bhwS

by Cr0w0019

this is a fanfic of a bhwS book i read with a little bit of things edited to make it better

30. Chapter 30

Rest and Business

So Jake soon returned to the game and his teammates and Staples he was defending against realized that Jake looked faster and better as he was at the beginning of the game, but the difference was not so great that they thought it was because he had rested for a while.

No one had realized that the only weakness that Jake had for this game was gone and in the 12 minutes before the game was over Jake would be playing with the best he had, the Tar Heels team players were more tired now.

But the players on the V.i.r.g. Cavaliers team were also more tired from playing at such a fast pace throughout the game, so in the final part of the game, only Jake was getting the maximum performance out of him.

In another play Staples tried to make a three-point shot and Jake hindered him and so he missed, Jamison managed to catch the rebound and held for a while before passing the ball to Jake, Jake advanced slowly and after passing through the middle of the court he started to ball to Carter from the left.

Carter received the ball and advanced slowly, he was also tired after trying so hard in the last game and in that game too, the last three games were tiring for the Tar Heels team and he and Jamison who were important to the team were very tired after that.

Carter advanced the ball to the three-point line and passed the ball to Okulaja who was on the right, Okulaja tried to advance, but the V.i.r.g. Cavaliers team's defense soon started to press him, who passed it to Jamison on the left.

Jamison received the ball with two players in defense against him, so Jamison passed the ball to Jake who was further behind, Jake was quick and took advantage of being free to make the shot from outside to make three more points for the Tar Heels team.

In the final part of the game, Jake made a lot of defense and also helped the Tar Heels team to increase the advantage on the scoreboard, so the game ended and the Tar Heels team won with 81 points against the V.i.r.g. Cavaliers' 49 points.

In that 2nd half Jake played for 18 minutes and managed to score 17 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 5 steals, and 3 blocks, it was another double-double and excellent performance for Jake in that game and after that, the crowd would be happy with him again.

"And so the game ends with another victory for the Tar Heels team, it was a good game that ended with the Tar Heels team winning quietly, but that game was more difficult for them because the players were tired."

"Jake came back very well for the team after being criticized for not having played in the last game even though he had no problems, he was instrumental in the Tar Heels team having achieved this comfortable victory."

"The team still missed Shammond Williams who cannot play in this game and the team's defense was weaker than expected, in the next game all the players on the Tar Heels team must be in the best physical condition and these problems will not exist."

"That's right, now there are only 4 games left to finish the conference games, then the ACC tournament will start, and the next 4 opponents are very difficult to face and the Tar Heels team will have a hard time."

The game luckily ended well with the victory of the Tar Heels team, after which the team would have a sequence of 3 games playing at home at the Dean Smith Center, in addition, after the next game the players will have a week of rest before the final 3 games of the conference.

Jake was very tired after the game and would have to take the next few days to fully recover before the next game, he had already decided that he would never run a marathon in Asia again without having many days to rest in the city before and after the marathon.

Shammond Williams would also surely be rested in the next game and they would have the full team, contrary to what everyone expected the sports media did not comment much on the Tar Heels team game and Jake's good performance.

It would be very strange if they spoke well of Jake again after speaking so badly of him during the last few days, the sports media was not like the entertainment media that can make up lies and change a person's opinion several times just to gain more audience.

The next day the players did not have training so that they could recover completely before the next game, Jake was also resting and had been running and training for the marathon for almost a week.

He wanted to recover completely before training and Coach Davis knew that yet Zack was still training every day and after so long training he looked more and more like an elite marathon runner.

Running a full marathon was easy for him to do and Zack's next goal would be to run a marathon in less than 3 hours, now Zack had the support of Jake, his friends, and even his family who were seeing how Zack had improved after more than a year of training.

Even Coach Davis was impressed with the perseverance and improvement that Zack was experiencing, and anyone could run a marathon as long as he was dedicated enough and had a little talent for long-distance sports.

Of course, Zack would never be as good as Jake or even as elite athletes, but he could be proud to call himself an elite athlete if he continued training and hopefully he might even win a marathon someday.

Jake was happy with that too and wanted to run that year's marathon with Zack and see his friend manage to finish a marathon in less than three hours after all this could be their last year together at university.

