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Zhou Buqi called Netflix again and communicated about this Hollywood crisis.

Both parties come from the technology industry and are "outsiders" to Hollywood.

It depends on whether Hollywood's protective net can really be opened this time.

When I returned to my home in Beverly Hills in the evening, I found that Shi Jinglin and her second sister Shi Jingmei had also come over. The two sisters were sitting on the sofa in the main living room, talking about something unknown.

Seeing the male host back, Shi Jingmei smiled and waved, "Brother-in-law, are you back?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Second sister is here. I happen to have a few copies of a new movie that haven't been released yet. Let's watch a movie together later?"

"Okay, it's good to have someone in the court. You can watch unreleased movies at home." Shi Jingmei winked at him, "You invite the second sister to watch a movie, and the second sister wants to see your figure. I'll show you your figure later." Let’s go swimming, will you come too?”

Zhou Buqi coughed, not wanting to flirt with Shi Jinglin in front of her sister, so he quickly changed the subject, "What are you two talking about?"

Shi Jingmei said: "It's business!"

"Business?"

Zhou Buqi took off his coat casually.

Shi Jing gave him a white look, "Your wife's business is not going well, and you don't even say anything to help her!"

Zhou Buqi looked at Shi Jinglin and said with a smile: "The e-commerce business has never been done well?"

Shi Jinglin was very stubborn, "It's okay."

"E-commerce is difficult to do, and cross-border e-commerce is even harder to do."

Zhou Buqi had already been mentally prepared.

When starting a business, is there any guarantee of success? Even Boss Zhou himself is very cautious about e-commerce business. Shi Jinglin went out alone to start a cross-border e-commerce business project. The risks are inherently greater than the opportunities.

After going to change clothes, Zhou Buqi came back. He was embarrassed to sit between the two of them, so he sat next to Shi Jinglin.

The second sister, Shi Jingmei, didn't notice anyone else. She changed her position and ran to the other side of Zhou Buqi.

This time, Zhou Buqi was in the middle position again.

Zhou Buqi took Shi Jinglin's little hand and said with a smile: "It's too tiring to start a business, especially the heart. If I really can't do it, then I won't do it. It's good to go home and raise my husband and children. There are men working hard outside. That’s enough. How nice would it be for you to go home and enjoy yourself?”

"Who doesn't do it?" Shi Jinglin rolled her eyes at him, "Stop being so chauvinistic. The Zhou family is not yours alone. If you can make money to support your family, so can I."

Zhou Buqi said: "I feel sorry for you because you are working too hard."

Shi Jinglin didn't appreciate it, "I would be even more heartbroken if you just gave up."

Shi Jingmei said from the side: "Zhou Buqi, don't look down on me. The three sisters of my Shi family are all strong women. Don't think of raising my sister at home like a canary. If you If you love her, help her and give her a space that is independent enough, instead of letting her live in your shadow her whole life. "

Zhou Buqi could understand that Shi Jinglin had such a character from the beginning.

Including the eldest sister Shi Jingyue and the second sister Shi Jingmei, they are also similar. They are not willing to return to the family, and they all have great ambitions in their careers. Families like theirs have never been short of money, and the family atmosphere of "favoring boys over girls" since they were young has made these girls determined to make a bigger career than men since they were very young. .

At this time, Shi Jinglin became concerned about him, turned around and asked, "Have you been in trouble recently?"

"Trouble?" Zhou Buqi shook his head, "How could it be?"

Shi Jinglin said: "I read it in the newspapers, saying that hackers invaded the photo albums of many female stars, which caused panic in Hollywood. You had many ideological conflicts with many old forces in Hollywood."

"Little things."

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously.

Shi Jinglin said very cautiously: "I think you still can't be careless. Things in Hollywood cannot be handled with simple business thinking. This is a strategic place for American values."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "I don't challenge their values. I just want to replace some of Hollywood's business ideas with Silicon Valley's methods. Hollywood's set of practices has been going on for a hundred years, and it has long been a bit outdated. Today's Hollywood is more like a concept. Those Hollywood movie companies that truly represent Hollywood have been invaded and annexed by major media giants. Now, it’s just Silicon Valley’s turn to invade.”

"Anyway... Anyway, I think you should be more cautious and not be too reckless." Shi Jinglin knew her man too well, "Don't be too confident. Even if you are right, it may not lead to good results."

