NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 348 Zhang Guorong's Concert

"Flying Dragon, the contract is signed and the league is approved. Now the Mavericks are mine, and I am the owner of the NBA team."

At 8 o'clock in the evening on August 18, Jordan called with an extremely excited tone.

"How much?" Zhao Dong asked.

"$2.75 million." Jordan said excitedly.

"more or less."

Zhao Dong said something that puzzled Jordan.

Because in the previous life, Mark Cuban bought the Mavericks for 2.8 million US dollars, which is about the same price as Jordan.

If this was two or three years ago, when he and Lindsay bought the New York Jets, it would have been at most 3000 million U.S. dollars, an increase of nine times. The inflated price of American assets is really terrifying.

Now he can be sure that Jordan will not come back for the second time.

In the previous life, Jordan came back for the second time because the major shareholder of the Wizards fooled him, saying that he would transfer the equity to him, making him the major shareholder of the Wizards, but after he gave up his status as a minority shareholder and came back, he discovered that he was cheated.

In this life, Jordan completely owns the Mavericks and will never give up his equity.

And Zhao Dong doesn't want Jordan to come back for the second time. In the previous life, Jordan came back to the Wizards. For Jordan, those two seasons actually dragged down his career performance.

In the NBA, the transaction freeze period has been opened long ago, and the Knicks have completed a series of transactions.

Big Ben went to the Lakers, as big as the Mavericks, Billew went to the Pistons, Hu Weidong went to the Wizards, Rick Bronson went to the Grizzlies, Charlie Ward went to Houston, and everyone who wanted to go left.

In addition, the bus also signed a contract with the Bulls and officially joined the NBA.

At the end of August, Neil Grant passed Zhao Dong a team list.

Zhao Dong, Danny Fortson, Barkley, Kevin Willis, Gary Trent, Latrell Sprewell, Ginobili, Jerry Stackhouse, these are the eight who have Guaranteed contract players.

"Feilong, you took Wang away, and Ben also left. Now we don't have a good insider. Barkley's status in the new season is unclear. He is too old. You may go inside."

Grant then called.

"I have no problem, I can play any position." Zhao Dong said.

In the past, the most important reason why he switched to the outside line was because the team belonged to Ewing at that time, and Ewing didn't have the ball on the inside, but now the team belongs to him, and he doesn't care about playing inside and outside.

"Okay, you and Danny Fortson are the starting combination on the inside, and Barkley and Willis are on the bench. Gary Trent is on the front line. There are no good options. I will bring in another backup small forward. On the back line , Madman and Stackhouse started, Ginobili came off the bench. What do you think of this lineup?" Grant asked.

"Okay, you can figure out the lineup, I'm only in charge of playing." Zhao Dong laughed.

"That's great, don't worry, Feilong, I will try my best to strengthen the lineup. Several veterans have contacted the team, and I will see how to strengthen the front line." Grant laughed.

"What's the attitude of our boss?" Zhao Dong asked.

"You mean the luxury tax? Mr. Dowland's attitude is always the same. As long as the team needs it, he can pay enough luxury tax." Grant laughed.

"Not bad." Zhao Dong was very satisfied.

He was a little worried at first. The Knicks became a dynasty, and the owner may not want to spend money. If so, he would choose to leave the Knicks and go to a team with championship dreams. Now it is the best. up.

The lineup for the new season, based on the current eight guarantee contracts, has exceeded the salary cap, and this season must pay a luxury tax.

On August 8th, Zhang Guorong called Zhao Dong, saying that he was going to hold a concert in Beijing on September 19th.

"Congratulations, Brother Rong, how are you doing recently?" Zhao Dong asked with a smile.

"It couldn't be better, haha!" Zhang Guorong laughed.

"Well, I hope your concert will be a success. By the way, prepare more tickets for me." Zhao Dong laughed.

"No problem." Zhang Guorong smiled.

Within two days, Zhang Guorong and his team arrived in Beijing and started preparing for the concert.

