At three o'clock in the afternoon on September 3, the three promoters held a press conference in Los Angeles.

There were so many media in attendance that the press conference hall that could accommodate hundreds of people was packed, and there were many people who couldn't get in at all.

It's a pity that Zhou Quan did not attend this press conference, but the big Klitschko participated in order to increase his influence through this press conference.

At the press conference, the three major promoters announced some specific details of the boxing match, such as appearance fees and other news.

On September 4, Washington, D.C., at the Wizards' headquarters, Jordan walked out of the office of big boss Leonses.

Just now, Leonsis discussed something with him, in order to save the Wizards' ball market, ask him to come back.

He didn't say yes right away, but he didn't stick to it, because the owner promised him that as long as the Wizards' ball market was up, he would sell 5% of his shares back to him after he retired.

However, because of the existence of Iron Fist, he doesn't really want to make a comeback, but this is a matter of his career, so it will take time to think about it.

On September 11, 2001, it was almost nine o'clock when Zhou Quan was attending classes at UCLA.

Suddenly, a college student sitting next to him received a text message, he looked at it and smiled, and then whispered to Zhou Quan:

"Hey, Iron Fist, my cousin in New York said there was a plane that hit the World Trade Towers just now, haha! It's a really good joke, it's creative, it's hilarious. ”

"It's a good joke indeed." Zhou Quan nodded and smiled.

It was nine o'clock, and when it was time for the class, and after the professor left, another student shouted, "Hey, ladies and gentlemen, you know, just now, a plane hit the World Trade Towers." ”

“……”

When Zhou Quan heard it, he immediately frowned, feeling that this should not be a joke.

There was a Fine Coffee store near the World Trade Tower, and he took out his phone to call the head of the New York branch of Fine Coffee Company.

The phone was quickly connected, and a somewhat anxious voice rang: "Iron Fist, I'm Hans, there's a big incident in New York, there has just been an accident, a passenger plane crashed into the World Trade Tower, and the glass of our store has been blown up......"

From the phone, Zhou Quan also heard a lot of very clear screams and shouts and car horns mixed together, and it was clear that Hans was now in an unstable environment.

"Hans, keep you and your employees safe, understand? Notify the company immediately if something happens. He hurriedly said loudly.

"OKOK, I'm transferring staff and evacuating guests."

Zhou Quan immediately hung up the phone, and there were already many college students about ten years younger than him around him who were looking at him, and he said to them: "It's a bad thing, it's true that a large passenger plane hit the World Trade Tower. ”

"Oh God!"

"Is this really a nuisance, the plane they fly with their eyes closed?"

Everyone was surprised and began to discuss.

Zhou Quan was about to leave and go to the next classroom, when his mobile phone rang again, and when he saw that it was Hans's phone, he hurriedly answered it.

As soon as he answered the phone, he heard more screams and shouts, very loud, and hurriedly asked, "Hey, Hans, are you okay?" ”

"Iron Fist, that's too bad, just now, another airliner crashed into another World Trade Tower." Hans said with some panic.

"What?"

Zhou Quan felt that something was wrong, this was not a simple accident, this must be intentional, is this the so-called...... Fear...... Fear...... Raid...... Hit?

"Hans, get out of there with everyone at once, understand?"

“OKOK。”

"Notify all the stores in New York and let them stay safe."

“OKOK。”

Soon, the terrorist attack in New York was identified, and the whole world was shocked.

Fortunately, there were no casualties among Fine Coffee employees in the attack and business resumed the next day.

There are a lot of large companies in the financial and insurance industry concentrated in the two World Trade Towers, and the current statistics show that more than 3,000 people are missing, including a large number of financial people, many financial elite executives, plus missing firefighters, a total of 4,500 people are missing.

Zhou Quan is also glad that the store is not located in the two World Trade Towers, because the rent there is too expensive, otherwise the loss will be even greater this time.

In the immediate aftermath of the 911 attacks, U.S. stocks panicked and plummeted, resulting in heavy losses.

