"Welcome to my hotel."
King Dong came to the three of them, shook hands politely, and looked sideways.
The manager understood and immediately handed over an empty wine glass, and then poured wine for the elders in a sensible way.
Lu Fei made eye contact with Buffett and Bill Gates, clinked their glasses with wine, and took a sip to express their gratitude for the wine.
"How's the wine?"
King Dong grinned, showing his white teeth.
"Pfft~"
Lu Fei didn't expect that he would answer the code immediately. He almost couldn't help but reply, "Listen to me and let me play for you." The corners of his mouth rose crazily, and he could only drink to cover it up.
The tannins in the mouth are smooth, soft, full and rich, with fruity and floral aromas on the lips and teeth, fresh and natural.
Bill Gates politely said: "It tastes good."
“This is Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon.”
Dong Wang secretly exaggerated that this wine is rare, even a bottle is hard to find, and you have to queue up for several years just to buy it. "If you like it, I can help you ask Phillips, the owner of the winery, and she and I The relationship is good..."
"I like Coke."
Buffett shook the empty Coke can.
King Dong didn't force himself, and moved his gaze towards Bill Gates, directly stepping over Lu Fei, as if he was nothing but air, with a thin sense of existence.
Mr. Lu, who can be so angry?
He raised his lips and said half-jokingly: "It's the best, but I don't like queuing up, and I don't like buying bottles by bottles. Can you help me ask, is Screaming Eagle Winery willing to sell it?"
"What?"
King Dong was startled and his smile was dull for a moment.
"Ha~"
Buffett couldn't help but laugh, with a hint of amusement in his eyes. Bill Gates even said in support: "Lu, count me in. You all know that I have been looking for high-quality wineries."
"Okay, I can ask for you."
King Dong felt quite unhappy, but he did not dare to break out and kept smiling. Among the four of them, he was the least wealthy.
Who does the United States respect? capital!
"Thank you for the wine."
Buffett stood up and said, "It's getting late, we should go."
"Wait, Warren, Bill, there is something you haven't answered me yet." Wang Wang was humble online, "You also know that the wedding of me and my Melania, the former Arkansas governor and his wife will also attend. "
Lu Fei saw the two men flirting and knew from their faces that they were not willing to participate. After all, Wang Dong had a bad reputation in the upper class circles, especially in the New York celebrity circles. He was in debt, bankrupt, and appeared on a talk show. His style was too lowbrow.
"Sauri, I don't feel well."
Buffett refused again, but Bill Gates had to hold his nose and agree because of his sophistication. After all, they were all brothers in the trenches and had played on Epstein's island.
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Lu Fei looked at his nose and his heart, watching quietly. He was quite interested in Prince Dong's wedding, but it was obvious that he had no intention of inviting it at all.
Hey, your daughter Yin Fanka is still working for me!
Don't you even want to express it?
Lao Te, you don’t want your daughter either…
As a result, the flowers fell deliberately and the water flowed ruthlessly. King Dong was satisfied with Bill Gates' promise and watched the three people leave with satisfaction.
In my ears, I heard a weak reminder from the manager: "Why not invite that Chinese guy, sir? He is currently popular in the celebrity circle, and his presence will also add luster to the wedding."
"Hehe, winery, winery, winery..."
King Dong sneered and narrowed his eyes into a thin line. He really thought he was so great because he had two filthy rich people. I am a pure star-spangled capitalist!
Fuxk, the stinky niz is coming to the United States to show off his wealth!
………………
It was not long before the listing, and no further delay was allowed. After a breakfast meeting, the issue price was finally determined at US$77.7, inheriting the perfect will of 7.
An announcement was immediately issued announcing the maximum number of shares to be issued and the potential price range of the shares. The underwriters also accepted the plan and worked hard to convince customers.
However, just when everything was looking good, many investment banks took advantage of Penguin's quiet period and "inexplicably" began to smear it, warning that the listing plan was a return to the false prosperity of the 1990s, which contained too many Internet connections. Corporate bubble.
In short, Penguin’s price of $77.7 is too high!
However, the Yahoo portal is full of news that is unfavorable to Penguin, which amplifies Penguin's bad image in the minds of investors.
Mr. Lu even called, but Jerry Yang refused: Yahoo respects freedom of speech!
"Conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy!"
Lu Huateng's face turned red with anger, "Why doesn't Baidu have it? We alone have these moths."
