In the evening, the plane arrived in Seattle.

Countless fans drove their cars to pick up the airport, from the airport to the downtown stadium, all of which were fans' cars, and the police dispatched a large number of police forces to maintain order.

After getting off the plane at six o'clock, the bus drove into the headquarters at nine o'clock, and it took nearly three hours to travel just a few kilometers.

This was followed by three days of celebration, with the entire state of Washington in attendance, with fans traveling from far and wide to Seattle to join the parade in celebration.

After the celebration, Zhou Quan rested at home for three days and never went out.

On June 17, the family chartered a small plane to Los Angeles, met Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu, and then returned to China.

Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu both graduated from a four-year bachelor's degree, studied for another two years as a graduate student, and are now studying for a doctorate.

And Zhou Ye has just graduated from his bachelor's degree and has been admitted to graduate school, so it will take two years to get a master's degree, and then he will not necessarily stay in the United States during the doctoral stage.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th, the family quietly arrived in the capital.

However, I was still recognized by some people at the airport, and it took some time to get out of the airport.

Along the way, Zhou Quan felt that the capital had changed a little compared with last year, with fewer old urban areas and more new buildings.

Zeng Li deliberately asked the driver to go around in front of several Jazz stores, and then around several Starbucks stores, and made a comparison, Jazz is obviously stronger than Starbucks.

"We have a first-mover advantage, products, funds, management, and operating models are not bad, and it is actually very difficult for Starbucks to catch up with us and steal our market." Zhou Quan said.

Zeng Tanuki said thoughtfully: "Husband, the development of China is too fast, I want to speed up the expansion model and squeeze Starbucks out of the domestic market."

If they are allowed to develop, they will definitely steal some of our market. The best way is for them to increase their investment and give up this market by themselves when the profit is not ideal. ”

Zhou Quan thought for a while and said: "Then we can only increase investment, and now the cash in hand is not very sufficient, either Jazz goes public, or I sell Microsoft's shares, and I can cash out three or four billion US dollars." ”

Zeng Li said: "Three or four billion US dollars, 40% of the individual income tax is reserved, and more than 200 million US dollars can be returned, plus Jazz's own funds, 2.5 billion yuan will be enough." ”

Zhou Quan said: "Starbucks knows that we have developed thousands of Jazz stores and will come in, they will not give up easily, and it is likely to form a protracted war."

It is better to take a two-pronged approach, listing and capital increase at the same time. Starbucks is different from Jazz, Jazz only develops in China, Starbucks is expanding all over the world, and their use of funds in China is definitely not as abundant as ours. ”

Zeng Li nodded and said: "You can also reduce the price, or send gifts to reduce the profit of Starbucks." ”

"It's a double-edged sword."

Zhou Quan thought for a while and said: "Now Starbucks' stores are mainly concentrated in the three first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and have not yet expanded to the provincial second-tier cities, and their stores are mainly leased, although the fixed investment is small, but the operating costs are higher, and now the rent in the three first-tier cities is not cheap, not as good as in the nineties."

And our stores in these three cities are basically owned by Iron Fist Real Estate, which can reduce the rent, thereby reducing Jazz's operating costs. ”

"Husband, that's a great idea! In this way, Starbucks' operating costs are higher than ours, and the liquidity is not as good as ours, as long as we reduce the price and reduce their profit margins, their operations will definitely have problems, and they will not be able to bear it for a long time. Zeng Li smiled.

Zhou Ye came up with an idea next to him and said, "Big brother and sister-in-law, the price reduction is only limited to the three major cities, and other cities do not need to be reduced." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Zeng Li smiled.

Soon after Zhou Quan decided, he began to cash out Microsoft shares in the market through stockbrokers.

He has invested a total of 50 million dollars in Microsoft, which has risen more than seven times over the years, and Microsoft has now reached the ceiling, and he feels that the investment potential has declined, which is why he chose to cash out Microsoft.

The investment of Apple and Amazon will not be moved for the time being, their development has not yet reached the bottleneck or ceiling, and there is still investment potential.

He will not always hold the investment of these two companies, because he has always wanted to engage in industrial investment in China, but he has not found a project, if there is an opportunity in the future, and he needs a large amount of money, no matter how big the investment value of these two companies is, he will still cash out.

At the same time as cashing out Microsoft, Jazz also began to make plans to go public, preparing to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The domestic listing is no more troublesome than the United States, and it will take longer, but with Jazz's operation, the listing should not be a problem.

And the supersonic management is already busy and dizzy.

Many teams have contacted SuperSonics players privately, with Ben Wallace being the hottest and everyone wanting to poach him, with the Spurs and Lakers being the most aggressive.

The Lakers and the Postman have negotiated and are just about to sign a contract, but there is no place for Big Ben, but Kupchak is very shrewd, he thinks that Ben Wallace is younger than the Postman, and it is not bad to match the attributes with O'Neal's one-defense and offense, so if he can dig Ben Wallace, he doesn't want the Postman.

Of course, if the postman is still willing to come, he also welcomes it, after all, there is only a basic salary, but when he comes, he has to play as a substitute, with the postman's current strength and status, he may not be very willing.

However, the contract is a big problem, and the Lakers have no space, but fortunately, they can sign a veteran contract next year after the big book trade comes in.

However, if he gets Big Ben, Kupchak also knows very well that the Lakers' main lineup will be terrifyingly strong, but the bench lineup will be weaker than it is now, because trading Big Ben needs space, and it must make room for it.

Fortunately, owner Jerry Buss is out of the way, and with the Lakers' current operations, they can support so much luxury tax.

