Reinventing the Millennium.

Lehman's stock price has been stable recently.

Although Fang Zhuo shorted the investment bank in a fair manner, he didn't pay attention to it.

It's just that since I have the opportunity, I don't mind helping out with my spirit.

Lehman is an undoubted investment banking giant. It is a familiar way to use high leverage to pursue profits. It is also very tricky to issue commercial mortgage bonds CMBS after the problems of MBS and CDO.

However, commercial mortgage bond CMBS also has a shortcoming that is usually not considered a shortcoming. The market for commercial real estate is too small.

Compared with the vastness of the residential market, the commercial real estate that Lehman wants to reproduce is a market that can easily feel hot and cold.

A problem with the former is like pouring a pot of cold water into another pot of hot water, while the latter is pouring a pot of cold water into a cup.

Even if Lehman's acquisitions cost more than US$200 billion this time, the financial game formed by using commercial real estate is prone to overcooling and sudden death.

Fang Zhuo roughly had a clearer outline of Lehman's death method. It is estimated that subprime debt + commercial real estate + opponent's upgrade referee times could make such a giant investment bank collapse.

One day later, while the Rockets still had time for the second round of the playoffs, Fang Zhuo called a few friends and sincerely invited them to watch the game at home in the next few days.

The Rockets' second-round opponent has just been determined to be the Mavericks.

The Mavericks ranked first in the regular season this season, but they played six games against the eighth-ranked Clippers in the first round. They still narrowly won by 2 points in the sixth game and were almost dragged into the tiebreaker.

The Rockets and the Mavericks are in Texas, and they have been old rivals for the past few years.

When Fang Zhuo called Xiao Ao, Xiao Ao knew that the Rockets were going to play the No. [-] team in the regular season this round, so he still euphemistically refused.

It's not safe, it's not safe, let's be a fan on the phone.

Fang Zhuo expected this.

However, his boss actually has a psychological advantage over the Mavericks. If I remember correctly, the Mavericks were very good in history and ranked first in the regular season, but they were defeated by the eighth-ranked Warriors in the first round of the playoffs. It was overthrown and became the famous "Black Eight".

Coincidentally, the team coach of the Warriors who created Black Eight history is the current old Nelson of the Rockets.

Nelson spent six years personally training the ace player of the Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki, and he knows the latter well.

Fang Zhuo felt that he was fanning his wings so that the Mavericks could avoid being nailed to the shame frame of "Black Eight". It should be acceptable to both of them to charge interest in the second round.

After being rejected by Xiao Ao, he called Summers of the New York Institute.

Summers, an economist with a deep administrative background, was not interested in basketball and also declined the invitation.

But Fang Zhuo took advantage of the opportunity to chat with Summers about the research report on dystocia by NYE.

Originally, Summers was very enthusiastic about conducting research on the current financial securities market in the United States in the name of NYE. However, this field is constantly undergoing strong changes, and it is difficult for even him to give a definite direction.

The report was delayed.

Fang Zhuo gave him a new idea.

It’s hard to write such a big proposition, why don’t we try to write about Lehman’s commercial real estate acquisition?

Let the NYE, an objective and independent third party, study the research situation, and see when it is appropriate to release the report after a while.

Summers is still not interested. What he wants to do is research on social economy. What is there to write about an ordinary acquisition case?

However, considering Mr. Fang's support for the New York Economics Institute, he agreed to let his subordinates analyze and analyze the business operations here.

Fang Zhuo thinks it is feasible, anyone can come, even if it is a Harvard student, as long as the general direction is right and Summers endorses it, they can find the media to fuel the flames.

On May 5, the second-round match between the Rockets and the Mavericks began at the latter's home stadium, the United Airlines Center.

Because they are old rivals, because the Rockets stepped on the Mavericks to advance in the past two years, and because the Mavericks, Rockets, and Spurs are known as the "Texas Three", the atmosphere of the playoffs at the United Airlines Center Arena is quite strong. .

When Fang Zhuo was sitting in the auditorium and was captured by the camera and appeared on the big screen at the scene, there were boos in the arena.

Although the owner of the Rockets does not often play games with the team, the past three years have left a deep impression on the fans.

The Rockets formed the Trident.

Who is holding this trident?

Compared with the quiet head coach Nelson off the court, Fang Zhuo, the boss who often stirs up public opinion, has more presence.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Yao Ming successfully jumped to the ball.

"Brother Fang, do you think this game will be a good one?" Jay Chou, who was sitting next to him, has been playing with the team for quite some time, and now he is really facing the Mavericks, who are number one in the regular season, his palms are sweaty.

