After going to New York, Zhou Buqi received a temporary notice from Ziweixing Universal, saying that the copyright transaction plan with 20th Century Fox was likely to make progress.

However, this intention does not come from 20th Century Fox, but from its parent company, News Corporation, which wants to cash out and raise money. In recent years, News Corporation has had a tough time, and the business of traditional media has become worse and worse.

In fact, News Corporation began to expand into the Internet industry five or six years ago, spending US$1 billion to acquire several media websites in an attempt to create its own Internet media ecosystem.

The most famous one is of course myspace.

It's a pity that with the arrival of Facebook, Myspace has become a product of the sunset and a waste of the times. There is also Rotten Tomatoes. This website has been acquired by Ziweixing International and has become an important part of the "Internet movie" industry matrix.

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During the financial crisis in the past few years, News Corporation's share price has fallen by 40%, far exceeding the S&P Index, and has been questioned by investors.

Mr. Murdoch is 80 years old. Is he still capable of leading such a media giant forward?

Zhou Buqi is not very interested in this matter. He is too lazy to go there personally for a little bit of copyright business. According to the report, it is said that 20th Century Fox is willing to sell part of the copyright, but it is not the copyright of the main company, but a subsidiary.

Streaming rights owned by Fox Searchlight.

Twentieth Century Fox is a Hollywood giant that owns the copyrights of many Hollywood blockbusters, the most famous of which are of course "Titanic" and "Avatar".

This company mainly deals in medium and large-scale high-quality Hollywood movies, as well as some movies with relatively low production costs, as well as foreign-language films imported from abroad. These are different from the positioning of 20th Century Fox, so a subsidiary was established.

The company called Fox Searchlight was responsible for this business.

In other words, the movie copyrights owned by Fox Searchlight are relatively low-end. Many movies are not even shown in theaters because of their poor quality. They are directly released in the form of DVDs, which can deceive everyone.

This kind of low-end copyright is easy to purchase.

He didn't want to deal with that old fool Murdoch unless Big Boss Zhou came forward.

I went to Manchester on weekdays and participated in a sports meeting of Manchester United.

Mainly two things.

First, the World Cup is in full swing, and many impressive newcomers have emerged. Of course, the most eye-catching one is the German team, which is creating a youth storm.

The World Cup has only completed the group stage, and there are already many transfer rumors in the market.

Many wealthy families have already taken action urgently.

Manchester United also has a target. This is the position that Manchester United is most eager to strengthen this summer - goalkeeper. The target they are targeting is Neuer of the German team.

Although Neuer is only 24 years old, he is a bit young and immature for the goalkeeper position. However, he has been the main player of Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga for the fourth consecutive season.

Very rich experience!

After evaluation, Manchester United's scouting department and technical department believe that he is the best candidate to succeed Van der Sar. Ferguson also admires Neuer. The only trouble is that for such a player with both strength and potential, the transfer fee is not low.

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Is it worth spending so much money on a goalkeeper?

Zhou Buqi made the decision on the spot and said decisively: "That's it! I also think Neuer is very suitable for Manchester United!"

The second thing is the choice of center.

Last year, Zhou Buqi was eyeing Ibrahimovic. This is the new generation king of small penalty areas, a killer among killers, and can greatly strengthen the lineup.

However, Barcelona also offered an olive branch to Ibrahimovic last year, and Ibrahimovic was bought by Barcelona for 65 million euros, intending to follow Guardiola and compete for the Champions League.

Unexpectedly, Ibrahimovic had a conflict with Guardiola, and was eliminated by his old club Inter Milan in the Champions League. He went to Barcelona to compete for the Champions League, but he didn't expect that after going to Barcelona, ​​his old club won the Champions League.

All parties were disappointed, so Ibrahimovic made a transfer.

Agent Raiola gave a very precise statement that as long as he pays 25 million euros, he can be taken away from Barcelona!

Zhou Buqi is very interested.

They said they wanted to sell Berbatov and then buy Ibrahimovic.

Ferguson had a different idea. He said that Berbatov can be sold, but there is no need to buy Ibrahimovic. The team's forward configuration is enough. Robin van Persie is better at playing in the middle and can be trained in the direction of center, as well as Rooney's

Support, and second team rookie Welbeck.

Ibrahimovic's transfer fee is very low, but his annual salary is too high.

The annual salary after tax will reach 9 million pounds.

But now the highest salary in the Manchester United team is only 6 million pounds after tax. The introduction of Ibrahimovic at this time will disrupt Manchester United's salary structure. Manchester United has actually set a higher salary system internally, but it must be changed slowly.

It's best not to break the structure abruptly.

In addition, Ferguson is also worried about Ibrahimovic's character.

