Chapter 41: Investing in Amazon!

(It's too late, author, I'll update it first, and I'll fix the typo later!)

"Because no matter how high my position at Desha is, I am just a worker, even if I find a wonderful investment project, as long as David does not agree with me, I will not be able to turn my dream into reality, so I will leave the company and start my own business. small says .

I'm going to prove to the world that I'm right!" replied Jeff Bezos.

"Bang!" Jia Lei couldn't help but applaud Jeff Bezos when he heard this.

At first glance, Mr. Bezos is a hero among people who would rather be the head of a chicken than a phoenix, and Pete, a person like you who is at ease with what happens to you, should not stop Mr. Bezos's dream.

We have a saying in Huaxia that is good, the bird's nest knows the ambition of the bird!" Jia Lei said with admiration, if Pete had half of Bezos's ambition, he would have been sent a long time ago.

You don't have to do it, as long as you follow your family's investment, you can easily become a billionaire.

"Eter's boss, although I don't understand the meaning of your Chinese language, I have received your approval, and I am glad that you can understand my thoughts!" Jeff Bezos looked at Jia Lei and said excitedly.

You must know that before that, in addition to his wife and family, even his old friend David was not optimistic about Bezos's decision to sell books on the Internet, Jeff Bezos didn't expect that Jia Lei, a foreigner who met for the first time, would be able to understand his thoughts.

You may not know that I have a high interest in the Internet, and I have invested in two Internet companies before that, and each of them has proved to me that the future prospects of Internet companies are considerable. Jia Lei said with a smile.

Even an ordinary person will be optimistic about Internet companies after getting such huge profits, not to mention that Jia Lei still has a reborn cheat in his hand.

"Oh, more than a dozen stocks a year appreciated? May I take the liberty of asking, which two Internet companies are you investing in?" Jeff Bezos's eyes lit up after listening to Jia Lei's words, and asked, there are not many companies with such good performance.

"You must have heard of these two companies, our boss is a man of good luck and vision, and the two Internet companies he invested in are Microsoft and Cisco. Pete rushed to answer for Jia Lei, saying that in fact, he had always felt that Jia Lei's investment in these two companies was purely about luck.

"Oh my God, Pete, is your boss a shareholder of two of the largest Internet companies in Silicon Valley? He's too young!" Jeff Bezos asked as he looked at Jia Lei in disbelief when he heard this.

Because Jia Lei is so young, Jeff Bezos can't imagine that Jia Lei has become a shareholder of two top companies before he is an adult.

For a moment, Jeff Bezos couldn't help but envy Jia Lei's good luck!

"As far as I know, you were only in your 20s when you became vice president of Mobil Bank, right?

The reason I have this wealth is because I never hesitate to make decisions like you, so I was able to invest in Cisco and Microsoft before they even developed. Jia Lei said.

"Cisco and Microsoft were really lucky to have met such good investors before they even developed.

And my company hasn't even gotten a single investment yet......" Jeff Bezos said enviously.

"Actually, I'm very interested in the online bookstore you just mentioned, and if you would explain this project to me in detail, I might invest in your company. When Jia Lei heard this, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth and said meaningfully, he finally put Jeff Bezos close to his net after talking for a long time.

"If you want to invest, that's great, I can explain to you about our Internet bookstore project right now!" said Jeff Bezoston excitedly, he didn't expect his company to attract such a large investment before it was open.

"First of all, we noticed that the number of Internet users is growing at a very fast rate, and most of these customers are very wealthy, and by setting up an Internet supermarket, we can become a bridge between customers and manufacturers, so that customers can buy what they want online without leaving home. Jeff Bezos and Jia Lei explained the original idea for the internet store he founded.

"This idea is indeed good! But there are so many commodities in the world, why would you position your Internet supermarket as an online bookstore?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.

"When I started this bookstore, I listed more than 20 categories of products to see what I wanted to do.

Later, I found out that clothes, furniture, electronics, and software are different from manufacturer to manufacturer, and we can't make sure that all customers can buy satisfactory products in our online store.

Books, however, are different from all of them, because they are the purest commodity in the world! Two different producers publish books with exactly the same content, but they have different prices because of the different channels of production.

As a result, customers can buy satisfactory products without having to manually select them, ignoring the manufacturer and sales channel of the product, which is the most important thing for an online store like ours, which does not have a production base or inventory. Jeff Bezos and Jia Lei explained.

"You're right, because clothes are something that customers actually have to choose to buy, and books are small and have exactly the same content.

Customers on the Internet will be able to buy these products without having to choose them, and this is probably the best item to sell in your online store. Jia Lei nodded and said.

"Yes, books are indeed the best items to sell in our online store because they are not only suitable for customers to buy, but also profitable.

