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After going to New York, Zhou Buqi received a temporary notice from Ziweixing Global, saying that the copyright transaction plan with 20th Century Fox was likely to make progress.

However, this intention does not come from 20th Century Fox, but from its parent company News Corporation, which wants to cash out to raise money. In recent years, News Corporation's life has not been easy, and the business of traditional media has become worse and worse.

In fact, News Corporation began to expand into the Internet industry five or six years ago, spending US$1 billion to acquire several media websites in an attempt to create its own Internet media ecosystem.

The most well-known of them is of course MySpace.

Unfortunately, with the arrival of Facebook, MySpace has become a product of the sunset and a waste of the times. There is also Rotten Tomatoes. This website has been acquired by Ziweixing International and has become an important link in the "Internet + Movie" industry matrix.

During the financial crisis in the past few years, News Corporation's stock price has fallen by 40%, far exceeding the S\u0026P Index, and has been questioned by investors.

Mr. Murdoch is 80 years old. Is he still capable of leading such a media giant forward?

Zhou Buqi was not very interested in this matter. He was too lazy to go to the copyright business in person. According to the report, it is said that 20th Century Fox is willing to sell part of the copyright, but it is not the copyright owned by the main company, but the streaming media copyright owned by the subsidiary Fox Searchlight Company.

Twentieth Century Fox is a Hollywood giant that owns the rights to many Hollywood blockbusters, the most famous of which are of course "Titanic" and "Avatar."

This company mainly operates medium and large-scale high-quality Hollywood movies, as well as some movies with relatively low production costs, as well as foreign-language films imported from abroad. These are different from the positioning of 20th Century Fox, so a subsidiary was established. The company called Fox Searchlight was responsible for this business.

In other words, the movie copyrights owned by Fox Searchlight are relatively low-end. Many movies are not even released in theaters because of their poor quality. They are released directly on DVD, which can deceive everyone.

This kind of low-end copyright is easy to purchase.

He didn't want to deal with that old fool Murdoch unless Big Boss Zhou came forward.

I went to Manchester on weekdays and participated in a sports meeting of Manchester United.

Mainly two things.

First, the World Cup is in full swing, and many dazzling newcomers have emerged. Of course, the most eye-catching one is the German team, which is causing a youth storm.

The World Cup has only completed the group stage, and there are already many transfer rumors in the market.

Many wealthy families have already taken action urgently.

Manchester United also has a goal here. This is the position that Manchester United is most eager to strengthen this summer - goalkeeper. The target is Neuer of the German team.

Although Neuer is only 24 years old, he is a bit young and immature for the goalkeeper position. But he has been the main player for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga for the fourth consecutive season.

Very rich experience!

Manchester United's scouting department and technical department have assessed him as the best candidate to succeed Edwin van der Sar. Ferguson also admires Neuer very much. The only trouble is that the transfer fee for such a player with both strength and potential is not low!

Is it worth spending so much money on a goalkeeper?

Zhou Buqi made the decision on the spot and said decisively: "That's it! I also think Neuer is very suitable for Manchester United!"

The second thing is the choice of center.

Last year, Zhou Buqi was eyeing Ibrahimovic. This is a new generation of small penalty area kings. He is a killer among killers and can greatly strengthen the lineup.

However, Barcelona also offered an olive branch to Ibrahimovic last year, and Ibrahimovic was bought by Barcelona for 65 million euros, intending to follow Guardiola and compete for the Champions League.

Unexpectedly, conflicts broke out between Ibrahimovic and Guardiola, and he was eliminated by his old club Inter Milan in the Champions League. He went to Barcelona to compete for the Champions League. Unexpectedly, after going to Barcelona, ​​his old club won the Champions League.

All parties were disappointed, and Ibrahimovic made a transfer.

Agent Raiola gave a very precise statement that as long as he pays 25 million euros, he can be taken away from Barcelona!

Zhou Buqi was very interested.

They said they wanted to sell Berbatov and then buy Ibrahimovic.

Ferguson had a different idea. He said Berbatov could be sold, but there was no need to buy Ibrahimovic. The team's forward configuration is sufficient. Van Persie is better at playing in the middle and can be trained in the direction of center, with the support of Rooney and the rookie Welbeck of the second team.

Ibrahimovic's transfer fee is very low, but his annual salary is too high.

The annual salary after tax should reach 9 million pounds.

But now the highest salary in the Manchester United team is only 6 million pounds after tax. The introduction of Ibrahimovic at this time will disrupt Manchester United's salary structure. Manchester United has actually set a higher salary system internally, but it needs to be changed slowly and it is best not to break the structure abruptly.

In addition, Ferguson is also worried about Ibrahimovic's character.

