Chapter 258: My mind is too heavy (Second watch, continue to ask for votes~)
The listing of Easyrent made Lin Zitan and several partners very proud, although the listing process was not very smooth, at first they wanted to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and later after several deliberations and reviews, they still chose to be listed on the NASDAQ.
In fact, the location of both exchanges is in Manhattan, the NASDAQ is in Times Square, and the specific location is 165 Broadway in New York.
The New York Stock Exchange is located on Wall Street, specifically at 11 Wall Street. But because the two have different requirements for listing, they can only choose Nasdaq in the end.
First of all, although Easyrent has completed the separation with the network head office, it is precisely because of the cutting that the annual turnover of the head office cannot be counted in Easyrent's financial income and expenditure.
The New York Stock Exchange requires listed companies to have a total revenue of not less than $10 million in three years and no less than $2 million in the last two years.
Fortunately, the NASDAQ does not have such a listing requirement, only requiring an annual income of $100 before taxes, but the NASDAQ requires that the stock price must not be less than $4, and there must be 400 shareholders, and each shareholder holds no less than 100 shares.
Lin Zitan's network company plus Easyrent has less than 100 employees, but fortunately, Lin Zitan also has supermarkets and Hongrong Freight and real estate companies, and the executives in these companies have paid dividends in the first quarter from the previous cash.
All of them have been converted into Easyrent shares, although some people are reluctant to accept it, but in order to meet the criteria for listing, the method of making up the number of heads is naturally operated by experienced traders such as Jimmy.
Andrew, as the legal representative, was in the limelight today, and his parents and fiancée also came to the scene of the NASDAQ exchange to show their support for him, standing in the audience to cheer for them.
Lin Zitan also called Emma over, Zhuang Yijun was originally going to follow, but unfortunately there was an important professional class that conflicted with the time of ringing the bell, so everyone had already completed the ceremony when they arrived.
A group of people are taking pictures on the NASDAQ exchange, that is, outside Times Square, the background wall is a large arc-shaped screen, NASDAQ is in the very center of Times Square, and the most important thing is the large screen of various advertisements, which is playing the company that rings the bell that day.
Zhuang Yijun saw Lin Zitan and all the founders and Easyrent employees shouting "cheese!" to the camera from a distance.
And what Lin Zitan happily hugged in her arms was Lin Zitan's girlfriend who she had always refused to believe but ---- real.
"Hi ~ Yijun!" In the surging crowd, the first to see her was always Chu Feng, Chu Feng was the first to run towards her cheering after taking the photo, taking his hand and returning to the crowd to ask for another shot.
Zhuang Yijun looked at everyone's elated expressions, and tried his best to pull out a smile, although outsiders couldn't see it, only she and Chu Feng knew that this smile was bitter.
"Hi~ Are you Yijun?" After the crowd dispersed, Emma took the initiative to come over and talk to Zhuang Yijun, with an innocent look, more like a schoolgirl living in an ivory tower than her,
Zhuang Yijun instantly felt that the reason why Lin Zitan avoided her was because his mind was too heavy! It seemed that two people who were also carrying the shackles of growth walking together, not only could not share each other's weight, but would make each other's bags heavier.
"Hi ~ Hello, are you Emma?"
So he hurriedly greeted the other party with a smile.
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At the beginning of Easyrent's listing, various departments of the company were also waiting for 5 million shares at a price of $8, and the market value of the small company that was originally thought to be acquired at a price of 7.8 million yuan suddenly increased to $40 million, making the two companies planning to acquire their website sad.
At the end of the month, with the gradual smoothing of the company's listing process, Lin Zitan held a banquet for more than 20 seats at the newly built Sovereign Restaurant in Flushing, and toasted all the employees of various departments and related suppliers and cooperative groups who performed well in their work.
In this banquet hall that could accommodate 1,400 people, Lin Zitan walked on the stage very confidently for the first time after closing the door, and repeatedly thanked all the employees who participated in the listing work! It was also here that Lin Zitan officially felt what it was like to be successful!
Although only 40 million was raised this time, with half of the shares held by Hongrong Freight, plus the fixed assets of supermarkets and real estate companies, Lin Zitan's personal assets have officially exceeded 100 million, not counting the stocks that have not been sold and are still rising.
"Here I would like to thank my partners, Xiao Cheng, Andrew and Chu Feng, it is your persistence that has made our dream to today's achievement, and it is your efforts that have made all our previous efforts have today's fruits.
I would also like to thank all the engineers who have joined our family, as well as colleagues in various departments, because of your participation, we have strengthened our strength... ”
Lin Zitan spoke impassionedly on stage, and the most touching thing in the audience was his three friends, Xiao Cheng really cried this time, because this team was brought together by him at the beginning, and it was really not easy to get to this day.
They have experienced full confidence, experienced doubt and suspicion, experienced various struggles of persistence and abandonment, and if it weren't for Lin Zi to nourish the company with his investment income from other aspects, they might not really survive today.
All achievements are not achieved overnight, even if they are all high-achieving students like NYU or Columbia, it is not bad to disperse to other industries and get an annual salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
But in this process, how many young people have worn off their edges and corners, their determination to keep forging ahead and their passion for continuous innovation.
"Next, let's applaud all our efforts and perseverance!" Lin Zitan ended his speech in a round of applause, and when it was Xiao Cheng's turn, he only said one sentence:
"Brothers, we did it, and we will do even better in the future!" and walked off the stage with red eyes.
Lin Zitan looked at the emotional Xiao Cheng, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, this senior brother looked like he was a cash cow at the beginning, but now he has become more calm, more confident and calm, with more resolute eyes and more firm beliefs.
Because the next day was the weekend, after pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Lin Zitan also chartered a few large boxes in the KTV next door, and now Steve is the boss of the KTV, and all the employees who are not in a hurry to leave will have the opportunity to sing here to their heart's content, not drunk and not returning.
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Lin Zitan drank a little too much tonight, from the dining table to the box, although he tried his best to control himself not to drink too much, but he was still happy and greedy, so when Kyle helped him get into the car, he didn't pay attention to when Zhuang Yijun also followed the car.
"Boss, do you want to go home directly?" Kyle looked at Lin Zitan, who was already drunk in Zhuang Yijun's arms, and couldn't help but remind as much as he could.
"Well, back... Go home~" Lin Zi was dizzy, only to feel that the pillow around him was so soft and ~ reached out to untie the tie that he couldn't untie several times, and finally a soft hand reached over to help him.
When a man is most painful and proud, he hopes that someone can be by his side, even if you don't say a word, giving him a warm hug and giving him a praising look is the greatest encouragement to him.
Emma has a charity party to attend on behalf of her grandfather tonight, which happens to conflict with Lin Zitan's celebration banquet, but the two of them are very tacitly supportive of each other.
Emma sends Lin Zitan a stylish selfie before leaving, and Lin Zitan gives him an eager kiss in return.
Zhuang Yijun was still very hesitant before deciding to help Lin Zi get out of the car with Kyle, but she didn't want to give up this last and perhaps only chance.
"Miss Zhuang. Do you really want to stay?" Kyle's job didn't include security inside the after-hours residence, but in order to prevent him from having problems when he was drunk, he hesitated before leaving, but he couldn't help but ask.