Chapter 925 My Suggestion Is Expensive

Bezos' annoyance is not without reason, because everyone on the earth knows that behind PayPal is eBay, and eBay is Amazon's deadly rival in business.

Speaking of which, in the field of e-commerce, eBay is still the predecessor of Amazon.

Pierre Omidyar, who was born in France in 1995 and studied and grew up in the United States, is a man of science and engineering who only understands technology. In my spare time, I wrote some source code and created eBay.

He also didn't expect that this small website would be quickly crowded with sellers and buyers, and then he began to charge a little money for the transaction on the website. Soon, under the impetus of users, his small website The website quickly developed into a large shopping website.

At that time, Mr. Bezos was still ambitious, determined to be the largest bookstore on earth.

When Amazon decides to fully expand its business categories from books, it will have to wait until it goes public in May 1997.

In fact, at the beginning, even Amazon expanded its business scope in 1997. As the two largest e-commerce companies in the United States, Amazon and eBay still have very different business methods.

For example, in terms of operating model, Amazon is B2C, that is, companies to individuals, while eBay is C2C, that is, individuals to individuals.

Also, the biggest difference between the two is that the goods sold on the Amazon website adopt fixed pricing, while the goods sold on eBay are mainly through auctions.

Amazon will take care of the logistics for merchants who set up shop on their website, and eBay is on your own...  

But soon, as the two sides "learned from each other", these gaps have long been slowly narrowed or confused, and it has become that you have me and I have you. Now in the United States, eBay is naturally Amazon's biggest competitor. Similar to the later "bao" and "dong" in China.

You took the initiative to come to me yesterday to discuss cooperation with me, but today you are going to find my biggest opponent? With Comrade Bezos' violent temper, how can he stand this?

The standing COO was a little speechless. He looked at Bezos's head and wondered, why is this stuff so spicy like the braised eggs in a Chinese restaurant?

I told you to start from the beginning, and you think you are wasting your time, but there is no way, the boss is the last word, "No, or at least not now, they only say that PayPal is the next object to negotiate," he said. Explain patiently.

"Yeah," Bezos said, his face turning cloudy and then sunny, and then he laughed "haha." "It's interesting," he said.

The COO next to him was at a loss, what is the situation?

"Jeff,"

"It's okay, thank you," Bezos still went to get the phone, but he glanced at the COO.

"Oh, you're busy," the COO understood in seconds, and disappeared in a hurry.

"Cancele a few items from tomorrow afternoon's schedule and notify Merback of Coin Star that I'll be free after three o'clock," Bezos told the secretary.

Immediately, Merback went to find Feng Yiping, "It worked, Feng, Bezos said he would be free after three o'clock tomorrow afternoon,"

"Why don't we have time?" Mike said with a smile, "It's kind of a courtesy,"

"No," Feng Yiping shook his head, "We are all adults, so we should not be so capricious,"

"Pfft," even Murback couldn't help laughing. He was thinking, what would Bezos think if he heard these words?

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Amazon's headquarters park is located in South Lake Union, Seattle. It is a complex of dozens of buildings, many of which are not tall. From the outside, it looks like a warehouse. Of course, it may be true that it is a warehouse. Well, the warehouse is the big head.

SouthLakeUnion, Chinese should be translated as the south bank of the United Lake, but it is said that some domestic buddies who work here have changed the translation, "the south bank of the United Lake".

Listening to the awkward Mandarin pronunciation of "Unity" in Merback's mouth, Feng Yiping felt that the Chinese translation was quite powerful, it sounded very friendly, and it felt like this place was not far from China World Trade Center.

Along the way, in addition to seeing a lot of Amazon staff with blue badges, what I saw the most were all kinds of dogs.

"This should be the headquarters campus with the most dogs in the United States. It is said that there are nearly 1,000 registered. Although they don't provide free lunch to employees, they do provide free dog food," Merback continued.

It's a really weird company.

"Jeff works in the DAY1 building in front of him. This is also his philosophy. No matter how many achievements he has made, he still has to treat every day as the first day and do a good job every day with his heart."

Feng Yiping thinks this idea is like chicken soup, a bit greasy.

"Hello Mr. Feng, hello Merback," Bezos naturally wouldn't go downstairs to greet him, but he also sent a vice president named White. Hearing Merback's whisper, this person is quite high in the rankings, " This way, everyone, Bezos is waiting upstairs, "

In fact, he can wait for me downstairs.

Of course, Bezos didn't go too far. Feng Yiping stepped out of the elevator first. In the big office with the door open, the guy behind the desk looked up and immediately came out with a smile, "You must be Feng,"

"Hello, Mr. Bezos, it's a pleasure to meet you," Feng Yiping said sincerely, looking into his eyes, trying not to let his eyes stay on his ears.

From a closer look, his ears are really distinctive, a bit like the second senior brother in Journey to the West.

"Hehe, I am also looking forward to having the opportunity to communicate with you, please come in," Bezos was also very enthusiastic—just like an elder treats a younger generation, and he patted Feng Yiping on the shoulder a few times.

"By the way, Merback, you talk to White first, I want to have a few words with Feng alone," Bezos suddenly turned around and said when everyone followed Chaoli.

He also asked Feng Yiping, "Feng, do you have any objections?"

How can there be opinions? Are you still afraid that you will fail? "Hehe, the guest does as he pleases," Feng Yiping smiled amiably.

Bezos closed the door, and the huge office was instantly quiet. Looking at the misty lake outside the window, Feng Yiping praised, "The scenery here is great,"

"It's still a little too remote here. We already have the idea of ​​building a headquarters in the city center. Tea or coffee?"

