Chapter 181: $70 Million Appearance Fee (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
The end of the battle between Wang Lei and Leonard had a great impact!
Not only fans and experts, but also Bochui. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
When Arum told reporters that he had reached an agreement with Abraham Ali's agent, and that the match between Wang Lei and Abraham Ali would take place on January 25, 91, G&C immediately offered odds.
Gource, which originally thought that Abraham Ali was better than Wang Lei, changed its position and offered the two at comparable odds.
Obviously, after watching the match between Wang Lei and Leonard, the analysts of the company also think that the match between Wang Lei and Abraham Ali is very suspenseful, and whoever wins is possible!
Wang Lei's strength has improved too obviously, and when he fights with Leonard, the two sides can still fight hotly, there are contacts and contacts, comparable, who still Wang Lei just relied on his young physical strength, relying on his body to be stronger and more resistant than Leonard, and knocking down Leonard with heavy punches.
But in yesterday's rematch, Wang Lei comprehensively suppressed Leonard, and did not let Leonard gain the upper hand from beginning to end.
Many fans and pundits who watched the fight admit that Leonard yesterday was a little stronger than he was a year and a half ago when he fought Wang Lei.
But in the face of the stronger Leonard, Wang Lei fought more easily, and even formed a comprehensive suppression, and the two did not seem to be a high-grade boxer.
Against Wang Lei, who is so strong and confident that he shouted "knock out Abraham in three rounds" before the fight, no one would think that Abraham Ali would be able to defeat Wang Lei easily, even if Abraham Ali's previous knockout matches shocked fans and pundits alike.
So many people began to agree with Leonard's statement in the post-match interview: The match between Wang Lei and Abraham Ali will be the most exciting and suspenseful match in the history of professional boxing!
Interestingly, there is a strong gambling company that also offers odds on whether Wang Lei will be able to "knock out Abraham in three rounds".
Up to 20 to 1!
Wang Lei couldn't help but smile when he learned about this, and he immediately called Zhou Yuqiang and his best friend Bill successively, asking them to go and bet immediately.
He then called Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Lee Kwok-hing, Chand Cohen, and Lin Linglong, the daughter of the master.
The United States does not allow professional athletes to participate in the competition, whether it is professional boxing, professional football, ice hockey, baseball and basketball, because they are afraid that someone will cheat in order to win.
However, the company can only restrict professional athletes and their relatives, and friends and acquaintances cannot be restricted, otherwise it will be difficult for the company to continue.
You can't always check whether someone has anything to do with the athlete who is participating in the competition!
Bill, Zhou Yuqiang and Lin Linglong believed in Wang Lei the most, and placed a bet as soon as possible.
Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis and others were very face-saving, and immediately voted for this bet after receiving Wang Lei's call.
Although Beal is an NBA star, he is still a newcomer, and he did not give much money, only buying $100,000, and encouraging his current girlfriend Halle Berry to buy $50,000 as well.
Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis were generous enough to bet a million dollars. Anyway, with the current worth of these two people in Hollywood, one million dollars is really not much, and it won't hurt much if you lose it.
And Lin Linglong has little money, and after borrowing from the east and west, he only bets 10,000 US dollars!
However, Li Guozhi deliberately asked Wang Lei on the phone if he was really confident in defeating Abraham Ali in three rounds, and when Wang Lei replied yes, he asked where the confidence came from?
Wang Lei didn't answer his question again, just said: "If you believe me, you will buy it, it doesn't matter if you don't believe me, anyway, I just give you a chance to make money, it's up to you to buy it or not!" ”
After hanging up the phone, Li Guoyan hesitated for a long time, and finally discussed with his fiancée Lisa, and finally put in a bet of 100,000 US dollars.
As for Chand Cohen, he originally only planned to bet 200,000 yuan, but when he thought that he had missed the investment in Wang Lei's "Home Alone" and "The Sixth Sense", he could only watch Wang Lei make hundreds of millions of dollars, so he changed it to 1 million.
The next day, Chand Cohen added another million, for a total of $2 million to buy Ray "knock out Abraham in three rounds."
Secondly, Wang Lei's four bodyguards Neeson, McKel, Ston Butch and Scott, and even Wang Lei's personal masseuse, Amanda, all contributed a sum of money.
The one who paid the most was Zhou Yuqiang, and she directly threw out five million US dollars.
If you lose 20 times the amount of $5 million, it is $100 million, even after deducting the very high taxes in the United States, the benefits are very considerable, and the company will lose blood.
This gambling company was a little panicked after seeing that so many people didn't need money to buy Wang Lei "KO Abraham within three rounds".
If this continues, if a miracle happens, Wang Lei really knocks out Abraham in three rounds, no matter how strong their strength is, they will lose money.
As a result, the gambling company quickly adjusted the odds, and the raw price dropped by half.
The next day, it continued to be lowered, and by the end of the day, Wang Lei's odds of "knocking out Abraham within three rounds" had been lowered from 1 to 20 to 1 to 3!
