Chapter 528 Driving a cash truck to deliver money
Cheers, screams, and various sounds intertwined in the Nasdaq hall. Yao Luoying looked at the crazy scene and couldn't imagine it. This scene was triggered by a stock!
Not only the Nasdaq trading floor, Wall Street investment institutions, but also countless people watching the market in front of the computer are all watching Yahoo's performance.
Today's morning was indeed Yahoo's performance moment. It was an amazing performance. In the morning, the stock price went from 13 US dollars to over 20 US dollars, and then soared to around 24 US dollars!
Yang Zhiyuan, Ferro, Kugel, and all the Yahoo employees present couldn't help but cheer. Based on Yahoo's performance this morning, they have all achieved financial freedom!
The CNET reporter, watching Yahoo's performance, couldn't help but think of what Li Dongling said before the market opened, which made him mutter to himself, "Will Yahoo's market value really exceed one billion US dollars today?"
Netscape's listing last year created a miracle, but at that time, most outsiders believed that it was unlikely that any other Internet company could replicate Netscape's miracle.
But today, looking at Yahoo's performance, people can't help but wonder whether Yahoo is going to create a miracle.
Those who also thought of Li Dongling’s words were not only the reporter from the CNET website, but many people were also speculating that as long as Yahoo’s stock price can exceed 33 US dollars today, Yahoo’s market value will be able to stand above 33 US dollars. Over a billion dollars!
In the afternoon, Li Dongling, Yao Luoying, and everyone from Yahoo arrived at the hotel where the celebration banquet was to be held in the evening.
Although they were not on the Nasdaq trading floor, Yang Zhiyuan and others were still focused on the stock prices on their computers.
Li Dongling has nothing to worry about. Regarding Yahoo, what Li Dongling cares about is not the immediate success or failure, but a few years later, at the peak of the Internet bubble, when Yahoo’s market value is close to 100 billion US dollars. The moment Li Dongling took action.
So, in the hotel suite, Yang Zhiyuan, Ferro, Kugel and others were worried that Li Dongling did not care so much, but was explaining something to Zhou Hualiang.
"Tomorrow morning, we will take a plane and return to the mainland. The affairs of America will be left to you!"
Standing on the balcony of the suite, Li Dongling leaned against On the side, he explained to Zhou Hualiang that he is now the president of the North American headquarters of Dongling High-tech, and from now on, all affairs of Dongling High-tech, Feiyan Technology, etc. in North America will be handled by him.
Hearing that Li Dongling was going to return to the inland, Zhou Hualiang couldn't help but be startled, "So soon?"
Since Li Dongling came to America, it can be said that Dongling Hi-Tech North America Company has developed the fastest, especially Li Dongling. Even Zhou Hualiang felt amazed by the operation of Ximalaya Radio.
Seizing food from the tiger's mouth, it abruptly snatched a chance of life for Dongxin Semiconductor from the Microsoft-Intel Alliance, and also let Microsoft take over the computer business of Donglin Hi-Tech.
These trading methods and sense of smell gave Zhou Hualiang, a professional manager, a sense of disparity. At least Zhou Hualiang knew that if these things were left to him, it does not mean that he could not do it at all. , at least, not so silky smooth.
It is true that after Li Dongling left, the power of the North American company fell into the hands of Zhou Hualiang, but this was both a right and a responsibility, and he might have to take the blame, which made him feel a little frightened.
"I believe you can do it!"
Li Dongling, standing on the balcony with half of his body under the sun, put his hand on Zhou Hualiang's shoulder, patted him gently, and said to him gently.
"After I leave, Tanglin Hi-Tech, Zhixing Foundation and Feiyan Technology all have some things that need you to continue to do!"
"Himalaya Radio, in America. , we must continue to promote and continuously increase the number of users and podcast creators. Every few months, we must select podcasts with potential and stories to create gods, so as to keep users fresh and give podcast creators hope of becoming famous!
In addition, we must enter overseas markets as soon as possible, especially pan-English markets such as Canada and the United Kingdom, and then enter Germany, France, Spanish and other regions
Sign up with as many celebrity podcasts as possible, cooperate with more radio stations and media, and try to sign long-term contracts to cope with future competition! ”
Li Dongling said that there are now several podcast companies popping up in Silicon Valley. Although they are now very small, it is difficult to compete with Himalayan Radio.
But we must also take precautions before they happen. If you want to enter overseas markets in advance to grab territory, you must not undercut your opponents. In addition, the current podcast signing fees are all at a bargain price. After a few years, if you want to sign some NBA, rugby superstars, or Hollywood stars to be podcasters, how much will it cost? But the price is astronomical, and signing a long-term contract with a cabbage price is the most cost-effective.
“The cooperation between Donglin Hi-Tech and Microsoft requires coordination from your side, and there must be no mistakes! ”
Li Dongling cannot stay in America every day. In the end, Zhou Hualiang still needs to act as a middleman between Dongling High-tech and Microsoft to coordinate the relationship between the two parties and handle various matters. Including the future production of Dongling High-tech Zhou Hualiang needs to sell computers, set-top boxes, digital video equipment, etc. in North America, and then send the money to the Hanxi headquarters. The size needs to be determined by himself
After explaining a few things to Zhou Hualiang, Li Dongling remembered one thing and said to Zhou Hualiang, "Donngling Hi-tech is going to cooperate with Microsoft on game consoles. Graphics cards are the top priority. How many dollars can you invest for the Zhixing Foundation?" A graphics card company!"
