Chapter 353: 3 Defenders, 1 Ball Not Enough?

On November 1, bilateral negotiations continued.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Lindsay returned to the Storm headquarters and issued an order to his subordinates: "Adidas, Reebok, and Puma can take action and activate the gambling agreement."

She and Zhao Dong discussed that these companies would no longer acquire them to avoid triggering monopoly laws, and it would be more appropriate to keep them as competitors.

She has laid a lot of mines for the companies she sold to them, and has a large number of financial derivative assets. Now that the U.S. stock market has entered a bear market, it is the best time to detonate these mines, which can severely damage companies such as Adidas and Nike. Hefeilong Sports can take the opportunity to seize their market share.

Thirty minutes later, Lindsay, as the chairman and president of Tianlong Investment Bank, suddenly announced that Tianlong Investment Bank would recruit US$500 billion in closed-end investment funds in the United States, and the investment area of ​​the funds would be China.

This amount is far higher than the previous plan. This is because it needs to cooperate with this bilateral negotiation to attract a group of American capital.

At the same time, because the recruitment scale has tripled, it is necessary to expand the quota in the United States, otherwise Lindsay will not be able to recruit more funds elsewhere.

At the same time, she once again expressed her bearish view on U.S. stocks and her long-term optimism about China's economic development.

This news suddenly swept across the United States and the world like a hurricane.

After that, the U.S. stock market opened 165 points lower and directly broke through the 5,000-point mark. Selling was huge. Although there was a group of funds supporting the market, the stock index still began to fall.

This time, Lindsay has no chips to sell, and falling is the market's choice.

A lot of funds have chosen to withdraw from U.S. stocks, and some of them are the targets of Tianlong Investment Bank’s recruitment this time.

Tianlong Investment Bank recruits funds, which is different from Fengteng. Fengtang is open to recruitment, but Tianlong is an invitation-only one and only invites suitable funds to participate in investment.

A small part of these funds are Wall Street giants, and most of them are top financial groups in the United States. They have similar investment concepts.

At this time, under the influence of Lindsay, these consortiums made similar actions, that is, they partially cashed out the funds they invested in U.S. stocks, allowing the consortium to have more liquid cash and prepare for the bear market. The second step is to prepare for recruiting funds for Tianlong Investment Bank.

Their actions resulted in a huge amount of sales, and these sales were Lindsay's bargaining chip this time.

She has no leverage of her own;

Then use Tianlong's opportunity to recruit funds and borrow other people's chips to smash the market.

Such a large selling order immediately formed a demonstration effect for the stock market. Even larger selling orders piled up and hung over the U.S. stock market like a dark cloud, causing the U.S. stock market to further decline.

"President, no one has taken our empty orders." During the break in negotiations, Lindsay received a report from Storm's assistant.

"That means that the long and short sides have reached a consensus, the longs are dead, and the short market has been completely formed." Lin Dao said.

That night, Lindsay had to work overtime and couldn't go home, so Zhao Dong went to the consulate to visit her.

It happened that Mr. Zhu knew about it and grabbed Zhao Dong to talk about the negotiation.

"The current situation is a bit entangled. The United States wants us to make more concessions, but we are still insisting. Liu Wei suggested this. What do you think?" asked Mr. Zhu.

He knew that Zhao Dong was the man standing behind Lindsay, and it was Zhao Dong who made the plan in Hong Kong, so he did not ignore Zhao Dong's existence.

Zhao Dong smiled and said: "Mr. Zhu, if the U.S. stock market declines seriously this time, it will be beneficial to us. Their large domestic funds need our market, and coupled with the lobbying group's lobbying, I think we should persist. It is right to persist. I I believe we can get better terms.”

Mr. Zhu nodded and sighed: "If we can open an opening on the United States side, it will also be beneficial to other negotiating parties. I hope we can achieve our goal."

He thought for a while and then said to Zhao Dong and Lindsay: "You two have made a great contribution to Tianlong Investment Bank, Hong Kong, and those high-quality American company stocks held by Feng Feng. The country wants to thank you! "

The stocks of the companies he mentioned either own industrial technology equipment or are high-tech companies. They will be transferred to the state in the future to expand the group companies formed. But now the state has no money and can only let Zhao Dong and Lindsay Taking it in their private capacity means that the state has appropriated nearly 20 billion U.S. dollars of funds from the two of them.

