On the 6th, Mosaic hosted the Lakers.

Big Dream and Big Shark, the old and new super centers, launched a tear up, and the old center had the last laugh and led the team to defeat the Lakers.

"Sharks, don't be swept away."

After watching the game, Zhou Quan sent a text message to O'Neal.

"Iron Fist, how dare you underestimate me?"

When O'Neill saw this text message, he almost popped his phone.

Next, the second-round series continues.

Both the SuperSonics and Mosaic won two straight games at home, while the Bulls capsized at home and lost to the Hawks in the second game, and the Heat were even more annoyed, losing the G1 game, but fortunately pulled back the second game.

On May 11, Supersonic completed the sweep of the Jazz and successfully entered the Western Conference Finals.

Zhou Quan averaged 42 minutes per game in this series, averaging 38 points, 5.5 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 5.5 steals, 2.5 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2.5 fouls per game, shooting 56.2% from the field.

The SuperSonics were also the only team to sweep their opponents in the second round of the four groups, getting the most rest.

At the end of the game, the black and white duo left the court very disappointed.

Zhang Li said at this time: "The postman's strength is really strong, but he has no way out when he joins forces with Jazz and Stockton, and Stockton is too suppressed by Zhou Quan." ”

"The postman stays in the west, that is, the heart is higher than the sky, and the life is thinner than paper, only when Yahuan's life is always to accompany him." Xu Jicheng said with a smile.

Zhang Li smiled: "Entering the playoffs, Zhou Quan has recovered from last season's performance and returned to that state of insolvency. ”

Xu Jicheng said excitedly: "He is even more unsolvable than Jordan, Jordan is offensive unsolvable, he is offensive unsolvable, and passing is unsolvable." ”

"So he's more dangerous with the ball than Jordan." Zhang said reasonably.

"Coach Zhang, after these two rounds of the series, I see that many of Zhou Quan's shooting skills have improved significantly, he shouldn't have broken out with all his strength, right?" Xu Jicheng asked.

Zhang Li said: "From last season to this season, he has been doing shooting training without stopping.

I think he will definitely stay focused, after all, neither the Clippers nor the Jazz have strong opponents on the outside, and he doesn't need to play explosive form to win. ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "Director Zhang, the strong outside opponent you said generally refers to the level of Jordan, right?" ”

"Haha......" Zhang Li laughed.

……

On the 12th, Zhou Quan received a call from Bezos.

"Hey, Iron Fist, our company's subscription to the issuance is over."

"How?"

"Thirty-seven to one, the situation is very good, and our company is very popular with investors."

"Great!"

Zhou Quan said excitedly.

Thirty-seven to one, and the funds raised by this IPO are 540 million US dollars, that is, the subscription funds have reached 20 billion, which means that Wall Street funds are very willing to invest.

He immediately smiled and said, "Congratulations, Jeff, you will become the founder of the most successful Internet company in the world." ”

"You're also the most successful internet investor, haha!"

Bezos smiled and asked, "By the way, Iron Fist, are you going to attend the company's listing ceremony?" We are the first listed Internet company, which is very meaningful. ”

"Ring the bell? Yes, I have time, so let's go. He gladly agreed.

……

On this afternoon, the Pacers, who finished 10th in the East in the regular season this season, announced that they were ending their cooperation with head coach Larry Brown and hiring Larry Bird as the team's head coach.

On the 13th, the Bulls defeated the Hawks with a score of 4-1 and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

In this series, Jordan averaged 26.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 2 steals, 1.4 blocks, 3.2 assists and 1.8 fouls per game, with a shooting rate of 45.4%, and an average of 3.4 shots per game with a shooting rate of 11.8%.

After the first two rounds of the series, Seaa Images completed two rounds of sweeps, like last season, with a 7-0 record, and even the Jazz, a recognized championship-level team, was swept away, and its momentum to defend its three consecutive championships was extremely strong and shocked countless people.

In particular, Zhou Quan's performance after entering the playoffs surpassed the regular season by a large cut in terms of efficiency, and the demeanor of the first active player was fully displayed.

On the Lakers side, O'Neal was angry and was not swept away, winning the G3 game at home, and finally on the 13th, the Lakers were eliminated 1-4.

In this way, the opponents of the Western Finals came out, and the SuperSonics and Mosaic met in the Western Finals for four consecutive seasons.

