One Year Left to Play

Tonight's game, he was overly excited, shooting from the perimeter 4 out of 13, partly because he shot too well in the last game, and today he was somewhat casual.

Yesterday at dawn, after reviewing the game in study mode, he was utterly obsessed with Larry Bird's full set of techniques...

But that wasn't the most important thing; he could have calmed himself down, but when he received Pelinka's call while taking a nap in the afternoon, his calm mindset crumbled...

"Aix, your software sold for 400 million!" Aprile Clark stared at Zhang Hao, as if she wasn't looking at her man, but a mountain of gold...

That expression, Zhang Hao loved it; when he received the call from Pelinka, he probably had the same expression, his expression control system directly crashed.

The little girl didn't find it too exaggerated, counting with her fingers: "Le Lin sold all the houses and still has more money than brother! Brother still has to pay rent to Le Lin every year!"

"..."

Zhang Hao and Aprile Clark's excitement was directly extinguished by the little girl's comment.

They had seen the news too; Starbucks had a revenue of 7 billion US Dollars in 1995, dominating the mid-to-low-end coffee market in the United States, highly popular in the capital market. Earlier this year, Howard Schultz got 5 billion US Dollars using just a PPT to start developing the European and Asian markets...

400 million US Dollars, for Howard Schultz's most beloved daughter, seemed to be just her money for buying houses for fun.

Fuming, Zhang Hao grabbed a snack from the coffee table and put it near the little girl's mouth: "Eat your cake!"

"Not eating! Can't eat after dinner!"

"Why? I specifically asked that store to save it for you!"

"What if I get fat?"

"Don't you not care?"

"Brother, if Le Lin gets fat and ugly, would you still like Le Lin?"

"...Do I look like that kind of person?"

"You are!"

"..."

Aprile Clark watched Zhang Hao and the little girl bickering. Initially, besides surprise and joy, she had many worries.

Zhang Hao's development was getting better and better now...

As for her, she was a girl without too many ambitions, thinking of learning car repair after graduating high school; she loved tinkering with those things.

But she didn't ask for too much. At first, she thought Zhang Hao would just become an average professional athlete; everything now, instead, made her feel worried.

But now, seeing Zhang Hao still being the same as before, not changing into someone unrecognizable like many sports stars and celebrities after suddenly becoming a billionaire, Aprile Clark relaxed.

He was still him!

...

...

December 18th, noon, Pelinka looked at the 5 million US Dollars in his account, feeling extremely complicated...

Initially, Zhang Hao told him that if it sold for 40 million, he'd give him 500,000 US Dollars.

But during negotiations, he was prepared to take nothing, thinking it wouldn't sell for that much.

In the end, it sold for 400 million...

Microsoft, experienced in acquisitions, quickly completed the technology transfer agreement, with 400 million US Dollars cash entering Zhang Hao's company account. In this era where tech stocks' valuations skyrocketed, Microsoft was the fastest-growing one, with a valuation increasing from over 50 billion US Dollars in 1995 to over 70 billion US Dollars this year. A huge amount of capital flowing into Microsoft, they might be the wealthiest tech company currently.

Currently, the most common thing in the US tech industry is technology transfer acquisitions because the technology transfer tax is only 6%.

Yesterday, Microsoft announced a cooperation agreement with 58 Technology, bought all ICQ-TIM technology, and in the future, 58 Technology would split the ICQ-TIM department to Microsoft, and ICQ-TIM would be renamed MSFT-TIM. Microsoft's valuation increased by over a billion US Dollars in one day.

Spent 400 million and earned it back in one day, the crazy era of the internet bubble...

Today, Pelinka was also anticipating the 500,000 US Dollars bonus, but the remittance slip from Zhang Hao's father who'd arrived in the United States indicated 5 million US Dollars.

That meant, for every 40 million, he got 500,000!

"My son was afraid you'd refuse, so he asked me to give you this money, take it, it's what you deserve."

Thinking of what his boss's father said earlier, Pelinka now truly decided to dedicate himself to his boss!

Besides, he had another thought — 5 million, how much tax needs to be paid next year!

...

On the other end, Zhang Hao had already put aside the matter of selling for 400 million US Dollars.

His father, upon receiving the news, came to the United States to help Pelinka handle the follow-up affairs of the transaction. Later, they would take part of the money back, as the domestic company needed funds, like the factory that had started producing peripheral merchandise of Ultraman X, which requires increased investment.

In this regard, Zhang Hao entrusted his enterprising father in his forties, reminding him to buy more Beijing courtyard houses and unclaimed land in Shanghai's Pudong if possible. He would play around during the US internet bubble period.

After resolving the funding shortage at 58 Technology, Zhang Hao left things be, letting Pelinka continue with the remaining software, and anything the current technology level could achieve, he'd have Pelinka do it. He still enjoyed the thrill of striving on the basketball court.

At 6:10 p.m. on the 18th, after preparing for the pre-game work, Zhang Hao and his teammates entered the court, seeing that genius entering his decline—Anfernee Hardaway.

"Anfernee Hardaway, 25 years old, 201 cm, 97.5 kg, ability evaluation 93, offense 96, defense 82, three-point 74, mid-range shot 93, layup 97, passing 88, speed 91, strength 86... Appearances this season 19, averaging 21 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, 1.3 steals... Shooting percentage 44%, three-point percentage 31%..."

25 years old, should be when a player's career reaches the golden period, but Zhang Hao sees Anfernee Hardaway's capability evaluation, which is the abilities shown on the court, has declined from last year!

Having only missed 5 games due to injury in his first three years career despite being in his sophomore year, Anfernee Hardaway has already missed 6 games this season without having played even half. This is more than the total games missed due to injury in his first 3 career years!

Meanwhile, O'Neal, once called a glass man in Orlando, has been impressively healthy since his return...

Just as Zhang Hao was examining Anfernee Hardaway's ability evaluation, a task prompt appeared!

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