Chapter 217 Asset Management and Film Screening
The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning, the Fifth Annual Conference of China Business Leaders officially opened and relevant leaders delivered speeches.

The theme of this year's annual meeting is "Globalization and Chinese Corporate Personality".

In recent years, economic globalization has been a hot topic worldwide, and it is particularly popular in China.

Many leaders and some heavyweight entrepreneurs often talk about globalization.

Most of the guest speeches focused on the trendy topic of "globalization".

To be honest, this was the first time that Liu Zhou attended such a high-level meeting, which showed that he was a well-known figure in the mainland business field.

So Liu Zhou came to the meeting with a little excitement.

But at the beginning Liu Zhou listened with great interest, but the more he listened, the more he felt uncomfortable.

It is true that economic globalization is the current trend, but many people are overly optimistic and yearning, and there is no lack of advocacy of democracy and liberalism in their words.

Democracy and freedom are the slogans of the United States. They don’t know how many people they have harmed in the name of this.

Liu Zhou experienced the public opinion environment more than ten years later after China became prosperous, strong and confident.

I have an instinctive aversion to this kind of beauty flattery.

"Neoliberalism? What does this mean?" asked Xiao Ma Ge at the side in a low voice.

Both of them were newbies attending this kind of annual meeting for the first time. They had no right to speak on stage and could only sit down and watch the big guys show off.

“This word is a urinal for the West, they put whatever they need in it.

When they need to oppose intervention and support free trade and capital development, they shout liberalism;

When it is necessary to strengthen supervision and use public power to check capital, classical liberalism is advocated.

If the situation changes again, it will be called neoliberalism. If it changes again, it can also be called neoclassical liberalism.

Anyway, don't pay too much attention to what the name means, it's just to scare people, it depends on what they say and do."

Brother Xiao Ma was a little surprised by Liu Zhou's explanation and couldn't help asking:
"You're still researching these? But when I think about it carefully, it seems to be true."

"I haven't studied it carefully. Since I'm here to attend this annual meeting, I have to prepare myself. If I meet those leaders or big CEOs, I'll have something to talk about. They like this kind of thing."

After hearing this, Xiao Ma Ge couldn't help but smile.

"Boss Liu, you deserve to succeed. I came here with a pair of ears."

Liu Zhou smiled, then listened boredly to the people above speaking passionately.

Those who can come to the stage are leaders in various industries, and the value of any one of them far exceeds all of Liu Zhou’s industries.

Some land sold for tens of billions, computers sold for twenty billion, milk sold for ten billion, and mobile phones sold for several billion.

No matter in terms of assets, resources or influence, Liu Zhou is far inferior to those predecessors.

It is precisely because of the speeches of these bigwigs who have benefited from the country's development that I find it even more boring.

Talk about wanting more, say giving less.

There is a lot of talk about globalization, liberalization, and capital development, but almost no one talks about how the rich can help the poor and the interests of the people.

As a group of top entrepreneurs in the mainland, they have never considered social responsibility.

In the previous life, more than ten years later, many business tycoons immigrated overseas.

At that time, Liu Zhou saw a lot of comments like that, saying that they were much smarter than ordinary people like us, and had a more sensitive sense of smell, etc.

Now Liu Zhou feels that these people have been too deeply poisoned by the United States' rhetoric of globalization and liberalization.

If the country tightens up a little and strengthens some of the supervision, I feel it is unbearable.

It’s because I was so nice to them in the past!

Finally we made it to the end of the opening ceremony. At noon, there was a buffet banquet just like yesterday, but it was much more lively than yesterday.

Yesterday everyone came to sign in, and today they came to get to know each other in their respective circles or socialize.

Liu Zhou still played with Pony Ma, Chen Tianqiao and a few other people from the Internet circle, but Liu Zhou noticed that Jack Ma seemed to enjoy this occasion very much, moving around everywhere like a fish in water.

It is undeniable that Jack Ma’s eloquence and social skills are the best in the Internet circle.

He doesn't look like an entrepreneur in the emerging Internet industry, but rather like someone who has worked his way up from a traditional industry.

Of course, this may also be related to the e-commerce business he is engaged in, which requires him to deal with a large number of bosses in traditional industries.

The annual meeting will last for three days and close on May 11th.

