Back to 1995

In the past few days, San Jose Airport has seen almost an endless stream of business jets and private planes flying in from Washington DC and the capitals of the federal states.

The San Jose manor has also been extremely lively these days. After receiving a call from Harvey Pete, the presidents of major Wall Street institutions and investment banks who rushed over also came here one after another.

In the past few years, after the NASDAQ crash, the leeks have been on the sidelines, not daring to get off the market easily. The major investment banks on Wall Street are also in a state of hunger. Right now, bloodthirsty sharks that smell like fish are driving away. come over.

Goldman Sachs President Id Blankfein entered the San Jose manor in a vehicle. He was one of the important people invited this time. It was also the first time since he took office that he participated in this kind of event that could affect Nasdaq and even Wall Street. reunion.

In the past, Paulson was the one who participated in such gatherings. Through such gatherings and actions, he used the power of Goldman Sachs president to the fullest, especially in the short-selling battle in Southeast Asia. , Malaysia and other multinational finances, making him the most powerful man on Wall Street and even America.

Since Ed Blankfein took over as the president of Goldman Sachs, he hasn't done much. Of course, this is also related to Paulson's ugly eating at Goldman Sachs last time.

Although there were many reasons for the NASDAQ crash, other Wall Street institutions suffered heavy losses during the crash. Only Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank Investment Bank not only did not lose money, but instead made a fortune. That wave is too hateful In fact, Paulson ran away in the end and entered the revolving door to hide.

Goldman Sachs Investment Bank has been in a state of recuperation since Paulson left, acting rather low-key, just to get rid of the suspicion of shorting Nasdaq.

Anyway, Goldman Sachs would never admit that it had anything to do with the Nasdaq crash, even if killed.

"President Yide!"

It was Harvey Pete who came forward to meet Id Blankfein. After all, he saved today's game.

"I'm glad you can come!" Harvey Pete said enthusiastically to Ed Blankfein. Even if he is the boss of the Federal Securities Commission, he should be courteous when facing the president of Goldman Sachs, let alone He, even if it is the commander-in-chief, when it comes to Wall Street, he must also consider the attitude of Goldman Sachs. Whoever makes the federal finances from top to bottom will be filled by Goldman Sachs, even if it is the commander-in-chief, Goldman Sachs If you fall out, you have to think about whether you can still pay the millions of federal employees normally next month!
Ed Blankfein knew about Harvey Pete's difficulties, and actually forced Harvey Pete into the palace, and Goldman Sachs also contributed behind the scenes. Now the effect finally appeared, and Harvey Pete still started something.

When Harvey Pete took him into the door of a meeting room in the manor, Ed Blankfein glanced at his phone and saw that the signal of the phone had all disappeared. He knew that there were signal jammers, anti-eavesdropping and other equipment in the meeting room. What I talked about today must not be spread, otherwise I don’t know how much uproar it will cause, and I will definitely be pushed out as scapegoats by a few unlucky people to calm the anger. Blankfein does not want to be that scapegoat.

When Id Blankfein entered, he saw that there were already many people sitting in the conference room, such as the familiar Bear Stearns Investment Bank President Spector, Lehman Brothers President Dick Fold, and BlackRock Fund , State Street Fund executives.

In addition, the largest public pension fund in America, Staubel, the president of the California Municipal Employees Retirement Fund, the New York Public Pension Fund, the California Teachers Pension Fund, etc., America ranks in the top ten, with a management amount of more than 2000 billion US dollars Pension fund executives were in attendance.

Looking at today's battle, Ed Blankfein was a little bit worried, and then several people came to the scene. When Song Yang, Schmidt, and Deutsche Bank Investment Bank President Addison came in, Blankfein followed Everyone in the conference room cast their gazes over.

Seeing that everyone was here, Harvey Pete looked at the people in the conference room, "Everyone, I hope that an agreement can be reached today. This is very important for the Federal Securities Commission, Wall Street, and the federal Internet industry!"

After expressing his attitude, Harvey Pete turned around and left, and handed over the meeting room to everyone present. It was already the limit of what Harvey Pete could do to gather so many people together and express his attitude. You can’t control the listing of Google yourself, you really don’t want to lose face, and the referee will end the game in person, right?

After all the people sat down, seeing so many big figures in the conference room and Schmidt, who was used to the storm, felt nervous for the first time.

But after Song Yang nodded slightly to him, Schmidt took a deep breath and said, "Google is very grateful to everyone for being able to participate in today's meeting!"

