Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

New Century Software's IPO date is Wednesday, October 29.

On the Tuesday of the previous day, Isabella and other management and outstanding talents who would attend the bell-ringing had already arrived in New York.

In addition to them, people from various shareholders of New Century Software Company came over.

Phil Smith came in person. The headquarters of Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other institutions are in New York, so there was no need to come over specially.

Among several shareholders, even Hutchison Whampoa came over, and it was Lin Baicheng's brother-in-law Cheng Yufeng who came over.

When New Century Software Company went public, Hutchison Whampoa was a medium-sized shareholder, holding 4% of the shares before the listing. Cheng Yufeng happened to be expanding his business in the United States, so he represented Hutchison Whampoa at the ceremony on the day of listing. Bell ceremony.

night.

A party was held by New Century Software Company, and all the shareholders of the company gathered together.

Lin Baicheng, as the largest shareholder of New Century Software Company, also attended the party.

"Alan!" "Congratulations, Alan!".

"Joy and rejoice together!"

The guests kept greeting Lin Baicheng, and Lin Baicheng responded to them one by one.

After that, everyone found someone to chat with or played games with party girls. Lin Baicheng finally had time.

"Good evening, Alan."

Don Valentine approached Lin Baicheng, this time alone.

"Good evening, Valentine."

Lin Baicheng raised his glass and touched it with Don Valentine.

Don Valentine said with a smile: "This time New Century Software Company is listed, I can also make a fortune, and I have to thank you."

In the last financing, Sequoia Capital got 1.5% of the shares and spent US$8.25 million. Now that the company is listed, the 3 million shares have become 2.7 million shares, worth US$16.2 million, and the profit has been nearly US$8 million.

For today's Sequoia Capital, a profit of nearly 8 million US dollars is not low, not to mention that it is likely to make more profits. The stock price of New Century Software is more likely to rise after it goes public.

"You're welcome. It's a blessing for New Century Software to have such an excellent partner as Sequoia Capital." Lin Baicheng said politely.

Don Valentine changed the topic: "By the way, Allen, I wonder if the Starlight Company under your name has any financing ideas?"

Don Valentine knew that Lin Baicheng had several companies under his name in the United States. He was relatively optimistic about Starlight Company. The others were either too big or had unclear prospects. How could they have stable revenue like Starlight Company? Very good investment target.

"Sorry Valentin, Starlight Company has no idea of ​​external financing for the time being."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this. Starlight Company was no different than others. It was a channel he had finally established. He currently didn't even have the idea of ​​listing Starlight Company, so naturally he would not raise funds externally.

The point is, Lin Baicheng is not short of money now. Even if Starlight Company encounters difficulties in its future development, he will be able to support it and will not worry about the company going bankrupt due to lack of funds.

"That's such a shame."

After hearing this, Don Valentine did not persuade Lin Baicheng to let Starlight Company carry out financing, but said: "If Alan, you have the idea of ​​letting Starlight Company carry out financing one day, don't forget me, I will definitely participate when the time comes. "

"Definitely, I won't forget it."

Lin Baicheng smiled and agreed.

After the two chatted for a few more words, Don Valentine said goodbye and left.

Lin Baicheng had just taken a few steps when another person came towards him, as if he had made an appointment with Don Valentine. In fact, it was not the case. It was just that when he and Don Valentine were chatting, everyone agreed not to disturb him. Now that Don Valentine left, the people who were waiting naturally came to Lin Baicheng.

"Thomas!" "Alan, long time no see!"

Wade Thomas is also considered an old friend of Lin Baicheng, the first senior person at Goldman Sachs he came into contact with.

The two raised their glasses and clinked their glasses. After taking a sip of wine, Wade Thomas said: "I heard Smith say that when I came to the United States, I wanted to meet you in Los Angeles, but then I thought about you after New Century Software went public. I will definitely come, but I haven’t gone.”

"I haven't congratulated Thomas on your promotion yet."

Lin Baicheng smiled and clinked glasses again with Wade Thomas. Wade Thomas was previously the person in charge of the Los Angeles area. He was recently promoted and transferred back to the headquarters. Now he is also one of the vice presidents of Goldman Sachs.

