Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Everything is back on track, and the Cavaliers embark on a winning streak to kill everyone, but Wu Di's plan has just begun.

On February 2, the Lululemon acquisition case was finally completed after 28 months, and Wu Di officially acquired Lululemon!

At the Lululemon headquarters in Vancouver, Wu Di and newly appointed company president Hester released the brand refresh plan:
"Lululemon is more than just yoga, it's a lifestyle..."

This move instantly caused a violent shock in the sports circle!
On the one hand, Hurst was originally the vice president of Under Armour. He has been in charge of Under Armour's marketing and operations in recent years and has achieved outstanding results. Wu Di's move is inevitably suspected of poaching.

On the other hand, Lululemon was originally just a niche brand focusing on yoga, but now I hear Wu Di’s intention, is it going to open up other categories of the market?
There is a lot that can be interpreted behind this!

Is it possible that Lululemon is trying to tap into the men’s market, or even the basketball market, to directly compete with Under Armour?
Perhaps because the media's interpretation was not straightforward enough, Wu Di also announced two new Lululemon spokespersons on the spot, Love and Butler!

Love's previous contract with 361 Degrees has just expired, and Butler has not signed with a brand before. The two of them are in an awkward position. It is difficult to say whether they are high or low. It is not easy to sign a fat contract.

In line with the principle of keeping wealth and wealth from others, Wu Di signed two people with US$1000 million per year and US$500 million per year respectively!
Lululemon is going to enter the basketball circle!
The public opinion circle has not yet exploded, but the capital market has exploded first!

Many analysts discovered that Wu Di's contract renewal was not "progressing steadily" as Under Armor's previous announcement said, but there was a high probability that it would never be completed!

Under Armor's stock price, which had previously dropped from US$510 billion to US$420 billion, plummeted again!

This time it fell directly below the US$300 billion mark, and stopped at US$260 billion. The market value was nearly halved, falling back to two years ago!
Faced with such a heavy loss, Under Armor's management's counterattack came quickly!
They directly took Wu Di to court. Although there was no direct evidence that Wu Di violated the terms of the endorsement contract, it indirectly damaged the brand image. They demanded that Wu Di compensate for liquidated damages of US$2000 million and return shares worth more than US$6 million!
Public opinion was in an uproar. In fact, even after Kobe's incident in Eagle County, Adidas did not sue Kobe and only terminated the endorsement contract. However, Under Armor directly broke up with him this time, which is enough to show that the resentment towards Wu Di is How big.

However, privately, Under Armor's management is very clear that only Wu Di can save Under Armor!

They directly offered Wu Di an unprecedentedly generous contract——

3500 million U.S. dollars a year, the share award terms are doubled, and the contract time limit is extended to 10 years!
And he promised that if he signed the contract, he would immediately withdraw the lawsuit!
If they had offered Wu Di the endorsement contract he deserved from the beginning, maybe this wouldn't have happened.

It’s too late to kneel down now and try to use money to settle the matter!

Even if Wu Di agrees to stop, the Wall Street giant JP Morgan Chase will not agree!
They have sent a team of top lawyers to help Wu Di respond to the lawsuit and countersued Under Armour's top management for infringing on Wu Di's reputation!
Under Armour's management followed the lead, combined with various previous actions, and Wu Di's recent large-scale acquisition of Under Armour's stock in the capital market, and then they saw Wu Di's layout clearly, and then they woke up and discovered that Wu Di's true intention was to copy them. Home!
Unlike Lululemon’s Wilson, Under Armor founder Plank is furious like never before!
If Under Armor were acquired now, the difference in market value earned by Wu Di and others would be equivalent to being robbed from his pocket!
Although his personal wealth has increased from more than 20 billion to more than 110 billion since signing Wu Di, and even though the stock price has been cut in half, there is still more than 60 billion, but now he only knows that Wu Di caused him a huge loss of nearly 50 billion!
"Don't eat the sour radish! We must not let him succeed!"

Plank was furious and hired Goldman Sachs as his anti-takeover consultant. Not surprisingly, the first anti-takeover strategy Goldman Sachs gave him was to let him borrow money.

In Wu Di's acquisition of Lululemon, the most critical step is for the shareholders' meeting to obtain 70% of the voting rights to pass the acquisition proposal. One of the most effective anti-merger strategies is for the management to control more than 30% of the shares and then obtain more than 30% of the voting rights. Avoid the situation where 70% of the shareholders’ meeting agrees to the acquisition.

