Reborn since 1993

Chapter 748 Winning is not a big deal, but it is embarrassing if someone is missing

Although the Nasdaq has not yet entered a period of rapid growth this year, there are already signs of this, and the share prices of several major technology stocks have continued to rise.

Companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Sun, together with Netscape, Yahoo, and Feiyan Technology, which have gone public in recent years, make up some of the most well-known technology stocks on NASDAQ.

Microsoft has been paying dividends and splitting its stock prices over the past few years. It usually does this to ensure better circulation of its stocks. After all, at dozens of dollars per share, ordinary investors simply cannot afford it.

But if one share is only a few dollars, then even small retail investors can afford it. In other words, major shareholders can cash out and run away faster.

If one share costs tens or hundreds of dollars, even if you cash out, you will not be able to escape for a while, because only large institutions on Wall Street can take over.

After several dividends and stock splits, Microsoft's current share price is around US$6.5, and its market value exceeds US$ billion. If converted into RMB, it exceeds one trillion!
You have to know that the total market value of all A-share companies this year is only 1.7 trillion yuan, or about 210 billion US dollars. You can imagine how great Microsoft's influence on domestic technology companies is!
But Microsoft, with a market value of over 6 billion US dollars, suddenly started the elephant dance at the close of today's trading, and its stock price rose by 6.89% to US dollars per share!
The stock price seems to have increased "ordinary", but according to Microsoft's market value, this wave of increase alone has increased Microsoft's market value by US$9 billion. This makes people understand what it means when an elephant dances.

The sudden surge in Microsoft's stock price has left many retail investors, and even small and medium-sized institutions, confused. As everyone knows, Microsoft's stock price has been rising since last year.

After all, Microsoft's current dominance in the software industry is irreplaceable. The number of computer users around the world continues to increase dramatically, and Microsoft is basically making money without doing anything.

But today's sudden stock price surge is obviously abnormal. There has been no news from the outside world that Microsoft has released any heavyweight products or new software.

It was not until the Nasdaq closed that the outside world saw that many large Wall Street institutions entered the market to buy Microsoft shares, and some American pension funds also followed suit.

These institutions are the most well-informed, because those who operate these institutions and foundations are the top traders in America, and their noses are more sensitive than dogs'.

These institutions can get wind of the slightest sign of trouble, and pension funds like the American Pension Fund are foundations that "cannot lose money". If they are not completely sure, they will certainly not exit easily.

This time, big Wall Street institutions and pension funds suddenly rushed to buy Microsoft shares. They must have received some definite news!
Sure enough, shortly after the market closed, a "source" on Wall Street announced through the Wall Street Journal and other media the reason why Microsoft's stock price suddenly surged.

"The Stargazing Video Recorder is a hardware product jointly developed by Microsoft and an overseas company, and Microsoft is responsible for the promotion and sales!
As of noon, the sales of the stargazing video recorder in America, which had been online for four hours, may have exceeded 4,000 units, and the sales on the first day may be between 6,000 and 7,000 units!"

In the final stage of the article, the Wall Street Journal evaluated the significance of the stargazing recorder to Microsoft, as well as the reasons why Microsoft stock was snapped up and the stock price suddenly surged.

"The Stargazing Video Recorder may be the beginning of a new era for Microsoft, and it may be a breakthrough for Microsoft in the hardware industry.

If Microsoft can achieve a third or even half of its software revenue from hardware, it will be a new Microsoft!"

The Wall Street Journal's meaning is very clear: what the big Wall Street institutions care about is not how many machines Guanxing has sold.

But if stargazing is successful, it may bring Microsoft into a whole new era. Microsoft will no longer have to walk on one leg. What is this equivalent to? It is tantamount to creating another Microsoft. Then what can Microsoft's market value reach, 200 billion or 300 billion US dollars?

The essence of stocks is speculation, especially expectations for the future. Even a company is losing money now and is almost penniless.

But as long as there is an expectation of huge profits in the next few years or even a decade, Wall Street institutions will dare to hype and drive the company's stock price to the sky.

Just like Tesla in its previous life, it also suffered losses all the way while its stock price skyrocketed.

As for whether Wall Street's predictions will come true in the future, only God knows. Anyway, once the Wall Street institutions have pushed up the stock price, they will find an opportunity to run away. These institutions are just playing with hype. Which institution is willing to live and die with this company? Isn't that just a mental disorder? !
In the past, Microsoft also wanted to hype its hardware products, but the performance was really poor. But this time, the performance of Stargazing, which Microsoft invested in, was obviously different, so naturally Wall Street institutions came along.

