Chapter 831 Billionaires Are Under a Lot of Pressure

As the world's first electronic securities trading market, Nasdaq has already become a paradise for many dreamers.

When Wu Tao arrived here, even though it was in the cold winter, he still felt the blood-boiling atmosphere.

The existence of Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange means that it is a playground for capitalists and financiers at the same time.

So when Wu Tao saw Xue Jiaqian, he saw the flames of excitement flickering in the eyes of this subordinate.

That was a strange emotion that had never been seen in China.

Of course, as the earliest investor, Apocalypse Investment is the winner of the Netease listing this time, regardless of the final result.

So it's no wonder that Xue Jiaqian can face this important event with such a relaxed and happy mood.

However, as the first party to bear the brunt, Ding Lei, CEO of NetEase, was not so relaxed. Not only that, when Wu Tao met him in a luxury hotel suite, he was even a little depressed and decadent.

"Are you okay, Ding Shisan?" Seeing this situation, Wu Tao was quite surprised.

Ding Lei wiped his chin with thick stubble, looked up at Xue Jiaqian who was following Wu Tao, opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything.

Xue Jiaqian tactfully avoided and closed the door by the way.

Seeing that there was finally no one around, Ding Lei relaxed and said, "Boss, you don't even know how stressed I am now!"

Wu Tao replied indifferently: "Of course, billionaires are under a lot of pressure!"

This response obviously did not take his own words seriously. Ding Lei suddenly became anxious, scratched the hair on his forehead and said: "After all, we are the first company in China to be listed on NASDAQ this time. How many pairs of eyes in China Just keep an eye on it, if you don't make a good start, you will definitely be poked in the back by other domestic companies..."

"Then take a good lead!"

"This, this, this..." Ding Lei trembled anxiously, and he couldn't even say a word: "How can it be so simple? Nowadays, many local financial newspapers in New York are bad-mouthing NetEase, and many financial spokespersons even publicly Said that NetEase's stock listing will break!"

Wu Tao finally turned serious, "Is this kind of public opinion the mainstream?"

Ding Lei scratched his head, "I don't know about this, but I have read at least two newspapers saying this, and one of them is the New York Times, which is quite influential!"

If so, then the problem is a little serious.

Wu Tao frowned, suddenly feeling a little tricky. But tricky things are tricky, and we certainly can't just do nothing right now.

In many cases, the lethality of public opinion is always easy to be ignored. Therefore, the most urgent thing is that the disadvantage in public opinion must be regained first.

It's just that time is running out, and the next day is the day when NetEase goes public.

There is only one and a half days left to build momentum for NetEase's stock issuance.

After thinking for a while, Wu Tao called Xue Jiaqian who was guarding outside the door, "Go and collect influential financial daily or magazines in New York immediately, and count how many negative comments there are on NetEase."

Ding Lei also had a backbone at this time and said: "I will send some people to cooperate with you!"

Immediately, in front of Ding Lei, Wu Tao took out his mobile phone and dialed Parnis's number, and made a straightforward request: "I need to publish an article on the three most influential financial media in New York. The evening papers of today and tomorrow, Or tomorrow’s morning paper. I’ll set the agenda, I’ll outline the outline, and the price is not an issue.”

Panis understood as soon as he heard it.

Wu Tao asked her to do two things for her help. One is to open up the relationship between the three major financial media, so that the articles she wants can be published in the newspapers as soon as possible; Ask to write soft papers.

Without further ado, Panis immediately agreed, "OK, give me ten minutes and a fax number..."

With the foundation of the Morgan consortium operating in New York, it is easy to do this.

But what is even more rare is that Panis can agree so simply and neatly.

Originally, Wu Tao thought that Panis had always had a calm personality, so he might have to think about it for a while.

After turning off the phone, Wu Tao began to think about how to write Netease's soft article, which is actually the soft article of Huaxia Internet Technology Company.

While thinking about it, I listed the keywords on the draft paper of the hotel.

Market potential, development volume, opening to the outside world, emerging markets, joining the WTO, coping strategies for the financial crisis, and the Chinese government's support for high-tech enterprises, etc...

In short, from all aspects, to demonstrate the sentence 'I am very strong, I have great potential'.

It doesn't matter what those media personalities and mouthpieces will say.

As long as they can clearly express their point of view, supplemented by these distinctive Chinese elements, it is enough.

Half an hour later, Xue Jiaqian went back and forth, holding a compiled list and said: "Boss, Mr. Ding, according to statistics, there are now more than 70% of the media, and they are not optimistic about NetEase's listing. At least 50% of them clearly Expressed the view that going public will break the market..."

This public opinion is really one-sided!

Ding Lei's face turned pale immediately.

On the contrary, Wu Tao didn't change much. He picked up two pieces of paper on the table, handed them to Xue Jiaqian and said, "Immediately contact the media personnel and writers on this fax, and provide them with these elements, so that they can contribute as much as possible to Netease. listing platform."

"...Remember, their final rewards are directly linked to the page content and influence of the report!"

Xue Jiaqian lifted her spirits, took the two pieces of paper and said, "Yes, boss, I'll do it right away."

This is a public opinion battle against the clock.

And as Netease's listing date approaches, it has reached a fever pitch.

Ding Lei, as the first party to bear the brunt, was already in a mess. If it wasn't for Wu Tao still sitting peacefully in front of him, he might even have the desire to go berserk.

"Boss, can this work?" Ding Lei was concerned but confused, holding a cup of fragrant coffee, the more he drank it, the more decadent he became.

Wu Tao took a sip of Mocha slowly and said: "If this can't be saved, it means that there are indeed problems in your company's business strategy, so that the shareholders lack confidence to support them. Do you think there is a problem with your company?"

"This..." Ding Lei was already in a state of confusion, how could he answer this question.

Wu Tao smiled and said: "There is another saying in Huaxia, which is to do everything possible and obey the destiny. Let us wait and see the rest!"

Early the next morning, major newspapers and media hyped up the news that the first Huaxia Technology company was listed on NASDAQ.

The headline on page B of the New York Times published: "China's No. 1 Internet technology stock listed on Nasdaq, is it a bull or a bear?" '

The cover article of Caijing Weekly reported: ‘Whether Chinese elements can bring new vitality to the Internet industry, let us wait and see! '

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The emergence of these voices quickly sparked more enthusiastic discussions on the topic of NetEase's listing.

Even the NBC TV news channel invited some financial experts to have a lively discussion on this matter.

It can be seen that the impact of this matter is great.

Yet the greater the impact, the greater the controversy. Even though there is a part of the power of public opinion on the NetEase platform, the media's views on NetEase's listing are still not optimistic...