The venue he decided on was the Beijing Workers' Stadium, which can accommodate 6000 people.

Zhao Dong treated guests to dinner on the day Zhang Guorong arrived, and the two chatted with Mei Yanfang.

Zhao Dongdao: "She is in good condition, after all, there is no cancer, and she has almost recovered, but she still needs to rest to prevent recurrence.

Now the vaccine has entered the final critical period, and it will be on the market soon. As long as the vaccine comes out and the vaccine is injected, the occurrence of cervical cancer can basically be guaranteed to be avoided. "

"Great!" Zhang Guorong said happily.

"Her sister's situation is better than before, but after all, it has been ten years, recovery is impossible, only relief." Zhao Dong said.

"It's already good."

Zhang Guorong sighed: "In her family, only her sister loves her, the others..."

"Go to the United States to accompany her when you have time. I remember you said that when she was 40 years old, if she didn't marry you, you would marry her. The promise of youth, you can't forget it." Zhao Dong laughed.

Zhang Guorong smiled, nodded and said: "I often talk to her on the phone, and I will fly over after the concert."

The time has entered October 1999.

"Feilong, Mr. Arum and I have been negotiating with Lewis and Holyfield, and now we only have to sign a contract. What do you think?"

On the 3rd, Ringo Wells called and asked Zhao Dong about the boxing match.

Zhao Dong had thought about it a long time ago and said, "Let's arrange it at the end of this month."

Wells said: "Holifield now holds the WBA/IBF heavyweight world title and two gold belts in the four major boxing organizations.

Lennox Lewis currently holds the heavyweight world champion title of the WBC among the four major boxing organizations, and the heavyweight world champion title of the next-level IBO boxing organization. "

Having said that, he asked, "Feilong, who do you want to fight with?"

Zhao Dong said without hesitation: "Holyfield."

"OK, I'll arrange to sign a contract with the other party immediately." Wells said.

In New York, Holyfield soon received the news that Zhao Dong had chosen him, and he was ecstatic.

In March of this year, he and Lewis completed a World Boxing Championship match involving two WBA/IBF gold belts at Madison Square Garden. In the end, it ended in a draw and he kept the two gold belts.

But that boxing match, which lasted twelve rounds, caused him to be questioned.

Because Lewis has always been dominant on the scene, the world public opinion and the media are very angry, thinking that the female referee Williams favored him, and it is generally believed that it is a typical fraud and bribery.

He felt wronged because he didn't bribe the female referee at all.

Therefore, he has always hoped to win this boxing match with Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dong's popularity is very high. Although he is not a professional boxer, he has defeated Tyson and has a high reputation in the professional boxing world. If he can defeat him, he can prove himself again.

Of course, he did not hang himself on a tree like Zhao Dong.

While negotiating with Zhao Dong, his team was also negotiating with Lewis at the same time. Both sides wanted to complete another boxing championship match this year to determine the ownership of the gold belts of the three major world boxing organizations and a second-level gold belt.

On the other end, Lewis in London was disappointed.

Zhao Dong's fight with Holyfield means that he not only has no way to fight Zhao Dong, but also has no way to fight Holyfield this year.

On the 4th, the news of the World Boxing Championship was officially announced.

Zhao Dong once again competed in the professional boxing world, and his opponent was the world-renowned heavyweight champion with two titles like Holyfield. The shock caused can be imagined.

After all, he has only fought one professional boxing match before. Although Tyson is the most destructive world boxing champion, his strength has declined and cannot represent the real world boxing champion. But this time is different, Holyfield has two world titles from the four major organizations.

For the prediction of the outcome of this boxing match, the world public opinion and the media have given their own answers, basically they are not very optimistic about Zhao Dong.

The reason is simple, Zhao Dong has no time to train at all, the last time he fought against Tyson, he exposed his weakness of poor technique, and when he met Holyfield, a boxing champion who likes to cuddle, he couldn't fight like Tyson. , it is impossible to win.

