Chapter 295: Exploding to 40 Billion

In the afternoon, the two of them were going to watch a horse race.

In the United States, horse racing is one of the most popular sports events, surpassing NBA games. Many wealthy people or celebrities own their own horse racing.

There are many horse racing competitions, including international events. Today's horse racing in New York is an international event, and it is the top event, which is the so-called Triple Crown.

There are three stops in the Triple Crown, and New York is just one of them. The first stop is the Kentucky Derby, the second stop is the Prenix Stakes, and the third stop is the Belmont Stakes.

The Belmont Stakes is held at Belmont Park in Long Island, New York. This racecourse is also known as the most luxurious racecourse in the United States and the world.

The Belmont Stakes is a first-level thoroughbred horse racing championship. The winning horse will be covered with a layer of carnations, so this event is also called the Carnation Race.

The event has its own tradition. Men must wear light-colored suits, while women must wear charming dresses, and various exquisite hats and headdresses.

A large number of media reporters will use their lenses to find the best, most stunning, and most original looks.

Seeing that Marseille had been arranged long ago, Lindsay prepared a customized suit for Zhao Dong. Her own dress and hat and headdress were specially designed by her personal dressmaker for this event.

In order to watch this Marseille, the housekeeper Ms. Amber has been preparing for several days. She needs to take care of the security and servants, and the travel of more than 20 people, including clothing, food, etc.

Ms. Able is the most professional top housekeeper sent by Mrs. Dorisa from Europe this year. Her requirements are very high. Even the servants at home must meet her requirements in terms of appearance, body, etiquette, conversation, etc. She even These people are required to have a certain degree of literary accomplishment, and she will also provide regular training to her subordinates to make them better.

She had just arrived at Zhao Dong's house for more than two months, and she had already replaced most of the servants and workers with people of higher quality.

When Zhao Dong first heard the requirement of literary accomplishment, he felt that Ms. Able was not selecting servants, but recruiting top students from the liberal arts college.

The event lasts all day, with 13 games, each with a different sponsor, and the most important tournament is at 6 p.m.

When Zhao Dong and Lindsay brought a large number of people to the Belmont Racecourse, it was four o'clock in the afternoon and the 10th horse race was in progress.

"Kacha kacha..."

The appearance of the two men,

It immediately attracted the attention of countless media, which followed them like bees, and the shutters kept ringing.

"Oh, even those servants have the unique clothes of nobles. I bet Miss Lindsay must be from a noble family."

"There is no aristocrat named Lindsay in the world. Maybe it's an illegitimate daughter? It's too common for aristocrats in Europe to have illegitimate children."

"What about an illegitimate daughter? She is now a Wall Street tycoon. How many nobles have as much money as her?"

People around him were talking a lot, with envy, jealousy, admiration, and so on.

"Husband, the last tournament is sponsored by Feilong Sports."

"Really? So do we have our own racehorse?"

"The racecourse has been built, but there are no horses yet, hehe, but I have already asked people to pick them. I want a batch of the best purebred racehorses."

Zhao Dong and Lindsay walked towards the track while chatting.

When the people in front saw them coming, they also gave way. Some men touched their chests and some women bowed to Lindsay. Lindsay nodded in response from time to time.

"Miss Lindsay, Feilong..."

"Mr. Dolan..."

Someone came over to say hello, and when Zhao and Dong took a look, it turned out to be James Dolan.

After Daolan, some more people came over. These people were all elite investors on Wall Street. None of them were industrial investors. They were all in finance.

There are also people in the industry present, but they won’t come because they don’t belong to this circle.

And they don’t dare to have too much contact with the giants in the financial circle because they are afraid of being targeted and eaten.

“Birds of a feather flock together!”

Zhao Dong complained in his heart.

"Miss Lindsay, Feilong, are you interested in horse racing?" James Dowland asked.

"We are preparing our own racecourse." Zhao Dong said with a smile.

"I heard that there is a horse that has won Kentaken and Prenix in a row today. Maybe it will become a Triple Crown horse," someone said.

