Reborn since 1993

Chapter 1192 Li Bancheng?
Those present were all seasoned veterans, and they all knew that Li Dongling's final statement about having China.com start publishing mainland news after 6 PM meant that he must have had a channel to get authorization for mainland news from China.com.

The mainland today is not yet the era when major global and overseas media outlets established offices there, or when, during the internet age, any news in China was immediately reported overseas, sometimes even before domestic media.

The world is quite curious about the mainland, including overseas Chinese.

If China.com could report news from mainland China, it would likely attract countless overseas Chinese to follow it.

Upon hearing Li Dongling's words, Lin Xianhui pondered for a moment. According to Li Dashanren's plan, the content of China.com would basically be divided into three major sections: news about Chinese people in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, news about overseas Chinese and international news, and news from the mainland.

"Mr. Li, even if we get authorization from so many media outlets at the lowest possible cost, the annual news content fees will be no small sum!" Lin Xianhui said to Li Dongling with concern.

To acquire news content from so many regions and hundreds of media outlets, even at a bargain price, would still add up to an astronomical figure. He felt that the annual cost for this part of the support would probably be tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, or even far more.

"In its early stages, China.com could have more than five million US dollars in funding for news copyright content each year!"

Li Dongling said directly, "You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. If you want to harvest leeks, you have to invest some capital first."

If China.com wants to go to NASDAQ to fleece investors, it must first put on a dazzlingly impressive facade.

The initial investment can be recouped hundreds or even thousands of times after China.com is listed on NASDAQ!

"In addition to obtaining news authorization from other media, we can also open a hotline for submitting articles."

Including exclusive news rights, China.com can set a price for news tipsters, and subsequently pay a portion of the advertising revenue based on clicks and reposts!

Li Dongling said that this is equivalent to paying money to buy trending news. As long as it is the latest news, China.com can give a bonus to the person who provides the news.

In comparison, this approach is somewhat unstable, but it allows China.com to obtain some news at a low cost.

"Besides news, China.com can also launch the 'China Library' function, acquiring book copyrights from authors and publishers such as Jin Yong and Qiong Yao to attract users to China.com to read!"

Additionally, we accept user submissions, and if the number of clicks reaches a certain level, we can even help users with publication.

This is also part of attracting traffic. In today's world where entertainment is not yet very developed, Jin Yong's martial arts novels and Qiong Yao's romance novels have attracted the attention of countless Chinese people all over the world. Launching the Chinese Library can attract a lot of overseas users.

With this combination of measures, I dare not say anything else, but China.com will become the website with the most news content and the most comprehensive functions among Chinese-language websites.

What Cyberport needs to do is to hype it up to the point that everyone knows about it in the shortest amount of time, ideally to the point that even Wall Street has heard of China.com.

"I will start contacting the media tomorrow, no, today, to get China.com to sign exclusive online copyright agreements with various media outlets!"

Lin Xianhui said to Li Dongling that he was prepared to get the news content copyright to China.com as quickly as possible.

Li Dongling nodded. "This needs to be done quickly. In the internet age, speed is everything!"
I hope to complete the first round of financing for China.com before leaving Hong Kong, and that China.com can break the record for the fastest NASDAQ listing, previously held by Yahoo!!

Feiyan Technology completed its NASDAQ listing just 19 months after its establishment, which is incredibly fast.

However, this record was still broken by Yahoo, which went public in just 13 months. But for Feiyan Technology, that was already a miracle in the Asian region.

Now, Li Dongling is preparing to make China.com break the record for the shortest listing time set by Yahoo!, and complete the Nasdaq listing within 13 months, or even less!

Upon hearing Li Dashanren's words, Lin Xianhui, Liang Botao, Feng Yizhou, and the others in the meeting room visibly moved their throats.

You have to understand, that's a Nasdaq listing, not some random radish pull from a vegetable garden.

Which company that can be listed on NASDAQ isn't a current leader, or at least seems to have unlimited potential?

Many companies dream of listing on NASDAQ, hoping to become rich overnight once they succeed. However, it is a highly competitive process, and only a very few are allowed to list on NASDAQ.

However, according to Li Dashan, listing on NASDAQ does not seem to be a problem, and he even wants to set a new record for the fastest listing!
"I believe in China.com, and I believe in everyone!"

Seeing the expressions on Lin Xianhui's and the others' faces, Li Dongling said with a smile, "China.com will definitely set a new record, both in the Chinese internet and in Hong Kong!" In the frenzied era of the internet, as long as it could be done, going public was not a problem at all.

Li Dongling not only wants to hype up China.com, but also plans to bring in Wall Street institutions and Silicon Valley venture capital to give it another layer of insurance!
"Cyberport is not only about facilitating the listing of China.com on Nasdaq."

