It's a new week, it's September 4th, 2000.
Attend a meeting in the morning.
The first full board meeting of the new Pfizer Inc. following its Warner-Lambert merger and management reshuffle.
The merger between Pfizer and Warner-Lambert, the two major pharmaceutical giants in North America, started last year. The news was announced on December 20 of the previous year. At that time, the total market value of the merger between the two companies reached US$262.5 billion. However, subsequently, After several months of review by Washington and various complex reorganizations after passing the review, it was only recently that all merger processes were completely completed and trading resumed last week. As of last Friday's close, the market value was fixed at 3103 One hundred million U.S. dollars.
Another US$300 billion super giant.
Therefore, it has left other pharmaceutical giants such as North America's Johnson & Johnson and Germany's Merck far behind, becoming the veritable world's largest pharmaceutical giant.
The reason why the market value of the new Pfizer after the merger can exceed US$300 billion is inseparable from the strong dominance of the Westeros system in this merger, so that the newly listed Pfizer has been regarded by the capital market as just another company. Westeros Concept Stock.
In fact, this is also true.
The new Pfizer, after the merger and acquisition is completed, the Westeros system has three major platforms: Westeros Corporation, Apollo Management Company and Black Rock Asset Management Company, with a total shareholding ratio of up to 19.3%. At the public level, all three companies have become shareholdings. The majority shareholder accounts for more than 5%, and occupies the top three positions, among which Westeros Company ranks first, with a shareholding ratio of 8.7%.
For a corporate giant with a long history that has long since become a publicly held company, controlling nearly 20% of the company's shares is basically equivalent to owning the company.
Therefore, after the reorganization of Pfizer's board of directors, there are 11 people. The Westeros system unceremoniously won 6 seats this time, more than half. Even Pfizer's new CEO, Henry McInnell, passed Only with Simon's approval was he able to take office.
Not only that, the remaining 5 seats on the board of directors were also finalized after discussions between several other capital shareholders who had good relations with the Westeros system. Under normal circumstances, they would not compete with Simon. At this point, if Pfizer has been named "Westeros", there won't be many objections.
Of course, keeping a low profile, even if it is a well-known fact, the Westeros system will certainly not be so publicized.
On the other hand, although he has become the master, Simon only listened to the important board meeting today and did not express much opinion.
A layman does not guide an expert.
Of course, Simon does not agree with some of Pfizer's R&D strategies, such as the later exposure of a deeply disgusting industry scandal that deliberately developed long-term chronic drugs instead of one-time cures. Even with Simon's current position of power, these methods are not acceptable. It may have some impact on him and even the rest of the Westeros family, but I still feel that it is too out of place.
Our journey should be the stars and the sea!
Similarly, in Simon's opinion, human beings' pursuit of health should be two words: eternity. However, since it was the industry's default rule that had lasted for many years, he did not interfere for a while.
Simon's strategy is that since it is a profitable company, then just make money with peace of mind. Money is actually resources. With enough resources, Simon can invest in forming other companies or teams to achieve its goals.
On the other hand, although he did not point fingers, the reason for showing up was very simple: to declare sovereignty.
This company, yes, has the surname 'Westeros'!
This is also Simon's consistent attitude towards various companies in the huge Westeros system. I can delegate power to you, but you must know in your heart and understand who this company belongs to. Otherwise, no matter how powerful you are, you have to get out.
The meeting lasted all morning.
While a networking reception was arranged at a nearby hotel at noon, Pfizer also issued a market bulletin based on the success of this board meeting, which is basically the new Pfizer's future development strategy.
Of course the dark side will never be mentioned.
The highlight of this communiqué is probably Pfizer’s plan to invest US$10 billion in the next 10 years in the research of genetic engineering and related drugs and therapies.
It is also a new technological concept that is very popular nowadays.
After all, the wave of new technologies around 2000 included not just the Internet, but also concepts such as biopharmaceuticals and genetic engineering.
