"Iron Fist King, can your current tonnage be announced?"

"About 97 kilograms."

"Can you reveal your appearance fee with Tyson?"

"Please pay attention to the official news released by the promoter."

"Are you confident to beat Michael Tyson?"

"Michael is no longer at his peak, of course I am confident."

"Since the beginning of the season, a lot of media has been directed at you, and since the SuperSonics have taken the first place in the West, that voice has decreased, but now there are still media who think that your form has slipped and you have started to go down to the top, do you think that's right?"

"No, I've got at least ten years left in my prime."

"Just kidding, you want to rule the NBA for two years?"

"No, you've missed the professional heavyweight boxing world, and I'm not going to give up boxing."

"At 35 years old, you can still be at your peak? Haha, Tekken, no kidding? ”

"If I had the power, I would put what I say into American law."

"Haha......"

"Iron Fist, you have to join the United States first."

"Forget it then."

It took half an hour to deal with the reporters and get into the hotel.

It's almost dinner time, and Zhou Quan asked Joe Dumas, who is almost 34 years old, to be the backup guard in the East for this All-Star.

"Joe, how many years do you have left on this contract?" After ordering, Zhou Quan asked.

"Two years, after the fight, I will be ready to retire." Jo Dumas said.

"How's the team running now?"

Joe Dumas said helplessly: "You know, Alan Houston ran away after two years after the trade, and he couldn't keep people."

Now Detroit, there are a lot fewer people, at the most of 2 million people, now the maximum of 6 or 700,000, the white and middle class are all gone, and I think the city government is about to go bankrupt. ”

Zhou Quan changed the subject and said with a smile: "Isaiah told me that the Raptors invited him to serve as vice chairman of the administration, and he has resigned from ESPN TV. ”

"He told me about it, and now Beal has resigned and wants to get a job as a coach in the league, but no team has contacted him." Jo Dumas said.

"The NBA doesn't want him, he can go to the WNBA." Zhou Quan said casually.

Jo Dumas was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Iron Fist, this is a good idea, I'll tell him later." ”

"Don't get involved with me, I'm just talking casually." Zhou Quan said busily.

Speaking of this, he asked again: "Joe, what do you want to do after you retire?" ”

Jo Dumas laughs: "I've been involved in some of the team's management now, and when I retire I want to be in management and the management wants me to continue working for the team. ”

"Good choice." Zhou Quan praised with a smile.

"What about you? Oh, it's too early for you to retire. It was only after Jo Dumas's words came out that he remembered Zhou Quan's age.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "If I retire in the future, I should not be interested in working in basketball anymore, I want to be an architect."

There is no time in the offseason for these seasons, and when I have time in the future, I will pick up my studies and study again, and I want to get my bachelor's certificate, and I can't study in vain for two years. ”

"Michael Jordan was injured in his second season, and he used that time to get his bachelor's degree." Jo Dumas nodded.

At this time, Jordan was being interviewed by some media outlets.

"Michael, how confident are you to challenge for a championship this season?" A reporter asked.

"We are really full of confidence. As for how big it is, you can imagine how big it is. Jordan said confidently.

"Michael, Iron Fist had 70 wins last season, and you haven't had 70 wins in your career, are you interested in hitting 70 wins this season?" A reporter asked.

Jordan's eyes flashed with hope and he said, "Everyone wants seventy wins, and I'm no exception." We look forward to winning every night and play hard to win, never slacking off. ”

"What do you think of Tekken's crossover? Do you think he was distracted by crossover? Do you condemn his cross-border behavior? A reporter asked.

"I'm sorry, it's none of my business."

Jordan was obviously a little cautious in the face of this problem, because he knew that there were many fans of Iron Fist, and they were also very fanatical, and there were often media outlets saying that their hotline TV was blown up by Iron Fist fans, and he didn't want to be targeted by those people, and he hated being targeted by the media even more.

The biggest attraction of this all-star is the award ceremony of the top 50 superstars.

Zhou Quan stood with Isaiah Thomas, Ervin Johnson and other controls, waiting to play.

The scene when dozens of superstars appeared was indeed huge, and each superstar was greeted with enthusiastic applause and cheers.

