Ma Wei's English is fairly standard. After all, many foreign customers of military factories communicate in English.

"Mr. Mavi, welcome, welcome! You must be tired on the road, right? Jeff Bess smiled and led Marvey and the others into the company building.

The site of the former Amazon office building in 2000 is generally relatively simple. It doesn't have the avant-garde and fashion sense of an Internet company.

Even in the office, there are hundreds of employees, sitting in front of the kind of flat screen monitors with a sense of age, busy handling online business. The old-fashioned telephone ringing from time to time made Ma Wei feel a sense of trance.

After all, these technological products in 2000 are really antiques in his eyes.

"Mr. Ma Wei, this is our Amazon business unit. All online businesses in the U.S. will be gathered here and handled in a unified manner. We, Amazon, Inc., were founded in 1995 and started out as a book business only. Now it has developed to this scale, all because of the rapid development of the Internet......"

President Jeff Bess couldn't read the look on Mavey's face. The only thing he thinks about now is to hope that the Russian tyrant in front of him can generously invest in the company and pull them along. So he tried as much as he could, depicting the future of the Internet to Ma Wei. I hope he, the arms dealer, can understand.

Of course, Ma Wei understands the truth, as a person who came over in 2018, he understands it better than anyone else. At this time, I saw Ma Wei nod faintly, and then asked Jeff Bess, "How was the company's profitability last year?"

"Mr. Ma Wei, for the whole year of 1999, our company's net profit was 9.81 million US dollars. These profits may not be significant at the moment, but Mr. Mavey, I believe that in three or five years' time, the company's profits will multiply several times!" Jeff Bess said to Mavi with emotion.

Before negotiating, he had inquired about Ma Wei's identity. Knowing that he is a Russian arms dealer worth hundreds of millions of dollars. So Jeff Bess is also worried about whether the company's current profitability and the arrival of the dot-com bubble crisis will attract Ma Wei's investment.

"Mr. Jeff, in three or five years' time, no one dares to guarantee this. Let's talk about the current situation! Based on the company's current profit of $9.81 million, plus the bubble crisis, how much do you want me to invest?" Otherwise, others will think that he is "stupid and has a lot of money", and he is very easy to fool.

Hearing Ma Wei's words hit the nail on the head, Jeff Bess, who was present, and a group of company executives exchanged glances. At the same time, the expressions on their faces also darkened a little. I feel that this negotiation may be like the previous two days, and the bamboo basket will be empty.

"Uh... This one... Truth be told, Mr. Ma Wei, you also know that our Internet industry is an emerging industry, and its development prospects are ...... "No matter what the outcome is, Jeff Bess as the president of the company, always has to give it a try in the face of opportunities.

He explained to Ma Wei in detail the development of Amazon and its future plans. And in the end, with a very urgent look and tone, he said to Ma Wei, "Mr. Ma Wei, look at the investment amount of 18 million US dollars, can you accept it? Our company really needs this fund as support." If you're willing to invest, it's all good to say in terms of shares and profit dividends!"

Jeff Bess is also willing to give up for the sake of money. Rather than the company facing a crisis, it is better to give more benefits to investors.

It was Jeff's words that Ma Wei was waiting for. It's not that he won't smash money, it's just that the money will be smashed on the knife. You can't be used as an ATM and give as much as you want.

"$18 million, that seems like a bit less, doesn't it?" said Marvey with a smile to President Jeff Bess.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jeff Bess standing in front of him, and he was stunned for a moment!

"$18 million...... Does it seem a little less? what do you mean... ...... do you mean?" asked President Jeff Bess with some expectation and some hesitation.

"I mean, how about just making up a whole number and investing $50 million in your company?" Ma Wei looked at Jeff Bess with a faint smile, pretending to be forced to smash people with money, it was really cool.

However, this money is not in vain, and the shares and dividends corresponding to 50 million US dollars will naturally rise. Otherwise, not a penny will be invested.

"Make up a whole number, five...... Fifty million dollars!?" Jeff Bess, the president, was still a little stunned without turning a corner. He originally thought that what Ma Wei said was to make up a whole number, making up 18 million US dollars into 20 million.

But what he never expected was that God knew that what Ma Wei said was to make up an integer, and it was actually such a way to make up! It simply refreshed his three views!

Including the Amazon executives standing around, they all looked at Ma Wei and President Jeff Bess in surprise at this time. I've seen investors talk about investment, but I've never seen investors talk about investment like this!

"Okay, good, good, that's great!" Jeff Bess reported an investment of $18 million, which is the limit amount for the company to tide over the storm. Now that Ma Wei is willing to invest an extra 32 million, there is really no problem.

Including shares and dividends, Jeff Bess will keep his promise and give the best treatment. After all, Ma Wei's money is life-saving money. It's completely different from other times.

"That's a great cooperation!" said Marvey smiled and shook hands with Jeff Bess.

"Happy working together!" Jeff Bess laughed with a sigh of relief. Today's mood is like riding a roller coaster, up and down, and it is very exciting.

The details of the investment do not need to be discussed by Ma Wei in person. There are talents under him, help him do this.

Now all Ma Wei has to do is wait for everything to be negotiated, sign, and then pay. In this way, he can sit on the shares of the largest online e-commerce company in the United States in the future!

On September 4, 2018, Amazon's market value exceeded $1 trillion. Became the second company in the United States with a market capitalization of more than one trillion yuan.

One can imagine how valuable these shares Ma Wei is about to buy......

The investment of $50 million is in line with Jeff Bess's psychological tolerance. If too much money is invested and the proportion of shares is too large, even more than 51%, it means that Ma Wei has become the company's decision-maker and bought the company. Any business-minded boss wouldn't agree to this. What's more, it is still the Amazon company that calls for wind and rain in the future.

Ma Wei doesn't have to worry about his status as a foreigner, and he can't play with a large company of Amazon's level. After all, for awesome Internet companies like Tencent and Alibaba, the first controlling person is also a foreigner. For example, Alibaba's largest shareholder is SoftBank. Tencent, on the other hand, is the South African newspaper industry.

These examples clearly represent that "in a society governed by the rule of law, everything can be discussed." ”

Mavi's development strategy is such that American companies are used as an economic source to nourish his military industry in Russia.

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After all the details were negotiated, Ma Wei happily paid $50 million to Amazon. Help them get through this.

I have to say that the people in 2000 were relatively simple and direct, and in short, they were very easy to fool. There are no twists and turns of the later generations, and they are repeated over and over again.

After talking about business, Ma Wei was in a good mood. He considered buying a house in Washington (the headquarters of Amazon in the parallel world, in Washington, D.C.), so that he could not only invest, but also not have to stay in a hotel every day in the future.

So Ma Wei immediately called the housekeeper Ivan to the room, and then opened his mouth to ask him, "Ivan, which is the most expensive mansion in Washington, D.C.?"

The butler thought carefully for a moment, and then replied respectfully and truthfully, "It's the White House, young master." ”

"You..." Ma Wei almost spit out a mouthful of old blood after hearing this. I blame myself for not making the meaning clear. The White House is indeed the most expensive mansion in Washington, and there's really nothing wrong with that......