Chapter 1075 (1/2)

The headquarters of the NASDAQ Exchange in midtown Manhattan. Sardine, packed with

, nearly 9:30 in the morning, filled with forenoon, and the atmosphere became hotter.

Paul einholt, a reporter from Barron weekly, looks at Deborah Lipman, chairman and CEO of instagram, who is making an IPO speech on the stage, as well as a group of women, including a, B, C, waist sperm and leg sperm, who are participating in the IPO ceremony. He has a strong impulse to write an article ”women of Westeros”.

This is something that many journalists have been longing for in recent years, just like Howard Hughes' 164 girlfriends listed in a Los Angeles tabloid.

Unfortunately, I can only think about it.

Howard Hughes just sent people to buy out all the newspapers of that day, but there was no more follow-up. However, if Simon westero was involved, who would dare to expose the scandal of the super rich.

After all, the current influence of the Westeros system has surpassed the level of ”when money begins to speak, facts will shut up”. Two years ago, the collision between the Hurst family and Simon westrow ended in a tragic defeat, which made the American media, which had been ”free” for more than half a century, feel the power of money again.

Subsequently, the strengthened layout of westero system in politics, media and other aspects makes public opinion appear more and more powerless in front of westero system.

For example, Paul einholt himself, the reporter wrote the article analyzing the Hollywood situation in Barron weekly last week, which only implicitly implied the monopoly tendency of Denise entertainment in Hollywood. As a result, he encountered direct pressure from the parent company Dow Jones group, suggesting that similar articles should not be published in the future.

Today, Paul was specially sent to instagram's IPO site for an interview. The editor in chief gave him a chance to ”make up for his mistakes”. Generally speaking, he would write a colorful praise article next. It is also a kind of good intention to value his boss.

As long as the article is published next week, the public relations team of westrow system, which is sure to pay close attention to the trend of American media, will probably not put him on some blacklists when they realize that his attitude has changed.

In the final analysis, there is no real freedom for the media.

Even the Watergate incident of that year was only the result of the fierce game between the two parties in the United States at that time. Otherwise, how dare a newspaper, which could only be supported by a widow because of the boss's suicide, provoke the then powerful president Nixon?

With this in mind, Paul einholt only feels that a very serious problem facing the United States is the lack of a force that can fight against the westero system, whether it is a capital force or a political force. Without checks and balances, the westrow system will only have more and more control over the country.

Of course, it's still just thinking.

Paul einholt, a middle-aged man with a wife and a son, didn't want to be a martyr against capital in the past. Otherwise, he would not have taken up today's job, and if he had thought about it well, he would certainly have a lot of flowers.

In a moment, the D girl on the stage finished her speech, and Paul einholt clapped with the crowd.

Then, at 9:30, several senior executives of instagram, surrounded by all the guests, pressed the button symbolizing the ringing of the bell, announcing the official trading of instagram shares on the Nasdaq market.

The first is the inquiry stage, which is also a point that many people are very concerned about today.

Because the IPO valuation of instagram is really low, the industry had estimated that even if the valuation of this image sharing website was determined to be more than $10 billion, it turned out that it was only $6 billion. Although many smart people quickly understand the intention of the westero system, it can not stop things from developing in the direction that some people expect.

After all, this kind of cheap, how can the capital of all parties not occupy?

So, more than 20 minutes after the opening, when the results of the first round of inquiry came out, both inside and outside the market were surprised.

$17.00 - $18.00.

Even if the median value is taken, the first round of inquiry increases by more than half, reaching 52%, which means that the market value of instagram has directly exceeded the $10 billion mark, reaching about $10.3 billion.

Sure enough, stimulated by the popularity of instagram, the NASDAQ new technology sector's increase in the first half an hour also directly broke through 1%, and the stock trading volume was significantly higher than that of a few days ago.

After the first round, and after the following four rounds of inquiry, when instagram's shares officially began to trade freely, the share price has exceeded $23.

After the official start of trading, Paul einholt managed to get a chance to ask questions at another small media meeting of instagram management. After finishing the interview, he left an interview hall of the stock exchange. Suddenly, Leonard, the photographer who was with Paul, couldn't help saying, ”I want to be a woman now.”

Paul knew why Leonard suddenly felt this emotion. They went back to the hall and planned to continue to watch the dishes until noon. He said: ”it's not difficult to do this now, but Simon westrow probably won't like transgender people. Maybe you have a little chance to keep a man's appearance.””No way,” said Leonard, who has long hair and looks that actually appeal to girls. ”Based on what I've observed over the years, Simon westero is very straight, very straight.”

Paul looked up at the stock price monitor in the hall and said with a smile, ”it's a pity.”

Instead of skipping the topic, Leonard said, ”just now, did you notice the little girl next to girl D?”

”Jennifer Bree?”

”So you know.”

Paul nodded, with the same feeling and admiration, and said, ”when westrow guest starred in Madonna's concert, she jumped onto the stage. Frankly speaking, this girl should be the most successful ”fruit” in history. She holds no less than 10 million shares of instagram, but based on the current share price, her wealth has exceeded 200 million US dollars. If instagram continues to rise next year, she may even be on the Forbes list next year. I haven't heard of the second ”One.”

Leonard and Paul looked at the stock price monitor and asked, ”what do you think is the maximum market value of instagram?”

”It's hard to say. It depends on the follow-up performance of this website,” Paul said, shaking his head. ”However, with the huge user base of 160 million at the present stage, the market value of $10 billion is more than enough. What's more, the company also has the backstage support of westero system. I think that igritte may buy instagram in the future.”

”It's impossible. Igritte's monopoly trend is so obvious now. Even though the investigation of the Justice Department is still just the Clinton Administration's appearance, igritte will not be allowed to continue to expand, otherwise some other competitive websites of the same type will definitely make trouble.”

”Nothing is impossible, as long as westero thinks it necessary. What's more, instagram's business is too single. Once it enters the bottleneck, it will either be incorporated or actively expand to other fields. Obviously, the former is easier. ”

They were talking when they heard a slight noise around them.