Zhou Buqi said "hmm".

Shi Jinglin said: "Now it seems that Silicon Valley's invasion of Hollywood is the general trend, but the resistance must be very strong. If you take the lead in the charge, it is easy for you to become the focus of the resistance. Don't you like being the center of attention the most? Let me tell you. , we should still cooperate inside and outside.”

"Oh?" Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "The inside should be in harmony with the outside?"

Shi Jinglin said: "I'm not too sure about what's going on in Hollywood, but I read in the newspaper that many Hollywood movie giants, including Paramount, Warner, Disney, etc., don't quite agree with your ideas. ,is that so?"

"Um."

Zhou Buqi has already seen the "unity" in Hollywood.

This kind of thing has been exposed by the media.

It must have been brought about by an insider.

Paramount, Sony Entertainment, Warner, Disney, and the independent film circle are likely to have reached a united front at this time, which represents the power of the old forces in Hollywood. Even if Zhou Buqi hooked up with Netflix, he still seemed alone.

Even if they win, it will be a miserable victory.

Shi Jinglin said softly: "Your idea is definitely the best. The reason why they oppose you is nothing more than the uneven distribution of benefits. They are worried that you will take up all the benefits. But I believe that if you can have Choose, there must be smart people in Hollywood who are willing to stand on your side. One side represents advancement, and the other side represents backwardness. No one is stupid, and everyone knows that choosing the advanced side will be detrimental to their own interests. Cause huge damage."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "As expected of my wife! The analysis is very accurate! This idea is so good. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought of it! You are so smart! Sure enough, having a good wife at home makes you even more powerful!"

Shi Jinglin was slightly annoyed and glared at him, "Perfunctory."

Zhou Buqi said: "It's true!"

The second sister Shi Jingmei next to her also pursed her lips and smiled: "I also heard that it was just perfunctory, without any coaxing skills, just a compliment?"

Having said that, Shi Jinglin felt a lot more happy after being recognized. She hummed softly: "Someone must have thought of it a long time ago, and just waited for me to say it, and then took the opportunity to coax me. It seems like someone It’s like I need his coaxing. I encountered some small troubles in starting my business, but it’s not that I failed.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and asked: "What kind of little trouble? Let's discuss it together? Maybe I can learn some useful knowledge from your entrepreneurial experience!"

Shi Jinglin said: "There are quite a few cross-border e-commerce companies in China."

"Well, it's a small outlet for entrepreneurship."

"There are a few opponents who are quite powerful."

"More powerful than you?"

Zhou Buqi looked very exaggerated.

Shi Jinglin was naturally unconvinced, "Of course she's not as good as me, but... she did very well, and even cut off one of my favorite projects, which put me in a certain talent dilemma."

"Cut off the beard?" Zhou Buqi held his head high and put his arms around Shi Jinglin's slender waist on the left side, and on the right side... Forget about the right side, he said righteously, "I want to see who dares to take a fancy to my wife. The case has been closed!"

Shi Jingmei curled her lips, then took the initiative to hold her brother-in-law's arm, pretending to be a little bird, not caring about her sister's presence, and said with a smile: "There are quite a few domestic cross-border e-commerce companies for women's clothing. There are many, and one of them is doing very well, called ROMWE, and has opened markets in dozens of countries. The products and positioning are very good, but the funds are not enough. Linlin asked me for help and contacted a few friends. I want to go over and acquire this company.”

Zhou Buqi said: "That's great! After the acquisition, you get the other party's talents and channel resources. Mergers and acquisitions are the only way for a startup company to succeed."

Shi Jingmei sighed, "But it failed."

"Too late?"

"It's been intercepted!"

"Has someone attacked you in advance?"

"It doesn't seem to be..."

Shi Jingmei was just helping her sister and didn't know the specific situation.

Shi Jinglin said: "At first, we thought that ROMWE had reached an agreement with the other party in advance and sold the company. Later, an investor from ROMWE came to me privately and said that it was not an agreement that they had negotiated in advance at all. But after evaluation, ROMWE’s entrepreneurial team believed that the other party was stronger and rejected us.”

"No way?"

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly.

Cross-border e-commerce is a small trend, and a large number of domestic start-up companies have appeared in this business.

