Back to 1995

Chapter 646

The billboard outside the New York Times Building on Broadway is the place where New York "drops the ball" every year when it welcomes the New Year, and it is also the focus of outdoor billboards in New York and even in America.

The big seven-story screen in Nasdaq is the dream billboard for technology companies all over the world. Almost all listed companies in Nasdaq have been on this billboard!

And today, from the New York Times Building on Broadway to the big screens of Nasdaq, a logo appears on nearly 230 advertising screens in Times Square, New York, and that is ICQ!

When Netscape and Yahoo went public, they only bought dozens of billboards in New York’s Times Square to advertise. Most other small and medium-sized Internet companies only took a commemorative photo on the Nasdaq billboards. Just put it on the official website to fool people.

After all, not all Internet companies are rich and powerful, and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a day on an advertising screen just to let passers-by take a look at it.

But today, the more than 200 screens in Times Square in New York all turned into ICQ signs when the sky was gray and pedestrians first started walking on the street!
Andrew Collier is an intern analyst at the New York International Securities Company. Collier came out of the Ross School of Business in Michigan. The Ross School of Business can squeeze into the top ten ranks in the ranking of American Business Schools.

Collier has no problem getting into an ordinary company, even the Fortune [-] in America, but it is still a bit difficult to get into a top Wall Street institution.

When the internship period is over, Collier is going to go to Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other institutions to try his luck. The competition is fierce, but once he enters, the annual salary will start at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Collier has broken heads with countless geniuses. Want to squeeze into Wall Street, isn't it just for the dollar?

Collier has gradually become familiar with the rules of Wall Street. Although he has not officially taken over the project, he already understands the routines and the like.

Collier, who was eating a fast food and walking towards Wall Street, wanted to go to the company early. As a "rookie", what he had to do was not only to do errands, but also to buy breakfast and wash the car for the seniors. Collier had to do all kinds of private work, even walking the dog.

This is something every "rookie" has to go through. Collier has to endure all these things to get the approval of the seniors and bring him into the industry. This kind of large-scale party will bring him into the project, give him some network resources, etc. At that time, Collier can be regarded as really entering the industry!

Of course, if you don’t want to go through these things, you can either be a genius who is one in billions, get various math awards, and enter the talent pool of major investment banks early, or have a strong background and have relatives of billionaires , can bring resources to the investment bank where he practiced, so he doesn't need to go through this, otherwise it will be unavoidable.

After all, if you want to really enter Wall Street, you must recognize Wall Street's values, agree with Wall Street's omnipotent means, and live a luxurious and corrupt life in private. There must be one of the four pillars of life...

Andrew Collier, who was eating fast food, accidentally looked up, and saw the billboards all over the street, all of which were ICQ LOGOs. Collier couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Of course, Collier knows that ICQ is going to be listed. After all, this is the most exciting event on Wall Street recently. The analysts in the business department of his international securities company are also promoting ICQ stocks to users. Still startled Collier.

Looking at the billboards all over the street, Collier was a little skeptical, maybe ICQ bought all the advertisements in New York!
Entering the office, Collier saw that the executives who used to step on the scene all came very early today. Early in the morning, everyone entered the conference room, and the entire securities company was filled with a An unusual feeling.

"Rookie!"

The supervisor in charge of Collier took a few sheets of paper full of lists and threw them on his desk.

"Today, all the calls on these lists have to be finished, and I want to sell ICQ stocks to them. If you become a full-time trainee this time, it depends on how many ICQ stocks you can trade!"

After finishing speaking, the supervisor left in a hurry. Collier looked up and saw that the entire office was already buzzing with telephones, and every colleague was hard at work selling ICQ stocks.

Collier looked at those lists. These users must not be big customers. They have already been called countless times, but Collier had no choice but to sell them hard, to those leeks. "Recommended" to buy ICQ stock.

What surprised Collier was that this was the first time he encountered such a thing in the past few months of his internship. He didn't know how much commission ICQ gave the company, and he could make a securities company sell ICQ's stocks so hard. .

Thinking of the billboards he saw this morning, and the pile of lists in his hands, Collier felt that the publicity expenses invested by ICQ today were at least tens of millions of dollars...

Putting his thoughts away, Collier could only call one by one according to the number. What Collier didn't know was that at this time, not only the securities company he worked for, but also large and small Wall Street institutions were hard at work promoting today's upcoming listing. ICQ stock!