The media found Tyson in New York and asked him about his attitude towards this competition. Tyson said: "I was too impulsive last time, and the flying dragon kept provoking me, which made me lose my calmness. This is the key to my failure." Reason, if I do it again, I won't necessarily lose.

I have not interrupted my training recently. I look forward to stepping into the ring again and fighting Dragon again. If I have the chance, I will beat him to wash away my shame.

For this competition, I am optimistic about Holyfield, there is no doubt that he is very calm, the dragon's provocation is useless, he is irritated by Holyfield's tactics, and then I am sure he will bite Holyfield's ear . "

"This idiot! He's so brainless, where is he standing?"

After seeing Tyson's interview, Holyfield wanted to rush to Tyson's house and beat him up.

The New York Times reporter contacted Zhao Dong through Ringo Wells and conducted a telephone interview.

"Flying Dragon, Lewis and Holyfield, why did you choose the latter?" the reporter asked.

"Because Holyfield is getting old, it will be too late if you don't fight." Zhao Dong said.

"..."

The reporter over there was stunned and didn't react for a long time. It can be seen that Zhao Dong's answer was beyond his expectation and caught him off guard.

"Oh Dragon, how confident are you that you can beat Holyfield? Between him and Tyson, who do you think will cause him more trouble?"

After the reporter reacted, he asked again immediately.

"It's him." Zhao Dong said.

"Oh, you think Holyfield is stronger?" the reporter asked.

Zhao Dongdao: "After all, Tyson did not conduct professional training in the past few years, and his strength has declined a lot, while Holyfield is still at the peak.

Also, my strengths are better at dealing with Tyson's style, and Holyfield's hugging is too much, Tyson doesn't like it, and I don't like this style, I think his style of play will also cause more damage to me. troubled. "

"Will you be irritated by Holyfield's hug tactics?" the reporter asked.

"I will control myself." Zhao Dong said.

"If you can't control it, will you bite each other's ears like Tyson?" the reporter asked.

"Of course not, I'm afraid I will choose to kick him over." Zhao Dong said.

Zhao Dong's interview made the headlines of the New York Times the next day, and the New York Times played on his words:

"Obviously, Feilong was joking. However, from his attitude, he does not approve of Holyfield's cuddling tactics. He thinks that Holyfield's name is not worthy of his name. He thinks it is a disgusting tactic."

Holyfield immediately fought back. Facing the live news program of New York TV, he said: "Any tactic is justified as long as it does not foul. Blaming is an act of the weak, and I don't agree with him. Of course, I don't agree with his strength. I mean boxing strength.

At the same time, I also want to say, even if I am too old to lie in bed, I can kill you! "

When he said the last sentence, he pointed at the camera and stared fiercely at the camera, like a lion who wanted to eat and eat, with extremely ferocious aura.

During this time, Zhao Dong has increased his training time. He has a high-quality actual combat training every day, and his skills and boxing experience are improving.

Of course, no matter how advanced his skills and experience are, he is still far from being able to compare with the top world boxing champions like Holyfield.

On the 8th, Zhang Guorong's Beijing concert was held as scheduled.

I don't know how many Hong Kong stars came to join the show, the entire backstage was full, and there was no shortage of the four heavenly kings.

Tan Zhang has been fighting for hegemony for many years, this time even Principal Tan is also a guest singer, and will sing a duet with Zhang Guorong.

Zhao Dong took [-] tickets from Zhang Guorong, except for his own use, the others were given to the young people in Sanbulao Hutong.

Although the ticket price of Zhang Guorong's concert is not high, far lower than that of Faye Wong, but it is still very expensive for ordinary people, and the young people are very happy when they get Zhao Dong's ticket.

At 06:30, after dinner, Zhao Dong took Lindsay, many bodyguards, and those small neighbors, and prepared to go to Gongti in the five minibuses prepared.

Lindsay sat in the minibus, feeling very fresh, because she had never been in this kind of car before, and the space above was huge, bigger than a Rolls-Royce, but it was a bit cramped when she sat down, and her legs grew a little longer.

