Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 458 Penguin goes public!The richest man returns! (5k)

"Welcome to my hotel."

Dong Wang came in front of the three of them, shook hands politely, and looked sideways.

The manager understood, and immediately handed over an empty wine glass, and then poured wine for all the big shots tactfully.

Lu Fei made eye contact with Buffett and Bill Gates, raised their glasses to each other, and took a sip to express their gratitude for the gift.

"How is this wine?"

Dong Wang grinned, revealing his white teeth.

"Pfft~"

Lu Fei didn't expect that he would give the secret signal when he came up, and almost couldn't help but reply "Listen to you", the corners of his mouth rose wildly, and he could only drink to cover it up.

The tannins are smooth and supple, full-bodied and full-bodied, with fruity and floral aromas between the lips and teeth, fresh and natural.

Bill Gates said politely: "It tastes good."

"This is Screaming Eagle Winery Cabernet Sauvignon dry red."

Dong Wangming secretly exaggerated that this wine is rare, even a bottle is hard to find, and you have to wait in line for several years just to buy it, "If you like it, I can help you to ask the owner of the winery, Phillips, and she Good relationship..."

"I like Coke."

Buffett shook an empty Coke can.

Dong Wang didn't force it, and moved his gaze to Bill Gates, directly stepping over Lu Fei, as if he was regarded as air, with a thin sense of existence.

Master Lu, who can be so angry?
He raised his lips and said half-jokingly: "It would be the best, but I don't like queuing up, and I don't like buying bottles one by one. Can you ask me, is Screaming Eagle Winery willing to sell it?"

"what?"

Dong Wang was startled, and his smile froze for a while.

"Ha~"

Buffett couldn't help laughing, and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes. Bill Gates even chimed in and said, "Lu, count me in. You all know that I've been looking for high-quality wineries."

"Okay, I can ask for you."

Dong Wang was quite upset, but he didn't dare to get angry, and he was all smiles. Among the four of them, his net worth was the weakest.

Who does the United States respect?capital!

"Thank you for the wine."

Buffett got up and said, "It's getting late, we should go."

"Wait, Warren, Bill, there is something you haven't answered to me yet." Dong Wang was humble online, "Me and my Melania's wedding, as you know, the former Arkansas mayor and his wife will also attend. "

Lu Fei saw the flirtatious look between the two of them, and he knew from their facial expressions that he was not willing to participate. After all, Dong Wang had a bad reputation in the upper class circle, especially in the New York celebrity circle. He was in debt, bankrupt, and appeared on talk shows.

"Saury, I'm not feeling well."

Buffett refused again, and Bill Gates had to hold his nose and agree because of his sophistication. After all, they were all brothers in the trenches, and they all played on Epstein's island.

Lu Fei watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, watching quietly. He was quite interested in Dong Wang's wedding, but obviously, he didn't intend to invite him at all.

Hey, your daughter Ivanka is still working for me!
Say nothing?
Old Te, you don't want your daughter...

As a result, the falling flowers were intentional and the flowing water was ruthless. Dong Wang was satisfied with Bill Gates' promise, and watched the three leave with satisfaction.

In the ear, the manager's weak reminder came: "Why don't you invite that Chinese man, sir? He is very popular in the celebrity circle, and his presence can also add luster to the wedding."

"Hehe, winery, winery, winery..."

Dong Wang sneered, squinting his eyes into a straight line, he really thought that he was so great with two stinky money, and that Lao Tzu was a star-spangled banner capitalist with pure blood!
Fuxk, the stinking Nizzy is here to show off his wealth in the United States!
………………

It was not long before the listing, and the time was not allowed to be delayed. After a breakfast meeting, the issue price was finally determined at 77.7 US dollars, inheriting the perfect will of 7.

Immediately, an announcement was made announcing the maximum number of shares to be issued and the potential price range of the stock. The underwriters also accepted the plan and tried their best to convince the client.

However, just when everything was looking good, many investment banks took advantage of Penguin's silent period and "inexplicably" began to smear, warning that the listing plan is a return to the false prosperity of the 90s, which contains too much Internet Corporate bubble.

In short, the price of Penguin at US$77.7 is falsely high!

However, all kinds of news unfavorable to Penguin are hung on the Yahoo portal, which magnifies the bad image of Penguin in the minds of investors.

Even Master Lu called, but Jerry Yang flatly refused: Yahoo respects freedom of speech!
"Conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy!"