"Song, how about my set?"

On the window sill of the master bedroom of the North Shore Manor, Song Yang turned his head and looked at Jenny, who had changed countless clothes since she got up today.

The crew of "The Matrix" has already gone to Asia for an announcement. Jenny showed her face in Tokyo, and then flew back to America in a hurry, preparing to participate in the bell-ringing ceremony with Song Yang.

Although Jenny didn't think so much, she also understood that she had to be by Song Yang's side on such an occasion today, in order to show her status as "the queen of the palace".

Looking at Jenny in a diamond dress, Song Yang said with a smile, "It's time for the banquet at night!"

During the day today, basically all the media and reporters from the Internet, technology, finance, financial and other industries were present. I am afraid that there will not be many reports on Jenny.

When it comes to the banquet in the evening, it is time for Vanity Fair, and many media such as fashion and gossip will go back to join in the fun.

"Those bitches will definitely say it!"

Women know women best. If Jenny accompanied Song Yang to the Nasdaq bell ringing scene today, if she didn't dress up well, she would be sure that a lot of people would jump out and criticize her. Jenny knew that Hollywood and America I don't know how many people want to replace her and become the person who will accompany Song Yang in public.

Jenny pouted her lips, and put on the pendant that Song Yang gave her for the first time. This pendant is not the most precious to Jenny. Song Yang has given Jenny a lot in the past few years. A gift, but to Jenny, the necklace and the words engraved on it are the most important thing to Jenny.

After eating a simple meal and padding their stomachs, Song Yang, Jenny, Greck, Gallo and others took a convoy to the Nasdaq trading floor.

On the way, the vehicles of ICQ executives such as Irene and Wesley will also gather, and the closer they are to the Nasdaq trading floor, the more vehicles there will be.

In front of the Nasdaq trading floor, reporters and the media, as well as TV station vans, are doing live reports. ICNC TV station sent a huge lineup today, as well as Comcast TV Network, NBC TV station, etc. Today is also very cooperative.

Song Yang didn't get out of the car first. Today is the listing of ICQ. It should be Irene's home court. Irene, who was dressed in white professional women's clothing, stepped on high heels when she got out of the car. , Turned the front of the Nasdaq trading floor into a vast expanse of whiteness, and the TV camera also recorded this scene.

"Ms. Irene, after ICQ goes public today, you will become one of the female professional managers in charge of the Internet with the highest market value. How do you feel?"

"President Irene, it is rumored that ICQ will have new plans after it goes public, can you tell me?"

As soon as Irene got out of the car, a group of reporters surrounded her and asked her various questions.

Irene just nodded with a smile, "Welcome everyone, to the banquet tonight!"

After speaking, she walked forward. Irene knew that there were quite a lot of people present today, and she needed to deal with them. Besides, there were Song Yang and others behind her. She didn't waste too much time in front of the trading hall.

Some reporters followed Irene into the hall, and there were also many media waiting behind. When Jenny was holding Song Yang's arm, she was taking pictures again in a blank.

Jenny, who has been in Hollywood once, is already familiar with this kind of scene. She pulled Song Yang with a somewhat reserved smile, and after being photographed by the media reporters, she happily accompanied Song Yang into the hall.

In Hollywood, Los Angeles, when they saw Jenny walking into the Nasdaq trading hall with Song Yang on the TV, many female stars and actors showed envy, jealousy, and various complex expressions.

What Hollywood actresses use to maintain their worth is undoubtedly Bigger. Look at how many top luxury goods and cosmetics brands this actress has endorsed, and how many top magazine covers she has appeared on.

And when a Hollywood actress can be reported by NBC, ABC, Fox, New York TV, Los Angeles TV and many other American mainstream TV stations, except for scandals, if she appears in the news, it means that the American mainstream media has already She has been fully recognized, no matter whether it is because of herself or others, she has entered the room and got rid of the title of "Hollywood actress", which has a color of fame and fortune, but also has some special meaning...

After Song Yang, Wesley, Greg and others, a group of people came down from the convoy behind. When they knew that these people were the heads of the company in Song Yang's camp, even if they had heard about it, they were also recognized by several wealth management companies. It was reported by the magazine, and many media reporters present were still surprised!

(End of this chapter)