Chapter 1174 Harden's Treat

Li Ba looked at Duncan and said, "Tim, I don't think you can do it."

Duncan said helplessly, "He didn't recommend me to invest in a winery, sorry."

Kobe said to Li Ba, "Iron Hammer, I saw the media news that your entertainment company in China has been listed? The market value exceeds 10 billion US dollars?"

"Oh?"

The superstars and superstars next to him exclaimed.

What does 10 billion US dollars mean? Among all the NBA team owners, it is definitely ranked in the top five. Small teams can buy several.

"I just have a little share, not much."

Li Ba smiled and said, "And you will have it too. The Senbei restaurant chain will definitely be listed in New York in the future. You will all be the owners of listed companies."

"Oh, then hurry up."

Payton shouted excitedly.

Ginobili said hurriedly on the side, "Anyone who wants to sell shares can find me, I want as much as they want."

"Haha!" Everyone laughed.

The next day, the game started.

This season, the Lakers signed Bynum back and dug Tony Allen, increasing the depth of the bench and defense, and further enhancing their strength.

With the current strength of the Suns, they lost the game steadily.

"Hammer, your era is over." Kobe was very happy after winning the game.

"Do you believe that I will join the Lakers?" Li Ba said unhappily.

Kobe choked and said angrily: "Don't keep scaring me with this! You and I should still defend one city each. I'm in the Lakers, and you'll die in the Suns."

Li Ba laughed and said teasingly: "Don't talk about one person defending one city. You have several giants, and you still say one person defending one city? It's not the case since the OK combination, and it's even less so now."

Kobe said angrily: "Do the Lakers have more superstars than the Suns? Count them, you have two of the four major shooting guards, plus Nash and Ray Allen, as well as Hill and Ginobili, you have seven giants."

Li Ba was speechless.

Nash is 36, Ray Allen is 35, Hill is even older, 38, Ginobili is 33, McGrady is only 31, but he is almost useless, Carter is 33, these six stars are over 200 years old, and the average age is over 34. Can you call them giants?

The Suns lost three and won two, and the start was not good, even the worst start in six seasons, which put a lot of pressure on the team management.

Fans accused the team of making a lot of money, but they were reluctant to assign a few real stars to Li Ba, and all found some old guys.

Sarver has a hard time. He earns hundreds of millions of dollars from the team every year, but it’s not that he is unwilling to pay, but the whole league is targeting the Suns.

Among them, there is the shadow of Nike.

Nike’s influence in the league is too great. Most of the stars are signed by Nike. Under the influence of Nike, it is difficult for those stars to join the Suns.

The league is also watching this situation happen, because the Suns’ one-man show is not conducive to development.

At the same time, the public opinion environment in North America also supports this situation.

Inside the Suns, at the urging of the management, the coaching assistants held repeated meetings to discuss tactical issues.

But Payton thought there was no big problem. Although the start was not good, it was because they encountered the Heat and the Lakers, the two strongest teams in the league, and then lost back-to-back to the Jazz. This was because of physical fitness. The team's strength was not as bad as the media said. The performance of the veterans was just not explosive, but the performance was also normal.

Another point is that veterans generally do not do any training during the offseason. They are all taking care of their bodies, so they need some time to warm up their bodies and adapt to the new season again.

The regular season continues, and the Suns will face the challenge of the Grizzlies on the 5th.

The Grizzlies have Zach Randolph and Garnett in the interior, Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo in the outside, and rookie Harden. They are very strong and only lost to the Lakers in the first five games.

"Boss, I'll treat you to Senbei Restaurant."

On the Grizzlies' private plane, Harden was excitedly boasting to his teammates: "Guys, I'm about to become the boss of a listed company. I have a $3 million investment in Senbei Restaurant, and it will soon become 30 million, or even more, haha!"

Not to mention, many Grizzlies players were envious.

Rudy Gay said to Harden: "You are so lucky. I heard that only superstars who have a good relationship with Hammer have the opportunity to buy shares?"

"Of course."

The proud Harden raised his chin high.

Garnett and Randolph, who were sitting in front, had a lot of feelings.

Randolph remembered that in the 0304 season, Hammer personally went to the guest team's locker room to recruit him, but he saw Hammer beat Rasheed Wallace, and he was afraid of being beaten every day in the Suns, so he didn't dare to agree. Now he regrets it, otherwise he would have several rings on his hands now, his value has increased greatly, and then he would have the opportunity to buy shares in Senbei Restaurant.

Garnett was very depressed, he could no longer see the chance to win the championship.

Although the Suns are not doing well this season, the Heat, Celtics, Lakers and other super teams are still standing in front of the Grizzlies, and he is getting older.

At 5 pm on the 4th, as soon as the Grizzlies arrived in Phoenix, Harden called Li Ba and asked him to treat him.

Li Ba was not polite and drove to the hotel to pick up Harden, and came to his own restaurant and asked Harden to treat him.

"Waiter, open a bottle of 2004 Senbei Premium." After ordering the dishes, Harden said generously.

"I say, James, you are rich, right?" Li Ba said.

Harden said excitedly: "Boss, I know the news. The restaurant is going to go public, right? I invested 3 million. Is it going to become 30 million? So we have to open a bottle of the best wine to celebrate."

"Don't open the 2004 Senbei. It's a waste. It's a gimmick. We drink it ourselves. What else can we use as a gimmick?"

Li Ba was helpless. It's only been two days. Has his words spread all over the league?

The 2004 Senbei here is from their family. There are only 30 boxes in total. Each chain restaurant has one box. Each bottle is worth 45,000 US dollars, and the restaurant sells it for 56,000 US dollars.

Because the quantity is too small, ordinary guests cannot order it. Only those with VIP cards are eligible to order it, and they can only order it once a year. In addition, the VIP card of the Senbei restaurant is only given away and not sold.

Anyway, it is to use various methods and gimmicks to raise the status of the 2004 Senbei boutique wine, thereby improving the grade of the entire Senbei wine.

Among the top ten wineries in the United States, Senbei Winery has already emerged. The valuation of the entire Senbei Winery has increased several times compared to when it was purchased three years ago.

In Gao Yuanyuan's words, if you want to monetize your influence, you can't always rely on sponsorship and endorsements, and you don't want to use Senbei entertainment to make money, so you have to build your own platform, and Senbei Winery and Senbei restaurant chain are two platforms, your own.