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Son seemed unwilling to accept it, "That's not my personal plane, it's owned by SoftBank."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "That's okay, um... didn't you invite me to serve as a director of SoftBank? It doesn't require any salary. It's enough to allocate me this plane."

Son Zhengyi almost died of anger.

Directors are not senior executives, so how can they get any salary?

A few hundred thousand dollars a year is a lot.

He bought this plane for $60 million!

Moreover, this aircraft is under the name of SoftBank, and SoftBank will bear at least US$3 million in aircraft operating expenses every year. This guy is really a monkey, and he won't let anything go cheap.

But he also felt guilty.

After all, his team was indeed a bit hasty in handling the copyright matter of "Spider-Man". Especially what Rajiv Misra said just now was a bit harsh and a bit excessive.

It seems that some compensation should be made to appease people's hearts.

Son Zhengyi gritted his teeth and said: "You are so busy, why do you come to SoftBank to be a director? Do you have time to participate in the board of directors?"

Zhou Buqi had already prepared, "Miss Zhen Yu is my agent. She will attend on my behalf. This plane is mainly for her use."

Son did not agree directly, "Can you really handle Spider-Man's matter?"

"Simple!"

"real?"

"I'll make a call."

Zhou Buqi has taken charge of everything and seems to have firmly grasped the "Spider-Man" copyright case that has left Masayoshi Son's team at a loss for a long time.

He called Nie Caijun directly via satellite phone.

"Boss, I am a talented person."

"Sorry, are you sleeping?"

"No, we are still preparing a plan for the fifth round of contact with Sony tomorrow." Nie Caijun's voice was vigorous and full of motivation.

Zhou Buqi smiled and asked, "How was the talk?"

Nie Caijun said: "It's okay. The big framework has been determined, and there are still some details to be dealt with. Asda wants to sign a 10-year supply contract, but Sony doesn't seem to want to sign it for that long."

"You're so confident."

Zhou Buqi was very emotional.

It stands to reason that the larger and longer the order contract signed by the supplier, the more they like it. But Sony is very confident. Their camera equipment dominates the world, but they hope to sign a short-term contract.

If the contract is long, it will be locked in and there will be no flexibility to changes in the future situation.

If it is a short contract, sign it every few years, so you can better respond to the situation and increase the price or bid from more merchants. Sony's camera components have no worries about selling, and they are products in short supply.

Nie Caijun said: "I see what Zhou Shaoning means. If you can't do it, you have to sign a short-term contract. Even a three-year short-term contract can be 15%-20% cheaper than the temporary purchase price in the past two years. Especially the product quality, Stable partners can get higher-grade devices.”

Zhou Buqi didn't know much about the situation. "As for Aisida, it mainly depends on Zhou Shaoning's wishes. You should try your best to fight for it. I just want to ask, how is the copyright of 'Spider-Man'?"

"'Spider-Man' copyright? Why do you ask?"

Nie Caijun was slightly startled.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"Didn't you solve everything?"

"What?" Now it was Zhou Buqi's turn to be confused, "Have I solved it?"

Nie Caijun said: "When we took over this multi-directional strategic cooperation negotiation project, we made a statement. One is Sony's robot, and the other is Sony's 'Spider-Man' copyright. These two things are prerequisites for the negotiation. They I accepted it.”

"Wait! What do you mean?" Zhou Buqi was surprised, "They all agreed?"

Nie Caijun was even more surprised, "I agreed. Didn't you personally discuss this with Mr. Stringer, the chairman of Sony? Everyone said so, and Sony also said so."

"I go!"

Zhou Buqi didn't know this at all.

When he left Tokyo, Sony's head, Howard Stringer, was still speaking righteously, as if he was adhering to the upbringing and duties of a professional manager.

Unexpectedly, he turned around and compromised?

Zhou Buqi then asked: "Are there any documents?"

Nie Caijun said: "Yes, there is a package of strategic cooperation agreements. Two of them were reached when I took over. One is that Ziweixing International bought Sony's robot project that had been shelved for more than three years for US$35 million. , and the copyright of 'Spider-Man' was sold for US$700 million, oh!"

At this time, Nie Caijun seemed to suddenly realize, "You want me to fight for the copyright of 'Spider-Man'? That's right, it's just the film and television adaptation rights of a comic character, and it's so expensive! I'll stay up all night to rewrite the negotiations. Plan, let’s talk about this matter with them tomorrow.”

"No need to talk about it."

Zhou Buqi was very happy. He knew that in the face of Sony's "consumer electronics + entertainment content" grand strategy, the copyright of the "Spider-Man" series could only become a tool to be discarded no matter how profitable it was, but he did not expect it to go so smoothly.

Nie Caijun wanted to make sure, "Aren't we going to talk? The price of US$700 million is too high. Maybe US$70 million is enough."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "If only that was what you said. This is not an ordinary intellectual property right. Okay, now that this matter is confirmed, let's get over it. When I talked with Howard Stringer, The quoted price is US$700 million. It’s hard to break a promise if you’ve already promised something.”

