In the next few days, Zhou Buqi was in San Francisco, paying close attention to the details of Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo.

Shen Xiangyang found his junior brother Lu Qi and had some communication.

Zhou Buqi finally learned some of the inside story.

This matter is really complicated.

Yahoo's portal model has been unable to keep up with the cutting-edge Internet trend. This is a consensus in the industry.

So in the past few years, Yahoo's turnover rate has been very high.

The top scientists and elite talents have left one after another and jumped to popular companies such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon.

The performance is difficult to maintain Wall Street's expectations, and key personnel frequently leave, which makes investors very dissatisfied with Yahoo's board of directors.

Founders Yang Zhiyuan and David Philo definitely don't want to sell.

But they no longer have much control over Yahoo, and the major shareholders are all large Wall Street funds.

A situation has now formed.

The major shareholders want to promote Yahoo's transaction and sell it to Microsoft. From a long-term perspective, they no longer recognize Yahoo's model, so they might as well sell it and make a big profit.

Management also hopes that Yahoo can merge with Microsoft.

They have had enough of Yahoo, which is half-dead and often laying off employees, and want to get close to the big tree of Microsoft and live a stable life for a few years.

The two founders strongly disagreed.

At their level, with billions of dollars worth that they will never be able to spend in a few lifetimes, the purpose of work is emotion rather than money. They believe that Microsoft's internal struggles are too fierce and incompatible with the freedom-advocating Silicon Valley culture. Microsoft's online business, I have always been defeated by Yahoo, and I am not willing to sell to them.

What should I do if I don’t want to sell?

It is necessary to obtain the consent of more investors on the board of directors to resist the will of the major shareholder Mason Fund.

Then, there were rumors that Google was interested in acquiring 20% ​​of Yahoo's shares at a high price.

The founders want to win the approval of more investors, and the method is very simple, which is to promote Yahoo's reform and create more profits. They promise that Yahoo's stock price will rise sharply in the next few years, giving them confidence.

How to operate?

First, increase income; second, reduce expenses.

In the U.S. market, there are three giants in the online advertising business, the first is Google, the second is Yahoo, and the third is Microsoft.

All three have their own online advertising platforms.

If Yahoo gave up its own advertising platform, switched to Google's camp, and used Google's advertising platform services... it would be simple.

Google has more advertisers and higher advertising unit prices.

According to calculations based on the data model, if Yahoo abandons its own advertising platform and chooses Google's platform, although it will have to share part of the advertising share with Google, the advertiser's unit price will be higher and the total revenue will be higher. Even if it is commissioned, the total revenue will be higher. It will also improve.

More importantly, if we no longer operate our own advertising platform, we can eliminate this large department as a whole and save the salary expenses of more than 400 people.

It not only increases income but also reduces expenses.

This is Yahoo's greatest confidence.

This is also the reason why Yang Zhiyuan dared to resist Microsoft's offer and persisted to the end.

When Microsoft's Ballmer heard that Yahoo had roped in its archenemy Google to "threaten" him to raise the price, he became very angry and said that he would not raise the price for the price of US$44.6 billion.

After all, judging from market feedback, the outside world is generally not optimistic about the merger of Microsoft and Yahoo.

After the news came out, Yahoo's stock price soared, while Microsoft's stock price fell sharply.

Yahoo has tens of thousands of employees. After Microsoft eats it, will it really be able to integrate it? Will it not worry about indigestion?

Zhou Buqi listened to Shen Xiangyang's report, and his heart was surging for a moment. Even if he was outside the incident, he could still feel the magnificence of the merger and acquisition of the century.

Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo are currently the three largest online business giants in the world, and they are indeed intertwined.

Microsoft and Google are mortal enemies.

Yahoo is sandwiched in the middle, pulling left and right. It's a wonderful game.

Then, Zhou Buqi asked Chen Dong beside him and said with a smile: "How is it? What do you think?"

"I..." Chen Dong was a little embarrassed and said bravely, "Um...Boss Zhou, does he really have 50 million US dollars?"

"What?"

Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment.

Chen Dongdao: "Boss Ma said that day that his service fee as a broker was US$50 million..."

Zhou Buqi almost died of anger.

However, this is not surprising.

Chen Dong's current level is still relatively low. He is just the m5 of Ziweixing. He is the vice president of Xiaonei.com and the director of on-campus group buying. He has never dealt with Boss Ma before.

Zhou Buqi calmly told him, "Lao Ma is a big liar. What he says is half-truth and half-false. Just listen with the left ear and listen with the right ear. Not only Lao Ma, there are thousands of faces of all colors in the commercial market." .You must learn to analyze and judge, listen to what others say, listen to logic and reason, not the content of the story. Being entangled in the authenticity of the content, the right and wrong of the position, the right and wrong of the point of view, it only shows that your level of thinking has not been raised yet. Come up."

