On the first day of listing, Netscape's stock price was finally fixed at $76. In just one day, dozens of multi-millionaires and hundreds of millionaires were created. Almost everyone who participated reaped great success.
, everyone is happy.
five days after that
Netscape's stock price fluctuates between 73 and 79 US dollars, and the trend is quite stable. Large funds are absorbed when the market is low, and large funds are distributed when the market is high. It has always remained stable in this range.
The private equity transaction between Red Hat and Microsoft was reached. Microsoft acquired 8 million shares at a five-day average stock price of US$75.5, becoming the second largest shareholder with a shareholding of 19.7.
As the absolute controlling shareholder of Red Hat, Wang Yaocheng received US$604 million. Because it was an over-the-counter transaction by the major shareholder, all this huge amount of money fell into his pocket.
Excluding the 468 million U.S. dollars in advance funds and labor bills that Microsoft purchased for the eight-inch wafer fab equipment, Wang Yaocheng holds 136 million in cash, making him a true billionaire.
Over time, if Netscape's capital pool is slowly drained, he will have 900 million US dollars in hand, and his confidence will be extraordinary.
Microsoft has also gained a lot. The huge profits it reaped from Red Hat were reinvested in the company to increase its shareholding, creating a situation of sitting back and watching, strengthening its voice.
February 18, early morning
San Francisco Bay Area, riverside mansions.
The sweet chirping of birds came from outside the window, and a ray of morning light shone through the thin sand, bringing with it the breath of early spring.
Wang Yaocheng turned over lazily. The comfortable and luxurious bed was a little messy. There was a sound of water in the bathroom. Wang Yaocheng turned over and got out of bed and walked into the bathroom on the other side.
Soon, the sound of running water came from the bathroom.
After a while
In the restaurant on the second floor
The bright sunshine shines into the room, and the wind blowing in from the terrace carries the fragrance of vegetation and earth. On the dining table are hot steamed buns, porridge, several delicious side dishes, and golden fried dumplings.
Wang Yaocheng was sitting at the table feeling refreshed. Cai Linlin came over with a gust of fragrance, leaned over and kissed Wang Yaocheng's cheek. She sat next to him and picked up a small white bowl to help serve the porridge.
"Arlene, bring me the big rice bowl. It's too troublesome to load this small bowl back and forth several times!"
"Hehehe, okay!"
On this early spring morning, the two of them enjoyed breakfast quietly and got intimate from time to time. The unpleasantness a few days ago had long since disappeared.
Cai Linlin slowly found her position, Wang Yaocheng was happy to see her success, and all the tacit understanding was unspoken.
Some words are a little hurtful when spoken clearly.
It is better to pretend to be confused with some understanding. This is what smart people do and it is also the right choice.
"Yeah! This fried dumpling tastes quite good. There seems to be mushrooms and shrimps in the dumpling filling, and the black ones should be fungus. It tastes quite tender and delicious."
"Darling, it's best if you like to eat. These are the quick-frozen dumplings I bought at a Chinese-run supermarket in Chinatown in the San Francisco Bay Area. They should be produced by Baodao. There are also steamed buns and sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice balls. There are quite a lot of varieties.
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"That's right. I'll take two people to buy more in the afternoon to give Nobita and the others a change of taste. These guys are already nauseated after eating Mexican burritos and barbecue."
"I understand, will you go to the company in the morning?"
Wang Yaocheng finished the buns in three mouthfuls, took another big mouthful of porridge, patted his belly and said with satisfaction;
"Now that I'm full, I won't go to the company. I went to the shooting club today to check out the training results of Nobita and his gang over the past month. We can't let these guys cheat."
"Instructor Harrison is very strict, but they thought there was nothing wrong with it."
Cai Linlin covered her mouth, giggled, and said, "You don't know that 20 days before training, every day when driving back, these old men were too tired to walk, dozens of meters from the parking lot to the dormitory.
On the road, I could fall so hard that I couldn’t get up, it was so miserable.”
"Haha! That's good."
Cai Linlin looked at Wang Yaocheng's leaving figure, her red lips turned into an O-shape in surprise, "How about that?"
Under Wang Yaocheng's prestige, she didn't dare to ask in detail. She could only frown and think about it slowly, and only came back to her thoughts after a while.
I'm sorry...it means that the money was not wasted!
Three wild military Humvees were speeding north along the flat avenues of the Santa Clara Valley. Their destination was the shooting range of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Rifle Association at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, a distance of about 30 kilometers.
