Chapter 273: Settled in Lujiazui
PS: (I won't write much about the plot of the flood, I'm afraid of being reviewed, and the chapters that were reviewed before can already be read)
Not long after, Wujiang Group's announcement of a donation of 5 billion yuan caused a sensation across the country.
People were shocked, and couldn't help but praise Wujiang Group and Zhao Ye.
"Wujiang Group not only donated a lot of materials, but also donated so much money, which is really amazing! If there is a charity ranking in China, Zhao Ye is definitely the first person in my country to be charity!! ”
"Zhao Ye has donated so much money, we must at least do some meager efforts!"
"That's right, everyone has money to contribute, and as long as everyone gives a love, the world will become a better world!"
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Seeing this, all walks of life have enthusiastically donated money and materials, including countless overseas compatriots around the world.
When the foreign media saw this, they couldn't help but be stunned!
They had never seen such a united, cohesive nation and country!
Subsequently, when the foreign media saw the Chinese soldiers building a "levee" to fight the flood with their lives, they were even more shocked!
How is this possible?!
How did they do it?!
Aren't they afraid of death???
The Chinese military are really terrible!!
A flood can't help but witness the great love and responsibility of the world, and witness the brilliance of human nature.
At the end of August, China won the victory in the fight against floods.
China's mobilization capability and China's military-civilian unity have all demonstrated China's powerful strength, and the world can't help but be shocked!
This is the great power of the old East!
This is China, which has been a civilization for 5,000 years!
Foreigners were dumbfounded and couldn't help but admire such a country.
For a time, it aroused the curiosity and concern of countless foreigners about China.
"I can't imagine that such a poor country as China can burst out with such amazing strength, that kind of national cohesion is really shocking, which is not found in other countries in the world, especially a country of immigrants like country M, which has no national heritage at all. But it's right to think about it, since you can immigrate to country M, of course, you can also immigrate to other countries, for these people, which country has better development, they will immigrate to this country, but they will never have too deep feelings for this country......" said a European, full of envy.
At this time, the country had already begun to rebuild after the disaster.
The state has also begun to reward those who have made significant contributions to the process of flood relief.
In the "News Network", the leader spent a few minutes praising Zhao Ye and the Wujiang Group, especially pointing out that if the Wujiang Group had not resolutely spent a huge amount of 50 billion US dollars to build the Three Gorges Dam, then the flood damage would have increased several times. Wujiang Group has saved countless lives and property safety!
As soon as the news came out, people realized that what the Borderless Group had done was far beyond their imagination.
Why did Wujiang invest in the construction of the Three Gorges Dam? Obviously, this super project has a huge investment and takes a long time, so it is not a good project at all? You don't see other companies rushing to invest in some projects that can make huge profits in the short term, only Wujiang Group is so "stupid"!!
"Made, I'm so moved that I'm about to cry! Wujiang Group is really a great company, and from now on, all my consumption will be used in Wujiang Group! Wujiang Group deserves to make money!! A netizen in China commented excitedly.
"At this moment, I was also deeply moved by the actions of Wujiang Group! For such a good company as Wujiang Group, we must vigorously support it, and everyone will buy Wujiang Group's products in the future! ”
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After the news fermented, it caused a national sensation.
Countless people have flocked to Wujiang flagship store, Wujiang supermarket, Wanjiang department store, Amazon website, Taobao website to shop.
Crazy Buy, Buy, Buy!!
Many brick-and-mortar retail stores sell out in just a day or two.
After Zhao Ye learned the news, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Many people don't lack things at home, but in order to support Wujiang Group, they still keep buying.
Zhao Ye thought about it for a while, held a press conference, and called on everyone to consume rationally.
However, netizens don't seem to buy it.
"Rational consumption? I'm sorry, I don't like rational consumption, can you manage it? If you know each other, you can quickly ask the factory to work overtime to produce goods, and my brother still has to buy !! ”
"The mountains and rivers are clear, the world is worth it, Wujiang Group only sells the goods, and the rest is handed over to us!"
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For a time, the revenue of Wujiang Group skyrocketed, creating 100 billion yuan in revenue in just one week, which couldn't help but stunned countless enterprises at home and abroad.
Only then did they discover that doing charity and winning the hearts of the people would have such a big return, which also made them become enthusiastic about charity in the future, which led to the scale of philanthropy in China being much larger than in previous lives, thus helping more people. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.
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Time passes day by day, and the tide of "wild consumption" ebbs.
