America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 499 Shocking stock price on the first day

   "Hello, everyone!"

  At the gate of the Smith Building, Abel is delivering a speech:

   "At this moment, in this situation, in this situation, my heart is surging and I am inexplicably excited!"

  “Three years ago, when I registered my first company, my ideal was to make everyone who believes in me happy. Let everyone who believes in me live happily.”

   “Everything I’ve done since then has stayed true to that original intention.”

   "My Smith Capital, it has been established for just three years, and it has created more than 100 billion US dollars in revenue for its clients!"

   "My energy company has delivered a steady supply of cheap energy to more than 50 million Americans on the West Coast and Texas."

  “I also plan to set up a supermarket and a farm to provide everything from food and clothing to housing and transportation for every American who believes in me with stable quality and cheap prices.”

"My Smith Bank will protect the deposits of every customer who trusts me. We are not afraid of runs, we welcome runs. As long as you deposit the money in my bank, it will be safe. The gold I store in the vault will be used for every An American who believes in me provides security!"

"And today is the day when my Smith Media goes public. Smith Media is a company that brings laughter and knowledge to Americans. I hope that in the future, children in the United States can grow up watching the textbooks published by Smith Media. The United States Women in the United States can live a wonderful life watching TV series and high-quality variety shows produced by Smith Media. Men in the United States can enjoy your favorite movies. Old people in the United States can enjoy the spiritual food provided by Smith Media..."

"Thank you to the 226 colleagues from Smith Media who are here today. Yes, I call them colleagues, not employees. Because in my opinion, they are colleagues who share the same cause as me and contribute to the great cause of good media content for everyone. .”

   "Of course, there are also all the 88,435 Smith Media employees they represent. With everyone's joint efforts, it is possible to realize the dream, and it is also the brilliance of Smith Media's listing today!"

  The employee representatives in the audience were all clapping their hands, accompanied by bursts of screams.

   "We will continue to work hard!" The representative of the cleaning staff, a black aunt with a ZZZQ complexion and a fat body, was shouting frantically at the moment.

   "We have almost 90,000 colleagues?"

  In the audience, Amanda Hearst, one of the employees of Smith Media, exclaimed in a low voice.

  She and her cousin Lydia are now full-time employees of Smith Media.

   Yes, neither of them graduated from college.

  But they have already worked in Smith Media for half a year.

   This is a relatively common thing among the children of the rich and powerful in the United States.

  They/many of them have been given the opportunity to work in world-renowned companies to gain experience since they were teenagers, and at the same time they were able to obtain degrees from the best schools in the world.

  Amanda works in the content production department of the TV station group, while Lydia works in the finance department of the group headquarters.

   "There are more than 1,000 people in the entire finance department." Lydia explained to her.

   "Well, Abel is still the most powerful! I remember that our Hearst Group has developed for more than 100 years, and now it only has more than 40,000 employees."

   Amanda said proudly.

  Lydia didn't know whether she was proud of Hearst Group or Smith Media.

   "Boss, thank you too!" This is the current CEO Michael Levine shouting.

  He is sincere and doesn't mind at all that he is now the No. 1 person of Smith Media Group. Doing so will appear to be unsteady.

   He should also be sincere.

  Because if there is no Abel, no matter how good the ability is. Michael Levine is now, at best, one of CAA's key partners.

  In the parallel time and space, he will have to work hard for more than ten years before he can become the CEO of CAA.

   Unlike now, Michael Levine is already one of the few bigwigs in the media field in this country.

  The status and influence of a CAA CEO and a CEO of a huge media group are completely different.

   It can be said that because of the existence and importance of Abel, Michael Levine completed the class change.

  A lot of people around saw Michael Levine yelling "unsteady".

   Levine's good friend at CAA, the current CEO of CAA, and one of the spokespersons of Smith Media, Derek Wright couldn't help but frank in his heart.

   At the same time, he is also very envious.

   Derek Wright thinks that flattering the boss is flattering the boss.

  The whole world is without Michael Levine.

  This occasion, such an identity. Who would have thought that Michael would be the first executive to stand up like this?

  With such consciousness and sensitivity, it is no wonder that he is the boss's number one confidant.

  Thinking in this way, Derek Wright and other Smith Media executives, including Robert, Richard Plepler and others who came to their senses, also yelled.

   This is actually very understandable, Abel's prestige in the various companies under him is infinite.

