Rebirth

For Starbucks, although Li Feng did not pay special attention, he had always heard of the name of Starbucks in his previous life, and his previous life was in China. Li Feng also went to Starbucks for a drink from time to time, about this starbucks boss Howard Schultz has heard some rumors and news.

This boss was originally an employee of Starbucks, but later opened a coffee shop by himself, and then raised a sum of money to turn back to acquire the old company Starbucks, and then slowly developed, in 1992, it realized Starbucks. Listing.

When it first went public, Starbucks was just a small company with more than 100 chain stores and a market value of only 200 to 300 million U.S. dollars. Even now, there are only more than 2,000 Starbucks stores, with revenues of less than 1 billion U.S. dollars. The company is far from being a super giant with 20 or 30,000 stores in later generations.

At the same time, Li Feng is also very clear that although Starbucks boss Howard Schultz is known as the "boss", he is not worthy of his name. The chairman and CEO of Starbucks actually owns very little shares, and even the market value of Starbucks exceeded 100 billion later. , Howard Schultz’s worth is worth just over 1 billion US dollars, which also includes its industries outside of Starbucks.

Howard Schultz once left Starbucks, but it seems that he was invited back to take charge of the work after the 2008 financial crisis. Li Feng believes that there must be Starbucks power struggle, otherwise, why did he suddenly withdraw from Starbucks? Later, Starbucks faced serious problems and was invited back again. Just like the original Joe’s gang leader, this must involve company rights.

Seeing Starbucks’ nominal boss at this party, Li Feng was completely moved. Of course, it’s not a place for formal conversations on such occasions. After chatting with everyone, he temporarily let go of his mind and left business cards with each other. Also bid farewell to everyone and wandered again under the leadership of Barry Ackley.

Next, I saw many celebrities from various Seattle parties, from Seattle city government officials to city councilors, Washington state councilors and even the Bundestag, to many rich celebrities in Seattle, to many cultural and artistic, entertainment celebrities, etc. It is indeed very lively. .

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"John, I don't think I need to introduce this one!"

"Uh... Jeff, it's been a long time since I saw you, I miss you so much!" Hearing Barry Ackley's jokes, Li Feng squinted his eyes in an angry way, and then looked at the bald shell in front of him. Greetings with a pun.

Yes, as the Amazon continues to strengthen, the hair on Bei's bald head is getting less and less, and now he is just as bald as later generations.Li Feng still remembered that when he first came to Seattle to invest in Amazon, he just saw Bei Bald who still had long hair. He was a little unaccustomed to seeing that, but now there is a trace of the'brilliance' of Bei Bald.

"Well... John, long time no see!"

"Haha... John, let me introduce you friends..."

"Who is this…"

"..."

Seeing that Li Feng and Bezos were a little embarrassed, Barry Ackley immediately spoke to help Li Feng introduce the rest of the people around him. There are local wealthy conglomerates in Seattle and many Amazon shareholders. From the Wall Street consortium, there are Seattle local wealthy groups and so on.

In this regard, Li Feng has no doubt about it. After all, Amazon is now a large company with a market value of nearly 30 billion US dollars. Although it has not been established for a long time, its shareholders behind the scenes have naturally become more and more complicated.

Of course, no matter how strong it is, he holds more than 30% of Amazon's shares, and coupled with the many share authorizations he has contacted, Li Feng is already invincible. Now Li Feng is more important to consider How to give yourself the best step down, after all, now I have discovered that Amazon is almost over before the bubble burst.

At this time, if you increase capital and expand shares based on market value or something, and the bubble bursts, you will lose a lot. Although it will not hurt your muscles and bones, Li Feng will not be stupid enough to chase after this situation. .

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"Everyone, although I usually don't pay much attention to Amazon, but I also know that Amazon is doing very well on Nasdaq now. I would like to thank you all for making the Amazon shares in my hands more and more valuable." After some introduction, Li Feng smiled and thanked everyone.

"Haha... John, as long as you don't blame us, Amazon's performance today is exactly what we want to see, isn't it?" A Wall Street consortium's vice president and representative of Amazon's directors joked with a smile.

"Really, I really need to thank you guys!" Hearing this, Li Feng suddenly replied with a pun, causing him to shut up suddenly.

For representatives of the Wall Street consortium, Li Feng naturally knew that if Jeff Bezos suddenly had such a change this time, it would be almost impossible without the promotion of these consortiums behind the scenes. Perhaps these consortiums are all preparing to take over Li Feng. The Amazon shares are prepared, and the many consortia on Wall Street are the main force to promote it.

After all, whether it was investing in Microsoft, Cisco, Yahoo, etc., Li Feng has withdrawn one after another. This may give outsiders an illusion that what Li Feng only wants in these companies is a return on investment.

"John, in a sense, I am really sorry for you. After all, you were the first to find me to invest and gave me absolute trust. But with Amazon's current size, you don't think you have There are too many shares, although the outside world may not know it." Bezos was not hiding it at this time, and said directly to Li Feng.

"Forget it, it doesn't make sense to say these now, but since you already have such an idea, as the so-called'twisted melon is not sweet', I won't force it. In any case, our cooperation before was very pleasant. Now, Amazon has also given me a huge return on investment.

Well, I don’t need to participate in this capital increase and share expansion, but I want to guarantee my rights. I will send people to participate in the capital increase and share expansion process. I will take back all voting rights and other rights. The board of directors can increase to the list of 9 people, but I cannot miss any of the three places on the board of directors.

What if you agree to the next round of capital increase and share expansion negotiations based on the current market value of Amazon?"

"Huh... John, what are you...?"

Hearing Li Feng's words, both the old gangster Barry Ackley, Bezos and others looked at themselves with a stunned expression.

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"Huh..., is this strange? After all, Amazon is in Seattle, and I'm a bit too far behind."

"Oh..., no wonder John, you are at Apple but..."

The old guy Barry Ackley replied again, meaning I can figure it out.Similarly, the rest of the people have different thoughts, but at least everyone looks like this on the bright side, making Li Feng feel that they are all actor-level bosses.

Of course, everyone is thinking in their hearts why Li Feng suddenly seems to have changed his attitude. After all, Apple's lessons for the past are still there. After a little bit of testing, this genius boy directly intervened in Apple and gained the greatest say.

But Amazon did it directly. As a result, the genius boy passed away lightly. It seemed a little bit inconsistent with this genius' code of conduct. Could it be that Silicon Valley is too close to Los Angeles and Seattle is too far away.

Thinking of hearing the bizarre reason'because far' from Li Feng's mouth, everyone silently replied to the last sentence in their hearts. Isn't this nonsense, I believe you are a fool!