NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 333 Jordan wants to buy a team
On the second day after the celebration ended, at 9:[-] am, Ringo Wells replaced Ben Wallace and announced his entry into the free market.

At the same time, on behalf of Hu Weidong, he announced that he would jump out of the contract and become a restricted free agent to test the free market.

Hu Weidong's contract with the Knicks is 2+1, and the last year is a player option.

As for other teams, although the trading window has not yet opened, many players have announced their entry into the free market.

For example, the glove Gary Payton, the postman Karl Malone, this is the biggest star among them.

In addition, many of those players in 96 became restricted free agents.

For example, Kobe, 3+1 contract, the last year is a player option, this year he can choose to enter the free market.

Of course, Kobe has not announced yet, because the Lakers are negotiating with him to renew his contract.

There are also Iverson, Camby, Marbury, etc., who are all restricted free agents, but have not yet announced their entry into the free market. They are all negotiating contracts with the team. If the contract cannot be negotiated, they will definitely enter the free market. market.

These stars in 96 were sought after by the market. Even if Iverson and Kobe did not announce their entry into the free market, their agents also received calls from many teams.Of course, the trading window has not yet opened, and all this is being done secretly.

At the same time, the names of many players appeared on the shelves of the Knicks. Billups, Charlie Ward, Wang Zhizhi, Rick Bronson, a total of four people, plus Hu Weidong and Ben Wallace, six people will leave the team.

At the same time, Larry Johnson announced his retirement, and with him, there are seven people.

Auntie's career is only eight years, two years less than in her last life. This is because he made a lot of money with Zhao Dong. Now he is a billionaire, and he doesn't want to play with a basic salary of hundreds of thousands.

Nearly half of the players were on the shelves, and the Knicks, who had just finished defending their dynasty, became a player supermarket, and the management immediately received a large number of calls asking for prices.

Ben Wallace showed strong defensive energy in the Knicks. Although his chances in the playoffs were reduced, he still became the target pursued by many teams.

These teams, including championship teams like the Lakers and Spurs, because they need an iron-blooded defensive expert like Ben Wallace to withstand Zhao Dong's terrifying impact.

Ben Wallace is a free agent, so Ringo Wells immediately received a lot of calls, all of which directly offered contracts.

He rushed to Ben Wallace's house early in the morning, told him the relevant news, and discussed the game market to go to.

"Ben, the Spurs are offering $500 million over five years, the Lakers are offering $200 million over four years, the Heat are offering $100 million over five years, and the Pistons are offering $200 million over four years. Where do you want to go? "

Ben Wallace's head was dizzy, and he began to plan who would give the highest price, but he couldn't figure it out.

Ringwells quickly said: "The Lakers are the highest, with an average annual salary of 800 million US dollars, and the last year is a team option. I suggest you go to the Lakers or the Heat, both of which are big ball markets. The Spurs are too small, you see The ticket price for this Finals is not even one-tenth of the Knicks, and the players in the playoffs will be divided by the ticket revenue."

"Then go to the Lakers."

Big Ben nodded again and again. In this playoffs, he received millions of dollars from the Knicks, which was higher than his combined salary in the past three years.

He blocked the Heat, because the Lakers have a bigger market and higher strength. He can play more playoffs and get more money.

"OK, I'll notify the Lakers right away, you wait to sign a big contract." Ringo Wells laughed.

Los Angeles, the Lakers headquarters, Jerry West soon received a call from Wells, telling him that he was ready to sign.

West is very happy. Although Ben Wallace plays the fifth position and has some conflicts with O'Neal's position, he is small and occupies limited space, and in many cases, O'Neal is two meters away from the basket. Hand, Big Ben can just fill the space under the basket, and it is more secure to protect the basket and grab rebounds.

With the addition of Ben Wallace, he made up for a weakness in the Lakers' interior. O'Neal's main offense, Da Ben's main defense, one offense and one defense, the Lakers' interior combination will reach the league's top level, and the Lakers will also become a true general team. Championship level team.