Because he was speaking in Chinese, the two people opposite him couldn't understand him at all.

I just vaguely heard a name.

"Howard Stringer", Chinese and English are still very similar.

Son and Rajiv Misra just looked at each other and were shocked by each other.

What's going on?

Could it really be Howard Stringer, the current chairman and CEO of Sony? The copyright of a mere "Spider-Man" has risen to this level?

You know, this copyright is only the copyright asset of Columbia Pictures, a subsidiary of Sony Group's subsidiary Sony America, a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures.

How many levels does this have to go through?

When Zhou Buqi ended the call, Sun Zhengyi couldn't wait, "Howard? Stringer?"

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Yes."

"Did you go to him directly?"

"right."

"hiss!"

Sun Zhengyi's expression changed slightly.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "I know what the copyright of 'Spider-Man' means to Sony Pictures. If we only rely on the relationship between Sony Pictures and Sony Entertainment, this business probably won't work. It's better to start from a higher level." cooperation with Sony."

Son Zhengyi was shocked in his heart, "He agreed?"

"If nothing else happens, we can sign the contract at the end of this month or the beginning of next month."

"How much?"

"$700 million."

"How many?"

Son and Rajiv said in unison, in disbelief.

I go!

Isn't this too exaggerated?

They sold the rights to "Spider-Man" for $700 million? Are you kidding me? Sony Pictures, on the other hand, refused to let go even after paying a price of US$4 billion!

Is this gap too big?

Well...it's not surprising that this happened to Sony.

Sony's management system has many problems and its internal flaws are huge. The biggest problem is the split between Sony's Japanese headquarters and Sony America. Apart from being the same company in their financial reports, these two companies have two different styles of business and management operations.

It's like two companies.

The headquarters here is a Japanese company model, and the American side is an American company model. They are not adjacent to each other at all.

This is also the reason why when Son Zhengyi and Rajiv Misra were discussing the copyright of "Spider-Man", they only talked with Sony America and did not start with Sony headquarters.

Because the headquarters cannot take care of these specific businesses.

There is one exception, and that is Howard Stringer, the current chairman of Sony. He was promoted from the positions of Chairman of Sony America and CEO of Sony Entertainment.

As the chairman of Sony, he cannot order Sony Pictures to sell the copyright assets of "Spider-Man", but as an American and former chairman of Sony Entertainment, he can make such a request.

It was he who made the decision when Sony Pictures bought the rights to Spider-Man. What he buys, and then he sells, no one can say anything. These senior executives are all direct descendants of his direct subordinates.

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said calmly, "700 million US dollars is quite a lot. They bought this intangible asset from Marvel ten years ago and only spent 7 million US dollars. This is a whole A 100-fold increase in value, what else can you do?”

Rajiv looked at him with deep eyes and said sincerely: "Mr. Zhou, you are the most admired big businessman I have ever met. You are a true Machiavellian."

Zhou Buqi was a little confused and said angrily: "I'm just doing business!"

Sun Zhengyi was shocked in his heart. His slightly shaken trust in him was as stable as three mountains and five mountains at this moment. He praised and said: "You can always surprise people! You can always talk about business from different angles." become."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him and said thoughtfully: "In order to accomplish this, a large number of companies including Ziweixing, Ziweixing International, Ziweixing Digital Media, Aisda, including Chaowan Commune, Jieyu Media, etc. There needs to be a certain amount of compromise.”

Son Zhengyi laughed.

He didn't believe it.

This guy has always been the type to do business without profit. Will he hand over so many company interests to Sony for nothing? Just for the copyright of "Spider-Man"?

Son Zhengyi said radiantly: "No wonder we have to take back the copyright of 'Spider-Man'. You have been prepared for it!"

"Where's the plane?"

"Well……"

"How about it?"

"Give it to you!"

Sun Zhengyi could not find any reason to refuse. Compared with the money saved in the "Spider-Man" case, a mere plane was regarded as a reward.

…

Zhen Yu and Xue Baoshan went to the bedroom as soon as they got on the plane.

The journey is too long, let’s take a nap first.

Zhou Buqi suddenly came back, laughing and saying good news, "Senior Sister Zhen, I brought you a new plane! Bombardier Challenger 300, costing 60 million US dollars! It's better than the Gulfstream I had before. The g550 is also luxurious.”

Zhen Yu was sitting on the bed reading a book. She raised her delicate and pretty face and asked, "Is this Sun Zhengyi's special plane?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Yes, it will be yours from now on. Well, you will be SoftBank's director from now on, and this plane will be allocated to you."

"But I have already ordered two Gulfstream G550s. They were snatched orders. They will be available in September."

"It doesn't matter. I'll give one to my parents and keep the other at home for their family travel."

Zhou Buqi is very heroic.

Bill Gates has a fleet of airplanes. Even Rich Lau of Hong Kong Island has four private jets, one for himself, one for his wife and children, one for his parents, and one for his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

During this time in the United States, Sun Wanran and Feng Muer had no work, so they traveled around. They seemed to have gone to Vancouver, Canada recently.

You can leave a plane for your family to facilitate daily travel.