The Goddess Shines on America

What the bosses and executives are doing on the night of the company's IPO is not of interest to the public. The soaring stock price, the market value of hundreds of millions of yuan, and the elation of every shareholder who bought the stock are the constant focus of the mass media. Therefore, when the new year came, on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1988, led by major newspapers such as the “Wall Street Journal” and the “Los Angeles Times” financial section, I don’t know how many media reported on Cisco’s listing. grand occasion.

"We have finally waited for this day. Cisco has always been a leading company in this industry. Our company is very optimistic about its prospects and looks forward to further cooperation with it." This is the scene of IBM's New Year's press conference. Responses to journalists' questions.

"It's a great irony, IBM is showing better than Cisco system?" Dan'er, when IBM's New Year's press conference ended, the reporters compiled such an article by themselves in response to the spokesperson's answer.

"I still remember that on the day when Microsoft went public, IBM secretly tampered with the data of its call auction by relying on the old model of Cisco routers, and was stabbed out by the angry Alice Wang Yizhi. Using the second largest shareholder of Microsoft The company's products are going to endanger the development of another key enterprise, and the daring IBM wisely chose a friendly development route with Cisco after experiencing the pain of the lawsuit."

"But it's also worrying that Cisco has no right not to sell products to IBM. Well, with the company's most advanced routers, especially firewalls, what IBM calls itself 'insider troublemakers' It's doubtful whether it will stop at all."

Such a report was published with great fanfare on the relevant sections of the "New York Times", which immediately caused a very sensational impact. Journalists always like to exaggerate the fact that it is true, but there are some insecure people who will blindly choose to believe it, not to mention that IBM does have a criminal record. So on the second day of the new year, when many stockholders read this report early in the morning, the stock market was bustling after the market opened.

"Bastard bastard bastard!"

At ten o'clock sharp, in the CEO's office at IBM's corporate headquarters in Acmon, New York, Acor angrily threw the newspaper on the table: "Which bastard wrote this!?"

As he yelled, he obviously ignored the reporter's signature at the beginning of the article, and only cared about venting his anger at the invited new CFO Milova. As for the predecessor, although he had worked diligently in the company for five years, he resigned shortly after the exchange door incident.

"We can directly sue the New York Times, because it is not only maliciously creating bad public opinion, but also directly causing the stock price of my company to drop." Milova sat on a chair in the reception area. Although the computer was not by her side, she also Got the data from Acor.

"I have to appeal, let this damn newspaper experience the subpoena!" Acor continued to yell, while staring at the computer at the table, his heart was bleeding, really bleeding.

An article, just because of a mere article, the company's stock price fell by 3% after the market opened, and billions of dollars evaporated instantly, and it all depended on this damn article!

"Appeals should be made, but I don't think this matter is so simple." Milova sat here, of course not to be Aker's punching bag, she said calmly: "Reporters' manuscripts must be handed over to the chief editor Reviewed, how could such an offensive article by name and surname pass the review? Doesn’t the editor-in-chief have a brain?”

After yelling so many times, Acor's anger dissipated a little bit, but he was still in a mess when he watched the stock price continue to fall on the computer. While thinking about how to explain to the board of directors, and how to deal with potential enemies at the same time, it gave him a headache.

"...Wait!" Suddenly, he thought of something, and said to Milova: "Call me yesterday's dragon and tiger list!"

The Dragon and Tiger List is a term in the financial world. It ranks the purchase and sale quota of a certain stock on the day, from which the identity of the specific shareholder can be seen. Milova also immediately figured out the key point, and immediately got up and said, "I'll bring you the information right away!"

This report to IBM is a big event for the company itself, but it is still insignificant for the entire second day of the new year. Many middle and high-level white-collar workers who read financial news every day do not put most of their energy on the word IBM, but focus on another key company.

Cisco's IPO follow-up has been excellent.

Financial disclosure work has begun, and everyone can see Cisco's internal situation on the board. The 10 million shares issued for 50 million US dollars have all been sold, and there were more than 5 million transactions in progress on the second day. Many ordinary investors who made good returns on the first day of listing were content to sell their stocks with a huge profit, and more retail investors who did not buy the company's stocks on the first day were also caught by the huge amount of money. Attracted by the profits, the stocks that are about to be sold are quickly bought, and the stock price can rise a little.

Therefore, after closing with an increase of 46% on the first day, Cisco's stock price rose another 17% on the second day. When the news about IBM came out in the early morning of January 2, the company's market value had risen to 200 million At the level of 70 million, it took only three days!

