On the other end, the scene of the Lakers' press conference.

"Coach Phil Jackson, the Iron Fist King has beaten your team three times in a row, and now the Lakers are on a two-game losing streak, do you still have confidence in this series? Have you ever thought about being swept again? A reporter from Los Angeles TV asked.

Phil Jackson's face was silent, after so many years, his state of mind has been cultivated to the realm of a Zen master, the blade is added to his body without changing his face, and he has lost so many times in the hands of Zhou Quan, he has long been accustomed to the doubts of the media.

Pushing his glasses, he said unhurriedly: "We will complete the counterattack at home, in fact, we all know that the supersonic home whistle is obvious, they use meat shield tactics against Shaq, many fouls are not blown, Shaq gets too few free throw opportunities, and the home whistle reduces Shaq's huge lethality in the low post." ”

"What do you think Kobe Bryant will do when he returns to his home stadium under the Iron Fist King's defense?" The reporter asked again.

"It's definitely going to be better, because with so many fans, our morale will be even higher." Phil Jackson said.

The reporter looked a little strange and asked, "The Iron Fist Champions have always been popular in Los Angeles, are you sure they will support Kobe Bryant more?" ”

Phil Jackson was stunned, he did seem to ignore this.

Kobe Bryant was also a little jealous, he also felt that the Los Therebens had taken the wrong medicine, and every time Iron Fist played on the Lakers' home court, it was like playing on the home court of the SuperSonics.

Actually, Kobe didn't figure it out, because for Los Angeles, Zhou Quan, who was born in UCLA, is half a Los Angeles, and for him, Los Angeles people have a preconceived advantage in identifying with Zhou Quan, he is just a latecomer, and he has not yet made any professional achievements.

And as Zhou Quan's achievements have grown, the identity of Los Angeles people has become stronger and stronger, which is also mixed with the worship of the strong.

Hollywood movies have always preached individual heroism, and Americans also believe in this, Zhou Quan's achievements in the NBA, and his achievements in heavyweight boxing, to a certain extent, also meet the definition of individual heroism by Los Angeles people.

"Also, I want to announce one thing, I invited Michael, who will coach Kobe Bryant during the Western Conference finals and will arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow." At this time, Phil Jackson suddenly said.

"Oh!"

There was an exclamation below, and they immediately raised their hands.

The host pointed to a Los Angeles Times reporter, who took the microphone and asked excitedly, "Coach Jackson, are you saying that Michael Jordan will be Kobe's coach?" ”

"Sorry, just a guide." Phil Jackson smiled and shook his head.

The reporter immediately turned around and asked, "Kobe, it looks like you already knew the news?" ”

Kobe Bryant smiled and said: "Yes, Phil has told me just now, I am very happy to be guided by Michael, this is a very precious opportunity, you know, he is also my idol." ”

"So do you think you can beat Tekken in the next series under his tutelage?" The reporter hurriedly asked.

The smile on Kobe's face retracted, spread his hands and said, "I hope I can, who doesn't want to defeat the Iron Fist King?" But he's so strong, I need to improve more. ”

At this time, several clever reporters left the press conference hall and began to call Jordan outside.

One reporter was lucky enough to get the phone through, but before he could answer it, he quickly left the place.

"Did he dial?"

"Definitely, otherwise what are you running?"

When the other people saw the reporter leave, they all knew that he had dialed the phone, and they all looked at his back with envy, eager to catch up.

"Hello, I'm Michael Jordan."

"Oh, Michael, hello, I'm Brando, a sports reporter for the New York Times, can I interview you with a few questions about Jordan and the Lakers?"

"Well, you ask."

"So, Mr. Phil Jackson just announced that you will arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow to coach Kobe, is that true?"

"It's true, my agent has already booked a ticket for tomorrow."

"So Michael, what was your idea for wanting to coach Kobe? Is it hoping to defeat the Iron Fist King through Kobe's hand? ”

"I didn't have any particular ideas, and I was willing to coach Kobe Bryant because Phil Jackson invited me, you know, and I had a good relationship with him."

"So Michael, what do you think of this Western Showdown? Do you think the Lakers have a chance of winning the Western Conference finals? ”

"Well, there's a chance."

