After checking the invitation and passing through the security check, Chen Qing and Lin Su entered the NASDAQ Exchange lobby in Midtown Manhattan, and the time was not yet eight o'clock in the morning, and it was already crowded.

The guests who can be invited to the ceremony are not unknown.

Chen Qing glanced at the crowd slightly, his eyes lit up slightly, and he walked straight to the nearest man and woman, and took advantage of the other party's conversation to greet him: "Good morning, Bill, Carly, I hope I didn't disturb you." ”

"Of course not, good morning, Chen. ”

"Morning. ”

Bill Sport and Carol Butts shook their heads together, shook hands with the Chinese girl with a smile, and greeted the Chinese girl separately, and after meeting a few times, both of them had a very good impression of Chen Qing, smart, enthusiastic, and capable, not to mention, this is still Simon's woman, according to the girl's subtle words, both of them feel that Chen Qing should be a more favored one.

Lin Su found that she couldn't always do Chen Qing's ease, she was originally lonely and proud in her bones, and instinctively didn't want to change herself, and after the three of them greeted her, she politely greeted the two of Spelt.

They are all human spirits, Lin Su's performance is sparse, and the two of them will not be too enthusiastic, and they all turn to Chen Qing.

Carol Butz, who heads Egret's Software & Services business, said: "By the way, Chen, maybe we should have a good chat when we have time, but at the last reception in San Francisco, I was very inspired by what you said about the current state of China's software industry, and we are planning to build our first data center in China recently. ”

"Of course there is no problem," Chen Qing immediately agreed, and said: "Also, in China to build a data center, this is really a good idea, I think in addition to software service support, you can also directly open cloud computing services, I don't know if you have seen, Carly, the Chinese government issued a "National Information Industry Development Plan" document in June this year, which is the second important document on the information industry after the "Information Infrastructure Construction Plan" at the end of 93, mainly to promote the development of the Internet industry. Now that the data center in China is being built, according to this document, it should be able to get a lot of policy support. ”

"It's a shame that I haven't read either document, and I'll ask my assistant to sort it out as soon as possible. ”

"It's okay, Carly, you're so busy, it's inevitable to ignore it. Actually, I don't need your assistant to help, I happen to have it here, and I can have someone deliver it before noon, of course, in English. ”

"Oh, Chen, you're so careful. ”

"Actually, Carly, if you want China's development, you, or the whole of Egret, need a team of consultants who are familiar with China's industrial policy. You know, China's policy system is very special, and if you blindly expand in China according to the development ideas of American companies, it is likely to fail. ”

Carol Butz smiled, "Chen, do you want this job?"

Chen Qing also smiled, but shook her head: "I'm busy, Carly, but I can help recommend some people." Last month, I attended a gathering in the information industry and met a lot of talents in this field. Of course, if you have any questions privately, you can always contact me. ”

"Then thank you in advance," Carol Butz nodded, "So, what do you think of the lunch?"

"No problem," Chen Qing agreed, the two chatted a few words, and she didn't snub Bill Spult: "Thank you again, Bill, help me pledge my stocks, heh, this matter must be kept secret, Simon knows, he will definitely teach me a lesson." ”

According to Simon's original promise, she and Lin Su can each get 5% of the shares of Scober's merger and acquisition business, so the Westeros system holds 53% of Scober's shares, she and Lin Su each own 2.65% of the shares, Scooper's market value exceeded $1 billion, and the value of these shares also exceeded $26 million.

Under the recommendation of Bill Spoor, Chen Qing obtained $20 million in cash through pledge, and this time subscribed for all of Eaglet's shares. Originally, I didn't mind bringing Lin Su, but when I mentioned it, Lin Su was unwilling, and Chen Qing didn't talk about it anymore, when Lin Su was in China, both her family background and position were above her, and she could be described as the pride of the sky, and when she came to the United States, she was also happy to leave Lin Su far away.

Bill Splitter heard Chen Qing mention this matter, shook his head and said, "You're welcome, it's just a small thing." ”

After chatting a few words, Chen Qing said goodbye and left, moving on to the next target.

