At three p.m. the next day, the team returned to Seattle.

The road outside the airport was full of cars of fans who came to greet the team, and when the bus came out, the earth-shattering horn sounded, and the piercing horn sound of the past did not feel harsh at this time.

It took more than two hours for the bus to arrive at the headquarters and the team was disbanded.

"Gentlemen, don't forget, tomorrow at 10 a.m., there will be a parade of congratulatory ceremonies." General Manager Bob Whithit said loudly.

On the 16th, Zhou Quan suddenly received a call from Ma Jian, who usually doesn't contact him much.

Ma Jian entered UCLA two years ago, that is, when he left Detroit, he arranged it, played in the NCAA for two years, and did not play any big names.

"Iron Fist, I've already signed up for this year's NBA Draft."

"Really? Then I wish you success. ”

"Thank you!"

Regarding Ma Jian's draft, Zhou Quan thinks that there is not much chance, this compatriot has developed a body of muscles, but seriously lacks flexibility and agility, and his ability to move is not good, his muscles are too dead, and he can't shoot.

He thinks that Hu Weidong and Sun Jun of the national team may have a better chance if they participate in the draft.

After three consecutive days of marching, on June 18, Zhou Quan got up at noon.

The fatigue of the body is still very strong, and it takes at least a month of the most thorough rest to allow the body to recover.

Open the system, the reward has arrived, predict +5, stamina +1, and now the prognosis and stamina have reached level 96.

With the improvement of the prediction, his vision has also been improved accordingly, the full-level panoramic vision remains unchanged, and the advanced prediction vision has been upgraded to the top-level prediction vision.

Then the passing was raised from 96 to 98 and the playmaking was raised from 95 to 96.

In addition, his possession and ball sense have also been improved to 95 after a long period of play, compared to 93 and 94 previously.

Tournament experience and technical and tactical abilities have also been upgraded to level 95 each, which is one level higher.

The improvement of these technical abilities, coupled with the ability to resist injuries and illness, etc., now he has begun to enter the peak period in terms of physical fitness, technical ability, competition experience, etc., this is his cognition.

In the past few days, the agent Philip has been staying here, and he has signed some sponsorship endorsement contracts, and the endorsements of the world's top and first-class brands have reached 25, and these endorsements alone, not counting investment income, have a commercial income of more than 30 million US dollars a year.

In addition, my father contacted him many times, and now many companies in China have contacted him, hoping to find him to endorse, and he will have to deal with these things when he returns to China this time.

He has no connections in China, and he doesn't know many people, if he can endorse some brands in China, commercial income is a trivial matter, and establishing contacts is more important.

In addition, he is ready to mobilize his father to resign again and make him a domestic agent.

With my father's ability, I have been a middle-level backbone in the Municipal Forestry Bureau for so many years, and I have been a bureau-level leader for two years, so there should be no problem to be a broker, and at most I will ask a few professionals to help.

In addition, the Seattle media in the past few days is hyping the news of the active first person, according to what Larry Bird, one of the protagonists of the previous era, said, he said that the current Zhou Quan has the qualifications and strength to compete with Jordan for the position of the active first person.

This statement is followed by the media in some cities, such as Los Angeles and Detroit, but the media in most cities do not touch on this topic too much, as if they have not seen the news from the Seattle media.

I can't see it, this thing doesn't exist, Zhou Quan feels that the current mentality of these media is like this, he is just a Chinese, and it is indeed difficult for these American media to accept a Chinese as the first active person in the NBA.

In addition, he is also mentally prepared to win the championship again, just like after the first championship, he will definitely become one of the targets of the American media, and any negative news will be repeatedly hyped, and if there is no negative news, it will also be bubbled out.

On the 19th, he met with his friend and investor, Jeff Bezos, and confirmed the investment agreement that had been negotiated a long time ago.

Bezos got everything done right for the website, the initial investment amount was $300,000, and now he wants to make additional investments, a total of $10 million, and he gave Zhou Quan $1.5 million, accounting for 10% of the shares.

This percent of the shares was grabbed by Zhou Quan with great difficulty, because he was not the only one who wanted to invest in Amazon.

The two signed the investment contract in the presence of their lawyers, and then opened a champagne to celebrate.