Of course, what he wants most is that he didn't get the postman Karl Malone last time. This time the postman is already a free agent, and he can join any team he wants to join without any obstacles at all.

He has already contacted the postman's agent, Philier, and offered him a two-year, $2100 million contract, which is still under consideration.

The Lakers are now negotiating a contract with Kobe. What he is preparing is a 7-year 7000 million super contract. I believe Kobe will be satisfied.

Therefore, the Lakers now not only have no salary space, but also need to pay a very high luxury tax. The contract for the postman is the largest contract he can afford after discussing with his boss, Old Buss.

So, now he is actually waiting for a reply from the postman. If the postman joins the Lakers, Ben Wallace will give up.

In addition, he also took a fancy to Billups and has already asked the Knicks for a price.

He wanted to trade Fisher and two role players for Billups, but the Knicks turned him down, so he had to find another way.

Ringwells took care of Daben, and he started to deal with the deal between Dazhi and Hu Weidong.

Both of them still have contracts, and they have only played for one year, and Hu Weidong has only played two, so what he can do is to contact the team they want to go to, to gain some initiative, and the Knicks cannot be traded out casually. .

At this point, he can still affect the Knicks management, because Zhao Dong is also his player, and it is impossible for the management not to give him some face.

Just relying on Zhao Dong, he is now considered a top agent in the league, and he still has some face.

At eleven o'clock this morning, Zhao Dong was preparing to go to the headquarters of the Storm Fund to have lunch with Lindsay when he received a call from Jordan.

"Hey, Mr. Jordan, do you have something to do with me?" Zhao Dong smiled.

"Okay, Feilong, stop playing, I've been waiting for you for several days, have you not forgotten what you promised me? Do you have time to talk to me now?"

Jordan said helplessly.

"OK, let's talk about how you are the boss." Zhao Dong laughed.

"I'll arrange a place right away, you wait for my call." Jordan immediately said excitedly.

"OK." Zhao Dong said.

In the hotel room, after hanging up the phone, Jordan said to the agent next to him, David Falk, "David, he agreed, and he will arrange a place immediately, a better place."

"OK."

David Falk was also very happy and suggested: "It happens that I have a good relationship with the owner of the Heat, Mr. Mitch Arison. We can ask him to borrow a yacht. What do you think, Michael?"

"Of course." Jordan laughed.

Mitch Arison is a well-known billionaire. His family runs the world's largest listed Carnival Cruise Line company. The company's market value is tens of billions of dollars, his personal wealth is as high as billions of dollars, and his family's wealth is even more numerous.

After Jordan agreed, David Falk immediately contacted Mitch Arison.

The headquarters of Carnival Cruise Lines is in New York, and Alisson also stays in New York all year round. When he received a call from Falk, he heard that Jordan was hosting Zhao Dong, and he immediately agreed.

Jordan then called Zhao Dong again.

"Feilong, I have arranged a good place to guarantee the best enjoyment..."

"yacht?"

Zhao Dong was already on his way to Wall Street, he was startled when he heard this.

"Yes, I'll give you the address. This is the private dock of the Arison family." Jordan said.

"OK."

"By the way, Feilong, Mr. Arison said he was in charge of the party, and asked if Mrs. Lindsay could be invited to attend?" Jordan said suddenly.

"I'm about to arrive at the headquarters of the Storm Fund, I'll ask first before I notify you," Zhao Dong said.

"OK."

Jordan hung up the phone, nodded to David Falk, and the two left the room immediately.

"By the way, David, Mr. Arison helped us arrange this party, and he wants to see Mrs. Lindsay. What's his idea?"

After entering the elevator, Jordan asked.

David Falk said: "I have been paying attention to the Wall Street Journal. During this period of time, there have been news that Storm Fund is bearish on the market outlook. This is completely opposite to Wall Street's bullish outlook. It is true that there have been tens of billions of redemptions in a short period of time, and the situation is not good for the Storm Fund."

Jordan was surprised and said, "You mean there might be problems with the storm? Will it affect Nike?"

