December 24, 1980.

A passenger plane that started from Hong Kong to the United States finally landed at New York International Airport after flying for more than 20 hours.

It didn't take long for the passengers on the passenger plane to get off the plane, and after passing the security check, they walked out of the exit one after another.

“BOSS！”

Jobs, who rushed to pick up the airport, hurriedly waved outside the crowd after seeing Huo Yaowen and Anna.

Hearing the movement, Huo Yaowen turned his head to look around, and found that it was Jobs who called him, so he couldn't help but step forward and said, "Didn't you not have to come over?"

"Hehe, how can this work, tomorrow Christmas, the last roadshow, I will definitely come over and talk to the boss in detail. Jobs grinned. After more than half a year of preparation and roadshow, Apple has been scheduled to officially go public on January 1, 1981, almost a month later than another time and space.

"Okay, then I'll tell me more about the roadshow when I get back to the hotel. Huo Yaowen thought about it and nodded slightly.

After more than a dozen roadshows, the initial price is $15 a share, but the specific price on the eve of the listing depends on the results of the last roadshow tomorrow.

Because tomorrow's last roadshow, dozens of investment institutions from all over the United States and even the world will come to participate, and these people are the important people who will promote the stock price rise when they go public.

"The car was waiting outside. As Jobs spoke, he looked at the group of people standing behind Huo Yaowen, and glanced around, there were about a dozen of them, and there was an old man who looked quite old, "BOSS, I have prepared several cars, and the hotel has been arranged." ”

"Hmm" Huo Yaowen responded, turned around and returned to Uncle Shao's side and said, "Sixth Uncle, the car has arrived, let's get in the car and go to the hotel to rest first, and the matter of forming the company will be talked about tomorrow." ”

"Good. Uncle Shao nodded with a tired face and said: "This person is not good at accepting the old man, when he first established Shaw Brothers Films, he flew back and forth between Nanyang and Hong Kong every day, and he didn't feel tired for several months, but I didn't expect to take a plane to the United States now, and he was actually tired." ”

Li Hanxiang on the side said with a smile: "Boss, this plane to the United States must be quite tiring, more than 20 hours." ”

"Yes. ”

Uncle Shao Liu smiled, and then followed Huo Yaowen, preparing to take a car to the parking lot outside the airport to the hotel.

It was just that as soon as he arrived at the gate of the airport, Uncle Shao couldn't help but stop, looked around, and stopped for a while before finally sighing, and got into the car with the support of Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinshuo.

In addition to people from investment companies such as Fok Yaowen, Anna, and Davide participating in the roadshow and Apple's public listing, Uncle Shao Liushu also personally brought Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinshui, Zhang Che, and other Shaw Brothers backbones to see the newly established Lion Film Company because of the cooperation with Huo Yaowen to set up an American film company.

More than an hour later, in a high-end hotel in the center of New York, Huo Yaowen first arranged for Uncle Shao Liushu and others to enter the room to rest, and then discussed with Jobs about tomorrow's roadshow and the recent roadshow situation.

Jobs said: "The pricing of this IPO, after a few months of roadshows, the willingness of investment institutions is basically around $15, but our people think it is best to set it at $20, BOSS, how much do you think we should price it?"

Huo Yaowen thought for a moment and asked, "What was the stock price of Wang Computer's listing back then?"

"Wang Computer?" Jobs frowned, thought about it carefully, and said, "It seems to be about $10, and it shouldn't be more than $15." ”

"Do you know the stock price at the end of the day?"

"I don't remember much, but it seems pretty high. ”

"It's very high, about forty dollars. ”

Huo Yaowen remembers this very well, Wang An Computer Company was listed in 1967, and the following year, Huo Yaowen went to the United States to participate in the international writing program held by Nie Hualing.

In the same year, "1999" was published by Bantan Book Publishing Company, and when he returned to the United States, dozens of newspapers reported that Huo Yaowen and Wang An were both representatives of the American dream, so he was extremely impressed by this incident.

Jobs frowned, "And the boss, you mean $15?"

"Investment firms represent the market, and they think $15 is best, so they price it at $15. ”

"That's $15. BOSS, here's the schedule for tomorrow's roadshow. ”

In fact, Jobs also thinks that the price of $15 is the most appropriate, after all, if the price is too high, it will easily cut off some retail investors. At this time, seeing the boss speak, he nodded in agreement, and by the way, he took out the roadshow schedule for the last one tomorrow Christmas at the New York Stock Exchange.

