August 25th, Tuesday.
NASDAQ exchange.
On this day, there were no slogans on the LED display in Times Square. There was only a bright red five-star red flag.
This was the greatest recognition of Hua Xia's company by NASDAQ and even the American financial institutions!
When the financial crisis swept the world, when American companies did not dare to go public, when the American people were panicking, when the younger generation lost confidence in the American dream …
At this time, Weibo went public!
Li Dong's dream of the world, Li Dong's personal legend, rekindled the confidence of the younger generation in America!
If Titan Lee could do it at 24 years old, so could they!
The legend of the self-made man and the magical Oriental Giant had a huge impact on the younger generation of the United States these days.
Compared to Hua Xia, the younger generation in America worshipped individual heroism more.
In the eyes of the younger generation, national boundaries were not that important.
What was important was that Li Dong did what others could not do, but what everyone expected.
Over the past few days, several traditional newspapers with great influence in the United States and even around the world had published about Li Dong's deeds.
The New York Times said that Li Dong used the "Oriental magic" to spread around the world.
The Wall Street Journal used the phrase "Influencing a generation in America" to praise Li Dong.
In reality, what did Li Dong do in America?
He did not do anything!
But this era needed a hero, someone who could restore the glory of the financial market.
After the 2008 financial crisis, there were many things to be done.
No matter how well the government said and how many policies they implemented, the general public did not believe it, did not recognize it, and had doubts.
This was an adverse effect that could not be eliminated in a short period of time!
Because of this, whether it was the United States, Hua Xia, or other countries, they all hoped for a civilian hero to come out at this time and restore the public's confidence in the world economy.
And Li Dong, he was the civilian hero!
The United States hoped for a local hero to come out at this time. It was difficult for traditional industries to do so. Previously, many people put their hopes on Zuckerberg.
In 2009, many people hoped that Zuckerberg could be selected for the Person of the Year.
Many people even want Facebook to get listed at this time to stimulate the financial market.
However, at the beginning of 2009, Facebook had been losing to competitors around the world.
For the sake of Facebook's future, Zuckerberg did not want to go public at this time. In the end, the hope of creating a local hero was shattered.
In fact, in Feng Yu's previous life, in 2010, Zuckerberg was elected as the Person of the Year. At that time, it was necessary to recover the economy. Otherwise, Zuckerberg might not have been elected.
Today, Zuckerberg was in a disadvantageous position in the global market.
Furthermore, Li Dong's fame was also covered by Li Dong. Li Dong's Weibo was listed in the US, which was beneficial to the local government's control over Weibo. Some politicians in the US government discussed for a while and felt that it was not a bad idea to portray Li Dong as a hero.
The key was that Weibo was listed in the United States!
If Li Dong chose to get listed in China, it would be like Tencent. Although he had created a series of miracles, not many people were talking about him in the US. Most people were talking about Weibo.
At this moment, shaping Li Dong into a global hero was, in many people's eyes, a form of restriction for Li Dong.
At this time, it was the US that pushed Li Dong to the top. In the future, this World's Richest Man from Hua Xia would not dare to make inappropriate comments when he encountered problems.
Li Dong's influence was now all over the world, and it was not limited to Hua Xia.
At this critical moment, Li Dong could use his status as a world-renowned entrepreneur to make some comments, and it would still have a lot of influence.
With the US newspapers reporting on all these, if Li Dong does not want to be criticized in the future, it would be better for him to keep his mouth shut.
…
Li Dong did not want to guess what the politicians were thinking, nor did he want to.
The current Li Dong did not want to be involved in these things.
Li Dong had never felt that he could really influence anything.
Even when promoting some things in China, Li Dong had spent a lot of energy. But in reality, even without his promotion, these things would appear sooner or later.
Therefore, all of this was actually an inevitability of the development of history.
What Li Dong could do was to promote a small step forward. He could not influence too many things, and he did not want to.
He did not care about the US government's plans. He only knew that Weibo was going to be listed today, and that was enough.
Times Square.
