Chapter 1440 Yang Ming Personally Named Amazon!

Yang Ming values ​​Bezos's ability, just as he values ​​Apple's Steve Jobs and Oracle's Larry Ellison.

"Mr. Bezos, since you and your wife can set up such an online bookstore, let me discuss with you in depth what e-commerce is like?"

When Bezos stood there and listened carefully, he was more and more surprised and shocked.

He thought he had already understood e-commerce.

Now, it seems that he has only touched the surface.

Thinking of Sir Yang's prediction and understanding of the Internet, he knew that Sir Yang and the Empire Group were indeed much more powerful than he imagined.

If the Empire Group also invested in e-commerce on a large scale, I am afraid that he and his wife would have no chance to expand.

"Sir Yang, I really admire your understanding of e-commerce."

"In the future, e-commerce and physical stores will coexist."

Yang Ming knew that physical stores could not disappear, and they could not disappear, but in the future, e-commerce would further devour the market of more physical stores.

That is how so many e-commerce giants and companies of all sizes were created.

Because the Internet will make people's lives more and more convenient in the future.

"Mr. Bezos, what will you do if I want to acquire your company?"

Acquire his company?

Bezos never thought that his company would be acquired so soon?

After all, his and his wife's company is still not doing well.

However, Yang Ming said: "In fact, your company is nothing. What I really value is your ability. If you are willing to sell your company to Empire Group, I will buy 80% of the shares for $100 million, and the remaining 20% ​​will still be owned by you and your wife. However, the only condition is that you have to stay in the company and manage the company. Otherwise, if I acquire your company and you leave and start a similar company again, it will be meaningless."

In other words, Yang Ming is equivalent to investing $100 million in Bezos.

In 1995, $100 million was still very valuable.

In other words, as long as Bezos agrees, he will immediately become a new billionaire in the United States and even the world.

In addition, he will also own 20% of the company.

If there is support from Sir Yang and Empire Group, Bezos believes that this company will definitely develop faster.

However, Bezos was shocked.

He thought for a while and said, "Sir Yang, I want to go back and discuss with my wife before making a decision."

"No problem."

Bezos doesn't have much money now, so he naturally doesn't see far.

However, in Yang Ming's previous life, Bezos led Amazon to become a global e-commerce giant with a market value of trillions of dollars, and the other party has been the world's richest man for a long time.

Bezos at that time was of course completely different from Bezos now.

Bezos now thinks that Sir Yang actually values ​​him so much.

He really didn't expect that he was worth $100 million.

Because Sir Yang just said very clearly that if it weren't for him, he wouldn't offer this acquisition price.

In other words, if Bezos is unwilling to work for him, then he and his company, Empire Group, will naturally not acquire it.

. . .

Ou Zhiqiang sent Bezos back to the Oriental Mandarin Hotel.

At the hotel.

At this time, it was still evening in Seattle, but there was no news from his wife MacKenzie.

Bezos did not bring his mobile phone, but directly picked up the hotel phone and made an international long-distance call to his wife in Seattle.

"Madam, it's me."

"Bezos, are you having fun in Hong Kong?" MacKenzie asked over there.

These days, Bezos has been sharing his days in Hong Kong with his wife.

It made MacKenzie want to come to Hong Kong to play.

"Madam, I have something important to tell you."

When Bezos talked about what Yang Ming said just now.

In other words, Sir Yang can acquire the Bezos couple's company, or acquire it for $100 million, but Bezos needs to continue to manage the company.

If Bezos is unwilling, then the Empire Group and Sir Yang may not finance the Bezos couple and their company.

The most important thing is to let Bezos know that the Empire Group and Sir Yang are too powerful, and their understanding of e-commerce is far beyond their scope.

In other words, in this case, if they cannot become partners, then they will definitely be rivals in e-commerce in the future.

Facing Empire Group and Sir Yang, Bezos really has no confidence.

On the contrary, if they can use the funds of Sir Yang and Empire Group, then their company will definitely develop faster.

"Bezos, it seems that Sir Yang attaches great importance to you, but how does he know your existence?"

Although Bezos graduated from Princeton University, a famous school in the United States.

However, there are many graduates from such famous schools in the United States, why did Sir Yang choose him?

This is what Mrs. Bezos Mackenzie finds the strangest.

"Madam, I don't know. However, I always feel that Sir Yang is not a simple person. He seems to know a lot of things. In terms of e-commerce, his understanding of e-commerce is far beyond our imagination. This time when I came to Hong Kong, Sir Yang's words were far more important to me than what I learned in college in those years."

"Then how do you decide? Are you going to sell the company to Empire Group?"

Sir Yang spent $100 million to acquire 80% of their company's shares, which means that Empire Group is the major shareholder of their company, and they can only be the second largest shareholder.

However, the management rights are in their hands.

Moreover, Sir Yang made it clear that he was interested in Bezos.

If there is no other party, then there is no point in acquiring the other party's company.

"Madam, if we agree, we will be billionaires in the United States."

In fact, $100 million is definitely one of the main rich people in any era, especially in the 1990s. After getting this $100 million, even if they don't have to invest in anything, buy stocks or bonds, they will be financially free.

"You decide for yourself." MacKenzie said.

Although MacKenzie is also a strong woman, she can see that her husband has already had this idea.

After all, Empire Group is a huge tree. If there is a chance to climb such a big tree, why give up?

"Madam, do you agree or disagree?"

"If you agree, I agree, if you oppose, I oppose."

In other words, husband and wife are of one mind, and their interest can break metal.

"Then I'll think it through today."

For Bezos, he really needs to think it through.

. . .

One day later.

Early the next morning.

Bezos took a car with Ou Zhiqiang again to the Repulse Bay Hillside Villa to meet Sir Yang.

Last night, Bezos had thought it through.

In fact, no matter from which point of view, he felt that it was beneficial to him. In addition to taking money, there are 20% of the shares, and the management rights of the company are also in his hands.

Therefore, Bezos has no possibility of refusing.

When Yang Ming met Bezos, he knew that Bezos had thought it through.

Go up to the study on the third floor.

"Mr. Bezos, have you thought it through?"

"Sir Yang, I agree with your terms for acquiring our company."

In other words, the Empire Group will acquire the unknown Cadabra online bookstore company of the Bezos couple for $100 million.

The English name is translated into Chinese as Cadabra.

This name is difficult to pronounce, and it is definitely not as good as Amazon.

"Bezos, in the future, this company will only have online bookstores as one of them. There will be thousands of products in the future, so I suggest that the company change its name."

Change a new company name?

Bezos thinks that Kadabra is really not good.

"Sir Yang, please name the new company name yourself."

As long as he agrees to sell the company to the Empire Group, it means that this company will belong to the Empire Group, and the new boss is Sir Yang in front of him.

"Let's call it Amazon."

Amazon?

Bezos was surprised.

Why is it called Amazon?

In fact, the Amazon River is one of the most famous rivers in the world, and the Amazon primeval forest is also the world's largest tropical rainforest and the world's largest primeval forest. It breeds species from all over the world. It is most appropriate to use it to represent the future of this company.

"Sir Yang, this name is really good!"