Chapter 1181 (1/2)
”Hey, hey, hey...”
Song Ya is holding his mobile phone on his shoulder. He shuffles and codes cards happily. He is more and more proficient. He says, ”President Jiang, president Zhang, President Charles Zhang, are we violating the public security regulations?”
”Cure It's OK, it's OK. Mr. aplus will have a good time. ” Charles Zhang wiped his sweat, and his heart said, do you understand that?
”Don't mention it. Just call me Xiao Song.”
”No, no, no, no, I'm afraid. General manager song, general manager song, ha ha.”
”Ha ha ha ha!”
Just after chatting with Shakira on the phone, the phone rang again, ”Hello, honey.”
”You know the wrong person.”
There was Sloan on the other end of the phone. ”Aplus, we just received your fax. There is only a piece of paper, a few words, a seal with a five pointed star. Isn't the English version available there?”
”No, it's called red head document. It's very effective. If you want people to do a good job in translation, you can show it to the people on Wall Street.”
Song Ya replied: ”it says that a local TV station here in China is allowed to discuss joint venture matters with our Littman media. That's enough. Those who are interested will find their own channels and find someone who knows the industry to verify it.”
”OK, it's hard work, isn't it easy to get it?”
”Well I'll talk about the details when I come back. ”
”OK.”
When Sloan put down the phone, the translator had already marked the text meaning in English on the fax copy. She quickly took it out to all parties involved in the IPO of Littman media, such as Morgan Stanley and KPCB.
”That's all?”
At the Wall Street reception on the eve of IPO, men in tuxedos circulated to each other and said, ”it looks like there's a distance from the progress you announced earlier.”
”That's it. Slower than News Corp. and faster than Viacom.” Sloan held up the champagne in his hand.
Others exchanged their eyes. ”Sure, we can celebrate. Cheers.”
Everyone touched a cup, and then they took out their mobile phones and started to call or contact investment institutions.
Sloan's evening dress is very rusty, and her make-up is fierce and capable. The Wall Street elites around her suddenly disperse. She raises her neck and drinks down the champagne, then returns the glass to the waiter.
”Look, that beautiful blonde CEO...”
A well-dressed white woman looked at the scene from a distance. ”It's you who are surrounded by Wall Street people.”
”Don't mention it, mam. I'm sorry.”
Former media magnate Littman asked his mother to hold his hand. ”Fortunately, the family name and logo have been preserved...” He pointed to the lettering and company logo of Littman media everywhere at the reception. ”My father should also be happy in heaven. Littman media will be listed tomorrow.”
His 5% stake in Littman press has been diluted to a very small extent, but he still enjoys an independent director of Littman media. Song Ya and Sloan both think that it is better to have a person from the Littman family on the board of directors to be the mascot. After all, he still uses the company name of his family.
Both mother and son were invited to the NASDAQ bell ringing ceremony tomorrow. In the eyes of outsiders who do not know the inside story, he seems to have climbed back from the brink of bankruptcy to the position of a media tycoon. His family face is very passable, and both he and his mother are satisfied.
”Let's go and say hello, mam.”
They walked up to Sloan and shook hands. ”A little nervous, right?” Littman saw Sloan's mood was not as calm as it seemed, and asked with concern.
”Yes, I don't get enough sleep these days.”
Sloan squeezed out a smile.
”When you're done tomorrow, you need a good vacation for yourself, girl.” Said Littman's mother.
Sloan shook his head and grinned bitterly.
”The good news is that time warner is going to subscribe for some of our shares, and just tonight, we're going to fix this before the market.” Morgan Stanley's people came back to celebrate.
”Hoo...” Indeed, Sloan, under great pressure, breathed a sigh of relief.
”And TCI, John Malone's people are coming.” KPCB's people also came back and added a sentence.
”NBC is also very interested. They are waiting for the fax of that document.” The third good news comes soon.
”It seems that media groups, which are far behind in China's market, want a free ride, right?”
Littman's wealth has shrunk, but he still knows a lot about the media industry.
”Yes, it seems we need another drink.”
Some people called in waiters, and they were in a good mood to raise their glasses again. Before long, cheers were heard everywhere in the party, and the Carnival Party of Wall Street began.
The next morning, Times Square, NASDAQ.
All the underwriters have sold out the shares of Littman media with the issue price of $10. Before the call auction, the shares had reached $13.5 per share, completely smoothing out the negative effect of the advertising ban and reaping a lot.”Unfortunately, the scale of financing is still shrinking by 10 percent, and you have to pay more than 10 million dollars in compensation for the $100 million gambling terms you received from Wall Street.”
Sloan hid in the restroom and gave a black eye patch to a night's work.
”Ha ha, then save some money. It's OK for me to lose that little money. If the stock price goes up, I can earn it back. I've already made it back, right?” Song Ya's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone.
”Probably. Wait a minute. Is that gunshot over there? ”
Sloan hid in the partition and put two hidden tablets in his mouth.
”No Touch it
”Dangdang Dang!”
On time, Littman media opened at a high price of less than $15 and changed into a professional suit. It was surrounded by the mother and son of Littman, the president of Littman publishing house, the host of a + CN star, the president of Americana music website, Shirley Fleming, the editor in chief of Americana music magazine, and wall street people. Sloan pressed the button in the middle to complete the day's NASDAQ Exchange bell ringing ceremony.
880 million is the market value of Littman media at this moment, and song Ya owns 42% of it through various channels.
This also means that the gambling agreement signed with ACN has come into effect, and Littman media will purchase ACN founded by owitz with the financing cash.
”The combination of media and new media, especially the Internet, is the future development trend. I think the MSNBC model of Microsoft and NBC is on the right path. We will be a new media group with publishing house, TV, related paper media and website...”
Song Ya has always been very generous in this respect. She has got the reward options. In an instant, Sloan, who is the embodiment of millions of rich women, began to give the latest speech to the capital market as CEO of listed companies. Behind her, there are still rising stock price figures.
”Bang!”
A tennis ball hit her eye-catching big red lip on the TV screen, ”it's time to start.” Little Bronfman put down the microphone.
”Er...”
Doug Morris cleared his throat and told reporters attending the universal records news conference: ”I am very honored to announce that universal records and Sony Columbia Records will reach a strategic cooperation relationship in the field of digital music copyright. We both agreed to call it” duet ”, the duet alliance
”Digital rights? How and how will your cooperation be conducted? ” A reporter asked.
”We have reached an acquisition intention with the all music website. While this website continues to become the best and most widely covered record industry database in the world, it will gradually launch authentic records from universal and Sony Columbia music copyright libraries for music fans to buy.” Answered Doug Morris.
”Now that people can buy authentic music online in the future, what will you do about the private dissemination of songs by Internet users?” Another reporter asked.
”Our attitude is consistent, we will crack down on this kind of behavior severely and do not hesitate to resort to legal action.”
”Like the previous advertising ban?”
”The ban on advertising is just one of the means. As its effect has not met our expectations, we will soon adopt more stringent measures and further urge the passage of the Digital Millennium act, which satisfies the recording, publishing and film industries.”
”More severe? You mean? ”
”For some websites that still don't rein in their behavior after the advertising ban, we will take them to court.”
”For example...”
”Americana music website, if you visit this website, you will find that piracy is rampant, which is intolerable by the record industry.” Doug Morris called the roll.
”Is this the only website? Other online music communities... ”
Doug Morris interrupted the reporter. ”Yes, this is the only website for the time being. We hope to get a good precedent first.”
”So you picked a weaker opponent?”
”As for the question of litigation strategy, our lawyers will have a reply later.”
”Ms. Sloan, Ms. Sloan!”