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Chapter 1415 Slogans
After the Hong Kong stock market closed, news related to 3721 began to flood the Hong Kong media.

The magic of the internet was on full display in Hong Kong today, with the stock price surging 260% in a single day, setting a new record for Hong Kong stocks and pushing the market capitalization above HK$20 billion!
Most importantly, not only 3721, but also listed companies related to 3721, including companies that invested in 3721 such as Cyberport, SoftBank Japan, and Yahoo Japan, saw their stock prices soar, almost directly recovering the principal invested in 3721.

Especially in the afternoon, Cyberport's stock price surged. After a long period of consolidation, Cyberport experienced a dramatic turnaround, with its market capitalization soaring to over HK$378 billion. It is now just one step away from returning to its peak market capitalization of HK$400 billion!
The listing of 3721, especially its performance in the Hong Kong stock market, is enough to prove that Cyberport's Silicon Harbor plan has a good chance of success.

For Cyberport, 3721 is just one project in the Silicon Harbor plan. If 3721 is performing like this, how can people not look forward to the other projects in the Silicon Harbor plan?
It can be said that Cyberport is one of the biggest beneficiaries of 3721's listing. What's even more amazing is that Cyberport's stock price increase, and its market value increase in one day, almost created the equivalent of 3721!
3721 not only propelled Cyberport to new heights, but SoftBank, which also invested in 3721, also profited handsomely.

SoftBank and Yahoo! Japan, both companies under Masayoshi Son's umbrella, saw their stock prices soar today!

Even the $30 billion Vision Fund that Masayoshi Son is preparing has been stimulated by 3721, prompting a host of established conglomerates such as Mitsubishi, Kawasaki, and others to generously contribute large sums of money to him.

In Japan, Masayoshi Son promoted 3721 as his masterpiece. He invested in Yahoo in America and then invested in 3721 in Asia. Son's reputation in Japan was incredibly high.

Those established Japanese conglomerates aren't particularly interested in emerging industries like the internet, but they are quite interested in the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar.

Seeing that Masayoshi Son was making a fortune through the internet, the Japanese conglomerates finally couldn't resist and invested in him, hoping to make a huge profit!
Not only in Asia, but also in America, 3721 became good news for Yahoo.

After all, Yahoo is one of the major shareholders of 3721. How could Wall Street institutions, who were looking for a reason to boost Yahoo's stock price, let go of this opportunity?
3721 is a subsidiary of Yahoo! China. Yahoo! Japan has also been listed on the stock exchange. Yahoo! also has many other licensed companies around the world.

If a few more companies like 3721 and Yahoo! Japan emerge from these companies, it will be difficult for Yahoo! not to become the world's leading internet company!

Not only these few companies that invested in 3721, but also various funds in the port city issued "good news" today, announcing to investors that their star funds have seen their returns surge by more than 200% today!

These foundations, of course, all invested in 3721. Although they only acquired a portion of 3721's equity, it doesn't stop them from taking credit and attracting more investors to put their money into their foundations.

3721's listing has boosted the sales of four globally renowned listed companies, as well as a large number of foundations, bank wealth management products, etc. This ability to drive sales is simply terrifying. Who can compare to the terrifying influence brought by 3721?

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"Today, the turnover rate of 3721 exceeded 2900 million shares, with more than 39 institutions from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Wall Street and other regions becoming the main force entering the market for 3721."

The president of Peregrine Securities declared that he remains optimistic about 3721's market capitalization and revenue, making Peregrine the first securities firm to set a target price of HK$180 for 3721's share price!

"In addition, Zhou Hongyi, president of 3721, claimed in a media interview today that 3721's installed base in Asia will exceed 950 million units this year, and revenue is expected to grow by more than 155% next quarter."

Zhou Hongyi announced that 3721 will launch new products in the third quarter…

Phoenix TV is broadcasting lengthy news reports about 3721. It's not just Phoenix TV; TVB, ATV, and others are doing the same. 3721 is currently a hot topic in Hong Kong, attracting the attention of the entire city. Naturally, the media will report on it because of the viewership ratings.

In fact, today, the entire city, from streets and alleys to companies and restaurants, is discussing 3721.

There are many people in the port city who want to get rich overnight, and there is no doubt that if you buy 3721 today, you may become rich overnight. How can this not attract attention?

It's not just the general public in Hong Kong who are discussing it; celebrities and even members of Hong Kong's dormant triads are also talking about it.

"Affected by 3721, today the number of new accounts opened by major securities companies in the port city exceeded 4.1, setting a new historical high since the Southeast Asian financial crisis."

According to a newspaper, a celebrity surnamed Liu regretted selling his 3721 shares too early, potentially missing out on more than HK$1500 million!

The news kept playing on TV, showing stories of retail investors who missed out on the 3721 stock and were filled with regret, wishing they could slap themselves for missing out.