This hall is full of connections.

Even if you already know it, there is absolutely only benefit to deepening the impact a little more.

In fact, Chen Qing wants to know most about whether Simon has arrived, but, of course, she will not be stupid enough to ask someone, she hints to the other party when she is in contact with someone An image that is very favored in front of Simon, if she asks abruptly, it is likely to reveal a flaw: Aren't you very favored, how can you not know if Westeros is here?

Even if he didn't ask, he learned during the greeting with Girl B that Simon had arrived early, and was only talking to someone in a conference room upstairs on the exchange, and he would probably not come down until the bell ringing ceremony.

Chen Qing didn't rush upstairs after knowing about it, in case he was blocked out of the door, he would be embarrassed.

Anyway, you may be able to see the noon cocktail party, and this time I brought Lin Su over to participate in the bell ringing ceremony. Men haven't been to their place for a long time, and that's not good, and the two of them showing up together may be able to provoke the man's interest.

I am most concerned about this IPO.

I have read a lot of Wall Street analysis articles beforehand, and most analysts believe that due to the large size of Igret's IPO, the increase on the first day of listing should be about 30%, the IPO valuation is 150 billion, an increase of about 30%, and the market value will exceed 200 billion, which will basically slow down.

As for the future trend, it also depends on the development direction of the entire new technology industry.

Moreover, there is no shortage of pessimistic arguments.

Led by the head of the Wall Street Tiger Fund, Julian Robertson, a hedge fund mogul who has been singing the praises of tech stocks lately, believes that the IPO of Igrett will be the beginning of the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

Chen Qing actually doesn't think so.

According to her own observation, although the stock prices of listed technology stocks such as Cisco, AOL and Microsoft are indeed very high, the entire Internet industry has obviously not reached its peak, and the most powerful proof is that Igrett has maintained rapid growth in the first few quarters of this year after its revenue exceeded the $10 billion threshold last year.

What's more, there is a fairly broad overseas market.

In the Westeros system, and to some extent, it is equivalent to a bystander, Chen Qing can see it very clearly.

Globally, the Internet industry in the United States has been ahead of other countries for at least three years, three years ahead, this gap is bound to be difficult to catch up, after the establishment of the World Trade Organization last year, global integration accelerated, the Internet that connects the world, just to be able to sit on this east wind, continue to expand globally outside the United States, and in the end, the Internet giants in the United States are enough to control the whole world.

In this case, what seems to be an overheated tech stock is far from reaching its limit.

In any case, even if she can only earn 30% this time, Chen Qing has her own small treasury, she does not get rid of a man's mind, she just hopes to do more things relying on the network resources of the Westeros system. The desire for being above people in her bones made her not just throw Lin Su away and stop, she hoped to be like a certain man and get more people's admiration.

In the midst of greetings, time flies.

9:30 a.m.

After Tim Berners Lee, who was promoted to chairman of Igrete after the position adjustment, actually took a back seat, after a speech, Igret's senior management and several other special guests pressed the button for Igret's stock to start trading on the stage, and in order to build momentum for Igret, Simon also appeared on the stage, which happened to be surrounded by everyone in the center.

The bell ringing ceremony is over, and the inquiry stage is coming as usual.

Stock traders around the world are starting to quote their intended trading prices through electronic trading networks.

After two adjustments, Igrete maintained its offering price of $35.

The consensus forecast is that Igret's stock price should peak at around $45 today. However, after five consecutive rounds of inquiries for an hour and a half, at 11 o'clock when trading opened, the opening price of Ygrit had skyrocketed to $47.5, an increase of 35.7%.

According to the total share capital of 4.326 billion shares after the listing of Eaglet, the opening market value directly broke through the threshold of $200 billion, reaching $205.5 billion.

The market is always irrational.

When the opening market value exceeded most people's expectations, some Eaglet stock investors who wanted to take advantage of the sharp rise on the first day of the opening to cash out subconsciously tightened their accounts, after all, no one lacked a little patience.

