NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 270 Ten Billion Purchase Order

On November 30, a press conference was held.

Accompanied by Oakley, Larry Johnson and others, Zhao Dong attended the press conference.

At the launch event, he met Michael Tyson for the first time.

Looking down at Tyson, he said unhappily: "Tyson, you'd better wear a helmet like an amateur when you are on stage, or you will have to lie down and be carried off the ring."

"What did you say?"

Tyson said angrily: "Don't think that you have your wife's support, I'm afraid of you, you coward who eats soft food!"

"Crack clap..."

The two most famous sports superstars in New York started a war of words, and the cameras of all the media suddenly flickered.

"I eat soft rice?"

Zhao Dong was furious, and kicked Tyson over with an extremely powerful forward kick.

"Fuck him!"

Amateur boxer Larry Johnson faced the professional heavyweight world boxing champion with the most terrifying offensive firepower, and he did not show weakness, but was eager to try.

But he was immediately controlled by several security guards and couldn't move forward.

Tyson was so angry that he yelled and was about to punch up when he got up, but he was also controlled by a group of security guards.

"Oh, great! Come on, Tyson! Come on, Dragon!"

A reporter roared excitedly while pressing the shutter excitedly.

"I will beat him into a pig's head, he will definitely fall under my fist, I swear I will KO him with a heavy punch!" Tyson roared at the media.

"Get the emergency doctor and the ambulance ready, the best, it's best to arrange our boxing match in the ICU, so that he can go to the operating table immediately after I blow his head off, I don't want him to die in my hospital Fist."

Facing the media, Zhao Dong said angrily.

The press conference broke up unhappy, but the gimmicks were enough to attract the attention of the whole world.

The boxing match here is overwhelmed, while the NBA negotiations over there are still extremely difficult, and the conclusion of a labor agreement is still far away.

"Stern threatened to cancel the 98/99 season, and all players will lose their income for the entire season." TNT TV reported.

"NBA labor negotiations broke down again, and the new season is likely to be cancelled." The New York Times.

"If the season is cancelled, the NBA's position in the four major sports leagues is likely to fall to fourth place, and it will lose most of its fans." New York Sports News.

"The long lockout has caused many NBA players who had been training crazily during the offseason to lose their persistence and confidence. Many of them gave up training, and only Kobe continued." The Los Angeles Times.

"These bastards don't know what they are talking about?"

Chicago, Jordan flicked through the newspapers with great agitation, and suddenly threw them out.

The new season has not started, and he has been training for more than four months. After all, he is 35 years old, and he wants to find a new sport to play like Zhao Dong, such as playing golf?

In Philadelphia, Iverson stopped extra training a month ago. He couldn't hold on anymore. During this time, he was hanging out with his brothers again, party after party.

In Los Angeles, Kobe is still sweating profusely, strength training, shooting training, defensive training, breakthrough training, and even low post singles training.

This offseason is too long, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered. He can see what Los Angeles looks like at four o'clock in the morning every day.

He believes that the new season will definitely come, when he will surprise the entire league, he will tell everyone that he is not a dispensable person among the rookies in 96, and he will stand in front of the flying dragon in New York and tell him, His name is Kobe Bryant, not a rookie.

Time entered December, on the [-]th, Zhao Dong and his boxing team set off for London, England.

Lindsay stayed in New York temporarily, she was ten times busier than Zhao Dong.

Storm Fund has achieved a super high rate of return over the past year, especially the rapid expansion in recent months, which transformed her from a new star investor on Wall Street into a real capital predator, attracting a large amount of investment funds , her every investment can attract a lot of capital to follow up.

In fact, the size of the fund she now controls far exceeds the size Frank Warren described to Tyson.

The 200 billion mentioned by Warren is only the size of the venture capital fund of the Storm Fund, and the larger investment fund in her hands is a stable investment fund.

The scale of this fund has been expanded to 500 billion US dollars. Attracted by the super high investment returns of the Storm Fund, the scale is still expanding at a high speed.

Moreover, this scale is still under control, not all funds have the opportunity to enter her fund, and she mainly accepts non-US funds.

Behind her, there were funds from several European consortiums, some of which were brokered by the Dorisa couple, and some came here admiringly.

In addition, at Feilong Sports, she also began to perform the duties of the president, and slowly began to lead its development.

The last time Chen Jian was dismissed by those executives, it must not happen again.

But before the boxing match started, she still wanted to go.

London in December is cold and gray. It is difficult to see the sun during the day, and the average temperature is only a few degrees.

It doesn't matter to Zhao Dong, because Beijing is about the same now, it's also gray, and the temperature is a little lower than the fog, but it's not as cold as London, and Beijing is dry and cold.

Coming out of the airport, there was light snow in the sky, mixed with icy rain, the road was very slippery, and the car was not driving fast.

Zhao Dong noticed that in some bustling streets, there were many large promotional photos of him and Tyson. It seemed that the promotion work of Frank Warren and Arum was still doing well.