"This is all thanks to you, Allen."

What Wade Thomas said was not a polite word. Since getting married with Lin Baicheng, Lin Baicheng has brought a lot of performance to Goldman Sachs, and a large part of these performance came from Wade Thomas and Lin Baicheng's contact, so these achievements are included in the calculation. Wade Thomas' head.

Some people may think that Wade Thomas is lucky, but it is true that he has brought a lot of performance to Goldman Sachs. Therefore, regardless of whether he is lucky or not, Goldman Sachs must show something, otherwise no one will work for Goldman Sachs in the future.

That's what Goldman Sachs said when it moved Wade Thomas to headquarters and was promoted to one of its vice presidents.

Wade Thomas is certainly happy for this. Promotion not only comes with a salary increase, but also increases the power within Goldman Sachs, allows more resources to be used, and increases social status.

If Wade Thomas before his promotion was not qualified enough to interact with Lin Baicheng, now after being promoted to vice president, Wade Thomas can entertain Lin Baicheng on behalf of Goldman Sachs and greet Lin Baicheng on an equal footing.

"We are mutually beneficial. Thomas, you helped me a lot back then."

Lin Baicheng smiled when he heard this. He and Goldman Sachs will continue to cooperate in the future. Wade Thomas' promotion will also be good for him. It is always a good thing to have a familiar senior person within Goldman Sachs.

"Mutual benefit is good."

Wade Thomas solemnly said to Lin Baicheng: "Alan, if you have any other projects to finance in the future, I hope you will think of Goldman Sachs and contact me as soon as possible. Both Goldman Sachs and I are very optimistic about you. , I believe you can develop better and better, and the companies you create or lead will definitely have great achievements, and Goldman Sachs and I will definitely give you a higher valuation."

Wade Thomas kept talking about himself in order to remind Lin Baicheng to continue to look for him if there was cooperation. Of course, he did not want to be poached by others for such a large customer that could bring performance.

"Okay, I will."

Lin Baicheng smiled and agreed, maintaining a close cooperative relationship with Wade Thomas would do no harm to him.

"Then I'll thank you first from here."

Wade Thomas thanked him happily, and the two clinked glasses again.

Afterwards, Wade Thomas said goodbye and left very wisely. He knew that there would be other people waiting to talk to Lin Baicheng.

Just as Wade Thomas thought, after he left, another person walked towards Lin Baicheng, and that was Citigroup's Vice President Derren Lawrence.

The last time New Century Software Company raised funds, it was led by Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. The two institutions each took 5% of the shares. They can be said to be the company's second largest shareholder under Lin Baicheng.

New Century Software went public, and Derren Lawrence also came to support the company's listing.

What Lin Baicheng and Derren Lawrence were talking about was actually similar to what Wade Thomas was talking about. They both had good projects to continue working with.

Tonight's party is held by New Century Software Company. It seems that the senior management headed by Isabella is the protagonist of the party, but everyone who knows it knows that Lin Baicheng is the largest shareholder of the company, and the company is still under his control. , so he is the life of the party.

After the time was almost up, Lin Baicheng left the party first.

The next day, Wednesday, October 29th.

Nasdaq.

New Age Software is the protagonist here today.

Before the market opened, New Century Software Company held a bell-ringing ceremony. The company specially invited local media for this purpose. Isabella and others stood in front of the media for the media to take photos. Lin Baicheng, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other institutions did not show up.

No matter what happens to other institutions, Lin Baicheng will definitely not stand in front of the media. He wants to downplay his mark on New Century Software Company. At least he cannot let the public know that the company's largest shareholder is a foreign businessman, and this foreign businessman is not white. .

For this reason, before the listing road show, Lin Baicheng had already transferred most of his shares to offshore companies or funds. On the surface, he now only holds about 30% of the shares of New Century Software Company.

If he wants to reduce his shareholding in New Century Software in the future, Lin Baicheng will only reduce his apparent shareholding first, making his shareholding ratio look smaller and smaller.

After the bell-ringing ceremony, it symbolized that New Century Software Company had officially become a listed company on the Nasdaq exchange, symbolizing that its trading in the public market had begun.

As the market opened, shares of New Age Software also began trading.

