Basketball: The Chosen Victim

That night, Jamie Foxx sent someone to deliver the statuette and the trumpet to the hotel where the Cavaliers stayed.

And it was none other than Hai Empress Ai Meibo.

"Why did Jamie ask you to send these over?"

Wu Di was a little dazed when he opened the door of the room, especially after Ai Meibo handed him the things, he still wanted to enter the room.

"Because I'm more dangerous?"

Amber raised her head and licked her bright lips with a sneer.

Her light brown curly hair was as smooth as satin, and her skin was so soft that it was about to squeeze out water, but her voice had a very wild feeling, which was indeed both charming and dangerous.

"Haha, let her come in, Di, I asked her to get it..."

Megan's voice came from behind, and Wu Di had no choice but to open the door to let Amber into the room.

Amber wore only a pair of very short denim shorts on her lower body today. Her straight and well-proportioned beautiful legs are particularly attractive, and they are as white as wearing matte white silk, which makes people want to pinch them. Oversized coat in pink plush texture.

Wu Di can't tell what it feels like to match this set, but it is indeed different from the young lady who played poker before him.

Megan walked out of the bathroom in a bathrobe and hooked Wu Di:

"What are you still doing in a daze? Three people can also play cards!"

Wu Di was a little speechless, but seeing that the two had begun to share their poker toys, he was obviously prepared, and he could only accept the fate of being used as a bargaining chip...

Landlords, Tractor, Blackjack, Net Bridge, Zha Jin Hua, Texas Hold'em, Classic Red Wolf, Thor, Bi Size, etc. After a happy game of cards, Wu Di learned a few more from Amber. A new way to play poker.

Playing cards with three people is indeed more interesting than playing cards with two people, but Ai Meibo's off-court deeds are really hard to describe.

In order to prevent Megan from continuing to invite Amber to play cards in the future, Wu Di lost all chips to Megan.

Amber also wanted to win, but Wu Di had already lost everything, so he had to give up.

At dawn, Wu Di got up again to pack his things, and was going to take the team's special plane back to Cleveland.

Back home, the manor has basically been renovated according to Wu Di's ideas.

On the left side of the original Spanish-style big house, a Chinese-style hot spring palace complex was added, adding 10 bedroom suites, as well as exhibition halls, audio-visual halls, conference halls, banquet halls, cigar rooms, wine cellars, etc.

At the back, a giant constant-temperature indoor sports field was added, including a basketball court with wooden floors for the NBA Finals, a luxurious gym, a multi-functional massage room, and a sauna room.

The yard has also been remodeled. The layout of the three standard golf holes has been re-adjusted to make the landscape more reasonable. A standard-sized outdoor basketball court and a party barbecue site have been newly built on the highlands by Lake Erie.

The underground exhibition garage has also been built, with 360 parking spaces, enough for Wu Di to fill all kinds of car collections.

The manor has also upgraded its security facilities, including monitoring without dead ends, an alarm line to prevent electronic interference, a sentry post where sniper rifles can be set up, emergency passages leading to Lake Erie, and capsule submarines.

Such expenses, regardless of the cost, cost a total of almost 1230 million US dollars, which is more than 8000 million yuan, which is enough to buy a brand new yacht.

It sounds expensive, but it is not as good as the evaluation price of a pair of Cézanne's famous painting "The Card Players" sent by Ariana.

It is said that this painting alone has an estimated value of more than 1500 million US dollars. The key is the estimated value of the last century...

It can only be said that the top art collection is really not something ordinary people can afford.

But having said that, although the decoration uses high-standard environmentally friendly materials, which have reached the standard for direct occupancy, as Chinese people, Wu Di and Wu Ma feel that the room should be ventilated.

So Wu Di has been living on the yacht Truth these days.

"Di, your idea of ​​betting against Jamie Foxx two days ago was great. After this wave of public opinion, the number of Instagram users has exceeded 6000 million, and the benchmark business case has been built..."

Ariana reports to him on the commercialization of Instagram.

The current benchmark business cases basically come from first-tier international brands such as Under Armor, Pepsi, Lancome, Mercedes-Benz, etc., and signed an agency agreement with the top advertising agency company METER.

I have to say that Ariana's working ability is really strong. In just one month, she basically set up the commercialization framework of Instagram.

"Microsoft's acquisition price has been updated. It is initially estimated to be more than 13 billion US dollars. Their president Steve Ballmer has previously met Kevin in Los Angeles. He will come here to visit this afternoon..."

Wu Di nodded, took a short break, and welcomed the future richest NBA owner on the boat around 04:30 in the afternoon.

