Global Monopoly of Technology

The matter of borrowing is so settled. Of course, Luo Sheng has the funds to solve it. The offshore family trust fund now holds 1,675 shares of Bluestar Technology Group, worth more than one billion US dollars, which can be sold and cashed out at any time. .

However, he has other uses for this fund, and he will definitely not move the money until it is absolutely necessary, and now it is increasing in value.

Time passed, and on July 28, Bluestar Technology Group officially released its second-quarter audited financial report, which is one of the financial statements that Wall Street and investors are most concerned about.

According to the disclosed financial report, the total revenue of Bluestar Technology Group in the second quarter of this year was US$2.468 billion, up 328.4% from US$576 million in the same period last year, and up 56.2% from US$1.58 billion in the previous quarter. 's performance again outperformed Wall Street analysts by 5%.

In the second quarter, operating profit reached US$753 million, net profit was US$427 million, and net profit increased by 72.87% month-on-month, far exceeding the 12% data of Wall Street analysts.

As of the day the financial report was released, the free cash flow of Bluestar Technology Group exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars, equivalent to 12.2 billion yuan excluding exchange rate changes.

In this fiscal quarter, Bluestar Technology Group's net profit per diluted share amounted to US$0.39, which was better than US$0.23 in the previous fiscal quarter and slightly exceeded analysts' expectations.

Affected by this, the stock price of Bluestar Technology Group rose nearly 8% in after-hours trading on the Nasdaq that day, which means that the wealth of Bluestar Technology Group shareholders has increased by about 7 billion US dollars, and the company's total market value has also increased. A record high, reaching $95.07 billion, the gap with Google is only $10 billion, and the bite is getting closer.

Google's earnings report hasn't been released yet, but it's almost there.

Luo Sheng didn't care about this. On the day after Bluestar Technology Group's second-quarter audited financial report was disclosed, he sold more than 17 million shares and cashed out another $1.5 billion when each share reached $86.43.

At present, he still holds 327.36 million shares of Bluestar Technology Group.

It is worth mentioning that most of the shares held by Luo Sheng are restricted shares, except that during the IPO listing, he had a cash-out opportunity of no more than 1.1 billion US dollars to build up his contributions for the company. Stocks have a limited sale period.

After the IPO stage, the sale of his shares is restricted for three months and three years. Within three months after the IPO listing, none of his shares can be circulated. After three months, 20% of his shares can be circulated. , and after three years, the stock in his hand has no lock-up period.

After entering July, Luo Sheng can obviously cash out at most 20% of his shares, that is, about 68.926 million shares can be circulated.

However, this time Luo Sheng only cashed out more than 17 million shares, which means that he personally reduced his holdings by 1.57% and is still the largest shareholder of Bluestar Technology Group, holding 29.76% of the shares.

Luo Sheng's current worth has reached 28.2 billion U.S. dollars just based on the shares of Bluestar Technology, and he is worth more than 30 billion U.S. dollars without any suspense, including other assets in his possession.

His personal wealth is already second only to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, and he is the richest person in the world with the fastest growth rate of personal wealth.

This time, Luo Sheng cashed out 1.5 billion US dollars into his family fund, and once again asked Qin Weimu to buy Bluestar Technology shares through the operation of an offshore trust fund, because he believed that the company's market value would continue to rise.

By the end of July, the offshore fund had held more than 31.58 million shares of Bluestar Technology.

As the founder and head of the company, it is still necessary to explain to the outside world that he has cashed out a huge sum of more than 1 billion US dollars, and Luo Sheng's explanation to the outside world is to use it for personal investment and optimize the allocation of personal assets.

Under the circumstance that the company's development momentum is good, no one will care. As long as he does not sell frantically, the market will not question and be nervous.

The outside world also thinks of another super-rich, that is, the founder of Microsoft. Gates has also been selling his Microsoft stocks for other investments in recent years.

Obviously, most people in the outside world think that Luo Sheng is learning from Gates's game of wealth allocation.

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In August, before the launch of the company's first product, Luo Sheng returned to Bluestar Technology Group for the last time.

On the weekend of August 6th, Bluestar Technology Group held a general meeting of shareholders today. All the major shareholders of the company came to Suzhou City.

The shareholders meeting voted on a major issue, that is, about the next financing action.

The listing and financing of Bluestar Technology Group has not ended after the IPO, because it was previously agreed that the company's IPO financing will be split into three.

Obviously, this time is to launch a second round of public offerings.

At 14:00 on the same day, Luo Sheng and the shareholders who attended the meeting voted on this round of capital increase and share expansion, raising 7.5 billion US dollars. Second majority of voting rights, but the actual result is 100% pass, just go through the process, it has already been agreed.

