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In the current Internet world, video streaming media has become popular, and various video platforms have emerged. Music streaming is much simpler than video streaming.

The main reason, music is smaller than video.

Any high-definition video needs to be 2g or 3g in size, which consumes a lot of broadband load. But the music is much smaller, an ordinary mp3 audio, which is about 5M. When the load is small, the technical difficulty and operational difficulty are small and simple.

The simpler things, the more people do them.

Not to mention many big Internet countries, there are music streaming media sites all over the world, and there are a lot of small countries of all kinds. Even in the campus incubation base of Xiaonei, there are many college students who have set up a bunch of music websites.

This thing is really not technically difficult.

So here comes the problem. In such a fiercely competitive music streaming field, the final winner is Spotify from Sweden, a small Nordic country.

how did you do that?

How can you beat thousands of music websites in Silicon Valley?

The female mayor of Stockholm said that Spotify's business model is very novel.

Zhou Buqi thinks this is nonsense, and the innovation in the business model is not enough to make Sweden, a small country, stand out in the field of music streaming media.

Even if the business model is good, if Silicon Valley learns from the past and has advantages in technology, capital, talents and resources, can't it easily defeat small companies in small countries?

Why Spotify can sweep the world?

In this life, Zhou Buqi has become an Internet giant, even if Ziweixing's overseas business has not really developed. But it doesn't matter, relying on Ziweixing's domestic business, he is enough to have a place in the Internet field.

It just so happened that he came to Stockholm because of the Bajixing incident, so why not go there in person and learn from him.

When the female mayor heard what Zhou Buqi meant, she immediately became very happy, "Mr. Zhou, Spotify is looking for investment. If you are interested, I can arrange an assistant to contact you tomorrow."

"Thank you."

Zhou Buqi accepted the other party's kindness.

It was somewhat funny in my heart.

It really is a small place, and the mighty mayor still has the energy to pay attention to such small things. Well, it is very likely that it is the balance of power in the functional agencies, not her alone. She doesn't need to report everything to her, she has enough time and energy to serve entrepreneurs.

The next day, Zhou Buqi took Baoshan and went to Spotify under the arrangement of the mayor's assistant.

Well, it's a small company.

It seems that there are only more than 20 people, and the rented office building is also very old.

There are two core founders of Spotify, one is Daniel Eck and the other is Martin Lorenson. He was very happy to hear that he was the boss of Huaxia Ziweixing Group.

"What a coincidence!"

Daniel Eck was both excited and emotional.

Spotify is a company founded in 2006, but the Spotify music platform was launched only a month ago.

The venture capital is paid by the two founders themselves, so there is no need for an angel round, and the A round can be directly raised. But concept and PPT are not enough for Series A financing, you need to see real products.

Last month, Spotify's online platform was launched, and it quickly achieved a user scale of 1 million. It is time to start the A round of financing.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "What a coincidence?"

It can be heard from the accent that the other party speaks American English, and they should have studied and worked in the United States, so the communication is very smooth.

Daniel Eck said: "We are looking for investors, and we are also contacting you Chinese people."

"oh?"

Zhou Buqi was slightly taken aback.

Daniel Eck laughed, "You are the richest Chinese man."

"The richest man in China?"

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth, couldn't it be himself?

Seeing his strange expression, Daniel Eck coughed lightly and explained, "It's Mr. Li Jiacheng. His Li Jiacheng Fund and the Victoria Harbor Investment Fund controlled by him are very interested in investing."

Zhou Buqi was surprised for a while, then nodded slowly, "Yes, what a coincidence."

I am amazed in my heart, this Boss Li is too powerful, right?

How can an entrepreneur in a traditional industry be keenly aware of a newly launched music website like Spotify? When he voted for Facebook, Facebook was already on the rise, so it was easy to vote. But Spotify's case is too difficult. Even a professional like Zhou Buqi, if he hadn't had foresight, would have found it difficult to pay attention to such a small company in a remote and small country.

The mayor's assistant next to him noticed that there was some awkwardness, so he smiled and introduced Zhou Buqi, saying that he came to Europe this time mainly to buy Manchester United...

Before the words fell, Daniel Eck felt like being electrocuted, his eyes widened, "You...you...Mr. Zhou, are you the mysterious Chinese who wants to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family?"

Zhou Buqi smiled, "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be me."

"It's really you!"

The way Daniel Eck looked at him immediately became hot. He is not very old, he is only in his twenties this year, and he is still passionate.

Zhou Buqi seemed to taste something, and asked tentatively, "Daniel, you...are you also a Manchester United fan?"

Daniel Eke shook his head, "No, I'm an Arsenal fan."

Depend on!

Zhou Buqi wanted to curse.

Enemy!