Wang Yaocheng was sitting in the passenger seat of the car in the middle. He was so far away from the driver that he couldn't even touch his shoulders when he stretched out his arms. The seat was very spacious and comfortable.
These vehicles have been modified for civilian use, adding comfortable leather sofa seats, high-fidelity Pioneer audio, and 16 speakers that sound very cool together.
Especially listening to heavy metal rock music is as exciting as a live concert.
"Boss, what kind of gun do you want to try today? I'll give you some advice." The madman (He Lin) in the back seat is more active and is particularly excited today.
"Well! Give it a try, madman, I tell you, my marksmanship is very good. During the military training, I scored 49 rings in five bullets. I was among the best among more than 3,000 students. Only two guys were blind.
I played 50 rings until I died, and I ranked third." Wang Yaocheng was quite proud of himself.
"Hehehe...Boss, there is no point in lying on the ground for a long time and shooting at the chest target."
"It's not taxable to brag. Don't blame me. Instructor Harrison still has real materials. How are you guys training during this period? Let me know."
The madman touched his head with lingering fear and said;
"Major Harrison has real abilities, but he has given us hard training. Everything is based on actual combat, and he must be difficult, strict, and set subjects carefully.
Let’s talk about shooting events;
Before the shooting, I first went on a 15-kilometer cross-country trip with heavy loads and full equipment.
After arriving at the destination, the gun was disassembled and reassembled on site, and 100 rounds of bullets were fired immediately, requiring ten bullets to be fired alternately in standing, kneeling, and lying positions.
After the shooting, you crawl forward and enter the jungle to shoot random targets. You need to complete the shooting action while running, which is very difficult.
Crossing streams and wading forward requires precise shooting.
Suspension sling requires precise shooting while moving.
Climbing the cliff requires precise shooting as soon as you reach the top of the mountain.
Anyway, at the end of the morning, when you are too tired to move, you have to fire 1,000 rounds of high-intensity bullets in rotation, standing, kneeling, lying down, crawling forward, lying in the mud and water, and you have to continue shooting, no matter how hard you try, you can do it.
Our brothers were tortured very hard. When we went back to rest, our legs were all broken. There were a few days when we went to bed and fell asleep without even taking a shower."
After listening to the madman talking so much, Wang Yaocheng suddenly sat up and said with a look of panic;
"Wow, have you been training like this for so many days?"
"yes!"
"Wow, wow, wow, how much did you spend on me?"
Well!
The lunatic was immediately stunned. He looked at his teammates next to him and looked at each other speechlessly. He breathed uneasily and said, "You should have a lot of money, right?"
Wang Yaocheng said unhappily;
"Shit, let me do the math for you. A person can use more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition a day, and a machine gunner uses more. You guys, how much will it cost to kill me with more than 1 million rounds of ammunition in more than a month?
No, the skills you have learned have to be deducted from your wages, and I will give you the bill when the time comes."
At this time, the madman and his teammates were all dumbfounded, and they were a bit unable to settle the score.
"Boss, are you kidding me?"
"What do you think?"
Well!
It's not like that.
Now the madman felt even more unsure. He began to calculate how much ammunition and supplies he had consumed in this month. The more he calculated, the more shocked he became. He couldn't afford it!
Three military Humvees drove down the smooth asphalt road and drove toward the mountains along a sandy dirt road, rolling up a tall cloud of smoke behind the vehicles.
The sandy road among the lush dense forests follows the mountains with zigzag twists and turns.
More than ten minutes later, we arrived at an open space in a valley.
In the parking lot here, there are hundreds of various pickup trucks and off-road vehicles parked, and you can't see them all at a glance. Next to the rough gate made of huge logs, there is a very conspicuous English house number;
National Rifle Association ~ San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Valley Shooting Range
This is a large-scale shooting range. A dozen nearby hills are all valley shooting ranges, covering an area of tens of thousands of acres.
In this long subtropical jungle, weapons shooting enthusiasts can go wild with rifles, pistols, machine guns, small-caliber rapid-fire cannons, mortars, and RPG rockets, and they can shoot whatever they want.
At the same time, there are also experienced retired instructors here to teach novices how to familiarize themselves with weapons. As for field combat and even special operations, as long as you pay.
It's a bit like a Taekwondo training class. There are beginner classes, intermediate classes, advanced classes, advanced classes, and even one-on-one combat training with professional coaches. As long as you pay, everything is possible.