  He himself is not only a boss, but also a star and idol, a living American dream.

  The speech continues, and Abel has been thanking everyone, from employees, to management, to partners, to shareholders, to guests, to customers and competitors.

  Finally, the New York Stock Exchange and related supervisory departments look extremely humble.

"There are never enough words to say thank you. And I think the best way to thank you is to keep working hard, keep working hard, and give back to all the Americans who believe in me. When Smith Media's stock starts trading, this is a great opportunity for us. A fresh start!

Thank you everyone! Thanks! God bless America! "

   After Abel finished speaking, the whole process was unscripted, with a sincere attitude and a very convincing look.

  If you pay attention, you will find that his speech contains at least a hundred "Americans".

  This will give most Americans who saw his speech a very strong sense of substitution and pride.

  This speech, of course, was not written by Abel.

  This is the one that Abel likes and picks out of the dozens of speeches prepared for him by the Smith Intelligence Group.

   So far, the effect is very good, and after the speech is over, it's time to ring the bell.

   "Om!"

  The copper bell was rang suddenly, and the noisy scene fell silent for a moment.

  After the bell was rung, Smith Media's stock officially started trading.

  After a short period of silence, everyone frantically started calling and sending messages. Everyone wanted to know what the opening price of Smith Media was on the exchange.

   Soon everyone received the same reply.

   Smith Media's listed stock opening price: $67.98!

  Compared with the issue price of US$55, it has increased by 22.79%!

   This is of course a great start, a noisy and lively scene, no one knows who started to applaud.

   Soon, neat and crazy applause erupted very lively.

  An increase directly caused the market value of Smith Media to pass the 60 billion US dollar mark.

  On the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and the Nasdaq Exchange, pending orders for Smith Media were extremely active.

   At this time, Abel and a group of executives and investors have stopped talking and are paying close attention to Smith Media's transactions.

   No matter what, it was his first company to be officially listed. Even Abel couldn't avoid the feeling of excitement for the first time.

   Half a day after the market opened, that is, at 11:30, when the stock market was closed, the stock price of Smith Media was fixed at $71.87.

   Just opened in the afternoon, and once again ushered in a big increase, 12.22%, the stock price broke through the $80 mark, but fell back soon.

  The drop was very short, and it didn't take long for it to rise wildly again.

   When the market was closed for the whole day, Smith Media’s first day of listing, the final stock price was 91.5 US dollars, an 81.6% increase from the issue price, which was extremely crazy in the entire market.

   On the first day, Smith Media's market value was 91.5 billion US dollars, surpassing Disney, Time Warner, and Viacom, becoming the largest media group in the United States.

  Everyone thinks that, tomorrow at the latest, Smith Media will definitely exceed the market value of 100 billion U.S. dollars.

   At that time, it was one of the companies with the highest market capitalization in the United States, standing at the top of the industry.

   "Boss, it's time to hold a celebration banquet!" Michael Levin and all the executives almost spoke in unison.

   Of course the celebration banquet has been prepared long ago, and the banquet has also been prepared long ago.

  No one thinks that Smith Media’s listing will break the market, and everyone is optimistic about the listing of Smith Media.

   What's more, even if the listing breaks, the celebration banquet should still be held.

  Otherwise, if investors know that you are listed, they will not even hold a celebration banquet, so who would believe you?

  How could the stock price not continue to fall?

  So don't talk about Smith Media, this kind of company is crazy when it goes public.

  Even for those companies that went public and broke their shares, the celebration banquet should still be held, and the press conference should be faced as it should be.

  The venue for Smith Media's celebration banquet was the Garden Hilton in Midtown Manhattan.

  Abel originally wanted to choose the Shilla Hotel in New York.

  Who said that now the entire Shilla Hotel is completely the property of his child's mother.

   Later, Abel considered Barron Hilton, the old man has always had a good relationship with him.

  It's so good that even the granddaughter is going to have a baby for herself now.

  He also considered that Paris was due to give birth in two months.

  In addition, the Shilla Hotel in New York has no higher status than Hilton.

  The flagship hotel of the Smith Hotel Group has not yet appeared.

  So to host the banquet, and the location of the press conference after the market closes, I chose Paris’s hotel.

  In fact, the Garden Hilton in Midtown Manhattan is not of a high grade.

  In the last year, it has even dropped to the level of a four-star hotel.

  When Biaber came here for the first time and participated in the first New York social party in his life, it was even worse...

