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Chapter 327
Perhaps MR. Huang's acquisition action only affected those basketball players in country Z. After all, the influence of basketball in country Z is not enough to make the world pay attention to it, but some actions are the foundation that can shake the basketball hall of NBA , For example, a sufficiently crazy acquisition, and now a fax in the United States has begun to make a billionaire think and hesitate.

Mitch Arison, the billionaire who ranks in the top [-] on the world's richest list, is looking at a fax on his desk and thinking about something. It has been a long time since there was anything that could make him feel like this After thinking about it, he hadn't sat awake at night in his study for a long time, but some things on that piece of paper had to make him think a lot.

Compared to the crazy cowboy Cuban, James Dolan in New York who is suspected of money laundering and throwing money at the stars, Mitch Arison may be one of the least talkative owners in the NBA. According to his worth, he He is also qualified to be ranked among the top three in the NBA, but you rarely hear him have any dissatisfaction with the team. The only time he gave advice to the team on TV was probably when they won the championship. That year, he once told reporters that he hoped that O'Neal could lose weight. For the rest of the time, Mitch Arison would choose to watch the game in the quietest corner of the court, and he seldom even shouted. After joining the team for more than a month, he discovered that his boss often sat behind him to watch the game, quietly as if he was an ordinary fan, not only Lin Yi made this mistake, Lian Spoel Stella never noticed that this old man who often hides in the corner turned out to be her boss.

Maybe Pat Riley's light is too dazzling, or Mitch Arison is too low-key. Except for those fans who often come to the Heat's stadium, no one can tell at a glance that the man who often wears shirts The dumb guy there turned out to be the owner of the Miami Heat.

This kind of personality determines many things. The quiet and steady Mitch Arison has used his continuous investment to increase the value of the Miami Heat to a height of 3 million US dollars. Don't forget, the Miamis only entered in the late 65s alliance, but they have become the most unneglectable force in the entire Eastern Conference in the past ten years. Everyone knows how powerful this opponent is. All of this may depend on Mitch Arison's management. Brought a really good team to the city.

A championship, a general manager who is very popular in the league, and an impactful Flash, these are the wealth that Mitch Arison brought to the Heat. Even the arrival of Lin Yi was watched by many people It is a wise decision of this old man. Maybe Mitch Arison does not have the courage to spend money like James Dolan, but it is obvious that this shrewd industrialist will not let his investment become piles of money Rubbish.

As the CEO of the largest and most profitable cruise company in the world, owns the most luxurious floating castle in the world, and has a net worth of 56 billion US dollars, Mitch Arison may already be an idol that many men emulate and worship. As the owner of the entire NBA Mitch Arison, one of the richest property tycoons in the country, may seldom worry about certain things, but now this shrewd old man is caught in a kind of thinking. He has been alone in his study I have been thinking about one thing for a long time.

The bad economic environment in the United States has begun to invade the lives of those billionaires. In recent months, many of their old buddies have begun to be forced to sell off their real properties, and their economic conditions have begun to deteriorate. It got worse. Although Mitch Arison hadn't been in such embarrassment yet, his company's troubles in recent months had made this usually quiet old man start to become nervous.

The collapse of several large banks and real estate companies has sounded the alarm for everyone. Even industry giants such as General Motors of the United States need to rely on substantial layoffs to survive bankruptcy. Mitch Arison needs to seriously consider himself How will the subsidiary Carnival Company deal with such a severe situation? Not many people will be spared from such a financial turmoil.

A full 20% quarterly profit decline, this is just the economic performance reflected by the company in the past three months, this may be the first time Mitch Arison has felt the troubles brought by the severe economic winter, the global financial turmoil It has already made him feel a kind of cold, especially when this kind of storm is approaching him, that kind of biting feeling appeared for the first time on this man who has always been very confident in everything.

The annual profit and stock value fell by 45% consecutively. This may be the first time that Mitch Arison has suffered such a serious economic loss since he became CEO. The sharp reduction of tourists and the loss of his peripheral investment have made the current Carnival Group appear to be in a hurry. However, the most troublesome thing is that the abominable influenza A is still coming to join in the fun at this time, and all 80 luxury cruise ships under his banner have been affected to varying degrees.

