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With Zhou Buqi's current status in the industry, if he wants to intervene in this matter and rectify the chaos in the mobile phone evaluation software industry, it can be said to be easy.

He doesn't even need to make a big move.

With a few words, those companies that make evaluation software will sink into the water. The bold ones will do it secretly, and the timid ones may directly transform or go bankrupt. This is not a matter of whether the entrepreneurial team dares to offend Boss Zhou, but the investors behind him must not dare to confront him.

There is a very significant difference between domestic capital and European and American capital.

In overseas markets, capital has great power and can affect all aspects of society. When capital comes, all parties must be careful to make way for capital, which has power beyond the market.

It's different in China.

If it is fair market competition, there is no difference between domestic and foreign capital, and the power of capital can be demonstrated, and the ability is very strong. Once it encounters factors outside the market, capital has no power to resist and immediately kneels down and surrenders.

Behind these evaluation software are domestic capital.

No one dares to challenge Boss Zhou for these capitals.

They have no chance of fair competition in the market; if it is something outside the market, they have no qualifications to fight with Boss Zhou. Evaluation software is originally a gray industry, so it can be banned if it is banned.

But Zhou Buqi didn't want to do that.

The biggest feature of the domestic business world is flexibility and adaptability.

This is very different from those foreigners.

This flexibility and adaptability actually has obvious shortcomings, and it is defective in the pursuit of excellence. Many high-tech or meticulous engineering cannot be flexible, that is, you have to be determined to break through, and you have to have a bit of a stubborn and reckless spirit.

The benefits are also obvious.

It can adapt to a more complex and more changing market environment.

In the smartphone market, in addition to domestic mobile phone manufacturers, there are also two giants, Apple and Samsung. The competition between domestic mobile phones is all internal fighting. Whoever wins or loses, China wins. The core competition point is actually against foreign enemies, and it is the confrontation with Apple and Samsung.

Mobile phone evaluation is actually a very effective confrontation strategy.

Among domestic mobile phone manufacturers, some people like Lao Luo may disdain mobile phone reviews, or even openly confront them. However, with the development of the market, the strategies of mobile phone manufacturers will become more flexible, and they will all move closer to mobile phone reviews.

Once they all move closer, everyone will play the review routine, and the competition between domestic mobile phone manufacturers will be fair.

The unfair party is Apple and Samsung.

In other words, the emergence of the mobile phone review industry may put some domestic mobile phone manufacturers in a passive situation in the early stage. But in the long run, the real damage will be Apple and Samsung. Mobile phone reviews are of course a gray area, which will lead to unfairness in the industry, but the objects of this unfairness are Apple and Samsung, and domestic mobile phone manufacturers will be in a favorable position after the survival of the fittest.

In the current Internet era, marketing has long surpassed the various theories and strategies established in the past hundred years.

Mobile phone reviews are actually an alternative marketing.

It can become a promotion advantage for domestic mobile phone manufacturers over foreign mobile phone manufacturers.

There are advantages, why give up?

Zhou Buqi has no idea of ​​intervening in this industry at this stage.

But the next day, he received a call from Tang Binchen, and he had to move to another industry.

This call came at noon domestic time.

Zhou Buqi was still having lunch with some executives of Astar because of official business.

Tang Binchen called, "There is something urgent, are you free?"

All the people present were executives of Astar, so he didn't need to be shy, Zhou Buqi said bluntly: "We are having dinner, go ahead."

Tang Binchen said: "There is a startup company called Banmi, do you know it?"

"I don't know." Zhou Buqi thought Lei Jun was doing something again, "Is it related to Xiaomi?"

Tang Binchen smiled and said: "No, it has nothing to do with Xiaomi. Banmi is an Internet company in the tourism industry. This name may also be to take advantage of Xiaomi's brand."

Zhou Buqi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Lei Jun was not making trouble , "Well, what's wrong?"

Tang Binchen sighed, "This company is a bit lawless, you have to step in and suppress it, otherwise it's easy to cause trouble."

"What's wrong?"

"They are in the tourism business, mainly overseas tourism. Recently... maybe there are too many people in China, and the number of people traveling to the United States has doubled. Wherever many tour groups pass, various shopping malls and supermarkets can be sold out."

"Well, it's a bull market, and many people have made money." Zhou Buqi smiled and expressed his understanding. "This situation will not last too long. The popularity will drop significantly in two or three years."

In fact, there are statistics.

There are more stockholders who lose money in the bull market than in the bear market.

But the bull market has a stimulating effect.

The floating profit in the account is considered to be a big profit. This kind of money picked up for free in the financial market is really too easy, and then you start to spend money lavishly. When the stock price falls, the floating profit will be lost, and in the end, you may lose everything.

Tang Binchen said, "Yes, overseas travel is so popular now. Since last year, the number of them has been so high that it's scary. No matter which country you go to, the large tour groups from China are described as a swarm of locusts. Wherever they pass, there is nothing left. Everything is sold out."

Zhou Buqi also read some news, "Well, even the toilet seats are sold out."

Tang Binchen said: "Yes, that's the case. Under this trend, a former Penguin public relations manager started a business and founded Banmi, an Internet platform company for overseas travel."

"Isn't this good?" Zhou Buqi didn't think there was any problem. "Actually, it's an entry point. Those foreign tourism products are not convenient for domestic tour groups to use."

Tang Binchen said: "If it's just overseas travel, that's actually pretty good. But just this year, Banmi has launched a new business called corporate travel."

"Company trip? Going to visit the company?"

"Well, let's visit the headquarters of some well-known large companies."

"Come to Silicon Valley?"

Zhou Buqi reacted immediately.

There are many world-class companies in the United States, but the most well-known to Chinese people are the technology giants standing on the top of the mountain.

Tang Binchen explained simply: "The tourism market in the United States is different from those in South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. To travel to the United States, you must have very good English. The threshold is much higher than that of those countries. The main groups traveling to the United States , in fact, those working in the IT industry.”

Zhou Buqi said "hmm" and said, "If these people go to the United States, the headquarters of the major technology giants in Silicon Valley will be the holy places to check in."

Tang Binchen said: "Yes, Banmi's American company escort business mainly targets technology companies in Silicon Valley."

"What's wrong with this?"

Zhou Buqi did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

Because the headquarters of many large companies are themselves tourist attractions. The concept of Silicon Valley is openness and inclusiveness. Major companies will open many scenes for tourists from all over the world to visit and take photos. This is also an important pillar of Silicon Valley's tourism industry.

In fact, it’s not just the United States.

Many major domestic technology companies are also very open. For example, the headquarters parks of Ziweixing, Alibaba, Huawei, Baidu and other companies are actually open, and outsiders can also visit them.

The headquarters of these companies are all landmarks and important projects in the local tourism industry. Their tourism revenue generation capacity is higher than that of many "charged attractions".

Just like college.

Good universities are open, there are no access restrictions, and outsiders can go. Universities like Harvard and Cambridge don’t even have gates or walls. You actually walk onto the university campus without knowing it.

Poorer universities, in order to reduce management costs and manage risks, will impose restrictions in this area. Outsiders are prohibited from entering, and even faculty, staff and students must scan their faces before entering the university campus.

In Zhou Buqi's view, it is normal for tourists to travel to the United States and check in at the headquarters of a large company in Silicon Valley.

Tang Binchen said: "Banmi's corporate tour is a collusion between internal and external parties to bring tourists inside the company."