After the Wolves trade was completed, the Bobcats signed Anthony Parker again, and Qiao Hai's summer transfer operation came to an end for the time being.

At the time of the Summer League, the Bobcats formed a 16-man roster -

Point guards: Chris Paul, Jose Barria, C.J. Watson;

Shooting guards: Michael Reed, Anthony Parker;

Small forwards: Andre Iguodala, Danny Granger, P.J. Tucker;

Power forwards: Kevin Garnett, Josh Smith, Paul Millsap, Ersan Ilyasova, Louis Armondsson;

Centre-forwards: Kendrick Perkins, Andre Biedrins, Rivra Frenz.

Aside from the possibility of a few layoffs, this roster is basically the final lineup of the Bobcats for the new season.

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After completing the recruitment work, Qiao Hai entered the vacation mode and took Han Xue to New Zealand for a road trip.

But soon, a phone call from David Falck directly sent Qiao Hai back to the United States from New Zealand.

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At the end of July, in Charlotte, Qiao Hai's apartment, David Falke knocked on the door of the apartment with three middle-aged white men in white-collar suits.

"David, long time no see." Qiao Hai wore pajamas and walked from the second floor to the first floor.

The two greeted each other, and then, Qiao Hai swept around the three people behind David Falke, and then pointed to the sofa: "Sit down." ”

This time, David Falck called Qiao Hai back to the United States from New Zealand, mainly for two things.

"Joe, your broker contract has expired, and I want to talk to you about renewing it."

Although Qiao Hai has no endorsement income, and after Qiao Hai owns the shares of the Bobcat, Qiao Hai's salary has become a symbolic dollar every year, David Falck can no longer make money from Qiao Hai, but he still wants to renew his contract with Qiao Hai.

The reason is that in the past few years, Qiao Hai has brought David Falke a lot of income just by relying on his discerning eyes.

Including the signing of Dwyane Wade, Deron Williams, Andrew Bynum, Monta Ellis and other players, in one fell swoop, reversed the decline of David Falck's agency.

So, for David Falck, Qiao Hai's invisible value is very high, and for this, he even gave Qiao Hai a 20% stake in the brokerage company.

This time the renewal, David Falck is also aspiring.

Qiao Hai groaned slightly, and then nodded: "It's no problem to renew, but David, I am already one of the shareholders of the brokerage company, should my brokerage contract be different?" ”

David Falke smiled, as long as Qiao Hai is willing to renew, everything is easy to say.

"With the new brokerage contract, all your future income will not be shared by the company, and at the same time, I have found you two full-time assistants."

Then, David Falck introduced Qiao Hai to the three men in suits he brought.

In addition to one is the legal counsel of David Falck's agency, and the other is David Falck's own assistant, the youngest second-generation suit man remains, David Falck focused on the introduction.

"This is James Holiday, who was previously a trainee agent in the company and has just turned regular, and now, I have assigned him to you as your full-time assistant."

Qiao Hai looked at James Holiday and nodded, "Yes, although I don't think I need a full-time assistant." ”

David Falck smiled again: "No, Joe, I think you need a full-time assistant, James can help you with some chores, and, if there are urgent matters, he can skip me directly and notify you, such as ......"

"For example?"

"For example, you may not know that the Balbe family is selling their stake in the Bobcat, and Michael Jordan is said to be in talks to buy the balbe family's stake."

"In addition, Michael Jordan is also ready to buy Nelly's Bobcat stake, so that he can get a 20% Bobcat stake and surpass you to become the second largest shareholder of Bobcat."

Qiao Hai frowned: "Michael Jordan is ready to enter the Bobcat?" ”

David Falke nodded: "That's right, that's the exact news, at least we can be sure that Michael Jordan is close to taking the Balbe family's Bobcat stake." ”

Qiao Hai frowned: "The Balbe family's Bobcat equity has reached 15%, and if Michael Jordan gets it, he will already be the second shareholder of Bobcat." ”

"Then you have to act as soon as possible to try to take the stake in Nelly before Michael Jordan." David Falke gives advice.

Qiao Hai shook his head: "No, it's not enough to take Nelly's equity, it only adds up to 15%, but it's the same as Michael Jordan." ”

Qiao Hai has to worry about one thing, before this, only Qiao Hai is the real industry insider, but if Michael Jordan takes the Bobcat equity of the Balbe family and becomes the second shareholder of Bobcat, he will become the second industry insider besides Qiao Hai, and Qiao Hai's position will be threatened.

But now, Qiao Hai is no short of funds, Facebook and Quickplay have earned a lot of money in the past two years, and Qiao Hai has a lot of liquidity in his hands.

There is no problem at all in buying the Bobcat equity in Nelly's hands.

Even if Robert Johnson withdrew, Qiao Hai had the ability to take over Robert Johnson's Bobcat shares.

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Qiao Hai thought about it for a while, and already had an idea.

"This news is important, thank you, David." Qiao Hai thanked him.

Then, he was ready to contact Qiao Zhishui, ready to take out a sum of money to take down 5% of the Bobcat equity in Nelly's hands first.

As for the 15% equity in the hands of the Balbe family, Qiao Hai has no idea at all, the relationship between the Balbe family and Qiao Hai has always been not harmonious, and Qiao Hai is destined to not get the equity in their hands.

However, Qiao Hai's later memories show that Robert Johnson later withdrew from the Bobcats, so Qiao Hai was ready to talk to Robert Johnson and strive to take Robert Johnson's equity together, and then keep his position in the Bobcats.

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James Holiday has already started working for Qiao Hai, he first booked a plane ticket for Qiao Hai and flew to New York, Qiao Zhishui was in New York at this time, responsible for the NASDAQ team of seawater investment.

After Qiao Hai and Qiao Zhishui met, they quickly learned about the current financial situation of seawater investment.

"At present, we do not have much liquidity in our hands, only more than 80 million US dollars, most of which are flowing in the stock market, and most of the remaining money in our hands is invested in several emerging network technology companies in Silicon Valley according to your requirements."

"Facebook and Quickplay also have about $20 million and $30 million in liquidity, respectively, and Hoop Sports just withdrew a total of $850 million from us some time ago."

Qiao Hai kept nodding, and Qiao Hai knew about the $850 million in liquidity that Hoop Sports withdrew, and the funds were used by Hoop Sports to buy the exclusive network broadcasting rights of the NBA, and the broadcast agreement was specifically $850 million for 6 years.

This means that for the next six seasons, Hoop Sports will have exclusive network broadcasting rights to the NBA.