David Falk shook his head and said: "Storm controls a market value of hundreds of billions, and the redemption amount of tens of billions is not too large. As long as the redemption speed can be controlled, the impact will not be great. After all, Storm's rate of return is much higher. In the broader market, it is also higher than other investment funds and investment banks."

"Then Mr. Arison is looking for Mrs. Lindsay to invest in the storm?" Jordan asked.

At this time, the first floor arrived. The two left the elevator and arrived at the hotel entrance. The car they called had already parked there. After the driver put away his luggage, he drove away.

In the car, David Falk continued the topic just now, and said: "I can't guess exactly what Mr. Arison means, but the Storm Fund belongs to the top investment fund on Wall Street, and he wants to meet Mrs. Lindsay, a financial bigwig." , which is not surprising, who wouldn't want to hook up with a storm? I would, too."

He turned to say: "So Michael, this meeting with Feilong needs to be serious. This is a very good opportunity."

"Of course." Jordan nodded.

At this time, Zhao Dong had arrived at the headquarters of the Wall Street Storm Fund in Manhattan.

"Hi boss."

"Hello."

Entering the headquarters, the people who saw him immediately greeted him.

"Avril, Jordan asked me to talk about something. He borrowed a yacht from the owner of the Heat, Arison, who is the owner of Carnival Cruise Lines. Mitch Arison wants to see you. Do you want to go?"

Came to Lindsay's office, Zhao Dong asked.

"now?"

"Yes, they are preparing lunch, and then they will go to sea, we can fish." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Lindsay smiled.

"Why don't we buy a private yacht?" Zhao Dong said suddenly.

Lindsay was very interested when he heard it, and immediately had a lot of ideas in his mind, and said happily: "Buy another small island and build our private world. We can build airports and docks on the island, as well as gardens and gardens. Playground..."

Zhao Dong laughed and said, "It's up to you."

At one o'clock, the two and a dozen bodyguards arrived at the private pier of the Alisson family.

A very luxurious and huge private yacht was docked at the pier. The yacht was more than 100 meters long and was very conspicuous.

Some people were waiting at the pier, Jordan and David Falk, and Heat owner Mitch Arison among them.

"Welcome Mrs. Lindsay and Mr. Zhao Dong..."

Zhao Dong and Lin Sai got out of the car, and Alisson and others immediately came up to meet them. Mickey Alisson said very politely.

"Excuse me, Mr. Alisson." Zhao Dong said politely.

Lindsay nodded slightly in response.

After exchanging pleasantries, Alisson led everyone onto the boat.

Before boarding the boat, Zhao Dong stopped and looked at the yacht.

Seeing that Zhao Dong was very interested, Alison was also very happy, and immediately stopped to introduce the information of this yacht.

"It's called Rolls. It was built in 1991. It took 30 months to build. It is 125 meters long, has five decks, and weighs more than 1000 tons. In addition to 120 crew members and 20 bar service staff, It can accommodate fifty guests, and there is a 12m*[-]m swimming pool, cinema, sauna, massage room, dance hall, game room, etc., as well as a helipad..."

"How much is it worth? What rank does it belong to in the world?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Seventy-five million US dollars belongs to a world-class private yacht, and there is still a certain gap from the top private yacht." Alisson laughed.

"Wow, this is already worth a small NBA team." Jordan said in surprise.

Zhao Dong said with a smile: "Mr. Dolan bought the Knicks two years ago, and the price is still not there."

"Now that the Knicks have completed their dynasty, coupled with the current high asset prices, its market value has reached at least [-] million U.S. dollars. James has made a profit, six or seven times the profit."

Allison said enviously.

Jordan said, "Flying Dragon, the New York Jets you bought also made a lot of money, right?"

"As the U.S. stock market goes up, the market value will increase several times." Zhao Dong said with a nonchalant expression.

Jordan smacked his lips, and his heart became more and more eager to become the big boss of a team.

"Mr. Alisson, how much is the top-level private yacht worth?" Zhao Dong asked again.

