Zhou Buqi stayed in Japan for two more days.

"The Voice Japan" will be broadcast after New Year's Day. Currently, promotional advertisements have been placed on many platforms such as newspapers, TV, magazines, and the Internet.

Zhou Buqi went to TV Asahi. With the cooperation of Dongbao, Aihui and Jieyu Media, this program is being actively promoted and final preparations are being made.

However, this is just a small thing.

The opponent's level is a bit too low.

Even though Zhou Buqi is very friendly, his identity is there. No matter where he goes, as soon as he appears, everyone present will stand up and rush over to shake his warm hand.

In comparison, the communication with Son Zhengyi is more equal.

Masayoshi Son has been living a good life recently. In addition to receiving a large amount of money from the wealthy people in the Middle East, SoftBank's operator business is booming. This move of betting on the iPhone was the right one.

Once, Vodafone was almost unable to survive in Japan. It was acquired by SoftBank and reorganized into SoftBank's operator business. Relying on his understanding of smartphones, he took the lead and finally achieved unexpected results.

This time, Son Zhengyi took the initiative to invite Zhou Buqi to meet.

First, he praised the excellence of Yitong Aster mobile phone.

Well, that’s pretty good!

The sales volume has caught up to 20% of that of the iPhone!

Zhou Buqi thinks this guy is a bit high-spirited, mainly because money is easy to come by. SoftBank's investment business can raise a new fund of US$100 billion every few years.

The financial tsunami was a disaster for small and medium-sized investment institutions, but it was an opportunity for SoftBank to get rich.

Son Zhengyi smiled and said: "Are you interested in cooperating?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Cooperation? Internet?"

Son Zhengyi said: "The pattern can be bigger."

"Depend on!"

Zhou Buqi wanted to curse.

This old boy and Boss Ma are of the same moral character.

pattern?

I, Mr. Zhou, have a pretty big structure, okay?

Son Masayoshi said: "SoftBank acquired Vodafone's business in Japan three years ago. At that time, they were already in jeopardy and could not continue. Everyone was not optimistic about SoftBank and were waiting to see my joke. Haha, as a result, we are all

I see it. iPhone is going to change Japan’s mobile phone industry.”

Zhou Buqi was very surprised, "To make a long story short."

Son Zhengyi smiled and said: "I believe success can be copied."

"Um."

Zhou Buqi nodded, knowing that this was a major secret to the other party's success. When Yahoo in the United States succeeded, he invested in a Yahoo in Japan. When Amazon in the United States succeeded, he invested in Alibaba in China.

Most of the time they are copied.

Son Masayoshi said: "SoftBank's revenue from the operator business... was about 11 times, and it took less than three years."

Zhou Buqi praised: "Well, it's great."

Son Zhengyi said: "Aren't the sales of Aster in the United States very good?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It's okay."

Son Zhengyi said: "It can be better."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly guessed what the other party wanted to do, "You want to copy SoftBank's successful case of Vodafone in Japan to the US market?"

Son Zhengyi laughed loudly, "How about you, do you want to cooperate?"

Zhou Buqi felt that he was bold enough to act recklessly, but he still did not dare to reach out to such an unfamiliar field, "I know nothing about the operator's business."

Son Zhengyi said: "Mobile phones are sold through operators. If there are controllable operator resources, the sales of Aster mobile phones will be smoother. I think the main underwriter of Aster mobile phones is T-Mobile. In fact, there are

A better choice.”

"Yeah?"

"sprint."

"oh."

Zhou Buqi doesn't know much about the situation and can't say more.

Son Zhengyi said: "T-Mobile used to be the fourth largest operator in the United States, but by selling iPhones and Aster, its performance has been rising in a straight line. Sprint is losing customers, and its stock price has fallen seriously, and it may change from third to fourth.

."

Zhou Buqi twitched his lips, "You want to annex Sprint. This case is too big. Even if the stock price drops, it is still a US$20 billion or US$30 billion telecommunications giant."

Son Zhengyi said: "Cooperation can be multi-directional."

"Yeah?"

Zhou Buqi's reaction was very bland.

Masayoshi Son said: "Vodafone will be successfully transformed by SoftBank for two main reasons. First, Yahoo Japan. Let Yahoo Japan deeply cooperate with telecom operators to provide more favorable broadband packages. Second, it is to lay out iPhones in advance.

In the case of Sprint, we can also copy it. Let Ziweixing USA cooperate with Sprint... Although Sprint has suffered a serious loss of users, it still has more than 55 million users in the United States. Cooperation between the two parties can directly provide 5,500 users for Ziweixing's US business.

Thousands of users.”

This point made Zhou Buqi very excited.

55 million users!

Americans buy their mobile phones through telecom operators, usually in bundled packages. If computer broadband and mobile phone signals are bundled together, the price will be more favorable.

If Ziweixing and Sprint have such an in-depth strategic cooperation, they can gain access to huge user resources.

Sun Zhengyi continued: "I have a good relationship with Steve Jobs, and we can make Sprint the first carrier platform for iPhone. Plus your Aster mobile phone. Currently, we have two of the most popular mobile phones in the world. Sprint will not

Is there a chance to make a comeback?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "This is not part of my plan."

He was not interested at all in this proposal.

There are probably three reasons.

First, Sprint is a telecommunications operator and is subject to strict supervision. It is too troublesome to participate.

Second, SoftBank invested in sprint...

SoftBank is very famous in China!

Investing in Alibaba is a huge success!

However, Zhou Buqi had never heard of SoftBank’s investment in Sprint. If this investment had been successful, it would have been known to the world, at least by domestic marketing accounts.

Third, and most importantly, Zhou Buqi is not a marionette. All his investments are within a very unified set of business logic.

The field of telecommunications operators is not in his business plan.

For an unfamiliar industry that is unplanned, it may require tens or tens of billions of dollars of capital, and this investment cannot be done even if it can make money.

Investing is investing in knowledge.

Make money within the scope of your knowledge.

Invest honestly in Google, invest in Apple, or develop real estate and build Ziweixing's Internet empire...these are the right principles.

Don't let this kid lead you astray.

"The field of telecom operators is too sensitive," Zhou Buqi shook his head with a serious expression, "I don't think this is a good investment direction."

Son Zhengyi smiled and said, "You are worrying too much."

Zhou Buqi said: "Even if you can lobby for it, the profit prospects of this investment... Indeed, some successes can be indebted. But most successes cannot be replicated. Especially this industry is asset-heavy and the expenses are too high.

."

"Didn't you get some money?"

"Um?"

"Neptune Capital? Pluto Capital?"

"Depend on!"

Zhou Buqi's eyes were complicated. This old boy knew quite a lot.

"You have raised so much money, you have to invest it, right?" Sun Zhengyi was very surprised, and he pretended to be well-intentioned, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand investment, I can take you."

Zhou Buqi felt that he was despised and was very speechless, "Thank you! No need!"

Son was puzzled, "Then what do you want to invest in?"

Zhou Buqi would not tell him his impeccable and brilliant investment strategy, but said with a smile: "You can invest in the entertainment industry!"

"Entertainment industry?"
To be continued...