Chen Dong pondered for a moment and sighed, "Yes, why bother to stick to what others say."

Zhou Buqi said: "The position of group purchasing director is very conspicuous in Ziwei Star, but in the industry, it is not enough. You have to jump out. Go to Japan to be responsible for the e-commerce business. That is opening up territory. When the time comes, , if Alibaba also goes to Japan to do e-commerce, you will be qualified to interact with Boss Ma on your own. Your butt determines your head. If you sit in that position, you will see a different world."

He attaches great importance to everyone in the Ten Schools Alliance.

Back then, he didn't easily form the Ten School Alliance with just a slap on the thigh. Instead, he conducted a large-scale social practice inspection and selected them at all levels.

To start a business, you need to have courage, courage, and determination.

what to do?

What Zhou Buqi did at that time was to instruct Liu Wenbo to take those people to skip classes every day and go to nightclubs, bars, and even sensual places to engage in "team building."

To start a business, you need to have a sharp eye for understanding people and a different understanding of values ​​from ordinary people.

What Zhou Buqi did at that time was to print a batch of photos of left-behind children and let everyone sell phone cards in the name of charity. If he were an ordinary moral gentleman, he would definitely attend class honestly and be his own good student.

But when running a business, the rules that apply are laws rather than ethics. Our Lady can only work part-time and cannot be an entrepreneur. Even Bill Gates, the world's best philanthropist, has to rely on plagiarism to make his fortune.

After selling a wave of phone cards, Zhou Buqi forced everyone to make a choice.

Should you choose to study or start a business with him?

This requires a discerning eye.

Those people at that time were all leaders in the school and well-known figures. Even a scumbag like Xu Baihui was a top student of Beiwu and had the best academic performance.

Starting a business also requires loyalty and unity.

At that time, Zhou Buqi arranged a series of off-campus entrepreneurial projects for everyone, a total of 7 major projects! There were no contractual constraints, all relied on verbal commitments. Several projects were actually completed, such as Zhen Yu’s dining table advertising project and Meng Houkun’s canteen

project, Chen Dong’s low-price book project, etc.

Sometimes I can earn hundreds of thousands a month.

Even so, no one should pursue a certain project out of conscience and regard it as their own career. They still regard themselves as a member of the entrepreneurial alliance, and all funds are given to the alliance, which became Zhou Buqi's starting capital when he first started his business.

During the process of opening the Yuanwei milk tea shop, everyone except Liu Wenbo had very clean hands and feet. In the showdown between Zhou Buqi and Liu Wenbo, everyone unanimously chose Boss Zhou...

This group of people in the Ten School Entrepreneurship Alliance all started working with Zhou Buqi when he was very poor. Everyone has passed various assessments.

Not only should we build the country together, we should also sit on the country together.

When Zhou Buqi read history, what he hated the most was killing heroes. Only the founding emperor who was a peasant would do this. At first glance, he had the mentality of a country bumpkin, a small farmer, and showed a lack of self-confidence and lack of knowledge.

The founding emperors of the Tang and Song dynasties, who came from noble families, were often able to handle the relationship between monarch and ministers well, enjoy themselves harmoniously, and share wealth and honor.

It just so happens that Zhou Buqi is a rich second generation.

Zhou Buqi doesn't want to miss any of these people in the Ten School Entrepreneurship Alliance, and wants to train them to a certain height. Chen Dong is in charge of on-campus group buying and has achieved very good results. He might as well send him to Japan to do e-commerce.

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Chen Dong took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I will discuss this with Sister Ou after returning to China."

Sister Ou, his wife Zhao Xinou, is one year older than him and currently works at Ziweixing Electronic Technology Group.

Speaking of Ziweixing Electronics, this is why Zhou Buqi will stay in San Francisco for many days.

In addition to observing the case between Microsoft and Yahoo, Zhou Shaoning, the president of Ziweixing Electronics, is coming to the United States to negotiate with Google.

The model of the mobile phone has been basically determined.

Three plans were proposed.

Negotiate with Google.

At the same time, it is necessary to determine the sales and operation plan for mobile phones.

The world's first Android phone, in order to reduce risks, the production volume cannot be too high, and the sales place can only be the United States. This is Google's home field, so it has better control and market research.

There is no 3G in China yet, and it is unrealistic to promote Android phones in the country.

After getting off the plane, eat first.

Zhou Shaoning explained in detail the arrangements for his trip to the United States.

First, determine the name of the phone.
To be continued...