Chapter 832 Indirect Pressure

This night, Feng Yiping didn't sleep at all. Amazon's series of actions really stimulated him.

After receiving a call from Huang Jingping, he learned that after being explicitly rejected by the company, the acquisition of these guys failed. He immediately approached the shareholders and quickly started a hostile acquisition.

Hehe, fortunately, NEXTDOOR is not a listed company, and has not yet introduced third-party investors. All the equity is firmly in my hands, otherwise such a thing would be really difficult to deal with.

Although Amazon has had a very good life in the past two years and its benefits are very average, it is large in size and has a market value of nearly 30 billion U.S. dollars. It is not an easy task to confront it head-on.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that you have no chance of winning if you really come to that point. For example, a listed company like Amazon must have many shareholders, and it’s impossible to follow Bezos’s wishes in everything.

And being small also has its advantages. My side is different. Compared with Amazon, although the company is small at present, its own control is strong, and it can be like a commanding arm. As long as you look in one direction, you can immediately concentrate all of them. Force pushes in that direction.

A big company like Amazon has thoughtful arrangements on such issues so quickly, so it can't be left behind, and can seriously prepare for related work with Netflix.

Mergers and acquisitions are very common for large companies.

Generally speaking, there are two main ways for a company to expand and grow, one is internal expansion, and the other is external mergers and acquisitions.

To develop through the internal expansion model, the risks are relatively small and controllable, while external mergers and acquisitions are relatively more risky, but the pace is fast.

However, from a global analysis, so far, almost all large companies have achieved scale expansion through foreign mergers and acquisitions, especially the large companies in the United States. They have all grown rapidly through mergers and acquisitions to some extent or form.

For example, the same is true for Amazon. According to Feng Yiping’s analysis, when it encounters a competitor, there are two solutions. Either defeat it, or if not, acquire it.

The information in Feng Yiping's hands shows that from the year of its establishment to last month when it acquired online music rival CDNow, there have been five mergers and acquisitions with a scale of hundreds of millions.

Since I want to develop Huaqiang into a world-class company, I must adapt to this method.

However, at present, in terms of the group's institutional setup, there is a lack of mergers and acquisitions. There are no relevant departments and personnel. , People who are familiar with the theory of mergers and acquisitions, but it is estimated that none of them have actually operated large-scale mergers and acquisitions.

In Shanghai, through the office window, Jin Ling can clearly see the building that his company is building. According to the plan, the roof will be completed by the end of this year.

More and more things made her feel more and more that her little boss was really a very lucky person.

For example, when bidding for a building project in Shanghai, he insisted on choosing one with a Chinese prefix, or a well-known local state-owned construction company in Shanghai, because such a company has guaranteed qualifications and stricter safety production requirements. He hopes to eliminate it from the source During the construction of the building, there may be safety accidents.

The result of this is that since the end of last month, many buildings under construction nearby have stagnated because a large number of construction workers ran back to their hometowns, but the construction of Jiasheng Shanghai Building is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Capable, good vision, good luck, and also a responsible little man - at such a special time, he has been insisting on staying in the capital, it seems that it is difficult for him not to become the richest man in the country.

"There were 8 cases the day before yesterday, and there were only 4 new cases yesterday. Will it be 0 today?" These days, when Feng Yiping calls, she always talks about this situation first.

"In short, whether the general trend is improving, or the same sentence, don't worry about me, you should also pay attention in Shanghai,"

"I'm looking for you today mainly because I have something to discuss with you. I want to form an international team about mergers and acquisitions at the headquarters. I usually collect relevant information for us to choose. When necessary, I can directly serve as my assistant."

"Why, what company do you like?" Jin Ling, who graduated from Harvard Business School, is no stranger to the theory of mergers and acquisitions.

"I have an idea, you discuss it with Buchanan, and set up the shelf as soon as possible,"

"One more thing, you inform Li Lin, let her and the securities department start preparing for one thing immediately, if I want to raise 1.5 to 2 billion US dollars this year, what are the feasible plans? Including the equity of the two listed companies It can be related to equity financing, within a month, I want to see the specific plan, "

Raising 1.5 to 2 billion US dollars is not something that can be done in a day or two. If you really decide to do it, it is best not to wait until next year.

A company like Jiaqiang naturally has to win the support of Chinese banks when making overseas mergers and acquisitions, and now Jiaqiang has the strength to win the strong support of banks. In other words, because it has never loaned money, the banking system is quite favorable to Jiaqiang. Wei Ci, I believe that if Jiaqiang has this requirement now, the banks will be very happy.

It's just that, either you don't want a cent, or you want such a large amount of money, it's not so easy to do it.

If it drags on to next year, there may be additional difficulties.

If I remember correctly, by next year, the Delong branch will completely collapse, and some of the commercial banks it participated in will be dragged down.

In addition, Zhou Zhengyi, who is now famous in Hong Kong and is known as the richest man in Shanghai, his "Sea Bird Department" should collapse in the near future. In addition, after the Delong Department next year, in the transfer of state-owned shares, Yan Caihong's " The "Hongyi Department" will also be destroyed...

In short, starting from next year, the "bankers" in the domestic capital market will gradually become a thing of the past, but also because of the impact of this series of major cases, the domestic capital market will definitely be cold next year, and the lending of the banking industry will also become a thing of the past. Be more cautious, if you want to get such a large loan from the bank at once, it will only make it more difficult.

"So urgent? You already have a goal?"

