Back To 1995

   Chapter 358

   Carl Icahn couldn't help but stunned for a moment when he heard Michael Milken's words. He didn't know if Milken said it unintentionally or meant something.

   For a while, Carl Icahn couldn't help but be a little silent. Double-click company is indeed not a "junk stock" company, at least it is much better than almost 90% of the Internet companies that sell dog meat today!

   But for so many years, America has been a good company that Carl Icahn has scolded, and it is not one or two. Carl Icahn doesn’t care about another one.

   But after hearing Milken say this, Carl Icahn couldn't help but ask, "Milken, did you hear something?"

   Milken shook his head and said with a smile, "I've been banned from Wall Street for many years, what news?!"

   Hearing Milken's words, Carl Icahn scoffed, the skinny camel was bigger than a horse, and Milken was banned from Wall Street on the surface, and now he is just the boss of a smart toy company and an education company.

But Milken's connections and connections on Wall Street still exist for so many years. His means of raising money are still beyond the reach of others. Many companies use Milken to bridge and connect to raise money from Wall Street. Ken draws huge commissions from it.

To say that there is no news from Milken, Carl Icahn is absolutely unbelievable. Even Milken's doorway is more than that of Carl Icahn. After all, Carl Icahn is really unpopular with Wall Street and has sold so many short positions. The company is regarded as a thorn in the eye by many people.

   Milken has raised funds for many companies, and has a huge network on Wall Street and even on Capitol Hill.

Seeing Carl Icahn's expression, Milken pondered for a moment, "There is indeed some news, there is news that Bruno Song met Kravis from KKR Group before leaving New York, and there may be others, but What are you talking about, no way of knowing!"

Milken and Kravis belong to the same generation. The barbarian at the gate of Kravis Wall Street also has a part of the credit from Milken. He also raised funds for Kravis at the beginning, but like Kravis, it belongs to them. era has passed.

After that, Milken didn't say much. For the sake of "old partner", it was already very difficult for him to reveal this news to Carl Icahn. The "commission" of the man, I can't even see his face.

   Hearing that Song Yang and Kravis had met, Carl Icahn couldn't help but think for a moment. He wanted to increase his urge to go short on DoubleClick, but he pressed it again and decided to wait and see.

   "Double-click will never be delisted. I believe Song, Creamer is just a clown who jumps on the beam. If necessary, I will personally go to New York to solve that Creamer!"

  In the coffee lounge of the ICQ office building, this is a place for programmers and engineers to drink coffee, snacks and smoke.

   Now ICQ and many other internet companies are getting better treatment and benefits. The scene where Double Tap was born in the garage and Yahoo! a dozen people crowded into a broken office is impossible to happen again.

The Internet companies that have started, now offer their employees salary comparable to Wall Street, as well as various welfare facilities, such as coffee, snacks, employee meals, gyms, transportation allowances, housing subsidies, etc., have all begun to prevail in Silicon Valley, among the major Internet companies. They are also fighting in secret. This is one of the best eras for Internet engineers!

   At the moment, in the lounge of the ICQ office building, there are also many people gathered, also discussing the experience of the "brother" company Double-click Company.

   Affected by the double-click stock price, it is not only the double-click side, ICQ, America Telecom, etc. are also talking about it.

   Evan Spiegel, who came to the lounge, threw down the coffee after hearing the discussion of the crowd, stood up and said to the crowd.

   "I will take out a million dollars to buy the shares of Double Click Company, I believe in Boss!"

All the people in the lounge looked at Evan Spiegel blankly. In the past six months, Evan Spiegel has been quickly promoted within ICQ. The relationship between Luo and others is good, but it is beyond their imagination to really come up with real money to support Double Click Company.

Evan Spiegel's family background is not bad. His parents are well-known lawyers. He has been on ICQ's side for half a year and has also received a high salary. Gal is nothing at all.

After hanging out with Gallo for a long time, I just hang out together and have a party, and go to the training ground of the Blackwater Company to shoot targets. It is inevitable that Evan Spiegel, who used to be bookish in the past, now speaks with a bit of arrogance. .

  In the lounge, after scolding Creamer, Evan Spiegel came to Song Yang's office. He knew that Song Yang had been in ICQ's office building these days and seemed to be planning something.

   "Boss, you can't let that Creamer continue like this. ICQ has also begun to be affected. Even our overseas partners have begun to ask about this!"

   As soon as he entered Song Yang's office, Evan Spiegel yelled at Creamer directly, sometimes with a few swear words, typical Gallo style.

Hearing that Evan Spiegel was going to take out a million dollars and buy Double-click stock to show his support, Song Yang couldn't help but glance at Evan Spiegel, wondering if this guy really cares so much , It's still very lucky, Kravis and Edison have already prepared almost, and they are expected to start today!

   "If you're going to buy a double-click stock, you'd better act fast!"

  Evan Spiegel, who was scolding all the time, suddenly raised his head when he heard this, his eyes widened, and his heart suddenly trembled, "Song, what do you mean..."