Especially in the case of Hearst's betrayal, Plank only held 21.3% of the company's shares. The attitudes of other company executives were unknown. 21.3% was far away from the 30% safety line. Plank wanted to avoid being acquired. You have to spend money to buy company shares to increase your control.

In other words, Plank would have to spend at least US$22.62 billion to purchase 8.7% of the stock to ensure that Under Armor would not be acquired by Wu Di!

However, facing this proposal, Plank hesitated!
Although his net worth excluding stocks is nearly US$10 billion, his life has been quite extravagant and corrupt over the years. He has three private jets and countless mansions, so he doesn’t have much cash to spare. many.

Therefore, in the plan proposed by Goldman Sachs, almost all of the US$22.6 billion required will be borrowed.

The interest rate offered by Goldman Sachs is 11%, which translates into $2.5 million in interest per year!

"There must be other ways..."

Plank said with support. ED Woodward, who was responsible for the project at Goldman Sachs, secretly cursed an idiot and began to introduce the second plan, which was to set up anti-takeover company charter...

Plank is still hesitating, but Wu Di has already been buying Under Armor stocks in the market!
After the acquisition of Lululemon was completed, Wu Di had already spent US$22.5 billion of the US$15 billion in cash originally exchanged from debt-for-equity swaps by J.P. Morgan. In addition, the remaining US$80 billion of the original US$20 billion acquisition funds were basically all used for sweeps. goods, Wu Di has acquired 13.0% of the shares.

Of course, in order to avoid reaching 5%, the shareholdings were dispersed to Wu Ma and overseas investment companies.

Including the 1.975% he originally held and the 0.3% held by Hearst, the total has reached 15.275%!

It can be said that Under Armor's stock price has been able to stabilize at US$260 billion, all thanks to Wu Di's massive financial support!
But this is far from enough. If the foreseeable amendments to the company's articles of association are to be rejected in the future, Wu Di needs to obtain a total of 34% of the shares.

This also requires Wu Di to invest US$52 billion!
Fortunately, Under Armour's ownership is dispersed and shareholders are not monolithic. A considerable number of shareholders will naturally oppose changes to the company's articles of association, especially when anti-takeover provisions generally stabilize the interests of the board of directors.

After calculations, JPMorgan Chase suggested that Wu Di only needs to spend another US$13 billion to acquire about 5% of the shares to veto it, which means it reaches 20%, which is about the same as Plank's shareholding ratio.

Therefore, another US$13 billion is needed, but Wu Di only has US$7.5 million in remaining bullets.

But the problem is not big. On March 3, Lululemon made another big move. Wu Di signed a contract with the top rapper Kanye, and released the Lululemon and YEEZY joint shoes, Lululemon x YEEZY 12, one year ahead of Adidas!

Kanye himself cooperated with Nike, but the cooperation was terminated last year due to tax issues. At that time, Jenner became Wu Di's girlfriend. Wu Di also lent his private jet to the Kardashian family because of Kanye's favor.

Kanye said at the time that he wanted to co-brand with Wu Di's "Invincible" brand, but Wu Di said he had a better choice and asked Kanye to wait.

Kanye thought Wu Di was declining. After all, with the rise of Wu Di, the Invincible brand has become like a new AJ, and its high-quality products are extremely popular, so he was quite disappointed at the time. Unexpectedly, Wu Di turned around and Acquired Lululemon!

So when Wu Di issued a joint invitation, Kanye immediately put aside the cooperation negotiations with Adidas and switched to Lululemon!

Compared with Adidas, Lululemon focuses on simplicity and comfort, its brand is more high-end, and its pricing is much higher. And the most important thing is that it is a brand that Wu Di completely controls, so it is naturally more suitable for co-branding with Kanye.

Thanks to the traffic support of these two people, as soon as the coconut shoes were released, they were sought after by fashionistas and became popular among the fashion circles!

