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   Chapter 648 How to solve worries, only get rich

   Today's battle is much bigger than the battle of the last double-click listing. The entire Nasdaq trading floor was basically full of people.

  Jotus looked at Song Yang surrounded by a group of people, remembering the current rumors about Song Yang's worth, and the scene when he first contacted Song Yang, he couldn't help but sigh.

  Jotus was Song Yang's first real "mentor". The two didn't have much dealings with each other, but they kept in touch all the time. Jotus and Song Yang had always had a good relationship.

At that time, Joetus had just rescued Wang An Group from the quagmire. It was at the peak of the sky, and Song Yang was just a fledgling "rookie". Joetus and WPP Group competed for double-click investment, which was a help. Take Song Yang.

A few years have passed, and Wang An Group's current life is not bad. The annual revenue has reached 3.5 billion US dollars, and there are more than 20,000 employees around the world. .

It seems to make a lot of money, but Wang An's company's profits are not much. Wang An's company, which has changed its business to Internet services, is basically earning hard money. It's not welcome at all, and ICQ is just an industry in Song Yang's hands!

  Martin Solo is no stranger to Edison and others. Edison, who has always been rebellious, still maintains his respect when facing "Napoleon in the advertising industry".

   Martin Solo was a little curious about Addison. He came here to cheer today because WPP Group has been cooperating with Song Yang's company.

   Not only double-click the company, but now ICQ, Xue Leshan Online, Fortis Antivirus, PayPal, as well as overseas Internet companies other than America, Yeadex, Sohu, 8848 and other websites are all advertising in cooperation with WPP Group.

   With the help of Double Click Company and other websites in Song Yang's hands, WPP Group has now reached out to the entire Internet platform, and WPP Group is now the world's largest Internet advertiser.

   In other words, nearly half of the advertising fees for the Internet industry by those Silicon Valley VCs and Wall Street institutions were eaten by the WPP Group!

It seems that the WPP Group does not show much, but it is actually making a fortune. Now the Internet advertising revenue has accounted for more than one-eighth of the WPP Group. It can be said that WPP has exhausted the Internet advertising dividends for the mobile phone commercials and Panda TV commercials it has prepared, and its stock price has skyrocketed. This is why Martin Solo came here today and supported Song Yang so much.

  The relationship is on the one hand, Martin Solo and Song Yang have a good relationship, but more of the world is bustling, and it's all for profit.

   "President Addison, Deutsche Bank and Song seem to have a lot of cooperation!" Martin Solo looked at Addison and said to the powerful Wall Street figure.

   "Of course", Edison raised his brows and said without denying, "Just like WPP Group, Deutsche Bank and Bruno Song also have many cooperation projects!"

Addison made no secret of doing a lot of work with Song Yang. Deutsche Bank has indeed made a lot of money since working with Song Yang. Martin Solo and Addison looked at each other. All smiles.

Looking at Song Yang in the crowd, and Anderson standing beside him, it is impossible to say that he has no idea. Thinking back a few years ago, in the same place, in the same scene, at that time he was the only focus of the audience, and now, As the founder of Netscape, he could only stand in the corner, and there were very few media who came to interview him.

   "Anderson," Jim Clark said to him, seemingly noticing Anderson's low mood, "Don't forget what we're here for!"

   The same scene, Netscape was also here, and took a photo of the Internet industry, but at that time, Anderson was standing in the C position.

   But this time, it was Song Yang. As usual, when Netscape and Yahoo went public, they both took a group photo, and now ICQ does the same.

Song Yang and Irene stood together, surrounded by Yang Zhiyuan, Jotus, Martin Solo and others, Whitman, Ertien and others, and a group of other people present, standing around Song Yang, Another famous scene in the technology industry was born!

   In the photo, Song Yang is standing in the middle, surrounded by a group of bigwigs in technology, the Internet, and Wall Street, surrounded by Whitman and others, telling people who see this photo how strong the Song Yang camp is now...

The only difference from a few years ago is that Anderson, a Silicon Valley digital hero who was once sought after by thousands of people, is now standing in the corner of the second row in the photo. In the photo, Anderson is no longer as complacent as he used to be, and his smile is also a little stiff. .

  If there are people who collect scientific and technological newspapers and magazines, and compare the photos born today with those of a few years ago, you can see the changes in the Internet arena, and you can only sigh that Feng Shui takes turns...

After the group photo was completed, Song Yang, Irene, and Wesley walked towards the stage. At this time, the scene camera was preparing them. When the listing button was pressed, the bell ringing ceremony was completed, and the ICQ code appeared on Nas. On the screen of the Dak trading floor!

