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Chapter 262
In San Jose, just like when Yahoo, Netscape, Fortinet and other companies started, the current eBay office space, that is, a dozen people, is crowded in a small office.

At this moment, in the small office where Pierre Omidyar was, a man was standing, and asked Omidyar in surprise, "Omidyar, you mean, you don't need our venture capital?"

Omidyar looked at Cagle in front of him and rubbed his palms. For an engineer, it is still a bit incompetent to do this kind of negotiation.

Cagle is one of the partners of a San Francisco-based venture capital firm called Benchmark. He found Omidyar at the beginning of eBay's establishment. He was very interested in eBay, and the two sides have been in contact.

But now, when Cagle and Benchmark Ventures decided to propose a $500 million venture capital investment to eBay, Omidyar turned it down, which made Cagle very puzzled.

"Cagle, I'm sorry, but the situation has indeed changed. eBay may not be able to accept the investment from Benchmark Ventures!" Facing Cagle, Omidyar refused jerkyly.

Hearing this, Cagle looked at Omidyar in front of him, "So, can you tell me what happened?"

Cagle and Benchmark Ventures are not big venture capital firms. They have just been established in the past two years with little capital and specialize in investing in emerging Internet companies. eBay is a company that Benchmark Ventures has been eyeing for a long time. , was actually cut off.

Although Cagle was dissatisfied with the loss of eBay's venture capital, he wanted to know who was competing with the benchmark venture capital. Even if he died, Cagle would die in peace.

Seeing that Cagle was still unwilling to give up, Omidyar, who got along well with Cagle, had to say, "It's Bruno Song's American Global Investment Fund!"

Hearing that it was Song Yang who cut Hu, Cagle's original desire to fight for it disappeared in an instant. The funds of Benchmark Ventures are only so much in total. Benchmark Ventures has to invest millions of dollars in eBay, but Song As soon as Yang's side comes up, it may cost tens of millions of dollars, and the two sides are not at the same level at all.

If it were Cagle himself, I am afraid he would make the same choice as Omidyar. It has nothing to do with it. Meidao is testing human nature, and only those who are short-sighted can play this trick.

"Oh oh..."

Cagle stroked his forehead and smiled wryly. The feeling of being cut off is really uncomfortable. Benchmark Ventures has been evaluating eBay for a long time, but it ended up being lost like this.

Then Cagle suddenly realized, "Then Bruno Song, is he going to enter Internet e-commerce?"

If the possibility of losing eBay made Benchmark Venture Capital a little helpless, it suddenly occurred to Cagle that Song Yang was going to enter the e-commerce industry, which made Cagle feel excited.

Who is Song Yang? Although he is not the earliest Internet veteran who made his debut, as a figure who has led the Internet wave many times, he is now one of the most popular figures in the Internet industry!

Now that Song Yang suddenly invests in eBay, doesn't this just mean that Song Yang is optimistic about the e-commerce industry?

If you can't invest in eBay, you can't invest in other e-commerce platforms. Blind cats will always encounter dead mice. As long as the e-commerce industry becomes popular, it will definitely be a huge outlet.

"I don't know this, Mr. Cagle, eBay is only in contact with the American Investment Foundation!" Pierre Omidyar was very cautious and did not give Cagle a wrong judgment. Is Song Yang Focusing on the e-commerce industry is not something Omidyar can decide.

As far as the current Internet industry is concerned, whether or not it is registered on NASDAQ is the standard for measuring an Internet company. Whether it is eBay, Amazon, or IMDB, etc., now facing Double-click, Netscape, Yahoo, etc., only It can be regarded as a younger brother!

Cagle left in a hurry from Olimedia, called the people from Benchmark Venture Capital, and asked Benchmark Venture Capital to start searching for e-commerce companies in America.

Kagel is also going to let Benchmark Venture Capital take advantage of this wave of enthusiasm. Kagel may not believe in himself, but he believes in Song Yang. Believe it.

Song Yang’s villa in San Jose is much smaller than the manor on the North Shore of Long Island in New York. However, in San Jose, Song Yang has no plans to buy another villa, but has already circled the land, ready to be like Bill Gates Like others, build a manor.

Not only San Jose, but also Houston and other places. Since last year, Song Yang has let Greck, Marcus and others start enclosing land and farms. The prices of these encircled lands have soared.

It is enough to show that Song Yang is not the only one who is enclosing land. In the past two years, the technology industry has been booming. People in the Internet and technology industries have been quietly cashing out, and the hot money cashed out from technology stocks is definitely impossible to invest in the technology industry. Land and housing are naturally the first choice.

