Chapter 2052: Give up first if you want to gain

After returning to China, the first thing he did was to meet with Lao Zhang to discuss the shareholders' meeting.

Zhang Chaoyang recently met a new girlfriend, and he was on a date outside. Zhou Buqi immediately called him out, and he had to run from Nancheng to Dongcheng to see him, which made him a little angry.

Zhou Buqi became even more angry, "There's a shareholders' meeting tomorrow! Do you still have time to pick up girls outside?"

Zhang Chaoyang said speechlessly: "Isn't it just a formality? With Ziweixing and Sohu here, this is enough to control the situation. What is there to worry about?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Aren't there many foreign investors coming here?"

"Even if you come, it will be a trip with public funds." Zhang Chaoyang is very experienced. Sohu has been listed for so many years, and he has dealt with foreigners all the time. "What's the point of participating in this kind of shareholders' meeting? Representatives of those foreign investment institutions are coming. Okay, just treat them with delicious food and fun, that’s all.”

Zhou Buqi had never held a shareholders' meeting of this level before, so he was lacking in this aspect. He was a little disbelieving, "Is this okay?"

Zhang Chaoyang said absently: "Why not? You've already made an appearance, who doesn't applaud?"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "You just came out, how can you talk!"

This is a tea room. Zhang Chaoyang leaned back lazily and said, "Don't worry, I have made arrangements. Arrange the representatives of the foreign investment institutions and the financial reporters who are joining in the fun, and this matter will be settled." There is no need to discuss the company's strategy or business when holding a shareholders' meeting, and it is simpler than holding a board of directors meeting. The secretary of the board of directors presides over the process, and I will say a few words, and you will say a few words, and it will be over in an hour or so."

Zhou Buqi is really inexperienced, "Is it so fast? I heard that some shareholders' meetings may take several days in a row."

Zhang Chaoyang said calmly: "That's because the equity is too dispersed, and various shareholders have to constantly compete with each other to unify their opinions. We don't need to do this. We have already discussed it, so who can have any opinions? If you have any opinions, you must keep them. You have no right to be picky. If you like to stay, you can cash out and get out!"

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "Your style is quite tough!"

This is really a compliment.

In the past few years when he was in charge of Sohu, Zhang Chaoyang really played tricks on those foreigners. Because he often travels around and does not do his job properly, several core American shareholders and directors once secretly conspired with company executives to drive away Lao Zhang.

At that time, Lao Zhang was preparing to take his new love to go hiking. After hearing about it, he immediately returned to the company.

Then a series of harsh treatments were launched.

A large number of people were fired, including Gu Yongqiang, Sohu's second-in-command at the time.

This led Gu Yongqiang to leave Sohu and found Youku.

Not only that, Lao Zhang also purged the board of directors and fired all foreign directors.

Then he took complete control of Sohu.

Although Lao Zhang behaves like a great immortal every day, happy and carefree, he is not bad at how to operate power.

Zhang Chaoyang sighed, "Whether you are tough or not, it all depends on who is right. In front of you, are you a softie? Are you playing tricks on me?"

Zhou Buqi coughed and said seriously: "Old Zhang, I find that you have been misunderstanding me over the years, as if I am trying to trick you. You can do the math for yourself. When you are at the peak of your career, your How much is your net worth? How much is it now? I have heard that you will be among the top 30 on the Hurun Rich List in China this year!"

Zhang Chaoyang laughed and said, "Thank you."

Zhou Buqi snorted, "It's good to know."

Zhang Chaoyang waved his hand and concluded: "Anyway, don't worry about the shareholders' meeting. I have arranged it for you. You arrive an hour early tomorrow, get the speech, and get familiar with it. Then arrive As soon as you think about it in the venue, everyone comes alive. You go on stage."

Zhou Buqi looked at him warily, "I don't need to prepare anything?"

Zhang Chaoyang said proudly: "No! You just came back from the United States. Go home and rest. After you have rest, you can have a meeting tomorrow. The shareholders' meeting is full of fake things, so don't pay too much attention."

Zhou Buqi curled his lips and said sarcastically: "If I don't participate in anything, I'll let you handle everything... Then I go there tomorrow and find that you have laid out a dragnet for me. Then you appoint me as Changyou's deputy. Chairman, why don’t I call the sky and the earth unresponsive and the earth and the earth not work?”

Zhang Chaoyang was stunned by his rhetoric, and then slapped his thigh, "Damn! You told me earlier! Why didn't I think of it! How about this, you ask Jieyu Media to arrange a drama for my girlfriend. How about she be the heroine and I won’t stumbling you over at the shareholders’ meeting?”

Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "Your girlfriend? Which one?"

"Didn't I tell you last time, Zhang Xinyi?" Zhang Chaoyang was a little surprised, "Don't you know? She is quite famous. She has filmed many TV series."

Zhou Buqi had a headache, "She doesn't have acting skills, how can she arrange a heroine? The TV series is okay."

Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile: "She has acted in so many TV series. She has told me several times that she wants to act in movies. If you don't arrange it for me, then Sohu Video will have to invest in film and television works. The outside world found out immediately. Now I follow your example and keep a low profile. I don’t want my scandal to spread all over the Internet."

