Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

At midnight on July 2.

30 seeded contestants were randomly selected from the eBay online market, and the activity of exchanging brooches for sports cars officially kicked off.

To everyone's surprise, even though it was late at night, there were still more than 2000 users online. In just half an hour, each player had reached five rounds of transactions.

Two days later, under the instruction of Kishida Mie, some football stars and movie stars under Qianhai Media added their personal belongings to the transaction, and the value index of the exchanged goods began to increase exponentially.

Also growing exponentially is the number of users of eBay's online marketplace.

2 month 15 day.

PayPal Technology, a third-party online payment company, officially launched after a month of trial operation.

At the beginning of the launch, PayPal Technology issued an announcement: PayPal Technology, as an independently operated third-party online payment transaction guarantee platform, is responsible for the safety of the funds of all users who use PayPal online payment tools.

The promotion of PayPal technology is not going smoothly, and the cumbersome PayPal account registration and authentication model is prohibitive...

February 2th.PayPal Technology, which has only been officially launched for ten days, announced a strategic cooperation with Amazon Online Bookstore.

After Paypal was embedded on Amazon's homepage, college students who are naturally fond of new things became the first batch of registered users of Paypal. After binding their bank cards and delivery addresses, they were surprised to find that online transactions were more convenient, and they could see their favorite books and audio-visual products. , just click to buy, enter the PayPal payment password, and the rest is just waiting for the receipt of the goods!

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As soon as Qian Ning walked to the office, the phone rang.

"Qian Ning, as PayPal Technology is a third-party company, it is not convenient for us to intervene too much. We need a CEO who can take charge of his own affairs. You ask Zhiyuan International Consulting Company to find a few suitable candidates and report them to me as soon as possible!" After a few words, After that, Yang Mo instructed.

"I'll do it right away. Mr. Yang, do you have any specific requirements?" Qian Ning nodded and asked.

Yang Mo pondered for a moment and then said: "It is best to have a Stanford background. This will make it easier to contact major venture capital companies in Silicon Valley in the future. PayPal Technology will also be involved in many financial investment businesses in the future. A background in the financial industry is very important. If you can understand All financial fouls would be the best..."

Qian Ning chuckled and said: "Mr. Yang, do you want an all-rounder, a lawyer who graduated from Stanford and works in an investment bank, to shoulder the responsibility of CEO, financial director, and legal affairs?"

Yang Mo secretly cursed in his heart, if you weren't afraid that you would ask so many questions, and labor and management directly added the title of chess master, it would be easier for you to lock in the specific candidate...

With so many specific conditions, it took only two days for Qian Ning to call and said excitedly: "Mr. Yang, there really is the candidate you want. Peter Thiel, a doctor of law from Stanford University, has worked with Sullivan and He had working experience at Cromwell Law Firm, but it was not long. After working in the law firm for half a year, he switched jobs to Wall Street and worked as a financial derivatives trader at Credit Suisse. The headhunting company evaluated him as: very capable. But very restless!”

"How did you find this person? Have you contacted him?" Yang Moyun asked calmly.

"When this person came out of the law firm, he entered the talent pool of our Zhiyuan International Consulting Company. He has a very high IQ. When he was young, he even won the title of chess master and was ranked seventh in the United States!" Qian Ning gushed. introduced.

"Since his IQ is extremely high, what was the reason why Zhiyuan Venture Capital rejected him at that time?" Yang Mo asked in confusion.

"I actually found out the reason why Zhiyuan Venture Capital rejected him at that time. They said that this person had a character problem and was extremely aggressive. According to the talent database information, even in major chess competitions, he would wait until 5 minutes before the start of the game. Appearing, adding anxiety and psychological pressure to the opponent..." Channing explained.

Yang Mo smiled and said: "Haha! He is calm and scheming. He is the one. Make arrangements for Heping to meet him..."

Credit Suisse First Boston, Silicon Valley Branch.

Peter Thiel hurried out of the bank gate and walked into a coffee shop diagonally opposite.

"Hello, I'm Peter Thiel, are you looking for me?" Peter Thiel walked up to a middle-aged Chinese man, stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

"Qianhai Asset Management Li Heping, please sit down, Mr. Peter Thiel!" Li Heping stood up and said politely.

"Mr. Li, who are you looking for?" After a brief greeting, Peter Thiel asked straight to the point.

"Peter Thiel, we are looking for a CEO for a start-up company. Zhiyuan International Consulting Company recommended you to us. I wonder if you are interested in leaving Credit Suisse?" Li Heping said with a smile.

Peter Thiel's heart moved. Li Heping was one of the hottest figures in the Silicon Valley capital circle. What start-up company could allow him to personally search for a CEO?

"Mr. Li, what kind of start-up company is this?" Peter Thiel asked after being stunned for a moment.

"PayPal Technology!" Li Heping said with a smile.

"Is this the PayPal Technology that just developed the PayPal online payment tool?" Peter Thiel asked excitedly.

Li Heping nodded and said, "Yes, what do you think of the prospects of electronic payment?"

"The great success of Amazon Online Bookstore allows us to see the future of e-commerce, and electronic payment is the passport of e-commerce. The cooperation between Paypal and Amazon is simply a match made in heaven. If nothing else, there should be many electronic products popping up in Silicon Valley soon. Commerce companies and third-party online payment companies!” said Peter Thiel.

"If you were asked to become the CEO of PayPal Technology, what would you do?" Li Heping continued to ask.

"I will take advantage of the opportunity when there are no competitors yet to build Paypal into a convenient, fast and safe electronic payment tool comparable to a bank card, win the trust of users and quickly occupy the market!" Peter Thiel said.

During the conversation with Peter Thiel, Li Heping did not find anything that stood out to him, but he still invited Peter Thiel to join PayPal Technology Company as CEO according to Yang Mo's instructions.

Jeff Bezos, who was born in a financial services company, keenly discovered the importance of the Paypal online payment tool for e-commerce through a simple trial.

It is no exaggeration to say that the emergence of Paypal is like opening Pandora's box, and together with package delivery service companies, it has completely opened the last barrier to e-commerce!

Jeff Bezos has secretly made up his mind and is preparing to lobby the capital company behind Cadabra to fund the acquisition of Paypal...