Ferguson is a strong locker room manager, and Ibrahimovic also has a strong personality, which is prone to friction and destroys the atmosphere in the locker room. This year, Barcelona was eliminated, and there were big problems between the local faction and the international faction in the locker room.

And more importantly, Ferguson is not a worker.

Although he does not hold a penny of shares in Manchester United, he never considers himself to be a wage earner of Manchester United. His life is already linked to this team.

He wants to make this club better and better.

So when he was about to retire, the biggest thing Ferguson planned was to provide his successors with a young, potential and strong championship lineup.

Ibrahimovic is not young anymore, so it is better to focus on training Robin van Persie and pave the way for Manchester United's future.

Rather than pursuing short-term results and wasting future potential.

However, Ferguson still made a small request, saying that he could buy Mexican player Javier Hernandez to supplement the lineup.

This player is very young and has great potential. He is a point-grabbing forward who can strengthen the composition of Manchester United's lineup. At the same time, there are also business considerations.

Manchester United Commercial is actively expanding into the US market.

Needless to say, the United States is just like Manchester United’s back garden. When Manchester United won the Champions League, they went to the White House as a guest and received a great welcome. The players kept signing autographs. The next year, Barcelona won the Champions League and was also beaten by the United States.

Once the president’s invitation came, it was very embarrassing. The staff didn’t even recognize Messi.

However, developing the Mexican market is not easy.

Ferguson heard about the concept of the business department, and then after a competitive evaluation, he selected the best and most promising Mexican player from the market, "Little Pea" Hernandez.

This somewhat moved Zhou Buqi.

Who wouldn't like such a head coach who cares about the team and the club wholeheartedly?

It's a pity that he is retiring.

Zhou Buqi had no reason to reject Ferguson, so he accepted his opinion.

In the afternoon, Zhou Buqi swam with Sun Wanran and Ning Lu at home, while preparing to watch the World Cup match between Germany and England in the quarter-finals.

This game is very interesting.

For Zhou Buqi, what he is most looking forward to is Lampard's goal-line mystery.

The football world doesn't seem to be interested in Hawkeye technology. As long as the unsolved case happens as scheduled, with Britain's influence in the world's media, they will cry out and quickly promote the technological advancement of football.

Ziweixing Digital Media's business can develop faster.

While watching the game, Zhou Buqi received a call from Xu Baihui, "Boss Zhou, do you know Murdoch?"

"Murdoch? Which Murdoch?"

"Well, the one from News Corporation."

"I know him. I've met him twice. He's a bad old man. He's very sexy. He has several pretty girls around him."

Xu Baihui said "Oh", "Someone asked me to do something, are you free? If this matter is completed, Jieyu Media's listing will be smoother, and various approvals can be easily obtained."

Zhou Buqi asked with a smile: "Who has such a strong relationship?"

"Chinese Cultural Industry Investment Fund, do you know?"

"I didn't hear that."

"Well, it was established not long ago. It is a private equity fund under the National Development and Reform Commission. It mainly invests in the entertainment industry. They want to negotiate business with News Corporation, but the middlemen are Americans and they don't believe it. I heard that Jieyu Media has a big presence in the United States.

He came to me for help with his business."

"That's it." Zhou Buqi was wearing swimming trunks and planning to go to the living room to watch the ball game. "What's going on? I don't know Murdoch very well either."

Xu Baihui said: "It's just a matter of pulling the strings and speaking in the middle to ensure that state-owned assets are not lost during the transaction. Don't you have a good relationship with Goldman Sachs? You can contact us. We can't let the top investment banks let News Corporation win over. It's not like you don't have a relationship with Goldman Sachs."

You know, in recent years, state-owned enterprises have been cheated a lot when they have made overseas mergers and acquisitions."

In the past few years, due to the overseas financial crisis, all kinds of assets have become very cheap, and the extremely wealthy state-owned capital has carried out many large-scale mergers and acquisitions overseas in an attempt to buy the bottom.

The idea is right.

But the level is not good.

When you go abroad, this is a pure market economy. How can they understand this? They just eat and drink and fall into it. There are many unspeakable histories of blood and tears.

Zhou Buqi took this matter more seriously, "No problem, I'll try my best to help."

Xu Baihui smiled and said: "That's right. News Corporation has established several TV stations in China, but this is not in compliance with policies and regulations. Due to the WTO agreement, it is difficult for them to force their withdrawal. The best way is to acquire them through state-owned assets.

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"TV station?" Zhou Buqi had a black line on his forehead and couldn't believe it, "Real or fake?"

"Really, Star TV has three channels!" Xu Baihui was also a little confused, "I was surprised when I heard it at first. Even private capital can't do things, but foreign capital dares to enter. This Rupert Murdoch is really an old fool.

I really thought I could dominate the world."
Chapter completed!