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This is a new type of digital currency in the form of P2P based on blockchain technology, which is the famous Bitcoin!

The presentation of the project was exciting.

It is said that this project originated from last year's subprime mortgage crisis.

Why is the subprime mortgage crisis happening around the world?

Because of centralization.

All currencies and financial products are issued by specific institutions. This is the concept of centralized finance. The world's financial order is managed by a group of central financial institutions with huge powers.

If managed well, of course it's good.

But if it is not managed well, it will cause landslides.

The decentralized financial concept of Bitcoin came into being under this situation.

At first, no one believed this stuff.

But a few months ago, a hearing confirmed the legality of Internet P2P finance. While a large number of Internet financial companies emerged, Bitcoin gradually entered Silicon Valley's horizons.

This matter must be settled!

Want to buy Bitcoin!

It must be very cheap now!

But Zhou Buqi is not in a hurry and continues to read these materials carefully prepared by Alex Jones, chief investment officer of Ziweixing International.

For many projects, Alex gave his own evaluation and gave 5-level investment advice. A 5-star rating is a strong recommendation for investment, and a 1-star rating is not recommended at all.

But Zhou Buqi doesn’t believe this stuff at all.

The top investment experts all work in venture capital institutions. Investment experts in enterprises are more strategic and execution-oriented. They look for strategic investments that can strengthen their core business capabilities based on their own business development. , rather than a financial investment.

In Zhou Buqi's view, many of these projects look very good. For example, there is a project aimed at optimizing the bank's transaction process.

By integrating cutting-edge big data, model building and in-depth analysis technologies from Silicon Valley, we help large and medium-sized retail banks better study customer behavior. Provide banks with time-efficient and simplified problem solutions through big data platforms, innovative technologies and customized business processes in the process of customer acquisition and portfolio management...

In the project introduction, it was said to be very colorful.

But starting a business doesn't mean you can succeed if you go in the right direction, but you have to have the right time, place and people.

Zhou Buqi didn't spend much time. In less than 2 hours, he took a rough look at the 300 materials in the office and felt that he had no clue.

Then, he called the finance department and inquired about the current financial situation of Ziweixing International. Then, the idea of ​​large-scale investment in the Internet financial industry was abandoned.

Now, several major business lines require money.

Even the already profitable game business line is applying for a funding of up to 150 million US dollars, saying that it wants to acquire more game studios.

Money is being used everywhere, so save it first!

Just follow the previous idea and just invest in the Lendingclub project. Invest in it and see what Internet finance is going on in the United States. Regardless of whether the project succeeds or fails, it will provide relevant experience for Ziweixing International’s future online financial business.

Zhou Buqi called Alex, the chief investment officer, and pulled out this material from Lendingclub. "When I was in the UK, someone recommended this company to me. I just talked to the finance officer. Given the company's current financial situation, we can only invest in this one project. Going deeper, we need to get key data and understand the operational details clearly. This is a learning process."

Alex knew what he meant and said hesitantly: "This company is very popular now, and there are many investment institutions targeting it."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "But when I was in the UK, someone told me that I couldn't find an investor."

Alex smiled and said: "Maybe that person didn't speak clearly. Lendingclub really can't find investors, not because they can't find them, but because there are relatively few investment institutions willing to accept their high valuation."

"how much?"

"Most investment institutions have given a valuation of US$5 million, some have given a valuation of US$8 million, and some bold companies have even given a valuation of US$10 million. After all, this is a brand new market. industry, the risk is too great. But Lendingclub believes that it is the leader in the industry and should have a higher valuation. They do not accept valuation quotes below US$20 million."

It was obvious that Alex had made full preparations for this conversation with Boss Zhou.

Zhou Buqi was very generous, "Promise them! This is a strategic investment from Ziweixing International!"

"25% of the shares?"

"Yes, give them US$5 million! Even if the investment fails, it can be regarded as a teaching lesson in Internet finance."

Zhou Buqi was very courageous and made the request directly without any inspection. The main investigation is meaningless. He is still a little out of tune with American culture. If he visits a startup company several times in China, he can basically make a more accurate assessment from aspects such as their business direction, team capabilities, working atmosphere and entrepreneurial spirit. The same cannot be said for the United States. The experience and various inspection indicators accumulated at home are not applicable here.

