Chapter 1613 Weibo Goes Public
Tuesday, August 25th.
Nasdaq exchange.
On this day, there were no promotional slogans on the LED display in Times Square, only a bright red five-star red flag.
This is Nasdaq, and even American financial institutions, the greatest recognition of Huaxia enterprises!
When the financial crisis swept the world, when local companies in the United States were afraid to go public, when the American people were in panic, when the younger generation lost confidence in the American dream...
At this time, Weibo is listed!
Li Dong's world dream and Li Dong's personal legend rekindled the confidence of the younger generation in the United States!
If Titan Lee can do it at 24, so can they!
The myth of the self-made man, the magical giant of the East, is having a huge impact on young Americans these days.
Compared with Huaxia, in fact, the younger generation in the United States worships individual heroism more.
In the eyes of the younger generation, the distinction between national boundaries is actually not that important.
The important thing is that Li Dong has done what no one else can, but what everyone expects.
These days, several traditional newspapers and magazines with great influence in the United States and even in the world have published stories about Li Dong one after another.
The New York Times claimed that Li Dong had cast "Oriental magic" to the world.
The Wall Street Journal praised Li Dong by saying that he "affected a generation in the United States".
Actually, what did Li Dong do in America?
He did nothing!
But in this era, a hero is needed, an outsider who can restore the glory of the financial market again.
After experiencing the great financial crisis in 2008, at this time, a lot of waste is waiting to be done.
No matter how good the government says and how many policies it implements, the general public does not believe it, does not approve it, and has doubts.
This is an adverse effect that is difficult to eliminate in a short time!
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Whether it is the United States, China, or other countries, they all hope that at this time a commoner hero will emerge to restore the public's confidence in the world economy.
And Li Dong, he is a civilian hero!
The United States hopes that a local hero can come out at this time, which is already difficult for traditional industries. Before, many people actually pinned their hopes on Zuckerberg.
In 2009, Times Person of the Year, in fact, many people hope that Zuckerberg can be selected.
There are even many people who hope that Facebook can go public at this time to stimulate the financial market.
But since the beginning of 2009, Facebook has lost ground in competition around the world.
Zuckerberg himself is unwilling to go public at this time for the future of Facebook. In the end, the hope of shaping a local hero is shattered.
In fact, in the previous life, 10 years ago, Zuckerberg was elected as the man of the year. In fact, at that time, it was also necessary to restore the economy. Otherwise, Zuckerberg might not be able to be elected.
Today, Zuckerberg is in a contrarian position in the global market, the competition.
Moreover, his reputation was also covered up by Li Dong. The listing of Li Dong's Weibo in the United States is actually beneficial to the local government's control over social networking sites such as Weibo. There is nothing wrong with civilian heroes.
The key is that Weibo is listed in the United States!
If Li Dong chooses to go public in China this time, just like Teng Xun, although he has created a series of miracles, there are not too many people talking about it in the United States, and more people are talking about Weibo.
At this moment, portraying Li Dong as a global civilian hero is, in many people's eyes, a restriction on Li Dong.
At this time, it was Lao Mei who contributed to pushing Li Dong to the altar. After that, when the world's richest man from China encountered some problems, would he still have the nerve to make some inappropriate remarks?
Li Dong's influence, now spread all over the world, is no longer limited to China.
At the critical moment, Li Dong, as a world-renowned entrepreneur, made some remarks, which still had a lot of influence.
And all of this, with the guidance of positive reports by local American newspapers, if Li Dong does not want to bear some infamy in the future, it is best to keep silent on key issues.
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Li Dong doesn't guess about the minds of politicians, and he doesn't bother to guess.
Today's Li Dong doesn't want to participate in this either.
As much as he has the ability to eat, Li Dong never feels that he can really affect anything.
Li Dong spent countless energy even to promote some things in China, but in fact, even without his promotion, these things would appear sooner or later.
Therefore, all this is actually the inevitability of historical development.
All Li Dong can do is push a small step forward, he can't affect too many things, and he doesn't want to.
He doesn't care about the plans of the old US government. He only knows that Weibo will be listed today, and that's enough.
time Square.
