Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 637 Step by Step (Two in One)

The tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals ended with a three-pointer.

This makes the audience feel very exciting and enjoyable.

Fans other than the Spurs may have some regrets. After all, their top star Duncan even faced a tough inside lineup with Yao Ming + Kurt Thomas + Nazr Mohamed. Still got the dazzling data of 25+14 .

After all, there is only one three-pointer away from the final victory.

But the game is like this, the result is set, it can only be repeated next year.

As the Rockets rushed out of the West and joined the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, this nationally broadcast tie-break has sparked heated discussions in the sports circle. Many media are discussing this year's championship and the future of the Rockets.

Time Warner's sports media ESPN hastened to cover the issue.

The cover photo is a bird's-eye view of the Spurs Arena, the shocked audience, the frustrated Spurs players, the celebrating Rockets players and the East owner taking off his hat.

The report title of this issue is extremely straightforward-the Eastern boss and his Rockets who took off their hats.

"The Rockets rushed out of the West, which may be a relief to the league executives."

"Otherwise, this year's finals will be a defensive battle between the Spurs and the Pistons, and the ratings will be a big problem."

"Compared to the modest trio of Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker that the low-key Spurs have, who wouldn't want to see the trident of All-Star ticket king Carter, Eastern Great Wall Yao Ming, and elegant Nash?"

"What's more, the Rockets also have a young boss who can rejuvenate."

"This year, we've heard him say 'I'm already thinking about my opponent in the Western Conference Finals.'"

"However, the moment a wild word is put into practice, it becomes a big word."

"According to insiders close to the Rockets' top management, Fang Zhuo, the boss, is not only satisfied with his status as a boss, he is also participating in team building at a deeper level."

"Decided on the introduction of Nash, traded Carter with the team's three starters (including an All-Star guard), replaced the prestigious coach Van Gundy, and personally invited Nelson to coach the Rockets."

"Different from Fang Zhuo's funny image in the league last season, his reform and construction of the team this year is obviously fruitful."

"Who was the last team owner to intervene in team affairs like this?"

"Is it Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks who is not considered by Fang Zhuo in the second round?"

"Or did Buss, the owner of the Lakers, build one of the most successful and closely watched teams in the NBA?"

"If the Rockets win the third championship in team history this year, Yao Ming may start chasing the predecessor superstar Olajuwon, Carter may match his fame and honor, and Nash may let the owner of the Mavericks who did not give him a contract Cuban regrets it immensely, and..."

"Fang Zhuo will neither become the second Cuban and Bass, nor will he become the Rockets' Fang Zhuo."

ESPN praised the Rockets' Eastern boss at length, ignoring that the same thing was also used to accuse Fang Zhuo of brutally interfering in team operations in the middle of the season.

Some media discussed the Rockets' lineup.

In this round of collision in the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs and Rockets basically played with seven or eight players on the court.

In addition to the Trident, the Rockets traded Kurt Thomas and Nazr Mohammed this year have played a big role. Both of them are very durable and tough in defense. The former can also provide a relatively stable mid-range The latter is to replace Yao Ming to guard the basket for a certain period of time.

"The Rockets' opponent in the Finals is the defending champion Pistons."

"The Pistons broke up the F4 of the Lakers last year, and this year they are facing the Trident of the Rockets, but this trident is not like the F4 full of contradictions. Their desire for the championship has broken through the mighty Spurs."

"Can Chauncey lock Nash to the team when he's guarding him, can Hamilton and Prince block Carter's front line, can Big Ben and Rasheed give another big man Yao Ming a hard time standing in front of him? ?”

"These are the highlights of this finals."

"It is worth mentioning that Fang Zhuo, the owner of the Rockets, has been dubbed a 'hat-taker'. I don't know if he can continue to win the Spurs."

"In addition to paying attention to this finals, the situation of the Rockets next season is also worth analyzing."

"Nash is the first year of a 6-year 6300 million contract this year, with an annual salary of 875 million US dollars, and next year it will be 963 million."

"Carter's contract was originally signed with the Raptors for 6 years and 8800 million U.S. dollars. It will end in 07 and this year will be 1466 million U.S. dollars."

"And Kurt Thomas is 588 million this year, and Nazr Mohammed is 525 million this year. The big man in the Trident, Yao Ming is in the last year of his rookie contract this year, and his annual salary is 559 million US dollars."

"It is precisely because of Yao Ming's cheap contract that the Rockets have formed this extremely impactful lineup."

