Chapter 173: The gift of Google's listing
On June 2, the NASDAQ was a lively scene, with the largest IPO of the year, raising as much as $2.7 billion, which was enough to make Wall Street look sideways.
Founded in a garage, the search engine company has redefined search in just a few years and has secured the top spot in the world.
Although there were two founders, only Larry Page showed up at the venue in a striped suit that he had just bought from Macy's and didn't quite fit, and Sergey Brin chose to stay in Mountain View because he didn't want to take a night flight, and the listing was far less appealing to him than computer code.
"Google is not a traditional company, and it will never be." Surrounded by the crowd, Larry Page gave the briefest speech, then signed his name and pressed the trade button.
Google, it's officially available!
The issue price is $85 per share, and the market value is $23 billion, which is more than 10 billion less than the estimated $36 billion. But despite this, the six-year-old company is still 6 billion more than Amazon's $17 billion, and on par with General Motors, which has a market capitalization of $23.7 billion.
It's obvious how many billionaires they can create, but the way they celebrate that day is as simple as an ice cream per person.
Larry Page then sent an internal email saying that if he saw any new luxury cars in the work area, he would smash him with a bat to warn the employees who had become rich.
Chen Bo, who is far away in Europe, just took the time to pay attention, since it is listed, then wait for my gift to you, I hope you will like it.
On the same day, Ant Map began to make relevant adjustments to warm up for the European Championship to be held in Portugal.
Portugal is marked with the small logo of the Delaunay Cup on the map, and the nearly 10 host cities and stadiums of the tournament have been loaded with real maps, which can be clicked to see detailed descriptions and transportation route planning to the stadium.
What's more, click on any city and you'll find flight information, flight bookings, hotel accommodations and traveler tips, all of which are part of the services offered on TripAdvisor.
It's a smart fan guide that covers every aspect in great detail, and each hotel has pre-taken photos for travelers to choose from. No more worrying about camping when you arrive in the area.
Almost every European Championship, hundreds of thousands of fans flock to the host country, and visitors who don't have a hotel can choose to pitch their tents in the park and support their beloved team outside the stadium.
However, this time, Ant Search not only issued a detailed map, but also maintained cooperation with the local city government, planning and dealing with specific camping centers, and equipped with large outdoor LED screens.
It doesn't matter if you don't have tickets, it doesn't matter if you don't have a hotel, you can still get together and have a good time, beer, drinks, melon seeds, and supermarkets and restaurants in the vicinity that smell business opportunities are directly served.
There will also be a variety of activities, such as live quizzes, fan quizzes, and mini-games such as shooting nine-square grids, which are co-organized by Ant and Adidas, and the prizes are all provided by Adidas.
This TMD is a helpless campsite, and it's like a carnival party for fans.
By the time of the official opening match on June 12, the squares of various venues such as the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, the Stadium of the Fire Dragons in Porto, and the Municipal Stadium of Braga were erected overnight, and many giant globes looked like telephone booths.
Fans who are not so anxious to enter the stadium go in with curiosity to find out.
The all-in-one Lenovo computer sits there, showing a rotating 3D virtual Earth surrounded by satellites.
When you click on the blue planet, you zoom in as if you were watching a sci-fi blockbuster, until you can see the stadium in its entirety, and you can see the entire city and even the stadium from the satellite.
When locals type their addresses into the search box, they can even see flowers in full bloom on their balconies.
It's just incredible!!
Everyone walked into the globe with a look of surprise and when they shared what they saw and what they had learned with their partners, all the fans lined up outside to see what it was like to see them from the satellite.
Is that enough? Of course not!
In London, in New York, in Singapore, in Tokyo, and even in Dubai, there are several major cities in China, all of which are full of buildings with such globes, and there is one in front of Google in Mountain View.
Ant satellite has become a hot word on the Internet, and it has become a fashionable thing to see the world through satellites, and the client was quickly downloaded by users, exceeding 3 million on the same day, and directly doubling to 8 million installed capacity the next day.
In order to attract more users, at the same time, a software that can take self-service photos of stickers is also installed in the globe, and the photos can be directly printed on the spot. These did not cost a penny, but they made money, because the Lenovo Group provided all the equipment, and the effect was obvious.
"Ants, make the map more three-dimensional." β The Times.
"Leading the trend of science and technology, the footsteps of the ant map have stepped into outer space." - Yahoo.com.
"Ole only knows the charge, the ant doesn't speak, and silently throws out a free earth." βThe Wall Street Journal.
A bunch of praise came to the face, as if it was negotiated, strangling all the sporadic bad reviews in the ocean, and the most obvious change in Google is that the stock price fell below the issue price, which has reached 81 yuan.
