What's the point of the bell ringing ceremony?

The explanation on the official website of the New York Stock Exchange is:

"The bell ringing ceremony at the opening and closing of the market provides a unique platform for your company and its milestones to be fully covered."

The way of business, media focus, incomparable, as the saying goes, is to put on a show.

Today's listing of Smith Media is definitely one of the most significant milestones for this new company, which has been around for less than two years.

It was disseminated through newspapers, magazines, and television stations on the spot, and there was also an extraordinary commemorative significance.

"Abel, go show your style. We won't bother. ”

Following Abel, they came out together, and showed Mogun and Rockefeller, who were standing on the platform for Abel, and said to him with a smile.

Abel nodded lightly and walked to the stage that had been prepared for him.

There, NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso led the way, followed by the NYSE's senior management team.

The second is the representatives sent by the major underwriters, plus Smith Capital, a total of 11 people present today, led by David Mellon.

This is the underwriters of Smith Media, retail investors or other institutions, who want to buy the shares of Smith Media after its listing for the first time, they need to go through them.

Of course, Smith Capital is its own person, and the share it can get must be the most.

As for others, being able to join in is indispensable because of the network and scale.

At this time, Abel felt that he was sacrificing a little profit in exchange for future connections.

In the future, whether it is for Smith Media or Smith Capital, there will be certain benefits.

Equalization of interests and opening the door to the outside world is the first global proposition put forward by the United States in order to open up the global market after winning the Spanish-American War.

And this sentence has always been believed and insisted on by Abel.

Relying on this concept, he has attracted a large number of collaborators with common interests.

For the sake of interests, many people stood firmly with him and helped him fight against his enemies and competitors.

If Abel was a selfish man who was willing to take advantage of his own interests.

Even if he has invincible talent in the financial field, it is absolutely impossible for him to go all the way so smoothly and so fast.

The underwriters' representatives were followed by Smiths Media's own executive team, as well as employee representatives.

There is a second CEO, Michael Communication, and the previous CEO, Robert Iger. Group Presidents Michael Ovitz, Richard Pleple, Dilan and others.

The employee representative is each subsidiary of Smiths Media, and a person is sent as a representative.

There are a large number of them, a total of 26, symbolizing that Smith Media has so many subsidiaries today.

After coming out, in the face of these people, Abel only made a polite gesture.

He is the absolute centerpiece of today's ceremony, and there are too many guests to socialize.

In fact, today's ceremony did not last long, and the link was very simple.

At eight o'clock, Abel entered the bell ringing ceremony, met with investors, partners, and relevant officials, and was interviewed by the media.

At nine o'clock he was to give a speech and then open champagne to celebrate.

Next is the countdown to the listing.

At half past nine, the bell officially rang for listing, and trading opened. So the event is only an hour and a half.

At this moment, the entrance of the Smith Building was crowded, and more than 1,000 people gathered together.

Half of Smith Media's own people and guests are here, many of whom are not journalists, but they are also holding cameras, ready to document this historical moment.

The remaining half are media workers from all over the United States and even the world.

For the world's richest man and the first company to be truly listed, whether it is financial media, serious social media, or entertainment media that likes to engage in eyeball reports.

As long as you can enter the site and get approval, they all come.

Among the hundreds of guests, Warren Buffett and Bloomberg, who had been interviewed by reporters just now, actually came together.

The two had just taken a few photos with Abel when they stood in a corner and chatted.

"Michael, to be honest, I kind of regret that I invested less."

Warren Buffett vs. New York City. "At the beginning, Abel was willing to let me hold 10% of the shares. At the time, I wasn't optimistic about the entertainment industry, but now it seems that it will be a small stain on my career. ”

The old man jokingly said: "In the future, those media will report on me, and they will say" It is because of stubbornness that Buffett should have made billions of dollars more, but in the end he did not make it, and that was a good opportunity that many people could not dream of. ”。”

Looking at Buffett, who pretended to be humorous, Bloomberg smiled.

The relationship between the two was originally not very good.

One is a representative of the oilers, and the other is a representative of the middle American group.

Excluding the Bloomberg factor, the two even have some vague rivalry.

Fortunately, there was an Abel, because he was also his friend.

Now the relationship between the two is also good, and they have cooperated in many aspects.

"Actually, I regret it too. I was in New York and had an earlier opportunity to reach out to him. Even when he set up the company and recruited for the first time, I had the opportunity to take a stake in his first company. ”

At that time, Smith Capital sought technical support from Bloomberg.

At the time, David Mellon jokingly asked Mr. Bloomberg if he would be interested in taking a stake.

Although David's words at that time, there is a high probability that it will not be counted.

Because no matter what time it is, Smith Capital still has the final say.

But that's more or less a thought.

Bloomberg dismissed Buffett, "But at that time, who would have believed that a young man from Texas could create all this now? Even then, he was already very stunning. But, Warren, you know, Wall Street produces several of those geniuses every year. There are a lot of them, but they can't last as long as Abel, and they don't exaggerate like him. ”

Buffett nodded slightly.

