"Haha......"

Far away in Houston, Barkley finally learned the news, and David Falke informed him, jumping with excitement.

But thinking of the bull's attitude, he became irritated again and asked, "David, what does the bull mean over there?" ”

David Falke comforted: "Charles, the bulls said that they are not bad now." ”

"What?"

This sentence is no less than a slap in the face, which made Barkley directly stunned.

Not only was he stunned, but Big Dream was also stunned, because just now, his agent Dan Fagan informed him that the Bulls had said that they would not bring him in again.

"Hakim, without Iron Fist, the Bulls have a very strong roster now, which is why they don't need you anymore." Dan Fagan said in frustration.

"Bull bastards!"

Da Meng gritted his teeth with hatred and felt a great shame.

"Hakim, I'll find another home for you, wait, the team wants you." Dan Fagan comforted.

……

In the afternoon, the New York Stock Exchange closed, and the three major stock indexes all fell more than 4%, of which the biggest decline was the Dow Jones, which fell 5.2% and plunged 456 points.

The three major stock indexes have fallen more than normal volatility, sparking a lot of speculation.

Many commentators on Wall Street have expressed their views on this, believing that in the absence of obvious negative news, the collective decline of US stocks is likely to be affected by the retirement of the Iron Fist King from the NBA.

They also gave evidence that the dozens of brand listed companies endorsed by Zhou Quan were all leading the decline.

On the 18th, the Wall Street Journal published a commentator's article: "According to the analysis of elite Wall Street investors, the collapse of U.S. stocks yesterday was affected by the retirement of the Iron Fist King.

Dozens of listed companies endorsed by Iron Fist took the lead in falling after the opening of the market, leading to a follow-up effect, which eventually led to a large-scale collapse in U.S. stocks, evaporating hundreds of billions of dollars in one day.

The negative impact of the retirement of the Iron Fist King will continue, first of all, it will affect the development of the NBA league and the development of basketball in the United States, which will affect the development of professional sports in the United States, and will cause many people to lose employment opportunities, which will directly and indirectly cause tens of billions of dollars in losses.

Second, it will affect the economy of the city of Seattle, as well as employment, and the interest of Chinese immigrants to Seattle will wane.

Finally, the retirement of the Iron Fist from the NBA because of racial discrimination may have the more far-reaching effect of reducing the willingness of elites from other countries to emigrate to the United States, which is likely to affect the development of the United States. ”

Zhou Quan took a good look at this article in the Wall Street Journal, and he didn't think he had such a big influence, right?

The collapse of US stocks is only short-lived, and it will soon be back on track.

As for the development of the NBA, it should indeed be affected somewhat.

The development of Seattle, a large city with a population of several million, may not be affected by him.

The last one is even more unlikely, the United States is now the only superpower, and the attraction of the elites of various countries, O beacon, is not something he can weaken.

However, he has begun to take the opportunity to absorb Amazon's shares yesterday, and the target is 10,000 hands, 40% of which has been completed in front, and it is estimated that the scheduled target can be completed in a few days.

……

At noon on the 18th, the glider Clyde Drexler announced his retirement.

In the afternoon of this day, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li welcomed Jeff Bezos and his wife at the headquarters of Fine Coffee, and signed an equity transfer agreement witnessed by the lawyer, in which Zhou Quan and Zeng Li each transferred 6% of the shares to Bezos and his wife.

Previously, Zhou Quan injected capital into Fine Coffee again, with a total investment of 70 million US dollars and a total share capital of 70 million shares.

Because the company has been profitable and has already made a decision to go public next year, the transfer is going at a premium, valuing the company at $200 million, a premium of nearly three times.

The Bezos paid $24 million for a 12 percent stake in Fine Coffee Company.

This can be regarded as an exchange of interests, which deepens the relationship between the interests of both parties.

"Iron fist, now Amazon is developing well, and the secondary market is also very popular with funds, if the shares continue to rise, I want to carry out a stock split at the end of this year or early next year." Bezos said afterwards.

"In such a hurry?" Zhou Quan was a little surprised.

"Lowering the stock price is more conducive to attracting small investors, and I don't want too many investment institutions to enter the board." Bezos said.

"I'm rooting for you." Zhou Quan nodded.

