【Chapter 997】 Huaxia Mark (Ask for subscription!)
On January 18, the Lakers defeated the visiting Rockets at home, winning 19 in a row, just one step away from the opening 22 straight wins, and the entire league has no solution to this Lakers team.
Next, the Lakers have six games left in January, and the remaining five games are played at Staples Arena except for the away game against the Trail Blazers, and there is a potential record for 25 consecutive wins.
Therefore, everyone is pinning their hopes on the Spurs, who gave the Lakers their first loss, hoping that Popovich and Duncan can curb the Lakers' winning streak, or they may set a new winning streak.
However, ahead of this game, the attention of the media and fans turned to the official website of the NBA league, because on the 19th, the voting results of the 2016 All-Star Weekend were released.
Thanks to the large influx of Chinese fans and fans, the number of NBA All-Star votes this year has increased significantly, and the 10 stars who entered the main lineup have received more than 5 million votes!
Howard's 3.15 million votes is already the highest in NBA history, but this year, 26 stars received more than 3 million votes.
According to the NBA league, more than two-thirds of these valid votes came from China, which explains why there were so many votes this year.
Compared with when Yao Ming was playing in the NBA, Xiao Feng was more beautiful in the league and performed better, coupled with Xiao Feng's original celebrity effect, which made Chinese fans and even ordinary viewers more enthusiastic about voting for All-Stars.
Xiao Feng has received a total of 23.69 million valid votes, becoming the player with the most votes in a single season in All-Star history, and even broke into the top ten of the all-time vote list in one fell swoop!
Xiao Feng's teammate Kobe Bryant also received more than 20 million votes, after all, he originally had a high popularity in Huaxia, and this season he showed a very high level of competition in the process of fighting side by side with Xiao Feng, which naturally won the favor of fans.
As the NBA All-Star voting lasted 5 weeks. Each IP can vote once a day, so the cumulative number of votes is still quite impressive.
When the voting results were announced, it caused a huge sensation, and this was the first time that the outside world had a more intuitive understanding of Xiao Feng's popularity.
Prior to this, everyone knew that Xiao Feng had a large number of fan groups in the United States, China and even the world, but there was no quantitative standard. With voting data for the NBA All-Star Game. Compared with other players and previous ticket kings, everyone suddenly saw Xiao Feng's strong popularity now.
For a time, major media around the world reported on the results of the NBA's All-Star voting, which also made NBA President Silva and various sponsors smile. For the NBA, increased exposure around the globe means more visibility for the league, which is backed by more TV broadcast expenses and advertising sponsorships.
Isn't it all about money and influence in professional sports leagues?
CCTV Seven O'clock News even spent a minute reporting on the news that Xiao Feng was elected as the king of votes. The influence of the NBA in China is also increasing.
With Xiao Feng elected as the voting champion, Kobe Bryant was selected as an All-Star for the 18th consecutive time, and the Lakers easily defeated the visiting Spurs at home, extending the winning streak to 20 games.
In this game, rookie No. 1 Towns performed well, with a big double-double of 26 points and 21 rebounds, proving that his selection to the All-Star first-year rookie starting lineup was not a surprise.
Next. The Lakers' opponents are unlikely to pose much of a threat to them, even the strongest Clippers. In Staples games, 'home and away' castlings are a breeze.
After suffering a two-game losing streak in December and ending a 23-game winning streak, the Lakers quickly adjusted their form and once again set a winning streak to challenge for a new record of 33 consecutive wins.
Although the team's winning streak is more due to Xiao Feng and Kobe's amazing form. The impressive performances of other role players on the team are also important reasons for this.
Therefore, on the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Xiao Feng also spent a lot of money to present an R8 sports car to all the players, coaching staff, and medical team of the team through Audi!
A top-of-the-line R8 sports car sells for less than $150,000 in the U.S. market. In addition, Audi is one of the sponsors of the Lakers, and Xiao Feng, the owner, only needs to pay a symbolic $50,000 for the car. Even so, there are nearly 100 people on the entire Lakers team, and Xiao Feng also paid $5 million for this, which made everyone happy.
