Chapter 937 List
“Let Wang Zhizhi go. As for Boozer, exchange for a lottery pick next year. The higher the pick, the better.”
Warriors 2002 First Round Drafted Boozer on a four-year contract with Bird rights.
It doesn't matter if he wants to leave, but he needs to get a better pick for the Warriors.
Rick Gordon nodded quickly.
This year and next are both small draft years, and there are no highly anticipated players. It is difficult to get the top three picks, but with Boozer's performance, it is still easy to get the lottery pick.
"Are there any players in this year's draft who performed well?"
In the 2005 draft, the Warriors, who won the championship, only received two picks at the end of the first round and the end of the second round. From the list, Xu Liang did not find a hidden gem like Boozer.
So I didn’t interfere in the team selection.
Rick Gordon shook his head.
"Coach Tom is very disappointed with their performance in the summer league. If there are no accidents, they will be laid off next year."
Xu Liang is not surprised either. It is normal for second-round picks not to be successful. It was an accident.
"Rick, recruit Scola back from Europe and let him adapt to the NBA atmosphere in advance. When Benzel leaves next year, let him serve as a substitute."
K. Gordon nodded.
In the 2002 draft, in addition to Yao Ming and Boozer, the Warriors also used a second-round pick to select Luis Scola.
Because his parent team Tau Ceramics Club asked for a buyout fee of US$3.5 million, and the Warriors did not confirm the power forward position, so they did not agree.
But his draft rights have always been in the hands of the Warriors. Unless the team gives up, he will not be able to participate in the draft again within 4 years.
With the addition of Scola, the Warriors' main lineup for this year and next has been determined.
Center: Yao Ming/Okafor
Power Forward: Ben/Boozer/Scola
Small forward: Wade/Chris Bowen
Shooting guard: Arenas/Tony Allen
Point guard: Billups/Derek Fisher< br>
Tony Allen was a first-round pick by the Warriors last year.
Originally, he planned to choose J.R. Smith or Josh Smith, but there were not enough picks and the Warriors couldn't bring up a good bargaining chip, so he had to choose Tony Allen.
"BOSS, Wang is gone, do you want us to introduce another Chinese player?"
Xu Liang thought about it briefly but still refused.
The three major centers are all old, their bodies are too brittle in space, and they are not ready for the season.
Even if others are bought, they will not be able to play and will be of limited help to the team.
In the Chinese market, one Yao Ming is enough.
Ding Ling Ling...
The phone's ringtone suddenly rang.
After picking it up.
“My dear, where are you now?”
Helen’s charming voice came from the mobile phone.
"What's wrong?"
"Peter is here. He said that he has something very important to see you immediately."
Xu Liang was moved, "Peter Montes, your second brother?" "
"Hmm."
"Where is he?"
"At our house."
"I know, I'll go back in a while."
"Yes."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Liang had a hint of sadness on his face thinking.
“Come here now, do you know if the thing sold in the gourd is medicine or poison?!”
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When Xu Liang returned home, Helen was holding Xu Wenbai, who was almost one year old, chatting with a young man wearing a light cyan suit and gold-rimmed glasses.
The relationship between the two can be understood from their somewhat similar looks.
However, although Helen was chatting and laughing, Xu Liang still saw alienation and wariness in her eyes.
Watch him come in.
Helen hugged her son and came forward.
"My dear, are you back?"
"Dad."
He stretched out his hand to hold the little guy in his arms, and looked at the young man walking over.
“Xu, can I call you this?”
Looking at the right hand stretched out in front of him, Xu Liang smiled and held it.
"Of course."
"I often mention you from my father and Helen. They have great praise for your talents in business and finance. To be honest, I have never met them. Such praise for a person."
"They praise me too much."
"Besides, no one in the world can start from scratch in five years, except you. To No. 2 on the Forbes Rich List? ”
Helen's voice was filled with pride.
The man she chose was the best.
"Haha, Helen is right. Mr. Xu's talents in business and finance are globally recognized." Peter smiled.
Xu Liang smiled. Now he has heard too many such praises and is immune.
After a few simple polite words, everyone sat down next to the sofa in the living room.
Peter Montes was just chatting homely.
Nothing special.
Waiting for lunch.
Xu Liang took him to the study.
“Peter, this visit to Silicon Valley should be more than just visiting Helen and Winston, right?”
Xu Liang went straight to the point.
Peter smiled and said: "Xu, do you know anything?"
"Of course I know something, but I just don't know. Is what I know what you intend to tell me?"< br>
“Before I came, my father told me that you must have known about Ellison’s conspiracy. I still didn’t believe it. Now it seems that I was wrong.
You are indeed better than me. The imagination is more alert and better.”
After secretly saying "Sure enough", Xu Liangliang felt expectant.
"Reed already knows?"
