In the Fly lounge area on the trading floor, Zhang Ran and Fly's senior management applauded the bell-ringers on the bell stand, and then smiled and hugged each other. At the same time, in front of the counter of Barclays, Fly's market maker, the display screen showed the page of Fly's stock trading, and the stock symbol was "Fly", and next to the issue price of $55, an inquiry number began to appear.

At the same time, Fly's stock will begin an opening price inquiry, with Fly's designated market maker Barclays and stable market manager Morgan Stanley working together to determine the most appropriate opening price and decide when to open.

The process of the company's IPO opening price inquiry is actually the process of bargaining, the issue price of the company's shares is equivalent to the ex-factory price of the product, and the process of inquiry is the product in the market to shout the selling price and the buying price, after the buyer and seller bargain, finally determine a maximum of people can accept, but also the price that can make the most transactions into a single price, which is the opening price. A relatively popular stock like Fly has a particularly large trading volume and a large number of bargaining people, so the bargaining process is particularly long.

Knowing that the opening process would be relatively long, perhaps an hour or two, Zhang Ran and the others left the rest area after the opening bell rang to be interviewed by different media. As a Chinese, Zhang Ran gave the first interview to his own people, to CCTV, and then he was interviewed by a number of media outlets, including Fox, and then he came to the CNBC studio in the center of the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange for an interview.

CNBC attaches great importance to this Fly listing, and the host sent by it is the famous Jim Kramer. After greeting each other, Jim Kramer looked at Zhang Ran and asked: "Now that Fly has been listed, the market value will definitely exceed 100 billion, and everyone is very concerned about the future development of Fly, so what is the company's next goal?"

Zhang Ran thought for a while and said, "The most important thing for Fly is to improve its own system and make the company's ecosystem more perfect. On this basis, Fly will make efforts in the development of new technologies, because we believe that in 20 to 30 years, the Internet will be replaced by new networks, the competition is cruel now, but the competition will be more cruel in the future, and only new technologies can ensure that Fly can survive in the future competition. ”

Jim Kramer looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "We know that in addition to Fly, you are also the boss of Century Peak, will Century Summit be listed in the future?"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "There is no such plan for the time being, and the purpose of the peak of the century is not to go public." ”

Jim Kramer asked, "In recent years, there have been big acquisitions almost every year at the peak of the century, and there will definitely be acquisitions in the future, will you buy one of the big six?"

Zhang Ran shrugged his shoulders and joked with Jim Kramer: "Actually, I think CNBC TV is very good, if I can buy it, maybe I will buy it." ”

Jim Kramer laughed, and so did Zhang Ran.

After laughing, Zhang Ran said seriously: "Seriously, if it had been a few years ago, I might have considered acquiring the Big Six, but now I really don't have this idea." There will be some acquisitions in the future, but most of these acquisitions are technical considerations or the need to improve the industrial chain. Whether it's Fly or the pinnacle of the century, I definitely hope that they can go further, and the development of new technologies is particularly important. ”

Jim Kramer asked: "We all know that you are very rich, and now that Fly is listed, you are even richer, and even someone will be worth close to Bill Gates after Fly is listed, so what do you want to do next?"

Zhang Ran raised three fingers and said, "About three things, the first is to get married, I have known my girlfriend for almost ten years, and we plan to hold a wedding next year on the tenth anniversary of our acquaintance." That's the most important thing for me right now. The second is to set up a film laboratory for the development of new technologies, and the third is to make films. You may not believe it when you say it, but I'm not particularly interested in making money even though I've been trying to make it hard. What I really like is making movies, but you also know that making movies is a very money-burning industry, and you can't play without money. Many great directors Orson Welles and Coppola have had their artistic careers cut short because they had no money. Now that I have enough money, I can make the movies I want to make without worrying about the cost, without thinking about the market, and without thinking about anything. ”

At the end of the 15-minute interview with CNBC, Zhang Ran returned to Fly's lounge area. Bai Yunfei and Solomon have also finished the interview and are chatting with Zhang Jingchu.

Zhang Ran walked over, sat down next to Zhang Jingchu, and then looked up at the Barclays counter.

At this time, there was still a crowd of people in front of the counter, and everyone was very concerned about what the opening price of the Fly with an issue price of $55 would be. At Barclays' counter, traders are busy in white horse clips with blue birds emblazoned with Fly on their backs. Until now, the opening price of the first round has not been opened.

Zhang Ran was a little surprised, it was already 10:10, and the opening range price of the first round had not yet come out, so he couldn't help but say, "It hasn't been opened yet?"

Bai Yunfei said with a smile on his face: "It's a good thing that it didn't come out, the later it comes out, the higher the price!"

Zhang Ran was just about to speak, when the trader at the Barclays counter stood up and shouted: "The opening price range is $63 to $66!"

Although the New York Stock Exchange is now full of modern equipment, they are sticking to tradition at one time, and each time the price is shouted out by the trader before it is displayed on the screen. As the trader's voice fell, two lines of numbers appeared on Barclays' screen, one at 63 and one at 66, which are the possible range of Fly's current opening price. Of course, this is the first round of the first opening inquiry range, and there will be many rounds of inquiries in the future.

