The first rays of the morning sun shine into Highland Park.

Ji Cheng, who was a little prostrate, was stabbed by the sunlight from the gap in the window, and his eyes slowly woke up.

The fluffy and soft bed made him want to rely on the urge not to get up.

As soon as he sniffed his nose, the smell of fragrance and fishy smell mixed and burrowed into the tip of his nose.

Ji Cheng looked sideways at Madonna, who was sleeping sweetly with her shoulders exposed outside the quilt, and couldn't help but think of last night's events in his head.

This woman is a deadly goblin.

Just when she was in the gym, Ji Chengcheng ran two steps with her.

Especially when he ran for the second time, Aniston happened to call, and at that time Ji Cheng thought that Kevin. Dodd called to tell him that the shooting was over, so he didn't think much about it, but he didn't think that the opposite was actually his real girlfriend Aniston, and he was scared into a cold sweat at that time.

Fortunately, Ji Cheng's cleverness, coupled with the fact that he was right next to the treadmill, was able to get through the trick.

Call.

I went back to the bedroom and did two more sit-ups, and I was really tired.

Just as I was thinking about it, my phone rang suddenly.

Ji Cheng didn't wake up Madonna, and hurriedly ran to the door with his mobile phone to answer the phone, well, in fact, he was afraid that Aniston would call to check on the post again.

Luckily, it wasn't Aniston on the other end of the line.

But Ji Cheng was shocked into a cold sweat again, and the person who called this time was Annie. Rocky, thanks to not being connected in the bedroom.

"Cheng, are you awake?"

Annie. Rocky's gentle voice came.

Ji Cheng saw that he was still a little close to the bedroom, for fear that Madonna would wake up and find him, so he hurriedly ran down the stairs, and said at the same time, "Oh, I just woke up, and I was about to go for a run."

"You still like fitness?" Annie. Rocky asked curiously.

Ji Cheng was already a little weak-hearted, so he didn't have time to think of other excuses and made things up: "It's okay." He didn't dare to talk too deeply about this topic, for fear of being seen as a flaw, so he quickly changed the topic, "Why did you call so early?"

"Oh, Schwartzman is our man, you know?" Annie. Lodge asked.

Schwartzman was and Peter. The people who founded the Blackstone Group with Peterson, it was not a matter of a day or two for him to lean towards the Boston consortium, and of course Ji Cheng would not know, "Well, what's wrong with him?"

Annie. Rocky laughed, "He and Peter. Peterson had something to do with you, but he couldn't get through to you, so he asked my grandfather about the situation, but my grandfather didn't know what you were doing, so he asked me to call you."

"Okay, I'll call Peter back later. Peterson."

"Schwartzman said one more thing."

"What?"

"Isn't Blackstone Financial Management now under the management of Joaquin Financial Management?"

"What's wrong with this?"

"Schwartzman said that Blackstone Financial Management Company's stake in Lucky Cinema Cinema was the first thing he talked about, and now Blackstone Financial Management Company is managed by Huajin Financial Management Company, you can't ignore the business situation of its shareholding companies, right?"

Ji Cheng didn't understand this sentence.

Of course, he knows that Cinemark Cinema will be one of the three major cinema chains in the beautiful country in the future, but the problem is that although Huajin Financial Management Company has obtained control of Blackstone Financial Management Company, it currently only holds 50% of the company's shares.

Just when Ji Cheng was wondering.

Annie. Lodge made the situation clear, "Isn't Huaying Pictures, a subsidiary of Huajin Capital, filming the song and dance comedy "Chicago"? The owner of Cinemark Cinemas thinks it will be a big hit, so he wants "Chicago" to be released in his theaters, and it is best if your premiere can be held at Cinemark Cinemak."

Ji Cheng didn't expect that a theater would take the initiative to come to the door so soon, he was stunned for a moment, "I haven't finished filming this movie yet, no."

Should we start talking to theaters about the release after filming and submitting it for review?"

The film review mechanism of the beautiful country is different from that of Huaxia, it is not sent to a professional agency of the government department for review, but sent to the beautiful country film association for review, and then the film classification is determined by the beautiful country film producers and distributors association, such as suitable for all ages, any age group can enter but it is best to be accompanied by a guardian, children under the age of thirteen need to be accompanied by a guardian and a series of different film classifications.

