Chapter 3235 New CEO

After Aster went public.

As expected, good news came one after another.

The first person to tell Zhou Buqi the good news was Lao Yan. He said that the female university teacher finally recognized the reality after seeing his success on Nasdaq. During a date, after dinner, Lao Yan invited him to the hotel and he did not refuse.

Then it was Zhou Shaoning.

For this year's latest Aster7, time is tight and the task is heavy. The plan must be adjusted in the shortest time, and the chip must be changed to Samsung to make comprehensive optimization.

Facts have proved that the domestic team's combat effectiveness is indeed strong!

By the end of June, the new version of Aster7 mobile phone had begun to be produced in the foundry.

In fact, there is still a lot of optimization work that has not been done.

But it doesn't matter.

The remaining optimizations are all at the software and system level, and subsequent updates and upgrades will be fine.

After the hardware is done, production can be started.

Next, Zhou Shaoning has begun to prepare for the most important press conference of Aster this year. The press conference will be held in London. The most important new product to be released is of course the Aster7 that the market is looking forward to.

Among them, the Ferrari co-branded Aster7 has been hyped on social media for two months.

Because of the confidentiality principle, the outside world does not know what the Ferrari co-branded mobile phone looks like. Netizens and some so-called "insiders" have given some speculative plans. In short, the market's expectations are very high.

According to the release plan of the new phone, Aster7 is not just a Ferrari co-branded model!

On July 15, the Ferrari co-branded model was released.

On August 15, the Porsche co-branded model was released.

On September 15, the Lincoln co-branded model was released.

There will be no more in October. In October, Motorola will hold a press conference and will release three new Motorola phones. One of them is Motorola Utra2, which is also a high-end model.

There is no way, Apple is too powerful.

If you want to compete with Apple in the high-end phone market, you can only keep changing the old and the new, and rely on the machine sea strategy to refresh the market's freshness.

Co-branding is a good strategy.

The model of the phone has not changed, which means that the R\u0026D, design and production costs have not changed. You only need to change the shell. Changing the shell to keep refreshing can be said to be a time-saving, labor-saving and money-saving method.

Zhou Shaoning wanted to invite Zhou Buqi to attend the new product launch in London.

Zhou Buqi refused.

He has been very busy recently.

The first thing is to resign from the CEO position of Ziweixing Group and then be replaced by Zhang Yiming.

From a business perspective, such an adjustment will not have any impact on Ziweixing.

Because in the past five or six years, Zhou Buqi's CEO has been in name only, and basically all business matters are handled by President Zhang Yiming, who has long been the CEO. This shift change is just a change of title, and there will be no other changes.

The trouble is the process.

Changing the CEO needs to be approved by the board of directors and then reported to the shareholders' meeting. Ziweixing is a listed company, and it also needs to connect with the media and the capital market to make certain explanations, so as not to cause some irrelevant social impacts due to changes in management.

In China, Ziweixing went through this process very smoothly.

July 21, 2015.

Zhang Yiming officially took office, replacing Zhou Buqi as the CEO of the largest domestic Internet giant with a market value of more than 290 billion US dollars.

For this reason, Zhou Buqi, Zhang Yiming, He Yang, Guo Pengfei, Meng Houkun, Pei Yao, Liu Qing, Wang Xiaochuan, Nie Caijun and others also appeared together and participated in this media open meeting, mainly to send a signal to the outside world.

That is, the core executives of Ziweixing all support Zhang Yiming.

After handling the domestic side, Zhou Buqi still cannot be idle.

Because there is a more important part in the United States.

To appoint Kurian as the CEO of Ziweixing International.

This is complicated.

Because Kurian was only the president of the business group before, and Lu Qi was responsible for presiding over the company's daily affairs before. Now directly promoting Kurian, it is necessary to have more sufficient communication with the board of directors, investors and Wall Street media.

Fortunately, the decision to reuse Kurian started last year.

So in the past year, Kurian has been connecting with Luqi to the company's business. He is no longer a novice and can smoothly complete the job adjustment and work connection.

He was busy until August 14th, and then he completed all the procedures.

Kurian officially became the CEO of Ziweixing International.

The new official is very fierce when he takes office.

As soon as the appointment letter came down, he went to find Zhou Buqi.

Kurian said unwillingly: "The market seems to have no confidence in me."

Zhou Buqi said firmly: "It doesn't matter, the market will understand, you have the absolute trust of everyone in the company. Anyone who lacks respect for you may not be suitable for the current position."

Kurian took a deep breath, "In the past week, the market value of Ziweixing International has fallen by 11%."