Including Fine Coffee and Amazon, Zhouquan's shares also fell, and they also suffered heavy losses.

At noon, Roger Philippe contacted Zhou Quan.

"Rogge, you can discuss with Arum and Don King, whether to postpone or cancel the boxing match." Zhou Quan said.

Philip said: "Zhou, I told you the results of our discussion. ”

"You say."

"What we mean by that is that the tournament must not be cancelled, and even though something unfortunate has happened, the earth is still going to turn and the tournament will continue. We are also in no hurry to postpone the fight, we can wait for a while, and if the follow-up situation allows, the date of the fight will not change. ”

"Okay then."

On the 12th, Zhou Quan returned to Seattle and held a meeting at the headquarters of Fine Coffee to stabilize the company's situation.

After consulting with Zeng, he decided that Fine Coffee would raise $1 billion in cash, and if the company's shares fell sharply, the company would buy back some shares in the secondary market to stabilize investor confidence.

He didn't let Zeng Li's come from China, and if this happened, he would take a plane now, and he still had a bit of a psychological disorder.

On the 17th, six days have passed since the incident, and the three major U.S. stock indexes have fallen by 14.5%, 16%, and 11% respectively, and U.S. stocks have evaporated $1.3 trillion.

He and Zeng Li's net worth also fell by nearly 10%, and the book loss was billions of dollars.

Some stocks with poor performance have reduced their positions, but whether it is fine coffee or Amazon, the meaning to him is not a simple investment, but also related to the company's control and right to speak, and these two companies will not easily reduce their positions.

On Monday, the 17th, the U.S. stock market continued to fall after the market opened, and the decline could not be stopped at all.

On the 19th, the U.S. stock market fell to its lowest point in three years.

Zhou Quan has returned to Los Angeles, and he has ordered the fine company to enter the market, with up to a billion dollars in cash to buy back the company's shares in the secondary market.

This move not only stabilized the stock price of the delicate company immediately, but even began to rise, with a significant decrease in selling and a large increase in buying.

His buyback action has also been praised by the financial community, and even the newly inaugurated US President George W. Bush praised Zhou Quan and Fine Coffee Company at a White House briefing the next day.

Since then, many large companies have announced stock buybacks, and with the entry of large amounts of money from the US government and major companies, the US stock market has begun to stabilize and investor confidence has begun to re-build.

On September 25, Jordan announced his comeback at the Wizards' headquarters.

"I'm coming back to revive the U.S. economy and the NBA league."

This was the slogan that Jordan shouted at the press conference, which was widely praised by the media.

On the 26th, Zhou Quan reduced the amount of boxing training and began to enter the rhythm of boxing.

On the 28th, he held a joint press conference in Los Angeles with Klitschko the Elder.

A large group of friends rushed to help him, NBA stars, Hollywood stars, the whole press conference was made star-studded, and when friends appeared, it was like walking the red carpet.

As soon as the question session began, countless hands were raised.

The host clicked on the reporter from the Los Angeles Times, and he took the microphone and immediately asked, "Iron Fist King, you haven't fought in two years, how are you doing now?" ”

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "I have boxing training every day, but the amount of training is not large, when I was in Seattle, there was no one hour a day, there was no interruption, it has become a part of my life."

My boxing team has never disbanded, and they think I'm in good shape now and it's not worse than it was two years ago. ”

"Oh roar!"

There was a burst of excited cheers from the audience.

……

On the 29th and 30th, Zhou Quan increased the amount of training, and the training volume was a little larger than normal to activate the body to the greatest extent.

October 1st, boxing day.

In the past two days, with a large number of private jets landing, many billionaires have come to Los Angeles from all over the world.

These wealthy people were flying on private jets, and their travel was not affected by 911, but it was very clear that everyone was safeguarded and surrounded by a large number of security personnel.

Zhou Quan didn't let Zeng Li's come over, and let them stay in China for a while.