On the 14th, at 9 a.m., the league announced the MVP winners, and Jordan was elected, earning his 5th MVP.

That afternoon, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li arrived in New York.

In the past two days, the American media has begun to focus on the news about Amazon's listing, because this is the first Internet listed company, all of which have attracted a lot of attention, coupled with Zhou Quan's influence, has made very multimedia front-page headlines.

Nowadays, the Internet is developing rapidly, and countless overseas media are also reporting relevant news, and even many media in China are reporting because of Zhou Quan.

"The second largest shareholder?"

Looking at these news, Jordan actually felt a little powerless.

Driven by a strong competitive spirit, he has always wanted to compete with Iron Fist in all aspects, from sports to investment, from social circles to luxury, from endorsements to sponsorships, but this news has dealt him another blow.

In terms of investment, in addition to the MJ sneaker brand company, he only took 30 million US dollars and handed it over to a commercial investment bank to help manage it, and then invested some money in restaurants and car dealerships with his personal interest, which made no money, and other than that, he sold his face to earn endorsement fees, and had no other business.

But look at the Iron Fist, the exquisite chain of coffee shops has developed, Microsoft's stock investment is also very successful, with Rodman has made tens of millions of dollars, millions of investments have multiplied several times, and now it is about to become the second largest shareholder of an Internet listed company.

"I have to set up a company, or I'll fall farther and farther!" He muttered.

At 9 a.m. on the 15th, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li, Bezos and his wife, and several company executives came to the New York Stock Exchange.

"Click, click, click......"

A large number of media outlets are taking pictures.

"Iron Fist, I'm Wall Street Journal reporter Ross. According to the shareholder information released by Amazon.com, you now own 25% of the shares, and once successfully listed, you will own 12.5% of the company's shares, how much money have you invested? ”

"$8.6 million. It was a most successful investment and I believe in Mr. Bezos' ability and I am now receiving the best returns. Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Oh!"

Envious exclamations rang out all around.

An investment of less than 10 million, once successfully listed, will become more than 100 million US dollars, a rate of return of more than ten times, and Zhou Quan immediately became the embodiment of wisdom and luck in their eyes.

Entering the New York Stock Exchange, because the market was about to open, Zhou Quan and the others immediately felt nervous from those traders wearing vests.

It was close to half past nine, accompanied by several executives of the New York Stock Exchange, and several people came to the place where the bell rang on the second floor, which was a balcony.

The New York Stock Exchange has prepared three hammers, one for Bezos and his wife Mackenzie Bezos, one for Zhou Quan and Zeng Li, and one for several executives of Amazon.

"I'm a little nervous!" Zeng Li said with a smile.

"Get used to it now, and we won't be nervous next time our fine coffee comes out." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Hee-hee!"

At this time, Bezos smiled and said: "Iron Fist, you invested in my company, and I also have to invest in your company, so it's fair." ”

"Okay, we'll talk after the playoffs, as long as you don't dislike that we're just a small coffee shop." Zhou Quan agreed without hesitation.

“OK。”

The Bezos laughed.

"Dang!"

At 9:25, the market was about to open, and when the time came, everyone struck the hammer together, and the clear bell rang immediately.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

In the trading hall below, the hundreds of traders applauded, and Zhou Quan put down their hammers and applauded the company's successful listing.

Then the market opened, Amazon's code was AMZN, and under the expectation of Bezos, Zhou Quan and others, the gap opened 5 percentage points higher, and then the stock price of the first transaction was $18.9, and the volume was 15 lots.

Instead of going up quickly, the stock price rose steadily and vigorously, reaching $21 an hour later.

The trading volume is also not very large, only 3% of the outstanding orders are traded in one hour.

In addition, the buying orders are very huge, there are nearly 70,000 lots of buying orders piled up at $18, as long as these buy orders are not withdrawn, it locks in the possibility of the stock price going down. As long as a sell order comes out, it will be swept away immediately.

The volume is not large, the buying is huge, and the stock price is steadily rising, which means that the funds continue to be optimistic about the future of Amazon, and the company's IPO is very successful.

"Chelse!"

The New York Stock Exchange prepared a glass for Champagne, Zhou Quan and Bezos, among others, to celebrate and drink freely.

The stock price peaked at $25.7, and when the market closed at 3:30 p.m., it closed at $23.85, with a volume of only 9% of the outstanding shares.

