Chapter 1355: Move Quickly
Simon rushed to San Francisco over the weekend to negotiate with Jeff Bezos and several senior executives of Eaglet to split up the Chinese business.
There is certainly no shortage of dissent.
In a market of 1.2 billion people, the growth of Internet users is visible to the naked eye, and the Westeros system still has a fairly deep layout in China. No one can accept it immediately when they hear that they want to give up voluntarily.
So Simon wasted his tongue.
In fact, the main reason is that this withdrawal is not a complete abandonment, but the conversion of the company independently controlled by Eaglet into a shareholding remote control. Most of the interests are still retained. In addition, the software and service business is preserved, which makes everyone The opposition was not so strong. In addition, this is also an 'exercise', a small exercise that simulates the splitting of the entire Ygritte.
With the quiet recovery of the Internet industry, it is gradually on the agenda to take the initiative to split Eaglet to prevent the company from being too big to lose.
Simon initially considered a passive split.
It is to provoke the anti-monopoly investigation of the federal authorities, and then "forced" to dismantle Ygritte under the pressure of Washington. To a certain extent, this can effectively alleviate the Westeros system and the Washington authorities. potential confrontation between.
Over time, the original idea inevitably changes.
Human nature is greedy, which is determined by genes, and a government controlled by humans will inevitably make progress.
If Washington puts pressure on the Westeros system and successfully 'prompts' Simon to be forced to split Ygritte, then the government team that made this performance must gain considerable fame, and then win more votes and win A higher approval rate has many benefits.
Seeing this kind of benefit, and the Westeros system is so 'weak', who can guarantee that other politicians will not follow suit and rush forward one after another?
At that time, Ygritte may not be the only one who will be entangled. Daenerys, Cersei Capital, Cisco, AOL and other Westeros system giants will all become targets. Who will make you 'weak'?
Therefore, Simon decided that it was an appropriate time to take the initiative to split Ygritte.
In addition to discussing the spinoff of the Chinese business, Simon also paid attention to the progress of the merger of Instagram this weekend.
In the past period of time, this was also a high-profile merger in the new technology circle. Fortunately, the same large-scale merger of Citigroup and Traveler Group also occurred during the period, so that Eaglet’s acquisition of Instagram would not stand out from the crowd. .
After the project was made public, it inevitably sparked heated discussions, including some concerns about Igret’s suspected monopoly.
In the end, everything worked out fine.
In the context of the recovery of new technologies, Eaglet, whose market value has once again exceeded the 500 billion mark, has eaten up the "small" instagra volume of 20 billion US dollars. In contrast, it does not seem to be something that can change the industry structure, not to mention, as we all know, instagra As a member of the Westeros system, Igret has also been a shareholder and important partner of Instagram from the very beginning.
One of the more eye-catching laces is that a group of women related to Simon successfully cashed out large sums of money and stocks and launched them.
After the Hearst Group challenged the Westeros system a few years ago and failed miserably, not many media dared to discuss Simon Westeros lace on a large scale. Therefore, this news was only spread on a small scale.
For the women in the Bay Area, Simon came over this time and received the news that the two big goblins were successfully pregnant.
Waist essence and leg essence.
On the other hand, girls c and d and little Jenny didn't move much, and a certain former housekeeper who ran away last time was naturally even more useless.
Simon's attitude towards this is still the same, anyway, he will not be a baby daddy himself.
In addition, the women who failed were of course dissatisfied. This weekend, they worked hard again, which greatly reduced Simon's interest in certain things. Immediately afterwards, he decided to call a truce for a week and stay away from women.
Simon intends to finalize the split within a month. The decision is made here, and the Chinese side will start to implement it immediately.
In simple terms, the first step is to split.
Eaglet China will be split into several parts such as portal website, instant messaging, software service, online payment, etc., each of which will be managed by different teams. Except for the software service business, the name of ys (China) will still be retained, and the other teams will be replaced. The name is changed to a more Chinese one.