Bloomberg is right.

Don't look at Abel's record on Wall Street at the beginning, it was too good.

However, Wall Street has a lot of earlier records, and exaggerated guys.

In the 100-year history of Wall Street, countless legends have left their names, from Vanderbilt to Rogers, from Livermore to Warren Buffett......

These are all long-lasting names.

If they fall like meteors, there are even more of them.

There's no shortage of genius on Wall Street. Attracted by money, mathematicians who study aerospace have come to study numbers related to money.

It's really a gathering of all human beings, the smartest elite.

Who told finance to make money so easily?

"That's right." Buffett suddenly said: "I heard Abel say that he is very dissatisfied with the zipper couple. Is it true that he wants to target them? If it were true, it wouldn't be that easy to do. ”

Hearing him mention it, Bloomberg smiled bitterly.

"I told him that it was really hard to do. The couple was cunning, very lucky, and had a great background. No, one of his backgrounds, is now by Abel's side. ”

"And Abel insisted on doing it, right?" Warren Buffett asked.

Bloomberg nodded.

Seeing this, Buffett shrugged his shoulders very Americanly, "Then do it." I believe that one of the owners of the Fed will never lose to a "professional manager". What's more, he is already retired. Just be careful, don't keep it up. That couple, their means were notoriously dirty. ”

"Who's to say it isn't. This guy decided something, and no one could change his mind. It's a bothersome question. ”

"Hahaha...... Buffett smiled, "who doesn't have flaws?" As long as he can lead us to victory, even if he is bearded or mustache, then I will firmly support him. ”

Bloomberg smiled again, not talking about the topic.

The main head and core of the New York hydra has to deal with the zipper couple, just because the couple habitually greedily reaches out.

This matter is not big or small.

Originally, as one of the representatives of the oilers, Bloomberg was actually involved with the couple.

But...... In terms of his friendship with Abel, to be exact, compared to the benefits that Abel can bring him.

That little bit of involvement, Bloomberg didn't mind tearing it off.

This is also the reason why the other members of the hydra are willing to help Abel.

and huge interests, both immediate and future-oriented.

Those involvements, they can all be discarded.

The owner of Bloomberg thinks that if the Zippers are smart, they can come over to Abel to make peace now.

Otherwise, after the hydra is activated, things will not end so well.

Today, as guests, there are a large number of wealthy New Yorkers who appear at the scene.

Paris's grandfather Barron, who has not returned to California, and Yoona's father, D. Ted Lerner, and two New York tycoons also came.

"Barron, did Abel ring the bell himself?" Some time ago, Ted Lerner had some minor problems in his business.

I've been busy since I came back from California, and I haven't paid much attention to Abel's affairs.

It hasn't been solved yet, but today I still took time out to participate in this grand event.

Before coming, he heard some rumors of a bell-ringing ceremony.

For example, Smith Media's listing bell ringing ceremony, the number of people responsible for ringing the bell may be a bit large.

With Ted Lerner's character, he thinks that Abel must do this kind of thing himself, because the scenery is infinite.

How can there be so many people?

"He only stands on the platform, and the bell ringing will be carried out by 26 employee representatives." The old Hilton laughed and said:

"Representatives of the 26 key subsidiaries, each with a different position. One of them is even a cleaner, and the highest position is only one HR from the HR department. ”

"26 employee representatives ring the bell?"

Ted Lerner's face was unheard of.

"Abel announced that each subsidiary is an important part of Smith Media. Every employee in the company is also an important part of the company, even the cleaners. Without the hard work of the cleaners every day, there would be no clean and tidy workplace, and even the productivity of other employees would be reduced. ”

Barron Hilton laughs and says, "It's a really bizarre, but very genius idea." This can help Abel show the corporate culture and also show his attitude towards the grassroots employees. ”

"Abel's arrangement, that's really good!" Yin Kana's father praised again and again on the side: "It's not too good, it's very good!" ”

In fact, Ah Ming thinks that Abel is completely winning people's hearts.

Sending grassroots employees to ring the bell can first wear the hat of a 'benevolent boss', which is very in line with the character that Abel usually performs.

A great philanthropist, a benevolent boss, even thinks about the bottom employees at such important moments.

With such a boss, aren't the subordinates going to die?

At the same time, it can also take the opportunity to launch a round of recruitment operations to put the world's talents in the urn.

The key lies in speculation, and the capital market pays great attention to heat and public opinion.

The company goes public and the employees ring the bell, which is the focus of the news, which helps to enhance the company's reputation and may increase the stock price a little.

In short, there is no harm.

Ted Lerner feels that Abel is really good at doing things.

He especially wanted to imitate, but unfortunately there were no companies under his name that needed to be listed recently.

And this kind of thing, the first to do it, is still done by Abel, a generous person, and it will be praised by everyone.

The second person does it, if it's the same kindness, it's fine, if it's not enough, it's sure to be sprayed to death.

Is Ted Lernacan angry? That's it.

