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  Chapter 708 So you can still play like this

  Lu Zhi, Lu Changqing, and the last Li Yifan, the three of them don't know now, but they will be called "Three Musketeers of the Blue Bird" in the future and become a model of success.

  They now join Liu Qingshan's team only out of their own different needs, or because of the pressure of life, or because they are impressed by Liu Qingshan's personality charm.

   I have to admit that sometimes life choices are very important.

   These three people undoubtedly made the most important and correct choice in their lives.

  Liu Qingshan led Jiang Renyi and Li Yifan out of the cafe, leaving the rest to Jiang Renyi to arrange.

  Including purchasing the corresponding equipment, and arranging for personnel to return to China, etc., it is estimated that Jiang Renyi will be busy for a while.

   As for the reception and resettlement in China, He Wanqing is naturally in charge.

   After staying in San Francisco for one night, Liu Qingshan returned to Los Angeles, while Xiao Li stayed here.

   This kid heard that Earth.com will hold a roadshow before going public. As one of the shareholders, Xiao Li, who has always been pushy, will naturally not miss this opportunity.

   Their road show team will travel to six or seven major cities within half a month.

  This is not bad. Some listed companies have to travel to London and Hong Kong Island, which is even more troublesome.

  Xiao Li's driver and bodyguard sent Liu Qingshan back to Los Angeles. Liu Qingshan is fine for the time being.

   It can’t be said that nothing is wrong. These days, the money in Liu Qingshan’s hands is flowing out like running water.

  Xiao Zihou’s bursary was first allocated 5 million US dollars.

   Then Jiang Renyi purchased equipment and equipment, which cost more than 10 million US dollars at once.

  But Liu Qingshan didn't feel distressed, and encouraged Jiang Renyi: Don't save money, you must buy what you should buy!

  He knows best, but after this year, with the end of the honeymoon period of the two countries, it is impossible to imagine such an unrestricted open purchase.

  The "Batumi" set up by those countries is not a decoration, a neck can kill people.

   After the purchased equipment and equipment were shipped back to China, several specialized laboratories were set up in Beijing University.

   Beijing University has nothing else to do, and it can still be done by freeing up some space.

   To match the laboratory, factories are needed, and Liu Qingshan does not intend to cooperate with the current state-owned factories.

   The big deal is to build an auxiliary supporting factory by yourself. Anyway, in China, they still have a lot of idle funds in Longteng.

  For others, taking money out of their pockets every day may be a painful thing.

  But for Liu Qingshan, he still enjoys this feeling:

  Anyway, the money was earned from foreigners, and it would be nice to be able to exchange it for something useful.

  Unknowingly, the road show of the Earth Network team ended successfully, and the listing has entered the final sprint stage.

  The listing time will be finalized on September 1st.

  The final prospectus has been sent to investors, and after mutual agreement between the company and the investment bank, the final stock price is $5.50 per share.

  According to the requirements for listing on NASDAQ at that time, the stock price must not be less than five dollars per share. The stock price of Earth Net can only be regarded as barely passing.

  On the one hand, it is because the company’s profit is only a few hundred thousand dollars; on the other hand, it is because the industry is generally not optimistic about the model of the Earth Network, and it is agreed that it is too simple and has no technological content.

  Look at the high-tech companies listed on Nasdaq, such as Microsoft, Apple, Intel, etc., which one is not tall.

  Global Network built a small portal website, coupled with a free email address that does not make money, and was lucky to be able to go public through a backdoor, so the issue price of 5.5 US dollars was considered normal.

  The issue price of Microsoft is only 21 US dollars.

  The total number of shares set by the Earth Network this time is 5 million shares, of which the tradable shares are 3 million shares, which can be regarded as barely reaching the minimum threshold of the set tradable shares: more than 15 million US dollars.

  The restricted shares held by the company's shareholders account for about 60% of the total.

  The distribution is roughly like this: the company's main creative team together account for 20% of the shares, including Xiao Li, Jiang Renyi, Adrian, Hunter and others.

  Company employees, according to their contribution and ability, each own a few tenths to a few tenths of a share, and this part accounts for a total of five percent.

  The remaining 35% is owned by the company's largest shareholder.

   And the largest shareholder, most people thought it was Liu Qingshan.

