Zhang Chen smiled: "John, I never refuse to cooperate, Tinder Source has a very comprehensive cooperation with IDG, I don't understand what you mean by cooperation." ”

John Doerr lifted his glasses: "We have a strong interest in Amazon's case, I hope you can transfer your Amazon equity to KPCB, we are willing to pay 10 million dollars, how about it? Make two million a day, this business is good, right?"

Zhang Chen laughed, shook his head and said, "John, you're too good at joking." It's impossible, if it's just this thing, I think, I can go home, today is Thanksgiving, I have to have a Thanksgiving dinner with my girlfriend, I am out of company. ”

Zhang Chen picked up the coat on the back of the chair and got up to leave.

John Doerr smiled and stopped, "Zack, don't worry, KPCB is really interested in Amazon's case, if you don't agree to transfer equity, we can talk about other ways to cooperate." ”

Zhang Chen sat down, "John, I don't understand, you can continue to negotiate a financing plan with Bezos, if he agrees to continue to sell the equity in his hand, I have no opinion." ”

John Doerr smiled, "Zack, don't pretend to be confused. Bezos only has 70% of the shares, this time your financing did not use dilution to dilute the shares, after selling 15% of your shares, Bezos only has 65% of the shares left, if he continues to sell the shares, his shares will be less than 50%, which will have a very adverse impact on the subsequent IPO. ”

Zhang Chen shrugged: "Then I can't help it, John, you have made extraordinary achievements in Silicon Valley, in my mind, you and Don Valentine are my idols, and I respect you very much." But in business, it is impossible for Tinder to give up the Amazon case, eight million US dollars is not a small number, and Tinder has enough knowledge of Amazon before making an investment decision. ”

Zhang Chen showed a regretful expression, "So, unfortunately, I can't make concessions in this matter." I'm sorry. ”

John Doerr smiled: "Zack, don't you take the risk at all? In our business, the rule of 28 is the truth, any case, there is more than 80% chance of failure, as you said, 8 million US dollars is not a small amount, you can consider bringing in another venture capital institution to share the risk." And KPCB's experience in the IPO space is unmatched by any institution, and if we get in, it's a win-win. ”

Zhang Chen frowned: "John, just say what you want." ”

John Doerr said: "For six million dollars, I will buy half of your Amazon shares, I will do what I can persuade Bezos, and at the same time, we will do our best to help Amazon IPO on the NASDAQ." ”

Zhang Chen laughed and said: "John, Amazon's IPO is imperative, Bezos is from Wall Street, and he is very familiar with this aspect of things." Because Amazon has been ready to go public from the beginning, it has completely paved the way in accordance with the listing requirements of the NASDAQ in its operation. It should be said that Amazon's IPO on the NASDAQ in the short term is a logical thing, even without you, with us and IDG, we can still operate and list Amazon next year. By this time next year at the latest, you can go to the New York Stock Exchange to ring the bell. ”

John Doure laughed, "Yes? Hey, don't look at me like that. I'm telling the truth, you know. If we don't invest in Amazon, we will definitely support an Amazon competitor in this field, because everyone knows that e-commerce is the direction of the Internet. At that time, if the competition between the two companies is too fierce, no one can say that there will be news that will have a negative impact on the IPO. ”

Zhang Chen's eyes froze, and he felt a little unhappy in his heart, is this a threat?

Zhang Chen laughed and said, "John, you want me to give in with this level of threat, which is too cowardly to me." ”

John Doerr stared at Zhang Chen: "This is not a threat, just a narrative of facts, you have just entered this industry, and you don't understand how powerful KPCB is." Let's put it this way, if you are a veteran in the VC industry, you will even take the initiative to contact us and participate in the investment plan of many projects with us. ”

"Because in this way, they can reduce their own risk and get more support outside of funding. And we, the KPCB, are the biggest companies in the venture capital space and have the best experience, for example, if you were to host an Amazon IPO yourself, the stock would probably be issued for only $15. And if KPCB participates, with our expertise, we can at least set the issue price at $18. If you lose a portion of your shares, you can gain more. It's a win-win. ”

"And if we support another website to play against Amazon, the result will be a lose-lose situation for both sides, and everyone will lose a lot. ”

Zhang Chen pondered for a moment, John Doerr's statement on the issue price of the stock really moved him.

No matter how prophetic he is, when it comes to specific professional operations, it is always a shortcoming, and this shortcoming cannot be made up for in a short period of time.

Only by relying on two or three years of investment and operation, accumulating experience and talents in related aspects, will it gradually make up for it.

Zhang Chen once wanted to use the cooperation with IDG to make up for the shortcomings of Tindersource, and it did play a certain role. But in the field of IPOs, KPCB is indeed the most capable institution at present. If there is KPCB's full support, Amazon's IPO will be a lot less troublesome.

Zhang Chen was thinking about it when a familiar voice came: "John, I'm sorry, I'm late." Hey, Zack, you didn't tell me when you came back, it's so uninteresting. ”

Zhang Chen looked up and quickly stood up, it turned out to be Bill Campbell.

Bill warmly greeted both of them and asked, "How was your chat?"

John Doure smiled bitterly: "Your little friend probably doesn't want to deal with me, and just now he wanted to say goodbye and leave to meet his girlfriend." ”

Bill laughed loudly and asked gossipily, "Girlfriend? By the way, in Friends a few months ago, was that student who appeared with Natalie Portman you。。。。。。? ”

Zhang Chen hurriedly shook his head and denied it, which made Tang Miaomiao know that it was okay to pay it back, and Natalie is a star again, if there is a scandal, it will not be good for anyone.

Although the two were indeed a little ambiguous, Zhang Chen did not want to continue this ambiguity.

This time I came to the United States, and I didn't tell Natalie.

Zhang Chen asked with an embarrassed face: "Bill, is it John who made an appointment with you?"

John Doerr explained: "I've been friends with Bill for more than 20 years, and we talked about you by chance when we were on the phone in the morning, and Bill said that you are also his friend, and I invited him, don't you mind?"

Zhang Chen still had some minds, John Doerr's actions inevitably made him feel that this was a collaboration between Bill Campbell and John Doerr to put pressure on him.

Zhang Chen suddenly came to his senses, maybe John Doerr did mean this, but Bill certainly didn't mean that. As the most well-known "coach" in Silicon Valley, Bill Campbell has a good relationship with many bigwigs, but he rarely gets involved in these people's personal grievances and business disputes, which is why everyone trusts him so much.

But why did he accept John Doerr's invitation?

Doing what is said and done, the second update, now start writing tomorrow's chapter.

(End of chapter)