At eight o'clock, in the player channel, Zhou Quan and Jordan met again as players after more than four years.

"Hey, Michael."

"Hey, Iron Fist."

Zhou Quan went to the players' tunnel first, and when he saw Jordan, he greeted him a few steps apart.

The two had already broken off the festival before, and this meeting, whether it was between individuals or teams, was no longer competitive, and the two had completely lost the momentum of the-for-tat before.

Jordan didn't even talk about basketball-related topics, but pulled Zhou Quan aside and said, "Iron Fist, how are your recent investments in the stock market?" ”

Zhou Quan glanced at Jordan's expression and asked, "Michael, have you invested?" ”

"Cast some."

Jordan nodded a little gloomily.

"Lost?"

"Damn, I was stuck in a high position, and as of today I'm 53% on the books, and the stockbroker asked me to take the money out to cover the position. Tekken, do you have any good advice? ”

Zhou Quan said: "I suggest that you operate according to whether the stocks you hold have the potential to be of high quality, no matter how much you lose junk stocks without potential, decisively cut off your positions and exchange them for cash, and don't rush to make up for potential stocks and high-quality stocks, maybe there will be new lows."

This round of bear market should continue for a while, the follow-up impact of 911 is still continuing, and there will be no problem until next year.

However, the safest thing to do is to use only a portion of the cash to cover the margin and continue to keep some of the cash in case of an emergency. ”

"So?"

Obviously, Michael Jordan is far less knowledgeable about stock investing than he is about basketball.

Zhou Quan didn't talk much, he didn't have time, and he didn't understand stock investment at all when he looked at Jordan, and when he talked about it, he was talking about it.

In this game, Jordan finally shot 5 of 15 under Zhou Quan's defense, with a shooting rate of only 33.3%, and Zhou Quan didn't even defend with all his strength.

The expected Kwame Brown came off the bench for 16 minutes, shooting 2 of 5 from the heads of substitute centers Jerome James and Drobiake, 1 of 2 free throws, and got 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block, but there were two turnovers and two fouls.

After the game, Zhou Quan chatted with Jordan in the players' tunnel.

Jordan said with annoyance: "I came back just to boost the market, give them support, and bring a group of young people, but now everything is reversed, I have become the core of attack and defense, God, I need to play harder than them, but I'm almost forty years old." ”

Zhou Quan laughed, and suddenly thought of his Wizards shares from Jordan's comeback, and asked curiously: "Michael, after you retire, will you buy back the Wizards' shares?" ”

"Of course, this is what I agreed with the big boss Leonsis." Jordan nodded.

"I remember that a few years ago, the Magic wanted to make a comeback, and he also made it clear in the contract with Lakers owner Mr. Buss that after retiring again, he would buy back the shares at the original selling price, and he told me himself, are you too?" Zhou Quan asked casually.

“……”

Jordan was stunned, this, it seems, it seems, he ignored the price of buying it back, and didn't talk about it at all.

"Didn't talk about it?" Zhou Quan was stunned.

"Yes, I may have overlooked that. Moreover, we only made a verbal agreement, not a contract. Jordan said awkwardly.

"Are you stupid?"

Zhou Quan complained without hesitation: "If the verbal agreement is useful, why do you need a contract?" If you go back and raise the market and the market value of the team has increased a lot, will the owner still be willing to sell it to you at the original selling price? In that case, he would be kind enough to you, but in that case, he would certainly not be a qualified capitalist. ”

“……”

Jordan was in a trance, Mr. Leonsey, you should be kind to me, right?

"I'll sign a contract with him right away, and if I don't sign it, I'll retire immediately." After thinking about it for a while, he said decisively.

……

The next day, Jordan forced the Wizards boss to sign a contract, after all, if he didn't make up the contract, Jordan would retire immediately, and his plan would be frustrated.

Zhou Quan's suggestion about the Bulls lineup was also reported by the media, and after seeing it by Bulls general manager Jerry Kraus, he felt that it made sense.

He had hoped that Elton Brand would have a better record with Yao Min, but so far it hasn't, as bad as last season.

Although the time is still short, he is also aware of Yao Min's characteristics, it is indeed like the Iron Fist King said that offense is stronger than defense, and Brand is the same, two center forwards who tend to attack are partners, and the defensive end does suffer, it is better to match one defense and one offense.

But the deal wasn't done right away, and before that, he decided to give Charles Oakley a try with Yao Min first.

It turned out that Oakley was the starter, and later after Yao Min was put on the starting lineup, Brad Miller entered the bench lineup, Brand played the fourth position, Oakley changed from the fourth position to the third position, and now remove Brand's starter, let Oakley return to the fourth position, and let Artest play the third position.

In addition, he is ready to fire head coach Tim Floyd, who has coached for several seasons, and a new head coach has been identified, so let the former retired player of the Bulls, current assistant coach Bill Carter White, serve as the head coach, and make a transition first.

On this day, Apple's shares continued to rise, reaching $31.6 at the close, which has reached the top of the weekly forecast, with a market value of $100 billion, and a market value of $70 billion in two days.

At the end of the day, a large number of sell-offs poured out and were picked up by people who wanted to get on the bus.

Zhou Quan has always adhered to value investment, medium and long-term investment, without any movement, but he is not in a hurry to make up for his position.

Over the next two days, Apple's stock price began to move sideways, and Zhou Quan began to buy four million shares for nearly $120 million, which is 30 times the price when he first opened the position.

His total investment in Apple reached $150 million, increasing his stake to 30 million shares and a market capitalization of nearly $900 million.

