Simon left New York on Tuesday and stayed in San Francisco until Wednesday, mainly for interviews with FusionTimes and SolarCity. He returned to Los Angeles that afternoon, stayed for a day, and came to New York again.
Friday, April 19th.
In Lower Manhattan, inside the New York Stock Exchange at 11 Wall Street, at 9:30 a.m., Sophia Fessey led Melisandre's core management team and several other special guests to press the trading button, announcing that Melisandre The stock officially begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Unlike the crazy 151% stock price surge of Tinker Bayer on the day of listing, Melisandre's stock price increase on the first day of listing was much more modest.
Of course, only relatively speaking.
At 10:30, after three rounds of price inquiries, Melisandre's stock officially opened. Compared with the issue price of $15, the opening price was $19.25, an increase of 28.3%.
The U.S. stock market is in a bull market cycle. Although Melisandre is not inferior to popular technology stocks, it is a Westeros concept stock after all. After inquiry, the opening rose by 28.3%, which is actually significantly higher than the average level. The industry Melisandre's share price is expected to rise by around 50% on the first day of listing, which is also the internal judgment of the Westeros system.
Judging from the opening rally, this is basically the case.
In the banquet hall of the Marriott Hotel near the New York Stock Exchange, there was a celebration reception at noon as usual.
In fact, the celebration cocktail party is more suitable to be held in the evening. In order to accommodate Simon's schedule, it was changed to noon. Simon will return to Los Angeles in the afternoon.
Compared with the cocktail party to celebrate the listing of technology stocks, the biggest feature of Melisandre's cocktail party is that it is eye-catching. The world's largest luxury goods giant is listed on the market, and all the supermodels in the industry who can come to express their congratulations are here. Some of the less popular models are not even qualified to enter.
Wearing a white OL suit, Sofia, who has an increasingly strong feminine temperament, stood with Simon holding a glass of red wine, chatting about Melisandre's next plan: "I plan to get involved in the field of luxury home furnishings, and the marketing department has already made some progress. Survey. The global economy is recovering rapidly, and the new technology industry has brought a large number of new wealth. In the next at least ten years, the development of the luxury market will be very strong, which will also drive the demand for top home products. Moreover, Melisandre is in Resources and channels around the world can be directly used.”
Simon took a sip of the champagne in his hand and said: "I don't know about this, you can do it yourself. However, your idea is definitely right. Moreover, not just in the next ten years, maybe twenty or thirty years, although the economy Cycles of ups and downs are inevitable, but demand in cutting-edge consumer segments has definitely been increasing.”
Sophia was a little confused: "Why are you so sure?"
Simon said: "Judgment based on the overall situation. First of all, we can be sure that with the advent of the era of globalization, the probability of another world war like half a century ago will be greatly reduced. As long as no devastating war occurs, the overall social wealth will be will definitely continue to increase. Then, there is the 28th society. Because of the imbalance of social resources, the poor will inevitably become poorer and the rich will become richer. As this differentiation intensifies, the top group of rich people are actually becoming more and more Many."
Sophia nodded: "It makes sense, but I think there must be something more, right?"
"Yes, in the end, we will still return to the repeated reincarnations of human beings in the past thousands of years. There is no escape."
"Can't you try to change?"
"If we can change, there will be no reincarnation."
Sofia frowned slightly and thought for a moment, then looked up at Simon: "It seems that it is really necessary for you to buy land on that island in Australia."
"I also think it is more important to leave a way for our children to immigrate to Mars, and this has already begun."
"Ha," Sofia smiled, remembering something, and said, "I had a video call with Jenny the day before yesterday. Snow and Green both called me dad. Then I just taught a few words, and the children were able to call me mom on camera. , I really didn’t expect it.”
The day before yesterday was Wednesday, and Simon only returned to Los Angeles in the evening. Given the time difference between the east and west coasts, it must have been noon when Sofia called over there, but they didn't meet. However, Simon certainly knew that the two youngest children would call daddy, and he smiled at this time: "My children are of course very smart."
The two little guys are now just eight months old.
Most children at this age have just learned some simple syllables. Although they are not as outstanding as Seattle, they can learn to call mom and dad at this age. They are indeed much smarter than ordinary children.
