giants of the era

Chapter 331 Favored by Wall Street

This Christmas season, the success of Amazon.com made people aware of e-commerce.

Wall Street is very fond of Amazon.com, and many investors want to invest in Amazon. On January 1991, 1, Sequoia Capital came to Amazon.

"Mr. Bezos, Sequoia Capital is very optimistic about the development of Amazon, so we plan to invest in Amazon. I wonder if your company intends to raise Series A financing?" The young man smiled and said to Jeff Bezos, "This time, Sequoia Capital is very sincere and willing to invest 2000 million US dollars. Your company only needs to sell 20% of the shares."

The boss behind Amazon is Li Zetian. There is no need for Sequoia Capital to raise funds. What's more, Amazon's market value is 1 million U.S. dollars. This is too underestimating Amazon.Jeff Bezos curled his lips and shook his head in his heart. However, he still refused politely: "I'm sorry, Mr. Button, Amazon does not need financing yet!"

George Barton did not give up, and said: "Mr. Bezos, although Amazon was the first company to do e-commerce, you know, there will be more e-commerce websites established soon, and there are many chasers behind them, and they are very successful. Strength. If Amazon does not raise funds and speed up its development, I am afraid it will be caught up. Sequoia Capital not only gives Amazon funds, but more importantly, we have a variety of resources and contacts that can help Amazon. Rapid development!"

Jeff Bezos still shook his head, "Mr. Barton, Amazon still has funds and does not need financing for the time being. If we really want to raise funds, we will notify Sequoia Capital!"

George Barton couldn't help but looked at Jeff Bezos a few more times, thoughtfully, and then asked tentatively: "Mr. Bezos, can it be said that Amazon is really as the outside world said, and the boss behind the scenes is the world's richest man?" Chronos Li?"

Jeff Bezos suddenly laughed, "Mr. Patton, you should know that a lot of news is not credible. As for who the boss of Amazon is, hehe, I have no comment!"

"Isn't Chronos Li the boss of Amazon?" George Barton asked again, wanting to make sure that if Li Zetian was the boss behind Amazon, George Barton was ready to give up.If not, he will fight for it anyway, Amazon is too promising.Since the new website went live in December, sales have reached an astonishing $12 million this month.Sequoia Capital has always had a good impression of technology companies, and has studied them more deeply than other investment companies.The Internet is developing rapidly, and the number of Internet users continues to increase.Right now, with 2 million Internet users, Amazon.com can achieve sales of 100 million U.S. dollars. If the speed of Internet users reaches 2 million U.S. dollars, wouldn’t the monthly sales reach 1 billion U.S. dollars?It can almost catch up with the half-year sales of Wal-Mart Supermarket!
At this time, Jeff Bezos smiled and said nothing, not wanting to answer.

Li Zetian told him not to reveal the identity of his behind-the-scenes boss.

If many people know that Li Zetian is the boss of Amazon.com, then there must be more people involved in e-commerce.People believe in Li Zetian's investment vision, and the industries he is involved in will definitely make money.At that time, Amazon's competitive pressure will be particularly great!If companies such as Wal-Mart Supermarket, Sears retail stores, or the largest bookstore chain in the United States all enter e-commerce, these traditional companies have huge advantages. Once they transform, they will become giants!And Amazon.com will not be able to consolidate its dominance in e-commerce.

There are only more than 100 million netizens now, and the future netizens are the real targets!Winning at the beginning may not be the last laugh, Li Zetian decided to keep a low profile!

George Barton saw that Jeff Bezos was silent and didn't want to answer the question at all, so he left.If you can't invest in Amazon.com, then invest in other e-commerce sites.After he left Amazon, he was a little upset.Startups have always gone to Sequoia Capital to attract investment. This time Sequoia Capital came to the door to express their willingness to invest, but was rejected out of hand, without even a chance to talk...

In fact, good projects never lack investment.In addition to Sequoia Capital, there are many investment companies coming to Amazon.Goldman Sachs valued Amazon.com at $3 million, but it was rejected.

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Along with the rise of e-commerce, online banking has also flourished. Wells Fargo Bank under the name of Li Zetian was the first company to open online banking. Over the past year, because of online banking, new depositors have increased by at least 10 people.Wells Fargo is the designated online banking partner of Amazon.com. As long as Amazon.com develops and grows, Wells Fargo will definitely benefit from it!
As for third-party payment software, such as PayPal, Alipay, etc., Li Zetian has not considered developing it yet.

When there are more online banks in the future, PayPal will have the soil for development.Right now, there are hundreds of thousands of banks in the United States.If all these banks have opened online banking, there will be hundreds of online banks. Not to mention that it is very troublesome for an e-commerce website to cooperate with so many banks. When users choose a payment bank, seeing so many banks will make them feel overwhelmed. .

If an e-commerce website fails to negotiate cooperation with Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo depositors will not be able to complete the payment on the website, resulting in transaction failure.

As a third-party payment software, PayPal makes the relationship between websites, online banking and users easier and more convenient.

Now, Wells Fargo has not yet become one of the top ten banks in the United States. Taking this opportunity, Li Zetian decided to expand rapidly and acquire other banks!First, to strengthen the bank itself; second, to promote online banking and Amazon.com.

If depositors have opened online banking, they will surely come to Amazon to shop.

Of course, only Li Zetian can use banks to promote the Amazon website.How could Amazon and Alibaba in the previous life have such treatment.

At the beginning of Alibaba's development, many people knew Jack Ma and Alibaba as liars and liars!

If there is a bank guarantee, there is no such thing.

In the headquarters of Wells Fargo Bank, Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin were sitting on a black leather sofa, and there were several people sitting opposite them.

Li Zetian was the first to speak: "Since the 80s, hundreds of banks have gone bankrupt in the United States, but Wells Fargo is doing well, maintaining profitability and developing rapidly! At present, many banks are still in trouble. Question. I am going to invest $300 billion to let Wells Fargo acquire these banks! I believe that with the management level of Wells Fargo, these banks will definitely be able to turn these banks around!!!”

As soon as the words fell, Li Zetian made a move of 300 billion U.S. dollars, which shocked several senior executives of Wells Fargo Bank.

(End of this chapter)