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Chapter 648 How To Solve Your Worries, Only Get Rich

Today's battle is much bigger than the last time it was double-clicked to go public. The entire Nasdaq trading floor is basically full of people.

Qiao Tusi looked at Song Yang surrounded by a crowd, recalled the rumors about Song Yang's worth now, and recalled the scene when he first came into contact with Song Yang, he couldn't help sighing.

Jotus was Song Yang's first real "mentor". The two didn't have much contact with each other, but they kept in touch all the time. Jotus and Song Yang had always had a good relationship.

Back then, Jotus had just rescued the Wang An Group from the quagmire, and it was at the height of the sun, and Song Yang was just a fledgling "rookie". Take Song Yang.

A few years later, Wang An Group is doing well now, with an annual revenue of 35 billion US dollars, and more than 2 employees worldwide. It seems to be in full swing, but Jotus knows that Wang An Group will never go back to the past up.

It seems to make a lot of money, but Wang An Company's profit is not much. Wang An Company, which switched to Internet services, basically earns hard money. Compared with ICQ, Wang An Company makes a lot of money, but It's not popular at all, and ICQ is just an industry in Song Yang's hands!
Martin Solo is no stranger to Edison and others. Edison, who has always been rebellious, still maintains respect when facing the "Napoleon of the advertising industry".

For Edison, Martin Solo was a bit curious. He came here today to support him because WPP Group has been cooperating with Song Yang's company.

Not only on the double-click company, but now ICQ, Xueleshan Online, Fortinet Antivirus, PayPal, and overseas Internet companies outside of America, Yeadex, Sohu, 8848 and other websites are all cooperating with WPP Group to place advertisements.

With the help of Double-click Company and other websites in Song Yang's hands, WPP Group has now extended its hand into the entire Internet platform, and WPP Group is now the world's largest Internet advertiser.

In other words, nearly half of the advertising fees spent by those Silicon Valley venture capitalists and Wall Street institutions on the Internet industry have been eaten by WPP Group!

It seems that the WPP Group does not show off the mountains, but in fact it is making a fortune silently. Now the Internet advertising revenue has accounted for more than one-eighth of the WPP Group. In addition to Internet advertising, there is also a Symbian system WPP can be said to have exhausted the dividends of Internet advertising for the mobile phone advertisements and Panda TV advertisements that were prepared, and the stock price has skyrocketed all the way. This is why Martin Solo came here today to support Song Yang so much.

Relationship is one aspect. The relationship between Martin Solo and Song Yang is considered good, but it is more about the prosperity of the world, and it is all for profit.

"President Edison, Deutsche Bank and Song seem to have a lot of cooperation!" Martin Solo said to this powerful Wall Street figure after looking at Edison for a few times.

"Of course," Edison frowned, and said without denying, "Just like WPP Group, there are many cooperation projects between Deutsche Bank and Bruno Song!"

Edison made no secret of it. He did a lot of work with Song Yang. Deutsche Bank has indeed made a lot of money since cooperating with Song Yang. Martin Solo and Edison looked at each other. All smiles.

Looking at Song Yang in the crowd and Anderson standing on the side, it is impossible to say that he has no idea. Thinking back a few years ago, in the same place and the same scene, he was the only focus of the audience at that time, but now, As the founder of Netscape, he could only stand in the corner, and there were very few media who came to interview him.

"Anderson," Jim Clark said to him, seeming to notice that Anderson was not in a good mood, "don't forget the purpose of our visit this time!"

In the same scene, Netscape took a photo of the Internet industry here, but at that time, Anderson was standing in the C position.

But this time, it was Song Yang. Just like the usual practice, when Netscape and Yahoo went public, they all took a group photo, and now ICQ is the same.

Song Yang and Irene stood together, surrounded by Yang Zhiyuan, Jotus, Martin Solo and others, Whitman, Ertian and others, and other people present, stood around Song Yang, Another famous scene in the technology industry was born!
In the photo, Song Yang stands in the middle, surrounded by big figures from technology, the Internet, and Wall Street, surrounded by Whitman and others, telling people who see this photo how strong the Song Yang camp is now... …

The only difference from a few years ago is that Anderson, the Silicon Valley digital hero who was once sought after by thousands of people, is now standing in the corner of the second row in the photo. In the photo, Anderson is not as proud as before, and his smile is also a little stiff .

If someone who collects technology newspapers and magazines compares the photos born today with a few years ago, he can see the changes in the Internet world, and he can only sigh that Feng Shui turns...

