Chapter 309

After dealing with British affairs, baozixuan returned to the United States; This time he will prepare for Apple's launch. As a major shareholder of the company, it's past to say that you don't contribute at ordinary times. Now you don't care at the gate of listing, so you shouldn't.

At present, all Apple shareholders are constantly promoting their company, and jobs is an incarnation salesman, who began to introduce the company's business philosophy and future development strategy.

In this life, the emergence of baozixuan made the computer industry develop more rapidly than in the previous life. Thanks to the financial and software support of baozixuan, Apple's sales are better than in previous generations. After all, black cloud only produces high-end laptops and does not involve desktops at all.

There are a lot of preparations for an enterprise to go public, but these steamed stuffed bun Xuan did not participate. It has been agreed before not to participate in any operation and decision-making of apple, so you can't break the rule.

At this time, jobs was in high spirits and experienced the dilemma of working from the garage. At this time, he is going to become an American elite entrepreneurial youth who has reached the peak of his life and achieved financial freedom. He can even become an American youth idol.

On December 12, 1980, apple went public. Within less than an hour, 4.6 million shares were snapped up and closed at $29 per share. At this closing price, Apple's top management has produced four billionaires and more than 40 millionaires. At that time, they attracted more capital than any initial public offering (IPO) after Ford's listing in 1956, and created more millionaires than any company in history. Within five years, the company entered the world's top 500, the fastest record at that time.

This is the data of the previous life, but Apple's market share and sales in this life are better than those in the previous life. Baozixuan didn't ring the bell. After all, he is amazing enough now, and investing in apple is more a strategic and economic investment. No one wants to own it, and it's unlikely to happen.

At this time, jobs, Wozniak and Mike makura stood at the center of NASDAQ. They have to ring the bell at nine in the morning, when apple is really on the market.

Baozixuan looked at the three energetic people in the VIP Hall on the second floor, but as the boss of heiyun group and the major shareholder of Apple company, it has given face to come here in person. So next to him stood Morgan Stanley, the underwriter of the IPO, and the CEO of Goldman Sachs investment bank. As the lead underwriter of apple this time, both of them are very confident and wasted a lot of effort to get this opportunity. After all, now everyone knows that being able to get this opportunity represents profit and money.

William Morgan, CEO of Morgan Stanley Investment Bank, said: "Mr. Bao, we old guys don't like to get involved in hot trouble. Why do you want to hide your merit and reputation as a young man? Hiding behind the scenes is not something you should do at your age."

Bao Zixuan: "Mr. Morgan is joking. I just invested in this company earlier. And never participated in any management work of the company, which can be said to provide limited assistance to the development of the company. They won't take the credit of the three of them, and making money is far more important than being in the limelight. "

Bruce Bowles, a nearby Goldman Sachs investment bank, said: "it is true that making money is always more important for us than being in the limelight, but occasionally appearing in the media is also a kind of publicity and promotion of enterprises."

Bao Zixuan: "you're right, but I've been appearing in the media too much recently. I'd better leave it to Steve and them! Otherwise they will really fight with me. "

William Morgan: "the volume of black cloud is too large to be listed as a whole. Mr. Bao can let the black cloud computer and black cloud software go on the market first. Morgan Stanley will definitely give you a fair, reasonable and satisfactory price. "

Bruce Bowles echoed: "Goldman Sachs won't let you down."

Bao Zixuan: "I'm also considering this matter, but at present, there are large projects to be carried out for black cloud computer. I want to wait until the research and development is successful to consider this matter. Otherwise, too much money will be invested to disclose information to shareholders, which is not conducive to the confidentiality of the project."

Hearing this, they were immediately interested. After all, it must be necessary for Bao Zixuan to say that they invested too much money, and they were more interested in big computer projects.

Although baozixuan is young, he is definitely a product manager with advanced vision. At least we haven't developed failed products yet. If we can make a major breakthrough in computers, the market value of the company can definitely increase several times. This makes the two big men on Wall Street interested. This is a good opportunity to make money.

William Morgan: if you need funds, you can contact Morgan Stanley, and we will definitely provide funds to you at the first time.

Bruce Bowles: "Goldman Sachs is also very willing to join."

In fact, baozixuan is more an excuse, but heiyun computer company is indeed developing large-scale industrial computers. Now I hear what they say, superficial Kung Fu still needs to be done. He said, "no problem. I'll never be polite to you if I need it."

As expected in the previous life, Apple's share price rose all the way after its listing. Even compared with the previous life, the growth rate was greater. By the end of the afternoon, the stock price had exceeded the mark of $30 / share.

In the evening, at the Hilton Hotel in New York, Apple executives, employees and representatives of investment banks were pushing glasses in the banquet hall to celebrate.

Steamed stuffed bun Xuan knew that he couldn't avoid the party. The money he invested had reached 100 times the profit. Although there are still certain trading restrictions, all investment institutions and investors are optimistic about Apple's future. The growth potential in the future is huge, and it is definitely worth owning.

Seeing baozixuan in the corner, jobs came over and said, "Bao, how can you hide here? This is not your character."

Bao Zixuan: "today's protagonist is you. No one should compete for the spotlight with you at this time. As an investor, I have achieved my goal. That's enough. Don't take care of me. From today on, you have to adapt to being the CEO of a listed company. It can be said that the evaluation of you by all the media will change tomorrow, my friend. "

After hearing my friend, jobs smiled and said, "Bao, I came to see you this time. There are still some things I want to discuss with you. Apple hopes to get your help."

Bao Zixuan: "you are a straightforward person. When did you become such a mother-in-law? If you have anything to say, I can help you. I will never delay it."

Jobs: "I hope black cloud can license apple on the laptop and allow apple to use relevant patents and technologies. And apple wants to develop its own computer operating system, hoping to get the source code of black cloud office software for implantation. "

Baozixuan knew that this day would come sooner or later. He didn't expect jobs to put forward it on this occasion. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for heiyun and baozixuan, because it is also a way to avoid monopoly.

Bao Zixuan: "there is no problem with these, but Apple needs to pay the fees that should be paid. Now the apple is neither yours nor mine. All our operations should be in line with the process and interests. "

Jobs didn't expect baozixuan to be so talkative, so he said excitedly, "it's great that you promised. I'm still thinking about how I can convince you! "

Bao Zixuan: "I'm also a major shareholder of apple. It's in my interest for apple to develop well. Moreover, the most important thing is that Apple does not produce, and other enterprises want to enter this field. The core of computer is tolerance. We should work together to expand the market and let customers choose whose products, rather than blindly monopolizing and causing aesthetic fatigue. In that case, there will be no progress in technology. "

Listening to baozixuan's words, jobs felt that no wonder this boy was younger than himself, but his career could be so big. It is this dedication to technology and the desire for competition that I can't catch up with. So they began to discuss some details and Apple's future development direction. Until the end of the celebration, they still have a lot to say. They will have a good chat next time.