Huo Yaowen took the activity table and took a brief look at it, the arrangement is nothing more than what time will it be tomorrow, when those investment institutions will come, and then announce some future plans for Apple, so as to deepen the importance of the public, investment institutions, and securities managers to Apple, so as to attract people to buy the shares issued by Apple when it goes public on January 1.

After confirming that there was no problem, Huo Yaowen nodded and said, "Then follow the process above." ”

"Then boss, you have a good rest, I'll come and pick you up early tomorrow morning. ”

After Jobs finished speaking, he got up and left to go back to the company to arrange the last roadshow tomorrow.

Huo Yaowen sent Jobs away, and went directly back to the room to accompany Anna to get ready for a good rest, but the jet lag was reversed, so as to recharge for tomorrow's roadshow.

……

The next day, at the New York Stock Exchange Center, a pre-reserved seat was already full of investment institutions and invited major American newspapers and media to participate in the roadshow.

I've said this many times in the past few months, but today is the last day of the roadshow, and there are less than six days left before Apple's public offering. Allow me to repeat it again. ”

"In 1971, my friends Woltz and Wayne and I founded Apple, which was just a computer assembly company, and I would personally come to customers every day to promote our products.

In the years that followed, we went from assembling computers to developing them, and in 1978 I was fortunate to meet someone who was also interested in computers, and he helped me a lot to Apple, not only bringing money to Apple, but also investing in Apple's production plant......"

Standing on the stage, Jobs talked about Apple's past since its establishment, and at the same time, he also told Apple's future development policy and commitment to public investors.

After a long while, after Jobs finished the sentence that had been repeated for months, he straightened his clothes and solemnly introduced: "Today is the last day of Apple's roadshow, and I invited Mr. Evan Huo, who has been a great help to Apple, to be there in person!"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

As soon as the words fell, the applause was thunderous.

The investment institutions that came to participate in the roadshow have long been familiar with Apple's equity distribution, and naturally know that Evan, who is about to come to power, is Apple's second largest individual shareholder, and at the same time is husband and wife with the first largest individual shareholder.

Huo Yaowen, who rested all night and adjusted to the jet lag, slowly walked onto the stage under the roaring applause and Anna's fiery gaze after hearing Jobs introduce himself.

After a short wait, the scene gradually became quiet.

"Hi, I'm Evan. I am honored and very happy to stand on the stage of Apple's last roadshow! I am honored and honored to witness the birth of a future technology giant with all the gentlemen and ladies who are here today!"

"I have been following Apple for a long time, and the specific time should be April 1977, when I came to the United States on a business trip, and by chance, I saw in a technology magazine about Apple's first Apple personal computer at the first West Coast Computex Show. Because of my professional background, I have a deep affection for personal computers, which led to my interest in Apple at that time. ”

"Today, Apple has grown from an obscure small company to a first-class technology company that sells 500,000 units a year worldwide, which is the recognition of Apple by the public, and the result of the joint efforts of Mr. Jobs and many of the company's developers!

Just now Steve Jobs said that I have been a great help to Apple, in fact, it is not that I have helped Apple, but that Apple has given me a lot of help, and let me see that the starting point of future science and technology will start from Apple! I believe that the scenes in science fiction I have created will definitely be realized with the help of Apple in the near future!"

Speaking of this, Huo Yaowen paused slightly, "Maybe what I said next is a fantasy, or maybe I am deliberately exaggerating." But in fact, I am very optimistic about the future development of Apple, whether it is the computer research and development team led by Steve Jobs, or the image personal operating system that is being developed......

All these make me firmly believe that in the near future, Apple will not only expand the existing market scale, but also become the world's fastest Fortune 500 company with its excellent team and R&D technology!"

Top 500?!

Dozens of venture capital leaders and reporters in the fields of finance, economics, and journalism who were invited to the scene all looked disbelieving.

After all, although Apple is now very popular with the market, major investment institutions, and the public's popularity and expectations, the world's top 500 companies have not been in business for more than ten years before slowly developing, and it is impossible for Apple to become a top 500 company in the short term after listing.

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