Chapter 2839 Blackmail

During the daytime at work, Zhou Buqi received another invitation to a conference in the automotive industry.

But this time he said he would not go no matter what.

He found a reason and said he wanted to research the IPO projects that will be carried out in China in the near future.

This year's IT industry can be said to have fully recovered, which has also formed a prosperous scene of many domestic Internet companies queuing up to go public in the United States. For example, 58.com, Qunar.com, Jiubang Digital, Autohome, 500 Lottery Network and other companies have all started IPOs in the next two months.

With Zhou Buqi's current status, these companies hope to come to him to worship the real Buddha before going public in the United States.

Because many times, the one or two months before listing are the most dangerous, and various accidents always happen.

In other words, someone is deliberately creating accidents and creating some negative factors that may delay or even stop the IPO.

In fact, it is a kind of commercial threat and blackmail, and it has to be solved with money.

There are a group of consulting companies on Wall Street that specialize in this kind of thing, and even Nasdaq has a special trial agency. The so-called temporary review means that after all the procedures have been completed and passed, there may be a sudden wave of review, and then some congressmen will come out to make trouble. This happened when PayPal went public three months ago.

If Boss Zhou is willing to stand up and say a word, and use his face to support the scene, he can escape.

Zhou Buqi doesn't mind coming to "help".

It's a matter of going with the flow.

Because he knows the situation on Nasdaq, the current environment is very good. Chinese stocks listed in the United States are more likely to be given a green light all the way, and the review mechanism is much more relaxed than companies in other countries. Many negative things that are not too serious can be passed by turning a blind eye.

Zhou Buqi spent a whole morning meeting with these people.

It is worth mentioning that he talked with Li Xiang, the founder of Autohome, for more than 50 minutes, mainly to learn about the current situation of the domestic automobile industry, some marketing models and public relations routines through him. At the same time, he also talked a lot about his views on the electric vehicle industry.

Because Li Xiang's current car is a Tesla Model S.

Since they were chatting, Li Xiang couldn't help but complain, "Mr. Zhou, the current Weibo and Toutiao have really created a very bad atmosphere in the car circle."

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "It's a platform for free speech. People of all kinds come to speak, and it's inevitable that some bad phenomena will form."

Li Xiang said: "Well, in fact, it's not just the car circle, other industries are also like this. There is a gray marketing group on Weibo that specializes in spreading rumors and making some shocking big events to attract attention, gain attention, and gain fans. Then they get long-term commercial income through these fans. They all follow the model of 'earning fame first, then making money'."

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Understandable."

He is used to this.

Just like Mo Yan's Nobel Prize.

When others are praising him, you find a tricky angle to criticize him, saying that he is a traitor to the country, etc., which can easily resonate with some people, quickly accumulate fans, and then bring goods to harvest. People who can agree with this kind of view generally have low IQ, strong collective attributes and a strong desire to stir up trouble, and can accumulate fans faster. However, at the same time, this kind of group is relatively poor, and it is difficult to really harvest a big anchor who sells goods.

Li Xiang said in a deep voice: "Now this phenomenon is very serious. Many car reviewers specialize in making up some negative news about cars, which is actually a disguised way of extorting public relations fees from car manufacturers. This IPO review includes this one, and many people are criticizing the business model of Autohome."

Zhou Buqi laughed dumbly.

To be honest, this guy is definitely a genius.

He gave up the college entrance examination directly and started a business at the age of 17 or 18. As soon as he entered the market, he formed a considerable momentum in the Internet industry and founded Bubble.com. It was a pity that it was not very successful. Later, it was sold for 800 million yuan, and then he devoted himself to Autohome.

What he meant by this was nothing more than asking Boss Zhou for help in a roundabout way.

There are mainly three points.

First, some negative car articles on Autohome and the behavior of asking for public relations fees from car manufacturers are all done by car reviewers, and have nothing to do with him;

Second, this trend was formed by Weibo and Toutiao. Boss Zhou, you must check it!

Third, Nasdaq is strictly reviewing the business model of Autohome. In addition to the advertising fees, the huge public relations fees are really hard to explain. Please help, Boss Zhou.

Zhou Buqi's words made him feel at ease. He said calmly and calmly: "Go ahead, don't worry, Autohome can be listed on Nasdaq smoothly."

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

Li Xiang was very excited, his face was a little red, and he stood up and bowed to him.

Zhou Buqi didn't intend to stand out at all.

He received people's thanks for nothing.

This little controversy of Autohome is simply a small matter. It is nothing. Among these Chinese concept stocks, they can be said to be pure and innocent. The business model of 500 Lottery Network, which was listed at the same time, is really ruthless.

Li Xiang's worry was actually unnecessary.

...

At noon, he went to meet the Wang brothers of Huayi.

If he wanted to sell Huayi's stocks, he had to give him a heads-up in advance.

Then, the familiar scene happened again.

The other party invited several actresses to accompany them. This time they were amazing, they were all from ethnic minorities. One is Re Yiza, whom Zhou Buqi knows, having met him once before. There is also a Tibetan named Qu Ni Meiren, who recently got a film contract for a movie "A Coquettish Woman Has the Best Life" directed by Huayi.

There is another one who is very scary. She is a Bai girl. She looks like... she is probably about twelve or thirteen years old.

Zhou Buqi got goosebumps.

He knows that the Wang brothers have their own romantic careers, and this is inevitable when operating in this industry.

But the little girl in front of me is too young, right?

After the introduction, I found out that her surname was Yang and her nickname was Caiqi. Her family had a good background. She was now a junior student at Beijing Dance University. Her family also intentionally started to focus on providing resources for her, hoping that she could move in this circle. It went so well that they even completed the filming of a movie.

Zhou Buqi guessed in his mind.

I have repeatedly rejected the kindness of the Wang brothers. This time, the two brothers went astray when giving gifts.

While eating, we briefly talked about stocks.

Wang Xiaojun claimed to be an artist and was very interested in oil paintings. Zhou Buqi smiled and said that he would give him a few paintings later. This made Wang Xiaojun excited. He immediately asked his assistant to reserve a swimming pool and invited him to swim.