Even more painful than missing out on 3721 stock is the regret of those who sold too early, including some celebrities, stars, and tycoons. They must be kicking themselves now.

These people subscribed to 3721 shares, but they couldn't hold on. Most of them couldn't resist selling when the stock price rose by 50% or 100%.

This is precisely what makes institutions so terrifying: when they can't drive the price down any further, they raise the stock price and keep pushing it up. Retail investors then start to fear the price increase being too high and begin to sell off their shares.

Currently, 3721 has only about 50 million publicly issued and tradable shares. On the surface, institutions have already acquired 29 million shares. In addition, there are shares held by some large investors. In fact, 3721 has become an institutional stock. It is estimated that nearly 70% of the shares have been locked up!
Institutions that acquire 3721 shares can join forces with large investors to drive up the price of 3721. They can keep driving up the price until retail investors can no longer resist and start buying back in. Only when they make a huge profit will they sell their shares!
"The stock price of 3721 is completely insane!" "Don't even mention HK$180, these institutions can still drive it up to HK$300 or HK$400!"

Upon seeing the news on television, Li Zekai couldn't help but say to his strategist Yuan Tianfan that he felt 3721 was preparing to ruthlessly exploit its employees.

Li Zekai even knows the next steps in the operation like the back of his hand.

"The Silicon Harbor project has actually been brought to fruition by Cyberport!"

Yuan Tianfan did not mention whether 3721 was exploiting investors, but instead sighed with considerable emotion.

Although unwilling to admit it, Yuan Tianfan knew in his heart that if the Silicon Harbor project was initiated by a local wealthy family in the port city, it would most likely come to nothing, because the difficulty was too great, and the resources, energy and funds required were too great.

Local wealthy families in the port city are more accustomed to conservatism. When faced with a project like Silicon Harbor, which is extremely risky and could easily go down the drain, they are more likely to focus on preserving their capital. It would not be surprising if they ended up turning it into a real estate project to cash out early.

But under Li Dongling's leadership, the flower of Silicon Harbor has begun to bloom in the port city. The performance of 3721 after its listing today shows that a lot of funds from Southeast Asia and even Asia are pouring into the port city!

Li Zekai only saw that the stock price of 3721 was overhyped and was obviously being exploited. However, Yuan Tianfan, the president of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, saw that a new industry had emerged in Hong Kong, in addition to land, port and finance.
This is equivalent to changing the landscape of Hong Kong. From now on, as long as a steady stream of mainland internet companies list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the city will be able to achieve this.

Then, the port city will continuously attract venture capital firms, foundations and consortia from Qatar and other countries to settle in the port city. More and more Internet companies will set up their headquarters in the port city, and the port city will officially become one of the venture capital centers and Internet centers in Asia!

The entire port city will see the creation of thousands, tens of thousands, or even more high-paying jobs. These jobs are perfectly suited to the port city and have the potential to remain in the port city indefinitely.

“As long as the internet industry exists, 3721’s stock price can be maintained. Those institutions won’t let 3721’s stock price collapse, at least not for the time being!” Yuan Tianfan said.

"I heard that tickets for the 3721 victory celebration banquet tonight are already in high demand."

Yuan Tianfan said that this also tells Li Zekai that the situation in Hong Kong has really changed.

The fact that Hong Kong's wealthy and influential figures are all vying to attend today's celebration banquet, which is touted as the most prestigious event in Hong Kong in recent years, shows the current trend in the city: the internet industry is what everyone is chasing!
Li Zekai's expression changed several times before he finally sighed in dejection, regardless of whether he wanted to admit it or not.

Currently, Li Dashan's influence in Hong Kong is indeed beginning to subtly suppress the Li family of the Yangtze River.

At least the Li family of the Yangtze River could not have done what it took to make all walks of life in the port city go crazy and change the landscape of the port city.

"Yingke Power should also accelerate its efforts to support the listing of inland internet companies it invests in in the port city!"

Li Zekai was still unwilling to give up. Even if they were one step behind, Yingke Power could not stop. They still had to follow in the footsteps of Cyberport and support the listing of mainland Internet companies. Otherwise, they would not even get a sip of soup, let alone eat meat.

In the port city, 3721 ignited public opinion, while in Beijing's Zhongguancun, the influence of 3721 and Zhou Hongyi was even greater.

The entire Zhongguancun area is abuzz with discussions about 3721's IPO and Zhou Hongyi's net worth.

The phrase "get rich overnight" is spreading like wildfire in Zhongguancun.

"Zhou Hongyi, president of 3721, has a net worth exceeding HK$829 million!"

"The listing of 3721 has created three billionaires, eleven multimillionaires, and more than 32 people who have become millionaires!"

With various news coming back from the port city, the market in Zhongguancun was almost at its peak.

Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has become the slogan of Zhongguancun Internet companies and the only standard for measuring them!

(End of this chapter)