Xiao Feng gave such a high-end Spring Festival gift to everyone in the team, which soon caused a huge sensation and craze in the United States, and even many media reporters made a special trip to Staples Arena to photograph the R8 sports car that appeared in the parking lot of the stadium during work hours.
Xiao Feng's generosity and boldness also spread quickly in the United States, and Xiao Feng didn't want to play, because the Lakers have often been able to get some benefits in player transactions since then, and many players would rather join the Lakers with a lower salary, after all, in addition to having the opportunity to impact the championship, there are also some unexpected surprises.
In the field of competitive sports, it has always been a winner-takes-all, and Xiao Feng's small actions on the Lakers will be amplified by the media and the public, even if it is sometimes just an unintentional move, there will be more profound interpretations.
Xiao Feng originally just issued year-end bonuses to employees in accordance with Chinese practice, but he never thought that he would receive some other effects, which was really unexpected.
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The NBA game is in full swing, and Xiao Feng naturally has no way to participate in the preparation of the family's New Year's goods this year, but this year, the entire Xiao family gathers in Los Angeles for the New Year, and Xiao Feng doesn't have to worry about it.
Now, there are more than 15 children in the family, and during this time, a large number of amusement facilities have been purchased in the manor, and a small amusement park has been built in Beverly Hills, and Song Xiaoli's older children have become the king of children.
Sometimes, the Pitts and Smiths next door will also bring their children to visit the house, and the whole estate is even more lively.
Today's 'Dream Manor' has become a very special place in Hollywood, with many celebrities going in and out of the 'Dream Restaurant' and many super-rich people who have intersections with the 'Mirror Lake Group'. It is also often able to be seen.
Not only media reporters, but sometimes tourists from China will also find a time to come to the gate of the manor to see if they can be lucky enough to have a chance encounter with their idol?
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During this period of time, the number of American and Chinese journalists gathered near the 'Dream Manor' has also skyrocketed to a certain extent, and everyone is waiting for the birth of super news.
The negotiation between the 'Qianxin Group' and Legendary Pictures has become the most eye-catching focus in Hollywood and even in the United States, and Lin Jian, the chairman of the 'Qianxin Group' who participated in the negotiations, is also the target of many media.
In order to ensure the confidentiality of this negotiation. This time, Lin Jian and his negotiation team lived in a luxury villa next door to 'Dream Manor', which is the Lin family's property in Los Angeles.
As the largest overseas cultural industry merger and acquisition case of Huaxia enterprises, every move of 'Qianxin Group' has been observed by the media under a magnifying glass, and some people think that the acquisition of 'Legendary Pictures' will be compared with Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures.
In the late 80s, at the height of the economy, the people of Dongying waved money and clamored for the acquisition of the entire United States, and many large-scale acquisitions shocked the world, such as the Empire State Building, Columbia Pictures, and so on.
In less than 30 years, another country from the East began to buy the United States on a large scale. This undoubtedly made the proud old beauty feel a little depressed.
In fact, the large-scale acquisition and investment of Chinese enterprises in the United States has begun to appear after 08 years, and the recession of the American economy has allowed many Chinese companies to find business opportunities.
In addition to corporate-level acquisitions, the personal investment of many wealthy Chinese has entered a state of rapid development, from Los Angeles and San Francisco to New York, you can see luxury villas and various supercars purchased by Chinese people everywhere. At the same time, more and more Chinese students and immigrants began to occupy cities and towns in the United States on a large scale, and various 'international student towns' and 'second-milk towns' emerged one after another.
Some of the smaller acquisitions have not been paid much attention to by the media. But those Chinese super-rich who don't look at the money now have created one amazing transaction after another.
Take, for example, Xiao Feng and his 'Jinghu Group'. Since he began to invest in the United States, Xiao Feng has invested more than $4 billion in the United States in just three years, and is moving towards the ranks of the top 10 landowners in the United States.