……

Domestically, the CCTV Sports Department is holding a meeting to discuss the NBA's live broadcast plan for next season.

Some suggested reducing the number of live broadcasts, some suggested canceling NBA live broadcasts, and some suggested keeping the original plan going.

"According to some media in the United States, some people in the NBA league have targeted Zhou Quan and racially discriminated against him, and if we continue to broadcast NBA games, we will be scolded by the people."

"But the ratings of the NBA game are so good, and suddenly it is not broadcast, and we have one less ace show!"

"Don't be confused, Zhou Quan won't play in the NBA anymore, how high can the ratings be?"

"No, it's a matter of principle, people discriminate against Zhou Quan, discriminate against us yellow people, and we continue to broadcast their games, what is that like? Don't even want your face? ”

"Then it's not going to be broadcast."

After arguing for a long time, it was finally decided to temporarily suspend the broadcast plan for next season and notify the NBA league.

David Stern was not surprised when he received the notice from CCTV, but he was very disappointed, and so many years of hard work came to naught.

……

On June 19, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li flew to Los Angeles on Ballmer's private jet to shoot the advertisements they had just signed.

On the 20th, the NBA and NBC conducted a new round of contract negotiations.

NBC gave the amount of the new contract, $850 million over four years, and when David Stern heard this number, his face turned white at the time, which is not as good as the current contract.

Immediately after the negotiations, he did one thing, and fired Adam Shaw, who had been relieved of his position as special assistant.

The reason is also simple, racism against the Iron Fist.

The expelled Adam Xiaohua knows that he is finished, his college loan has not been repaid, and the high-rise housing in New York of more than 2 million dollars will continue to repay the mortgage. If you can't find a job, you'll go bankrupt and live on the streets.

"I'm going to sue the NBA." After being kicked out of the NBA headquarters by security guards, he was surrounded by a group of reporters, he said angrily.

"Damn, Xiao Hua, do you have this fate too? Come and be my companion. Outside the gate of the headquarters, a middle-aged white man with a full beard and a very haggard face yelled excitedly.

"Who are you?" A reporter immediately went over and asked.

"I'm Hughes Blake, I'm broke, and I live on the streets of New York now, haha! The job they promised me didn't give me, they're all liars, haha......"

After a bit of gibberish, Hughes Blake laughed nervously.

"Get out of here!"

"Damn the bum, this is not the place for you."

At this time, several security guards at NBA headquarters went up and drove Hughes Blake away.

"No, I don't want to be ...... like that"

Adam Shaw looked at Blake, who was filthy, and his whole body trembled.

"Get out of here!"

The next second, he was pushed out of the NBA headquarters by several security guards.

The news of the negotiations was quickly known by the media, and the NBC side took the initiative to reveal it on its own news program, including the owners of 29 teams, as well as hundreds of NBA players, everyone knows that it is really troublesome.

Especially the owners of the team, when they knew that they could only get $800 million in contracts, they were all going crazy, and they wanted to slaughter those guys with a racist iron fist.

David Stern received calls from all his bosses, some telling him not to sign a contract yet, some suggesting a different broadcaster, some suggesting that he go to Iron Fist first and ask him to cancel his retirement, and some yelling at him for his incompetence.

He decided to hold a boss meeting to discuss how to deal with the rest of the mess.

The next afternoon, the bosses rushed to New York to attend the meeting.

"I'm going to purge the top of the league, and all the executives who targeted Iron Fist will be fired, do you agree?" Stern asked solemnly.

"Agreed, but you can't fire all at once, how can the company still operate?"

"Agreed."

"Come on, damn guys, let's lose billions, let them sleep on the streets."

"Tell all the friends we know, don't let them get a job, we have lost so much, they should go bankrupt."

Isshiki agreed, and the bosses who had suffered heavy losses turned into anti-racists, even the racist Donald Sterling raised his hands in agreement.

……

Both Zhou Quan and Zeng Lifu hid in a Hollywood studio to shoot commercials, but they only hid for one day, and the next day they were discovered by the media, and then reporters flocked to him, and he had to come out to be interviewed by the media so as not to affect the advertising shooting.

"Iron Fist, do you know the news of the league's new broadcast contract negotiations with NBC?"

"Yes."

"Iron Fist, the contract offered by NBC does not meet the expectations of the NBA, what do you want to say about that?"

