Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3030 Prelude

Going public is a big project.

For most companies, going public is the ultimate goal, because only by going public can shareholders have the opportunity to cash out. The purpose of everyone's hard work in running a business is to get the company listed, and only by going public can they cash out.

To put it bluntly, it is to go public just for the sake of going public.

To this end, regulatory agencies in various countries have very strict review procedures for listed companies.

Nasdaq's listing requirements are relatively relaxed, but it is still difficult to pass the review.

Generally speaking, there are three stages for a company to go public.

First, from preparing for listing to launching the listing, this process requires finding a financial officer who is proficient in finance, accounting and listing standards to preside over the process. It also requires the transformation of the shareholding system and the transparency of the financial process, which usually takes 3-4 months.

Second, it takes 4-6 months from the launch of the listing to the submission of the prospectus;

Third, it takes 2-4 months from submitting the prospectus to completing the public offering.

Generally speaking, if it is a technology company, the process may be shorter, and some companies can go public successfully after operating for only 6 months.

Because the internal finance, processes, audits, shareholders, etc. of technology companies are more in line with regulations and have been prepared during investment and financing. If it is a traditional type of company, it will be troublesome and it will take at least a year to operate.

Preparations for Ziweixing International’s listing began in October last year.

Now, we have finally entered the final moment!

June 6, Tuesday, is a good day for getting married, traveling, house cleaning, moving, matchmaking and engagement, signing contracts, receiving money, opening a business, making an alliance, breaking ground, praying, planting, setting up the bed, offering sacrifices, repairing, raising livestock, dismantling, draining water, laying the foundation, installing incense, digging wells, opening ponds, erecting pillars, building ships, and fixing foundations.

It's a good day!

Ziweixing International will officially IPO on this day!

However, the past few days have been really busy.

Even Saturdays and Sundays are not idle.

All the executives of Ziweixing International went to New York, including Zhang Yiming, He Yang, Guo Pengfei, Ji Zian, Meng Houkun and others from Ziweixing. Xu Baihui, Chen Dong, Zhang Yinlei, Ma Pingshan and other partners from the Entrepreneurship Alliance also came.

  Monday is the busiest day, and Zhou Buqi will personally explain the potential of Ziweixing International to major investment banks, institutions and capitals in New York, calling on everyone to enthusiastically subscribe to stocks and hold them for a long time to ensure profits!

Even Buffett, who has never been interested in technology stocks, attended the charity reception that night.

With his third wife.

The so-called third wife is his third wife.

As a wealthy man, it is inevitable that he will live a romantic and happy life.

  Buffett was a poor boy when he married his first wife. Later, when he became rich, he met a female newspaper owner and they fell in love, but then they separated. His first wife was jealous but did not divorce him. How can you win back a man's heart?

The first wife used a beauty trick and found a young and beautiful female nanny at home.

Sure enough, Buffett often went back home to live.

The outside connections were not severed.

This created a complex relationship among the three wives, each with their own division of labor.

The first wife is responsible for having children, and she gave birth to all three of Buffett's children; the second wife is responsible for business, and works hard with Buffett to make money outside; the third wife was a nanny, and her main responsibility is to take care of Buffett's daily life.

Now the first and second wives have passed away, and the third wife is his legal wife.

Zhou Buqi was not interested in other people's private lives. Anyway, when it comes to contemporary celebrities, no one can compare to him. He took Ziweixing International's executives Lu Qi, Kurian and Thompson together to greet Mr. Buffett with a smile on his face, "They told me you would come, but I didn't believe it!"

Buffett smiled and shook his hand. "Everything is going well?"

Zhou Buqi said: "It's OK. It went better than expected."

Then, I briefly introduced several senior executives around me.

Buffett is so famous that he can be compared with Bill Gates.

Even in Silicon Valley, Buffett has not invested much in technology stocks. However, he just does not buy technology stocks, which does not mean that he does not support the development of technology companies. More often, he buys bonds of technology companies. For example, Amazon, Buffett has never bought Amazon's stock, but when Amazon was short of money, Buffett helped solve the urgent problem by lending money several times.

After entering the reception, Buffett knew almost all the leaders present and said with a smile, "All the big shots are here."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Everyone give me face."

"What's the use of face?" Buffett shook his head. "The key is that your business is good. Ziweixing International is a good company."

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up, "How about you buy some stocks this time?"

"Me?" Buffett laughed. "Forget about stocks. I don't understand your business."

Zhou Buqi said, "It's actually very simple. I'll give you two statistics and you'll understand. The first statistic is that the average American now spends nine hours a day on digital media. The total time spent on Ziweixing International's products is less than two hours, which means there is still a lot of potential for growth. Facebook spends 9 minutes on this statistic, which is only half of ours."

Buffett said seriously: "Well, very direct data!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "The second is the emerging advertising model on mobile devices. Mobile app advertising space is not as abundant as PC advertising space, and the total number is reduced by 25%. However, the advertising value of mobile apps is more than double that of PC advertising, especially some dynamic ads..."

"I don't understand what you are saying."

Buffett quickly interrupted him.

Lu Qi next to him added: "The Internet is a major trend, and Ziweixing International is much more competitive in the social field than Facebook. It's just that our current PC business is not that strong, which makes our financials not as good as Facebook's. Once our mobile business is fully rolled out and has normal commercial operations, we can quickly surpass Facebook and produce amazing financial reports..."

Buffett was even more confused. He really didn't understand.

His investment philosophy is not to look at these complex modern analytical data, but to evaluate a company's value through the most traditional financial statements.

Buffett declined, saying, "Forget about the stocks. However, I have bought a lot of your corporate bonds, more than $2 million."

Lu Qi was helpless and could only express his gratitude repeatedly.

Instead of buying stocks, buying bonds is also a huge support.

Over the past few years, Ziweixing International has survived by issuing bonds, with a total of US$102 billion in corporate bonds issued.

Zhou Buqi kindly invited Mr. Buffett over.

People clearly do not want to buy Ziweixing International’s stocks, but they still come here specially, just to help.

Lu Qi was beside him and whispered, "Zuckerberg might come too."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was a little surprised, "Really?"

Lu Qi said: "Well, the latest news is that his assistant contacted me. Zuckerberg is in New York now. His assistant said that there is a high possibility that he will come...well, to attend the charity dinner tonight to donate money."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "It's nothing more than trying to find out the enemy's situation and see if the scale of Ziweixing International's listing can exceed that of Facebook two years ago."

Lu Qi said: "Do you want to arrange for reporters later? The two of you standing together will be very popular."

"I'm not going. You go if you want to go." Zhou Buqi didn't want to be like an entertainment star, relying on personal gimmicks to attract attention. "Don't you see the current situation? Tomorrow's IPO can be said to be foolproof!"

At this time, the president of Warner Music also came over, and stretched out his hand from a distance to shake his hand. He smiled and said half-critically: "Zhou, that AI music, is it you who created it? You also call that music?"

“Not very mature AI music, can be improved.”

"It's no use trying to improve it. No matter how powerful AI is, it can never surpass humans in artistic achievement! I went to the AI ​​music concert you organized, and I left after less than 20 minutes. There were too many mistakes in both technique and emotion..."

"Sorry, an old friend is coming over. I'll go greet him."

Zhou Buqi was a busy man that night. He had to personally receive important guests. The next person was a real big shot. Bill Gates and his friends also came. I had to take this opportunity to talk to him about LinkedIn.

  Just about enough!

I have my eyes on LinkedIn, so you should stop doing such unethical things as intercepting someone else’s company!