After the annual meeting, Chen Tianqiao returned to Shanghai, Pony Ma returned to Shenzhen, and Liu Zhou returned to Sina headquarters.

The feeling of being at Sina now is very different from before. Liu Zhou feels more relaxed and has a stronger sense of belonging.

Now, no one can threaten Liu Zhou's position in Sina.

On May 15th, Sina's version of Zhihu was launched.

Everyone seemed to be very interested in this kind of community question-and-answer application. With the support of Sina, the number of registered users exceeded 100,000 in just three days.

However, an application like Zhihu that requires a large amount of content will take time to cultivate.

On May 20th, Sina Video was officially launched.

Mainland video websites are just emerging now, and Sina Video is backed by Sina.com, so it has no shortage of traffic.

Coupled with the promotion on the blogs of Liu Zhou and many celebrities in the entertainment industry, Sina Video became the most popular video website as soon as it went online.

Liu Zhou made sufficient preparations for the launch of the video website.

The development was simple. With the technical support of Sina Group, the video website was developed in less than a month.

The most important thing is content, which is the key to retaining users.

Liu Zhou has been filling the space with film and television dramas during this period, and has also been negotiating with major TV stations to purchase the online broadcasting rights for their variety shows.

In fact, you don’t need to buy these, many video websites now use them directly.

But the movies, TV series and variety shows that can be played on Sina Video now are all those whose online copyrights have been purchased by Liu Zhou.

Liu Zhou did not ask Sina Video to put the word "authentic" on it, nor did he sue several other video websites. Instead, he continued to quietly acquire copyrights.

In two years, they will cry.

At the same time, Liu Zhou also made a rough plan for Sina Video. In addition to the film and television entertainment sector, the focus should also be on developing the sports sector.

Football and basketball are extremely popular in mainland China right now. If we do a good job in the sports sector, and then add the advantageous film, television and entertainment sector, we will be able to achieve this.

Then Sina Video will definitely become the first-tier video website in the field.

At the end of May, good news came again from Zhong Lifang.

She has already formally signed a purchase agreement with Chaoyang District for the land on Liangmahe River.

The area of ​​that piece of land is not small, it is a full 15,000 square meters, which is one of the reasons why Liu Zhou took a fancy to this piece of land.

Currently, the average price of commercial land in Beijing is more than 8200 yuan per square meter, but this land is within the Third Ring Road, which is also a prosperous area in Beijing. The final negotiated price was yuan per square meter, which directly doubled.

So it cost Liu Zhou 1.23 million to buy this piece of land. Thinking about the land price in Beijing a few years later, Liu Zhou felt that he had made a lot of money.

According to the discussions above, Liu Zhou can build a 28-story building over 100 meters high on this land.

The subsequent design, construction and decoration may require hundreds of millions of dollars.

But it's all worth it. With this building, the office needs of three group companies, Sina, Jiahe and Zhoushan, can be met at the same time.

Moreover, a building like this will be worth tens of billions in a few years.

So this time Liu Zhou planned to use his own money to build this building.

After the acquisition of Sina, there is still 4.7 million US dollars left, equivalent to million RMB.

Add to that Liu Zhou's income from royalties and film fees over a long period of time, and after deducting some expenses, there is still more than 30 million left.

Liu Zhou planned to leave a few million for daily expenses and raise a total of 500 million to build this building.

To this end, Liu Zhou set up a Zhoushan Asset Management Company.

The land in Liangmahe was purchased in the name of Zhoushan Asset Management Company, and then the building was built.

At the same time, Liu Zhou also plans to inject the property assets in 798 Art District, the house property for rent in Guangzhou, and the Yan Family Garden Villa in Shanghai that is about to be negotiated into this asset management company.

As for the two-courtyard courtyard in Dengcao Hutong and the villa in Aobei, they are still under his name.

From now on, Zhoushan Asset Management Company will be the guarantee for Liu Zhou and his family.

During this period, Liu Zhou was also busy setting up Zhoushan Asset Management Company.

At that time, the construction of the building will be handed over to the asset management company, completely freeing Zhong Lifang and allowing her to concentrate on her work at Sina.

Sina is now in a period of rapid development, and the work here is also very busy.

Liu Zhou was busy until mid-to-late June before he recruited enough staff for Zhoushan Asset Management Company. In order to meet the deadline, he spent up to one million yuan on a headhunting company.