On the evening of the 1st, at six o'clock, Zhou Quan and his team arrived at the familiar Staples Center and entered his lounge.

O'Neal, Kobe, Rodman, Ben Wallace, Oakley, Isaiah Thomas, Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Wharton, and many more, a host of NBA current and retired stars are waiting for him outside the break room in advance.

At seven o'clock, the Staples Center was full.

In the front rows, there are a large number of celebrities and billionaires, as well as a large number of sports stars from all walks of life, including Jordan and Magic Johnson.

There are also a lot of professional boxing champions, such as Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield, Rydick Bauer, Foreman, rising star Klitschko Jr., Pacquiao, Golden Boy Hoya, Mayweather, etc., dozens of well-known fighters.

After playing three mat games, it was not until 9:45 that the main game time began.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now have our challenger, the Red Boxer, the Great Unification King, the Unstoppable Iron Fist King......"

Under the host's call, Zhou Quan appeared.

"Boom!"

As the challenger, he came out first, and when he appeared, the entire Staples Center was completely boiling, like a hundred aero engines roaring, he hadn't fought in a boxing match for two years, and the fans' desire for him had accumulated too much, and he was vented at this time.

From the entrance of the tunnel to the ring, everyone in the front row stood up and bumped fists with him.

"Now let's welcome the defending champion, WBA World Champion, Black Boxer, Vitaly Klitschko. He is from Ukraine, he is 202 cm tall, has an arm span of 203 cm and weighs 112 kg......"

With the host's shout, Dake walked out of the passage.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

There was a fairly warm applause at the Staples Center, after all, this is the opponent of the Iron Fist King of the Unification King, but compared to when Zhou Quan appeared just now, one day and one earth.

Witnessing the change firsthand, a wave of tyranny welled up in his heart, and he vowed to win the bout, step on the Iron Fist Crown, and make the fans around the world cheer for him and go crazy for him.

Standing in the first place is Xiao Ke, the current heavyweight head of the four major boxing organizations WBO, who is extremely strong, and the two brothers together with Da Ke have the momentum to sweep the professional heavyweight boxing world.

"Brother, come on, him! We are the strongest. ”

He hugged Dake forcefully and shouted in his ear.

"Hmm."

Dake nodded heavily.

The two got into the ring, and their respective coaches and an assistant climbed up.

"Michael, who did you buy?" Magic Johnson asked.

Jordan said: "The odds of Iron Fist are too low, I am not optimistic about that Ukrainian, I bought a little Iron Fist more or less, join in the fun, and it will mean something." ”

"You're not afraid of upsets? This Ukrainian is still very strong, and the Iron Fist King hasn't fought in boxing for another two years. Magic Johnson asked.

Jordan glanced at the magician, this old friend is afraid that he is not trying to trap him, right?

On the ESPN commentary seat, commentator John Engham said excitedly: "I just received the PPV sales data, 5.72 million. ”

"The all-time record of 5.8 million is in the next minute." Carl Lewis was even more excited.

Thirty seconds later, Engham excitedly roared: "5.81 million, broken, Iron Fist King broke his own PPV sales record of 5.8 million set at the last unification battle two years ago." ”

"Oh roar!"

The Staples Center erupted in a roar of cheers, and all the fans felt a sense of honor and honor from the number.

"6 million, this time it will definitely break 6 million." Lewis said excitedly.

Two minutes later, when the boxing match was about to begin, Engem shouted: "Broken, 6 million!" 6 million! 600……”

"Oh roar!"

Louder cheers rang out at the Staples Center.

Lewis excitedly said: "6 million, a single payment of $100, this boxing match will reach a terrifying $600 million in PPV revenue." ”

"There are 120 million households in the United States, 6 million, which means that nearly 5% of households are watching this boxing match, and at least 15 million Americans are paying to watch this boxing match," Engham said excitedly. ”

"Dang!"

Just then, the bell rang for the first round.

“Box！”

The referee shouted, and the boxing match officially began.

(End of chapter)