God of NBA point guards

Chapter 443 New York Gangs
"King of Iron Fist, can you announce your current tonnage?"

"About 97 kilograms."

"Can you disclose the appearance fees for you and Tyson?"

“Please pay attention to official news released by the promoter.”

"Are you confident you can beat Michael Tyson?"

"Michael is no longer at his peak, of course I have confidence."

"Since the beginning of the season, many media have targeted you. After the SuperSonics ascended to the top of the Western Conference, this voice has decreased, but now there are still media who think that your condition has declined and that you have begun to decline from the peak. You think this is right. ?"

"That's right, I still have at least ten years of my prime."

"Are you kidding? You want to dominate the NBA for two generations?"

"No, you're leaving out the professional heavyweight boxing world. I won't give up boxing."

"Can you still be at your peak at the age of 35? Haha, Iron Fist King, are you kidding me?"

"If I had the power, I would enshrine what I say into the laws of the United States."

"Ha ha……"

"King of Iron Fist, you have to join the United States first."

"Then forget it."

It took less than half an hour to deal with reporters and enter the hotel.

It was almost dinner time, and Zhou Quan made an appointment with Joe Dumars. The almost 34-year-old Dumars is the Eastern Conference backup guard for this All-Star.

"Qiao, how many years does your contract last?" Zhou Quan asked after ordering.

"Two years, I'm going to retire when I'm done playing," Joe Dumars said.

"How is the team running now?"

Joe Dumars said helplessly: "You know, after Alan Houston was traded, he played for two years and then ran away. He couldn't keep anyone.

There are far fewer people in Detroit now. In the past, the population was 200 million, but now it is 70 million. All the white people and the middle class have left. I think the city government is going bankrupt. "

Zhou Quan changed the topic and said with a smile: "Isiah told me that the Raptors invited him to serve as executive vice chairman, and he has resigned from ESPN TV."

"He told me about it. Now Bill has resigned and wants to find a coaching job in the league, but no team has contacted him." Joe Dumars said.

"If the NBA doesn't want him, he can go to the WNBA." Zhou Quan said casually.

Joe Dumas was startled and said hurriedly: "Iron Fist, this is a good idea. I will tell him later."

"Don't get involved with me, I just said it casually." Zhou Quan said hurriedly.

Having said this, he asked again: "Qiao, what do you want to do after you retire?"

Joe Dumas smiled and said: "I am now involved in the management of some teams. After retiring, I want to enter the management, and the management also hopes that I will continue to work for the team."

"Good choice." Zhou Quan praised with a smile.

"What about you? Oh, it's too early for you to retire." After Joe Dumas said these words, he remembered Zhou Quan's age.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "If I retire in the future, I probably won't be interested in working in basketball anymore. I want to be an architect.

I haven’t had time in the offseason in the past few seasons. When I have time in the future, I will pick up my studies and get my bachelor’s degree. Two years of college cannot be in vain. "

"Michael Jordan was injured in his second season, so he took advantage of that time to get his bachelor's degree." Joe Dumas nodded.

At this time, Jordan was being interviewed by some media.

"Michael, how confident are you in winning the championship this season?" a reporter asked.

"We're really confident. As for how big it is, you can imagine how big it is," Jordan said confidently.

"Michael, Iron Fist already achieved [-] wins last season, but you have not achieved [-] wins in your career. Do you intend to hit [-] wins this season?" a reporter asked.

Jordan's eyes flashed with hope and he said: "Everyone wants seventy wins, and I am no exception. We will look forward to winning every night and work hard to win and never slack off."

"What do you think of Iron Fist's crossover? Do you think he was distracted by the crossover? Do you condemn his crossover behavior?" a reporter asked.

"Sorry, this has nothing to do with me."

When Jordan faced this problem, he was obviously more cautious, because he knew that Tekken fans were many and very fanatical. The media often said that their hotline TV was blown up by Tekken fans. He didn't want to be targeted by those people. I hate being targeted by the media even more.

The biggest highlight of this year's All-Stars is the award ceremony for the top [-] superstars.

Zhou Quan stood together with Isiah Thomas, Earvin Johnson and other point guards, waiting to appear.