"Hehe, I just have an idea now, but someone has already attacked me." Buchanan was directly responsible to Feng Yiping. Jin Ling didn't know about this matter. When I told her, she was actually very excited, "Hehe, That company was created on a whim when you first came to the United States as an exchange student, and in less than two years, Amazon offered the highest price of 1.5 billion US dollars, I am so proud of you!"

This kind of pride, I don’t care much about it now, and if you keep doing it, you will be proud of me, "Then these two things, please, and, during this time, you still have to be more careful!"

After explaining to Jin Ling, Feng Yiping checked the time. It was already past 9 o'clock. It should be past 5 p.m. in Seattle. Why didn't Bezos call? Did he just give up?

Of course, Bezos will not give up so easily, but after hearing what Wilke said about Huang Jingping's attitude, he feels that it is better to start with the two institutional shareholders of NEXTDOOR, Jiaqiang Investment and Leading Capital.

Because Feng Yiping's attitude is very likely to be as tough as Huang Jingping's. If he calls Feng Yiping but Feng Yiping firmly rejects him, there is no room for reincarnation. Such a thing is not a last resort, so don't do it. It happened well.

It's just that the investigation of those two institutions will soon fail.

Jiaqiang Investment is easy to say. Judging from the name, it must be closely related to Feng Yiping. Jiaqiang invests in China, and this institution is a shareholder.

However, there was no progress at all in investigating the shareholders of Jiaqiang Investment, and the same was true for Leading Capital. After tracing all the way, it was found that these two companies were registered in the British Virgin Islands. The investigation could no longer continue.

Although Amazon is also very good now, but they are not capable enough to ask the British Virgin Islands to obediently provide the registration information related to these two companies, and it is almost the same as the CIA.

Therefore, regarding how to persuade Feng Yiping, Bezos felt that he needed to think about it comprehensively.

At the same time, another Amazon job, their group buying business, can be officially launched the day after tomorrow after intensive work by many technical staff.

This is a method that Bezos attaches great importance to. He just wants to let NEXTDOOR know that I can still do such a thing, and I can do it better than you.

With a flick of my finger, I can snatch your most important income item. To put it bluntly, it is an indirect pressure.

Considering the popularity of NEXTDOOR’s launch of ipod3 today, 50,000 ipod3s were sold out in less than two hours. Amazon’s first group purchase, Bezos also hoped that it would be ipod3. Don’t you get 5% off? I post money myself, 10% off, in short, I want to attract users and attract popularity.

However, when discussing with Jobs, he was rejected again, "We can't supply so much extra stock,"

Bezos feels bad now!

"Why is NEXTDOOR okay?" Don't you even support me, brother, Joe?

"They proposed this plan to us three months ago," Jobs said, leaving Bezos speechless.

However, he has a lot of contacts. After some urgent negotiations, Motorola promised to mobilize 20,000 units of the latest E380 mobile phone within a week. This is a rare color-screen mobile phone and it is very popular.

So, in order to have a sensational effect for the first group buying, Bezos had to consider adjusting the date of launching his group buying business.

In short, he felt that he was a little powerless when dealing with the still undeveloped NEXTDOOR.

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Although neither party disclosed it to the outside world, Amazon is a very influential and large-scale listed company after all, and its every move is closely watched. On the afternoon of the 20th, reporters kept calling the two companies to verify the news. Amazon held an The press conference, regarding this rumor, said very formulaically, "If there is a relevant decision, the company will definitely announce it in time,"

"However, I can tell you that Amazon's group buying business will be officially launched in the near future. We want to tell all our friends who have been supporting us that this business is definitely worth looking forward to, because we are a professional e-commerce company!"

If there is only the previous sentence, then there is nothing wrong with it. However, with the latter sentence, it seems to have a lot of content?

As for NEXTDOOR, I was happy to see the sudden increase in registered users in the past two days due to the two group purchases, and the application for the construction of sub-sites from nearly a hundred communities. Buchanan answered ambiguously on the phone, "No I can tell you!"

The media reporters who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement are naturally dissatisfied with his answer. However, NEXTDOOR is not a listed company and has no obligation to actively disclose relevant information. So on the morning of the 21st, several persistent media sent reporters to the company. , went directly to Buchanan.

"Has your company received a takeover offer?"

"In short, we have our own development direction. At this stage, we are not interested in any form of mergers and acquisitions," Buchanan said again to those people at Amazon yesterday. judge for yourself.

It should be said that from the current stage, Amazon is more powerful, so he doesn't mind taking this free ride and doing a bundled marketing, so that more people can understand and pay attention to his company.

"About Amazon's launch of group buying business, what's your comment?"

"We are very proud that companies like Amazon can follow up so quickly, which shows that the new business model we launched is very successful. If relevant companies need it, we can introduce experience unconditionally," Buchanan said with a smile.

That's pretty much blatantly saying that Amazon plagiarized.

It has to be said that if the mouths of these people who are used to working as staff are not polite, they can really bring out their internal injuries.

"NEXTDOOR is not worried that Amazon's launch of the same business will have an impact on you?"

"It's easy to imitate us, surpass us, hehe! Besides, the world is so big, the market is so big, there are too many similar companies,"

"Then, does your company have the will to develop into an e-commerce business?"

Of course not, but, didn’t you Amazon put pressure on us by doing group buying, then we can also put pressure on you.

"There is no such plan at the moment. At the same time, on behalf of the company, I would like to solemnly reiterate that all the services we launch are centered on our users. What we do and what we don't do are not aimed at any third party. Thank you everyone!"