The headquarters of the NASDAQ Exchange in Midtown Manhattan.

Approaching the opening time of 9:30 a.m., the atmosphere in the exchange hall was crowded like sardine cans, and the atmosphere became more and more hot, and Paul Einholt, a reporter from Barron's, looked at Deborah Lipman, the chairman and CEO of Instagram, who was giving an IPO speech on the stage, and the three women A, B, and C who participated in the IPO ceremony, as well as a group of women such as waist and leg spirits, and had the urge to write a "Women of Westeros".

This is probably something that many reporters have been longing for in recent years, as was the case when a Los Angeles gossip tabloid listed Howard Hughes's 164 girlfriends.

It's a pity that you can only think about it.

Howard Hughes just sent someone to buy out all the newspapers of the day, but there was no more follow-up, but if it was put on Simon Westeros, who would dare to expose the lace scandal of the super-rich man like this, and he would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

After all, the current influence of the Westeros system has gone beyond the level of 'when money starts to speak, the truth will shut up', and the collision between the Hearst family and Simon Westeros two years ago failed miserably, making the American media, which has been 'free' for more than half a century, feel the power of money again.

Subsequently, the strengthening of the Westeros system in various aspects such as politics and the media made public opinion appear more and more powerless in the face of the Westeros system.

Speaking of Paul Einholt himself, the article in Barron's last week analyzing the Hollywood landscape was written by this reporter, and only hinted at Daenerys Entertainment's monopoly tendency in Hollywood rather vaguely, but then encountered direct pressure from the parent company Dow Jones Group, suggesting that similar articles should not be published in the future.

And today, Paul was specially sent to the Instagram listing site for an interview, which is a chance for the editor-in-chief to give him to 'make up for his mistakes', basically to write a flowery praise article next, which can be regarded as a kind of good intentions of his boss.

As long as the article is published next week, the Westeros system public relations team, which will be constantly following the movements of the American media, will probably not put him on some blacklist anymore if they realize that his attitude has changed.

At the end of the day, there is no real freedom in the media.

Even the Watergate scandal of that year was only the result of the fierce game between the two parties in the United States at that time, otherwise, how could a newspaper that could only be supported by a widow because of the suicide of its boss dare to provoke President Nixon, who was at the height of power at that time.

Thinking of this, Paul Einholt only felt that a very serious problem facing the United States now was the lack of a force that could resist the Westeros system, whether it was a capital force or a political force. Without checks and balances, the Westeros system will only gain more and more control over the country.

Of course, it's still just a matter of thinking.

Paul Einholt, who is middle-aged and has a wife and children, didn't think about being a martyr against capital in the past, otherwise he wouldn't have taken this guy today, and if he thought about it, he would definitely be full of flowers.

In the blink of an eye, the D girl on the stage finished her speech, and Paul Einholt hurriedly applauded with the crowd.

Immediately, at 9:30 a.m., several Instagram executives, surrounded by the guests, pressed the button symbolizing the ringing of the bell, announcing that Instagram shares officially began trading on the Nasdaq market.

First of all, it is the inquiry stage, which is also a point that many people are very concerned about today.

Because Instagram's IPO valuation is so low, the industry previously estimated that even if the image-sharing site's valuation was determined to be more than enough at $10 billion, it turned out to be only $6 billion. While many smart people quickly understood Westeros' intentions, it didn't stop things from going in the direction that some people were expecting.

After all, this kind of 'cheapness', how can the capital of all parties not be occupied.

So, more than 20 minutes after the opening, when the results of the first round of inquiries came out, both inside and outside the market were surprised.

$17.00 - $18.00.

Even if the median value is taken, the first round of inquiries has risen by more than half, reaching 52%, which also means that Instagram's market capitalization has reached about $10.3 billion, directly breaking through the $10 billion mark.

Sure enough, stimulated by the popularity of Instagram's listing, the Nasdaq new technology sector also rose directly above 1% in the first half hour of the opening, and the stock trading volume was significantly higher than in previous days.

After the first round, and after four subsequent rounds of inquiry, when Instagram's stock officially began to trade freely, the stock price had already exceeded $23.

