The news that Apple announced that the ipod would support the windows system made the major shareholders of Zerun Technology nervous.
At this moment, Zerun Technology was preparing to list on the US's Nasdaq-listed stock market.
Apple's ipod began to support the Windwos system, which would undoubtedly have a big impact on Zerun Technology's Z2 player.
It would also have an impact on the offering price of Zerun Technology and its stock price.
However, everyone understood that this was unavoidable.
The only thing left to do was to see how much of an impact it would have on Zerun Technology's Z2 player after the iPhone officially supported the Windwos system.
However, this didn't affect Zerun Technology's established path to an initial public offering.
As early as the beginning of the month, the performance of Zerun Technology's two MP3 products in the European market had strengthened the confidence and determination of the shareholders to promote Zerun Technology's listing in early June.
After more than two months of hard work, Zerun Technology's two MP3 products had sold 200,000 units in the European market in April.
This number was almost the same as the US market.
Moreover, the situation in the European market was similar to the US market. The high-end Z2 accounted for about 50% of the sales, and the two versions of the D2 only accounted for 50% of the sales.
In comparison.
The sales of the Z series in China had always been between 15-20%.
It had to be said that the people of Europe and the United States were indeed much more powerful than the Xia Country in terms of spending power.
Thanks to Zerun Technology's excellent results in the European market, several major shareholders felt that they could officially launch the listing of Zerun Technology.
Li Ze had no objections to this.
This was because this was the decision made when they introduced Sequoia Capital and Shanghai Science and Technology Foundation in the previous round.
Everyone wanted to wait until Zerun Technology had successfully entered the European market. Then, they would decide when to push the company to go public based on the performance of the European market.
However, before the IPO.
Li Ze specially recalled Lin Yue from Europe and held a high-level meeting to make some minor adjustments to Zerun Technology's company structure.
He continued to be the chairman and CEO of Zerun Technology.
Lin Yue was still the president of the company.
Next up was Sun Ting, who was promoted to the company's senior vice president and concurrently served as COO (Chief Operating Officer). Xu Kai served as CTO (Chief Technology Officer) and vice president of the company. In addition, the original financial director, Wang Chen, served as the chief financial officer...
These adjustments were actually more of a change in professional titles.
The specific tasks and responsibilities of each person were not much different from before…
After announcing these adjustments, Li Ze also announced at the meeting that Zerun Technology would officially start the road to an initial public offering on the US's Nasdaq-listed stock exchange.
Previously, the company's higher-ups already knew that Zerun Technology would soon start the listing process. Now that they heard Li Ze's announcement, they couldn't help but feel excited.
This was because once the company was successfully listed, the value of the options they had previously obtained would likely soar. They would all become millionaires or even billionaires!
Li Ze couldn't help but smile when he saw everyone's excited expressions.
Then, he raised his hand and gestured for everyone to be quiet. Then, he said,"Other than what I just announced, I have another thing to announce.”
"Zerun Technology has grown step by step with the hard work of all employees.”
"Therefore, before the IPO, the company will sell a portion of the original shares to the employees. This is also a benefit for all employees. Thank you for your contribution to Zerun Technology.”
" However, there is a limited number of internally oriented shares. The upper limit of the number of shares that employees of different levels can buy is different. You can buy less or not, but you can't buy more.”
"As for the specifics, I'll let CEO Lin announce it. After all, this entire plan was formulated by CEO Lin and CEO Sun in the past two days after he returned.”
"After CEO Lin has announced the specific plan for the company's initial shares that employees can purchase, remember to inform the employees of the various departments in charge.”
"In short, everything is voluntary. You can buy or not. You can only buy less, not more.”
Li Ze looked at Lin Yue." Alright, President Lin, I'll leave the rest to you."”
Lin Yue quickly got up and nodded."Okay, President Li."
Then, she looked at the other executives in the conference room and said,"Because our Zerun Technology has only been established for a short period of more than a year.”
"Therefore, there are not many old employees and new employees.”
"I'll just say it briefly here. The initial shares that are sold internally are limited to the number of shares that can be purchased according to the employee level.”
" I'll talk about the specific plan now…"
After Lin Yue announced the specific purchase plan of the internal directional shares, the meeting ended.
The other senior executives in charge of the various departments left the meeting room one after another and went back to announce this great news to the employees of their respective departments...
After the others left, Li Ze said to Lin Yue again,""CEO Lin, I'll leave the roadshow for Zerun Technology's USD USD and other related matters to you.”
"This time, the IPO and listing plan will be jointly operated by IDG and Sequoia Capital.”
" As for the specifics, you can negotiate with the people from these two organizations…"
"Alright, President Li!" Lin Yue quickly replied.”
"Yes."
Li Ze nodded and left the meeting room…
When the higher-ups of Zerun Technology announced that the company was about to launch an IPO and sell some of the original shares to employees, they were shocked.