Jake also sometimes played football with Aaron, the football team had already started training again, but Aaron still liked to train with Jake because Jake was an excellent quarterback because his accuracy was very good in passing.

Of course, that did not mean that Jake was better than the university quarterbacks because they knew a lot of techniques and had much more experience than Jake in football, but for only passes Aaron thought Jake was better.

In the last few months, Jake was talking more with Williams and Haruto, Jake had not yet told anyone that he intended to enter the NBA this season and thus leave the university.

He knew that Eva would accept whatever he decided to do, and the university friends who would be most impressed with Jake's decision, but they also knew that Jake could leave the university after any season because the sports media talked a lot about who Jake was one of the most anticipated players in recent years for the draft.

All the teams would like to have someone like him on the team who could lead the team with assists and points and still help a lot in defense, so it was just up to Jake to decide when he would go to the NBA.

Jake was also saddened by this and hoped that this time he would be able to maintain that friendship after he left university, he didn't have much contact with his friends from the basketball team in middle school and rarely saw his friends from high school.

Jake understood that it was because they lived in different places and using the phone and the internet to keep in touch with friends was not that common, but he wanted to keep in touch with the friends he made at the university if possible.

With Haruto it would be easier because they talked about business several times and Jake already suggested that Haruto work for him when Haruto graduated, Haruto said he would have to see what job he had to do and if it was good he would accept it.

Jake thought Haruto was very intelligent and it was the truth because Haruto had already scored perfect grades in difficult tests several times, Jake thought that Haruto was the most academically intelligent person he knew besides himself.

In that semester Jake had introduced Haruto to his other friends in the dorm and Haruto became very friendly with Williams too, so Jake was trying to convince Haruto's help that Williams would also work with him in the future.

But it seemed that Williams was determined to work in the stock market after college, Jake couldn't say he didn't understand why this was a time when many people were lucky enough to become millionaires if they invested in the right companies and knew when to sell their actions.

Jake himself was investing almost everything he earned in stocks, but it was because he knew exactly when he would win and when he would have to sell his shares in order not to lose money, but no one but him could possibly know that.

When Williams was leaving the university it would be when the internet bubble would burst and no one would want to buy stocks and many would lose millions of dollars, At that time Williams might change his mind and decide to work with Jake.

Even more when it was revealed that Jake was one of the wealthiest and most successful young investors in the stock market out of poverty into a one billion dollars estate in just 10 years, when that happened, no one could say that Jake didn't know about the business.

Jake hoped to be able to work with his two friends from the university because they would be trusted people that he knew of their ability, of course, he would never replace Emily who was always with him, she would still have as much authority as he did in the companies that Jake had.

When Jake said he needed to rest his roommates were the most impressed, in their nearly two years at university there were few times that Jake really took a rest.

They went out together several times to do something fun or to eat, but even on those days Jake always had morning marathon training or basketball training, even when he didn't do anything he went out to do business meetings or at least went to the academy.

Many thought that Jake was very talented and was lucky to have achieved everything he had, that might even be true, but only his friends and Eva knew how much effort Jake had to make to achieve everything he had in life.

Because Jake was like that his teammates were not angry even though he knew that Jake didn't go to the game because he went running the marathon, because he was doing something that was important to him and Jake always tried harder than anyone and was one of the most responsible for the victories of the team.

So when his friends heard that he wanted to rest Zack soon started thinking about things they could do to help Jake relax, he could think about a lot of things, but it had to be something Jake would like and also not to tire him too much.

After thinking for a while he decided to take Jake and the other roommates to play a Paintball game, it was fun and even though it was tiring it was nothing more than a joke compared to what Jake normally did.

Jake and the others naturally liked that a lot, Zack's brother had to be called because he was the one who knew the places best, besides with Brett participating they would have 6 people playing.

For justice reasons Jake and Zack who were the fastest had to be separated, the problem was that Aaron was also very fast and if a team had two of them it would have the advantage, so Jake said that one group would have Zack and Aaron and the other there would be him and two other people.

So the strongest group, in theory, would stay with Zack and Aaron, Zack and Aaron who knew how fast Jake was accepted that easily because they still thought they were at a disadvantage, if Jake wanted to play seriously they would have no chance of winning.

