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Zhou Buqi has no interest in this kind of conference.

It has little practical effect.

In the past two years, China likes to hold this kind of world-class conference the most. The Internet industry is actually okay because the domestic Internet industry is indeed very competitive and has a good reputation in the world. Some big names in the overseas IT industry can be invited to participate.

Some other conferences are not so good. They are international conferences in name, but the people who come are all African friends, who come with bowls to beg for alms.

But this Internet conference is so high-level, so you have to come.

He sat in the lounge with Lao Zhang and chatted.

After a while, Youku's CEO Gu Yongqiang also came.

He used to be Lao Zhang's subordinate, but now he has joined Alibaba.

He also wants to get close to Boss Zhou and hopes to cooperate with Netflix or Ziweixing Global. For example, get the authorization of some Netflix original dramas and bring them back to China... But this is impossible. Netflix will not authorize any self-made dramas to other streaming platforms.

This is the first conference, and the funds are very high.

There are many forums and activities hosted by the company, and many foreign technology company executives come.

These foreigners, as if they had discussed it beforehand, would come to visit Mr. Zhou as soon as they heard that he was here.

This is also an eye-opener for everyone.

Especially many of the staff present, they are local civil servants, and they don't really understand the industry situation and Mr. Zhou's position in the global technology industry. Now they have learned a lesson and seen the style of a world-class entrepreneur.

Even "Zhou Buqi" has become a signboard.

For example, when a reception team was receiving a vice president of Qualcomm, some unpleasantness occurred due to language misunderstanding. Fortunately, the receptionist reacted quickly and said on his own initiative: "Mr. Zhou is waiting for you in the lounge!"

The tense atmosphere was immediately resolved.

The vice president of Qualcomm immediately changed his face and ran to the lounge to pay his respects.

Later, the staff got used to it and figured out the rules.

When important foreign guests come, don't talk about those empty enthusiasms. Foreigners don't care about this, and they don't like these formalistic arrangements. First, bring them to Mr. Zhou's place, listen to Mr. Zhou's "teachings", and then they all become obedient.

Foreigners come to the scene, and there are even more domestic colleagues.

That is, everyone has plans and activities to attend, otherwise the small lounge where Zhou Buqi is located will definitely be crowded.

Even LeTV's Mr. Jia, who has never had much contact with him, came over with a smile on his face to greet Mr. Zhou.

The aura is quite big!

One particularly eye-catching point is that Mr. Jia is accompanied by two gorgeous assistants, which is very out of place. In such occasions, even if other CEOs bring assistants, secretaries, etc., they are all men.

This Mr. Jia is different. With two beautiful assistants by his side, he is full of vigor wherever he goes, and everyone looks at him sideways.

When he left after the visit, Zhou Buqi couldn't help but say: "This Mr. Jia is really the most proud person in the world."

Lao Zhang couldn't help laughing.

I thought to myself, you are envious, didn't you just come back from a vacation in the southern hemisphere?

Speaking of pride, who is prouder than you?

I feel that no matter when I see him, I can see some of the groom's festive fortune from this guy.

Gu Yongqiang didn't know much about Mr. Zhou's daily life, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jia is very proud now, the top of the five masters!"

"What?" Zhou Buqi was slightly stunned, "What five masters?"

Gu Yongqiang said: "Someone commented that they are the five top masters in the domestic Internet industry, just according to Mr. Jin Yong's "Five Masters".

Zhou Buqi's heart skipped a beat, "Is there me?"

Gu Yongqiang laughed and said: "How can you be missing?"

"What am I?" Zhou Buqi was very amused, and felt that the ability of netizens to compile this generation was really strong, "Zhong Shentong?"

Gu Yongqiang shook his head, "No, this Mr. Jia is Zhong Shentong."

"Ah?"

Zhou Buqi didn't care how the "Five Masters" were ranked, anyway, they were all jokes randomly compiled by netizens, and they didn't count at all.

But I was still surprised by Mr. Jia's "Zhong Shentong".

When will it be the turn of this person to speak in the domestic Internet industry?

For the Internet industry, LeTV is a freak, and many people don't even regard LeTV as an Internet company. As for Mr. Jia, he is definitely not an Internet person, and everyone is in a different circle.

Zhang Chaoyang added: "This Mr. Jia has a strong background and great magical powers, so he is called 'Zhong Shentong'."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "That makes sense."

"Guess what you are called?"

"Me?"

"You are 'Bei Beggar'."

"Haha!"

Zhou Buqi was really amused.

I am the richest man in the world, and my wealth is beyond my comprehension... As a result, this evaluation is quite interesting, I have become a beggar?

Gu Yongqiang also found it interesting. "This is divided according to geographical location. You are from the north, so you are the 'Northern Beggar'."

Zhou Buqi said: "Then Li Yanhong is from the northwest, so he is the 'Western Poison'?"

"Yes." Gu Yongqiang nodded, "Our General Manager Ma is in the east, so he is the 'Eastern Evil'. Penguin's General Manager Ma is the 'Southern Emperor'. The evaluations of the two General Managers Ma are quite vivid, and they do have such a style."

Zhou Buqi joked: "Well, Old Ma is quite evil...Huh? Where is he? Why can't I see him?"

"He should be very busy, he seems..." Gu Yongqiang looked at him deeply, "He seems to want to be the spokesperson of the domestic Internet industry."

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "It's a good thing that he has this ambition, he has the qualifications. It doesn't matter who is the Southern Emperor or the Northern Beggar, you can't bring up that mysterious Central God. He is still a party member, I have no identity."

...

The next morning, there was a "public meeting" of Internet giants.

Zhou Buqi also went.

Sat in a row with Boss Ma, Liu Qiangdong, Li Yanhong, Zhang Chaoyang, Lei Jun and others, answering questions from the audience and reporters. Because Wanda also wants to do Wanda e-commerce, even Boss Wang came to join in the fun. The process is quite interesting.

Zhou Buqi didn't participate much.

Even if he accepted questions, he was more pragmatic, mainly talking about the principles of the Internet around the concept of "the world's general trend of unity will eventually divide, and the division will eventually unite". The Internet is built on free services, and in the next few years, the core direction of Internet services will be paid services.

However, this kind of rhetoric could not arouse the public's carnival.

The real climax was the battle between Lao Ma and Lao Liu. A reporter asked about the difference between JD.com and Alibaba.

Liu Qiangdong answered first, boasting and talking about JD.com's values ​​and corporate mission. Then it was Ma's turn, and he showed his strong personal charm and said: "Alibaba's goal is to cultivate more JD.com."

This sentence killed everyone at the scene in seconds.

Even Liu Qiangdong applauded him.

It doesn't matter whether what he said is right or not.

This kind of improvisation and quick response is a bit like the level of the US presidential election.

After the meeting, Liu Qiangdong wanted to invite Ma to have tea and talk about his understanding of e-commerce.

Ma said he was very busy and declined.

Zhou Buqi was not happy, so he pulled Ma, Liu Qiangdong, and Lao Zhang together to go south to inspect a cross-border e-commerce startup called Xiyin to help Shi Jinglin complete the acquisition.

There is no way, who calls him a "beggar in the north", just thick-skinned.