After the awards, the fifty people took pictures together, as the first person in the active service, and has a huge reputation in the United States and the world, Zhou Quan occupies one of the double C positions, and Jordan is another.

As for the win or loss of the All-Star Game, Zhou Quan and Jordan were too lazy to fight, and in the end, the East won, and the Eastern backup All-Star forward Glen Les scored 26 points and won the AMVP.

Rookie Kobe Bryant made a big splash at this All-Star tournament, and even suppressed the limelight of MVP Iverson at the Rookie Challenge, scoring 31 points, and then winning the slam dunk contest.

After the All-Star ended, major media commented on the All-Star.

"Kobe Bryant, by far the worst slam dunk contest winner in history." New york times.

"You have a big windmill dunk, he has another big windmill, Kobe Bryant has another big windmill, we have seen the big windmill, can you dunk in a different way?" Detroit Worker Daily.

"Suggest that the NBA stop holding the slam dunk contest." Miami Daily News.

"his dunk contest."

Kobe Bryant returned to Los Angeles, and after seeing the evaluation of these media, he was so angry that he vowed never to participate in the slam dunk contest again.

After the All-Star, the SuperSonics ushered in the third battle with Mosaic.

Before the All-Star, under pressure, Mosaic purged two marginal people and brought in two role players from the free market, but the strength was average, no different from the marginal people, and it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars more.

In this third game, Schramf was still injured, but Zhou Quan scored 31 points, 20 assists, 8 steals and 4 blocks, leading the team to defeat the Big Three, and this season the SuperSonics and Mosaic played 2 to 1.

Da Meng stayed under the basket, and his shots in this game were mostly pull-up jump shots after breaking, and the shooting rate was not too high, 48.5%, which was lower than his average shooting rate of 51.7% per game this season, and Jordan's average shooting rate per game this season was about the same.

……

On the 12th, Jeff Bezos called Zhou Quan and informed him to go to the company's headquarters for a shareholders' meeting.

It turned out that the company's listing plan had been prepared and was only waiting for the formal decision of the shareholders' meeting.

When the company was founded, it invested a total of 10 million US dollars, and after the capital increase last year, the total share capital was 30 million shares.

"Jeff, what about the others?" After Zhou Quan arrived, he saw that Bezos was the only one sitting in the conference room, so he asked.

"It's just me and you." Bezos said with a smile.

"You bought all of their shares, and didn't keep any of them?" Zhou Quan was stunned.

Bezos nodded and said, "We bought their shares at a premium, which is 2.3 times higher than the purchase price we bought in the last capital increase." ”

Zhou Quan nodded and didn't say anything more.

As a result, the company now has only two shareholders left, except for him, the founder Bezos, who owns 75% of the shares.

In this way, Bezos owns more than two-thirds of the equity and has an absolute controlling stake in Amazon.

But he doesn't care, he just participates in investment, and he doesn't want to participate in the management of the company, and he doesn't have that management ability.

Bezos said: "Iron Fist, we are friends, you believe me to invest in my company, I don't lie to you, the company will continue to lose money in the next two or three years, there will be no profits, which is why I am in a hurry to go public, because I can no longer continue to take my and your money to lose." ”

Looking at Zhou Quan's skeptical eyes, Jeff Bezos laughed, then nodded, and said helplessly:

"Well, I'll admit, Iron Fist, the company is now losing millions of dollars a year, and if it continues to lose, I won't have the money to invest in it anymore. When the time comes, you either bring in other investors, or find venture capital, or you take the money out.

Anyway, my share of shares will be reduced, and I may even lose control of the company, which I can't tolerate, so I decided to go public as soon as possible. ”

"Don't just throw me away, I'm not interested in interfering in the company's operations, I don't understand the company's management, and I don't understand how the company develops. Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"That's why I chose to keep you as the sole partner."

Bezos nodded with a smile, and said: "The company's listing plan is like this, we plan to issue a total of 30 million shares, which is a circulating disk, plus the original 30 million shares, it is 60 million shares."