Today, it is overcrowded.
When Li Dong led the team to arrive, the media from all over the world flocked.
It has almost become a rule to accept media interviews before going public.
The staff around Li Dong explained a few words in a low voice, introducing the background of some media in front of him, many of them are well-known TV media in Europe and America.
According to Liu Hong, it is best to accept interviews with local American media before listing in the United States.
However, Li Dong looked around and gestured to the CCTV media with the five-star red flag on the microphone.
The CCTV media here and the CCTV media that Li Dong followed up with are not in the same system.
Moreover, the video recording of the follow-up interview will not be broadcast in time, and the interviews conducted by these CCTV foreign media on the spot are likely to appear on the evening news at night.
Seeing that Li Dongxian was interviewed by CCTV, other media reporters, although a little regretful, retreated to one side in a polite manner.
And the CCTV news reporter who got the priority to interview was also extremely excited at the moment, and hurried forward, handed over the microphone and asked: "Hello, Mr. Li, at this moment of much attention, we all know that Weibo is about to carry out NASDAQ! Gram is even the largest IPO plan in the United States this year.
The Weibo IPO has attracted the attention of the whole world, and some media even believe that this is the dividing point of the global economic recovery. How do you personally view these views from the outside world? "
Li Dong chuckled and said: "It's a bit exaggerated, or in other words, the current market needs a company to stand up and prove to the world that the economic crisis is over!
However, is proof still needed?
In Xiangjiang, Teng Xun's resumption of trading has already proved to the world that the cold winter has passed. "
"Mr. Li, some people say that you are the savior of the world economy. What do you think of this statement?"
Li Dong shook his head with a smile and said: "I have never been a savior, neither the savior of the world economy nor anyone's savior.
If you need an inspirational object and a direction in life, you can target me, Li Dong.
But if you want to say who I saved, that's just your own thoughts.
At this moment, although I know that these videos may spread all over the world, I still want to say that people, especially young people, don't aim too high, and don't place your hopes on anyone. effort!
You think I'm the savior, but I'm not. "
Seeing that Li Dong denied this point of view, the CCTV reporter asked again: "Then how do you see the future of Weibo, or the future in the distance?"
"future?"
Li Dong pondered for a moment and said: "The future is actually not certain, many people like to talk about the future, but I actually want to say, seize the present!
Opportunities are often right in front of your eyes, not the illusory future.
When you are waiting for the future, the opportunity may have slipped away.
Many people like to talk about the future, and they want to build a century-old or even hundreds-of-year enterprise.
But actually?
In fact, these companies may not be able to survive for three years or five years.
At that point, everything becomes a joke.
In the past, I also liked to say that Yuanfang wants to build a century-old enterprise, and formulate plans for how many years...
But in the end, I realized that all this was just empty talk.
The development of an enterprise needs to be adapted to local conditions, and the development of society is also changing with each passing day. If you keep sticking to your previous goals, it will only limit you and make you trapped in it, unable to extricate yourself.
So, grab now is the only one!
For the future, let’s talk about the future, glory and success will only be now!
Of course, I’m talking about myself. What other companies say is their freedom. People always have dreams. I may be a little more realistic than these people, but I can’t deny other people’s dreams.
Just like Ma Yun, always likes to say, today is cruel, tomorrow will be even crueler, and the day after tomorrow will be beautiful.
He pins his hope on the day after tomorrow, but I hope that today will be beautiful and tomorrow will be even better. I like to welcome the good every day, instead of experiencing many times of darkness before ushering in short-lived light. "
"Cough cough cough..."
There was a coughing sound at the scene. Someone was reminding Li Dong that someone was really choking.
You have all gone abroad, and now there are media reporters from all over the world around you. You are still an old horse at this time, are you embarrassed?
Li Dong didn't have this self-awareness, so he opened up the conversation and continued: "This can actually be seen from the enterprise itself.
Ali, has indeed gone through hardships again and again, and has not seen the light so far.
In 2007, after a brief period of glory, it fell into darkness again.
In fact, it is not just Ali, this is actually the normal state of many companies, so they all pin their hopes on the future.