At 10:20, the trader shouted: "The opening price range has been raised by $65-68!"

At 10:30, an hour after the market opened, the third round of prices came out and was raised to $67 to $69.

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At 11:30, the eighth round of opening inquiries was opened, $75-76. By this time, the market had opened for two full hours, and the inquiry had not yet ended, making Fly the longest IPO on the NYSE in 10 years.

At 11:40, the opening inquiry range of the 10th round has come to $76-77. A long stalemate followed, and traders did not "roar" at new opening prices.

At 11:50, after communicating with the market maker Barclays Bank and the representative of the stable market manager Morgan Stanley, it was determined that $76.3 was a suitable price, and the opening price was finally set.

Barclays' traders quickly came to Fly's lounge area, invited Zhang Ran and them to the counter of Barclays, and invited them to press the trade button to complete the first trade.

The reporters of the entire trading hall and the guests upstairs saw Zhang Ran and the three of them come to the counter of Barclays Bank, knowing that the official opening was about to begin, and the moment to witness history was coming, and the entire trading hall was full of applause and cheers.

Zhang Ran and the three of them chatted with the traders at Barclays Bank, and then pressed the trading button at the same time.

The display at the Barclays counter showed this number of 76.3, and Fly's first transaction was completed!

At the same time, the opening bell of the trading floor rang, and the bell rang endlessly, and Fly, the largest Internet company in history, finally opened for trading!

Fly opened at $76.3, up 38.72% from the issue price!

According to this opening price, Fly's market value has exceeded the 100 billion mark, reaching a staggering $129 billion!

After the opening bell rang, the mainland reporters on the trading floor and the reporters from the news center of the exchange issued press releases as soon as possible, and the major media around the world reported in the form of headlines for the first time.

"After announcing an offering price of $68 on Thursday, Fly opened higher on Friday and closed at $93.89, 38% above the offering price. —The New York Times

"With a market capitalization of more than $129 billion, Fly is the second-largest internet company after Google, and Fly's huge users and profitability are large enough for them to challenge any company in the world. - "Wired"

"The successful listing of Fly City will give birth to thousands of Internet billionaires today. For California politicians, the main concern is that thousands of millionaires will be mass-produced, which will greatly boost local income levels and drive tax revenues. —The Wall Street Journal

Major domestic media also reported on Fly's listing for the first time.

Sina Science and Technology News: In the early morning of December 7, Fly was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange at 23:53 last night, with the stock trading code "Fly" and the issue price of $55 per American Depositary Share (ADS). At the close, Fly's stock price soared $21.8 to $76.8, an increase of 39.63%, with a market capitalization of $129.8 billion, making it the second largest Internet company after Google.

Hexun.com: In the early morning of July 20, Peking time, the world's largest social network operator Fly finally officially conducted an initial public offering IPO on Fly today, and this IPO is also the largest IPO of a technology company in history. Fly shares were previously offered at $55, but today Fly opened at $76.3, an increase of 38.72%.

According to Fly's opening stock price, its market capitalization reached $129 billion, which can also rank 10th among global technology companies, and the nine companies ahead of Fly are Apple, Microsoft, IBM, China Mobile, Google, AT&T, Intel, Oracle, Vodafone and Fly.

However, for ordinary netizens in China, Fly is far away from everyone and everyone, and the market value has nothing to do with everyone, and it doesn't feel too much, what everyone really cares about is Zhang Ran's worth. Because according to the prospectus, Zhang Ran holds 22% of Fly's shares, and according to the closing price of $76.8 on the day of listing, the market value of Zhang Ran's shares is as high as $28.569 billion!

After Netflix announced its communiqué for the second quarter of this year at the end of July, Netflix's valuation has returned to 30 billion, and the valuation of the entire Century Summit Group has also reached 60 billion. It has always been a secret how much of Zhang Ran's stake is at the summit of the century, but it is generally believed to be around 60%. According to 60% calculation, the valuation of Zhang Ran's shares in Century Summit is $36 billion.

$28.5 billion plus $36 billion, that's $64.5 billion!

According to the Forbes list of the world's richest people released on March 10 this year, Mexican telecom operator Carlos Slim ranked first on the list with a value of $53.5 billion, Bill Gates ranked second with $53 billion, and Warren Buffett ranked third with $47 billion.

The domestic media is simply crazy, and netizens are also crazy, because according to Zhang Ran's current worth, he has surpassed Warren Buffett, surpassed Bill Gates, and surpassed Carlos Slim, the current No. 1 ranking, and became the new richest man in the world!

Of course, some netizens think that Zhang Ran can't compare with Bill Gates, because the debt of the peak of the century is particularly high, and he owes the bank one or two billion US dollars, and if the money is removed, Zhang Ran will be more than 40 billion, which is still some distance from the richest man in the world.

However, the vast majority of netizens still regard Zhang Ran as the new richest man in the world, scolding, praising and sour, sighing, envious, jealous and hating on the Internet, all kinds of voices, and even made up all kinds of jokes. One of the jokes is particularly widespread: "Zhang Ran has 64.5 billion, even if he gives 100 million to 1.3 billion Chinese, he still has 63.2 billion US dollars, so that he is still the richest man in the world, and all Chinese have become billionaires!"

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