Other people might think this was overkill, but everyone knew it was true because Jake seemed to be good at everything he did, especially when it came to physical activity.

Jake was not as confident as his friends, he could be faster, have better balance and have a better view, but he didn't think he had much more advantage than his opponents.

Fortunately, Brett was on Jake's team with Williams, it was good because Brett was the only one who had ever played that game and so things were more balanced, in this field that they reserved spending more money the rules were made for this to be more fair.

As only 6 people would play in two teams of 3 players and 3 people were much faster and more athletic, it was decided that they would have no flags and the rules would be eliminations, the team that was eliminated first would lose.

That way, nobody would have that much advantage, everyone put on the protective equipment and received the game's gun, it was called a paintball marker, to be even more fair Brett chose a paintball field that was in a house, so there was no way for anyone to run a lot during the game indoors.

Of course, even if it was a house it was actually like a very big building that should have been a factory, so the players still had to run a lot, and it was not just a building but 2 where there was plenty of space for players to strategize.

They decided to make a game better than 7, so whoever got 4 victories would win, Jake had never played that game and of course, he had never picked up a gun before, even if the paintball marker was different he still had to learn to use it.

Jake's team strategy was for Williams and Brett to go one way and Jake to go alone on the other side, Jake decided that because as soon as he saw someone he would shoot and he didn't want to shoot his teammates.

Jake went slowly and shot the wall a few times to learn how to use the paintball marker, in the first game Zack and Aaron came together on the same side as Jake, he still hit Zack but was eliminated by Aaron.

After that Aaron eliminated Brett and so Jake's team lost the first game, Williams was eliminated first or his team could have won, but after that first game, everyone knew how to play.

Jake also realized that he didn't need to worry too much about accuracy with the paintball marker because his opponents' bodies were

a very large target that was difficult to miss, so he just needed to be quick and aim quickly to hit.

In the second game, Jake knew how the game worked and sought cover on the walls and moved quickly between the walls so as not to be exposed, this time Jake was even less lucky and three opponents tried to face him.

Using the cover of the walls to avoid being hit by the opponent's paintball marker he still managed to eliminate Zack and Haruto before being hit and eliminated, Jake saw that with his agility he thought faster and reacted faster to shoot.

So they won the second game when Aaron eliminated Williams and Brett eliminated Aaron, so the game was a draw and the three realized that they shouldn't risk taking everyone to face Jake.

Brett saw that Williams was very bad at the paintball game and saw that Jake was very skilled, so he decided that they could go together side by side and so the chance of them winning was very big.

In the next game, only Aaron went to the side where Jake was and was eliminated before he could see Jake and Brett, the two soon realized that the opponents were trying to eliminate Williams and would succeed, so the two moved quickly to where William had stayed.

By the time they arrived, Williams was already being eliminated and the opponents were close, so Jake and Brett moved quickly using the cover of the walls so they wouldn't be hit easily.

Luckily they managed to get Zack and Haruto on their backs and thus eliminated them and won for the second time, now Jake's team was winning 2 against 1 against the opposing team, they continued with this tactic and won another 2 games and won by 4 at 1 against the team of Haruto, Aaron, and Zack, they saw once again how unfair playing Jake was.

After that they still went to eat in a cafeteria and had a lot of fun, it ended up helping everyone to relax and not just Jake, after all, everyone had responsibilities and classes at the university to be stressed.

The only one who was more relaxed in class was Jake who knew almost everything during the subjects and so the tests were easy for him, Haruto was the smartest after Jake, but he had to study hard to get his good grades.

What was more relaxed after Jake was actually Williams who was smart too and had Jake to help him understand the lessons and so he got good grades in the tests without having to study hard.

After what happened they went back to the university because Jake would have to train the next day, he was almost recovered and would do a light training the other day with the basketball team, but Jake still wouldn't be back with training for the marathons until he completely recovered.

After winning this marathon in Tokyo, Jake no longer had to train for the marathons until the next Olympics that would be just over two years later, of course, he would continue training and even increase the difficulty of training him by running at a faster pace for improving.

But that was because Jake loved to run and wanted to continue in the marathons for years to come, but he had no reason to take chances and train when he was tired and he didn't need it, Coach Davis understood and supported Jake's thinking.

