America's Road to Fame

Chapter 341 Atlanta Under Construction

On December 12, Youku was successfully listed on NASDAQ in the United States.

This time Youku went public, the initial IPO guide price was 9-11 US dollars, due to the overwhelming response, the final issue price was set at 12.8 US dollars.

Youku's IPO will issue 1540 million American Depository Shares (ADS), the lead underwriters are Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, and William Chen subscribed for 1540 million of the total 500 million publicly offered shares through Meta Investment Company.

Before Youku’s IPO, Chen William’s Huaxia Future Capital held 31356 million shares of Youku’s Class A ordinary shares, accounting for 20% of Youku’s total pre-IPO share capital. 18 Class A ordinary shares, so after the Class A ordinary shares held by Huaxia Future Capital were converted into U.S. stocks, it was 1742 million shares. After the IPO, due to the public offering of 1540 million ADSs, his previous holdings were diluted to Less than 17%.

However, together with the 500 million ADSs subscribed by Meta Investment Company, William Chen's total shareholding has risen to nearly 22%.

On the day of Youku's listing, the stock opened at US$27 and closed at US$35, a 173.4% increase from the issue price. According to this closing price, Youku's market value is close to US$36 billion.

而陈威廉最初以1亿美元投资获得的1742万股ADS，已经价值6.1亿美元，收益率超过500%；而加上IPO时认购的500万股，持有的优酷网股票总市值为7.85亿美元。

On the second day, Youku’s stock continued to rise and closed at a price of over US$43. Based on this price, Youku’s market value at this time was US$44 billion, while Zhalang’s market value was US$46 billion at the close of the day. Net is already close to the market value of Zlang.

Of course, William Chen’s initial investment in Youku.com’s holdings was only Class A common shares, which were still in the lock-up period and could not be converted into ADSs for trading in US stocks. With a profit of 500%, but still not sold.

He will hold these shares for a long time. After all, Youku.com with the resource support of William Chen will only develop better than in his previous life, and in the future, he will continue to increase the shareholding and expand his presence on Youku.com. The right to speak does not rule out the eventual acquisition of this video platform.

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After leaving South Korea, Chen William took the Gulfstream G550 to Malus Island, and then took the Eclipse to Atlanta Island.

Near the port of Malus Island, a large area of ​​warehouses can already be seen being built, and further away from the warehouses, the South Pacific Industrial Investment Corporation's residential area on this island is under construction, and it will be three months away. The first phase of the project can be completed and occupancy within half a year. By then, the first phase of the project can guarantee the occupancy of more than 2000 people.

The cement plant project is also under construction, Huarun Group guarantees that it will be put into operation within 5 months, and the first phase of the residential area will fully guarantee the residence and supporting facilities of the personnel of South Pacific Industrial Investment Corporation.

At the ferry terminal not far from Malus Port, SP (South Pacific) Passenger Transport Company, a subsidiary of South Pacific Industrial Investment Corporation, is already operating the ferry from Malus Island to Atlanta Island. At present, it has purchased two ferries and flies daily. Don't go to Atlan Island twice in the morning and afternoon, the journey of less than 40 nautical miles takes about two hours.

It is only because the construction of Atlan Island is still in progress, the ferry can only reach the temporary pier at the northern end of Atlan Island under construction, and Malus Island is in the south of Atlan Island, if the road around the island is completed by then , Set up a ferry terminal at the southern tip of Atlan Island, then the voyage will be reduced by half, and you can take a ferry from Malus Island to reach Atlan Island in one hour.

Compared with the ferry, the speed of the Eclipse was faster, so in just over an hour, William Chen had already arrived at the southern tip of Atlan Island.

That is to say, the temporary airport is still under construction, but because it is only for temporary use, the construction speed is very fast, and it will be put into use in a month.

The temporary airport is paved with a 2000-meter-long runway. Although it cannot meet the take-off and landing of large passenger aircraft such as the Atlanta Airbus A380, there is no problem with the take-off and landing of medium-sized passenger aircraft such as the Gulfstream G550 and Bombardier Challenger 850. .

When William Chen and the others go to Atlanta, they don't need to transit through Malus Island, and they can fly directly to Atlanta.