"Mineral water," don't choose the two you mentioned.

The female secretary who brought in the tea just went out, and Feng Yiping took a sip of water, when Bezos asked, "Who do you think is more advantageous, my Blue Origin or SpaceX?"

Rao Feng Yiping was very prepared, and he didn't expect that he came up to ask this question.

They have speculated on many possibilities. The first thing to rule out is that Bezos will never mention the rejection of his acquisition right away. It is also difficult to return to the problem of cooperation with eBay.

Just didn't expect him to say this.

But Feng Yiping understood after thinking about it, who made himself and Musk a partner now?

Although Amazon can be said to be behind eBay in e-commerce, in the field of space exploration, Amazon, or he, Bezos, is ahead of Musk.

In 2000, he established his own private aerospace company, Blue Origin, and Musk was a latecomer.

But it is a pity that because of Musk's talent in publicity, most people in the country do not know the company Blue Origin.

These two companies, later, for some things, such as leasing NASA's launch site, were almost out of their minds.

In order to know who successfully completed the rocket recovery for the first time, Bezos and Musk also went to battle in person, criticizing each other's technology.

For now, Musk’s PayPal was sold to Amazon’s rival eBay, so Bezos has some opinions on Musk, a melon egg, and his SpaceX.

"I've been to Musk's factory in Los Angeles, and it was very shocking. I believe that Blue Origin, which started earlier, is more advanced in this regard,"

This is also true. Musk can be called "rich" now, but he is far from being "rich", while Bezos has been "rich" for several years and has more funds to invest.

"I also hope to have the honor of being able to visit the factory of Blue Origin. You know, as a man, I also yearn for the stars, but I know it is very difficult. The two of you can give such an idea to the world. All practices, I admire, "

Feng Yiping, who was born in sales, originally insisted on a philosophy and never blamed competitors in front of customers. How can he evaluate Musk and his company in front of Bezos now?

If he really said that, even Bezos who asked the question would underestimate him, and people who like to comment on others behind their backs will not be popular anywhere.

Bezos looked at the young man in front of him, who was sitting casually on the sofa just like himself, and decided to make things difficult again, "Aerospace is an industry that requires high technology. Do you think SpaceX can make any achievements? ?”

Feng Yiping took a sip of water and said calmly, "I'm not a scientist, so I don't know much about these things, but from a macro perspective, your and Musk's research in the aerospace field is of great benefit to the entire human race. "

"From this point of view, I hope that more and more companies will join this industry in the future,"

Feng Yiping's remarks can be said to be soft and hard, and he cleverly avoided Bezos' restrictions, but he spoke highly of his Blue Origin.

Bezos was satisfied with his answer.

He is a very proud person, and he firmly rejected NEXTDOOR's acquisition request without hesitation. As good as you say?

If the one who rejected him was a very outstanding young man, then he would feel more at ease.

Being rejected by an idiot is obviously more annoying than being rejected.

But that's not enough, he continued to ask, "Who do you think has better development prospects, Amazon or eBay?"

Although Feng Yiping and the others have prepared a very standard answer to this question, he is a little impatient at this meeting. The master is here to discuss business with you, or to bring you growth, not to accept your test. school.

Is it amazing that you have eaten steak for decades?

Do you know that although the world is yours and ours, compared with you, I am the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, so the world will eventually be ours?

"Amazon and eBay are very different in sales methods, business philosophy, operations, fees... and many other aspects. It should be said that both sides have their own strengths," he said in a very general way.

"I read the relevant information, it seems that the online e-commerce in the United States currently accounts for a relatively low share of the entire retail market, less than 10%. Therefore, whether it is Amazon or eBay, or Yahoo auctions, or later E-commerce websites have a lot of room for growth.”

After the question, Bezos, who had been an audience member, wanted to speak. Feng Yiping waved his hand a little domineeringly, and he hadn’t finished speaking yet, “I think the biggest gap between Amazon and eBay is in the payment tools. Acknowledging that PayPal has a large market share is a big plus for eBay,”

"So I think that the coin-for-card program launched by Coin Star this time will be of great benefit to Amazon," said Feng Yiping, impatient to play quiz games with you, and took the initiative to bring the topic to his own purpose.

"Partnering with us, among other benefits, means that Coinstar has helped Amazon open a new channel that allows people to use cash to do their own shopping online. People, join the ranks of online shopping, expand Amazon's customer base, "

"And you know, typically, those users, if they exchanged their coins for a $100 Amazon voucher, they ended up spending more than $100," he said.

What Feng Yiping said, Bezos really didn’t expect it before. He was a little bit moved when he had his legs crossed and his chin resting on his hands. "This, um, does make sense,"

Looking at his appearance, Feng Yiping understood that he and Amazon definitely had no objection to the cooperation with Coinstar.

Feng Yiping was in a hurry, I'm going, is it really me who came for the school exam? It should be because I rejected your acquisition request, how proud and conceited is this guy?

"Feng, you really deserve your reputation," Bezos said with a sincere smile this time, and flattered him.

He changed his seat, no longer facing Feng Yiping, and sat next to him, "So from your point of view, are there any areas that Amazon needs and deserves to improve?"

This is really out of the ordinary!

Feng Yiping smiled lightly, "I really have some opinions, but Bezos,"

"Call me Jeff," Bezos said, asking Feng Yiping, a young man, to call him by his first name, which shows that he already recognizes Feng Yiping very much.

Just, Jeff? It sounds a little like my brother-in-law, okay?

"Jeff, in my opinion, it's actually a bit expensive," Feng Yiping said leisurely, turning the water glass.

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