The two pieces of news announced by Li Mu have become the two hottest news on Wall Street tonight.
He made a special trip to the United States to ring the bell with Larry Page, and before Google rang the bell, he suddenly wanted to establish a joint venture with Google. This in itself was a kind of support for Google;
And he himself actually wanted to imitate Buffett and auction his own dinner. Although Li Mu has not officially become the world's richest man, everyone knows that he is the uncrowned king of the global business field today.
Once Makino Technology is listed and the market value is clear, Li Mu will naturally be crowned the world's richest man, and his wealth will be far ahead of others behind the rich list.
As the soon-to-be richest man in the world, he suddenly wanted to auction his dinner. Wall Street elites knew without a second thought that this dinner would be extremely popular.
Someone even announced that night that they were willing to spend one million US dollars to bid for Li Mu's dinner, and they were determined to win it. However, they were quickly ridiculed by the crowd because many people felt that one million US dollars was not enough.
However, those who have gained the most from Li Mu’s two pieces of news are the brokers and individuals who have already received Google’s stock issuance in advance.
Google's IPO issued a total of 50 million shares. The issue price of the stock was US$80. These 50 million shares had already been sold out through underwriters.
Even Google has an impressive record. Its IPO was oversubscribed fifteen times.
In other words, although Google plans to raise US$4 billion, the amount of funds in the market willing to subscribe for Google shares has reached US$60 billion.
However, this is just like the domestic stock market trading of new shares. The people who can subscribe and get the shares as they wish are only a very small part of the subscription group.
After the bell rings tomorrow, Google will be officially listed for trading, and these 50 million shares will begin to circulate.
Once the market becomes more optimistic about Google's prospects, these 50 million shares in circulation will be snapped up by countless people. As long as there are people grabbing them, the stock price will definitely rise.
In the next six months, these 50 million shares will become all tradable shares of Google. The original shareholders’ shares are locked within these six months and cannot be reduced.
In addition, Larry Page, on behalf of the original Google shareholders, and Li Mu, on behalf of Makino Technology, both promised to Nasdaq not to reduce their holdings in the next two years. This means that in the next two years, Google’s circulation will Neither stock will grow much.
Under this general premise, Google's stock price will definitely rise strongly, and it will be very suitable for long-term holding in the next one or two years.
Many brokers and individuals who bought Google stocks in advance were so excited that they couldn't sleep and planned their own holding plans.
As for the US$4 billion that Google will sell 50 million shares this time, 3 billion will be used for Google's own development, and 1 billion will be used to subsidize shareholders who wash their shares.
In this process, Makino Technology received US$300 million in cash, but the US$300 million was an overall loss, because it is possible that when the market opens tomorrow, Google's stock will directly break through the price of US$100, or even higher.
U.S. stocks have no upper and lower limits, only circuit breakers. Some stocks can rise more than 200% on the first day of trading, and the circuit breaker alone is broken seven or eight times.
Whether Google can create a miracle depends on its performance after the bell rings tomorrow.
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Early the next morning, Li Mu put on formal clothes, left the hotel room under the leadership of security personnel, and went straight to the lobby.
Today, Google has hired more than a dozen security personnel for Li Mu to be responsible for guarding and protecting Li Mu.
The reason why there are so many people and such a big posture is because it is said that when Google rang the bell today, 80% of the reporters in New York went to Nasdaq to camp, and the remaining 20% were at the hotel where Li Mu was staying, waiting to capture Li Mu. photo.
At this time, the hotel lobby was bustling with people. If it weren't for the security personnel of more than a dozen security companies, the local New York police, and Wang Yuanlang, it would have taken twenty minutes just to walk through the hotel lobby.
Fortunately, there was a security team of more than 20 people. These strong security personnel almost forced the crowd to create a vacuum space for Li Mu.
The sound of camera shutters around them continued one after another, and many media reporters shouted various questions at Li Mu, hoping to get Li Mu's response.
As Li Mu walked, he kept nodding to the reporters around him, but did not answer any questions.
At this time, once you answer a question, even if you just answer "Have you had breakfast?", you probably won't be able to leave smoothly.
At the door, a huge motorcade was ready.
Li Mu's safety level here is very high. The New York police also actively participated in protecting Li Mu's safety. They sent out a large number of police cars and police officers, hoping to ensure that Li Mu would not have any accidents in New York.
Otherwise, with his influence around the world, the New York police will lose face.
Li Mu took Li Ziwei into a stretched Cadillac, and together with the accompanying motorcade, headed for the Nasdaq Exchange.