Arum took Zhao Dong to observe the venue of the boxing match, Soford Indoor Stadium in London.

Built in 91, the stadium can accommodate 8000 people and is suitable for boxing matches in winter. It is also one of the venues that hold the most boxing matches in London.

The day after Zhao Dong came to London, Tyson and his team also came here.

Frank Warren, who was born in a sports family in London, is the leader here. As soon as Tyson arrived, he held a press conference for him and began to build momentum for Tyson.

Not to be outdone, Arum mobilized a large number of contacts and began to build momentum for Zhao Dong.

Feilong Sports Company, Huang Zhiwen seized the opportunity again and built a flagship noodle shop in London.

On December 12, another round of negotiations between the labor and management of the league failed. Stern angrily announced that if the next round of negotiations failed again, the entire season would be cancelled.

This news has caused disagreements among the players, because if the entire season is canceled, the players with high salaries will suffer the most, and there will be a split between them and ordinary players.

The media ridiculed this, and the New York Times described this labor negotiation as a struggle between millionaires, except that one side was presented as capital, while the other was presented as labor.

On December 12th, a piece of news occupied the headlines of many media, that is, Jordan and Nike reached an agreement, Nike will make Jordan's brand shoes independent as a subsidiary of Nike, and Jordan owns the share price of the subsidiary, becoming a subsidiary company. The small boss of the company.

This contract made Jordan the second NBA player to own a sneaker company after Zhao Dong, and the commercial value skyrocketed.

The time has come to the end of December, 98 is about to pass, and 99 is coming.

Starting from the 29th, a large number of NBA stars and Hollywood stars came to London.

Air Jordan and postman Malone, the two guys who wanted to see Zhao Dong beaten to death by Tyson, were the most active. They rushed to London on the 29th.

In the previous two days, Zhao Dong reduced his training volume, but on the day of NO.30, his training volume was increased to full capacity.

This is to use full-load training to stimulate his body and make his body reach the most excited state.

At five o'clock that afternoon, he picked up Lindsay from the airport.

"Honey, there was a snowstorm in New York yesterday."

"Oh, you didn't freeze the homeless people in the street? There were a lot of children."

"It's true what you said. According to media reports, dozens of people have been found frozen to death in some parks, including five children."

"Well, in our name, donate [-] tents."

"Okay, I'll notify someone to do it right away."

"Donated in the United States, of course you can't forget it in China. But don't worry about this kind of thing, our government will not allow people to freeze to death. But I want to set up a real charitable fund in China, not the kind that Americans use to avoid taxes. , specially donated to build Hope Primary Schools in China, the remote areas in China are very poor, and the educational foundation is very poor, what do you think?"

"Okay, then let's donate... [-] million U.S. dollars first?"

"Row."

……

The next day, the last day of 98, Oakley, Larry Johnson, Alan Houston, Big Ben, Barkley and others arrived in London.

Zhao Dong arranged for everyone's board and lodging, and held a party at the hotel at night.

"Boss, is the new season really going to be canceled?" Danny Fortson asked.

"Have you run out of money?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Money is a little tight." Fortson said awkwardly.

He is only in the second year. Half of the money from his rookie season was given to his family to improve their lives, and a quarter was put in the storm fund.

Big Ben is in the same situation. He is even worse than Fortson. Fortson is a lottery pick. He is undrafted and has a very small contract. .”

"It's okay, the living expenses are gone, just ask."

Zhao Dong comforted him and said, "Now the players union and the league are under a lot of pressure. If the new season is really cancelled, I'm afraid the development of the league will be greatly affected and the loss will be huge. So I think labor negotiations should There will be a breakthrough, there will be concessions, and the new season will not be canceled altogether."

"That's good." Oakley said.

It was not easy for him to get his annual salary of tens of millions for the first time. This damn lockout directly wiped out his annual salary of tens of millions.

The party time was very short, just a gathering, Zhao Dong went to rest soon.

The next day, when I woke up, the time entered 1999.

At 8000:[-] p.m., Soft Indoor Gymnasium, with a capacity of [-] people, was already full.

The attention of this game is very high. ESPN purchased the rights to broadcast the boxing match in North America.

In the UK, the payment model is not as developed as in the US, and the London TV station has purchased the broadcasting rights for free broadcasting.

The boxing match starts at 07:30, and there are three back-up matches, two of which are six rounds, and one of which is nine rounds. The main match will start at 09:30.

The scene was full of stars, not only sports stars and Hollywood stars from the United States, but also a lot of local stars, local sports stars and European sports stars.

Several superstar football superstars sat in the front row, including Beckham, Keane, Vieira, Tonya Adams, Liverpool's Fowler, Manchester United's former king Cantona and so on.

Zhao Dong warmed up in his lounge, doing some exercises and resting alternately, so as not to let his body cool down.

At this moment, a group of people including Oakley and Buckley came in, and the lounge suddenly became lively.

"Charles, that Jordan guy won't let go of this opportunity. Tell him a word for me, and ask him if he wants to bet against me?"

