Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 602 Acquisition
Leaving Gakki to liquidate in Los Angeles, Yuan Qingshan flew alone to Egypt the next day, where Scarlett Johansson was filming exterior scenes, which is said to be a heavyweight blockbuster next year. Recently Yuan Qingshan has been playing in the finals, and his attention to Scarlett Johansson has weakened.

But now, he needs to have a formal talk with Scarlett about investing in the Lakers. Otherwise, with Jenny Buss' character, he may suddenly make a deal with someone someday.

Although Jenny Buss has a problem with her IQ, it doesn't mean that the Lakers have no market. The giants of the Super League are always very popular, especially those rich people who like to play tickets, especially those who like to spend a lot of money.

Scarlett Johansson knew that Yuan Qingshan would start to do this immediately after winning the championship, so she was mentally prepared and immediately asked for leave from the crew to fly around the world with Yuan Qingshan.

They met with Robert Downey, Elizabeth Olsen and, of course, Taylor Swift, who was with Downs in New York on a knee injury.

According to the detailed accounting of the acquisition company, these stars in the entertainment industry collectively raised 12 billion US dollars, of which Scarlett Johansson contributed the most, not only personally contributed 3 million, but also pulled in 4 million from a mysterious consortium in her name.

In order to support Yuan Qingshan, Scarlett Johansson raised nearly 7 million US dollars in real money.

On the private plane, Yuan Qingshan held Scarlett Johansson's hand, his eyes were full of emotion.

"Honey..." Yuan Qingshan originally wanted to say something, but was immediately blocked by Scarlett Johansson.

The affectionate kiss at a thousand-meter altitude is just like the scene when they first met.

The valuation of the stocks in Jenny Buss' hands is 20 billion US dollars, and Yuan Qingshan has raised 13 billion, which is less than half.

According to Yuan Qingshan's plan, the rest will probably start with Magic Johnson. Before the division finals, Yuan Qingshan had an in-depth dialogue with the magician and reached a consensus.

So, Scarlett Johansson flew back to Los Angeles with Yuan Qingshan.

At the magician's home, Yuan Qingshan straightforwardly stated his ideas and the current financing situation. The magician immediately expressed his support, and then they met with O'Neill the next day. Several people sat down and talked smoothly. The magician and O'Neill decided to participate in the shares.

Later, at O'Neill's proposal, they gave a small share to Charles Barkley.

Barkley was overjoyed after hearing the news, and thanked his old rival O'Neill repeatedly on the phone. O'Neill warned him that he must not disclose the things in the circle to reporters, and Barkley repeatedly said yes.

The acquisition company took half a month to deal with everything. As long as it passed the alliance's layers of review, Adam Silver wanted to stop the acquisition, but unfortunately it failed to achieve its goal.

Under the call of Yuan Qingshan, they finally led the acquisition of the shares held by Jenny Buss in the name of Scarlett Johansson.

After all the procedures are processed, Scarlett Johansson has a total of shares worth 13 billion U.S. dollars in her name, becoming the largest shareholder of the Los Angeles Lakers with a 36.11% share.

This news shocked the sports and entertainment circles. Except for a few friends, most people were surprised that Scarlett Johansson had quietly acquired a huge share of the Lakers.

I haven't heard how much Scarlett Johansson loves basketball before. It seems that the only intersection between her and basketball is Yuan Qingshan. Could it be that Scarlett Johansson spent more than a billion dollars to buy the team for Yuan Qingshan?

Of course, everyone in the circle who participated in it knows that behind Scarlett Johansson is actually Yuan Qingshan.

A certain No. 35 player who was considering the next contract immediately announced a salary cut to stay in Golden State. His explanation to the media was: "I want to break the Lakers!"

Reporter: "Is it because the object of your admiration is Scarlett Johansson, and Scarlett Johansson has been rumored to have an affair with Yuan Qingshan, and would rather spend more than a billion dollars to support his dream of defending the title, which caused you to feel jealous and desire revenge?"

Reporter: "Is that so? Mr. Kevin Durant?"

Why did you say it all?
Kevin Durant burst into tears!
The enthusiasm for the big news of the Lakers has not diminished, and the league has ushered in another big event: the draft.

The 2017 NBA draft was held at the Barclays Center in New York. The Lakers successfully selected guard Donovan Mitchell from the University of Louisville in the draft.

Then, a dramatic scene happened. Before Mitchell had time to put on the Lakers hat, he was immediately traded to the Orlando Magic, in exchange for the No. 25 pick in the first round, and the unprotected first round and guard Terrence Ross the following year.

Then, the Lakers selected University of Utah forward Kyle Kuzma with the 25th pick.

This operation can be said to be decided by Yuan Qingshan alone. The magician and Wharton were both surprised. Wharton was very optimistic about Mitchell's talent, and the magician praised his hard work.

But these reasons were all overruled by Yuan Qingshan. Yuan Qingshan's reason was that this guy tweeted before entering the stadium to mock fans who "came here from the University of Louisville to cheer him up, and waited for hours just for an autograph".

In Yuan Qingshan's eyes, this kind of person is not worthy of being a Laker no matter how skilled he is.

Donovan Mitchell thought he could go to the defending champion team and enjoy a good time in the City of Archangels, but he was sent to Orlando, which has the lowest record in a blink of an eye. He really couldn't accept the blow in his heart, so he strongly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Lakers and the Magician in an interview, and even sweared at each other.

And tweeted again to mock the Lakers, choosing the photo of the Lakers when they were eliminated in the Western Conference Finals last year.

Yuan Qingshan sneered when he heard the news, and said to the magician and Wharton: "How about it, my choice is right?"

Wharton and the magician sighed simultaneously.

Yuan Qingshan patted the young man beside him on the shoulder vigorously: "So, Kyle, you have to show me your strength and prove that I am right to choose you!"

Kyle Kuzma was named by the team leader, and he was excited, and then he nodded obediently.

There were no other hot spots in the draft. Each team basically made the most conventional choice based on their own needs and picks. Tatum was selected by the Celtics as the No. 12 pick, Ball was second overall, and Markkanen was third overall. Fultz, who was once favored before, fell to No. [-] overall.

Yuan Qingshan said in his heart that if the Pistons did not select Fultz with the 12th overall pick, I am afraid that Magician and Walton would try their best to persuade themselves to take him off. In his eyes, this is not a good choice. He has already heard of Fultz's injury history.

Before the free market opened, Yuan Qingshan and the magician planned the lineup for the new season. Yuan Qingshan proposed that the first task during the offseason is to retain people whose contracts have expired, such as Hassan Whiteside, and of course Yuan Qingshan himself.

(End of this chapter)