Back To 1995

   Chapter 362 Curtain Call

  Double-click the stock price. When the market closed the next day, the price was just seventy dollars, one cent more and one cent less. By this time, everyone understood that this was already a controlled deal.

   When the double-click shorting rate came out, the entire double-click market seemed to start to extend to desperately long.

Everyone understands that short-selling hedge funds have been wrapped into dumplings. As long as double-click the company, KKR Group, and Deutsche Bank Investment Bank do not release the tradable shares in their hands, and close the positions for those hedge funds, theoretically double-click the company's stock price, which can be extended indefinitely. Gao, waiting for those hedge funds to take over...

At this time, Edison also jumped out and turned on his mouth gun skills, "I don't know why some people still short Double Click Company, I think Double Click is the best company in America, it is the best company with General Electric, Microsoft, Sun Same company!"

   Addison's words are almost pointing his nose at people, scolding the hedge funds who are short-selling, and their brains are wrong. How dare they do this to short General Electric?

And another layer of meaning in Edison's words has made countless people frantically increase their positions and place long orders for Double-click. Addison put Double-click to the point of being with General Electric. Is it to make Double-click's share price? Pulled to the sky, the market value has reached the same level as General Electric?

  Everyone knows that the market value of Double-click cannot reach the same level as General Electric, but now it can keep raising the stock price, so that hedge funds and investment banks such as Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, which have provided leverage for hedge funds, take over.

   And in the following week, Double-click showed the crazy side to people. No matter what investment banks such as Bear Stearns and Lehman shouted, Double-click was not worth the price, but it still could not stop the soaring Double-click stock price.

On the second day, when the double-click closed, the stock price was $70, and on the third day, it was $90. When the market opened on the fourth day, under the huge buying orders, the double-click stock price broke through $100 in a straight line, and the market value reached an astonishing amount. 15 billion dollars!

   In just one week, the share price of Double-Click has risen from US$4 to US$100, a 25-fold increase, making it a well-deserved leader among NASDAQ internet stocks this year.

   When you think about heaven, when you think about hell, some people are revelling and some people are jumping off the building. During this time, the media reported a lot of buying double-click stocks, and the news of getting rich overnight, some people keep jumping off the building, and there are not a few people who are displaced.

   "Affected by the continuous rise of the double-click stock price, Wall Street institutions predict that Wall Street's short-selling hedge funds will have lost more than $4 billion this time!"

   "Bear Stearns and Lehman Investment Bank filed a formal complaint with the Federal Securities Regulatory Commission against the company's manipulation of the stock price, requesting the company to release tradable shares and restore the stock price to the level before the skyrocketing."

   "The Federal Securities Commission, today officially sent an inquiry letter to Double-click Company, asking about the reason for the abnormal fluctuation of Double-click's stock price. Double-click replied that the company has no major news and has not disclosed it. All operations are normal, and stock price fluctuations are normal..."

  Sitting in ICQ's office, Edison and Kravis, who arrived in San Jose, couldn't help but smile when they saw the news on TV.

   "It's this time, Spector and Dick Feld are still dreaming!" Addison said with a sneer.

  Specter is the president of Bear Stearns, and Dick Feld is the president of Lehman Investment Bank. Both of them are powerful figures on Wall Street. They are big figures at the same level as Paulson, and their status is higher than that of Edison.

   Both Edison and Kravis understand why Lehman Investment Bank and Bear Stearns are so anxious. Double-clicking the stock price like Mad Cow is obviously to make these two investment banks that short hedge funds, provide guarantees and leverage, and are a little anxious.

In case the position cannot be closed when the options are settled, the hedge fund will go bankrupt. These investment banks have to help the hedge fund. So these days, they are obviously in a hurry. They have been complaining to the Federal Securities Commission and putting pressure on the media. , want to double-click this side to hand over the chips as soon as possible.

But other people are afraid of these two, Edison is not afraid, his Deutsche Bank investment bank is to steal the business of these big investment banks on Wall Street, and his colleagues are enemies. Edison can't wait to kill Bear Stearns and Lehman Investment Bank, Then scrape the industry of these two major investment banks!

   "They still regard themselves as hunters!" Kravis also shook his head and sighed, but the joy on his face could not be concealed.

In the past few days, the media has also reported on Kravis overwhelmingly, making him the focus again. Kravis also has a feeling of arrogance. This time, not only can he make a lot of money, but also let all Wall Street people know that, His Kravis sword is not old, and he is still cheap enough to eat!