And far away..."
Li Dong paused, and said confidently: "And Yuanfang, unlike them, has been brilliant all the way to the present!
When we have dark moments, they are so fleeting that they are barely visible.
Maybe in the blink of an eye, light replaces darkness again!
For more than five years, we have been invincible and invincible in the distance. From a small remote county town, we have gone step by step to the present, to the world, and to the world. This is proof!
I also firmly believe that Yuanfang will continue to be brilliant all the way.
Today is beautiful, tomorrow will be even better, and the day after tomorrow will only get better and better! "
Li Dong's confident remarks infected everyone at the scene. After he finished speaking, there were rounds of warm applause from around.
Yes, the distance is indeed brilliant all the way to the present!
Although Yuanfang has experienced ups and downs and crises again and again, they are all short-lived, and will only burst out with greater potential and strength in the end.
Li Dong has proved to the whole world that yesterday in the distance was brilliant, today is even more brilliant, and tomorrow will only be like this!
Although the distance is only a special case, what everyone needs now is a special case. Instead of placing hope on the future, why not seize the present opportunity?
The CCTV interview soon came to an end.
At this moment, there is only less than half an hour before the official listing, and CCTV can't take up too much of Li Dong's time.
Next, Li Dong was interviewed by several world-renowned media organizations.
The interviews were very short, but some of Li Dong's views were widely circulated and quoted.
Including Li Dong's views on the recovery of the world economy and the current situation of China's economy, these words, along with the records of these media reporters, spread around the world.
Seeing that Li Dong, who is so young to the extreme, is still so confident and strong in front of the whole world, talking with eloquence.
Some young Americans who came to the scene kept shouting excitedly, some shouted "Hero (hero)", and some shouted "Titan".
In the United States, the younger generation is deeply influenced by superheroes. In their view, Li Dong is a real-life superhero!
Even if he didn't save the world, Li Dong was more in line with their image of a hero.
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Accompanied by cheers, Li Dong entered the Nasdaq exchange under the escort of security personnel.
In the studio of the exchange, Weibo also had a bell ringing ceremony here.
This time, there are quite a few members of Weibo's underwriting group.
When Li Dong entered the venue, a vice president of Goldman Sachs asked a rare question, "Li, are you sure you want to issue it at $45?"
For underwriters, the lower the pricing, the better.
But this time, Weibo was so popular that even Goldman Sachs thought it might be more appropriate to mention $50.
Business is not a one-off.
If this time, the listing price of Weibo is lower, and the Yuanfang Mall and other industries of Yuanfang will be selected next, will Li Dong still choose them?
Teng Xun, which is listed in Xiangjiang, has seen a considerable increase after its listing this time.
In their opinion, Li Dong is not such a generous guy. One loss is enough. If Weibo goes public, if the increase is unexpected again, then Li Dong will definitely be dissatisfied.
The next time it goes public, I'm afraid they will have nothing to do with it.
Investment banks such as Goldman Sachs can be strong and domineering to some companies, but for people like Li Dong and companies like Yuanfang, if they want to continue to cooperate, it is natural that they will benefit from each other and it will be more conducive to long-term cooperation.
The vice president of Goldman Sachs personally mentioned the matter of pricing, and everyone around Li Dong, Liu Hong, was full of excitement.
so rare!
The underwriter actually took the initiative to raise the price with the company at the last moment. This is probably the only one for Huaxia's US-listed company.
You know, every $1 price increase now means that Weibo can raise an additional $80 million.
If the price is raised to 50 US dollars, it means that Weibo can raise an additional 400 million US dollars, which is several billion yuan.
Just when they were excited, Li Dong said with a smile: "$45 is not bad, and a company going public is a feast.
Not only ours, but also the majority of investment institutions and investors.
If you really want to pull it up too high, it's not good.
While we are making profits, others are also making profits, which is our goal.
Sharing is the theme of Yuanfang this year, and it is also the goal of my Li Dong.
Today, I share my happiness with you, I think, tomorrow, everyone will bring me even greater happiness! "
"Papa..."
There was another burst of applause around, and many people chanted the word "Share".
