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Nasdaq welcomed such a popular listing ceremony for the first time after its renovation.

At around 7:30 a.m., the Nasdaq trading hall was crowded with employees, investors, brokers and media reporters who came to attend the listing ceremony of ASDA. There were six to seven hundred people.

Because Google participated in the early investment of ASDA.

So Google's boss Larry Page also came to the scene in person.

At 8:20, Zhou Shaoning, chairman and CEO of Asda Group, appeared in the Nasdaq exchange hall to warm up before ringing the bell, briefly greeted the guests and left.

At 9 o'clock, the process began and the ceremony entered. The mayor of New York, the chairman and president of Nasdaq, and others came on stage one after another.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Shaoning took the stage.

Later, they became the investors and strategic partners of Asda.

Zhou Buqi did not steal the limelight. He walked at the end of the team together with Larry Page.

However, with Boss Zhou's current aura and status, he can't keep a low profile even if he wants to. There were dozens of media outlets now, and the flashlights of all kinds of photos never stopped, but most of the lenses were still aimed at Zhou Buqi.

There is a speech before ringing the bell.

Zhou Shaoning has studied and worked in the United States for many years, and his English is very good. After taking the stage, he seemed very moved and choked up, recalling his entrepreneurial history——

"Seven years ago, a person came to me and said that he had a crazy idea. He wanted to use the Internet to make mobile phones, enhance the global image of Chinese products, and benefit everyone in the world! To be honest, I was shocked when I first heard about it. At that time, I thought this was impossible. But, his name is Zhou Buqi... He seems to have a kind of magic power. I think even if he says that a comet will hit the earth tomorrow, we will believe it unconditionally. "

"Zhou Buqi once told me, 'low dimensions are all methodology, and high dimensions are all energy fields.' He is indeed such a person. There seems to be a powerful energy field around him, which makes everyone who comes close to him Everyone seems to be affected by him. No matter what problem he encounters, he is always able to use stronger insight and mental algorithms to see through the essence and find a solution.”

"From the first day of its birth, every inch of Asda's blood has been flowing with the blood of innovation. We have cooperated with Google to lead the transformation of the global smartphone industry. Just last month, we launched Smart Bluetooth AsterPods headphones provide a better device carrier for smart travel.”

"Asida's mission is to serve everyone in the world, and we will continue to go in this direction..."

Zhou Buqi stood behind and listened patiently.

There were less than twenty people on the stage.

Larry Page was beside him, asking: "What is the direction of ASDA? To be honest, many people are confused. Many people on Google's board of directors suggested that all ASDA be cleared within three years. up stock.”

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Intelligent equipment, this is a big trend."

"Can you build a car?"

"Well……"

"I heard that there has been a boom in smart electric vehicle entrepreneurship in your country recently, and a number of electric vehicle start-up companies have emerged. Many entrepreneurial teams working on the Internet have started to make cars."

Larry Page is very concerned about the smart car industry.

This is also an important direction he is looking for in the future for Google.

For such large companies, they cannot rest on their laurels, especially for technology companies. The industry is highly competitive and technology updates rapidly. If they slack off even a little bit, they may be eliminated by the market. Major companies are constantly actively looking for new possible big industries.

Zhou Buqi hesitated for a moment and said: "AI is definitely the next big direction. Asda has a robot business and has been losing money. To a certain extent, a self-driving car is actually a robot."

Larry Page asked again: "Will it do the Internet of Things? It seems that Samsung is also moving in this direction. Many of Samsung's TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, and microwave ovens have launched some Internet-connected functions. Starting from this aspect, you can Replace many traditional home appliance and electronic industries.”

This is indeed a direction.

Asda's current business is doing very well. The net profit in a single year can exceed 2 billion US dollars. This IPO can raise at least 10 billion US dollars... With so much money, what will you do next? You can't just leave your money in a bank account, right?

However, in the core projects of mobile phones, tablets, smart watches and Bluetooth headsets, Asda no longer needs to continue to invest money. These are projects that can be continuously produced.

Where is the new growth point?

The later choices of companies such as Xiaomi and Huawei were based on Larry Page’s strategy of making smart devices under the concept of the Internet of Things, making TVs, air conditioners, washing machines, routers, mice, door locks, curtains, etc. smart. , and even entered the automobile industry. If we want to promote the intelligence of automobiles, we can defeat those traditional manufacturers.

There will also be new revenue growth points.

Zhou Buqi didn’t think too much about it, “In the short term, Asda still needs to improve its own supply chain system for the mobile phone business. This time the incident with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip may cause a large number of mobile phone manufacturers to go bankrupt. Asda needs to flesh out its strategic results first, and then look at new directions. Virtual reality is definitely the next king of smart terminal devices, so we need to pay attention to it.”

Larry Page smiled and said: "If this is the case, Google and Asda can maintain strategic cooperation for a long time."

"It should be." Zhou Buqi certainly didn't want Google to withdraw, and he also dragged someone to take the blame. "Facebook is focusing on investing in virtual reality. I am also optimistic about this track. There may be a long way to go to realize it. But no matter whether virtual reality relies on eyes, helmets or more advanced 3D signal transmission equipment, it is always inseparable from the industrial support of the supply chain."

Larry Page said: "That's right. The virtual reality devices that appear on the market now are too expensive. If you want to have consumer-level application scenarios, you must significantly reduce the price."

"Yeah, right..."

Zhou Buqi has done business to this extent, and he already feels that foresight is not enough.

AI and the metaverse are a very distant future.

No one knows what the future will be like.

Ziweixing and Esda are doing well now, but in the face of the future, everything has just started.

There is still a long way to go in the future, waiting for Boss Zhou to explore and conquer.

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“10, 9, 8, 7…”

As the crowd counted down in unison, at 9:30, Zhou Shaoning and Yan Guangming came out together, with their signature smiles on their faces. They picked up the drumsticks and rang the bell.

The whole audience was boiling.

The issue price of Estar was set at $18.4, and the total share capital reached 5.76 billion shares.

As soon as the market opened, the stock price was pulled to $21.3.

As Zhou Buqi had expected, the opening market value of Estar directly exceeded $120 billion.

A successful start.

Zhou Buqi personally held 430 million shares of Estar, and this capital feast brought him another $10 billion in wealth. But the actual wealth growth is not just that. Because Estar’s major shareholder is Ziweixing.

With Estar’s listing, Ziweixing’s stock price also soared.

However, money is just a number.

Zhou Buqi didn't care much about these. Aisda was successfully listed, and the last thing before "retirement" had been done.

Next, it was time to return to school.

Life is like a spring.

You have to accumulate energy before you can start again.

The great success in the past few years has brought Zhou Buqi huge wealth and social status. In fact, it's not just him, but the friends in the Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance are almost the same. In such an environment, everyone's mentality is inevitably changed.

For example, Meng Houkun.

He is obviously married, but he is still immersed in extramarital affairs every day. According to Xu Baihui, this guy has at least eight little sisters outside.

He must be dragged back to school to recharge.

Only after recharging can he have more energy to meet new career challenges.