- The man who can make Michael Jordan lose two championship rings in one season! This is not human at all!

- Yes, it's aliens!

- Basketball alien, Lin Dong!

- What's worse is that this guy casually gave away what he won from the basketball god to someone else, doesn't that care? Still can't afford it?

- The alien wants to tell everyone that he doesn't need other people's things, the championship ring, he can get it himself!

- Michael Jordan's greatest disgrace in his life, his championship ring was despised......

- Worth skyrocketed! Some auction houses revealed that several wealthy people have shown great interest in this ring, and if Payton is willing to publicly auction the ring that was lost by Michael Jordan, the price is conservatively estimated to be more than $2 million, and it will definitely set an auction record for an NBA championship ring!

Obviously, this ring is labeled with a rather unique label.

It not only means a championship of the basketball god, but also means that the basketball god is defeated, it means the overlap of two eras, it means an 8-year grudge, and it means a kind of throne inheritance......

The overwhelming heated discussion hyped this matter on the hot search on the Internet, and also made Lin Dong's nickname as an alien completely spread throughout the United States.

Under Armour, which has just completed 90 public offering days and successfully listed, has increased its market value by 5 times in just over three months, and has stabilized its stock price at $65......

The stock market is booming, the brand influence is increasing rapidly, and Kevin Planck has also entered the Forbes rich list for the first time with a 31% Under Armour stake and a value of $3.6 billion.

For Kevin Plant, who had only one factory and a niche brand two years ago, being able to achieve what he is now in just two years is, frankly, more than just a business legend.

In the current situation, Under Armour's development prospects are very good, but the scale of the factory is really not keeping up with the demand.

Even though he has expanded once in the past two years and expanded a more advanced plant in Maryland, he still can't keep up with the production demand, and he plans to make a big move.

In one year's time, Under Armour expanded at least five more facilities in Washington, Texas and Illinois, as well as at least 200 stores nationwide and 10 new flagship stores in several major states, it has completely pushed Under Armour from a niche brand to a first-tier level.

But increasing fixed assets, training of new employees, buying land, government dredging, etc.,

There are places that need money everywhere, and a new round of contract renewal with Lin Dong has been put on the agenda, and Purenc estimates that by the end of this year, when the renewal with Lin Dong is completed, if he wants to achieve all his plans, he will need at least $4 billion, and 3.5 billion is probably enough, but the follow-up continuous investment is estimated to be in danger of breaking the funds.

Under Armour is currently relying on this wave of public offerings to make nearly $3 billion more on the books, even if you add some of your personal assets and the company's own working capital, it is far from enough.

Either invest less and slow down the pace of progress, or you need to dilute your equity and sell some shares.

If you choose the latter, you can easily lose control of the company.

How to choose?

Frankly speaking, most entrepreneurs will float when faced with sudden wealth, and it will be the time when individuals relax their vigilance the most.

But Kevin Planck is not, he can start from scratch to today, by no means reckless and impulsive, his vision of the market is still quite vicious and accurate.

He had thought deeply about diluting his shares.

Lin Dong's biggest personal influence is estimated to be in the past two years, after all, he has not only reached the top of the achievement, and there is no second Jordan in the NBA to surpass him, and at the same time, this is also the freshest and hottest consumption impulse period for consumers.

And if Under Armour misses the golden development time of these two years, and wants to expand like this in the future, I am afraid that it will slow down more than one or two years.

Moreover, Nike and Adidas are now at the height of their competition, and if either of them wins, it will be a kind of unification of the national sports market, and if Under Armour has not become a real first-line by then, it will be vulnerable to the two major companies that have been freed up.

At that time, even if Lin Dong's popularity is still there, even if Under Armour can survive with this brand spokesperson, he will completely lose the opportunity to expand and seize the market, after all, you and Nike and Adidas are not competitors of the same size at all.

He was fully aware of the dangers of diluting his stake, but how could he profit without taking risks?

The so-called snipe and clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, now is the best time and the only opportunity for Under Armour to expand.

