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Chapter 263

The first time I found Chris Jain before, America Telecom borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from him, but this time, how could it be cheaper for him!

However, thinking of the frightened scene on the construction site of American Telecom, Chris Jain was also suffering.

Seeing Jia En's expression, Song Yang patted him on the shoulder, "Jain, you should know that the greater the risk, the greater the reward!"

Jia En didn't know what Song Yang was going to play again, but it was definitely not simple. He looked a little cloudy for a while. Before lending to America Telecom, nearly [-] million US dollars, it was also a huge risk, but the benefits were also huge. Now, obviously, It's time for Chris Jain to choose.

After Marcus received a call, he nodded towards Song Yang, "He has arrived!"

Later, Jia En saw a man in his 30s and walked into the villa. He could see that Song Yang seemed to be very enthusiastic about men.

Pierre Omidyar, who entered the villa, also nodded to Jain, Eric, Greg and others, and then followed Song Yang and entered the study of the villa with Marcus.

"Mr. Bruno, I'm glad you can see me this time!" After entering the study, Omidyar put his posture very low. Now he is not the man in his prime who can clamor for a showdown with Amazon.

Song Yang took out a bottle of wine and poured a glass for Omidyar, "I am also very happy to meet Omidyar, I have heard the reason for the establishment of eBay!"

I have to say that the appearance of eBay is indeed topical, and it is indeed a selling point to build a website for the girlfriend's hobby and start publicity.

Hearing Song Yang mention this, Omidyar couldn't help but smile, and he didn't expect that it was just a casually built website, but now it was spotted by Benchmark Ventures and Song Yang at the same time.

Although benchmarking comes first, no matter how you look at it, Song Yang's support for eBay will far exceed that of benchmarking venture capital.

Song Yang pointed to Omidyar, "When you marry Pam in the future, I will definitely be there!"

Pam is Omidyar's girlfriend, and ebay was also established by Omidyar for her. An upstart on the Internet, a figure on the top [-] richest people in America, wants to attend their wedding banquet. For Omidyar and For Pam, it was enough to show her affection.

"I thank you for Pam, Song!" Omidyar said to Song Yang.

After a while of pleasantries, Marcus said, "Omidyar, I think you have already understood our conditions before, 3000 million US dollars, the American Global Investment Foundation, in exchange for 55% of eBay's equity, such a valuation, I think Omidyar, you also know that the entire Internet industry will never have a higher condition than this!"

Omidyar nodded, it was 3000 million dollars when it came up, it really made him dizzy, and this is also equivalent to Song Yang's valuation of nearly 6000 million dollars for eBay, which is no worse than last year's double-click company up.

But today's eBay, compared with last year's double-click, it is very different. Once double-click comes out, it is a halo above the head, and it proves to the outside world that it can make money, and now it is indeed the global Internet industry. profitable company.

As for eBay, to be honest, if it wasn't for Song Yang's reason to ask Marcus to invest in eBay and Amazon, another e-commerce platform, Marcus would not have taken a fancy to eBay, which is obviously not profitable.

"Song," Omidyar really wanted the $3000 million. With this money, eBay would be able to develop rapidly and start recruiting more staff, adding more servers, and placing more advertisements, making eBay quickly become Ami Liga's e-commerce industry has a banner, but Omidyar is still a little worried, "I want to know, what do you think of the e-commerce industry?"

The e-commerce industry has been around for many years, but it has become hot since last year. The emergence of Amazon and eBay is no shorter than Netscape, Yahoo, Lycos, Double-click and other companies. The industry is half dead.

What Omidyar is most afraid of is that after Song Yang invested in eBay, he was not optimistic about the e-commerce industry, and as soon as he changed hands, he threw away eBay. At that time, Omidyar was really about to cry.

"I think e-commerce will be one of the most mainstream industries on the Internet in the future!"

Song Yang said directly without any concealment that he was very optimistic about e-commerce, which lifted Omidyar's spirits. To be recognized by Song Yang, for Omidyar, it was the biggest compliment he had received since the establishment of eBay .

If I have to use a metaphor, it is that after more than ten or twenty years, a domestic Internet programmer established a company. As a result, one of the two horses in BAT personally found the programmer and wanted to invest in the programmer’s company. What? The feeling is conceivable, and it is not an exaggeration to reach the pinnacle of life in an instant!
Now that I have Omidyar, I look at Song Yang expectantly, "Song, do you think eBay can develop?"