In this round of financing of US$7.5 billion, Bluestar Technology Group sold 7.5% of the equity for this purpose. Although the financing amount is extremely high, it exceeded the US$5.6 billion in the initial public offering of the IPO. More than doubled, only a few additional shares were issued, and the proportion of equity transferred through financing was controlled within 10%.

With this huge sum of money, it means that the cash flow of Bluestar Technology will expand to a terrifying amount of more than 9 billion US dollars. Luo Sheng wants to acquire Sun Computer Sun, and he can directly use cash without cross-shareholding with it. It can also reduce one share of equity with Wall Street.

After completing this round of financing, the equity of the two co-founders of Bluestar Technology Group has also been relatively diluted.

Luo Sheng holds 27.53%

This also means that the stock of Bluestar Technology Group has reached a new high. In August, the total market value exceeded the US$100 billion mark for the first time, reaching US$103.5 billion.

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After the shareholders meeting was over and the financing was confirmed, Luo Sheng held a closed-door meeting with the heads of the five major investment banks in a conference room of the company.

"Mr. Luo Sheng, I'm very curious why you rejected Lehman Investment Bank?" Paul Watson asked with great interest in the conference room at this moment.

Luo Sheng looked calm and said simply: "This bank's financial leverage is too high and the risk is too great. It's not right."

Paul Watson and others looked at each other in dismay, and they all saw the doubts of the other party. What kind of reason is this refusal?

What is your relationship with Bluestar Technology?

However, Lehman was unable to come in after all, because Luo Sheng refused to agree, and would rather give up this financing.

That didn't work, and Lehman had no choice but to get out of the game angrily.

Just kidding, Luo Sheng doesn't want to give Lehman a chance to breathe. Even if this kind of thing is delayed for an hour or two, there may be variables, and the result he wants is that the Lehman Brothers company must explode.

"Everyone, let's not talk about Lehman, let's talk about the underwriters this time." Luo Sheng is reluctant to dwell on this topic. These people are more shrewd than each other, and if they talk more, there will be absolutely nothing. good thing.

Back to the topic soon.

As a result of the final negotiation, the underwriters of this financing were Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs did not appear in the list of underwriters.

You must know that Goldman Sachs has been the one who has been a high-profile supporter of Bluestar Technology since its early development to its listing.

This is the result of the negotiation of interest distribution among the major capital consortia on Wall Street. Only they know the inside information. Goldman Sachs is no longer in the list of underwriters this time because it was in the last round of financing, that is, Bluestar Technology’s third The sub-financing was contracted exclusively by Goldman Sachs Group.

Now is not the time to reveal the mystery, it will take half a year.

Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street capital groups will secretly prepare and operate in it. Around 2007, the North American S\u0026P Index will include Bluestar Technology Group. In terms of amount, the S\u0026P 500 Index is the largest in North America and the world Among the funds, the index with the most reference.

Once Bluestar Technology Group is included, many funds will automatically purchase Bluestar Technology stocks according to the ratio indicated by the S\u0026P 500 index. Soared about 10 to 20%.

Judging from the current market value of Bluestar Technology Group, which has reached a market value of 100 billion, the benefits here are not generally large. Speculators must make a time difference after getting this news to arbitrage from it. There is a special kind of speculative trading among hedge funds. funds are called event-driven funds.

Obviously, this is also extremely beneficial to Bluestar Technology itself. Preparations have already begun. Luo Sheng has already planned and actively prepared to use this favorable opportunity to complete the third financing.

Once next year's Standard \u0026 Poor's announced the news, Bluestar Technology immediately conducted a third financing of US$4 billion, exclusively contracted by Goldman Sachs Group.

The three rounds of IPO splits will reach a staggering $17 billion in financing, and the total will only be diluted by less than 20% of the shares, which will undoubtedly become the most successful listing in history.

And these cash will also allow Bluestar Technology to have sufficient financial resources to build super data centers, deploy cloud computing services, and have ample cash to spend the winter when the financial crisis breaks out in the future. also gain a favorable position in the competition.

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In mid-August, some details of Bluestar Technology's second round of financing came out, which immediately grabbed the headlines of the current world news.

Major mainstream media at home and abroad are competing to report, and people in the industry are all bulging out when they see the amount of this round of financing.

"What the hell? Are those people on Wall Street crazy? What the hell is this?

"I can only say that this is really a bit exaggerated."

"As expected of 'L-BAT', the value of this financing amount alone has thrown away more than 95% of domestic Internet companies."

"This one is a bit sloppy."

"Bluestar Technology Niubi, never thought that there would be a domestic technology company that can stand in the top ranks of the world and compete with giants such as Microsoft and Google, Niubi (broken sound)——!!"