"Oh, really?"

This statement immediately attracted everyone's interest.

The Triple Crown has an extremely rare honor, and that is the Triple Crown horse.

There is a restriction in the Triple Crown race, that is, only purebred horses under three years old can participate. The so-called Triple Crown horse must win all three races.

This kind of purebred horse must be at least two and a half years old when it reaches the age of competition, which means that it must win three championships within the remaining five or six months. The difficulty is very high. In the century-old history of the Triple Crown event, Only 8 horses in the entire United States have won this honor. The strength and luck of the horses are both indispensable.

"Honey, do you want to place a bet?"

After chatting for a while, it was almost six o'clock, and the last event, Marseille, was about to begin. Lindsay asked with interest.

"What are the ways to play?" Zhao Dong asked with a smile.

"There are so many, single championship, top three, guess the position, there are many more." Lindsay shouted.

"I only guess the winner." Zhao Dong smiled.

"How about buying a single winner, just a horse that has a chance to win three championships?" Lindsay asked.

"Ninety-nine percent of the time, we will lose. I feel like there won't be a Triple Crown horse today. The chance of a Triple Crown horse is too small." Zhao Dong said with a smile.

"Yes, there will definitely be a lot of people betting on that horse today, and the betting rate won't be high. Maybe you will only earn a few dozen cents per bet." Lindsay smiled.

"A few dozen cents? Don't place any bets on that, so as not to waste money." Zhao Dong said with a smile.

"Shall we buy something unpopular?" Lindsay laughed.

"Okay." Zhao Dong said.

The two began to discuss which horse to buy.

With the wealth of the two, they could have used a large net to attract fish, but as a Wall Street giant, Lindsay did not allow herself to make such a fool-like operation. She had people find all the information on the horse racing and began to analyze it.

"Honey, why did you buy it?"

Zhao Dong asked curiously after seeing Lindsay analyze for twenty minutes and choose a horse No. 23.

"This horse's physical fitness has been maintained well. It did not participate in the previous Prenix Station. Its strength is also good. It won third place in the Kentucky Station. I have calculated that it has the highest chance of winning." Lin Sai smiled.

Zhao Dong nodded, winning the championship is indeed a matter of probability.

Next, the two placed a hundred bets of five dollars each, all on No. 23.

"Jordan, you have to run hard, it's time to make money for us." Zhao Dong murmured, looking at the No. 23 horse behind the fence.

"Pfft!"

Lindsay smiled.

"boom……"

When the race time came, as soon as the fence opened, more than a dozen horses began to start and rushed into the track. The shouts from both sides of the track suddenly rang out.

At this time, in Chicago, Jordan and his agent David Falk were sitting with a new vice president of Nike.

"Are these my new signature sneakers?" Jordan looked at the sneakers in his hand, a little surprised.

"Michael, your new shoes have been integrated with Silver Devils technology and will be released in the new season. It is better than any of your previous signature balls. You can try it when you have time."

Nike Vice President Wicks laughed.

"Mr. Weeks, is Nike going to merge with Feilong Sports?" Falk asked quickly.

Shaking his head, Weeks said: "President Lindsay has decided that Nike will continue to exist and Storm will stop breaking up Nike."

"What?"

Falk was shocked.

He felt cheated. Over the past few months, Storm Fund had been blowing the news, saying that Nike was going to be split up, and it had already sold off a lot of its businesses. His Nike shares were also forced to be sold at a low price, and now he said he would not split them up. Didn’t he lose a lot of money in vain?

Jordan was also shocked. Like Falk, he had sold his Nike shares. However, he was not only shocked, but also happy, because if Nike was not dismantled, his brand could be saved.

"Sir, since there is no merger, how can my shoes have Silver Demon's technology?" he asked in surprise.

Weeks smiled and said: "This is still an undisclosed secret."

"secret?"

"Feilong Sports will use Silver Devil's technology to invest in Nike."

"What?"

Jordan and Falk were shocked.

That's a good thing, and for Jordan, it couldn't be better.