Today, it was crowded.
When Li Dong arrived with his team, the media from all over the world swarmed over.
It had almost become a rule to be interviewed by the media before being listed.
The staff beside Li Dong explained in a low voice, introducing the background of some of the media in front of them. Many of them were well-known television media in Europe and the US.
According to Liu Hong, it was best to be interviewed by the local media before being listed in the US.
However, Li Dong looked around and gestured to the Central TV media with the five-star red flag on their microphones.
The Central TV media here was not the same as the Central TV media that Li Dong had followed up with.
Moreover, the video recording of the follow-up would not be broadcast in time. The interviews conducted by the Central TV media at the scene were likely to appear on the evening news.
Seeing that Li Dong was the first to be interviewed by the Central TV media, although the other media felt it was a pity, they still retreated to the side.
The Central TV news reporter who was given the priority to interview was extremely excited at this moment. He quickly walked forward and handed over the microphone, asking, "Hello, Mr. Li. At this moment, we all know that Weibo is about to go through the biggest IPO plan of the year on NASDAQ and even in the US. This time, Weibo's IPO has attracted the attention of the whole world. Some media even think that this is the dividing point of the global economic recovery. What do you think of these views of the outside world? "
Li Dong chuckled and said, "It's a bit exaggerated. Or, at this moment, the market needs a company to stand up and prove to the world that the economic crisis has passed! However, does it still need to be proved? In Hong Kong, the resumption of Tencent has already proved to the world that the cold winter has passed. "
"Mr. Li, some people say that you are the savior of the world economy. What do you think of this statement?"
Li Dong shook his head with a smile and said, "I've never been a savior. I'm not the savior of the world economy, nor am I the savior of anyone. If you need an inspiration and a direction in life, then you can take me, Li Dong, as your goal. But if you say that I've saved anyone, that's just your own opinion. At this moment, although I know that these videos might be spread all over the world, I still have to say that people, especially young people, shouldn't bite off more than they can chew. Don't place your hopes on others. You can only rely on yourself to fight and work hard! You think that I'm a savior, but that's not the case. "
Seeing that Li Dong denied this view, the CCTV reporter asked again, "Then what do you think of the future of Weibo, or the future of Far Away?"
"Future?"
Li Dong pondered for a moment and said, "The future is actually not certain. Many people like to talk about what the future will be like. In fact, I want to say, seize the present!
Opportunities are often in front of you, not in the illusory future.
When you are waiting for the future, opportunities may have slipped away from your eyes.
Many people like to talk about what the future will be like and how to build a company that will last for hundreds of years.
But in reality?
In fact, these companies may not be able to hold on for three years, or even five years.
At that time, everything will become a joke.
In the past, I also like to say that Far Away wants to build a company that will last for a hundred years and make plans for many years …
But in the end, I found that all this is just empty talk.
The development of an enterprise needs to adapt to local conditions. The development of society is also changing with each passing day. If you always stick to the previous goal, it will only limit you and make you trapped in it, unable to extricate yourself.
Therefore, seizing the present is the only way!
The future can be discussed in the future. Glory and success can only be in the present!
Of course, I'm talking about myself. It's the freedom of other companies to say what they want. People always have some dreams. I may be more realistic than these people, but I can't deny other people's dreams.
Just like Ma Yun, he always likes to say that today is cruel, tomorrow will be even crueler, and the day after tomorrow will be better.
He places his hopes on the day after tomorrow, but I hope that today is better, and tomorrow will be better. I like to welcome beauty every day, and not to experience darkness many times before ushering in a short period of light. "
"Cough, cough, cough …"
There was a series of coughs. Some people were reminding Li Dong, while others were really choking.
They were already overseas, and there were reporters from all over the world around them. Weren't you embarrassed to still be slandering Old Ma at this time?
