Since this kind of thing requires eBay's cooperation, Chen Geng needs to ask Steve Ballmer's opinion - there is still a posture that should be there.

After receiving a call from Chen Geng, Steve Ballmer personally rushed over from Silicon Valley, the so-called residence and migration, Steve Ballmer, who is already the co-founder of an Internet giant with a market value of more than 230 billion US dollars, is very different from when he first met, and the whole person is full of confidence.

But despite this, in front of Chen Geng, Steve Ballmer is still so honest, after a simple greeting, Steve Ballmer, who already knows what is going on, first expressed his attitude: "Boss, I specially learned about AMC on the way here." The situation of the 5500 heavy-duty pickup truck and the E-class light bus, from the feedback of users, the performance of these two cars is not bad, if Mr. Welch is ready to build a light truck based on the E-class light bus to serve the logistics industry, as long as the quality is okay, I have no opinion...... It's your company, and eBay and AMC are still sister companies, so I would certainly like to support Mr. Welch's work as long as it doesn't have a bad impact on the company's operations. ”

This is very good, Steve Ballmer's attitude made Chen Geng very happy.

The palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, since Steve Ballmer's attitude is very good, Chen Geng naturally will not let Steve Ballmer suffer, he nodded and said to Steve Ballmer: "Steve, I'm very happy that you can think like this, say, what requirements do you have, I will try my best to meet them." ”

Steve Ballmer was waiting for Chen Geng's words, and when he heard this, he was not polite, and said: "Now we have preliminarily built a logistics system covering 50 states in the United States and Washington, D.C., and this batch of light trucks to be purchased this time is about 1,000 vehicles, which were originally used for intrastate logistics and distribution, and light truck brands such as Wanguo, Fullerton and Leland are in contact with us......

Speaking of this, Steve Ballmer glanced at Chen Geng.

Knowing that Steve Ballmer was showing himself in this way, "I promised to help Welch, but I took a big risk", Chen Geng nodded and motioned for Steve Ballmer to continue.

Steve Ballmer was pleased with Chen Geng's reaction, and then continued: " I know why Mr. Welch chose eBay, because on the one hand, it is difficult for him to bring 1,000 light trucks to the market at one time, on the other hand, only we eBay will agree to help Mr. Welch collect the data in the operation of these 1,000 light trucks for him to improve in the future, so I will not mention the requirements in terms of quality and reliability for the time being, there is a foundation of E-class light buses, I believe it will not be too bad, but in terms of purchase price, I ask AMC to supply us at cost price, and we must ensure after-sales。 ”

Yes, that's what Steve Ballmer is asking for: AMC will supply eBay with these 1,000 light trucks at cost price.

The price of trucks in Milicon is not cheap, even this kind of two-axle light truck that does not require a commercial driver's license or an ordinary driver's license to drive, the market price is between 70,000 and 85,000 US dollars, of course, this is the retail price, customers such as eBay and other large groups may be able to get a lower price, or even tailor-made, but even so, the purchase price will not be less than 650000 US dollars, after all, the manufacturer also has to eat.

But if Welch agrees to supply eBay with these light trucks at market prices, eBay can save at least millions or even tens of millions of dollars, and this news is fed back to the stock market, and it is immediately Steve Ballmer's excellent performance, and maybe the stock price will immediately rise by several dollars......

Chen Geng pondered for a moment, and did not agree immediately, but nodded: "Are there any other requirements?"

Steve Ballmer scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "It would be so much the better if Mr. Welch agreed to give us an interest-free loan." ”

This kind of bulk purchase, no company is directly paid in full, and taking financial means is the conventional mode of operation, but Steve Ballmer, this guy, while asking for the cost price to supply eBay, actually asked Jack Welch to provide him with an interest-free loan?! Chen Geng also couldn't cry and laughed: "I can promise you this...... I don't think Welch would have said yes either. ”

Steve Ballmer didn't care: "Why don't I go and talk to Mr. Welch?"

Steve Ballmore said this, Chen Geng naturally did not object, nodded and said: "Okay, you go talk to Welch, but Steve, let me remind you of one thing, eBay is my company, and AMC is also my company, so ......"

"I understand, sir," Steve Ballmer nodded immediately, "I'll do my best to fight for eBay's benefit, but I'm not going to embarrass you...... You know, I've had a great time working with other companies under your umbrella over the years. ”

That's right!

Chen Geng nodded: "Go ahead." ”

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Chen Geng didn't know the specific negotiation process between Steve Ballmer and Jack Welch, but the two negotiated quickly, and on the third day, Steve Ballmer reached a cooperation agreement with Jack Welch, and sent the agreement to Chen Geng for Chen Geng to see.

Steve Ballmer and Jack Welch did a great job, and in short, it's a win-win deal for eBay and AMC:

Jack Welch agreed to provide eBay with 1,000 light trucks for intrastate logistics at cost price, but did not agree to provide interest-free loans, but provided low-interest loans, which means that AMC cars also made a little more or less money in this deal, and at the same time, these 1,000 AMC light trucks can enjoy car rescue and repair services in any AMC car in the United States, and the resulting costs are directly borne by AMC headquarters;

Steve Ballmer also assured Jack Welch that eBay Logistics will cooperate with AMC to collect information, and he also promised that as long as the quality of this batch of AMC light trucks can meet the requirements of eBay, eBay will give priority to AMC when there is a similar demand in the future......

The content of the agreement is roughly like this, Chen Geng is very satisfied with this cooperation agreement, which is a bit of a brother unit.

While affirming the agreement reached between Steve Ballmer and Jack Welch, Chen Geng also asked Steve Ballmer: "Steve, have you noticed that the hollowing out of industry in the United States is getting faster and faster?"

"Yes, I noticed," Steve Ballmer, CEO of the world's largest e-commerce platform, certainly noticed: "Less than 5% of the products sold on eBay are made in North America, so ...... Boss, what do you mean?"