His "Chicago" has not yet been filmed, so naturally it is not rated, and if he negotiates with the theater chain now, many details are inconvenient to discuss in detail, so he usually has to wait until the rating is submitted for review before negotiating.

"The rating of the submission for review is nothing more than those grades, in fact, it is okay to negotiate with the theater chain first, and when the post-production of the film is completed, it can also save a lot of preparation time for the release." Annie. After Rocky said a word, he introduced the topic to the topic, "The boss of Shellrick is because he saw that the scandal between you and Madonna is extremely hot, and many people are talking about the movie "Chicago", so he thinks it will be popular, and wants to gamble in advance, if the bet wins, Coaster may become famous."

Today's Marvel is not one of the three major cinema chains in the beautiful country later, and movie premieres generally invite the main actors to help and the media to interview the actors closely, plus the director and main actors of the film will attend the premiere and interact with the audience, the theater chain that held the premiere may indeed become famous.

"Okay, you ask him to contact Li Kai, chairman of Huaying Pictures, and find a chance to sit down and talk."

Ji Cheng has been from Anne. Rocky heard something wrong and prepared to end the call quickly.

But he miscalculated, Annie. Rocky asked seemingly casually, but suddenly asked the point, "Cheng, you and Madonna are just stirring up the scandal, it's nothing, right?"

This is his future wife, of course Ji Cheng can't admit it, "No, of course it's a scandal, what can I have with her?"

Having said that, Ji Cheng, who had just walked downstairs, was still very weak-hearted, and looked upstairs, for fear that Madonna would wake up and not find herself and run down. Rocky hears something bad.

He thought for a moment and ran towards the outside of the house.

Running to the garden still felt unsafe, Ji Cheng said as he came to the private dock by Lake Michigan.

It may be that Ji Cheng is too weak-hearted, in fact, Anne. Rocky didn't mention anything other than that.

"Well, when you get back to New York, can we make an appointment?" Annie. Lodge asks for advice.

Ji Cheng just wanted to hang up the phone quickly, and hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll come back to you."

"Then I won't bother you with your morning exercises."

"Bye-bye."

Hanging up the phone, Ji Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, this person, he really can't do bad things, otherwise he will really have a weak heart.

He pinched his mobile phone and pondered for a while, as if the scandal had an effect, and a theater took the initiative to find it.

According to this situation, the scandal should be very hot.

Of course, there is no way to know how hot Ji Cheng will be for the time being, after all, he and Madonna spent the night together and had no time to watch TV and newspapers.

I was about to go back to the villa.

Suddenly, Ji Cheng saw a fishing boat in front of him slowly coming, many people in the beautiful country like night fishing, this is not unusual, but a black braised egg on this fishing boat caught his attention.

Hey?

This guy seems to be Jordan?

Ji Cheng looked uncertainly.

As a result, he couldn't fully see whether this person was Jordan or not, and the other side seemed to have spotted him, and shouted loudly, "Hey, man, are you Ji Cheng?"

"I am." Ji Cheng replied and asked tentatively, "Michael?"

"Sure enough, it's you."

The black braised egg looked very happy and drove the fishing boat over.

The distance is getting closer and closer, Ji Cheng can see clearly this time, and he is really the future basketball god Michael. Jordan!

Although he had known that the other party lived in Highland Park, he really didn't expect to meet him.

The fishing boat stopped not far from the private pier, and Jordan looked excited

Ji Cheng shouted, "Man, I admire you so much, how did you take the Madonna?"

Ji Cheng sweated for a moment, Nima, Jordan also knew about this?

But I still have to pretend, Ji Cheng spread his hands with a smile, "No way, I'm very charming."

Although it is unclear whether Jordan is interested in Madonna at the moment, he has actively pursued it, but he has not succeeded.

No, Jordan's eyes were full of envy when he heard Ji Cheng say this, and he said with a blank eye, "Ji, can I ask you how to pick up girls?"

"Yes." Ji Cheng still likes basketball, so he naturally wants to get to know the god of basketball, "You bring the boat over."

Jordan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I don't dare, I'm afraid that the stinky girls in this villa will know about the scolding, otherwise, I'll live next door, and you come to me?"

"Okay, then I'll go."

Ji Cheng thought that he didn't have anything to do anyway, so he went over to chat with Jordan, so he went back to the house to get dressed first, and then walked next door.

……

Jordan's villa.