A total of 60 million shares, which also means that the company's market capitalization has reached 1.4 billion US dollars, with Zhou Quan accounting for 12.5%, and the investment of 8.6 million US dollars has risen to 170 million US dollars, nearly 20 times the return on investment.

After the market closed, back at the hotel, Zhou Quan called some friends and asked them how they were doing.

"Iron Fist, my stockbroker only grabbed 150 lots for me, and the average transaction price was $24.2, less than $400,000, and there was no stock." Roberts complained.

"It doesn't matter, Julia, our stock price won't rise too fast for the time being, because the company is still in the red for the time being. And we're making long-term investments, so you have the opportunity to start. Zhou Quan said.

The situation of other people is similar, and even some are not as good as Roberts, if Zhou Quan asks them to be interested, they can continue to buy on dips and absorb them slowly, without rushing for a while.

Rodman also only bought 200 lots, and the price of $23.5 was traded, and he will slowly make up for it later.

He himself had a large amount of cash on hand and was ready to make up another 20,000 lots, but the stockbroker only helped him make up 200 lots and only completed one percent of the task.

……

Back in the NBA, the East, the Heat and the Knicks reached a tie-break, and the second round ended on the 18th, and finally the Heat won, advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, and met the Bulls.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th, Mosaic arrived in Seattle and held a press conference at the hotel.

The first question was asked by a Washington Post reporter, who asked: "Mr. Head Coach, the strength of the Jazz this season is actually very strong, if it weren't for Stockton's injury for more than two months, the Jazz's record in the regular season should have surpassed Mosaic, so who do you think is stronger between Jazz and Mosaic?" ”

Tomjanovic hesitated for a moment and said: "The Jazz are really strong, this team has been polished under Coach Sloan for many years, from the players to the tactical system, they are fully mature, they should be the best team in the history of the league to use blocking tactics, and they have reached the peak state that this team should achieve."

Our main lineup is still good, but the lineup is not thick enough to be good for the series. And the Jazz also have weaknesses, they don't have enough finishing ability in crunch time.

So it's not easy to compare, I can't compare the quality of the two sides on paper, and we were tied with them in the regular season. ”

The next question was asked by a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, who asked: "Hakim, Charles, SuperSonics swept three rounds last season, swept the Jazz in the second round, swept you in the Western Conference finals, and this time it was two more sweeps, and again swept the Jazz in the second round......"

Hearing this, Olajuwon and Barkley's faces were not very good, and they became more and more heavy.

The reporter continued: "And your Mosaic and Jazz are two wins and two losses in the regular season, and the record with the SuperSonics is one win and three losses, since the Supersonic can sweep the Jazz with similar strength to you, are you worried about being swept by the SuperSonics again in the Western Conference Finals?" ”

"Don't think! This time we have bugs, and they don't want to sweep us away. Barkley said with some grief and indignation.

Olajuwon also snorted coldly: "If you want to sweep us again, that's delusional!" ”

The next question was asked by a Seattle Post reporter, who asked with a smile: "Mr. Barkley, your contract at Mosaic is coming to an end, if you are eliminated again in the West this time, will you choose to join the SuperSonics like the glider?" After all, Tekken once openly solicited you during the competition, and you didn't refuse. ”

"No way!"

Barkley's face swollen blood-red and blurted out.

The reporter immediately turned his gun and asked: "Mr. Olajuwon, your contract is over, you are a free man after the Western Finals, and the media have reported that Iron Fist has also recruited you off the court, if you are eliminated again this time, and you are eliminated by the SuperSonics in the Western Finals for four consecutive years, will you choose to join them?" ”

“NO！ I will never join the hypersound. ”

Da Meng's face was also blood-red, staring at the reporter fiercely, eager to kill him.

The New York Times reporter who asked the next question asked: "Hakim, you lost three of the four regular season games, do you think this Western Conference has a chance to beat the SuperSonics?" ”

Da Meng was extremely depressed and said: "Anything can happen, and we will not give up." ”

"Charles, do you think Iron Fist is no longer in its prime?" The Seattle Times reporter who asked the next question asked.

Barkley snorted coldly: "The idiot thinks he's not in his prime, that kid is only 25 years old, and he has no injuries at all." ”

"Haha......"

Some of the local reporters below laughed.

Among some foreign reporters, many of them smiled a little embarrassed, because they were the media aimed at Zhou Quan, and they had also hyped the topic that Zhou Quan had fallen from his peak.

(End of chapter)