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Tomorrow, Zhou Buqi is going to Los Angeles.

Syfy TV is headquartered in New York.

But the production department of the program is usually in Los Angeles.

I want to go there with my sister to have a look.

After Baoshan gave birth to her child, her body had not yet recovered and she was still a little chubby, so she was reluctant to go out.

Ning Yaxian arranged the whole process.

However, that was not what she came to the study to talk about this time.

Ning Yaxian said softly: "You have to decide something."

"What's up?"

"It's about spending money."

"What decision do I have on this?" Zhou Buqi was very unconcerned, "You can just decide for yourself."

The Zhou family has a family committee.

General housekeeping matters are finalized by this committee.

For example, when it comes to household expenses, everyone communicates with each other and it is basically passed. After all, the family is not short of money, so who wants to spend money... As long as the reason is not too outrageous and no one will object, any amount of money is fine.

Ning Yaxian said: "This time is different."

Zhou Buqi glanced at her, "Why is it different?"

Ning Yaxian chuckled and said, "Wu Yu wants to apply for a budget of US$200 million."

"Ahem..." Zhou Buqi twitched his lips, "200 million US dollars?"

This number is quite large.

It's not that the Zhou family is short of money, it's actually that Ali recently wanted to buy back shares from Yahoo. If 20% of the shares are taken back, Boss Ma will absorb 10%, and Zhou Buqi will absorb 10%.

The total transaction value is approximately US$7.5 billion.

Zhou Buqi got 10% of Alibaba's shares, which is 3.7 billion to 3.8 billion US dollars.

With such a large amount of money, the financial pressure on the family is a bit great.

Senior Sister Zhen Yu is currently selling her Google stocks to cash out the repayment to complete this transaction. Wu Yu has to apply for a family budget of US$200 million at one time, which is indeed a huge expense.

Ning Yaxian pursed her lips and said, "She has become obsessed with art recently."

Zhou Buqi suddenly understood and said, "She wants to collect art?"

Ning Yaxian nodded gently, "Yes."

"No wonder it costs so much."

Zhou Buqi found it a bit funny.

This Senior Sister Wu has such a wide range of interests.

At the beginning, I was obsessed with sports cars and luxury goods, then I fell in love with all kinds of jade, and then I studied red wine... This time it changed again, and I started to be obsessed with art again.

This hobby is really becoming more and more elegant.

Ning Yaxian chuckled and said: "Didn't she make blind boxes with Yameng? They are always together. When Yameng is free, she always likes to visit museums, art exhibitions, art centers and other places. Over time , she has also developed an interest in art, and said that she wants to collect as much of our country’s antiques that have been lost overseas. If they are left with foreigners, they will be a waste.”

"It's not a bad thing." Zhou Buqi smiled, and then he was a little surprised, "Didn't it pass the family committee?"

Ning Yaxian said: "Well, it didn't pass. The family's cash flow is a bit tight now. Except for Shi Jinglin, everyone else disagrees. I think she is very unhappy. Come and tell you, why don't you get it for her first? 20 million US dollars to test the waters first?”

Zhou Buqi said: "What is this? There is no money at home. This is my responsibility...I will take care of the money. I will give her as much as she wants. Collecting art is always a good thing. I also think It’s really bad that all the antiques and antiques in our country are hidden in the hands of foreigners. However, the threshold for collecting art is very high. You need to hire more reliable consultants, unlike when you were playing with jade in the past. If you don’t understand, just buy them randomly, and all you buy are fakes.”

Ning Yaxian rolled her eyes at him and said angrily: "Zhen Yu said that there is a lack of money in the account."

"Yeah." Zhou Buqi nodded, and then he seemed to have come to his senses. He couldn't laugh or cry, "Are you guys working together to deceive me?"

Ning Yaxian couldn't help laughing, "Where is that?"

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "Really? I just remembered that Senior Sister Wu Yu told me in the morning that Senior Sister Zhen Yu has a big belly and will give birth in more than a month. Don't let her be too busy. In the evening You just put on this play for me?"

Ning Yaxian couldn't laugh or cry, "It's really not true, you are the only one who thinks too much."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "No matter what, what you said makes sense. I should solve the money matter, and let Senior Sister Zhen Yu have a good rest. I will go and get this done tomorrow!"

The next morning, he postponed his trip to Los Angeles.

I went to Facebook first.

With Helo launching the friend circle function, Ziweixing International and Facebook are really going to compete head-on. In this process, Zuckerberg was a little embarrassed.

Because Ziweixing International still holds 3.5% of its company's shares, Zhou Buqi even personally holds 1.4% of the shares.

The existence of these shares really puts Zuckerberg on pins and needles.

I have sent many emails to further resolve the issue of these shares.

These stocks are original stocks and cannot be sold in the secondary market.

But it can be transferred in the primary market.

Zhou Buqi met Zuckerberg, and the two avoided talking about the competition between the companies. After all, the two sides had had a honeymoon period of friendly cooperation.

Zuckerberg even learned Chinese.

Zhou Buqi told him unmistakably that he was willing to sell his 1.4% stake to him at yesterday's closing price of Facebook's stock, a total of US$1.52 billion, and the transaction was required to be completed within three weeks.

Zuckerberg certainly can't afford that much money.

But he can find a private equity institution to help take over the deal, just like Boss Ma wants to buy back Alibaba's shares and looks for someone to help take over the deal.

The two sides hit it off immediately.

The matter is settled.

It didn't take even a minute.

Next, Zuckerberg talked about another thing, "Facebook wants to enter the mainland market. Can you help?"

Zhou Buqi told him decisively, "Don't even think about it!"

"Can't you?"

Zuckerberg was unwilling to give in.

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "There are some things that you may not know much about. If it were five years ago, if you had operated a little and imposed certain restrictions on Facebook China, there would have been a chance."

Zuckerberg frowned, "Not now?"

"It really doesn't work. If you don't believe it, just try it."

Zhou Buqi is really not worried that Facebook’s entry into the mainland market will have an impact on Ziweixing’s domestic social business. With Facebook's level, when they came to China... even if they could compete openly and openly, they couldn't do it at all. The competitive environment in the domestic Internet industry is complex and far more severe than that in the international market.

Zuckerberg said: "If this is the case, then Facebook will probably no longer provide opportunities for cooperation and communication to the Friends Network."

Only then did Zhou Buqi realize that this was the key point.

Prior to this, Friends.com and Facebook had close cooperation. Every year, Friends.com would send some people to Facebook for business exchange visits.

Even the Friends Network open platform was the original version taken from Facebook.

Not anymore.

Helo has launched a circle of friends.

Once the shares are cleared, some cooperation should be terminated. It is really time to break up.