NCSW, which is New Century Software's stock symbol.

After the opening bidding, the stock price of New Century Software Company directly exceeded the price of 9 US dollars, which is equivalent to an increase of more than 50%.

Trading opened with an increase of more than 50%. In addition to the funds on the brokerage tray, there were also other funds entering the market to do long positions.

Although the opening price does not mean anything, and it is not impossible for the closing price to fall below the issue price, it is better to open with a large increase than to open with a price that falls below the issue price.

Therefore, after the opening price came out, the executives and shareholders of New Century Software were very happy.

The stocks have risen sharply, the stocks in their hands are worth more, and everyone has made money. How can people be unhappy about this.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the stock market closed.

New Century Software (NCSW) is the stock with the largest trading volume, amplitude, turnover rate, etc. on Nasdaq today. It can be said that New Century Software (NCSW) is the most beautiful guy on Nasdaq today.

The listing price of New Century Software (NCSW) was US$6, but the closing price was US$10.31. The highest price even reached US$14.92, almost reaching US$15.

Based on the total share capital of New Century Software (NCSW) of 200 million shares, the company's market value almost exceeded US$3 billion at the highest price of the day.

Even at the closing price, the company's total market value reached US$2.062 billion.

Compared with the issue price, New Century Software (NCSW) ended up rising by 71.83% today. All shareholders who held the company's shares before the listing made a lot of money today.

However, if some investors rush in at a high price today, they will lose a lot.

Not to mention the highest point, as long as investors rushed in near the price of 14 US dollars, as of the closing price, the decline reached about 35%, which is already quite terrifying.

In other words, if you buy New Century Software (NCSW) stock worth $10,000 at $14, you will only have about $6,500 left after the market closes, which is a huge loss. Such a huge loss is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Of course, since U.S. stocks also have no limit on the number of transactions, if someone keeps making short-term gains today, buying at low prices and selling at high prices, they will also make a lot of money.

It is possible to make big profits or big losses. It all depends on the investors' ability and luck.

Night, Hilton Hotel.

New Century Software Company booked a celebration banquet here. The company went public smoothly and the stock price soared on the first day of listing, even by more than half. This is of course a great thing worth celebrating.

There is no reason why New Century Software Company should not hold a celebration banquet.

Company executives, shareholders behind the scenes, cooperating companies, etc. all came to attend the celebration banquet.

"Congratulations, President Kent. From today on, you are a new multi-millionaire!"

Bill Harveys congratulated Isabella, feeling envious in his heart. Isabella was also a laborer, and was much younger than him, but the other party was not only the president of a listed company at a young age, but also became a multi-millionaire.

"This is all thanks to the chairman, what do you think, Director Harveys?"

Isabella happily clinked glasses with Bill Harveys. She was indeed very happy today.

Not to mention becoming the president of a listed company, in terms of personal assets, she entered the multi-million club and became one of the very few multi-millionaires in the United States. Although her personal assets depended on the shares in her hands, a multi-millionaire is a millionaire. If you are a millionaire, your social status will not shrink as a result.

The reason why Isabella has tens of millions of dollars in assets is because she owns 1 million shares of New Century Software Company stock, which are worth just over ten million dollars.

When New Century Software Company was financing, Isabella got nearly one thousandth of the option. When the company went public, management and employees must be rewarded. As a major contributor, Isabella got this time More shares than last time, plus the original amount of shares Isabella was able to purchase.

In the end, there were a total of 1 million shares, which was exactly five thousandths of the total share capital.

"What President Kent said is that without the chairman, New Century Software Company will not be able to develop."

In response to Isabella's inquiry, Bill Harveys naturally nodded. As the director of the Secretariat, how could he say bad things about the big boss?

"Director Harveys, I'm going to say hello to the shareholders. Please help yourself."

Isabella said, took the wine glass and left.

Bill Harveys looked at Isabella leaving with envy. Although he also bought some original shares this time, he definitely couldn't match the number of shares as the president, let alone Isabella. There are also more option rewards.

Therefore, when New Century Software Company went public this time, they only made a small profit. Isabella, the president of the company, was the real one who got rich overnight, which is enviable.