In addition, we will also assist Yahoo's mainland subsidiaries such as 3721 Navigation, Jiangmin Technology, and Kingsoft in completing their listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, officially ushering in the era of internet and technology stocks for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange!

Zhou Hongyi, Wang Jiangmin, Qiu Bojun, Lei Jun, and others sitting to Li Dongling's right all became noticeably heavier in their breathing.

For mainland tech companies, Nasdaq is out of the question; they would be content to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Kingsoft, in particular, made several attempts to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, but all ended in failure. It was also tricked by Microsoft and lost the mainland office software market.

If Kingsoft can be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, it will be like a phoenix rising from the ashes for Kingsoft, and it will also usher in a new era for Jiangmin Antivirus and 3721 Navigation.

Of course, after the IPO, Zhou Hongyi, Wang Jiangmin, Qiu Bojun, Lei Jun, and others will also achieve financial freedom!
"Ruyan e-cigarettes is expected to complete its financing in the second half of the year. Peregrine will assist Ruyan e-cigarettes in completing the financing and even strive for an IPO!"

Li Dongling looked at Lin Xianhui and said, "Cyberport wants to show the people of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia the strength of Cyberport and how it can support internet companies to list on NASDAQ!"

This will also support more technology companies listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Everyone needs to see that Cyberport's Silicon Harbor project is the most beneficial project for the city!

To put it bluntly, Cyberport aims to create the impression that following Cyberport will bring profits, and only in this way can it stir up the entire Hong Kong stock market!
Investors all over the world are chasing highs and selling lows, tirelessly pursuing emerging trends.

The biggest difference between institutional investors and retail investors is not the difference in their strength, but that institutional investors are constantly creating and promoting new trends!
The fundamental differences between these two things naturally lead to vastly different results.

Institutions invest in several companies in the early stages, then lie low and start hyping up the concepts. When retail investors start to agree and chase after these concept stocks, that's when the investment institutions cash out!
What Cyberport is doing now is also promoting a concept in Hong Kong: that Silicon Port is the future of Hong Kong, and making everyone agree that Hong Kong stocks are about to enter the era of the Internet and technology. Concept stocks such as real estate, shipping, gas, and textiles are already yesterday's news in Hong Kong stocks!
Only by following the Silicon Valley concept stocks can you make big money, and when technology stocks, led by the Internet, become popular in Hong Kong stocks.

Only when we see internet concept stocks listing in Hong Kong and reaching record high market capitalizations can we attract more investors.

At this point, a watershed moment has arrived: ordinary investors and retail investors are now selecting "potential" technology stocks in the Hong Kong stock market for investment.

As for investment institutions and Hong Kong's wealthy families and conglomerates, they are unlikely to take over in the stock market, so what they are most likely to do is invest in internet companies offline!

The Cyberport Global Center Industrial Park provides an investment opportunity for these investment institutions, Hong Kong conglomerates, tycoons, and celebrities.

Cyberport Global Center is attracting more internet startups and emerging technology companies to settle in. With the addition of investments from the port city and overseas investment institutions, who says Silicon Harbour won't become the new hot spot?

What is a "hot trend"? Where the money is, that's where the hot trend is!

Even in a high-altitude region with formidable natural barriers, when a trillion dollars is poured in, it can extend the life of the already somewhat declining Civil Engineering Sect for several more decades and become one of the world's hottest sectors!

The meeting lasted for most of the day and basically finalized the next steps for Cyberport.

China.com is set to be the first to go public, followed by the listing of companies such as 3721 Chinese Navigation, Jiangmin Antivirus, Kingsoft, and the future Seasun Entertainment on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Another goal is to attract more international giants to set up operations in Cyberport Global Centre, and to encourage companies from mainland China or Southeast Asia that want to expand into overseas markets to establish branches in Cyberport Global Centre.

The whole plan will take a long time, and Cyberport needs to do it step by step. But as long as it can be done, it will be worth it.

When the port city becomes a silicon port, Cyberport will be the one to shoulder half of the burden.

At that time, it will be necessary to reconsider whose name Li Bancheng actually holds!
After the meeting, Zhang Xiaocheng, Qiu Bojun, Lei Jun, Zhou Hongyi, and others stayed in the conference room to continue discussing the listing with Liang Botao, president of Peregrine. For these companies, this was no small matter.

Although Peregrine, Ruyan e-cigarettes, Kingsoft, 3721 Navigation, and other companies are all affiliated with Dongling High-Tech, this relationship cannot be openly stated to the outside world. It is necessary to silence public opinion. If you are going to fleece people, you have to be sincere. You can't just openly fleece them.

"The first phase of the Cyberport Global Center will be completed next month, and residents can move in by November at the latest!"

After Li Dongling arrived at the construction site of the Digital Port project in Beisha Bay, Lin Xianhui pointed to the Digital Port Industrial Park, which was still a large construction site, and said to Li Dongling.

(End of this chapter)