"Yao Ming will definitely renew his expensive contract with the Rockets next year. Considering that the league's salary cap this year is 4387 million US dollars, which is only slightly higher than last year's 4384 million, the salary cap next season will most likely make the Rockets face a severe challenge. lineup problem."

"If the Rockets can't win the championship this year, I'm afraid it won't be easy for them to make it out of the West next year."

"After all, the stable and old-fashioned Spurs just lost to that three-pointer."

"God comes down to the pitch in a jersey occasionally, but not always."

There is a three-day break between the Western Conference Finals and the Finals.

These three days are the time for various media to interview coaches and players and quote information from sources.

Fang Zhuo, who came to participate in the tiebreaker, contributed an impressive off-court performance in the auditorium, and then he did not refuse the interviews of the media, and analyzed the confrontation between the Rockets and the Pistons with eloquence.

For a while, the Rockets players had a subtle feeling of "we play the ball, and you are forced to pretend".

But with a boss like this, the pressure of public opinion is taken away a lot.

The coaching staff and players are preparing for the game with peace of mind. The Rockets have home court advantage in the finals, which is good news.

Fang Zhuo, on the other hand, is active in the media, with the intention of being the "team owner who knows the ball best".

On the night of June 6th, the Rockets and Pistons played the first game at home in Houston. This time, Fang Zhuo did not watch the game alone. Jay Chou, who likes basketball, flew over from China to have a close-up view of the game.

Just as Boss Fang and his Rockets were making their way to the third championship in team history, a piece of news involving a domestic semiconductor company suddenly appeared in the latest issue of Huaxia Securities News.

Most of the news is about the trend after the end of the dispute between SMIC and Taiji. Although the former was reconciled with a huge amount of compensation, considering the unprecedented development speed of SMIC and the support it has received from all aspects, the stock market is still based on the price. Pick up to show confidence in it.

This is also a rare situation since SMIC went public.

At the end of the news, this article from the "Huaxia Securities Journal", which has reported on Yike for many times, lightly mentioned the possible cooperation and negotiation between Zhongxin and Bingxin.

As for what exactly is the cooperation and what kind of negotiations are going on, the reporter did not write.

Such cooperation between enterprises is too normal.

Normally, when the Rockets won the first game and even played the second game, the reports did not make any waves.

As a result, the "China Securities Journal" went into battle for the second time, citing sources who broke the news and mentioned that SMIC and Bingxin may be negotiating some kind of in-depth cooperation.

Such vague reports still did not attract the desired movement.

However, Xiong Xiaoge, president of IDG Huaxia, who is in the capital and has the habit of reading "Huaxia Securities Journal", still saw the content this time.

If there is something good on the top, it will be great on the bottom.

IDG offices generally have the habit of reading this newspaper.

At noon that day, Xiong Xiaoge, who thought that Quan hadn't seen the report, was reminded of this matter by his subordinate investment manager Mu Feifei.

"Mr. Xiong, there seems to be some cooperation between SMIC and Bingxin recently." Mu Feifei remembered to say it when he followed them downstairs for dinner.

Xiong Xiaoge sighed inwardly, and said calmly, "Oh? Really?"

Mu Feifei knew that Boss Xiong was always concerned about Mr. Fang's news, so he took out today's newspaper from his bag like a treasure, and said with a smile: "Yes, I read that the securities newspaper has a good nose and eyes, but I don't know what kind of cooperation it is."

Xiong Xiaoge was a little helpless, and after eating two mouthfuls of food, he said: "Everyone else went to watch his team's game, and this is still going on."

Mu Feifei sensed the mood of the boss, and guessed: "Mr. Xiong, do you know about this cooperation?"

Xiong Xiaoge's heart trembled, he adjusted for two seconds, took the newspaper, looked at it carefully, shook his head and said, "I don't know, Mr. Fang is not the one who will talk to me about work, SMIC finally got rid of the haze, and there is a bit of cooperation and mutual benefit The movements are also normal, Feifei, just keep an eye on this matter."

"Okay, let me see if there is anything good." After hearing this, Mu Feifei nodded happily without doubting it.

Xiong Xiaoge returned the newspaper, ate two mouthfuls of food silently, got up and said, "I'm going upstairs first, you guys eat."

Mu Feifei looked at the back of Boss Xiong leaving, and said a little strangely: "What's going on? Boss Xiong is not in a good mood today."

The person next to him responded casually: "Who knows, maybe he regretted not investing in that Android company together."

Mu Feifei nodded thoughtfully. She knew about Mr. Xiong's trip to the United States. However, after investing money in Quora, the Android company was jointly acquired by Google, Yike, and Sony, which seemed to be different. potential.

