Chapter 145: Eat some dry stocks
Baidu's listing on the NASDAQ has miraculously created several records for the foreign listing of mainland Internet companies: the highest single-day increase, the highest stock price, and the highest market value on the day of listing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In just six years, Baidu has grown rapidly from a small start-up company that exchanged one-third of its equity for $1 million in order to survive and develop, to a domestic Internet company with a market value of $5 billion, and officially stepped into the top ranks.
Baidu's listing has also created a large number of millionaires and tens of millionaires.
In all fairness, Zhao Zejun's $60 million in shares did not earn Baidu for nothing.
Tieba project, is currently Baidu's fist product in the field of web2.0, relying on Tieba, Baidu has become the first batch of Internet companies to occupy the web2.0 market, leading most Internet companies in the concept of an era;
Data center is Baidu's second core technology in addition to search engine technology, high-tech products, are top technology in the world, with strong competitiveness.
Lao Zhao's contribution to Baidu can be seen from its stock price.
In the previous life, without Zhao Zejun's involvement, Baidu's stock issue price was $27 and closed at $122, with a market value of about $3.9 billion, and Baidu's total value of Li was about less than 10 billion on the same day; in this life, Baidu's issue price reached $32 and closed at $158, with a market value of more than $5 billion, and Mr. Li's worth of more than $1.1 billion.
Zhao Zejun came up with a golden idea, and in the end, the bulk of the benefits were given to Baidu, and he took the 60 million US dollars of stocks with peace of mind.
Of course, this has to be calculated at the actual cost.
Tieba spent two or three million to give to Baidu. In a few years, the value of Tieba in Baidu's hands will be greatly increased, and after ten years, the value of Baidu Tieba alone will be no less than 60 million US dollars.
But the account can't be calculated like this, the value that can be generated in the hands of Baidu, and the value that can be generated in Zelianke is not the same, you can't say that you sold a chicken today, and you have to think that it can lay N eggs in the next ten years, hatch N chicks, and lay N eggs, so this chicken will be sold at a sky-high price...... People who settle accounts like this are not greedy, but stupid.
So far, the investment in the data center has been close to 8 million, but the data center itself still owns one-third of the rights and interests, and it is still one of the standing members...... So, the cost of the data center can't be calculated, it's your own investment.
An investment of two or three million yuan, almost without much care, turned into a stock of 60 million US dollars in more than a year, with a return rate of more than 150 times.
This deal, do not make money or lose money...... Lao Zhao thought a little shamelessly, who said that Lao Tzu didn't pay, the prophet is not money, and mental work is not money? Lao Tzu finally relived his life, and used the time used by others to watch movies, drink coffee, fall in love, and pretend to be sexual, all of which were used for work, and I made more money, isn't it natural? Isn't this a matter of course?
Yes, that's it, rightfully so!
Lao Zhao thinks it's right, but some people don't think so.
For example, Wang Yan.
With such a big Huayang Group to manage, Wang Yan almost forgot that Zhao Zejun had replaced his shares in Tieba with 0.4 points of Baidu shares.
Still quietly found an opportunity to remind him in the afternoon.
"How much?" Wang Yan was stunned for a moment, "What do you say Baidu's market value is now?"
"More than $5 billion. Jing Jing said: "You personally own 0.4 percent of the shares, about 20 million US dollars. ”
Wang Yan thought about it and laughed: "Okay, it's equivalent to picking up 160 million for nothing, and winning the first prize of thirty two-color balls." ”
The small 200 million yuan is not a small amount of money for Wang Yan personally, and Jing Jing is very happy, pursing his lips and smiling: "Mr. Zhao does have a vision, I checked, the yield is less than the venture capital company when Baidu first raised money, but it is more than the income of the venture capital company in the second round of financing." ”
"It's not a day or two that he has vision, so I've been warning Ouyang, don't show up with Zhao Zejun, it's meaningless, he can't do Zhao Zejun, Zhao Zejun's luck is too strong, I estimate that within three or five years, whoever stands in his way will die." When I say money, I don't mean that. Wang Yan squinted and shook his head, "Look, Baidu has only been a few years, and as soon as it was listed, its market value has already surpassed Huayang, and after the previous Tencent was listed, the market value has also doubled upwards." ”
"I know what you mean. After the internal stability of the company, three securities companies have already contacted us, and I will send you the information in the evening. Jing Jing said.
Wang Yan rolled his eyelids and glanced at Jing Jing, "Thank you for your hard work." When you're free, give yourself a vacation. ”
"It's not hard. Jing pursed her lips and smiled, poured a cup of tea for Wang Yan, and said, "I don't know what to do when I'm really on vacation, it's empty at home alone." ”
Wang Yan's eyelids drooped, he took a sip of the teacup and said lightly: "You are not young, if you have a suitable one, don't delay." ”
"I do. Jingjing's face sank slightly.
Wang Yan's eyelids rolled, his gaze fell on Jingjing's face for two or three seconds, and then fell on the teacup in his hand, blew it, and said, "Call Zhao Zejun, I'll invite him to a meal." By the way, call Zheng Yuan. ”
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The cruiser stopped in the parking lot at the entrance of Shanghe, and saw Wang Yan's Cadillac from afar.
