Back To 1995

   Chapter 262

  San Jose, just like when Yahoo, Netscape, Fortinet and other companies started, the current eBay office space, that is, a dozen people, crowded into a small office.

   At this moment, in the small office where Pierre Omidyar is, a man is standing and asked Omidyar in surprise, "Omidyar, you mean, you don't need our venture capital?"

  Omidyar looked at Kagel in front of him, and rubbed his palms. For an engineer, he was still a little too weak to do such a negotiation.

  Cagel is one of the partners of a San Francisco-based venture capital firm called Benchmark. When eBay was established, he found Omidyar and was very interested in eBay, and the two sides have been in contact.

   But now, when Cagle and Benchmark Venture Capital decided to propose a $5 million venture capital to eBay, Omidyar turned it down, which made Cagle very puzzled.

   "Cagel, I'm sorry, but now the situation has indeed changed, and eBay may not be able to accept this investment from benchmark venture capital!" Facing Cagle, Omidyar refused a little jerky.

   Hearing this, Cagle looked at Omidyar in front of him, "So, can you tell me what happened?"

Kagel and Benchmark Venture Capital are not a big venture capital company, that is, they have just been established in the past two years, and they have not much capital. They specialize in investing in emerging Internet companies. eBay is a company that Benchmark Venture Capital has been eyeing for a long time. , was actually intercepted by someone.

   The loss of eBay's venture capital, although Kagel is dissatisfied, but he wants to know who is fighting with the benchmark venture capital. Even if he dies, Kagel will die.

   Seeing that Kager was still reluctant to give up, Omidyar, who got along well with Kager, had to say, "It's Bruno Song's America Global Investment Fund!"

Hearing that it was Song Yang Jiehu, Kagel's original desire to fight for the competition disappeared in an instant. How much does the benchmark venture capital have to add up? The benchmark venture capital has to invest millions of dollars in eBay, but Song As soon as the Yang side came up, I am afraid it was tens of millions of dollars, and the two sides were not at the same level.

If it was Kagel himself, I am afraid he would make the same choice as Omidyar. It has nothing to do with it. No matter how good the relationship is, if it encounters so many beautiful knives, it will turn against each other. This is human nature. The beautiful knife tests human nature, and only those who lack heart can play this set.

   "Ooh..."

  Cagel stroked his forehead and gave a wry smile. This feeling of being cut off is really uncomfortable. The benchmark venture capital has been evaluating eBay for a long time, and the result is just lost.

   Then Kagel reacted suddenly, "So Bruno Song, is he going to enter Internet e-commerce?"

   If it was said that eBay might be lost, making benchmark venture capital a little helpless, but suddenly it occurred to Kagel that Song Yang was going to enter the e-commerce industry, which made Kagel excited.

  Who is Song Yang? Although he is not the earliest Internet veteran, he can be regarded as a figure who has led the Internet wave many times, and is now one of the most popular figures in the Internet industry!

   Now Song Yang suddenly invests in eBay, doesn't this just mean that Song Yang is optimistic about the e-commerce industry?

   Can't invest in ebay or other e-commerce platforms? Blind cats can always meet dead mice. As long as the e-commerce industry becomes popular, it will definitely be a huge outlet.

"I don't know this, Mr. Cagle, eBay is only in contact with the American Investment Fund!" Pierre Omidyar was very cautious and did not give Cagle a wrong judgment. Is Song Yang? Eyeing the e-commerce industry is not something Omidyar can decide.

As far as the current pattern of the Internet industry is concerned, whether or not to log in on Nasdaq is the standard for measuring an Internet company, whether it is eBay, Amazon or IMDB, etc. Now, in the face of DoubleClick, Netscape, Yahoo, etc. Just a little brother!

  Caggle hurried off from Olimedia, called the Benchmark VCs, and had Benchmark set out to find e-commerce companies in America.

Kagel is also ready to let benchmark VCs take advantage of this wave of popularity. Kagel may not believe in himself, but he believes in Song Yang. Since his debut, Song Yang's worth has soared so fast, and he has never missed a shot, enough to make Kagel Believe it.

Song Yang's villa in San Jose is much smaller than the North Shore Manor on Long Island in New York, but in San Jose, Song Yang is not going to buy another villa, but has already enclosed the land, ready to be like Bill Gates Like others, build a manor.

  Not only in San Jose, but also in Houston and other places. Since last year, Song Yang has asked Greck, Marcus and others to continue to enclosure and farms. The prices of these enclosed lands have soared.

It is enough to show that Song Yang is not the only one who is enclosing the land. The technology industry has been hot in the past two years. People in the Internet and technology industries are quietly cashing out, and the hot money cashed out from technology stocks is definitely impossible to invest in the technology industry. Land and housing are naturally the first choice.

