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How LABUBU Became a Global Phenomenon?

  1. Section 1: Cultural Symbols and the Psychology of Collectibles

    1. Lecture 1: Who Is LABUBU?
    2. Lecture 2: The Rise and Monetization of the Trendy Toy Industry
    3. Lecture 3: The Economics of Cuteness: From Emotional Value to Brand Dependency
    4. Lecture 4: Trend Toys ≠ Toys: Redefining "Playthings" and Identity Symbols
    5. Lecture 5: Posting Labubu: Have Trend Toys Become the New Social Currency?
    6. Lecture 6: The Psychology Behind Blind Boxes: Why Can’t We Stop Opening Them?
    7. Lecture 7: How Designer Toys Strategically Harvest Desire

  2. Section 2: Pop Mart's IP Strategy and Organizational Capability

    1. Lecture 8: The Casting System and Trial-and-Error Laboratory Behind IP Incubation
    2. Lecture 9: "It’s Not About Selling IP—It’s About Investing in the Future"
    3. Lecture 10: Brand Personification: How to Build a Projectable Character Universe
    4. Lecture 11: How IPs Anchor Emotion and Amplify Through Narrative
    5. Lecture 12: How Brands Can Leverage IP to Rebuild Their Own Identity
    6. Lecture 13: How to Build an IP Content Ecosystem: From Toy Universe to Semi-Open World
    7. Lecture 14: Dissecting Pop Mart’s "IP Asset Management Company" Model

  3. Section 3: Business Models and Growth Engines

    1. Lecture 15: Supply-Demand Dynamics and Value Anchoring in the Designer Toy Industry
    2. Lecture 16: How a Niche Gimmick Evolved into a Billion-Dollar Industry
    3. Lecture 17: Lifecycle Management in the Designer Toy Industry
    4. Lecture 18: How Pop Mart Built Its Own Brand-Driven Retail Engine
    5. Lecture 19: Pop Mart’s Membership System and the "Community Points Trap"
    6. Lecture 20: How Pop Mart Captures Users Across Multiple Touchpoints

  4. Section 4: Internationalization and Cultural Export

    1. Lecture 21: Pop Mart’s Global Expansion and "Re-localization" Strategy
    2. Lecture 22: The Global Differentiation Strategy of Designer Toy Brands
    3. Lecture 23: Comic-Con, Fashion Weeks, and Global Exposures
    4. Lecture 24: How to Build an Overseas Sales Network
    5. Lecture 25: How Pop Mart’s International Narrative Team Crafts a "Multicultural Brand Voice"

  5. Section 5: Organizational Capability and Product Operations

    1. Lecture 26: When Product Becomes the Ultimate Marketing Engine
    2. Lecture 27: How Pop Mart Manages Artist Collaboration and IP Synergy
    3. Lecture 28: "Product-Centric Organization" and the Multi-Role Creative Collaboration Model
    4. Lecture 29: The Internal Horse-Racing Mechanism
    5. Lecture 30: NFTs, AI Avatars, and XR Immersive Interactions
    6. Lecture 31: The Rise of Healing in Designer Toys
    7. Lecture 32: Where Is Pop Mart’s Moat?
    8. Lecture 33: How to Build Your Own Designer Toy Business IP

The Copper & Gold Boom: Investment Logic of Zijin

  1. Section 1: Origins & DNA — Thriving Amidst Scarcity

    1. Lecture 1: Breaking the Cognitive Barrier of "Gold Above, Copper Below"
    2. Lecture 2: Primitive Capital Accumulation : A Life-or-Death Lever of 7 Million RMB
    3. Lecture 3: Bio-Hydrometallurgy and the "Southern Heap-Leach" Forbidden Zone
    4. Lecture 4: The "Zi Jin Defense" of 1997: Resisting Foreign Acquisition

  2. Section 2: Institutional Dividends & The Capital Flywheel

    1. Lecture 5: Behind the "Wealth-Creation Myth"- The 2000 Shareholding Reform
    2. Lecture 6: Capital Market Arbitrage and Strategic Empowerment
    3. Lecture 7: Buying When "Blood Is Running in the Streets"
    4. Lecture 8: "Five Rings into One Ore Flow"

  3. Section 3: National Expansion — From Zijin Mountain to the Frontiers

    1. Lecture 9: Rescuing the "Shock-Frozen Fish" — A Transformation Case Study
    2. Lecture 10: The Extreme Challenge of the Xi Zang Ju Long Copper Mine
    3. Lecture 11: A High-Grade Legend on the Gobi Desert
    4. Lecture 12: Technological Deep Dive and the Breakthrough of Low-Grade Resource Boundaries

  4. Section 4: Global Expansion — Pioneers of the "Belt and Road"

    1. Lecture 13: The African Miracle, Ka Mo A Ka Ku La and the Zi Jin Speed
    2. Lecture 14: The Balkan Pearl, The Rebirth of the Bo Er Copper Mine in Serbia
    3. Lecture 15: The South American Trial, The Security Dilemma of the Buriticá Gold Mine
    4. Lecture 16: Australia and Oceania, The Strategic Game of Norton Gold Fields and Porgera

  5. Section 5: The Future Paradigm — ESG, Energy Transition & New Productive Forces

    1. Lecture 17: The Darkest Hour and the Phoenix Reborn
    2. Lecture 18: A New Energy Frontier, The Lithium Strategy of Two Lakes and Two Mines
    3. Lecture 19: How Do You Manage the Ledger of a 300-Billion-Revenue Company？
    4. Lecture 20: Looking Toward 2030 and 2050

The Dragon’s Ledger: 2000 Years of Chinese Business Logic

  1. Section 1: The DNA

    1. Lecture 1: The First Macroeconomist
    2. Lecture 2: The Exit Strategy of the Business Saint
    3. Lecture 3: The Merger Maniac & Standardization
    4. Lecture 4: The Great Debate of 81 BC
    5. Lecture 5: Emperor Wu’s Abacus
    6. Lecture 6: Module 1 Review — The Official-Business Complex

  2. Section 2: The Golden Age

    1. Lecture 7: The City That Never Sleeps
    2. Lecture 8: The World's First Paper Money
    3. Lecture 9: Globalization in a Shipwreck
    4. Lecture 10: Who is the Boss?
    5. Lecture 11: The Needham Puzzle
    6. Lecture 12: Module 2 Review — Prosperity Without Freedom

  3. Section 3: Merchant Syndicates & State Control

    1. Lecture 13: The Empire's Bankers
    2. Lecture 14: The Cost of the Franchise
    3. Lecture 15: The Burnt Fleet
    4. Lecture 16: The Logic of Self-Blockade
    5. Lecture 17: The Only Window
    6. Lecture 18: The End of the World's Richest Man

  4. Section 4: The Collision and Collapse

    1. Lecture 19: Tea, Silver, and Opium (The Ledger of Blood)
    2. Lecture 20: The Experiment of "Government Supervision and Merchant Management"
    3. Lecture 21: The Elegy of the Red-Hat Merchant
    4. Lecture 22: The Birth of Commercial Warfare
    5. Lecture 23: The Scholar's Business
    6. Lecture 24: Module 4 Review : System Failure

  5. Section 5: The Eternal Return

    1. Lecture 25: The Pendulum of Power
    2. Lecture 26: Land: The Capital Safe Haven
    3. Lecture 27: The Gamble of Cloth and Bread
    4. Lecture 28: The Dunkirk of the East
    5. Lecture 29: 6 Billion for a Box of Matches
    6. Lecture 30: The Unfinished Ledger

 

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