But Falk is feeling heartbroken now. He can imagine that once this news is announced to the public, plus the news that Storm will no longer split Nike, stimulated by two major positive news, Nike's shares will definitely rocket upward. He Shares sold at low prices can never be recovered.

He laughed dryly and said: "Mr. Weeks, I wonder when this news will be announced?"

Weeks smiled and said, "Before the market opens tomorrow."

"As expected."

Falk muttered in frustration.

He could imagine that after the market opens tomorrow, there will be a huge amount of buying orders for Nike, and its stock price will skyrocket.

"Oh yeah!"

"we won!"

At this time, at the racecourse in Belmont Park, Long Island, Zhao Dong and Lindsay cheered. Horse No. 23 really won.

"How much can we probably win?" Zhao Dong asked with interest.

Lindsay glanced at the group of Wall Street elites around him and said with a smile: "Each bet will not exceed ten dollars."

Zhao Dong was stunned: "So few?"

"Because they all followed just now, it will greatly dilute our profits."

Lindsay pointed at those people and whispered: "They are now part of the peripheral funds of the Storm Fund, and of course they are also our ammunition."

At 8:30 a.m. on the 2nd, Storm Fund, Feilong Sports, and Nike suddenly held a joint press conference.

First, Storm Fund announced that it would no longer break up Nike.

Second, the three parties officially announced that Nike will conduct a directional capital increase and share expansion, with the number of shares reaching 250 million shares, and the directional efficiency increase and share expansion will be Feilong Sports.

Feilong Sports will invest in Nike with many of Silver Devil's patented technologies, with as many as 631 patents, for a price of US$3.75 billion, and an additional US$500 million in cash.

In other words, Feilong Sports will own 250 million shares of Nike for US$4.25 billion.

Nike originally had 366 million shares, but now it has added 250 million shares, which is 616 million shares. Feilong Sports will own 40.58% of its shares, and its market value has exceeded 10 billion again.

Yesterday, Nike's closing price was US$20.5, with a market value of US$7.5 billion. Based on this share, the price of Feilong Sports' capital increase and share expansion exceeded the market price.

These two pieces of news are both good news for the secondary market, and they are big good news.

The first news will be a shot in the arm for Nike’s stock price, because Nike will continue to exist.

The second news is a dose of fuel that will allow Nike to improve its technology and greatly increase its development potential.

As for whether Silver Devil's hundreds of patented technologies are worth more than 3 billion US dollars, this is decided by Feilong Sports and Storm Fund. One is the seller and the other is the buyer. If the left pocket is replaced by the right pocket, both the seller and the buyer say it is worth it. , then it’s worth it.

Of course, the final value or not depends on market reaction.

At 9:30, US stocks opened.

However, Nike did not open the market. Due to stock expansion, the market was suspended for two hours and opened at 11:30.

At half-past eleven, Lindsay sat in the office, looking at the computer screen, observing the market's reaction to Nike's capital increase and share expansion.

She thinks this is a big plus, because Feilong Sports has occupied 30% of the North American basketball shoe market with the Silver Demon, forcing the stock prices of giants such as Nike and Adidas to plummet and their market value to be halved. If Nike possesses some of these technologies, It will definitely be able to return to its peak, or at least stabilize its current share.

But even without this news, just the news that the storm will no longer split Nike is enough for Nike to rise to the sky.

Sure enough, as soon as the market opened, a huge amount of buying orders directly sent Nike's stock price into a rocket.

Of course, these buying orders are inevitably fueled by the Storm Fund.

Unlike China, the U.S. stock market does not close at noon until it closes at 4 p.m. At the time of closing, Nike's closing price reached 48.8 U.S. dollars. The highest price during the session was 52.5 U.S. dollars. It retreated slightly in late trading. This was also the price throughout the day. The only retraction.

With the expansion of 250 million shares, not only was there no post-ex-rights decline, but it also more than doubled. From the market value of US$7.5 billion at the close of the previous trading day, it reached US$30 billion in just one trading day, and the market value surged four times.

"Success." Lindsay said happily to herself.

