After the subprime mortgage crisis, it seems that venture capital has also become generous, and a Groupon that was established not long ago received an investment of $30 million from Axel Partners (there is also a saying that it is $6.8 million, which is considered a change in history), compared to Zhou Shi's investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, well, uh it is still not worth mentioning, at least in the Bay Area of Silicon Valley, it is difficult for them to compete with Yelp, but their base camp is in Chicago, and it is not interesting to say that competition in Silicon Valley is not interesting.

"Groupon's merchant resources are about 60/half of ours, and they have not yet captured the Chicago market, so they are not a threat to us. "Stallelman

"If you were the CEO of Groupon, what would you choose in the face of a competitor like Yelp?" Zhou Shi knew that the wild development of Groupon in his previous life, standing out from the crowd of competitors, was a respectable opponent that should not be underestimated. And the law of the Internet is to win and take all, and only one or two websites of the same type can succeed in the end. Therefore, the attention to competitors cannot be reduced in any way, but you can't pay too much attention to your opponents and follow the rhythm of others, which can only lead to your own death. In fact, this is to make us despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically.

"They should consolidate their market first and then ......," said Stoolman

"If I hadn't done it. After speaking, Zhou Shi looked at Shirley, this was a regular meeting of several of their executives.

"We should take the initiative and attack their base camp before they develop. "Shirley

"That's right, we now have a financial advantage, a talent advantage, and we can expand quickly while attacking our opponents. "Zhou Shi

"This will increase our costs a lot!" said Yelp's CFO, the treasurer of a large traditional retail company.

"It's your business to control costs, and what I need is high-speed development. Zhou Shi responded

"But ......"

"Okay, let's go to Chicago to set up a second branch, the previous goal was to occupy a point in the first-tier cities first, Chicago was originally our goal!"

Companies are not short of money right now, so the CFO's responsibility is to control costs without hindering Yelp's growth. The significance of a good system to the company is self-evident, Yelp's operating costs are much higher than Groupon's, and Zhou Shi is to build a relatively complete organizational structure and financial system from the beginning. I don't know if it's useful, in his mind, it may not be of much use, after all, if success is so easy, then those rich bigwigs will block the development of startups and let the whole world be monopolized. Unfortunately, the emergence of start-ups continues to disrupt traditional enterprises, which shows that sometimes sufficient funds and perfect management systems are not so necessary. He is also constantly looking for a balance in it, sometimes abiding by the company's rules and regulations, sometimes taking the initiative to break the rules and regulations, which makes the management a little tired to cope, but fortunately he has had sufficient communication with Shirley Sandberg, and she conscientiously helps Zhou Shi to check and fill in the gaps.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhang of Starlight Film and Television is here!" Just when Zhou Shi was trying to find a way to toss the company, Chen Wen came to him.

"Let's go see him!" Zhang Zhao arrived yesterday, but he needed to travel to the jet lag, and Zhou Shi didn't rush him, so he only came over this afternoon.

This time it's not a person, Zhang Zhao has several people, does he really want to reach a cooperation agreement with Marvel, co-productions are not so easy to make, Marvel's superhero movies are not suitable for co-productions, and nine times out of ten, the approval will not be passed.

"Mr. Zhou, in addition to Marvel movies, the production of Despicable Me also needs to be kept an eye on, after talking to Marvel, we also need to go to Paramount, that is our first co-production, and it is also an animated film. Zhang Zhao explained

Zhou Shi realized that it was really stupid and bold at that time, cartoons were not so fun, except for Disney, and DreamWorks did a good job, you must know that Pixar was acquired by Disney at this time, and DreamWorks was only barely supporting.

Zhou Shi asked some more about Despicable Me, the directors of this cartoon are Chris Reynolds and Tian Xiaopeng, Zhou Shi doesn't seem to know any of them, maybe it's not a well-known person. In the original history, one of these two people was the director of Despicable Me and the other was the director of the return of the Great Sage, and now the two get together, and they have little experience, but I hope they don't make an animated movie that is not like four.

"In this case, Mr. Zhou should communicate with them, otherwise such a big loss will be too big a blow to us!" Zhang Zhao

"Well, go when you have time. Zhou Shi didn't refuse, anyway, Yelp has no him, maybe he's not there, and Yelp's employees are happier.

"Mr. Zhou, what's going on with Marvel!" Zhang Zhao

"In this way, I was going to shoot Iron Man next year, but there is a rich second generation who has a lot of money and wants to invest in Marvel, and this time I will make a cameo appearance with Larry Ellison and Tesla's Musk. The probability of making money should not be large, if you are not short of funds, you can participate......" Zhou Shi crackled and said a lot

"Zhou always said that the CEO of Oracle, the world-renowned billionaire Larry Ellison?" someone behind Zhang Zhao reacted, it turned out that the biggest name was not Zhou Shi, he was a famous madman in Silicon Valley, and he wanted to fly a fighter jet to kill Microsoft's Oracle Ellison.

"That's right, it's him. "Zhou Shi

"It seems that this time we really need to pay attention to it, and this opportunity ......" Zhang Zhao

"You go talk, Kevin Feige doesn't necessarily have a quota left for you! I don't know how much money the rich second generation of their family has. "Zhou Shi

"It's Ellison's child who invested in Iron Man 2?"

"That's right, be careful, that guy is annoying. "Zhou Shi has always had a bad impression of David, he is oily and powdery, and he feels particularly middle-class.

"Okay, okay...... "The rich second generation or something is the most terrifying creature, relying on the power of the family, and even reversing black and white, such as the famous Li Tianer incident. It may be even more terrible in capitalist countries, where it is not illegal to kill people in some cases, and where lawyers are even worse than at home.

"By the way, I almost forgot, Time Games America has acquired a special effects company in the digital field, can you cooperate to make Starlight's special effects level a first-class company in China. Zhou Shi thought that even if it was a concert, a press conference, or a party, special effects could be used, but things had to come step by step, and it was useless to be in a hurry. And the special effects company must either remain independent, or attract a few strategic partners, or even if your technology is advanced, which film company is willing to help competitors grow, and then there is not enough business support, you can only starve to death.

"The special effects company that helped James shoot a 3D movie ship?" Zhang Zhao

"That's right, it's this company!" Zhou Shi

"Of course we have to cooperate!" Zhang Zhao took the route of a big Hollywood company, recruiting many people from Hollywood to build his dream of film industry. Zhang Zhao is not in the Beijing circle, and he is not ready to rely on film and television groups such as the Beijing circle, now there is a first-class screenwriting team in China, and the theater chain has also achieved the third place in China due to the addition of venture capital, film directors and actors have made breakthroughs, only the special effects are shortcoming, and now they are finally complete.

(End of chapter)