At 7 a.m. EST, before dawn, the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange was already crowded with people of all kinds of people, including investors and media from all over the world, including more than 80 media from China alone.

Today is the day of Fly's listing, and in order to welcome Fly's listing, the New York Stock Exchange has launched the highest standard of greeting, and the entire New York Stock Exchange has a large-scale redress for Fly. The three large LCD screens on the bell ring platform of the New York Stock Exchange have been replaced with the blue bird logo of Fly, and the promotional screens inside and outside the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange will play Fly-related advertisements throughout the day, and even the trading desk in the hall of the New York Stock Exchange will also be pasted with Fly's blue bird. This treatment is only occasionally given by the NYSE when a major IPO is underway.

Today, the entire NYSE has become a stage for Fly.

The New York Stock Exchange opened at 8:30 a.m. and the market opened at 9:30 a.m., and an hour before the NYSE opened, Fly's three founders, Zhang Ran, Bai Yunfei and Mike Solomon, as well as the company's top executives, appeared on the streets of the NYSE.

Zhang Ran is still wearing the iconic black suit, wearing a white shirt, simple but elegant, powerful but more humble, and her every move is full of the style of a successful person, while Zhang Jingchu is wearing an elegant white sleeveless dress, draped in a black coat, and the handbag, shoes and bracelet are bright gold, which looks rich and elegant.

After Zhang Ran and the others appeared, reporters flocked over, asking questions, asking for a group photo, and all kinds of voices were endless; Zhang Ran always had a smile on his face, answered everyone's questions very politely, and almost refused to ask for a group photo.

After taking a circle of photos, Zhang Ran and Bai Yunfei came to the door of the New York Stock Exchange, he looked up at the New York Stock Exchange, stretched out his hand in front of Bai Yunfei, followed the reporter's example, and asked: "Mr. Bai Yunfei, Fly is about to go public, how do you feel now!"

Bai Yunfei touched his chin and said with a smile: "I don't know how to describe it, I feel like I'm going to be a father, and now it's like waiting for a newborn to be born, and that feeling can't be described in words." I can only say that because of Fly, I have no regrets in this life!" Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Ran and said seriously: "Zhang Ran, do you know? For me, the most important moment in my life is not the listing of Fly, but the meeting of you on the plane." If I hadn't met you, without your genius, I might have been a very ordinary programmer!

Zhang Ran hurriedly rubbed his arm and said exaggeratedly: "Why does this sound so ambiguous, I feel like goosebumps are about to rise." If you want to confess, don't do it in front of such a person, you should find a place where no one is, otherwise I'll be under a lot of pressure!"

Zhang Jingchu crossed her hands on her hips, looked at Bai Yunfei and smiled: "What, do you want to rob a man with me?"

Bai Yunfei scolded with a smile: "Get out!

According to the practice of listing, each company invites many guests to help when it goes public. The listing of Fly this time is no exception, and bigwigs from all walks of life have been invited to watch the ceremony to help.

In China, there are Ding Lei of NetEase, Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu, Yang Yuanqing of Lenovo, etc., and even more abroad, including Google's Larry Page, Facebook's Xiaoza, Condé Nast Group President Salberg, News Corporation's Murdoch and Wendi Deng, etc., can be described as star-studded.

Not long after Zhang Ran and the others arrived, the bell ringer from Fly's listing came. In traditional Chinese culture, nine has a special significance, the number of extremes, indicating the meaning of dignity and exhaustion, has the meaning of long-term, so Fly bell ringer chose nine, is to hope that the company can be long-lasting.

However, the bell ringers this time are different from the bell ringers listed by ordinary companies, not company executives, but nine Fly users, including superstars such as Rihanna and Cheng Long, who have more than 10 million fans and are senior users of Fly, world-class Internet celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Farragni, and randomly selected ordinary users, including college students, workers, farmers, they are grassroots, and even the most ordinary people around us.

At first, Bai Yunfei still hoped that the company's executives would ring the bell like ordinary companies. But Zhang Ran believes that this day not only belongs to us, but also belongs to every user of Fly, and it is the users who have achieved Fly, so how can they be missing on this day? Give them the honor of ringing the bell! After hearing this, Bai Yunfei and the others all felt that it was very reasonable, so they selected nine bell ringers from among the users of Fly.

After the media knew that the bell ringers were nine Fly users, they were shocked, thinking that this was the most special of all listed companies, and dedicated the most important time of listing to their users.

The New York Times even commented: "Let every ordinary person who has contributed to the times enjoy glory, let every sunken voice be salvaged, and let every name get its rightful place, this is exactly the progress of the times, and it is also something that needs to be done by all parties, and Fly has really done this!"

Zhang Ran has been busy with "Future Apocalypse" recently, and has not participated in the selection of bell ringers, nor has he participated in Fly's listing roadshow, and has not met the nine bell ringers. After the arrival of the nine bell ringers, Bai Yunfei introduced Zhang Ran for the first time.

