On Christmas 2009, there were many unhappy people in the NBA. Because in the past, they were able to attract tens of millions of users around the world every year of the Christmas War, and they watched it in real time.

One can imagine how many people can profit from it. TV stations, the NBA, participating teams, stars on the court, and more.

But this year's Christmas, not many people pay attention to the annual Christmas war, because the vast majority of people's eyes have turned to Apple's press conference. (PS: Explanation at the end of the chapter, please don't spray.) ）

Coincidentally, Apple's press conference officially started at the same time as the start of the NBA's Christmas game.

"I really doubt that you have some vendetta against David Stern."

In the research institute of Jurassic Island, Teresa Roy smiled and joked with Wen Ming.

Wen Ming, who was tortured by a makeup artist again, has learned to keep his face expressionless during makeup time.

"He can only be blamed for his bad luck, who made it just in time for Christmas?"

Ten minutes later, Apple's second global conference will begin, and at the same time, the NBA's Christmas war will begin.

"Moreover, the most interesting thing about this year's Christmas game should be the Cavaliers vs. the Lakers, and by that time, our press conference should have ended."

There is not just one Christmas war, and in 2009 there were five Christmas wars.

Teresa Roy smiled and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you do it on purpose, because you are now far more than the NBA in terms of capital." If you're interested in buying a team to play with, I can introduce you to it. ”

Wen Ming was stunned for a moment: "Buy an NBA team?" ”

He used to like to watch the NBA very much, and he usually played basketball, but because of his physical fitness, his skills have not been very good. But he never thought about buying an NBA team, even if he was rich now.

Teresa Roy said: "Yes, in fact, NBA teams are not too expensive, among the owners of those NBA teams, except for the owners of the Nets and Trail Blazers, who are worth more than $10 billion, the rest of them are all worth less than the net profit you earned in two quarters." ”

The owner of the Nets is a Russian tycoon worth $13.2 billion, while the owner of the Trail Blazers, Paul Allen, is the largest individual shareholder of Microsoft besides Bill Gates, worth $14.2 billion. In third place is the owner of Magic, the founder of Amway, who is worth only $5 billion.

And Wenming's net profit in one quarter is 3 billion US dollars, even if the net profit in the second quarter will decrease accordingly due to the decline in sales, it will properly exceed the founder of Amway, that is, the boss of the Magic team.

What's more, this is just pure profit, if you calculate the value, Wen Ming's worth is far inferior even if all the NBA team owners add up. Because Teresa Roy has agreed with Apple's $140 billion valuation, how much should Wen Ming, who owns more than 95% of Apple's shares, be worth?

Wen Ming sighed: "It turns out that I am already so rich, but aren't they unwilling to sell the team?" ”

He is interested in buying an NBA team because he is about to embark on cross-species biogenetic engineering, which can greatly improve the physical fitness of humans.

If......

With the mentality of having fun, you can indeed buy one, and it won't cost much anyway.

Teresa Roy laughed: "There has never been a businessman who is unwilling to sell his assets, the only question is whether the price is right or not. ”

Wen Ming nodded and said, "Then please help me get in touch, it's time for me to invest in some other industries." ”

As the time for the press conference approached, Teresa Roy left the room, and he was going to sit down on the spot.

And Wen Ming has also finished his makeup, waiting for the host's opening remarks to end.

Jurassic Island, today ushered in the most visited day in the history of the island, in addition to the researchers, security personnel, and construction team members of various projects under construction, there are more than 200 journalists, as well as the heads of some companies in the high-tech industry, and some experts in the biotechnology academic circle.

The largest exhibition hall in the institute has been set up as a press conference site, and all the guests have already taken their seats.

When Teresa Roy took her place, she greeted the person next to him warmly.

His status and wealth determine that he can not be enthusiastic about many people, but for this one, he very much hopes to be able to have a good relationship with the other party, because this person is the current richest man in the world - Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft.

Also sitting next to them is Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook.

The three of them are definitely the three most heavyweight people in this press conference, and the reason why Bill Gates was able to come was not only Wen Ming's warm invitation, but also because he was really curious about those velociraptors.

The same goes for Mark Zuckerberg, after all, dinosaurs were extinct 65 million years ago, and no one can afford not to be interested in living dinosaurs. Of course, compared with Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg has more reasons to come, because Wen Ming seems to be a shareholder of Facebook, and he is also a major shareholder with a 2.4% stake.

"If you don't mind, Mr. the richest man, after the press conference, we can go and see the velociraptor alone."

Teresa Roy is much older than Bill Gates, but in the capital market, whoever has more money is the boss.

Bill Gates replied with a smile on his face: "Don't mention the word richest man anymore, your partner has already pulled me down from that position." ”

The news that Teresa Roy agrees with the valuation of $140 billion and wants to take a stake in Apple has not been announced to the outside world, but to the extent of Bill Gates, many unannounced news can be treasured.

Mark Zuckerberg was a little stunned when he listened, because he didn't know about Teresa Roy's plan to take a stake in Apple, and of course it was impossible to know about the $140 billion valuation.

"Partners? Are you talking about ...... Smelling Ming? ”

Mark Zuckerberg asked directly, and he also had an intersection with Bill Gates, because Microsoft is also a shareholder of Facebook, and in 2007, Microsoft exchanged $240 million for a 1.6% stake in Facebook at a valuation of $15 billion.

Moreover, Microsoft later put forward a request for $24 billion to directly acquire Facebook. But this appeal was rejected by the wise Mark Zuckerberg.

Bill Gates and Teresa Roy looked at each other and smiled, and did not answer Mark Zuckerberg's question head-on.

Teresa Roy said: "Let's leave that until after the press conference. ”

As soon as the words fell, the host had already taken the stage, and Apple's Christmas conference had officially begun.

After the opening remarks, Apple founder Wen Ming appeared with his iPad.

"I should thank one of the guests who was there, because the premise of developing this product came from the idea he had put forward, 'an all-rounder PC based on the indos operating system'. Yes, the person I want to thank is Mr. Bill Gates. ”

Wen Ming's words sparked applause at the scene, and Bill Gates, who was sitting in the audience, also applauded, and this shot was captured in front of tens of millions of viewers.

Wen Ming on the stage continued: "However, our product is an all-round PC based on the ios operating system, which I named - ipad. ”