NBA Dynasty Sniper

On November 30, a press conference was held.

Accompanied by Oakley, Larry Johnson and others, Zhao Dong attended the press conference.

At the press conference, he met Michael Tyson for the first time.

Looking down at Tyson condescendingly, he said uncomfortably: "Tyson, when you are on stage, it is best to wear a helmet like an amateur game, otherwise you can only lie down and be lifted off the ring."

"What did you say?"

Tyson said angrily: "Don't think you have your wife backing, I'm afraid of you, you coward who eats soft food!"

"Kacha Kacha..."

The two most famous sports superstars in New York started a war of words, and all the media's footage suddenly flickered.

"I have soft rice?"

Zhao Dong was furious and kicked Tyson directly with a powerful forward kick.

"Fuck him!"

Amateur boxer Larry Johnson faced the most terrifying professional heavyweight world champion with offensive firepower. He did not show weakness, but was eager to try.

However, he was immediately controlled by a few security guards and couldn't move forward.

Tyson yelled with anger, and he was about to punch up when he got up, but he was also controlled by a group of security guards.

"Oh, great! Come on, Tyson! Come on, Flying Dragon!"

A reporter yelled excitedly while pressing the shutter excitedly.

"I will beat him into a pig's head, he will fall under my fist, I swear I will knock him hard!" Tyson roared at the media.

"Prepare emergency doctors and ambulances. We want the best. It is best to arrange our boxing match in the ICU, so that he can go to the operating table immediately after I blow his head. I don’t want him to die in mine. Fist."

Facing the media, Zhao Dong said angrily.

The conference broke up unhappily, and the gimmick made a lot of money and attracted the attention of the world.

The boxing match here has turned upside down, the NBA negotiations over there are still going on extremely difficultly, and the conclusion of the labor-management agreement is still in the foreseeable future.

"Stern threatened to cancel the 98/99 season, and all players will lose their income for the entire season." TNT TV reported.

"NBA labor negotiations broke down again, and the new season is likely to be cancelled." The New York Times.

"If the season is cancelled, the status of the NBA in the four major sports leagues is likely to fall to fourth place, and most of the fans will be lost." The New York Sports News.

"The prolonged lockout has caused many NBA players who had crazy extra training during the offseason to lose their persistence and confidence. Many of them gave up extra training, and only Kobe continued." The Los Angeles Times.

"These bastards, don't know what they are talking about?"

In Chicago, Jordan flipped through these newspapers very irritably, and suddenly threw them out.

The new season has been slow to start. After more than four months of extra training, he can't hold on. After all, he is 35 years old. He wants to find a new project like Zhao Dong to play, such as golf?

In Philadelphia, Iverson stopped the extra training a month ago. He really couldn't hold on. During this time, he spent time with his brothers, party after party.

In Los Angeles, Kobe is still sweating, strength training, shooting training, defensive training, breakthrough training, and even low singles training, there is no shortage.

This offseason is too long, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered. He can see what Los Angeles is like at four o'clock in the morning every day.

He believes that the new season will come, when he will surprise the entire league. He will tell everyone that he is not a dispensable rookie in 1996. He will stand in front of the flying dragon in New York and tell him, His name is Kobe Bryant, not a rookie.

Time entered December. On the 10th, Zhao Dong and his boxing team set off for London, England.

Lindsay stays in New York temporarily, she is busier than Zhao Dong, ten times as busy.

The Storm Fund has achieved a super high rate of return for more than a year, especially the rapid expansion in recent months, which has transformed her from a rising star investor on Wall Street into a real capital crocodile, attracting a large amount of investment funds. , Her every investment can attract a lot of capital to follow up.

In fact, the size of the fund she controls now far exceeds the scale Frank Warren described to Tyson.

Warren's 20 billion is just the scale of the storm fund's venture capital fund, and the larger investment fund in her hands is a stable investment fund.

The size of this fund has been expanded to 50 billion U.S. dollars. Attracted by the super-high investment return of the Storm Fund, the scale is still expanding rapidly.

Moreover, this scale is still controlled. Not all funds have the opportunity to enter her funds. She mainly accepts non-US funds.

Behind her, there are funds from several European consortia, among which are the matchmaking of the Dorisa and his wife, and some come here especially.

In addition, at Feilong Sports, she also began to perform the job of the president and slowly began to lead its development.

The last time Chen Jian was emptied by those executives must never happen again.

But before the boxing match started, she still had to go.

London in December was cold and grey, it was hard to see the sun during the day, and the average temperature was just a few degrees.

Zhao Dong doesn't matter, because Beijing is almost the same now, it's also gray, and the temperature is a little lower than fog, but it's not as cold as London, Beijing is dry and cold.

Coming out of the airport, there was light snow in the sky, mixed with icy rain, the road was slippery, and the car was not driving fast.

Zhao Dong noticed that in some prosperous streets, there are a lot of large-scale publicity photos of him and Tyson. It seems that Frank Warren and Arum's promotion work is still doing a good job.

Arum took Zhao Dong to observe the location of the boxing match, the Soford Indoor Stadium in London.