   There was a round of applause at the scene. The company with the highest valuation in the Internet industry officially completed its listing, and countless shots recorded this scene.

After ringing the bell, Irene couldn't help but look up at ICQ's stock code. For her, sending ICQ to the market is full of excitement, anticipation, and other inexplicable feelings, but one thing is that ICQ is now The beginning is completely different from before!

Far away in the ICQ office building in San Jose, there were deafening cheers at the moment. Most of ICQ's staff have received options. ICQ's listing also marks that many of them are about to become millionaires, and even luck. Well, to achieve financial freedom!

  Wesley and others who held shares in ICQ also looked at the screen on the trading floor with anticipation, feeling much more nervous than before.

   "Congratulations, Song!"

   Looking at the busy scene behind him, Chotus looked at Song Yang and said, "It seems that I have a good eye for picking "rookies"."

   As soon as the voice fell, there was a huge turmoil on the scene, and Joe Tus saw many analysts and traders from investment banks and securities companies busy.

   "ICQ stock price has gone up!"

  Anderson, Yang Zhiyuan, Edison, and others, as well as many people who were ready to leave after the show, all looked at the screen at this time.

At this time, countless investors all over the world are also paying attention to ICQ's debut after its listing. The issue price of 60 US dollars fell a few dollars immediately after the listing. Obviously, some people are not optimistic about ICQ's stock price and sell it directly at the opening. .

In just two minutes, ICQ's turnover exceeded 70 million US dollars, nearly 1.2 million shares were sold, and the stock price fell to 57 US dollars. When it was smashed, the stock price began to slowly rise.

   "At $62, ICQ's stock price has risen to $62!"

   "$65!"

   "$70, $73..."

   Half an hour later, ICQ's stock price began to rise in a straight line, and many analysts felt a little crazy.

   You must know that ICQ is a behemoth. It was listed at a sky-high valuation of 27.8 billion US dollars.

   "ICQ's stock price soared 23%, with a market value of over $37 billion!"

The Yahoo Finance Channel is pushing news on the front page. Although it was established less than a year ago, Yahoo Finance has grown rapidly. Now, the number of monthly visits has exceeded 10 million, which is almost no worse than those of the old financial media. Like Yahoo Sports, Become Yahoo's Facade Channel!

   In other old financial media, they are still producing press releases, and they will not be able to report until the evening at the earliest, but Yahoo Finance has already begun to report ICQ news first.

   This is the status quo of Internet media. The degree of well-informedness far exceeds those of old-fashioned media, so that countless users begin to use Internet media unconsciously.

   "The stock price of ICQ listed today exceeded US$74, and ICQ's market value exceeded US$37 billion, making it the third-ranked company in the Internet industry!"

   "ICQ goes public, Bruno Song's net worth has skyrocketed by over 10 billion dollars!"

  MSN, Lycos, AOL, and a number of portal websites under ICQ have begun to report the news of ICQ overwhelmingly, even if it is a briefing, but all kinds of overwhelming news, coupled with sensational headlines, still makes people stunned.

  No one expected that after ICQ went public, elephants would dance, and the stock price not only did not fall, but rose sharply.

   When the market opened in the afternoon, ICQ's stock price skyrocketed. At the highest point, the stock price exceeded US$85, a surge of 41%, and the market value exceeded US$42.5 billion. The entire Nasdaq was dumbfounded.

When the market closed, ICQ's stock price fell a lot, and finally completed its debut at a price of 79 US dollars. The stock price soared by 31% on the first day of listing. The other Internet peers who watched it were all excited and wished to go public now. ICQ to replace it, it is too exciting!

In the manor on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, there were cheers at this time. Wesley and several ICQ executives couldn't help raising their arms at the moment when the stock price finally settled, and then pulled off the cap of the champagne. Champagne rained.

   "Respect Bruno Song, Respect Internet... ICQ Godfather!"

   Wesley originally planned to call the godfather of the Internet, but there were so many colleagues in the manor, as well as big people, it was too offensive to say this, and finally Wesley changed his mouth.

  To make Wesley, who is a technical background, so excited, naturally, he cannot do without the US knife. According to the market value of ICQ today, Wesley, who holds a 5% stake in ICQ, is worth 2 billion US dollars in one day today!

  Even if it is paper data, it will take a year or two to cash out, but on paper, Wesley has made it directly to the Americas Fortune Ranking list by relying on ICQ!

   (end of this chapter)