Giant of the times

Yahoo's IPO, with a total share capital of 1 billion, issued 200 million shares, the issue price per share was US$50, and the pre-listing valuation was US$50 billion.

There are few IPOs of this size in the United States, with a dozen financial institutions including Wells Fargo, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, and Goldman Sachs serving as lead underwriters.

Li Zetian came to Nasdaq again.

Why do you say "again" again?

Because he has been to Nasdaq too many times...

Ringing the bell on Nasdaq may seem sacred, proud, and proud to outsiders, but to Li Zetian, it is no different than drinking boiled water.

If Li Zetian is willing, he can come to Nasdaq and ring the bell 100 times!

After going through various processes, Nasdaq just opened, and Yahoo's stock trading code appeared on the stock market for the first time.

As soon as the market opened, Yahoo's shares were immediately snapped up by investors!

Yes!

Grab as many as you can get!

The investors had been preparing for a long time and tried their best to buy, almost going crazy.

Internet concept stocks are really hot in the United States, and the Yahoo website is the largest website on the Internet, and its annual profit exceeds 10 million US dollars relying on advertising business!

Don't look at the profit of only 10 million US dollars, but you must know that with so many Internet companies nowadays, almost only one can make a profit, and the vast majority of companies are burning money. Burning money is the current characteristic of Internet companies. At present, the number of Internet users in the world is only over 30 million, while the global population is 5 to 6 billion. The Internet has huge room for development, so everyone is optimistic about the future development of Internet companies.

Yahoo.com is the company with the best performance among them, so it is also the most popular among investors and stockholders as soon as it goes public.

In less than an hour, Yahoo's stock price rose by 20%, with a price of $60 per share and a market value of $60 billion.

This upward trend was so strong that it was beyond everyone's expectations.

Wall Street couldn't help but be crazy and shocked!

Many people estimate that Yahoo's market value may exceed US$100 billion when Nasdaq closes that day.

The media were shocked.

"Shocking!" ! ! Yahoo's IPO may exceed US$100 billion mark on first day! 》

"Yahoo goes public, creating an IPO myth!" 》

"Yahoo went public, with an astonishing increase, and Internet concept stocks are hot again!" 》

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Colleagues who are paying attention to Yahoo's listing are all happy. Although their website is not as good as Yahoo, they are still Internet companies. Yahoo is listed on the market, and its market value is so high, then by the time its website is listed, it will be worth at least several billion dollars.

"Haha, here's your chance to make a fortune! My website has hundreds of thousands of traffic and is somewhat famous. If it goes public, I will become a billionaire!"

At this moment, the bosses of website companies are thinking about taking their companies public.

It is very easy to build a website. You can invest millions of dollars or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a website.

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On this day, many people's emotions have been excited with the fluctuations in Yahoo's stock price.

When the Nasdaq closed, as everyone had guessed, Yahoo's market capitalization exceeded US$100 billion, reaching US$115 billion.

The stock investors were so happy that they made huge profits by buying Yahoo stocks!

Li Zetian was slightly surprised. He never expected that Yahoo's market value could be so high. He initially estimated that Yahoo's market value was only eighty to ninety billion U.S. dollars.

This shows how much everyone pursues Internet companies! !

The next day, Yahoo made the front pages of major newspapers and caused a sensation around the world.

The success of Yahoo has stimulated countless people. Needless to say, in the next period of time, the number of websites will definitely increase exponentially!

The idea of ​​getting rich overnight breeds in the minds of many people!

In addition, countless venture capital companies have taken action. As long as it is an Internet website, as long as it has some traffic, it will become the target of their investment.

For a time, countless website companies acquired the emails or phone calls of investment companies.

This can't help but make these websites ecstatic.

After a week, dozens of websites received venture capital.

Venture capital loves website companies so much that it can't help but set off a wave of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. Even people who worked as waiters in supermarkets resolutely resigned and started working on website development.

During this period, 25,000 websites were established.

Telecom companies have also become more confident in the Internet and have invested heavily in speeding up the laying of optical fiber.

A month later, it was Amazon.com's turn to go public, with a pre-IPO valuation of $32 billion.

Because Yahoo is such a successful example, Amazon.com's stock is also highly sought after.

When the stock market closed that day, Amazon.com's market value reached $63 billion.

The successful listing of Amazon.com has sparked a boom in e-commerce websites around the world, and countless followers have sprung up everywhere.

Half a month later, the TripAdvisor website was launched.

Li Zetian, Bill Gates, and stock god Buffett came to Nasdaq together.

The appearance of the three people together caused a huge sensation in the media, and investors were greatly encouraged.

"TripAdvisor is a great website. The three major shareholders behind it are not simple. Not only are the world's richest man Chronos Li, but also Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and stock investor Buffett. With them here, TripAdvisor will definitely have a bright future!"

