Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 597 [American Allies]

Time flies, and it's September in a blink of an eye.

Lin Zuhui came to Amazon.com in the United States. He currently holds 20% of the company's shares and is the only shareholder other than Bezos. Ren Bezos is very shrewd, but he is no match for Lin Zuhui's big stick and sweet dates.

In Bezos' view, Lin Zuhui has too much "planning awareness" for this industry. If he does not accept the investment from Jingwei Capital, then Lin Zuhui will invest in a rival company, which will be a huge loss for him.

Came to Amazon's Bezos office and listened to Bezos's recent development of Amazon.

"The business is developing very fast. In half a year at most, we can surpass the 120-year-old Barnes & Noble Bookstore!" Bezos said excitedly.

What Amazon adopts is: exchange huge losses for business scale, and occupy the 'book market' through the fast-running method.

Lin Zuhui smiled and said: "Bano Books will not sit still, they will also open an online book service, but you have already occupied the best position!"

Bezos nodded and said, "Thanks to Mr. Lin's $600 million in funding, Amazon can grow its business in a short period of time. It is my greatest honor to introduce Mr. Lin to join Amazon. "He showed a sincere expression, and he was no longer as wary of venture capital companies as he was at the beginning.

The two parties have an agreement that Bezos' company is called the 'Amazon' website, while Lin Zuhui's company is called the 'Amazon' shopping mall, and both parties share the 'Amazon' signboard with one online and one offline.

I'm afraid Brazil doesn't know that its "mother river" has been divided up by an American and a Chinese.

Lin Zuhui then asked: "How is the company preparing for the online payment software?"

This is Lin Zuhui's suggestion for Amazon, to be an online payment software in the United States and to build Amazon's financial ecology.

Bezos said happily: "The research and development has achieved certain results, and it is expected that online payment will be realized almost next year!"

The entrepreneurial iron army in the previous life, including Musk and others, completed the online payment software PayPal at the end of 1998; it seems that in this life, Amazon will take the lead.

Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "Very well, to be an Internet company, you must build an ecology, so that you can become a dominant player like Microsoft."

"Ecology?" Bezos grabbed the key word and asked immediately.

Lin Zuhui was taken aback, and accidentally said a word about the future, but it doesn't matter, anyway, he is an important shareholder of Amazon.

"It's ecology! PayPal is the financial ecology of the Amazon ecosystem, and Amazon's future development will not only sell books?"

"Of course! When the time comes, Amazon will increase the variety of products!"

Lin Zuhui immediately asked: "Have you thought about entering the next category?"

Bezos shook his head and said: "I haven't thought about it yet! I'm considering listing Amazon recently. Before that, we must establish an absolute advantage in books!"

Going public is right, Amazon is a money burner.

Lin Zuhui immediately asked: "Before listing, there is still a round of financing, right?"

After Amazon goes public, it will definitely raise money frantically, and its 20% of its shares will be diluted, which is not much!As for Amazon, Lin Zuhui also intends to become a director of the company like Apple, even if it is a bubble crisis and does not cash out, it does not matter.

The prospects of these two companies are very good, and they can bring enough influence to Lin Zuhui in the United States.

Bezos thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Lin still wants to vote?"

Lin Zuhui smiled and said: "Why not? I am optimistic about Amazon, and its valuation can be very high. I will invest another 1000% of the $10 million. Such a large sum of money is enough to last until next year's listing. At that time, Amazon Financing is even easier!"

When Bezos heard it, he immediately felt that Lin Zuhui was not greedy, and the valuation he gave was very high.

He immediately said: "No problem! Mr. Lin means a lot to Amazon, and I welcome you to continue investing!"

Lin Zuhui was very happy immediately, stretched out his right hand, held Bezos and said, "It's a pleasure to start a business with you!"

"Welcome Mr. Lin to join Amazon!"

