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It's still some time before Changyou goes on the market, but Zhou Buqi has been staying on the east coast, mainly doing three things.

First, pay close attention to the listing process of Changyou and deal with it quickly if any situation arises. Lao Zhang felt that it was not reliable. For this reason, he specially sent the CFO of Ziweixing Global to New York. On the one hand, we are focusing on the business integration of the distribution division and EMI music distribution business, and on the other hand, we are making emergency preparations.

Second, when dealing with the New York City and New York State Legislatures, you need to participate in some entertainment and engage in lobbying activities, such as participating in charity events organized by some congressmen to help the congressmen earn some fame and political assets in exchange.

It is different from the domestic forms of socializing, but in essence they are similar. Everyone is seeking private interests, and the process of socializing is to find a solution that can satisfy the common private interests of both parties.

Third, take a walk around the universities on the East Coast, go to New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, contact the game centers in these universities, and run Changyou to cooperate with them on some projects.

In fact, it is a marketing campaign for campus recruitment, telling computer science college students on the east coast that they don’t have to look far away to the west coast when looking for jobs in the future. In the future, the best jobs will also be available here on the East Coast.

In addition, a fourth thing happened.

Lu Qi and Alex Jones came here specifically from Silicon Valley and suggested that Zhou Buqi pay close attention.

"Silicon Valley giants have not yet paid attention to New York's technology market. If Ziweixing wants to expand into New York, it must make the most of this preemptive advantage!"

When Lu Qi traveled all the way to New York to meet with Boss Zhou, it was often not about business matters, but about strategic arrangements.

At this time, Zhou Buqi had just come out of HBO's headquarters with Joshua Carey, the president of Ziweixing's global distribution business department. They had finalized some distribution plans for "Game of Thrones" and discussed the future cooperation between the two parties in making American TV series. possibility.

This is the plan proposed by Zhou Buqi.

The adaptation project he proposed was from a domestic science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem".

In a French restaurant on Fifth Avenue, Zhou Buqi met Lu Qi and Jones and supported this suggestion, "Yes, Ziweixing International should be the first technology giant to set up in New York, including the following ones." Changyou, Ziweixing Digital Media and Spotify, such huge resources must be fully utilized."

Lu Qi said with a smile: "Although the technology industry in New York is not as developed as the West Coast, it is not too bad. In New York... it is probably the seventh or eighth industry."

Zhou Buqi saw Alex Jones next to him and immediately understood what he meant.

Jones is the chief investment officer of Ziweixing International, mainly in charge of investment business.

Investment is also divided into financial equity investment and strategic equity investment.

Financial equity investment, such as Ziweixing International's investment in Tesla, is cross-industry and has no impact or complementarity at the business level. It is purely an investment to make money.

Strategic equity investment is of greater significance. It focuses on Ziweixing International's own business and invests in some technology companies that may be of great help to its own development and business growth. Not only to make money, but also to strengthen your business moat.

Lu Qi brought Jones to New York. It seemed that he wanted to take advantage of the current advantage to take over New York's technology industry!

Zhou Buqi followed this idea and said in a clear mood, "Well, there are many good Internet startup projects in New York?"

Jones said with a smile: "There are not as many as in the west, but there are some very good projects. Although the cost of living in New York is higher than in the west, the cost of starting a business is lower."

Lu Ji added: "The main reason is that employees' salary levels are not that high. Salaries in Silicon Valley are too high, too high. Many traditional IT industries that have seen a sharp decline in profitability are reducing the proportion of Silicon Valley business. HP, Dell They are all moving their R\u0026D centers away from Silicon Valley, and Lenovo closed its studios in Silicon Valley many years ago.”

Zhou Buqi knew this very well. He had met Yang Yuanqing a few days ago.

After Lenovo acquired IBM's PC business unit that year, it set up its headquarters in New York. At that time, the business suffered serious losses, and Mr. Liu immediately closed the expensive Silicon Valley R\u0026D center and established an R\u0026D headquarters in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. Just by moving, it solved the business problems that IBM had been unable to solve for four or five years, and quickly turned losses into profits.

To say that IBM is really miserable, it is a little behind the times in all aspects. Under the impact of the Internet, life for this traditional IT giant will only become increasingly difficult.

In the domestic market, Zhou Buqi’s incident with Suning.com suppressed its momentum; in the European market, the acquisition of Lufthansa’s IT infrastructure department also failed; the U.S. market is also in a miserable state, and was recently fined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. $10 million.

Because it was verified that in the past ten years, IBM had given money to officials in China and South Korea many times in order to expand its market, and then discovered something was wrong during the financial review. After an investigation, the evidence was conclusive, and the business ethics was greatly questioned. The stock price was at This year it has fallen by 25%.

Lu Qidao: "The competitive pressure here in New York is low, and there are not many entrepreneurial projects. If we work hard, we can make this place monolithic before technology giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft set up in New York."

"Monolithic?"

Zhou Buqi is a little funny.

Lu Qidao: "The biggest asset of a technology company is its talent asset. For some technology talents who have started a family, they have stable families on the West Coast. It is impossible for them to abandon their homes and careers to come to the East Coast to work. So we can judge "There are mainly two types of future Internet talents on the East Coast. One is those who have started a family and started a business on the East Coast, and the other is young people who have graduated from universities on the East Coast."

