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After Larry Page took office as the CEO of Google, there was a great foundation for the easing of the relationship between Ziweixing and Google. For several days, the two parties sent seven or eight emails in a row.

Zhou Buqi is not in a hurry at all.

Larry Page is different. When he first took office, he always had to make some achievements first. In addition to leading Google into the social field, he also wants to maintain the basic base of search.

Now, there is only one biggest competitor to Google search in the global market, and that is Microsoft's Bing.

With its deep pockets and simple and crude Internet style, Microsoft has reached agreements with a number of websites such as Yahoo, AOL, and Amazon, and Bing will become the default search engine for these websites.

What's more, Microsoft found Ziweixing on the mobile side!

After spending huge sums of money to acquire the offline promotion channel for the "Instructions" project, Google felt a huge crisis.

After Larry Page came to power, the first thing he had to do was resolve this matter.

He made two demands:

First, Google should become the default recommended search engine for "Instructions".

Second, it must be exclusive!

In other words, there can only be one search platform on the "Instructions", and that is Google. In the future, advertising for Microsoft will no longer be allowed! Isn’t it just giving money? These are all trivial matters!

Because the "Instructions" also included two free ads for two products, Google Chrome and YouTube, Larry Page was very angry and said that in the next issue of "Instructions" cooperation, Google would directly bid US$100 million. !

Zhou Buqi only gave an ambiguous response.

Larry Page is very anxious here. He is not a pure manager, but a man with a strong sense of science and technology who has idealism and wants to change the world.

He really has no interest in engaging in some conspiratorial business operations with Zhou Buqi, which has no meaning in changing the world.

Resolve conflicts and resolve disputes quickly.

Then both parties join forces and work toward a common goal.

So Larry Page invited Zhou Buqi to meet privately, hoping to have a good talk about Google, Ziweixing, and related cooperation with Asda.

Zhou Buqi agreed and said he would go to the United States next month.

Next month, Changyou will be launched in the United States, and Zhou Buqi must be there to ring the bell. This time he had already thought about it. He wanted to take down Zhang Chaoyang and Wang Fang together, and then take office himself as the chairman of Changyou.

Lao Zhang seemed to be very anxious. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, he took a private plane directly to Spring City.

Zhou Buqi called Shi Jinglin, and the couple went to greet her together.

It is inconvenient to go home.

Go directly to Nanhu Hotel.

"You two..." Zhang Chaoyang looked at the way they were holding hands without hesitation, and had some guesses, "Are you dating?"

Zhou Buqi said: "She is my wife."

Zhang Chaoyang was surprised and opened his eyes wide, "Your wife? No... no..."

Lao Zhang actually knows something.

However, this scene is shocking. Isn't this guy's wife the very mature Wen Zhixia who looks like a royal sister? Why did she become Miss Shi?

Zhou Buqi said frankly: "I divorced Wen Zhixia and married her last year."

"you……"

Zhang Chaoyang looked at him blankly, speechless.

Bastard!

What a scumbag!

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Okay, I'm not interested in discussing my personal affairs with you. How is Changyou over there? Have you investigated clearly?"

Zhang Chaoyang straightened his expression, nodded and said: "Well, the investigation is almost done."

Zhou Buqi was very concerned, "How is it? Is it the same as what I told you?"

Zhang Chaoyang was silent for a moment, and then sighed, "It's more serious than you said."

"Ahem..."

Zhou Buqi really didn't know what to say.

Zhang Chaoyang said: "After the team split, some people left Changyou to work alone and developed a new game "Genghis Khan"..."

"I know that."

"Well, because of this incident, Wang Fang was hit hard. He became suspicious internally and ordered to strengthen the monitoring of the R\u0026D department. The permissions of the internal and external networks were reduced, the chassis was locked, the company was covered with cameras, and thousands of development teams Only a few computers in the department have USB ports installed, blocking any possibility of taking material away from the company.”

"pass!"

Zhou Buqi shook his head.

The company and its employees are in a mutually reinforcing relationship. The best companies must find ways to inspire employees' sense of ownership and make employees treat the company as their own home.

If the company guards its employees like thieves, how can employees feel a sense of belonging? Even if we shout slogans such as "Everything for employees" and "Employees first" every day, it can only be a mere formality.

If a company does not trust its employees, the result will inevitably be reverse elimination. All the outstanding employees will leave, leaving only a bunch of people who are just dawdling around and wasting time.

In his previous life, Zhou Buqi had little contact with the company Changyou. He didn't know much about the specifics. He only knew that the company was once popular all over the country, but soon fell out of business.

Now the ill has been found.

It’s this messy mess that CEO Wang put in place in the company.

Zhang Chaoyang continued: "The real leader of "Dragon Babu" is Shang Jin, and Wang Fang did not participate in the development of the game. He could not tolerate such rumors. He turned down countless management jobs and personally devoted himself to the development of "The Deer and the Cauldron" Research and development. He wanted to achieve good results and even recreate the Miracle of Tianlong to make the most powerful response to the harsh noise and betrayers in the company. Unexpectedly, the game failed, leaving him in an even worse quagmire. "

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "This is not a reason! Who has never failed? The key is still a matter of character and mentality."

