The Road to Old Zhan Starts with Tossing Chalk

Li Chen thought for a moment, then asked, "Mr. Page, Mr. Brin, do you still need financing?"

If Google Company needs further funding, it will continue to invest even if it has to borrow money.

Upon hearing this, the two were both taken aback. After discussing it for a moment, they said, "Please wait a moment, let us calculate it."

With that, the two jogged out and began instructing their employees to do the calculations. An hour later...

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li Chen, your investment of 30 million is sufficient. We will not accept any further financing," Page said apologetically.

"That's a real shame," Li Chen said, somewhat disappointed.

A short while later, Li Chen left after exchanging contact information with Page and Brin.

On the way back, "Chen, trust me, don't invest in their company."

Li Chen didn't answer, but instead advised, "Bill, I suggest you buy some too. They'll definitely accept your millions of investment because of me."

Bill Duffy rolled his eyes, thinking, "Dude, I'm trying to advise you! And here I am, trying to advise me instead."

"Sorry, Chen, I'm not interested in investing."

Li Chen his lip, thinking to himself, "Looks like you're not going to get rich."

Years later, whenever Li Chen brought up this incident to tease Bill Duffy, it felt like a knife to his chest.

The next day.

Larry Page called, asked for Li Chen's address, and said he would personally pick Li Chen up and bring him to the company.

Thus, Li Chen became the first NBA player to be personally picked up and dropped off by two bigwigs.

During this time, Bill Duffy had already found a financial professional for Li Chen.

Li Chen invested 30 million yuan to acquire 100% of Google Company's stock.

After signing the contract, Li Chen waited to become a billionaire.

It's worth mentioning that on May 6th, the Lakers and Spurs faced off in the second round of the Playoffs.

The Lakers lost 82-87.

The Lakers didn't perform well in this game. Despite Kobe scoring 37 points, it came from a crazy 38 shot attempts, with Kobe percentage of only 42%.

With the role players collectively failing to score, this loss was not surprising.

In this game, the Lakers lost by 4 points in the first quarter.

They won by 1 point in the second quarter.

They lost by 5 points in the third quarter.

They lost by 3 points in the fourth quarter.

O'Neal scored 24 points and grabbed 21 rebounds. Wow, he caught all the shots that Kobe missed.

Li Chen originally wanted to comfort Kobe, after all, when he was swept 3-0 by the Sacramento Kings, Kobe would either take him to see the sights or go for a drive.

He had to return it now! But to his dismay, Kobe's phone was off. He rubbed his nose, giving up on comforting Kobe.

As for going to his house to comfort him, forget it! Uh... he's really afraid of getting beaten up by Kobe.

Meanwhile, Avril also called to congratulate Li Chen on advancing to the second round of the Playoffs.

But she seemed very busy, and we were called away after only a short chat.

Li Chen hung up the phone and continued to analyze which two skills he should upgrade to A-rank.

Finally, Li Chen decided to upgrade the three skills [Miracle Shot], [Clutch Shot], and [Divine Shooter] to A-rank.

Just like that, 30 million skill coins were gone.

On the morning of May 7th, Li Chen walked up to Elton Brand, who was training diligently, and asked, "How's it going? When can you play?"

"Mr. William said I could play in the second game, but I think I'll play in the third," Elton Brand, neither pleased nor disappointed.

Li Chen was a little surprised, "Hey, hey, hey! What's wrong with you? Isn't getting to play something you've always wanted?"

Elton Brand thought for a moment and sighed softly, "Chen, I've realized you guys can win even without me. My presence seems to..."

Before Elton Brand could finish speaking, Li Chen interrupted, "Stop talking nonsense. You weren't on the court, so you don't know how tough it was for us. Lamar, that guy's a freak, sometimes he's brilliant, sometimes he's unpredictable, and he might just ruin things for his teammates at any moment."

Upon hearing this, Elton Brand paused slightly, his mouth agape, and turned to look at Odom, whose face was filled with disbelief.

"Fuck, Chen, is it really okay for you to talk badly about people behind their backs like this?"

Li Chen glanced at him and calmly retorted, "Did I wrong you?"

"I... I..."

Puff!

Elton Brand couldn't help but laugh.

Li Chen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brand, we need you."

"Yeah, Brand," Odom chimed in.

A moment later, Elton Brand watched as Odom walked away with his arm around Li Chen's shoulder.

At the same time, Odom asked in a low voice, "Chen, tell me the truth, did you say those things to comfort Brand?"

Li Chen was surprised, so he asked curiously, "Lamar, why do you have such a question?"

Odom was taken aback by Li Chen's question. Shouldn't I have asked that? Wait, suddenly something occurred to Odom?

He flew into a rage. "Chen, you bastard! How dare you stare at me like that! I'll fight you to the death!"

As he spoke, he pounced on Li Chen like an angry lion, but Li Chen easily dodged him.

8 PM.

Dallas Air Center Stadium.

The Clippers' road game against the Dallas Mavericks kicks off the season.

In a domestic live streaming room.

Hello everyone, I'm Sun Zhengping, and the person sitting next to me is still your old friend, Coach Zhang Weiping.

"Coach Zhang, what are your thoughts on today's game?"

"The Clippers will definitely win this game today!" Zhang Weiping said with absolute certainty.

Although Sun Zhengping knew that Zhang Weiping's words were unfair, he still braced himself and asked, "Coach Zhang, what do you mean by that?"

"As you know, Chen just led his team to break the curse that had never been achieved in the four major American sports events, winning 3-4 in a row. This feat will be remembered in the history of the league."

"Therefore, the Clippers will definitely use this momentum to win this game."

Sun Zhengping listened to Zhang Weiping's eloquent analysis, he suddenly felt that it seemed, perhaps, that there was some truth to it.

He then realized that he had been tricked by Zhang Weiping.

He looked somewhat helpless, then changed the subject, saying, "Coach Zhang, let's take a look at the starting lineups for the Mavericks and Clippers today."

Dallas Mavericks) starting lineup:

Nash (Point Guard)

Michael Finley (Shooting Guard)

Eduardo Nájera (Small Forward)

Dirk Nowitzki (Power Forward)

Riff Raffrots (center forward)

"The Alaska Mavericks fielded a very strong offensive lineup today, which is also a characteristic of Coach Nelson. He truly lives up to his reputation as a mad scientist!" Sun Zhengping exclaimed.

Let's take another look at the Clippers' starting lineup today.

Li Chen (Point Guard)

Corey Maggette (Shooting Guard)

Odom (Small Forward)

Wang Zhizhi (Power Forward)

Michael Olowokandi (Center)

"It's clear from the Clippers' roster that Coach Alvin Gentry still wants to work on rebounding."

The players soon began to enter the field, starting with the away team.

Then he started introducing the Clippers players, and when Li Chen saw the magnesium powder, he suddenly remembered that Old Zhan liked to throw magnesium powder.

Li Chen's lips curled up, just as he thought, "I'll follow in Old Zhan's footsteps and leave Old Zhan with nowhere to go."

And so, Li Chen's first iconic moment occurred...

Li Chen tossed the magnesium powder into the air, as if celebrating his victory in advance.

Li Chen's actions greatly displeased the Mavericks fans, who decided to boo Li Chen loudly once the game started.