Pfizer has already invested heavily in biopharmaceuticals. This time, it has launched genetic engineering on a large scale. On the one hand, it is in order to pursue market concepts and stimulate stock prices. On the other hand, it is largely in line with the Westeros system. The 3G plan, after all, Pfizer has accumulated a century of R&D resources in the pharmaceutical field, which is definitely not comparable to the technical team that Simon has hastily invested in incubating for several years.
Simon just didn't expect, or perhaps no one expected, that Pfizer's communiqué, which was mostly just clichés, would unexpectedly promote the birth of a capital miracle.
At the opening of the afternoon, Pfizer, as the leading stock of the New York Stock Exchange, unexpectedly promoted the rise of genetic engineering concept stocks on the two major platforms of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq because of its planned investment in bioengineering. Among them, the Nasdaq Related concept stocks on the market are rising even more fiercely, and together with this, the entire market has been lifted up by a large margin.
As a result, Yigrit, which had been constantly sprinting towards a certain goal between fluctuations for several months, at 2:37 pm that day, under the spotlight, the market value finally exceeded the long-lost US$1 trillion mark, creating a brand new Capital Markets Record.
The first trillion-dollar company was born.
Yigret's market value exceeded one trillion, which in turn stimulated the rise of the entire market.
As of the close of trading on Monday afternoon, Yigret's stock price rose by 2.7% in a single day, and its market value rose from US$987.1 billion before the opening to US$1,013.8 billion at the close. In one day, the increase in market value reached US$26.7 billion. This increase was just It exceeds the total market capitalization of most companies on the two major stock markets.
As Igret became the first trillion-dollar giant, the Nasdaq index reached a new high, with a 1.5% increase that day, reaching 7,646 points at the close. The total value of the entire Nasdaq market stock therefore Reaching 9.6 trillion US dollars, it is only one step away from the 10 trillion mark.
Simon's latest personal net worth is naturally in the news at the same time that Igret became the first trillion-dollar company.
After the market closed that afternoon, Forbes simultaneously gave the latest figure, $3 trillion, on its official website and the official homepage of the social network.
That's right.
After communicating with the Westeros system, Forbes deliberately rounded the figure because 3 trillion U.S. dollars, compared to the 3.1 trillion U.S. dollars that Forbes actually hopes to release, gives people the impression that there is no feeling.
No feeling, this is very important.
It’s not just the figure of 3 trillion U.S. dollars. Although there is widespread discussion about the market value of Ygritte exceeding one trillion U.S. dollars, news about Simon’s latest personal net worth of 3 trillion U.S. dollars generally only exists for a few hours on major Internet platforms. Removed soon.
In short, it is too conspicuous. Since the best state of 'existing, but invisible' cannot be achieved actively, the public opinion strategy formulated by the Westeros family media and public relations team for Simon is 'existing, visible, but not feeling'.
Simon Westeros, $3 trillion.
oh.
Then it’s time to drink and drink, and it’s time to play ball and ball.
That's probably it.
Anyway, it was a very lively two days after all.
Connecticut, an estate in the northern suburbs of Greenwich.
This is September 5th, Tuesday evening.
After a day's work, Simon came here tonight to have dinner with Sofia Fesi, and Feisi's children, Daniel and Gemma. Compared to the two little ones when they first met, the boy and girl are now separated. They are 19 and 17 years old, which inevitably makes Simon feel a little more emotional about how time flies.
Counting from 1986, it has been 14 years in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, probably due to the mixture of too many people's memories, even though the age of this body is only 32 years old, in fact, Simon is not sure what his mental age is, but it must be over 32 years old.
Sofia came to New York this time to arrange for another round of autumn fashion week that is about to start. Here in New York, the opening time of fashion week is September 21st. Although most of Melisandre's flagship brands are in Europe, for North America This supermarket never takes it lightly.
After chatting for a while about the fashion week, Gemma, who was now slim and slim, took the initiative to talk about the hot news in the past two days: "Simon, you are already a super rich man with 3 trillion US dollars. Why do I look the same as before?"