Zhou Quan smiled: "Jeff, remember to inform me the next time you make additional investments." ”

Bezos took a sip of Champin and asked with a smile, "Iron Fist, are you so optimistic about my website?" ”

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "I have studied your qualifications, and I am investing in your people, not your website." And the other investors of the company, I think this is also the reason for investment, right? ”

"Haha......"

Bezos laughed and handed over the glass, and the two touched it and dried it directly.

……

After a few days of business activities in New York and Los Angeles, they taught Rhett Tai Chi well in the evening, and at noon on the 27th, Zhou Quan and Philip returned to Seattle.

By the time he got home, his luxury yacht had been parked at the edge of a private dock, and when he arrived at 10 a.m., a large group of media reporters were watching.

On the starboard side of the yacht there is a Chinese ship name, which is called Iron Fist, and on the port side is the English ship name and Arabic numerals.

"It's so beautiful!"

When Philip saw the yacht, he couldn't help but sigh.

Zhou Quan has already informed many friends, including many wealthy people in Seattle, such as Ballmer, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, etc., and invited them to come over tomorrow for his cruise party.

Since noon, photos of the yacht have been on the news programs of major television stations.

Zhou Quan had already obtained his license in advance, and in the afternoon, he invited some reporters to board the boat, drove the yacht around Lake Washington a few times, and then went out to sea along the canal to have a good time.

A luxury yacht like his is very automated, using the most advanced fully automatic technology at present, and only one person is required to drive it, and the experience is very good.

"Iron Fist is the first superstar in the NBA to buy a luxury yacht, and he is also the most classy star." New york times.

"Iron Fist has set up a notch with other NBA stars, including Michael Jordan." Seattle Daily News.

"Iron Fist has unlocked the luxury of NBA superstars, and luxury yachts will become the standard for superstars." Los Angeles Times.

The next day, the front pages of the major media were full of news about him and the yacht.

At noon, Zhou Quan's yacht party was held as scheduled, in addition to a large group of reporters, nearly 100 friends were also invited, in addition to a group of wealthy businessmen in Seattle, a group of people with good connections in the NBA, and a group of big stars in Hollywood all flew over.

At this party, Zhou Quan also showed his circle of contacts to the world, and it was also a step for him to officially enter the upper social circle in the United States.

"David, find me some information, I have to get one too."

Jordan felt that Zhou Quan's social level this time had surpassed him, which was related to the issue of social status, and he was very envious, so he had to catch up.

"Michael, where are you going to put it?" David Falck Question.

"Well, in New York, I'm going to buy a villa in Manhattan and build a private dock there." Jordan said.

"OK, New York is more than 10 times better than Seattle."

Soon, the news that Jordan was preparing to buy a villa and luxury yacht in New York was exposed, which was also exposed by David Falke on his own initiative.

As soon as the Knicks heard the news, they went straight to the sky.

The management wanted to get Jordan, and Jordan only had one year left on his contract, and the new season was the contract year, which was the best time to trade.

They immediately contacted David Falck, who was already talking to Knicks management about Ewing's contract, and the person was in New York, which was very convenient and met quickly.

On first contact, the management directly proposed to trade Jordan.

"David, Michael wants to buy a villa and a yacht in New York, and he is the ideal choice to come to Nix, what do you think?"

"I think so, too, but you'll have to talk to the bull, and I can't help you. Also, what do you do with Patrick's contract? ”

"David, the Bulls have collapsed, we've spoken to Mr. Stern, and he's allowed us to make amends in other ways, and the league wants Michael to come to the Big Apple."

"Let's talk about it."

……

On the 29th, Zhou Quan stepped on the plane back to China.

This time I flew directly to the capital, and at noon on the 30th, I landed at the international airport.

Hundreds of fans came to the airport to pick up the plane, which was jammed, and Zhou Quan did not expect that this was a phenomenon that had not occurred when he returned to China before, indicating that his influence in China was not the same.

"Dad, how many days does Jun's college entrance examination have left?"

"From the 7th to the 9th, there is still a week."

"Okay, let's go back before the college entrance examination."

Dad Zhou Jianguo has been coming to the capital for two days, and he came to pick up the airport with Zhang Lili, Zhang Lili borrowed a Santana to pick up the airport, and directly dragged Zhou Quan to the courtyard he bought.

The courtyard sits in the north and faces south, there are alleys on three sides, there is another courtyard on the east, the south alley is 15 meters wide, you can park on both sides, Zhang Li drove the car directly to the main entrance.