This stadium was built in 1991 and can accommodate 18,000 people. It is suitable for holding boxing matches in winter. It is also one of the venues with the most boxing matches in London.

The day after Zhao Dong came to London, Tyson and his team also came here.

Frank Warren was born in a sports family in London, and he is the champion here. As soon as Tyson arrived, he held a press conference for him and began to build momentum for Tyson.

Not to be outdone, Arum used a lot of contacts and began to build momentum for Zhao Dong.

Feilong Sports, Huang Zhiwen once again seized this opportunity to build a flagship noodle shop in London.

On December 23, another round of negotiations between the labor and management of the league failed. Stern announced in anger that if the next round of negotiations fails again, the entire season will be cancelled.

This news has caused disagreements among the players, because if the entire season is cancelled, the biggest losses will be those with high salaries, and there will be a split between them and ordinary players.

The media ridiculed this. The New York Times described the labor-management negotiations as a struggle between millionaires, except that one side was presented in the face of capital and the other was presented in the face of labor.

On December 26, a piece of news dominated the headlines of many media, that is, Jordan and Nike reached an agreement, Nike will make Jordan's brand shoes independent of Nike's subsidiary, Jordan owns the stock price of the subsidiary and becomes a subsidiary. The little boss of the company.

This contract made Jordan the second NBA player to own a sneaker company after Zhao Dong, and his commercial value skyrocketed.

The time comes to the end of December, 1998 is about to pass, and 99 is about to come.

Starting on the 29th, a large number of NBA stars and Hollywood stars came to London.

Flying man Jordan, postman Malone, these two guys who hoped to see Zhao Dong be beaten to death by Tyson were the most active and rushed to London on the 29th.

In the first two days, Zhao Dong reduced his training volume, but on the 30th, his training volume was increased to full capacity.

This is to use full-load training to stimulate his body and make his body reach the most excited state.

At five o'clock in the afternoon that day, he picked up Lindsay from the airport.

"Husband, there was a blizzard in New York yesterday."

"Oh, didn't you freeze to death the tramp on the street? There are many children."

"It's really what you said. According to media reports, dozens of people have been found frozen to death in some parks, including five children."

"Well, in our name, donate three thousand tents."

"Okay, I will notify someone to do it right away."

"If you donate in the United States, of course you can't forget it in China. But don't worry about this kind of thing. Our government will not allow anyone to freeze to death. But I want to establish a real charitable fund in China, not the American tax avoidance. , Donated specifically to build Hope Primary Schools in China. The remote areas in the country are very poor and the education foundation is very poor. What do you think?"

"Okay, let's donate...200 million US dollars first?"

"Row."

...

The next day, the last day of 1998, Oakley and Larry Johnson, Alan Houston, Big Ben, Barkley and others rushed to London.

Zhao Dong arranged the board and lodging for everyone, and had a party in the hotel in the evening.

"Boss, is the new season really going to be cancelled?" Danny Fordson asked.

"Did you run out of money?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Hands are a little tight," Fordson said awkwardly.

He is in the second grade. Half of his rookie season's money has been used to improve the lives of his family, and a quarter is put in the Storm Fund. There is not much remaining money left, and it has been spent early.

Big Ben is in the same situation. He is even worse than Fordson. Fordson is a lottery pick. He is a loser and has a small contract. He also complained: "The league will not start again, boss, I have to borrow money from you. ."

"It's okay, the living expenses are gone, just speak up."

Zhao Dong comforted him and said: "Now the pressure on the player union and the league is very high. If the new season is really cancelled, I am afraid that the development of the league will be greatly affected and the loss will be huge. So I think that labor negotiations should be There will be a breakthrough and each will make concessions. The new season will not be cancelled."

"That's good." Oakley said.

He finally got tens of millions of annual salary for the first time, and this **** lockout directly wiped out his tens of millions of annual salary.

The party time is very short, just get together, Zhao Dong soon went to rest.

The next day, when I woke up, the time entered 1999.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the Soft Indoor Stadium, the stadium with 18,000 people was full.

The attention of this game is very high. ESPN has purchased the North American broadcast rights of the boxing match, a paid viewing model, and a single game of 100 US dollars.

In the United Kingdom, the payment model is not as developed as in the United States. The London TV station bought the broadcasting rights and broadcasted it for free.

The boxing match will start at 7:30. There will be three pre-match matches, two of which are six rounds and one is nine rounds. The main match will start at 9:30.

There were dazzling stars, not only sports stars and Hollywood stars from the United States, but also a lot of local celebrities, as well as a lot of local sports stars and European sports stars.

Several superstar football superstars are sitting in the front row, such as Beckham, Keane, Vieira, Tony Adams, Liverpool's Fowler, former Manchester United King Cantona and so on.

Zhao Dong warmed up in his lounge, doing some activities, taking a break, and alternately, keeping his body from getting cold.

At this time, Oakley and Barkley and a group of people came in, and the lounge suddenly became lively.