The entire Zerun Technology was shocked.
All the employees were pleasantly surprised.
They were surprised that the company would be listed so soon, and they were even more surprised that they could buy the original shares that were sold internally!
This was a 'primitive stock'!
In this day and age, who hadn't heard of some companies selling their initial shares to their employees? They had all made a fortune.
Many people had only spent tens of thousands of yuan to buy the original shares. In just a few years, it had suddenly become hundreds of thousands!
This was the company giving them benefits!
For a moment, all the employees of Zerun Technology were excited and heated.
"It seems that choosing to join our Zerun Technology was the right choice. I didn't expect the company and our CEO Li to give us the opportunity to buy the original shares!”
"That's right! Boss Li is really a good boss! Following these bosses, even if they worked hard, it was worth it!”
"That's right. With our Zerun Technology's revenue and profits, once it goes public, the stock price will definitely soar. At that time, the initial shares we bought now will be worth the money of an old man!”
Many employees were discussing happily.
"By the way, Sister Zhang, how many shares are you going to buy?”
At this moment, an employee couldn't help but ask another slightly older employee beside him.
That 'Sister Zhang' smiled and replied without thinking,""Of course, I'll buy all the shares the company gave me! If he didn't have enough money, he could just ask his family for some money or borrow some from his relatives and friends.”
"No matter what, I have to gather enough money. I can't waste the share the company gave me. Otherwise, wouldn't I be going against the money?”
"Yes! Sister Zhang is right. I was thinking that my savings wouldn't be enough to buy the shares given by the company. Now that I hear what you said, I'll call home after work later and ask my family to think of a way to help me gather some money…"
Some of the employees 'discussions also reached Li Ze's ears.
He only smiled at this.
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
Zerun Technology was still a very young company after all. Taking advantage of the company's preparation to go public, selling a portion of the original shares to the employees would undoubtedly greatly increase the sense of belonging and cohesion of the employees to the company.
It would allow them to work more wholeheartedly for the company in the future.
At the same time, he wanted to use this opportunity to let these employees know that he was not a stingy boss. If they followed him, they would not be mistreated.
Having been in business for so many years, Li Ze had long understood that if a company wanted to truly succeed and prosper for a long time, it could not rely on one or two people.
It was the collective efforts of all employees in a company.
In terms of strategic decisions, the correct decisions of one or two decision-makers were very important.
However, no matter how good a decision was, it still needed someone to execute it!
This was also the reason why Li Ze was willing to sell a portion of the initial shares to the company's employees.
Moreover, the initial shares that were being sold were not much compared to the total share capital of Zerun Technology and the shares that were going to be released this time.
In short, he was eating his own meat and at least giving the company's employees a mouthful or two of soup to drink…
As Lin Yue represented Zerun Technology to the United States for a roadshow, Li Ze also kept in touch with her, IDG, and Sequoia Capital.
According to the effect of the roadshow and the actual situation, the issue price of Zerun Technology's shares was also being adjusted...
During Lin Yue's roadshow.
Apple finally released an ipod player that supported the Windwos system.
However, it was probably because the ipod did not support windows before, so many consumers did not pay attention to the fact that the ipod now had support for windows.
In addition, most of the MP3 market had already been occupied by Zerun Technology. It was already too late for Apple to support the ipod with the windows system.
In a short period of time, it would be difficult to seize much of Zerun Technology's market share.
Therefore, when the new ipod that supported the Windwos system was first launched, it did not have much impact on Zerun Technology's two MP3 products.
This also gave the US stockholders and investment institutions confidence.
Originally, many people were hesitant when Apple suddenly launched an ipod that supported the windows operating system. They were not optimistic about Zerun Technology.
But now, after seeing the ipod support the windows system, its performance was still mediocre. It did not have a significant impact on the market occupied by Zerun Technology.
This naturally gave everyone confidence!
IDG and Sequoia Capital also urgently contacted Li Ze and raised the initial price of 13 USD to 16 USD!
Zerun Technology's total share capital was 140 million shares, and the public offering this time was 20 million shares, accounting for about 14.3%.
In other words, as long as Zerun Technology did not break the market after it was officially listed, its market value would be at least 2.24 billion USD!
This was more than three times more than when Sequoia Capital and Shanghai Science and Technology Fund had raised funds!
……
June 1st.
Li Ze personally flew to York City.
Sun Ting, Wang Chen, and other company executives were also accompanying him.
The day after tomorrow, Zerun Technology would be officially listed on the US's Nasdaq-listed stock market. As the company's chairman and CEO, Li Ze naturally had to personally appear and carry out the bell-ringing ceremony.
As for Lin Yue, she stayed in America after the road show and did not return to China.
After flying to America, Li Ze and his group checked the time and rested for a day. Soon, they arrived at Room 3.
IDG's China branch, IDG's US head office, Sequoia Capital, and the Shanghai Science and Technology Foundation all sent people to participate in the listing of Zerun Technology.