He even sometimes told Jake to take a few days off without training to let his muscles breathe and relax, but Jake didn't do that and as he had no problem in those years the coach stopped saying that.

After all, he more than anyone knew that each athlete was different and had a different body and metabolism, some needed more rest to get a better time and Jake stressed his body to the maximum to be able to improve.

During training, neither Jake's teammates nor trainer Guthridge knew that Jake was not yet in his best physical condition, they thought Jake had already recovered before the last game.

Jake also saw no need to say that and just trained normally, the training was light because all the players were tired and also because Shammond Williams had not played in the last game and was returning to his ideal condition as well.

The next day came the day of the next game for the Tar Heels team, Jake felt he was completely recovered and would have no problems in that game to have his best performance without needing a stamina bar.

The players were also fine and were determined to give the best that they had in this game, after all after that game they would have a week of rest, Jake had already told the coach that he would go to Miami during that week.

So with a week of rest ahead of them, the players were not afraid to get tired in this game, even so, they had to be careful with the opposing team in this game that was looking for victory too.

The opponent in that game was the Maryland Terrapins team that they had already won this season, even though the Tar Heels team had beaten them, it was a team that was third in the ACC conference and was having an excellent season.

They had great players and a good team and they beat Team Tar Heels this season in the past before Jake went back in time when he wasn't on the team, so Jake knew he had to focus more on that game.

"Welcome to everyone who is here to follow this game more in the basketball season, the Tar Heels team that comes from an incredible sequence of 51 victories in a row who will further increase this record by winning the game today."

"But to achieve this they will have to beat the Maryland Terrapins team, which has also been having a great season and was one of the most difficult opponents for the Tar Heels team this season."

"That's right, this is definitely going to be a very difficult game for the Tar Heels team, but I think they are the favorites to win today's game and they are unlikely to lose, this team has gone through many things and the players have even won a game in which Jake was not participating proving the strength of this team."

"In this game, they have all the players and the will to win, Jake and Jamison have been the best players of this season for me among all College basketball teams, and also Carter and Williams who have been having incredible games and are fundamental to Tar Heels team keep winning."

"We will follow this game to see if the Tar Heels team will achieve this victory and continue with the sequence of games without losing, or if the Maryland Terrapins team will win and end the domination of the Tar Heels team before the ACC tournament."

This was a game where the Tar Heels team would play at home at the Dean Smith Center, the fans were still mad at Jake who hadn't played a game to run a marathon, but how the team hadn't lost if he continued to play so well they would forget.

The players on the Maryland Terrapins team were thinking that maybe the players on the Tar Heels team felt pressured by this winning streak and almost lost the last few games and maybe they were tired.

But early on in the game, the Tar Heels team started to press on the attack with Jake making the team play at a strong pace, so it was clear that the Tar Heels team was just thinking about winning the game.

In a play Jake received Carter's ball in defense and went on the attack, after passing through the middle of the court Jake passed the ball to Williams who was back in the team, Williams advanced and before the three-point line, he passed the ball to Carter on the left.

Carter tried a feint and soon passed to Jamison, Jamison got rid of the defense before receiving the ball and then managed to advance easily and made a layup to increase the advantage of the Tar Heels team by 2 points.

This was another game in which Jamison was playing very well and Williams too, so Jake could count on Jamison and Carter to make the points in the painted area and Williams to help him with three-point shots and mid-range shots.

In defense the Tar Heels team started pressing to try to open an advantage in the scoreboard from the beginning of the game preventing the attacks of the Maryland Terrapins team, Jake was defending against Sarunas Jasikevicius who was a skilled player in the shots of three points.

In another move, the Maryland Terrapins team was attacking and Jake managed to intercept an opponent's pass and quickly advanced to attack, this time Jake did not use all his speed and just waited after passing through the middle of the court for his teammates to support in the attack.

Jake always made different plays to try to surprise his opponent and because he had confidence in his teammates, he only advanced directly after steal the ball to try to make the points if he was sure he could make it.

Jake passed the ball to Williams on the left before passing the three-point line, Williams held the ball and passed and tried a feint, as the opponent was not fooled he passed the ball to Okulaja who was further ahead on the left.