Moreover, after the split, it does not mean that each team can only operate the corresponding business.
One of the more common ones is email.
Each team can obtain the authorization of e-mail technology, and then the portal website. In addition to the team that takes over the directly subordinate Eaglet (China) portal business, other split teams can also be involved in related businesses later.
This split and adjustment is expected to last for a month.
Then, it is to develop your own sustainable business, online games or e-commerce.
Simon initially thought of online games.
However, the decision spread to China, where Huanyu Online, an e-commerce team based in Beijing, immediately started lobbying for some business.
Online games and e-commerce can be said to be China's two major revenue cores for the Internet industry. Simon has no reason to favor one over the other, so he agreed. Huanyu Online quickly locked in a part of the portal team of Eaglet China, and only took half of it to build its own Huanyu Online portal.
The other half plans to set up another company together with Eaglet China Portal.
Furthermore, according to Simon's strategy of not putting eggs in one basket, most of the spun-off teams will move out of Beijing and rush to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities to settle down.
Another point is that all these companies will first set up a parent company in Hong Kong, and then converge and jump to the investment holding company of Eaglet, which is registered in the Cayman Islands.
Compared with China's still-infancy Internet industry, this move of the Westeros system can be called an earthquake. It quickly attracted the attention of interested people, and the Chinese government was the first to respond. Because Simon is optimistic about China, under the demonstration effect, the speed of foreign capital inflow in China has increased significantly in the past few years, which has greatly promoted the development of China's economy.
Now, Simon suddenly made a contraction, and it is hard to say whether it will give some people some negative signals.
After all, the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia continues.
If these actions lead to a wave of foreign capital withdrawal in China, it will be a disaster.
So, two days after Across the Ocean began to implement the split plan, someone called Simon directly to discuss Simon's intentions in making these decisions.
The reason given by Simon is the 'localization strategy'. Moreover, this time it is just splitting and adjusting, breaking it into parts. In fact, Ygritte has not quit. The first part is only planning to come up with 10 to 20 teams. Shares are held by management, of course, not for free. The management of each team raises funds to inject into the company, in order to achieve the purpose of bundling interests.
It is impossible for ordinary people to have too much money these days, so the Westeros system can help recommend loans with corresponding equity as collateral.
Simon suggested on the phone that the Chinese side can take the initiative to let the corresponding banks launch supportive loans, not reluctantly, China is unwilling to pay the money, and the Westeros system is responsible.
The boss is very courageous, not only agreed immediately, but also tested whether China's state-owned assets can directly invest in shares, not pursuing control rights, just pure investment.
Simon didn't agree or refuse, but said that each team can transfer up to 20, and if the management takes all of them, this time there will be no discussion. If there is a surplus, obviously, it will not be too much, maybe only single digits, and the Chinese side can take over.
There was no objection there either.
In addition, in the face of inquiries, Simon did not hide his next step, planning to focus on e-commerce and online games.
Fortunately, there is the excuse of e-commerce.
Hearing online games, Simon could almost feel the big guy on the other end of the phone frowning. After all, China has just launched a ban on game consoles, and the sweeping of black game halls across the country is still going on. At this time, Simon is going to do Internet work in China. In the game business, it is inevitable that people will be vigilant.
Simon patiently explained that games, like movies and TV, are world-class audio-visual entertainment means, and it is impossible to ban them.
Compared with game halls, online games are easily included in the regulatory system. As long as they are operated properly, they will not cause any social problems. The key is regulation. Simon promised on the spot that he would develop a minor protection system in accordance with some Western regulatory models. At the same time, it is also suggested that China should strengthen publicity, focusing on the guardianship of parents on the issue of adolescents addicted to games.
Simon has always tended to allow teenagers to be addicted to games. The main reason is that the parents' supervision is not good enough. Many of them even take the initiative to indulge and let things go. Once something happens, they don't reflect on themselves at all and push it all on the game.
