In the car, Zhou Buqi closed his eyes and rested.

He didn't go to bed until after 3 o'clock in the morning and got up after 7 o'clock in the morning, which was a bit sleepy. Xue Baoshan and Ning Lu were riding in the same car with him and talking quietly beside him.

Ning Lu whispered: "Mr. Zhen went to Los Angeles and seemed to have bought another basketball team."

"Golden State Warriors, right?"

"right."

"How much is it?"

Xue Baoshan doesn't care about this stall, so I don't know much about it.

There are too many things at home. After many things are done, we make a report at the family meeting to tell everyone how much money our family currently has and how many assets it has.

Family property belongs to everyone, so it can be open and transparent.

Ning Lu whispered: "For US$225 million, we will get 50% of the equity of the Warriors."

Xue Baoshan asked curiously: "Can you watch basketball?"

Ning Lu said: "It's okay. I can understand it, but I'm not interested. The boss said that this is an entry point into the American sports market. In the future, the blind box business of Chaowan Commune can be promoted."

“I don’t know how the financing of Chaowan Commune is going.”

Xue Baoshan was a little worried.

The business development of Chaowan Commune is actually very good. It has established relationships with 12 wealthy European teams and will provide exclusive player blind boxes for these 12 wealthy teams starting from next season.

I originally wanted to participate in the World Cup in South Africa this summer, but after contacting FIFA, I felt that time was too tight. All plans were finalized 2 years ago, and temporary changes may cause chaos.

If this is the World Cup in the United States, or if it is held in a powerful country such as the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Germany, or China, then there will be no problem. Even if there are temporary plans, it can be done smoothly.

But not South Africa.

With Mandela's success in taking office, "white supremacy" has been stripped away, and South Africa has become more and more like an African country. As long as they can successfully host the World Cup, thank God, and they cannot make too many demands.

From a business perspective, Chaowan Commune is doing very well, but the core team... is a bit unsatisfactory.

General Manager Shi Jingmei, she has no problem and is very capable. But Chairman Wu Yu and Design Director Ning Yameng are very worried about investors.

As a result, the financing project has not been finalized for a long time.

The financing of Chaowan Commune is not about money, nor is it about reducing risks. It is expected to raise US$120 million to US$200 million. This amount of money is really nothing to the Zhou family, and it doesn't matter even if they all lose money.

The more significance is to obtain market resources.

The purpose is to attract more partners to the market through financing, and then use the market resources of world-class venture capital institutions to help Chaowan Commune’s blind box conduct global business operations.

Coincidentally, when Xue Baoshan was worried, Shi Jingmei called. This was Zhou Buqi's personal phone number. In Ning Lu's hand, she hesitated and did not answer it, but handed it to Xue Baoshan.

.

Baoshan was not polite and picked up, "Second sister, I am Baoshan."

Shi Jingmei smiled and said, "Baoshan, where is your husband?"

Xue Baoshan pursed her lips and said: "We are in the car, going to the company. He had a meeting very late last night and was catching up on some sleep."

Shi Jingmei said: "It doesn't matter. I'll tell you the same thing. When he wakes up, you can tell her."

"OK."

"The financing project has basically been reached."

"real?"

Xue Baoshan was a little surprised, which was a good thing.

Because the original purpose of Chaowan Commune was to design commercial "toys" for Wu Yu, the equity distribution was very arbitrary. At first, she was given 100% control. After several rounds of coordination, there are now three major shareholders, with Wu Yu holding

Ning Yameng holds 60% of the shares, Ning Yameng holds 20%, and Shi Jingmei holds 20% as the general manager.

Neither the family foundation nor Zhou Buqi himself holds any shares.

At first glance, it seems to have nothing to do with the Zhou family.

However, Wu Yu and Ning Yameng are both women of the Zhou family. They belong to the Zhou family, and the shares they hold also belong to the Zhou family.

In the past few days, Senior Sister Zhen Yu has also expressed her anger in private, saying that the Zhou family may carry out a series of reforms in the near future, changing the past model of fragmentation and building a huge community.

In this community, everyone has a share, benefits and risks are shared. Everyone in the family should work hard for this community.

Baoshan was very smart and made some guesses.

In the future, it is possible that all the assets owned by the Zhou family will be managed uniformly in family funds. For example, Wu Yu holds 60% of the shares of Chaowan Commune, and Zhen Yu holds 10.8% of the shares of Jieyu Media.