   But Abel likes it, so it can have such an honor.

  The general managers of those luxury hotels in New York, such as Waldorf Astoria, Raffles, and Four Seasons, are useless even if they beat their chests to this situation.

  The media meeting was held in the lobby of the Midtown Garden Hilton that was vacated today before the party started.

   "Mr. Smith, are you satisfied with the listing of Smith Media on the first day?"

   "Very satisfied!" Abel presided over it himself and said with a smile.

   "The market is chasing Smith Media's stock, and the stock price has continued to rise, which shows that investors have full confidence in me, my team and employees."

   "Regarding the financing of this listing, Mr. Smith, what arrangements will you make?" The reporter from the "Wall Street Journal" asked.

   "As stated in the prospectus, a large part of the financing will be used by Smith Media Group to develop markets outside the United States."

   "Where does that refer specifically!" This is a reporter from the Los Angeles Times.

  People in Los Angeles prefer to report scandals in New York, and they don't like to report good news in New York.

   But who is Abel Smith in New York now, and Los Angeles people especially like to watch his news?

  The "Los Angeles Times" can only pinch its nose and report good news from New York.

"Europe, and Asia. The most important thing is Europe. Europe has a vast market and a developed economy. Asia is also not bad. We will have a complete layout there. Smith Media will let Asians, including Chinese people, access to the best media content."

  When Abel said the following sentence, the European and American journalists present all had expressions of "we all understand" on their faces.

  Ansa's layout of Europe and Asia has long been known to everyone.

   Seeing the expressions of these people, Abel remembered the influence of Soros in Europe more than 20 years later in the parallel time and space.

  Through a large number of NGO organizations, as well as countless media holdings, or those media that have spent a lot of dollars to buy.

  Soros was in many European countries at that time, like an invisible emperor.

  The United States relies on overseas bases and controls the European media, completely turning the old Europe, which once led the world, into a running dog and minion of the United States.

  As strong as this planet, France, the second country with a complete industrial system, also joined NATO and became one of the pawns of the United States.

  Media, it is one of the most terrifying weapons under the new seed oilism system dominated by ANSA

  Now, a large part of this most terrifying weapon is already in his hands.

  Abel believes that he doesn't need to play any tricks, he just needs to continue like this.

   At most ten years later, I am destined to become one of the invisible overlords in Europe!

  The media meeting was very short, and Abel only opened for half an hour.

  This is completely different from the two- to three-hour press conferences of listed companies.

  Those listed companies made the media meeting so long mainly to promote the rise of stock prices.

  It is to please the media, let the media report the good side of their company, and let the shareholders see their good side.

   And Abe doesn't need to, because as long as he exists, Smith Media's stock will continue to rise.

   What's more, no matter from any point of view, Smith Media's stock is worth holding.

  The media meeting seemed particularly short.

  After Abel took the elevator and entered the banquet hall, the guests, executives, and employee representatives all gathered at the door to greet him. Everyone gave him applause and long-lasting warm cheers.

   This is Abel's due honor.

  In the eyes of his subordinates, he is the most competent and generous boss in the United States and even the world, the helmsman who is most worthy of following and loyalty, and the employer who wins the most trust and respect.

  Market value of $91.5 billion!

   This is the most glorious, brilliant, incredible, and earth-shattering listing of a media company! Tomorrow, the miracle they created together will shock the whole world!

   As for the birth of this miracle, all of them admit that Abel must account for at least 80% of the credit, and Abel's personal global influence can cause the stock price to rise by 60 percentage points.

  In the eyes of investors, Abel Smith has surpassed Warren Buffett. It has become the most dazzling golden sign on Wall Street and even the global financial market.

  Abel Smith, the name of these two words, now almost symbolizes crazy profits.

  Just follow this name, and a lot of money will be automatically transferred to their account and become their balance!

  In the eyes of the guests, this young and handsome WASP is already one of the top figures in the country.

He is one of the masters of the Federal Reserve; he is one of the giants of the military-industrial complex; he is a giant in the media field; he is the leader of the Texas consortium; he is the core figure of a huge interest complex .

   Such a person, whether it is cooperation or confrontation, must be infinitely valued.

   "Gentlemen, ladies, gentlemen, ladies! Let's start our happy party!"

  Hilton's golden ballroom.

  Abel laughed and shouted, making everyone drink happily.

   People kept coming up to congratulate him and please him.

