America's Road To Wealth Chapter 498

  What is the significance of the bell ringing ceremony?

  The explanation on the official website of the New York Stock Exchange is:

   “The opening and closing bell ceremonies provide a unique platform for your company and its development milestones to be fully covered.”

  The way of doing business, media focus, unparalleled, as the saying goes is for show.

  The listing of Smith Media today is definitely one of the most important milestones for this new company that has been around for less than two years.

   Spread out through newspapers, magazines, and TV stations on the spot, and it also has extraordinary commemorative significance.

   "Abel, go show your style. We won't bother you."

  Follow Abel, come out from the outside together, show in front of everyone, Morgan and Rockefeller, who are considered to be on the platform for Abel, said to him with a smile.

  Abel nodded slightly, and walked towards the stage that had been prepared for him.

   There, Richard Grasso, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, took the lead, followed by the executive team of the New York Stock Exchange.

   Followed by representatives sent by the major underwriters, plus Smith Capital, a total of 11 people were present today, led by David Mellon.

  This is the underwriters of Smith Media, retail investors or other institutions, who want to buy the shares of Smith Media after it goes public in the first place, they need to go through them.

  Of course, Smith Capital is one of its own, so it must get the most shares.

  As for other people, being able to join in is indispensable for connections and scale.

  At this time, Abel felt that he had sacrificed a little interest in exchange for future contacts.

  In the future, it will be beneficial to both Smith Media and Smith Capital.

  Equal interests, open door, this is the first global proposition put forward by the United States in order to open up the global market after winning the Spanish-American War.

   And this sentence has always been believed and insisted on by Abel.

  Relying on this concept, he used common interests to attract a large number of collaborators.

  For profit, many people stood firmly with him and helped him fight against his enemies and competitors.

  If Abel was a selfish person who was only willing to monopolize benefits.

   Even if he has invincible talent in the financial field, it is absolutely impossible for him to go so smoothly and so fast all the way.

  After the representatives of the underwriters, there are Smith Media's own executive team and employee representatives.

   There is the second CEO Michael Levine, and the previous CEO Robert Iger. Group President Michael Ovitz, Richard Plepler, Dylan and others.

  Employee representatives are each subsidiary of Smith Media, sending a person as a representative.

   There are a large number of people in this area, a total of 26, which symbolizes that Smith Media has so many subsidiaries now.

   After he came out, facing these people, Abel only greeted them.

  He is the absolute core of today's ceremony, and there are too many guests who need to entertain.

  Actually, today's ceremony didn't last long, and the link was very simple.

  Abel entered the bell-ringing ceremony at eight o'clock, met with investors, partners, and relevant officials, and accepted media interviews.

  Nine o'clock he will give a speech, and open champagne to celebrate.

  Next is the countdown to listing.

   At 9:30, the bell officially rings for listing and trading opens. So this event is only an hour and a half.

  At this moment, the entrance of the Smith Tower was crowded with more than a thousand people.

  Smith Media's staff and guests accounted for half of it. Many people here are not reporters, but they also hold cameras, preparing to record this historical moment.

  The remaining half are media workers from all over the United States and even the world.

  For the first listed company of the richest man in the world, whether it is financial media, serious social media, or entertainment media that likes to make eyeball reports.

  As long as they can enter the scene and get approval, everyone has come.

  Among the hundreds of guests, Buffett and Bloomberg, who have just been interviewed by reporters, actually came here together.

   The two just took a few photos with Abel, and they stood in a corner and started chatting.

   "Michael, to be honest, I kind of regret getting less equity."

Buffett said to the Mayor of New York, "At the beginning, Abel was willing to let me hold 10% of the shares. But I was not optimistic about the entertainment industry at the time, but now it seems that this will become a small stain on my career .”

  The old man joked: "In the future, those media reports on me will say, "Because of stubbornness, Buffett should have earned billions of dollars more, but in the end he didn't make it, and that is a good opportunity that many people can't find in their dreams." "."

  Looking at the humorous Buffett, Bloomberg smiled.

  The relationship between the two was originally not very good.

  One is a representative of the Oilers, and the other is a representative of the WASP group in the central United States.

  Excluding the factor of Bloomberg Bloomberg, the two even have some vague rivalry.

   Fortunately, there was an Abel, because he was also his friend.

  Now the relationship between the two is considered good, and they have cooperated in many aspects.

   "Actually, I also regret it. I was in New York, and I had an earlier opportunity to contact him. Even when he established a company and recruited for the first time, I had the opportunity to invest in his first company."

  Smith Capital at that time sought technical support from Bloomberg.

  David Mellon joked at the time and asked Bloomberg if he was interested in taking a stake.

  Although what David said at the time, there is a high probability that it will not be counted.

  Because at any time, Smith Capital still has the final say on Abel.

  But that is more or less a thought.

Bloomberg explained Buffett, "But at that time, who would have believed that a young guy from Texas could create all this? Even at that time, he was already very amazing. But, Warren, you You know, Wall Street produces several of those geniuses every year. There are a lot of them, but they just don't last as long as Abel, and they don't exaggerate like him."

  Buffett nodded slightly.

