The Goddess Shines on America

The impact of the stock market crash is long-lasting and far-reaching. I don't know how many people lost their jobs because of it. When countless small businesses collapsed and many medium-sized companies laid off employees, many low-skilled workers had to go home and wait for work. The White House has been working hard, the Federal Reserve is also constantly mobilizing funds to stabilize the market order, the Securities Regulatory Commission has launched a complex investigation, and people in the news media are constantly trying to divert public attention.

They did find one, and that was about the Cisco IPO.

The earliest IPO news of this company came out in the summer, and it was sunny and early summer. At that time, the entire U.S. stock market was thriving, and the market value of how many companies rose again and again, which was very exciting. And when the news about Cisco came out, as another leading company in which its founder Alice Wang invested heavily, Microsoft's stock market also ushered in a burst of high climb, which is really gratifying.

A company that was born in less than three years, a new industry that was born in less than three years, a leader and industry leader that was born in less than three years, and the background of the entire Internet development have made too many people look forward to Cisco's listing. At the same time, when the second issue of "Fortune" magazine was freshly released, many readers couldn't help but remember the name Alice firmly, and then in their brains, the two companies Cisco and Microsoft were firmly tied together.

Therefore, when that terrible Black Monday came, when most of the stocks on the Nasdaq exchange plummeted all the way and lost hundreds of billions of dollars, the news that this company was about to go public seemed to be a big news. A cardiotonic. Since mid-November, that is, a whole month after "Black Monday", when most of the media stopped reporting the tragedy of the stock market crash, more and more attention naturally focused on this company.

So, when will it be officially listed?

Until Christmas was less than a full month away, this matter was still uncertain. In the latest issue of "Silicon Valley" magazine, a well-known person wrote that this must be the company's use of mystery as a marketing tool, which happened to be the same as Alice. - Wang's low-key behavior, which rarely appears in public, fits perfectly. As for "Popular Electronics", because it pays more attention to the technical field, it has not paid much attention to the IPO information.

Then, when a certain press conference came out suddenly, "Popular Electronics" suddenly became busy.

"Mr. Cowan!"

There was a crowd at the press conference, and Zoe Barnes rushed to the front of the queue, trying her best to hear every word of the speaker clearly: "Excuse me, why did your company not choose the United States for such a cooperation?" telco, but the UK?"

"Because the company's honorary chairman, Ms. Alice Wang is studying in London. For details, British Telecom's press conference will disclose more."

"So this is real? Cisco really has a partnership with the UK's largest telecom operator to promote this DSL technology?"

"Miss, please don't change the subject. The content of this press conference is only to announce that our company holds DSL series patented technology. Regarding the cooperation with British Telecom, the company will announce it at the press conference in London. Please also Focus more on the technical level."

The spokesperson's answer was gentle but sharp. Zoe Barnes, who rushed to the front row, realized her mistake. As she rushed to the front, many yelling questions were also focused on cooperation matters, and she was led astray by those damn colleagues.

"Then may I ask if this DSL patent is the brainchild of all of Cisco, or the outstanding achievement of Ms. Alice Wang alone?"

This question was quite sharp, as if it seemed to place the company itself somewhere. After hearing Zoe's words, the reporters who were waiting for the answer all grinned.

Cowen stood on the high platform and answered calmly: "According to the information provided by Ms. Wang, her patent was registered at the end of 1984, that is, shortly after the establishment of Cisco, and the registrant was myself. All employees of our company are very I admire her talent, and it is precisely because of her superb personal technical ability that Cisco has achieved such a rapid development today. Throughout the process, her personal ability has contributed a lot.”

The rather official answer was all nonsense that is well known in the industry, but everyone present did not know the elite reporters of major TV stations, magazines, and newspapers. Many people immediately heard something from this sentence.

"You mean, Cisco is going to be listed soon, right? Will it be within this year? Will Cisco's listing promote the cooperation with British Telecom?"

"After Cisco's listing, will there be any new changes in the cooperation with Lucent Technologies? Will it accelerate the output efficiency of this cooperation? Will the listing of Cisco have an impact on Lucent Technologies?"

"Since British Telecom will hold another press conference in London, will Ms. Alice Wang attend? You just said that she is studying in England. Which middle school is she studying in? Excuse me..."