This is also hooliganism.
As for the large amount of tax that online games can provide to the authorities compared to black game halls, Simon didn't mention it, talking about money is vulgar, but he can figure it out if he wants to come there.
After China, North America also quickly noticed Ygritte's related actions.
The capital market reacted immediately. Igret’s stock price fell by 37% on the same day after a related article in the Wall Street Journal was released. The Westeros system responded quickly and made a public announcement in time. Explain that the reason is still the localization strategy. Eaglet has not given up on the Chinese market, and will still maintain a majority of the company's equity after the adjustment. This adjustment is only to make itself more adaptable to the Chinese market.
In addition, it is inevitable that some people will try to deceive the building and ask Ygritte's senior management whether this decision is due to pressure from the Chinese government, blah blah blah.
Ygritte categorically denied it.
However, the rumors have spread, and Simon can't control what others think.
If this causes some capital to start prudently investing in China's Internet industry, it will just give more development space for companies related to the Westeros system.
In addition to these actions, another major event happened this week in early May.
From May 5th to May 7th, the latest EU summit meeting was held in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. During the three-day meeting, the euro was thoroughly finalized as the legal currency of the EU, and it was planned to be officially issued on January 1, 1999.
In addition, the United Kingdom insists on the independent status of the pound.
As a latecomer, Simon knows that the decision at this meeting is equivalent to a fuse for the continued turmoil in Europe in the next few years.
Speaking of which, according to the calculation in 1997, in the past year, the GDP of the United States was 8.6 trillion, and the GDP of the European Union was 7.7 trillion. One is 27, and the other is 24. It can be said that they are almost comparable. This is still not joined by many European countries. Under the premise of the European Union, there are currently only 15 member states in the European Union, and there are still 11 countries that have applied and are waiting to join.
If Europe can be twisted into one rope, it will definitely be able to easily compete with the United States.
The fact is that until many years later, Europe was still in disunity and each had its own ideas, so the United States
Among them, it is easy to do a job with ease.
In the previous life, I could always hear some people criticizing the Chinese people for their love of internal fighting, blah blah blah, so as to gain some sense of superiority from nowhere. In fact, the whole world is the same. This is human nature. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. It is determined by genes. .
This year's summer vacation will begin on May 8th.
This Friday, North American theaters launched three new films. The first is the new film "Deadly Postcard" produced by Paramount and co-produced by Fa Ge and Bai Ge Wu. A new film came out, but it was basically the set of Baige Wu Gudan Killer. The cost of the film was 30 million US dollars, and the number of screens opened was 1,867.
Because of the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" last year, coupled with Baige Wu's reputation as the producer, this movie has attracted a lot of attention.
The other is a black comedy called "Spice Girls", which opened with a low cost of 15 million US dollars and 1021 screens. The film is produced by Fox and directed by Hollywood female director Dess Meyer. The female director's small-budget independent film "Party Girl" three years ago has achieved a very good reputation and considerable commercial feedback. This opportunity.
It's a pity that this romantic comedy, which is trying to turn to a commercial style, is a bit of a mess. Film critics ridiculed and criticized Dess Meyer for completely compromising to business. The comprehensive media score is only 3.3 points, and the prospect can be imagined.
Finally, there is Spike Lee's new film "Heads Out", a basketball movie, produced by MGM, costing $18 million, starring Jesse Allen, the son of NBA star Ray Allen, and Denzel Washington He played the role of the male protagonist's father in friendship, and there are also a large group of NBA big-name guest stars such as Michael Jordan.
However, in general, the three new films are still just a front-runner.
Daenerys Entertainment's first major film in the summer, "LA Confidential" will start painting next week. Although the production cost is only 35 million US dollars, it has big names such as Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman participating in it. , the director is still Brian De Palma, this is the first hot spot of the summer file.
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