Zhou Buqi deeply agrees and feels that such an analysis is more reliable. "The salary of technology practitioners on the West Coast is higher than that on the East Coast. It is conceivable that college students on the West Coast will be more willing to stay and work in the West after graduation. Only in the East Only college students who are in college will look for jobs in the east because they are used to the living habits in the east."

(The west side is mainly Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Seattle, and the east side is mainly New York, Boston, and Miami)

Lu Qi said: "Yes, so we only need to lock in these two types of people, which is equivalent to locking in future talent assets!"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Where's the strategy?"

Lu Qidao: "What we do is the Internet, so we only need to pay attention to the direction of the Internet. There are many excellent Internet start-up companies in New York, and we must start the layout as soon as possible. After mastering this group of young people starting businesses in New York, It is equivalent to having mature technology industry talents who will start families and start businesses in New York in the future.”

"Well, what then?"

"Next, we will focus on these universities on the east coast, such as MIT, New York University, Pennsylvania, Harvard, Princeton... In the past, after graduating from these universities, computer talents would go to the west to find jobs. If the east can provide suitable candidates I believe that for these young people who have lived in the east for four years, the east will be no less attractive than the west."

"What a coincidence, I've been busy with this matter these past few days." Zhou Buqi smiled, "Changyou has reached some agreements with New York University, MIT, and the Pennsylvania Game Center, and we will cooperate and jointly operate some projects."

Probably Changyou paid to let college students in these universities find projects and design games.

After success, Changyou, the school and the design team will share the copyright of the game in a ratio of 4:3:3. This is a very mature model. Ziweixing has been launched at Tsinghua University, Peking University in China and Oxford and Cambridge in London for more than two years.

Lu Qi said: "It is not enough to just enjoy the game. We must cooperate in the name of Ziweixing International. Universities such as the University of Southern California and Stanford on the West Coast have all had their resources taken away by giants such as Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple. We It’s difficult to get in. In comparison, universities here on the East Coast are more sponsored by individuals and large foundations, which is an untapped campus market.”

Jones added next to him: "The main purpose of deploying the campus market is to deploy talents. When fresh graduates are looking for jobs, they prefer to join companies where they have had cooperation opportunities during college. This is a common sense of identity for both parties..."

Lu Qi interrupted him with a smile, "Don't you know about the campus network? Zhou is an expert in laying out the campus market. We don't need to explain it too much."

Zhou Buqi was not modest, and said calmly: "The more important thing about laying out the campus market is to find geniuses. Through cooperation on some campus projects, we can find those technological geniuses, so that we can be ahead of our peers, discover and cultivate them in advance, and help them solve problems." Some troubles in life and studies have led to the establishment of emotional relationships that transcend workplace relationships.”

Jones took a deep breath and said, "That's right!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Although the technology industry is a highly educated industry and a talent-intensive industry. But even so, the vast majority of people can only play the role of screws. Only the talents among talents, only geniuses can truly Only these very few people can truly create huge value and truly play an irreplaceable role. There are too many ordinary talents, and there will only be more and more in the future, and the supply will exceed demand. Only those top geniuses , is the scarce product, and is the key to grasp firmly!”

This is just like he wants to send Sandoku to buy a team in Brazil, and he needs to go deep into the grassroots of the front line to find talents.

As the football industry becomes more modern and scientific, more and more "talented" players will appear in the future, and the overall level of football will be greatly improved.

The world is using a similar set of talent development and training methods, which will lead to a sharp reduction in the uneven football standards between countries in the past few decades.

Even Asian football, which is lagging behind, seems to be qualified to compete with top teams.

Because the football industry has been highly developed, there are more and more talents, and it is becoming more and more popular.

The key to truly deciding the outcome of a game and who is a strong team and who is a weak team must be a "genius" player. Genius is the key to standing out from the industry!

For example, Argentina’s Messi, Croatia’s Modric, France’s Mbappe, and Brazil’s Neymar.

If there is a lack of similar talented players, even the traditional top teams such as Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands will suffer frequent upsets.

When mediocrity abounds, look for talent. When talents are everywhere, only by possessing genius can you stand out.

This is true for football and the same is true for the Internet.

Technological talents from all over the world are running to the United States, and the most important thing here is talent. The same is true in China. With the popularization of nine-year compulsory obligation and the advent of computer fever, computer talents will appear in droves.

How can we ensure that Ziweixing and Ziweixing International remain invincible in the fierce competition?

Looking for genius!

Just like when Zhou Buqi launched the "Ten School Entrepreneurship Alliance", he had to go deep into the campus and go directly to the campus market to dig out the best seeds. Geniuses don't grow overnight, and awesome people start being awesome at a very young age.

The best people on the university campus...are not those who have excellent academic performance, nor how they influence everything in the student union, but those who truly excel in practice, and they will also excel in society.

Universities are the youth training bases in football.

When the players grow up, they will become a hot commodity. All teams will grab them, and the chance of falling into their own hands is very small. If you want to ensure that you get it, you have to start early, find the talent during youth training, and then focus on cultivating it to form an emotional bond.

Going to Brazil to buy a team and setting up a university campus, the underlying logic is very unified.