  His Hollywood girlfriends suddenly discovered that they couldn't find any sense of existence.

  The bigwigs in the kingdom, including famous people outside of Wall Street and New York, went to talk to Abel one by one. Let them want to say congratulations, but they can't find a place.

   Fortunately, everyone knows Abel's hobbies and attitudes in certain aspects.

   This made all the guests respect them, and no one dared to offend them.

  It is very comfortable for them, public figures who are originally in the kingdom and whose status is actually very humble.

  Especially in the case of Abel, who didn't have a female companion on the stage today—

  Kayla originally wanted to come, but was rejected by Abel.

  Abel said directly to her: "Laura is also in New York and pregnant. I have to take her feelings into account, so I'm sorry, honey..."

  Keira Wilson was angry, but there was nothing she could do.

  Because no matter whether it is public or private, she still dare not make trouble with Abel.

  Yu Gong, Abel owns many companies and has interests with Wells Fargo.

   As general manager of the New York branch, she couldn't keep Abe away from Wells Fargo, and that was something that made her seriously dereliction of duty.

   She just took office not long ago.

  Personally, her father is still alive, and she hasn't got much inheritance rights to the family business.

  Until she fulfills her ambition, Keira will never fall out with Abel.

  Plus that little Laura didn't go, so she forgave herself, at least her status was the same as little Laura.

   Well, this is her own deception.

  Little Laura and Keira didn't come, Paris was raising her baby in California, and Ikana was going to wait for Paris to come back after giving birth.

  The Hurst sisters are with their parents tonight, and they cannot be regarded as female companions.

   Abel’s higher status and well-born women did not show up.

  He simply did not bring a female companion, and his Hollywood girls became his de facto female companions tonight.

  As for the Hollywood girls who are Abel’s female companions, many wives of the guests have come tonight to build relationships and make friends with them.

   Some ladies are even more flattered by their identities.

   Like in the circle, Charlize Theron who was "rumored" gave birth to Abel's first child.

   Now I am a little flattered to have a soft chat with Sirani, one of the wives of the former US leader, who is very famous in the United States.

"Ah, Charlize, I loved your 'Sea Diver' two years ago! I even saw its premiere, and it was a really good movie. Your performance in it, I love it even more!"

  Silani held Charlize's hand very kindly, and said with a smile.

  If it was before, Charlize would be ecstatic to be treated like this by such a big man.

   But after following Abel, only two years later, Charlize's vision and experience have been crazily raised to a certain level.

   Like now, she is just a little flattered.

  At the same time, she was laughing at Sirani in her heart, and felt that it was obvious that Sirani had never watched her "Diver of the Raging Sea".

   First of all, "Diver of the Raging Sea" is a man's play. It tells the legendary story of Carl Brashear, the first black deep-sea diver in the history of the US Navy.

  Compared to the correct male drama, her role in it is not very important.

  Secondly, the premiere of "Diver of the Raging Sea" was in Canada.

  The United States was delayed by two days before going online.

   What did Sirani think of the film's premiere?

  At that time, she was still the wife of the Grand Commander. Could it be that she made a special trip to Linguo just to watch a movie?

  So Charlize knew that Sirani was so close to herself.

   It's definitely not that she really likes herself and likes watching the movies she made.

   will only have a purpose.

   And the purpose...

  Charlize's eyes looked not far away at Abel, who was surrounded by big shots in the kingdom, the father of his child, his own man.

  Charlize knew that the only reason Sirani was close to her was because of him.

  Charlize didn't know the purpose of Sirani doing this. But now Charlize is extremely grateful for the bold decision she made more than a year ago.

   Without the madness at that time, I would not have my current scenery.

  The mother of the first child, even if she is only an illegitimate daughter, still holds a special place in Abel's heart.

   So far, even people like Sirani have to please, and even find topics close to their own scenery.

  Thinking of this, Charlize knew that she couldn't let Abel down again.

   Once is enough, and if there is a second time, she is not sure about the existence of little Alia, whether she can continue to stay by his side.

  So facing the closeness of Sirani who made himself feel flattered.

  Charlize appeared very decent, acting neither humble nor overbearing, neither pandering nor disrespectful.

  This kind of performance made Sirani, who actually looked down on them very much, very surprised.

   These stupid women in the entertainment industry actually have such smart guys.

   What a surprise.

   Sirani thought to herself.

  (end of this chapter)