i really don't want to play basketball

Chapter 149 [This winter is not too cold]

Time has entered the 11th year, a new year and a new atmosphere.

Xia Yin's crazy journey of 10 consecutive triple-doubles came to an end, which made many fans regret it.

After the Warriors lost to the Jazz, they lost again to the Mavericks. In this game, Xia Yin scored 31 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds. His consecutive triple-double was interrupted.

But this is also a good thing. The idea of ​​maintaining a record for a long time has made not only himself, but also his teammates stand up.

Now that the record has been broken, there is no need to continue to persevere. It will hurt the team's running-in. In order for Xia Yin to get a triple-double, the Warriors missed a lot of opportunities, otherwise they would have won at least 2 more games.

It's a shame, but it's also a price to pay.

Christmas and New Year's Day passed through it. Xia Yin devoted himself wholeheartedly to breaking the record. During this period, he stayed with the team without going home.

Now that the record has been interrupted, there are just three more days of leisure time, and then there is a back-to-back game. Xia Yin doesn't know how the schedule is arranged?
But fortunately, these games were played back-to-back in Los Angeles, one against the Lakers and one against the Clippers, both at the Staples Center, which can be considered a blessing among misfortunes.

The team had two days off, and Xia Yin went home directly.

Kate opened the door. When she saw Xia Yin, she raised her eyebrows and said in a sinister manner, "Look who this is? A big singer and a big star actually know that they are going home. It's really an honor!"

Xia Yin smiled and handed over a gift box, "It's for you, don't be angry, you know I was busy at that time."

"Who's angry? Why am I angry?"

However, Kate took the gift and calmly stepped back to let Xia Yin enter the house.

As soon as Xia Yin walked into the house, he turned to Kate and said, "Didn't you also feel like you were not at home on New Year's Day? You only stayed at home for one day on Christmas Day, and then left home in a hurry to catch up on filming. You still blame me."

After saying that, he quickly slipped inside.

Kate closed the door and smiled to herself, "Why don't you hurry up and help your brother? We will have dinner later. You really came back in time for the meal. I really owe you."

Lisa and Thalia were watching them playing and laughing. Xia Yi also came down from upstairs. When he saw Xia Yin coming back, he hurried over and asked, "Back?"

"Well, there's no competition these two days."

"Come upstairs, I'll talk to you about the company's situation and settle things down."

Xia Yi gave a few instructions, Thalia went to make a pot of tea, and Lisa ran to the study to get various documents.

Kate walked into the kitchen. Her cooking skills were average, but when the family got together, either she would cook or Xia Yi would cook. But today she just went to the kitchen when she was not busy.

Kate opened the gift from Shain. Inside was a Dior bag, which was her favorite style.

"This guy is really good at pleasing people. He is such a qualified playboy. Fortunately, you are playing basketball. If you were in the entertainment industry, I don't know how many scandals there would be."

Putting the bag in the bedroom, Kate started to show off her ordinary cooking skills. She felt a little bit happy about it. This is also the reason why she became interested in cooking because of the filming of "Broke Sisters".

Upstairs, after Lisa and Thalia prepared their things, they went downstairs to help Kate in the kitchen.

"Brother, have you already negotiated over there?" Xia Yin's eyes widened and he had a bright smile on his face.

"I guess I can't hide it from you. This matter has been finalized. They are very interested. Plus we accept the share swap. They are making the final decision. The contract can be signed in half a month at most."

Xia Yi was also smiling. Although he didn't know why Xia Yin was so optimistic about this company, since it was what he wanted, he just went for it.

Facts over the years have proven that Xia Yin has a very good vision and is very forward-looking. Even if he is not a singer or football star, he can accumulate a lot of wealth as an investor.

Xia Yin looked at the documents in front of him. Gaopeng's current valuation is about 240 billion U.S. dollars. They hold 4.6% of the shares, which is worth a lot of money, but there must be a certain discount.

"Okay, just follow your idea. If a company pays 4% of Alibaba shares and US$1 million in cash, the value is almost US$10 billion, and it can be traded."

What Xia Yin was talking about was the deal with SoftBank and Yahoo. Currently, Alibaba’s shares in the Hong Kong stock market have almost fallen to the limit, but Gaopeng is a hot star company, at least for now.

