Chapter 186 Investing in Amazon

Jeff Bezos pondered for a moment and nodded, "As much as I trust your judgment, but Bruce, I'm not as rich as you. Therefore, I can invest up to 10 million in gold futures!"

This number made Guo Shouyun a little disappointed. However, it is understandable, after all, it is the first time for the two to cooperate purely in capital. It's normal for Jeff Bezos to have some worries in his heart. If it were him, he would have made the same choice. However, Guo Shouyun believes that when the Argentine economic crisis begins, several times the profits will flow into the other party's account, driven by interests, he will get more financial support.

"Jeff, thank you for your trust. I believe that in two months, you will be very glad to hand over this fund to the Thunder operation!" Guo Shouyun said confidently.

"I'm looking forward to that!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, "Bruce, come to my house for dinner in the evening." This time, let me also do my best to be a landlord. ”

"Even if you don't say I'll go. Also, when I came to this time for business, what I wanted to try the most was Mackenzie's pasta. ”

"Haha, I think she'll be very happy to hear you!"

Not to mention the personal relationship between the two, on January 21, 2001, Amazon officially held a press conference, announcing the acquisition of Thorn Bird Publishing Company for $1 billion, and occupied 94.37% of the shares. After the acquisition, the latter became a subsidiary of the former.

With this acquisition, Amazon's stake has also undergone a completely new change. Jeff Bezos, who originally accounted for 46.27% of Amazon, fell to 34.7%. ******, which originally occupied the second largest shareholder, was replaced by the Guo Family Wealth Trust, which accounted for 22.15% of Amazon.

As the most high-profile 'superstar' in the publishing industry, Wall Street and the American business community do not rate the choice of Thorn Bird very highly, and even "Institutional Investor" magazine openly criticized Guo Shouyun's choice of an Internet company like Amazon under the NASDAQ crisis is an out-and-out stupid idea.

But no matter what the outside world says, when Thorn Bird announced its financial data for the two months of this year, the revenue of nearly $150 million quickly made Amazon Group's stock rise by $12, creating the largest increase after the Nasdaq crisis. At one point, the market capitalization exceeded $5 billion.

Guo Shouyun's 22.15% stock quickly increased by a quarter, which obviously annoyed some people.

"Guys, our goal has just gotten stronger!"

Jeffrey Jilin looked around and said in a deep voice.

Not surprisingly, Bruce Kwok has made a fortune of more than $1 billion in the past year. With such ability, the speed of wealth appreciation will naturally exceed ordinary people's imagination!" Stephen Bryan, who participated in the conference on behalf of Goldman Sachs, said calmly.

"That being said, if we continue to let each other grow, then we will pay a greater price ourselves!" Jeffrey Jilin frowned.

"Jeffrey, things didn't go beyond our expectations. So, don't be impatient!"

Glancing at Will Weiss, who had come on behalf of Morgan, Morgan's chief financial officer, to participate in the meeting in place of John Schwartzman, who had already rushed to China.

Of course, Morgan's opinion should be listened to, but Jeffrey Jilin, who had been distraught by Enron's increasingly difficult internal finances, frowned, "We should speed up!"

"Gentlemen, we are not short of funds. After all, Bruce Guo has invested $500 million in it, and it's 10 times leverage!" said Oliver Balin, who was attending the meeting for the first time.

His words succeeded in attracting everyone's attention to himself. And this attention makes Oliver Balin's heart full of excitement. After all, all of you are the giants of the global financial world.

"$500 million won't hurt the other side. Moreover, under the existing financial rules, it is difficult to lose all this money. Moreover, if the price of gold falls too quickly, it is easy to 'startle the snake'. ”

"We can stretch the time we go short and let the price curve go down slightly!" said Grant Schiff, who was sitting next to Oliver Bahrain.

"It's too variable after a long time!" "Yolia Moyin, who came on behalf of Citi, glanced at Jeffrey Jilin, who frowned, he was afraid that Enron would not last long. However, considering the other party's face, he did not say this sentence in public.

"Don't worry. Recently we found an interesting piece of information. Paul Turner, representing Bank of America, saw that all eyes were on him, "Bruce Kuo's Phoenix has been collecting information about Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison Corporation recently. I think Jeffrey should know the situation of these two companies best!"

California's energy crisis! These six words invariably popped up in the minds of those present.

Jeffrey Jilin, who was originally a little sad, quickly became excited. "Paul, are you all sure?"

"Of course!"

"Great!"

Jeffrey Gilling high-fived Enron, and although Enron is in crisis, until it falls, it is still the hegemon who controls 20% of America's energy transactions and has no one else in the field of electricity and gas. As long as Bruce Guo dares to enter the energy field, it is equivalent to putting his life in the hands of Enron.

"Guys, we should do our best to get the Pacific and Southern California acquisitions of Phoenix!" said Jeffrey Jilin.

The others exchanged glances with each other, and what Jeffrey Jilin thought of, they naturally thought of as well. Therefore, everyone's eyes quickly focused on Paul Turner who broke the news.

"Guys, it's not clear if Bruce Kwok is actually buying the two companies. And, even if I'm sure, I don't think we're going to take the initiative. Instead, efforts should be made to facilitate the acquisition of Apple. As for Southern California and the Pacific Ocean. Although they are all heavily indebted by the California energy crisis, they are close to going out of business. But to complete the acquisition, at least $2 billion or more is required. Such a large sum of money is obviously not something that the current Bruce Guo can come up with. So, when the time comes, he will come to us himself for financial support. This is much better than if we were to take the initiative. ”

After listening to this, everyone thought silently for a moment, and most of them showed a look of agreement on their faces.

"In that case, let's hurry up and get Apple's stake together. 40% is not a difficult number for everyone!" Jeffrey Jilin couldn't help but say.

No one here is more urgent than his mood.

"Now that we've raised 33.2 percent, we can get 40 percent in two weeks at most. Paul Turner nodded.

"Thankfully, Apple's stock has been falling. Otherwise, we would not have been able to raise so many common shares in such a short period of time. Will Westway.

"Hehe, so our plans are going well at the moment!" said Stephen Bryan.

After everyone nodded with smiles on their faces, Paul Turner turned to look at Oliver Balin and Grant Schiff, "Both, the bulls of Enron still rely on you to support them." We will provide you with financial support. Just pull the stock price above $70 and you're ready to exit. ”

"Understood!"

Looking at the two nodding heads, Jeffrey Jilin's expression darkened. Although, he initiated this internal transaction with Enron shares as the main body. But after nearly a decade at Enron, he is not completely unemotional about the company.

"It's just that things have reached the point where they can't be helped!"

Jeffrey Jilin sighed inwardly.