Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3234 Life is like a spring

This is the first time that Nasdaq has had such a popular listing ceremony after its renovation.

At around 7:30 in the morning, the Nasdaq trading hall was packed with employees, investors, securities dealers and media reporters who came to attend the listing ceremony of Asda, totaling six to seven hundred people.

Because Google participated in the early investment of Asda.

So Google's big boss Larry Page was also present.

At 8:20, Zhou Shaoning, Chairman and CEO of Astar Group, appeared in the Nasdaq Stock Exchange Hall to "warm up" before ringing the bell. He briefly greeted the guests and then left.

At 9 o'clock, the process began and the ceremony began. The mayor of New York, the chairman and president of Nasdaq and others took to the stage.

Zhou Shaoning took the stage next.

Then came Astar’s investors and strategic partners.

Zhou Buqi did not steal the limelight. He walked at the end of the team with Larry Page.

However, with Boss Zhou's current aura and status, he couldn't keep a low profile even if he wanted to. There were dozens of media outlets here, and the flashes of all kinds of cameras never stopped, but most of the cameras were still aimed at Zhou Buqi.

There will be a speech before ringing the bell.

Zhou Shaoning has studied and worked in the United States for many years and speaks very good English. After he took the stage, he seemed very moved and choked up a little. He reviewed his entrepreneurial history.

"Seven years ago, a man came to me and said he had a crazy idea. He wanted to use the Internet to make mobile phones, improve the global image of Chinese products, and benefit everyone in the world! To be honest, when I first heard about this, I thought it was impossible. However, his name is Zhou Buqi... He seems to have a kind of magic. I think even if he said that a comet would hit the earth tomorrow, we would believe it unconditionally."

"Zhou Buqi once told me, 'Low dimensions are all methodologies, and high dimensions are all energy fields.' He is indeed such a person. There seems to be a strong energy field around him, so that everyone who is close to him seems to be influenced by him. No matter what problems he encounters, he can always use stronger insight and mental algorithms to see through the essence and find solutions."

"From the first day of its birth, innovation has been flowing in every inch of Aster's veins. We have cooperated with Google to lead the transformation of the global smartphone industry. Just last month, we launched the smart Bluetooth headset AsterPods, providing a better device carrier for smart travel."

"Aishida's mission is to serve everyone in the world. We will continue to move forward in this direction..."

Zhou Buqi stood behind and listened patiently.

There were less than twenty people on the stage.

Larry Page was right beside him, asking, "What's the direction of Astar? To be honest, many people are confused. Many people on Google's board of directors suggested selling all Astar shares within three years."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Intelligent equipment, this is the general trend."

“Can you build a car?”

"Uh……"

"I heard that your country has recently seen a wave of startups developing smart electric vehicles, and a number of electric vehicle startups have emerged. Many startup teams that were doing Internet business have started to make cars."

Larry Page is very interested in the smart car industry.

This is also an important direction he found for Google's future.

For such large companies, they cannot rest on their laurels, especially technology companies. The industry is highly competitive and technology is updated quickly. If they slack off, they may be eliminated by the market. All major companies are constantly and actively looking for new large industries that may emerge.

Zhou Buqi hesitated for a moment and said, "AI is definitely the next big direction. Astar has a robot business and has been losing money. To some extent, a self-driving car is actually a robot."

Larry Page asked again: "Will you do the Internet of Things? It seems that Samsung is also moving in this direction. Many of Samsung's TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, and microwave ovens have launched some networking functions. Starting from this aspect, many traditional home appliance and electronics industries can be replaced."

This is indeed a direction.

Aisda's business is doing very well now, with a net profit of more than 20 billion US dollars a year. This IPO can raise at least 100 billion US dollars... What should it do with so much money? It can't just lie in the bank account, right?

However, for its core projects such as mobile phones, tablets, smart watches and Bluetooth headsets, Asda no longer needs to continue investing money, as these are projects that can produce continuous output.

So where is the new growth point?

Xiaomi, Huawei and other companies later chose Larry Page's strategy, making smart devices under the concept of the Internet of Things, making TVs, air conditioners, washing machines, routers, mice, door locks, curtains, etc. smart, and even entering the automotive industry. If they promote the intelligence of cars, they can beat those traditional manufacturers and have a new revenue growth point.

Zhou Buqi didn't think too much about it. "In the short term, Astar still needs to improve its own supply chain system for its mobile phone business. The problem with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 chip may cause a large number of mobile phone manufacturers to go bankrupt. Astar must first enrich the strategic results and then look at new directions. Virtual reality is definitely the next king of smart terminal devices, so we have to pay attention to this matter."

Larry Page smiled and said: "If this is the case, Google and Estar can maintain strategic cooperation for a long time."

"It should be." Zhou Buqi certainly didn't want Google to withdraw, and he even dragged someone else into it. "Facebook is investing heavily in virtual reality, and I'm also optimistic about this track. There may still be a long way to go before it can be realized. But no matter whether virtual reality relies on glasses, helmets, or more advanced 3D signal transmission equipment, it always depends on the industrial support of the supply chain."

Larry Page said: "That's true. The virtual reality devices currently on the market are too expensive. If you want to have consumer-level application scenarios, you have to significantly reduce the price."

"Yep……"

After Zhou Buqi had achieved this stage in his business, he felt that foresight was no longer enough.

AI and the metaverse, that is a very distant future.

No one knows what the future will be like.

Ziweixing and Estar are doing very well now, but facing the future, everything is just beginning.

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There is still a long road ahead, waiting for Boss Zhou to explore and conquer.

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"10, 9, 8, 7..."

As the crowd counted down in unison, at 9:30, Zhou Shaoning and Yan Guangming walked out together, with their signature smiles on their faces. They picked up the drumsticks together, one on the left and one behind, and rang the bell.

The whole place was boiling.

The issue price of Astar was set at US$18.4, and the total share capital reached 57.6 billion shares.

As soon as the market opened, the stock price reached $21.3.

As Zhou Buqi had expected, the opening market value of Asda directly exceeded 1200 billion US dollars.

Achieved a successful start.

Zhou Buqi personally holds 4.3 million shares of Estar, and this capital feast has brought him another 100 billion US dollars of wealth. But the actual increase in wealth is not just this, because the major shareholder of Estar is Ziweixing.

With the listing of Astar, Ziweixing’s stock price also soared.

But money is just a number.

Zhou Buqi didn’t care much about these things. Asda was successfully listed, the last thing before “retirement” had been accomplished.

Next, it’s time to return to school.

Life is like a spring.

You have to accumulate strength before you can set off again.

The great success in the past few years has brought Zhou Buqi huge wealth and social status. In fact, it is not only him, but also the partners in the Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance. In such an environment, everyone's mentality is bound to change.

Take Meng Houkun for example.

Even though he is married, he is still indulged in extramarital affairs every day. According to Xu Baihui, this guy has at least eight little sisters outside.

I must take him back to school to recharge.

Only when you are fully charged can you have more energy to meet new career challenges.