For the little girl who has been very close to her for many years, even if she is not as cute as she was when she was a child, Simon still will not use the cliché that 'money is just a number' when it is too much. He smiled and said: "In which aspect, if it is money If so, it’s because the process from quantitative change to qualitative change has not yet been reached. For example, 10 billion to 1 trillion will definitely be a qualitative change, but from 1 trillion to 3 trillion, the change will not be too big. In addition, if you talk about me, I’m sorry , Gemma, carbon-based organisms will not become silicon-based organisms just because they have enough wealth, so I am still me."
What Simon said was interesting, and everyone smiled. Gemma said: "However, some of my classmates discussed privately that your 3G plan seems to be very likely to transform humans from carbon-based organisms to silicon-based organisms."
"It's our 3G plan," Simon deliberately emphasized a little, and then said: "In addition, at least according to our current scientific understanding, the silicon-based state is far less stable than the carbon-based state, so our team will not To work in this direction, we still need to improve on the basis of our carbon-based organisms."
Gemma nodded, and suddenly looked at her mother: "I think you must have done some research. For example, my mother, she seems to have changed little over the years, she is still so beautiful."
When Sophia heard her daughter suddenly mention her, the little man's eyes immediately turned around, feeling a little embarrassed.
After so many years, it is true that even Sophia herself still maintains considerable confidence in her current appearance and figure. However, this is largely due to one's own foundation. After all, everyone's physique is different, which is probably the same as human life span being affected by genes. Some people start to age rapidly after the age of 30, while some people can withstand the years. Of erosion, Sophia is fortunate to belong to the latter.
Of course, careful maintenance over the years is also essential.
After all, no matter how good your foundation is, it cannot afford to be wasted.
Speaking of which, Sophia suddenly discovered that there were many women similar to herself around men. After all, a certain guy's personal preferences would probably never change in this life.
Thinking about this, she was still a little embarrassed to be looked at by the little man, so Sophia changed the subject: "I have seen reports. Originally, everyone was discussing that the time point when Igret's market value exceeded one trillion should be Tinker Bayer. ’s autumn conference, I didn’t expect it to pass by suddenly, it’s really surprising.”
The time for Tinker Bayer’s autumn new product launch was determined last month, September 16th, a Saturday.
There are actually no new products this year, mainly routine updates.
However, Sophia is right. Even if there are no new hot products, because of the company's sustained rapid growth in recent years, every press conference of Tinco Bayer will always drive the capital market to become active.
Simon nodded: "I didn't expect it either, but the market value of Ygriet has exceeded 900 billion very early. Since the Nasdaq bubble has never burst, 1000 billion is only a matter of time."
Sophia asked curiously: "According to you, if the Nasdaq bubble bursts, what should be the reasonable market value of Ygriet?"
"U.S.$300 billion to $500 billion is actually relatively reasonable."
Daniel, who was relatively silent, said at this time: "Simon, the recent price-to-earnings ratio of Igret is more than 160 times. If it is cut in half, it is still 80 times. Is it still too high?"
Simon looked at the boy and said seriously: "The price-to-earnings ratio shows growth potential. Although Igret's market value has exceeded 1 trillion, it is far from reaching its limit based on the future industry scale of the global Internet market."
Gemma was speechless: "But, I think, Simon, Igret is already too big."
Simon smiled: "You are very keen, this is indeed a problem."
Gemma felt a little embarrassed when she was praised, and said: "Simon, my classmate discussed it privately and said that there are always people in Washington who want to split Ygrit, but they have always been suppressed. Well, in short, you are very powerful. .”
Simon just smiled this time.
Related insider information, if the brother and sister are not around, they can chat with Sophia without any scruples. Forget it now, after all, the little girl obviously likes to communicate with her classmates. It will not be good if some inappropriate words are said.
Regarding Ygritte, Simon has actually been considering the appropriate node to decisively split the company.
Otherwise, once the company becomes so big that it is hopelessly ill, it will be too late to break it up.
This time point is probably the next crash of the Nasdaq.
Of course, it is not appropriate to start immediately after the crash, as that is likely to lead to a rapid deterioration of the market situation, adding fuel to the fire and offending too many people. So wait for a proper market trough. At that time, according to a certain saying in the past, if one whale falls, well, it will definitely not be the birth of all things, but the birth of several whales.