Lu Huateng blushed with anger, "Why doesn't Baidu have it? We are the only ones who have these moths."

"That's right, it's obvious that there is an organization and premeditation, Mr. Lu, we must investigate, we must find out who is ruining our affairs!"

Zeng Liqing was in a hurry. Listing was a big deal, especially when he rejected the invitation from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. He was burdened with expectations from all walks of life, and he could not afford to lose, but he did not expect that someone would dare to make trouble at this juncture!
"What we are doing now is not only a major event that makes China feel proud, but also a matter of reshaping the rules and distribution of benefits for the listing of technology stocks. How can Wall Street satisfy Penguin?"

Lu Fei held his hands in his arms, and the phone kept spinning in his hands, wondering if Goldman Sachs had anything to do with it...

Lu Huateng asked, "Should we do something?"

Zeng Liqing shook his head and said: "Now is the silent period, keep your mouth shut, and don't release any information to the outside world!"

"Then let them pour dirty water like this?"

Lu Huateng frowned, "Splash it until it's listed? Will it open well?"

"Although the quiet period is not a mandatory requirement of the SEC, it is an unwritten hidden rule..."

Liu Chiping glanced at Lu Fei anxiously.

I saw him glance at the phone, with a confident smile on his face, which was very contagious, and made people feel at ease immediately:

"Don't worry, Buffett will make a move if necessary!"

"Really, Buffett!!"

In an instant, the low morale instantly picked up.

.........

The rumors were overwhelming, and the dirty water was fierce. Until September 9, the listing day did not stop. At this time, the sky over New York was covered with dark clouds and black smoke billowed, as if darkness had descended.

In the "war room" specially prepared by the New York Stock Exchange for the Penguin team, the air was a little dry and dull, and the air conditioner was running in real time.

The electronic clock hanging on the wall jumped to 【9:00】.

"Clap clap clap!"

Lu Fei went through it twice, completely different from the group of nervous and restless first-timers in front of him. He clapped his hands and comforted him loudly: "The so-called doing our best and obeying the destiny, we have done our best, and then we can just obey the destiny."

"Baidu's issue price is only in the 20s, and the last opening price was US$122.54. Penguin will never be lower than it!"

Zeng Liqing breathed heavily.

"What if, bah, no what if."

Lu Huateng quickly shut up, and said with a wry smile: "It's really tormented. The most tormented time in the past was when starting a business caught up with the NASDAQ crash. Now it is a hundred times more tormented than that time!"

"Shall we go out for a cigarette?"

Lu Fei gestured his thumbs towards the outside of the house.

Lu Huateng nodded happily, walked out of the gate, came to the smoking area, handed him a cigarette, lit it, the smoke lingered for a while, and his troubles seemed to disappear with the smoke.

"President Lu, go public..."

"Don't talk about listing, let's talk about after listing. This is the real business. Is there anyone from Kaspersky?"

"Zhidong has brought people to communicate with the president of Huaxia District. The acquisition may not work, and there is a great opportunity for cooperation."

"This is a good start, but cooperation is cooperation. We need to use this time to develop our own anti-virus software. It's better to have it if you have it."

"Okay, Mr. Lu."

Lu Huateng shook the soot, "What about online video sites? Tudou, 56.com, PPLIVE, PPStream...

In the past few years, there has been a wave of online video, and more and more websites will come out. I am thinking that instead of investing money to take shares, we should start one ourselves!At least a wholly-owned holding! "

Lu Fei nodded in agreement, but he didn't plan to spend money directly. The online video industry is indeed a trend, but this trend is so evil that most people can't stand it.

Within two or three years, there will be Youku, Kuaibo, Baofeng, Kuliu, PPS...

Hundreds of video sites, large and small, have been launched one after another, and online video will fall into one big melee after another, with rounds of crazy money burning. The sooner you join the battle, the more money you burn, the bigger the deficit, and the less law profit.

Therefore, the benefits of participating in the war are huge, and it is an important territory of the Penguin Entertainment Empire. However, it is not possible to join the war too early, but to develop insignificantly and disregard the style of play——

Hoarding a large number of TV series copyrights.

The copyrights of TV dramas these days are as cheap as Chinese cabbage. One piece costs tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, but Lu Huateng is puzzled. There are pirated copies on the Internet. Others use it. If you don’t use it yourself, you still spend money to buy genuine copies. Not a waste of money?
"At first you couldn't see it, but when you saw it, you couldn't understand it, and when you really understood it, it was too late for you."

