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After mastering the inside information, Zhou Buqi made up his mind to reorganize Changyou's internal structure.

To be defeated by your opponent's sword is to show that your skills are inferior to others. It would be a big joke if you go crazy because of practicing before your opponent makes a move.

Changyou is now facing this potential crisis.

Zhou Buqi was somewhat fortunate.

Fortunately, he had arranged for his college classmate Yan Xinlei to work at Changyou. He was quite responsible and enterprising, and would communicate these matters with him in private.

If it weren't for Yan Xinlei, Changyou would probably still have been kept in the dark until it went bankrupt.

This Lao Zhang is so unprofessional. He didn't even care about such a big incident in the company.

Zhou Buqi was not polite. When he returned to the company, he immediately called Zhang Chaoyang.

"Hello? What time is this?" Zhang Chaoyang's voice was lazily laced with fatigue, "Please, I'm in New York. Can you call and pay attention to the time?"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Stop sleeping now, something big has happened!"

"What's the matter? Let me tell you, if it's nothing serious, I won't be done with you. You won't come to the roadshow after Changyou is listed, and you'll put all the responsibilities on me, right?"

"It's still listed. If this problem is not solved, Changyou will go bankrupt!"

"Ah?" Zhang Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, and he woke up a little from his sleep. "What's going on? Don't be alarmist."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Is Wang Fang with you?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Yes, a few of us are doing a road show, and the results are very good. According to the latest market estimates, Changyou's valuation after listing can exceed 20 billion US dollars!"

When he said this, he was very excited.

Sohu has been following the trend in the past two years. Although its profits have not grown much, its stock price has performed very well. Recently, affected by the good news that Changyou is about to go public, Sohu's stock price has been rising again.

Now, Sohu's market value has reached US$6.3 billion!

When Changyou is successfully listed, as Changyou's largest shareholder, Sohu will be affected by the good news, and its stock price will definitely continue to rise... By then, Sohu's market value may reach 10 billion US dollars!

You know, Sohu's market value two or three years ago was only about US$1.5 billion.

As one of the earliest Internet companies in China, Sohu's size and scale were gradually surpassed by a number of new companies such as Alibaba and Baidu. Even executives who left Sohu started their own businesses and the market estimates of Kuliu and Youku were huge. The value is higher than Sohu.

This moment made Lao Zhang almost depressed.

Everyone has self-esteem, and most people can't bear such a big blow to their careers, so they can only find ways to find some spiritual sustenance.

Fortunately, a person appeared at this time - Zhou Buqi.

At that time, Ziweixing's headquarters was in the Sohu Building. Ziweixing and Sohu were neighbors upstairs and downstairs. Zhang Chaoyang and Zhou Buqi also established a good personal relationship.

Under this situation, the two parties reached a cooperation in the gaming field and established Changyou Company.

Then the business exploded.

After winning the agency rights of "World of Warcraft", Changyou has two top online games in China, "Dragon" and "World of Warcraft", surpassing Shanda and becoming the company with the highest revenue in the domestic online game market.

Not to mention, the multiplayer competitive game "Dota 2" has also been launched.

This is a free game that can be played online.

At first glance, there is no profitable direction.

However, in the past year, global revenue reached US$2.1 from selling skins alone, 80% of which came from overseas markets. From this business alone, the net profit reached US$150 million.

In terms of the ability to create net profits for Changyou alone, "Dota 2" is on the same level as "Dragon" and far ahead of "World of Warcraft".

It can be said that the cooperation with Zhou Buqi made Zhang Chaoyang feel that his career had reached a new level, and he had the feeling of an old man talking about being a teenager.

Not only professionally, but also psychologically.

There was a time when Zhang Chaoyang felt that his mental state was very bad, especially seeing the growth of Kuliu and Youku, as well as the rapid development of iQiyi backed by Baidu, which made people feel dizzy, as if their souls had been seriously damaged. hit.

It was different now. With Zhou Buqi's help, he felt that his soul had been repaired, he had become normal, and his mentality and character had improved.

Although Lao Zhang usually laughs and says nothing, he is actually full of gratitude to Zhou Buqi in his heart.

Now that I heard that Changyou was in a life-and-death crisis, he felt uneasy and tense.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Do you know the management method that Wang Fang has implemented within Changyou?"

"This..." Zhang Chaoyang felt a little embarrassed, "The specific situation needs to be investigated."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "You are the chairman, and you don't even know?"

Zhang Chaoyang was a little impatient, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhou Buqi said: "That king is promoting the Indian Taiyi religion within Changyou. He also evaluates employees' understanding of the teachings and links it to performance KPIs. Do you think this is nonsense?"

"Ah?" Zhang Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, "Is there still such a thing?"

Zhou Buqi was convinced and said speechlessly: "Old Zhang, you, the chairman, are not doing your job too well? You don't even know that such a big thing happened in the company? If Wang Fang continues to do this, Changyou will collapse. Yes! I designed such a complete set of global development paths for Changyou, but in the end, I was messed with at the execution level. Isn’t this nonsense?”

