Chapter 39: You are King
Young people, Lin Fan likes these three words more, and the Bible usually likes to use young people to borrow things, young people in the Bible refer to people who believe in God are not sincere enough, and in Lin Fan's view, it can be borrowed to indicate people who have not yet reached Dacheng in any field, so after pondering, the more I think about it, the more I feel that these three words are very wonderful.
When admonishing, these three words are used to be a little more tolerant and kind, young people, a 'which' word is said with a long tail sound, even if it is criticized, there will not be much resentment. The use of these three words in conversation is a little more humorous. Imagine a few old men calling each other young people, that is, showing modesty, but how interesting should it be? This seems to be a kind of open-mindedness in life?
On September 25, Lin Fan left the dormitory under the ambiguous gaze of his roommate, and the college boys seemed to be staying home at night just to open their rooms. Thinking about Lin Fan's three books in his previous life, the small hotels around the school are simply one after another, I really don't know how the college students are.
But Lin Fan has other places to go, Internet cafes. No one knows this day today, but many people will remember it many years from now, because Baidu is listed today! The NASDAQ of the United States and the enterprises of China want to create a miracle today.
Turn on the computer, go over the wall to watch the live broadcast online, he is not interested in the live broadcast of the domestic portal Sina Sohu, only by watching the scene can he feel the atmosphere.
In fact, Robin Li also invited him once during the period to witness the glory of Baidu together, after all, many people have never had the opportunity to stand on the NASDAQ stage in their lifetime.
But Lin Fan refused, he was confident that he would definitely stand on the stage of the NASDAQ with his own efforts in this life, to enjoy his own glory, and of course he might also go to the New York Stock Exchange? Lin Fan made a joke to himself in his heart.
Robin Li is surrounded by the crowd and prepares to give his final speech, which is the first time that Robin Li has returned to the United States since returning to China in 2000, this time he is no longer an employee of Wall Street, but leading the return of Chinese companies to earn dollars with HSD's face on them.
Liu Jianguo, Zhu Hong, and Li Yong are all smiling, this is Baidu's management team, they are still not well-known in China, but after today, and even years later, each of them is a figure that cannot be ignored in China.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the market closes begin. When the trading officer announced that the lowest transaction price per share was $60 and the highest was $152.1, the audience was boiling, although Lin Fan had known this result for a long time, he couldn't help but clench his fists.
Robin Li in the camera was also obviously stunned, he took out 12% of the shares for public offering this time, but in fact he was only going to raise more than 100 million US dollars, but his stock price of 27 US dollars was sold for 150 US dollars, God, is this true?
"Let's have Baidu from Huaxia!"
Investment bank representatives, Wall Street stockbrokers, shareholders are crazy applause, the front of Baidu has created a new wealth myth, in the NASDAQ place, the effect of capital is infinitely magnified, this moment Baidu is God!
Everyone came to the lecture table to deliver a speech, thanking the shareholders for their trust, the shareholders for their support, the suppliers and the staff.
But when no one was paying attention, Robin Li quietly wiped his tears, this was the first time he had shed tears in public. He has been working hard for a long time for this day, and when Baidu was developing well in China, it was he who insisted on proposing to be an independent search engine website and proposing a bidding ranking strategy. However, shareholders and management are obsessed with the dividends from providing search engine services to the portal.
He couldn't forget what the investor said to him: Li, I support your decision not because of your arguments but because of your attitude. But it turned out that he was right, and he had waited a long time for this day. To this end, he vigorously reformed the company, and even removed his partner Li Yong, who worked at least 100 hours a week, personally conducted every round of negotiations with investment banks for the leadership of the company, and carefully introduced every investment....... When he's standing here, it's all worth it!
Finally, it was Robin Li's turn to speak, as the founder, chairman, and CEO of Baidu, especially when the brilliance of wealth was added to him, he was even more radiant!
Robin Li stood on the podium, his eyes swept over the crowd with fanatical eyes, and there were no imaginary clichés or imaginary tirades, but he just said two words softly: Thank you. Thank you for your support and thank you for not giving up.
But the applause below was like thunder, Lin Fan looked at the indifferent Li Yanhong, how could the excitement in his heart be for outsiders? This elegant man from SX stood at the peak of his life at the age of 37!
At this time, Baidu refreshed the highest record since the trading of NASDAQ concept stocks, which is the pride of the national scramble. At this time, Baidu was not sung down, saying that it was worthy of the name of the Big Three. At this time, Baidu has not lost the trust of users, and it is still unique in the domestic search field.
At this moment, looking at Robin Li on the podium, Lin Fan just wanted to say one word to Robin Li: You are King!
Baidu's listing came to an end, and the company, which had a market value of only more than $800 million after being listed in the public plan, became a company of nearly $4 billion.
On the 30th, the Baidu team set off to return to China, and the emotions of everyone on the plane had not calmed down, only Robin Li was quietly looking at the domestic newspapers, and Robin Li was only a little excited on the day when he was listed, and then he calmed down, he was the company's decision-maker, if he messed up, the company would be finished.
Liu Jianguo, as an old subordinate of Robin Li, naturally stepped forward to ask, "Mr. Li, are there any problems in China with your frowns?"
Robin Li pointed to the newspaper in his hand, his face was serious, "If you look at the public opinion in China is talking about stock prices, how do I feel that the atmosphere in China is even warmer than in the United States?"
"Isn't that good? It's just the right way to raise the profile of the company. ”
Robin Li rubbed his face, "I don't think this is the best situation, why doesn't anyone talk about the glory of China and the specific significance of Baidu's listing for China's IT industry?"
Everyone looked at each other, and the air suddenly fell silent.
Robin Li didn't seem to see everyone's situation, thought about it, and said calmly, "After returning to China, Mr. Zhu is responsible for the work of media interviews, and others are responsible for supervision, and all the work of various departments must be carried out as usual." ”