"Is everyone here? Let's go!"

Like a ticket seller, Zhao Dong stood at the door of the car and yelled.

"It's all set." Someone replied.

"wait a minute!"

Just as it was about to start, someone shouted from behind.

"Brother Dong, Brother Dacheng hasn't come up yet, wait a minute." A little girl yelled after sticking her head out for a look.

"Who said it all?" Zhao Dong shouted.

"Haha..." The car laughed loudly.

Bada, the car door opened again, a man and a woman came up, but it was Zhao Dacheng, and the woman was Xu Qing.

"Yo, really hooked up?" Zhao Dong whispered.

Zhao Dacheng glared at Zhao Dong, while Xu Qing blushed pretty.

"Brother, don't you have your own car? There is no seat!" Zhao Dong asked.

"Don't you also have a car? Of course you have to go together for this group activity. Fortunately, you grew up in the compound, without organization and discipline." Zhao Dacheng said.

"..." Zhao Dong was speechless.

What are you doing so far, don't you just want to show off in front of the neighbors, let Xu Qing show her face, so that the family can count?
"Zhao Dong."

Xu Qing greeted Zhao Dong generously.

"Hello, Sister Qing, this is Liu Wei."

Zhao Dong nodded and introduced Lindsay again.

"Hi Mrs. Lindsay."

Xu Qing hurriedly nodded to Lin Sai, looking a little nervous, and didn't notice that Zhao Dong was talking about Liu Wei.

In fact, there is no need for Zhao Dong's introduction at all. Lindsay's name and appearance are known to everyone in the country who reads a little bit of news.

Facing Zhao Dong, she didn't have much difference. Even though Zhao Dong is rich now and is an international sports superstar, he has seen the naked Zhao Dong, but Lindsay is different. The pressure on her is too great.

"Sister Qing, just call me Liu Wei."

Zhao Dacheng was clever, and quickly reminded Xu Qing.

"Huh? Oh, hello, Liu Wei."

Xu Qing is naturally also a smart person. The title is different, and the relationship is of course different, so she quickly changed her words.

"Hello."

Lindsay stood up and smiled.

She didn't follow Zhao Dong to call her Sister Qing. Zhao Dong and Xu Qing grew up in the same dean, but she wasn't.

"Miss Qing, sit down."

Zhao Dong asked Xu Qing to sit down, and he and Zhao Dacheng stood in the aisle. A few girls and boys next to him wanted to give up their seats, but the two of them refused.

When you come to the vicinity of Gongti, there are people everywhere, and there are five minibuses, so it takes a lot of effort to find a place to park.

With so many of them, they were immediately targeted by scalpers, and several scalpers surrounded them.

"Dude, do you want tickets?"

"How many?"

A young man named Xiao Mao in Sanbulao Hutong asked.

"This number."

The scalper compared one with his left hand and eight with his right hand.

"One thousand and eight? Then give me a hundred." Xiao Mao said with a smile.

"Are you making fun of me? Eighteen thousand." The scalper said angrily.

"Follow up, don't be long-winded." Zhao Dong urged in front.

"Brother, go find someone else, we have a ticket, and the seat is better than yours." Xiao Mao raised the ticket in his hand and shouted triumphantly.

"All have tickets."

The young people behind Xiao Mao raised their tickets one after another.

"Shouldn't you say it earlier?" the scalper said angrily.

"Hey, that seems to be the celebrity Xu Qing?" asked a scalper next to him.

"What is Xu Qing doing? Many celebrities are here today. Look at the tall and strong one with the hat and sunglasses, does it look like Zhao Dong? Is the one next to him Mrs. Lindsay?"

Another scalper whispered.

"Hey, it seems to be true!"

"I also received Mrs. Lindsay on the [-]st day before yesterday, for a state banquet..."

"With so much money invested in our country, a state banquet is a must!"

