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   Chapter 646 All Beings

  The billboard outside the New York Times Building on Broadway is the place where New York "drops the ball" every year when it welcomes the New Year, and it is also the focus of outdoor billboards throughout New York and even the whole of America.

  Nasdaq's seven-story-high big screen is a billboard coveted by technology companies all over the world. Almost all Nasdaq-listed companies have boarded this billboard!

   Today, from the New York Times Building on Broadway to the big screen of Nasdaq, there is a LOGO on nearly 230 advertising screens in Times Square, New York, that is ICQ!

When Netscape and Yahoo went public, they just bought dozens of billboards in Times Square in New York to advertise. Other small and medium-sized Internet companies only took a souvenir photo on Nasdaq billboards. Just put it on the official website to fool people.

   After all, not all Internet companies have deep pockets and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a day on an advertising screen just to advertise for passersby.

   But today, more than 200 screens in Times Square in New York City have all turned into ICQ logos when the sky is gray and bright and pedestrians have just started to walk on the streets!

  Andrew Collier is an intern analyst at the New York International Securities Company. Collier is from the Ross School of Business in Michigan, which can squeeze into the top ten in the ranking of American Business Schools.

   If you enter an ordinary company, even the Fortune 500 in America, Collier has no problem, but it is still somewhat difficult to enter the top institutions on Wall Street.

When the internship period is over, Collier is going to go to Goldman Sachs, Citi and other institutions to try his luck. The competition is fierce, but once he enters, the annual salary starts at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Collier has broken head with countless geniuses. Want to squeeze into Wall Street, isn't it just for the US knife?

   Collier has also gradually become familiar with the rules of Wall Street. Although he has not officially taken over the project, he already understands the routines and the like.

Collier, who was eating a fast food and walked quickly towards Wall Street, wanted to go to the company ahead of time. As a "rookie", what he had to do was not only to run errands, but also to buy breakfast and wash the car for those seniors. Doing all kinds of personal work, even walking the dog, etc., had to be done by Collier.

This is what every "rookie" has to experience. To get the approval of those seniors and bring him into the industry, Collier has to endure all these things, and after accepting him, the old birds will take him to participate in various activities. A large-scale party would bring him into the project, give him some network resources, etc. At that time, Collier was really into the industry!

Of course, if you don’t want to experience these, you can either be a genius among hundreds of millions, get all kinds of math awards, and enter the talent pool of major investment banks early, or you have a deep background and have the kind of relatives of billionaires. , can bring resources to the investment bank where he practiced, so he doesn't need to go through these, otherwise, it will be inevitable.

  After all, if you want to truly enter Wall Street, you must recognize the values ​​of Wall Street, agree with Wall Street’s omnipotent means, and the luxury and corrupt life in private. The four major irons of life must be the same...

   Andrew Collier, who was eating fast food, raised his head inadvertently and saw billboards all over the street, all with ICQ's LOGO, Collier couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Of course, Collier knows that ICQ is going to be listed. After all, this is the most lively thing on Wall Street recently. Analysts of his international securities company and business department are also selling ICQ stocks to users, but the current situation, Still startled Collier.

   Looking at the billboards all over the street, Collier was a little skeptical, maybe it wasn't ICQ who bought the advertisements in New York!

Entering the office, Collier saw the executives who used to step on the spot, but they all came very early today. Early in the morning, everyone entered the conference room, and the entire securities company was filled with a An unusual feeling.

   "Rookie!"

   The supervisor in charge of Collier took several sheets of paper full of lists and threw them on his desk.

   "Today, all the calls on the list will be finished. I will sell ICQ stocks to them. If your internship turns positive this time, it will depend on how many ICQ stocks you can sell!"

After   , the supervisor left in a hurry. Collier looked up and saw that in the entire office, the phone was already ringing, and one by one, they were all working hard to sell ICQ stock.

Collier looked at the list. These users are definitely not big customers. The sales call has been called many times, but Collier has no choice but to sell hard to those leeks. "Recommended" to buy ICQ stock.

What surprised Collier was that it was the first time that he had encountered such a thing in the past few months. He didn't know how much commission ICQ gave to the company, and he could make the securities company sell ICQ's stock so hard. .

   Thinking of the billboard I saw this morning, and the list of lists in my hand, Collier felt that the publicity expenses that ICQ invested in today are at least tens of millions of dollars...