"It's easy to fight." Fang Zhuo said firmly.

really……

Four quarters are over.

The Rockets lost by 9 points.

Jay Chou rubbed his face: "Brother Fang, didn't you say it's easy to fight?"

Fang Zhuo's face was serious: "It seems that I may be wrong?"

Jay Chou suspected that Brother Fang had been joking with him from the beginning.

And the Mavericks' local sports media has come over to interview with a smile on their hands.

"Fang, do you still have confidence in the Rockets winning three consecutive championships?"

Fang Zhuo replied with the customary two words.

The reporter asked again: "Then do you still have confidence that the Rockets will surpass the Mavericks who are the number one in the regular season?"

The problem is actually ridicule. If you have confidence in the championship, of course you also have the confidence to cross the Mavericks.

Fang Zhuo was not angry, but just smiled: "Of course."

Jay Chou, who was on the sidelines, noticed that Fang Ge took his hand out of his pocket, and felt that he also had complicated emotions in his heart.

The second game after a two-day interval is still at the United Airlines Center Arena.

In the start of the game, pure booing didn't seem to be enough. When the Mavericks were still leading in the first quarter, there was a "Beat Hou" shout from the audience in the arena, and the wave was higher than the wave.

In a venue with 2 people, if you sit in the front row and look back, you will see Wuyang Wuyang's head, and these 2 people shouted a word at the same time, which really feels like a landslide and tsunami.

Jay Chou suddenly had inspiration for a new song in this environment.

In this situation, Fang Zhuo was aroused fiercely. Watching Carter hesitate to deal with an open ball on the field, he jumped up from his seat and roared.

"Vote, vote! Carter, you vote!"

"I'd rather you miss the ball than take 24 seconds as an example!"

Carter is a star player, and this year he decided not to renew his contract in advance, but to test the free market.

He was originally annoyed by the loss in the first game and the lag in this quarter, but now he heard laymen pointing and pointing, even when facing the boss, he gave a gesture of handing the ball when he got the ball.

——I'm playing, don't BB, come if you have the ability!

Fang Zhuo, who had just sat down for a while, looked at this scene without any fear. He pulled off his shirt and was about to do warm-up exercises.

Carter was amused, especially when he saw the T-shirt under the boss's shirt, with the letters "Why not" on the front.

He decisively made a three-pointer, and when he passed by the audience, he said: "Boss, you should have exposed your T-shirt earlier, and we have won earlier."

Fang Zhuo sat down again angrily.

The small tidbits were broadcast live by the camera and captured on the big screen at the scene.

The voice of "Beat Hou" at home was even louder, but the mentality of many Rockets players relaxed again strangely.

From the second quarter on, every time the Rockets scored a goal, Fang Zhuo was bound to pull his T-shirt and yell "Why not".

The voice of the Mavericks at home is so overwhelming, the response of the Rockets boss is so weak.

However, the situation on the court gradually changed.

At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets and the Mavericks tied.

In the third quarter, the Rockets took the lead, and in the fourth quarter, the Rockets maintained a slight advantage until the whistle sounded to announce the end of the game.

"Wuhu, we won!" Jay Chou waved his hands in celebration, his voice was already hoarse, and he couldn't help shouting with enthusiasm.

This feeling of fighting against tens of thousands of spectators alone at the opponent's home court is both tragic and enjoyable!

"Well, the next is the home game. I think the defense against Nowitzki is quite effective, and I hope it will continue in the future." Fang Zhuo said.

Jay Chou nodded, and suddenly said in surprise: "Brother Fang, your voice is still not hoarse? You shouted so loudly!"

Fang Zhuo took out throat lozenges from his pocket and threw them to Jay Chou: "Of course you have to protect your throat when you shout. You can shout, but you can't shout nonsense."

Jay Chou: "..."

The sense of tragedy seems to have been weakened a bit.

But the taste of victory is not bad.

Fang Zhuo was not interviewed by the local media after the game, but his watching performances were all broadcast live on TV.

On May 5, the third game of the Rockets VS Mavericks.

This game moved to the Rockets' home court. When the live TV signal was connected, all the spectators who watched the game saw the red ocean of the Rockets' home court.

The Rockets prepared uniform T-shirts for the home crowd.

It was the one worn by the team owner in the second game. Nearly [-] spectators had "Why not" printed on their chests, and they were all gearing up to show the Mavericks who bullied their own team owner what a devil's home game is.