Zhang Ran, this is Rihanna, she just released her new album "Na Shout Loud" last month, in which the single "Who Am I" became the top spot on the Billboard in just one week. It was Rihanna's eighth Billboard number one single, breaking Madonna's long-standing record for the number of hits on the charts of seven dance songs. She is a loyal Fly user, with 35 million followers on Fly, ranking fifth among all Fly users. ”

"This is Cheng Long, haha, he definitely doesn't need to be introduced. This is Kim Kardashian, a socialite, TV star, model, and actress, the second daughter of Robert and Kristen Marie Horton. ”

This is Chiara Farragni, a fashion blogger from Italy, who shared some of her dressing tips, matching skills and posted her various looks on Fly in 09, and has since become popular on the Internet. Not only was he named the face of European fashion by Amazon, but he was also hired by Pantene as a global ambassador, and even appeared on the Italian version of Vogue. She has 5 million followers on Fly, and she's a big fan of yours!"

Zhang Ran smiled and shook hands with the nine bell ringers, and thanked them for being able to attend the bell ringing ceremony; the nine bell ringers were very excited, after all, this is the moment to witness history, Cheng Long and Rihanna are in good shape, and the others are extremely excited, especially a few ordinary people, being able to participate in Fly's bell ringing ceremony is like a dream for them, they held Zhang Ran's hand and said excitedly that being able to participate in Fly's bell ringing ceremony is the proudest thing in their lives.

After the greetings, Zhang Ran and everyone took a group photo while reading the sky while waiting for the exchange to open.

While waiting, the time quickly came to half past eight.

The staff of the New York Stock Exchange came to inform Zhang Ran that they could enter the New York Stock Exchange to prepare for the listing.

Zhang Ran raised his left hand and looked at the time, and said with a smile: "Everyone, it's almost time, let's go in!"

Entering the exchange building, Zhang Ran and Fly management came to the exhibition hall on the first floor, the nine bell ringers came to the backstage on the second floor, waiting to ring the bell on the bell platform, and the guests who came to watch the ceremony entered the viewing area on the second floor, and the panoramic view of the trading floor could be seen through the glass.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Thomas Farley, president of the New York Stock Exchange, took the stage to deliver a welcome speech, in which he said that Fly is a truly innovative Internet company that connects the whole world, and Fly's listing on the New York Stock Exchange is the honor of the New York Stock Exchange, and the listing of Fly will also become the largest IPO of Internet companies!

In his speech, Thomas Farley revealed that Fly's offering price is $55 and the size of the financing will reach $15 billion. Based on this offering price, Facebook is valued at $93 billion, the highest valuation of a U.S. company to go public.

Thomas Farley told everyone that within 15 minutes after ringing the opening bell, the opening price can usually be opened for trading. But the larger the company, the stronger the demand from buyers, and the longer the process of issuing this price will take. Fly may want to start trading an hour or two after the market opens. Because Morgan Stanley and Barclays need some time to process the issue price.

Immediately afterwards, the three founders of Fly took the stage to speak separately. Mike Solomon is a technology freak and doesn't like to talk very much, his speech is very simple, mainly to thank the company's employees and users, and Bai Yunfei, as the CEO, can say that he has talked a lot from the company's establishment to its future development.

When it was Zhang Ran's turn, he looked into the microphone and said with a smile: "We founded Fly to build a platform where everyone, whether rich or poor, from any country, regardless of faith, no matter what language they speak, no matter what color they have, everyone can talk on an equal footing." Fly has been able to get to where it is today, and here, I would like to thank all Fly users, this moment belongs to each and every one of you, thank you!"

After the speech, Bai Yunfei exchanged gifts on behalf of Fly with Thomas Farley, President of the New York Stock Exchange, with Fly presenting a special Fly blue bird puppet and the New York Stock Exchange presenting Fly with a crystal cup.

At the same time, people began to gather on the trading floor. As Fly chose Barclays Bank as the market maker for the listing, the Barclays counter on the trading floor became the focus, and the counter was crowded with people, and the atmosphere was extremely hot.

When Zhang Ran and his entourage appeared in the hall of the exchange in white T-shirts with blue bird motifs, the swarm of Chinese reporters blocked the scene. So much so that some overseas reporters complained on Fly: "Do you know how crazy the New York Stock Exchange lobby is today? Our cameramen and producers have learned a Chinese saying: Please let me!"

At 9:25, Cheng Long, Halena and other nine bell ringers came to the balcony on the second floor to ring the bell. The bell platform of the New York Stock Exchange is similar to that of the NASDAQ, and the bell platform of the NASDAQ is actually a place similar to a TV studio, which is relatively large, and everyone can go up to the group of relatives and friends, as well as the staff of the IPO underwriter. But the bell stand of the NYSE is a balcony on the second floor, which is very small, and only some people can go up, and the other part can only look up from the trading floor downstairs.

At 9:28, music sounded in the New York Stock Exchange, Cheng Long picked up a small wooden hammer and rang the opening bell, and the New York Stock Exchange opened.

At the same time as the opening bell rang, there were two crisp cracks, the fireworks rang out, and the red notes fell from the sky.

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