Among them, the one who has done the most is of course Shi Jinglin.

A very important reason is that Shi Jinglin has the largest investment, and has received more than 300 million US dollars in financing from Ziweixing, Ziweixing International, Alibaba, JD.com, Jingtao, Temasek, SoftBank, Black Rock and other institutions, and its valuation has been More than $5 billion.

As for other similar competitors, none have a valuation of more than $1 billion.

Not to mention the technical support and e-commerce resources provided by Ziweixing, Alibaba, and JD.com, which are simply incomparable to similar competitors.

The reason why it is difficult to start a business is mainly because the road of cross-border e-commerce is too difficult.

The bigger it gets, the harder it gets.

They wanted to acquire ROMWE, but they didn't agree and instead joined another startup... This was a bit surprising.

Shi Jinglin said calmly: "This is the fact."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Are there non-market factors at play?"

"No." Shi Jinglin shook her head slightly, "This is ROMWE's real choice. They don't seem to believe in me, and they believe in the competitor."

"What kind of competitor? Which country is it from?"

As a world-class Internet tycoon, it would be too easy for Zhou Buqi to attack one or two startups. No matter which country they are from, there are ways to target them. The simplest way is to contact investors and persuade them to withdraw their capital.

Shi Jinglin said: "Domestically, we used to make cross-border wedding dresses and they did very well. Later, we turned to cross-border e-commerce for women's clothing across all categories."

"Wedding dress?"

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up.

I think this entry point is really good.

Wedding dresses and gowns are all too expensive, especially abroad. They cost thousands of dollars each. If you sell some low-priced, high-quality wedding dresses in China abroad through cross-border services, you can have huge profit margins.

There are few categories, small quantities, high unit prices, and high profits. For a small team of a startup company, it will be easier to operate.

Shi Jinglin nodded lightly, "Well, this is indeed a good entry direction, and their team has strong execution capabilities and does a pretty good job. In 2011, on Facebook, Ucgram, Twitter, and Pinterest They bribed many Internet celebrities and relied on their publicity and promotion. It is said that the return rate reached 300%, which led them to start making women's clothing. "

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, it's a very good idea. I've said it before, there are a large number of Internet talents in China who have wonderful business innovations, and this team is very good."

Shi Jingmei hummed: "But they are competitors!"

"What's weird about this... huh?" Zhou Buqi vaguely thought of something and quickly asked, "By the way, what is the name of this competitor you are talking about?"

Shi Jinglin said: "After acquiring ROMWE, we just completed the name change and changed our name to..."

"Xiyin."

Shi Jingmei added.

Zhou Buqi suddenly realized.

No wonder!

With the support of Boss Zhou, Shi Jinglin has obtained the most entrepreneurial resources and capital in the industry, and has built a complete industrial team in both China and the United States... The reason why she is now having difficulty operating and suffering serious losses is not because of Shi Jinglin problem, but a commonality of the industry.

This is what the Internet industry is like. In the early days, you had to spend money and burn money to build the market.

Competitors who can compete with her...

In this era, only the hidden e-commerce king Xiyin is left.

In this case, there is nothing to hesitate. Zhou Buqi said: "Isn't that simple? Xiyin has acquired the startup company ROMWE that you are interested in, so let's be more decisive and directly raise the perspective to Xiyin. The sound was acquired!”

"ah?"

Shi Jingmei was shocked.

Shi Jinglin's beautiful eyes widened, as if she thought this was ridiculous, "Acquiring Xiyin? How is this possible? We and Xiyin are competitors! We are fighting!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Let's fight if we fight. In the business market, if you don't fight, you won't understand each other. The cross-border e-commerce market is too unstable, and the industry is burning money seriously. The market is inherently unstable, and there are constant internal conflicts in the industry. If you want to escape, it will be too difficult. Why not merge and form a stronger company, integrate our strengths, and work together for the same goal? "

"Is this okay?"

Shi Jinglin found it unbelievable.

Zhou Buqi said: "Okay, why not? This is just like the current domestic online ride-hailing industry. Next, I will find ways to promote Didi, Kuaidi, Kuidi, and Uber China." The merger of companies is a very fragile industry. If we continue to fight, we will not be able to grow. If we win Xiyin, the cross-border e-commerce issue will most likely be settled!"

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