The cooperation of "The Big Bang Theory" was quickly decided, mainly produced by Paramount, Chuck Lowry Studio and Starlight Film and Television, Starlight contributed 60% of the funds, got half of the copyright and income, and could also arrange a Chinese character. In general, Zhou Shi is still very satisfied, not to mention Zhang Zhao, who feels that this is a rare and equal cooperation. But it's understandable to think about it, UPN TV network was originally from Viacom's department, James still has some influence over there, and he is in a hurry to produce results, so naturally he won't be too stingy and delay things.

As for the Chinese role that he won, he still has to pass the audition, but Zhou Shi prefers Hu Ge, as long as the English level can be passed, and he can sign an agent contract, then everything is easy to say. Moreover, according to Zhou Shi's idea, if this person is good enough, he can jointly hold his economic contract with the original economic party. As for how they handled the contract, it was really not his turn to worry about such trivial matters. And if he chooses me Hu at this time, maybe he won't have the car accident in his previous life, and my Hu who has changed his fate doesn't know if it's still the same Hu in his previous life.

After Zhang Zhao negotiated with this side, he rushed back, the two pioneering works of Starlight Film and Television have not yet been released, and this side has begun to invest in American dramas, and in addition to the 10 million US dollars that Zhou Shi previously invested, he can only borrow from Starlight Culture. The advertising revenue can be imagined, and Long Danni's success has given him a sense of crisis.

With the World Cup held in Germany, Zhou Shi, who has completely calmed down, still let YouTube and Twitter enter the German market in advance. It would be a waste if such an opportunity was not taken advantage of. Moreover, if you give up development because you are afraid of the power of the law, it will be looked down upon by everyone.

After much thought, everyone still rejected Google's acquisition, and Google turned to seek a stake. At this time, the benefits of Zhou Shi's fame came out, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Viacom all joined the financing negotiations, and other well-known venture capitalists such as Sequoia and KPCB also joined one after another.

Zhou Shi, who was going to go back, stayed again. One after another, famous figures appeared, and Zhou Shi even met with several founders to Bill Gates and Google's third bureau. It felt like they were at the center of the world at this moment, and almost all the attention was on them. However, after hearing that the establishment of the German branch was slower than expected, Zhou Shi withdrew from the tour. flew directly to Germany and directly presided over the establishment of the German branch, fortunately, it was not a complicated big problem, and it was dealt with in three or two clicks. Zhou Shi believes that with the strength of YouTube, even if he goes abroad, he will not be afraid of competition.

And the main thing is that there are almost no Internet companies in Germany, and the largest Web.de is equivalent to Sina in China. Even the University of Karlsruhe, Germany's best university for information engineering and technology, and the best German IT masters and PhDs who graduated in the surrounding area, mostly go to work at the headquarters of the ERP software giant SAP, which is 50 kilometers away. It is said that only a small number of people in Germany would think of starting a business. Most of the best people think about how to stay "in the system" elegantly and comfortably. However, in this system, it does not refer to the ancient imperial grain system, which glorifies the ancestors, but to the large-scale industrial panorama production and scientific research system that has accumulated interdependence in Germany for many years. However, Industry 4.0 is their strength, thinking of the birth of Industry 4.0 a few years later, as well as Midea's acquisition of Kuka, one of the world's four largest robotics companies. Zhou Shi also has more expectations for Germany, although the attitude of the Germans towards China has always been so complicated, Zhou Shi also wants to start from Germany and open up this market.

They set up the German branch of YouTube in Berlin, and Zhou Shi, who does not understand German, except to stay in the company, is to watch the football game, especially on this day to a special team, that is, the famous bumblebee: Dortmund, but unfortunately Zhou Shi sat in the camp of Hertha Berlin and did not dare to cheer for Dortmund. But it's nothing, this scene is dull, and Zhou Shi can't see any signs of youth storm. When I went back and asked, I found out that Dort fell into bankruptcy last year and fell to seventh in the league standings. As a pseudo-fan, where does Zhou Shi know so much, in his image, Klopp is the manager of Dort, and they have always maintained the impact of the Champions League. It's a pity that the reality is not living in his impression.

After watching the ball game for a week, the US imperialist side urged Zhou Shi to go back, and it just so happened that the matter here was dealt with, and other things were just as planned.

"What's the matter, so anxious to urge me back," Zhou Shi sat unceremoniously in the conference room

"They've officially started to offer!" Cheng Shijun said succinctly

"The due diligence was completed so quickly?" Zhou Shi asked curiously

"No, they don't want to wait. Another founder spoke up

"Is there an offer?" Zhou Shi

"Yes, here's their quote", the company's CFO stepped forward

"Throw away less than $500 million, and then let them re-quote to see what support they can give us in addition to cash," Zhou Shi

"There is no less than $500 million," the CFO added

"Ahh "Why are these people so crazy, or is Zhou Shi's understanding of YouTube's development and market position biased? Half a year later, Google acquired YouTube at a valuation of more than $1.6 billion, and the market was still exclaiming at a sky-high price at that time, why is this offer so refreshing?

Zhou Shi originally thought that there would be a sky-high financing, but he didn't expect that after several rounds of confrontations, the valuation of YouTube was stuck between 8~900 million US dollars, and everyone would not give in. At this time, the first episode of "The Big Bang Theory" had already begun to be produced, and several producers invested $200,000 in YouTube and $50,000 in Twitter according to the previous agreement, and began to build momentum on the Internet. YouTube, which has more than 80 million hits a day, quickly achieved results, and everyone spoke to express their expectations.

On May 1st, "The Big Bang Theory" was officially launched on the CW TV network, and it won the third rating in the same period at the beginning, and then gradually rose to second, and the market was amazed!

Just when everyone rethought the value of YouTube and was ready to re-bid, Google took the lead, with a billion-dollar valuation, search technology cooperation and technical support, and legal support and assistance, investing $100 million, accounting for 10% of the shares, and demanding that YouTube immediately stop negotiations with other companies, and the founder shareholders will be compensated $1 million in cash for every 10% of the shares.

With such lucrative conditions, there is no reason not to agree, and on the second day of Google's conditions, everyone preliminarily signed a contract.

Several other companies woke up like a dream, regretted it, and expressed regret one after another.