"Michael, the Lakers have been swept for two years in a row, do they really have a chance to beat the SuperSonics?"

"Of course there is a chance, but the main thing is whether the Lakers can win the next two home courts, if they can't win it, as long as they lose one, it will be very troublesome, and if the SuperSonics lead 3-1, they haven't lost in the series."

"So do you think that under your guidance, Kobe Bryant will have the strength to deal with the Iron Fist King in a short period of time?"

"It's hard to say, G3 will start playing the day after the fight, and I can just provide him with some experience playing with Iron Fist, and how much he can improve depends on himself."

"Michael, I heard that you met with the Wizards boss, can you provide some more definite information?" The reporter asked again.

Speaking of this, Jordan seemed very happy and in a good mood, and immediately said: "I am in Washington now, and I believe that there will be good news to tell you in a short time, but I can't say it yet, this is a trade secret, and it can't be disclosed until it is finalized." ”

……

On the 26th, Zhou Quan had breakfast at nine o'clock, came to the bedroom and teased his son, who was almost full moon, and talked to Zeng Li for a while.

"Husband, Starbucks has just opened its first store in the capital." Zeng Li said.

"They have been going to China for several years, and Starbucks has scruples about jazz, and if it weren't for jazz coffee, they would have gone a long time ago. In recent years, the domestic economy has developed rapidly, and they still can't help but go in, and the Jazz will have a strong opponent in the future, and it is the only opponent now. He said.

"We now have 625 stores, 125 in Beijing, 178 in Shanghai, 125 in Yangcheng, 45 in Shenzhen, and the others are in provincial-level cities. The profit of the old store for more than one year is good, and the cost recovery is very fast. Zeng Li said.

"Let's continue to expand, large and medium-sized cities in China are urbanizing, the urban population has increased significantly, coupled with economic development, the improvement of consumption power and the expansion of the market will be very fast, and the development of Jazz must also keep up, and Starbucks cannot be left behind." He said.

Zeng Li said with some concern: "But now the real estate market is getting hotter and hotter, and the fixed investment in stores is getting bigger and bigger, and buying a store this year has increased several times compared with the previous two years, although this piece does not belong to the ...... of the sir."

Zhou Quan shook his head and said: "Judging from the current domestic real estate market, it is far from saturation, the urbanization rate in the United States has reached 80%, and we only reached 33% last year."

Even if we don't compare it to the United States, our urbanization rate is very low, and I will continue to invest money in Iron Fist Real Estate. If the funds are not enough, some stores in the future can interview the leasing method. ”

Zeng Li said: "Husband, here for fine coffee, 821 stores have been opened around the world in three years, with an average investment of 1.17 million US dollars per store, only 15% of the stores have fixed property rights, and the rest are leased stores."

However, now that the funds raised by the listing are almost exhausted, and the liquidity is a little tight, Ferrocels has suggested that the expansion be stopped, and the next expansion will be carried out after the liquidity is sufficient, what do you think0? ”

Zhou Quan said: "Yesterday's exquisite closing price was $85.2, and I considered splitting the stock after reaching 100 yuan." Amazon split it again last year, one split five, and our first stock split, let's split two. ”

Zeng Li nodded and said: "Ferrocels also suggested so, but we are now short of liquidity, and stock splitting can't solve this problem, right?" Do you want to engage in targeted share expansion, and then we will invest funds? ”

Zhou Quan smiled: "Don't consider investing again." Exquisite are all in the world's big cities to open stores, and it is a high-consumption urban community, the input cost is large, the cost payback period is long, resulting in tight liquidity, according to Ferro Chels, as long as the expansion is suspended, this problem can be quickly alleviated. ”

Zeng Li nodded and said: "That's right, the stores are making money now, and there are very few who lose money, as long as we don't open new stores in a quarter, our liquidity will be abundant." ”

Zhou Quan said: "The expansion speed of the next phase of the delicate side can be slowed down, and in the future, it will focus on stability and not fast."

We are a listed company, we must publish financial reports regularly, and we can't let the financial reports have problems for the sake of expansion, otherwise the shares will collapse, so the financial reports must be good-looking, and shareholders must see the profits.