That stupid executive director is still trying to cover up all the facts at this time. If he hadn't concealed the flu illness on the cruise ship, he wouldn't have caused other cruise ships to be implicated. Focusing on themselves, ports in many countries have begun to prohibit cruise ships suspected of being infected with the disease from berthing. The compensation for tourists has already cost the company tens of millions of dollars. Tourism has been hit hard again.

Those super-luxury cruise ships that once brought countless honors and miracles to Mickey Arison brought countless dollars to Carnival Corporation every day in the prosperous years of ocean-going voyage tourism, but in such an economic environment they It has almost become a vacuum cleaner that sucks money out of Mitch Arison's wallet, and their consumption has become a headache for Mitch Arison almost every month, but in order to maintain his company's image, he has to I have to bite the bullet and pay for such consumption.

The tourism industry is most dependent on the natural environment and economic conditions. When people have spare money in their hands, everyone will not give up the opportunity to enjoy it. But now the number of unemployed people in the United States is almost exponentially increasing. Who still has the mind to go on a long voyage, everyone is almost calculating their lives, because their company will go bankrupt one day, and no one will go out to spend at this time.

What's more, those infectious diseases have become one of the fatal blows to these luxury cruise ships. It may not take long for these troubles to be resolved automatically, but their situation will not improve in the past few weeks, and they need to use various methods to deal with those who are about to The incoming inspection, if one is not careful, may be waiting for Mitch. Arison is a big trouble facing outage.

In addition to these, the damn investment bank has been bankrupt again and again, including those hot real estate projects that have been speculating in his own hands, and now they have become garbage that cannot be thrown out. Mitch Arison knows that he Most of the liquidity around me has been severely locked up, and the current economic situation seems to have no signs of easing up.

This may be the first time that Mitch Arison feels that his ability to control the company has been weakened, and other directors who are not willing to be suppressed by him are also showing signs of being ready to move. All of this may not have completely reached an out-of-control situation. At this point, when Mitch Arison must now consider the company's profitability, if this situation cannot be reversed in a short period of time, then he is likely to become the next subject of news reports, and he does not want to be the subject of that kind of news focus.

The fax in front of him may be a good opportunity, but the opponent's condition is that he give up most of the control over the Miami Heat. The opponent must achieve absolute control, at least to be able to determine most of the team. Decision-making, obviously, the other party is aiming at gaining the right to speak. Mitch Arison is also a little uncertain whether he should give up his favorite team at this time, although he received from the team There is a lot of income, but compared to Carnival Corporation, there is only a small part.

The Miami Heat are not the most popular team in the league. If you want to give it a reasonable positioning of its influence in the league, I am afraid it can only be ranked in the top ten. It is obvious that it cannot compete with Los Angeles. On a par with New York, but as a Miami native, Mitch Arison still feels honored to own his hometown team. He has become almost the most respected person in the city.

Especially in the past year, almost every Miami fan who saw him will pay tribute to him, because his team will bring happiness to the city every game day, the little guy from the East makes Miami It began to gradually heat up. If it can continue to play like this, Mitch Arison has reason to believe that this will be the next Houston, and he will become as well-known to the Chinese as Alexander.

But the abominable financial turmoil has made all this worse. If there is a powerful economic partner who makes a reasonable investment in his group at this time, then Mitch Arison is very confident that Carnival will survive this difficulty. But what he wants to give up may be absolute control over the team. Although he will retain a part of the equity, it is obvious that he can only be the second person of the team.

A group of shrewd investors, a name familiar to Mitch Arison, MR. Huang, the financial legend from Wall Street, the guy who seldom makes a shot but often hits it with one hit, the guy who also came from that ancient country for the first time. His acquisition conditions are in front of him. His appetite is very big. He almost wants to eat the entire Miami Heat team. If he is a pure investor, Mitch Arison may not care too much, but Obviously behind that MR. Huang is a financial group from the Arab world and Jewish billionaires.