"Yes, it is obvious that there is an organization and premeditation. Mr. Lu, we must investigate and find out who is ruining our affairs!"
Zeng Liqing was so anxious that he went public. Listing was a big deal. He especially refused invitations from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. He was burdened with expectations from all walks of life and could not afford to lose anything. But he never expected that someone would dare to cause trouble at this juncture!
"What we are doing now is not only a major event that makes China feel proud, but also a matter of reshaping the rules and profit distribution of technology stock listings. How can Wall Street let Penguin be satisfied?"
Lu Fei crossed his arms and kept spinning his phone in his hands, wondering whether Goldman Sachs was involved...
Lu Huateng said: "Should we do something?"
Zeng Liqing shook his head and said: "Now is the silent period, keep silent, and cannot release any information to the outside world!"
"Then let them throw dirty water like this?"
Lu Huateng frowned, "Is it okay to keep pouring water until it goes public? Is it okay to open the market?"
“Although the silent period is not a mandatory requirement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, it is an unwritten rule..."
Liu Chiping glanced at Lu Fei anxiously.
I saw him looking at his phone with a confident smile on his face, which was very contagious and made people feel at ease immediately:
"Don't worry, Buffett will take action when necessary!"
"Really, Buffett!!"
In an instant, the low morale suddenly recovered.
………
The rumors were overwhelming and the dirty water was coming fiercely. They did not stop until September 2, the day of listing. At this time, dark clouds covered the sun and black smoke billowed over New York, as if darkness had fallen.
In the "war room" specially prepared by the New York Stock Exchange for the Penguin team, the air is slightly dry and dull, and the air conditioner is running in real time.
The electronic clock hanging on the wall jumped to [9:00].
"Bah bang bang!"
Lu Fei went through it twice, and he was completely different from the nervous and restless Chu brothers in front of him. He clapped his hands and loudly comforted: "As the saying goes, we have done our best and then we just let fate."
"The issue price of Baidu is only over 20 dollars, and the final opening price is US$122.54. Penguin will never go lower than that!"
Zeng Liqing breathed heavily.
"What if, bah, there is no such thing as a chance."
Lu Huateng quickly shut up and said with a wry smile: "It's so painful. The most painful time in the past was when starting a business caught up with the collapse of Nasdaq. Now it's a hundred times more painful than that!"
"Shall we go out for a smoke?"
Lu Fei gestured his thumb towards the outside of the house.
Lu Huateng nodded happily, walked out of the door, came to the smoking area, handed over the cigarette, and lit the fire. The smoke lingered for a while, and all his worries seemed to disappear with the smoke.
"Mr. Lu, go public..."
"Don't talk about the listing. Let's talk about the listing. This is the real business. Has anyone contacted Kaspersky?"
"Zhidong has already led people to communicate with the president of China District. Acquisition may not be possible, and there are great opportunities for cooperation."
"This is a good start, but cooperation is cooperation. We must use this time to develop our own anti-virus software. It's better to have it ourselves than to have it ourselves."
"Okay, Mr. Lu."
Lu Huateng shook the cigarette ashes, "What about online video websites? Tudou, 56.com, pplive, ppstream...
In the past few years, there has been a wave of online video, and more and more websites have been launched. I am thinking that instead of investing money to hold shares, we might as well start one ourselves! At least it is wholly owned! "
Lu Fei nodded in agreement, but he didn't intend to spend money directly. The online video industry was indeed a hot topic, but this wind was so evil that most people couldn't resist it.
Within two or three years, there will be Youku, Kuaibo, Baofeng, Kuliu, pps...
Hundreds of video websites, large and small, have been launched one after another. Online video will fall into one big melee after another, with rounds of crazy money burning. The sooner you join the war, the more money will be burned, the bigger the loss will be, and the less money will be lost. method of profit.
Therefore, the benefits of participating in the war are huge, and it is an important territory for the Penguin Entertainment Empire. However, we must not join the war too early. Instead, we must develop in an insignificant way and follow LeTV’s style of play——
Collect TV series copyrights in large quantities.
The copyrights of TV dramas these days are as cheap as cabbage. One movie only costs tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. But Lu Huateng is puzzled. There are pirated copies on the Internet. Others use them, but he doesn’t need them and still spends money to buy genuine ones. What the hell? Not a waste of money?