Lululemon stores had long queues all night long, and people were snatching up a pair of high-priced shoes priced at US$220 like wholesale coconuts!
What’s even more outrageous is that the secondary market starts with a premium of twice as much, and some rare colors such as zebra are even priced at a premium of 10 times, which directly turns many sports brands into lemon essence!
Especially Nike and Under Armor, the stock prices fell again!
Nike gave up such good co-branded resources to Lululemon, which once again proves that Nike's management is just a bunch of scum!
Needless to say, Under Armor, more and more investors believe that losing Wu Di will be a sign of Under Armor's downfall!
However, this is only the initial manifestation of the explosive effect of coconut shoes.

With Jenner, Four Golden Flowers, Irma, Megan and many other supermodels, Internet celebrities, Miss Universe, movie stars working hard to bring goods, Lululemon yoga pants and coconut shoes have become the most popular outfit in early summer!
So soon, a huge amount of US$30 billion was deposited into Wu Di's account!
The person who transferred the money was from the Silicon Valley tycoon Ballmer, who was Wu Di’s business partner in opening a beef hotpot restaurant.

At the same time, a press release was issued and Lululemon received investment from Ballmer’s investment institution!
According to sources, Ballmer will invest US$30 billion in this financing to hold 15% of the shares!

In other words, Lululemon’s post-investment valuation has reached US$200 billion!

Not only was public opinion shocked, but even JPMorgan Chase was amazed by Wu Di's networking skills.

They raised 22.5% of the US$15 billion in financing, which requires strong manipulation. In other words, if the acquisition fails in the end, as the core intermediary of the acquisition, they will have a variety of means to let Wu Di use other methods, such as interest, project exit, etc. compensate for their losses.

But Ballmer’s $30 billion in pure gold and silver was smashed!
He really spared no effort to carry the sedan chair for Wu Di!

In fact, it is not difficult for Wu Dila to invest. When he was playing a game with the Trail Blazers earlier, he took time to go to Seattle and cut the ribbon with Lao Bao to open the new store in Baheli Seattle. He and Lao Bao conveniently finalized the investment.

At that time, coconut shoes had not yet been launched. The reason why Lao Bao agreed to carry out sedan-style financing at a valuation of 200 billion US dollars was that he had just retired and was indeed rich. He was worth tens of billions of US dollars and could actually earn billions of US dollars in cash. I promise Wu Di that it will be done within a week.

On the other hand, he also received certain guarantees from Wu Di. This guarantee will not be revealed until this summer.

In short, public opinion was once again shocked by Lululemon's rapid development, and admired Wu Di's business methods!

In less than half a year, Lululemon’s market value has surged from US$56 billion when Wu Di acquired it to US$200 billion!

People can't help but compare. On one side, Lululemon is prospering with Wu Di running it, but on the other side, without Wu Di, Under Armor continues to plummet!
Public opinion completely reversed!

The original criticism against Wu Di due to the lawsuit disappeared, and instead, the admiration for Wu Di reached an unprecedented height!
If ordinary people are involved in a lawsuit that requires hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation, whether they can sleep or not is a problem, but Wu Di can not only sleep, but also mess around, and the shopping mall is proud!

And not only are the shopping malls proud, the stadiums are also very proud!
On April 4, at the end of the regular season, the Cavaliers secured first place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 16 wins and 62 losses, and tied for first place in the league with the Spurs!

In the East, except for the Cavaliers, who are still as stable as a mountain, the rankings of other teams have changed.

The Pacers ranked second with 58 wins and 24 losses, one spot higher than last year. Granger, the former son of Indianapolis, returned from injury, but Birdie Bird did not give him many opportunities to prove himself again. Was traded to the 76ers in exchange for Wu Di's college teammate Evan Turner.

The Heat returned to third place, which made all the LeBron James fans extremely happy, although with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, they could not even make the playoffs in the Western Conference.

The remaining rankings are that the Raptors are fourth, the Bulls are fifth, the Wizards are sixth, the Nets are seventh, and the Hornets are eighth.

Because the winning rate in the Eastern Conference is generally poor, teams such as the Raptors, Wizards, and Hornets that have missed the playoffs in the past also seized the opportunity to get tickets this time.

The changes in the Western Conference are relatively small, mainly focusing on the Lakers and Nuggets. The Lakers directly missed the playoffs because Kobe Bryant was reimbursed for the season, while the Nuggets decided to rebuild and failed immediately.

The two playoff spots vacated by the Lakers and Nuggets were won by the Trail Blazers and Mavericks respectively.