The convoy itself has ten vehicles. In addition, there are four or five escort police cars, and as many as 20 police motorcycles are used to clear the way and guard the road. The lineup is extremely powerful.
Larry Page and Google executives were waiting in line at the entrance of Nasdaq, and Nasdaq Chairman David Ball also personally came out to greet Li Mu.
At the entrance of Nasdaq, there is a huge Google letter G. This is a memorial specially prepared by Nasdaq for Google, which represents the official attention of Nasdaq to Google.
The motorcade stopped at the entrance of Nasdaq. Before a large number of reporters could come forward, they were forcibly stopped by security personnel.
After Li Mu got out of the car, Larry Page and David Ball stepped forward to greet him.
David Ball, who is in his fifties this year, rarely greets CEOs of listed companies in person, but with Li Mu's arrival today, he chose to step forward without hesitation and gave Li Mu the highest courtesy.
Li Mu greeted the two politely, and David Ball personally took Li Mu and everyone from Google to the Nasdaq VIP room.
Today's bell-ringing ceremony is very simple. At nine o'clock, Larry Page will deliver a brief speech as the CEO of Google. David Ball, as the head of Nasdaq, will also deliver a congratulatory speech. Li Mu will be a special guest. , there is also a section where congratulations are given.
At nine-thirty, Li Mu and Larry Page pressed the button to ring the bell. At that time, the bell rang and Google was officially listed for trading.
The bell-ringing scene has now been occupied by reporters and enthusiastic citizens and stock investors. It can be said that this is a grand occasion that has not happened again on Nasdaq in more than ten years. There has never been a company IPO that can attract as much attention as Google. got so much attention.
And at least half of this attention was directed towards Li Mu.
At nine o'clock, Nasdaq staff took the stage to deliver a speech. After a brief opening remarks, they invited Google CEO Larry Page to the stage.
Larry Page seemed extremely nervous and took several deep breaths to adjust himself before going on stage.
When he stood in front of the microphone, he took out the manuscript he had prepared and said: "It is a great honor to stand here on behalf of Google. This is the end of Google's previous journey and the beginning of Google's next journey."
“In 1998, when I met Sergey Brin, we decided to do something meaningful based on the Internet world at that time. So, we made the Google search engine. Its birth greatly facilitated Internet users search and explore various information in the Internet world, which has also greatly changed the model and pattern of the Internet industry;"
"In 1999, we were profitable and pioneered many unique technologies in the search field;"
"From 2000 to 2002, we developed rapidly, and Google became a website that more and more Internet users open every day."
"In 2003, we reached a strategic cooperation with Makino Technology. With the help of Makino Technology's global influence, our users are also further improving;"
"We have no intention of changing the world, but the world has changed for the better because of us. This is the most gratifying and proud thing for me and the entire Google team;"
“Now, I stand here on behalf of all employees of Google to prepare for Google’s upcoming listing. I would like to thank all my friends who have supported Google in this process. Please also believe us that we will continue to work hard in the future. , to create a better Google for the world!”
At this point, the audience continued to applaud, and Larry Page added: "Here, I would also like to solemnly thank Mr. Li Mu, the chairman of Makino Technology, for coming all the way from China to attend the bell-ringing ceremony for Google's listing. !”
Reporters were looking for Li Mu everywhere, but at this time, Li Mu was still watching the live broadcast in the VIP lounge, waiting for David Ball to give a speech, and then it was time for him to appear.
David Ball's speech was relatively short and formal. He first expressed his recognition of Google, and then expressed his welcome to Google on behalf of Nasdaq. At the same time, he also praised Nasdaq's current situation. development status.
After he finished speaking, Li Mu also came out of the lounge and came to the passage in front of the stage.
At this time, David Ball said: "Next, let us use the warmest applause to welcome Mr. Li Mu from China. He will deliver a congratulatory speech to Google, and then he will ring the bell with Larry Page. Google IPO bells!”
As soon as I heard that Li Mu was going to give a speech on the stage, there was thunderous applause.
The reason why so many reporters came was largely because they came for Li Mu.
Otherwise, when it comes to ringing the bell for Google's IPO, at most the financial media will come over to take some photos and go back and write a press release.
The appearance of Li Mu has made people all over the United States pay close attention to his every move on Nasdaq, so the major media are not willing to miss this opportunity and are waiting to shoot some materials and news about Li Mu.
Li Mu, who was wearing a black suit, walked onto the stage slowly. At this time, the entire Nasdaq hall was already overcrowded.
Everyone is looking forward to the content of his speech, especially those investors in Google. They know that Li Mu has the ability to turn corruption into magic, so they firmly believe that this speech will benefit Google even more!
(End of chapter)