However, Li Dong didn't have this self-awareness. He opened his mouth and continued, "This point can actually be seen from the company itself. Ali has indeed experienced many tribulations, and until now, he has not seen the light. In 2007, after a short period of glory, it once again fell into darkness. Actually, it's not just Ali. This is actually the norm for many companies. Therefore, they all place their hopes on the future. Far away … "
Li Dong paused and said confidently, "Far away is different from them. Far away has been glorious all the way until now!
Even if we have a moment of darkness, it's so short that it can't be seen.
Perhaps in the blink of an eye, the darkness would be replaced by light!
For more than five years, Far away has been invincible and invincible. From a remote small county, step by step, it has walked to where it is now, to the world, and to the whole world. This is proof!
I also believe that Far away will continue to be glorious all the way.
Today is beautiful, tomorrow will be even more beautiful, and the day after tomorrow will only get better and better! "
Li Dong's confident speech infected everyone at the scene. As soon as he finished speaking, there was a round of enthusiastic applause from the surroundings.
Yes, Far away had indeed been glorious all the way until now!
Although Far away had also experienced many obstacles and crises, they were all very short. In the end, they would only explode with greater potential and strength.
Li Dong had proved to the world that Far away's yesterday was glorious, today was even more glorious, and tomorrow would only be the same!
Although Far away was a special case, now, what everyone needed was a special case. Instead of placing their hopes on the future, why not seize the opportunity now?
Central TV's interview quickly came to an end.
At this moment, there was less than half an hour before the official listing, and Central TV could not take up too much of Li Dong's time.
Following that, Li Dong accepted a few more interviews from world-renowned media organizations.
The interviews were all very short, but some of Li Dong's views were widely circulated.
This included some of Li Dong's views on the recovery of the world's economy, and the current situation of Hua Xia's economy. These words were recorded by these media reporters and spread around the world.
Looking at the extremely young Li Dong, who was still so confident and domineering in front of the entire world, he spoke with confidence and composure.
Some of the young Americans who arrived at the scene shouted excitedly. Some shouted "Hero", while others shouted "Titan".
In the United States, the younger generation was deeply influenced by superheroes. In their opinion, Li Dong was the real-life version of a superhero!
Even if he did not save the world, Li Dong was more in line with the image of a hero in their hearts.
…
Accompanied by cheers, Li Dong entered the Nasdaq exchange under the escort of security personnel.
In the exchange's studio, there was another bell ringing ceremony on Weibo.
This time, there were many members of the underwriting team on Weibo.
When Li Dong entered, a Goldman Sachs deputy CEO asked, "Li, are you sure you want to issue the shares at 45 US dollars?"
For an underwriter, the lower the price, the better.
But this time, Weibo was too popular. Even Goldman Sachs felt that 50 US dollars might be more appropriate.
Business was not a one-off business.
If Weibo's price was low this time, would Li Dong still choose them for Far Away Mall and other industries Far Away?
Tencent, which was listed in Hong Kong, had risen a lot after it went public.
In their opinion, Li Dong was not a generous guy. One loss was enough. If Weibo's price rose unexpectedly again, Li Dong would definitely be dissatisfied.
The next time Weibo went public, they would not be involved.
Investment banks like Goldman Sachs could be domineering and domineering to some companies, but for people like Li Dong and a company like Distance, if they wanted to continue working together, it would naturally be beneficial for them to work together in the long run.
When the deputy CEO of Goldman Sachs personally mentioned the price, Liu Hong and the others around Li Dong were full of excitement.
It was so rare!
The underwriter actually took the initiative to raise the price at the last moment. This was probably the only one for Hua Xia's company to go public in the United States.
It should be noted that every US dollar increase meant that Weibo could raise more than 80 million US dollars.
If the price was raised to 50 US dollars, it meant that Weibo could raise more than 400 million US dollars, which was billions of yuan.
Just when they were excited, Li Dong smiled and said, "45 US dollars is good. A company going public is a feast.
It's not only for us, but also for the majority of investment institutions and investors.
It's not good to raise the price too high.
While we make profits, others also make profits. That's our goal.
Sharing is the theme of Far Away this year, and it's also my goal, Li Dong.