  Bloomberg is right.

  Don't look at Abel's record on Wall Street from the beginning, it is too good.

   But Wall Street has a lot of earlier records than him, and there are exaggerated guys.

  In the century-old history of Wall Street, countless legendary masters have left their names, from Vanderbilt to Rogers, from Livermore to Buffett...

  These are also permanent names.

   Those that fall like meteors, the number will be even more.

  Wall Street has no shortage of geniuses. Attracted by money, mathematicians who study aerospace have come to study numbers related to money.

  Here is really the gathering of all human beings, the most intelligent group of elites.

  Who said it is so easy to make money in finance?

   "That's right." Buffett said suddenly: "I heard from Abel that he is very dissatisfied with the Zipper couple. Is it true that he wants to target them? If it is true, this matter will not be so easy to do."

   Hearing him mention this, Bloomberg smiled wryly.

   "I persuaded him, this matter is really difficult to do. The couple is very cunning, very lucky, and has a great background. Nuo, one of his backgrounds, is now by Abel's side."

   "And then Abel insisted on doing it, right?" Buffett asked.

   Bloomberg nodded.

Seeing this, Buffett shrugged in a very American way, "Let's do it. I believe that one of the masters of the Federal Reserve will never lose to a "professional manager". Besides, he is already retired. Just pay attention, Don't mess around. That couple, their methods are notoriously dirty."

   "Who says no. No one can change his mind about what this guy decides. It's really annoying."

   "Hahaha..." Buffett smiled, "Who has no flaws? As long as he can lead us to continuous victory, even if he has a beard or a moustache, I will firmly support him."

  Bloomberg smiled again and did not talk about this topic.

  The main head and core of the New York Hydra, to deal with the Zipper couple, just because the couple's habitual greed reached out.

  This matter is not big or small.

  Originally as one of the representatives of the Oilers, Bloomberg was actually involved with the couple.

  But...compared with his friendship with Abel, to be precise, compared with the benefits that Abel can bring to him.

   That little bit of involvement, Bloomberg doesn't mind tearing it up.

  This is also the reason why the other members of the Hydra are willing to help Abel.

   and huge benefits, whether it is immediate or future.

   Those involvements, they can all be discarded.

  The owner of Bloomberg felt that if the Zipper couple were smart, they could come to Abel to make peace now.

   Otherwise, after the hydra is activated, things will not end so well.

  As guests today, there are a large number of rich New Yorkers present.

  Paris' grandfather Barron, who is still in California and has not come back, Ikana's father D. Ted Lerner, and two New York tycoons also came.

   "Barron, did Abel ring the bell himself?" Ted Lerner had a little business problem some time ago.

  I've been busy since I came back from California, so I haven't paid much attention to Abel's affairs.

   It hasn't been resolved yet, so I still spare some time today to attend this event.

  Before he came, he heard some rumors about the bell-ringing ceremony.

  For example, in the listing bell ringing ceremony of Smith Media, the number of people responsible for ringing the bell may be a bit large.

  With Ted Lerner's character, he felt that Abel must do this kind of thing himself, because the scenery is infinite.

  How could there be so many people?

   "He only stands on the platform, and 26 employee representatives will be responsible for ringing the bell." Old Hilton said with a smile:

   "The representatives of 26 important subsidiaries each have a different position. One of them is even a cleaner, and the highest position has only one HR from the personnel department."

   "26 employee representatives ringing the bell?"

   Ted Lerner looked strange, which was simply unheard of.

"What Abel announced to the public is that every subsidiary is an important part of Smith Media. Every employee in the company is also an important part of the company, even the cleaners. Because there are no cleaners who work hard every day. Labor, then there will be no clean and tidy workplace, and the productivity of other employees will also be reduced.”

   Barron Hilton said with a smile: "This is really an incredible, but very genius idea. This can help Abe show the corporate culture and also show his attitude towards grassroots employees."

   "Abel's arrangement is really great!" Ikana's father praised repeatedly: "It's not very good, it's very good!"

  Actually, Aknow thinks that Abel is trying to win people over.

  Sending grassroots employees to ring the bell, first of all, they can wear the hat of a "benevolent boss", which is very in line with Abel's usual personality.

  Great philanthropist, generous and benevolent boss, even thinking about the bottom-level employees at such important moments.

  A boss like this, wouldn't his subordinates want to give up?

   At the same time, it can also take the opportunity to launch a round of recruitment operations, allowing global talents to enter the urn.

  The key lies in hype. The capital market is very particular about heat and public opinion.

  The company goes public and the employees ring the bell. This is the focus news, which will help to enhance the company's reputation and may increase the stock price a little bit.

   In short, there is no harm.

   Ted Lerner felt that Abel was really good at doing things.

  He really wants to imitate, but unfortunately there is no company under his name that needs to be listed recently.

   Moreover, the first one to do this kind of thing, or a generous person like Abel, will be praised by everyone.

  The second person does it. It's okay if they are equally generous. If they are not generous enough, they will definitely be sprayed to death.

   Is Ted Lerner generous? So be it.

  So the idea of ​​wanting to imitate is just thinking about it.