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Don't worry too much."

Kurian shook his head and said disappointedly: "In the past two years, the market value of Ziweixing International has always been higher than that of Ziweixing. But now it is different. The market value of Ziweixing has reached 290 billion US dollars, while the market value of Ziweixing International has fallen to 250 billion US dollars. Both have changed CEOs, and the capital market is more optimistic about Zhang Yiming, but lacks trust in me."

Zhou Buqi had to comfort him and said with a smile: "The sharp rise in the market value of Ziweixing is related to the listing of Estar. From the strategic and business level, Ziweixing International has a more complete system and a larger market than Ziweixing. In the long run, the market value of Ziweixing International will definitely be higher than that of Ziweixing."

"I have to prove myself."

Kurian gritted his teeth.

He felt that the recent reaction of the capital market had humiliated him.

This is a kind of inferiority complex from the bottom of society.

Just like black people.

When a sentence is said, ordinary people may not feel anything, but black people may feel greatly offended. It's not that black people are pretentious, but that they have been at the bottom of society for a long time, and they have an inferiority complex in their hearts, so they are overly concerned and sensitive in many aspects.

Kurian comes from the bottom of India.

He can't accept it.

Zhou Buqi asked: "What do you want to do? If you want to make some adjustments to the company's organizational structure or business structure, my advice is to be cautious. There is a proverb in the football industry that you don't change your formation when you win. Ziweixing International has been winning in recent years."

Kurian said: "I won't seek change, but I must tell the capital market some things clearly to let them know how powerful I am!"

Zhou Buqi was a little amused and thought that this guy was like a child, "What are you going to tell them?"

Kurian took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I will make a public commitment to Ziweiyun's performance. Within three years, Ziweiyun's revenue will exceed 50 billion US dollars!"

"Ah?"

Zhou Buqi was shocked.

It can be regarded as seeing the fierce Kurian again.

This is too fierce!

It's just like Musk.

Ziwei Cloud's current overseas market revenue is only $12 billion, and it will reach $50 billion within three years... This is crazy!

Once such a public commitment is made, it is conceivable that the capital market will go crazy.

All parties will have greater expectations for Ziwei Star International, and the market will give a strong optimistic effect.

Then, Ziwei Star International's stock price will soar.

Kurian's face as CEO will be regained.

But the problem is...

This kind of public commitment is legally responsible.

When a company makes a public commitment to the market, it also provides benchmark data for the market to value the company and predict its future growth.

This is indeed a clever way to resolve the pessimism of all parties after Kurian took office.

But what if the commitment is not fulfilled?

Maybe Kurian will be arrested and imprisoned, and Ziwei Star International will have to pay a large sum of money to the investors.

Of course, it is still difficult to really implement it.

It is taboo to arrest entrepreneurs and put them in jail in all countries around the world. Unless some people want to kill pigs and bleed them, or the entrepreneurs have committed serious crimes and cannot be compromised, the law will take action against this group.

All parties will turn a blind eye to minor mistakes.

After all, thousands or tens of thousands of people are waiting for him to make a living, and the related industries may cover hundreds of thousands of people.

Don't arrest them easily unless it is absolutely necessary.

Just like Musk.

In his previous life, he was running Tesla, which was really exhausting. He had to fight with the board of directors, investors and short sellers every day. Sometimes he couldn't fight, so he started to "talk big", made a series of exaggerated promises, and then pulled up the stock price.

In fact, it was to use false promises to hit short sellers.

As a result, Musk received many lawsuits.

They said he was guilty of securities fraud.

But in fact, these noisy indictments were like tickling to Musk.

Musk resigned as chairman of Tesla and appointed a close confidant to take the position, and the matter was resolved. This small mistake can't shake an entrepreneur of his level at all.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Can you really achieve 50 billion US dollars in three years?"

"Yes, I have the confidence." Kurian glanced at him, "This is also a kind of motivation for me. I know I can do it."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "You are the CEO. Since you have made up your mind, I will not object."

Kurian felt the great support from the big boss, "I can do it, and I must do it!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "There is no need to have such great pressure. I estimate that in three years, even if Ziweiyun's revenue does not reach 50 billion US dollars, the gap will not be too big. The commitment to the capital market will not have too much negative impact."

Kurian said: "I can do it, because I have a second plan. I hope to adjust the salary system of executives. The current salary system... is not competitive enough, which will breed laziness and mediocrity. Executives must make results that meet expectations in order to get corresponding returns. In the past few years, we have not done well in this regard. We need a better salary incentive plan."