Of course, the 30 million shares we originally held were non-tradable, and the lock-up period was one year, and we could only cash out after one year. ”

Zhou Quan calculated that after the company went public, the proportion of his 7.5 million shares would be diluted to 12.5%, Bezos was 37.5%, and the two together accounted for 50%.

Bezos continued: "The IPO price for our IPO is expected to be $18, which is very low, but we are the first Internet IPO company, there is no precedent to follow, if it is high, once the market does not accept it, the issuance will be in trouble." ”

"Agreed, it's a little safer."

Zhou Quan nodded, as long as the IPO was successful, $18 would be enough for them to make a lot of money.

Bezos said with a smile: "If the issuance is successful, it will raise $540 million in funds, which can completely solve the company's development fund problem, and you can burn money as much as you want in the future." ”

"Great!"

Zhou Quan said excitedly.

He calculated that there were 60 million shares in total, and if the shares could remain at $18, the company's market value would reach $1 billion, and he would own 12.5% of the company's market capitalization at $125 million.

In just two years, the investment is only 8.6 million US dollars, and the investment income is nearly 15 times.

Of course, all this must be based on the success of the issuance, otherwise there is no capital, and if the company goes bankrupt, all these millions of dollars may be lost.

The shareholders' meeting successfully approved the listing plan, and Amazon's listing project was officially launched.

……

After the All-Star break, they won four in a row, and on the 21st, the SuperSonics welcomed the Knicks at home.

The Knicks are currently third in the East, behind the Bulls and Heat, with a 39-14 record.

The SuperSonics are currently 40-11, two more than the Knicks.

Although Pat Riley went to the Heat, this Knicks team has completely broken into the name of the team, and has the momentum to take on the bad boy army, and is now known as the Iron Knicks, also known as the New York Gangster.

Zhou Quan has fought with Oakley before, and this season the Knicks traded Larry Johnson in, and the two guys who have played in the professional ring with him are both in the New York Gang.

At half past six, he drove to the Center Coliseum, and happened to meet the New York gangsters coming down from the restaurant in the arc corridor.

"Hey, welcome to Seattle." He beckoned first.

"Hey!"

"Hey, Iron Fist."

Ewing and the others greeted.

"Hey."

Oakley and Larry Johnson have mixed feelings, they can't forget the beating by Zhou Quan, but all the holidays are solved in the professional boxing ring, and they have to admit if they lose, so they also responded.

Zhou Quan joked: "You don't have to worry, if Jordan loses to me again this time, the Bulls may want to rebuild, he is the biggest trading chip, and you will have a chance to trade him." ”

Oakley said angrily: "Don't say if you can win him, even if the Bulls want to trade him, where is our room?" ”

Ewing shook his head and said, "We may have to change the boss, and it will not be good to say what will happen in the future." ”

"Are the Knicks really going to change bosses?"

Zhou Quan was stunned, he had heard the news, but he was not sure, now that Ewing has said so, it is really possible.

Ewing nodded, "The owner of Cable TV and Madison Square Garden, James Dolan is negotiating with the current boss. ”

"Isn't that good? A richer boss. Zhou Quan said with a smile.

……

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced their starting lineups.

Knicks: Ewing, Larry Johnson, Oakley, Alan Houston, Chris Childs

HyperSonics: Matt Geiger, Rodman, Sam Perkins, Jose Hawkins, Zhou Quan

Jump ball, supersonic offense.

Zhou Quan's opponent is Chailes, a role player, who has no strength, his height is the same as him, with a tonnage of 88 kilograms, which is also heavy in the No. 1 position, but it is nothing in front of him, and if he touches it, he has to be crooked to the side, and his confrontation ability is two or three grades worse.

He came to the top of the arc and burst from the right side, but Childs couldn't move sideways, and could only block it with his shoulder, and was directly knocked over.

"This guy is a beast!" Childs was shocked.

Matt Geiger was in the low post on the left wing, and Ewing was defending him on the left side of the basket.

Rodman ran low from the basket to the right wing, and Oakley ignored him, stepped up and blocked Zhou Quan's front.

"Get out of here!"

Seeing Zhou Quan holding the ball and killing it, Oakley shouted and raised his arms viciously.

(End of chapter)