Two days later, when the Rockets and Pistons tied 1:1 in the Finals, Mu Feifei hurried into the CEO's office and found Boss Xiong.

"Mr. Xiong, Mr. Xiong, the cooperation between SMIC and Bingxin reported by the "Huaxia Securities Journal" two days ago may not be small." She reported seriously, "From last night to today, Sohu Caijing quoted two news articles from the Securities News, and also claimed that the cooperation between the two may be an equity cooperation, and maybe SMIC will marry Bingxin.”

Mu Feifei looked eager.

Xiong Xiaoge stared at the investment manager in front of him, and suddenly asked suspiciously: "Feifei, is Mr. Fang in contact with you?"

"Ah?" Mu Feifei was puzzled.

Xiong Xiaoge waved his hand: "It's okay, I mean, you didn't think to ask him directly what is the cooperation between Ice Core and SMIC?"

Mu Feifei smiled and said, "Then I have to wait for Mr. Xiong to give me a promotion."

She is just a small investment manager, and she doesn't even have Mr. Fang's phone number, so what can she use to ask the person directly.

"Okay, I get it, guessing is meaningless, I'll ask him when I'm free." Xiong Xiaoge said, "Go and do your work."

In fact, Mu Feifei was not busy, so she said goodbye: "Okay, Mr. Xiong."

When she was about to walk out of the CEO's office, she suddenly heard Boss Xiong's emotional voice - "The pear blossoms are pale and the willows are deep green, and the catkins are flying all over the city."

Strange, how did Boss Xiong become a poet?

Mu Feifei knew the remaining two sentences, and was melancholy that a snow plant in the east column made life so clear.

What's the matter, boss?sentimental.

Have a family conflict?

Mu Feifei gave birth to such a guess.

And when the subordinate left the office, Xiong Xiaoge re-read the reports from Sohu Finance and Economics several times by himself, fishing, fishing, Fang Zhuo is in Houston, and he has never forgotten the fish in China!
Even the bait was dropped!

At the beginning, it was rumored that cooperation was mentioned, and then it was said that this kind of cooperation is deep-seated, and now it involves equity... It must be noticed by interested people, right!

Xiong Xiaoge thought of Fang Zhuo, who was watching the football outside in style, and was a little annoyed.

However, he didn't get angry for long, and in the evening, he received a call from Deutsche Bank Zhang Hongli.

The two of them don't have much communication in normal times, and it's just passable to occasionally meet in public places such as industry conferences.

During this phone call, Zhang Hongli exchanged pleasantries for a while, and finally, as Xiong Xiaoge expected, he talked about the ice core that he invested together last time.

"Mr. Xiong, I heard that SMIC and Bingxin will cooperate. I wonder if you have heard of it?" Zhang Hongli asked.

"What does it mean to have cooperation? Aren't they already cooperating? I heard that this time the mass production of ice cores will be done with the help of SMIC." Xiong Xiaoge said with a smile, "Just call Mr. Fang and ask. "

Zhang Hongli laughed: "I just happened to be sitting in the office and saw such a report on the Internet, so it's not worth making a fuss to find Mr. Fang."

Xiong Xiaoge evaded, "I guess it's not a big cooperation, I haven't heard of it."

Zhang Hongli didn't say he believed it, nor did he say he didn't believe it. After a haha, he talked a few words about the development of the domestic economy, and then ended the call.

From the perspective of shareholders, Deutsche Bank and IDG belong to the same interests. If Mr. Xiong is not clear about it, it may be that it is really "not a big cooperation".

The news about the ice core was quickly submerged in the fast-changing portals, and the "Huaxia Securities Journal" was silent, as if nothing surprising would happen at all.

However, when the Rockets and the Pistons drew 2:2 again, several shareholders of Ice Core, including IDG, received notices from the company.

The content is only one, asking the major shareholder institutions whether they want to honor the gambling contract signed with Bingxin last year in advance.

This is a measure that Fang Zhuo put forward in order to stabilize the morale of the army. The minimum guarantee for the shareholders who pay is to promise a 50% increase in capital value within five years.

Now, Bingxin proposed to fulfill the promise ahead of schedule.

Zhang Hongli of Deutsche Bank didn't know what happened to the others. Anyway, when he received such a procedural inquiry, he suddenly thought of the news broke that he had read before, and felt his scalp tingle!
cooperate?Deep cooperation?Equity cooperation?

What is Fang Zhuo going to do?
Is he trying to escape the golden cicada?

(End of this chapter)