Chapter 185 ICQ Corporation Goes Public

"Ah Yao, you can't make a girl, you really don't blame me?"

"Haha, of course I don't blame you if I can't make a girl. My only request is that I have to have someone with me, so you can't be angry about it. ”

"Hey, your request is too much, you fool around with other women, and you don't make me angry. Tell me the reason, is it that if you don't do it, it will explode on the spot?"

"Well, I'm a bit special, you know, my physical strength is super good, and I don't get sick. Moreover, my blood can also delay aging, of course, the way of blood transfusion is actually not as good as loving love with me, well, actually, both of these are not as good as this ring in my hand, I call this ring the ring of life, as long as you wear this ring, you can stay young. ”

"Ah Yao, have you entered some kind of cult? Are you a deceitful person without a brain? You dare to say such a reason? Besides, even if this is the Ring of Life, what does this ring have to do with you that you need a woman to accompany you? Am I not a woman?"

"When you look in the mirror, don't you see that you're getting younger? Don't you look closely at Sophie and Monica? You know if you're getting younger. Aren't you pregnant, I'm afraid you can't afford it, how dare I toss you. This ring has something to do with you, but I can't explain it for a while. In this way, if you touch the ring, whether it is warm or not, and it is comfortable to touch, it is because it has the energy of life. ”

"It's sunburned, it's just slow to absorb heat and dissipate heat, are you a child? Forget it, you can do whatever you like, I don't bother to care about you, and when I give birth to a daughter, I don't bother to care about you. Is Charlie's "The Matrix" finished? "The Lord of the Rings" hasn't started filming yet, has it?"

"The Matrix" is filming the first part, it should be almost finished, and then post-production, the second part is in preparation, and it will start filming this year. The first part of "The Lord of the Rings" has started filming, and there is no scene of the elf queen for the time being, and it is estimated that Charlie will join the group until next year. The film was made in New Zealand, partly because of the large tax refund there, and partly because the director thought it was the most suitable location for filming. ”

"Why don't we go to Australia for a while?"

"What are you going to Australia, Charlie, I haven't won it yet, this chick is about to run, she's been busy acting lately, and she hasn't paid attention to me for a long time. ”

"Haha, you're so inferior, you haven't won it for so long. Where is she now? Do you want me to help?"

"You take care of yourself, there are a lot of people in the crew, it's really possible to expose us, you have to be prepared, well, they will definitely say that our sister and brother are in love, and that your old cow eats tender grass." ”

"Let's go, the old lady just wants to eat your tender grass, let's stand together, am I younger?"

"I don't want to lie to you, big sister. ”

"Hmph, do you believe that I beat your daughter?"

"Okay, you win, our daughter has to be baby. But you don't have to worry too much, this kid is tenacious, and he won't die easily. ”

"Okay, I'm not worried, I'll call those guys, notify them first, and then I'll talk to the crew and the TV station to see what they want to do?"

Jennifer was ready to leave the decision to the TV station and crew, and then it was time to wait for the notice.

When the middle of July comes, ICQ will soon be listed, and the number of recent ICQ registrations has exceeded 50 million, which can be said to be popular across the Internet, and Cang Yaozu believes that ICQ's market value is definitely much higher than that of Amazon, which was listed earlier. Now the foreign registration ICQ is already 9 digits, and the Huaxia registration is still 8 digits.

At first, Sophie and Monica set up a small group in order to communicate with Cang Yaozu conveniently, and the three of them chatted together, and then Jennifer went to the magic capital, heard about it, and joined in, and then Cang Yaozu saw that it was good, so he pulled Giselle in, and now there are only 5 of them in this group, and then Cang Yaozu became the leader of the group, and he changed the name of the group to the goddesses I love.

Cang Yaozu also asked Melanie Tieri if the two wanted to be together, but she didn't think about it, so she refused, and Cang Yaozu had to make some initial compensation and let go.

On July 15, the day of ICQ's listing, Sherrill pressed the button on behalf of ICQ to ring the bell to open the market, and ICQ officially announced its listing on NASDAQ. ICQ performed well on the first day of listing, with its stock price closing at $2.66 on the first day of listing, a significant increase from the issue price of $2.2, and ICQ's market value reached $1.86 billion on the first day.

The trio of ICQ's founders, Wisig, Eric Wadi and Goldfinger, were also present, and they did not expect that ICQ would be able to complete the listing in such a short period of time, which was beyond their expectations, and their shares in ICQ were diluted many times, and now they only add up to about 11%, and this 11% of the shares are now worth nearly 200 million US dollars?