Marcus on the side also pricked up his ears. He knew that his Internet level was far from that of Song Yang, and Song Yang had never failed in the Internet industry for so long!

Song Yang didn't answer Omidyar directly, "Now there are two main companies in the e-commerce industry in America, eBay and Amazon. I believe that the e-commerce industry in the future will also be composed of these two companies!"

Hearing Song Yang mention Amazon, Omidyar couldn't help thinking of the website that was an online bookstore. What Amazon is doing now is mainly selling books online, and it is now fighting with Barnes & Noble, the largest bookstore chain in America.

Now Amazon is mainly playing with books, and there are no shadows of other products on the website, but Song Yang suddenly mentioned this website, and Omidyar couldn't help remembering it.

"Omidyar, after the American Investment Fund completes the investment in eBay, you can still be the co-president of eBay, and you can be in charge of technology or other businesses. I will let Whitman be the co-president of eBay!"

Song Yang's words made Omidyar's heart tremble, and at the same time, he also understood that Song Yang was serious about eBay. Being able to transfer the president of Double-click Company to serve as the co-president of eBay is enough to show that he values ​​eBay.

Touching the wine glass with his fingers, he let out a clear voice, "After the investment acquisition is completed, eBay will be able to obtain the resources of all partners of the American Investment Foundation. Double-clicking the company will promote eBay, and ICQ and Hotmail mailboxes will guide eBay in the global market! "

As one of the few companies in America currently with overseas markets, Song Yang is really not fooling Omidyar. Double-click and ICQ have shares in overseas markets, especially in English-speaking regions, Western Europe and Eastern Europe. Is a dominance.

In addition, the Hotmail mailbox, the local business of America, was sold to Microsoft, but the overseas business is still in the hands of Song Yang, and it can still attract traffic to eBay.

Marcus also said to Omidyar from the side, "After the acquisition is completed, we will make all-round adjustments to eBay, and let eBay be listed on Nasdaq within two to three years!"

This is to make it clear to Omidyar that once he is acquired, it won't be long before his worth can be realized on eBay. Once he is listed on eBay, Omidyar's worth will also skyrocket by a large amount.

Invested tens of millions of dollars, and selected the president of a listed company for eBay to be the manager, and there are also companies such as Double Click, ICQ, Hotmail, etc. to support drainage. Such conditions are basically feasible in the Internet industry. Omidyar couldn't find a reason to refuse.

"Song, I am willing to cooperate!" Omidyar reached out to Song Yang.

After the investment and acquisition conditions were negotiated, Marcus began to prepare the contract, while Song Yang said to Omidyar, "I have a new project here, and I hope to cooperate with eBay by then!"

"New project?" Omidyar asked curiously.

Song Yang laughed, "I promise, this project is definitely good news for eBay. It can make eBay faster and get more users!"

"Ebay will definitely support it!" Omidyar didn't know about the electronic payment project, but Song Yang personally proposed it, and he couldn't refuse it at all.

After signing the agreement, Omidyar left with the agreement. Gleick outside will lead the legal team into eBay, take over eBay's legal, financial, personnel, business and many other departments, and wait for Whitman to formally bring the double-click executives Taking over the management rights of eBay marks that eBay has officially entered Song Yang's camp. Like Feita, it has been officially incorporated. In the future, there may be something like "Bruno concept stock"...

After Pierre Omidyar left, Marcus couldn't help but said to Song Yang, "Is there any need to invest in Amazon?"

I have spent tens of millions of dollars on eBay, and Marcus doesn’t know if I still have to spend money on Amazon to invest in two e-commerce companies. These two companies will definitely fight in the future. Marcus doesn’t know that Song Yang Why do you want to raise Gu to play like this.

"They're different!"

No matter what the C2C or B2C model is, Song Yang doesn’t care. Anyway, bet on both sides. No matter which side wins, Amazon or eBay, Song Yang will never suffer. If both sides are alive, then Song Yang will win. numb.

"Find Amazon as soon as possible, and ask Bezos for investment. You don't need to ask for a controlling stake, but the American Investment Foundation must get more than 35% of Amazon's equity!"

Bezos is different from Omidyar in that he really has a family background. He was born on Wall Street and has a lot of contacts. If he hadn’t expected too much from Amazon and made a scary valuation, I’m afraid someone would have invested in it long ago.

Song Yang proposed it himself, and Marcus would naturally not shirk, "I'll let the people in the investment department contact Amazon now!"

(End of this chapter)