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We had to get up early the next day. Zhou Buqi was out before five o'clock.

We had to go to the hotel to meet with the team of Ziweixing International and the team of the underwriter. We had to do the final inspection, grasp the latest financial market and capital dynamics in the international market, and make sure that the technical equipment for publicity was foolproof...

We left the hotel at 7:30.

At 8:00 in the morning, we entered the Nasdaq building.

The front desk was also dressed in a festive manner today. Usually there was only one front desk, but today there were four, all wearing the same red Chinese-style cheongsam... It can be seen that Nasdaq was mainly here to serve the big customer Ziweixing International today.

After entering Nasdaq, don't be in a hurry.

Go to the second floor for breakfast.

The breakfast was very bad, much worse than that of the hotel. It was all cold food, but you had to eat it. This was a ceremony.

It was not only a ceremony, but also a program, a traditional Nasdaq TV breakfast program.

During this process, Nasdaq Chairman Greifeld spoke, and Ziweixing International founder Zhou Buqi spoke. Then Greifeld issued Zhou Buqi a listing certificate. Next, we exchanged gifts. In public, they were all very simple and cheap souvenirs.

Next, we got to the point.

Go to the main venue and rehearse!

Rehearse the bell ringing!

In fact, there is no need for rehearsal at all. Zhou Buqi has been here many times. However, this is the process, and what should be done must be done. After all, for most people, there may only be one chance to participate in the listing in their lifetime.

After the rehearsal, watch the time.

Nasdaq's professional live broadcast team began to work, just like making a movie, the countdown of three, two, one... Everything is live broadcast, Nasdaq TV and some media organizations with copyright can receive relevant broadcast signals.

Zhou Buqi came on stage.

This time, he was the only one.

Ring the bell!

In fact, ringing the bell is just a ceremony. The New York Stock Exchange with a history of hundreds of years is the bell ringing. Nasdaq is technological, with a button. Once pressed, it starts, and the stock of Ziweixing International officially begins to be issued. Ringing the bell is just a performance before the button is pressed.

After the bell ringing, the audience applauded.

The host smiled and asked each team to take a group photo. There were not only executives of Ziweixing International, but also relatives and friends brought by the executives, and the four major underwriters participating in the IPO... The studio was not big and seemed a bit crowded.

Each team took turns to take photos on stage.

Zhou Buqi, who finished taking photos first, followed the executive team of Ziweixing International and the friends of the Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance, walked out of Nasdaq and went to the outdoor Times Square to take photos.

At this time, the big screen in Times Square had begun to play the live broadcast of the studio and various classic photos taken just now.

At this time, the construction of Times Square had stopped.

Many people gathered and looked up at the big screen.

This is undoubtedly an important moment worth remembering!

When everything is done.

Even if the various processes are over, everyone can return to Nasdaq to see the trend of the stock price after the opening.

How is it?

Is it successful?

Is it a big rise at the opening, or does it fall below the opening price?

The stock price screen on the second floor is in the employee office lobby. As soon as you go upstairs and hear the cheers and excitement of Nasdaq employees, you can basically judge that this thing has been done!

Zhou Buqi went over to take a look...

Wow!

The stock price has reached 25.32 US dollars!

Compared with the issue price of 22.42 US dollars, it has increased by 11.5%!

Ziweixing International's IPO this time adopts the "new stock + old stock" model. New stock financing brings new funds to Ziweixing International; old stock cashing out completes the capital exit for some early investors and some important employees.

620 million new shares and 420 million old shares.

The total share capital has reached 8.87 billion shares.

Based on the current 25.32 US dollars, Ziweixing International's real-time stock price is 224.6 billion US dollars!

It easily surpassed the market value of 1book and became the second largest Internet company in the world, second only to Google with a market value of 240 billion US dollars.

In the past six months, the Internet company industry has been a bit cold.

The main reason is that the market rebounded a bit due to the excessive growth last year. The market value of major Internet companies has declined.

At its peak last year, Google's market value reached 300 billion US dollars.

Ziweixing's market value has also fallen back. It had broken through the 200 billion US dollar mark, but now it has fallen back to 164 billion US dollars. However, now that Ziweixing International is listed, it is different, and there can be a chain effect!

Because when the company was split, Ziweixing retained a large part of the shares, and now Ziweixing still holds more than 28% of Ziweixing International's shares.

Stimulated by the sharp rise in Ziweixing International's stock price, Ziweixing's stock price has also risen sharply.

Guo Pengfei was watching in real time and told Zhou Buqi that Ziweixing's stock price had risen by 15%, and its market value has now reached 190 billion US dollars...

Lu Qi was also very happy, clenching his fist and saying excitedly: "Many people put Ziweixing International and Facebook on the same level, thinking that they are two very similar Internet social giants, even the founders are very similar. They are both young entrepreneurs who started their own businesses in college. Now that we are listed, the capital market has given the biggest answer, Ziweixing International is the world's largest social giant!"

Zhou Buqi couldn't help but pour cold water on him, "Ziweixing International has a global market, with a market value of only 220 billion U.S. dollars. Ziweixing only operates in the domestic market, and its market value is already 180 billion U.S. dollars. This illustrates the many aspects of Ziweixing International What we are doing is not good enough and we need to learn from the domestic team in all aspects!”

Lu Qi was in a good mood. This listing made him worth 2 billion US dollars. He smiled and said: "It's not that Ziweixing International is doing poorly, but that Ziweixing is doing very well. Google's market value is not It’s only US$240 billion, and Microsoft’s market value is only US$250 billion.”

Zhou Buqi looked up at the market and said calmly: "The Internet industry was a little silent in the first half of the year. In the second half of the year, it should explode. There is nothing to be happy about with a market value of US$220 billion. Last year, Ziweixing's The market value is close to US$210 billion.”

Lu Qi knew that the big boss had participated in too many IPOs and his mentality was a bit "numb", so he advised in a low voice: "Everyone is very happy, don't dampen everyone's excitement."

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "Who did I hit? I'm just going to tell you. If you don't tell me, who knows?"

Lu Qi let out a "ha", "It's mainly about your attitude. You seem a little happier. If you don't smile, no one will dare to laugh. This IPO can create more than 5,000 millionaires for our company. In US dollars calculate!"

Zhou Buqi found that the stock price was still rising, and said with a smile: "If it keeps rising like this, it might soon surpass Google and become the world's largest Internet company. It's best not to surpass it, there is no need to be so conspicuous. In a few years Guess, it’s good to be the second best.”

Lu Qi laughed.

I don’t know what to say.

From what Boss Zhou means, it seems that surpassing Google is just a matter of one or two sentences. What makes it difficult for him is how to hide his strength and remain second in the world.

Is it so easy for Google to surpass it?

After looking at the market for a few minutes, Zhou Buqi lost interest.

The listing has ended.

It's free time now. There will be a celebration party internally in the evening, and this matter will be concluded.

Zhou Buqi didn't want to stay and influence the mood of those less worldly Americans. Let them continue to be crazy and excited. Instead, he called his friends from the Ten School Entrepreneurship Alliance and left Nasdaq together. gram.

Let’s visit the new houses purchased here by Guo Pengfei, Meng Houkun and Ma Pingshan.

It's different now than it was then.

They also brought their families with them.

Ma Pingshan's son is almost two years old. He is a mixed-race child and is very popular with everyone. Even Meng Houkun is not convinced and says that he must also have two mixed-race children. He said fiercely: "At this time next year, Aisda will also be born." The listing is complete. It’s time for everyone to close up and prepare for re-entering the university campus. When the time comes, I’ll have to talk to a few more foreign girlfriends in school!”