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Today is the day when JD.com goes public, and Zhou Buqi cannot just disappear out of thin air.

Congratulations to Liu Qiangdong and others for returning to Nasdaq.

While having lunch with two beautiful secretaries, Zhou Buqi had been paying attention to the news about JD.com's listing, which was basically good news. JD.com was listed on Nasdaq under the name "China's Amazon" and was recognized by the capital market. Its stock price rose by more than 15% in the morning.

The current market capitalization exceeds US$38 billion.

Liu Qiangdong's personal shareholding exceeds 22%, so he is considered a first-class rich man, ranking among the top twenty richest people in China.

The Nasdaq exchange is next to Times Square.

When he came back, Zhou Buqi found that construction was still going on in Times Square, with several construction racks erected under the building. He was a little worried and asked an American driver named Locke, "What's going on with the construction in Times Square?" , do you know?”

Locke said: "It should be the renovation of the billboard."

"When did it start?"

"last month."

"How long will it take to finish?"

"That's not very clear. You need to ask them."

Locke is a retired Navy SEAL, a bodyguard and part-time driver. He is from New York, so he is often the one driving when he comes to New York. If it's over in the Bay Area, the uncle named Hendrick usually drives.

Zhou Buqi said: "Then you can work hard for a while and go ask what's going on."

I went to the Nasdaq exchange and Liu Qiangdong was still there.

Normally, when a company is listed, it is enough to take photos here, accept interviews with reporters, and communicate with Nasdaq in the morning. In the afternoon, there is nothing else to do. You can go shopping in Manhattan. You can go directly back to the hotel to rest.

Just attend the celebration party in the evening.

However, this is the first time for Lao Liu to go public, and his excitement is understandable. He has no interest in shopping and can't stay in a hotel. He might as well come to the exchange to continue the excitement brought by the company's listing.

The Nasdaq exchange is a company with approximately billions of dollars in revenue each year.

The main source of income is commission from transactions.

Therefore, Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange are in a competitive relationship, and both are trying to steal users-listed companies with all their tricks.

Since they are customers, there is a difference between important customers and ordinary customers.

JD.com’s market capitalization is nearly US$40 billion. It is fully qualified to be included in the list of important customers and can be directly responsible for it by the vice president. As for Ziweixing and Ziweixing International, they are super customers and need to be directly responsible for the CEO and president.

At this time, Liu Qiangdong was in the office of a vice president named Spart of Nasdaq. He was holding a glass of American vodka on the rocks. His face was red. He didn't know whether it was because of the alcohol or the excitement. To.

After Zhou Buqi passed, Spate immediately entertained him warmly. On the one hand, he served wine to Boss Zhou, and on the other hand, he arranged for his female secretary to take good care of his female secretary.

"I don't drink. Let's have a bottle of Coke!"

Zhou Buqi couldn't bear to drink this strong alcohol dry.

Spate was startled for a moment, then laughed and said, "I almost forgot, Mr. Zhou is a young man!"

Then, immediately ask the secretary to prepare Coke for him.

Zhou Buqi was not at all restrained. He walked to the window casually, looked at Times Square directly opposite, and asked, "What's going on with this construction?"

Spate smiled and said: "For outdoor decoration, we need to renovate the walls to a certain extent."

Zhou Buqi asked: "When will it end?"

Spate said: "It seems that the construction period is half a year. It is autumn and the weather is cold, so it is time to stop the work. It will be the end of October at the latest."

"That's not okay!" Zhou Buqi frowned, then looked at Liu Qiangdong, "Did you go out to take pictures this morning?"

Liu Qiangdong said: "Yes, I took the photo."

“What happened to the construction racks?”

"Nothing to do."

"Is there a construction rack in the background?" Zhou Buqi twitched his lips, "That's how it was taken?"

Liu Qiangdong participated for the first time, so he didn’t know anything about that. He just followed the process of a Nasdaq listed company, "Well, right in front... the square is surrounded, so I just took a simple photo on the pedestrian street here. A few photos.”

Nasdaq and Times Square are one.