Zhang Chaoyang nodded. After some investigation, he basically agreed with Boss Zhou's opinion. It was necessary to fire this Wang Fang. He said with hatred: "After the failure of "The Deer and the Cauldron", he He’s a bit... crazy. In addition to bringing in Taiyi Cult to strengthen employee management, he also focuses on promoting female employees.”

Shi Jinglin was fascinated by what she heard and felt that the world was so vast and full of wonders. She didn’t expect that Internet companies also had this kind of brainwashing management method similar to MLM companies. “Promoting female employees? This should be a good thing, right? In many aspects, women are no better than men. Poor, especially in online games. If there are enough female players, more male players can be attracted to join, which can better stimulate showing off, showing off wealth, and emotions between men and women."

Zhang Chaoyang said amusedly: "Miss Shi is an experienced gamer?"

Shi Jinglin shook her head gently and said with a smile: "I don't play games, but Wu... I have a very good friend who often plays online games. I think you can also get married in online games. This kind of design can attract many people." Players who are unsatisfied in real society seek satisfaction in the game world."

Zhang Chaoyang gave a thumbs up, "Awesome, you can express the essence of online games in just one sentence!"

Shi Jinglin pulled her hair around her ears and smiled sweetly, "Mr. Zhang, please don't put a high hat on me. It's time for my husband to criticize me for being ignorant when he comes home."

"Um?"

Zhang Chaoyang was startled for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Zhou Buqi feels so happy!

Sure enough, it’s baby Linlin!

You are so majestic at home, fearless of heaven and earth, and you are so proud when you go out!

I loved her so much last night!

Zhang Chaoyang continued: "Promoting female employees is indeed a good thing for some game designers. The proportion of female employees in game companies is originally much higher than that of ordinary Internet companies. But this Wang Fang is different. He vigorously promotes female senior executives. Because he no longer trusts male executives, and female employees rarely have ambitions and will be more loyal and supportive of him. After the failure of "The Deer and the Cauldron", the positions of executives above the director level were changed in 6 places, and 3 were fired. Three people changed jobs and left. The six new people who came here are all women."

Shi Jinglin frowned slightly.

This is obviously going to an extreme and is definitely a sign of madness.

Zhou Buqi said simply: "Okay, now everyone knows about Changyou, how to solve it? No matter what, Wang Fang must not be allowed to stay! I can't let him ruin the globalization I have worked so hard to build. Game industry layout.”

Zhang Chaoyang said: "In more than a month, Changyou will be launched on the market."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "What do you want?"

Zhang Chaoyang asked instead: "Do you have a suitable candidate to take over Changyou's business? How about letting the current president take over as CEO..."

"No!" Zhou Buqi decisively rejected the plan. "The current team is useless and has been polluted. Changyou's senior management must undergo a major change."

Seeing that his idea was so upright, Zhang Chaoyang didn't have much to say. He was in the wrong in handling this matter. As the chairman, he completely ignored the establishment of the company's internal rules and regulations. "What should I do if I go public?"

"This is indeed a nuisance."

Zhou Buqi has a bit of a headache.

Changyou is now a big company, and its market value after listing will exceed US$20 billion, which is almost one-third as much as Activision Blizzard. It will not be easy for such a large company to go public, but it is not as simple as Taizun Real Estate.

Roadshows are an essential step.

When a company like Tai Zun Real Estate goes public, it doesn't actually require any roadshows. It's enough to go to the Hong Kong government to hold a few more receptions, build good relationships with local business leaders and financiers, and notify them.

Tai Zun Real Estate is very small, with financing of less than HK$3 billion.

The financing scale is not large, and a direct IPO can be easily completed.

This is not possible for large companies like Changyou, which can raise US$3 billion in financing.

With such a large amount of funds, it would be too difficult to directly conduct an IPO and raise funds in the secondary market. This requires a road show. The so-called road show is a means of publicity and attracting investment partners.

Normal listing financing is to sell the stocks to investment banks at the issue price, and then the investment banks sell them to the secondary market. Once the financing scale is too large, such as Changyou's US$3 billion, investment banks will pour the stocks into the secondary market... Then it will be over, and the stock price will collapse directly.

Therefore, other financial institutions need to cooperate with investment banks when issuing stocks. Investment banks will only take a part, for example, only stocks worth US$1 billion, and the remaining US$2 billion will be distributed to giant financial institutions such as pension funds, state funds, large private equity institutions, and insurance companies to take over.

In this way, a very large-scale IPO can be successfully completed.

Changyou's listing is not a super large-scale one, but it can be considered large-scale.

The road show is over.

It costs a lot.

At this time, we really can’t delay Changyou’s listing due to some internal matters, otherwise all the early work will be in vain.

No matter what, let’s go on the market first!