Recast youth

Chapter 1757 Transfer to Seattle

Ye Feng really wants to sign Yao Ming.

And he already has an idea about the team he wants to buy, the Seattle SuperSonics. He has the impression that Kevin Durant and Greg Oden will enter the NBA draft this summer.

Greg Oden was selected No. [-] overall by the Trail Blazers.

Durant was selected second overall by the SuperSonics.

In other words, if you can acquire the Sonics, you can still earn a Kevin Durant. As for Greg Oden's past life, it was more miserable because the Trail Blazers' veterinarian became the NBA's largest parallel draft pick and was jokingly called For Oden the Great, many people are saying that if Greg Oden is not injured, he can definitely shine in the NBA.

Ye Feng doesn't know if Greg Oden can shine without getting injured. He also has no chance to draft Greg Oden, let alone change his destiny, but he knows that whoever he chooses to beat Kevin will be misplaced. Durant is definitely a very profitable thing.

If Yao Ming, the pride of the Chinese people, is signed at this time, then it goes without saying that his NBA team will definitely become the team with the highest commercial value in the NBA league.

It’s just that Ye Feng is not sure whether he can lure Yao Ming over. After all, in his previous life, Yao Ming was also one of the people who hung himself from a tree with a crooked neck. From entering the league to retiring, he has been with the Rockets, even during the period of Kobe Bryant. Invitations to him to the Lakers were rejected by Yao Ming.

And now McGrady is also on the Rockets.

However, Durant is a small forward, McGrady is a guard, and Yao Ming is a center. If we can recruit the All-Star McGrady to our team, then the championship will definitely be guaranteed.

Not even a three-peat.

In the past few days, Ye Feng was thinking about this issue on the plane and at the end of the road show. As long as he could sign Yao Ming, there was no doubt that Ye Feng would protect Yao Ming's body, and even He will take turns to protect him, and he will also think of ways to prevent Yao Ming from participating in events such as the World Championships and Asian Games except for the Olympic Games. This can greatly extend his life. NBA career, thereby increasing his influence.

But there is a premise here.

That is, he has to buy the SuperSonics team first. If he doesn't buy it, all his ideas are in vain.

Therefore, after Ye Feng's road show in Philadelphia ended and he got on the plane, he did not choose to go to Washington, the last stop of the road show. Instead, he strongly wanted to go to Seattle to contact the owner of the SuperSonics as soon as possible and express his desire to buy the SuperSonics. Sonic Team Thoughts.

As for money, it's not an issue.

After Lanshan Company is listed, after paying the taxes, I can cash out at least US$19 billion. After excluding the US$15 billion injected into Maple Leaf Fund, I can still have about US$4 million left.

As Chen Mengjie said, the selling price of the Sonics is only US$3.5 million. If he wants to buy the Sonics, he may have to pay a premium, so a premium of US$5 million should be enough.

"Not going to Washington?"

Seeing that Ye Feng had not let the plane take off for the time being, Wen Yueqi couldn't help but come over and ask. She had been accompanying the roadshows in the past few days. Basically, Ye Feng independently conducted roadshows with bankers from Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch in one city a day.

Wen Yueqi thought Ye Feng was tired, so she couldn't help but ask: "Are you tired? If so, we will take a day off and go to Washington tomorrow. Anyway, there is only the last stop left. There are still 5 days until the company goes public on May 20." It’s enough time.”

"No."

Ye Feng shook his head, raised his head and said, "I want to go to Seattle."

"Seattle? Do you really want to buy an NBA team?"

Wen Yueqi was stunned for a moment, and then quickly understood Ye Feng's intention, because since Ye Feng told him to sign Yao Ming in Los Angeles, he told her that he really wanted to buy an NBA team, and he also had a team he wanted to buy. , the SuperSonics team in Seattle.

"Well, I really want to buy it."

Ye Feng nodded. He had not been thinking about this for a day or two. He just said that after thinking about buying a team these days, his desire to buy the SuperSonics immediately became stronger.

Ye Feng continued: "The main thing is that someone has already talked to the owner of the SuperSonics about buying the team. If I don't go now, I'm afraid that the team will be bought by someone else first."

Wen Yueqi asked: "What about the road show in Washington?" "I asked Wang Xin if the road show in London is over."

People are like that.

Once you want to buy something, you have to buy it before you are willing to do it, otherwise it will be as uncomfortable as scratching your heart.

There are not many things that make Ye Feng have such a strong idea. The idea of ​​owning an NBA team is one of them. So Ye Feng immediately called Wang Xin and asked her if the road show in London was over.

The response I got was very satisfying.

The road show in London has just ended. Wang Xin, Chen Xiao and the person in charge of the underwriter are on their way to the airport to return to New York. Upon hearing this, Ye Feng immediately asked Wang Xin and Chen Xiao to refund their tickets to New York, and instead Buy a ticket to Washington.

London.

On the way to the airport.

Wang Xin was surprised when she heard Ye Feng's request, because she knew her boss's schedule and rented a business jet. According to the original plan, after the road show in Philadelphia ended today, he would go directly to Washington, the fifth stop of the road show.

But now Ye Feng asked her and Chen Xiao to go to Washington.

Wang Xin asked Ye Feng in surprise, what's going on with the road show in Philadelphia?
Ye Feng said there was nothing wrong, and then told Wang Xin that he had to go to Seattle and wanted to buy the NBA team SuperSonics. Then he said, there is no time for the road show in Washington. You and Chen Xiao can help me. Go take charge of the road show in Washington.

hang up the phone.

Chen Xiao, who was sitting next to him, asked Wang Xin why the boss called him.

It took Wang Xin a while to accept that her boss wanted to buy an NBA team. Then she pinched her eyebrows and said to Chen Xiao tiredly: "Boss is going to Seattle to buy an NBA team. Let the two of us Change the schedule and go to Washington to host a road show."

"Buying an NBA team?"

Chen Xiao is also a basketball enthusiast. After hearing about Seattle, he couldn't help but think of what team Ye Feng was going to buy. He suddenly became excited and asked, "Is it the SuperSonics?"

"Yes."

Wang Xin nodded. Ye Feng seemed to be talking about the SuperSonics on the phone. Then he glanced at Chen Xiao and said funnyly: "Why are you so excited for a lawyer?"

"It must be exciting."

Chen Xiao couldn't help but said: "NBA team, NBA is the highest level basketball league in the world, and it is also the dream palace of all basketball players. There are only 30 teams in total. Currently, none of the teams has a Chinese owner, right? If Mr. Ye really buys the SuperSonics, it means that the NBA also has a Chinese team."

……

Chen Xiao was not the only one who was excited.

On the Gulfstream G450 aircraft at Philadelphia Airport, whether it was Chen Huang or Zhou Yihang and Hou Yao, it originally felt quite high-end for the three of them to participate in the global road show with Ye Feng, but after the five-city road show, no matter how high-end it felt. I would be replaced by exhaustion, and I had no time to play. Basically, I would go to the city every day, and I would be too tired to lean on the sofa and not want to talk.
But when they heard that Ye Feng was not going to Washington, but was going to Seattle to discuss purchasing the team with the owner of the SuperSonics, they suddenly became as excited as chicken blood.

Ye Feng also temporarily changed the itinerary after Wang Xin and Chen Xiao went to the Washington roadshow, asking the crew members to change their destination and apply for a route to Seattle instead.

I just don’t know if I can buy it or not.

While sitting and waiting for the flight application, Ye Feng felt a little uneasy. What he was most afraid of now was that the owner of the SuperSonics had sold the team, and the new owner was still unwilling to transfer it.

(End of this chapter)