However, Wujiang Group's market share in China has increased significantly compared with before.
Moreover, the charity halo on the Wujiang Group has added an extra layer of protection to the Wujiang Group.
At the end of 1998, the Lujiazui Super Project was finally completed.
There are dozens of beautiful skyscrapers on this small piece of land, including the "world's tallest building" - Wujiang Building!
The 828-metre-tall Y-shaped building is a core of three building sections, surrounded by a shopping mall, 19 residential towers, a 2.5-hectare park and a 12-hectare lake.
The completion of the Boundless Building shocked the world and has become a new landmark in Shanghai!
In addition, the Candle Tower, Burj Al Arab, Anara Tower, Galaxy Twin Towers (Kuala Lumpur Petroleum Twin Towers), Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai Tower, Wanjiang Yipin (Tomson One Pin), as well as the Bay View, Apple Spaceship Headquarters Building, and Amazon Headquarters Building Helix have been built nearby......
Lujiazui combines beauty and a sense of technology, and has become the most charming place in the world.
Even Manhattan Island in country M is far inferior to Lujiazui.
The buildings on Manhattan Island, which were old buildings many years ago, were crushed into slag in terms of height.
At present, the Wujiang Building, with a height of 828 meters, is the first in the world;
Shanghai Tower, 632 meters high, the second in the world;
Shanghai World Financial Center, with a height of 492 meters, the third in the world;
The Milky Way Twin Towers, 462 meters high, are the fourth in the world.
Lujiazui directly accounted for the top four rankings of skyscraper height, which is simply awesome.
It is no exaggeration to say that Lujiazui has long attracted worldwide attention!
Before Lujiazui was opened, countless people spontaneously came to the Bund to take pictures of Lujiazui.
It is worth mentioning that the original Lujiazui area was only 31.78 km, but the new Lujiazui area has become 70 km, and Wujiang Group has incorporated a lot of land behind Lujiazui into Lujiazui, but most of the land is used to build R&D buildings.
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"Please note that Mr. Zhao has sent an email to all employees. Since 1999, the entire Wujiang Group has begun to move into Lujiazui one after another!! ”
At this time, many executives of the subsidiary began to tell employees the good news.
All the employees were so happy that they couldn't help but feel proud and proud, and even couldn't sleep at night.
"Ahhh!!h
"I've been looking forward to it for so long, and I'm finally going to move into Lujiazui, I'm afraid those buddies of mine are going to envy me to death, hahaha......"
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At this time, when the content of Zhao Ye's email to the employees was exposed, it immediately caused a sensation on the whole network.
Countless netizens have expressed envy, jealousy and hatred.
"Nima, I really want to work in the Borderless Group! It must be very cool to work in such a high-end skyscraper! Real-name envy! ”
"Don't talk about it, I'll study quickly and strive to enter the Wujiang Group in the future!"
"Weakly ask, what are the conditions for entering the Borderless Group? I graduated from high school, do I still have a chance? ”
"Brother, if you have a chance, you can go to the New Oriental Training School under the Wujiang Education Group for further study, learn programming, and after graduation, you can enter the Wujiang Group as a code farmer ......."
"Brother, it's good to learn programming, it's easy to find a job, Wujiang Group has a company specializing in software outsourcing, that is, to do foundry, this company's requirements are not high, and you can eat in it if you have a certain English foundation and programming foundation. The strength of New Oriental Training School is English and programming. By the way, I am the senior of New Oriental Training School, and I welcome you to join New Oriental Training School! ”
"I went, and I casually met a netizen who was a student of New Oriental Training School? Are there so many students graduating from our school? I'm also from New Oriental Training School! ”
"There must be a lot, almost all first, second and third-tier cities have New Oriental Training Schools, and more than 100,000 students have graduated! However, most people work in software outsourcing and pay much more than working in an outside factory. A small number of outstanding students have directly entered the ...... of large Internet companies such as Wujiang Portal, Baidu, Amazon, Alibaba, Taobao, and ICQ.
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The completion of Lujiazui has attracted more talents from home and abroad to join Wujiang Group.
Through Lujiazui, Wujiang Group also shows the strength of the group to the world.
As long as people see Lujiazui, they can't help but sigh from the bottom of their hearts, Wujiang Group is really amazing!
On January 1, 1999, Wujiang Group began to move into Lujiazui one after another.
At the same time, major enterprises around the world have settled in Lujiazui.