His share is close to 1% of Apple's shares, and if he reaches 5% of the shares of listed companies, he needs to submit a written report to the US Securities Commission and disclose it to the public, and he is still far from this requirement, and with his current funds, he can't do it, basically 1% is already his current limit.

The investment in Apple is also the fourth largest investment in all his business investments, after Fine Coffee, Jazz Coffee, and Amazon, and more than Microsoft.

In terms of Amazon, Bezos, a major shareholder with 37.5% at the time of listing, will reduce some of his shares every year to cash out, and now he still holds as much as 34%, he has not reduced his holdings, but he has not increased his holdings, and his shareholding ratio is still 12.5%.

Recently, he felt the outbreak of Apple, coupled with the chat of several people in the family that day, which gave him some ideas for investment.

He wants to find some telecommunications investment projects in China, but he himself does not have this ability, so he can only invest in other people's companies.

It's just that at present, Shansai goods in China are very powerful, and there are very few companies that have invested in research and development, and there are no core technologies, and he has not yet found a company that can invest.

On this day, Whithitt watched from the training ground and chatted with Zhou Quan and said: "Iron Fist, the Magic want to trade Lewis, and the chips are two first-round picks, '02 and '04, protected by the top three." ”

"Is the Magic so interested in Lewis?"

Zhou Quan thought about Lewis's current data, 17 points and 7 rebounds, shooting rate of 49.2%, three-point shooting 38.9%, the data is very beautiful, if the shot increases, it can easily hit 20+ data, no wonder the Magic has always been interested in Lewis.

Whithitt said with some regret: "Unfortunately, they don't have any players other than Maddy, and we're facing a second three-straight title defense, and their two first-round picks, while worth a lot, don't help us right now, and we don't have anyone to take Lewis's place at the No. 4 spot." ”

Zhou Quan nodded, in addition to Lewis, there are only two veterans in the fourth position, Campbell and Kevin Willis, even if Lewis plays as a substitute in the playoffs, he will have to play at least twenty or thirty minutes, the bench lineup does not need such a good defense, and Lewis's score is very important in the bench lineup.

"It's really a bad trade, we have to wait until the offseason, and the Magic should continue to be interested in Lewis." Whithitt said regretfully.

On December 10, Supersonic arrived in Los Angeles.

Next up is a back-to-back away game against the Lakers and Clippers.

O'Neill returned from the last game and took a four-game break.

He doesn't really need to be out for four games, it's just the regular season, and he took a few more days off due to injury, and he will do so in the future, so as not to overexert his body and energy in the regular season.

His personal trainer advised him to take at least 10 to 15 games off a season and maintain a good 150kg tonnage so that he would have a healthier career and a longer peak.

O'Neal knows very well that if his peak period is too short, he is likely to be suppressed by the Iron Fist King for a lifetime, and only by maintaining his peak period long enough, after Kobe Bryant also enters his peak, will the Lakers have a chance to beat the SuperSonics, and he will have a chance to go out of the West and win the championship.

Under the pressure of Zhou Quan, his psychology did not collapse, but he became self-disciplined, eating less hamburgers and drinking less ice cola, and often picking up iron, so as to maintain a good weight.

Because of this, although he and Kobe Bryant have conflicts, the relationship has not gotten worse, and although Kobe Bryant feels that O'Neal is not working hard enough, it is already very good than in previous years.

In this game, although O'Neal made a comeback, the winner was still SuperSonic.

O'Neal shot 18-of-27, 66.7% shooting, but unfortunately 2-of-9 free throws, cut 38 points, 18 rebounds, and also sent 6 big hats.

It's a pity that Zhou Quan scored 42 points and 16 assists on Kobe's head, and also delivered 9 steals and 3 blocks, including 7 steals and 2 blocks for Kobe.

Kobe Bryant learned like Iverson, and like in the previous game, he continued to attack with the ball, making crazy shots on Zhou Quan's head 21 times, but only 6 shots, with a shooting rate of only 28.6%, including 1 of 7 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, 15 points, plus 10 turnovers, and a double-double.

At the same time, Cory Magetti also played well, preventing Fisher from shooting only 3 of 15, and he scored 21 points, which was the second scoring point of the SuperSonics tonight.

After the game, the unwilling Kobe Bryant found Zhou Quan again and asked him how much strength he used to defend tonight, but Zhou Quan still made an OK gesture.

Kobe Bryant said angrily: "Iron Fist King, are you talking nonsense, or is it eight points of force? ”

Zhou Quan can't complain, ten minus three equals how many, this problem Kobe Bryant hasn't calculated it clearly for ten days, poor baby!

"Kobe, now there are ten beautiful girls here, I'll take seven, and give you the rest, how many do you have left?" He asked.

"Three."

Bryant replied very quickly.

"Damn! You know that. ”

Zhou Quan scolded, turned around and left, too lazy to pay attention to Kobe's little pervert.

"Iron Fist King, you must have used more than seven points of strength, I'm sure." Bryant shouted from behind.

On the 12th, the SuperSonics defeated the bad team Clippers in back-to-back games to achieve a 24-1 record, the first in the league.

It was also the 12th straight win after the loss to the Spurs, and the second 12th straight win of the season, and the 12th straight win before the loss to the Spurs.

After that, the SuperSonics returned to Seattle and their next game was against the Magic at home on the 16th, with a few days off.

On December 15, 2001, the league announced the opening of the '02 All-Star Voting.

This year, it was advanced to give the head coaches more time to select their favorite All-Star benches, and gave them an extra half a month.

At the same time, the alliance also announced the official opening of overseas Internet voting channels, including China.

This made Chinese fans excited, and "NBA All-Star Voting" immediately became the most popular search term on the Internet.

(End of chapter)