After the official start of trading, Paul Einholt barely managed to get a question at another small media meeting with Instagram management, and left an interview room on the exchange, and photographer Leonard, who was with Paul, suddenly couldn't help but say, "I wish I was a woman now." ”

Paul knew why Leonard suddenly sighed, and the two returned to the hall, intending to continue watching the show until noon, while saying: "It's not difficult to do this now, but Simon Westeros probably won't like transsexuals, maybe you keep your status as a man, and there is still a little chance." ”

"No way," said Leonard, who had long hair and was actually very attractive to girls, "and from what I've observed over the years, Simon Westeros is very straight, very straight. ”

Paul looked up at the stock price display in the hall, still smiling, "That's a shame. ”

Leonard didn't skip the topic, but said, "Did you notice that little girl next to Girl D?"

"Jennifer Bray?"

"So you know. ”

Paul nodded, also with emotion and envy, and said: "The girl who made a cameo appearance in Westeros at the Madonna concert and jumped on the stage, frankly speaking, this girl should be the most successful 'fruit' ever, with her holding of no less than 10 million shares of Instagram shares, just based on the current stock price, her net worth has exceeded 200 million US dollars, and if Instagram continues to rise next, she may even be on the "Forbes" list next year, and chase stars to catch up with "Forbes" list, I haven't heard of the second one. ”

Leonard was also emotional, and looked at the stock price display with Paul and asked, "What do you think is the highest market value of Instagram?"

"It's hard to say, it depends on the subsequent performance of this website," Paul shook his head and said, "However, just with a huge user base of 160 million, a market value of $10 billion is more than enough, not to mention that this company also has the backing of the Westeros system, I think that in the future, Igrett may buy Instagram entirely." ”

"It's unlikely, Igrett's current monopoly trend is so obvious, even if the Justice Department's investigation this time is still just the Clinton administration's appearance, it will never let Egrete continue to expand, otherwise some other competing websites of the same type will definitely make trouble. ”

"Nothing is impossible, as long as Westeros feels necessary. What's more, Instagram's business is also too single, and once it enters a bottleneck, it will either be co-opted or actively expand into other areas, which is obviously easier for the former. ”

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard a slight commotion around them.

"500 billion, 500 billion!"

"Wow, the third one is $500 billion, I don't know how long it will take for the fourth?"

"Ygrit, where's the Igrit share price?"

“......”

In the midst of the noise, without waiting for the two to inquire, several sets of stock information appeared on the largest stock price display in the exchange hall.

It turned out that after Ygrete and Daenerys, Cisco's market value officially broke through the $500 billion mark in the morning rally, becoming the third supergiant in the North American stock market to reach a market value of $500 billion.

Not only that, but the market value of Eagle, which has exceeded $600 billion in a single week after the election, has now exceeded $650 billion a month later, and it is obviously accelerating towards an even more terrifying market value of $700 billion.

Simon arrived at an Instagram reception at a Midtown hotel around noon to hear the news.

It's a busy morning, and there's a lot to focus on.

For example, the North American box office situation that just ended a box office week, there is not much suspense at this point, "Wonder Woman 2" easily won the game, and the box office of the next week still exceeded 100 million, reaching 100 million US dollars, becoming the second film after "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" to achieve a record of breaking 100 million for two consecutive weeks.

Within half a month of its release, the cumulative box office of "Wonder Woman 2" reached $254.95 million. It can be said that 400 million is already a certainty, and only 500 million is still in suspense, mainly depending on the specific performance of the films in the next Christmas schedule.

This can be said to be a rather tangled thing.

Because the two main movies in the Christmas file, "Jumanji" and "Breaking Baby", are also Daenerys Entertainment's leading films, if these two projects meet expectations, it is likely to mean that the follow-up box office potential of "Wonder Woman 2" will be suppressed, if on the contrary, "Wonder Woman 2" may exceed 500 million US dollars, and the box office results of these two opening projects will inevitably not be good.