He knows that Nike has acquired some Under Armour's shares, but judging from the fact that Under Armour has only issued 44% of the shares, it is expected that Nike will not hold more than 20% at most, after all, according to his understanding and some regulators, most of the trading accounts are retail investors.

And he has 31% of the equity in his hand, and Lin Dong has 15% in his hand, which adds up to 46%.

Purenc is quite trustworthy to Lin Dong, and during the two years of cooperation, he has not been less likely to communicate with Lin Dong.

An ambitious but quite trustworthy Dragon Nation man, who is not greedy for money and has never had a good impression of Nike, is unlikely to defect to him in this matter.

And the other 10% is controlled by several partners who have worked hard with him from scratch, and there are even relatives among them, who are absolutely trustworthy.

Add up to 56% of the shares, even if you sell 10% now, you still have 46% of the shares, even if Nike absorbs the shares of retail investors, it is impossible to buy all the shares of retail investors, it is impossible to exceed 40%, and you can still continue to control the company.

Purrank finally made a decision.

Reluctant to let the child trap this wolf, the crisis crisis, the opportunity is often hidden in the danger, the so-called wealth and danger are sought, he decided to take a chance!

Of course, even so, it's best to find a trustworthy buyer.

It just so happened that he knew such a person.

Purrank hesitated for a long time, but finally dialed a number.

"Hi, Chu!" He smiled and spoke.

Yes, Chu, an oriental surname.

The head of SoftBank Group in the United States, a venture capital firm from Japan, is now the most famous venture capital firm in the United States and the world.

And Chu is their head in the United States, a businessman from the Dragon Kingdom like Lin.

As a fairly neutral venture capital firm, their main investment target is the IT industry, and they only met Chu by chance.

Although they have only met a few times, Planck admires each other a lot, that guy not only has business acumen, but also feelings and ideals, has a very unique vision, and has a very accurate grasp of various future business markets, and is a kind of cross-track investor that is quite rare in the investment industry.

This guy understands Under Armour's potential and is definitely a qualified, neutral long-term holder.

"Hey, long time no see." Chu hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone, just like his sunny personality.

Purrank didn't have too much politeness, and asked with a straight smile, "I want to sell some Under Armour stock, are you interested in chatting?" ”

…………

City of Portland, Nike Headquarters.

Chu Bufan, who had just hung up the phone, spread his hands helplessly at Phil Knight: "What should I say?" You even pinched the time on the phone, which made me feel like I was in the game, and I still prefer to be a chess player rather than a chess piece. ”

"It's not a loss to you at all, is it?" Phil Knight laughed and said: "10% of the equity, you just need to hold it in your hands, Under Armour's stock price will not let you lose money, no matter what his stock price is, you can sell it to me at any time with the current price plus a 10% increase, I will take it all, of course, if you make more money, it will be yours." I won't undermine your neutrality, as long as you can be truly neutral. How about it, do I need to sign a contract? ”

"You want to override Blank and control Under Armour's voice?" Chu Bufan did not immediately answer the question of whether the other party needed to sign a contract, but asked with a smile: "Curiously asked, how many shares do you control under armour now?" ”

Phil Knight smiled and held out three fingers.

"But that's not enough." Chu Bufan said: "Even if Pralone sells 10% to me, he still has 21% in his hand, plus 15% of Lin Dong and 10% of his relatives and friends, as far as I know, Lin Dong is not like the kind of person who will backstab his allies for money, your 30% equity, and I remain neutral, how can you control his company?" Do you have a way to take down Lin Dong? ”

Phil Knight laughed.

He found someone to do a personality analysis of Lin Dong, and the possibility that Lin Dong would agree to backstab Under Armour is indeed very small, but this does not mean that Plant's relatives and friends can also keep their stocks......

"Hahaha, this is a trade secret and refuses to disclose it, anyway, no matter how I operate, it won't affect your money, right?" Phil Knight smiled and said, "For the sake of old friends, but also for the sake of money......