Now that there are more and more funds investing in fine coffee, they are continuing to increase their holdings, and Wall Street should have set its sights on fine coffee. ”

"What?"

Zeng Li was startled and said hurriedly: "We are a company that sells coffee, and Wall Street ......"

Zhou Quan waved his hand and said: "Ahri, as the old saying goes, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and it is not surprising that it is favored by Wall Street."

For Wall Street, we are outsiders, the better the refinement develops, the more they will seek, and even letting us out may be one of their goals in the future, don't you see that Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, was also kicked out in the first place?

We can't do Wall Street, they are the ones who make the rules, and my idea is that when we become bigger after refinement, we will slowly reduce some of our shares, and after cashing out, we will slowly transfer the funds back to China and return to China for development.

You see Bezos, Amazon has only been listed for one year, and as soon as the restriction time arrived, he began to reduce his shareholdings, and he will reduce some of his holdings every year in the past few years, and invest in other projects after cashing out, we can also learn from him.

After our funds return to China, we will mainly develop Jazz first, and in the future, I estimate that Jazz can expand to at least 3,000 stores in China. ”

"Three thousand stores?" Zeng's mouth opened wide.

Zhou Quan said confidently: "The domestic urbanization rate has reached more than 45%, and the economy will continue to develop at the current rate for ten years, and there will be no problem with 3,000 stores."

The three super first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou can accommodate half of the stores, and other provincial-level cities can accommodate half, which should be possible. ”

Speaking of this, he thought for a while and said: "In July last year, China.com, the first Internet company in China, was listed in the United States, and the market went well.

However, several Internet companies listed on the U.S. stock market this year are not as good as China.com, and they have all broken down for a time.

However, so many Internet companies have gone public in the United States, which shows that the domestic Internet industry has been quite stable. ”

"Do you want to invest in these companies?" Zeng asked Tanuki.

Zhou Quan shook his head and said, "There's no interest, we just need to do a good job of delicacy and jazz." I believe that in ten years, after three or four thousand stores, the market value of Fine Coffee will reach $50 billion, and we should be able to cash out $20 billion by then. ”

"Two billion dollars?"

Zeng Li feels that this goal does not seem to be too outrageous, after all, according to the current market value, she and Zhou Quan own 44% of the shares, and there are billions of dollars.

She asked again, "What about Iron Fist Properties?" Many real estate companies in China have developed very fast, including several big families in Xiangcheng, buying land everywhere in the country, our company's main business is still to acquire stores for Jazz, with rent as the main income, will it develop too slowly and miss the opportunity? Zeng asked Tanuki.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "They all have backgrounds and relationships, and they can get loans from the bank, so we can't compare with them."

Iron Fist Real Estate will do that first, I hope to do some other industry in China in the future, and I will talk about it after I retire, and now I plan first. ”

……

After lunch, Zhou Quan boarded a special plane to Los Angeles with the team.

"Boss, the New York Times has raised our chances of advancing to 65 percent, and the Lakers only have 35 percent left." Ben Wallace ran to Zhou Quan from behind with a newspaper and said.

Zhou Quan took it and gave it back to Daben, saying, "Ben, don't care about these data from the media, it doesn't make any sense."

You and Eldon and Bullard have to be mentally prepared for tomorrow night's game, it's their home stadium, the whistle will definitely be biased in their favor, and a lot of your actions at home can be fouled. ”

McMillan stood up and said: "We have won two consecutive home games, and the league will support the Lakers' home-court advantage in order to maintain the balance of the series, that's for sure, Tekken is right, you have to be mentally prepared so as not to affect your emotions." ”

Zhou Quan smiled: "Anyway, the league definitely won't want us to sweep the Lakers, I think the year before and last year the Lakers were swept, President Stern must hate the Jazz and the Spurs, right?" ”

"Haha......" the crowd laughed.

Rodman teased: "You see, Phil Jackson still can't do without Jordan, he invited Jordan to Kobe, thinking that with Jordan, Kobe's kid can win the Iron Fist." ”

"Jordan can't win against the Iron Fist Champion, he can only give Kobe Bryant experience on how to lose to the Iron Fist King." Little Barry teased.

"Haha......" the crowd laughed again.

……

(End of chapter)