Does Huaxia's Li uphold the concept of sharing?
Some people who deal with Li Dong for the first time feel that Li Dong deserves to be able to reach this point at this age. Several entrepreneurs, especially young entrepreneurs, thought of sharing at this time.
But those investment institutions that have dealt with Li Dong many times, the faces of those present at the moment are a little twitching.
share?
He Li Dong will share?
Li Dong, who is extremely powerful and domineering, has never dug his interests to the extreme when dealing with them in the past.
The price was not raised this time because $45 is actually not low.
Another point, personally, Li Dong didn't take away any money this time, and didn't directly place shares.
In this way, no matter how much the price is raised, the personal impact on Li Dong is actually reduced to the extreme.
Otherwise, if Li Dong personally cashes out tens of millions of shares this time, do you think he will raise the price?
The financing is a little less, and the entire Weibo is apportioned, and all shareholders are apportioned. If it is replaced by himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to share happiness with others at this time.
If you know it, you know it, and no one has revealed it at this moment.
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When the time was approaching the opening, Li Dong came to the stage and made a few more speeches.
This time, he didn't mention Weibo, but at the end of his speech, he focused on saying five words in Chinese—hope in the distance!
Weibo is just an insignificant part of the distance.
Weibo's success and Teng Xun's success are ultimately only part of Yuanfang's success.
The real success is Yuanfang, Li Dong!
Some people at the scene, regardless of whether they understand Chinese or not, are chewing on the meaning of these words at this time.
Hope in the distance?
Yuanfang Group, do you have a more ambitious plan?
And Li Dong didn't explain much, and at the last moment of the opening, he pressed the electronic bell button.
Compared with ringing the bell on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, even though the Nasdaq market is bigger and the place is bigger, Li Dong still feels a little less flavorful.
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Taste or not, other people will soon forget about it.
On August 25th, U.S. daylight saving time entered, and at 9:30 local time, Nasdaq opened.
Weibo opened up 15%, opening at $51.75!
Half an hour after listing, Weibo’s share price broke through $60.
An hour later, Weibo's stock price broke through the $65 mark!
At the peak moment of the session, Weibo’s stock price once exceeded the $90 mark, and Weibo’s peak market value reached the $36 billion mark!
Just when everyone was expecting to break through $100, investors' enthusiasm dropped slightly. Finally, when the market closed in the afternoon, Weibo's share price closed at $88, a slight drop from its peak.
Even so, this result satisfied everyone.
On the day of Weibo’s debut, the increase reached 95.5%, and the closing market value reached 35.2 billion US dollars. After Teng Xun won the second place among global Internet stocks, Weibo once again won the fourth place.
At the moment, among the global Internet stocks, Google takes the lead, with a market value of 150 billion US dollars.
Next is Teng Xun. At this time, Teng Xun closed in Xiangjiang, and its stock price rose again, reaching 68 billion US dollars.
In third place is Amazon with a market capitalization of $38.5 billion.
The fourth is Weibo, which has a market value of 35.2 billion US dollars.
The two technology stocks under Yuanfang Group won the second and fourth positions in the world respectively, which is enough to shock everyone.
The combined market value of the two subsidiaries exceeded the 100 billion USD mark!
The total market value has reached 103.2 billion US dollars!
At this moment, it seems that Google is not too far away.
Many people are even thinking, can the listing of Yuanfang Mall create a market value of 47 billion US dollars?
If it can, it means that Yuanfang Technology has directly surpassed Google in just a few years and has become the overlord of global Internet companies!
At the same time, countless people paid attention to the increase of Li Dong's personal wealth.
With Teng Xun's 60% stake and Weibo's 30% stake, Teng Xun has brought Li Dong $40.8 billion in revenue, and Weibo has brought Li Dong $10.56 billion in revenue.
These two alone have created a personal wealth of US$51.36 billion for Li Dong!
At this time, the Forbes Global Rich List was updated again.
When seeing the gap between Li Dong, the world's richest man, and the world's second, many people felt sympathetic. Living in the same era as Li Dong, many people are destined to be unknown, even if they are also synonymous with legend.