"It seems that you have a plan in your chest, so let's sign a contract." Chu Bufan didn't say more, as the helmsman of the venture capital company, all he needs is to be responsible for the money, of course, as much as possible, he still has to talk about some morality: "I will remain absolutely neutral, but within 3 years, I can unconditionally sell these stocks to you at 110% of the current market price, the initiative is in my hands, is there anything else that needs to be added?" ”

"Mr. Chu is just refreshing, hahaha, there is no need to add anything, happy cooperation!"

………………

Under Armour got a lot of money and began to expand wildly, and the NBA's 03-04 regular season finally began.

As a former championship team and a new generation of Destiny children who have won the name of Michael Jordan, Lin Dong and the SuperSonics have clearly attracted the attention of almost all fans.

Whether it is in the Dragon Country, Japan, or in the current national scope, it is definitely well deserved to say that Lin Dong is the hottest first star and popular king in today's alliance.

And everyone is eyeing the first game of the SuperSonics regular season.

As last year's champion, the first opponent was last year's countdown, and it was Charlotte Bobcats who had just completed a preseason round with the SuperSonics.

This...... What a proper grievance bureau!

Frankly, no one is optimistic about the Bobcat, but there is a rather interesting topic involved, which is how many points will the SuperSonics beat the Bobcats?

Judging from the situation when the two teams met in the preseason, if the SuperSonics really let go of the game, they would definitely have enough strength to win this Bobcats by more than 50 points.

But the problem is that the SuperSonics just 'humiliated' the Bobcats with a big score in the preseason, and then it was revealed that this was because of the Bobcats owner Michael Jordan's 'debt' championship ring.

And Michael Jordan also chose to fulfill his promise in this matter and gave his 96 championship ring to Lin Dong.

It stands to reason that the gods of basketball have bowed their heads, this face is enough, right?

The bobcat has been abused twice in a row, what kind of grievances should be enough, right?

Hitting people doesn't slap people in the face, so whether it's out of humanitarianism or out of human sophistication, in this opening battle, supersonic should also put some water on the lynx.

All parties predict that the SuperSonics will most likely hand over an answer sheet that will win by about 10-20 points, and Lin Dong and Payton may not have more than 40 minutes of playing time combined.

So on October 22, the supersonic home ......

Although the key arena is still being renovated and expanded, SuperSonics uses an outdated auxiliary hall to play, but the scene is still full early.

Yang Dong screwed her two LV bags as always, and sat directly on the supersonic bench, after all, it is the home field, where the boss sits, the boss has the final say, this is obviously closer to the stadium, and the bricks are more deterrent!

And the two teams also ushered in the first game of the new season with full cheers.

"Hey, Brother Gaoren, how are you going to fight this one?" Sakuragi asked.

From Sakuragi's heart, the guy named Walburn of the bobcat cut off the little finger of Rukawa Kaede, this is a mortal enemy, and you don't need to ask how to fight when you meet, you just have to fight to the death.

But after all, I have read a lot of reports in the past two days, and I have seen some predictions about the score, inferences about the sophistication of the two teams, and so on.

To put it bluntly, the NBA is a commercial league, it is a performance nature, you have to understand the world, otherwise it will be difficult for not only individuals to survive, but also teams in the league.

When it comes to the interests of the team, even if there are some personal grievances, you still have to take into account the overall situation.

Unexpectedly, Lin Dong hadn't answered yet, but Yang Dong next to him had already said first: "Isn't that Liuchuan Feng our storm team?" ”

"yes." Sakuragi Hanamichi replied subconsciously.

"Then fight to the death." Yang Dong said domineeringly: "If you can win 100 points, you will definitely not win 99!" ”

"This ......," said McMillan, laughing and crying, "doesn't this affect you?" ”

"The impact of fart!" Yang Dong smiled and said, "Isn't this a member of our team?" If you don't avenge him, anyone will dare to jump on our heads in the future to and pee, and then it will have a bad impact! ”

McMillan may know the ball, but he really doesn't understand people as well as Yang Dong.