Google's stock price was on the high side at the time of its issuance, and it was over-allocated, so it is normal for it to fall back. Chen Bo didn't have time to pay attention to those things, he didn't even have time to go to the scene of the European Cup, and was negotiating cooperation with the British BLUESKY company.
Although this company is not well-known, it is the leader in aerial surveying and mapping, and aerial photography is their main business. Ants now have satellite maps and geographic data, but they still lack more real-world applications and positioning accuracy.
In addition to the well-known tourist attractions TripAdvisor can provide relevant photos, such as the real photos of the European stadium this time, all of them are taken by hand by the staff of the local office, and then post-composited frame by frame, which is efficient and labor-intensive.
And not all places have satellite photos, and satellite photos may not be completely clear. The photos captured by the equipment can be effectively supplemented and corrected for the accuracy of parts.
There are a lot of users now, and there are a lot of errors submitted to the background every day, but most of them are normal.
By the time he was almost done, the European Championship had ended, and Portugal fell on his doorstep, and sadly won the runner-up. The Dutch team, known as the uncrowned king, won at least a championship in 88, and Portugal didn't even have hair, and the golden generation was blind. However, despite this, they are also better than the European national football team, England, and they have not even touched the threshold of the final.
Twelve years ago, Denmark, who came on as a substitute for Yugoslavia, staged a fairy tale drama and won the final trophy. Twelve years later, Greece has played out a Greek myth belonging to the Aegean Island, with a solid defense and a practical 1-0 doctrine.
The European Cup ended gloriously, and on the soil of the United States, Oracle President Ellison was fighting fiercely with several major software vendors. Now I miss Chen Bo who constantly makes news, and you can see how wonderful it is when you look at his glorious results.
New York Heroes, Racism, Judicial Corruption, Trouble at Penn, Harvard Assassination, Hand of God...... not only captured the hot sweet girl of the New York real estate tycoon's house, but also abducted the sexy queen of Hollywood by the way.
The popular "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is said to have been recommended by the little prince who dominates the screen to star Angelina, just look at the shameless ant search implantation in the plot, you should know that it is nepotism, but the action scenes are very enjoyable, and the commercial blockbusters with handsome men and beautiful women and no lack of gunfight action are of course blockbusters.
The box office has exceeded 300 million US dollars in half a month, which has made Summit Entertainment a lot of money, and also made Angelina's career a step forward, with a good reputation and a high box office, but it is much better than Tomb Raider 2, which won the Golden Sour Plum Award.
Based on this situation, whether it is Chen Bo's professional black or Lu Zhuan fan, they are looking forward to more new materials, otherwise the meal will not be fragrant. This is the first time they have felt so strongly dependent on a foreigner.
By the way, they also paid attention to Google, and the initiative of ant search has been silent, and even the reporter interviewed all of them refused, which made countless spectators suspicious. If you don't squeak when you are beaten to the door of your house, are you going to play dead? If we don't fight, how can we have a lively look?
In this slightly weird atmosphere, Chen Bo originally planned to return to China directly, but he had to go to Washington again.
This is not an unlucky errand, but after several rounds of judgments and appeals, the civil claims of the Philadelphia judicial fraud case were finally finalized by the Federal Supreme Court, and you don't think about 66.6 billion US dollars, the US government's money is not scraped out of thin air.
The shrinkage is also normal, and it has shrunk hundreds of times, and finally the Philadelphia government was determined to pay $276 million in compensation and published an apology for a week.
"Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, what do you want to say about this history-making sky-high compensation?"
At the door of the Supreme Court of the Federation, Chen Bo was surrounded by reporters who rushed to hear the news, and it was obviously unreasonable to take the benefits and not show up, this time he took the initiative to sell it to the media.
His relationship with the American media is like a rubber band, occasionally loosening and then tightening, and if it suddenly collapses, it will hurt everyone. But the domestic media is a counterexample, they are persistent and black, and they have always been very tight, which is more subtle.
"First of all, I would like to thank the justices for his fair ruling, and secondly, I would like to thank my lawyer, Mr. Barack O'Obama, for his efforts to fight for the rights I deserve, and thank you to all my friends who have followed the media and supported me."
Chen Bo seems to have won an Oscar, thank you first, and it is not strange that many people are gifted.
"What are you going to do with such a large amount of compensation? Whether it's a luxury yacht or a private jet. As soon as these words came out, it was like a professional black, but in fact, it was a friendly army that completely shook the cannon rack.
"Yachts and planes only satisfy my personal desires, and even if I need them, it will be with my own money. In addition to paying for the lawsuit, I will fulfill my promise to donate the fraction to set up a special fund for people who have suffered racial discrimination, whether they are American citizens or not, and I will also give this fund to Mr. Obama to take care of. β
Chen Bo solemnly fulfilled his promise under the camera, anyway, he didn't say that he wanted to donate all at that time, and even if the litigation costs were deducted, there would be more than 50 million US dollars.