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Next, head north.

This is much simpler and easier.

It may be difficult to acquire a technology company in Silicon Valley. You may encounter competition from other technology giants, maybe the entrepreneurial team is not short of money, maybe the ambition is too high and the price is too high... It is different when you go to Vancouver. Companies like Shopify are almost useless in front of technology giants like Ziweixing International. No bargaining power.

With the current level of chaos in the cross-border e-commerce industry, no one can say whether this market will be wiped out overnight.

For such small companies, the ability to resist risks is really weak.

If a giant is willing to take over, it is a rare opportunity.

After Zhou Buqi made his appearance, he quickly withdrew.

The Internet industry in Vancouver is not very good, but the game industry is very strong. Many game giants...such as EA, take-two, Capcom, Microsoft, Blizzard, etc., all have important business departments here.

Mainly, this is the place with the lowest tax rate in the gaming industry in North America.

When taxes are low, related industries will develop more easily.

In many developed countries, the gaming industry is relatively strong, and the logic behind it is similar to the fact that the luxury goods industry in many developed countries is relatively strong.

Gaming is a creative industry.

The threshold is not that high.

For example, in Vancouver, wherever tax rates are low, game companies have sprung up here. Then, these game companies recruit local workers, which is enough to start business.

Speaking of creativity, how different is the creativity of a Vancouverite from that of a New Yorker? How much difference can there be in creativity between someone who studies flower gardening and someone who studies computers?

Creativity is not about professionalism, but about inspiration. There is no hard target.

If it is in other IT industries, it is not possible. The technical threshold for hard indicators is relatively high.

Just like Shopify.

The product is just a template for a relatively low-end e-commerce website. If you want to upgrade the technology of the product and develop it in the direction of SaaS cloud, the Vancouver team alone will not be enough.

There are two ways to go.

Either go south, set up an R\u0026D center in Silicon Valley, and do your own research; or go to Ziweiyun and use the platform established by Ziweiyun and the other party's strong technical strength to help.

Not only Canada, but also Europe. The small Nordic countries, including Britain, France, Germany, South Korea, and Japan, have strong gaming industries but weak Internet industries.

Changyou has no business in Vancouver, but Changyou acquired take-two. This company has a large team in Vancouver, and several games were developed by the Vancouver team.

Zhou Buqi has never been here before, so he happened to come over this time to take a look around. As the big boss, he gave some encouragement to the employees.

It's not about making a big pie, the benefit is face.

As he had predicted before, after entering the second half of the year, signs of recovery in the gaming industry have emerged, the most obvious one being Changyou. Since July, Changyou’s share price has increased by 29%, and its market value has exceeded US$40 billion!

These take-two employees all exchanged their take-two stocks for Changyou stocks, which is equivalent to making a lot of money. Everyone was very positive and warmly welcomed Boss Zhou when he arrived.

Zhou Buqi also said that he would pay for the theater at his own expense and invite 105 employees in the studio to watch the latest Marvel blockbuster - "Spider-Man: Homecoming."

This summer, Marvel has two blockbusters released.

The first one is the big-budget "Avengers" released in May. Now the global box office has exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars, becoming the second highest box office in film history after "Titanic".

Entering July, Marvel Studios has launched another major masterpiece, the rebooted "Spider-Man".

After Zhou Buqi took back the copyright of the "Spider-Man" series from Sony through some operations, there has been no action, and the market has long been looking forward to it.

Now that The Avengers is out, Phase One is over.

In the second stage, we will start with "Spider-Man: Homecoming"!

However, competition pressure is not small.

Warners did not give in and launched "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" during this time period. The two most popular superheroes in North America, "Batman" and "Spider-Man", are going head-to-head in July this summer.

Zhou Buqi also went to watch a movie with the employees in the evening. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when he returned to the hotel. Sun Wanran and Zhang Zetian also came over.

Originally, the two of them were traveling with Ning Yaxian on a trip to Canada.

I heard that the big boss was here on a business trip, so I took the initiative to come and accompany him.

Zhou Buqi first called Kurian, "How is it? Is the attitude at Shopify okay?"

Kurian smiled and said: "No problem, I think the basic intention is very good. They said it will take three days to consider. You have come forward in person. If they refuse to sell, isn't this a direct confrontation with Ziweixing? I'm offended. Amazon has offended Ziweixing again, how can we do business in the future?"

It's somewhat threatening.

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, I think it's about the same. Once the acquisition of Shopify is completed, do you have any plans?"

Kurian said: "Further deepen the connection between Shopify and Ziweiyun, and achieve true SaaS..."

"No, no, I'm talking about e-commerce."

"Um?"

"Shopify provides website building templates for e-commerce websites. It is mainly aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises, and most of them appear in the form of independent stations. For these small websites and independent stations, what they need most is traffic. If it can be solved With good traffic, Shopify can be extremely competitive in the field of cross-border e-commerce."

"this……"

Kurian was a little confused. E-commerce was really not his area of ​​expertise. He is good at engineering, products, and technology, all areas of hard power.

E-commerce is different. The most important thing about e-commerce is the business model. To put it bluntly, it is opportunistic and routine.

In this regard, Kurian's mind seems not very flexible.

In other words, no one in the world is as flexible as the Chinese.

Zhou Buqi said slowly: "If we want to do this, the most important thing is to compete with Amazon Cloud. Amazon Cloud is backed by Amazon's e-commerce business and has a natural advantage. We do not have a self-operated e-commerce business. , it is difficult to have real influence in this field.”

Kurian asked: "Is there a good response plan?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "It's okay, don't worry, buy Shopify first. After completing this transaction, we will find ways to promote the further long-term development of Shopify. Since it competes head-on with Amazon's cross-border e-commerce business Well, why not promote the cooperation between Shopify and eBay.”

In the overseas e-commerce industry, the only one that can compete with Amazon is eBay. If you want to start Shopify's business, you really have to take advantage of eBay.

Kurian lacks knowledge of the business.

Jiang Fan was pushed out at the right time.