Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3004 AB shares

Zhou Buqi naturally supports Liu Qiangdong.

  He wants super voting rights and wants to keep JD.com firmly in his own hands, no problem!

Although this may cause losses to their own interests to a certain extent, this is secondary. The two are brothers. If Zhou Buqi does not support it, who else will support it? If things go wrong, JD.com may fall apart.

Liu Qiangdong is a little worried, "I'm afraid that American investors will not approve of the AB share model."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Why would you not agree? This is a financial thing invented by Americans. Don't worry, didn't you say that the scale of JD's financing is small?"

"Well, diluting 10% of the shares can probably raise $15 billion to $18 billion."

The current Liu Qiangdong is obviously not as accustomed to big scenes as Zhou Buqi.

Zhou Buqi felt relieved when he heard this number. "It's just this little money. During the roadshow, we can just find a few institutions and divide up most of it. Don't worry, there won't be any accidents in JD's IPO!"

“You’d better show up during the roadshow.”

Liu Qiangdong was still worried and wanted to pull him up.

With the support of Boss Zhou, capital from all sides will feel at ease and will enthusiastically subscribe to JD.com's shares.

Zhou Buqi said unhappily: "I'm not going! I don't have time!"

Liu Qiangdong said with a smile: "I won't feel at ease if you don't go."

"It's okay. I'll arrange it for you." Zhou Buqi already had a plan. "I'll talk to BlackRock Capital and tell them that I fully recognize JD's growth prospects. I'll ask them to add JD to the 'Zhou Buqi Index' and that's it."

"Ah?" Liu Qiangdong was slightly stunned. "What is 'Zhou Buqi Index'?"

Zhou Buqi said, "It is a financial product launched by BlackRock Capital. There are S&P index, Nasdaq index and Dow Jones index. Many people don't know how to pick stocks, so buying index is the safest investment strategy. BlackRock Capital saw that I was good at business and participated in and invested in many high-quality companies, so they integrated these companies related to me and made an index to attract investors to subscribe to related financial products, which is the 'Zhou Buqi Index'."

"Is this okay?"

Liu Qiangdong couldn't believe it.

The relevant index was launched in the name of an individual, and it was launched by the world's largest capital giant, BlackRock Capital. It has a very high credibility and reliability, and a strong ability to attract investment. With the endorsement of BlackRock Capital, it is really a strong combination. The companies related to the "Zhou Buqi Index" are equivalent to having a big sponsor, and their stock prices will have a huge growth trend.

  Being able to develop business to this extent is unprecedented, right?

Zhou Buqi said: "It's all their fault. It has nothing to do with me, and I won't endorse them."

Liu Qiangdong smiled and said, "Why do you need to endorse it in person? The name of BlackRock Capital is enough. Well, how many related companies do you think are in this index now?"

"It seems..." Zhou Buqi was not very clear about the specific situation, "It seems that there are 20 companies, including Ziweixing, Changyou, PayPal, Jingtao, Jieyu Media, Ziweixing Global, Netflix, LinkedIn, Tesla, etc. Some are listed companies, and some are venture capital companies participating in the capacity of PE. This time I will tell them to include JD.com in the list."

Liu Qiangdong was now very confident. "If this is really possible, then the listing will be successful!"

Zhou Buqi said calmly, "Don't worry, we won't fail no matter what. Look at the current situation. The Internet boom is coming again, and global capital is scrambling for Internet stocks. JD.com is the leading e-commerce giant in China. If no one takes over even the stocks issued in the IPO, it would be too much of an underestimation of the Internet trend."

After all, this was Liu Qiangdong's first time to participate in such a capital feast for listing, so it was not surprising that he was a little anxious. Seeing that he looked like he had seen a lot of storms, he did not want to be too bad, so he pretended to be calm and said, "How about you? How are you doing?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It has already started. How exciting is the man-machine battle? It seems to be broadcast live on TV now. If you know Go, you can watch it."

"I can't."

Liu Qiangdong has gotten used to his dazzling marketing methods. After all, JD.com grew up with the school group purchase. The school group purchase is for school and JD.com is for outside school. The two sides cooperate very well. Until today, the school group purchase still uses the logistics service specially customized by JD.com.

Zhou Buqi said: "JD.com has raised more than a billion US dollars in the market. This scale will not affect Ziweixing's listing. It's okay!"

The financing scale of Ziweixing International’s IPO may reach an astonishing US$240-260 billion, which is more than ten times that of JD.com.

JD.com went public before Ziweixing International, which is indeed a bit of a bloodsucking move.

But it can't affect the overall situation.

In fact, the reason why JD.com is rushing to go public is not to get ahead of Ziweixing International, but to get ahead of Alibaba.

Alibaba will be listed in the United States in August or September this year.

This has been basically confirmed.

Boss Ma’s financial team also started to build relationships and go through procedures in the United States.

Liu Qiangdong has a strong competitive mentality and he does not want to fall behind Alibaba. After defeating competitors such as Newegg, Dangdang, Amazon, Yixun, and Suning, there is only one left in front of JD.com, and that is Alibaba.

After much deliberation, I decided that April was a bit too late and May was the most suitable time.