Okulaja held the ball for a while and passed the ball to Carter further back on the left, Carter quickly passed the ball to Jake who was further back in the middle, Jake received the ball and two players from the Maryland Terrapins team soon came to the defense against him.

Jake quickly passed the ball to Williams who was at the bottom of the court on the left, Williams received the ball and tried a shot from outside to make 3 more points for the Tar Heels team, with this move everyone realized that the Tar Heels team really wanted guarantee victory quickly.

During the last two seasons whenever the Tar Heels team finished the 1st half by winning the game with an advantage on the scoreboard they won the games, the opponents knew this and therefore tried to prevent the Tar Heels team from doing this.

But with the team all right and Shammond Williams confident after the last games, the Tar Heels team was a difficult team to defend against in that game, Williams had a bad start to the season and with Jake, Jamison, and Carter playing so well he had a hard time to regain his confidence.

But in the last few games, he showed why he was one of the top players on the team last season and it was instrumental in winning the NCAA tournament, with him gaining more attention from defending opposing teams. Jake had more freedom to score.

So Jake managed to hit a lot of three-point shots in that 1st half of the game and that helped the Tar Heels team to increase the advantage on the scoreboard, with Jake playing so well that the crowd was excited again and even forgot that Jake had not played an important game for the team.

After a very strong start to the game, the Tar Heels team slowed down in the last minutes of the 1st half, yet they managed to end up winning with a good lead on the scoreboard to play the 2nd half.

In this 1st half of the game Jake played for 20 minutes and made 19 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 blocks, Jake played very well in the 1st half of the game and managed to defend well against Jasikevicius and even managed to make 2 blocks.

"And so the 1st half of the game ends, the two teams played very well, but the players on the Tar Heels team seemed determined to achieve that victory and played very well and put pressure on both the attack and the defense."

"The defense of the Tar Heels team was very good and Jake had a great 1st half of the game defending against Jasikevicius, so neither the attack nor the defense of the Maryland Terrapins team managed to stand out in today's game."

"That's right, Jake and Jamison are doing very well in today's game as they have done all season, Carter and Williams are doing very well and with such a team it is difficult to find a team that wins the Tar Heels team unless the players perform poorly."

"But the Tar Heels team players will still have to be taken care of in this 2nd half after all the Maryland Terrapins team is the third-best team at the ACC conference, they are one of the only teams that have the quality to beat the Tar Heels team."

Coach Guthridge said the same to the Tar Heels team players, they would have to keep pushing and attacking hard if they wanted to guarantee victory in a difficult game like this.

In the first minutes, the Maryland Terrapins team started to press in the attack to try to win, in this game in which the Tar Heels team was an opponent that they would have much more confidence if they won they had to risk everything.

But the defense of the Tar Heels team was also well in the game today and Jake continued to defend well in the three-point line, in another move the Maryland Terrapins team was trying another attack and Jasikevicius tried a three-point shot and Jake got the block.

Carter still managed to catch the ball and calmly held it waiting for the Maryland Terrapins team players to move away and then passed the ball to Jake, Jake advanced at a slower pace and after passing through the middle of the court passed the ball to Carter again.

Carter advanced and before the three-point line passed the ball to Jamison farther to the left, Jamison tried again to advance to make the points, but the defense pressed close and Jamison had to pass the ball to Jake further back.

Jake received the ball and the Maryland Terrapins team defense soon put pressure on him and Williams paying attention to Jamison and Carter too, Jake passed the ball diagonally to Okulaja on the right, Okulaja received the free ball and advanced to make a layup and 2 more points for the Tar Heels team.

Even with the Maryland Terrapins team trying to diminish the advantage on the scoreboard and trying to turn the game around, the Tar Heels team was very well and the attack was mainly very strong with Jamison trying another great performance in his career.

Jake was taking advantage of this to get more assists and also with Jamison playing so well he had more freedom to make the plays and try the shots from three points, Williams was also being well defended.

So Jake wanted to have a good team when he entered the NBA when he played with great players the opponents did not know that they had to defend against and so there was always someone with freedom to make the points.

Even though Jake was the one who scored the most points on the Tar Heels team and so it was normal for him to be the best defended, opponents could only hinder Jake in the plays and he had only a few turnovers this season.

