Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 567 Nokia goes public

Remember in one second [End of the God Station] Mobile phone user input address: m.xinwanben.com

It just happened to be in San Francisco.

A very old-fashioned job-hunting scam. The scammers use the 58list platform to publish a series of advertisements for part-time typists and data entry clerks, and then defraud cash from job seekers for reasons such as entry deposits and training fees. In just one week since the launch of 58list, 6 people in the Bay Area have been deceived in a row, and the accumulated amount of fraud has reached 23,000 US dollars.

After the victim called the police, the local police in San Francisco quickly determined that this was a gang fraud case.

At the same time, the 58list team was notified immediately and banned accounts and posts suspected of fraud.

It stands to reason that the next step is the investigation and detection of the case.

However, traditional print media platforms were already eyeing the launch of 58list. After the fraud case, the Hearst Group's "San Francisco Chronicle" quickly got the news, and carried out a special report on the front page on August 18, attacking aggressively. 58list service lacks security.

Then, on August 19, the six victims of the fraud case jointly initiated a class action against Igrete, demanding a total amount of up to 3 million US dollars in various compensations and requiring Igreat to issue a lawsuit. Shut down the 58list website for a responsible attitude to the public.

Many lawsuits in the United States will always be accompanied by very exaggerated claims, which are starting from the ground.

Of course, this time, many people understand that the point of the lawsuit is that the lawsuit requires Igrit to shut down 58list. The media just exposed, followed by a class action lawsuit, and there was no private contact beforehand. If there was no one behind it, the ghost would not believe it.

Igreit had anticipated this situation during the preparation of 58list.

According to the website service process, users who use 58list must click to agree to the website's disclaimer in advance, and also get a clear anti-fraud reminder. More importantly, the 58list website does not charge any fees from the classified information advertisements posted by users, and naturally it does not need to assume the responsibility of ensuring the accuracy of the information. Therefore, even if this case hits the Federal Supreme Court, the possibility of Igrit losing the case is almost zero.

However, if 58list really gets rid of itself, it will definitely damage the corporate image of the entire Ygrit company in the minds of users.

Simon also didn't intend to do this in the first place.

The disclaimers and anti-fraud reminders are only to prevent 58list from being entangled in endless lawsuits. Since the incident happened, Igreat must solve the problem as much as possible and restore the loss of users. In doing so, it is also safeguarding its own reputation and interests.

When the intelligence team of the Westeros family was formed, Simon had already determined that the role of this team on the bright side was to deal with various hacker attacks, network frauds and other Internet crimes that Igreit might encounter.

Unconsciously, the intelligence team of the Westeros family has exceeded 200 people, and under the advice of industry intelligence experts, it is distributed in North America, Europe and Australia in the form of a very professional spy network.

Weapons will rust if they are not used for a long time.

Therefore, this intelligence team has been very active under Janet's arrangement. In addition to the security and prevention work of the Westeros family in the dark, the Simons also select various targets consciously or unintentionally or arrange some tasks for the team to investigate or Done, even many of the goals and tasks have no clear purpose, just to make sure the team doesn't 'rust'.

As for the expenses incurred during the period, the issue of money is not a problem for Simon.

So, for two years, surveillance and investigation files for various targets filled several large cabinets in the basement of Shell Villa. Some time ago, the maid next to the female assistant tried to sell the employer's information, but it was discovered from the very beginning, not to mention In the follow-up series of actions, in order to avoid the revolt of the abandoned son, until now, the maid named Doris Fitch still has eyes watching at all times.

Simon arrived in San Francisco on Aug. 19, the day the six victims filed a class-action lawsuit, to personally deploy the fraud case.

He doesn't trust Bay Area police.

The detectives in American crime dramas are always wise and wise, but in fact, the inefficiency of American law enforcement is almost well known. Even the average detection rate of kidnapping, murder, arson and other vicious cases is only 60%, not to mention fraud. Such 'little things'.

Moreover, the formal law enforcement agencies, some means can not be used.

This is not a problem for the Westeros family's private intelligence team.

When Simon arrived in San Francisco, a team led by Martin Dinham in the intelligence team had been busy for three days and had basically grasped the direction of the case.

According to the ip information of the posts involved in the fraud case, the intelligence team located an Internet cafe in Richmond, north of the Bay Area. The chain of Internet cafes in the stores has been owned by ibm and some private equity funds on Wall Street.

The surveillance system in the early 1990s was still very backward, but the team managed to obtain surveillance video of a public area of ​​a bank near the block where the Internet cafe is located.

