giants of the era

Chapter 329 The New Website Launches

George Soros was shocked when he heard that Li Zetian wanted to invest in Quantum Fund.

He agreed without any hesitation: "Of course no problem, you are very welcome!!!"

Who else in this world can refuse the investment of the "God of Investment"?

Hearing this, Li Zetian had a slight smile on his face. The reason why he proposed to invest in Quantum Fund is that he hopes to have the right to speak in Quantum Fund and keep abreast of the fund's trends at any time.In the future, during the sterling crisis in 1992, the Southeast Asian financial crisis in 1997, the Internet bubble in 2000, and the global financial crisis in 2008, Quantum Fund rushed to the front and attracted hatred. He can hide behind and act!

"I don't want many shares, 10%, what do you think?" Li Zetian said.

"Of course!" Soros nodded.

"Then estimate the price and see how much I want to spend!"

George Soros pondered, thought for a while, and said, "5000 million dollars, what do you think, Mr. Li?"

Li Zetian said proudly: "Okay, that's 5000 million dollars!"

The next morning, George Soros came to Li Zetian's home again with his partners and financing contracts.

After signing the contract, Li Zetian did not intend to disclose to Soros the disintegration of the Soviet Union. He was able to make money alone, and Li Zetian did not want to share it with others.The sterling crisis in 1992 and the Southeast Asian crisis in 1997 were led by Soros and his Quantum Fund. Li Zetian could not only make a sum of money from the Quantum Fund, but also make another sum of money behind it.

"Frozen three feet is not a one-day cold, and the RB stock market crash may not be able to recover for a while. Quantum Fund may as well short the RB stock market and make some money." Li Zetian said with a malicious smile.

Soros was slightly taken aback, and immediately said: "What Mr. Li said is that I also think that the RB stock market will continue to fall. Shorting the RB stock market will definitely make money."

Li Zetian nodded with a smile, and then sent Soros and his party away.

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Outsiders don't know that Li Zetian spent US$50 billion shorting the RB stock market with 20 times leverage, which is crazy. By the end of the year, he had made US$600 billion.

The funds in the umbrella company account are as high as 1000 billion US dollars.

If this is leaked out, I'm afraid it will scare people to death.

For a long period of time afterwards, Li Zetian did not make any surprising moves, but began to integrate the company and optimize resources. After all, many companies have been acquired over the years, which cannot be digested at once, and will cause problems for the company.

On December 12, in Los Angeles, it was snowing heavily.

At 12:4 noon, the Amazon e-commerce website was updated. In addition to books, the new website also has personal computers, notebooks, music CDs, CD-Walkmans, clothing... a dazzling array of products.It’s nothing more than shocking, but the most surprising thing is that all products on the entire website are [-]% off!
4% off, my God, how much cheaper is this!
Other stores offer 8% off, 7% off, and 6% off, and the Amazon e-commerce website actually offers 4% off, which is completely crushed in terms of price! ! !
It has been nearly 10 months since Amazon's e-commerce website was launched. Netizens have gradually accepted Amazon's e-commerce website and its business model, and no longer think it is a fraud.Many people also opened online banking.

At this moment, in Amazon, Li Zetian looked at the background data calmly, smiled and said to Jeff Bezos and others: "Look, the data is about to fly!!!"

Li Zetian's tone was full of confidence.

Today, the number of online names exceeds 100 million, which is considered a lot.This time, the brand-new Amazon website was launched. First, it advertised online, and the Netscape browser popped up-"Amazon launched more products such as personal computers, notebooks, CD-Walkman, flamingo game consoles, Gameboy, clothing, etc., all 3 Discount, the lowest price in history!!!”

Yahoo also added a large red banner in the most prominent position on the homepage: "Amazon website is new, and all Christmas gifts are [-]% off!!!"

Plus, even Sprint's dial-up software advertises Amazon's e-commerce site.Li Zetian also asked people to vigorously promote the Amazon website on the BBS of various colleges and universities.And even Hotmail e-mail, which is owned by Microsoft, has ads.

The publicity on the Internet is almost pervasive!Anyone on the Internet will definitely see the promotional advertisement on the Amazon website!

As for offline promotion, there are many flagship stores of Apple, Mango, Amazon, Microsoft, Flamingo, etc., with gorgeous and dazzling pictures pasted on the door.

Of course, the offline publicity seems a bit weak, not even a TV commercial.However, Li Zetian thinks it is enough, so many companies join forces, the energy is not ordinary.In addition, the Amazon website is aimed at users who are Internet users.Right now, many people don’t have access to the Internet, or they don’t know about Amazon. Unless the offline publicity is super strong, the effect will be mediocre, and the gain outweighs the gain.What's worse, maybe a lot of money is spent on publicity, which only plays a role in popularizing e-commerce knowledge, and can't convert them into users, but instead makes wedding dresses for others.

Li Zetian said: "Many college students have access to the Internet. As long as they go online, they will definitely know that there is a brand new Amazon website. In addition, we have done a lot of publicity on the BBS, which will definitely attract many students and their relatives and friends. They will be our potential users! Although the number of Internet users is only 100 million, I predict that there are many more people who know about Amazon.com.”

"By the way," Li Zetian turned to look at Jeff Bezos and asked, "Have you notified the media reporters? How can such a shocking incident be missed?"

Bezos said with a smile: "I have already told the reporters of the top ten newspapers in the United States. Presumably this matter will attract their attention, and then report it, and promote it for us for free. Maybe it will even make headlines!"

Li Zetian also laughed, and immediately thought of something, he said: "I suddenly thought of a way to stimulate consumers, hehe, Bezos, you let the programmers do this, the top 20 consumers will get a $10 discount, and the 100th will get a gift." Gameboy, the 1000th place will give a CD-Walkman, the 1th place will give a Flamingo-III game console, and the 10th place will give a MacBook Apple notebook! In addition, all users who spend more than 1000 US dollars will get a chance to draw a prize. Amazon.com products, or cash ranging from $1 to $1!"

When Jeff Bezos heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Mr. Li, this is really a good idea. I'll go and tell the programmers to do it right away."

Li Zetian said with a smile: "At present, we only need to add information about these consumption-stimulating activities on the webpage. The lucky draw can be arranged on Christmas Eve. We have plenty of time, so there is no rush..."

"Well, yes!!" Jeff Bezos couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)