"Haha, Knight Emperor, we finally meet!"

Ballmer laughed and said, as Microsoft's first business manager, he has a familiar temperament.

After seeing Wu Di, without further ado, let the entourage take a pair of the latest Ye Feixue color matching Invincible Generation 46 and a Cavaliers No. [-] jersey for Wu Di to sign.

"Steve, are you kidding me?"

Wu Di is a little confused. Ballmer is currently worth more than 50 billion US dollars, and he is among the top [-] super rich people on the Forbes Global Rich List!
There is no need for such a super rich to pretend to be a fan in front of him, and this status may not be very conducive to the next business negotiations, but Ballmer just made this gesture.

"Of course not. Did you see this? I'm here to watch your game for tomorrow's match ticket. I'm just talking about the purchase!"

Ballmer laughed, and everyone laughed instantly.

Several people came to the yacht living room to sit down, and after a few more pleasantries, Ballmer got straight to the point:

"I know, we are most likely to be used by you to raise the price of Facebook, but we are also willing to raise the price. If there is no price for us, you can come to us, don't find other companies..."

When Ballmer said this step, Wu Di naturally had to give face and nod in agreement.

In fact, besides Microsoft, there are also some technology companies and investment and financing institutions making quotations for this Instagram monetization operation.

But now it is in the recovery stage after the economic crisis, and the valuations are generally not high. The most willing to pay are Facebook and Microsoft.

Facebook wants new stories to support its stock price, which is about to ring the bell, and Microsoft needs to have explosive social software to replace Wallop, which has a mediocre response in the market, to make up for its shortcomings in social networking.

Ballmer chatted a few more about the acquisition, and basically confirmed that Microsoft's offer this time is $15 billion.

Of the $15 billion, $5 million was in cash and the other $10 billion was paid in Microsoft stock.

If Wu Di remembers correctly, the $10 billion worth of stocks will increase tenfold in the next ten years, reaching a whopping $100 billion.

However, it is still not as good as Facebook's stock price. Facebook's stock price will increase [-] times in the next ten years!
But this is not a problem. In ten years, there is too much room for maneuvering.

If he really wants to sell Instagram to Microsoft, Wu Di can find an opportunity to cash out Microsoft's stock and exchange it for Facebook's stock.

After all, Microsoft's stock price has been rising steadily, while Facebook's stock price has actually bottomed out several times, and it even fell below the issue price in the middle. There are many times to get on the bus.

In short, after some commercialization, Microsoft’s offer of US$15 billion has increased by US$10 million compared to Facebook’s offer of US$5 billion.

If Facebook does not follow suit later and sells Instagram to Microsoft, then Ariana will directly receive 5% of Instagram's overall share incentives through the previously signed contract, which is equivalent to about 7500 million US dollars.

Is there anything more exciting than a net profit of $7500 million in a month?
What's more, the quotation behind Facebook may be even better!

If she is not Wu Di's agent, this kind of opportunity to pick up money would be very difficult to come across.

Soon, everything was settled, and Zuckerberg was in a hurry.

"This yacht is too small for your status, and Gilbert is too picky. He should reward you with a real yacht!"

After Ballmer talked about business, he talked about yachts.

Wu Di was a little embarrassed. The yacht style of the Azimut brand focuses on sports and luxury, and it creates the concept of a supercar on the sea, so it is far less luxurious than yachts of the same price. Now he is indeed a bit crowded.

"If I play the team in the future, you must come over, and I will give you a really big yacht!"

With a big wave of his hand, Ballmer threw out his own plan.

Wu Di's eyes lit up, and he said to the assistant beside him:

"Write this in the minutes of the meeting!"

Ballmer laughed loudly when he heard the words:
"Hahaha! Good! With your words, today's trip is worth it! To tell you the truth, I have already started looking for a team..."

Several people chatted happily for a while about the prospect of this season's game. After dinner, Wu Di ordered the sailors to drive the boat to a seaside restaurant.

"Wu Ji in Baheli?"

Ballmer got off the boat, looked at the English translation next to the Chinese characters in Huaxia, and read with some difficulty.

"Well! The restaurant opened by my family is just getting ready for trial operation, and you are the first customer!"

Wu Di smiled and said that Wen Xia wanted to start a restaurant before, but after investigating the catering market in Perfect Lijian, she found that Americans like beef very much.

But there are not many ways to eat beef. Except for steak, it is beef burger or beef pizza. There are a little more tricks, such as Japanese-style sukiyaki, which is expensive and not delicious, but there are many Americans queuing up.

But there is no comparison between Japanese sukiyaki pot and Chaoshan beef pot!

