"How's it going?" Tang Miaomiao asked nervously.

Zhang Chen said perfunctorily: "It's good, it's good." ”

Tang Miaomiao was dissatisfied: "What's so good, it's good? You also said it was good just now." ”

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "It's really good, you are so beautiful, you look good in anything, and you look better if you don't wear it." ”

Tang Miaomiao glanced at Zhang Chen and said angrily: "I don't all blame you. ”

At half past five in the morning, Tang Miaomiao and Zhang Chen got up and prepared to rush to the New York Stock Exchange.

Originally, Tang Miaomiao had already chosen the clothes to wear today when she returned to the hotel last night, but she didn't expect that the two of them were too crazy playing cosplay last night, and the buttons of the Prada apricot yellow dress that she had prepared were torn off two, and she woke up in the morning to find that Tang Miaomiao was so angry that she grabbed Zhang Chen and bit it hard.

Fortunately, Tang Miaomiao had already prepared three clothes this time, and the two of them were shopping on Fifth Avenue yesterday, so the choice was quite large, so it would not delay things.

But it's hard for Zhang Chen, as a straight man, he really doesn't have such a meticulous aesthetic and can distinguish which of the two clothes that look similar is good.

Especially when his girlfriend asks you, "Which one is good-looking?", Zhang Chen could only make a look of appreciation, with a serious face: "Well, this one is good, white, especially this waistline, the design is really good." ”

Tang Miaomiao knew that asking Zhang Chen couldn't get any results, so she finally chose a Veraang haute couture suit brought from California.

Zhang Chen was simple, only wearing an Armani suit, no tie, and nothing was taken.

The two got up early in the morning and rushed to a late meeting, and when the two arrived at Chrysler on the New York Stock Exchange, it was almost half past eight.

The New York Stock Exchange opens at 9:30 a.m., and the person in charge of the IPO company generally arrives an hour in advance to prepare for the bell ring and be interviewed by the media. Therefore, on the day of the IPO, people who come to participate will rush to the New York Stock Exchange early, and the earliest will even arrive before dawn.

When Zhang Chen arrived, long guns and short cannons had already been erected outside the gate of the New York Stock Exchange, and twenty or thirty reporters were squatting outside the door of the New York Stock Exchange. Not only the West Coast media, but even the Wall Street Journal and other established media are paying attention to the world's largest bookstore, Amazon, which has been hyped up in the past two or three months.

As soon as Zhang Chen and Tang Miaomiao got out of the car, they were surrounded by reporters, even if Zhang Chen was only well-known in some media before, but now after the news of Amazon's listing was revealed, Zhang Chen, as the chairman of Huoxingyuan, and his identity as an Amazon investor were also exposed.

Although today's protagonist is Bezos, for the media, there will never be too much material, so as soon as Zhang Chen appeared, he was blocked by the financial reporters who had already investigated him thoroughly.

Previously, Tinder Source had rejected many media invitations to interview Zhang Chen, and almost all of them were Belrankefen who came forward to solve these problems, and this was the first time that Zhang Chen was actively exposed to the media spotlight after being interviewed by CNN because of ICQ.

"Zack, can you talk about your thoughts on investing in Amazon?"

"Zack, can you predict the gap between Amazon's launch price and the opening price?"

"After ICQ, this is the second company you have invested in, and now both are successful, can you tell us what your success story is?"

"Zack, tell me about this lady next to you, is that your girlfriend?"

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Thomas and his team all wore formal suits today, with a black suit and black sunglasses around Zhang Chen and Tang Miaomiao, and walked into the gate of the New York Stock Exchange through the reporters who were gathered in a circle.

There are also many reporters in the NYSE infield, all of whom are on the NYSE public relations list and have obtained interview qualifications.

Before 911 happened, the New York Stock Exchange did not need security checks, and there was no special media waiting area, so as long as the journalists who were qualified to visit the venue could wander around.

