Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 240 Skyrocketing acquisition offer!
In the early morning of the next day, Wu Di learned from Systrom's phone call that Facebook had once again issued a formal acquisition offer.

The amount of this purchase offer is enough to occupy the headlines of major magazines, and it can also prove that Zuckerberg has prepared full sincerity for the final negotiation!

30 million dollars!

This number has far exceeded the highest goal set by Wu Di and the others, which is 20 billion US dollars!

You know, this is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and the most luxurious and high-end Gulfstream G550, which is the model used by Mr. Joe, is only worth 5000 million dollars!

As a result, Zuckerberg's acquisition offer suddenly reached 30 billion US dollars!

30 billion dollars, can provide a private jet to everyone in the Cavaliers 15-man roster, and then there are 22.5 billion dollars left...

What's even more insane is that of the $30 billion offer, there is another $20 billion in Facebook stock!
When Facebook successfully rings the bell in May, the $5 billion can go up another wave!
"Aha, life is amazing!"

Systrom was very happy. After this acquisition, he will benefit 10.8 billion US dollars, a proper billionaire!

And a year ago, he was still an ordinary employee, learning programming in his spare time...

"Our career is like your career, it's an impossible miracle! Haha!"

Systrom laughed and said that now he has regarded Wu Di as a god-like figure.

"Calm down, Kevin! It's just a number!"

Wu Di said with a smile, this wave, the cooperation between him and Systrom is an unprecedented win-win situation.

In the previous life, Systrom sold Instagram to Zuckerberg for $10 billion, but this time he was in charge of it, and the price tripled!
"Hahaha! Yes, a fantastic number! Dee, what are we going to do next?"

After he was happy, Systrom asked eagerly, unlike Wu Di who has other incomes and is waiting to sell Instagram to improve his life!
"You come to Cleveland. We have a game against the Golden State Warriors tonight. I will prepare two courtside tickets for you. We will sit down and talk after the game. Maybe there is room..."

Wu Di said with a smile, the acquisition price of $30 billion, the valuation model is twice as high as the regular valuation of $10 for a user, but there is still potential to be tapped, after all, the number of Instagram users is growing very rapidly.

However, if you want to continue to increase the asking price on the basis of this price, you have to let Zuckerberg see something symbolic, so that he can't refuse, and let him be convinced.

Luxury houses, luxury cars and so on are too bad, why not let him experience the love and admiration Ohio people have for Wu Di!

Faith is priceless!

"Okay, I'll listen to you!"

Systrom didn't know what to say, although he thought it was unlikely, but because it was what Wu Di said, he felt that maybe this matter could really be discussed.

After hanging up the phone, Ariana leaned forward tremblingly and kissed Wu Di affectionately.

According to the previous contract agreement, she can get a top 30% share reward from the acquisition invitation of 10 billion US dollars. In conversion, it is 3 million US dollars!

3 million U.S. dollars, even for a lady from a top blue blood family like her, is a huge sum of money!

It is enough for her to stand out in the family and gain more status and voice!

"It's amazing, all of this!"

Alina was so excited that she was on the verge of tears. For her, making money was the greatest motivation and pleasure, and Wu Di led her to earn unexpected money!
But after she finished feeling, she said:

"But are we really going to sell Instagram? In fact, after the commercial transformation, we have already started to make money..."

Wu Di pondered for a while and said:

"That's not necessary. Although our current user growth is rapid, the total number of mobile Internet users is only more than 5 million. Our user growth has basically peaked!"

"In addition, commercial transformation can be profitable now because we are now dealing with large advertisers. When we continue to expand in the future, we need to burn a lot of money to cultivate a niche. Our current amount of funds cannot afford this kind of burning. Money game, after multiple rounds of financing or debt-to-debt gambling, our equity will be diluted, which is almost the same as the equity income directly obtained from the current acquisition..."

Ariana nodded. This is true. A good deal is time for money, and a genius deal is money for time!
It's just that after a few months, she has developed feelings for Instagram, so she was a little hesitant to sell Instagram just now...

But it must be sold, otherwise her share rewards will be a mess!
That night, the Cavaliers played against the visiting Golden State Warriors at Quicken Loans Arena.

On the sidelines, after Ballmer, once again ushered in a Silicon Valley billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg.

Before the game, the camera was dedicated to Zuckerberg. The fans at the scene knew that this was to send money to their idol, and cheered in cooperation.

Although Zuckerberg has seen many sports events before, he was still taken aback by the enthusiastic Cavaliers fans. He had never been greeted by so many people cheering.