   After talking here, Richard Grasso, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, who acted as the host of the listing ceremony, appeared on the stage, and invited the management team of Smith Media and major shareholders from all walks of life to take a group photo.

  The team has a total of 16 people, led by the current rotating CEO Michael Levine.

  After Smith Media goes public, these sixteen people will all become billionaires.

  They are between 30 and 50 years old. Today, they are all wearing suits of the same color, with beaming faces, and they are all in surprisingly good spirits.

  They stood on Abel's left, separated by a bronze bell, and on the right were shareholder representatives.

  When the time came, hundreds of reporters from different media also started their filming work.

  At 8:45, Fox TV's financial program, "Fox Finance" started airing ahead of schedule.

  The pictures of Smith Media executives and guests appearing on the stage were spread to thousands of households around the world through TV screens.

  Ordinary people don't pay much attention to this kind of thing.

  People outside the United States also don't pay much attention.

  But in the United States, most of the elites did not miss this important moment.

   Zip couples residence located in Westchester County, New York.

  The couple were lying on a comfortable sofa, both of them staring intently at the familiar faces appearing on the TV screen.

  The camera is always on Abel, and the voice-over is explaining his information.

  Since he arrived in New York in 1999, he only had five dollars on his body. He traveled to Wall Street, but was attracted by the bulls on Wall Street to stay. Later, he founded Smith Capital.

  When he became a shareholder of CAA Company, acquired MGM Film Group, announced the super annual rate of return that caused a sensation in the global financial world, and the subsequent crazy acquisitions, each acquisition was a behemoth in the industry.

  Every step of his development is creating miracles.

  In just three years, he has developed from only five dollars in his pocket to the current business giant.

  His talent in finance is unique in the world, and his ability in business is also remarkable. No one doubts his talent and ability.

  The same is true for the zipper couple, at most questioning the authenticity of the "pocket five dollars" thing.

   Both belong to the top class. Who doesn't know that even before Abel Smith made his fortune, the Smith family was also a middle-class family in the Texas WASP group.

  Five dollars, who are you kidding?

  At this moment, among the couple, Zi Zidun felt very regretful.

   During the most critical two years of Abel's rise, as the real manager of this country.

  He has never had contact with Abel, obviously New York is also one of his most important bases.

  According to common sense, at the beginning of 2000, Abel, who had already made a fortune, was still in New York. Then he should take the initiative to get closer to himself in order to seek broader resources from himself, but Abel didn't do that.

   Zipperton can understand this.

   Abel is a Texan, and the Texans here are naturally not trusted by people on the east coast.

  He was thinking, even if Abel wanted to get closer to him at that time.

   But because of his identity as a native of Aberdeen, he probably wouldn't pay much attention to it. Even in order to show his importance to the east coast, he might even alienate Abel.

   It's like in the parallel time and space, the future donkey is at the party, teasing and laughing at Ikana's father in front of everyone.

  So this is basically an unsolvable situation. The key is that Abel's rise is too fast.

   "Stop, dear Diane."

  Watching live TV, Zipper sighed.

   "If we really want to force it, we really can't touch him. Let's stop now before everything starts."

  Diane was his wife's middle name and his nickname by which she was addressed.

  Hearing what her husband said, Sirani showed a tangled and unwilling expression on her face.

   "We haven't even fought yet. Just stop like this, what will others think? Others will think we are afraid of him!" She said unhappy.

   In this regard, Zi Zi shrugged and pointed to the TV screen, which flashed just now, standing behind Abel were smiling David and John Chris.

   "Did you see that one of the people who kept saying that you love you the most is now supporting him live?"

   "Between you and Abel, who do you think David will most likely choose to help?"

  She opened her mouth, wanting to say that the old guy will help her.

  But she knew that in front of interests, what she said before the bed was nothing.

   What's more, I am now old and fading.

"Why…"

   Also sighed, she finally nodded and said: "Okay, okay, I'm just not reconciled, I'm just not reconciled..."

   Zipper thought to himself, you are not unwilling, but everything went so smoothly in the past.

   Now that something is not going well, I am very unwilling.

  Suddenly, he heard his wife say again: "Hey, William, do you think Chelsea and Abel..."

  Hearing the names of her "daughter" and Abel, Zizi shook her head before she could finish speaking.

   "This guy is a complete playboy, he only likes good-looking ones. Chelsea... Do you think he will like it? Not to mention letting Chelsea approach him, have you ever considered David's idea?"

  What her husband said made her choose to shut up.

   Neither of them has the right to decide the future of their daughter Chelsea.

   "So be it. But he's a **** after all, so there's hope for us. William, what do you think?"

   Zipper also has some confidence in this aspect, because the couple are very "professional" in this aspect.

   Both husband and wife are lovers, and they will not get tired of it after many years.

"Maybe, it's just that he declined the invitation last time. It's okay, let's continue. This time, we can take this opportunity to show his favor to him. Actually, we don't have any real conflict of interest. What we want, yes It's pretty insignificant to him."

   Zipper said.

  She nodded beside her, looking at the tall and handsome appearance of Abel on the TV screen.

   My heart itch.

Chapter end