“Yes, I am very optimistic about TripAdvisor too!”

"Waiting for TripAdvisor to go public!!! Haha, I mortgaged my house and raised millions of dollars!"

"I'll go, the netizens upstairs are awesome, so courageous. I quickly sold the car and used it to buy stocks!"

"..."

The TripAdvisor website has developed into the world's largest travel website. The website traffic is no worse than Amazon.com. It currently has more than 4 million registered users, benefiting countless hotels, restaurants, and attractions, covering five continents around the world.

Many people think TripAdvisor is more valuable than Amazon.com.

TripAdvisor's IPO has a total share capital of 1 billion shares, with 200 million shares issued at $22 per share, and a pre-listing valuation of $22 billion.

As soon as the stock market opened, TripAdvisor, like Yahoo and Amazon, was snapped up by investors.

At the close of the day, TripAdvisor's share price rose to $55, giving it a market value of $55 billion.

After the listing of three Internet companies, Yahoo, Amazon, and TripAdvisor, Internet concept stocks have become very popular in the United States. Investors, stockholders, and entrepreneurs have begun to become blind. Some people are willing to invest in a website with no development potential. The Internet The bubble is getting worse. However, no one noticed this.

Li Zetian looked on with cold eyes. No one knew what the Internet bubble was like better than him.

But he didn't say anything. Instead, he chose to keep silent and make a fortune.

There are more websites waiting for him to create, and then he will take advantage of the popularity of Internet concept stocks to list the company to make money. If you want to take the company back, you can wait until the dot-com bubble bursts and then buy back the shares at a low price.

In the evening, Li Zetian sat alone in his study and began to write a planning book.

eBay.

PayPal.

LinkedIn LinkedIn.

blog.

For the time being, Li Zetian has only written four.

First of all, eBay was established in 1995 in its previous life, and now it is 1994. Regardless of the butterfly effect, Li Zetian decided to develop it in advance anyway.

eBay is an online auction and shopping website that allows people around the world to buy and sell items online. It is very popular in the United States and is growing rapidly. Its profit method:

1. Charge a listing fee for each auction (fees range from US$0.25 to US$800).

2. A transaction fee (ranging from 7 to 13% of the transaction price) will be charged for each completed auction.

As for PayPal, it is a third-party payment software like China's Alipay.

At present, e-commerce has become mature, and third-party payment software has the soil to grow. Although online banking already exists, it is not convenient enough. Be aware that not every user has a bank designated by the website. If the Amazon website does not support those small banks, how can users of these small banks shop on the Amazon website?

As we all know, there are so many banks in the United States, especially local banks, that there are so many.

PayPal's mission is to cooperate with various large and small banks. When users shop, they only need to use PayPal. Moreover, PayPal can integrate internationally popular credit cards, debit cards, electronic checks and other payment methods to help buyers and sellers solve payment problems in various transactions, and can easily complete overseas collection and payment.

It can be said that PayPal is the fastest way for users to choose payment methods!

As for LinkedIn, it is a professional social networking website that was also very popular in its previous life. Its global membership has exceeded the 500 million mark! The purpose of the website is to enable registered users to maintain contacts they know and trust in their business dealings, commonly known as "networks."

As for blogs, they were also very popular at one time.

Later Twitter or Weibo evolved on the basis of blogs.

The next day, Li Zetian handed the plan he wrote to Dongfang Yuqin and asked her to send someone to register and form the company.

After Dongfang Yuqin read Li Zetian's plan, she was stunned and could not recover for a long time.

"Mr. Li, these four planning books of yours are really shocking! Each one is different, but they all have great development potential! And I think you wrote these four ideas in just one night, Mr. ·Li, you are truly a genius, incomparable to all others!" Dongfang Yuqin sighed. At this moment, she couldn't help but feel sorry for those Internet competitors, because living in the same era as Li Zetian was such a tragedy, forever. He can only live in the shadow of Li Zetian, dim and dull.

It can be said that "when there is beauty, how can there be brightness"!

Li Zetian hugged Dongfang Yuqin's plump and soft body and said with a smile: "You don't know how talented I am today. Hurry up and let people set up the company. I plan to take advantage of the Internet bubble to take them public! "

"Well, okay, I understand!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded.

So Dongfang Yuqin picked up the phone and started working.

There are many developers in the United States. As long as you have money, you don't have to worry about recruiting people.

Within a month, four companies: eBay, PayPal, LinkedIn, and Blog were quietly established. While a large number of Internet companies are born every day, these four companies will not attract attention.

When the company was first established, it was natural to keep a low profile to prevent other companies from following suit.

Li Zetian will learn about the project development progress of these four companies every other week, and it is expected to be completed before March next year. By then, it will cause a sensation in the entire industry, and the name Chronos·Li will become synonymous with the entire Internet! ! !