On February 22, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li waited for the good news, and the listing application of Fine Coffee Company was approved, and the listing date was March 21.

"Chelse!"

"Chelse!"

The duo threw a party at the villa, inviting company executives and a team of IPO advisors, as well as minority shareholders Jeff Bezos and his wife.

On March 11, Fine Coffee began to subscribe for shares, and the listed underwriter was Rebes Investment Bank.

For an IPO listing in the United States, the account capital must reach $250,000, so the IPO subscription is a game for the rich and has nothing to do with small retail investors.

Friends such as Roberts and Stallone also prepared funds early in the morning and were ready to participate in the IPO subscription.

On the 14th, there was good news from Rebes Investment Bank, and 60 million new IPO shares have been subscribed.

This news means that the company's IPO listing plan is basically successful, as long as the stock price does not collapse after the listing.

On March 20th, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li, as well as Bezos and his wife, and some executives of the company, came to New York.

The two also invited Roberts and a group of friends to New York as guests to participate in the bell-ringing ceremony.

At 9:20 a.m. on the 21st, the bell-ringing ceremony began.

"Husband, I was nervous when I participated in Amazon's bell ringing ceremony last time, why are you still nervous now?" Taking the small hammer handed over by the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, Zeng Li said with a smile.

"Because this bell ringing ceremony is dominated by you, you are the chairman, and you have a great responsibility." Zhou Quan teased.

"Hee-hee!"

Zeng Lifu laughed excitedly.

Friends such as Roberts and Stallone are not shareholders and executives of the company, and as guests, they are not qualified to ring the bell, so they can only stand in the back, looking at Zhou Quan and Zeng Li, their eyes full of envy.

"I knocked."

When the time came, at the signal of the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, Zeng Lixi said a word of joy, and then knocked it gently.

Zhou Quan and Bezos also knocked it down.

"Dang!"

With the melodious bell ringing, it means that the IPO of the fine coffee company with the code JZKF is officially successful.

At half past nine, U.S. stocks opened.

Everyone stared at the data of the large market JZKF, especially Zeng Li, and he didn't dare to blink his eyes.

"$18, $18, husband, opening at $18, opening high!" Immediately, she cheered.

"Great!"

Zhou Quan and Bezos and others said excitedly.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

This opening price means that the real listing of Fine Coffee has been successful, and the trading floor below immediately resounded with warm applause, and the traders applauded the successful listing of Fine Coffee.

At 3 p.m., the U.S. stock market closed, Fine Coffee closed at $21.56, reaching a high of $23.1, and the company's market value reached nearly $2.6 billion at the close.

Zhou Quan threw a celebratory party at the hotel, inviting a large group of friends in New York, who also bought some fine coffee stocks today.

"Congratulations, Zeng, the chairman of a listed company, a real billionaire, what an envy." Raising his champagne glass, Roberts said with a smile.

After clinking glasses, Zeng Lixi took a sip, and then asked with a smile: "Julia, you are a celebrity partner of the company, how much did you buy?" ”

"I won 100 lots when I subscribed, and I was just notified by the agent that I grabbed another 600 hands today, and I am ready to continue to buy and strive to join the board of directors." Roberts said seriously.

"The company has raised $900 million in funds, and the next step is to accelerate its expansion to the world, if you are optimistic about the company's development, you should hold it tight." Zeng Lifu whispered.

"Of course."

This is the most internal information, Roberts nodded quickly.

The success of the listing of fine coffee has made Zhou Quan and Zeng Li successful people in the American business world, and their social status has increased dramatically.

"This guy, how did he do it?"

After Jordan saw the relevant news, he felt hit again.

This season, the league's ratings have plummeted, and even the Bulls' national live broadcasts have been affected, but not as big as other teams.

This shows that after Zhou Quan left, he couldn't bear the development of the alliance alone.

And now, Zhou Quan has also created a listed company, and the gap between him and Zhou Quan in all aspects is getting bigger and bigger, and for him who has a strong desire to win, he is full of blows.

"Forget it, there's no comparison with him in business, I studied geography and history, and my strength is as a tour guide."

Fortunately, he is a sane person, if he can't compare, he can't compare, and he can compare, such as who pees farther.

……

On April 5, at the end of the NBA regular season, Zhou Quan received an invitation from the tournament committee to participate in the Masters of Golf in the United States.

Founded in 1934, the Masters is one of the four major golf tournaments in the world, one of the four major major golf tournaments, and is the highest-level, most well-known, most influential, most attractive, and the earliest professional tournament held every year, and it is also the only professional tournament in all professional golf tournaments.

The tournament is held annually in April, as well as at Augusta National Golf Course in a small valley in South Carolina, Georgia, USA.

In last year's Masters, the fledgling Woods won the second championship of his career, and because of the influence of the Masters, he is now famous in the United States.

And the prize money for the Masters winner far exceeds that of the previous US Open, which is as high as $3 million this year.

When he received the invitation, Zhou Quan was very surprised, because the Celebrity Tournament is not something you can participate in if you want to, and the conditions for participation are very harsh.

Celebrities in the Masters do not refer to a wide range of celebrities, but celebrities in the golf world, and no matter how famous a Hollywood superstar is, there is no possibility of participating in the Masters.

There are a total of 14 rules for participating in the Masters of Golf, all of which are related to a player's previous record, such as the winner of the four major professional tournaments in the previous five years, the champion of amateur golf in the United States the year before, the top 24 in the Upper Masters event, the top 30 on the PGA Tour total prize money in the previous year, and the top 16 in the US Open.