The problem now is the negotiation with Ben Wallace, Kupchak promised a 5-year 30 million contract, which is the largest contract that the Lakers can currently accommodate, but Ben Wallace's agent asked for 6 years and 65 million, the gap is a bit big, and it is at an impasse, and the Lakers basically can't dig it.

It's the same with the Spurs, David Robinson is old, and he's not as good as the postman, so if you can get Big Ben and David Robinson plays off the bench, that's a pretty perfect thing.

It's just that the Spurs are not as rich as the Lakers, and Ben Wallace's agent asks for an annual salary of tens of millions and a six-year period, which directly scares off the Spurs.

However, Ben Wallace's agent is only quietly in contact with other teams, Ben Wallace has not requested a trade from the team, and Rashad Lewis's agent has already requested a trade from management.

In addition, Bowen and Desmond Mason have also requested a deal from management.

After receiving the trade request from the three, he was in a good mood, Mason has been just a substitute, Bowen has only defense and no offense, and Lewis is also the person he has always wanted to trade.

He believes that as long as Ben Wallace is kept, supported by the Iron Fist King, and matched with some high-quality role players, the SuperSonics will be a super strong team again.

He is also quietly in contact with other teams to prepare to trade the three people who have voluntarily requested a trade.

After the Bowen trade, Cory Maggeti can play the main force in the third position, Arenas can play the main team in the second position, and only the fourth position needs to find a main player, which is not very difficult.

He wanted to find a power forward with a mid-range shot, a defense, and a low-post offense to replace Lewis.

On the 22nd, Zhou Quan suddenly remembered Ben Wallace's matter, he forgot to talk to Whithitt about Big Ben, and hurriedly made a phone call.

Ben Wallace's desire to leave the team was not what Ben Wallace told him, but he speculated based on some words that Big Ben had inadvertently revealed while chatting.

Big Ben hopes to renew his contract early, get an annual salary of tens of millions in SuperSonics, and get a long-term contract, and his agent has approached Whitcht before, but Whithitter said that he would consider it, and this result is obviously not very good.

"Iron Fist?"

"Bob, are you planning to renew your contract with Ben early?"

"Yes, I'll renew his contract early next season."

"Next season? Bob, what if he and his agent can't wait? Why don't you talk to him now? ”

"That's fine. But the Iron Fist King, his agent asks for a long term + 10 million annual salary, which is probably ...... Having some difficulty? ”

"How much should the salary cap be next season?"

"Well, the league has been doing well in the past two years, probably close to forty million dollars. I've calculated that if we give him an annual salary of tens of millions, we will cut other positions. Corrimageti, Arenas, they're all young people with potential, and they all have to reserve some space, and I also need to find a main power forward, and we can't let Ben Wallace's long contract lock up. ”

"And you mean to trade him?"

"Iron Fist, I'd love to keep him, but he's too demanding."

"Bob, try to keep him, it's hard to find a good center right now, even if you pay tens of millions of dollars a year. If you give up the big book, you may not be able to find the right center. Next season, I'm going to keep going for the championship. Zhou Quan said firmly.

He also understands Whithitt's work, with such a large space, his contract alone will occupy more than 10 million, and the remaining 20 million or so will be shared by more than a dozen other people, if he gives 10 million to the capital, there is really nothing left.

But Ben Wallace had better stay, and it would be okay to weaken the bench a bit, at most he and Big Ben have a little more time.

After Big Ben renews his long contract, young people like Corima Getty and Arenas will renew their contracts in the future, and it is likely that they will leave because there is no space, but that is another story, and it can be ignored for the time being.

"Alright then, I'll contact his agent right away."

Previously, Zhou Quan didn't talk about Daben, but now Zhou Quan asked to keep Daben, but Whithit didn't insist and immediately agreed.

He then contacted Big Ben's agent and completed the negotiation with them to renew the contract in advance, 50 million for 6 years, the agent was a little reluctant, but Ben Wallace agreed.

He didn't ask for a trade, he just didn't want to leave the SuperSonics at all, and wanted to stay and play by the side of the Iron Fist King.

A big contract is actually just a reflection of his own status and value, and other teammates in the team who are not as good as him can't hold a higher contract than him, right?

As for economic interests, he looks honest, but in fact, he also has some brains, Rodman's example is there, isn't it fragrant to invest with Iron Fist, what are you doing when you leave?

Now that he has saved 10 million dollars on hand, the Iron Fist King has promised him that as long as the bear market passes, he will take him in, and he is not crazy when he leaves.

He also doesn't want to be a boss, he just wants to be the second "Rodman" and strive to become a billionaire before he retires.

On June 28, Zhou Quan's Microsoft shares had been sold off, cashing out $332 million, transferring $250 million back to China through a Swiss account, and then increasing the capital of Jazz Coffee by 1.5 billion yuan.

This day is also the day of the NBA draft.

However, there were no big rookies, and in the end, the Bulls drafted a point guard, Jay Williams, with the No. 1 pick.

Williams is the All-American Collegiate Player of the Year, winner of the Naismith and Wooden Awards, named Player of the Year by the Associated Press, ESPN Magazine, CBS Television, and a backup for Team USA at this year's Men's World Championships.

The reason why the Bulls chose him is not only because he is super-talented and praised by the media, but also because he is the best guard in this class, and the Bulls hope to select a second "Jordan" or "Iron Fist King", and they have great expectations for him.

After the draft, the trading window opens, and the transaction can be carried out as soon as the freeze period expires, and at this stage, only contact negotiations and other work can be carried out publicly.

After the second triple championship, the SuperSonics finally ushered in a big change, the departure of meritorious players, and the trade deal.

(End of chapter)