giants of the era

Chapter 382 The Fire is a Mess!
Yahoo's IPO, with a total share capital of 10 billion, issued 2 million shares, with an issue price of $50 per share, and a pre-listing valuation of $500 billion.

There are few such large IPOs in the United States, and a dozen financial institutions including Wells Fargo, HSBC, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs served as lead underwriters.

Li Zetian came to Nasdaq again.

Why do you say "again" again?
Because he has come to Nasdaq too many times...

In the eyes of outsiders, ringing the bell at NASDAQ is sacred, proud, and proud, but in Li Zetian's view, it is no different from drinking plain water.

If Li Zetian is willing, he can come to Nasdaq to ring the bell 100 times!

After going through various procedures, Nasdaq just opened, and the stock trading symbol of Yahoo appeared on the stock market for the first time.

As soon as the market opened, Yahoo stock was immediately snapped up by stockholders!

Yes!

Grab as many as you can!

Shareholders have been preparing for a long time, and are going all out to buy, almost crazy.

Internet concept stocks are so popular in the United States, and Yahoo! is the largest website on the Internet, and relying on advertising business, its annual profit exceeds 1000 million US dollars!
Although the profit is only 1000 million US dollars, you must know that with so many Internet companies nowadays, almost few of them can make a profit, and most companies are burning money.Burning money is the current characteristic of Internet companies.Right now, the number of global Internet users is only over 3000 million, while the global population is 60 billion. The Internet has a huge room for development, so everyone is optimistic about the future development of Internet companies.

Yahoo.com is the company with the best performance among them, so it is also the most sought after by investors and stockholders when it goes public.

In less than an hour, Yahoo's stock price rose by 20%, and the price per share was 60 US dollars, with a market value of 600 billion US dollars.

The uptrend was so strong that no one expected it.

Wall Street can't help being crazy and shocked!
Many people estimate that when the Nasdaq closes that day, Yahoo's market value may exceed 1000 billion US dollars.

The media was amazed.

"Shock! ! !Yahoo's IPO may break the $1000 billion mark on the first day! "

"Yahoo goes public, creating an IPO myth!" "

"Yahoo Is Listed, The Growth Is Surprising, Internet Concept Stocks Are Hot Again! "

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The peers concerned about Yahoo's listing all looked happy. Although their website is not as good as Yahoo's, it is still an Internet company.Yahoo's listing has such a high market value, so when its own website goes public, it will at least have billions of dollars.

"Haha, here's the chance to make a fortune! My website has hundreds of thousands of traffic, and I'm a little famous. If I go public, I'll become a billionaire!"

At this moment, the bosses of the website companies are all thinking of pushing their companies to the public market.

It is very easy to build a website. You can build a website with an investment of several million dollars or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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On this day, many people's emotions have been excited with the fluctuation of Yahoo's stock price.

When the Nasdaq closed, as everyone had guessed, Yahoo's market value exceeded $1000 billion, reaching $1150 billion.

Shareholders couldn't keep their mouths shut because they bought Yahoo shares and made a lot of money!

Li Zetian was a little surprised, never expecting Yahoo's market value to be so high.He initially estimated Yahoo's market value at $900 billion.

This shows how much everyone loves Internet companies! !

The next day, Yahoo made headlines on the front pages of major newspapers, causing a worldwide sensation.

Yahoo's success has stimulated countless people. Needless to say, the number of websites will increase exponentially in the next period of time!
The idea of ​​getting rich overnight is breeding in the hearts of many people!
In addition, countless venture capital firms have sprung into action.As long as it is an Internet website, as long as it has a little traffic, it has become the object of their investment.

For a time, countless website companies bought emails or phone calls from investment companies.

This can not help but make these sites ecstatic.

A week later, dozens of websites had received venture capital.

Venture capital likes website companies so much, which can't help but set off a wave of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. Even people who work as waiters in supermarkets resolutely resign and start working on website development.

During this period, 2.5 websites were established.

Telecom companies are also more confident in the Internet, investing huge sums of money to speed up the laying of optical fibers.

A month later, it was Amazon.com's turn to go public at a pre-IPO valuation of $320 billion.

Because of the successful example of Yahoo, the stock of Amazon.com is also highly sought after.

When the stock market closed that day, Amazon.com's market value reached 630 billion US dollars.

The successful listing of Amazon's website has made the global e-commerce website flourish, and countless followers have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Two weeks later, the TripAdvisor website went public.

Li Zetian, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett came to Nasdaq together.

The appearance of the three together caused a huge sensation in the media, and the stockholders were even more encouraged.

"The TripAdvisor website is amazing, and the three major shareholders behind it are not simple. Not only the world's richest man Chronos Li, but also Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and the stock god Buffett. With them, TripAdvisor must have a bright future!"

“Yes, I am also very optimistic about TripAdvisor!”