In the ICQ office building, after waiting for a while, Addison didn't wait for Song Yang to arrive, only to hear from ICQ staff that Song Yang was in the game department, and Addison was not angry, instead, he was interested in ICQ's games In the past, after all, anyone who made billions of dollars would probably not be angry, and would like to give it up.

Edison walked in the ICQ office building, and clearly felt that the Internet company was different from the Wall Street side. Although it was equally busy, ICQ did not have that kind of anxiety. On Wall Street, all the staff of the investment bank have to complete the performance every day. And busy, or you will be kicked out of Wall Street.

When he came to the game department, Edison really saw Song Yang and was surrounded by a group of engineers and programmers in front of a computer. The minister stopped him.

   After hearing about it, Song Yang let the two of Edison in, and said apologetically to Edison, "President Edison, I've kept you waiting for a long time!"

   Edison waved his hand and looked at the game on the computer with a little curiosity, "This is ICQ's new game?"

   For Addison, Song Yang has nothing to hide, after all, this game will be released soon.

Song Yang nodded, introduced the three founders of Blizzard to Edison, and then pointed to the game on the computer and said, "This is the game department of Xue Leshan of ICQ, the "Diablo" game that will be released soon. !"

Addison and Kravis don't know much about games. Even on Wall Street, games can't enter the hall. Even these two Wall Street veterans would not have thought that the company that developed this game is walking 687. Billion Dollar Knife…

There is no doubt about the Diablo game. Blizzard, which is at the peak of its creation, has not yet reached the point of relying on the remake. With the support of ICQ, Blizzard, which is under Xue Leshan, has not been wearing shoes, and the game development funds have been given a lot. adequate.

Not to mention the current game market, in another five years, the current Diablo image quality will be able to carry and play, and the game effect is also very outstanding. Song Yang just experienced it. The skills in the game are all the way after they are released. Snowflakes with lightning, like artillery bombing, the models in the game have also worked hard, and the game experience must be far superior to other games.

But if we want to talk about the shortcomings, there are natural ones. The map is too small, and the game setting mechanism makes the action very slow. For impatient players, detours are too time-consuming, and other game imbalance problems also exist. After all, the game Just like people, no matter how popular a game is, it cannot be impeccable, at least in Song Yang's eyes, this game is one of the absolute best games in this era!

Song Yang said to Xueleshan and Blizzard's Mike Moraimy and Alan Adhan, "The expansion will be completed as soon as possible, and the promotion will begin. In addition to the connection problem, we need to make changes, support more people to connect, and also Get ready for a multi-platform release!"

In the presence of Edison, Kravis and others, Song Yang was inconvenient to say more. For ICQ, the release of Diablo is not only about the game business, but also whether it can help ICQ's traffic monetize and prove to the outside world that ICQ's decision is correct.

In addition, this game also undertakes the important task of developing the Xue Leshan online platform. Compared with the picture quality and fluency, the current computer is definitely not as good as the host, but the computer also has the advantage that the host does not have, that is, networking, you can Let players from different regions of the world team up to play online, and if they are brothers, they will cut it together...

Diablo is the originator of ARPG games and online games. When this game comes out, I don’t know how many followers will appear. Of course, including the game that made Shanda the richest man, there is more or less the shadow of Diablo. Most of the whiteboard equipment, legendary equipment, purple legend, etc., also originated from this game...

When    came out of the game department, Edison suddenly asked Song Yang, "Song, do you value this game very much?"

   "This game is very important to ICQ. How will ICQ perform next year, the game department is very important!" Song Yang said ambiguously.

   When Edison heard this, he suddenly looked straight at Song Yang and asked, "Is the rumor true?"

  Kravis looked at Addison and Song Yang, feeling a little dazed for a while, not knowing what they were talking about.

Song Yang saw Edison's gaze and knew that he must have inquired about the news that ICQ wanted to merge American Telecom, NBC Group, and Comcast Television Network. However, at the meeting that day, there were many people participating, and it was inevitable that a little bit would leak out. information.

   "Nothing is known yet!" Song Yang just replied.

   But for Edison, this sentence is enough, and his Deutsche Bank Investment Bank can prepare in advance, "Song, Deutsche Bank Investment Bank is always willing to help you if you need it!"

Seeing Song Yang's figure, Edison recalled the news and couldn't help feeling excited. If Deutsche Bank Investment Bank can complete the merger of ICQ, America Telecom, Comcast TV Network, and NBC Group, then Deutsche Bank The investment bank is definitely doing a big job!

   After returning to the office, Kravis said to Song Yang, "There are too many Wall Street institutions trying to fish in troubled waters, and the double-click share price has exceeded our expectations. On our side, when will we sell the double-click on those outstanding shares?"

   (end of this chapter)