"It is believed that the reporter who asked the question did not read Fortune of the relevant periodical, which is ... okay."

The scene of the press conference, which was constantly asking questions, fell into a state of silence for a while, because a young girl walked onto the stage.

It is worth mentioning that this is a spacious open space outside the Cisco headquarters building.

It was an exceptionally low day today, thankfully no snow, but enough for anyone to put on a warm windbreaker, even in this part of sunny California. Alice is dressed like this, her white windbreaker is surprisingly beautiful, when a gust of cold wind blows slowly, her long black hair flutters with the wind, but it doesn't look messy at all.

Zoe Barnes stood under the stage and looked around, Cisco executives stood on the edge of the high platform, and there were guard handles further away. It is not customary to hold a press conference in the open air. Considering the two appearances of Alice Wang, it is not difficult to imagine that the idea must have come from her.

"Hello?" There was only three seconds of silence, and she said into the microphone: "First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone, because of the snow in London, I couldn't make it to the press conference in time. But fortunately, I picked up the ending , otherwise the plane would be useless."

Perhaps at this time, everyone should really smile together, but unfortunately, almost no one has the energy now.

"...Okay," so Alice, who was silent for another three seconds after saying this, but couldn't get a laugh, touched her nose embarrassingly: "The horn is very loud, through Cowan's voice, I know what you're asking."

"I'll answer them one by one, so now, I say, you just need to memorize them. It's easy for you, and it's easy for me. Have you prepared a pen and paper? Let's start now."

Zoe, who was standing in the audience, smiled. She is really a beautiful high school girl with full of personality.

"First, the reason why I chose British Telecom to cooperate is to better develop overseas markets. Dozens of countries in the European Union are across the sea from the UK, which is an excellent springboard for Cisco to enter the European market. That's the reason ,above."

"Second," Alice continued, listening to the voice of the audience swiping the record, "I will write a special article about the specific introduction of the DLS series and submit it to "Popular Electronics". Yes, the badge says Zoe Barnes' Reporter, my good friend Bill Gates' favorite magazine in middle school, left a pretty deep impression on me."

Raising her hand to the reporter who nodded and smiled at her vigorously, Alice continued: "Third, I can tell you the exact date, don't blame the official for not giving it to you, because of the stock market crash, I have been deliberately Dragging this process, the rest of the company doesn't know it themselves. So, Cisco's IPO date is..."

With a high-pitched voice, seeing the bloody faces of all the reporters, Alice paused for another three seconds, grinning triumphantly, and said: "December 31st, 1987 The last day of the year!"

It turned out to be such a day!

Zoe Barnes almost couldn't laugh out loud, but at the same time, she suddenly felt stunned. It seems that many people are forgetting the simplest truth - Alice is still just a child after all. Perhaps for ordinary entrepreneurs, the sooner the better the company's listing is the principle, but for her who became a billionaire at a young age, picking a date with good numbers seems to be more important. !

All of a sudden, panting voices could be heard everywhere in the square. God knows how many reporters subconsciously held their breath when Alice posed that suspense. Three seconds is enough to make some people who lack breathing and lack of exercise feel suffocated. How many of them kept recording while panting? Alice counted condescendingly, hey, there are exactly twelve, golden saints.

"So," and then it was time to sum up, she went on to say: "That's all for this press conference. As for the messy questions you asked about the impact on Lucent after it went public, you should think we are all Prophet? Alright, the meeting is over, the company has prepared a buffet for you, don't be polite, I know you haven't eaten, so get out of here!"

Popped out the last three or two sentences, and then Alice stepped off the stage lightly, stepped down, stepped down, gone...

"Here, see?"

Cowen was rushing to the stage to preside over the press conference, and after Alice walked down, she said to the Bosacks, who were standing side by side, and the surrounding senior executives: "This is just a press conference, and I didn't do anything wrong. The government is being questioned by the public, why waste so much talk?"

"Good idea, really good idea."

Sandy Bosack stepped forward and walked towards the company building together with Alice and other executives: "Then there will be any press conferences in the future, we will deal with it like this, Alona, ​​do it? "

More than one executive greeted them with a smile, and slowly walked away, leaving only Cowen standing on the stage, because he was responsible for leading the hungry reporters to eat.