"Everyone must have heard some rumors that Google is about to launch its IPO. As a company with a sense of responsibility, social responsibility, and no evil, Google's management believes that more people should enjoy the dividends brought by Google's IPO! "

As Schmidt said, he had already thought up the rhetoric, but just after he finished speaking, Dick Fuld, the president of the investment bank of Lehman Brothers, couldn't help but said, "President Schmidt, you know, we There are still many things to deal with.

Google is very good, of course we know that, and we are willing to subscribe for Google's IPO shares, but how much is Google going to raise this time? ! "

Schmidt glanced at Song Yang first, and then said, "$45 billion!

Google is expected to issue 420 two million shares at a price of $85 per share at a price of $5000 billion..."

When Schmidt said this, many people in the conference room took a deep breath, and Dick Fold couldn't help opening his mouth. He expected that Google might open his mouth this time. But I didn't expect it to be so big.

For a while, the meeting room was silent, and it seemed that they were a little stunned by the big opening of Google's lion. Ed Blankfein looked normal, but he didn't say a word, but looked more at Song Yang and Schmidt I took a few glances.

When he looked back, Ed Blankfein and Edison exchanged glances, and the two nodded in tacit understanding. For the man who could challenge Paulson back then, Ed Blankfein Edison's ability is very convincing, and Edison's calm expression now makes Ed Blankfein have enough patience to wait.

"President Schmidt, Google's valuation is too high!"

Staubol, president of the California Municipal Pension Fund, couldn't help but say that he is very interested in investing in Google. Over the years, the wind direction in America has been changing. In the past, these pension funds liked to invest in oil, banks, Traditional concept stocks such as insurance, aviation, and automobiles, but in recent years, traditional industries have been in decline in America. As a last resort, Staupol and the others can only choose new areas for investment.

Like Google, a company that is not only an Internet concept stock, but also earns real profits, is quite popular with Staubol, but no matter how much he likes it, he can't be taken advantage of.

"Investing in Google now is definitely worth it!"

After Staubol spoke, everyone was ready to criticize Google, but after Song Yang spoke, the entire conference room fell silent for a while.

When Schmidt spoke, Ed Blankfein could still interrupt and refute, but when Song Yang spoke, he was not qualified.

"Google's account now has nearly US$150 million in cash. Within five years, Google's revenue is expected to exceed US$[-] billion. Within ten years, Google's revenue is expected to exceed US$[-] billion. Search engines are becoming one of the most important industries in the Internet industry, and Google will also become the most profitable company in Silicon Valley!
In the future, Google will also enter browsers, e-mail and other industries. Google’s global users may exceed one billion or even two billion in the future. Isn’t such a Google worth 20 billion, 500 billion or even 1000 billion dollars in the future? ! "

Song Yang threw out the big cake of Google and told everyone about Google's future potential, whether it can be achieved or not, anyway, what Song Yang said was a promise.

All the people present couldn't refute Song Yang's words. In fact, these years, Song Yang has proved that the bragging at the beginning has now become a reality. ICQ's market value is now more than 500 billion US dollars. Double-click, fly tower, The listed companies in Song Yang's hands, such as ebay, are also worth a lot of money. Now Song Yang threatens that Google's future market value will exceed US$[-] billion. Who dares to refute this? This cannot be true. Don't forget, when you questioned Google's Yahoo, George Bell are now clowns!

"This time, Congressman Harvey Pete has called everyone here, and also hopes that your company can participate in Google's listing and future!
Google's board of directors is willing to transfer part of the equity to other companies. If everyone is willing to join the Google camp, then the future of Google may be related to not only Internet concept stocks, but Nasdaq may also be affected ! "

When Song Yang said this, he almost made it clear that the people sitting here were all human beings, and they might not have realized it at first, but when Song Yang talked to this point, how could they still not know what was going on? !

Ed Blankfein, Dick Feld, Spector, Staubol and others all reacted, and they finally knew what Harvey Pete asked them to do today, and they were a little confused for a while. Surprised by Harvey Pete's appetite, I feel that I have underestimated the confidant of this great commander. I didn't expect him to dare to play so big. This is preparing to hype another Internet frenzy!

At this time, when Id Blankfein and others looked at Google again, they felt that it was not a question of whether Google’s valuation was high or not, but that they had voted for a certificate and bought Google’s stock, even if they joined the hype game. middle.

Everyone knows that this hype game will definitely not last forever, but as long as it lasts for three to five years, the Wall Street institutions and state pension funds behind them will definitely make a fortune. Bullshit!