The former temporary wharf has been expanded during this period, and it has been able to moor more ships at the same time. Several sets of large cranes on the shore have also been assembled, and now the speed of loading and unloading goods has been greatly enhanced.

The deep-water 40-ton port, Freeport, won the bid by Huaguo, and it is expected that it will be completed in three years, but that includes the completion time of the 10-ton berth, and a [-]-ton berth will be completed and operated first. Universal terminal berth, this berth can be completed within one year.

Near the temporary pier, a simple warehouse has also been built. After all, the climate of Atlanta Island has a little more rain, so a warehouse is necessary, and many goods that are shipped need to be temporarily stored in the warehouse.

At present, Atlanta's first residential area is still under construction. Now all personnel on the island need to temporarily live in temporary camps. The scope of temporary camps is already huge, and they are often mobiles transformed from containers. It can build three floors and connect them with welded stairs and walkways, which seems to be quite large.

But now the sanitation problem has been solved, and there are toilets, washrooms and showers on every floor in the camp.After the volcanic eruption of Atlan Island, many depressions were formed. After many rains, lakes of many sizes have been formed on the island. Fresh water purification devices and fresh water pipelines have been built on the island. Daily fresh water can still be obtained. Basically guaranteed.

The fresh water on the island will be even more abundant after the laying of the Amazon (Atlan-Marus) submarine pipeline is completed. The pipeline is expected to be completed within half a year and will be operated by the water company at that time.

After taking a helicopter tour in Atlanta, William Chen is quite satisfied with the progress of the project here. At present, the soil laying around the island has been completed, and the soil laying and leveling at the northern end of Atlanta have been completed. From the temporary dock From there, a road around the island of Atlanta is already under construction.

The length of the entire Atlanta ring road is about 120 kilometers. It is designed as a two-way 8-lane road. It is expected to be completed within a year, but the eastern part of the ring road will be built first, in order to connect the northern and southern ends of the island as soon as possible. , to speed up the construction process of Atlan Island.

After the road around the island can be completed from the north end to the south end, a ferry terminal can be set up at the southern end of Atlan Island, and the voyage to Malus Island can be reduced by half.At the same time, it can also speed up the construction of the Yahe (Atlan Island-Hemi Islands) cross-sea bridge at the southern end.

It's just that there is a small problem in the construction of the eastern part of the road around the island - that is, there is a tunnel about 1 kilometer long that needs to be built.

At the northern end of Atlan Island, the terrain is high in the east and low in the west. To the northeast, there is a rocky highland near the sea. On the coast is a 30-meter-high cliff. At this place, the road around the island needs to open a tunnel.

However, this highland was also favored by William Chen. In the future, it would be the location of the mansion named "City of Liberty" by William Chen.

His mansion will be built on a highland cliff facing the coast. The design has already been communicated with a well-known design firm. It will be built according to Stark's sea view villa in the previous movie "Iron Man 3", but it will have to wait until the follow-up After Atlanta completes the basic infrastructure, it can be built by TC Construction Engineering Company.

At that time, the entire highland in that place will be William Chen's private domain, guarded by the guards of the Southern Cross Security Company to ensure his safety, and even near the highland, there will be a dedicated anti-aircraft missile system to prevent anyone from entering. Aerial attack on William Chan's residence.

Speaking of Southern Cross Security Company, this company is currently responsible for the security and maintenance of the entire island.

"How is the law and order on the island during this period of time? Has there been any vicious cases?"

When William Chen arrived at the temporary camp of the Atlanta Management Committee, he asked Alicia, the legal member of the Management Committee.

"The vicious case did not happen, but at the beginning, the local Filipinos who were hired did steal. For this reason, we have installed surveillance systems in the current residences on the island."

Alicia, who is in charge of lawmaking and trial cases in Atlanta, knows this best, she continued:
"And after the laying of the submarine optical cable was completed, our SP (South Pacific) telecommunications company was established. At present, the network in Atlanta has been restored, and free WiFi networks have been set up in commercial spots and restaurants. Almost no cash is required. All All payments are made through HOLA’s PayPal, and there are very few thefts, and everyone just needs to keep an eye on their mobile phones.”

(End of this chapter)