Lujiazui will definitely be China's financial center in the future, and being able to work here reflects the strength of the enterprise.
GE, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, Panasonic, Sony, HSBC and many other Fortune 500 companies have negotiated settlement agreements with Wujiang Group before Lujiazui was built.
In February 1999, the rent of Lujiazui office space was the highest in the world, as high as US$150 per square foot per year.
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Time passed, and the joy of moving into Lujiazui gradually calmed down.
In the year 2000, the dot-com bubble burst.
The Internet bubble in this life has also blown up very much, and it has not left much time for the Borderless Group.
It is imminent for Internet companies to go public and make money.
Since February 1999, many of the websites of the Borderless Group have started fundraising and IPO plans.
"Liu Yinyin, you are now letting people release the news, just say that most of the websites under the Wujiang Group, such as Amazon, Alibaba, Taobao, Rotten Tomatoes, Netflix, Pandora, etc., are ready to launch financing and IPO plans!"
Zhao Ye called Liu Yinyin and opened his mouth to command.
"Dong Zhao, are you sure that so many websites are going to launch financing and IPO?" Liu Yinyin asked with a surprised face.
"Well, sure, you can do what I tell you now!" Zhao Ye nodded and said, "After one or two rounds of financing for these websites, they will prepare for IPO listing. ”
"Okay, Dong Zhao!" Liu Yinyin didn't say much, the boss's decision has always been the most correct.
Walking out of the office, Liu Yinyin began to arrange personnel to reveal the plans for financing and IPO of the major websites of Wujiang Group.
Soon, the world's major investment firms received the news.
Immediately, I contacted Wujiang Group as soon as possible to prepare to participate in the investment.
This time it is definitely a gluttonous feast of capital, and countless investment companies are excited and want to invest in it, so as to share the dividends after the IPO listing.
At this time, I saw the benefits of settling in Lujiazui.
As the saying goes, "the first place to get the first month near the water", the investment company that rents office buildings in Lujiazui can come to Wujiang Group to discuss cooperation for the first time, and it has a greater advantage than other companies.
This makes many investment companies that did not rent office buildings in Lujiazui regret it.
Since mid-February, the Borderless Group has entered a busy negotiation phase.
Although Zhao Ye is anxious to raise funds for these websites and then go public, he still does not plan to reduce the valuation of the websites.
Wujiang Group is very rich, so it is a big deal to choose IPO listing directly.
This makes it impossible for investment companies to control Wujiang Group.
Generally speaking, investors are bosses and angels, but in the case of Wujiang Group, it is the other way around, and the status of investors is even lower, trying to plead with Wujiang Group to let them get investment opportunities.
At this time, the world's major media are squatting in Lujiazui every day, wanting to inquire about the negotiations between major investment companies and Wujiang Group.
The entire Internet industry is also paying attention here.
Every day there is a variety of gossip, whether true or not, that always causes a sensation.
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"Dong Zhao, after many rounds of negotiations, the valuation given by the investor can basically meet our requirements!"
In the conference room of Wujiang Group, Zhao Ye and the heads of the major websites of Wujiang Group gathered together.
After Liu Yinyin finished speaking, she handed the document to Zhao Ye for review.
Zhao Ye took it and looked at it, and read: "Alibaba is valued at $20.5 billion, Amazon is valued at $31.5 billion, and Taobao is valued at $38.5 billion......"
Behind the valuation of each website, there is also the percentage of shares held by the investment company.
In this financing, each website will only sell 20% of the shares, and the AB share structure will be adopted, with 10 votes for Class A shares and 1 vote for Class B shares. Even if Wujiang Group only holds a small number of shares, it can still firmly control the company!
In the conference room, everyone was both excited and worried.
There is no doubt that so many websites are raising funds and launching IPOs, which will definitely blow up the Internet bubble. At that point, if the dot-com bubble bursts, the consequences will be catastrophic.
Zhao Ye glanced up at everyone's expressions, knowing what everyone was worried about.
Don't those investment firms know about the dot-com bubble?
Hehe, they obviously know, but they are still willing to invest in the website of the Borderless Group.
Everyone is playing "drumming and passing flowers" in the Internet bubble, and whoever takes over last, who is unlucky in the end.
And global investors are undoubtedly the most likely to be the last takers......
For Wujiang Group, there are very few people in China who can afford to go to country M to play stocks, so the biggest victim is the shareholders of country M. In that case, let's go to the pit!
(End of chapter)