"Waiting for TripAdvisor to go public!!! Huh, I mortgaged my house and raised millions of dollars!"

"I'll go, the netizens upstairs are awesome, they are so courageous, I quickly sold the car and bought stocks with it!"

"..."

TripAdvisor website has developed into the world's largest travel website, and its website traffic is no worse than that of Amazon website. At present, it has more than 400 million registered users, benefiting countless hotels, restaurants, and scenic spots, covering five continents of the world.

Many people think that TripAdvisor is more valuable than Amazon.com.

TripAdvisor's IPO, with a total share capital of 10 billion shares, issued 2 million shares at $22 per share, with a pre-IPO valuation of $220 billion.

As soon as the stock market opened, TripAdvisor, like Yahoo and Amazon, was snapped up by investors.

At the close of the day, TripAdvisor's stock price rose to 55 US dollars, and the market value reached 550 billion US dollars.

After three Internet companies, Yahoo, Amazon, and TripAdvisor went public, Internet concept stocks have become a hot mess in the United States. Investors, stockholders, and entrepreneurs have begun to become blind. Some people are willing to invest in a website with no development potential. Internet The bubble is getting worse.However, no one noticed this.

Li Zetian watched with cold eyes. No one knows more about the Internet bubble than him.

But he didn't say it, but chose to make a fortune in silence.

There are more websites waiting for him to create, and then take advantage of the hot Internet concept stocks to list the company to collect money.If you want to take the company back, you can wait until the dot-com bubble bursts and buy back the shares at a low price.

In the evening, Li Zetian sat alone in his study and began to write a proposal.

eBay.

PayPal.

LinkedIn LinkedIn.

blog.

For the time being, Li Zetian only wrote four.

First of all, eBay was established in 1995 in the previous life, and now it is 1994. Regardless of the butterfly effect, Li Zetian decided to develop it in advance anyway.

eBay is an online auction and shopping website that allows people around the world to buy and sell items online. It is very popular in the United States and is growing very fast.Its profit method:

1. Charge a listing fee for each auction (the fee ranges from 0.25 to 800 US dollars).

2. A transaction fee (ranging from 7 to 13% of the transaction price) will be charged for each completed auction.

As for PayPal, like Alipay in China, it is a third-party payment software.

Right now, e-commerce has become mature, and third-party payment software has the soil to grow.Although online banking already exists, it is not convenient enough.Be aware that not every user has a bank specified on the site.If Amazon's website doesn't support those small banks, how can the users of these small banks shop on Amazon's website?

As we all know, there are so many banks in the United States, especially local banks, that there are simply too many.

PayPal's task is to cooperate with banks, large and small, so that when users shop, they only need to use PayPal.Moreover, PayPal can integrate internationally popular credit cards, debit cards, electronic checks and other payment methods to help buyers and sellers solve payment problems in various transaction processes, and can easily complete overseas collection and payment.

It can be said that PayPal is the fastest way for users to choose payment methods!
As for LinkedIn, it is a professional social networking site. It was also very popular in the previous life, and its global membership exceeded the 5 million mark!The purpose of the site is for registered users to maintain contacts, commonly known as "connections," that they know and trust in their business dealings.

As for the blog, it was once very popular.

Later Twitter or Weibo evolved on the basis of blogs.

The next day, Li Zetian handed over the plan he had written to Dongfang Yuqin, asking her to send someone to register and form the company.

After reading Li Zetian's plan, Dongfang Yuqin was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.

"Mr. Li, your four plans are really shocking! Each of them is different, but they are all promising! And I think you wrote these four ideas in just one night, Mr. Li, you are such a genius that no one can compare to you!" Dongfang Yuqin admired, and at this moment, she couldn't help but feel sorry for those Internet competitors, because it is so tragic to live in the same era as Li Zetian. Can only live in the shadow of Li Zetian, bleak.

It can be said that "Since Shengyu, He Shengliang"!
At this time, Li Zetian hugged Dongfang Yuqin's plump and soft body, and said with a smile: "How talented I am, you didn't just know it today, hurry up and let people build the company, I plan to take advantage of the Internet bubble and push them to the public market! "

"Well, yes, I understand!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded.

So Dongfang Yuqin picked up the phone and started working.

There are many developers in the United States. As long as you have money, you don't have to worry about not being able to recruit people.

Within a month, four companies, eBay, PayPal, LinkedIn, and Blog, were quietly established.While a large number of Internet companies are born every day, these four companies will not attract attention.

At the beginning of the company's establishment, it is natural to keep a low profile to prevent other companies from following suit.

Li Zetian will learn about the development progress of these four companies' projects every other week, and it is expected that they will be completed by March next year.At that time, the entire industry will be a sensation again, and the name of Chronos Li will become synonymous with the entire Internet! ! !
(End of this chapter)