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Jeff Bezos's tone was a little weird, and he might have noticed Ye Dongqing's little thoughts.

As the CEO of Amazon, it’s hard not to know. Recently, Tamsui Investment Group once again purchased Amazon’s shares at a crazy premium. The fifth and seventh largest shareholders fell one after another. They succumbed to the high premium and changed hands. For Tamsui Investment Group, he did not forget who the only shareholder of that company was. From the side, it could be seen how optimistic Ye Dongqing was about his company.

Seeing the almost crazy investment inspired Bezos. Since even an outside investor was so optimistic about his company, he felt that he should also take a longer-term view and firmly continue to be optimistic about the company he founded. of this company, so they don’t intend to give in for the profit in front of them.

As long as he agrees to Ye Dongqing, he can probably earn two to three hundred million US dollars. To be honest, it is also a big gamble for Bezos. He uses his current Amazon shares to mortgage loans. If the stock price falls next and the company encounters any setbacks, then he can It would be a big loss.

But at Bezos's age, he has gradually become less interested in material comforts. Apart from his family, the company is everything to him. Therefore, he does not intend to regret it after making the decision, and is determined to participate in this financing plan to issue new shares. middle.

Meeting investors like Ye Dongqing is both a good thing and a bad thing for a listed company.

The advantage is that his crazy purchase of stocks directly pushes Amazon's stock price higher and higher, indicating that major shareholders are firmly optimistic about their own company, which has a greater positive impact than the company's own stock repurchase.

On the other hand, due to the continuous increase in holdings, the number of circulating stocks on the market has decreased a lot. In addition, several other brokerage firms have begun to be optimistic about Amazon and invested in acquiring stocks. As a result, the trading volume has plummeted after a sharp increase in recent times. The market has There are fewer circulating shares, which is not conducive to the rise of the stock price. Just like a company whose stock price is too high, it will split its shares into new shares with a lower price but a larger number. This is a trouble that only successful companies have. Junk stocks have no problem at all. People pay attention.

As the two shareholders transferred their shares to Tamsui Investment Group, the amount of shares held by Tamsui Investment Group now exceeds that of Mr. Jeff Bezos, reaching about 31.9%, which cost Ye Dongqing 30 Billions of dollars.

There was no way, apart from the initial investment, there was a premium in the later period. He spent money until other shareholders agreed to sell it to him. Later, when people knew that he wanted it, they raised the price a little higher, and naively thought that they had made a big profit. , if nothing happens, I may faint from crying in the future.

After being rejected by Mr. Bezos, Ye Dongqing had no choice but to do anything.

Although he holds more shares than the other party, the voting rights of the same stocks are different. Unless he no longer wants to manage, or chooses to sell most of the shares, or has a major mental problem, otherwise no matter what It's the other party who has the final say. Just like Zuckerberg was in deep trouble at the time, dragging down Facebook. However, other shareholders only suggested that he hand over management rights, and no one could force Zuckerberg to give up. The lessons learned from Steve Jobs made many entrepreneurs I have learned experience in business management and will consider the allocation of decision-making rights when financing.

He replied: "Okay, I respect your choice, then it's okay."

Mr. Bezos replied and contacted him again, and immediately hung up the phone. When he heard the busy signal from his cell phone, Ye Dongqing felt distressed that he would have to make a lot of money less.

The reason why I say it again is because the MIH Group, which was already shaken, recently changed its mind temporarily. Seeing that Tencent is making money from its portal website, games, and virtual peripheral business, it suddenly told that it does not plan to sell its shares, even if Danshui Investment According to Ye Dongqing's wishes, the group was willing to buy it at a valuation of US$1.5 billion, but they were unwilling to sell it.

This is probably the trouble with becoming famous. As the projects Ye Dongqing invested in became popular, others began to believe in his good luck and vision. Guys who can manage large companies are often not too stupid, just like holding on to their Like SoftBank Group, which owns Alibaba shares, MIH Group is also prepared to hold it for a long time. It has seen some signs of making money from the current good development trend.

Recently, Ye Dongqing even began to consider whether he should register some shell companies elsewhere. In addition, as the MIH Group went back on its word, he began to consider whether to be independent from Tencent and engage in new online business concepts with Boni and others. The company just doesn’t want to make money with these reneging guys.

Of course, missing this opportunity does not mean that there will be no opportunities in the future. Judging from Tencent’s first and second quarter financial reports, the expansion speed has obviously slowed down. According to Ye Dongqing, it will take some time. Slowly digesting the resources currently occupied means that there is still a chance to contact the MIH Group until these guys think there is not much upside potential.

I was a little depressed, but then I thought that I already owned a lot of potential stocks, and I couldn't monopolize the entire market by myself. Then I calmed down and asked someone to bring me financial reports, personnel arrangements, ongoing project information, etc. Look, the computer was given to Mahi to play games, and he learned about the company's latest trends.

During this period, several project managers were also called in to understand the situation. Regarding the online news website project, it was cheated by a group of media companies some time ago. This made Ye Dongqing realize the importance of the right to speak. Compared with spending billions of dollars to It is more affordable to acquire a well-known newspaper than to create one yourself. I discussed with these people for a full hour and a half, and it was lunch time in the blink of an eye...

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After Ms. Becky Moore communicated with the CEO, she set up several specialized working groups today in accordance with Ye Dongqing's request.

One group was responsible for drafting new rules and regulations, and the other group immediately asked employees to conduct a sample survey and asked them what they were dissatisfied with the company. The company's COO personally came to the town of Santa Clara, went to the city hall and local The supervisor met and asked about the land planning around the company.

This will make the boss talk and employees will lose their legs.

Thanks to the complete professional manager system and standardized legal protection, Ye Dongqing has more free time and can rest assured to leave the specific management to others. So what about the CEO of Facebook? He has not been assigned to it. Europe has gone to explore the market on its own.

Since Skype was sold, Ye Dongqing has not met with the management there, and it seems a bit too impersonal, so after lunch, he went to the floor to express his condolences.

The boss makes money, and the employees under him have recently received generous bonuses. It is easy to get together and relax. What's more, only a small number of people are accepted by Microsoft. Most of them will follow Ye Dongqing. After showing up, of course You won't be treated indifferently, you are very enthusiastic...