Zhou Buqi said helplessly: "Then don't look for someone in the entertainment industry. You're not young anymore. How about marrying an honest man and having a child?"

Zhang Chaoyang said with a black line on his forehead, "Stop talking nonsense!"

Zhou Buqi laughed and sighed, "Okay, let her report to Jieyu Media tomorrow, and I'll ask Xu Baihui to arrange it for her. Don't think about the heroine, let's see if there are any suitable supporting actresses."

"Okay." Zhang Chaoyang was very happy and stretched, "How boring is it to come to the tea room to drink tea every time?"

Zhou Buqi looked at him angrily, "Where to go?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Rich people have a courtyard dedicated to drinking tea. When they are free, they can sit down with friends to drink tea, chat and so on."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Then you buy one, and I'll take advantage of it."

"I have no money."

"I don't have any money either."

"You don't have any money yet?" Zhang Chaoyang almost died laughing, "Who believes it?"

Zhou Buqi said solemnly: "I really don't have any money. I can't get out of the way recently. I plan to borrow US$2 billion from a large Wall Street institution."

"How much?" Zhang Chaoyang was almost scared to death, "Two billion U.S. dollars? What do you want to do? Go to Las Vegas and lose a bet?"

Zhou Buqi said: "There is a baseball team in Los Angeles that is not doing well and needs to be sold. I plan to take over."

"I go!"

Zhang Chaoyang almost fainted.

This bastard boy!

This is going to God!

Enough with football? Want to play baseball instead? Just make a random move and spend 2 billion US dollars?

What kind of bullshit hobby is this!

Wouldn't it be nice to change it to a beautiful girl?

…

The next day, Zhou Buqi put on a brand new suit and brown leather shoes custom-made for him by Shi Jinglin, and set off for the shareholders' meeting.

Standing in front of the mirror, Shi Jinglin tied his tie at the end.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Standing together, we are truly a talented man and a beautiful woman, a perfect match!"

"Stop coaxing me."

"Speaking from the bottom of my heart."

"Go out and lie to other little girls!" Shi Jinglin has never used sweet talk. "By the way, let me tell you something. The cooperation plan for Dongpeng Special Drinks has basically been concluded."

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up, "So fast? It's very efficient!"

Shi Jinglin rolled her eyes at him and pursed her lips, "It's not like you, Boss Zhou, are so proud."

Zhou Buqi said: "No, no, it's because my Linlin is very capable. How did you decide in the end?"

Shi Jinglin said: "Yuanwei Group only bought part of the equity of Dongpeng Special Beverage, which is to establish a joint-stock company of Dongpeng Special Beverage. The two parent companies are Yuanwei Group and Dongpeng Beverage Group."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "That's good. Everyone gets what they need, and all three parties are satisfied. Dongpeng Group needs to solve the remaining problems after the restructuring of state-owned enterprises. Dongpeng Special Drinks can also enter the Yuanwei Group's product lines and sales channels." , Yuanwei Group has successfully opened up its first profit growth point after listing. The interests of the three parties are taken care of, which is good."

Shi Jinglin helped her tie her tie, but did not let go. She looked up at him and pouted slightly, "But now we have a little disagreement."

Zhou Buqi basically guessed, "Share?"

"Yes." Shi Jinglin nodded lightly, "Dongpeng is actually quite sincere. They promised that both parties can each hold 50% of the shares and jointly manage the Dongpeng Special Drinks subsidiary. But there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Is there a bi-patriarchal system?”

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, it's definitely not possible to divide the shares equally. Once disagreements occur, big problems will arise. The primary and secondary relationships must be laid out in advance."

Shi Jinglin said decisively: "Yuanwei Group wants to take a majority stake! It wants 51%!"

Yuanwei Group is its own company, so of course Zhou Buqi also wants to take control of Dongpeng Special Drinks. However, judging from his own feelings, Mr. Lin from Dongpeng is definitely not willing to delegate power.

Zhou Buqi pondered for a moment, "What about Dongpeng's brand? Have you discussed it?"

Yuanwei Group is a large company. After taking over the Dongpeng Special Drink product, the first thing they did was to advertise on a large scale to increase product visibility in all aspects.

Once the advertising started, "Dongpeng" became famous, and it was not only Dongpeng special drinks that benefited, but also the entire "Dongpeng series" of food, beverages, and mineral water.

This will give Dongpeng Beverage Group an advantage in vain.

Shi Jinglin said: "Dongpeng is just east of Pengcheng, where their factory is located. It's impossible for us to compete for this brand. Even if they make some concessions on the purchase price, we can't do it every year." The group is asking for brand promotion fees from Dongpeng Group, right?"

Zhou Buqi suggested: "It can be like this. The brand 'Dongpeng' belongs to Dongpeng Beverage Group, but it must be permanently leased to Dongpeng Special Beverage Co., Ltd. The brand premium created by all Dongpeng-related advertisements will be related to Yuan It has nothing to do with the taste group."

Shi Jinglin's beautiful eyes lit up, "If you want to give up first? Use the brand to make a fuss to persuade them to give in on the equity split of Dongpeng Special Drinks? I think it will work. I will call them soon."