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It's okay if Zhou Buqi is not in the country. As long as he returns to the country and people know about it, all kinds of invitations to social events will come like snowflakes.

However, he basically doesn't go.

He usually couldn't refuse Xu Baihui's invitation. Fortunately, the headquarters building of Jieyu Media was at the outermost edge of Ziweixing Park. It was very close and could be walked there.

This morning, I received a call. Zhou Buqi and Sun Wanran went to Jieyu Media together.

Xu Baihui vowed that she had something very important to tell him.

Zhou Buqi didn't know if she was making excuses. Anyway, when he returned to China, he would always find a chance to meet her. If he didn't meet her, she would definitely go to Senior Sister Zhen Yu and Sister Baoshan to complain. She would also complain to Guo Pengfei and Sister Baoshan. Meng Houkun kept scolding him.

After passing by, I saw an acquaintance—Zhang Chaoyang.

Very surprised.

Zhou Buqi opened his eyes wide, "Old Zhang? Why are you here?"

Zhang Chaoyang complained: "I just came back from the United States. Didn't I tell you that the Farley Building project has been formally negotiated. I will help you with the Changyou matter, and even the Ziweixing matter has to involve me."

The two parties had previously communicated on this matter on the phone.

The national landmark building located in the center of Manhattan, New York, and the former Farley Building of the United States Postal Service, finally passed the resolution after layers of discussions and process reviews by New York officials.

This is a big deal.

Because the Farley Building is too important and carries too many historical and cultural attributes, it can only be a national property and cannot be sold to individuals or private companies.

However, in a place like Manhattan where land is at a premium, it would be too luxurious to use it as a tourist attraction, and it would easily cause traffic congestion in the center. It would be best to transform it into a commercial real estate project, serve large companies, and utilize resources.

Ordinary companies simply do not deserve to use the Farley Building as their New York headquarters.

Ziweixing International is the first major Internet company to focus on the New York market. It is a leader. It fits well with New York's future technology plan, and the two parties hit it off immediately.

However, Ziweixing cannot directly enter the Farley Building for the time being.

Internal modifications must be carried out first.

New York had already passed a bill to spend $1.6 billion and spend 3-4 years renovating the interior of the Farley Building. The renovation plan will completely retain the main structure of the Farley Building, and the interior will be designed with a transparent glass ceiling and glass walls, presenting a technological and sci-fi futuristic feel.

At the same time, the authorities will spend US$460 million to improve surrounding transportation, water, electricity, network and other infrastructure.

The new Farley Building is expected to be put into use in early 2015 and will be leased to Ziweixing International.

The two parties signed a 10-year contract with an annual rent of US$160 million. It is equivalent to the New York authorities using the income from this property lease contract to complete the internal renovation of the Farley Building.

At the same time, because this is the New York headquarters of Ziweixing International, Ziweixing will also get the naming rights, and the new headquarters building will be named "Ziweixing-Farley Building".

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Old Zhang, this is not right. I am doing this for your own good. Over at Farley Building, my people have already reached an agreement and asked you to come forward. I just want you to mess around." The face looks familiar, and then I can go and run the Sohu headquarters."

Zhang Chaoyang snorted.

Zhou Buqi didn't answer the question, his eyes flickered between him and Xu Baihui with a strange look on his face, "Why did you two get together?"

Zhang Chaoyang was startled and waved his hands repeatedly, "It's nothing."

Xu Baihui said angrily: "Mr. Zhang is interested in the film and television industry and came over to participate in a film project. He is one of the producers."

"Movie?" Zhou Buqi was quite surprised, "Lao Zhang, are you really going to be a producer?"

Zhang Chaoyang glanced at him, "No?"

Zhou Buqi asked: "What movie?"

Xu Baihui said with a smile: "The movie has been shot. I want you to come here this time because I want to invite you to see the samples."

"I don't have time. I have a lot of things to do at the company."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and was not interested in seeing the samples.

In the company, the database matter has been temporarily taken care of, and then there is still the analysis of the rental market. He sent three teams to investigate this matter.

One of the teams, the new secretaries, all got a little tanned in order to accomplish this.

Xu Baihui refused: "No, you must watch it. This is a good movie... Well, it's a love movie. You will definitely shed tears after watching it."

Zhou Buqi curled his lips and said, "They are all tricks to coax boys and girls."

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Let's watch the movie first. After the movie is over, let's talk about something else."

"You have something to say."

Zhou Buqi still didn't want to waste time watching movies.

Xu Baihui bit her red lips and said, "I am investing in this movie, Mr. Zhang is the producer, and the copyright comes from Ziweixing!"

"Ziweixing?" Zhou Buqi was slightly startled and thought of something, "Is it a movie adapted from an online novel?"

Seeing that his interest was piqued, Xu Baihui pursed her lips and said, "Well, it's adapted from an online novel, but it's not from Toutiao Literature, it's from Douban."

Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, "There are also novels on Douban?"

Xu Baihui said: "Isn't there a discussion group on Douban? Now it has been integrated with Friends Network and turned into an interest circle. There is a topic of 'breakup' in the interest circle. Last year, there was a popular post and a live broadcast post. You Do not you know?"

