Chapter 389: A Wonderful Money Scene (Part II)
Sogo is listed, and when the bell is ringing, Li Jiaming and Lao Gu stand in the audience applauding and cheering, the most traffic-saving site for mobile phones, and no ads. This is a glorious moment for Lao Zhang and his grandson, and Li Jiaming and Lao Gu, as old friends, have no intention of sharing, even if Lao Zhang wants them to go together.
However, Lao Zhang and his grandson still mentioned Li Jiaming and Lao Gu several times in their speeches at the listing ceremony, and praised them as the main founders of Sogo. The one who is close to the ink is black, although Lao Zhang is still flamboyant, but he has also been influenced by Li Jiaming, and he must call the team and share his words.
Like Sohu, Sohu Tesco and Hanhua, Sogo skyrocketed when it went public, closing with a market capitalization of $81.358 billion. It's not ten years ago, the world's second-largest economy, a market of more than 1.3 billion people, and a monopoly on more than 80% of China's search market, it is difficult for Sogo not to be sought after by Wall Street.
It worked!
Unlike Sohu, this time it was the success of Lao Zhang and Sun Tzu, who defeated countless competitors with their own efforts and finally stood at the top of the industry. Of course, they have also turned themselves into super-rich, entering the top 10 richest Chinese in the world in one fell swoop.
There were many people who came to watch the ceremony, in addition to the company's veterans, partners, and old friends, there were also a large number of acting stars. Lao Zhang also likes to get involved in the entertainment industry as before, and among those celebrity friends, there are several male and female celebrities who had supper together back then.
However, although the protagonist is Lao Zhang, Li Jiaming, who does not ring the bell on stage, still steals his limelight. There is no other reason, because Li Jiaming and Lao Zhang are the largest individual shareholders of Sogo, holding up to 21.85% of the shares. According to the market value at the time of closing, the little money invested by Li Jiaming that year appreciated by nearly 10,000 times, and he deserved to be the lucky one who was favored by God in the mouth of the American people.
However, in Zhao Shiqing's broken words, 'The most unlucky thing for Boss Zhang is to meet the second monster. Alas, there is no yang and no light'. It seems to make some sense, if there is no evil Li Jiaming, Zhang Zhaoyang is the richest man in China with the shares of Sohu, sogo, and Sohu Tesco. But except for Li Jiaming himself, no one knew that if it weren't for him, Lao Zhang would be the boss of Sohu, and sooner or later he would be slapped to death on the beach by the back waves.
But don't say this, Li Jiaming can't say it, and even if he says it, no one will believe it. Therefore, the flamboyant Lao Zhang held a grand cocktail party at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, which is famous for its luxury, and although it was Sogo, which had just been successfully listed, Li Jiaming was pressured by Lao Zhang to give away a box of 82-year-old Lafite. The reason is very reasonable, Li Jiaming's drinking of red wine is a violent thing, and the good wine in his wine cellar has to be used to the fullest.
Wine is trivial, the problem is really not good, Li Jiaming shook his head and disagreed, but these guys just didn't let go of this topic. A good drinking party turned these old subordinates and old friends into extortion.
"That's right, that's right, the last time I went, I saw that there was a box that didn't move, and I just gave Boss Zhang as a congratulatory gift."
"That's it, I see it too."
A group of super-rich people quarrel over a case of red wine, and only Sohu's gang can do it, which also makes Li Jiaming and Kyle cry and laugh.
Just those two boxes of Lafite bought back in France that year, even Li Jiaming, the owner, didn't dare to guarantee that it was still not the original goods, and these bastards were still staring at it? No way, it is difficult to prevent thieves from doing anything, there are two guys who often steal wine and drink at home, and the ghost knows how many bottles have been replaced by them for authentic California red wine.
"Ming, or you'll give them away, anyway, your wine cellar is also a talented Yuanzi."
Kyle agreed, and the old subordinates even coaxed, and even Lin Ruiru, who was skewering together back then, echoed them, as if they had given Lao Zhang a box of wine, as if they could share two glasses.
But this is difficult, grandsons and sperm used to be poor and coarse, but now they are the masters who can't get tired of eating sperm. Besides, looking at the appearance of these grandsons, Li Jiaming will know that he is exposed, and this is for the box of fake wine.