The upstarts in technology are replacing the old white money. They are crazy to enclosure America. The land is actually the same in the whole world. When you have money, you want to hoard a few pieces. It is really something that can be passed on to the next generation. Gates has done the hardest work, and even companies such as Netscape, Yahoo, and AOL have encircled a lot of land in the name of building headquarters.

In the villa, for the filming of "The Matrix" in a few months, Jenny and Hailey are doing performance training with an actor trainer hired by Hollywood with a lot of money. This trainer is not cheap and has trained many Hollywood stars. , Cameron Diaz, Claudia Schiffer and other Hollywood women have all received training done by Shearer.

   The female trainer who is in her 40s does not have many roles on the Hollywood screen, but she can help movie stars and vividly interpret the roles in film and television dramas.

   "Jenny, focus, release your emotions, you have to show anger in front of the camera through expressions..."

   However, the training results were not very good, especially Jenny, who was scolded with red eye circles. Jenny, who was born in dance, did some fancy moves, and those on the bed... It was no problem.

But the acting skills, then I can't bear to look directly at it. Except for the role of silly and sweet, I don't play, and the rest of the roles are performed. Seeing Shearer is terrified, I have some doubts, will my next order be ruined? In order to prevent Jenny from training, she would lose her job in Hollywood, so Shearer had strict requirements on Jenny.

Jenny, who was reprimanded again, looked pitifully at Song Yang outside the training room, asking Song Yang to help "relieve the siege". Ever since she was with Song Yang, where did Jenny suffer from this kind of anger? is touted by the crowd.

Seeing Jenny's cry for help, Song Yang just pretended he didn't see it, turned around and went downstairs directly. It's okay to be scolded by Shearer now, but when he gets scolded after the movie is released, he is not alone. It is estimated that major entertainment media There are also movie fans who have to line up to scold.

   After all, Song Yang can make Shearer shut up, but he can't shut up moviegoers and those gossip entertainment reporters too!

After leaving the villa and entering the small garden, Greg, Marcus and others were all there, and they were still sitting on the other side. When they heard Song Yang coming back, they hurried over to Eric from RICK and Chris from Bank of Comerica. Jan et al.

   "Congratulations, Jia En." Song Yang said to Jia En, who had gained a lot of weight after not seeing each other in just a few months.

Chris Jain, who was already the Vice President of the Investment Department of the Bank of Comerica, shook hands and hugged Song Yang before saying, "Song, I should thank you, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to sit here now. Location!"

The people present were all "my own people", and they all knew the bottom line. Jia En didn't care about saying this. He just shouted that Song Yang's horse head was the saddle. This time Song Yang called Jia En, and Jia En flew from Texas overnight. come over.

   "Song, come to me this time, do you have any other projects?!" As soon as he sat down, Jia En asked Song Yang impatiently.

Inter-American Telecom's project, which made Chris Jain in Comerica Bank, became famous in the first battle. In one year, Comerica Bank made several hundred million dollars with profits, and Inter-American Telecom has become Comerica Bank. , the most successful project in the past ten years, and may continue to bring benefits in the future!

Thanks to the line of American Telecom from Chicago to Wall Street, coupled with the personal relationship with Song Yang, there is still support at the headquarters of the Bank of Comerica. Chris Jain jumped directly from the manager of the credit department in Houston to the headquarters of the Bank of Comerica. , as Vice President of America's Investment Department.

   After tasting the sweetness, Comerica Bank decided to increase its lending and investment in technology and the Internet industry, and then incubate a project of Inter-American Telecom, then Comerica Bank may really soar into the sky.

And Chris Jain, who became the head of the investment department of Comerica Bank, also made up his mind to go to the dark with Song Yang. Even if Song Yang doesn't look for him this time, it won't be long before Chris Jain He will also come by himself.

   Hearing this, Song Yang and Eric looked at each other, and then couldn't help but laugh. Hearing this laughter, Jia En was not embarrassed at all, on the contrary, he was sure that there was really a new project.

   "There are some new projects that need your cooperation, Jia En, and the Bank of Comerica support." Song Yang said to Jia En.

Hearing this, Chris Jain immediately patted his chest and said, somewhat contentedly, "Song, don't worry about this, as long as I'm still at the Comerica Bank, the Comerica Bank will always support your project! "

  As the Vice President of Investment of Comeliga, Jia En naturally has the right, and even an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, Jia En can directly pass it without going through the board of directors.

   But Song Yang came to him this time, not for that little investment. Eric on the side said to Jia En, "Jian, we came to you this time, not for that little money!"

   Hearing this, Chris Jain couldn't help but feel a little numb in his scalp at this time, and he remembered the day and night scenes on the American Telecom construction site.

   (end of this chapter)