  The time finally arrived on September 1st, Times Square Building 4 next to Times Square.

  Global Network's team, Jiang Renyi, Adrian and Xiao Li and other representatives, successfully rang the bell for listing.

  Liu Qingshan didn't go up to show off. He is now a well-known public figure in the United States, and he is very popular.

  This year is fine, but next year, I am afraid that he will be targeted. He does not want to affect the development of the Earth Network because of himself.

  Liu Qingshan's low profile was understood by Xiao Li as the humility of an oriental person, and he thanked Liu Qingshan for giving him this opportunity.

  The current Xiao Li is sincerely grateful to his friend Liu Qingshan for allowing him to gain both fame and fortune.

   This is the side of the United States. There is no selection of the top ten outstanding young people. Otherwise, Xiao Li must be on the list.

   Even within the family, Xiao Li now has a certain right to speak.

   Originally, Xiao Li was a marginal figure in the family, and he was not allowed to intervene in the affairs of the family.

  In every family there are successors who have been cultivated with emphasis, and there are also second-generation ancestors who eat and wait to die.

   Unexpectedly, Xiao Li, the salty fish in the eyes of the elders, turned over by himself with a snap.

  In the family, they even wanted to add burdens to Xiao Li and share the family affairs, but Xiao Li unceremoniously refused: Why did you go early!

  Xiao Li's wings are hardened now. He wants to prove himself that he can still make a career without relying on his family.

   And his biggest reliance now is Liu Qingshan.

  After the bell rings on the trading floor, it means that the stock can be traded.

  General new stocks may be hyped at the beginning of listing, and the stock price will likely rise.

  According to statistics, about 50% of the technology stocks listed on NASDAQ will fall back to the stock price at the beginning of the issuance after one year of listing.

  About 70% of the stocks will fall back to the issue price after two years.

  About 80% of the stocks will be delisted due to bankruptcy and liquidation of the company after three years of listing.

  So it is really not easy to survive in the stock market. I wonder what the fate of the Earth Network will be?

  On the first day of issuance, the stock of Earth Net was calm. After rising to US$6, it began to fall again. The final closing price on the first day was a little over US$5.8.

   This price is quite disappointing, and it basically meets the expectations of those experts: they are all relatively pessimistic about Earth Network.

   And on the second day, Adrian, the executive vice president of Earth Network, held a huge investment promotion conference.

   Then a new profit model was born: using email to send advertisements to users.

  After Adrian's investment promotion, more than a dozen businesses mainly engaged in computer equipment signed agreements with Earth Network.

  Although the advertising fees they paid were only tens of thousands of dollars, there were a large number of merchants who couldn't stand it, so the turnover of this investment promotion meeting also exceeded one million dollars.

  Don’t underestimate this million dollars. When most Internet companies are still at a loss, the wealth created by Earth Net is definitely a huge surprise.

  The next day, several influential newspapers reported the news.

   This also gives those confused Internet pioneers a way to make money: it turns out that they can still play like this!

   It’s no wonder that Earth Network launched a free mailbox. At first, everyone thought it was a loss to make money, just to attract people’s attention.

   Now it seems that, including those experts, they are all wrong. People's Earth Network is not bright in the east and bright in the west.

   As a result of this wave of publicity, the number of registered users of Earth.com increased sharply, directly breaking through 100,000, and heading towards 150,000.

  The chain reaction brought about by the surge in users is that the earth network is paralyzed.

  After the emergency expansion, it will run as usual the next day.

  In fact, the one million yuan obtained by China Merchants is not even enough to buy servers, and the company is still burning money.

  But those ordinary stockholders don’t think so. In their perception, an Internet company that can make money is a good company.

  So the next afternoon, Earth Net’s stock went all the way up, breaking through ten dollars, and the final closing price stopped at a little over $12, doubling directly.

  This kind of situation also makes the shareholders of the company rejoice and boost their morale.

   This is not over yet. After the market opened on Monday, the stock price of Earth Network reached a new high, reaching 20 US dollars, and the market value of Earth Network also exceeded 100 million yuan.

   The small shareholders of Earth Network are eager to move, wanting to sell their stocks privately.

