Bezos looked at Zhang Chen sitting opposite him with interest, and the beautiful Chinese woman beside Zhang Chen was the Miss soup he had ever seen.

I have to say that Tang Miaomiao left a deep impression on Bezos, and Huozhuyuan was also the first venture capital to show interest in Amazon. But in business, the offer given to him by Tinder Source before was far from his needs.

And the source of the fire is too small.

As a former Wall Street elite, Bezos is naturally not comparable to Viggs's business buddy, for him, KPCB is naturally the best choice, but KPCB's investment manager Herbert Wallen only made an offer of $3 million for 10% of the shares.

Bezos values the Amazon he founded at $50 million, and he and his former colleague Jill have already talked about a $4 million 10% financing plan, barely meeting his psychological expectations.

What he didn't expect was that Zhang Chen hadn't introduced himself after sitting down, and his first sentence was: "$8 million, 15% shares." ”

Bezosten stood up from his chair suddenly, he has never been the kind of person who is moody, Zhang Chen's offer, the valuation has exceeded 50 million US dollars, exceeding his psychological expectations, which surprised him greatly.

Bezos almost couldn't help but agree to Zhang Chen's conditions immediately, but reason told him that he had to bargain, which must not be the bottom line of this Asian.

Bezos laughed, his laughter so loud that it shook the walls of the garage. "Sorry, I'm only going to give up 10% of the shares. 15% is already over my psychological bottom line, sorry. ”

Zhang Chen shrugged: "The bottom line is used to break, 8 million US dollars, 15% shares, sign the contract now, pay within half an hour." ”

Bezos was shocked, he had met so many investment managers, and it was the first time he had seen someone who had not listened to his business plan and made a direct offer, and it was a high price.

"Can you directly decide the $8 million investment decision?" Bezos was a little skeptical, the Asian in front of him was too young, how could he so simply promise that he could sign a contract and pay immediately?

Zhang Chen smiled: "I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Zack Chang, the founder and sole owner of Tinder, and also a member of the board of directors of Salomon Brothers. ”

Bezos slapped his head, "Zack! I remember, you did the ICQ?"

Zhang Chen nodded, "To be precise, I invested." ”

Bezos was indeed a little shocked, not shocked by Zhang Chen's age and his current identity, whether it is Wall Street or Silicon Valley, there is never a shortage of miracles, Zhang Chen is just one of many miracles.

But Zhang Chen was the real boss of the first investment institution he met.

Even his old colleague Jill is just an investment manager at Warren Investments in Seattle, and Herbert Wallen of KPCB, whom he contacted before, is also an investment manager.

The real owner of a venture capital firm came to meet him directly, and he showed an attitude of imperativeness, which gave Bezos a sense of accomplishment to be recognized.

Deriving self-satisfaction from the recognition of others is a psychological need that everyone has, and Bezos is no exception.

Bezos couldn't help but ask, "Why do you want to invest in me?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "In the field of e-commerce, there are two major markets, C2C and B2C. We invested $13 million in Ebay two months ago, and now Ebay has become the hottest e-commerce company in all of Silicon Valley because it represents the present of the Internet. And I believe that Amazon's B2C will be the future of Internet e-commerce. ”

Bezos agreed: "Same as I thought. ”

Zhang Chen continued: "Moreover, there is another reason why I decided to invest in Amazon. ”

Bezos wondered: "What is the reason?"

Zhang Chen stared at Bezos: "Because of you." ”

Bezos laughed, "Zack, you're an investor, you don't have to pat me on the back." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "Not every Wall Street elite has the courage to quit their job as a VP and start a business with their parents' life savings. Your education at Princeton and your experience working on Wall Street have convinced me that you have the management skills and expertise to do a good job at Amazon, and that the courage to break through the cracks is a trait that a great leader must have. ”

"When you gave a speech at your graduation high school last year, you once said that the most important thing in life is choice. Now, with such a choice in front of you, I am sure you will make the right judgment. ”

Bezos lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "Zack, it seems that you did do a lot of research on me. I can agree to your proposal, but I need to know, in addition to financial support, what other support can Tinder provide me? You know, both KPCB and Warren can provide me with very strong support in terms of management and follow-up financing. ”

Zhang Chen confidently said: "What Amazon needs most at present is not a strong board of directors, but to roll out the market as soon as possible and expand turnover." You know, I have a strong influence on ICQ, and ICQ is currently experimenting with advertising push technology, and ICQ's market share in the Internet has exceeded 70%, and more than 90% in the next six months is almost certain. In this case, Amazon's ads can be more directly visible to users. ”

And, if you'd like, I can introduce Steve Case, Chairman of AOL, and Bill Campbell of Apple to Amazon's board of directors to support you in every way. And the CEO of Tindersource I appointed, Bellankefen, has worked at Goldman Sachs for many years, and I believe you should have heard of him, and he will be of great help to you in the future of Amazon's listing. Of course, you yourself have a background on Wall Street and have your own resources in terms of listing, but the combination of strong and powerful will greatly speed up the listing process. ”

Bezos thought about it for a moment and stretched out his right hand: "Happy cooperation!"

Zhang Chen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, reached out and held Bezos's outstretched right hand, and said with a smile: "Happy cooperation." ”

Under Zhang Chen's arrangement, Su Zhuorui had already returned to San Francisco and sent the agreement to Zhang Chen's mailbox as quickly as possible.

In Bezos' garage, Zhang Chen handed the printed contract to Bezos to sign, and Bezos hesitated a little and signed his name on the agreement in triplicate.

Zhang Chen immediately called Bellankefen and faxed the investment agreement back to Tinder, and Beilankefen immediately arranged for the payment, and indeed remitted the eight million US dollars within half an hour after the agreement was signed, and faxed the payment voucher to Bezos.

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