When Xiao Feng was playing well in the NBA, Time Magazine conducted a special interview with Xiao Feng, and at the end of the report, Xiao Feng listed the various industries that Xiao Feng now owns in the United States!
'Dream Ranch' is Xiao Feng's first investment in the United States, with a total area of more than 250,000 acres. A staggering 200,000 acres have been built to the pasture. At present, it is one of the largest beef cattle breeding bases in the United States, with a total of 300,000 beef cattle raised, and it is estimated that 100,000 'dream beef cattle' can be slaughtered every year, with a market value of more than 1.2 billion US dollars!
Now, many financial institutions will not value Dream Ranch at less than $5 billion. After all, this is a super ranch that can make more than $800 million in annual profits.
Next door to the 'Dream Ranch', the 'Dream Scenic Spot' received an astonishing 1 million visitors in 2015, of which about two-thirds were Chinese tourists, achieving a total revenue of $1 billion and a profit of $300 million!
The third industry that Xiao Feng has invested in the United States is the 'Miracle Farm', which is now very famous in the American organic food market, and the farm named after Xiao Feng's horse has fully realized large-scale production in 2015, becoming a new choice for the American middle class and the wealthy class.
Today, Miracle Farms covers more than 400,000 acres and is the largest and most productive integrated farm in the United States, with a production value of more than $2 billion in 2015.
In Napa Valley, not far from the "Miracle Farm", "Xiao's No. 2 Winery" is an important part of the "Mirror Lake Group" American industrial layout, for which Xiao Feng paid more than 2 billion US dollars to own this super winery with a total area of 10,000 acres in the prime location of Napa Valley!
In the autumn of 2015, the first harvest after the renovation of Château Xiao Clan 2 was announced, and according to CEO Xiao Qiang, this year's harvest was enough to make 2.3 million bottles of wine. According to the tradition and strength of 'Xiao Clan', the wine produced by 'Xiao Clan No. 2 Domain' should not be far behind!
In another two years, when the wine of 'Xiao's No. 2 Winery' is on the market, the value of this super winery can be truly estimated!
Perhaps, it will become the biggest wealth of the Xiao family!
In addition to extensive investment in the agricultural sector, Xiao Feng's case of joining the Lakers with lightning tactics is also regarded as a classic case of mergers and acquisitions by Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Business School and other universities.
Originally, everyone thought that Xiao Feng's acquisition of the Lakers at Sunset for $2 billion was an unwise choice, but after Xiao Feng joined the NBA and led the team to a global purple and gold storm, everything changed 180 degrees.
Today, the Lakers have become the sweethearts of major manufacturers, and everyone is competing to raise various sponsorship offers, hoping to appear in the Lakers' sponsor list. According to the preliminary estimates of some financial media, the Lakers can get no less than $200 million in various sponsorships in 2016, and this will only be the beginning, and it is only a small part of the Lakers' huge income system!
At the end of 2015, Forbes and other media raised their estimates of the value of the Lakers, believing that the current Lakers are worth at least $3 billion!
In less than a year, the Lakers appreciated by $1 billion, which also amazed everyone, and Xiao Feng's purchase of the 'Ping An' came out at once.
In addition to these big heads, such as 'Dream Manor', 'Dream Restaurant' and Beach House and other small industries, the media is already too lazy to calculate.
In a sense, Xiao Feng took advantage of just three years to 'create another Jinghu Group' in the United States, which was regarded as an economic miracle!
Now, Qianxin Group, a close partner of 'Jinghu Group', has entered the United States in a big way, which makes Lao Mei feel very uncomfortable, and he is wondering, 'Is the good days of the United States over?'.
In the midst of all the disturbances, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and the negotiations between 'Qianxin Group' and 'Legendary Pictures' are also coming to an end, maybe this will be a good New Year's hors d'oeuvres for Chinese people!
At the beginning of 2016, in the United States, especially in Los Angeles, the 'City of Angels', elements from China are actively having an impact! )
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