ICQ was successfully listed, and Weisge also had other ideas in his heart, originally he was interested in serving as the CEO of ICQ, but who knew that Cang Yaozu invited Sheryl Sandberg to serve as the CEO of ICQ.

Although Sheryl Sandberg is a woman, she can crush Weisg in terms of academic qualifications and connections in both political and business circles, and she is also a native of the United States, which is very open in Silicon Valley.

Seeing the successful listing of ICQ, Sheryl Sandberg's position in the company is becoming more and more solid. Weisg is going to jump out of ICQ, he also wants to be in the venture capital business in Silicon Valley, and the successful listing of ICQ has given him a lot of confidence, and he has enough reputation as one of the founders of ICQ, and now the question is where the money will come from.

Selling stocks? Weisge quickly dispelled this idea, Cang Yaozu has high hopes for ICQ Company, and now selling stocks, isn't it a big loss. Visig reasoned his mind, and he planned to pull in Eric Wadi and Goldfinger, and the three of them would take the shares to the bank as collateral, and when they got the money, they would open a venture capital company, so that they could make a big splash in Silicon Valley.

Without mentioning Weisgger's careful thinking, Sherrill and Melissa greeted the VC firm and a group of bigwigs who were there to congratulate them. Edgar Sr. and Wild were naturally on the scene to witness the listing of ICQ, and Karl Icahn and Perelman were also on the scene, these two guys have been fighting on Wall Street for a long time, and this is also their home turf. Robert Iger was also there, but he wasn't the main character of the day.

ICQ's IPO raised $160 million, and Sheryl owns 1% of ICQ's shares, which are now worth $18.6 million, plus her annual salary at ICQ and the wealth she has accumulated before, she is already a proper multi-millionaire woman.

Ge Liqin invested in the shares obtained by Cang Yaozu, and after obtaining her consent, Cang Yaozu was also replaced by ICQ, 1% of ICQ shares, with a guaranteed repurchase clause of 1 billion US dollars, and the same conditions as Sherill, Melissa, Cang Yaozu treated everyone equally.

Of course, the shares held by the three of them will not be sold, but Cang Yaozu is guaranteed to buy back for a minimum of 1 billion US dollars, and no one is stupid.

In an interview with the Washington Post, Sherrill reaffirmed ICQ's original intention to build the world's largest social empire, and now the number of registered users of ICQ has exceeded 50 million.

Cang Yaozu is actually very dissatisfied with the market value of ICQ, but the brokerage does not agree to a higher IPO price. After ICQ went public, Cang Yaozu used several secret accounts and began to buy a large number of ICQ shares, most of which were opened in the name of his women, such as Sophie, Monica, and Charlize.

In August, ICQ launched a new version, and Sherrill also revealed that Microsoft had asked ICQ for a Hotmail email service, which is currently priced at $240 million.

The exposure of this news is mainly for hype, although Microsoft did offer a price of $240 million, but Cang Yaozu has no plans to sell Hotmail at present.

Spurred on by the news of Microsoft's acquisition of Hotmail, icq's stock price rose to $3.5, and icq's market capitalization also reached $2.45 billion, well, this market value has surpassed Apple, and now Apple's market value is around $2.2 billion. That's right, it's that low. But there are not many Apple shares in the market, most of Apple's shares are in the hands of those financial institutions on Wall Street, and there are few individual shareholders, so there are almost few rich people in later generations who are from Apple, because Apple's equity is too dispersed.

Cang Yaozu also acquired a lot of shares of Apple on and off the field, with Jobs, Apple's market value cannot be lower, even if Cang Yaozu is chasing and intercepting in front, Apple is still the Apple. The rise is inevitable, it just needs to be seen how far it can go. Therefore, for the future, some fund companies under the name of Cang Yaozu have also purchased a lot of Apple shares, which can be regarded as seeking a drought and flood income.

Cang Yaozu is full of confidence in Apple's future, but Jobs is not optimistic about Apple, and Cang Yaozu heard that Old Joe is selling Apple shares again. This time, in order to invite Jobs back, Apple acquired Jobs's software company through cash and equity, and Jobs had another 1.5 million shares of Apple stock in his hands, well, he planned to sell it, and only kept 1 share in his hand, which was really a god operation, Cang Yaozu asked Melissa to contact Jobs, in order to buy the shares in his hands.