Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 689
On the last day of September, ICBC submitted a new strategic cooperation plan.

According to the normal process, the ICBC will sign a strategic investment and cooperation agreement with the two consortiums, and then it will be to see if the agreement can be reviewed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

Of course, the process belongs to the process. Generally, the internal research and decision have already been made, and the signed agreement can only wait for execution-this is the case with the Bank of China.

The meaning of ICBC here is to wait until the leader's opinion is released, and several parties will attend the signing and press conference together to finalize the cooperation.

However, Fang Zhuo and President Jiang had a small communication and proposed to downplay the "MIGA Fund" as much as possible. At that time, it would be better to highlight Deutsche Bank's status and business level in Europe.

President Jiang was a little surprised by Mr. Fang's low-key style at this time, but his goal of checking and balancing Goldman Sachs has been achieved. Since there will be no problem with funding, there will be no problem if there is a tendency to focus on publicity.

On October [-]st, the National Day holiday begins.

Fang Zhuo gave himself two days off.

He has to wait for ICBC's proposal, Goldman Sachs' action against Merrill Lynch, the latest report on the arrival of e-buy executives in Beijing, and the cash out of stocks that comply with US SEC regulations.

These all take time and processes.

So, taking advantage of this waiting opportunity, Fang Zhuo recorded the sports program that he promised Yao Ming earlier.

The Rockets won the championship this season with the new group of Tridents, which made the domestic sports media and fans cheered. The reports on Yao Ming were not limited to the sports category, even the news at [-] o'clock in the evening. .

As a team owner and a well-known figure in the domestic business community, Fang Zhuo was also mentioned in the news.

However, what made him feel a little embarrassed was that the news broadcast at [-] o'clock in the evening did not know whether it was intentional or not, and the scene of him scolding the referee during the finals was shown.

Although it's just a picture and no sound, everyone can easily see the mouth shape of this national quintessence.

Fang Zhuo felt in his heart that it affected his personal image to some extent.

On the evening of the 2nd, during the recording of CCTV's 5th program, Fang Zhuo and Yao Ming were interviewed together, mainly talking about the Rockets' performance this year and their future prospects. During this process, they would inevitably be asked about the final game of the Finals.

"Boss Fang, the media colleagues in the United States released your call to the player Nazr Mohammed last month, saying that the Pistons were stolen from the championship. What do you think of this?" The host mentioned Arena clashes in time of life and death.

At that time, Yao Ming was injured by a malicious foul. The team owner shouted at the backup center who was on the field, and then it was Nazr who responded to the Pistons player with a fierce foul.

Such a foul led to a conflict on the court. Both Nazl and the opponent's main player Ben were ejected from the field. In the end, the Rockets successfully won the game.

Last month, the US media conducted a review and released the content of the Rockets boss's call-"Nazir, did you see how they treated Yao? Did you see it? Did you see it?"

This was regarded as an extremely obvious hint by the American media, and it was quite verbal and verbal, aggrieved for the Pistons.

Fang Zhuo heard about the host's introduction before he knew there was another situation. He was busy with work all day and didn't pay attention to sports at all after returning to China. Now it sounds quite surprising.

He responded nonchalantly: "The league didn't say anything, the referee didn't say anything, just like the Pistons fouled Dayao in that game. Fouls and conflicts are part of the game. The championship trophy has been brought back. Now we are talking about it." It's boring to steal or not."

"Our own people often say 'the king loses the king', and this is the case in competitive sports."

"I hope Dayao can get more honors by taking advantage of the good team lineup."

"Speaking of which, Dayao should protect his body more during the offseason. His level is at the highest level in the world, and he should not be wasted on some low-level competitions. More opportunities should be reserved for domestic players."

Fang Zhuo had a chat with Yao Ming before recording the show, and he knew that after returning to China, he devoted himself to the preparations for the Men's Basketball Asian Championships without much rest. There is nothing to say about such events, but other small events should be avoided as much as possible.

The host did not expect Boss Fang to change the topic to the use of Yao Ming in domestic competitions, so he quickly took a sloppy eye and talked about his expectations for the future again.

Because the league's salary cap for the new season has been released, it is $600 million higher than originally predicted, which gives the Rockets, the defending champion, more room to operate and continue to maintain first-class competitiveness.

Fang Zhuo was a lot more relaxed talking about sports in front of the camera. As the boss who knows the most about football, he talked about first-hand information. Some of the views based on the management level were unknown to Yao Ming. Hear it with gusto.

When the recording was over, Fang Zhuo invited the host, guests, Yao Ming and others to have supper together, and chatted about the offseason issue that he mentioned in the middle of the show.

"The Asian Championships will win glory for the country. I definitely want to participate, but I don't want to participate in the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup."

Fang Zhuo called the names more clearly.

Yang Yi, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Basketball Pioneer News" is a guest on today's program. Hearing this sentence, he said with a smile: "This tournament has just been held this year, and the intensity is not high. Dayao can't participate this year because of the playoffs and the Asian Championships. , our team only finished fourth this time, and I heard that some leaders think it’s a shame, and I’m afraid we’ll let Dayao play next year.”

The Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup was established in 05. Only 6 teams were invited to participate. This year's champion is Lithuania.

Fang Zhuo shrugged, looked at Yao Ming, and asked, "Are you going to participate next year?"

Yao Ming pondered for a second and heard the boss continue talking before he had a clue.

"Okay, no matter what your answer is now, what I mean is very clear. There is no need to participate in such a game. This matter will be communicated between the team and the country. I will bear the pressure of the leaders." Fang Zhuo immediately made a decision .

Several hosts and commentators in the sports circle looked at each other, and according to the pissing nature of sports leaders... I am afraid they will call Dayao to play.

But in fact, they also think that small events do not need to consume Yao. This year, they have already played in the Doha Asian Championships. In 06, they took a rest. I'm afraid the lineup will have to play a lot of playoffs, and Dayao's body needs to be paid attention to.

It still depends on whether Fang can protect Dayao.

When they thought about it this way, they felt relieved. After the Rockets changed hands, gossip about the new owner would appear in the sports circle after dinner. There is no doubt that Fang always has energy.

Since Mr. Fang has spoken, next year it is designated to take a good rest and see if he can take advantage of the golden period of the team to add more honors.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the supper ends.

Before Fang Zhuo got out of the car and entered the hotel, he received a call from Paulson.

"Fang, it's half done." Paulson said, "One hedge fund has basically negotiated with Merrill Lynch, and the other one is still in preparation."

Fang Zhuo was surprised, so fast?This is too efficient, right?
Or, Merrill Lynch changed hands too eagerly.

From this point of view, did Merrill Lynch intend to be a second-hand dealer from the very beginning?

Fang Zhuo's thoughts flickered, and he said, "I'm looking for a hedge fund, that's really... deserved."

Sure enough, Paulson was alive and well, and he actually drove hedge funds to take over Merrill Lynch.

Hedge funds are a type of private securities investment funds, which eliminate systemic risks by hedging long and short positions, so as to obtain absolute returns.

Domestic banks will definitely not welcome highly speculative hedge funds, which will neither help IPO nor improve banking business.

It can be said that once a hedge fund becomes a strategic investor of the Bank of China, it must be a major scandal for it and the domestic and even international banking industry.

(End of this chapter)