In the first quarter of the game, in addition to the words "Defence" and "Let's go Rockets" that the fans routinely yelled, some spectators also yelled "Why not", but this sentence was stopped by Boss Fang who put his index finger on his mouth in the camera.

Shh, no no no, don't shout.

Although a little puzzled, the audience did not continue.

However, when the Rockets led by five points in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter of Game 5, Fang Zhuo stuffed two lozenges and stood up.

Whenever the opponent misses a ball, he leads the audience to ask "Why".

Whenever the opponent missed a goal, he led the audience to shout "Not".

At the last whistle, Fang Zhuocai led the home fans to shout "Why not" and "Why not" together. For a while, even the normal post-match interview could not be carried out.

Fang Zhuo stopped shouting, but the home fans were still reluctant to disperse.

Two consecutive championships + the haze of injuries this season + the team owner Why not rushing to the championship, the outside world is questioned and ridiculed, Houston and the home fans have been united.

"Brother Fang, it's 2:1." Jay Chou was delighted.

Fang Zhuo was also very happy: "Yeah, it looks like we can win, um, the surrounding area of ​​the team is also very profitable."

There is no conflict between winning and making money. On the way to the third championship, the team has the most influential team culture in the past three years, full of seats + public opinion topics + peripheral sales.

At the end of the game, Fang Zhuo quickly ended the immersive experience and received the optimized Yike Mars again.

And, there is also a capacitive screen touch-screen mobile phone sold by LG in South Korea.

LG's mobile phone is a joint name with the fashion brand Prada. It is to play fashion and make light luxury taste. In addition to the touch screen, it can only run simple JAVA programs.

In Fang Zhuo's view, this is because he didn't want to make a good mobile phone, and it was not sold in the United States. It was only sent to the boss as an example of Yike's market research.

On May 5, the fourth game started.

Fang Zhuo was shouting vigorously in the first quarter, when his secretary Liu Zonghong quietly came to the front row to report the latest news from Silicon Valley.

"Mr. Fang, Director Xu said that he has found a company that can help solve the battery problem and wants to acquire it."

Fang Zhuo was stunned: "Acquisition again? What about the company information? Let him send a complete copy, I'll take a look first and then think about it."

Liu Zonghong took the order and left.

Only before the end of the fourth quarter, Liu Zonghong interrupted Mr. Fang's immersive refueling again.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, Director Xu said that Apple may also want to acquire this company."

Fang Zhuo stopped waving the Rockets team flag, moved his hands, and couldn't laugh or cry: "What does this mean? Teacher Xu has gone bad."

He murmured amidst the cheers of the audience: "You asked Silicon Valley to prepare a conference call, and called Mr. Yu and the others to attend the discussion at night. As far as I know, the abnormal battery problem is also related to the system. I need Silicon Valley Give me a strong acquisition case I can understand."

Mr. Xu can't just buy it as soon as he says it will be bought, anyway, he has to struggle.

Liu Zonghong once again took orders to retreat.

The game ended with the Rockets winning, and Mr. Fang was still thinking about new acquisitions.

Rockets 3:1 Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki seems to be limited success.

This surprised many experts who were not optimistic about the Rockets before the game.

After the game, the owner of the Mavericks, Cuban, has begun to complain about the arrangement of the game system. He thinks that the 2-3-2 playoff schedule is unreasonable. He obviously has the home field advantage, but the opponent actually enjoys 3 home games in the middle, which makes the situation difficult. .

In particular, the Rockets' home atmosphere is too devilish.

Fang Zhuo was interviewed after the team took the lead, but he was much more humble: "Regardless of success or failure, the tenacity of the Rockets is a display of sportsmanship. Our Why not is not that we are sure that we will win, but that we will always have a champion." heart of."

"Why not?"

"Yes, we can!"

Fang Zhuo uttered a declaration of Xiao Ao's preparation for the election.

These two sentences go very well together and are very suitable to say together.

It would be best if the two of you can talk together during the finals.

It's not hubris, it's sportsmanship.

Success or failure, never underestimate the heart of a champion.

On May 5, under the command of head coach Nelson, the Rockets successfully continued the restrictions on the core of the Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki, and advanced to the Western Conference Finals with an unexpected score of 23:4.

On this day, in the UEFA Champions League final held at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, AC Milan players shouted "Why not" after scoring a goal, which broke the championship spirit.

Fang Zhuo launched the media promotion while thinking that if he won the championship in June, it seemed okay to use this sentence as the theme or part of the theme of the subsequent Yike press conference.