Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 933 - 867: The Change Is Too Big

Chapter 933: Chapter 867: The Change Is Too Big

Da Qiangzi eagerly stretched his head over to watch Wang Ye sign the cheque, his heart beating so fast that he felt almost breathless.

He really wanted to tell Wang Ye, "You’ve got it all wrong!"

He had just held out his palm, only wanting an investment of five million CNY...

Fifty million US dollars...

This amount...

Even in his wildest dreams, he hadn’t dared to imagine such a large sum!

After Wang Ye finished signing the cheque, he pushed it towards Da Qiangzi with a smile and said, "This investment will go through Xiao Xi’s company’s accounts, and she will represent me in monitoring this investment project. Oh by the way, how many shares of your company can I get with fifty million US dollars?"

Da Qiangzi swallowed, his face showing an expression of whether he was laughing or crying, "This, uh, my company isn’t worth that much, even if I gave you all the shares, I would still feel it’s not enough, what should I do?"

It must be said that Da Qiangzi is quite an honest person, what he thinks in his heart, he says out loud.

Wang Ye burst into laughter when he heard this, "Haha, President Liu is too modest. I think your dream is worth that much! Well, just give me forty percent of your company shares. This money should be enough for your company for a couple of years, and when you raise funds in the future, I want the right of first refusal, how about that?"

Da Qiangzi nodded again and again, since Mr. Mikhail was so optimistic about him, he couldn’t be too self-effacing lest he come across as too modest.

Today, with this investment in hand, the only thing he had to do was to make the e-commerce website work!

Strive to get listed on Nasdaq in the future, not daring to expect too much, just a few billion US dollars...

That way, he would be living up to Boss Mikhail’s recognition of him!

...

It wasn’t until Da Qiangzi, holding the cheque and expressing his gratitude profusely, had left that Zhang Xiaoxi asked Wang Ye, puzzled,

"Boss, do you really intend to invest that much money in him?

His website isn’t even worth fifty million US dollars, I bet it’s not even worth five hundred thousand!

If you really want to invest in an e-commerce website, there are better options domestically.

Like Alibaba, Dangdang, and Zhuoyue are already somewhat established, fifty million US dollars could be a huge investment in any of these websites, and you could definitely get forty percent or even more."

Wang Ye shook his head and said, "I’m not interested in those websites or their founders. Perhaps investing in those websites would make money, but what would that mean for me? Don’t think I’m joking, the reason why I invested in President Liu is truly to support his dream!"

Zhang Xiaoxi had no reply.

Although she felt Wang Ye’s behavior that evening was strange and excessively generous.

Even if one is wealthy, that’s no way to "waste" money...

However, since Wang Ye insisted that he truly saw potential in Da Qiangzi and wanted to help make his dream come true, Zhang Xiaoxi didn’t bother to ask further.

After all, it was only fifty million US dollars, which for an old classmate like him, was really just a drop in the bucket, hardly something to make a fuss over...

...

Of course, Zhang Xiaoxi couldn’t understand because Wang Ye’s investment had no logic in it at all!

It wasn’t even a proper investment to begin with.

He was, in a sense, paying for "sentimentality"...

In his previous life, Wang Ye was a diehard user of JD.com, meaning almost all his online purchases were from JD.com.

As for Tao Bao, after receiving a few counterfeit products initially, he had uninstalled it and never used it again.

Even after Tao Bao launched Tmall, once a bad impression was formed, it wasn’t easily changed.

Moreover, he had shopped at JD.com many times and always had a pretty good user experience, whether in terms of delivery speed or the occasional returns and exchanges, without ever encountering trouble or hassle.

One of the most memorable incidents for Wang Ye was when he had purchased an expensive mouse on JD.com, which developed a problem nearly two years later – the right button would occasionally fail.

He had been ready to buy a new one when he incidentally saw the purchase record for the old mouse, which indicated a two-year warranty.

Wang Ye then contacted customer service, and sent the mouse back.

He wasn’t really expecting much, he was just trying, so he also bought a new mouse at the same time.

Then, less than a day later, customer service contacted him to say a brand-new mouse was being sent to him; there was no need for repairs...

An expensive mouse was just a matter of a few hundred CNY, which the Wang Ye of the past didn’t really care about.

But this incident left a deep impression on him and deepened his favorable view of the JD.com website.

Now that he had encountered Da Qiangzi, who was at the beginning of his career, and he could lend a helping hand, Wang Ye was not stingy about helping him out.

Wang Ye was of course aware that JD.com’s website was totally worthless at the moment; giving fifty million US dollars would be over-the-top for Da Qiangzi, who would be ecstatic even with half a million...

He deliberately offered such a high price.

Because Wang Ye knew all too well that with the Internet, initial growth relied on spending a lot of money fast.

A slow start means lagging behind at every step!

Providing adequate funds, combined with Da Qiangzi’s earnest work ethic, the JD.com of this lifetime was even more promising...

...

Wang Ye only stayed in the capital for one day, reviewed the progress of the branch office’s business, and casually invested in Da Qiangzi, wrapping up all his affairs.

Early the next day, Wang Ye got into the Mercedes Benz and set off alone from the capital, heading towards his hometown.