The Trail Blazers have reached their peak because of Ade, and their cooperation with second-year Lillard has become much smoother. The team's record has suddenly improved from No. 11 to fifth, which is a significant improvement.

The Mavericks, because of the successful signing of Monta Ellis in the offseason, returned to eighth place and returned to the playoffs.

At the end of the regular season, the annual major awards are also being awarded.

The first is Rookie of the Year. With the outstanding performance of Wu Di, Irving, and Lillard in recent years, this award has become increasingly regarded as the benchmark for MVP.

经过120名媒体人评选，2013~2014赛季最佳新秀由76人的11顺位新秀迈卡威获得！
Turner, who was in the same position as McAway, expressed bitterness towards Wu Di after hearing the news.

He had already been established by the 76ers as the core of the team, and he played quite well, at least better than McAway. But just because McAway was a rookie, the 76ers felt that McAway had more potential, so they traded him. Pacers!
What's even more embarrassing is that this year is still a contract year. He was originally going to renew his contract with the 76ers in advance, but the progress was a little slow. Who knew that the 76ers suddenly traded him...

The Pacers' system is not suitable for him, causing him to become a fringe player for the Pacers.

So now Turner may not even be able to get a mid-level contract, let alone a maximum salary contract...

All I can say is that I have caught up with everything, even drinking cold water will hurt my teeth!
"Di, I advise you to renew your contract with the team as soon as possible if you have the chance. Don't imitate me and lose tens of millions of dollars..."

Turner suggested earnestly, and Wu Di also felt a little emotional. Granger was not accustomed to the 76ers. In this transaction, there was no winner between the two people and the two teams. The 76ers were good at doing this kind of troublesome thing.

"After this season, I will leave the Cavaliers!"

Wu Di's words shocked Turner so much that he dropped his phone to the ground:
"What? Then where are you going? The Lakers? The Nets? But Gilbert will definitely not let you go, and if he insists on not trading, you must accept the qualifying offer contract..."

Wu Di looked into the distance:

"I can't help him, I have other plans..."

On April 4, the first round of the playoffs began. The Cavaliers faced the Hornets in Cleveland and easily brought the victory to Charlotte 18-0.

What makes people laugh is that during the game in Charlotte, the camera actually captured footage of Hornets owner Jordan cheering for Wu Di!

Even the boss of the Hornets was conquered. It is not surprising that the Hornets were swept 0-4!
But don't think that 0-4 is easy. Except for the Cavaliers, no team can complete the important task of 0-4 in the first round. The Pacers even played 2-2 with the Nets, which risks a black seven.

Perhaps because the playoffs were not lively enough, on April 4, the online media TMZ exposed a recording of a conversation between Clippers owner Sterling and his girlfriend!
In the recording, the Clippers owner accused his girlfriend of putting photos of him with black friends on his personal webpage, and named him by name, "especially don't bring 'Magic Johnson'!"
This racially-discriminatory remark caused an uproar as soon as it was exposed, drawing unanimous condemnation from all parties!
Clippers players even considered not playing in the series and went on strike to protest!
NBA officials saw that the situation was not good and immediately imposed a lifetime ban and a fine of US$250 million on Sterling!
He also issued a strong statement emphasizing the league's zero-tolerance policy for racial discrimination and inappropriate remarks. New president Xiao Hua also said that he will do everything he can to force Sterling to sell the Clippers!

On the day the statement was released, Wu Di received a call from Ballmer:

"Di, you are simply a prophet! Our chance has come!"

Wu Di smiled. What he had promised Ballmer before was nothing more than a partnership between the two to acquire a big city team this summer!

"How much do you think our quotation is appropriate? Is one billion US dollars enough?"

Ballmer asked hurriedly. At the beginning of this year, he was still bidding for the Sacramento Kings. Who would have thought that the more valuable Clippers would be sold so soon!
However, Wu Di persuaded:

"Let's not hurry up and make a bid first. Sterling is very smart and will definitely attract many consortiums to come over and snap up the bid. When the time comes, we will just make the final bid!"

Ballmer had a headache after hearing this. In fact, no matter how generous he is, he has different places. Just like the king's bid, the price is actually not high, only 6.25 million US dollars. However, Ballmer felt that it was not worth it and ultimately did not follow the price. .