  Although they are all restricted shares, it is still possible to transfer them by private agreement, but the price will be squeezed a little bit.

   "Now is just the beginning." Jiang Renyi saw the changes in the employees, and corrected this unhealthy trend in time:

   "Our goal within a year is for the stock price to break through $100!"

  Although the employees didn’t refute it, they didn’t really believe it in their hearts: Do you really think anyone can become the next Microsoft?

   Yes, Microsoft has become the new benchmark, and Bill has also become the new idol of all people in the computer and Internet industries.

   These days, Liu Qingshan is also paying attention to the stock price of Earth Network, because it is also related to his income.

  When the stock price broke through 20 dollars, Liu Qingshan took out his cellular phone and called Adrian.

  After connecting, Adrian's excited voice came over immediately: "Boss, the stock has soared, we succeeded!"

  Liu Qingshan did not show excitement at all: "Adrian, please keep calm, I think the stock of our earth network seems to be rising too fast."

  Adrian on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned: "Boss, isn't it good for stocks to soar?"

   "I wonder if someone is maliciously buying our Earth Network shares." Liu Qingshan decided to pour cold water on Adrian to help him cool down.

   "Oh, hostile takeover, can't it?" Adrian immediately calmed down, and then broke out in a cold sweat: Could it be that the wolves of Wall Street have been targeted?

  Thinking about it, it is really possible. The new profit model created by the Earth Network is really a big piece of fat.

  Now there are few users, and there is still not much effect. What if it really develops to millions or even tens of millions of users as the boss said?

  By that time, it is simply unimaginable how huge an effect an advertisement can create.

  The group of people on Wall Street are the best at playing this trick. Not to mention a small company of the size of the Earth Network, no matter how many famous big companies, they will be swallowed by them in the end.

   After calming down completely, Adrian immediately said: "Boss, I will inquire about the relationship with the SEC, and then I will reply to you."

  SEC is the abbreviation of the Securities Regulatory Commission here.

   After Liu Qingshan ended the call, he still felt uneasy and started calling again.

  At the same time, at the Wang An Computer headquarters in Boston, Mr. Wang Lie, who succeeded his father as the new president, was listening to his subordinates' reports in his exclusive office.

   "What, it's just such a small acquisition, Mr. Henry, I paid you to hire your team, and you all eat shit!"

  Mr. Wang Lie is very angry now. It is he who united with some people and secretly bought the stock of Earth Network.

  However, in his opinion, the progress is too slow. He only received hundreds of thousands of shares, which is a little more than 1%, so what's the point?

  When the earth network announced the new profit model, Wang Lie was tempted: if he got the earth network in his hands, then his computer company would have a gorgeous promotional business card.

   And it can also sell computers to users. This effect is definitely one plus one is greater than two.

   As for whether it was because he was unhappy with Liu Qingshan, Wang Lie would not admit it anyway.

  It can not only bring benefits to the company's development, but also avenge private revenge by the public. Isn't this delicious?

  Henry, the leader of the trader team hired by Wang Lie, is a middle-aged white man. Although he is respectful on the surface, he has long scolded Wang Lie in his heart.

  He also argued coldly: "Mr. Wang, buying stocks is not as simple as you imagined, and it can easily cause sharp fluctuations in stock prices."

   “We are a mature team that must be accountable for every employer.”

  Henry despises this kind of thing that an outsider directs an insider, but his professional ethics is not bad.

  Wang Lie didn't care so much, he waved his hand angrily:

   "Henry, no matter what method you use, you must acquire the shares of Earth Network as soon as possible. Well, you can leave now!"

  Henry shrugged his shoulders, turned around and left, making up his mind: he will never take business from such arrogant people again.

   After Henry went out, Wang Lie picked up the phone and called out: "Hello, Mr. Soros, is your acquisition going well?"

  On the other end of the phone, came the unhurried voice of Soros, an old fox:

   "Wang, the stock price of Earth Network is much higher than we expected, and the cost may increase this time."

   "Don't worry, Mr. Soros, I also invited some elders to complete this acquisition together, and we will definitely succeed."

  Wang Lie chatted a few more words before putting down the phone.

  And Soros on the other end of the phone had a bright smile on his face:

  You little idiot is only half right, not us, I will make it.

  (end of this chapter)