Moreover, this is Midtown Manhattan, a financial center. Every time there is a new listing on Nasdaq, people will take pictures in Times Square. This is a good publicity. Relevant photos will be put on the big screen in Times Square and sent to major media for extensive coverage.

The background is a construction platform, which affects the appearance a bit too much.

It’s also not convenient when taking photos.

Even because of the construction work to protect the safety of the site, the square had to be fenced off to prevent falling objects from the decoration from hitting tourists.

Zhou Buqi said displeasedly: "Ziweixing International will be listed on the market next month."

Spate immediately understood what Boss Zhou meant and immediately expressed his position, "I will contact them soon and strive to stop the construction on the day of Ziweixing International's IPO and make way for Times Square."

"It's not about fighting for it, it's for sure!" Zhou Buqi didn't want to make do with it and let Ziweixing International's listing leave such a fly in the ointment. "A two- or three-day shutdown will not delay the overall construction period. It's okay. The additional cost that affects the construction period, I This is all my responsibility. My only request is not to affect the photo taking of Ziweixing International’s launch.”

This is a major customer that is ten times more important than JD.com, and Spate agreed without hesitation, "No problem! We will do our best to coordinate this matter with the square, and there will be no negative impact."

Liu Qiangdong felt a little uncomfortable listening to their conversation.

Depend on!

He is now the boss of a large company with a market value of nearly 40 billion US dollars!

Compared with Zhou Buqi, he is nothing!

How unbalanced!

…

Zhou Buqi also had to attend the celebration party in the evening.

Without outsiders, Liu Qiangdong said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me about Times Square earlier?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I wasn't in New York before, and I didn't know either!"

Liu Qiangdong sighed, "What the hell is this!"

Zhou Buqi said nonchalantly: "It's just a few photos. It doesn't affect the overall situation. It doesn't matter."

"It doesn't matter?" Liu Qiangdong stared, "It doesn't matter. You still find someone to contact the construction company and ask them to suspend the construction and give up the square?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Can it be the same?"

Liu Qiangdong was unconvinced, "Why is it different?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The IPO of Ziweixing International may be the largest IPO in history. This is a historic event. Look at the walls of the Nasdaq exchange. Photos of historic moments. When Ziweixing International is listed, those photos will be collected and hung on the wall to record historical moments. Can this be the same for Nasdaq and Nasdaq? For the U.S. capital market, JD.com’s listing is not a historic moment.”

Liu Qiangdong's expression froze.

Depend on!

It’s better not to ask!

This mood is even worse, and I feel even more unbalanced.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "JD.com's listing is so successful, that's enough. What's there to be dissatisfied about?"

Liu Qiangdong said: "Next time I come, I have to pay attention too."

"next time?"

Zhou Buqi glanced at him.

Liu Qiangdong said ambitiously: "Next time it will be JD Logistics! We will strive to go public within five years!"

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "Next time you want to go public in the United States, you may not have the chance."

"What's the meaning?"

Liu Qiangdong was slightly startled.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "The approval process for JD.com to come to Nasdaq is a special channel. It gives you preferential treatment, and a lot of reviews are not done. It is also a listing, and the review materials for Ziweixing International to go public, At least two or three times more than Ziweixing.”

Liu Qiangdong said: "It's just to grab customers! JD.com is considered an overseas user of Nasdaq, and they brought JD.com to Nasdaq. The trading commissions they collect from JD.com's investors every year are at least several million dollars." Bar?"

Zhou Buqi said: "In a few years, Chinese concept stocks may not be able to have such a special channel. If scrutiny is added, many companies will not be able to get in... You dare to say that JD.com's shareholder composition is full of Open and transparent? If not, would you dare to hand over relevant shareholder information to Nasdaq?”

"Depend on!"

Liu Qiangdong glared at him and wanted to scold him.

Zhou Buqi laughed and pointed in a direction to the right, "Do you know that kid?"

"Who?"

"Jack Dorsey, I invited him here. He founded Twitter before, and the company he founded now is Square, a mobile payment company. Come on, let me introduce you! If JD.com wants to do overseas business, it cannot do without the support of Square. ”

"Walk!"