My Internet bookstore can keep the price of books to the lowest possible because it doesn't need a store and inventory, which can be the biggest advantage of our bookstore in the final sales process. Jeff Bezos was particularly pleased.

"But I don't understand!" Bezos, if you want to be an Internet company, why don't you choose the company's office location in the base camp of the Internet company in Silicon Valley, instead of choosing the small place of Beljuve?"

"Because Bellevue is not only close to Seattle, the country's cultural and musical center, but also has low taxes, the most important thing is that it is better to do business than in New York and Silicon Valley.

And the most important thing is that Bellevue is close to the warehouse of Ingram, one of the two largest companies in the country, so I don't need to stock books at all if I open an online bookstore here......" Jeff Bezos laughs and explains to Pete, which is the biggest reason to stay in the small city of Bellevue.

At first I thought you had only a sharp eye and a brilliant mind, but after what you just said, I found that your greatest strength is that you have a pragmatic heart and a cautious attitude.

These two are the best qualities of an entrepreneur!

Otherwise, even if your project is good, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve it in reality. Jia Lei appreciated that how many entrepreneurs have failed in the hands of details.

"I can't help it if I think about it in such detail, because I don't have enough money in my hand, so I can only make careful calculations......!

Since the last time my business failed due to Merrill Lynch's divestment, most people have lost confidence in me. The funds for my start-up this time are still funded by my parents, and the total amount of money including my savings is more than 200,000 dollars, so of course I can save a little. Jeff Bezos said with a wry smile.

"If you're short of money, I can invest in you!" Jia Lei quickly said when he heard this, this is Jia Lei's best opportunity to invest in Amazon.

"You want to invest in me, but this is the first time we've met, do you trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I'll go bankrupt like last time?" Jeff Bezos couldn't help frowning when he looked at Jia Lei's positive attitude, he always felt that Jia Lei's attitude towards him seemed to be a little too inexplicable.

"Hmm......" Jia Lei was immediately stunned when he heard it, he didn't expect Jeff Bezos to ask like this.

"Yes, boss, you're only meeting Bezos for the first time, why do you trust him so much?

Compared with Jeff Bezos, who met Jia Lei for the first time, Pete can see that Jia Lei is abnormal today, and Jeff Bezos is his good friend Pete has to ask things clearly no matter what.

"Why are you all staring at me like this? I'm going to invest in you and not hurt you, why are your expressions so serious!" Jia Lei looked at the two people opposite and couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, the first time he saw someone actually push the money sent to the door.

"Although I am short of money, your behavior is indeed a bit strange, in fact, according to my previous connections, it is not difficult to attract investment, but one of the reasons why I didn't go to other people to invest is because I don't want to repeat the mistakes of last time.

Another reason is that I don't want capital to control the equity in my company, so that I lose the right to speak in the company I have worked so hard to build because of the proportion of shares.

In the end, I couldn't decide the future of my project like I did at David!

This time, I will take this company firmly in my own hands no matter what, and even if I work hard in the process, I will build a company that truly belongs to me. Jeff Bezos said in a firm tone.

"Mr. Jeff Bezos, you're really worried, I really don't have any bad intentions towards you, I just want to invest.

In fact, in terms of my net worth, investing one or two million dollars is completely casting a wide net to catch fish, and it doesn't matter whether you have a harvest in the future, as long as you succeed in one case!

I really didn't take this small company of yours that hasn't opened yet!

Since you are so worried about losing the controlling stake in the company, then I will only invest 1 million for 20 shares, so it's always okay, right?" Jia Lei narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile, he hid his true intentions in an instant.

"Are you really willing to invest 1 million and only 20 shares? My company is not worth that much money?" said Jeff Bezos.

Jeff Bezos is really short of money now, after all, at this time, there is a photo of a desk with a door panel that has been passed down to future generations, and has become a representative moment in the history of hard work in the company.

"It doesn't matter, even if your company is not worth so much money, but I think you are worth it!" Jia Lei said with a smile, sometimes a smart head is far more important than a company with strong assets.

"Since you value me so much, then what else do I have to say, Young Master Jia Lei, I'm glad that you became our ADA

Company A. Jeff Bezos said happily to Jia Lei.

"Oh my God, Bezos, why did you name your company Adaver "Corpses"?" Pete asked in surprise, which was supposed to be the name of a funeral home or cemetery.

"Oh my God, there's another guy who thinks I'm a cemetery opener, and it looks like I should have changed my name sooner!

A means sir or castle, not a corpse!" Jeff Bezos said with a headache. He's really going to change the name of the company.

"Poof!" Jia Lei finally couldn't help laughing when he heard this, who would have thought that the original name of the world-famous Amazon would be so funny.