"As soon as possible, make it happen before Gaopeng goes public, otherwise things will change if it's too late. I don't like accidents to happen."

Xia Yi nodded, "Don't worry, we will definitely be able to reach a deal before the All-Star Game."

"In addition, Facebook once again sent us an offer to buy WhatsApp and Pinqu, but they raised the price again."

Xia Yin looked at the offer and shook his head, "Not enough, this offer is not high enough. Tell them that we can sell, let's set a period of one year, and set some terms. As long as we can achieve it, they will have to follow our terms." Come on the price.”

"And this kind of large-scale transactions take a long time, and they can be completed almost in the early summer of next year."

Xia Yigang wanted to agree, but something came to his mind, "You don't want to exchange these two software for shares, do you?"

"You guessed it right, I'm targeting Penguin. I think the South African newspaper industry must be interested in Facebook's shares, right?"

Xia Yi thought about the twists and turns, "Okay, after we sell these two, it's time to open up financing channels. It has already affected our development."

Looking at the quotes sent by various investment institutions, Xia Yin lamented that his brother was really capable, and the Mirror Neuro company really had great potential under his management.

"Xia Yin, we are now relying on some large capital forces to give out certain shares to temporarily stabilize those investment institutions. However, what I have given are shares in the newly established subsidiaries after the separation, but time cannot Too long, you know.”

The benefits are shared equally. It's hard to say that I can help you with things, but it's really easy to do bad things. This is also a helpless move.

"Just arrange it, I understand."

Xia Yi smiled and took out another document, "This is some evidence of discrimination by Sterling. I just got it after spending a lot of money. When are you going to use it?"

"Just this summer, after all, there will definitely be a shutdown this year. I can already feel the signs." Xia Yin smiled and looked at the documents in his hand, feeling a lot more relaxed.

"Okay, let's start this summer. Then we can use Gaopeng's remaining US$2 million plus a bank loan to buy the Clippers." Xia Yi also relaxed.

Buying a team has always been Xia Yin's idea. Previously, due to lack of funds and experience, he failed to win the Warriors. Xia Yi has been paying attention to this matter.

Now that I have the opportunity, I will definitely help Xia Yin realize his dream.

The current price of the Clippers is only around 5 million U.S. dollars. This is because the price has increased a lot because they are located in Los Angeles. Otherwise, their team with a bad record would be priced at more than 3 million U.S. dollars.

However, the specific transaction price will definitely increase a lot. Xia Yi believes that the transaction price is likely to reach 8 million to 10 billion US dollars.

Xia Yin also knew the reason why Xia Yi did this, because just because the capital investment is now very profitable, it is not worthwhile to use it to buy a team now, and it is better to get a bank loan.At that time, part of it will be repaid in two years, and the rest can be repaid bit by bit using the team's profits. This is the most economical and trouble-free way.

"With your help, I've saved myself a lot of trouble."

Xia Yi smiled and shook his head, "It's okay if we don't speak the same language as one family. Let Xia go have dinner. It should be almost done."

The family gathered around the dining table and had a satisfying reunion dinner, but the taste was average and Kate's cooking skills still need to be improved.

In the evening, Kate found Shain and said, "I have a party to attend. Do you want to go with me? They are all Hollywood actresses."

Xia Yin raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He and Emma Roberts have not had much contact now, also because she went to filming, and she was very busy in the next year.

However, the two of them got together easily and made an appointment to exercise together in the future, just like Taylor. Xia Yincai played a friendly match with Taylor a few days ago.

"Okay, I'm going to go with you soon. It's quite boring at home."

Xia Yin quickly changed into a set of clothes, sat down with Kate, and set off for the party together.

As soon as he thought about it, he knew that this party must be serious, otherwise Kate would not bring him to attend, and presumably there were factors that allowed him to support the party.

But Xia Yin didn't care. Speaking of which, he had never attended an internal party of a Hollywood star. Today he wanted to have a good experience.

After arriving at the party, Kate left Xia Yin and went to find her little sister. She knew Xia Yin and didn't need to worry about it at all. She was a veteran of the past, but this playboy was a little more serious. He had the bottom line and didn't go too far. dissolute.

Xia Yin looked at the party. There was a band playing on the stage, and handsome men and beautiful women were coming and going. It looked very lively, but there were not many people Xia Yin was familiar with. Most of them were seen on TV or the big screen. Passed.