That kind of strong financial guarantee may even attract the attention of Mitch Arison. He knows how much energy these guys from the oil kingdom and those Jews who hold most of the wealth in the United States can have. What he needs now It's such a strong support, although the other party's request is depriving him of control over a favorite team.

When these guys put their own funds in front of them, Mitch Arison admitted that he could not resist the temptation. After all, cooperating with a consortium of this size would allow him to quickly get out of his current predicament, and those behind the Jews Political power is also an advantage that cannot be ignored. At least Mitch Arison does not want to have any friction with this group of financial giants.

Mitch Arison kept tapping the fax paper. He was thinking about the future of the Miami Heat. He still had two days to think about these things. That shrewd MR. Huang was coming soon It will be a face-to-face direct communication. If Mitch Arison still wants to take the initiative, he needs to find out the intention of the other party. He will not easily transfer the valuable things in his hands to others. If he transfers , It also needs a very good price.

Alas, if only a few hours ago, there hadn't been that terrible riot in Cleveland. Winning the Cavaliers may have added more leverage to their negotiations, but now it's all disrupted by that damn Brazilian, For the first time, Mitch Arison had the idea of ​​killing that guy, because that guy cost him at least tens of millions of negotiation capital. After all, there was a difference between the finals team and the second-round team.

If the damned financial turmoil does not come, Mitch Arison has reason to believe that he can become the most admired guy in the city, and the city will also welcome more tourists from country Z, and his cruise business will also There will be further market expansion possibilities, but all of this is a bit uncertain now. At least the liquidity of more than 3 million US dollars is already difficult for him to refuse.

You know, David Stein had discussed with Mitch Arison at the beginning about Jordan buying a part of his shares, but Mitch Arison rejected the proposal without hesitation. He hoped that the Miami Heat could It may be a bit of a narrow sense of belonging to stay in your own hands and be cheered by those hometown fans, but Mitch Arison doesn't care what David Stein thinks, because the Miami Heat is his For the team, he is the highest decision maker.

Poor Varejao probably doesn't even know that he's already at the top of the list of most unpopular people in Miami on this chaotic night. If he wants to travel to Miami in the future, he'd better bring a few more bodyguards. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to stand out from the city, because his dirty hands almost destroyed the guardian of the city, the favorite little guy in Miami.

No one knows what kind of punishment David Stein will impose, but the fine will definitely not be light. Maybe this guy who was born as a lawyer is now weighing the pros and cons like himself. Hehe, at least this night is not a Having a headache, Mitch Arison casually lit an expensive cigar, but he didn't try to taste the mellow aroma. In the curling smoke, he tried to see through the illusion.

Burning cigars, the sound of dialing the phone, Mitch Arison seemed to have thought through a lot of things after a long silence, and that somewhat deep voice conveyed some information in this spacious study, at least specifically What the content is, maybe only he knows, but after two days, something can be determined.

How much can happen in one night?Maybe a lot, but in this chaotic night, many things have been buried secretly. When they detonate, they may have the biggest impact on the alliance. It seems that a guy who planned all these things has already He secretly smiled, especially when he got a piece of news that had just been delivered from the United States, the confident smile on the corner of his mouth became more intense.

The toughest bone has already cracked, maybe what awaits him is just a process of grinding his teeth, his lightning strike seems to be right, now he just waits for the moment when he puts away the big net, As for the punishment of the two teams, it seems that it is not a bad decision now, maybe this will be a good opportunity to bargain.

"Now I really want to see David Stein use a thunderous wrist to suppress such a court riot. If I can, I will raise my hands in favor of his decision. Maybe it will be good for the Heat. The performance has a certain impact, but it is a very big benefit to our purchase price, and I almost have the idea of ​​​​calling David Stein now."

"Boss, I don't think this is good for our investment targets. Although the severe punishment will form a very good bargaining opportunity, don't forget that if the punishment is too heavy, then we will suffer in the future, Miami The Heat could be our team in the future."