Sophia's expression was a little narrow-minded and playful: "But I think that Moore and Nick don't seem to be very smart, but Sylvia, Snow and Green are more like you. Tell me, in the future, Jenny will be very smart." Crazy, maybe you’ll have a headache too.”
Of course I understand what Sophia means.
Although all five children will be the heirs of the House of Westeros, any big family needs a talker. As Janet's biological sons, Melbourne and Nicholas should naturally be the core of the next generation. However, if a group of younger brothers and sisters are better than them, it will be a bit difficult in the future.
Simon looked at the proud expression of the woman in front of him and shrugged: "Jenny won't go crazy. She usually likes Syl the most."
Sophia still looked over with a smile on her face: "Then will you go crazy?"
"No, if it doesn't work out in the future, just drive out all the extra lion cubs to grab the territory and leave one to inherit the family business. This is what we do on the grasslands."
Sofia rolled her eyes at Simon.
I knew that men would really do this, but I didn't worry too much.
After all, the Westeros system is too huge. No matter how much your children can get in the future, it will be destined to be a huge amount of wealth in the eyes of outsiders. Even if you really don’t get anything, don’t you still have yourself? Although the man originally said that she could leave Melisandre to Daniel and Gemma, as a mother, she would not ignore the other two children.
She just wanted to embarrass him and had no intention of chasing after him. Sophia stopped clicking and changed the subject: "The Chinese girl next to you, Chen Qing, sent me some information about Chinese jade materials some time ago. A very powerful girl, she proposed a complete set of operation plans in the email. Chinese jade was an item that could only be used by nobles in ancient times. The value of jade can be speculated through the Christie's auction house, and such concepts can be operated more extensively, and then It’s a very good idea to add jade jewelry to our jewelry brands, and Bulgari’s team has already started studying this plan.”
Speaking of jade jewelry, Westerners prefer colored gemstones, such as jade, which are often used in Western luxury jewelry brands. Various types of jade produced in China have not received much attention.
The main reason is the lack of cultural accumulation.
When Simon heard Sophia talking about this, he smiled and said, "She must have thought about doing it herself. She probably thought she couldn't do it, so she gave it to you as a favor."
"Do you think it's feasible?"
Simon thought for a moment and said: "The output of some jade in China is very large, so you need to first select a jade with a smaller output so that it can be easily operated. I happen to know one, um..."
Simon didn't know how to translate it for a while, so he could only use the Chinese name and continued: "This kind of jade is called 'Hetian Jade Seed Material'. You can continue to ask for specific information from Chen. Simply put, this kind of jade Because it can only be collected from river beds washed by running water, the output is very small. Other jade is collected directly from the mountains. Calculated by tons, this kind of jade can only be mined in blocks, and it is difficult to find large pieces of material, so it is relatively very rare. Expensive. If you really plan to operate here, you can start purchasing first, hoard a batch, then speculate on the concept and ship slowly, and the profits will be very generous."
In fact, Simon only learned about the information about Hotan jade seeds some time ago, and it was Chen Qing who introduced it to Simon when she was responsible for making jade nameplates for the girls of the Guofeng Art Troupe.
However, the concept of hype comes from Simon’s memories of his previous life.
Whether it's fried porcelain, fried Pu'er, fried chicken blood stone, fried Hetian jade seeds, etc., it's all the same.
Thinking of this, Simon asked Sophia: "The idea I just mentioned should be commonly used in the auction industry."
Sophia nodded: "Yes, in the 1980s, Impressionism was hyped, such as Van Gogh, Monet, Pissarro, etc., and then sold to the Japanese. At that time, 40% of the Impressionist works in the international market were snatched away by Japanese buyers, and they were all auctioned This is the result of targeted publicity by the industry. In recent years, the Japanese have stopped buying even some of Van Gogh’s works, and prices have fallen seriously. However, you reminded me that outside of the auction industry, this operation It’s also usable.”
now it's right.
There's never anything new, it's all routine.
In the 1980s, they were Japanese, and in another ten years, they will be Chinese. Then the Chinese also learned this trick and started all kinds of hype, even involving garlic.
Garlic never thought that he would be hyped one day.
While they were chatting, they saw Bill Spurter and Grace Spurter walking together. They stopped talking and greeted each other.
Because he has to sign China Telecom's IPO underwriting agreement, although he is not the top leader of First Boston, because of his key role in this business, Bill Spurter will also go to China with Simon tomorrow.