"Never underestimate the connections and energy of the Montes family, which has been inherited for three hundred years." Peter Montes said proudly. “I have always had great respect for the Montes family, as evidenced by our last cooperation on subprime debt,” Xu Liang said.
Peter Montes nodded slightly.
The Montes family did make a lot of money from the last debt-related cooperation.
Not only did he acquire a large investment bank, he also made at least US$2 billion.
The wealth of the Montes family directly increased by one-third.
The huge returns made Xu Liang's importance in the Montes family skyrocket.
This is also the main reason that prompted Reed Montes to tip off the news.
If Xu Liang wins, with Helen's relationship, the Montes family can share the benefits again and again.
If it were Soros and Ellison, no matter who the Montes family is, would it have anything to do with me?
Seriously took out a letter from his suit pocket and handed it over.
"Father was worried that other communication methods would be at risk of leakage, so he wrote a letter and asked me to bring it to you."
Xu Liang reached out and took it.
When I peeled off the ink pad and opened it, the paper inside fell out.
Not much.
Two pieces of letter paper.
After Xu Liang opened it, he looked at it carefully.
Peter examined the man in front of him. Unfortunately, his expression was always calm from beginning to end, and he could not see any clues, which made him a little disappointed.
After reading it, Xu Liang couldn't help but feel a little heavy.
The group hiding in the dark is larger than he imagined.
In addition to the four major grain merchants and Oracle that he expected, they also include Two Cokes, the Soros family, Elliott Management Company, Bank of Washington, and among the five major investment banks, Lehman, Blackstone and Carlyle Group .
They are the core members.
Except for Lehman and Blackstone, most of these people had business conflicts with him.
Not to mention the four major grain merchants and Oracle.
Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, as Master Kong continued to spend money to promote "Arctic Coke", the conflicts between the three parties quickly intensified.
Although Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola have deep pockets.
But Master Kong, whose market value has exceeded 120 billion Hong Kong dollars, is not a good person.
Coupled with Xu Liang’s support behind the scenes and China’s local advantages.
The three-party cola war is currently the most concerning thing in the Chinese food field.
Soros, Elliott, and the Bank of Washington are old enemies.
They were among Xu Liang’s opponents who shorted oil last time.
Lehman, Blackstone and Carlyle probably took advantage of the situation, and there were not many business conflicts between the two parties.
Except this core group.
Institutions that invest in this group include Disney, the Clinton Foundation, Fidelity, AIG, the Russell Foundation, Vanguard, General Electric, Google, the Henry Family Fund, News Corporation, the Human Family Foundation, State Street Corporation, and so on. Forty-seven.
Each of them invested as little as tens of millions, and as much as only two or three billion US dollars, but they all joined this group.
Contrary to his expectation, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Bill Gates were not among them?
Xu Liang put down the document and looked at the man opposite.
“Is this list complete?”
"Xu, you have to believe in the energy of the Montes family." Peter said confidently.
Dong dong...
Xu Liang's fingers were undoubtedly tapping on the table.
After thinking for a moment, he smiled.
"I am very grateful to the Montes family for the gift. This information is very important to me. In addition, please help me reply to Mr. Reed, and I will give him a satisfactory return."
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The brothers are settling accounts, and the Montes family has come all the way to send this information, not because they are their son-in-law, but because of their interests.
Peter smiled and said: "Xu, you are Helen's husband, and I am Winston's uncle. We are a family, so don't be too polite."
Talk about money with people who have no money. , talking about relationships with rich people is an old routine.
"Yes, we are a family." Xu Liang agreed.
The two sides looked at each other and laughed at each other.
They are all old people.
As long as it can bring benefits, let alone a family, I can call you dad.
Dong dong...
The door knocked.
“Come in.”
Lu Hui opened the door and walked in.
"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xia from Hongyan would like to have a phone call with you."
Xu Liang nodded.
"Peter, let's talk about this first today. I will read this document carefully."
"Xu, if you want to talk to the other party, the Montes family can be the middleman.”
"I'll think about it and let you know when I make a decision."
Peter nodded, "Then I'll leave first."
Watch him leaving the room.
Lu Hui closed the door and walked in.
“Why did Lao Xia call me?”
"It's not Mr. Xia, it's Mr. Gates' call. He asked you to meet at Aston Villa 1295 at seven o'clock in the evening.
Because Peter was here just now, he didn't say it directly."
"Good job. ...But didn't that old guy say he didn't have time to see me? Why did he sneak to Silicon Valley?"
"I didn't say anything on the phone."
"Who? To your phone number, his secretary?”
"Yes."
"Why didn't this guy call me directly?"
"I guess he's afraid of being monitored."
Xu Liang nodded, but others didn't Old Gates must be very aware of the dirty things the CIA is doing behind the scenes.
(End of this chapter)