Li Dongling took out a list and handed it to Zhou Hualiang. Zhou Hualiang opened it and took a look. The graphics card company at the top of the list was called NVIDIA!
Graphics cards, Dongxin Semiconductor will definitely do it in the future, but not now. After the chips are completed, it will not be too late to acquire a graphics card brand to start, even if it takes ten or eight years. , it’s still not too late.
Nowadays graphics cards do not make money. If they did, Intel would have started doing it long ago. They would just watch and not move!
For a long time, graphics cards have been an addition to the processor. Those who like games and pursue game image quality may specially configure high-end graphics cards.
What really makes graphics cards a necessity is the advent of 3A, the explosion of virtual currency mining, smart driving, large artificial intelligence models represented by chatgpt, and the huge demand for computing chips. Graphics card needs go beyond processors.
Now Li Dongling asked Dongling Hi-Tech to invest in NVIDIA, just like when he invested in Yahoo before, he planted the seeds in advance. However, this time, the seeds will bloom much slower than those in Yahoo.
However, if you can harvest three trillion US dollars of corporate leeks, so what if you wait for more than ten or twenty years? When the time comes, you can harvest a big crop and get your money back...
If Dongxin Semiconductor fails to catch up with graphics card technology in more than ten or twenty years, then no matter how much money Li Dongling invests, it will probably be of no use.
"I will contact these companies as soon as possible!"
Zhou Hualiang carefully put away the list. With Yahoo's gems in front, who dares to question Li Dongling's investment vision? Now these companies are not Well-known, but who can guarantee that they will not become the next Yahoo-like company?
Even if Zhou Hualiang lets out the news about which companies Li Dongling values, the valuations, stock prices, and market values of those companies will probably explode.
As for whether Nvidia will accept the investment from the Zhixing Foundation, Zhou Hualiang is not worried at all. No matter what he does, he is still a professional manager. When dealing with these "small" companies, don't be too familiar with it.
Only one, after accepting investment from the Zhixing Foundation, had the opportunity to become a graphics card supplier for Microsoft game consoles. I asked Nvidia if he was interested?
Not to mention that it is now a second-rate graphics card manufacturer. Even the current first-tier graphics card manufacturers such as ATI, Trident, and 3Dfx cannot refuse such temptation, let alone Nvidia. Zhou Hualiang directly "got it"!
“It’s 33 US dollars!”
There was a loud noise in the suite. Yahoo’s market value officially exceeded 33 US dollars at this moment. The stock price rose by more than 150% in a single day, and the market value also followed the trend. Crossed the billion dollar mark.
Yang Zhiyuan, Ferro and others all shouted vigorously that Yahoo had created a new miracle. The two of them also became billionaires by virtue of their 15.4% stake in Yahoo!
Li Dongling also applauded and expressed congratulations to Yang Zhiyuan and Yang Zhiyuan. The two of them have become billionaires. This also means that Zhixing Foundation and Feiyan Technology, which jointly hold 13% of the shares, have Yahoo stock, worth more than $130 million!
Back then, the Zhixing Foundation spent US$300,000 to invest in Yahoo. Now the 5% stake in Yahoo held by the Zhixing Foundation is worth more than US$50 million, equivalent to a 166-fold return.
But this is not the end. As long as Yahoo’s market value continues to grow, the Yahoo equity in the hands of the Zhixing Foundation will become more and more valuable!
There was thunderous applause in the hotel suite. Kugel was on the phone, preparing to make the evening celebration party even more extravagant. He wanted to invite celebrities from New York over to witness Yahoo's market value exceeding one billion US dollars.
Amidst the cheers, only Yahoo’s major shareholder, SoftBank President Masayoshi Son, couldn’t laugh.
Yahoo’s market value exceeds one billion, and the global brand value of Yahoo will soar. If SoftBank wants to get the Yahoo Japan brand from the Zhixing Foundation, the price it will pay will be even greater. Okay, it’s strange that Son can laugh.
Li Dongling felt a resentful look coming toward him. He turned around and saw Sun Zhengyi. He smiled and nodded to him. If Sun Zhengyi was unhappy, it had nothing to do with Li.
Anyway, the higher the market value of Yahoo, the more valuable the Yahoo brand agency rights in Asia that Zhixing Foundation obtained from Yahoo for a licensing fee of one million US dollars per year.
In this wave, the Yahoo brand in Japan, Singapore, Siam, Bangzi and other places in Asia. Any company that wants to obtain the local brand agency rights of Yahoo has to pay money to the Zhixing Foundation. And it has to be at a high price, driving a cash truck full of US dollars to send money to the Zhixing Foundation, otherwise, the Zhixing Foundation will not sell it regardless of whether it is high or low!
(End of this chapter)