Zhao Dong smiled and said: "Mr. Zhu, the reason why my grandparents and their generation risked their lives for the country and their small family for everyone was not to make my grandson the richest man in the world, but to make China strong and prosperous. Get up and don’t be bullied.

So what does my little money count for? Not as heavy as my grandfather's arm. If the country is in trouble in the future, what if Liu Wei and I donated the little money? it's not a big deal. "

Mr. Zhu looked at Zhao Dong deeply and nodded.

After Mr. Zhu left, Zhao Dong asked Lindsay, "Aiweier, what I just said without asking you first, what do you think?"

Lindsay smiled and said: "As a financial speculator, there is actually no difference between my own money and other people's money, because they are all under my control, so I actually have no idea how much money I have in my pocket. Care."

Zhao Dong laughed.

Lindsay is right. After the stocks of those companies were transferred to group companies in those countries, they were still managed by Tianlong Investment Bank.

Of course, there is a difference. This is investment, not speculation.

With Lindsay's current strong appeal in the world's financial community, she can recruit hundreds of billions of dollars in one sentence, or a mere 20 billion. She really doesn't care.

Now she is focusing on the future, the economic and financial development of the entire China, which is the real challenge. She no longer cares about how much money she has in her pocket, it is just a number.

On Tuesday, November 2nd, the NBA 99/00 season officially kicked off.

The league's opening game was arranged at Madison Square Garden, the home of last season's championship Knicks, and the opponent was the old enemy, the Heat.

In addition to Zhao Dong having competitions, Da Zhi and Hu Weidong also have competitions.

The Knicks' opening game was broadcast live nationwide on TNT. Bill Walton analyzed before the game: "The Heat owner is very rich, but he did not do much reinforcements this offseason, and the Knicks have suffered a great loss in strength. 60 % of the championship members left the team, and the losses were serious inside and outside, but the Knicks’ strength cannot be underestimated.”

Matt laughed and said: "Yesterday, the US stock market fell below the 5,000 mark and closed at 4,880 points, a plunge of 4.5% and almost a circuit breaker. Today it fell 129 points again and closed at 4,751 points. The trading volume continued to be huge, and the two-day plunge reached By 8%, the value of the U.S. stock market has evaporated by US$1.2 trillion. Bill, what impact do you think this will have on the league?"

"Bosses may lose a lot of money in the stock market. For example, Mr. Mitch Larison, the owner of the Heat, the Larison family's Carnival listed company has fallen by 11% in the past two days, and its market value has dropped by tens of billions of dollars. He may No more money will be invested in the Heat."

Bill Walton laughed teasingly.

In a VIP room at Madison Square Garden, Knicks owner James Dowland and Heat owner Mitch Arison were sitting.

The TV next to them was the TNT channel. The two also heard Bill Walton's words and couldn't help but smile bitterly at the same time.

Both of them are the bosses of listed companies, and they also have large investments in the stock market. However, they failed to react when the US stock market plummeted last time and suffered huge losses.

However, Wall Street funds later protected the market, and the stock market picked up again and reached the 5,000 mark again.

However, the fact that the market has returned to above 5,000 points does not mean that all stocks will return to their original positions. They will not, and the market value lost will still be in the billions.

After that, they adopted a wait-and-see attitude. This time, the two-day plunge caused nearly 10% of their net worth to evaporate. The loss exceeded the U.S. stock market. The combined losses of the two plunges added up to the market value of listed companies. The drop exceeded 10 billion.

What's even more ironic is that James Dowland is Zhao Dong's boss, and Arison also specifically asked Lindsay for advice last time, but neither of them listened to Zhao Dong and Lindsay's analysis of US stocks.

"James, is it possible to get the Storm's recruiting share from Mrs. Lindsay?" Arison asked.

Daolan shook his head and said: "Storm's recruitment has been completed. According to Feilong, Tianlong's recruitment is invitation-only. We have no chance to participate. We do not have the funds that Mrs. Lindsay needs and cannot meet her requirements."