As soon as Ji Cheng came in, he was warmly welcomed.

"Michael, you don't sleep at night to go night fishing?"

"Isn't this offseason, I'm just a hobby, why don't you fish?"

That's right, Ji Cheng remembered that Jordan liked fishing, and even saw Jordan participating in fishing competitions from the news of modern society.

Maybe he wanted to ask Ji Cheng too much about how to pick up a girl, Jordan was so enthusiastic at this time that he didn't even let the maid serve tea and water, he personally made Ji Cheng a cup of coffee, and then began to learn from the experience.

Ji Cheng doesn't know what to pick up girls, it's nothing more than a matter of course, but in front of Jordan, he definitely can't say that, and casually brags a little bit about the pickling methods seen on the Internet in modern society.

Well, not to mention, modern society is more than 30 years ahead of the current time and space, even if Ji Cheng talks nonsense casually, Jordan is shocked when he hears it.

After chatting for about twenty minutes, Ji Cheng was afraid that Madonna would wake up and find him, so he was ready to leave, "Michael, the phone number has been left to you, you can find me to play in New York in the future."

"Okay, thank you." Jordan said something that seemed to suddenly come to mind, "By the way, you're so rich, don't you want to buy an NBA team to play with?"

Ji Cheng's impression of the NBA team is still on the side of modern society, a team is worth billions of dollars at every turn, and now when he is in a hurry to use money, how can he spend money on buying a team?

So, he shirked and said, "Let's talk about it later, after all, it's expensive to buy a team."

Jordan was stunned and said, "Tens of millions is a lot for you?"

Ji Cheng's eyes widened when he heard this, "It's only tens of millions?"

Jordan shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know about the rest, anyway, Jerry only spent 16 million to buy the Chicago Bulls in 1985."

it!

So cheap?

You know, any NBA team is worth billions of dollars!

If you buy a team now, you will definitely make money in the future, which is a sure deal, which can be seen from the various NBA owners after buying the team, such as the New York Knicks team owner James. Dolan spent $30 million to buy the team in 1997, and by the time of modern society, the market value of the New York Knicks has been as high as $5.8 billion, of course, Dolan did not buy all the shares of the team, in fact, at the beginning of 97, the market value of the New York Knicks was about $200 million, but even so, from 1997 to 2022, the value of the New York Knicks team itself has skyrocketed nearly 30 times!

What's more, the NBA team owner can benefit from the team is not only the value of the team itself, but also other aspects, for example, the Cleveland Cavaliers owner Gilbert started from scratch by lending business, and it seems that he has nothing to do with running the team, but after 1998, Gilbert's business declined sharply, and in order to get out of the predicament, he listened to the advice given to him by the review team, that is, to buy an NBA team and increase the company's popularity and attention.

Gilbert listened

From the opinion of the review team, in 2005, he spent all his savings of $370 million to buy the Cleveland Cavaliers, and then more than ten years later, his investment has also received a huge return, and his worth has soared from $800 million to $49.6 billion!

Of course, it's not all the team's credit, but the year the team won the championship, its value skyrocketed by $6.5 billion, so you can imagine how much you can benefit from owning an NBA team.

Ji Cheng suddenly thought that the Chicago Bulls would become a dynasty team from the beginning of the next season, and Jordan became the first person in the NBA.

Thinking of this, Ji Cheng, who was about to get up and leave, sat back again, and he pretended to be joking and said, "Michael, how much do you think it will cost if I want to buy the Chicago Bulls now?"

Jordan was stunned for a moment, "The team is running well now, and Jerry has no intention of selling the team."

"That's because the chips weren't opened properly." Ji Cheng said meaningfully, "If I'm willing to spend enough money, do you think he's willing to sell? Like what...... 50 million dollars."

You must know that the market value of the New York Knicks in early 1997 was only about 200 million US dollars, which is still one of the most valuable teams in the NBA.

After all, Chicago Bulls owner Jerry. Lensdorf bought it in 1985 for only $16 million, and after four years, he could make $34 million, and everyone would be tempted.

Jordan thought for a moment, "Maybe I agreed."

Ji Cheng snorted, "In this way, you can help me talk to Jerry, and I have time to sit down and talk about selling the team, it just so happens that I am in Chicago for the past two days."

"Okay." Jordan agreed, "I'll call Jerry later, and if it goes well, I guess I can arrange a meeting between you tonight."