In the past few months, she has been studying the NBA as long as she has nothing to do, studying the history of the NBA, studying the development process of the NBA, studying the core of various hot topics in the NBA, etc., and is also looking at the current evaluation and attitude of all parties towards the supersound.

This made her sum up a lot of things.

Supersonic is now a woody forest, like a tiger being targeted by a pack of wolves.

The tigers are very strong, but no matter how strong they are, they can't hold up enough wolves.

The confrontation of positive strength is okay, even if you lose, you have the right to improve yourself through experience, but I am afraid of injuries and some NBA villains who will play against the supersounds.

So the more times like this, the tougher it becomes, even a kind of toughness that breaks the NBA's conventional category.

When you meet a wicked person, you have to be more evil than him! Otherwise, everyone will want to step on you at that time, and even the tigers will not be able to withstand the attack of the wolves without fear of death.

There will certainly be a lot of trouble for the superSonics this season, but at the very least, the biggest threat will have to be pinched out at the beginning of the season.

And her two bags of bricks have been a little bluffing recently, because since she released her cruel words, she has never really smashed them, and people don't believe it!

There are many people who joke about her on the Internet, or when they tease some villains in the NBA, those villains show a disdainful attitude, and even many people are stimulated by fans, but they are eager to try her bricks, as if they didn't plan to find supersonic trouble, and they all want to touch it on purpose, 'Lao Tzu dares to beat the supersonic person, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that woman really dares to smash' that feeling......

So today she came prepared, even the bricks were specially brought, and even the background of the Bobcat guy named Walburn has been investigated, that guy was a street gangster with no background before entering the NBA, and now after he has a little fame and some money, he was bumped into by a gang of street gangsters in Charlotte City, a typical small character who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard.

has no alliance background, no media resources, nothing to want, and belongs to the type that smashes it.

Then don't blame yourself for taking you to the knife and sacrificing the flag...... Today is to use the problem of Bobcat and Rukawa Kaede to do something!

Of course, she actually knew Rukawa Kaede, and she had only met that guy once when he entered the Storm Team to sign a contract, and Rukawa Kaede didn't feel wronged about her......

But this is to buy people's hearts, and more importantly, the Dragon Kingdom has been saying that it has killed the power since ancient times, and today it is just an excuse to kill the evil guys in the NBA.

She instructed Sakuragi Hanamichi as she searched for a target on the bench of the Bobcat opposite, and soon locked on the big black man named Walborne.

"Sakuragi, go lock him up and don't let him score! Even if it's to drag him straight to the ground! ”

McMillan and Lin Dong couldn't laugh or cry when they heard it, but Sakuragi Hanamichi heard it with their eyes lit up, and nodded again and again: "Okay!" Okay Mama Lin, I see! I'm not going to let that scoundrel score! ”

"Okay, you know a fart? I'm not done yet! The score is not important, the important thing is that you make more small movements, the intensity of the confrontation is a little more, it is better to spray more trash talk or something, how ugly you scold, scold by ear, anyway, the stadium is so noisy, the sound collection equipment in this stadium is old, and it can't be filmed...... In a word! Make him angry, make him irritable, and provoke him to do something to you......"

"Haha, you're done." Yang Dong smiled: "As soon as he makes a move, you don't have to worry about the rest, remember, you are responsible for teasing him, don't be stupid and do it yourself, the back is the old lady's business!" ”

McMillan and Payton looked at each other at this time, and they both shook their heads with tears and laughter, knowing that this boss who was very capable of working hard and had a lot of energy was going to do something again.

Frankly speaking, this boss is really the only one in the NBA, and the owners of other teams are eager to sit in the VIP hall with the boss on the shelf all the time......

But this doesn't seem to be a bad thing, and this boss is thick on the outside and fine on the inside, and his hands are very measured, rather than worrying about her, it is better to watch the show with peace of mind.

Lin Dongquan didn't hear it, warmed up by himself, and let his mother perform.

Sakuragi Hanamichi is both eyes glowing: "Okay, Mama Lin!" Leave it to me! ”

(End of chapter)