When Li Ze arrived at the NASA stock exchange.
Jason, the global senior vice president of IDG's American headquarters, Lin Dong from IDG's Chinese branch, and another unfamiliar middle-aged man, as well as Smith, the vice president of Sequoia Capital, and a representative of Shanghai's Science and Technology Foundation, were all present.
"Hello, Li! We meet again…"
Seeing the arrival of Li Ze and his group, Jason went forward with a smile.
He had no reason not to laugh. The 22 million USD that he had invested in Zerun Technology had been reaped in just a year.
Moreover, this time, his profit was at least ten times more than his investment!
Earning ten times the profit in a year was considered a rare successful investment in the venture capital industry.
"Hehe, Mr. Jason, to be able to meet Mr. Jason here today at the NASA exchange, I think this is what we have all been looking forward to for a long time.”
Li Ze smiled.
Sun Ting, who was beside him, acted as a temporary translator for him.
"That's right. I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time. It's just that I didn't expect it to come so soon. But I think it's a very good thing for all of us, isn't it?”
Jason said with a smile.
Li Ze smiled. At this moment, Lin Dong, who was next to him, also came forward with a smile." Director Li, come, let me introduce you." This is our IDG China branch's CEO Xiong!”
Lin Dong introduced the middle-aged man to Li Ze.
Li Ze couldn't help but look at the other party and smile.""Hello, President Xiong. I've heard a lot about you.”
"Boss Li, I should be the one saying that." Xiong Xiaoge smiled. I've really admired President Li for a long time, haha.”
Previously, Lin Dong had been in charge of the dealings with Zerun Technology, so Li Ze had never had the chance to meet Xiong Xiaoge, the head of IDG's Xia branch.
Today was their first meeting.
After some small talk, everyone walked into the hall together.
There were also many reporters at the scene. Not only were there reporters from the United States, but there were also reporters from China.
After all, the listing of Zerun Technology in the United States was a major event. Some financial media would naturally send reporters to interview and report.
After accepting some questions from the reporters, it was finally time to ring the bell.
Li Ze personally rang the bell.
This also meant that Zerun Technology was officially listed on the US's NASA…
Zerun Technology's final offering price was set at 16.7 USD, which was an increase of 0.7 USD from the 16 USD that IDG, Sequoia Capital, and Li Ze had previously negotiated.
However, after Zerun Technology was officially listed, the stock price quickly rose.
In just one morning, the stock price had risen to 18.9 USD, an increase of more than 13%!
This made the underwriters very happy.
Moreover, Zerun Technology's stock price continued to rise after the market opened in the afternoon.
The highest price even exceeded 22 dollars.
The final closing price fell back to 21.6 USD!
On the first day of listing, it rose by more than 29%!
And Zerun Technology's market value directly broke through the 3 billion mark!
Seeing the final closing price of Zerun Technology, Sun Ting couldn't help but sigh."That's three billion USD…That's 24 billion Chinese dollars! I didn't expect our company to be so valuable!”
Lin Yue was also full of emotions." Yeah, a market value of three billion USD…I didn't even dare to think about it when our company was just founded!”
"Yes!"
Sun Ting nodded vigorously and said with some excitement,"Sister Lin, the closing price today is 21.6 USD. How much are the shares in our hands worth now?”
Lin Yue glanced at her and smiled.""The 0.5% option in your hand is worth more than 15 million dollars. If converted to our country's currency, that would be more than 100 million.”
"So, you're a billionaire now!”
Billionaire?
Sun Ting was stunned for a moment. Her small mouth was slightly open, and she did not recover for a long time.
He had become a billionaire just like that?
This…this was too simple, too easy!
It was no wonder that he had heard that after a certain company went public, it had created many multi-millionaires and billionaires…
So this was all true!
Not only Sun Ting, but Wang Chen, Xu Kai, Zhang Dongsheng, and several other executives who also held some of Zerun Technology's options were also calculating the value of their options in their hearts.
Everyone was a little shocked.。
What followed was excitement, excitement, and joy…
Among them, even Wang Chen, who had the least shares, had 0.2%. That was more than 6 million US dollars, nearly 50 million Chinese dollars!
This was a number that they did not even dare to think about in the past.
At this moment, Sun Ting seemed to have finally recovered. She looked at Lin Yue and could not help but say,"Sister Lin, you have 1.5% of the company's shares.”
" In other words, Sister Lin, your current net worth has exceeded 45 million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 300 million Chinese dollars…"
Lin Yue smiled and nodded lightly." Yes."”
But then, she looked at Li Ze.
Even after going public, Li Ze still held more than 51% of the shares. Based on Zerun Technology's closing stock price, Li Ze's shares were worth more than 1.5 billion USD!
That was more than 12 billion Chinese dollars!
This was four billion more than his estimated total assets when he was ranked second on the Hurun Rich List last year!
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