The Masters, also known as the Masters, is a professional tournament in which only professional golfers are eligible.

He had only played a dozen PGA Tour tournaments once in a while, and had not played in any of the four Grand Slam tournaments or other tournaments.

"Rogge, the organizing committee sent the wrong invitation, right?" Looking at the invitation in his hand, he asked very puzzledly.

Roger Philip was also puzzled, and began to wonder when he received the invitation, could it really be sent by mistake?

"You call and ask." Zhou Quan said.

“OK。”

Philip immediately called the event party, and the contact number was on the invitation letter.

"Hello, this is the ...... of the American Masters"

"Hello, I'm the agent of the Iron Fist King Zhou Quan, and I have a question ......"

"Oh, yes, we've added a new entry rule......"

"What?"

Philip put down the phone in a trance.

"What's going on?" Zhou Quan asked curiously.

When Philip came back to his senses, he said excitedly: "Zhou, they have added a rule 15 for you, that is, the highest-paid athlete in the world last year, and who finished in the top five of a single PGA Tour event, are eligible to participate in the Masters. ”

Zhou Quan was stunned, what does the organizing committee member of the Celebrity Tournament mean? If you talk about influence, the influence of the Masters is already big enough?

"Iron Fist, the committee members are still waiting for your answer, if you are sure to participate, you need to reply to them." Philip said excitedly.

"Rogge, the influence of the Celebrity is so great, add rules to invite me, what do they have in mind?" Zhou Quan asked.

Philip smiled: "The influence of the Masters is indeed great, but Zhou, don't underestimate your own influence.

You now earn hundreds of millions of dollars in a boxing match, and the American Masters is only three million dollars this year, who has more gimmicks?

Millions of PPV sales for your boxing matches, tens of millions of viewers for the NBA Finals, and hundreds of millions of people around the world watching it, which is impossible to do in the current Celebrity Tournament, but not so high ratings.

Moreover, golf is an aristocratic sport, it is difficult to popularize among ordinary people, and your influence in the world is definitely far greater than that of the Celebrity Tournament, perhaps the organizing committee hopes to expand the influence of the Celebrity Tournament among ordinary people. ”

Zhou Quan nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then participate, there is nothing to consider about this, you should notify the organizing committee immediately." ”

“OK。” Philip nodded.

He couldn't help but say: "Actually, even if you don't qualify for the Masters this year, you only need to be in the top 30 of this year's PGA Tour total prize money, and you will be eligible for the tournament next year, which is not difficult for you."

The Celebrity Organizing Committee must know this, and I think they deliberately came up with this rule to let you participate in the Celebrity Tournament a year in advance, which is probably also a gimmick to rub off on your popularity. ”

The next day, the Masters Organizing Committee held a press conference to announce Article 15 eligibility and announce that Iron Fist champion Zhou Quan will participate in this Masters, shaking the golf community in the United States and around the world.

"This is a rule set specifically for the Iron Fist King, and our Masters has bowed its noble head to the Iron Fist King." New york times.

"The Masters are degenerate!" Washington post.

"The first time Tekken has competed in a major professional golf tournament is a historic event." The Seattle Times.

"The Masters came out on top in the Iron Fist Championship, and we believe that the other three major professional Grand Slam tournaments will also extend an olive branch to the Iron Fist Champion." Los Angeles Times.

Amid all the hype about Zhou Quan, on the 16th, the Masters began, with one round a day for a total of four rounds, ending on the 19th.

The timing also coincides with the end of the NBA regular season, which will end on April 19.

In the first three rounds, Zhou Quan shot a good 210, 6 under par, and finished in fourth place.

On the 19th, he was in good shape in the final round, birdie on the first hole, and then continued to birdie again on the seventh hole, and on the morning nine holes were under two par and had already rushed to second place, only one shot below the first place.

In the afternoon, he exploded again, hitting an eagle on the eleventh hole for two under par and another birdie on the sixteenth.

Eventually, in the final round of the fourth round, he shot a superexplosive 67 at 5-under par and won the '98 Masters with a total of 277, 11 under par.

It was his first professional golf title and his first four-time Grand Slam title, which meant a lot to him.

At the same time, his championship also stimulated the media, and countless media rushed to report the news of his victory, which lasted for several days.

"Basketball, boxing, golf, the Iron Fist King spans the three realms, and he deserves to be the king of crossovers." Los Angeles Times.

"The Iron Fist King, the most influential American Masters champion is born." Russian Izvestia.

"After basketball and boxing, the greatest crossover king, Iron Fist King Zhou Quan, officially started his golf career." German Bild.

The NBA's 97/98 regular season ended quietly under the news of his victory, and a few days later, when the playoffs began, some of the attention of the American media began to turn back to the NBA.

But these media reports on the NBA are all negative news.

The New York Times reported: "In the '97/98 season, the NBA league's average viewership of the regular season in the United States dropped by 185% from last year to just 1.26 million, the lowest in a decade."

At the same time, the NBA's operating income this year is expected to plummet by about $500 million, and the league will be in a difficult situation.

Labor negotiations in the league have broken down several times, no valuable agreements have been reached, and the chances of a shutdown next season are very high.

The data shows that the NBA continues to taste the consequences of ousting the Iron Fist King, and David Stern's purge in the league has not changed people's bad image of racial discrimination in the NBA. ”

The Los Angeles Times reported: "The NBA league must bring back the Iron Fist as soon as possible, or from next season, after the next televised contract is executed, the league's operations will be in greater difficulty, and there is even the possibility of a small team going bankrupt." ”

(End of chapter)