The scene when dozens of superstars appear is indeed huge, and every superstar will receive warm applause and cheers when they appear.

After the awards, the top 1 players took pictures together. As the current No. [-] player, he has a huge reputation in the United States and around the world. Zhou Quan occupies one of the double C positions, and Jordan is the other.

As for the outcome of the All-Star Game, Zhou Quan and Jordan were too lazy to argue. In the end, the Eastern Conference won. Eastern substitute All-Star forward Glen Rice scored 26 points and won the AMVP.

Rookie Kobe Bryant stole the show in this All-Star Game. He even overshadowed MVP Allen Iverson in the Rookie Challenge, scoring 31 points, and then won the slam dunk contest.

After the All-Star Game ended, major media commented on this All-Star Game.

“Kobe Bryant, by far, the worst dunk contest winner ever.” New York Times.

"You do a big windmill dunk, he does another big windmill, Kobe does another big windmill, we're tired of watching the big windmill, can we dunk in another way?" Detroit Worker Daily.

"It is recommended that the NBA suspend the slam dunk contest." Miami Daily.

"Fuck the slam dunk contest."

When Kobe returned to Los Angeles and saw the comments from the media, he was so angry that he vowed never to participate in a dunk contest again.

After the All-Star Game, the Sonics ushered in their third game against Mosaic.

Before the All-Star Game, due to pressure, Mosaic purged two fringe players and introduced two role players from the free market, but their abilities were average and no different from fringe players, and they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars more.

In the third game, Schrempf was still injured, but Zhou Quan scored 31 points, 20 assists, 8 steals and 4 blocks, leading the team to defeat the Big Three. This season, the SuperSonics and Mosaic were tied at two games. one.

Dameng stayed at the basket. Most of his shots in this game were pull-up jumpers after breakthroughs. His shooting rate was not too high, 48.5%, which was lower than his average shooting rate this season of 51.7% and Jordan's average this season. The hit rate is about the same.

……

On the 12th, Jeff Bezos called Zhou Quan and informed him to go to the company headquarters to hold a shareholders' meeting.

It turns out that the company's listing plan has been prepared and is just waiting for the formal decision of the shareholders' meeting.When the company was established, a total investment of US$1000 million was invested. After the capital increase last year, the total share capital was 3000 million shares.

"Jeff, where are the others?" Zhou Quan asked after he arrived and saw Bezos sitting alone in the conference room.

"It's just you and me." Bezos said with a smile.

"You bought all their shares and didn't keep any of them?" Zhou Quan was startled.

Bezos nodded and said: "We acquired their shares at a premium, which is 2.3 times higher than the purchase price when we last increased capital."

Zhou Quan nodded and said nothing.

As a result, the company now has only two shareholders left. Apart from him, it is founder Bezos, who owns 75% of the shares.

As a result, Bezos owns more than two-thirds of the shares and has absolute control over Amazon.

But he doesn't care. He is only involved in investment and does not want to participate in company management, nor does he have the management ability.

Bezos said: "Iron Fist, we are friends. You only invest in my company because you believe in me. I will not lie to you. The company will continue to lose money in the next two or three years and will not make any profit. This is why I am in a hurry." The reason for listing is because I can no longer continue to lose money with my money and yours."

Looking at Zhou Quan's suspicious eyes, Jeff Bezos laughed, then nodded, and said rather helplessly:
"Okay, I admit it, Iron Fist. The company is losing millions of dollars a year now. If it continues to lose money, I won't have any money to invest anymore. At that time, I will either bring in other investors, find venture capital, or you Take the money out.

Anyway, my shareholding will be reduced, and I may even lose control of the company. This is something I cannot tolerate, so I decided to go public as soon as possible. "

"Just don't throw me away. I have no interest in interfering with the company's operations. I don't understand the company's management, let alone how the company develops. As I said before, I am investing in you and this company." You can develop however you want." Zhou Quan smiled.

"That's why I chose to keep you as my only partner."

Bezos smiled and nodded, and added: "The company's listing plan is like this. We plan to issue a total of 3000 million shares. This is the circulation plate. Adding the original 3000 million shares, it will be 6000 million shares.

