the great gatsby

Chapter 607 Harvest season!
At the beginning of 2017, JUUL e-cigarette became the most famous company in the e-cigarette industry, and its valuation has been rising all the way. Because of Gatsby’s high investment, it has risen to 150 billion US dollars. Gatsby has priority financing Right, invested another two hundred million US dollars, got 5% of the share, a total of 25% of the share, and then no longer invested, and the cost of investing later was too high, the rate of return was relatively low, and Gatsby did not Willing to vote.

JUUL is not suitable for long-term holding. Gatsby plans to hold it for another year, and he can sell it at a high point, and then it will be the time when the profit will be the largest.

Kobe's tour was very successful. At this point in time, Kobe's black fans no longer hate him. There are more and more people who follow him. Most of them think that it is not easy for Kobe to accompany everyone for so many years.

Kobe is very grateful for Gatsby's proposal. In fact, Kobe's personal reputation and value have risen a lot because of this season's tour, which is of great help to his entrepreneurship after retirement.

Kobe decided to invest in business after retiring. In terms of business, Kobe was particularly willing to compare with Gatsby. Kobe also invested some in JUUL e-cigarettes. Because it was not an original stock, the purchase price in the later stage was still relatively high, but Kobe at least Made tens of millions of dollars.

This made Kobe admire Gatsby very much, and hoped to learn more about how to invest with Gatsby. Originally, he wanted to invest in sports drinks, but Gatsby had already defeated Gatorade in the US market, and Kobe wanted to start anew. It is difficult to do it inside, and Kobe wants to invest in something else.

Gatsby gave Kobe a suggestion, aiming at the catering industry, asking Kobe to investigate from China, introduce Chinese food, carry out westernized transformation, and then carry out chain operation. Kobe recognized it very much and was already preparing for it, but Kobe wanted Gatsby to join in. , at least have to take shares to share the risk.

Because it was Kobe who was planning, Gatsby invested 49 million dollars in it, accounting for only 51% of the shares, leaving Kobe [-]%. After a season of laying, Gatsby and Kobe jointly created TH (TOP- HUNTER (top hunter) restaurant chain has established more than a dozen chain stores in Los Angeles, and Kobe plans to develop in surrounding cities and New York next.

Abundant funds, excellent dishes, celebrity influence, and fashion make this chain Chinese restaurant extremely popular. According to the latest valuation of investment institutions, the valuation of this chain restaurant has reached 10 billion US dollars. Chain restaurants are industries, which are different from the Internet industry. This valuation is already very good.

But this is just the beginning. It can be expected that as the restaurant expands aggressively, its valuation will usher in a big explosion.

Although Kobe hadn't retired yet, he seemed to be a big businessman. He went in and out of various business people to follow, and some people came to report to work during training. His posture was busier than Gatsby's.

Gatsby saw it funny, and pointed out that Kobe should delegate power and do business anytime, but the time to enjoy basketball is running out, which made Kobe wake up from a dream and quickly hand over the work, just to establish Form an audit team to monitor funds and systems.

Pau Gasol, Aldridge and others saw that Kobe was on the right track under Gatsby's leadership. They were also enthusiastic and asked Gatsby to give them some advice, especially Gasol, who was about to retire. I hope to find a career that I am more interested in.

In fact, for rich people like Gatsby, there are too many ways to make money, but they pay too much attention to the rate of return and are unwilling to make some products with low returns.

Seeing that his teammates were very interested, Gatsby simply suggested setting up an investment company to collect funds and let professionals choose suitable industries for investment.

Of course, the focus is still on China. Although China has passed the best period of getting rich, the overall recovery of the economic market is still full of business opportunities.

Of course, the teammates on the Lakers side were very interested, and they all more or less bought shares. The Knicks heard about it, and a large number of people came over to invest. Stephen Curry was not left behind. It is said that he got it from his wife. The money that came out was only a few million dollars, which was so pitiful that Gatsby laughed a lot.

So many people knew that the news could not be kept secret. Suddenly, half of the NBA players came over to ask for investment. They were all old acquaintances, veterans such as Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, Nowitzki, and Pierce. Even Chris Paul couldn't help but take a stake. James was too ambitious to get involved, but he invested in pizza himself and asked Gatsby for financing.

Gatsby has nothing to lose, it's just tens of millions of dollars, not to mention James is a reliable person, so he can't lose this money.

Gatsby has become the biggest god of wealth in the NBA. Every time Xiao Hua sees Gatsby, he will ask Gatsby about his investment plan, hoping to do something in partnership. The league president also needs money!
Gatsby has become the most influential person in the league. No one can ignore Gatsby. This is not only the influence on the court, but also the charm brought by money.

During the offseason, Gatsby and Long Xiaoman got married, and at the end of this season, Gatsby's first son was born. Gatsby's fans cheered and cheered. They felt that someone would inherit Gatsby's throne up.

Both Kobe and Stephen Curry are very envious. They are both daughters. Although they are very happy, their son can inherit their dreams.

Gatsby was very happy to see the birth of his son. In his previous life, he was alone. In this life, he got married and had his own descendants. This feeling is completely different.

As a father for the first time, Gatsby felt the responsibility, which aroused his fighting spirit. To be honest, he has won five championships, and the enthusiasm at the beginning has been gradually exhausted, so after the start of this season, he Basically paddling, leading some to say he slipped.

Now as soon as his son was born, his mentality has changed. He has a kind of ambition for his father to build a world for his son. So in the latter part of the season, he averaged 50+ triple-doubles per game, and Shengsheng raised his average per game to 30+ Triple-double, once again won the regular season MVP.

So far this season, Gatsby has won 5 regular season MVPs!

Skyhook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most regular season MVP rings in NBA history, with six MVPs. It took Gatsby only eight seasons to get five, and he is only one away from catching up with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. , Now Gatsby is on the regular season MVP side by side with Jordan and Bill Russell!

Thinking that Gatsby's career may still last ten years, people can't help but feel fear. How far Gatsby will eventually reach? According to the current trend, he will definitely become No. 1 in NBA history. ?

(End of this chapter)