At this moment, Liu Qiangdong suddenly took a magazine from his desk and shook it, "Have you read this?"

Zhou Buqi asked: "What?" "The American financial magazine, Barron's."

Liu Qiangdong has basically finished his study tour in the United States. This study tour experience was very successful. Not only did he lose weight successfully, but he also improved his English. He often reads some original English newspapers and magazines to obtain first-hand industry information in the IT industry.

Zhou Buqi didn't have such a habit, "Oh, what did you write? Why are you so interested?"

Liu Qiangdong smiled and said, "This is an authoritative media that selected the 30 best CEOs in the world last year."

Zhou Buqi's reaction was relatively calm, "I must be included, right? If I'm not included, it would be a fake magazine."

Liu Qiangdong said: "Yes, you are the first one. Who can compare with you? You manage five or six listed companies."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him and said, "You? You're on the list too?"

Liu Qiangdong was a little embarrassed. "I am not on the list, but there are four CEOs from China on the list, which is quite impressive. Well... one of them is TSMC's Zhang Zhongmou, he should be counted as well."

"Oh." Zhou Buqi nodded. "Who are those two? Er Ma?"

Liu Qiangdong said: "Mr. Ma from Alibaba was not selected, but Mr. Ma from Penguin was on the list."

Zhou Buqi curled his lips and said, "It's just a fake magazine. It doesn't understand anything!"

Liu Qiangdong said: "This list not only looks at business achievements, but is an all-round evaluation. It should be because of the investment made by Penguin's boss Ma in the charity field in the past year. Another person on the list, Lenovo's Yang Yuanqing, was not selected based on his business achievements."

"Him?" Zhou Buqi was very surprised, "He can even make the list?"

Liu Qiangdong said: "The reason is indeed very strong. His salary is 520 million US dollars, but he took out 300 million US dollars to distribute to Lenovo employees. The evaluation given by the jury is that this behavior with a bit of populism shows the modern qualities that a corporate decision maker should have."

"Um……"

"What do you think about this?"

"Me?" Zhou Buqi glanced at him and snorted, "What else can you say? It's like drinking poison to quench thirst!"

Liu Qiangdong laughed out loud.

JD.com has been cooperating with Lenovo for many years and received a lot of care from President Liu in the early years. They are also members of the capital's business circle. He knows too well what is going on and certainly does not have such a simple and one-sided view like foreign financial magazines.

Zhou Buqi sighed, "It's hard for him. Mr. Liu has retired for the second time. It's not easy to control Lenovo, a company with a complicated background and intertwined interests. The 300 million US dollars were distributed to employees... I don't know who they were distributed to! Mr. Liu was soft-hearted at the time and retained most of the state-owned shares in the company. It was really a landmine. If they were like those national entrepreneurs who make water, glass, and communication products, and directly and completely cleared out all state-owned capital and turned into a private enterprise with 100% individual shares, how could these things happen later? The same is true for Vanke. Wang Shi, don't think he is so free now, because troubles are still to come."

A few years ago, Mr. Liu retired, and when Yang Yuanqing took over as Lenovo's CEO for the first time, he ran into trouble and was unable to handle the situation. Later, Mr. Liu quickly made a comeback.

In the past few years, Mr. Liu has managed Lenovo well and further diluted the share of state-owned shares through some capital means, greatly reducing the interference of non-market factors within the company. He then handed over power and retired for the second time, letting Yang Yuanqing take over.

But even so, Yang Yuanqing's ability to control the situation is still a bit weak.

They even came up with a strategy of sharing their salaries with everyone.

  If you can buy someone for a while, can you buy someone for a lifetime?

If one day I don’t pay out of my own pocket, there will definitely be trouble again.

Liu Qiangdong said in a deep voice: "So JD.com must adopt the AB share model. I will not allow any irrelevant people to interfere with my decision-making. This negative case is simply terrible. If it were me, I would rather sell the company than tolerate it!"

"You can choose any mode you like!"

Zhou Buqi stood up and was about to leave.

When I walked to the door, I saw Liu Qiangdong's female secretary.

When she came into the room to bring coffee just now, Zhou Buqi felt that she looked familiar. Now that he stared at her carefully for a while, he felt that she looked even more familiar, and the more he looked, the more shocked he was, and even his heart was pounding.

Then, he looked down at the office nameplate on her chest, where her name was.

Zhao Limuge, as a personal secretary, was so ashamed to see her boss behave like this, staring at Mr. Liu's female secretary and even the girl's breasts, as if he had not tasted meat for three years and milk for eight years. She wanted to find a hole to crawl into, and felt that her boss was such a disgrace!

  There are plenty of beautiful girls!

The office has hired more than a dozen new secretaries, and you haven’t even met them!

  Why are you staring at someone else's female secretary?

We don’t have any at home?

Zhao Limuge hurried over, pulled his arm, and signaled to him that it was enough, it was very embarrassing, and that he would arrange it for him when he returned to the company!

At this time, Zhou Buqi took a deep breath, looked carefully at the name on the nameplate, and was truly shocked.

  Lao Liu’s female secretary is called Wang Langli, yes, it’s her!

She was Zhou Buqi’s second wife in his previous life!