Lu Fei said that the foundation of the video website lies in the copyright, so he will not say more, and Lu Huateng will understand the rest by himself.

"I seem to understand a little bit."

Once he was instructed, he couldn't help but have an epiphany.

Lu Fei said: "We build it ourselves at home, but it won't work abroad, so why not just buy one!"

Lu Huateng was taken aback: "Huh? Are we still making an international version?"

Lu Fei shook his head and laughed: "It can only be regarded as expanding international business. There is a video website called 'YouTube (Youtube)', the founder is Chinese-American, and what we have to do is to acquire it!"

It's not an investment, it's an acquisition!

Lu Huateng was startled, his eyes widened, and his eyes seemed to say "No way, are you sure?"

"You first bring someone into contact with him to get to the bottom of it."

Lu Fei nodded solemnly. YouTube is to Penguin, just like Douyin is to today, it is a crucial step to go to sea.

Nowadays, the value has not been taken seriously. It is estimated that it can be won for only 2000 million US dollars. In my memory, Google will make a move in a year or two. At that time, it was not at this price.

"understood."

Lu Huateng threw the cigarette butt away, and took out the cigarette case again: "Mr. Lu, shall we talk about another cigarette?"

"Are you so afraid of going back? Let's go, let's face it together!"

Lu Fei patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and walked back to the "command room" with strides. Just as he opened the door and entered, the frantic and noisy scene instantly stopped the two of them from moving forward.

"YES! YES! $100!"

"Ahhh! 105, 106, still going up!"

"..."

Zeng Liqing, Liu Chiping and the others seemed to have drunk too much wine, their faces were flushed, and the others hugged each other, jumped up and down, shouted and yelled.

"Mr. Lu is back, Mr. Lu is back!"

Someone in the boiling crowd let out a yell, and instantly cast a pair of fiery eyes, and then rushed up in a swarm, circled Lu Fei in and out twice, and even moved his hands and feet.

"Hey, Li Qing, what are you doing!"

Lu Fei was forcibly lifted up, and with Zeng Liqing's passionate report, everyone threw him up to celebrate.

"One, two, long live Mr. Lu!"

"One, two, long live Mr. Lu!"

After throwing it three times like this, the stock price also broke through to a completely unimaginable high at this time-$120.

"Fuck, let me down quickly."

Lu Fei let out a sigh of relief, glanced at his subordinates who were already like beasts, and scolded with a smile: "Which one of your mothers touched my thigh while throwing it? I won't pursue the females, but I will investigate the males to the end!"

"Hahaha~"

In an instant, the hall roared with laughter, and the air was full of joy.

Lu Fei said: "Li Qing, are you still worried about those rumors?"

Zeng Liqing's tone was full of admiration: "Mr. Lu, your trick of inviting Buffett and Bill Gates to dinner is the greatest trader I have ever seen!"

"Hand of God!"

"That's right, under the protection of Huaxia Stock God and Stock God, Xiao Xiao didn't dare to commit any crimes at all!"

"..."

Under various rainbow farts, the 10-minute call auction ended, and the opening price was set at US$126.6.

"My current personal assets are, are..."

With trembling hands, Lu Huateng took out a cigarette case from his pocket tremblingly, wanting to smoke a cigarette to calm down, but his hands were shaking so badly that the smoke and the fire were always misaligned.

"Damn, why is the total market value only 130.85 billion dollars!"

Lu Fei couldn't stand it anymore, and took the initiative to light him up.

"Mr. Lu, we, we made history."

Lu Huateng shuddered all over his body.

"That's right! We made history!"

Zeng Liqing embraced Lu Fei with one hand and Lu Huateng with the other, counting them one by one excitedly:

The largest IPO of a Huaxia Internet company on the NYSE!

The highest issue price of Huaxia Enterprises on the New York Stock Exchange!The company with the highest market capitalization on the NYSE!

The China rich list was completely rewritten at this moment. Master Lu stepped on Li Cucumber and finally became the veritable richest man.

Lu Fei is the richest man in China! (international backlash)

.........

"Boss Lu said that he will pay the bill tonight, scream!"

"The richest man!"

"The richest man!"

