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Chapter 3233: Being in the limelight

The performance of US stocks this year has not been very good. There are many reasons for this, such as low commodity prices, sluggish global economic growth, the Brexit crisis, shrinking corporate profits, and the appreciation of the US dollar.

Especially the stocks in traditional industries are in a terrible state.

The only bright spot is the technology industry.

Especially Netflix.

Although Ziweixing Global launched a new streaming platform Peacock, it did not have an impact on Netflix's stock price. On the contrary, because of the emergence of Peacock, more investors have realized the potential of the film and television streaming industry and are buying Netflix stocks.

In the first half of the year, Netflix's stock price increased by 83%, and its market value increased from US$420 billion to US$765 billion.

Because the overall environment of the U.S. stock market is not very good, there are relatively few new IPO projects this year.

Once there are fewer IPO projects, the interests of Wall Street investment banks will be damaged.

This further increased Zhou Buqi's popularity on Wall Street.

In order to build momentum for the IPO of Astar, Yan Guangming also came up with a bad idea, saying, "By the way, I saw on the news that Buffett is auctioning off this year's lunch again. How about you go and take a picture of this lunch?"

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was slightly stunned. "Photographing the lunch party? Who will take the photos?"

Yan Guangming said: "You!"

Zhou Buqi was both amused and annoyed. "Come on! I'm going to take photos of a luncheon? It's not shameful. If I want to meet Buffett, can't I just call him and invite him over? Why would I go and join in the fun? Buffett's luncheon is for ordinary wealthy people. I won't try to grab such a social resource."

Yan Guangming cleared his throat and asked, "What is an ordinary rich person?"

“The commercial status is not yet sufficient.”

"Am I?"

"You?" Zhou Buqi nodded. "You were OK in China, but you are really ordinary in America."

Yan Guangming smiled and said, "How about I go to bid? When the news reports it, it will say that Comrade Yan Guangming, the co-founder and executive director of Astar, had lunch with Buffett to discuss business plans."

Zhou Buqi said unhappily, "Do you know English? Do you want a translator?"

Yan Guangming sighed, "The language barrier makes it really difficult for me to advance to a higher level in global business."

Zhou Buqi said, "It's enough for you to establish your business status in China, but don't even think about the global market. The Feige Group you're running now is not up to par in the first place, and with a lower profile, you might be able to avoid patent lawsuits."

At this time, both parties were in the Hilton Hotel on Fifth Avenue.

This is the most luxurious presidential suite.

Tomorrow, June 6th, is the day of Astar’s IPO.

Some of Astar’s core executives and shareholders have already arrived and are staying at the Hilton Hotel.

Boss Zhou has also been staying here in recent days.

So that you can communicate with everyone at any time and maintain the most efficient communication.

Just at this moment, the door of the suite bedroom opened.

Yan Guangming's daughter, Yan Gege, came out sleepily in a pink nightgown with cartoon patterns. She walked towards Zhou Buqi barefoot in a daze, then sat on his lap and hooked her arms around his neck.

She seemed not to have woken up yet and wanted to snuggle in his arms for a while longer.

Zhou Buqi felt a little embarrassed. He patted her on the back and whispered, "Your father is here."

"Ah?" Yan Gege turned her head, glanced at Old Yan, said "Oh", and then rested her pretty face on his shoulder again.

Zhou Buqi was a little helpless about this.

As the saying goes, the hand that takes from others is soft, and the mouth that eats from others is soft.

Since you are holding someone else's daughter in your arms, you have to give her some face.

Zhou Buqi knew what Lao Yan meant. He just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of Estar's listing to show his face.

He didn't come to have dinner with Buffett.

He wanted to have dinner with Buffett, so that he could have a good reputation in China, and win some face in China, so that people all over the country would know the great contribution he made in the process of starting up Astar. Such a face would make him better in many aspects.

Zhou Buqi held Yan Gege's soft body in his arms, thinking that this girl really couldn't take it. She couldn't take it anymore after she had worked a little harder last night.

Also a young girl, Huo Hua woke up early in the morning, full of energy.

But Yan Gege was not so good. She had slept in for such a long time and was still so lazy.

Zhou Buqi said sternly, "How about this, you and Lao Zhou go to ring the bell for the listing tomorrow."

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"Ah?" Yan Guangming was a little surprised, "What about you?"

Zhou Buqi said nonchalantly, "I'll just stand behind you and keep up the good work. It's meaningless to ring the bell too much. You haven't rung the bell at a listing event like this before, so just go. When the footage is transmitted back to China, you, Old Yan, will have made a name for yourself."

Sure enough, Yan Guangming's expression brightened up, and he said with a smile: "That's good, after I finish this matter, I will come back... hehe!"

"Hmm?" Zhou Buqi was a little surprised. "What's with that expression?"

Yan Guangming squinted his eyes and whispered, "My education level is a bit low. After I went to the south, I fell in love with a girl. She was a young teacher of literature at Shenzhen University. She didn't seem to be willing to be with me... I will show her the photo of me walking on the world stage and see what she can say."

Zhou Buqi wanted to criticize him.

You're already in your fifties, but you're still so out of touch!

But since I was holding someone else's daughter in my arms, it was not convenient for me to say much.

I can only tell him that there will be many big media on the scene tomorrow, and there will be a special TV program broadcasting the whole thing live, so he should be more restrained and not make a fool of himself and embarrass himself internationally. If any beautiful foreign girl actively offers her attention, don't be tempted. Hunting for rich men has become an industrial chain, don't fall into it.

……

Next year, there will be a new general election in the United States.

Coupled with Britain's withdrawal from the EU, the trend of de-globalization will suddenly surge, leading to a serious deterioration in global politics.

By that time, it will be difficult for large domestic companies to go public in the United States.

Firstly, the review in the US is stricter, and it is no longer as easy as before. Secondly, China is not willing to let it go, and is actively encouraging good projects to go public in Hong Kong.

This is a headache.

The size of the Hong Kong stock market is just a small pond, and big fish will be constrained in a small pond. In addition, foreign capital continues to flee to Singapore and Tokyo... The situation of Hong Kong stocks will become more and more severe, with low trading volume and high market value, but stocks cannot be sold at all, and there is no room for cashing out and financing.

That's really not a good choice.

Fortunately, the opportunity is ripe now.

The global smartphone industry has also reached its peak stage, and the conditions for Astar to go public are ripe.

Opening on June 6th!
After the release of Aisda, the friends returned to school and started the next stage of their lives, and the book was finished. In two or three days, a new book was started.