Coupled with Feilong Sports' acquisition in the secondary market, Feilong Sports now owns 45% of Nike's share. Adding the share in the hands of Storm Fund, she controls 80% of Nike's share. She can 100% control Nike's stock price .

The entire plan, including the acquisition of the Knight family's shares, involved $6 billion from the Storm Fund and $500 million from Feilong Sports, plus hundreds of patented technologies. Now it has a share of Nike worth $24 billion, and the income is very considerable. .

As long as she doesn't let go of Nike, the hundreds of patented technologies will not go away. As for Nike, what she wants to do is make long-term investment and make Nike a money bag for her and Zhao Dong.

Next, Storm Fund and Feilong Sports will slowly sell some stocks and get back the invested funds. In this way, the cost of acquiring Nike will only be the few hundred technologies left, and the rest will be earned. of.

The success of this plan is of great significance to Storm Fund. The good rate of return will further enhance her reputation on Wall Street.

For Nike and Feilong Sports, her development rule is one inside and one outside.

Taking into account the exclusivity of Western countries, Nike focuses on foreign markets, focusing on the mid-to-high-end market.

Feilong Sports focuses on the domestic, Asian, and Third World markets, focusing on the mid-to-low-end market.

That night, the Knicks defeated the Cavaliers at home.

The intensive schedule continues, and more and more stars are injured. Nearly 110 players across the league have suffered injuries this season, and the NBA continues to bear the harsh effects of the long suspension.

"This is so bad!"

On the 5th, in the game against the Heat, Malone, who is known for his strength, injured his knee and was out for a week. He complained to the media: "I never want to play a season like this again."

The entire league, except for fringe players, other main players and important substitute players have expressed their dislike of the long layoff.

Perhaps Zhao Dong is the only one who has not experienced the physical harm caused by the cruel competition system. There is no way, his physical fitness is too strong.

The closer he gets to the second half, the more powerful his physical fitness becomes.

When other superstars are in decline, even superstars like Jordan, Postman, and Duncan have entered a state of rest and reduced playing time. He can still perform extraordinary performances in every game, and his playing time is almost full. This makes He became the biggest bright spot in the league.

This situation has made more and more people recognize his status as the number one active player.

At around eight o'clock in the evening on April 30, Zhao Dong changed his mobile phone card and made a domestic call.

At this time in China, it is morning, May Day, Labor Day.

Zhao Zhenguo is on duty in the office. As the head of the municipal bureau, he is able to shoulder his responsibilities.

There were three phones on his desk, and then the red phone suddenly rang. He looked tense and quickly picked up the phone.

"I am Zhao Zhenguo."

"Dad, it's me."

Zhao Zhenguo was startled and said angrily: "Zhao Dong, you are crazy, why are you calling me like this?"

"Dad, if you don't let me call, why did you give me this number?" Zhao Dong said.

"Well……"

Zhao Zhenguo reacted immediately, frowned, and asked in a very stern tone: "What's the matter with you? If there's nothing important, be careful when you get home, and I'll beat you to death."

"Comrade Zhao Zhenguo, stop talking nonsense and listen carefully. I have something to tell you. It's very important." Zhao Dong whispered.

"Say." Zhao Zhenguo said solemnly.

Zhao Dongdao: "I accidentally got a piece of news from a certain channel...the embassy in the South China...bombing..."

Before Zhao Zhenguo finished listening, a thin layer of sweat began to form on his forehead. After listening, he immediately asked: "Zhao Dong, can you guarantee that what you said is true? I warn you, if you talk nonsense, you will There is no need to go back to the country. If you dare to come back, I will handcuff you myself."

"I can't say the source of the information because I got it by accident. You also know that I often come into contact with many people on Wall Street through some activities of Storm Fund. In addition, I am not sure whether the information is confirmed. You can judge for yourself." Zhao East Road.

"Don't worry about it, be careful outside."

Zhao Zhenguo warned and hung up the phone with a bang.

Zhao Dong over there also breathed a sigh of relief, took out the phone card, cut it into pieces and flushed it into the toilet.

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