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It’s the end of the year and there are a lot of activities.

All major companies are doing their year-end financial audits. From the company's perspective, they are thriving. However, some official relationships are very troublesome to deal with.

The most troublesome thing is football.

This year is a year of change for the national football team. It is said to have opened a new era. Many entrepreneurs, either proactively or passively, have actively participated in it.

Zhou Buqi also received such an invitation.

You kid even bought Manchester United, which is a world-class giant. Although they lost Cristiano Ronaldo this year, Manchester United's strength has not declined but increased, and they have basically locked in the half-time championship. They are as many as 5 points ahead of second-place Chelsea with one game to play.

Manchester United has done so well, shouldn’t the country do the same?

The relevant leaders also made a special call, so Zhou Buqi had no choice but to enter the scene.

It is too crooked to promote football in foreign countries without investing in domestic football, and it is neither suitable for public nor private use.

Zhou Buqi promised that within two years, he would own a top-level football club in the country through some means.

After going to Sohu Building, he went to Lao Zhang's office on the top floor as usual and told the story with a long sigh.

Zhang Chaoyang was puzzled, "If you don't want to do it, just don't do it. Who is forcing you?"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid? Can I refuse? People have called me personally to ask me to refuse?"

Zhang Chaoyang laughed and said, "No! How can it be that serious?!"

"You don't understand."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, not wanting to talk more about it.

History always repeats itself over and over again, and he has already read "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" thoroughly.

Zhang Chaoyang said: "How well have you done in overseas industries? You..."

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Zhou Buqi interrupted him and called the beautiful female secretary familiarly, asking her to bring her a cup of hot coffee. "Have you thought about what I told you?"

Zhang Chaoyang was still laughing at him, but now he couldn't laugh anymore and had a headache, "It's difficult to handle!"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Is there anything difficult to solve? Blockchain is a new technological direction. Have you studied it in the past two days?"

"We have studied it," Zhang Chaoyang nodded. "From a technical logic point of view, it still makes sense, but it is not mature enough, and... it is too far away. The concept of decentralization does not feel like it can be promoted within decades."

Zhou Buqi said: "I don't agree. How fast is the development of science and technology now? It's different every day. The development of science and technology is exponential and explosive. Just like what is said in "Three Body", this is called technology. Explosion. Have you seen "The Three-Body Problem"?"

"have not seen."

"I've recommended it to you several times. Go check it out. It's really beautiful!"

"The writing is so poor that I can't read the first few pages."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "The author may be deliberately screening readers. The Three-Body Problem is not suitable for literary youths. This book is anti-Mother and anti-literary youth. Anyway, I bought the copyright of this book I’m going to pay a translator personally to translate it, and I want to translate it into foreign languages ​​and sell it all over the world.”

Zhang Chaoyang couldn't laugh or cry, "The whole world again? Why are you so interested in the whole world? When doing social networking and cloud computing, you have to do it all over the world. When you make football and movies, you have to do it all over the world. When you make games, you have to do it all over the world. Do you even want to sell novels around the world?”

Zhou Buqi said: "Don't you think this is a great sense of accomplishment?"

"well enough."

Zhang Chaoyang did not take this opportunity.

Zhou Buqi said with emotion: "To put it simply, it's the selfish gene. People like us have everything they want. We have no shortage of money or women. We have houses, planes, and yachts. We want to pursue more happiness. Where to look for it? Isn’t it necessary to pursue a higher sense of honor and achievement? If this is done accidentally, like many people, they go astray and play drugs and gamble. We can’t do this. Go on the right path.”

Zhang Chaoyang nodded and said "hmm".

Zhou Buqi went on to say: "In a big way, it's about national rejuvenation. If you entertain yourself behind closed doors, that's just a frog in the well. Only when we go abroad and meet the masters from all over the world can we know how much we weigh." A few taels.”

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Everything you said is right, but there is one problem, that is... well, the game you are talking about based on the blockchain... or a game platform composed of multiple games, is a bit too... sci-fi Like a novel.”

"How can it be that exaggerated?"

Zhou Buqi was dumbfounded.

This is true and is not an exaggeration at all. This is just the most basic version of the Metaverse. In the future world, there are only two directions for C-side business among all Internet businesses. One is the metaverse, and the other is the cutting-edge technology of artificial intelligence.

In less than ten years, startups in Europe and the United States have been exploring this simple metaverse game concept based on games, and have launched many games that are popular around the world. Many housewives usually play games at home, do tasks in Metaverse games, and then sell them for money to make some extra money.

This was not his wishful thinking. It was a technical direction that had actually happened in the previous life and achieved certain success. So much so that Facebook decisively discovered this direction and immediately changed its name to meta, indicating that it would transform into a metaverse company.

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Changyou's business is developing relatively stably now, so we can start the listing plan safely. The direction you mentioned is a bit... a bit too experimental. If it is done, it will definitely be capitalized. The market is bearish, causing Changyou’s stock price to fall.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes, an experiment. But don't you think it's very challenging? You're not afraid of climbing Mount Everest, but you're afraid of doing a game experiment?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "You can't do it in the name of Changyou."

"oh?"

Zhou Buqi smiled half-heartedly, feeling that Lao Zhang had taken the bait.

Zhang Chaoyang said slowly: "I have thought about it, and what you said is right. Now I have everything I want, and I don't lack anything. I live like this every day. Life is indeed too boring. Do you want to be here?" If you conquer the world in the gaming field, I will play with you!"

"You can't have a playful mentality. You have to show the fighting spirit to climb Mount Everest." Zhou Buqi shook his head, "You have already said that this is an experimental game direction. The probability of failure is very high. But if If it succeeds, it may completely change the gaming industry! Just like Apple launched an experimental iPhone that was ridiculed by the market, as long as it succeeds, it will overwhelm industry giants like Nokia and Motorola.”

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Let's establish another company. This idea is too risky. I can't let Changyou bear such a large investment risk. Sohu's board of directors will not agree either."

"Then let's invest together and give it a try?"

"OK."

"Where are the games?" Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "The reason I'm looking for you is because you started Changyou. You have experience in making games."

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Don't rush to make games now. This is essentially a blockchain company. We must first perfect the blockchain technology and study it thoroughly. Then we can infiltrate it into the game. Then we will buy one or two on the market." Just add a game company to it."

After Changyou was separated, Zhou Buqi's confidence was greatly reduced.

What strength can a newly established company have?

Without Changyou's game resources, even if the blockchain technology is mature, there will be no platform to showcase the new technology...

This thing is going to fail nine times out of ten.

But it doesn’t matter if you fail. It’s just an experiment. If you try a few more times, you may succeed. Now you can find something to do for Lao Zhang, so that he will not be immersed in his comfort zone day by day, which will lead to depression over time.

Only by challenging the blockchain and setting a goal to conquer the world will you have more motivation to move forward.

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said proudly: "Okay, since you have thought about it, let's do it! You are the chairman, you are the CEO, whatever you want to do, I will listen to you!"

"And you?"

Zhang Chaoyang looked at him sideways.

Zhou Buqi said: "I have too many angles to conquer the world. I will give you this angle. You're welcome!"