Fans who watched this change in odds were speechless!
When the powerful media found out that these people who spent a lot of money to buy Wang Lei's "KO Abraham within three rounds" were all friends of Wang Lei, and Wang Lei called them in advance before placing a bet, they were all surprised.
What did Wang Lei say to make these people believe in him so much?
Could it be that he revealed the secret to these people that he was able to "knock out Abraham in three rounds"?
It's a pity that no matter how the media reporters inquire, these friends of Wang Lei can't tell the "secret", and they are forced to say "no comment" when they are in a hurry!
As a result, the media, fans, and experts all speculated again about what Wang Lei had discovered, so that he could confidently "knock out Abraham in three rounds".
The more media reporters came into contact with Wang Lei, the more they learned that Wang Lei was not only a man who did what he said, but also a good-faced person like many Chinese!
If he doesn't do what he says in public, he'll have no face!
What's more, most of the people who bet on Wang Lei to "KO Abraham within three rounds" are friends of Wang Lei, and their net worth is far less than that of Wang Lei, and the four bodyguards like Lin Linglong, Amanda and Wang Lei are not even rich.
If Wang Lei wasn't absolutely sure, he wouldn't have been able to call these friends, unless he wanted to blister their money.
But the question is, why is Wang Lei absolutely sure that he will "knock out Abraham in three rounds"?
This is a question that almost all media reporters, fans, and experts have been puzzled by!
Wang Lei found Abraham's "lack of physical strength"?
This is absolutely impossible, after watching the video of Abraham's inhuman "extreme training", it is impossible to think that Abraham will be "physically insufficient", and even many people will think that Abraham's "physical strength" may be stronger than Wang Lei!
Slow reaction and weak resistance to hits?
These two points are also denied!
Even if Abraham's reflexes and resistance are not as good as Wang Lei's, it is impossible to be knocked out by Wang Lei within three rounds!
It is said that Wang Lei's grandfather was a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and Chinese traditional Chinese medicine has a kind of "visual diagnosis" technique, which can see at a glance what disease the patient has and how many injuries he has suffered. Could it be that Wang Lei discovered that Abraham had a dark illness or a dark injury through the technique of "looking for a diagnosis"?
That's even more!
It is important to know that the athletic commissions of various states in the United States will never allow unhealthy fighters to participate in competitions.
Professional fighters must undergo a thorough and detailed physical examination before the fight, and those with injuries or illnesses are not allowed to compete in the ring.
Otherwise, if something happens, not only the boxing organizers and promoters, but even the coaches and agents of the fighters may be sued.
What's more, Wang Lei and Abraham Ali are afraid that this bout will attract the attention of fans around the world, and no one dares to neglect this regard.
Taking banned drugs? To pay Abraham to play fake punches, or to bribe people from Abraham's camp to drug Abraham?
These speculations are more unreliable than the other!
Finally, Ben Whisson of the New York Times jumped out again and shouted hoarsely: "This is a plan to attack the heart, and the force is a plan to attack the heart!" It is impossible for the Chinese kid to be sure of knocking out Abraham in three rounds, he released this and let so many friends buy him to win, just to mess with Abraham's mind and make Abraham play abnormally in the game! Abraham, don't fall for the Chinese boy! ”
This time, no one heeded Ben Waskson's shouting, not even Abraham Ali.
It was January 25, '91, and the match between Wang Lei and Abraham Ali was about to begin.
Although the match between Wang Lei and Abraham Ali was arranged in a bit of a hurry, the pre-match hype, coupled with Wang Lei's unprecedented popularity of the four category treble winners, and Abraham's status as Ali's son, caused the match to attract more than two billion people around the world.
Not only did the TV rights sell for record-breaking prices again, but so did the number of cable subscribers who paid for the game.
In addition, the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, where the tournament was held, not only hurriedly expanded the boxing arena by one-third, increased the number of seats by 5,000, but also shamelessly doubled the ticket price.
Although the price of tickets has doubled, the seats near the boxing ring have even been sold for a super-high price of $100,000 by some scalpers.
But after the expansion, the 25,000 tickets for the Caesars Palace Hotel were still sold out.
Boccai is worried that Wang Lei and Abraham Ali will join forces to fake punches in this match and cheat their money. After talking to the tournament organizers, pay TV and the agents of Wang Lei and Abraham Ali, an unprecedented appearance fee deal was sought.
Wang's original appearance fee for this game is still $25 million, and Abraham Ali is only $15 million.
However, the organizers of the tournament and pay TV came up with a sharing agreement, according to which if the fight is more than 10 rounds, the winner will receive a share of no less than $30 million, and the loser will also have $15 million.
But if the contest is over within three rounds, the winner will get his share of $45 million, and the loser won't get a penny.
This means that if Wang Lei really knocks out Abraham within three rounds, his appearance fee plus the share will be as high as 70 million US dollars!
This is an unprecedented super high return! (To be continued.) )