"Qi Shao, your recent generosity is really big." After a flash of thought, Bezos smiled and said, "In the past few months, the financial industry and Internet circles in North America have been discussing the company you have invested in! Many people are talking about it.
I think you are taking a risk, just like many Chinese companies, they want to buy the bottom but can easily get trapped in it."
In this life, just like in the previous life, Huaguo Company could no longer contain the excitement in its heart, and wanted to go to Europe to buy the company at its lowest price.
But the investment community in Europe and the United States is not optimistic about them at all.
The reason is very simple. Any companies that they can easily buy must have suffered losses and are dilapidated to an unparalleled level. Those really good companies will be bought by large domestic groups in the first step, or
The government directly protected them.
Due to the extreme asymmetry of information and the lack of strategies and means, many Chinese companies now spend a lot of money to buy European and American companies, but few of them can buy anything that actually works.
Among all Chinese businessmen, Xiao Qi is the one who attracts the most attention, and he is also the one who invests most aggressively in acquisitions.
Not to mention Infineon, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo, which have already been acquired, large investments include Amazon, Apple, Oracle, Qualcomm, Bloomberg News, etc.
These are not all, there are still rumors in the outside world that Xiao Qi is talking with eBay about buying Skype, talking with Boss Qiao about buying 2∠, www+w. shares in Apple, talking about buying shares in Disney, etc.
Broken down, Xiao Qi wants to spend at least more than 50 billion US dollars in the United States. At a time when the financial crisis is spreading, such a large amount of investment really makes countless people drool with envy.
Of course, more people are ready to see Xiao Qi's joke.
It’s not that they think the companies or company shares that Xiao Qi bought are bad, in fact they are good companies and good shares.
It's just that the financial crisis is far from over. The stock price is still likely to continue to decline, so it is not a good time at all, and it is very likely that you will be stuck.
But all these views gradually changed as Bezos' Amazon began to recover.
Xiao Qi knew Bezos's intention, and smiled when he heard this: "Jeff, in the past two months, Amazon has been doing very well under your leadership. I think Amazon should be able to regain its lost ground in half a year at most."
Right? Thanks to you, those people outside finally stopped ridiculing me for buying random things because I have money."
Bezos said cautiously, "Theoretically, this should be the case. After all, our financial operations have always been good, and our industrial chain is also very complete. It is more promising to get rid of the shackles of the financial crisis in advance."
"Then what are you going to do next?" Xiao Qi asked calmly.
Xiao Qi's question seemed casual, but Bezos did not dare to ignore it.
Because now Xiao Qi has become Amazon's largest shareholder, if Bezos answers poorly, it will easily cause Xiao Qi to consider whether to change the company to a CEO, or directly buy Amazon to run it on his own.
Bezos must make Xiao Qi feel that he will not gain much by buying Amazon. Instead, he must stay in Amazon to create more wealth for Xiao Qi.
Only in this way can Bezos keep the company he worked so hard to create.
So how to convince Xiao Qi to be interested in his short-term and long-term plans is what Bezos has been thinking about.
Now that it was time to see the real deal, Bezos immediately held his breath and spoke seriously: "The next step I have to do is to stabilize the U.S. market. After the financial crisis is completely over here, the second step
Then I will vigorously expand the European market, the South American market and the Asian market in sequence. The third step is that I am preparing to introduce B2B business, that is, Amazon will be open to more merchants, not just large companies, but more qualified and capable small companies.
.Everyone can join in.”
Xiao Qi was filled with admiration in his heart.
How else could Bezos be successful in his previous life? After 2012, he has been ranked among the top 20 super-rich people in the world just by relying on Amazon. Bezos indeed has real abilities.
If you were an ordinary person, in order to get rid of the current predicament, the best way would be to open up a new market.
The vast European market, which is no less developed than the United States, is the best target for development.
That's not to say that Amazon doesn't have branches in these countries, but Amazon's main business was in North America before, so it didn't make much effort to develop Europe, which is far less than the glory of the United States and Canada.
If you want to maintain the rapid development of a company, it is very important to have a large market with market potential no less than that of the United States, and vigorous development seems to be a good choice.
But if you go to Europe to invest at this time, it will be as miserable as possible.
The European debt crisis is about to break out, and those lazy people in Europe will be punished soon. They won't even have money to eat, so why are they still buying shit?
In the previous life, it was not easy for Chinese companies to buy bargains in the United States. There were not so many restrictions on bargain hunting in Europe, so they went there.