The reason why he invested generously in Wu Di before was partly because Wu Di had never let him lose money. On the other hand, he combined the information sources on Wall Street and realized with a unique insight that this was probably a good deal, so he invested 30 billion yuan.

Now that Wu Di said this, he was also worried about how much money would be appropriate to buy the Clippers.

As if seeing through Ballmer's hesitation, Wu Di took the lead and put 10 billion US dollars in cash into the two people's acquisition accounts!

This behavior once again won Ballmer's favor. You must know that the shares held by the two have been discussed long ago, each with 50%, but Wu Di directly called in 10 billion US dollars when funds were most tight!

In this way, plus his US$10 billion to form US$20 billion, no matter how much the Clippers finally bid, it will definitely be enough!
"Steve, we must get this team!"

Wu Di said firmly, and Ballmer nodded as if he was confused:

"Yeah, there's no better opportunity than this!"

There are plans to acquire the Clippers, and there are also good news from Under Armor.

On April 4, almost two months have passed since Plank hired Goldman Sachs as an anti-takeover consultant. Under Armor has held two shareholder meetings to propose changes to the company's articles of association to defend against possible hostile takeovers.

But it was rejected by the shareholders’ meeting twice!
Affected by this news, Under Armor's market value has successively penetrated the psychological threshold of US$250 billion and US$220 billion, heading towards the key point of US$200 billion!However, Wu Di saw the opportunity and chose to raise his cards at this time and issued a privatization acquisition invitation to Under Armour in the name of Lululemon for a price of US$260 billion!

This move instantly caused a sensation in the capital market!

At this point, the clouds and mist were finally cleared to see the moonlight. Only then did the world see clearly how clever Wu Di's layout was!
First, the scandal-ridden Lululemon was leveraged to buy out, then Lululemon’s business was sorted out to obtain financing, and at the same time, Under Armour’s stock price was targeted, and finally Under Armor was leveraged to buy out Under Armor!
When Wu Di was only worth 40 billion U.S. dollars in the early days, he used this combination to punch Under Armor, which had a market value of over 500 billion U.S. dollars, and was unable to fight back!

He is simply a barbarian in the capital market, no, a kung fu master!

And it is foreseeable that once Wu Di's acquisition is successful and the two brands merge and go public, the stock price will skyrocket!
It will not be impossible to kick Nike off the Iron Throne by then!

Everyone was talking about this matter, but Plank, who was deep in the center of the storm, was completely in disarray.

Two life-or-death decisions to amend the company's articles of association were rejected one after another, making him realize that his control over the company was seriously insufficient!

But it is too late to increase the shareholding at this time, because the acquisition is a major matter. If the trading is not suspended, in addition to facing possible inquiries from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the stock price will also skyrocket!
And if Wu Di wants to delay time, or even pull out all the stops to stop the acquisition, and investors don't agree with his business strategy and sell their stocks one after another, then he won't be able to run away even if he wants to, and he will even face the huge risk of liquidating his assets...

In short, his days at Under Armor have become like an old man selling eggs——

Time is running out!
ding ding ding...

The marimba cell phone rang, and Plank picked it up. It was Woodward from Goldman Sachs:

"Mr. Plank, if you hire us as your negotiators now, we will maximize your losses..."

In the end, Under Armor's board of directors issued an announcement to suspend trading from now on and start merger and acquisition negotiations with Wu Di's team!

Merger and acquisition matters have entered a fierce negotiation stage, and the playoffs have also entered the second round!
The Cavaliers faced the Raptors at Quicken Loans Arena. The Raptors' record surged this year due to the growth of the Garbage Brothers, and they even defeated the Bulls with Noah and Rose in the first round.

But when they came to the Cavaliers, the trash brothers still couldn't escape the fate of making fun of themselves as trash. They had no chance of winning and were sent to the emergency room again with a 0-2 start!
When they came to Toronto, the Northland fans were extremely crazy, especially when they made it back to the playoffs after 6 years.

DeRozan also put up a desperate fight, scoring 7 points on 5 of 14 shots in the first quarter!
Having entered the league a year earlier than Wu Di, his skills have been improving, and he was selected to the All-Star bench for the first time this year, which is when he is in the spotlight.

However, it was of no use. At the beginning of the second quarter, Wu Di handed over the offensive power to Irving and began to defend DeRozan with all his strength!