……

Finish talking.

Back to the villa.

Madonna hasn't woken up yet.

Originally, Ji Cheng wasn't going to wake her up, she was too tired last night.

But Li Kai called and said that he wanted to arrange a press conference for Madonna to clarify the scandal.

Ji Cheng had to go upstairs to wake up Madonna.

"Baby, get up."

"Honey, you want to run again so early? You're so hard, I still have back pain."

"What, the company called and said they were going to arrange a press conference for you...... Well, but there's still plenty of time, you see......

An hour later.

The company sent a car to pick up Madonna, who was a little trembling when she walked.

Then, after waiting for about half an hour, Ji Cheng, who had just taken a shower, also got into the car sent by the company.

Although Ji Cheng has unlimited physical strength in this time and space and will not be hungry, the premise is that there is no such exercise, otherwise he will fall into "weakness".

No, Ji Cheng, who ran with Madonna again in the morning, was hungry at this time, and when he saw a breakfast restaurant along the way, he immediately asked the driver to stop.

In the breakfast room, there are quite a lot of people.

Ji Cheng ordered something to eat casually, a piece of fried chicken covered with a quirky biscuit, cheese and fried egg, and poured a layer of ample sausage gravy on top, not to mention, it was delicious.

Ji Cheng, who was extremely hungry, didn't pay attention to what people were talking about, but suddenly, he seemed to hear his name and couldn't help but prick up his ears.

「…… That season was so romantic."

"Yes, yes, I invested in the filming of a musical and dance drama for Madonna, what is it called "Chicago"?"

"Yes, it's called Chicago, and I must see it when it's released."

"I'm going to see it too."

Hey?

I just started the hype last night, and today it's so hot?

Ji Cheng listened to the chat between the two seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls next to him, wondering if it was an accident, so he stood up

The ear began to listen to what other people were talking about again, and it turned out to be surprised that it was not accidental!

"I heard that the movie "Chicago" has been very popular recently?"

"It's not released yet, it's said that it's still being filmed, but it's quite popular, and all entertainment news and entertainment newspapers are talking about this movie, alas, my queen Madonna, who was hooked up by other men."

"Even if she doesn't get hooked by other men, you have a chance? Ji Cheng is the richest man in the world, if you want me to say, Madonna is lucky enough to be next to him."

"Why do you think Ji Cheng is so reluctant? It is said that "Chicago" spent 20 million dollars, and he actually spent so much money to soak in Madonna?"

"Twenty million, haven't you heard? I heard in the entertainment news that Ji Cheng bought Columbia Pictures in order to get close to Madonna, and spent more than $4 billion."

"Hey, he's willing to spend so much money on Madonna? I think this "Chicago" movie should be very well-made, otherwise how could Madonna be so desperate to follow him? Let's go see the movie when it comes out?"

"Well, I want to see what movie makes Madonna fall in love with an Oriental."

Say anything.

While not everyone is talking about the affair between themselves and Madonna and the movie "Chicago," at least more than half of the dozens of people in the restaurant are talking about it.

Ji Cheng immediately realized that the hype was successful, no, it was not just as simple as success, it was very likely to be extremely popular.

What does this mean?

It means that as long as the movie "Chicago" is not too rubbish, it will definitely achieve a high box office!

Even, because of its high popularity, Ji Cheng can win more benefits when he talks about cooperation with the theater chain!

Yes, this scandal not only made it logical for me to take Madonna and spend a night of ecstasy, but also made the film popular before it aired, and even contacted Michael. Jordan, there is a chance to buy the Chicago Bulls, who are about to win three consecutive championships, so to speak, this hype is too wise!

Ji Cheng has a hunch that the movie will achieve a high box office after its release, and then make it into DVDs and other peripherals, I am afraid that the movie "Chicago" alone will bring him hundreds of millions of dollars in net profits in the next few years.

It would be better if he could win the Chicago Bulls, this thing would have too much effect on the increase in the fame of his company, plus the Chicago Bulls are about to win three consecutive championships, Ji Cheng has reason to believe that with the influence of the team's championship, if his company goes public or something in the future, he will definitely make a lot of money.

Well, it's uncertain whether they can take down the Chicago Bulls for the time being.

Ji Cheng knew that he would not know until he met with the owner of the Chicago Bulls and talked about it, and he really wanted to get this team and strive to win it.