Both parties thought that the cooperation was very pleasant, and they had friendly exchanges. Lin Zuhui also recommended Bezos to consider entering music stores and DVDs as a priority, and Bezos agreed to consider it on the spot.

Before returning to Xiangjiang, Lin Zuhui had a special meeting with Jobs.

It is a foregone conclusion that Apple has received NeTX from Jobs, and Lin Zuhui's suggestion is obviously attributable to it; and Jobs himself is very eager to return to Apple, but the current Apple company is determined by the board of directors, so he needs to take another step. plan step by step.

That's right, it's a plan. Jobs in his previous life didn't take orders when he was in danger, but he himself managed to regain control of Apple through his own plans.

He first persuaded Apple CEO Gill and the board of directors to buy his NeTX company as the "source code" of the Apple system, and he also became a consultant; almost in May and June 1997, Apple's stock price plummeted to a 12-year low , Jobs persuaded Apple's board of directors to make him an interim CEO.

So far, Apple has only entered the era of Jobs II!
In a coffee shop, Lin Zuhui and Jobs sat drinking tea together.

"Thank you very much Mr. Lin for joining Apple, and recommended Apple to acquire NeTX!" Jobs said modestly.

His state at this time is also in Apple's state, just like Goujian, the king of Yue who is forbearing.

Lin Zuhui smiled and said: "If I can control the board of directors, I will definitely choose you as CEO. Although President Jill has some skills, he still cannot lead Apple back to the ranks of American technology giants."

Jobs was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Lin Zuhui to be so straightforward, so he asked, "What does Mr. Lin think is the biggest problem with Apple?"

Lin Zuhui said directly: "We have done too much, and there is no one high-quality product. This is the biggest problem!"

Jobs' eyes lit up, and he sighed in his heart that Lin Zuhui understood Apple.

The two chatted briefly, and Lin Zuhui would support Jobs' re-control of Apple in both words and deeds. This made Jobs very grateful, and inadvertently expressed that he really wanted to control Apple's voice.

No matter how cunning a fox is, he can't beat a hunter. Jobs secretly lamented that Lin Zuhui was really powerful, and quickly seduced his thoughts.

"Mr. Lin thinks I still have a chance?"

Lin Zuhui smiled and said: "I think it will be very soon. Although President Jill cut off some departments and projects, Apple's cash flow is still losing. I believe the board of directors will abandon him soon. So, at most one year, or even half a year After that, Apple’s stock price will fall to the bottom. If Mr. Jobs can persuade a few directors, he can easily return to the position of CEO.”

Jobs quickly expressed his thanks. After all, Lin Zuhui's vote is also very important, and he is the major shareholder.

Soon, through this meeting, Lin Zuhui added another ally in the United States.

In recent years, Jingwei Capital has invested in many Internet companies. In addition to Lin Zuhui's hand-picked ones, other investment managers also bet on several Internet companies that will be listed, which made Lin Zuhui overjoyed.

Of course, Lin Zuhui's most important thing is that Apple, Kingston, and Amazon intend to hold these three companies for a long time.

Secondly, Internet companies such as Netscape and Yahoo that can be listed will cash out before the bubble crisis.

The most difficult thing for Lin Zuhui to make up his mind was ICQ.

This software, which has been running in the United States for nine months, now has as many as 9 million users and has become a star of the American Internet.

Later, with the addition of ICQ functions one by one, such as free mailboxes, chat rooms, ICQ groups, ICQ games, and ICQ space, it seems that they can be sold at a higher price.

Lin Zuhui can only take one step at a time. Before the bubble crisis, if he could sell 20 billion US dollars, he would sell it.In essence, Lin Zuhui himself does not want to participate in the operation of Internet companies, he only wants to make strategic investments.

In addition to these, Lin Zuhui also holds a large number of shares in listed companies in American information technology, such as Oracle, Cisco, Microsoft, AOL, etc., which will also be sold before the Internet bubble.

(End of this chapter)