Then……
Then there is nothing more. Many people can only hold back their tears and pretend not to care, saying that they pay the tuition and it is worth the experience and lessons.
In the final analysis, Europe is now a super mess, and whoever gets in will be unlucky.
On the contrary, the United States is different.
Although the subprime mortgage crisis was triggered by the United States, the United States does not have a debt crisis. This is the biggest benefit of the U.S. dollar as the world's settlement currency. As long as there is no money, money will be printed. Everyone holds their national debt and is buying their U.S. dollars.
, where might they have any crisis?
This is also the biggest reason why so many countries’ currencies want to replace the US dollar, or partially replace the US dollar’s settlement role!
It is because of the U.S. dollar that the United States recovered its strength not long after the financial crisis. After 2010, the economy continued to grow. It was also the first country in Europe and the United States to emerge from the financial crisis.
In his previous life, Bezos relied on the solid foundation of the United States to gradually expand Amazon to the world.
Bezos can resist the temptation of expansion and stick to the treasure land of the United States, which proves that he has both vision and endurance. Only such a CEO can lead Amazon to make great strides forward and become the world's largest b2b2c
An online mall.
In 2013, Bezos' net worth was US$25.2 billion, ranking 19th in the world. At that time, his shareholding was 18.3%, which was less than 20%.
In other words, by 2013, the 20% of Amazon shares that Xiao Qi bought for US$5 billion will soar by more than 500%, reaching more than US$27.5 billion!
Based on this achievement alone, Xiao Qi can rank among the top twenty richest people in the world.
This shows how important it is to find a good helmsman for your investment.
After passing through his thoughts, Xiao Qi asked: "To be specific, how can the U.S. market survive the difficulties? Do you have any countermeasures?"
“The American people need more and better products.” Bezos said calmly, “In order to serve the American people quickly and conveniently, I plan to continue to expand warehouses in the United States and vigorously promote unification and scale.
The standardized operating model will, firstly, reduce the time for goods circulation, and secondly, increase work efficiency. It will pave the way for the subsequent economic recovery. As long as the consumer confidence of the American people improves, that will be the time for Amazon to rise again!"
"How much do you estimate it will cost and how long will it take?" Xiao Qi asked.
"I have already selected the location. The first batch will build 5 warehousing and logistics bases before June this year, including 2 first-level and 3 second-level. The second batch will build 6 more warehousing and logistics bases before the end of this year.
, including 2 first-level ones and 4 second-level ones." Bezos said: "The total cost is 650 million U.S. dollars. With our current financial resources, there is no problem."
He was afraid that Xiao Qi would say that he wanted to inject capital or something. He had agreed in advance that no capital would be required.
Xiao Qi pretended not to hear, "With your thoughts like Jeff, I feel relieved at Amazon. But I heard that recently, the company has implemented a plan to encourage management stock options?"
Bezos was stunned. This was a plan he was preparing to launch because Xiao Qi was the largest shareholder.
If the above plan is implemented, his shares will reach about 18% in four years, 20% in six years, and 25% in ten years, making him the largest shareholder of Amazon.
But even Bezos himself doesn’t have much hope for this.
Because Xiao Qi is now the largest shareholder, he cannot agree that his power exceeds his, so this plan is just a bargaining weapon. He needs to get Amazon's share incentives, and he has to fight for it himself.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Qi already knew about this matter when it was still being discussed by a group of senior executives. It seemed that there was a spy for him in Amazon.
"We have a plan, but it is linked to performance and market value." Bezos replied carefully, "If the market value does not exceed five times its current value, our incentives cannot be realized... As for the highest share
With 10 years of equity incentives, the market value will be ten times higher than the current market value. If we really reach that point, I think we are qualified to receive the reward."
Xiao Qi smiled and said, "I will not deny this, so I agree with your method! After you discuss it, I decided to vote in favor."
"Ah?" Bezos didn't understand at all. How could Xiao Qi be so easy to talk to?
"I bought Amazon's shares not because I wanted to dominate it." Xiao Qi explained: "With you as a powerful helmsman, I will not be interested in running Amazon. Unless you leave Amazon one day, otherwise I will
They are just waiting to make money by holding stocks!”
Looking at Xiao Qi, Bezos had a smile on his face.
Didn't he just want to hear Xiao Qi's promise after waiting for so long?
Amazon, it’s best to have it in your own hands!
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