Zhao Dong said suddenly.

"How big is the bet?" Oakley said helplessly.

Both Feilong and Michael Le are both inexperienced, they will mess with each other whenever they get the chance, and he has a bit of a headache.

"I've already bet $100 million, and I know Tyson will win. The betting odds are not high. I made a small profit today." Michael Jordan yelled surrounded by a bunch of NBA stars.

He was in a great mood, mainly because he became the small boss of a sneaker company, his fortunes rose sharply, and then he could see Zhao Dong being beaten again tonight, which was double happiness.

It happened that Oakley and Barkley brought a group of people over. Hearing what Jordan said, the former said helplessly, "Michael, Feilong guessed that you would place a bet. He asked me to give you a word. Do you want to bet?"

"Michael, promise now, you're going to make a lot of money." Barkley urged.

"How big?"

Jordan, who never shows weakness, asked immediately.

"Ten million dollars," Oakley said.

"Shet!"

Jordan stifled, and couldn't help cursing: "That bastard is just relying on his money, his wife's money, he is a softie..."

At this time, a group of people passed by, he glanced at it, and couldn't help being startled.

The people passing by were Lindsay and her dozen bodyguards, as well as several executives from the London branch of the Storm Fund.

Behind her, followed a group of well-known investment brokers in London, each of whom held investment funds of various sizes, and each of them was surrounded by several bodyguards and assistants.

"Charles, hello."

Lindsay glanced at Jordan indifferently, walked up to Oakley and greeted him.

"Miss Lindsay, hello."

Oakley and Larry Johnson hurriedly greeted them.

To Zhao Dong, they can talk and laugh freely, and they are like brothers, but when facing Lin Sai, they dare not, and respect them very much.

Lindsay stared at Jordan coldly, and said: "Michael Jordan, for my husband, you are the greatest opponent. But I am a businessman, and for me, you are just a bargaining chip. Of no value."

Having said that, she turned around and said to her subordinates:
"Nike's closing price in the afternoon is 110 US dollars, 100 million shares, and the market value is currently [-] billion US dollars. I intend to raise [-] billion US dollars and issue a bid to buy Nike. Do you think Nike has investment prospects?"

These words were soft and harmless, but Jordan's scalp couldn't help but his eyes widened.

Oakley quickly winked at Jordan, asking him to apologize, but how could Jordan open his mouth?
"After buying Nike, I will dismantle Nike and merge into Feilong Sports. If Nike is abolished, your personal brand will also be abolished."

Lindsay left behind a word, turned around and left with the people.

"..." Jordan was dumbfounded.

"She, she won't take it seriously?" He asked Oakley quickly after Lindsay walked away.

"Who knows? Michael, don't you read the New York Business and the Wall Street Journal? In recent months, there have been investment news about Ms. Lindsay almost every day. The Storm Fund is the most popular investment fund on Wall Street. Its acquisition of Nike It's probably not difficult for her. Besides, I'm also one of the investors of Storm Fund." Oakley said.

Barkley gloated: "Michael, having money can make you handsome, but can you still be handsome without money?"

"damn it!"

Jordan was gasping for breath.

In fact, in less than 10 minutes, the wind that Storm Fund intends to acquire Nike has spread throughout the financial circle in London, and then spread to Wall Street.

"Miss Lindsay wants to buy Nike? Great opportunity, prepare a billion dollars immediately, we will follow up."

"The latest development of the Storm Fund, Nike is Miss Lindsay's goal, we will follow up immediately."

"The Storm Fund chaired by Ms. Lindsay has never failed once. Come here, prepare me 20 billion US dollars."

After receiving this information, a large number of investment fund managers on Wall Street immediately began to prepare, including some capital predators.

What Lindsay said also reached the ears of Nike President Philip Knight.

"Storm Fund? Lindsay, Flying Dragon, that's too bad!"

When Knight heard that the Storm Fund was thinking about Nike, he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly called the chief financial officer.

"President, the stock price is soaring! Before I came here, it had risen by eight points, and it's still going up." The chief financial officer, Luo Shihua, didn't know the news, and said happily.

"what?"

Philip Knight was startled.

At this time, the stock price soared, and there was only one result, the cost of repurchasing the stock rose sharply.

But he had only this way, and immediately ordered: "Raise funds immediately, and I want to buy back stocks."

"what?"

The chief financial officer was shocked, is it crazy to repurchase stocks at this time?Cashing out is almost the same at this time.

"I just received news from Wall Street that the Storm Fund is going to use $100 billion to buy Nike, we must buy back enough shares immediately, otherwise we will probably be swallowed up by Feilong Sports, the president of the Storm Fund is Miss Lindsay, Feilong's wife. "Nate said anxiously.

"100 billion?"

Luo Shihua almost bit off his tongue.

Holding Nike does not need to be at 100 billion at all, as long as you acquire [-]% of the shares, you can become the largest shareholder of Nike, which he knows too well.

(End of this chapter)