"You didn't even get a chance?" Arison asked.

Daolan smiled bitterly and said: "I won't talk about the storm. It's the Quantum Fund. I'm not very interested. As for Tianlong Investment Bank's recruitment of funds this time, you should know a little bit about it, right?"

Arison nodded and said: "They are all from top consortiums."

At this point, the two of them were not interested in talking any more.

A first-class consortium must have at least a hundred billion US dollars. The top-level consortium is even larger in scale and has a certain say and influence in their respective industries. Their families are still not close to the first-class consortium.

In terms of capital scale, they did not meet the standard. And in terms of industry, one of them is in the cruise business and the other is in TV media. Neither of them is the industry capital that Tianlong Investment Bank needs for this recruitment. Not to mention that the capital scale is not reached, even if Even if they do, Lindsay won't extend an invitation to them.

However, the owner of the Spurs is more qualified than them. If the asset size meets the requirements, Lindsay may consider inviting him, because he builds tractors, and the technology of that thing is also good, and the engine is good.

At 8:10, both sides announced their starting lineup.

Heat: Luke Longley, Alonzo Mourning, Jamal Mashburn, Voshon Leonard, Tim Hardaway

Knicks: Zhao Dong, Fordson, Sprewell, Stackhouse, Ginobili

"Old Nelson still dared to use people and directly let rookie Manu Ginobili start." Zhang Li said with a smile in the CCTV live broadcast.

Lao Zhang's partner changed. Lao Sun had been commentating for two seasons. This time he stayed in Beijing and was replaced by Su Qun.

Su Qun has interviewed and reported on the NBA several times, but this is the first time he has served as a commentator in the front-line live broadcast room. He was full of excitement and nervousness. He smiled and said: "The three guards are all people who need the ball. I think One ball is not enough for the Knicks!"

Zhang Lili laughed and said: "When Zhao Dong is on the court, the ball must come to him first. What's not to do? The Knicks are not other teams. Zhao Dong has absolute control over the locker room. If someone wants to fight for the ball, , the result is either sitting on the bench or being traded."

Su Qun was startled and nodded in agreement.

The walls on both sides of the player tunnel have been re-decorated, with some patterns painted on them and some small light bulbs installed. They are no longer as dark as before.

Zhao Dong looked at the tough guy Mourning one meter away and recalled this guy's history. He knew that this was the last season for the opponent's super center. Starting from next season, Mourning's kidney would cause him to miss almost the entire season. From then on, Withdrew from the ranks of super centers.

Facing Zhao Dong's somewhat indifferent gaze, Mourning felt very hurt. He seemed to feel a kind of indifference from Zhao Dong's eyes. This was a kind of humiliation to him. He couldn't help but raise his chin high in this way. express his inner pride.

"Do you want your nostrils to be exposed to the sun? Isn't your neck tired?" Zhao Dong complained.

"Pfft!"

Several Knicks starters all laughed.

"What does it have to do with you?" Mourning blushed and said angrily.

Five minutes later, David Stern gave the Knicks his championship ring from last season.

"Haha...I am the championship!"

The one who laughed the most proudly was Barkley, holding his ring and laughing to the point of tears.

"Can you still wear it?" Looking at Buckley's fat fingers, Zhao Dong complained.

"Well……"

Buckley was startled. He tried it, and it was a bit tight, but he was eager to put on his ring. With force, he managed to get it in, but when he tried to pull it out, he was embarrassed.

"..."

He was a little dumbfounded and was trapped again.

"Ha ha……"

Zhao Dong and others laughed.

"I want to lose weight!"

Buckley shouted angrily.

At half past eight, the game started, Fordson jumped the ball and beat Mourning, and the Knicks attacked.

"Oh, Feilong has indeed entered the low post, and he will play inside this season. As a result, many teams in the league are relieved. They no longer have to face Feilong's terrifying impact and powerful outside fast break ability. "

Bill Walton laughed.

Zhao Dong faced Mourning, Fordson took Luke Longley out, and the other three outsiders were pulled to the three-point line, leaving only the two of them in the paint.

Zhao Dong, who had more advantages in tonnage and strength, did not take advantage of these two advantages, but took advantage of the greater dislocation advantage, which was movement speed.