, the 16.5% shares of Xueersi held by Wen Zhixia, etc., they must give up their control rights and put them under unified management in the family fund.

Everyone in the family lost their "private property" and became the "public property" of the family fund.

In fact, all the property of the Zhou family is to be handed over to the male owner Zhou Buqi. In this way, everyone else will unite around him, and the complex big family of the Zhou family will become like an ordinary couple.

Their families are equally stable.

Some people may not be willing to make such an arrangement.

This is tantamount to losing one's own independence. Women like Wen Zhixia, Shi Jinglin, and Zhen Yu are all quite independent. Baoshan is actually quite independent, but she will support such an arrangement.

The better the Zhou family is, the better Bao Shan and Aunt Xue can live happily in such a big family. If there is trouble in the Zhou family, not only will Zhou's classmate be devastated, but every family member will suffer.

Baoshan and Aunt Xue had a very gloomy life in the past, and they never wanted to live that kind of chaotic life again.

Shi Jingmei didn't know that Baoshan's thoughts were flying on the other end of the phone. She was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Well, the plan has basically been achieved. A total of US$180 million has been raised, diluting 20% ​​of the shares. There are 6 investors.

They are all very powerful capital institutions.”

"180 million U.S. dollars, diluted by 20%..." Xue Baoshan was a little surprised, "The valuation has reached 900 million U.S. dollars?"

Shi Jingmei smiled and said: "Yes, 900 million US dollars."

"How?"

"The performance is great. After the Southeast Asian market opened, the sales of Manchester United's blind boxes took off immediately. In February, more than 4 million blind boxes were sold in Southeast Asia, with sales exceeding US$30 million."

"this……"

Xue Baoshan was shocked.

She had long heard that classmate Zhou had said that Southeast Asia was Manchester United's home base and the largest overseas market. She didn't expect the effect to be so amazing.

It’s no wonder that before the Spring Festival, Chaowan Commune’s financing project was still doubted by investors because of the company’s core team’s lack of capabilities. In the blink of an eye, in March, investors rushed to enter the market with higher quotations.

It turns out that a stunning report card came out in February.

Shi Jingmei changed the subject, "However, there is another not-so-good news."

"What?"

"I remember someone told me that you are in charge of Hollywood business?"

Xue Baoshan was more relaxed, "Well, it's mainly about Jieyu Media's platter investment. I haven't participated in Ziweixing Global for the time being. It's inconvenient to have too many connections, which has attracted criticism from the platter investment partners."

Shi Jingmei asked: "Among the partners of Platter Investment, is Disney included?"

Xue Baoshan said: "No, mainly 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures, as well as Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate Pictures. I didn't expect that Universal Pictures and Summit Entertainment would be merged into Ziweixing Universal."

Shi Jingmei smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, Fox is enough. Have you got the "Avatar" platter?"

"Well, I got it."

"That's enough. One movie can make back all the investment."

"Yes, you can still make a lot of money. The revenue ratio of "Avatar" is a full 33.8%. This business is so successful." Xue Baoshan's job is very easy, mainly because of the recent super sales of "Avatar".

Shi Jingmei couldn't help but sigh, "Your husband is so awesome, he can succeed in anything he does."

Xue Baoshan said "Yeah" sweetly.

Shi Jingmei said: "Baoshan, please pay attention to Disney, they are dishonest!"

…

After giving Curry power, Zhou Buqi was very satisfied with his work.

In Zhou Buqi's view, appointing Kurian as a senior executive not only kills white senior executives instantly, it is even better than Lu Qi, just like using people like Zhang Yiming, He Yang, Shen Xiangyang, Guo Pengfei, and Tang Binchen.

The feeling is almost the same.

Although he was of Indian origin, Zhou Buqi had gradually regarded him as one of his own.

Such a strong sense of responsibility!

His work attitude is responsible and serious, and his work style is decisive and sharp. It has only been half a year since he took office, and the Ziweiyun international business he manages has already demonstrated its integrity, systematicness, collaboration and innovation.

Especially the innovation is really eye-catching.

In the past two months, in addition to the normal development of cloud computing business, Kurian has mainly done three things in overseas markets: First, he has integrated cloud businesses such as Weidian Notes, Evernote, Github, and Weishu into Ziwei

The cloud system is introduced; second, the cloud disk business is launched; third, the ledger business is launched.

The cloud disk business is easier to understand.

Although Zhou Buqi has long rejected the plan to develop cloud disks in China, there are great development prospects for developing network cloud disks in overseas markets.
To be continued...