"You can't see it at first. When you see it, you won't understand it. When you really understand it, it will be too late."
Lu Fei said that the foundation of the video website is copyright, so he said no more, leaving Lu Huateng to figure out the rest on his own.
"I seem to understand a little bit."
Once he was prompted, he couldn't help but have an epiphany.
Lu Fei said: "We build it ourselves at home, but it won't work abroad, so we might as well buy one!"
Lu Huateng was startled: "Huh? Are we still making an international version?"
Lu Fei shook his head and laughed: "It can only be regarded as expanding international business. There is a video website called 'youtube'. The founder is a Chinese American. All we have to do is acquire it!"
It’s not an investment, it’s an acquisition!
Lu Huateng was shocked, his eyes widened, and his eyes seemed to say "No way, are you sure?"
"First bring someone to contact him and get a feel for him."
Lu Fei nodded solemnly. The oil pipeline was to Penguin what Douyin is to today. It was a crucial step in going to sea.
Nowadays, the value has not been taken seriously. It is estimated that it can be obtained for only 10 to 20 million US dollars. In the next year or two in my memory, Google will take action. The price will not be at that time.
"Understood."
Lu Huateng threw away the cigarette butt and took out the cigarette case: "Mr. Lu, can we have another cigarette?"
"Are you so afraid of going back? Let's go, let's face it together!"
Lu Fei smiled and patted him on the shoulder, striding back to the "control room". As soon as he pushed the door open and entered, the crazy and noisy scene instantly stopped the two of them in their tracks.
"Yes! Yes! 100 US dollars!"
"Ahhhh! 105, 106, still rising!"
"..."
Zeng Liqing, Liu Chiping and others looked as if they had drunk too much wine, their faces were red, and the others were hugging each other, jumping up and down, and yelling at the top of their lungs.
"Mr. Lu is back, Mr. Lu is back!"
Someone in the excited crowd yelled, and instantly a pair of blazing eyes were cast on him, and then a swarm of swarms came up, surrounding Lu Fei twice, and even moved his hands and feet.
"Hey, Li Qing, what are you doing!"
Lu Fei was forcibly lifted up, and with Zeng Liqing's passionate report, everyone threw him up to celebrate.
"One, two, long live Mr. Lu!"
"One, two, long live Mr. Lu!"
After doing this three times, the stock price also broke through to a completely unimaginable high - $120.
"Fuck, let me down quickly."
Lu Fei let out a breath, glanced at his subordinates who were already like beasts, and scolded with a smile: "Which one of you ladies touched my thigh while throwing, I won't pursue it for the woman, but I will definitely pursue it for the man!"
"Hahaha~"
In an instant, the whole hall burst into laughter, and the air was filled with joy.
Lu Fei said: "Li Qing, are you still worried about those rumors?"
Zeng Liqing's tone was full of admiration: "Mr. Lu, your move of inviting Buffett and Bill Gates to dinner is the greatest move I have ever seen!"
"The hand of God!"
"That's right, with the protection of the Chinese Stock God and the Stock God, Xiaoxiao doesn't dare to attack!"
"..."
Under various rainbow farts, the ten-minute call auction ended, and the opening price was set at US$126.6.
"My current personal assets are..."
Lu Huateng's hands were trembling, and he took out the cigarette case from his pocket, trying to smoke a cigarette to calm down, but his hands were shaking too much, and the smoke and fire were always at odds with each other.
"Damn, why is the total market value only US$13.085 billion!"
Lu Fei couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to light him up.
"Mr. Lu, we, we made history."
Lu Huateng shuddered all over.
"That's right! We made history!"
Zeng Liqing held Lu Fei with one hand and hooked Lu Huateng with the other, counting them one by one excitedly:
The largest IPO of Chinese Internet companies on the New York Stock Exchange!
The highest issuance price of Huaxia Enterprises on the New York Stock Exchange! The company with the highest market capitalization on the New York Stock Exchange!
The list of China's richest people was completely rewritten at this moment. Mr. Lu stepped on Li Cucumber and finally became the real richest man.
Lu Fei is the richest man in China! (International Backward)
………
"Mr. Lu said that he will pay for everything tonight, scream!"
"The richest man!"
"The richest man!!"
Surrounded by everyone, Lu Fei used the sink to clean his face, and then walked towards an open studio that served as a media corner. The media and cameras were not far in front. Everyone saw a string of billionaires. When the multimillionaire appeared, he immediately clapped and made loud noises, and the atmosphere was very lively.
