Chapter 1208: The end of Microsoft

Zhou Buqi has just entered the top level of the wealthy circle, and he is still a little shy and can't let go. He encountered many explicit or implicit invitations to show love, but he refused them without hesitation.

Of course, it was also related to Boss Zhou's self-control.

This has always been his advantage, never messing around outside.

Or buy buy buy it!

Zhou Buqi can be regarded as seeing it, it is useless to talk about anything else, the most useful thing is to buy a house, this thing is a symbol of status. Owning the top luxury real estate, the corresponding supporting service agencies will come to your door.

The next day, Netflix stock began to skyrocket.

As long as there is a stock to sell, no matter what the price is, it will be snatched up in the blink of an eye. This situation is too obvious, there are big buyers frantically sweeping up the goods.

The stock price is rising in a straight line, and it can be called the most shining stock on Nasdaq.

Zhou Buqi didn't pay attention to these, he went to Los Angeles.

Entrust Xu Baihui to help find a house in Beverly Hills.

This is the most wealthy area in Hollywood, and the property that Xu Baihui found is the largest in Beverly Hills, with a total value of 92 million US dollars.

Yes, another manor.

However, Beverly Hills is very expensive and does not have such a large area. The area of ​​this estate is not as large as that of Silicon Valley, only 9 acres. On the mountain, surrounded by forests, there is only one way to go up, and the safety is guaranteed. The name of the manor is "The Village of Florence", and it is an Italian-style castle-like manor.

There are 4 buildings in total.

The largest and most central building is the master room, like a palace. One hundred meters to the side, there are three smaller buildings in a triangular shape, one is the guest room, the other is the accommodation for the servants, and the other is the owner’s reception and office space.

Outdoors, there is a large courtyard that can park 30 cars and a large lawn for playing golf. There is an outdoor swimming pool, a tennis court...

"Look at that piece of land, it also belongs to this place. After you buy it, you can develop that piece of land. I want to build a zoo and raise some rare animals."

Xu Baihui liked it here very much.

She knew it very well.

Boss Zhou's main business is not in Los Angeles, so he rarely lives here. After buying it, you must lend it to yourself. Only when she lives in the best and most top-notch house and communicates and cooperates with Hollywood bigwigs, can she be more confident and deterrent.

Sun Guanran was a little numb, "Is...is it necessary? It's too expensive."

Zhou Buqi looked very indifferent, "The money that is spent is called money, and the money that cannot be spent is just a number."

"The price is 92 million U.S. dollars. After completing the whole set of procedures, it will exceed 100 million U.S. dollars." Sun Guanran muttered softly, and then shivered.

$100 million!

Even a year ago, that was unthinkable.

Now, she's going to live in it.

Xu Baihui said: "Boss Zhou, if you hold a party here in the future, you can invite all the beautiful female stars in Hollywood. One or two hundred people will not be a problem. You don't have to go home at night. Bring the ones you like here. Everyone on the board rushed to the guest room."

Zhou Buqi snorted, "Don't set me up, I've always been very cautious in this regard."

This side is on the mountain bag, the terrain is relatively high.

Looking down, you can see seven or eight top mansions.

Xu Baihui pointed and said that there was Stallone over there, Tom Cruise over there, the white house belonged to Big Mouth Roberts, and the small one over there was the descendants of Audrey Hepburn...

Can be condescending, disdain for the entire Hollywood.

"Who was the previous owner?"

"CEO of an aircraft company."

"A plane seller?"

Xu Baihui thought for a while, then said softly: "It seems not, it's an aircraft leasing company. Business is not doing well recently, and many Hollywood stars don't rent planes, and they use civil aviation instead."

"Leasing planes to Hollywood stars?" Zhou Buqi nodded, "The U.S. emperor really has many business channels."

Walking into the mansion, the Florentine-style vaulted ceilings and marble arches are as artistic as sculptures.

The overall feeling is not as good as the "Gentlemen's Garden" manor in Silicon Valley.

Small in size and not that luxurious.

The main reason is that the location is good and the land price is expensive.

Turning around briefly, Zhou Buqi looked at Sun Wanran, "What do you think?"

Sun Guanran blushed slightly, "It's pretty good, but it's too expensive."

Zhou Buqi joked, "How about buying it and giving it to your son in the future?"

"Ah?" Sun Guanran was taken aback for a moment, and then her beautiful eyes overflowed with brilliance, and her fair chin slightly raised, "Stop buying me! After I have a son, I want to train him to be a good man who is dedicated and loyal. A scumbag like his father."

Xu Baihui snorted, "Just have fun! If he's not a scumbag, will he have your chance?"

Sun Guanran raised her eyebrows, "Does it have something to do with you? A vixen! Seduce my man!"

Xu Baihui said angrily: "You are a concubine, what are you so stupid? No one else like Baoshan is like you! Zhou Buqi belongs to everyone, not you alone!"

Zhou Buqi hurriedly pulled Sun Guanran to his side, glared and said, "If you quarrel again, you two will have your pants stripped and your ass spanked! It's heaven!"