In addition to "Wonder Woman 2", the other films that have just passed, including Disney's "101 Dalmatians", which only received $24.39 million in the final full opening week, are not worth mentioning.

What needs to be mentioned is a new film that will be screened today, "Soul Catcher".

As the main hit of Daenerys Entertainment this year's awards, of course, it is not surprising that it will also be a box office staple, "Soul Catcher" seems to be a literary film by a newcomer and a new work, but under the packaging of Daenerys Entertainment, it has recently become famous.

Just talking about the main creators, in addition to the already famous director Gus Van Sant and Robert De Niro, whose fame does not need to be said, the other three young actors, as screenwriters and the first male supporting book, also gained great popularity with "Unruly Night" some time ago, and the heroine Kate Beckinsale is one of the heroines of "Breaking Bad" that will be promoted at the end of the year.

Under the backdrop of these filmmakers, coupled with the $10 million publicity budget invested by the Gaomen Film team in advance, "Soul Catcher" has locked in the recent popularity in advance.

What is missing is just a word-of-mouth.

In fact, in addition to word-of-mouth, another reason for choosing to open the screening on December 6 is that the Golden Globe Awards in January next year will announce the nomination on December 11 in the following year.

Therefore, compared to the usual two-week screening cycle of other films, "Soul Catcher" will only be screened for a week, and it will be opened on a large scale with "Game of the Brave" on December 13.

As for the future of the film, Simon is not worried at all.

You must know that the former "Soul Catcher", which was released almost at the same time as "Titanic", was crushed by the big ship, and still showed the power of commercial films with the theme of literary films, not only won a series of Oscar nominations, but also won a box office of $130 million in North America alone.

Now, under the quality of the film that Simon personally ensured, both the main creator and the promotion have been significantly upgraded, even if he has to survive under the attack of "Game of the Brave" and "Breaking Baby", Simon is not worried at all. After all, no matter how fierce "Jumanji" and "Breaking Bad" are, they probably can't be as fierce as "Titanic".

Instagram's lunchtime celebration reception.

As soon as Simon arrived, he was entangled by little Jenny, who had changed into a small white dress, and did not care at all about the eyes of the other guests around him.

It's just that this pseudo-Lori who has nothing to do with Lori for a long time but stays in the 1.5 meter range knocked lightly on the door, and let the girl hold herself, Simon walked to the D girl and congratulated them with a smile.

Immediately, not only A, B, C, D, waist essence, leg essence, Indian girls and other women listed on Instagram, but also a large number of supermodel Internet celebrities such as Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer, who received invitations to participate in the Instagram listing ceremony, also gathered around Simon.

Seeing Simon Westeros quickly surrounded by a group of women, it was inevitable that the other guests at the scene would have the same thoughts as a certain Barron's photographer in the morning.

Of course, the thoughts of the female guests at the scene are even more complicated.

Women are better than women, it's really infuriating women.

Not to mention Claire Gain, a C girl who directly squeezed into the third place on the Forbes American 400 rich list with a net worth of $29.5 billion this year, just today's Instagram listing has once again created several female billionaires who are obviously close to Simon Westeros.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the goblins on the scene will gather around Simon.

Everyone has been in the circle for many years and has become a refiner, who would think that they are much worse than the founders of Instagram, what everyone lacks is just an opportunity.

A man can obviously easily give them that opportunity.

It's a pity that some people want to go up, and of course some people are strictly guarded, and it turns out that it is not easy to say a few words to Simon Westeros.

Simon's side, after chatting about the Instagram stock price trend in the morning, the D girl standing next to Simon didn't mean to get out of the way at all, and directly turned the topic to the non-work direction: "Boss, we all heard about the performance at the Metropolitan Opera tomorrow, but I forgot to say hello in advance, and when I asked today, A said that there were no tickets, but we want to go to see it tomorrow night, what should we do?"

The D girl's tone was a little coquettish, without the slightest hint of the founder of a 10-billion-level new technology company.

However, Simon could only shake his head at this: "That is, there is really no ticket, or ...... on Sunday night" said and looked at Girl A, seeing that she still shook her head, he couldn't, he could only shrug his shoulders.