So they directly contacted Huaxia's Baheli, used Wu Di's face to successfully brush their faces, became its North American agent and signed a contract for 50 years, and this store opened.

Everyone sat down, and soon, the first plate of beef, "Neck Ren", was served.

The neck kernel is the piece of snowflake meat at the back of Niu Niu's neck. It is suitable for fat and thin, has the most frequent exercise, and has the best taste.

Put in tea tree mushroom beef brisket soup base and rinse for 6 seconds to remove it. Ballmer skillfully picks up a piece of meat with chopsticks, dips it in some sand tea sauce, puts it in his mouth, closes his eyes instantly and begins to chew:
"Oh my god, it melts in your mouth and it's so delicious!"

"The spoon in the middle is so convenient, it's a magical way to eat!"

"It's so fresh and sweet, it's amazing, I've never eaten such delicious beef..."

Another cup of tangerines, even if Ballmer is the world's top rich man, he can't help but pout.

The people at the table were also full of praise. A large plate of meat was swept away in less than 30 seconds, making Wen Xia's eyes smile into crescents.

"It's unbelievable that there is beef with such an amazing taste. Why have I never eaten it before? Is this Japanese Wagyu? But Wagyu doesn't seem to taste like this..."

Ballmer asked, and another plate of crunchy spoon handles came up, and he chewed with a look of immersion, revealing the essence of a veteran foodie.

"This is fresh yellow beef imported from Huaxia. Our beef chef has tried it with Angus and Wagyu beef. These beef are too fatty for hot pot. No matter which part of it is like a chest, it is far inferior to that of Huaxia cattle. The meat is fresh and sweet..."

Wu Di explained, but Ballmer's eyes widened instantly:

"Impossible, you are definitely lying to me! Isn't your Huaxia beef delicious? How could it be so delicious?"

"Ha ha!"

After Wu Di saw Ballmer's expression, he instantly felt that this restaurant was worth opening!

Even if it took them more than half a year to open up the Huaxia beef import channel, it was worth it!

Americans have too many arrogant prejudices. This time they are slapped in the face of their proud beef food and beverage category, and let them pay a sky-high bill for the Chinese cattle that they once looked down upon. This is the first time in the world!

Neck kernels, spoon handles, spoon kernels, three-flowered toes, five-flowered toes, dragons, tender meat, beef tongue...

Plates of different beef were served, and the same ones were wiped out, which whetted everyone's appetite!

"I think the biggest feature of this way of eating is that you can eat different parts. In the past, we could only eat one part of steak, but this way of eating allows us to enjoy all of them. Advanced, too advanced!"

While commenting, Ballmer directly posted a photo of beef hot pot on his Ins account, and finally took out his checkbook and said:

"Di, I've decided, I want to invest in your restaurant!"

"Let's make a price! How about 300 million US dollars for 30% of the shares?"

After all, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Wu Di expectantly. That appearance obviously didn't look like a joke.

Wu Di was a little dazed, he just wanted to bring Ballmer over for a light meal, why did Ballmer throw money so crazily?

"No, you come to eat in the future, or you can report your name, there will be a seat at any time, and it will be free at any time, Aunt Xia, come and give Mr. Ballmer a permanent meal ticket!"

Wu Di waved his hand. He only invested 50 dollars in this restaurant, mainly for entertaining friends. With Ballmer doing this, the restaurant has become a financial product!
"That won't work! I need you to open a branch in Seattle as soon as possible!"

Ballmer still insisted, and directly wrote a check for 300 million dollars and slapped it on the table:

"Look at the shares, I missed the early investment opportunity of Instagram, I don't want to miss this restaurant again..."

Seeing this, Wu Di thought that the big guy had already talked about this point, and it was really hard to refuse, and maybe in the future, the big guy would really have to let the big guy take him to sneak into the team for fun, so he nodded to Wen Xia and said:
"Aunt Xia, keep it, let our accountant calculate and give Mr. Ballmer 30% of the shares!"

"By the way, preparations for the next branch may start, and it will open in Seattle. Anyway, Mr. Ballmer will attract customers for us..."

Ballmer smiled happily, and Wen Xia was even more flattered:
"Wow! Damu actually exchanged 300 million dollars for 30% of the shares!"

Even if Wu Di disagrees, Wen Xia has to force him to agree!

Although her 20% equity will be diluted to 14% due to this financing, the value of the equity has directly skyrocketed from $10 to $140 million!

140 million U.S. dollars, more than [-] million yuan!
More money than she has earned in her entire life!

The money is coming too fast! (end of this chapter)