After separating from Stern, Richard immediately returned to the hotel to find Paul Allen.

Paul Allen was teasing little Mary, "Sterling let go?" ”

Richard nodded.

"Yes, that old boy Stern did a good job this time, and I finally counted on him once." Paul Allen said with a smile.

……

"Lee, relax, your current status is no worse than Ballmer's, and you can't be nervous." Paul Allen looked at Richard as if he was a little nervous, and couldn't help but speak.

Richard shook his head, he was not nervous, but more excited at the moment.

If you can persuade Ballmer to quit, then you will become the owner of the Clippers, as for other competitors, such as Magic or some braggart daddy......

Then Richard didn't pay attention to it at all, he and these people were not the same level of players at all.

"Got it, Paul, what's your relationship with Ballmer?" Richard asked curiously.

Both of them started with Microsoft, but there are differences in the history of these two people.

Paul Allen is known as the man who stands behind Bill Gates, but this is not true, he is the first person to propose to start Microsoft......

Later, he and Bill Gates fought for equity, and it was also a lot of trouble, and the two sides were extremely unpleasant, but then they laughed and feuded, and the relationship was a lot more harmonious, after all, they were friends who beat the young.

Ballmer, on the other hand, joined Microsoft later and was the first commercial manager hired by Bill Gates.

Business manager, as the name suggests, Ballmer is not a technical party, but a businessman, which is why he can take over Bill Gates' position right now.

Richard really couldn't see through the relationship between the two, and in his opinion, the relationship between the two was a little delicate......

"Don't worry, Li, I am very good friends with him, otherwise, I would not have come forward to bring you to meet him." Paul Allen said with a smile.

Richard nodded, the relationship is good, don't let Paul Allen come when the time comes, but it will be counterproductive.

……

"Man, we're finally here when you guys arrive, and we'll have a glass of champagne just opened." After seeing Paul Allen walk in with Richard, Ballmer was quite enthusiastic.

In the end, he is engaged in business, and this ability to enliven the atmosphere is by no means comparable to a nerd like Paul Allen.

NOW, BALLMER,CAN DEFINITELY BE SAID TO BE PROUD,DURING HIS TENURE AT MICROSOFT,THE REPUTATION AND SALES OF THE WIN7 SYSTEM THAT CAME OUT LAST YEAR ARE QUITE HOT,KNOWN AS THE SECOND ONLY XP SYSTEM......

"Steve, I'm afraid you'll not be in the mood for champagne after a while." Paul Allen quipped.

Ballmer didn't say anything, and looked at Richard curiously.

He wondered how the young man in front of him did it, from being poor and white to his current net worth of $4.6 billion.

In this year's new Forbes list, Richard's net worth reached $4.6 billion.

In fact, luck accounted for a large part of his Ballmer fortune......

Imagine if he hadn't applied for a job at Microsoft, how could Ballmer have so much wealth now.

Richard, on the other hand, has an eye in the investment field that is accurate to the point of being frightening, and the stocks he bought are definitely skyrocketing geometrically.

This is also why Richard's net worth has skyrocketed every year over the years.

Investments in Apple, Facebook, Twitter, etc., have all brought Richard extremely rich returns, and such returns are far from the limit in the current situation.

This terrifying ability made Ballmer envious, and he knew very well that if nothing else, it might not take too long for Richard to surpass him in terms of value.

"Sit down, Paul, I have to admit that Lee is probably the best young man I have ever met, and you are indeed better than me in this regard." Ballmer couldn't help but praise Richard.

Paul Allen laughed heartily at this, "Okay, Steve, let's get down to business." ”

"I really don't understand, why did you have the idea of buying the Clippers, are you crazy?"

"Look at your big belly, look at your fat body, I don't remember you being a basketball fanatic." Paul Allen asked, puzzled.

After Paul Allen asked this, Richard couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Ballmer wanted to buy the Clippers, which was instigated by Paul Allen, which led to Ballmer's large-scale acquisition of the Clippers.

And at the moment, Paul Allen definitely didn't instigate Ballmer, knowing that Richard was interested in the Clippers, he also instigated Ballmer to buy the Clippers, isn't that full......

Richard was curious about what Ballmer thought and why he had the idea of buying the Clippers.

I saw Ballmer laugh, "Paul, it seems that you told me before that eggs can't be put in one basket, I always remember this sentence, quite philosophical." ”

"So I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to enter the sports industry."

"As for why I chose the Clippers, the reason is very simple, I am optimistic about the future prospects of the Clippers, even a layman like me knows that the potential of the Clippers is too great, and they can definitely make money in the future."

Richard was stunned, good guy, dare to love Ballmer wants to buy the Clippers, just because of what Paul Allen said before?

The most painful thing is that Richard remembers that he said this sentence to Paul Allen......

After a long time, it turned out that Ballmer wanted to buy the Clippers, which was all caused by himself.

Richard looked loveless, what is this called.

Ballmer is not the same as Paul Allen, who is an adventurous man and has an interest in the sports industry, and he has not only a Trail Blazers team under his name, but also the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL.

It can be seen that Paul Allen is quite interested in the sports industry.

And Ballmer has never been involved in the sports industry before, and it may be that Paul Allen has made good gains in the sports industry, so he came up with the idea of buying the Clippers.

Since Ballmer was just trying to make money, it was easy to do, and Richard relaxed.

From the moment he entered the room, Richard did not speak, but quietly listened to Paul Allen and Ballmer talking.

"Ahem." Richard coughed lightly, signaling that he had something to say.

The two old men looked at Richard and wanted to hear what Richard would say.

"Mr. Ballmer, if you just want to invest, in fact, buying the New Orleans Hornets right now is a better choice, and the yield will be higher, and it can reach more than 300% in 8 years!" Richard sorted out his thoughts and said with a smile.

Ballmer was stunned, a yield of more than 300%? How is this possible?

Even if it is eight years, the average annual return rate of more than 40% is quite terrifying.

Ballmer calculated the account, if Richard didn't talk nonsense, based on the current $300 million of the Hornets, it is equivalent to saying that he will make a net profit of $900 million if he sells the Hornets in eight years?!

This rate of return is really amazing, Ballmer looked at Richard with some curiosity, where did he know how to say such a thing.

Looking at the confident expression on Richard's face, it didn't look like nonsense at all.

Richard really didn't talk nonsense, at this point in time, buying a team is really the best time, even if you don't do anything, the team's market value can soar, and it will all be a big profit at that time.

After the Hornets, later known as the Pelicans, were bought for $300 million, their market value soared to $1.22 billion eight years later......

This is still a situation where the Pelicans have not had a good record in the past eight years, and if they can play a good record, this market value can continue to rise.

So if Ballmer wants to invest, it is undoubtedly a pretty wise choice to invest in the Pelicans.

"Li, your expression tells me that you are definitely not lying, although the news is quite shocking." Ballmer said with a serious face.

As a top billionaire, he naturally has a top financial team behind him.

His finance team helped him analyze that the acquisition of the Clippers is definitely profitable, but only if their purchase price is not higher than $1.2 billion, because the limit of the Clippers' future market value growth is $1.5 billion.

Such an estimate, in fact, from the current point of view, is not a problem, because at the moment, even Stern does not know that in a few years, such a terrifying broadcast contract will be signed, which will cause the market value of NBA teams to rise sharply.

Invested $1.2 billion and received $300 million.

Invested $300 million and received $900 million.

I'm afraid this is a fool, and he should know what choice to make.

Provided, of course, that Ballmer had to confirm where Richard had the confidence to say this.

If the Hornets are really that profitable, then why didn't Richard buy the Hornets and instead set his sights on the Clippers?