"According to foreign reports, the market value of Bluestar Technology Group has reached 103.75 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 830 billion soft sister coins, and it is the first technology company in my country with a market value of over 100 billion US dollars."

"In the future, if someone asks that North America has Microsoft, Google, and IBM, South Korea has Samsung, LG, and Japan has Sony and Toshiba, then what does our country have? There are Bluestar Technology, Huawei and Azure Coast!"

"Google has been relatively sluggish recently. If Bluestar Technology continues this momentum, I am afraid it will soon surpass Google."

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Netizens who eat melons are also hot on the Internet. Similar topics are being discussed on Weibo and Tieba forums.

Before the rise of Bluestar Technology, no one dared to think that there could be a technology company in China that could be compared with North American technology giants such as Microsoft, Google, Apple or Dell.

Bluestar Technology has achieved this incredible achievement, and it has become the pride of countless people. Luo Sheng has become an idol worshipped by countless young people, especially a group of young entrepreneurs, who regard it as their life. A guiding light, a goal to strive for.

To be able to create such a mythical achievement in just a few years is definitely a story full of passion and inspiration.

His achievements are undoubtedly affecting an entire generation.

The overall situation of financing has been decided. This time there are more than 600 subscribers, and Luo Sheng did not pay much attention to it. Zhang Bowen is dealing with the specific details of financing. The subscribers are mainly the choice of the four major underwriters.

To the surprise of the media, Goldman Sachs Group, which has been a high-profile supporter, was not included in the list of underwriters this time, which also caused a lot of media speculation for a while.

But obviously, the specific reason for this is that it is impossible for the outside world to know why Goldman Sachs is absent within half a year.

The total amount of financing of 7.5 billion US dollars is undoubtedly an astronomical amount. The interest generated every day is a huge sum of money, and this fund cannot enter the account of Bluestar Technology Group in a short period of time. It will take a period of time. Time, about the end of this year will be fully credited.

Many people in China can't figure out why Bluestar Technology Group is so rich that it needs to raise such a huge sum of money. Most people think it is completely unnecessary. Bluestar Technology already has more than one billion US dollars in cash flow, and its performance is extremely eye-catching. Revenue in a quarter is now over $2.4 billion.

If they knew Luo Sheng's strategic layout, they would not think so. Just building a super data center around the world is an astronomical investment. used during the financial crisis.

It is the best to be able to acquire Sun Microsystems. If it cannot be acquired, it can only be like this. The money cannot be left standing still. Of course, it is used to deploy the cloud computing service sector.

As long as the money is in the pocket, how to use it is adaptable.

After entering mid-September, the Côte d'Azur company, which has been immersed for more than three years, is no longer low-key. The publicity budget of 1.5 billion or about 180 million US dollars has been allocated, and it has begun to warm up on a global scale.

Time passed quickly, and September 27 finally came, the day of the first product launch of the Cote d'Azur.

On the same day, invited media and industry insiders came one after another. The well-built conference venue could accommodate more than 1,200 people. The total number of people invited this time was about 1,000, including 200 people. A number of media, including dozens of mainstream media from abroad.

At about 8:30, the layout in front of the stage was basically appropriate. Luo Sheng was in front of the stage, in front of the seats was a giant screen, and on the right side of the stage was a workbench with a candy bar machine. Products of this release.

It will be used for demonstration, and the interface of the mobile phone can also be synchronized to the giant screen.

Time passed by, and the venue officially opened at around nine o'clock, and some people from the media and industry who came early also entered the conference site one after another.

Cote d'Azur's first product launch, its lineup is not super luxurious, but it will not be small. After all, the person hosting the launch is Luo Sheng, who is known as the "Internet giant" in the industry.

This time he crossed from the Internet to the hardware field of consumer electronics, and the outside world is also very curious about whether he can create another miracle.

However, most Western media came here with the mentality of preparing to watch Luo Sheng's jokes, because they really wanted to see this kind of thing happen. Luo Sheng was too successful. If he could fail once, it would definitely be a lot of news. , and the West is more fond of it.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the media reporters who came to the scene seemed to be looking at long guns and short guns. A work-only laptop and open.

The venue was a bit noisy, and the people who had already arrived were whispering and discussing with each other. Some European and American industry professionals had calm expressions on their faces.

In their eyes, Luo Sheng and Cote d'Azur entering the consumer electronics industry are purely newbies. They acknowledge Luo Sheng's strength in the Internet industry, but this does not mean that he can also have strong strength in cross-border consumer mobile terminal devices. .

At around 9:40, the lights at the press conference went out, the audience seating area was dim, and most of the light sources were focused on the stage in front.

The chatter on the spot also disappeared.

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