the great gatsby

Chapter 605 Investing
Although the preseason game is a game to adjust the lineup, the Lakers have played a wave of winning streaks. The main reason is that the Lakers this season are stronger than last season.

Gatsby, Jokic, Wesley Johnson, Nick Young, Aldridge, Ed Davis, Jordan Hill, Pau Gasol, Horford, Rondo and Bradley, and Jeff Green.

The overall age has declined, and only Gasol can be counted as old, and everyone else is in their prime!

Coach Jim Iron has secured his position as the head coach. The starting lineup he gave in the preseason was Gatsby, Kobe, Rondo, Jeff Green, Horford and Aldridge, but Jokic was placed on the bench In the lineup.

The starting lineup of the Lakers kills opponents by as much as [-] points in almost every game. The inside of the Lakers this season is simply terrifying, but the outside is relatively weak. Kupchak is ready to use the inside to trade a few shooters.

Gatsby also didn’t tell Kupchak that this lineup is already quite good for him. In fact, Jeff Green, Horford, and Jokic are all good three-pointers. They just lack training. After some practice, there is absolutely a three-point threat.

The Lakers became stronger, and other teams did not wait. The Clippers kept all their lineups. It is not bad that their lineup can be maintained.

The biggest news this summer is that Durant left the Thunder, he still went to the Golden State Warriors, and formed a combination with Curry to hit the championship together.

The Thunder lost Durant, but they didn't suffer a lot because they got Paul George.

Another big news is that Leonard gave up the Knicks' big contract and went to the San Anthony Spurs to join Popovich. When Gatsby heard the news, he couldn't help laughing , What kind of trouble is this?

Why bother, the East is so good, the Knicks are such a strong team, so rich, with a big contract, they have to go to the small place of San Antonio just to cooperate with Popovich. I really think the West is so easy to mess with.

Now the West has completely become a meat grinder.

The Lakers, Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Spurs, Thunder, almost all famous stars are concentrated in the West. Are they going to prove their way in the West?

The regular season of the new season is about to start, and several people came to the door, saying that they wanted to find Gatsby to invest in. This is too common. The richest people in the United States, especially those with a reputation for investing, are not entangled by investors.

But this time looking for investment products is a bit interesting.

Adam Bowen (Adam Bowen) and James Monsees (James Monsees) are the visitors this time. They introduced themselves as the founders of Pax Labs. When they were in Stanford University, they invented a A heat-not-burn e-cigarette technology, based on this technology, Ploom was created, later sold to the island country, and Pax Labs was founded.

Their company's product is the best-selling tobacco atomizer last year, and it has received tens of millions of dollars in financing.

Gatsby tried the e-cigarette they brought, and it tasted good, and the appearance was quite fashionable.

"Didn't you just get the investment? Why do you want to raise money again?" Gatsby asked.

Adam said: "Mr. Gatsby, it's like this. We plan to separate the JUUL LABS department to establish a new company to develop a new subversive electronic cigarette technology. This electronic cigarette can improve the sensory stimulation of users. Once If it is developed, it can definitely dominate the entire e-cigarette market.”

Gatsby's heart skipped a beat: "...JUUL."

JUUL was known as the most successful e-cigarette brand before Gatsby crossed. This is a company that can rival Facebook and Snapchat in terms of growth rate. In just seven months, the company was able to break through 150 billion US dollars!
But Gatsby hesitated. Later, JUUL will be targeted by the FDA. The FDA is called the US Food and Drug Administration. It is very sensitive to such addictive things, especially JUUL will attack young consumers.

What Gatsby was worried about was not investment failure, he was just measuring the poisonousness of this matter to young people, but the next moment he thought about it, he wanted to join, he joined to make money, but he also wanted to control this matter within his own in hand.

"Give me a number!" Gatsby said.

Adam Bowen and James Mengsha looked at each other excitedly, and thought about it: "1000 million US dollars, 10% of the shares?"

Gatsby smiled: "I have never invested in such a small number of shares. Let me give you a number."

Adam Bowen and James Monsha were somewhat cautious: "2000 million dollars, 15% of the shares?"

Gatsby shook his head: "Now that the company has not been established, you value it at more than 1 million US dollars. Are you too confident?"

Adam opened his mouth to speak, but Gatsby stretched out his hand to stop him: "2000 million US dollars, 20% of the shares, I want the priority financing right, this must be written into the agreement, another requirement is, don't announce to the public that I invested in Juul .”

Adam Bowen and James Monsa were overjoyed that it was a much better deal than they had believed, and they stood up to shake hands with Gatsby in thanks.

Let the team discuss the next thing. Gatsby doesn't have to worry too much. To Gatsby, this investment is just a short-term investment. As long as it is held for two years, it will be 200 times the return. The layout in the country in the future will be of great help, which is why he chose to enter.

Just wait until JUUL sells its shares before it is sanctioned, and tens of billions of funds will be withdrawn by then, which can support at least five years of domestic development.

Revenue expectations made Gatsby very happy, and the new season began, and Kupchak's magic operation also began. He sent Jordan Hill, exchanged Bojan Bogdanovic from the Nets, sent Ed Davis, in exchange for Korver, these two transactions are aimed at strengthening the outside three-pointer, and slimming down the Lakers' bloated inside.

The Lakers' lineup before the start of the new season has become Gatsby, Kobe, Jokic, Wesley Johnson, Nick Young, Aldridge, Korver, Bogdanovic, Pau Gasol, Horford , Rondo and Bradley, and Jeff Green.

This kind of lineup is much more reasonable than before. There are many tactics to choose from. Gatesby is very satisfied with Kupchak's work and asked Kupchak to express his gratitude. Puchak was almost flattered.

Bogdanovic and Korver knew that they were ecstatic to be traded to the Lakers. Being able to play next to Gatsby is a great compliment to their careers!
It's just that poor Jordan Hill was sent away again, but this time he was sent away after winning the championship, which is worth the fare.

(End of this chapter)