"Charles, that fellow Jordan will not let go of this opportunity, you help me bring him a word and ask him if he wants to bet against me?"

Zhao Dong said suddenly.

"How big is the bet?" Oakley said helplessly.

The two guys, Feilong and Mike Le, are not trouble-free.

"I have already paid a million dollars, and I know that Tyson will win. The bet rate is not big, and I made a small profit today." Michael Jordan shouted surrounded by a bunch of NBA stars.

He was in a great mood, mainly because he became the small boss of a sneaker company. His money was soaring. Then tonight, he could see Zhao Dong being beaten again. It was a double happiness.

It happened that Oakley and Barkley brought a group of people over. Hearing what Jordan said, the former reluctantly said: "Michael, Feilong thinks you will bet. He asked me to give you a word. Should I bet?"

"Michael, promise quickly, you are going to make a lot of money." Barkley urged.

"How old?"

Jordan, who never showed weakness, asked immediately.

"Ten million dollars," Oakley said.

"Sheet!"

Jordan suffocated, and couldn't help cursing: "That **** relies on the money, and his wife's money, he is just a soft food..."

At this time, a group of people passed by, and he glanced at it, and he was startled.

Those passing by are Lindsay and her dozen bodyguards, as well as several senior executives from the London branch of the Storm Fund.

Behind her, followed by a group of well-known London investment brokers, all of them held investment funds of various sizes, and they were surrounded by bodyguards and assistants.

"Charles, hello."

Lindsay glanced at Jordan lightly, walked up to Oakley and greeted him.

"Miss Lindsay, hello."

Oakley and Larry Johnson greeted them quickly.

To Zhao Dong, they can talk and laugh freely, and the brothers are commensurate, but facing Lindsay, they dare not, very respect.

Lindsay stared at Jordan coldly and said: "Michael Jordan, for my husband, you are the greatest opponent. But I am a businessman, and for me, you are nothing more than a bargaining chip. No value."

Having said this, she turned around and said to the group of men:

"Nike’s closing price in the afternoon was 30 U.S. dollars, 366 million shares, and the market value is currently 11 billion U.S. dollars. I intend to raise 10 billion U.S. dollars and issue a purchase order against Nike. Do you think Nike has investment prospects? ?"

These words, soft and soft, without lethality, made Jordan's scalp tighten, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Oakley winked at Jordan and asked him to apologize, but where did Jordan open his mouth?

"Acquiring Nike, I will dismantle Nike, and then merge into Flying Dragon Sports, abolish Nike, and also abolish your personal brand."

Lindsay left a word and turned away with someone.

"..." Jordan was dumbfounded.

"She, she wouldn't take it seriously?" After Lindsay walked away, he quickly asked Oakley.

"Who knows? Michael, don't you read the New York Business News and the Wall Street Journal? In recent months, there have been investment news about Miss Lindsay almost every day. The Storm Fund is now the most popular investment fund on Wall Street. It acquired Nike I am afraid it is not difficult for her. In addition, I am also one of the investors of Storm Fund." Oakley said.

Barkley gloated and said: "Michael, money makes you handsome, can you be handsome without money?"

"damn it!"

Jordan was gasping for breath.

In fact, in less than ten minutes, the rumors of the Storm Fund’s intentional acquisition of Nike have spread throughout London’s financial circles and then on Wall Street.

"Miss Lindsay is going to buy Nike? Good opportunity, we will prepare a billion dollars right away, and we have to follow up."

"The latest development of the Storm Fund, Nike is Miss Lindsay's goal, we need to follow up immediately."

"The Storm Fund hosted by Miss Lindsay hasn't missed it once. Come here, and prepare two billion dollars for me."

After receiving this information, a large number of investment fund managers on Wall Street immediately began to prepare, including some capital predators.

What Lindsay said also reached the ears of Nike President Philip Knight.

"Storm Fund? Lindsay, Flying Dragon, what a mess!"

Knight heard that the Storm Fund was playing Nike's idea, and sweated like a rain of rain, and hurriedly called the chief financial officer.

"President, the stock price is soaring! Before I came here, it rose by eight points, and it is still going up." The financial director Luo Shihua didn't know the news, with a joyful expression on his face.

"what?"

Philip Knight was shocked ~www.novelmt.com~ At this time, the stock price soared. There was only one result, and the cost of his repurchase shares rose sharply.

But he had only this way, and immediately ordered: "Raise funds immediately, I want to buy back the stock."

"what?"

The chief financial officer was shocked. Is it crazy to repurchase stocks at this time? At this time, the cash out was pretty much the same.

"I just received news from Wall Street that the Storm Fund will spend 10 billion U.S. dollars to acquire Nike. We must buy back enough stock immediately, otherwise we will be annexed by Feilong Sports. The president of the Storm Fund is Feilong’s wife, Miss Lindsay. "Nite said anxiously.

"Ten billion?"

Luo Shihua almost bit off his tongue.

It is not necessary to have a controlling stake in Nike at 10 billion. As long as the acquisition of 30% of the shares, he can become the largest shareholder of Nike. This is too clear to him.