He stood up and waved his hands in salute, but thinking about why these people were cheering, the smile on his face became a little far-fetched!
"Xie Te, why do I have to help count the money after being robbed!"

After Zuckerberg sat down, he secretly thought that Systrom gave him a ticket on the sidelines. He didn't want to come. After all, coming here means giving in, but Priscilla still suggested him to "release the greatest sincerity." , so he still came.

His eyes were quickly drawn to the game on the field.

The Golden State in the name of the Warriors refers to California, but in more contexts, it refers to Northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is different from Southern California in Los Angeles.

The terrain of California is long and narrow. San Francisco and Los Angeles are far apart. Compared with the distance between Chinese cities, it is about 1.5 times the distance between Shanghai and Luzhou. Therefore, the two teams in Los Angeles have nothing to do with Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley’s home team is only Golden State Warriors.

Therefore, Zuckerberg very much hoped that the Warriors would win, so that he could feel proud, but the reality was that things backfired.

The cheers in the Quicken Loans Arena were louder and louder, and the Warriors were beaten by the Cavaliers in the first quarter!
21-33!

The Cavaliers lead by 12 points!
In fact, today's Cavaliers rookies feel average.

Especially Irving, under the care of Monta Ellis, only recorded 4 of 1 shots in the opening quarter.

But Wu Di took over the game in time, making 3 of 3 three-pointers and 7 of 6 overall. He directly shot the young "Buddha" Klay Thompson who was defending him to his parents.

However, with the addition of coach Mark Jackson, the "cornerstone of the dynasty", the strength of the Warriors should not be underestimated, and the main players Curry, Thompson, and David Lee were all there when they won the championship in 14. Their tenacity is still very sufficient. Did not give up.

Some time ago, they faced the current No. [-] Bulls at home, and at the last moment they relied on Thompson's lore to turn the defeat into victory!

Soon, at the beginning of the second quarter, Curry suddenly broke out and hit a super long three-pointer against Beverly's block, blowing the horn of counterattack!

Although Wu Di hit a three-pointer in response, Thompson took over from Curry and successfully scored a limit 2+1, bringing the difference between the two sides back to within 10 points again.

But this time without Wu Di's efforts, Owen suddenly steals the under-prepared Monta Ellis and plays a counterattack fast break!

Owen was strongly stimulated by Thompson!

Kawhi Leonard's growth is slow. The most dazzling rookie this year is him and Thompson, basically splitting the nominations for the best rookie of the week, so when Thompson broke out, how could Irving bear it?

27-38, the Cavaliers once again extended the lead to more than 10 points!
The Cavaliers fans had more fun eating popcorn and Coke, but Monta Ellis was ashamed and annoyed!
As the current leader of the Warriors, facing Curry's challenge, he is under great pressure. It is the time when he urgently needs to stand up, but he is humiliated by the rookie Irving, which is simply unreasonable!
He was a little over the top, and he didn't pass the ball to Curry who ran out of the open space, and insisted on singles Irving to get back the field.

Curry, who entered the NBA in 08, has to be an obedient younger brother in front of the current Monta Ellis, not to mention Irving, who lacks skills and experience. He was constantly crushed by Monta Ellis with various tricks and beaten retreated steadily.

Seeing this, Wu Di immediately adjusted his defensive position on the field, and at the same time asked Beverly and Irving to switch defenses:

"Kyrie, focus on offense! I'll take care of you!"

Owen was depressed, and he was overjoyed when he heard Wu Di say this!
In a few breaths, Wu Di's support came suddenly. In the next round, Monta Ellis used a gorgeous double change to pass Beverly, and then quickly inserted into the basket and hooked for a layup——

boom!
Wu Di burst out suddenly, and nailed the basketball that was about to enter the frame to the backboard with a slap!

Monta Ellis was not in a hurry to dodge, and just pissed off and got out of bounds!
Not to mention Monta Ellis, Wu Di's big hat made the fans of Quicken Loans Arena stunned and thirsty!
"This is Cleveland! Nobody's running wild here! Nobody!"

Accompanied by the live DJ's yelling, the scene fell into a carnival in an instant!
Curry was also shocked by this ball, look, what is the boss?

This is the boss!

What is dominance?
This is dominance!

Monta Ellis' eyes were tearing apart. Although he once let go of Kobe's first place in the league and his second old LeBron's third, that was before Wu Di entered the league...

Now there is a widely circulated motto in the league, that is, don't speak harshly to Wu Di, let alone bet against Wu Di!