Today, I have shared my happiness with everyone. I believe that tomorrow, everyone will bring me even greater happiness! "
"Clap, clap, clap …"
There was another round of applause, and many people said the word "share."
Was Hua Xia's Li adhering to the concept of sharing?
Some people who dealt with Li Dong for the first time felt that it was no wonder that Li Dong could reach this stage at this age. A few entrepreneurs, especially the young ones, wanted to share at this time.
But those investment institutions that had dealt with Li Dong many times felt that their faces were twitching.
Share?
Would Li Dong share?
Li Dong, who was extremely domineering, had dug deep into their interests every time he dealt with them in the past.
He did not raise the price this time because 45 US dollars was not low.
Another point was that Li Dong did not give a single cent this time. He did not place any shares.
This way, no matter how much the price was raised, the impact on Li Dong would be reduced to the minimum.
Otherwise, if Li Dong had cashed out tens of millions of shares, would he have raised the price?
The financing was a little less, and it was shared by the entire Weibo and all the shareholders. If it was him, he might not share his happiness with others.
Knowing was one thing, but at this moment, no one would expose him.
…
When it was almost time to open, Li Dong went on stage to give a few more words.
This time, he did not mention Weibo. At the end of his speech, he emphasized five words in Chinese – Far away!
Weibo was only a small part of Far away.
The success of Weibo, Tencent's success, was only a part of Far away's success.
The real success was Far away, Li Dong!
Some people at the scene, regardless of whether they understood Chinese or not, were chewing on the meaning of these words.
Far away?
Faraway Group, could it be that there was a more ambitious plan?
Li Dong did not explain much. At the last moment of the opening, he pressed the electronic bell button.
Compared to ringing the bell at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, even if the Nasdaq market was larger, Li Dong still felt something was missing.
…
Regardless of whether there was a taste or not, other people soon did not care about this.
August 25th, US daylight saving time, 9: 30 local time, Nasdaq opened.
Weibo opened up 15%, opening at 51.75 USD!
Half an hour later, Weibo's stock price exceeded 60 USD.
An hour later, Weibo's stock price exceeded 65 USD!
At its peak, Weibo's stock price exceeded 90 USD, and Weibo's peak market value reached 36 billion USD!
Just when everyone was looking forward to breaking 100 USD, the enthusiasm of investors slightly decreased. Finally, at the end of the afternoon, Weibo's stock price closed at 88 USD, slightly lower than its peak.
Even so, such a result was enough to satisfy everyone.
On the day of Weibo's debut, it rose 95.5%, and the closing market value reached 35.2 billion USD. After Tencent took the second place in the world's Internet stocks, Weibo once again took the fourth place.
At this moment, among the global Internet stocks, Google took the lead with a market value of 150 billion USD.
Next was Tencent. At this time, Tencent's share price rose again to 68 billion US dollars after the market closed in Hong Kong.
Third was Amazon, with a market value of 38.5 billion USD.
Fourth was Weibo, with a market value of 35.2 billion USD.
The two technology companies under Faraway Group won the second and fourth places in the world respectively, which was enough to shock everyone.
The combined market value of these two subsidiaries exceeded the 100 billion USD mark!
The total market value reached 103.2 billion USD!
At this moment, Google did not seem to be too far away.
Many people were even wondering if Far Away Mall's listing could create a market value of 47 billion USD.
If it could, it meant that Far Away Technology surpassed Google in just a few years and became the world's top Internet company!
At the same time, countless people were paying attention to Li Dong's personal wealth increase.
Tencent had 60% shares, and Weibo had 30% shares. Tencent brought Li Dong 40.8 billion USD in income, and Weibo brought Li Dong 10.56 billion USD in income.
Just these two alone created a personal wealth of 51.36 billion USD for Li Dong!
At this time, the Forbes list of the world's richest people was updated again.
When people saw the gap between Li Dong, the world's richest man and the world's second richest man, many people were sympathetic. Living in the same era as Li Dong, many people were destined to be unknown, even if they were also synonymous with legend.
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