Faced with Wells Fargo's acquisition, Zhu Ke's first reaction was a little confused.

"Hey hey hey, Zhuke, solve my loan problem first." Bei bald head urged from the side.

"Okay, solve your problem first."

Zhu Ke can still distinguish the priorities of the matter.

With the outbreak of the Internet bubble, the Internet industry across the United States has shown an extremely sluggish state, and there are many bankrupt Internet companies.

Many Internet companies are in a state of tight capital chains!

All of them want to use bank lending and other means to alleviate the company's financial situation. However, now, major American banks are scared of talking about Internet companies!

This stock market crash, not only did many companies go bankrupt, but major American banks are also facing huge amounts of bad debts, bad debts, dead debts, and many US dollars removed from loans cannot be recovered at all!

Even if Standard Bank of California has full equity, Zhuke can decide anything in one sentence, but he cannot ignore the impact!

Therefore, Bei Bald's loan of $500 million this time was not to ask California Standard Bank to pay, but to borrow money from Zhuke, a tripartite contract, to ensure that Zhuke's loaned assets can come back in the future.

Not long...

A simple letter of intent for loan has been drafted.

Zhu Ke, the legal staff of California Standard Bank and Bei Bald Head repeatedly confirmed the legality of the clause.

"Boss, Mr. Bezos, if there is no problem with the letter of intent, we can sign a formal tripartite loan contract in one week and the funds will be allocated quickly." said the general manager of the bank.

Hearing this, Bezos breathed a sigh of relief.

He is a pretty ambitious man, and even if he now owns more than 30% of Amazon shares, he wants more.

"I have had enough of the constraints of those shareholders. If I don't take the opportunity to occupy more shares this time, I'm completely sorry for this opportunity given by God!" Bezos was full of enthusiasm.

Even though this crisis caused Amazon to be severely frustrated, he is still full of confidence in Amazon's future.

"Just be happy, don't forget our agreement, I will also own more shares." Zhu Ke smiled.

Man, that's Amazon!

Take a look, the Amazon stock price has fallen below the $10 mark. Not long after, it even fell below $2, and it almost became a "life stock" that everyone disliked.

However, who would have thought that in 2020, Amazon's single-share stock price exceeded US$2,000, becoming the company with the highest single-share stock price in the world.

"As long as the opportunity is right, I will be able to get the rewards of hundreds or thousands of times." Zhuke said in his heart.

There is no doubt that this time Zhuke and Bald Head's cooperation is definitely a win-win situation.

After all, Zucker has no intention of becoming the chairman of Amazon.

.........

After leaving California Standard Bank, Zucker contacted his think tank as soon as possible.

Ike Mosinski, male, 48 years old, former Minister of Investment Department of the Polish Branch of Swiss Bank, specializes in banking, venture capital, and fund raising;

"Boss, Wells Fargo wants to acquire your California Standard Bank, which is surprising, but reasonable," said Ike Mosinski.

"Oh, what do you mean?" Zucker asked.

In the following time, Ike showed his value, and Bitzook provided a set of data.

Well, Wells Fargo data.

Since 1997, Wells Fargo has become one of the fastest-growing banks in the United States, with annual profit growth of up to 110% to 430%;

Wells Fargo's savings growth rate was also extremely terrifying, reaching 230% to 280%;

Wells Fargo had a market value of only US$690 million in 1997, and in the American Banking Industry report just published this year, it ranked 21st in the American Banking Ranking, with an overall market value of US$2.27 billion.

"Hmm~ It's awesome! Well, who is my California Standard Bank?" Zhuke couldn't help asking.

Upon hearing this, Ike said a little embarrassedly: "Boss, your bank failed to enter the top 100."

Well, after learning the result, Zhu Ke was a little embarrassed.

Zhu Ke admitted that he rarely paid attention to his own Standard Bank of California except for the $400 million investment in 1998 after the acquisition.

"Since that's the case, my bank is so bad, why do they plan to acquire it?" Zhuke asked.

You must not ask!

Wells Fargo now cannot be underestimated, but in the future, it will be a giant bank with a market value of up to US$200 billion.

Ike solemnly said: "boss, with the detonation of the Internet bubble, the entire Internet industry is in a dead end. Moreover, with the intensification of globalization, the depreciation of the US dollar has shown an unstoppable decline. In order to preserve the value of assets, people will inevitably choose multiple investments."

"Gold preservation is the first choice!"

"Buying real estate is also an option. Even in the United States, real estate cannot maintain its value, and at least it will make many people live a better life."

"Similarly, with the continued depreciation of the US dollar, there are many smart individual investors who will choose the way of bank lending."

Having said this, Zhu Ke suddenly realized.

As time goes by, the US dollar becomes more and more valuable.

In this case, many American citizens will of course choose bank loans. Compared with the interest, they value how much cheaper they can take on the bank.

Of course, banks are also happy to let the public take advantage, and they can get more rewards by running the money.

This is a win-win situation!

Zhuke curled his lips and said, "Wells Fargo is a thief! It now expands its strength by acquiring our banks and ensuring that they can make more money. tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk

I can do it too.

At this moment, this concept appeared in Zhuke's mind, and he also thought of the subprime mortgage crisis a few years later.

Real estate, banks, and Wall Street investment banks are just the key points of the crisis!

Zhuke couldn't help but be happy, "It seems that my Standard Bank of California will also usher in a big wave of growth in the near future!"

Zhuke naturally doesn't want to miss this benefit.

"I dare not expect the market value of California Standard Bank in the near future, like Wells Fargo, to exceed $200 billion, but there is no problem with tens of billions of dollars." Zhu Ke was imagining.

.........

A few days later.

April 10.

Zhu Ke, holding a huge amount of cash, finally achieved investment projects after the Internet bubble.

He invested in Mars Company with a US$600 million stake, snatching 6.1% of the shares from the Mars family.

Dove, Snickers, Wrigley......

Mars will have many world-renowned snack brands in the future, and its market value will also exceed 100 billion US dollars. There is no doubt that Zhuke's investment is definitely worth the money.

Even in the future, with the continuous mergers and acquisitions of Mars Company, Zhuke's shares will be diluted, but there is no problem with profits of more than 10 times.

.........

April 13.

Zucker invested $100 million, and the company's shareholders accounted for 30% of the shares.

The company is an online transaction and payment company, similar to Alipay. Among the many Internet payment softwares that are now as numerous as stars, the company is in a midstream position.

“Many people say I lost money!”

"But, I firmly believe I made money!"

The company has not been listed yet, and it is not a particularly awesome Internet company, but when it comes to its boss, some people will say it!

——Elon Musk!

The founder and boss of Elon Company will become the boss of the American Space Exploration Technology Company and Tesla Automobile Company in the future.

A super big guy with a personal net worth of more than $50 billion.

"The company is in a midstream position in today's Internet payment software and is inconspicuous. But I, Zhuke, is a time traveler!"

In the near future, the company will merge with another payment software company Confinity to become a new payment company;

In 2001, this payment software company that had just been merged will be officially merged into the international trade payment tool - paypal;

In 2020, paypal became one of the world's largest payment software companies, and is also a giant company with a market value of more than US$200 billion.

"Paypal merchant, American Alipay, how could I lose money?" Zhu Ke was very terrified.
Chapter completed!