After the group photo was completed, Song Yang, Irene, and Wesley walked towards the stage. At this time, the live camera was ready for them. When the listing button was pressed, the bell ringing ceremony was completed, and the ICQ code appeared on Nas On the screen of the DAK trading floor!
There was applause at the scene, the company with the highest valuation in the Internet industry officially completed its listing, and countless cameras recorded this scene.

After ringing the bell, Irene couldn't help but look up at the stock code of ICQ. For her, sending ICQ to the market brought excitement, anticipation and other inexplicable feelings, but one thing is that ICQ will be listed on the stock market from now on. At the beginning, it was completely different from before!
Far away in the ICQ office building in San Jose, there was a deafening cheer at the moment. Most of the staff of ICQ had received stock options. The listing of ICQ also marked that many of them were about to become millionaires, or even lucky. Well, we can achieve financial freedom!
Wesley and other ICQ equity holders also looked at the screen in the trading hall with anticipation, feeling much more nervous than before.

"Congratulations, Song!"

Looking at the busy scene behind him, Jotus looked at Song Yang and said, "It seems that I have a good eye for picking "rookies"."

As soon as the words fell, there was a huge commotion on the scene, and Chotus saw many analysts and traders from investment banks and securities companies busy.

"ICQ's share price has gone up!"

Anderson, Yang Zhiyuan, Edison and the others, as well as many people who were about to leave after the show, all looked at the screen at this time.

At this time, countless investors all over the world are also paying attention to ICQ's debut after listing. The issue price of 60 dollars immediately dropped by several dollars after it was listed. Obviously, some people are not optimistic about the stock price of ICQ and sold it directly at the opening .

In just 2 minutes, the turnover of ICQ exceeded 7000 million US dollars, nearly 120 million shares were sold, and the stock price fell to 57 US dollars. Just when many people thought that ICQ was about to be smashed when it opened , the stock price began to slowly rise.

"$62, ICQ's share price has risen to $62!"

"65 dollars!"

"70 dollars, 73 dollars..."

Half an hour later, the stock price of ICQ began to rise in a straight line, and many analysts felt a little crazy.

You must know that ICQ is a behemoth, and it was listed at a sky-high valuation of US$278 billion. It should be normal for the stock price to drop after listing, but ICQ's stock price was abruptly pulled up.

"ICQ's stock price soared 23%, and its market value exceeded US$370 billion!"

The Yahoo Finance channel is pushing news on the front page. Although it has been established for less than a year, Yahoo Finance has developed rapidly. Now, the number of monthly visits has exceeded [-] million, which is not much worse than those old financial media. It is the same as Yahoo Sports. Become the face of Yahoo!
While other established financial media are still making drafts and will not be able to report until evening at the earliest, Yahoo Finance has already begun to report ICQ news first.

This is the status quo of Internet media. The level of well-informed media far surpasses those established media, and countless users have begun to use Internet media unconsciously.

"The stock price of ICQ listed today broke through $74, and ICQ's market value exceeded $370 billion, making it the third-ranked company in the Internet industry!"

"ICQ went public, and Bruno Song's net worth skyrocketed by more than [-] billion U.S. dollars!"

MSN, Lycos, AOL, and all the portals under ICQ began to report ICQ news overwhelmingly. Even if it was a briefing, the overwhelming news, coupled with the sensational headlines, still made people dumbfounded.

No one expected that after the listing of ICQ, there would be elephants dancing, and the stock price not only did not fall, but rose sharply.

When the market opened in the afternoon, the stock price of ICQ skyrocketed all the way. At the highest point, the stock price once exceeded $85, a surge of 41%, and the market value exceeded $425 billion. The entire Nasdaq was dumbfounded.

Near the close, the stock price of ICQ fell a lot, and finally completed its debut at a price of 79 US dollars. The stock price soared 31% on the first day of listing. ICQ to replace it, it is too exciting!
In the manor on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, there were cheers at this time. Wesley and several ICQ executives couldn't help raising their arms at the moment when the stock price was finally fixed, and then pulled off the cap of the champagne. In an instant, the whole manor It was raining champagne.

"Respect to Bruno Song, respect to Internet... Godfather of ICQ!"

Wesley originally planned to call him the godfather of the Internet, but there were so many colleagues in the manor, as well as big shots, it was too offensive to say this, so Wesley finally changed his tune.

To make Wesley with a technical background so excited is naturally inseparable from US dollars. According to today's market value of ICQ, Wesley, who holds 5% of ICQ's shares, is worth US$20 billion in one day today!

Even if it is paper data, if you want to cash out, you have to wait a year or two, but on paper, Wesley directly entered the American Fortune List today by relying on ICQ!
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