A private harbor in Manhattan where thousands of private yachts are docked.
At the end of the regular season, Lin Yu was a frequent visitor here. He would often rent a yacht and take some friends, teammates, and a large group of white and black girls out to sea for fishing.
"Hey, look who's here, our big star, the current super star in New York!"
Lin Yu got off the car from the parking lot of the port, followed by Amanda Gray and Spencer Strasmore of Anderson Financial Management.
From a distance, everyone heard a somewhat rough voice.
After approaching, he shook hands and hugged the owner of the voice, a second-hand yacht dealer.
In fact, he had only met this second-hand yacht dealer twice and was not very familiar with him, but the way the guy opposite greeted him was as if they were old acquaintances.
Lin Yu has been in the United States for almost five years and has become somewhat accustomed to this group of familiar Americans.
"Let's go and take a look at your yacht."
Because the playoffs are progressing smoothly, it is only a matter of time before they completely defeat the Cavaliers. Lin Yu, who returned to New York, also has free time to deal with some of his personal affairs.
For example, now, he is about to spend a huge amount of money to buy a private yacht.
The second-hand yacht dealer led the way, and a group of people moved towards the depths of the port. Soon, everyone came to a berth, where a brand-new yacht parked quietly.
"Carpe Diem, a product delivered by Trinity Yacht Company in 2003, is about 58.2 meters long and 10.2 meters wide. It has three floors, with a total tonnage of 749 tons, a maximum speed of 21Kn, and a cruising speed of 17Kn..."
While the second-hand yacht dealer introduced the general condition of the yacht, he directed the crew to roll out the sampan and took Lin Yu and his party aboard.
"The crew has six cabins that can accommodate 10 people, 4 guest bedrooms that can accommodate 8 people, and one master bedroom that can accommodate 4 people. Of course, if you want, you can fit more than ten people into the master bedroom.
question."
The second-hand yacht dealer winked at Lin Yu, who smiled and waved to indicate that he was not such a person.
Then, Lin Yu walked around and was generally satisfied with the yacht.
"Tell me the price?"
"The total price of the yacht is US$27.5 million. If you want to rent a berth at the same time, we have cooperated with the port and can get a preferential price. One year's berth rental, plus the crew, the total price is US$28 million.
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After the second-hand yacht dealer mentioned the price, Lin Yu suddenly hesitated. Although he was not short of money now, he still needed to hesitate if he was asked to spend less than 30 million US dollars to buy a yacht at once.
He glanced at Spencer Strasmore for advice.
Strathmore nodded towards Lin Yu, meaning that the price was about the same and could be won.
Lin Yu no longer hesitated: "OK, let's seal the deal and let Anderson Financial Management Company take over the deal with you later."
In this way, without spending much energy, Lin Yu captured the Carpe Diem in front of him.
Some people always say that the happiest time is when spending money, but this time, Lin Yu always felt a little distressed. Maybe he really spent too much?
By the time the formalities were completed, it was probably already afternoon.
After having afternoon tea with the second-hand yacht dealer, Lin Yu officially announced that he was the owner of the Carpe Diem.
However, Lin Yu still had some questions: "Spencer, didn't you say that women have negative equity in luxury cars and real estate?"
Spencer Strasmore spread his hands: "But I didn't say the yacht was a negative equity?"
Then, he immediately added: "I never said that real estate is a negative equity. You are spreading rumors, Lin!"
“So, why aren’t yachts and properties negative equity?”
"This is more complicated. I won't be able to explain it for a while. In short, some high-quality real estate, yachts, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., can be used to deduct taxes. This is why these assets are not liabilities.
Asset reasons.”
Lin Yu suddenly didn't understand again: "If real estate and yachts can be tax deductible, so can luxury cars?"
"Yes, but luxury cars depreciate all the time, but real estate and yachts do not. They even increase in value all the time."
Lin Yu understood. After Spencer Strathmore explained this, he suddenly felt that buying this yacht didn't feel so distressing anymore.
It’s all investment anyway, and it’s investment wherever you invest.
"It's a pity that we probably won't be able to catch any fish this year."
Amanda Gray looked at Lin Yu in confusion, not quite understanding what Lin Yu meant.
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The day after the yacht was acquired, the Knicks ushered in the first home game of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Madison Square Garden Arena.
In this battle, the process of the game began to change, and it was different.
At the beginning, the Cavaliers scored consecutively due to the explosion of LeBron James. On the contrary, it was the Knicks. Lin Yu had a poor touch at the beginning and shot 2 of 5, and the team fell behind.
This is different from the previous two away games. In the first two away games, the Knicks relied on Lin Yu's strength to tie with the Cavaliers, who also had a strong start.
Then gradually relied on the more persistent Lin Yu to take the lead.
But in this game, after falling behind at the beginning, Lin Yu slowly regained his touch and only helped the Knicks equalize the score before the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the substitute lineup came on stage, and the Cavaliers opened the score.
After that, the game was out of control.
In particular, the Knicks, who are playing at home, even have to face the Cavaliers with the bonus of an away whistle. Even if Lin Yu has all the tricks, he can't prevent the team from losing.
Just like that, in the third game of the series, the Knicks' first home game, they were pulled back by the Cavaliers.
The score after the game was 97:103, which was not a big difference. Lin Yu even had the urge to use the "three black minutes" to win the game.
But in the end, he stopped.
Because after using "Three Black Minutes", the Knicks got the match point, the "Desperate Counterattack" special effect of "Death Stare" could not be activated.
As for the "unfair" special effects, Lin Yu really didn't dare to gamble.
Just like in this game, although the Knicks were enveloped by the away whistle, the "unfair" special effect was not activated because the whistle was not outrageous.
Looking at LeBron James celebrating wildly, Lin Yu left silently.
When he left, he was also thinking about some issues.
He thought of a way to immediately activate the "unfair" special effect, that is: in the next game, he would start the game strongly and help the Knicks gain an advantage without cheating.
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In the other three matchups between the East and West, the Celtics won the third game in a straight line and got the match point.
The Lakers lost the first away game and still led the series 2:1.
Finally, it was the Hornets and the Spurs. The disappointing Spurs pulled back a victory after returning to their home court. Finally, people saw the Spurs' sophistication and tenacity.