Therefore, after the whole game, DeRozan only scored 17 points, and the next three quarters averaged 1 point per quarter...

"Wu Di locked up Demar directly!"

In the TNT live broadcast room, O'Neal said with a constipated expression.

Next to him, guest speaker Steve Kerr kept talking:
"Wu Di is the kind of super player who combines offense and defense that I have always admired. When the team needs to attack, he is the heavy artillery. When the team needs defense, he is the handcuffs..."

As Cole said, Wu Di's defense has reached perfection. Of course, this is inseparable from the increase in his wealth value.

In the middle of the season, he spent 3 million US dollars to invest 3 talent points into defense. Now his defensive ability has reached the legendary level of 98!
Not only Cole, but also Wu Di's defensive effect has been affirmed by many media people!

On May 5, the annual Defensive Player of the Year award was drawn. Wu Di defeated Noah, Chris Paul, Iguodala and other players and won the Defensive Player of the Year award!
As a double joy, on May 5, the Cavaliers once again swept the Raptors 11-0 and reached the Eastern Conference Finals!
On the other side of the Eastern Conference are the Pacers and the Heat, old enemies. The two sides are fighting fiercely to Tianwang Mountain. The Pacers have the home court advantage, but the Heat absolutely cannot lose.

Well, although I have heard this for many years, this time it is more serious than before.

James is in his contract year. If they cannot defeat the Pacers and return to the Eastern Conference Finals, they will face the fate of complete disintegration this summer!
Riley gave a death order and must be captured!

James also turned on the Death Eye mode again. You must know that there is a reason why the Cavaliers can't beat him. If the Pacers can't beat him, then James will probably vote with their feet to switch to Paul George, who is in the same position as him. After all, they are all black. …

In fact, he didn't need to activate the mode, the referee did it for him. In the first half, the Pacers only had 2 free throws, and correspondingly, the Heat had 12!
Paul George is not Wu Di. His offensive ability is top-notch, but his scoring explosiveness is not as strong as it is. So much so that when the Heat seize the opportunity, they just play simple balls, and the Pacers are directly beaten to death!
90-102, maybe after winning Tianwangshan, I started to worry about what to do in the Eastern Conference Finals. When James returned to the home court in G6, he was in such a bad state!
In the first quarter, he only scored 5 points on 1 of 2 shots. In the second quarter, he didn't score 1 point and only scored [-] rebound!
His state also affected his teammates. The entire Heat team turned into iron gods and smashed the rim with a loud bang!

Fortunately, the Pacers were also very strong. They had already given up resistance and were waiting to be harvested. The two teams battled to 33-42 in the first half.

In the third quarter, James did not play, and the Pacers realized that James was not Wu Di at all. They immediately regained their form and chased for 9 points, evening the score to 64-64!
In the fourth quarter, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of Heat fans, "Key LeBron" came on the stage. This time his condition was better than in the first half. Although he made 5 of 1 shots again, with 3 free throws, he scored 7 points. I have accumulated [-] points!
Although 7 points sounds small, it is enough to change the direction of the game!
只不过并不是热火球迷们期待的方向，步行者93-90拿下了G6，将比分扳至3-3！

In the tiebreaker, James' condition improved somewhat and led the Heat to take the lead at the beginning, but the Pacers were also in good condition and kept clinging to the score!
However, every time the Pacers want to take the lead, either Rashard Lewis steps up and hits a three-pointer, or Battier steps up and hits a three-pointer. If Battier is not good enough, there is Ray Allen. Ray Allen is not good. There's Tony Douglas!

The Pacers still had the same problem. Their scoring power was much less explosive and they were unable to overtake. In the end, they lost the tiebreaker and allowed the Heat to return to the Eastern Conference Finals!

After the game, James beat the floor with tears of joy. He excitedly told the camera that he was reborn and defeated himself!
The James fans were all moved when they saw this scene. They posted "James is mighty" on various forums. Those who didn't know thought that Lao James had won the championship.

"LeBron, are you confident in the next Eastern Conference Finals?"

reporters asked after the game.

"Well, I will try my best. It's hard to say the result now... We have to stay humble. Yes, humility is the most precious quality of a person..."

James replied gnawingly. Seeing that the reporter wanted to continue asking questions, he quickly added:

"I believe we have a chance because we have improved a lot this season..."