Knowing that the two men might have something serious to talk about, after exchanging a few words, Sofia said to Simon: "I have some things to do in the afternoon. Simon, I won't send them to you when you leave. Also, remember to send Danny and Jay from China." Ma comes back with a gift.”
After saying that, he motioned for Grace to go away together.
Grace only occasionally flashed some special soft light in her eyes when greeting Simon, but there was no flaw on the surface. She walked away laughing with Sophia.
The relationship between Simon and Grace has always been very low-key. However, due to the keen sixth sense between women, Sophia also noticed it and got confirmation from Simon. Even so, the woman did not show hostility towards Grace. After all, it was only in this banquet hall at the moment. If she wanted to be hostile, she might not be able to bear it.
After Sofia and the others left, the remaining two men chatted about the upcoming trip without any hint of grudge, and occasionally entertained the guests who came over to chat.
This continued until one o'clock in the afternoon, when the cocktail party was over. Simon came out of the Marriott Hotel in downtown and took a car directly to JFK International Airport to fly back to Los Angeles.
Here in New York.
The last trading day of the week is quickly coming to an end.
As of the closing of the afternoon that day, Melisandre's stock price rose by 54.1% on its first day of listing, with the closing stock price at $23.125.
Based on the total share capital of 2.265 billion shares after listing, Melisandre's closing market value was as high as US$52.3 billion.
Among the "women" listed in the Westeros system such as Daenerys, Ygritte, and Tink Byr, Melisandre, with a market value of US$52.3 billion, is undoubtedly the lowest.
This is still only relative.
For example, there is still poor Boeing in a corner. In February, when Tinker Bayer went public, Boeing's market value was only US$37 billion. Recently, it still failed to cross the 40 billion market value threshold.
However, Melisandre's market value is actually very high.
Calculated based on last year’s net profit of US$1.51 billion, even if the market value reaches US$52.3 billion, Melisandre’s price-to-earnings ratio is only 34 times, which is also a relatively low level on the New York Stock Exchange in the bull market at this time, because the global Under the background of economic recovery, the demand for luxury goods continues to increase, coupled with its own offensive development strategy, Melisandre is growing very rapidly.
After the market closed that afternoon, many analysts on Wall Street significantly raised the growth expectations for Melisandre's stock price in the future, believing that the company's price-to-earnings ratio should be more than 50 times, which means a market value of at least US$75 billion.
In any case, based on the Westeros Company's 53.1% stake in Melisandre after the listing, the total value of Simon's Melisandre shares reached $27.7 billion after the close of the day.
Another fortune worth tens of billions of dollars.
The most important thing is that through this IPO, Melisandre also received $4.5 billion in cash at one time, which is a very large amount of cash even in the luxury goods industry where profit margins have always been very high. In the next few years, whether it is the continued expansion of the two original 'aircraft carrier battle groups' or the luxury home industry that Sophia plans to test, with sufficient capital as the backing, Melisandre will be unstoppable in the next few years.
According to the information in my memory, the luxury goods industry is actually like the entertainment, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and other industries in the United States. The last few years of the 1990s were also the last period when the luxury goods industry pattern was finalized in time and space. Historically, the LVMH Group, Richemont Group and PPR Group have all completed the final carve-up of a series of brands in the luxury goods industry in recent years.
Then, the industry structure is basically unbreakable.
Now, because of the emergence of Melisandre, not only LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods giant, has been left behind by Melisandre, but also the other two companies, Richemont Group, which specializes in jewelry and watches, and Richemont Group, which was once the world's largest luxury goods giant. The PPR Group with Gucci as its core has simply not taken shape. Richemont Group only has one Jaeger-LeCoultre brand to offer, and PPR is still mainly engaged in the department store business.
It can be said that from now on, Melisandre's family will dominate the luxury goods industry.
As long as Melisandre is interested in the prey, other brands cannot compete with it. Even if competitors forcefully obtain some of Melisandre's favorite targets through high prices, their strength is barely enough. If the foundation is insufficient, they may not even be able to compete with them. Completely crushed by Melisandre.
This is the oligarch.
Real industry oligarchy.
What makes people in the situation even more oppressive is that such industry oligarchs, the Westeros system also has Daenerys, Ygritte, etc., a series of large and small.