Wall Street Legend

Bonny's tone was a little excited, and he spoke quickly and quickly.

He continued to say to Ye Dongqing: "The relevant plan will be sent to you later, but it will be in Chinese. I made a detailed plan before making this call to you. If we both agree, we will send it to you soon." We can start working on it!

I know the Alibaba company you are talking about. They recently launched Taobao. Their boss specially invited me to dinner, saying that he wanted to spend money to help us advertise and promote. The current market value is about 200 million US dollars. Since they can I should be able to get up. I have recently hired a few old employees from them and they are very familiar with the relevant processes. However, it would be great if I could learn from the management experience of Amazon's online mall. "

"The Chinese version is also fine. I can understand it. After I have someone help me sort out the information, I will send you a copy. Based on your habits, you can borrow it directly if you modify it. I can also help you as a programmer. I’m so busy, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

The two hit it off immediately.

Ye Dongqing was not in a calm mood at the moment, mainly because he saw the considerable profit prospects and began to have sweet dreams.

The e-commerce business in the United States has just started, and it is close to blank in China. This time is not bad. As long as it is done well, the prospects are unlimited.

When raising funds for Tencent, he chose to give up decision-making power. In fact, even if Boni didn't call, it didn't matter if the project was launched directly after communicating with MIH Group. In order to maintain a friendly relationship, Boni specifically made this call to seek advice from Ye Dongqing.

Considering that Ye Dongqing's current financial resources are much greater than those of the entire MIH Group, it seems to Boni Ma that it is necessary to make friends and give him some good advice. After all, from the perspective of the entire Internet environment , in this era, the United States is the highest peak, the kind where you can see the bright stars. The success of a Facebook is enough to shock Bonny's attention. Like a dream, it suddenly rises to a height that Tencent needs to look up to.

Therefore, although he gave up the decision-making power with this part of the equity, Boni still politely came over to ask for Ye Dongqing’s opinion. To be honest, he heard from him that it could be done. Boni instantly felt much relieved. Recently, there have been different opinions among the founder team. The voice came out that it was better to focus on the main business at present, but Boni felt that he could take care of both ends, so there was no need to be timid and miss the good opportunity to develop the second main business.

Speaking of Taobao, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, it was launched in the middle of last year. Its current influence is extremely limited. It relies on dealing with website administrators to expand its market. However, "Alipay", which Ye Dongqing has heard about, has not yet been developed. Come out.

Just last July, eBay spent 150 million yuan in cash to merge with China's largest e-commerce company EachNet, also known as "eBay", and officially entered the Chinese market.

eBay was first established in imitation of eBay. During that window period, it grew rapidly and established itself as China's e-commerce leader. Taobao, which was only established in May last year, was no match for eBay at all.

Others don't know, but Ye Dongqing knows that eBay, which is doing very well in the United States, will soon be overthrown by China's local e-commerce platforms. It is not clear whether the history will be similar. This does not prevent him from joining. If you cause trouble in the field, you might be able to make a name for yourself.

Unlike the relatively stable Internet market in the United States, China started later and the competition is more intense. Speaking of which, Ye Dongqing still has the opportunity to buy shares in Alibaba Group. The market value is only that small, so even if he buys it all, there is not much pressure. , considering the rate of return, investing in Chinese Internet companies is more suitable than investing in companies in the United States, because not many people have paid attention there, and the value is usually far underestimated. This is closely related to the underdeveloped financing environment. Big relationship.

He was thinking about going to visit and investigate for a few days when he had time. He would hang up the phone after chatting with Boney Maduo for a few words, just to communicate with each other roughly. Now Ye Dongqing didn't even know what to do in detail, and there was nothing to discuss. topic.

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With the arrival of Ye Dongqing, the future is heading towards a fork in the road that is different from what he remembered. Some things have changed, but many things have not changed. Excellent companies are still extremely competitive.

Take Amazon as an example. As its circulating shares have been continuously bought up by Tamsui Investment Group, its stock price has been rising for a year. Its current total market value is as high as more than 7 billion US dollars, more than double the amount when he first started paying attention. It successfully left its competitor eBay behind. Not only did it advertise on Facebook, but it also bought the best advertising space on Google.

Not to be outdone, eBay also came to try to buy Facebook advertising space. The employees knew that their boss was an Amazon shareholder, so they called him specifically to inquire about this matter. After Ye Dongqing considered it, he finally decided to sell it to it at a high price. After all, he only holds a small stake in Amazon, but the 30 million US dollars earned from selling advertisements belongs to Facebook, which means that all of it goes into Ye Dongqing's pocket. He will settle the account.

FB's advertising prices are rising steadily, mainly for advertising for various consumer goods companies. McDonald's, KFC, and Adidas Nike have all advertised on FB. One after another manufacturers have come to visit. The reason is because of its user base. It is very young and the advertising effect is also very good. It achieved break-even as early as the second half of last year. After giving so many bonuses at the end of last year, it even had a balance of more than 200 million US dollars.

This is a good thing, but it also means that the money is not enough. Ye Dongqing plans to talk to the management after returning this time to increase advertising efforts in other countries and regions to avoid being preempted by Google's product. The U.S. market has been roughly determined, but the overseas market is still difficult to say.

At the beginning of this year, all kinds of things, big and small, came rushing in, making it impossible for him to travel quietly and down-to-earth. On average, he had to answer more than 30 phone calls a day. He was afraid of missing something important, so he couldn't leave his mobile phone.

At this time, he found Laura and said to her: "Pack your things, let's go back in the evening, sleep on the plane at night, and arrive in New York tomorrow morning. I knew I would borrow sunscreen from you, but I didn't expect it to be effective. It’s so good, I’m almost peeling from the sun, but you’re still so white.”

"It's a pity that she's not as white as a yellow person. Her skin is so luminous, no wonder she can seduce you."

Laura held the computer, showed the screen to Ye Dongqing, and added unnecessary: ​​"I accidentally opened your FB, I thought it was my own message reminder, it is her, right, this girl? Eyesight not bad……"