First, Feiyan Technology's stock price rose, and then Microsoft's. The reasons for the rise in the stock prices of the two companies were the same, that is, the stargazing video recorder. This made the American technology, finance, and investment industries all focus on this suddenly emerging product!

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"Ed, count all the sales of stargazing video recorders today as soon as possible!"

"Seattle is waiting for its heroes to return triumphantly, and the Microsoft board of directors has prepared a grand banquet to welcome its heroes!"

At Microsoft headquarters, even standing outside the door of Bill Gates' office, you can hear laughter coming from inside. Bill Gates sat directly on the desk, with his legs on the ground, his hands on his waist, talking on the phone, looking indescribably arrogant, but Ballmer and other Microsoft executives sitting in the office, as well as several Microsoft directors, all had smiles on their faces, because at this moment, Bill Gates was the emperor of Microsoft!
Anyone who can increase Microsoft's market value by $9 billion in one day will be the emperor of Microsoft. If he poops in public in front of Microsoft's board members, there will probably be people praising him for what he has done!

Because that's $9 billion, which can make these Microsoft shareholders' net worth soar by tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in a single day, and the executives can also receive large dividends and bonuses.

And now, the project that caused Microsoft's market value to skyrocket was led by Bill Gates alone. Naturally, he got the biggest piece of the pie, and his power in Microsoft reached a new level!
The person Bill Gates called was, of course, Ed Fleiss. Today, Stargazing went online for the first time for sale, and Microsoft began to reap the sweetness.

Although Microsoft may not make much money from the machine, it has already made a lot of money from the stock price. It can be seen that as long as the stargazing recorders continue to sell well, Microsoft's stock price will continue to rise!

After hanging up the phone, Bill Gates glanced at the group of people sitting in his office. Each of them had respect and admiration for him on their face, and there was no trace of traitors at all, which made Bill Gates in a very good mood.

Only Panos, general manager of Microsoft's hardware division, who was sitting in the corner, had a forced smile at this moment.

He had previously believed that the stargazing video recorder would not be able to be sold, but who would have thought that this time, Microsoft was like a possessed person and actually sold the machine!

This immediately put Panos and his hardware department in an awkward position. If Stargazing sold well, wouldn't it prove that the reason why Microsoft's hardware was so poor was not because of the incompetence of Microsoft, but his hardware department!

It's like a team game. Losing is not a big deal because everyone takes the blame. But if we win, whoever is missing will be embarrassed.

"For the Stargazing Video Recorder project, Microsoft will fully support this project and make it a landmark product in the hardware industry!"

Bill Gates said, never mind the stargazing, whether it was developed by Microsoft or not, it was enough to have the Microsoft logo on it, and that logo alone was worth tens of billions of dollars in market value.

No one present dared to object to Bill Gates' explanation. Even if there were traitors, they had to cover it up and not let Bill Gates find out.

"President Gates!"

Just as the crowd was about to disperse, Panos in the corner spoke up.

In the puzzled eyes of Bill Gates, Panos said, "If the sales of the stargazing recorder can meet expectations, I think Microsoft should acquire this project as soon as possible!

Dongling Hi-Tech in Hanxi has promised Microsoft that it is willing to sell the video recorder project to Microsoft. Microsoft cannot miss this opportunity! "

Upon hearing this, Bill Gates also showed a thoughtful expression on his face. Indeed, if he bought the project while the stargazing video recorder was just starting to sell well, the price would be much different than negotiating the acquisition when its shipments skyrocketed one day.

"After the sales of the first batch of machines are released, Ed will return to Seattle and ask him to discuss this matter with Dongling Hi-Tech in Hanxi!" said Bill Gates.

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In Pingyang, Hanxi, the headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech, Li Dongling's office was also filled with senior executives including Ren Yuefeng, Zhang Ao, Hu Zixian, and Gao Peng.

We are also waiting for news from America. Although Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters did not send anyone over, it does not mean that we are not paying attention to the sales of stargazing video recorders in America.

Not only Microsoft wants to buy the video recorder project, Li Dongling also wants to work with Microsoft in both directions and sell the project to Microsoft!

But we cannot rush into this matter. At least we have to make the stargazing video recorder look extremely popular and "definitely" make a lot of money in the future. Only then can we sell the project and collect the taxes on the stargazing video recorder from the end of the 20th century to the 22nd century all at once!
"Jingle Bell"

The transoceanic phone on Li Dongling's desk rang, and the originally noisy office suddenly became quiet.

"The first day sales of the Stargazing Video Recorder was 7,450 units, with sales of 2.38 million US dollars!"

"Boss Li, ask the production department to send more machines over as soon as possible. We don't have enough machines to sell here!"

(End of this chapter)