Sun Guanran pouted her lips, walked over and took his arm.

Xu Baihui snorted, and said in a strange way: "My people have already come from China, and there are three little beauties. I think some people have been serving the bed all this time, and they are proud of being favored."

Zhou Buqi said, "Shut up!"

Xu Baihui grinned, "Boss Zhou, do you want to buy a house?"

"purchase!"

"Go through the formalities today, and you can move in today."

"No, I'm going to New York in a while."

"Ah? In such a hurry?" Xu Baihui didn't expect him to be so busy, "Yang Mi and the others will be here in the evening."

Zhou Buqi said: "Take them around Hollywood, I will come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"Is it about Netflix?"

"Well, the decisive battle is here, and I have to go over to supervise the battle myself."

...

At 11 noon, Zhou Buqi, Xu Baihui, Sun Guanran and others quietly went to a carrier store in Los Angeles.

Yesterday, the world's first Android phone, Aster, was officially launched.

In North America alone, pre-sales exceeded 1.2 million.

The domestic side is still working overtime to produce it.

Once this first batch of goods goes online, it will definitely not be enough. Whoever gets it first will experience the new machine first.

Then, I saw a long queue.

From the inside of the store to the outside of the store, the entire half of the street is full of people queuing up to get their mobile phones, at least hundreds of people. Mainly white skin and yellow skin.

Zhou Buqi sat in the car, watching from a distance.

Feng Muer leaned on his shoulder and said happily: "There are so many people queuing up, it feels like the iPhone is still selling well."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Google's influence is still great."

Coincidentally, Zhou Shaoning called at this time, "I'm in Silicon Valley, and I just finished talking with people from Google."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "That's really unfortunate. I'm in Los Angeles and I'm going to New York soon. But I saw that there are a lot of people queuing up to buy mobile phones."

Zhou Shaoning said: "That's what I'm talking about. According to the feedback from the first batch of consumers who bought mobile phones, the effect of using them is particularly good. The disadvantage is that there are too few applications in the store."

Zhou Buqi was very calm, "The first batch of people who grabbed the hands were very enthusiastic electronic enthusiasts. They have a high level and can play well, but it may not be the case in the future. We still have to adjust our mentality."

Zhou Shaoning said with a smile: "Google's attitude is very positive."

"oh?"

"They said they would observe it for a few months. If the mobile phone has good reviews from consumers and the brand is established, they are willing to cooperate with us more deeply in terms of equity."

"Financing?"

"right."

Zhou Shaoning is now a little high-spirited. These days, people can actively wave money to raise funds, which is enough to show the prospects and strength of their own company.

Zhou Buqi agreed with this kind of cooperation, "Well, it's a good thing."

Zhou Shaoning said in a low voice: "Google is very nervous now, and has inside information."

"Oh, is it so?"

"The sales of the iPhone are so good that this wave of smartphones cannot be stopped. Our Android phones have also been warmly welcomed by the market, and some people can't sit still."

"Who? Nokia? Motorola?"

Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, isn't it? The market share of these established companies is shrinking rapidly, and it is already in decline. Especially Motorola, such an American company, has fallen out of the first-tier brand in the US domestic market.

Zhou Shaoning said, "It's Microsoft!"

"Microsoft?"

"It is said that Bill Gates personally ordered to develop an operating system for smartphones from scratch, defeating Apple and Android with more powerful and richer functions."

"oh."

Zhou Buqi's reaction was relatively calm.

In the field of operating systems, Microsoft is the only one with such confidence and strength. Google has been developing Android for four or five years, and there are still a lot of problems. If Microsoft makes a mobile phone system, the final quality presented will definitely be better than Android.

The disadvantage is that Microsoft's operating model is too old-fashioned.

I also want to copy the routines on the PC system and require customers to spend money to purchase genuine systems. Android is free, Microsoft is paid, and the license fee is very high, 25 dollars per phone.

This is so evil.

After a long time, mobile phone manufacturers will of course turn to the Android camp.

Free doesn't mean you don't make money.

Android is a free system, but Android is Google's biggest source of money, and it is the biggest guarantee for Google to become a trillion-dollar giant in the future. In the PC era, the gap between Baidu and Google was not too big, but in the mobile era, the gap immediately became apparent.

In fact, Baidu has been doing what Google is doing, from big data to video sites, from library to artificial intelligence... The only difference is that Google has Android, but Baidu does not.

Just like domestic anti-virus software, the most profitable anti-virus software is not the paid version of Jiangmin, Rising, etc., but the free micro-point anti-virus software.

Google can play this trick, Microsoft is too old-fashioned. At least the current Microsoft CEO Ballmer is not very qualified, his style is too strong, he just wants to make money blindly, and lacks a long-term strategic vision.

Zhou Buqi said: "Don't worry about Microsoft. Look at what Ballmer has done. It doesn't win the hearts of the people at all. We still need to focus on Google and make the Android system a good one. We must actively promote in-depth strategic cooperation with Google."