The phone on Song Yang's desk suddenly rang, and Song Yang pressed a red button. For the sake of stability, and to prevent future troubles, Song Yang used a confidential protection phone to prevent being monitored. Some things can be done, but they cannot be said. , especially not to be caught by the handle.

Song Yang had to be wary of Edward Winslow's gang, whether they would not die and use special means. Winslow still had a lot of influence in the Federal Ministry of Justice. Song Yang didn't want to say anything on the phone. Being monitored by someone, and then at a certain period of time, it suddenly became a "testimony in court", or was exposed in the media...

Glancing at Evan Spiegel, Song Yang picked up the phone, and Kravis shouted with a little excitement, "Crimmer's madmen, they put the double-click company's short-selling rate , to achieve 87%!"

Such a short-selling rate is already a bit scary. It means that more than 87% of the company's 30 million shares in circulation, that is, 26 million shares, have been shorted. Creamer and the hyenas on Wall Street think To close the position, you must buy 26 million shares of Double-click Company to be able to close the position. The problem is that Double-click, as well as KKR Group and Deutsche Bank Investment Bank, will offer these tradable shares with both hands and give them to Creamer. Close the position?

   "Now the shares repurchased by Double-click Company, plus the Double-click shares purchased by KKR Group and Deutsche Bank Investment Bank, have exceeded 21 million shares, accounting for 70 of the outstanding shares!"

  Kravis took a deep breath, "The remaining 30% of Double-click's outstanding shares are mostly in the hands of some small and medium investors, as well as some institutions. It may be difficult to acquire all of them!"

Those who are still carrying it and are unwilling to hand over their chips, except for the extremely low-cost Wall Street institutions, most of the rest are old leeks that have already lost money. Riga Great Lakes is immortal.

   "Song, now is the time!" Kravis' deep breathing voice could be clearly heard across the phone.

   After listening to Song Yang, he just said to the phone, "Then, let's start!"

  In an inconspicuous office building in New York, in order not to attract the attention of Wall Street counterparts, this time KKR Group and Deutsche Bank Investment Bank did not put the location on Wall Street, but chose a New York office building as a stronghold.

   In the first floor of the office building at this moment, the best group of trading traders from KKR Group and Deutsche Bank Investment Bank have all gathered here, all sitting in front of the computer, constantly staring at the upcoming Nasdaq.

After finishing the call, Kravis felt like he was dreaming back to the past. He nodded to Edison, who was sitting beside him, then got up and said to the twenty or thirty traders on the office floor, "Start buying double-click stocks, regardless of everything. The price, today I want to make Double-click stock price over thirty dollars at the close!"

   Turning his head, Kravis looked at Addison, "Is there any problem with Deutsche Bank?!"

Once it starts, from today onwards, both sides will start to invest a large amount of US dollars into the market, plus leverage, the ghost knows how many US dollars will flow into Double-click a day, there must be sufficient ammunition, Deutsche Bank Investment Bank It acts as an ammunition depot.

Edison sneered, looking at the double-click stock price on the big screen in front of him, his face showed a bit of domineering, "As long as I can win this time, if necessary, I can get the authorization of Deutsche Bank headquarters to mobilize Deutsche Bank in America. funds!"

   Today's Nasdaq is extraordinarily lively. Various financial and financial media are also staring at the double-click stock price. The Yahoo Finance channel that Yahoo has just established is live broadcast in real time.

   As soon as the Nasdaq opened, the double-click started to free fall again, and it was smashed directly to the price below four dollars.

   Seeing this scene, countless Nasdaq investors felt that, as Creamer said, the double-click stock price today might not fall below a dollar!

Even some old leeks who bought double-click stocks and wanted to buy a Harley into a Porsche were a little desperate when they saw this scene, and began to wonder if they were going to liquidate their positions. They were afraid that if they didn't sell them, the roots of the leeks would be cut off. .

   Even some media have begun to prepare for today's title. After all, double-clicking can't stop Creamer's air strike.

   But in the outside world, everyone is talking about whether the double-click will lose to Kerry by default, or when it will be delisted, the double-click stock price becomes a bit abnormal.

  Experienced old leek found that when the stock price of Double-click fell to four dollars, it seemed to stand still, and it would not go down. Seeing this scene, the old leek knew that Double-click was probably starting to protect the market.

   And Creamer and Wall Street institutions obviously saw this scene, and the short orders suddenly began to fall like snowflakes. In just a few minutes, hundreds of millions of dollars in short orders appeared.

   You can double-click the stock price, but it is still as motionless as a mountain. It is abruptly at the price of four dollars, and a straight line is drawn, which makes people wonder if there is a problem with the screen.

   And just over half an hour later, when the speed of short orders slowed down, the double-click stock price began to rise slowly.

   From four US dollars to five US dollars, it was raised to nine US dollars in the blink of an eye, officially regaining half of the lost ground yesterday.

   Then, under the attention of the entire Nasdaq, Wall Street, and countless financial media, the double-click stock price suddenly rose in a straight line, and the stock price broke through $20 in an instant...

   (end of this chapter)