A few minutes later, Jack Ma, Son Zhengyi, and Tsai Chongxin came to an elegant and quiet café.

After asking the waiter for three cups of coffee, the group chatted.

chatting and chatting, the topic came to Taobao. Obviously, both sides are interested in steering in this direction. Son Zhengyi has been cliching words, Ma Yun and Tsai Chongxin pretended not to know, and revealed everything that should be revealed.

"Mr. Ma, it seems that Taobao is really a hot item. Not only Goldman Sachs Group wants to invest in it, but even Weifeng Capital has offered extremely favorable conditions. ”

Son Zhengyi smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, what do you think of SoftBank Group?"

"What do you mean?" Ma Yun asked knowingly as he took a sip of his coffee.

"How about SoftBank Group's investment in Taobao?" said Son slowly, "SoftBank invested $4 million in Taobao and held 40% of the shares. SoftBank only acts as an investor and will not interfere in Taobao's operations. After finishing speaking, he stared straight at Ma Yun. Through some exchanges, he appreciated Ma Yun's talent, and many venture capital companies rushed to invest in Taobao, so Son no longer hesitated and offered a very superior condition.

But this shocked Ma Yun and Tsai Chongxin.

Just a cup of coffee, Son Masayoshi actually spent $4 million to invest in Taobao, although there is no superior conditions offered by Weifeng Capital, but the number of shares is small, and the controlling stake of the company is still in the hands of Ma Yun and the management team.

At this time, Son Masayoshi began to dismantle Weifeng Capital, and he said to Ma Yun: "Mr. Ma, you must also know whose company Weifeng Capital is. And Nicholas International E-Commerce is whose company. Weifeng Capital's investment in Taobao is obviously uneasy. Even if Taobao develops in the future, it will only be a wedding dress for Nicholas International E-commerce!"

Ma Yun couldn't help but be silent, what Son Zhengyi said was not wrong at all, and this was exactly what he was worried about. Otherwise, if Weifeng Capital offered such favorable conditions, he would have agreed a long time ago.

Cai Chongxin said in a low voice: "Mr. Ma, the conditions offered by SoftBank are the most suitable for us!"

Ma Yun nodded, and then said to Sun Zhengyi: "Mr. Sun, I agreed to your conditions!!

Sun Zhengyi suddenly laughed, stretched out his hand and said, "I hope to have a happy cooperation in the future!"

"Happy working together!"

"That's it, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, and we'll sign the contract today. ”

Ma Yun hesitated, but still agreed: "Okay, no problem!"

Mr. Son then made a phone call and called two lawyers to draw up the contract. Two hours later, in this café, Mr. Ma and Mr. Son officially signed a financing contract.

Immediately, Son wrote a check for $4 million to Jack Ma.

Ma Yun was a little excited to accept the check, with so many funds, Taobao can finally show its talents.

"Mr. Ma, Taobao will look at you!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Sun!"

……

That afternoon, Jack Ma transferred the money on the check to the company's bank card. I couldn't even sleep at night when I was so excited.

Early the next morning, Mr. Ma decided to inform several other venture capital firms that he had accepted SoftBank's investment. Goldman Sachs heard that SoftBank offered such conditions, so he naturally had nothing to say.

Zhongguancun, Weifeng Capital.

After receiving Jack Ma's notice, Rayleigh Combe felt a little angry. In his opinion, Ma Yun is simply crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. If it weren't for the high valuation of Taobao by Weifeng Capital, how could Jack Ma have raised $4 million just by giving up 40%?

Everyone else has signed a contract, and it's useless to say anything.

Rayleigh Comm soon spread the news to the United States. When Henry got the news, he was also speechless.

The Chinese market is huge, Taobao has money, and with Jack Ma's ability, it can definitely develop, which undoubtedly adds a strong opponent to Nicholas international e-commerce.

In his previous life, Henry knew that Ma Yun was a master who was unwilling to be lonely.

Alipay is that Jack Ma carried Yahoo and SoftBank behind his back, made them independent, and then set aside Yahoo and SoftBank and took them as already there. With this mentality, Ma Yun is completely unsuitable to be a professional manager. Yahoo and SoftBank are not lightly pitted.

Henry thought about it, this time is different from the past, although Ma Yun is powerful, but he is even more of a bug.

"Go other people's way, let others have no way!" is Henry's motto.

In fact, he has been living up to his motto. Over the years, I don't know how many companies that should have existed in the history of the previous life have disappeared, and the people who should have become rich have disappeared. However, this is a different world, a different life!

Okay, since Jack Ma chose SoftBank, Henry focused on developing Nicholas international e-commerce. As long as the service is good, the product is not bullied. With the strength of Nicholas International E-commerce, Taobao can't catch up.

Henry's only concern is the Chinese government's attitude, but come to think of it, e-commerce is different from search and social networking, and the Chinese government should not block it. Moreover, once Nicholas International E-commerce becomes bigger and stronger, millions of merchants have to rely on Nicholas International E-commerce to survive. It is even less likely that the Chinese government will block it.

Now, in the land of China, Henry has laid out express delivery, which will play a huge role in the development of Nicholas international e-commerce. And the third-party payment system PayPal has become popular in the Chinese e-commerce market, even Taobao, which now uses PayPal. As for Alipay, there is not even a shadow.

In the Taobao website, merchants can settle in for free. Amazon, eBay and Alibaba, which are owned by Nicholas International E-commerce, all need to pay a fee. This habit is very normal in Europe and the United States, if you don't collect money, it will be abnormal, and even lead to a decrease in consumers. Because in the eyes of consumers, if they don't pay, the store's products must be inferior. So, they'd rather switch to an e-commerce site.

The national conditions and values are different, so it is a bit unfeasible to pay fees to open an online store in China.

Taobao adheres to the principle of "free", so it is developing rapidly.

Henry, as a "person who has come over", naturally understands how Taobao defeated eBay back then. Therefore, without thinking about it, I began to let Nicholas International E-Commerce Company reform, open stores on Amazon (China), eBay (China), Alibaba (China), completely free, and use PayPal is also free of fees.

However, the company is big, and the trouble is also big, so to speak, it affects the whole body.

No, after the reform of Nicholas International E-commerce in China, some stores in other countries are not satisfied. They complained, why should Chinese stores be given such good conditions? It's not fair to stores in other countries.

Henry had expected this for a long time. The "Paid Online Store Certification Medal" was immediately introduced. If you pay the money, you will have this certification medal, and you will not pay it. When they find that a store with a "paid online store certification badge" is more worthy of people's trust and has higher sales, they will naturally know how to make a trade-off!

(To be continued.) )