Chapter 714 Amazon
"Why are you going to Seattle?" Li Li looked at the other party in surprise: "Are there any of your friends there?"
"No." Fang Minghua shook his head: " Have you ever heard of Amazon?”
“I didn’t notice it. What does it do?”
“It’s a website that specializes in selling books. It’s an online bookstore. The website address is in Seattle. ." Fang Minghua answered truthfully.
"Online bookstore? You mean Ashleypress will also be an online bookstore in the future?" Li Li understood immediately.
“That’s what I mean.” Fang Minghua smiled and said, “I want to talk to the owner of the website.”
“Oh, okay, but I have classes recently and can’t accompany you. . ”
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll be fine alone.”
“Okay, I’ll pack your bags for you. Be careful on the road.”
The next morning, Li Li went to class, and Fang Minghua went out with his suitcase, took a taxi to San Francisco International Airport, and boarded a flight to Seattle.
Seattle is located on the Pacific coast of northwest Washington state, between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. It is about 1,300 kilometers away from San Francisco and only takes more than two hours by plane.
After getting off the plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Fang Minghua took the airport bus to his destination.
Fang Minghua went not to Seattle, but to Bellevue, the fifth largest city in Washington state and the third largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, across Lake Washington from Seattle.
On the website, Amazon’s registered address is here.
When he arrived in the city, Fang Minghua entered a phone booth on the street, took out coins and stuffed them into the coin slot, then dialed the number left on the website.
There was a response quickly from the other side, but it was a woman's voice.
"Hello, I am Fang Minghua, from China. I want to find Mr. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com." Fang Minghua said his purpose straight to the point.
The person who answered the phone was Jeff Bezos’ wife MacKenzie Bezos. She was very surprised to hear that a Chinese man was looking for her husband, but she still politely told Fang Minghua: “I’m sorry. Mr. Fang, my husband went to New York and won’t be back until the day after tomorrow.”
“Oh, okay. Mrs. Bezos, I’ll come back the day after tomorrow.”
He wasn't in a hurry anyway.
After asking for the specific address of Bezos’ home, Fang Minghua hung up the phone.
Let’s spend two days in Seattle.
It is said that there is a very good Pop Culture Museum in Seattle. It has a large collection of precious cultural relics and artworks related to pop music, movies, television, etc. It is worth visiting.
Here, Fang Minghua was carrying a travel bag and happily visiting Seattle’s attractions, such as the Pop Culture Museum, the Gum Wall, and the Chihuly Glass Art Garden.
Over there, Bezos finished his business in New York and rushed back to his home in Bellevue.
Bezos lives in a bungalow in the suburbs of Bellevue. This kind of house is called a ramblerhouse locally. He rents it. The monthly rent is not expensive, 890 US dollars.
"Dear." His wife Mackenzie saw her husband coming in with the suitcase, hugged and kissed her husband and then asked: "Have you met Mr. Nick Hanauer?"
Nick Hanauer is no ordinary person, he is a famous investor, and Bezos is there to attract investment!
Hearing his wife’s question, Bezos replied: “Yes, Nick is very interested in our website and my business plan, and he agreed to invest one hundred thousand dollars.”
"My God, it's only 100,000 US dollars!" MacKenzie was immediately disappointed: "As far as I know, the assets of Nick's investment company have reached hundreds of millions, but they only invested 100,000 US dollars!"
Bezos was not very frustrated. Instead, he comforted his wife: "It would be good if you can invest one hundred thousand. Look at other investors who only invest one or two thousand."
Bezos is right. Over the past six months, Bezos has visited nearly 30 investors, only 12 of whom are interested in his website, and the average investment is only 30,000!
“But when will we achieve our goal: 1 million US dollars?” McKenzie became worried again. "Don't worry, I remember the old Chinese saying: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain." Bezos comforted again.
Mentioning the ancient Chinese proverb, McCann suddenly thought of the Chinese who called him the day before yesterday, and hurriedly said: "Bezos, a Chinese called you the day before yesterday and said he wanted to talk to you."
"Chinese? What are you talking about?"
"About the website."
"Oh, let's talk about it." Bezos said casually, and then asked: "The website How is it running? Is there any problem? ”
“There is a bug, there is a small problem with the link”
"I'll go take a look."
Bezos said and walked into the garage.
His website is built in a garage. He is both a technician, a promoter and a car driver - if someone places an order for a certain book online, he needs to drive to a nearby book market to purchase it. Responsible for sending it to the other party.
While Bezos was busy, Fang Minghua also called over.
The weather in Bellevue today is very bad. There is a whistling north wind, which is obviously much colder than San Francisco.
The driver followed the address he said and quickly found where Bezos lived.
It is a bungalow, but it looks different from the bungalow where Li Li lives, and it looks larger.
Fang Minghao knocked on the door politely while carrying a travel bag. The person who opened the door was a young woman with blond hair and blue eyes, none other than Mackenzie.
After Fang Minghua introduced himself, MacKenzie let him in, and then told him that Bezos was working in the garage and she would call him now.
Fang Minghua looked around casually and found that the furnishings inside the house were relatively simple.
Also, how good are the conditions for starting a business?
A few minutes later, Bezos came out with a cup of coffee. His bald head was particularly eye-catching.
The two sat down, Mackenzie made another cup of coffee for Fang Minghua, and the three of them chatted.
"Mr. Fang, what do you want from me?"
"Oh, yes, I am a Chinese writer." Fang Minghua had just said half a sentence when Mackenzie next to him suddenly started to panic. He shouted: "Oh my god, you are a writer! Isn't it Minghua!"
"Yes."
"Oh, I like reading your novels!" Mackenzie was a little excited.
Huh?
My own fans?
However, according to McKenzie's resume on the website, she is a novelist and later wrote two novels.
At this time, MacKenzie actually chatted about literature with Fang Minghua. Bezos next to him was a little depressed, but he didn't say anything.
He knows that his wife loves literature, although now is the most difficult time to start a business. His wife not only has to take care of the company's finances, but also takes care of the children at home. The house at home is not big enough.
She used the time late at night when her family was asleep to create her own literature in the bathroom.
After a while, Mackenzie suddenly thought of something, smiled and said sorry, originally you were talking to my husband about something, but I ended up chatting with you about literature.
"Nothing." Fang Minghua looked at Bezos again: "Mr. Bezos, I have seen your Amazon website online and I am very interested. Do you need investment?"
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