Compared with Mercedes-Benz BMW, Cadillac is not currently well-known in China, many people don't even know the car logo, but in the automotive industry, Cadillac's status is actually not worse than BMW Mercedes-Benz, but also slightly higher, over the past 100 years, Cadillac cars have created many firsts in the industry, creating the industry standard for luxury cars, it can be said that the history of Cadillac represents the history of luxury cars in the United States.
Even because of Cadillac, a new term 'Cadillac' has appeared, which means: "the best and most prestigious thing of its kind".
The logo of Wang Yan's car is not the iconic Cadillac corolla shield, but a tulip bud and a crown inlaid with nine pearls. If memory serves, this badge was a post-World War II revision, and after being replaced by the Corolla shield emblem, it will only appear on custom models of Cadillac.
When passing by Wang Yan's car, Zhao Zejun couldn't help but take a few more looks, this is about the real low-key luxury connotation, this car looks like a luxury car at most, five or six hundred thousand cars, the real price is likely to be more than ten times.
Looking back at his cruiser, he should have changed his car and drove away if he had the opportunity, although the cruiser was good, he was tired of driving for a long time, and the quality of the Japanese cars was not good, and the configuration was not kind, and if it could be saved, the configuration of seven or eight hundred thousand cars was not as good as the American cars of more than 300,000 later.
When I entered Shanghe, I saw Zheng Yuan standing at the door of Building No. 6 from afar.
"Mr. Zheng, long time no see!" Zhao Zejun smiled and walked down from the golf cart, the general manager of the Yijiang branch, at the beginning of his own business, he had cooperated and helped himself a lot, and then the two came to Jianwu City, but they had not seen each other a few times.
Seeing Zhao Zejun, Zheng Yuan also felt a little emotional.
Sometimes the distance between people is unconsciously opened, those days in Yijiang City are like yesterday, in fact, it has not been too long, more than two years, at that time Zhao Zejun was still a young entrepreneur, for hundreds of thousands of business to talk to himself, and later was bullied by the local head snake, as a backer, those scenes are vivid.
In a blink of an eye, the former little brother has become a character who can sit on an equal footing with his big boss and call him a brother.
"Heroes are boys. Zheng Yuan looked at Zhao Zejun with a smile, "Although I haven't seen it much, but my brother, your name is like thunder, in the past two years, who in the circle of southern Jiangsu Province does not know the genius entrepreneur who dropped out of school and started a business." ”
"Mr. Zheng, you are scolding me for saying that. Zhao Zejun took the initiative to wave his hand, "Big brother, please, let's stop standing outside." ”
"You invite first, Mr. Wang asked me to greet you at the door. Zheng Yuan said with a smile.
Zhao Zejun simply pushed Zheng Yuan's arm and said with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Zheng, don't torture me, hurry up, it's hot outside, go in and blow the air conditioner." ”
Zheng Yuan laughed, and the two entered the door side by side.
Building No. 6 is a small private room, making private dishes, Wang Yan chose the Shu embroidery hall, as soon as he entered the door, he saw a huge hot pot tumbling and tumbling, Wang Yan was dressed very casually, and chatted quietly on the side.
"Can you eat spicy?" Wang Yan beckoned to Zhao Zejun.
"Okay. Lao Zhao sat down, wiped his hands with a towel, and asked with a smile: "Brother Wang, why did you invite me to dinner today?"
"You helped me earn almost 200 million, shouldn't you have a meal? Wang Yan nodded to Jing Jing and said, "Let's serve." ”
Zhao Zejun chose a bowl of oil-consuming oil dish from the shelf on one side, and said casually: "I also happened to catch up with Baidu stock, I guessed that it was promising, but I didn't guess that it would be so promising, if I knew that it would rise to more than 100 US dollars as soon as it was listed, I would have gotten more anyway." ”
"How can there be such a cheap thing, a few big venture capitalists are staring at Baidu like sharks, and it is rare that you can get more than one point. Wang Yan asked: "They are all engaged in the Internet, do you have any plans to go public with Zelianke and Zeyue?" I have a good relationship with several securities companies here, and I can help you go public. ”
The so-called counseling for listing, to put it bluntly, is to give a sum of money, a large sum of money, to the securities company, and then all the work of the listing will be handled by the other party.
Zhao Zejun thought about it, shook his head and said, "It's still early to go public." ”
"Mr. Zhao's two companies haven't even started the first round of financing. Jing Jing smiled.
Zhao Zejun's eyelids rolled: "Brother Wang, are you interested?"
Wang Yan smiled: "If you are willing to let me invest, of course I am willing, the Internet is hot now." But I'm inviting you to dinner today, not to talk about financing, well, I have a friend who has a small coal mine in hand and is in a hurry to sell, I bought it and let Lao Zheng manage it, the mine is not big, it can't make money, and it looks like a thousand profits a year, are you interested in eating a dry stock?"