Of course, the 3000 million shares we originally held were non-circulating and had a one-year sales restriction period. We could cash out after one year. "

Zhou Quan calculated that after the company goes public, his share of 750 million shares will be diluted to 12.5%, Bezos’ share will be 37.5%, and the two of them together will account for 50%.

Bezos went on to say: "The issue price of our listing is expected to be 18 US dollars, which is very low, but we are the first Internet IPO company, and there is no precedent to follow. If it is high, once the market does not accept it, it will be troublesome if the issue fails. .”

"I agree, it's safer this way."

Zhou Quan nodded, as long as the IPO was successful, $18 would be enough for them to make a lot of money.

Bezos smiled and said: "If the issuance is successful, it will raise US$5.4 million in funds, which can completely solve the company's development funding problem. It can burn money no matter how hard it is in the future."

"awesome!"

Zhou Quan said excitedly.

He calculated again, a total of 6000 million shares. If the shares can be maintained at $18, the company's market value will reach one billion U.S. dollars, and he holds 12.5%, and the market value will also reach $1.25 million.

In just two years, the investment was only US$860 million, and the investment income was nearly fifteen times.

Of course, all this must be based on the success of the issuance. Otherwise, if there is no funds and the company goes bankrupt, all these millions of dollars may be lost.

The shareholders' meeting successfully approved the listing plan, and Amazon's listing project was officially launched.

……

After the All-Star Game, they won four consecutive games. On the 21st, the Sonics welcomed the Knicks at home again.

The Knicks are currently third in the Eastern Conference, behind the Bulls and Heat, with 39 wins and 14 losses.

The Sonics are currently 40 wins and 11 losses, two more wins than the Knicks.

Although Pat Riley went to the Heat, the Knicks have completely made a name for themselves and have the momentum to take over the Bad Boys. They are now called the Iron-Blooded Knicks, also known as the New York Gangster.

Zhou Quan fought with Oakley before, and this season the Knicks traded Larry Johnson in again. These two guys who have been in the professional boxing ring with him are both in the New York gang.

At 06:30, he drove to the Central Stadium and happened to meet the New York gangster coming down from the restaurant in the curved corridor.

"Hey, welcome to Seattle." He greeted first.

"Hey!"

"Hey, Iron Fist King."

Ewing and others greeted.

"Hey."

Oakley and Larry Johnson had complicated emotions. They could not forget the beating they received from Zhou Quan, but everything was settled in the professional boxing ring. They had to admit their defeat, so they responded.

Zhou Quan joked: "Don't worry, if Jordan loses to me this time, the Bulls may want to rebuild. He is the biggest trading chip, and you will have a chance to trade him."

Oakley said angrily: "Let's not talk about whether you can beat him. Even if the Bulls want to trade him, how can we have room?"

Ewing shook his head and said: "We might have to change the boss, and we can't say what will happen in the future."

"The Knicks really want to change owners?"

Zhou Quan was startled. He had heard the news, but he was not sure. Now that Ewing is saying so, it is really possible.

Ewing nodded and said: "James Dolan, the owner of American Cable Network and Madison Square Garden, is negotiating with the current owner."

"Isn't this good? A richer boss." Zhou Quan laughed.

……

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Knicks: Ewing, Larry Johnson, Oakley, Alan Houston, Chris Childs
Sonics: Matt Geiger, Rodman, Sam Perkins, Jose Hawkins, Joo Won
Jump ball, Sonic offense.

Zhou Quan's opponent is Childs, a role player with little strength. He is the same height as him and weighs 88 kilograms. This tonnage is considered heavy in the first position, but it is nothing in front of him. Just touch it. If it is tilted to one side, its ability to fight is two or three levels worse.

He came to the top of the arc and burst from the right side. Childs couldn't move laterally, so he could only block it with his shoulder and was knocked over directly.

"This guy is a beast!" Childs was shocked.

Matt Geiger is down low on the left wing and Ewing is guarding him on the left side of the basket.

Rodman ran low from the basket to the right wing. Oakley ignored him and took a step up to block Zhou Quan.

"Go away!"

Seeing Zhou Quan coming down with the ball, Oakley gave a sharp shout and raised his arms fiercely.

(End of this chapter)