At the same time, the official files on the case are also in the hands of Igret. although

Despite a class-action lawsuit, two of the six victims agreed to cooperate with the company's investigation, lobbied by Igret.

After investigating the surveillance video and personally identifying the victim, the suspect target was basically confirmed at around 8 o'clock on the evening of August 19.

The whole thing seems to be very simple. In many of the links, there is not enough strength, connections and skills. To complete it can only be wishful thinking. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of money. This is also the reason why the police in the United States has a low crime detection rate. If sufficient budget and manpower are given, there is no case in the world that cannot be solved.

Identify the suspect target, and the next step is to find someone.

Although the Bay Area has a population of more than 5 million, it is not difficult to find the target by using surveillance video and victim descriptions to paint the exact appearance of the suspect, and at the same time lock the general activity area of ​​the other party.

Therefore, it is not difficult for ordinary people to encounter scams, especially online scams and telephone scams that are traceable, and it is not difficult to catch the criminals. However, the operators are not willing to make trouble, the police are not willing to make trouble, and the victims have no choice but to let it go.

Simon stayed at the Igret headquarters until more than nine o'clock in the evening before returning to the villa in the Woodside Hills.

The female assistant hadn't rested yet, and sat quietly in the living room of the villa reading a book. The TV was turned on, and only a small figure came out.

Simon handed the coat to Lady D, came to the sofa and sat down with Jennifer, kissed her cheek, and asked, "Is the little guy naughty?"

"No, she must have fallen asleep," the female assistant put down her book, pressed her body to Simon's side, and asked, "How is it over there?"

"It's done, just find someone."

"What about class actions and the media?"

"These are things Jeff and the others have to deal with, and we're just waiting for the results."

Simon said this, leaned over and put his ear on the female assistant's belly and listened for a while, but there was no movement, so he skillfully bent his fingers and wanted to tap a few times, but the female assistant opened it with a smile: "It's not a watermelon, don't put it The baby woke up."

After a few jokes, Simon looked at the time and said, "Do you want me to take you to take a shower?"

Jennifer opened her arms to Simon: "Okay."

Simon got up, picked up the female assistant, and walked to the bedroom.

After taking a shower, changing into pajamas, on the big bed in the bedroom, Jennifer lay on her side beside Simon, obviously sleepy, and asked, "Would you like to wait for news from London?"

It's August 19th here in Los Angeles, and it's August 20th in London 8 hours earlier than the West Coast of the United States.

Nokia will be officially listed on the London Stock Exchange on the morning of August 20, local time.

The opening time of the London Stock Exchange is from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. According to the time difference of 8 hours, in the early hours of the morning on the Los Angeles side, the London side should start the inquiry before the official transaction, and the Nokia stock officially opened. At least it's one o'clock in the morning on this side of Los Angeles.

Simon didn't intend to wait like this, shook his head, turned off the ceiling light in the bedroom, leaving only a pale yellow wall lamp by the bedside, picked up a copy of "Walden" by the bedside and said, "Reading for you?"

"Um."

Simon leaned on the head of the bed, waited for the female assistant to find a comfortable position beside him, opened the page and read it softly.

On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before seven o'clock in the morning, Nokia's CEO, Yoma Ollila, and James Leibold, who came from New York, were gathered in the lobby of the stock exchange headquarters in the City of London.

The difference between the London Stock Exchange and other major exchanges in the world is that it opens at 8:00 in the morning, which disappears at least one earlier than the mainstream opening time.

After more than half a year of preparation, Nokia's IPO valuation was finally determined to be 1.8 billion pounds. According to the exchange rate that has not recovered from the pound crisis last year, it is equivalent to 2.7 billion US dollars, which is about 35% higher than the valuation of 2 billion US dollars at the beginning of the year. Benefited from the strong growth of Nokia's performance in the first half of the year.

For the full year of 1992, Nokia's revenue was equivalent to US$1.47 billion, and 3.76 million mobile phones were sold throughout the year.

In 1993, affected by favorable factors such as the rapid development of the European mobile communication industry, the acceleration of digital communication upgrading, and Nokia's re-entry into the North American market, Nokia's turnover reached US$1.13 billion in the first two quarters, equivalent to 1992. 76% of revenue, while also achieving a net profit of $129 million.

At the same time, the sales of Nokia's mobile phone equipment has increased significantly, and the number of shipments in six months has reached 3.39 million units, which is close to the whole year of 1992. The annual revenue growth rate will also reach a staggering 80% or more.

Therefore, the valuation of 1.8 billion pounds is still seriously undervalued in the eyes of many analysts.