James was obviously a little panicked, but then the league thoughtfully gave him an "excuse"!
On May 5, the results of the 18~2013 regular season MVP selection were released. Wu Dilianzhuang was crowned the regular season MVP again!
Dee fans were in rejoicing, and James was relieved. Wu Di has now won the Best Defensive Player and MVP at the same time, and has become a President Hill-level player. The media should no longer ask him to lead the team to win this game... …Bar?

James breathed a sigh of relief, but Plank almost hated it to death, because Wu Di got another 0.25% of the shares through Under Armor's endorsement!
The acquisition negotiations reached a stalemate. Goldman Sachs did not want to let JPMorgan Chase have the fat, so it raised the asking price to US$280 billion and asked the original management to continue to hold some shares!

Naturally, JPMorgan Chase will not agree to these conditions, but Goldman Sachs is very firm. If it does not agree, it will not be agreed, and the shareholders' meeting will vote to resolve it.

Steven had a headache. Although Plank's shares were not large, they still accounted for more than 20%. If they could gather enough shares to get 30% of the voting rights to oppose, they would not be able to acquire it.

Time seems to be on Goldman Sachs's side. After all, JPMorgan Chase has always been the one to play the cards. Now that the acquisition strategy has been revealed, Under Armour's investors have the backing for the acquisition, and it will be difficult for them to cut off their positions...

Wu Di was a little distraught. He was the third MVP. He felt nothing at all. He only had the headache of writing a speech.

As for the acquisition, he is not in a hurry because Lululemon's ultra-high valuation has given him a very sufficient financial safety cushion.

In fact, he can accept even $280 billion, but JPMorgan Chase doesn't agree, so let them be busy arguing with Goldman Sachs.

Soon, something really happy happened for Wu Di, and the Clippers' bidding situation gradually became clear.

The strategy of him and Ballmer joining later worked. The bids of the two most competitive consortiums were much lower than in the previous life because of Ballmer's belated arrival.

The consortium formed by Grant Hill and Bruce Cash bid $9 million, and the consortium formed by music master David Geffennan bid $11 billion, which were $3 million and $5 million lower than the previous life respectively.

But at this time, Ballmer directly expressed his offer of US$15 billion!

This extraordinary price instantly made the two consortiums feel excited, especially Hill's consortium. They could only offer 12 billion US dollars at most, but who knew that Ballmer just spent 15 billion US dollars!
Even the more powerful Ge Fennan was speechless. You must know that US$15 billion is already 6.25 times the king's record price of US$2.4 million!
"15.5 million dollars!"

The Ge Fennan consortium did not give up and continued to issue offers. Ballmer wanted to directly call for $20 billion, but Wu Di stopped him:
"Wait a minute! Just tell him twice the price increase!"

Ballmer shrugged and sent someone to report "$16.5 billion"!
Sure enough, as Wu Di expected, Ge Fennan directly withdrew from the competition. The courage shown by Ballmer had already frightened him!

Sterling was also overjoyed with the price. The media first predicted that the Clippers' valuation was only US$10 billion, but now it has exceeded 65%. He even felt that he was a blessing in disguise!
Especially considering that the initial price he paid for the Clippers in 1981 was only $1250 million!
After Wu Di's operation, Ballmer's actual purchase price was US$20 million less than the US$3.5 billion in his previous life. Wu Di also saved the two of them a huge sum of money.

The bidding process is over, and now before Ballmer and Woody take over the Clippers, all that remains is to submit to the NBA Board of Directors for approval.

This link is only symbolic. After all, buying and selling a team is considered a private business transaction. The board of directors had already broken the rules by forcing Sterling to sell the team. If it vetoes the sale again, the value of the team in everyone's hands will be reduced.

But this time, the board of directors was divided on whether to approve the transfer of the team.

Although Ballmer is officially buying the team, the actual ownership of the team is in a shell company in the Cayman Islands.

If you are an ordinary person, it may be difficult to find the related people behind this company, but after all, they are the NBA with huge influence.

Xiao Hua spent a lot of effort to hire a back-reporting team, and the information presented by Ballmer showed that this shell company was related to many companies. Although the share was ominous, it was definitely related to Wu Di.

This directly violates the clause that currently active players cannot purchase shares of the team.