"Second brother, give me a happy word! I made tens of billions of dollars, and you didn't say anything about it?"
This, this, Li Jiaming, who couldn't afford to lose that person, said with a smile: "Lao Gu, you said that we are also rich anyway, it's not the time when we squatted on the side of the road to masturbate before, can you not make such a small scene? Or, I'll give Lao Zhang a winery?"
"Don't, Lao Zhang bought the winery, and he fell in love with your box of Lafite."
"Yes, I think Lao Gu has a point. Gifts are still exchanged, if the second child really gives me a winery, I will not be able to return the gift in the future. A case of wine is just right, he doesn't feel sorry for me, and I don't feel cheap. ”
I understand, these guys just want Lao Tzu to be the protagonist of an anecdote, but fortunately, the things that can be solved with money are not big deals.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, isn't it just a case of wine?"
Li Jiaming happily agreed, but threw a look at Zhang Quanbao, who was standing there watching the excitement, this guy has also drunk something strange, now he should know what to do, right?
Of course, Zhang Quanbao, who was clear-eyed, knew what to do, so he entertained with champagne, and then went out to make a phone call. When he walked into the lively hall again, he made an OK gesture to Li Jiaming from afar, indicating that the matter had been completed.
But the gesture fell in Sun Weigang's eyes, and after the wine party was over, he sat on the windowsill with the wine bottle in his arms, and said curiously: "Second brother, didn't you fall into the pit?"
Lao Zhang, who was tasting the wine, immediately looked at it, nearly thirty years have passed, and the eighty-two years of Lafite are already priceless, and this guy still has a way to get it?
"What kind of pit did you fall into? You guys, you've been confused about technology in the past few years, right?"
"How?"
It's very simple, for ordinary rich people, Lafite in '82 is already very rare, and it is difficult to buy it with money, but who is Li Jiaming, and where is this? The richest man in the world wants to collect a few bottles of wine, even those rich people who have no intersection with him will not be stingy with a few bottles of wine, such as Robert, who is in charge of Sogo's listing, can collect a few boxes at any time. What's more, the Lafite in '82 was stirred up by Hong Kong people, but it was not so popular in Europe and the United States.
"One, two, three, four, one box for each of you, all on the plane. ”
Then this matter is over, under such a happy event as the company's listing, Lao Zhang, who became the second richest man in the mainland in one fell swoop, was proud but did not get carried away, threw a cigar over, and discussed: "Second brother, Sogo's matter is over, do you have any ideas?"
It turns out that this is the reason why Lao Zhang didn't get carried away, it can be seen that Lao Zhang has really changed, and if he changes to the burned bun in his previous life, how can he think of opening up new fields?
"Lao Zhang, you cashed out more than 700 billion this time, do you want to enter other fields?"
"Don't change the subject!"
There is no need to guess, Li Jiaming knows that he has taken a fancy to VR after cloud computing, and he must have wanted to invest heavily in practical research, but how can it be so easy? Hanhua has developed VR headsets and glasses, but human-computer interaction has not been realized at all, which is possible in the laboratory, but the requirements for hardware are too high. But Lao Zhang didn't pay attention to the risks at all, Li Jiaming dared to develop the iPhone back then, and now the Sohu system is so strong, what is it to invest billions?
Looking at Lao Gu and them again, Li Jiaming knew that they had agreed on their opinions, and only waited for himself and Hanhua to join. If you join, the two sides will cooperate, and if you refuse, the two sides will start to compete, and they will not give up with the broad application prospects of VR.
"Second brother, we know that some strong people are difficult, after all, this technology is the first breakthrough made by Hanhua, but we are also sharing the risk for you. Besides, even if we don't join, will the Americans and the Japanese not enter this field?"
The first words are, but the latter words make sense, the VR cake is too big, and it is difficult for Hanhua to monopolize it. After thinking about it left and right, Li Jiaming looked at Kyle, saw him shrug his shoulders, and then agreed: "Go and talk to Kyle about specific issues."
"A word?"
"It's a deal!"
Li Jiaming happily high-fived Lao Zhang, the money scene of VR is really wonderful, but Hanhua and Li Fang can't eat alone, so it's better for everyone to join forces to kill the Japanese monkeys and Americans first.