So if you want to think about it, it's just a thought.

Speaking of this, Richard Grasso, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, who served as the host of the listing ceremony, appeared on the stage and invited the management team of Smith Media and major shareholders from all walks of life to take a group photo.

The team consists of 16 people, led by the current rotating CEO, Michael Derving.

After Smith Media goes public, these sixteen people will become billionaires.

They are between 30 and 50 years old, and today they are all wearing suits of the same color, their faces are all beaming, and they are all in surprisingly good spirits.

They stood on Abel's left-hand side, demarcated by a bronze bell, and on the right-hand side were all shareholder representatives.

When the time came, hundreds of reporters from different media began their filming work.

At 8:45, Fox TV's financial program, "Fox Financial", started broadcasting ahead of schedule.

Images of Smith Media executives and guests on stage were broadcast to thousands of households around the world through television screens.

This kind of thing, ordinary people don't pay much attention to it.

People outside the United States also don't pay much attention.

But the vast majority of elites in the United States did not miss this important moment.

Zipper couple's residence in Westchestershire, New York.

The couple lay on a comfortable couch, both staring intently at the familiar faces that appeared on the television screen.

The camera is focused on Abel, and the voiceover is explaining his information.

From his arrival in New York in 1999, with only five dollars on him, he traveled to Wall Street, but was attracted by the bulls of Wall Street to stay, and later founded Smith Capital.

Then he took a stake in CAA, acquired MGM Film Group, announced a super annual yield that caused a sensation in the global financial world, and then went crazy to make acquisitions, each of which was a behemoth in the industry.

With every step he takes, he creates miracles.

In just three years, he went from having only five dollars in his pocket to the current business giant.

His talent in finance is unique in the world, and his ability in business is remarkable, and no one doubts his talent and ability.

The same is true for the zipper couple, who at most question the authenticity of the "pocket five dollars" thing.

is also in the top class, who doesn't know that even before Abel Smith's career, the Smith family was also a middle-level family in the Texas group.

Five dollars, who to fool?

At this moment, inside the couple, Zipper felt very sorry in his heart.

In the most critical two years of Abel's rise, he served as the de facto ruler of the kingdom.

He didn't even have any contact with Abel, and it was clear that New York was also one of his most important fundamentals.

According to common sense, at the beginning of 2000, Abel, who had already made a fortune, was still in New York. Then he should take the initiative to move closer to himself in order to seek broader resources from himself, but Abel did not do this.

In this regard, Zipper can understand.

Who called Abel a Texan, and the Texans are here, naturally not trusted by the people on the East Coast.

He was thinking that at that time, even if Abel wanted to get closer to him.

But because of his identity as an Abaltern, he probably won't pay attention to it. Even in order to show that he values the East Coast, he may even alienate Abel.

Just like in parallel time and space, the future donkey is at a party, ridiculing and mocking Yin Kana's father in front of everyone.

So this is simply an unsolvable game, and the key is that Abel is rising too fast.

"Stop, dear Diane."

Watching live TV, Zipper sighed.

"If we really have to force it, we really can't touch him. Before it all starts, stop. ”

Diane is his wife's middle name and his nickname.

When Sirani heard her husband's words, there was a tangled and unwilling expression on her face.

"We haven't even played each other yet. What does stopping like this make other people think? Others will think we're afraid of him! She said unhappily.

In response, Zipper shrugged and pointed to David and John Criss, who had just flashed past the TV screen and were smiling behind Abel.

"See, one of the people who keeps saying that he loves you the most is now supporting him on the spot."

"Between you and Abel, who do you think David will most likely choose to help?"

She opened her mouth, eager to say that the old fellow would help her.

But she knew that in front of interests, the words in front of the bed were really nothing.

What's more, he is now old and decrepit.

"Hey......"

With the same sigh, she finally nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I'm just unwilling, I'm just unwilling......"

Zipper thought to himself, you are not unwilling, you are in the past everything went too smoothly.

Now I have encountered a little trouble, and I am very unwilling.

Suddenly, he heard his wife say, "Hey, William, what do you think of Chelsea and Abel......"

Hearing the names of his "daughter" and Abel, before she could finish speaking, Zipper shook his head.

"This guy is a complete playboy, he just loves to be pretty. Chelsea...... Do you think he'll like it? What's more, if you let Chelsea approach him, have you considered David's thoughts? ”

Her husband's words made her choose to shut up.

Neither of them has a say in the future of their daughter Chelsea.

"So be it. But he's a playboy after all, so there's hope. William, what do you say? ”

Zipper is also a little confident in this area, as the couple is very "professional" in this area.

Both husband and wife are enthusiasts, and they will not get tired of it for many years.

"Perhaps, it was just the last invitation, which he politely declined. It's okay, let's move on. This time, I may be able to take this opportunity to show favor to him. We don't really have any real conflicts of interest, and what we want is really insignificant to him. ”

Zipper said.

She nodded beside her and looked at the TV screen at Abel's tall and handsome appearance.

It's tickling in my heart.