Chapter 2130 Roadshow in the Big Apple City

Bill Gates, who has not become the richest man in the world and has been the richest man in the world for more than 15 years, still seems a little immature now.

Yin Jun had seen the photo of him wearing a black suit and walking with Goldman Sachs people on the day Microsoft went public, as if he was a freshly graduated college student attending a graduation ceremony.

So he was naturally not as cunning as he was later.

In the future, Bill Gates has thick eyebrows, big eyes, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, but in fact he has a dark belly.

Although he smiles like an amiable uncle next door, Microsoft's monopoly and dominance over the entire software and operating system is very scary.

In the past ten years, the development of the software industry and the operating system industry has been very slow, and he has also contributed to it.

What really made the software industry develop by leaps and bounds was after the emergence of smartphones.

The operating systems of smart phones, especially the IOS system of Apple mobile phones, have changed their previous attitude of not cooperating, and actively opened up the source code, allowing various software companies to make software on their IOS systems, thereby joining Come in and order the software number from the Apple Store.

This decision really made the major software companies research desperately, forming a situation where a hundred flowers bloomed, and further promoted the development of software and operating systems.

If it weren't for Bill Gates, maybe around 2000, we would be able to use the first batch of smartphones.

Today's Bill Gates is still a little worried about Microsoft's listing, and he is not at ease until Yin Jun arrives on time.

"Oh, Jun Shao, my old friend, you are finally here!" Bill Gates stepped forward to give Yin Jun a hug, with a very bright smile on his face, "In a few hours, our New York roadshow will start I'm really worried that if our first shareholder is not present, they will make random interpretations and affect the development of our Microsoft!"

"How?" Yin Jun laughed dumbly, "Bill, we are destined to become the world's largest software company! Don't worry, Microsoft will only go forward and never fail!"

"I believe!"

Bill Gates is also very serious.

He must have confidence in the company he established by himself and worked hard all the way.

The key is that those investors don't know Microsoft very well and believe in Microsoft's future, so he needs to take advantage of the momentum at this time, and Yin Jun's momentum.

"Okay, it's a good thing that I have confidence!" Yin Jun raised his hand: "How is the road show tonight? What's the situation?"

The so-called road show, you can think of it as publicity along the way.

As the name suggests, it means standing on the side of the road to give a speech, but if you are of a higher level, then there will be a special hall for you to give a speech.

If everyone is satisfied with what you hear and thinks your company has a promising future, then they will buy your stock in the future, and you are considered successful.

Everyone mentioned here mainly refers to fund company managers.

There are all kinds of funds in Europe and the United States, and there are some weird ones in China.

For example, the Canadian Retired Workers Foundation, the U.S. Postal Security Foundation, and the California Public X Foundation...

These guaranteed funds of foreigners basically do not have the habit of depositing them in banks. Instead, they recruit people to do investment management, and then come to maintain and appreciate the value.

This is much better than the various guarantee funds that are only known to exist in banks in mainland China.

Although they must have made losses and made profits, they still know how to find ways to let the funds flow and rotate. This kind of proactive attack always has a positive attitude.

These investment funds in the United States actually have a very clear division of labor.

Fund companies are listed stocks in the stock market.

Angel investment is placed when a company is first established, and they will participate in several rounds of investment before going public.

The major investment banks focus on the underwriting of the listing, and this alone can make them a lot of money.

In comparison, the capital of fund companies is actually stronger, so they generally don't make that kind of gambling investment, but buy good stocks very stably and get better returns.

After all, the money in their hands is related to thousands of households, and it is impossible to rush into it at all, they can only be prudent.

"Managers from more than 50 fund companies participated, and there were more than 30 managers from private foundations of rich people." Bill Gates said, "That is, they heard that you are coming, otherwise the number would only be half!"

After a pause, he said again, "Jun Shao, I think they are interested in investing in your company!"

"I understand." Yin Jun smiled, "It's not the first time I've met these people. It's okay."

Bill Gates also reminded that since Yin Jun had already known it, he would stop being wordy.

The two then talked about what Bill Gates would say during the road show tonight.

In fact, Bill Gates' manuscript had already been shown to Yin Jun, and Yin Jun revised it for him several times.

Because Yin Jun is one of the most famous writers in the world, Bill Gates also trusts Yin Jun's ability in this area.

