That night, Wang Chuanfu flew back to China. His mind was full of things, and he had to finish them as soon as possible.
Boss Jia was still busy with Amazon's listing.
Amazon's listing plan was basically the same as 51, but this time, they could not play tricks. Because 51 was an example, all the shareholders were completely optimistic about the value of internet stocks. Even if Boss Jia wanted to suppress the stock price, it would be difficult for him to do so.
Since he could not suppress the stock price, he had to sell his shares honestly.
However, unlike 51, Amazon did not push 50% of its shares to the stock market. Amazon only pushed 30% of its shares because that was the minimum amount he could ask for.
Amazon's listing price per share was 51 USD, which was more than four times higher than 51 Search's listing price.
However, Amazon's total shares were only 100 million, so the total market value of Amazon's listing was 5.1 billion USD, which was only one-tenth of 51 Search's current market value.
However, this could not be helped. After all, Amazon and 51 Search were worlds apart. Although Amazon's performance was good, the number of users was far less than 51 Search. This caused Amazon's stock price to be low.
This time, Boss Jia did not appear personally. In addition, Bezos probably did not want to give up the only chance in his life to Boss Jia. So, Boss Jia was invisible this time.
However, anyone who read the prospectus seriously knew that the major shareholder of Amazon was still Boss Jia himself.
On March 12, 1997, Amazon's listing bell was rung only 20 days before 51 Search's listing.
The listing price was 51 USD, and the closing price was 63 USD on the day of listing. The market value increased by 1.2 billion USD, and the shareholders and the market once again saw the craze of internet stocks.
Therefore, Amazon's shares kept rising for the next few days. In the end, it rose to about 78 USD per share before stabilizing. Amazon's total revenue was only a few hundred million USD, but it magically had a total market value of 7.8 billion USD. When the shareholders saw the concept of internet stocks, their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
After Amazon's listing, Boss Jia could finally return to China.
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"The old district, Ganzhou, welcomes the new era. The Internet is officially launched, and the development of Xijiang River reaches a new height!"
Boss Jia no longer drove his old Benz Tiger. Now, he was driving a more comfortable Mercedes-Benz business model.
Because the riding experience of Mercedes-Benz had always been good, Boss Jia had always used this brand of car. As a result, all the official cars of the Daqian executives were basically Mercedes-Benz.
Daqian was Mercedes-Benz's biggest customer in China. During Chinese New Year, the boss of Mercedes-Benz in Hua Xia would call Boss Jia to wish him a happy new year.
This business model was specially customized by Boss Jia. Other than the driver's seat and the co-driver's seat, there was only one row of seats for Boss Jia. Therefore, the interior of the car was extremely spacious. Not only were there seats, but there was also a refrigerator, a TV, a bar, and even a small newspaper stand.
As the richest man in Hua Xia, Boss Jia naturally wanted to know the development of all aspects of society as soon as possible. Therefore, he specifically asked for a newspaper stand in the car. There were more than 40 newspapers and magazines in the country, and more than 60 authoritative magazines in different fields.
These newspapers and magazines were all the latest. Once they were published, they would be immediately sent to the car by his secretary so that Boss Jia could read them at any time in the car.
Then, Boss Jia saw the latest article in Jiangnan Metropolis Daily.
"The Internet in Ganzhou is also launched. All the prefecture-level cities in Xijiang Province are completely connected to the Internet. I estimate that soon, all the county-level cities will be connected to the Internet too!" Boss Jia couldn't help but sigh when he saw the news.
According to Boss Jia's memory, Yuzhang City was connected to the Internet in 1998. Although he couldn't remember when all the prefecture-level cities in Xijiang Province were connected to the Internet, it should be after 1999.
Now, in 1997, all the prefecture-level cities were connected to the Internet. It was estimated that in a few more months, all the cities in the country would be connected to the Internet very quickly.
After all, there was no need for broadband at that time. As long as the telephone lines and base stations were completed, they would be connected to the Internet. Moreover, the telephone lines were ready-made.
Obviously, under the influence of Boss Jia, Hua Xia realized the great cause of connecting the entire country to the Internet two years earlier than in history. There was no doubt that the Internet was very important to Hua Xia.
To a large extent, the Internet played a huge role in Hua Xia's surpassing.
"Should I find some entertainment for the children of this age?" Boss Jia licked his lips and then thought of something very interesting.
"Sister Mingzhu, I remember that the first three floors of the Daqian Building are empty. No units are working there, right?" Boss Jia directly called Dong Mingzhu.
"Yes, chairman. Why are you asking about this?" Dong Mingzhu asked curiously.
The Daqian Building was located in the core area of Bayi Plaza in Yuzhang City. It was the building where the Daqian Group worked and communicated with the outside world. The entire building was occupied by Daqian units.
However, the Daqian Building was twenty-four floors high. The Daqian Group did not need so many offices. Therefore, the first three floors were always empty.
This was because the various departments of the company did not want to work on the first three floors. After all, it was more enjoyable to work on the top floor while overlooking the city.
"Well, I'll use these three floors! I'll ask them to renovate it in a few days. You can ask the administrative department to make the arrangements! "Boss Jia laughed.
"Boss, why do you want three floors at once?" Dong Mingzhu asked curiously.
"Nothing. I'm just planning to open an Internet café for fun!" Boss Jia said a term that Dong Mingzhu had never heard of before.
What was an Internet café?
Although the first Internet café in Hua Xia was established in 1996, it was not called an Internet café at that time. It was called an Internet café, which sounded very high-end.
However, there were still very few Internet cafés in Hua Xia. There were less than ten of them in the whole country. There was not even one in Yuzhang City.
Originally, Boss Jia had almost forgotten about it. However, after seeing the news about Internet access in the whole country, Boss Jia recalled the love and hatred between himself, the Internet café, and his teacher when he was young.
"Back then, my dream was to become an Internet café owner. I could surf the net for free every day, eat for free, and hang out for free. Sigh, so many years have passed. I actually forgot about my dream! " Boss Jia sighed. Then, he decided to regain his youth and reignite his dream. He wanted to open an Internet café.
When a person who was motivated by action and happened to be very rich, everything was done very quickly.
In just one morning, all kinds of chores that were piled up on the first three floors of the Daqian Building were cleared. Then, the construction team entered the building and worked 24 hours a day. It was estimated that they could turn the first three floors of the Daqian Building into an Internet café in half a month.
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