As soon as Zhang Chen entered the door, he saw John Doerr being pulled by a reporter from the Wall Street Times for an interview.

And Bezos is surrounded by media, and Zhang Chen can see the oil shining under Bezos's high hairline.

"Hey, Zack, ah, Evelyn is here too, I was still talking to Lord just now, saying that you arrived in New York yesterday, but I haven't seen you for a day, how was your rest?" Bezos greeted Zhang Chen with a smile.

"Very good, I watched the videos of your three roadshows, which are very good, I think five times the PE should be nine out of ten. Zhang Chen also greeted Bezos with a smile on his face.

Bezos winked at Zhang Chen: "Of course, our target is Walmart, isn't it?"

Zhang Chen smiled knowingly, this is the suggestion he gave to Bezos at the beginning, and after Bezos adopted it, he re-did the tour roadshow, and the effect was excellent.

Internet companies in this era have not yet practiced the ability to tell stories like lotus flowers, even if it is Ma's father, they only boast about the speed and convenience of e-commerce when they meet people, and follow Zhang Shuxin to blow that the Internet is an information superhighway and the future development direction, as for helping small and medium-sized enterprises or something, it is all after getting Goldman Sachs' $5 million investment.

According to Zhang Chen, after Bezos reformulated the roadshow plan, he opened his mouth and said, I want to replace Wal-Mart's position in the retail industry within ten years.

Don't say that PE believes it or not, Bezos himself believes it first, the more he blows, the more reliable he feels, and in the last and most critical roadshow, Bezos publicly set a long-term goal plan for Amazon for three years, five years, and ten years, and is expected to become the world's largest book and audio-visual retailer within three years, and within five years, it will expand its business scope to all categories, and within ten years, it will surpass Wal-Mart and become the largest commodity retailer.

Although 70 percent of people don't believe it, and 20 percent of people will be skeptical, even if only 10 percent of people are willing to gamble, there is no pressure on Amazon's issuance price set at $17.

As long as it can be issued at more than $17, Amazon's goal of raising $50 million can be successfully achieved.

James, a reporter from Fox TV who was interviewing next to him, said, "Jeff, Zack, can you tell us a little bit about how you met?

Bezos said with a smile: "It was eight o'clock in the morning, and I had actually agreed to an investment plan from a venture capital in Seattle, but the investment manager of this limelight was in New York at the time, and I was about to go to New York on the day of signing the contract, Zack said that he had arrived at my doorstep, I didn't know who he was at the time, but on the phone, he said that he would give me an offer that I would not refuse, so we stood here today." ”

James said sensitively: "You mean that the Tinder Source has given you a higher investment amount?"

Bezos laughed: "The amount of investment is of course one thing, but more importantly, he is an entrepreneur himself, he knows very well what entrepreneurs need, he brought Steve Keys into our board of directors, at first Steve refused, but after listening to Zack's introduction to Amazon, Steve still agreed to Zack's invitation." Moreover, Tinder has helped us to build our current management team and build the current logistics system architecture, which is one of the reasons why we can stand out from all our competitors in the competition. ”

"And, he also believes that we have the conditions to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, originally our goal was NASDAQ, of course, John's KPCB team has also done a lot of things in this regard, especially in the whole process of our IPO, KPCB has shown strong professionalism, is the biggest contributor to our successful IPO, I admire John's professionalism very much. ”

James was unrelenting: "In other words, you think KPCB will help you more?"

Bezos was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen shrugged, signaling that it didn't matter, Bezos turned his head and said to James: "Yes, Tinder Source is indeed not as strong as KPCB at present." ”

James's eyes sparkled with excitement, this kind of conflict scene was really great, and he was about to continue to ask, but Bezos smiled and continued: "But if I had to choose again, I would still choose the source of the fire." ”

James hurriedly asked, "Why?"

Bezos smiled: "Because Zack Chang is the core competitiveness of Tinder. ”

(End of chapter)