After handing over the construction of the building to the asset management company, before Liu Zhousong could even breathe a sigh of relief, he received another call from Han Shanping.

The two parts of "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" have been edited, so let him go and see the finished film.

This is the largest production in the Chinese film industry. Filming was wrapped up at the end of last year, and the post-production took a full six months, and is only now completed.

After all, I invested in this movie and I starred in it, so I should go and watch it.

When Liu Zhou arrived at the screening room of China Film, he found that there were quite a few people inside.

In addition to Han Shanping and Zhang Yimou, several other investors and people from major theaters across the country also came.

Now it seems that this is a special film viewing meeting.

As soon as Liu Zhouyi came in, he was immediately warmly welcomed by everyone.

In the past, everyone was enthusiastic about Liu Zhou because he was a big director, the movies he made could make money, and he was also the owner of a film and television company.

But now, in addition to enthusiasm, everyone also has a hint of awe, awe of his current wealth and status.

After Liu Zhou took over Sina, even Han Shanping no longer dared to treat him as a junior.

Who could have thought that Liu Zhou, a director, would cross over to engage in business wars, and most importantly, win.

In just half a year, Liu Zhou's identity has undergone a dramatic transformation, from a director to a business tycoon.

After greeting a few people, Liu Zhou also came and sat down next to Han Shanping.

"coming?"

"Here I am. Mr. Han, since you invited me, how dare I not come?"

Han Shanping saw that Liu Zhou didn't seem to have changed much, and a smile appeared on his face. He said:
"Haha, now that we're here, let's get started. Let's see how the new head of an Internet giant performs."

When everyone heard Han Shanping's words, they couldn't help but laugh.

This is indeed a rare situation.

There has never been a big boss from the mainland acting in a movie. Although Liu Zhou's move was a coincidence, it still made them feel a little novel.

To be honest, Liu Zhou now feels a little embarrassed.

After successfully taking over Sina, Liu Zhou's mentality would inevitably change.

I used to think acting was nothing, but now it feels a little different.

Although the founders or presidents of large Internet companies are different from their predecessors in that they are low-key and often appear in front of the media.

Later on, he even branded his own personality and bundled it with his own company for marketing.

But apart from Jack Ma at the height of his fame, no one else has appeared in any movie or TV series.

But when I think about the fact that I started out in the entertainment industry and I have no plans to quit it, my mentality becomes much better.

As the movie started, Liu Zhou's attention was gradually drawn to the movie.

The movie begins with a deep male voice narration and a few quick flashbacks.

In the 12th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao successively wiped out the remnant forces of Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and others, subdued Gongsun Kang in Liaodong, defeated Wuhuan, and formally unified the north.

On the entire map of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the north was dyed red, with a huge word "Cao" on it.

In the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao abolished the three officials, restored the prime minister system, appointed himself as prime minister, and directed his troops to the Jingyang area in the south.

In August of the same year, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, died of illness, and his son Liu Cong took over as the governor of Jingzhou with the support of Cai Mao and others.

In September, Cao Cao's army advanced to Xinye. Liu Cong thought he could not resist and, under the persuasion of the civil and military officials of Jingzhou, he surrendered to Cao Cao with all his people.

The flashback ends here and the main feature officially begins.

Zhang Yimou is very good at directing large-scale ancient war scenes. Not only Liu Zhou, but everyone else was attracted by the movie scenes and plot.

The script was created with great effort by Liu Heping and Lu Wei, Zhang Yimou also performed at a high level, and the actors also did not let the performance down.

So what is presented this time is a movie with a perfect taste of power struggle and history.

Although everyone is familiar with this story and the final ending is also known.

However, the grand and intense fighting scenes, war scenes and delicate literary dramas are still memorable.

Comparing with Wu Baige's previous version of "Red Cliff", Liu Zhou felt that Zhang Yimou's version was more than one level higher.

After a full five hours, both parts were finally finished.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Afterwards, without Liu and Zhou and other investors saying anything, the theater representatives enthusiastically expressed their willingness to provide the best screening time slots and the most screenings to show this movie.

Of course, they were very happy about this. As long as the screening schedule was guaranteed, the box office would be guaranteed.

Afterwards, also at China Film, the project team and theater representatives formally signed a screening agreement, and then they went back happily.

"Red Cliff" is scheduled to be released on July 21st, which is only one month away.

(End of this chapter)