"That's hard to say. Generally, top-level private yachts are more than 150 meters long, have at least six decks, and cost at least [-] million US dollars. The best two to three hundred million US dollars are possible." Alisson said.

"Two or three billion dollars?"

Zhao Dong nodded, he directly ignored the price of [-] million US dollars.

"Feilong, do you want to buy a yacht? This is a good idea. You can have a top-notch private yacht and travel around the world."

Allison laughed.

"That's exactly what I thought." Zhao Dong laughed.

"I thought so too, but unfortunately I don't have any money." Jordan secretly thought beside him.

A few people boarded the yacht, took a tour first, and then sat down on the fourth deck, and the waiter at the bar began to prepare lunch.

After a while, lunch was ready and everyone began to eat.

After the main meal, the waiter brought desserts and drinks after the meal.

Jordan didn't want to eat, and asked urgently: "Feilong, what are you talking about?"

Zhao Dong thought for a while and said, "Paul Allen bought the Trail Blazers for $7000 million last year, and he made a profit too."

"The Blazers want to sell?" Jordan cheered up.

Zhao Dong shook his head and said with a smile: "You think too much, how rich is he? The owner of Microsoft is worth tens of billions of dollars. He just bought the NFL Seattle Seahawks. How could he sell the Blazers?"

"Paul is much richer than me." Alisson laughed.

"Feilong, who is richer, you or Paul Allen?" Jordan asked curiously.

Zhao Dong chuckled and didn't answer the question.

His personal assets are mainly the domestic Julong Investment Company and Feilong Sports Company, as well as 45% of the shares of the Storm Fund, but the bulk is the tens of billions of personal investment income in the Storm Fund and the income of the Storm Fund.

The income of the Storm Fund, including subscription fees, profit sharing, etc.

Storm has earned nearly 2000 billion U.S. dollars for its clients in the past two years. The 25% profit share alone is as high as nearly 500 billion U.S. dollars. Including other income, it is as high as more than 600 billion U.S. dollars. Zhao Dong and Lindsay own 60% of the shares. More than 300 billion can be divided into this money.

However, the investment funds of the Storm Fund entered the United States in other ways, and they were not recorded in his name, and the same was true for Lindsay, and the shares of the Storm Fund were not directly recorded in the names of the two of them, through various means It is held indirectly, so on the surface, the money has nothing to do with them, and his and Lindsay's assets are not very large.

Both Julong Investment and Feilong Sports are unlisted companies, and neither the media nor Forbes can find out how much assets they have.

According to the data released by Forbes last year, his assets are 35 billion U.S. dollars, and Lindsay is 18 billion U.S. dollars. They are not very eye-catching on the world's richest list, and they did not enter the top [-].

Of course, this year must be different, because the Nike shares indirectly held by Feilong Sports, even if Feilong Sports does not publish the report, the outside world will value it very high, and the net worth of him and Lindsay will also skyrocket.

Seeing that Zhao Dong didn't answer, Jordan wisely stopped asking, and said, "Then which teams are you selling now?"

Zhao Dongdao: "The first team, the Dallas Mavericks. The second team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The third team, the Denver Nuggets. The fourth team, the Boston Celtics. The big owners of these teams want to sell As for the team, we learned the information from relevant investment banks.

In addition, there are some teams that are willing to sell part of their shares, some are major shareholders selling some shares, and some are small owners selling shares, such as the Wizards and Jazz. "

Jordan immediately said: "Feilong, I want to be the big boss, you said you would help me."

Zhao Dong smiled, looked at the expectant Jordan, and asked, "How much money can you give now?"

"5000 million dollars, that's all I have," Jordan said.

"The money could have bought the Knicks two or three years ago, but now it's not enough to buy a small team," Zhao Dong said.

"Flying Dragon, I can use my share of the MJ brand as a mortgage on Nike, what do you think?" Jordan said while glancing at Lindsay.

But Lindsay ignored their conversation, sitting under the sun umbrella, with his back to them, enjoying the sea view while drinking a drink.

(End of this chapter)