So, his sinister gaze was aimed at Owen again.

Seeing him like this, Owen's competitive spirit was further aroused, and he took the initiative to ask for the ball.

Seeing this, Wu Di passed the ball accurately to his chest with a long pass.

Owen was like a general who received a gun from the emperor. He did not run a fast break, but slowed down a bit, waiting for Monta Ellis to come in front of him, and then pushed the ball to the right to accelerate away!

If there is a slow-motion lens, you can see that Monta Ellis squats his shoulders and squats, and he is not tricked into stepping forward, while Owen is changing direction drastically with one hand!

But it still did not deceive Monta Ellis, the two sides pulled at the limit, and Owen connected his bad luck while turning his right shoulder back sideways, as if he was about to break through to the right again!
Monta Ellis' eyes froze, he couldn't bear it any longer, the core of the body shown by Owen was too strong, and his whole body was full of fake moves!

However, at the moment of his hesitation, Irving pushed the ball violently to the left again, and then swung his arms and rushed to the left!
Monta Ellis chased after gritted his teeth, Owen was so arrogant, he wanted to teach Owen a lesson!

However, in the next second, Owen raised his hand with the ball, and Monta Ellis was instantly sent flying. Owen threw the ball with both hands and pulled the bar, and passed by the astonished Monta Ellis in the air——

Swish!

The basketball bounces into the net!

The substitutes on the Cavaliers' bench jumped into the air in an instant!
Quicken Loans Arena is boiling!

Irving was able to play such a gorgeous offense!
Wu Di is finally no longer alone!

The guard with the knife is in place!
The Cavaliers are more confident in winning the championship!
Owen excitedly bumped into Wu Di in the air to celebrate:
"I did it, boss!! I did it!"

Wu Di touched his head:
"Good job! Let's make history together and show these people!"

The head coach of the Warriors, Mark Jackson, looked melancholy. Although he was mentally prepared, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he was pressed to the ground by the Cavaliers!
Thompson really wanted to give Wu Di a big hat back, and let him see what Wuzhi Mountain is called Buddha, but it was just thinking about it in his mind. He had tried it just now, but Wu Di turned it over as a background board ruthlessly... …

Curry is also helpless. Affected by Wu Di last season, his three-point shot percentage and shooting percentage have increased this season, but Monta Ellis is still suppressing him, causing him to not even have the right to fire in many cases... …

The Warriors coach and players are uncomfortable, and Zuckerberg on the sidelines is even more uncomfortable than them.

Listening to the overwhelming cheers behind him, he clapped his hands numbly, looking like a cheap bionic robot...

As if ten thousand electronic beasts were galloping past in his heart, Zuckerberg felt that this was a nightmare from which he could not wake up!

Ever since he called out the sky-high price of 30 billion US dollars, he felt that he had stood up. Wu Di and the others had to kneel and beg him to make a deal, but after watching this game, the image of kneeling in his mind couldn't match Wu Di. , and even became himself...

beep!
The whistle sounded at the end of the game. Wu Di was determined to win this game. Coupled with Irving's recovery in the second half, the score was fixed at 85-111, and the Cavaliers won by a big score!

With this victory, the Cavaliers' record also came to 16 wins and 10 losses, tied for third place in the Eastern Conference with the Pacers who have sprung up this season.

After the game, Davis gave a hug to Monta Ellis, who was injured internally. He was the former boss of the Golden State Gang, and Monta Ellis was the boss who replaced him. The relationship between the two is quite good.

"Don't be discouraged, little brother, you are facing No.1 in today's league!"

Davis patted him on the back and comforted him:

"Think about it, let alone you, how much LeBron has suffered at his hands!"

However, when Monta Ellis heard the words, he murmured with disdain:
"Oh, what is LeBron..."

But thinking that his idol Kobe also has nothing to do with Wu Di, he is relieved.

After the game, Wu Di asked Scott to help him push the press conference, and after taking a shower in the locker room, he drove Ariana to the Wuji Beef Restaurant in Baheli, which had already been cleared.

The neon signs with Chinese characters hang in the night sky of the United States, which has a cyberpunk aesthetic, but when you get closer, you find that Zuckerberg's bodyguards have surrounded the place with three layers inside and three layers outside.

"Tonight's game was so exciting!"

"That dunk, oh my god, it was a show!"

"I look forward to your winning the O'Brien Cup this season..."

Everyone greeted a few words and sat down, Zuckerberg couldn't wait to ask:
"How are you thinking about our offer?"

(End of this chapter)