According to Nokia's ultra-high growth rate and the revenue and profit situation in the first half of the year, even the valuation standard of 15 times the price-earnings ratio will be very conservative.

However, the valuation of 1.8 billion pounds is actually only equivalent to a price-earnings ratio of 10.5 times.

Due to the underestimation of the market value and the outstanding development prospects of the company, in the early stage of the roadshow, Nokia's stock subscription scale has reached 12 times the issue scale, which is definitely the most popular new stock on the London Stock Exchange in recent years.

Many media believe that making Nokia the most active new stock on the London Stock Exchange is probably why Westeros tolerates a low valuation of 10.5 times earnings.

The lower the issue price, the more active the transactions are after the listing, which is more conducive to the future growth trend of the company's stock price.

Overall, this is a fancy

choice to come.

Nokia's growth is very healthy and fast, so the future of the company is indeed more important than the rush to raise more money at the IPO stage. After all, neither Nokia itself nor the rapidly expanding Westeros system is short of funds.

In terms of equity, the Nokia shares held by Westeros totaled 132 million shares. After the exchange of equity awards and internal employee subscription before listing, the total share capital was expanded to 137 million shares.

This IPO, Nokia issued 28 million new shares.

After all the calculations, after the completion of the ipo, Westeros' shareholding in Nokia is exactly 80% of the original plan.

According to the valuation of 1.8 billion US dollars and Nokia's initial total share capital of 132 million, the stock issue price is determined to be 13.63 pounds, and the scale of raised funds is 381 million pounds, equivalent to 576 million US dollars.

At the end of August in London, the weather has turned cold, but the hall of the stock exchange is hot.

At 8 o'clock, after the pre-opening speech and the bell ringing ceremony, the inquiry stage officially began, and everyone in the hall turned their attention to the electronic display board on the trading floor.

Fifteen minutes later, looking at a series of numbers that jumped directly to 15.25 to 15.55 on the electronic display board, the last suspense completely fell.

At 9 o'clock, after four consecutive rounds of inquiry, Nokia's stock officially opened on the London Stock Exchange. Compared with the issue price of 13.63 pounds, the opening price of Nokia's stock reached 18.12 pounds, an increase of 33%.

If it is other new stocks, the increase of 33% on the first day of opening is actually very good.

However, for Nokia, the opening 33% increase is just the beginning.

Faced with continued buying demand, Nokia shares rose in the ensuing hours.

In the exchange hall, whether it was the excited Nokia executives or the media reporters from all sides, looking at the continuously rising stock price of Nokia on the electronic display board, they even had a feeling that they were witnessing a miracle.

When Simon got up on time at seven o'clock local time in San Francisco, he received a transoceanic call from London almost immediately.

James Leibold took the initiative to give up the microphone to Yoma Olia. The Nokia CEO was almost incoherent on the phone, but Simon also heard a key point clearly, 106%, and there was still one more to close. Half an hour later, the rally has not stopped.

Simon was very generous to Nokia's management, or Yoma Ollila, who he valued most.

After taking charge of Nokia for three years, among the total 5 million shares of incentives and subscription shares for the Nokia team, Jorma Ollila took 3 million shares alone, which is close to 2% of Nokia's total share capital, and it is a complete stock award, Not many employees' low-priced internal subscriptions.

Judging by the situation, it is probably just today that Joma Ollila is expected to become a billionaire.

Running in the Woodside Mountains as usual, having breakfast with the female assistant, listening to the work schedule of the girl today, and so on, until 8:30, 4:30 pm in London, the official closing of the exchange, Yoma Ollila Called again, Nokia's share price rose at 121% throughout the day, and the closing share price reached 30.12 US dollars. Therefore, Nokia's market value reached 4.969 billion pounds, equivalent to 7.5 billion US dollars.

As Nokia's largest shareholder, Westeros' stake has grown to $6 billion.

In three years, with a total investment of 500 million US dollars, 6 billion US dollars have been recovered, and the rate of return has reached 1200%, which is shocking.

With Nokia going public, it wasn't just Nokia CEO Yoma Ollila who became a billionaire straightaway, but also created a string of multi-millionaires and millionaires.

Although Nokia's price-earnings ratio reached 29 times at the close of the day, due to the market's pursuit of Westeros concept stocks and the optimistic development prospects of Nokia itself, major analysts generally predict that Nokia's share price still has a lot of room for growth. The price-earnings ratio is expected to reach about 50 times.

If so, there is no doubt that after AOL, Cisco and other companies, a technology company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars will once again appear in the Westeros system.

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