Zhang Chaoyang said easily: "It's not that serious. I'll tell him later that religious brainwashing is not allowed. I guess he has good intentions. Once the brainwashing is successful, employees will have a higher sense of loyalty to the company." and a sense of dedication. When the time comes, even if you give a lower salary and bear higher targets..."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense! Today's young people are not fools. They have received higher education and experienced modern civilization. If you want to brainwash them, they will laugh at you behind your back. Business is business, and commerce is Business, don’t engage in those messy things. No country that combines religion and politics has developed a higher civilization. This is the most typical example!"

Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile: "How can it be so serious? Don't blame me."

Zhou Buqi said: "Who is taking the blame? I'm talking about history. After Rome, Europe began to separate church and state. Only in this way can we move towards a modern sovereign system and create greater productivity. Chinese civilization For thousands of years, especially since the Han Dynasty, the unity of religion and government has been pursued. Confucianism is the imperial court, and the imperial court is Confucianism. This is the fundamental reason for the backwardness of the Chinese nation in modern times. The integration of religion and government will facilitate the management of rulers, but it will Suppressing the creativity and productivity of the entire society. What do you think reform and opening up really changed? What Wang Fang is doing in Changyou is the integration of education and government. Once he succeeds, it will only strengthen his influence within Changyou. Domination will make the entire company become rigid, innovation will stagnate, and work efficiency will drop significantly."

Zhang Chaoyang was silent for a long time, and then said in a serious tone: "Okay, I'll talk to him and let him change it."

"no!"

Zhou Buqi rejected this plan.

"Huh?" Zhang Chaoyang raised his eyebrows, "Then what should we do?"

Zhou Buqi said: "You must be fired!"

"Ah?" Zhang Chaoyang was stunned, "Isn't it necessary?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It's very necessary. I've heard about it. Changyou's internal team had been split before, and a "Genghis Khan" was created to compete with "Dragon Movie"."

Zhang Chaoyang knew about this and said, "It's not that serious."

Zhou Buqi said: "The Deer and the Cauldron, which he was solely responsible for the development of, failed."

"This is normal."

Zhang Chaoyang didn't think this was such a serious matter.

Zhou Buqi said: "The team has conflicts and splits, the project fails... these are nothing. However, we have to see the logic behind it, which is the change in Wang Fang's mentality. Under the continuous setbacks, what he thinks is not We want to rebuild the team's confidence through innovation and success, but we want to use religion to strengthen the company's control over people's hearts. This is a matter of character and personal quality. This person is not worthy of being CEO and must be removed!"

Zhang Chaoyang remained silent.

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "And you, the chairman, are so irresponsible. I think you can step down. I will be the chairman."

Zhang Chaoyang laughed loudly, "What a great Zhou Buqi. So you are waiting for me here. So you want to seize the class and seize power?"

Zhou Buqi sighed, "Lao Zhang, I'm not kidding you. Changyou is in a serious crisis now. I even heard that Wang Fang was dividing the country internally by region and only sent his fellow villagers to important leadership positions. . My college classmate... Yan Xinlei, you know, right? He is definitely a gaming talent, but he was assigned to work on board and card games and was not allowed to develop online games at all. "

Zhang Chaoyang said in a serious tone: "This is not a trivial matter. I will investigate it later."

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, check it out and think about it carefully. Wang Fang can't stay, and his fellow villagers, it's best to clear them out without leaving any trace, and still have a bright and prosperous world. With them here, you can swim freely. The future may be full of crises."

Zhang Chaoyang said in a deep voice: "Even if we have to be fired, it is not possible at this time. Changyou will be listed soon. At this time, large-scale management changes will cause panic in the capital market."

This is indeed a suitable reason. Zhou Buqi asked: "Are you in New York?"

"right."

"Come back for Spring Festival?"

"Go back!"

"Okay, let's have a good chat about this when you come back from the Spring Festival. The IPO is imminent, and it's really not advisable for senior executives to make a big move. You keep quiet for now, and check this matter silently first, and see what I say. right."

Zhou Buqi is more experienced in this kind of thing.

The listing of Taizun Real Estate cannot be affected by the divorce of Shi's father-in-law.

He is going to the Hong Kong government soon to attend the IPO ceremony of Tai Zun Real Estate and ring the bell.

In fact, it is to support Taizun Real Estate.

The capital forces in the Hong Kong government looked at it and thought, oh! It turns out that Mr. Zhou Buqi, the richest man in China, is an important shareholder of Tai Zun Real Estate. If you can’t trust the Shi family, how can you still not trust Boss Zhou?

Then, capital institutions and stock investors will enthusiastically snap up shares of Taizun Real Estate.

This can push Taizun Real Estate to a higher market value.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Buqi would not participate in such things. He did not go when Youku went public. But this time is different. This is my father-in-law's business. He has to stand up for his family, so he has to go even if he doesn't want to go.

Once this matter is settled, the Shi family's divorce dispute can come to an end, and the family's internal conflicts can be resolved.