhou is busy building his own personal relationship.

First, he played a few games of table tennis with Bill Gates... The result was very embarrassing. Zhou Buqi was no match for him. This Bill Gates can be called an amateur master.

Then, I went to play golf with David Doman and David Moffett, two other directors of PayPal, and communicated on some business thinking.

The purpose is also simple, that is, to let them know and understand Boss Zhou's long-term plan for PayPal. Mobile payment should replace cash and credit card payment models, which is both convenient and environmentally friendly.

Then, there's Zuckerberg.

Perhaps because he felt guilty for poaching David Marcus and was afraid of facing boss Zhou alone and being scolded, he roped in his friend Drew Houston and invited Zhou Buqi to go hiking outdoors.

This is tiring enough.

The process is also ridiculous.

A pickup truck opened the road in front, an off-road vehicle followed behind, and there were a total of five or six bodyguards following behind. There is also an RV accompanying you behind to provide nanny-level care at any time.

Three rich men dressed in fancy clothes and carrying luggage were walking in the middle, experiencing the spirit of hard work and hard work.

It's a bit like some second-generation people in China reminiscing about their ancestors and re-walking the Long March.

This Houston is also an Internet entrepreneur born in the 1980s. Dropbox, which leads the global cloud disk business, is his entrepreneurial project.

However, Zhou Buqi had nothing to say to him.

Ziweixing International has also launched its own cloud disk business, EverDrive, which is cheaper than Dropbox and provides more storage space than Dropbox...

Not only Ziweixing, but also technology giants such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, and Apple have also launched their own cloud disk services.

Relying on the cross-subsidization and business collaboration of the industrial ecosystem, what survivability and competitiveness can Dropbox, which only provides cloud disk business, have?

For now, Dropbox is still the world’s largest cloud disk product.

But this is just because Dropbox started early.

As IT giants have entered the market one after another, Dropbox's good days have come to an end.

Within Ziweixing International, Kurian has also given a very clear goal. Within this year, the number of EverDrive users will exceed that of Dropbox!

The two parties are not companies of the same level at all, and there is no comparison at all.

Dropbox has to make money to survive.

EverDrive can lose money and burn money to expand the market.

But Zuckerberg didn't know whether it was intentional or not, so he always brought the topic to this aspect, saying that Dropbox now has many competitors.

What should I do?

Boss Zhou, can you give me some advice?

Zhou Buqi was too embarrassed to refuse, so he could only say: "Now that so many technology giants are involved, if Dropbox is not particularly unique, I am afraid it will be difficult to have many opportunities in the future competition."

In the process of getting along with Zuckerberg, Drew Houston often regarded himself as a student. This was especially true in front of Boss Zhou. He said humbly: "We are increasing the product matrix and providing Mail program and photo management services.”

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "No chance."

Houston said: "If we add new business directions, I will choose enterprise cloud disk and collaborative office."

"ah?"

Zhou Buqi looked at him with a half-smile.

In these two directions, the best in the world today is Ziweixing International, which is a SaaS service backed by cloud computing.

Houston was a little embarrassed, "As far as I know, EverDrive has not yet launched an enterprise cloud disk service."

Zhou Buqi is not sure.

He had the impression that Ziweiyun should have an enterprise cloud disk service, but when Houston said it so seriously, it was probably not a lie... maybe he remembered it wrong.

Zuckerberg said: "How about you two merge?"

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows and looked at Drew Houston, "I saw reports in the media that Dropbox may be going public."

Houston sighed, "I intend to go public, but there are some troubles with some procedures."

Zhou Buqi speculated that today's round organized by Zuckerberg was to help Houston, but he did not agree, "Ziweixing International will not make any more major acquisitions before it goes public. The acquisition of Yahoo last year was almost a year ago." It’s been years and it still hasn’t been integrated well.”

Houston nodded, "I think Dropbox has great potential for long-term development, and major companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Oracle are also very interested."

The implication is that if you don't buy it, other major cloud computing companies will buy it!

Zhou Buqi didn't care at all.

A cloud disk company has a valuation of US$10 billion, which is really too expensive. The acquisition of Yahoo only cost 20 billion US dollars, which is not a company of this magnitude at all.

Whoever buys it is taken advantage of.

The deal with Houston didn't happen.

On the other hand, Zuckerberg is more straightforward and gives money when it is due.

Marcus' compensation has been paid, and the amount is 60 million U.S. dollars.

In addition, the first tranche of US$1.5 billion in funds to repurchase Facebook shares has also been prepared. Three days later...that is, April 25, it will be credited to Ziweixing International's account.

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Zhou Buqi really couldn't feel the joy of hiking.

Zuckerberg and Houston liked it very much and said that this was a basic hike and they could make an appointment to go cross-country hiking or mountain hiking together next time, which would be fun.

Next, Zhou Buqi is going to New York.

On the plane, I called Tang Binchen and told him the good news, "The building can be bought, and the money problem is solved."

Tang Binchen asked: "How much is it?"

Zhou Buqi said: "One billion US dollars, is it enough?"

Tang Binchen smiled and said: "It won't cost that much. I asked about the price of the headquarters building, which is about 300 million pounds. The other party is very anxious, and the deal is estimated to be successful at this price."

Zhou Buqi said: "After we get the money, we will tidy up the building and make some modern and technological designs... put a big screen outside, preferably one that can be seen from several kilometers away, um... just like the big screen in Times Square Similar."

Tang Binchen said with a smile: "Times Square is a tourist attraction, and an advertisement on the big screen costs hundreds of thousands."

Zhou Buqi said: "Isn't that part of London also has a tourism effect? ​​We need to build our headquarters building into a landmark building and a check-in place for international tourists. If you can do this, the money you spent to buy the building will be enough." Even if there are no flowers in vain.”

Tang Binchen said: "Then it would have to be demolished inside and out and rebuilt. It may also require approval from the local municipal government. This will take a long time, and it will not be put into use within two or three years."

Zhou Buqi said: "Why are you anxious after buying it? The renovation of Ziweixing International's Farley Building headquarters in New York has been delayed until 2015. In international metropolises like New York and London, there is a landmark A big sign will never suffer."

"Okay, then I have to find a dedicated person to run this project." Tang Binchen accepted the plan, and then said with a smile, "I read the newspapers in the UK and said that there was trouble at PayPal. What should I do? ?”

Zhou Buqi said in an understatement: "What's the trouble? As for the media, it depends on the wind. I'm going to New York now to meet the next CEO of PayPal."

"Ah?" Tang Binchen was surprised, "Have you found it yet?"

Zhou Buqi snorted: "This is called being prepared! If I weren't prepared in advance, would I have given Zuckerberg a chance to poach Marcus in a sneak attack? Everything is under control!"