It's better to be decisive and focus on more important things - Bitcoin.

This is not the company's business, it is his personal investment.

Since it is a personal investment, confidentiality is important.

But the question comes again, how to buy Bitcoin?

It's 2009, and Bitcoin is still very new. Unlike later generations, there are a lot of Bitcoin trading tutorials on the Internet, just follow them and learn. Today's Bitcoin is a purely technical concept, and there are probably only a group of people in Silicon Valley in the world who are more optimistic about it.

Zhou Buqi called Xu Liangjie over and said in surprise: "I feel like your energy is better than when you were in China."

Xu Liangjie said with a smile: "It must be good. My wife and daughter are here, and I don't have to commute back and forth between China and the United States."

Zhou Buqi asked: "How is work? From technology to products, and now to personnel, are you still used to it?"

Xu Liangjie said: "It's very good. My past experience in technology and product development has been very effective in the new personnel model. To be honest, after I got to know more about it, I realized that what you said makes so much sense."

"What's wrong?"

"Personnel work should really change from liberal arts thinking to science thinking. The past model was too perceptual and too subjective. The stronger the subjectivity, the worse the fairness."

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "Your words are quite subjective."

Xu Liangjie laughed and said, "I learned this from you. This is decisiveness. But to be honest, I think Ziweixing's human resources business should really solve this problem from the root."

"How to say?"

"There should be a group of technical personnel in the human resources department. In the past, the human resources department paid too much attention to communication and expression skills, and too much emphasis on affinity and appeal. This is of course good, and can give people a feeling of spring breeze when communicating. But once It is a tool-based office, and the frequency of face-to-face communication will inevitably drop significantly. Except for staff in some important positions, most of the work can actually be completed online. For online work, many past strategies must be modified."

"Are you going to target science students?"

"Yes, just like recruiting product positions and operations positions, use similar standards to recruit personnel positions."

Xu Liangjie gave his own suggestions.

Online communication is very different from offline communication. This is not only a problem of thinking, but also a problem of mentality. Just like some young lovers, they are very harmonious when chatting online and have good communication with each other. But as soon as we met, the flexible and playful chatting skills couldn't be used anymore. Another example is that some people tell stories very well in front of one person. But when I get on the podium and give a speech in front of a group of people, it becomes confusing.

With the development of the Internet social era, this phenomenon has become more and more obvious. More and more young people do not like to communicate in person, but use virtual chat tools.

This phenomenon is most obvious in Japan.

Many otakus and otakus stay at home without even the thought of talking to their parents, and send messages through notes every day.

Tool socialization will play an increasingly important role.

Of course, this atmosphere will also spread to the enterprise.

Enterprises must recruit talents in an eclectic way. You can't just not hire someone who has poor communication skills, is autistic and is unwilling to speak, right?

This is indeed what companies did in the past.

But geniuses often have character flaws. If you want to recruit the best employees, you must provide the same working environment for employees with different personalities.

Even if you are mute, you should be able to play a huge role and even have the same opportunities as others to be promoted to senior management. This corporate system is the best.

Tools are the best solution.

The tool that Ziweixing will launch grandly internally is Weishu, as well as a series of office products surrounding Weishu, such as Weishu recruitment and Weishu performance.

This requires changing the past recruitment habits of the personnel department and opening its arms to more science students.

Xu Liangjie went on to say: "In the past, when we recruited on campus, those with the best skills would go to the R\u0026D department, which was no problem. If the skills were not good enough, they would need to be transferred appropriately. For example, if the skills were not very good, but the communication skills, marketing skills If you have good skills and market analysis skills, you can transfer to the product position; if you are not very good at technology, but have good summary ability, refined thinking ability, process thinking ability, and execution ability, you can transfer to the operation position. Ziweixing is in China For school recruitment, almost all positions require IT technical foundation, but there are no such requirements for administration, human resources, finance and other departments.”

Zhou Buqi said: "So you think that the personnel position should be like the product position and the operation position, and the students who are eliminated from the R\u0026D position and have insufficient skills should be screened."

"right."

"Don't be anxious, take your time. In next year's school recruitment, let's first give 30% of the quotas in the personnel department to science students and try the effect. If the effect is good, we will gradually optimize the structure of the personnel department."