A group of people walked to a wall with stock price tickers on top and the New York Stock Exchange and Penguin logos below.
According to the station design in advance, everyone stood neatly and orderly in two rows. It was impossible for everyone to calm down completely from such great excitement. They kept raising their arms and waving to reporters and traders, saying " yes! yeah! ' and so on.
We moved the three permanent partners, Lu Fei, Zeng Liqing, and Lu Huateng, to position C. There was a button on the small table in front of them. Pressing it meant opening the market for the day's stock trading.
This is called a bell.
"Lu, I admire your ambition and courage."
Madoff, combing his long hair meticulously, turned his head to approve Lu Fei's two price increases. There was a hint of shrewdness in his sincere eyes, "I think you are qualified to join my fund now, although I generally don't accept it." Foreign individual investors, if you can be more successful..."
"Thanks, Mr. Madoff, I'll think about it."
Lu Fei sneered in his heart, there are still two or three years before subprime mortgages, donating money to you now, isn't it like a meat bun beating a dog!
"You have my card, kid."
Madoff was stuck for time and then gave a speech, leaving only a few words for Lu Fei.
At half past nine, Lu Fei and Lu Huateng pressed the button "Peng" while everyone was counting down. Some spray ribbons and colored papers spread out from above everyone's heads, and music sounded on the spot.
There was more enthusiastic applause and cheers, and then the order became a bit messy. Penguin also came with many middle-level people who were not qualified to show up at the bell time, as well as representatives of venture capital institutions, underwriters and market makers. At this time, they came over one after another. Take photos with the new billionaires.
David Solomon had mixed emotions, "Lu, after today, Penguin will make you known to everyone on Wall Street."
Lu Fei said: "Hey, I thought I had done it a long time ago."
"..."
David Solomon was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
Lu Fei said: "David, I asked Goldman Sachs to investigate those behind the scenes who poured dirty water on Penguin before it went public. Is there any progress?"
"Still investigating."
David Solomon had a sudden thought: "But according to the current situation, it is the investment banks and media that are most excited about it."
"Really? I don't think so. Penguin's sponsors are Sequoia and your Goldman Sachs. Do those small investment banks have the guts?" Lu Fei said meaningfully, "The people behind them are at least on the same level as you, and the scope of this target is much smaller. .”
"Yeah! We think so too."
David Solomon looked at him, his expression unchanged.
At this moment, the scene was in chaos, and some exchange staff suddenly exclaimed. They looked back at the ticker, and saw that the stock had ended its decline from 125 US dollars and was on the rise again. It had already arrived. $130.
Immediately afterwards, the stock price seemed to stabilize in this range.
Lu Fei watched the trend chart with Lu Huateng and the others for a while. It fluctuated up and down, and there was a faint upward momentum. He felt a little bored, so he went out to find Wang Ben, "Do you have my phone number?"
"Boss, I'm about to be blown away."
Wang Ben took out his cell phone from his arms, and there were countless missed calls on it.
"Yuanyuan, remember to watch the news."
"Hey, who is your husband?"
"Well, I made a lot of money, but it's nothing. It's just a routine operation."
"The market value is still seriously underestimated. Google has 27 billion US dollars, and Amazon has 17.9 billion US dollars. Penguin cannot compare with them in any way. If I were a US company, it would be at least 26 billion US dollars!"
"Haha, okay, keep busy. The filming of "Painted Skin" has started, right? Well, don't tire yourself, okay?"
Lu Fei first finished talking to Gao Yuanyuan on the phone, then flirted with Zeng Li, Li Fuzhen, and Li Yinxin one by one, and then looked for the number of an acquaintance. When he saw Buffett's, he immediately called back.
"Congratulations, Lu, I saw you on TV. Wow, major news stations said that Penguin's share price performance on the day of listing was a market miracle!"
"It was you, Gates and I who created the miracle together!"
Lu Fei was restraining his impulse, staying calm and saying some words of gratitude, when out of the corner of his eye he saw his personal bodyguard walking through the crowd, saying respectfully that Yin Fanka had come to the exchange.
"What is she here for?"
"Boss, she said she was here to deliver her father's wedding invitation."
"Oh, what a good timer."
Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, haha, you ignored me back then!