After walking around in a circle, Xia Yin walked to a table and sat down, ignoring some hot looks. These little bitches knew how to covet my body, hey!
Xia Yin sighed while taking a glass of whiskey from the waiter's hand, drinking and chatting on his mobile phone.

He also has many celebrity friends on his mobile phone, and they just chat with each other one after another.

Suddenly someone sat next to him. When Xia Yin looked up, he saw this woman looking at him with a glass of wine under her chin.

"Scarlett? Are you there too? Why didn't I see you just now?"

Scarlett Johansson smiled, a smile that affected her appearance, and her voice was also thicker. Perhaps she noticed this and quickly stopped her smile.

"Those Bitchis over there don't dare to mess with you. There are knowledgeable people behind them. I don't like this kind of boring party either, so I just happened to come over to keep you company.

Don't you have a game?You still have time to come to the party. Kate brought you here? "

She said a lot, and Xia Yin understood what was going on. It seemed that it was his
"Hello, Scarlett, nice to meet you. I have a few days off, and Kate asked me to come over and play, so I agreed. I can't refuse her."

Scarlett came closer, "Where is your girlfriend? Why didn't you come together?"

Xia Yin's expression was calm, but he was a little surprised inside. Could it be that you also like me?Widow sister?

"Well...it's not impossible. You are in good condition now and quite suitable..."

"You don't have a girlfriend?" Scarlett raised her eyebrows and quickly understood, smiling, "So you are also like Jack."

Xia Yin smiled and said, "I'm different from him. I don't just like 18-year-olds. I like them based on their feelings."

Scarlett's eyes lit up, and she moved closer, so that the two of them were almost close to each other.

"Let me ask you a question secretly. I heard that your NBA players' private lives are quite corrupt. A few days ago, a star wanted to drink my bath water. This kind of... eccentricity is so disgusting."

Xia Yin almost spit out her wine. The person she was talking about was Durant, the contractor.

He hadn't paid attention to these gossips during this period, but he didn't expect that Adu would still do this. This... is really amazing.

"I won't do that. You know my strength, and I've always been sincere. I take every girl I date seriously, but most of them don't last long."

Xia Yin asked again, "Is this the reason for your divorce?"

Scarlett blinked, "Yes, while filming the movie, my ex-husband and the heroine fell in love. We separated for half a year and finally divorced in November last year."

"We are the same people. The world is changing too fast and the pace of life is also fast. If you want to develop your career, you have to make compromises in your life. This is inevitable." Xia Yin said annoyed.

"And you're still in Hollywood, so it's normal for things like this to happen. In the NBA, it's because players can't control themselves and there are two factors: hormone secretion.

Just like the story in the Olympic Village, most athletes have strong needs in this area. "

Scarlett's eyes were as charming as silk, and her voice was slightly hoarse and sexy, "Are you like this too? Is this how you and Taylor broke up? When you broke up, there was quite a big commotion."

Xia Yin sighed, "More or less, everyone is very busy and doesn't put much thought into managing relationships. It was fine at the beginning, but as time goes by and the distance grows, it's easy to have other thoughts.

Fortunately, we broke up peacefully and are still good friends now. "

"So you can still do sports together?" Scarlett said this in Xia Yin's ear.

"Don't get me wrong, I happened to be passing by and saw that I am a fan of yours. Although I am just interested, I didn't expect that you still maintain such a relationship."

Xia Yin stared at her, not paying attention to the hot breath she breathed in his ear, "So, you also want to play a friendly match?"

Scarlett suddenly smiled brightly, "Then do you want to go further with me? Anyway, this party is terrible."

Xia Yin didn't say anything more, but he complained in his heart, "Are you too direct? Am I so charming?"

"Don't get me wrong, this is a window period for me, and I need a "good friend" to relieve my loneliness."

Xia Yin drank the wine in one gulp and led her towards the door.

A group of women behind them began to curse Scarlett and asked you to go find out the information. You actually ate alone. You were really Fake!
Kate happened to see this scene, but she nodded when she saw it was Scarlett Johansson.

It's okay, as long as he's not a bad person.

She also knew that Xia Yin knew it. Didn't she bring him here just to let him find a suitable one?
Unexpectedly, Scarlett took the lead.

"Forget it, I don't care about your nonsense anymore."

(End of this chapter)