Ferguson is a strong locker room manager, and Ibrahimovic also has a strong personality, which is prone to friction and destroying the atmosphere in the locker room. This year Barcelona was eliminated, and there were big problems between the local faction and the international faction in the locker room.

More importantly, Ferguson is not a worker.

Although he does not hold a penny of shares in Manchester United, he never considers himself to be a wage earner of Manchester United. His life is already linked to this team.

He wants to make this club better and better.

So when he was about to retire, the biggest thing Ferguson planned was to provide his successors with a young, potential and strong championship lineup.

Ibrahimovic is not young anymore, so it is better to focus on training Robin van Persie and pave the way for Manchester United's future.

Rather than pursuing short-term results and wasting future potential.

However, Ferguson still made a small request, saying that he could buy Mexican player Javier Hernandez to supplement the lineup.

This player is young and has great potential. He is a point-grabbing forward who can strengthen the composition of Manchester United's lineup. At the same time, there are also business considerations.

Manchester United Commercial is actively expanding into the US market.

Needless to say, the United States is just like Manchester United's back garden. When Manchester United won the Champions League, they visited the White House and received a great welcome. The players kept signing autographs. The next year, Barcelona won the Champions League and was invited by the President of the United States. It was very embarrassing. The staff didn't even recognize Messi.

However, developing the Mexican market is not easy.

Ferguson heard about the concept of the business department, and then after a competitive evaluation, he selected the best and most promising Mexican player from the market, "Little Pea" Hernandez.

This somewhat moved Zhou Buqi.

Who doesn't like such a head coach who thinks about the team and the club wholeheartedly?

It's a pity that he is retiring.

Zhou Buqi had no reason to reject Ferguson, so he accepted his opinion.

In the afternoon, Zhou Buqi accompanied Sun Wanran and Ning Lu to swim at his home, while preparing to watch the World Cup match between Germany and England in the quarter-finals.

This game is very interesting.

For Zhou Buqi, what he is most looking forward to is Lampard's goal-line mystery.

The football world doesn't seem to be too interested in Hawkeye technology. As long as the unsolved case happens as scheduled, with Britain's influence in the world's media, they will cry out and quickly promote the technological advancement of football.

The business of Ziweixing Digital Media can develop faster.

While watching the game, Zhou Buqi received a call from Xu Baihui, "Boss Zhou, do you know Murdoch?"

"Murdoch? Which Murdoch?"

"Well, the one from News Corp."

"I know him. I've met him twice. He's a bad old man. He's very perverted. He has several pretty girls around him."

Xu Baihui said "Oh", "Someone asked me to do something, are you free? If this matter is completed, Jieyu Media's listing will be smoother, and various approvals can be easily obtained."

Zhou Buqi asked with a smile: "Who has such a strong relationship?"

"Chinese Cultural Industry Investment Fund, do you know?"

"I didn't hear that."

"Well, it was established not long ago. It is a private equity fund under the National Development and Reform Commission. It mainly invests in the entertainment industry. They want to negotiate business with News Corporation, but the middlemen are all Americans and they don't believe it. I heard that Jieyu Media has a big presence in the United States. business, so he came to me for help.”

"That's it." Zhou Buqi was wearing swimming trunks and planning to go to the living room to watch the ball game. "What's going on? I don't know Murdoch very well either."

Xu Baihui said: "It's just a matter of pulling the strings and speaking in the middle to ensure that state-owned assets are not lost during the transaction. Don't you have a good relationship with Goldman Sachs? You can contact us. We can't let the top investment banks let News Corporation win over. It's not like you don't You know, in recent years, state-owned enterprises have been cheated a lot when they have made overseas mergers and acquisitions."

In the past few years, due to the overseas financial crisis, all kinds of assets have become very cheap. The extremely wealthy state-owned capital has carried out many large-scale mergers and acquisitions overseas in an attempt to buy the bottom.

The idea is right.

But the level is not good.

When you go abroad, this is a pure market economy. How can they understand this? They just eat and drink and fall into it. There are many unspeakable histories of blood and tears.

Zhou Buqi took this matter more seriously, "No problem, I'll try my best to help."

Xu Baihui said with a smile: "That's right. News Corporation has established several TV stations in China, but this is not in compliance with policies and regulations. Due to the WTO agreement, it is difficult for them to force their withdrawal. The best way is to acquire them through state-owned assets. "

"TV station?" Zhou Buqi had a black line on his forehead and couldn't believe it, "Real or fake?"

"Really, Star TV has three channels!" Xu Baihui was also a little confused. "I was surprised when I heard it at first. Even private capital can't do things, but foreign capital dares to enter. This Rupert Murdoch is really an old fool. I really thought I could dominate the world."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I'm so confused. It's easy to be fooled."