Surrounded by everyone, Lu Fei went to clean his face with the sink, and then walked to an open studio that served as a media corner. The media people and cameras were not far in front, and everyone saw a bunch of billionaires When the multi-millionaire appeared, he clapped and clapped loudly, and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic.

A group of people walked to one where the stock price ticker was on top, and the NYSE and Penguin logo walls were on the bottom.

According to the station design in advance, everyone stood neatly and orderly in two rows. It was impossible for everyone to calm down from such a huge excitement. They kept raising their arms to the reporters and traders, waving, and kept saying " yes!yeah! ' and the like growled non-stop.

Everyone moved the three permanent partners, Lu Fei, Zeng Liqing, and Lu Huateng, to seat c. There was a button on the small table in front of them, and pressing it symbolized the opening of the day's stock trading.

This is the so-called clock.

"Lu, I admire your ambition and boldness."

Madoff combed his long hair meticulously, and turned his head to affirm Lu Fei's two price increases. There was a shrewd look in his sincere eyes, "I think you are qualified to join my fund now, although I generally don't accept it. Foreign individual investors, if you can be a little more successful..."

"Thank you, Mr. Madoff, I will consider it."

Lu Fei sneered in his heart, there are still two or three years before the subprime mortgage, donating the money to you now, isn't it just a meat bun beating a dog!

"You have my card, kid."

Madoff was very stuck in time, and then gave a speech, leaving only a few words for Lu Fei.

At 09:30, Lu Fei and Lu Huateng pressed the button while everyone was counting down, "Boom", some jet ribbons and colored paper scattered from the top of everyone's heads, and music sounded on the spot.

There was more enthusiastic applause and cheers, and then the order became a little messy. Penguin also came with many middle-level people who were not qualified to show up at the time of ringing the bell, as well as representatives of venture capital institutions, underwriters, and market makers. Take a group photo with the Shinco billionaires.

David Solomon had mixed feelings, "Lu, after today, Penguin will make you known to everyone on Wall Street."

Lu Fei said: "Hey, I thought I did it long ago."

"..."

David Solomon was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Lu Fei said: "David, I asked Goldman Sachs to investigate those behind-the-scenes culprits who poured dirty water on Penguin before its listing. Has there been any progress?"

"Still investigating."

David Solomon was shocked: "But according to the current situation, it is the investment bank and the media that dance the most on the surface."

"Really? I don't think so. Penguin's sponsors are Sequoia and you Goldman Sachs. Do those small investment banks have the guts?" Lu Fei said meaningfully, "The backstage is at least at the same level as you, and the scope of this target is much smaller. .”

"Yeah! We think so too."

David Solomon looked at him without changing his expression.

At this moment, the scene was full of chaos, and some staff members of the exchange suddenly exclaimed. They looked back at the marquee, and the stock ended its decline from 125 dollars, and it was going up again. $130.

Immediately afterwards, the stock price seemed to stabilize in this range.

Lu Fei accompanied Lu Huateng and the others to look at the trend chart for a while. It fluctuated up and down, and there was a faint upward trend. Feeling a little bored, he went out to find Wang Ben, "Do you have my number?"

"Boss, I'm about to be blown up."

Wang Ben took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and there were countless missed calls on it.

"Yuanyuan, remember to watch the news."

"Hey, who is your husband!"

"Well, I made a lot of money, but it's nothing, it's just a routine operation."

"The market value is still seriously underestimated. Google has $270 billion, and Amazon has $179 billion. How can Penguin compare to them? If I were an American company, it would be at least $260 billion!"

"Haha, okay, keep busy, "Painted Skin" has started filming, right? Well, don't tire yourself out, okay?"

Lu Fei finished talking on the phone with Gao Yuanyuan first, then called Zeng Li, Li Fuzhen, and Li Yinxin one by one, and then searched for the numbers of acquaintances, and immediately called back when he saw Buffett.

"Congratulations, Lu, I saw you on TV, wow, major news stations said that Penguin's stock price performance on the day of listing was a market miracle!"

"You, Gates and I created a miracle together!"

Lu Fei was restraining his impulse and calmly saying some words of gratitude when he saw his personal bodyguards coming from the crowd out of the corner of his eye, respectfully saying that Ivanka had come to the exchange.

"What is she doing here?"

"Boss, she said she came to send her father's wedding invitation."

"Oh, really pick the time."

Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, hehe, he just ignored me back then!
(End of this chapter)