"Everyone here knows how much revenue Wu Di has added to the league, and one issue we cannot ignore is that Wu Di's worth has been conservatively estimated to have exceeded 50 billion US dollars. If we do not agree to his purchase of team shares, it will increase his participation in this game. The sense of participation in it, I’m afraid it will be difficult for us to keep such players..."

Xiao Hua rarely spoke to Wu Di. He didn't want to say it at first, but the situation was stronger than others. He had just taken the throne of president and his status was unstable. He had to win the support of Wu Di, the face of the league!
"And there is also the super-rich Ballmer here. If he doesn't agree, with Ballmer's wealth and Wu Di's business acumen, it is possible that these two people will form a partnership to create an ABA to fight against us..."

The Nets' director representative was the first to speak, and everyone couldn't help but feel their Adam's apple rolling and fell into deep thought.

But Gilbert slapped the table and objected:

"Absolutely not allowed! This matter will not only harm me, but also everyone present! Imagine that in the future, your players will become the face of the league, and then a bald man will come over to recruit you in the form of team shares. Players…”

Gilbert's original intention was good, but it had the opposite effect. Everyone thought he was showing off!

If a small amount of team shares can be exchanged for a league appearance like Wu Di, who wouldn't?

"In short, everyone, let's vote. This proposal adopts a majority veto system. If you disagree, raise your hands!"

After Xiao Hua finished speaking, he looked around the conference room. Except for Gilbert's raised arm, no one raised their hands:

"Okay, only one person objected, failing to reach a majority, the proposal passed!"

……

"Di, good news! The board of directors has approved your transaction with Ballmer to purchase the Clippers!"

As soon as the board meeting ended, Xiao Hua returned to the office to announce the good news to Wu Di. He is the NBA president and a professional manager selected by the team owner, so strictly speaking, he is Wu Di's subordinate.

"I still prefer your unruly look!"

Wu Di thought to himself. Listening to Xiao Hua's flattering tone, Wu Di knocked his knuckles on the table and asked:

"Oh, who agrees and who disagrees?"

"There was almost no objection, except Gilbert!"

Xiao Hua said quickly and sold Gilbert on the spot. In fact, he made this call just to push Gilbert out and give Wu Dishu a target.

"Okay, I see."

Wu Di hung up the phone and while he was thinking about it, the phone rang again. It was Ballmer:
"We succeeded! We succeeded yoho~"

Ballmer was as happy as a child, and Wu Di also laughed. The two talked about driving Baheli to Los Angeles, forming a group to buy a house in Beverly, building a new basketball court in Los Angeles, etc. However, when they talked about the next step of the team When it comes to team building ideas, Ballmer is a little worried:
"I'm afraid Gilbert won't agree to Griffin replacing you? But without you, how can we win the championship..."

Wu Di laughed loudly:

"Haha, be patient Steve! Gilbert has nothing to do with where I go! Now that the team has just come into our hands, we need to straighten it out first..."

On May 5, Quicken Loans Arena once again welcomed its old rival, the Heat!
There will also be an MVP award ceremony!

Feeling the fans shouting "MVP" in unison, James looked at Wu Di with eyes full of envy, jealousy and hatred!

He now regrets leaving Cleveland, the "imperial" place, and feels that Wu Di stole his luck to achieve what he has achieved today!
When the ceremony ended and the game started, Wu Di hit him with a three-pointer in the opening shot. James even felt that the Cavaliers uniform on Wu Di was infinitely magical!

Soon, the game came to an end with 89-116. Needless to say, the process was quite boring. Besides beating James, he also beat James.

After Wu Di scored more than 20 points, he handed the offensive ball to Irving and focused mainly on defending James. As a result, James only scored 12 points in the game, which was not even as good as Ray Allen's 13 points.

The same is true for G2. The Cavaliers won easily. James scored more points this time, scoring 21 points, but at least 10 of them came in garbage time.

Wu Di didn't want to defend anymore and just sent Green, but Lao Zhan was also tenacious enough, his eyes were red from Green's poke, and he still stayed on the court to score points!
The James fans were so moved. They all said that Lao Zhan gave everything he had, but his teammates were too good!

Netizens didn't bother to refute, they just posted a few clown expressions. The fans thought that the netizens were agreeing with their views and retweeted them one after another. The netizens almost stopped laughing!

(End of this chapter)