Chapter 3153 Charity Fund

Zhou Buqi doesn't want to drag it out. It's really not good if it makes a big fuss. This is Apple after all, and the impact is on all aspects, so it's almost done.

Moreover, the Zhou family has also settled down.

Getting ready for the southern hemisphere cat winter.

Zhou Buqi also plans to take a long vacation for himself and stop grinding in the United States. The basic goal has been achieved. If he continues to pester him, he might make Cook jump over the wall.

In fact, Zhou Buqi was a bit of a bully this time. He bullied Cook because he was gay and had a gentle and friendly personality.

If it had been Steve Jobs, he would have fought so hard!

Cook still has a good temper.

But if the pressure is too harsh, the good-tempered Cook may have an attack, which could easily cause Zhou Buqi personal trouble. It's almost settled as it goes. Don't do anything wrong and cause a break with Apple.

So this time Cook contacted Zhou Buqi again, and he said he would take the initiative to come to the door without making any excuses.

Together with the little secretary Zhang Zetian, go to Apple.

This gesture made Cook very happy. He even went downstairs to greet Zhou Buqi in person, with a smile on his face.

They both knew each other well.

They all want it to end as soon as possible.

Cook was the more anxious one and did not lead Zhou Buqi to visit. He quickly brought him back to the office and said, "This matter must be resolved immediately. The sooner the better!"

Zhou Buqi said: "To be honest, the Rights Protection Committee is not what I say. Half of Hollywood is involved. You have to pay enough chips to impress them. Otherwise, even if I agree, it will be difficult."

Cook said simply, "Draw a line! How much is it?"

Reconciliation is nothing more than spending money to eliminate disasters.

Zhou Buqi said loudly, "One billion U.S. dollars."

"How many?"

Cook stared at him like a hawk.

Zhou Buqi said "ha" and said, "Can you give me a price?"

Cook said: "$45 million."

"This is impossible!" Zhou Buqi thought he was joking, "You underestimate Hollywood's ambitions. In recent years, Hollywood has been seriously invaded by the technology industry. This time they finally seized an opportunity to fight back."

Cook said to himself that it was not led by you?

If you hadn't taken the lead, would those people in Hollywood dare to stand up against Apple?

However, there was no point in arguing at this time. Cook didn't want to argue with him and said: "You can't offer a sky-high price, otherwise I won't be able to pass the board of directors."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "It's just a few hundred million dollars, it's nothing to Apple, right?"

Cook looked at him deeply and said, "There must be an upright reason! Especially it is impossible for me to use the hacked Apple photo album as a reason to make some compensatory compensation. It is impossible for Apple to admit its mistake in this matter. "

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes, I understand."

It’s okay to ask Apple to give you money, but Apple can’t compensate you in the name of making mistakes.

But it doesn't matter if you don't have money, as long as you get the money.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "The FBI is very efficient, and all the hackers have been caught. Therefore, the impact of this photo leak was limited. Only a dozen people's photos were leaked. I have done charity before The dinner and a large donation were enough to comfort them.”

"Um."

Cook was very satisfied.

Zhou Buqi then gave his own plan, "However, this incident has given Hollywood a wake-up call. Hollywood is full of celebrities, and there is a very bad phenomenon in society now. There are many people with evil intentions. Celebrities. Just like the news I just learned yesterday, at a party, an actor met a girl. They got along very well at the party, and they went to the hotel together the next day. The girl called the police. , saying it was forced.”

Cook is more distant from this kind of thing.

He has never had a relationship between a man and a woman.

Zhou Buqi said: "Later, there was no other option. The actor could only pay 450,000 US dollars and sign a confidentiality agreement to calm the storm."

Cook sighed, "That's the trouble with stars."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, so many times, entertainment stars will become victims of various incidents, but it is difficult to gain public support. After a long time, the truth surfaced, proving that he was wronged. He My career has also been greatly affected.”

"indeed."

"So I plan to change the remaining charity funds and this reorganization of the rights protection committee into the Hollywood Public Rights Protection Fund. This is a charitable organization dedicated to protecting producers who may be illegally harmed in the future. , director and actors.”

"Well, that's a good plan."

Cook's eyes lit up and he found a solution.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Let's let the matter of protecting rights go as it is. However, I hope Apple can support the protection of public rights and interests in Hollywood and provide a large donation to this fund. This not only reflects Apple's social responsibility, but also can Open up the relationship between Apple and Hollywood. If Apple wants to do music streaming or film and television streaming, this will actually be an entry point to establish a good relationship with Hollywood.”

Cook said: "Yes, it can be done."

This solution perfectly solved many of the troubles faced by Cook.

The first is to have a famous teacher.

Apple cannot admit its fault or compensate.

If Apple really admits that it was its own technical problems that caused the leak of those photos, so it has to pay compensation... then it's over. In the future, anyone who has information leaked will come to trouble Apple, and then there will be no need to do business.

From the perspective of paying attention to charity and caring for the public rights of Hollywood celebrities, donating to the charity fund that Boss Zhou wants to establish can turn passivity into initiative and turn bad reputation into good reputation.

Another point is that it saves money for Apple.

Compensation is through the expenditure channel.

More expenditure means less profit.

Donations can be made through the tax channel.

More donations mean less tax.

Big companies like Apple have to set aside a sum of money for donations every year. On the one hand, it is to save taxes, and on the other hand, it is to assume social responsibility and seek a good reputation.

Anyway, it is a donation, so it doesn't matter who it is donated to?

This means that donating money to Zhou Buqi's Hollywood public welfare charity fund will not cause any loss to Apple. Anyway, Apple has a sum of money lying in its account. If it doesn't donate to this charity fund, it can donate to other charity funds.

Obviously, Boss Zhou had already planned everything.

Just waiting for Cook to jump in.

Cook now saw it clearly, but he couldn't care too much. This was already the best result. "How much money is appropriate?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "The more the better. This money will be used to maintain fairness and justice in Hollywood. It can effectively resolve many conflicts within Hollywood. All major film companies are happy to see it happen. The more you donate, the higher Hollywood's evaluation of Apple will be. $1 billion is not enough, then $800 million?"

Cook is very sensitive to numbers. He doesn't even need to check any materials. After a little thought, he said, "I can give up to $230 million. But this is too much. I need to leave a charitable fund to deal with possible emergencies. Let's do this. Apple can donate $180 million."

"Deal!"

Zhou Buqi didn't hesitate at all. $180 million was enough.

That's it!

Money means voice.

Half of Hollywood can participate in the newly established Hollywood Public Welfare Charity Fund, but the chairman of the charity fund must be Jason Kilar, the chairman of the Rights Protection Committee. This is power.

It is the right to distribute wealth.

In the future, this Hollywood Public Welfare Charity Fund will have a legitimate reason to continue to raise funds and call on all parties to donate.

After getting the money, the right to distribute is dominated by Ziweixing Global.

There are too many "victims" in Hollywood.

Blackmail and extortion due to relationships between men and women happen almost every day. Many people have even gone bankrupt, such as the big star Nicolas Cage, who had an affair with the nanny at home and had a child, and had to pay millions of dollars in child support every year.

His life was ruined.

As for who this Hollywood Public Welfare Charity Foundation will help, it is hard to say. There are too many people in need of help, and it is impossible to help everyone. Whoever is close to Ziweixing Global will definitely be given priority.