Martin, another founder next to him, said with a smile: "Daniel is a diehard Arsenal fan, and he goes to Highbury Stadium to watch at least 10 games every year."

Daniel Eck glanced at him. "It's the Emirates Stadium now."

Martin laughed: "I mean you've been watching Arsenal since Highbury."

Daniel Eck gave a "hmm" and was noncommittal.

This guy is indeed a super hardcore Arsenal.

After the success of Spotify, he has money. He donates a large sum of money to the Arsenal fan organization every year and is one of the most popular people in the Gunners fan group.

But then he couldn't stand it anymore.

Arsenal's boss Kroenke is too stingy, making the team's wealthy temperament worse and worse.

By then, Spotify had gone public and become a $50 billion superpower. Daniel Eke couldn't bear it anymore, so he gritted his teeth and fought hard. He offered 3 billion pounds to buy Arsenal, which aroused cheers from the fans. It put a lot of pressure on the Kroenke family. There is no other way, in order to resolve the emotions of the fans, the Kroenke family can only be forced to increase investment in Arsenal and buy many young players with potential.

European football culture is too prosperous, as long as they are men, most of them are fans.

For example, No. 4 Cowley Street in London, England, is the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party. Its geographical location is extremely special and sensitive. How could it be sold to Zhou Buqi?

In addition to the lack of money for the Liberal Democratic Party to raise money, it is also related to football.

Several leaders of the British Labor Party are fans of Arsenal, while the Liberal Democrats are fans of Manchester United.

Zhou Buqi wanted to save Manchester United from the Glazer family, and there was an extremely complicated social and cultural background behind it. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party was very excited and welcomed when he heard about his great ambitions and long-term plans for Manchester United.

Otherwise, as Zhou Buqi's Chinese identity, even if he wants to buy No. 4 Cowley Street, he may not be able to pass the review. This area is the core of the core of London, the center of the center.

However, housing prices in this area are relatively low in London.

Because the houses here cannot be traded freely, and cannot be bought and sold at will, which leads to low market prices.

This gave Zhou Buqi the opportunity to win this luxurious, old-fashioned and aristocratic real estate for 35 million pounds. However, the transaction cannot be carried out immediately, and it will not be completed until after the conclusion of Manchester United's acquisition.

Manchester United is the key to whether this deal can be achieved.

The influence of football is too great.

But Zhou Buqi was a little nervous right now.

I am the owner of Manchester United, and the other party is a diehard Arsenal loyalist. Will this kind of hostile relationship cause some surprises in this business negotiation?

Zhou Buqi quickly stated, "In the past few years, Manchester United has been ruined by the Glazer family. If I don't make a move in time, Manchester United will be ruined by them in a few years. Arsenal is also. To build the Emirates Stadium , Arsenal is under huge debt pressure and has to keep selling players to pay off the debt. But where is the club owner? The current owner of Arsenal is a vampire just like the Glazer family."

These words really touched Daniel Eck's heart, "That's right, Kroenke wants to buy Arsenal. He is an American, what football does he know?"

Zhou Buqi sighed, and said: "It's useless to complain about this kind of thing. It's better to start a business successfully and make Spotify the largest streaming media platform in the world. As long as you succeed and have a huge wealth, you can use the opportunity to sell it." Save Arsenal. When the time comes, we will compete in the Premier League."

Daniel Eck nearly fainted.

Depend on!

This week, Boss, doesn't seem very reliable, does he?

Our music website, just launched.

However, these remarks did bring the relationship between the fans closer. It is the confrontation between fans and vampires, not the confrontation between sworn enemies.

The transfer of contradictions was successfully completed.

Zhou Buqi said: "I heard from the mayor yesterday that you have signed copyright licensing agreements with the four major music groups?"

"Well, it's signed." Daniel Eck nodded, "We started our business in 2006. The reason why the online platform has not been launched is because we have been working through various channels in the past two years. There are various ways to explore a correct and possible successful music streaming development path.”

Zhou Buqi praised: "You are already very successful. As far as I know, there is no music website in the world that can sign copyright agreements with all four major music giants at the same time."

The global music market is highly monopolized. The four major music giants, Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music and EMI Music, own 90% of the world's music copyrights.

After these four major music groups are dealt with, almost all the genuine songs in the world can be heard through the Spotify platform.

It's a great cause.

Of the music streaming platforms of the past decade, no one has done this.

Because the competition between these four major music groups is very fierce, and the conflicts are very big. It is often that you poach my singer and I rob your team. Not to mention four companies authorizing a music streaming media at the same time, it is very difficult for two companies to authorize a music streaming media platform at the same time.

This is probably the biggest success secret of Spotify!

But, how did they manage to get all four major music giants together?