The signing process was very smooth, after all, the two sides have been negotiating for nearly half a year, and finally the two sides reached an agreement that can be said to be a matter of course.

For the sale of the Rockets, in fact, Alexander was already moved when he first received Lin Cheng's offer of $300 million, after all, Alexander only spent $85 million when he bought the Rockets in 1993, but seven years later, the Rockets have skyrocketed in value more than three times, which can be regarded as a successful investment.

However, businessmen have always pursued the maximization of profits, even though Lin Cheng's offer of 300 million US dollars had already impressed Alexander, but Alexander, in line with the businessman's temperament, still chatted with the negotiation team led by Chen Huiyi for nearly half a year, and took out an extra $20 million from Lin Cheng's trouser pocket, and then sold the Rocket Team to Lin Cheng.

Financially, Alexander is willing to sell the Rockets, and emotionally, Alexander is indeed deeply hurt by the Rockets' recent poor record.

To be honest, Alexander is still one of the more ambitious owners in the NBA, after he bought the Rockets for $85 million in 1993, he seized the opportunity of Jordan to retire to play baseball in the first two seasons, and won the NBA championship in 94 and 95 years under the leadership of first center Olajuwon.

After Jordan retired for the second time in '98, Alexander once again showed great ambitions, offered high wages, poached Barkley and Scott Pippen to the Rockets, and formed the Rockets Big Three with old center Olajuwon.

However, the Rockets disappointed him this time, although the regular season record was good and entered the playoffs, but the three supergiants were no longer in peak condition, especially Scott Pippen, without the leader Jordan on the court, the NBA's most famous second-in-command performance was very substandard, and the Rockets lost to the Lakers 1:3 in the first round of the playoffs, and the three supergiants also turned against the Lakers because of this round of the series, Alexander's huge investment was lost, which made Alexander very frustrated.

This year, the Rockets Big Three broke up, without Pippen and Barkley, the aging Olajuwon was powerless, and the Rockets did not even enter the playoffs, but fortunately, the rookie Francis who was traded from the Grizzlies performed well, which finally gave Alexander a little comfort.

However, without Pippen and Barkley, the attendance of the star-lacked Rockets this year collapsed, and sponsors withdrew their funds one by one, which made Alexander scratch his head, even if he wanted to buy stars in a big deal, he had no money to invest.

Fortunately, at this time, Lin Cheng, the receiver, came, and brought Alexander an income of 320 million US dollars, Alexander finally didn't have to worry about the damn Rockets anymore, and Alexander was very fortunate to have finally lost his big burden.

But Alexander didn't know that when Yao Ming came to the NBA in two years, Yao Ming brought a large market of 1.2 billion Chinese to the Rockets, and even if Yao Ming retired later, the Rockets were still the most popular NBA team in China, and even the bearded Dengge benefited a lot.

After signing with Alexander at the Rockets headquarters, Lin Cheng officially joined the Rockets, but unlike the previous management purge at Chelsea, Lin Cheng did not purge the Rockets, and general manager Carol Dawson and head coach Rudy Tomjanovic were retained by him.

General manager Dawson spent 16 years as assistant coach with the Rockets and then nine years as general manager of the Rockets, making him the man who has played for a club the most years in the NBA.

Head coach Tomjanovic is also a meritorious coach of the NBA, leading the Rockets to win two NBA championships in the 94 and 95 seasons, but at this time Tomjanovic is leading the American Dream Team to the Sydney Olympics.

For Tomjanovic, the head coach of Yao Ming's rookie season, Lin Cheng's impression is not bad, and Yao Ming also adapted to the NBA quickly under his guidance.

It is very strange that after taking over the Rockets, Lin Cheng did not trade players with as much fanfare as the Chelsea team, but did not commit any offense to the team.

In fact, Lin Cheng is worried that his acquisition will cause the Rockets to change too much, which will affect the mess of the 00-01 season, if the Rockets do not get the bottom results of the 01 season, then the Rockets are likely to miss Yao Ming, so Lin Cheng chose not to move.

……

Lin Cheng won the Rocket team in a low-key manner, and the aunt and nephew of the Wang family also came to the castle of the Wells family in a low-key manner.

The Wells family is not well-known, but it is one of the three most powerful families in the prestigious California consortium.

The California consortium, one of the top ten conglomerates of the United States, is an emerging large consortium that emerged after World War II, with total assets of 12 trillion US dollars, and the core industries of the consortium include the Bank of America Group, the San Francisco Group and the Geshanji Group.

During the Second World War, the economic strength of these three groups increased dramatically with the rapid development of California's arms industry, and in particular, the growth rate of financial capital was particularly alarming, forming a large consortium with the Bank of America as the financial center.

The Wells family is a consortium family with its headquarters in San Francisco, and its head David Wells is also the ruler of the San Francisco group, with great power.

"Amanda [Wang Ruonan's English name], oh, and the Mandate of Heaven, after you enter the castle, you must be cautious when talking to your father. My father is an old-fashioned man, and the rules are bigger than the sky. John, the young lord of the Wells family, who is nearly thirty years old, said to the aunt and nephew of the Wang family.

"Don't worry, John, before the fall of the family, our Wang family was also one of the largest powerful families in China, and the strict rules were not half a point weaker than the Wells family. Wang Ruonan said unconvinced.

"Alright, come with me. John laughed.

……

Wells Castle, when the family was in the study of David Wells.

"Are these materials real?" After a long while, David Wells put down the stack of materials in his hand and asked Wang Tianming.

Wang Tianming said respectfully and with a hint of confidence: "Yes, Mr. Wells, this is the material about Lin Cheng that I have painstakingly collected. Lin Cheng and I have a grudge against the family, but he must not have imagined that the person who knows him best is precisely his enemy. ”

"Alas!" David Wells let out a long sigh and said, "It's unbelievable that there is still a person like Lin Cheng in this world, it only took three years to become the richest man in the world from a high school student."

Wang Tianming, your guess should be right, Lin Cheng does have a big secret, once our Wells family masters this big secret, the Wells family masters the California consortium, and even surpasses the Rockefeller consortium and the Morgan consortium, there is great hope.

Say, Wang Tianming, what do you hope to get by handing over this valuable material to our Wells family?"

Wang Tianming said modestly: "I don't ask for much, as long as Mr. Wells can help me rebuild the Wang family and let the Wang family gain a firm foothold in the United States." And since then, my royal family is willing to rely on the Wells family, and the Wells family will be the main one for generations. ”

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