The upstarts in technology are replacing the old white money, crazily enclosing land in America. The land is actually the same all over the world. If you have money, you want to hoard a few dollars. It is something that can really be passed on to the next generation. Among them, Bill Gates did the most hard work, and even companies such as Netscape, Yahoo, and AOL also circled a lot of land in the name of building headquarters.

In the villa, for the filming of "The Matrix" to start in a few months, Jenny and Haili are doing performance training with an actor trainer hired by Hollywood with a lot of money. This trainer is not cheap, and has trained many Hollywood stars , Cameron Diaz, Claudia Schiffer and other Hollywood women have all received training from Shearer.

A female trainer in her 40s has not left too many roles on the Hollywood screen, but she can help movie stars and vividly interpret the roles in film and television dramas.

"Jenny, focus, let go of your emotions, you have to show anger through your expressions in front of the camera..."

However, the results of the training were not very good, especially for Jenny, whose eyes were red from being scolded. Jenny, who was born in dancing, did some fancy moves, and those on the bed... It was no problem.

But as for acting skills, I can't bear to look directly at it. Except for the role of the silly and sweet character who is not in the show, the rest of the character performances made Hiller feel terrified. I wondered whether my next order would ruin In order to gain a world famous name, in order to prevent Jenny from being unemployed in Hollywood after training, Hiller has very strict requirements on Jenny.

Jenny, who was reprimanded again, looked pitifully at Song Yang outside the training room, wanting Song Yang to help him "relieve the siege". It is touted by everyone.

Seeing Jenny's eyes asking for help, Song Yang pretended he didn't see it, turned around and went downstairs directly. It's okay to be scolded by Hiller now, but when he is scolded after the movie is released, he won't be scolding alone. It is estimated that the major entertainment media There are also movie fans, who have to line up and scold.

After all, Song Yang can shut up Hiller, but he can't shut up all the moviegoers and those gossip entertainment reporters!

After leaving the villa and entering the small garden, Greg, Marcus and others were all there, and they were still sitting on the other side. When they heard Song Yang coming back, they hurried over to Eric from RICK and Chris from Comelica Bank. Jain et al.

"Congratulations, Jia En." Song Yang said to Jia En, who had gained a lot of weight after not seeing him in just a few months.

Chris Jain, who is already the vice president of the investment department of the Comerica Bank, shook hands and hugged Song Yang, and then said, "Song, I should thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to sit in the seat now." Location!"

All the people present were "insiders", and they all knew the basics, and Jia En didn't care about talking about it, so he almost shouted that only Song Yang's horse would be the saddle. This time Song Yang called Jia En, and Jia En immediately flew from Texas overnight come over.

"Song, come to me this time, is there any other project?!" As soon as he sat down, Jia En asked Song Yang impatiently.

American Telecom's project made Chris Jain famous in the first battle at the Comerica Bank. In one year, the Comerica Bank made a profit of several hundred million dollars. American Telecom has become a Comerica Bank , the most successful project in the past ten years, and it may continue to bring benefits in the future!
Thanks to America Telecom's line from Chicago to Wall Street, coupled with the personal relationship with Song Yang, and the support of people at the headquarters of the Comerica Bank, Chris Jain jumped directly from the manager of the credit department in Houston to the headquarters of the Comerica Bank , served as Vice President of Investment Department of America.

Having tasted the sweetness, the Comerica Bank decided to increase lending and investment in technology and the Internet industry, and if it incubates a project of American Telecom, then the Comerica Bank may really soar into the sky.

And Chris Jain, who became the head of the investment department of the Comerica Bank, also made up his mind to follow Song Yang to the dark, even if Song Yang didn't look for him this time, it won't be long before Chris Jain I will also run over myself.

Hearing this, Song Yang exchanged a glance with Eric, and then he couldn't help but smile. Hearing this laughter, Jia En didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he was sure that there was really a new project.

"There are some new projects that require the cooperation of Jain and the Bank of Comelica." Song Yang said to Jaen.

Hearing this, Chris Jain immediately patted his chest and said with some complacency, "Song, don't worry about this, as long as I'm still in Comerica Bank, Comerica Bank will always support your project! "

As the vice president of investment in Comerica, Jain naturally has the right, and even the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, Jain can directly pass it without going through the board of directors.

But Song Yang didn't come to him this time for such a small amount of investment. Eric, who was on the side, said to Jaen, "Jain, we didn't come to you this time for that little capital!"

Hearing this, Chris Jain couldn't help feeling a little tingly at this moment, and remembered the day and night scene at the telecommunications construction site in America.

(End of this chapter)