March 28th.
Nasdaq Stock Exchange, Washington.
Today, three new stocks are about to be listed: ICQ, Forde Lawrie Software, and Qus Pharmaceuticals. Among them, ICQ, which currently has hundreds of millions of users worldwide, is the most eye-catching.
As early as several months ago, when ICQ announced its listing plan, it attracted the attention of hundreds of media outlets and newspapers across the United States. Countless American investors were eagerly waiting, hoping to witness the rise of another "Internet myth."
In fact, it is not that easy for a company to be listed on NASDAQ!
It needs to meet many requirements.
For example: The number of shareholders must be higher than 300.
Of course, ICQ did not meet this necessary condition at the beginning.
However, this is not a big deal.
For ICQ, which currently has more than 2,000 employees worldwide, internal employees purchasing relevant equity shares can easily meet the minimum requirement of 300 shareholders.
Weisger and other founding team members, Kyle, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, News Corporation and other board shareholders will set aside a portion of their shares in proportion to allocate shares to internal employees.
Kyle's stake in ICQ has been diluted again and currently stands at 11.2%.
Don't think it's too little. Kyle, who holds 11.2% of the shares, is still one of ICQ's largest shareholders.
Today!
On this grand day of ICQ's listing on NASDAQ, ICQ's major shareholders and representatives of investment institutions came to the scene and were about to ring the listing bell at 9:30.
"Kyle, I heard that you are a director again and are preparing to start shooting a new film?"
Just before 9:30, Bezos chatted with Kyle.
"Huh? You actually knew that!" Kyle was stunned.
Hearing this, Bezos curled his lips and said, "Come on, man. Haven't you been watching the news these days? All the major media outlets and newspapers on the entire West Coast of America have reported on this, okay?"
"I see." Kyle suddenly understood.
In fact, Kyle still underestimated his current influence!
Who is Kyle?
At just 21 years old, he built a media conglomerate from scratch in just three years, becoming a billionaire with a net worth exceeding $1 billion. His subsidiary, Page Films, has produced numerous hit films, and UPN Network is also a strong contender. Besides owning the rights to shows like "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "America's Got Talent," its recent WWE wrestling program has also attracted a significant audience.
Young, wealthy, self-made...
To put it bluntly, Kyle is now the top traffic among the wealthy group!
Everything here is extremely attractive to young people with dreams!
Just ask, how could the media reporters who have no moral integrity give up Kyle, the walking top traffic?
"That's right!"
Kyle said frankly: "I am different from other wealthy people. Some of them like to be surrounded by beautiful women, some like to show off their wealth, and some like to buy islands, villas, and luxury cars. These are their interests and hobbies."
"Oh?"
Bezos teased, "Your hobby is making movies? Then how do you explain why there are so many different women around you?"
MMP!
"Mind your own business, buddy. When you get divorced one day, I will open a bottle of good wine to celebrate for you." Kyle, with a dark face, immediately uttered the most vicious curse.
Bezos didn't take it seriously either.
However, he never expected that one year in the future, when he really got divorced, Kyle would keep his promise and open a bottle of red wine worth one million dollars to celebrate in front of him.
...
"Hey, Kyle. Today's gotta be a big day!"
ICQ founder and chairman Weisger walked up to Kyle and gave him a bear hug.
"Yes, today is very important," Kyle said disdainfully.
Why are you pretending?
At this moment, in the eyes of outsiders, Kyle and Weisger are like-minded good friends, and good comrades who work together to create a great situation for ICQ!
However!
All ICQ executives and board representatives knew that Kyle and Weisger had long been incompatible.
The two had quarrelled more than once over ICQ's development model, unit operations and diversification, and equity issues!
Major shareholders of the company, such as Goldman Sachs, News Corporation, and Sequoia Capital, are also happy to see this.
As a company grows bigger, there will be more internal conflicts. This is inevitable!
Of course, in front of outsiders, especially media reporters, Kyle and Weisger both tried their best to play the role of good brothers and good comrades.
Fake rich people!
"Congratulations! I believe ICQ will create a miracle!" exclaimed the Nasdaq representative.
"Mr. Page, Mr. Weisger, you have created a wealth myth."
"You do not say!"
"What's Cisco? What's Microsoft? What's Amazon? Everything depends on ICQ!"
"Exactly! ICQ instant messaging software has hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Just imagine how many internet companies can boast such a massive number?"
Other witnesses around also offered compliments.
"Boom~~!"
At 9:30, when Nasdaq opened, Weisger, as the chairman and founder of ICQ, took the lead in ringing the bell for ICQ's listing on Nasdaq.
A sea of green!
(The green line in the US stock market represents more bullish forces and fewer bearish forces, which represent growth.)
The issue price of ICQ's stock was $39 per share, but it soared to $52 as soon as it opened!
It can be said that the growth is amazing!
Throughout the day, although ICQ's stock fluctuated, the overall upward trend was encouraging, with the peak reaching $109 that day and closing at $92.
....
The next day.
When Kyle showed up on the set of "The Tuner," he was met with a barrage of compliments.
"Congratulations, Mr. Page. Your investment has definitely paid off."
Paul Walker excitedly said.
The news that Kyle invested only $8 million in the ICQ project in the angel round, A round, and B round was exposed by many media reporters as ICQ went public.
Especially the Global Times!
The Global Times published Kyle's investment myth directly on the front page, claiming: "Kyle Page, the new leader of American corporate value investors!"
Suddenly, there was an uproar.
You have to remember that the ICQ shares that Kyle currently holds alone are worth $6.7 billion! This wealth already exceeds that of many established family-owned businesses that have been rooted in the United States for decades. And this figure will certainly increase significantly in the next month.
For a time, Kyle became famous again!
Countless young American men and women regard him as their life idol.
Kyle was naturally in a good mood and immediately decided to expand the security team around him again.