At the same time, the first premium dividend was also distributed.

The biggest purpose of companies choosing to go public is to raise funds. Since no one can guarantee the rise or fall after the opening of the market, the issue price of the stock will basically be higher than the face value to protect the most basic demands. And the higher part will be distributed in cash within the shortest time after listing, enabling shareholders to reap a huge amount of personal assets in the shortest time.

That is, when Alice divides the company's total assets of 50 million US dollars into 10 million shares, the unit price of 5 US dollars is the face value. Cisco's stock offering price was a few cents above face value, so seemingly insignificant that almost no one would specifically say that figure, but at least it meant that a sum of cash could be distributed to all shareholders immediately, There is no need to wait until the fixed annual dividend distribution time.

Therefore, when the premium dividends totaling hundreds of thousands were quickly distributed on the third day after the listing, the passion for work of thousands of Cisco employees was completely stimulated!

All employees of the company can hold option shares. When Alice came to the company to announce the decision half a year ago, it can be said that no company has ever done such a thing. Option stocks, buying stocks at the company's internal price rather than the stock's secondary market price, has always been a means for listed companies to recruit talented employees, but none of them have to pay some price. All employees hold shares, the bosses in the past would never be so generous!

So, when a premium dividend of hundreds of thousands of dollars is distributed to a thousand people every second, how can we not make everyone happy?

Although each person can only receive a few hundred yuan, but according to the prices in the United States, this is also a full month's food expenses for a bachelor, or even a full month's rent!

It's not a formal year-end dividend yet, but a simple premium!

"Hey, look, look, look at my screen!"

Building No. 2 of the company's new headquarters building, the office area of ​​the marketing department, the young employee Mi En said happily: "Did you see this accounted for? Haha, did you see this accounted for? My weekly income, I have a week... Whoops!"

Bourbon, who was sitting next to him, gave him a kick in the chair: "Isn't it just a week's income, can you still use it to get a car loan? I really don't understand what you think, you actually take out a loan to buy a Lamborghini? Good guy , do you know that our boss doesn't even have his own car?"

This sentence caused a burst of laughter from the colleagues around. It was almost noon and lunch break, and most of the work at hand was completed. It was a relaxing time for Bryce to raise his head and said: "Hey, Mien, I see you Give my Lamborghini to Alice. It’s the first car in the life of a sixteen-year-old girl, and she will definitely remember you as a handsome guy for the rest of her life~”

What a joke, Bourbon laughed out loud. However, Mi En, who just graduated from ULCA, said with a sneer, "Actually, I really talked to my boss..."

"What!? Are you kidding me?"

"Man, even the guys in the technical department have to be lucky if they want to see the boss once from a distance. You, a rookie who just joined our marketing department, talked to her!? Just kidding!"

"I'm not kidding, I'm telling the truth." Mi En said seriously: "I didn't graduate from UCLA, don't you guys know that our boss's father is a professor of history at this university?"

There was a small silence, and then Bonn said, "How could we possibly know that . . . "

Bryce sat at a distance, and said happily: "It seems that you are really interested in our big boss. So what are you talking about, what might the boss be doing now?"

"Hey, how can you be so embarrassing?" Mi En didn't want to, but just as he was about to say something, a call suddenly came to his office phone.

The behavior of assigning a phone to every employee is very redundant for other companies. But Cisco, as a leading company in an industry such as Internet hardware, of course cares about this more than anyone else. Not only does every employee have a phone, but each employee also has a list of phone numbers within the company. Inter-departmental contact can be said to be a breeze, and it can indeed contribute to the improvement of work efficiency.

But it also means that anyone can call anyone. Therefore, as a newcomer, Mi En didn't dare to neglect at all, and immediately picked up the microphone.

"Hello, hello?"

The first greeting, followed by a moment of silence, the strange expression of the young man, and the constant "yes yes yes" on his lips.

Then, the phone hangs up.

"What's the matter, buddy?" Bonn saw the strange expression on the newcomer's face, and asked suspiciously, "It's not your mother who is sick, is it?"

"Hey, what are you talking about." Mi En tried his best to hide the smug smile on his young face, but it was very unsuccessful: "Boss, that's right Bonn, our big boss Alice called me suddenly and asked me to call her and The family book a plane ticket to Hong Kong!"

As he said that, the young man hummed a little tune proudly, and when it was time for lunch, he started working again with great interest. The old employees around looked at each other, and couldn't help but laugh.

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