Chapter 325: Ring the Bell
The NASDAQ stock exchange, as early as the seventies abandoned the original way of buying and selling, the use of electronic quotation system, more timely integration of stock transactions, listed companies here, mainly major emerging industries, not famous before the eighties, and then appeared representative of the IT industry, especially in recent years, the volume here has soared, a large number of hot stocks.
Looking at the situation today, there is another hot IT stock.
A few years ago, Su Mu visited the NASDAQ stock exchange near Wall Street as a tourist, and there were already displays dedicated to displaying a certain stock quotes, which have recently been renovated and look much more comfortable, with improved numbers and clarity.
A few years earlier, there were stock traders who took paper and pens, recorded trading volumes and then traded manually, resulting in a layer of waste paper on the floor at the end of the day, but now there is no such scene in sight, replaced by more advanced online real-time exchanges.
Su Mu, who stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel last night, was complimented by the crowd that came to the scene, including many famous billionaires on Wall Street, as well as executives of major investment institutions, and the scene was extremely lively.
There is still some time before the market opens, and the picture on the screen is frozen, all of which are detailed data after the market closed yesterday, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, Dell and other companies also have an exclusive screen here, Su Mu saw many company names that he was very familiar with, and behind the conspicuous red and green numbers represented countless wealth.
As the "bell ringer", that is, the actual controller of the company, Su Mu can invite fifty guests to enter the scene, in addition to Li Ping'an and Du Zhong, the other more than forty are Penguin employees, this time the company helped to reimburse all the expenses, today he also met Blake's mysterious fiancé, not very handsome, looks very kind, Su Mu was busy, and chatted with each other.
I arrived at 8:15 p.m. local time in New York, and after taking pictures, I was busy receiving guests, and all those who were invited could take pictures, with the NASDAQ building written in the background, and they would be given to everyone as souvenirs later.
Because there is nothing to worry about, the market is optimistic, Penguin has real materials, such a high market share and sales volume is not fake, Su Mu is high on the Forbes rich list, and skin color has become a secondary aspect, who sees him is not congratulations.
He found that he was not as nervous as he imagined, and now he is only waiting for the market to open at nine o'clock, and the bell is scheduled to ring at nine o'clock, which is a traditional ritual that belongs to the NASDAQ stock exchange, and less than three percent of the tens of thousands of startups in Silicon Valley can ring the bell, and many people are proud to ring the bell here and go public.
After the NASDAQ chairman gave a brief explanation, Su Mu tidied up his clothes and walked onto the stage, unlike the NASDAQ chairman's speech that was read from script day after day, Su Mu carefully prepared last night.
At this moment, he walked on the stage, and was just about to speak, when he was interrupted by a burst of enthusiastic applause, especially the Penguin employees he brought, they were so excited, almost all of them were the oldest employees, who may not have a high status in the company, but they have the deepest feelings for this company, and it is hard to imagine that it has only been a few years, and their company is about to be listed on the NASDAQ.
Su Mu did not treat these old employees badly, and issued a batch of reward shares with a total value of about 20 million US dollars a few days ago, truly achieving the sentence "Everyone earns money together!"
Smiling happily, Su Mu held the microphone with his hand, and after the applause gradually subsided, he said: "Thank you, thank you for your enthusiasm, this is my first time to be listed on the NASDAQ, in September and November, there may be two more consecutive times, and Bee and OO will also be listed."
I was only 16 years old when I first started my business, and I never imagined that I would be able to achieve what I am today, thanks to the joint efforts of all the employees of the company, little by little, to transform Penguin from a product agency that sells computers for IBM to a large company with a 4.2% share of the global PC manufacturing and sales market!"
There was another round of applause, Su Mu glanced at his watch, there were still six minutes until nine o'clock, and there was enough time, so he continued: " Ringing the bell is not my glory alone, I hope to let a few representatives hold the hammer with me that many Silicon Valley people dream of, our Penguin company may not be the best PC manufacturer, but it is definitely the most customer-oriented computer company, our efforts have been recognized by everyone, they believe in the quality of Penguin brand personal computers, and also believe that buying our company's products is not a hammer deal, and will provide them with better after-sales service in the future.
Now it is the United States, and there are dozens of countries such as Canada, European countries, Yueben, Huaxia and so on, will enjoy the same treatment of quality services, our company's products are going to the world, the best product penguin at the same price, the lowest price of the product penguin, this is the commitment I give, thank you. ”
The speech was extremely brief, according to the requirements of the NASDAQ side, was controlled in about three minutes, Su Mu indicated the development concept of Penguin at the same time, but also briefly said the outlook for the later expansion plan, in fact, the content of what should be said, the roadshow has already been conveyed to potential investors, today's speech on the NASDAQ exchange is more like a formality, open a new screen covered by a red cloth, which marks Penguin has a place in this stock exchange, the issue price is arranged at ten dollars per share, a total of 200 million US dollars。
At 9:1, the opening price did not meet Su Mu's expectations, and it rose directly by 26 cents, and soon became 10.5 dollars a share, which is quite fast, which shows that someone is sweeping the goods and absorbing the few outstanding shares on the market, and in less than a minute, the stock price exceeded 11 dollars!
Su Mu became richer, and in this instant, Penguin's total market value became more than $900 million, and it directly reached $1 billion in five minutes! I couldn't see anything for a while, and after I finished the bell ringing ceremony with a few people, including Blake and Li Ping'an, and then looked at the real-time stock price, it actually rose to $11.7! It was still rising, but the speed was much slower than just now, and Penguin's performance was so much at present, and the growth rate was already quite good, and it must be considered a success.
More than 80 percent of the screens are green, and the recent upward momentum on the NASDAQ exchange is indeed very good, Microsoft's stock price is close to $13 billion, and in 1985, who would have believed that the company's market value would have increased to such a terrifying level today......