"I'm sorry, I don't have much to say. I've retired from the NBA, and the league is no longer about me. ”

"Iron Fist, did you think it would be appropriate for the League to fire Adam Shaw yesterday in the name of racism?"

"It's not suitable, he should be sent to jail."

"Iron Fist King, will your boxing fight continue?"

"Of course, the news will be announced in two days."

"Can you tell us ahead of time?"

"Of course not."

"Iron Fist, will you ever come back to the NBA?"

"There are no plans at the moment."

After an hour of interviews, the group of reporters was dismissed, and only then did they continue to shoot commercials.

In the evening, Tom Cruise threw a party at Beverly Hills, which was specially organized for Zhou Quan.

At the party, several Hollywood directors invited Zhou Quan to play the role in their films, saying that they would specially arrange suitable roles for him, and one of the directors wanted to shoot a phone call about boxing, but he refused.

"I'm sorry, I don't have time for the time being, I will resume boxing training in half a month, and I will talk about it when I have a chance."

On the 23rd, David Stern visited Zhou Quan, and Zhou Quan received the NBA president who was not bad to him at the hotel where he stayed.

"Iron Fist, we've made a decision that we're going to fire those eight executives. Including Adam Xiaohua, two have been expelled so far, and the rest will be expelled one after another. Stern was the first to say something.

Zhou Quan was stunned, the action was still quite fast, but why not during the finals? If that were the case, I probably wouldn't have chosen to retire.

"Iron Fist, we want you to cancel your retirement plan and return to the NBA. You are all incredibly welcome. Stern said sincerely.

Zhou Quan was not too moved, if it weren't for his value, if it weren't for NBC's willingness to give the NBA an $800 million broadcast contract, Stern wouldn't have come to him, and the eight executives wouldn't have been fired.

After two hours of talking, Stern was disappointed, and Zhou Quan did not agree to him.

How could he return to the NBA so easily, isn't that child's play?

Again, he completed three consecutive championships this time, and he feels that it is not challenging to be in the NBA, plus racial discrimination, the two aspects are combined, so he chose to leave the NBA, and he will not go back easily.

……

On the 26th, Roger Philip, Bob Arlum, and Don King held a press conference in New York to announce the news of the World Boxing Championship between Zhou Quan and Michael Tyson.

Also attending the launch were the presidents of the WBC and WBA, the two world boxing organizations, as well as the television broadcaster ESPN.

ESPN will receive 45% of the PPV revenue, which is why the Don Kim trio chose ESPN, making history, because the TV station has always accounted for half of the revenue.

The remaining 55% of the PPV revenue, the promotion company, that is, the Tang Jin trio, occupies 5%, and the remaining 50% is distributed by Tyson and Zhou Quan.

With 4.21 million PPV sales, Zhou Quan has an absolute advantage and will allocate 60% of it, that is, 30% of the total PPV revenue.

Tyson was previously the record holder for 3 million PPV sales, but only the remaining 40% can be allocated, which is a reflection of popularity and influence, Tyson still has a lot of influence, but it is far less than Zhou Quan.

The on-site box office and advertising revenue are mainly the income of the promotion company, of which Zhou Quan allocates 20%, Tyson distributes 7%, and the rest goes to Don Jin.

Also, the boxing tournament has a prize fund of up to $30 million, and whoever wins will take it.

The bout will take place on October 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

In addition, the two sides agreed on a rematch in four months and six months. That is, no matter who wins or loses, they will compete again.

At the press conference, the appearance fees of Zhou Quan and Michael Tyson were also announced.

With Tyson's appearance fee of $40 million and Zhou's as high as $50 million, he became the most expensive person in professional boxing, making another history.

As soon as this figure was announced, it immediately shocked all the media reporters at the scene, and they were all dumbfounded.

The promotion fund of the boxing match is as high as 170 million US dollars, excluding the appearance fee of 90 million US dollars, the bonus of 30 million US dollars, and 50 million US dollars, nearly 80% of this money is smashed to the media, and nearly 40 million US dollars are smashed, and the news about boxing matches has begun to sweep the United States and the world, suppressing the news related to the NBA.

After filming the advertisement, on the 28th, the two quietly returned to China.

(End of chapter)