The shortage of outstanding shares in the market further stimulated the share price of Igrett to continue to rise on the first day of trading.

At the cocktail party at the Gramercy Hotel at noon, many guests listened to the latest stock price information that kept coming, and their mood was fluctuating, and they didn't have the heart to celebrate for a long time, and they couldn't wait to leave their offices immediately to stare at the real-time price curve of a certain stock.

Chen Qing also hesitated repeatedly, not knowing whether to sell all the stocks in his hand immediately.

Even if she is still optimistic about the long-term trend of Igret, Chen Qing also feels that in the future, Igret's stock price should probably be at this level. Even if it is more than ten or twenty percentage points, in fact, it is not possible to cash out as soon as possible and get cash to do other things, now China is full of opportunities, and it just so happens that she has accumulated enough contacts now.

After hesitating, he finally couldn't help but ask about the stock price potential of a certain man, Igret, at the drinking party.

At the reception, Simon heard Chen Qing's question and shook his head with a smile: "I don't know where the potential is." However, I remember reading a quote somewhere that the capital market has been irrational for a lot longer than many people predicted, and everyone thinks that the new technology market is overheated, but maybe this is just the beginning of an irrational period. ”

Chen Qing thought for a moment and said tentatively: "So, Simon, do you think the market value of Igrete, well, can still exceed 300 billion?"

Simon stretched out his hand and picked at Lin Su's delicate chin next to him, who seemed to be thinking about something, and said with a smile: "300 billion, why don't you be a little bolder?"

Chen Qing didn't look at Lin Su, who was glaring at Lin Su because of the man's light movements, and asked, "500 billion?"

Simon simply didn't answer, but changed the subject: "Have you been back to China recently?"

Chen Qing saw that the man changed the topic, so she had to give up asking and said, "I have to go back every month, Lin is gone, she is studying hard for the MBA." ”

"Oh, good girl. ”

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Lin plans to 'master Yi's long skills to control Yi'." ”

When chatting privately with Simon, he always habitually used Chinese, but he couldn't help but blurt out an ancient sentence, or this sentence, Chen Qing suddenly regretted it. This is actually Chen Qing's words to ridicule Lin Su in private recently, and it was only after he said that he realized that the meaning of this sentence seemed a little inappropriate in front of someone.

So you can only hope that someone will not understand.

Simon, of course, understands it, and naturally doesn't mind, with a teasing tone in his tone: "Yes, ambitious." ”

Chen Qing saw that Simon didn't mind and was in a good mood, so she took the initiative to confess that she pledged Scober's shares to subscribe for Igrete shares.

After hearing this, Simon glanced at Lin Su, and then turned to Chen Qing: "Just yourself?"

Chen Qing realized something, and hurriedly shook the pot: "I also want to bring Lin, but she doesn't want to." ”

Simon smiled and said, "Don't play this kind of careful thinking in the future, you two are one." ”

"I see. ”

Chen Qing stuck out her tongue slightly, pretended to be coquettish and agreed, and stepped forward to hold the man's arm: "Simon, will you go to us tonight?"

Simon smiled and refused: "Something happens tonight, next time." ”

"Ah, when is the next time?"

Simon said: "I'll be in New York lately, so I'll definitely have time. ”

Yesterday after returning from Europe, Janet returned directly to Los Angeles, and also said that Simon could stay in New York during this time and fool around without going home. Actually, it was mainly during this time that Veronica was in Los Angeles to negotiate Daenerys Entertainment for a financial audit, since a certain identity was exposed, sensing that the atmosphere between the two was quite strange every time, Janet didn't want Simon and Veronica to get along too much.

got the man's promise, chatted a few more words, and saw Forbes Group CEO Steve Forbes coming over with a smile and saying hello together, Chen Qing took the initiative to take Lin Su away, and couldn't help but think that I don't know what a guy's net worth on the Forbes rich list this time will be.

During this time, it happened to be reported that Forbes magazine deliberately postponed the release of the new annual Forbes American 400 list in order to wait for Igrett to go public.