A few scalpers stopped selling tickets, and got together to discuss enthusiastically.

When Zhao Dong and others went in, the gymnasium was already full, only the front middle one was vacant.

"Who are these many seats reserved for? We're all squeezed to the side." Ziwei said dissatisfiedly.

"Shh, stop talking. This is Beijing. There are too many people who are qualified to sit there. Look at the people next to us. They must all have status."

Huanzhugege reminded immediately.

On the two sides of the first few rows, there were many stars from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China. They were always surprised by the good big unoccupied seat in the middle, and they talked a lot from time to time.

In fact, sitting with these stars, maybe some better seats, and some young people who don't know anyone.

At this time, a group of people from Zhao Dong came over and began to sit down, sitting in the middle seats.

"Brother Dacheng, Brother Dong, sister-in-law."

A few young people sitting with those stars stood up and greeted Brother Zhao Dong and Lindsay.

These people are all the children of the big courtyard who knew Zhao Dong brothers. Some of them had a good relationship and grew up together when they were young. Of course, there were also the children of the big courtyard who had fought with him.

"Hey, how many brothers are here today?" Brother Zhao Dong went over to chat with those people.

"Wow, are those Zhao Dong and Mrs. Lindsay?" Jinsuo girl shouted in surprise.

"Ah, really!"

"Mrs. Lindsay is so beautiful!"

Some celebrities nearby started talking about it.

Zhao Dong chatted with those young people for a few words, then went backstage with Lindsay and a group of bodyguards.

"Dacheng, aren't we going?"

Seeing that Zhao Dacheng was still chatting non-stop with several young people, Xu Qing reminded.

"My brother and Zhang Guorong are friends, we don't know him well, what are we going to do?" Zhao Dacheng asked suspiciously.

"Let's make friends, aren't you in this business now? There are also many celebrities here, don't you want to say hello?"

Xu Qing said angrily.

She knew that the first batch of RMB [-] billion that Zhao Dong gave to Zhao Dacheng had already been put in place, and Zhao Dacheng's company hadn't even signed a single star, so don't waste such a good opportunity.

Zhao Dacheng shook his head and said, "Sister Qing, I'm a boss and an investor, not a celebrity. I'm a manager. Why do I make friends with celebrities? That's what my subordinates do, not what I want to do."

Xu Qing was taken aback, is there such a reason?

Now for a mainland star like her, let alone her, even Jiang Wen, an actor at the actor level, naturally bows down in front of those Hong Kong stars, and even a few heads in terms of treatment. The mainland film and television industry has not yet After development, Hong Kong and Taiwan are still the world now. She can't understand Zhao Dacheng's thoughts.

Zhao Dacheng thinks differently. His idea is instilled in him by Zhao Dong. Don’t exaggerate the importance of stars and actors. What he has to do is to integrate the resources of this industry and industrialize it. Star actors are just one of them. It's just a part.

There are more celebrities from Hong Kong City in the background, all of them are big names, and there is no shortage of any of the four heavenly kings. Twenty or thirty of them are all for Zhang Guorong.

At this time, a large group of people walked into the backstage, all of them were rich people in Hong Kong City, Cheng Ge, Tong Ge, Ji Ge and Guo Tai, and many of the top four real estate developers. The others were also well-known Hong Kong City business celebrities and their children.

"Mr. Lee."

"Mrs. Guo."

"Mr. Zheng."

The stars quickly greeted them respectfully.

At this time, Zhang Guorong, who was putting on makeup, also came out after hearing the news, and greeted all the celebrities in the business world.

"Rong Zai, you do your own thing, don't worry about us." Ji Ge said politely.

Zhang Guorong was a little confused. He didn't know why so many top and first-line rich people in Hong Kong City came to his backstage.

His concert in Hongke will indeed attract some wealthy people to watch, such as Brother Cheng, his family once went to support him.

But now it's Beijing, so many rich people have flown thousands of kilometers to come to fight, he definitely doesn't think it's his fault.

(End of this chapter)