Chapter Sixteen: Jeff Bezos
Christmas Eve and Christmas are the end and beginning of the year in the West, and this is especially true for Caos.
It has just arrived in January, and it may be that the failure in the Hong Kong stock market has caused international speculators to show a pullback, causing the price of gold futures to rise slightly, from the lowest 276.75 to the highest 306.35.
Although it only had a short month of increase, it brought a return of 26 million US dollars to Caos, who was prepared, and brought the cash in Caos to a bottom of 80 million US dollars.
This amount of funds did not last long, because Kaos's purchase of Amazon stock also accelerated, which prompted him to spend $20 million again and get 1.2% of the stock.
With the previous stocks, Kaos now holds 3.13% of Amazon's shares, but still has nearly 60 million in cash.
However, Amazon's stock acquisition has reached this point. Although it did not trigger the 5% share notification requirement, Amazon still noticed Kaos's behavior.
"Hello, Mr. Bezos, I really didn't expect you to come in person."
Kaos looked at Jeff Bezos who appeared in his office and smiled and said hello.
Although I knew I was noticed sooner or later, I didn't expect that after I noticed myself, Jeff Bezos would actually come over in person.
"Haha, it was not needed, but I heard that Kaos is only 16 years old. I was naturally very curious. It would be a pity not to come and see it in person."
Jeff Bezos looked back and forth at Caos. Although he knew the other party's age, he would still be very surprised after seeing it with his own eyes.
Especially since the other party is now running an Internet company, it seems to be developing very well, which makes him more curious about Kaos.
Google is now quite well-known in the industry. He has paid special attention to it before, but the business between the two parties does not have much connection, which makes him put it aside after just looking at Google.
Unexpectedly, the two would meet in this way in the end, and the other party is now a shareholder of their Amazon.
Thinking of the boy in front of him holding 3.13% of Amazon's shares, they were all bought with real money. It was worth nearly 30 million US dollars, which made Jeff Bezos feel even more extraordinary when he looked at Kaos.
"I see it now, I don't know what Mr. Bezos thinks about coming this time."
Kaos also has a strong interest in this man who brought Amazon to the top and became the world's richest man several times in 20 years.
"You have acquired 3% of Amazon's shares. I want to know how much you plan to acquire in total. At the same time, I also want to know what you think of Amazon, whether it is a short-term investment or a long-term investment."
With his body leaning forward and his hands crossed his fingers, Bezos looked at Kaos very seriously, hoping to determine whether the other party's words were true.
Listed companies like Amazon attach great importance to every major shareholder. After all, if the other party wants to sell their stocks, it will be a major threat and concern to the stability of their stock prices.
"Well, I am very optimistic about Amazon's future. Naturally, the more stocks the better. In terms of investment time, since I am optimistic about the future, I have no intention of letting go within at least ten years. This can be my promise."
Although Amazon's future is very good, Caos has no idea of acquiring it, but just plans to make some money by taking advantage of the opportunity.
Naturally, there is no competitive relationship with Bezos, and the other party’s doubts Caos did not hide it. He directly gave his own answers clearly and clearly, and also showed his friendly attitude to the other party.
"Then I'm relieved. I believe Amazon will not disappoint your investment. Here are some congratulations to you for joining Amazon's family in advance."
After receiving a satisfactory reply, Bezos nodded, smiled and stood up to shake hands with Caos gently, and also offered to say goodbye. However, when leaving, the two sides also exchanged contact information to facilitate better communication between the two parties in the future.
After seeing Bezos off, he sat alone on the sofa in the office. Kaos was soaking green tea in the United States. At the same time, he was also sighing that none of the people who could succeed were easy to deal with.
The acquisition of Amazon's stock has slowed down a lot, but it has been noticed. Just now, it seems that Bezos seems easy to deal with.
But in fact, Caos understood very well. Even if he told the truth, Bezos probably didn't fully believe it. He didn't come to listen to his explanation this time. He just wanted to give Caos a warning and show that his actions were seen by him.
As for the matter of Kaos' large-scale acquisition of stocks, Bezos is actually not that nervous. After all, the rules of the US stock market are very perfect. As long as it exceeds 5%, a notice must be issued. At the same time, if it is sold in the future, it is necessary to notify one or two months in advance, and at most 1% of the shares at a time.
This makes Kaos' actions happen in Bezos' eyes. The number of shares sold at one time is indeed quite large, but it can still be afforded by a listed company. If it cannot affect Amazon's development, it will naturally not have an impact on Bezos.
"Boss, this is the result of preliminary contact with several fund companies."
The door sounded softly, and Kaoss was pulling back the thinking, looking at Carson who came in and reported back, and also took the documents in the other party's hand.
Google's current traffic and searches are no longer small companies, but a commendable potential stock, so naturally some funds are indispensable.
Kaos understands that Google is still new and it will take at least two to three years to fully grow and go public. It is not the best time to invest, but this kind of cooperation and financing negotiation is not something that can be negotiated in a short time. Now it is also good to have a taste of the situation in advance.
"Oh, what are these guys thinking? They dare to offer quotations even if they have tens of millions of valuations."
Kaos laughed at the information. Although Kaos has only invested more than 10 million in the early stage in Google, the valuation of more than 50 million searches per day should be at least 100 million.
But it seems that these little VCs who don’t know the name are probably still thinking about finding a bargain and buying stocks at a low price, waiting for future profits.
After flipping through two pages of information casually, Kaos saw some normal quotes behind it. The nose of the vc is as sensitive as that of the paparazzi. The small vc company noticed Kaos' Google, so how could those large vcs not notice?
Just like Red Shirt Capital, which specializes in investing in Internet technology companies, has also brought a quotation this time, and it is the highest one here, with a market value of 500 million US dollars. They want to directly invest 40%, which is 200 million US dollars.
This was definitely a sky-high price in early 1998, but unfortunately, Kaos is not interested now.
Chapter completed!