Zhou Quan walked around inside and out, it felt good, the architectural style was very atmospheric, and there was no feeling of being old and dilapidated, and it was well maintained.

"Brother Zhang, have you bought your house?" He asked.

"You gave me a handling fee of 80,000 yuan, plus some money you saved, my parents supported a little, borrowed another 100,000 yuan, and bought a set of 120 square meters outside the second ring road, and even spent nearly 500,000 yuan on decoration." Zhang Li said with a grin.

Zhou Quan looked around, felt that it was very quiet, looked at the surrounding kilometers and there were no high-rise buildings, and asked: "Brother Zhang, this place is not allowed to be demolished, so no high-rise buildings have been built, right?" ”

Zhang Li nodded and said: "Yes, that's it, the closer you get to the Forbidden City, the more high-rise buildings are not allowed, and this will be the case within the Second Ring Road in the future." ”

"What's the ring, there shouldn't be much space in it, I don't see a ring road?" Zhou Quan glanced at the Forbidden City in the distance and asked curiously.

"Hehe......"

Zhang Li was happy, and said with a smile: "There is only the second ring, there is no one ring, the second ring is the Forbidden City, the center of the capital, and you are here at the foot of the imperial city." ”

"I see."

Zhou Quan laughed and was happy.

Next, he and his father stayed in the courtyard, and Zhang Li came back in the evening, and the three of them went out for dinner together.

He stayed in BJ for a few days, rarely came to BJ before, passed by a few times, never played, never went to the Forbidden City, after dealing with commercial activities, by the way.

"Dad, how's the resignation? You act as a broker for me, and I will give you a 20% commission of the business income, and you save this money for Xiaojun Xiaoye, which is better than me giving them money directly. ”

"I've resigned." Zhou Jianguo said with a smile.

"Why is it so crisp this time?" Zhou Quan asked curiously.

"You can make so much money, my salary of a few hundred dollars a month is really boring." Zhou Jianguo said a little helplessly.

Zhou Quan laughed and said: "I made you resign a long time ago, isn't it popular for public officials to go to the sea in China now?" ”

Zhou Jianguo nodded and said: "I am on leave without pay, and I will have a retirement salary to get in the future, and the relationship is still in the unit."

In the future, I will be an agent for you, and the money I earn will definitely not only be given to Xiaojun Xiaoye, if you have children in the future, I will have to keep them too, and your mother and I can't patronize the two of them, right? ”

"Then you don't need to, you and your mother can keep it for them." Zhou Quan smiled and shook his head.

"By the way, son, you talk about at least one girlfriend a year, but you don't even celebrate the New Year, it's not a thing, right?" Zhou Jianguo said.

Zhou Quan said helplessly: "I can't help it, last time that Chen Derong asked for Dink, I can't cut off my children and grandchildren, right?" ”

"That's definitely not going to work." Zhou Jianguo's head immediately turned into a rattle.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Li drove over.

Zhou Quan first went to buy a car, chose a Mercedes-Benz car, and then went to dinner.

In the evening, Whithitt, the general manager, called and told him about the draft that had just been held, he didn't care, and it had nothing to do with him, this year was not a big year, and there were no particularly outstanding people.

"Zhou, that compatriot of yours lost the election, it's that UCLA horse."

"Got it."

Also, Whithit told him that Kendall Gill was sent to the Hornets and traded for Jose Hawkins.

"Hawkins, the No. 6 pick in the first round in '88, was a 29-year-old and was an All-Star in '91 and averaged 21 points per game that season. Three-point shooting is also good, with a 39% shooting percentage. Defensively is okay, with a record of 9 steals in a single game, averaging 1.8 steals per game.

After being traded to the Hornets in '93, because the team had Larry Johnson and Mourning, he was only the third scoring point, and his shots were greatly reduced, and now his scoring statistics have declined, averaging 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game last season, shooting 48.2% from the field and 44% from three-point range.

Although the scoring data has declined, it is because of the shots, giving him enough shots, and it is okay to average 20+ per game.

And last season he shot a career-high shooting percentage, which means he's still in his prime.

Iron Fist, as your partner on the back line, is more efficient than Kendall Gill, and with you around, he must get more open spots, and he should be even more efficient than he was with the Hornets. ”

"Not bad." Zhou Quan nodded and said.

"Plus, Iron Fist, Michael Jordan is already in the middle of a trade."

"Oh?"

(End of chapter)