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "I don't know."

"It's called "Thirty-Three Days of Broken Love."

"oh!"

"you know?"

"heard about it."

Zhou Buqi has never heard of this Douban live broadcast post, but he has heard of this famous niche movie, which is said to have high reviews.

Seeing that he was interested, Xu Baihui smiled sweetly, "Do you understand now? It started as a Douban live broadcast post, and was later compiled by the Toutiao Literature Department and turned into a light novel. Later it was published, and then it was adapted into a movie. Let's go , go and have a look? Where’s Wanwan?”

Sun Wanran pursed her lips and said, "During the Douban live broadcast, I watched and followed the post. I also wanted to see what the movie would look like."

Xu Baihui came over and took her arm, "Let's go and have a look! It's a sample film now, and it won't be officially released until November."

Zhou Buqi had no choice but to keep up.

Confused.

Xu Baihui said that she originally worked in an entertainment company, and film and television products were her main focus.

What does Lao Zhang mean? There are a lot of things going on at Sohu and Changyou. Is he really going to cross over into the film and television industry and become a producer? Isn’t this nonsense!

I don’t know what kind of medicine he is selling in his gourd.

I watched the movie and it was really good.

Xu Baihui smiled and asked, "How is it?"

Sun Wanran's eyes were a little red, "It looks good."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "The main thing is that the plot is gripping. The structure, light and shadow, color, and composition may not be outstanding. Is it filmed by a new director? It's not as memorable as the works of the masters."

Xu Baihui saw that he was old-fashioned and said angrily: "You speak as if you know a lot!"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "If you ask me how much I know about film, then I might not be as good as you. But when it comes to market analysis and business judgment, I still have some insights."

"Really?" Xu Baihui was very interested. In this regard, she had a bit of blind admiration for Boss Zhou, "Tell me about it?"

After walking out of the screening room, everyone walked to her office together.

Zhou Buqi said as he walked: "The master's works are no longer good now. Times have changed. In the era of entertainment to death, whoever is serious means that he will break away from the mainstream. Including directors Lao Mouzi and Kai Ge, in the past twenty years, They can dominate the domestic film market, but it will be difficult in the future.”

Xu Baihui nodded lightly, "Well, that's why Director Xiaogang's set of principles is very popular."

"He is also too serious and pursues film techniques too much."

"ah?"

Xu Baihui was somewhat surprised.

When Zhou Buqi saw Lao Zhang going to the toilet, he quickly took Xu Baihui to her office, "While Lao Zhang is going to the toilet, I will tell you secretly to avoid leaking the secret."

Xu Baihui didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "As for you!"

Zhou Buqi said seriously: "This is a big deal! Today's era is becoming more and more popular. If you look at products such as Weibo and Friends.net, the trend driven by it is public discussion, not the professional discussion in the past. In the past, it was professional film critics who evaluated movies, scholars who discussed the quality of a book, fashionistas who led the aesthetics, and professionals who guided the public in professional fields. Now it is different. Now it is a general discussion , In the era of general evaluation, even in industries such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors, the public can give pointers and give pointers."

Xu Baihui rolled her eyes at him, "Isn't it you? Didn't you create Weibo?"

Zhou Buqi said speechlessly: "This is the change of the times. Weibo just came into being. What does it have to do with Weibo? The emergence of the Internet will definitely trigger this trend. How many years has it been, especially in the literary industry? , how obvious has it been in the past few years?”

When it came to the key point, Xu Baihui's beautiful eyes sparkled and she said with a smile: "Yes, before the Internet, it was the best writers who received the most royalties. It has been different in recent years, like Murong Xuecun, Mingyue, and Ruffian Cai and Ning Caishen seem to be more popular than masters like Mo Yan and Yu Hua."

Zhou Buqi said: "This phenomenon will definitely get worse. If you look at Ziweixing's headline literature, the Internet writers on it have no structure and no literary quality in what they write. But what they write is , the earning power will far exceed that of those literary masters. The more popular the Internet is, the more obvious this situation will be."

"Yeah." Xu Baihui nodded lightly and concluded, "Popular aesthetics."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "The same is true for literature and the same for movies. There is no big difference. How many people can feel the charm of language in literature? How many people can understand the art of composition in movies? For the vast majority of ordinary people, In other words, what you watch is the plot, which is the easiest level to understand.”

Xu Baihui pursed her lips and said: "Yes, I think so too. In the past few years, many film and television works adapted from online literature have achieved great success, especially "Wulin Gaiden" by Ning Caishen. So I have long been with Ziweixing The copyright operation department of Toutiao Literature has said hello. Anyone who wants to buy the film and television adaptation rights should contact me first. No, "Thirty Days of Love" is here. This movie is to be made by another company, and I borrowed it The relationship with Ziweixing gives me a copyright advantage, so I added it."

"Oh? Which company is it? It has a good taste!"

"Then you have to tell Mr. Zhang."

"What did you tell him?"

"He has something going on. It's important to tell him."