When you're at work, time flies by.

Before I knew it, it was night.

In the conference hall on the 8th floor of the Hilton Hotel where Bill Gates and Yin Jun stayed, it was crowded with people.

In addition to those investors, there are more than 20 newspapers, magazines and TV reporters.

To say that Bill Gates' road show this time, and even the previous campaign for Microsoft's listing, are all thanks to Yin Jun's help.

With ABC's full coverage, they can't help but attract attention.

If it weren't for the "Sports and Entertainment News" not talking about technology, it would not be impossible to advertise for Microsoft every day.

When one of the top three super TV networks in the country pays too much attention, people will naturally pay more attention to Microsoft's affairs.

Because of this, when Goldman Sachs took advantage of the trend to increase the valuation of Microsoft's IPO to 3 billion US dollars, there were not too many people who opposed it and thought it was worthless.

The U.S. market is so big, those who oppose it don't need to pay attention at all, as long as they catch the group of people who are inclined to themselves.

The money invested in the U.S. stock market is not only from Americans, but also from many Europeans, and even from Koreans, Japanese, and local tyrants in the Middle East.

Therefore, as long as there is a small amount of this huge amount of funds, it is enough for Microsoft to go public.

Take the 70 or 80 fund managers and private fund managers who came here today, and they have more than 100 billion US dollars of funds in their hands.

But these people are not the largest group of fund managers and private wealth managers.

Big fund managers hold tens of billions of dollars in funds, and those low-key rich people also have billions of dollars in their hands to make various investments.

Therefore, it can also be seen that although Microsoft has attracted a lot of attention in the technology industry, it has not attracted the attention of real large fund managers.

This is also very natural.

Before 2016, Buffett never considered Internet technology stocks.

He is like this, and those managers who are known for their prudence are naturally more like this.

Only those newly established, those who need to prove themselves quickly, or those who are desperate to make a fortune will pay attention to these Internet technology stocks at the very beginning.

In fact, around 2000, when the dot-com bubble burst, apart from ordinary small stockholders who didn’t understand anything, they were the ones who suffered the most.

If it weren't for the ancient songs behind, and the strong all the way, investors would really turn pale when talking about things like Internet stocks.

But as Yin Jun said before, as long as there are this group of people, the funds raised by Microsoft's listing will be more than enough.

This time Microsoft is listed, a total of 300 million shares will be issued, accounting for 30% of Microsoft's total shares.

Among them, 100 million shares are underwritten by Goldman Sachs, and the rest are all put on the market.

As for the underwriting price, it is 80% of the pre-IPO price, which means that Goldman Sachs can directly earn 20% of the price difference.

If the listed IPO is 3 billion US dollars, then Gaoshen can earn more than 60 million US dollars.

If Goldman Sachs can stay in their hands for a longer period of time, the profit will definitely reach more than 100 million US dollars, or even more.

In fact, because Yin Jun plans to hold Microsoft stock for a long time, Goldman Sachs has no plans to sell within three to five years.

Because of the existence of such interests, Goldman Sachs is so busy jumping up and down.

"Guests, welcome to Microsoft's IPO roadshow in New York..."

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Bill Gates began his speech.

Because it has been said more than ten times before, Bill Gates spoke very skillfully, and he also had a lot of data for comparison, so that the guests could hear it very clearly.

Yin Jun sat directly in the first row off the stage.

I don't know how many people's eyes stayed on Yin Jun from time to time.

It's just that the boy is used to this kind of staring ceremony, so he talked to the people next to him while listening to Bill Gates' speech.

On his left is Claudie, and on his right is the famous Buffett.

Well, this is Buffett who will become famous later.

The year before last, Buffett had just earned more than 100 million US dollars in one go by virtue of his investment in Coca-Cola. He became famous, but he could only be regarded as a rookie.

He is also one of those people at the bottom of the list of richest people in the United States.

Like the previous life, Buffett has become a friend of Bill Gates, but he has not invested in Microsoft. He came here today just to meet Yin Jun and have a chat.

It was also because of Bill Gates' arrangement that he got such an opportunity to sit next to Yin Jun and chat with him for about an hour.

After Yin Jun knew about this, he felt a little funny.

In the future, Buffett's lunches will be auctioned to make money. I didn't expect that the seat next to me could become a valuable favor.