"Oh, I almost forgot. If the fine is really too heavy, we may have to bear the mess. After all, it will be our trouble. Potter, it seems that you can book a ticket to Miami now, then The big fish wants to cut the flesh. I really like the director who concealed his illness and did not report it. By the way, don’t forget to give some benefits to the reporter who broke the news. Without him, we would not be like this It went well, I seem to be a very good American citizen, and I have done all my responsibilities, but our cruise king is going to suffer a bit. What we need to do this time is to bargain hard. What we lost here, We're going to make it up there."

The cunning revealed by MR. Huang from behind the thin lens is like a wild beast that is about to successfully kill its prey. Only at this time, the investment myth on Wall Street will reveal its cruelty. He has never been merciful to his competitors. Many of the embarrassments of the opponents are caused by him behind the scenes, but he did not intentionally create those things. He just knows how to use everything that can be used. This is economic In the game, he will not follow the rules.

It's like Lin Yi's small moves to gain his own interests on the basketball court. As long as he is still within the tolerance range of the referee, there will be no problems. Mr. Huang likes such small moves very much. He doesn't pay much attention to the means, he doesn't need to make himself look bright, he just needs to make it all look good for him, and this time is no exception, some off-the-chart tricks may save him a lot of money in the end Unnecessarily expensive.

Potter is used to having such an expression on his boss's face. This is the way it is in the business field. Without you, you will live and die, but the calculations and framing of each other will never stop. As long as you achieve your own goals, there is nothing mean. Not despicable, not to mention not using such tricks, then the other party will not easily submit, but at least he will not suffer too much loss.

If MR. Huang's acquisition of the CBA team is just a slight shock to the domestic basketball world in country Z, then that action a few days later may make the basketball world of the whole world tremble. This may be the first time An NBA team belongs to a Chinese owner. Although he is only a spokesperson, no one will analyze the things behind him. This may have the same sensational effect as the first black owner in the NBA.

A giant crocodile carrying huge financial assets opened its mouth wide at Mickey Arison, who has a net worth of billions of dollars. Maybe half of Miami will be torn off by it, but this is not good for those who rely on the team It is still unknown what kind of impact it will have on those who make a living. I am afraid that no one, including those players, knows that this kind of thing is going on quietly. While they are still anxiously waiting for the dawn, something is related to their future. things are happening.

If there is a way to keep from falling asleep, Lin Yidao really wants to try it, especially when he finds that the troubles he faces when waking up in the morning are more troublesome than his inability to fall asleep at night, he wants to close his eyes even more , but it was clear someone didn't want him to have such an easy life.

Lin Yi would not have imagined what kind of activities people would be doing around him. What he needs to face now is two breakfasts in front of him, and at the same time, there are two beautiful girls in refreshing attire sitting His side is staring at him, if he doesn't think about how to eat these things in front of him now, his life will definitely be very sad.

This may be the most uncomfortable breakfast Lin Yi has ever eaten. He even needs to consider which one to eat first, because no matter who he cooks for breakfast later, he will face a pair of somewhat resentful eyes. I don’t know how these two elf-like girls have the time to get these things. You must know that this is in a hotel and not at home.

The timely ringing of the phone finally saved Lin Yi's life, otherwise he really didn't know what would happen when he drank the last mouthful of soup, but the news on the phone didn't make him happy , Spoelstra said on the phone in a somewhat heavy voice.

"The league has confirmed that it will announce the penalty decision in an hour. The internal news is not optimistic. We will return to the team immediately. We must make all preparations. The driver has already driven to pick you up."

What should come will always come. Lin Yi could hear a bad feeling from Spoelstra's voice. After an hour, maybe 60 minutes, the established pattern of the Eastern Conference will be broken. . .

Maybe all we can do now is wait. . .

(The Lakers were overshadowed, the Rockets were run to death, and the Magic 2 stopped. Sure enough, yesterday was the happiest day. When the Magic only made 3 of 31 three-pointers, we really can’t expect them to win...)
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