Pulled out, dropped Mourning and then rushed in. At this time, the madman in possession of the ball passed the ball.

"boom!"

Flying to catch the ball, Zhao Dong faced the basket and launched a brutal one-arm dunk to the basket, igniting the flames of the 1999/00 season.

"Oh ho ho..."

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, the on-site commentator roared: "On the first goal of the season, Feilong and Madman hit a fierce alley-oop dunk!

With thunderous and ferocious dunks, when Rain Man gradually fell, Feilong was still showing the ferocity and explosiveness of the beast style.

Feilong is in charge of the Knicks' interior this season, and we look forward to seeing more brutal dunks like this! "

The Heat attacked, Xiaochong broke through and made a jump shot, hitting a mid-range shot.

Knicks offense.

Zhao Dong pulled out to catch the ball. At this time, Fordson, who was pulled out, started quickly, ditched the slow-moving Luke Longley, and entered the paint area.

"boom!"

The Heat's basket was knocked over again.

"Yeah, yeah... another alley-oop dunk, New York is about to become the city of alley-oops." The commentator roared excitedly again.

Looking back, Mourning caught the ball in the low post on the right wing. When he couldn't squeeze in, he forced a hook and was blocked by Zhao Dong's slap.

Ginobili rushed down and grabbed the ball, Madman and Stackhouse came down quickly, and the Knicks played an outside fast break in the defensive counterattack.

Ginobili made a long pass, and the madman received the ball. After getting to the basket, he pulled it to the left and passed it to Stackhouse on the right.

"boom!"

Stackhouse caught the ball and feinted a shot, passed Woshan Leonard, and hit the basket for a dunk.

"yeah!"

Three consecutive dunks in the opening game completely ignited the atmosphere in Madison Square Garden.

Looking back, Xiaochong assisted Woshan Leonard and made a shot.

Knicks offense.

Fordson pulled out and Luke Longley stopped following.

After Zhao Dong caught the ball in the low post on the left wing and attracted the defensive attention, he saw Ginobili back-cutting from the weak side and passed the ball.

"boom!"

Ginobili caught the ball and went to the basket in one step. He faced Luke Longley who was turning around and dunked him successfully.

"Beautiful! Today is the Knicks' first regular season game. This is a crazy rhythm!" Su Qun said in surprise at the CCTV live broadcast.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "The media believes that the Knicks' strength this season is not as good as last season. It is true that the Knicks have left many people, but we cannot simply think that the strength has declined.

Of course, you can't rely on these few goals to determine the strength of the Knicks. Eighty-two regular season games are long, so be slow to draw conclusions.

Of the three guards, we don't know Ginobili. According to his situation in Europe, he is good at breakthroughs and outside shooting, and his defense is also good. The Madman and Stackhouse have similar styles.

This season, the Knicks are very strong on the outside. I think so. Their outside shooting ability and breakthrough ability are stronger than in the previous two seasons. "

Looking back, the Heat's offense failed, and the Knicks once again played a fast break.

The three outsiders advanced into the frontcourt at the same time. Zhao Dong sent a long pass from the backcourt to Stackhouse in the middle.

Stackhouse caught the ball and drove to the basket. After attracting the defense, he passed it to the madman who followed up on the left wing. After receiving the ball, the madman made a motion to attack the basket, shake off the defender, and then hit a mid-range shot.

Bill Walton praised: "The Knicks got off to a great start. Feilong and Fordson teamed up in the paint to beat Mourning and Luke Langley. The three outside lines also performed outstandingly and have strong breakthrough and fast break capabilities. And very good scoring ability.”

"Constant performance is also needed."

Matt said: "The three outsiders are all offensive guards, and they all need the ball. I think one or two of them should learn to play without the ball, or one should enter the substitute lineup to make up for the Knicks bench. of weakness."

Bill Walton nodded and said: "Indeed, we see that on the Knicks' bench, there are two veterans, Barkley and Willis, and Gary Trent on the inside, but they are very poor on the outside and forward, and there are no useful people. Far inferior to previous seasons, the Knicks still need to strengthen the construction of the bench."

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