"Zhiyuan going to university early to get some experience is actually quite good. This child's IQ is too high, she's at a level that crushes her peers. Even within the group, very few people can suppress her intellectually. Going through high school life can only make her personality worse. It's better to go to a place like Peking University early, where there are plenty of peers, so she can have a normal student life!" Boss Huang was trying to comfort his sister-in-law, Leng Zhiruo, who strongly opposed Leng Zhiyuan's early enrollment in university, and even more so her choice to go to Peking University instead of their own Jiangnan University. What if she encountered danger?
In such a situation, Boss Huang could only offer gentle reassurance.
After Boss Huang had finished comforting his wife, Hu Jing walked in quietly.
"Is something wrong?" Huang He asked curiously. If it wasn't something important, Hu Jing usually wouldn't come in when he and Leng Zhiruo were alone.
"...Antimonopoly..." Hu Jing's voice was not loud, but the matter was very serious. This was the anti-monopoly investigation that made countless giant enterprises tremble.
...Antimonopoly...
So Boss Huang couldn't help but sit up straight, asking Hu Jing to report the entire situation.
This intelligence was provided by some political friends of Jiangnan Group in Europe, as Jiangnan Group had a business network worth tens of billions of dollars in Europe, as well as a massive media group, Jiangnan Media.
They stated that Tian Zhou Terminals had already occupied the entire European terminal market, and even the traditional mobile phone market had been encroached upon by 25% of its share. This had led many traditional European mobile phone companies to face the brink of collapse.
And if Tian Zhou Terminals were allowed to continue developing like this, the entire European communication industry would be controlled by Tian Zhou Terminals, thus forming a massive monopoly group.
In order to curb this trend, the European Union must launch an anti-monopoly investigation into Tian Zhou Company.
At the same time, this proposal also thoughtfully designed a solution, which was to require Tian Zhou Terminals to immediately disclose and open up all its patents, as well as publicize all production technologies, so that other companies could also produce terminal products of comparable quality to Tian Zhou Terminals, thereby achieving healthy market competition.
"Then they might as well just come and rob us!" When Boss Huang saw the condition, his eyes were almost turning green with anger. He originally thought this investigation would at most result in a fine, and he would just pay a huge fine. But the outcome was a demand to publicize all production technologies, which was no different from a direct robbery.
"If the US isn't behind this, I wouldn't believe it even if you beat me to death!" Boss Huang cursed.
"Boss, anger is meaningless!" Hu Jing said expressionlessly.
"No, Captain America can make me feel a bit better!" Boss Huang touched his nose and then said, "Do you have any suggestions or ideas?"
"Yes, the best course of action would be to prevent this investigation from passing. We can use all our power in Europe to stop this proposal from passing!" Hu Jing said.
"No, that's impossible!" Unexpectedly, Boss Huang rejected the suggestion without a second thought. "If the Americans are behind this, then it will be very difficult for us to directly obstruct it. After all, the Americans are their fathers, and the European Union doesn't have the guts to defy their father. So it's almost impossible to stop this proposal."
"Then we can only delay. By various means, we can delay the time for the proposal to pass. If this method is used well, then we can be like Microsoft back then. The anti-monopoly investigation was initiated in '94 and officially passed only last year, but Microsoft only needed to pay billions of dollars in fines!" Hu Jing said. She had indeed made significant progress over the years and understood what truly reliable ideas were in the commercial world of Earth.
"We can only do this for now, but I estimate that delaying it won't be of much help. This is truly the calm before the storm!" Boss Huang sighed. Just then, the phone in his office rang. Boss Huang answered the phone, said a few words, and suddenly smiled again.
"Boss, what good news is there?" Hu Jing asked curiously.
"Yes, this is a call from the high-speed rail company. They have completed all the research and construction preparation work for the first phase of the project. They will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on National Day and invite me to participate and dig the first clod of earth for the entire project!" Boss Huang's face showed a smile again.
Whether it was some kind of fateful coincidence, October 1, 2009, was also the day that the United Super Vacuum Railway Pipeline Company, which had been established for less than a year, officially IPO'd.
Although the company only officially announced the detailed arrangements for its management and board of directors a week before its listing, and released a planned pipeline route map that only existed on paper.
But this did not affect the enormous support this company received after its listing. After more than half a year of constant hype and praise for the super vacuum maglev pipeline, the common people around the world had basically come to believe that this was a super project that would definitely change the world and definitely make money once it was built. Everyone was waiting for the company's stock to be listed and then waiting to get rich.
To be fair, if this pipeline were actually built, it would undoubtedly change the world.
But the real problem was that companies that changed the world in history were basically money-losing, or only became profitable after a long time.
This was because an invention that changed the world could not be truly accepted by all users in a short period of time. This entire process was a long and arduous one.
Of course, most people couldn't understand this. They only saw the perfect progress behind the United Super Vacuum Railway Pipeline.
Therefore, when the company conducted its roadshows, it began to create miracles continuously. The railway company planned to issue a total share capital of 100 billion shares, of which 80 billion shares would enter the market for circulation.
This means that the company would put 80% of its own shares into the securities market, making it a company that completely handed over control to the market.
At the same time, the total share capital of 100 billion shares also directly broke the record of the world securities market. No company had ever had such a terrifying total share capital.
But something even more terrifying happened during the roadshow.
In the first roadshow, this total share capital of 100 billion shares already had over 60 billion shares subscribed. After each subsequent roadshow, it surged.
As a result, in the end, the total share capital of 100 billion shares received over 380 billion shares in subscriptions, even though the estimated price during the subscription period was $10 per share.
Therefore, when the United Super Vacuum Railway Pipeline Company finally announced its issuance price, this issuance price reached a terrifying $28 per share.
This means that as long as the stock did not fall on the day of listing, the United Super Vacuum Railway Pipeline Company would have a total market value of over $2.8 trillion, directly crushing the market value of 00 Network, which was still stuck at one trillion dollars and unable to break through.
In fact, before and after the listing of the United Super Vacuum Railway Pipeline Company, the stock of o0 Network began to plummet. Clearly, many people intended to transfer their assets in oo Network to the United Super Vacuum Railway Pipeline Company, a company that appeared to have more potential.
And the final result was that an hour after the United Super Vacuum Railway Pipeline Company was listed, its stock price rose to $30, and its total market value directly exceeded that of oo Network by three times, becoming the first unprecedented terrifying beast in the world with a total market value exceeding $3 trillion. And the United Super Vacuum Railway Pipeline Company also firmly secured over $2 trillion in huge funds.