Putting away his thoughts, Collier could only call one by one according to the number. What Collier didn't know was that at this time, not only his securities firm, but also Wall Street institutions, all were vigorously promoting the upcoming listing today. ICQ stock!

   "Song, how about my suit?"

   On the windowsill of the master bedroom of the North Shore Manor, Song Yang turned his head and looked at Jenny who woke up today and didn't know how many outfits she had changed.

  The crew of "The Matrix" has already arrived in Asia for publicity. Jenny showed her face in Tokyo and flew back to America in a hurry, preparing to participate in the bell ringing ceremony with Song Yang.

   Although Jenny didn't have so much thought, she also understood that on such an occasion today, she had to be by Song Yang's side in order to show her status as the "Prince Palace Empress".

   Looking at Jenny in a long dress with broken diamonds, Song Yang said with a smile, "Wait until evening, it's time for the banquet!"

   In the daytime today, basically all the media and reporters from the Internet, technology, finance, finance and other industries are present. I am afraid there will not be many reports on Jenny at all.

  When the banquet at night is the time of Vanity Fair, many media such as fashion and gossip will run back to join in the fun.

   "The gang of Bichi will definitely say it!"

Women know women best. If Jenny appeared at the Nasdaq bell ringing scene with Song Yang today, if she didn't dress up, she was sure that a lot of people would jump out and criticize her. Jenny knew that Hollywood and America I don't know how many people want to replace her and become the one who accompanies Song Yang in public.

Jenny pursed her lips, and put on the pendant that Song Yang gave her for the first time. This pendant is not the most precious thing for Jenny. Song Yang has given Jenny a lot in recent years. A gift, but for Jenny, this necklace and the words engraved on it are the most important thing to Jenny.

   After eating a light meal and padding his belly, Song Yang, Jenny, Greck, Gallo and others rode the motorcade towards the Nasdaq trading floor.

   On the way, the vehicles of ICQ executives such as Irene and Wesley will also gather. The closer to the Nasdaq trading floor, the greater the number of teams.

In front of the Nasdaq trading floor, it is already crowded with reporters and media, as well as the TV station's director car, doing live reports, ICNC TV station today sent a huge lineup, as well as Comcast TV network, NBC TV station, etc. It's all very cooperative today.

Song Yang didn't get out of the car first. Today was the launch of ICQ. It should be Irene's home court. Irene, dressed in a white professional dress, stepped on high heels and got out of the car. , so that the front of the Nasdaq trading floor turned into a vast expanse of white, and the TV station's camera also recorded this scene.

   "Ms. Irene, after ICQ goes public today, you will become one of the female professional managers with the highest market value in the Internet. How do you feel?"

   "President Erin, it is rumored that there will be new plans after ICQ goes public, can you reveal it?"

   As soon as Irene got out of the car, a group of reporters gathered around and asked Irene various questions.

  Irene just nodded with a smile, "Welcome everyone, to the banquet tonight!"

After    finished speaking, she walked forward. Irene knew that there were a lot of people present today, and she needed to deal with it. Moreover, there were Song Yang and others behind her, so she didn't waste too much time in front of the trading hall.

   Some reporters followed Irene into the hall, and many media were waiting behind. When Jenny was holding Song Yang, she was taking pictures in a vast expanse of white.

   Jenny, who has been in Hollywood for a while, is already very comfortable with this kind of scene. She pulled Song Yang with a somewhat reserved smile. After taking pictures for the media reporters, she happily accompanied Song Yang into the hall.

   Hollywood, Los Angeles, when Jenny walked into the Nasdaq trading floor next to Song Yang on TV, many female stars and actors showed envy, jealousy, and all kinds of complicated expressions.

  What is the thing that Hollywood actresses use to maintain their status, there is no doubt that it is Bigger, look at how many top luxury and cosmetic brands this actress has endorsed, and how many top magazine covers have appeared.

When a Hollywood actress can be reported by NBC, ABC, Fox, New York TV, Los Angeles TV and many other mainstream American TV stations, in addition to scandals, if it appears in the news, it means that the mainstream American media has already I fully recognized her. Whether it was because of herself or others, she had already entered the house and got rid of the title of "Hollywood Actress" with some special meanings...

After Song Yang, Wesley, Greg and others, a group of people came down from the convoy behind one after another. After knowing that these people were the heads of the companies in Song Yang's camp, even if they had heard about it before, they were also caught by several wealthy companies. The magazine has reported that many media reporters present were still surprised!

   (end of this chapter)