He had more than 74 percent accuracy on three-point shots and field goals in general as well, so it was better to defend against other players who could be defended and who scored points than against Jake.

But if he were the only skilled player on the team he could never perform as well because all opponents would try to defend against him.

The Tar Heels team continued to press in defense and attack while the Maryland Terrapins team still tried to press in the attack to get a turn in the game even though it was almost impossible due to the advantage that the Tar Heels team got after a few minutes of the 2nd half.

In another move, the Maryland Terrapins team managed to score 3 points in their attack and it was the turn of the Tar Heels team to attack, the players of the Tar Heels team were not concerned with these points because they knew they were playing well.

Jake advanced the ball until after the middle of the court and passed the ball to Williams on the right, Williams advanced to the three-point line and passed the ball to Carter on the left, Carter held the ball and passed it back to Jake who was closer behind.

Jake received the ball and made a beautiful feint that tricked the opponent and advanced, another opponent came to defend and Jake pretended that he would advance and made a step back and tried an outside shot to make three more points for the Tar Heels team.

The Tar Heels team continued to play in the same way while the players were calm and increasing the advantage on the scoreboard because of the mistakes of the Maryland Terrapins players who were in a hurry to try to recover in the game.

So the 2nd half ended and the Tar Heels team won the game with 109 points against just 61 points from the Maryland Terrapins team, with this victory the players of the Tar Heels team could rest this week before the next game without losing any more games. one year.

In this 2nd half of the game, Jake played for 20 minutes and made 17 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, and 3 blocks, with this triple-double Jake helped the Tar Heels team to get another victory and could relax when he went home knowing that next week he would have to dedicate a lot to the next game knowing that in the past the Tar Heels team lost.

"And so we follow the victory of the Tar Heels team in today's game, another victory for the Tar Heels team that is on a winning streak that looks like it will never end."

"Another great game for Jake who made another triple-double and from what I saw at the end of the game the fans forgot that they were mad at him and shouted Jake's name at the end of the game."

"That's right, it really was an excellent game for the Tar Heels team that won another one even if the Maryland Terrapins team tried to win too, Jamison also played very well in today's game, making over 30 points in a game again."

"But again the highlight of the Tar Heels team in that game was Jake who managed to further improve his defense this season which could be his only weakness, even though last season he was already one of the best defensive players in college basketball."

"Jake made 5 blocks and 10 steals in that game, so he has an incredible average of 1.3 blocks per game this season that is bigger than most of the best defensive players from all universities."

"There are now only 3 games left before the start of the ACC tournament and we will see two difficult games after an easier game that will be next week, we will see if the Tar Heels team continues without losing any games."

The players were tired after that game, even if they were tired they were happy for this good game and were happy to have increased their winning streak, even more, all the players on the Tar Heels team wanted to continue this sequence and go down in history.

Coach Guthridge was not so excited about this, he was a coach who was only in his first year as the head coach of the Tar Heels team, but he has accompanied Dean Smith for over 30 years.

So he could see how the players were under a lot of pressure because of these games in a row without losing, in addition, there was pressure from the media and the fans, because of that the fans were even angry with Jake who was the main responsible for this achievement because he did not participate in a game.

So Coach Guthridge preferred the Tar Heels team to lose the next game, so the players could get rid of that pressure if they won the next 3 games the pressure would increase even more because they definitely couldn't lose after the ACC tournament started and the NCAA tournament started.

So he preferred the Tar Heels team to lose before the ACC tournament started, of course, he couldn't ask players to lose the game to relax or let Jake out of the game for the team to lose.

If he did that it seemed like he had no confidence in his players and that would greatly decrease the confidence and morale of the team, in addition, he also wanted if it was possible to win all the games and that the team won the NCAA tournament again this year.

After that, the players went back to the dorms and Jake soon prepared to go to Miami, he would travel at night to get home early and have more time to stay home that week, if he went the next day he would see his mother only later in the afternoon after she returned from the restaurant.

Jake was going home to see his mom because he missed her, but he had a lot more to do besides talking to his mom, he had to talk to Matthew and finally have the report and get the money from the profits from the company in the last year.

He had to talk to Clara also because it seemed that this year she would also give part of the profits to the shareholders as a share of the profit, he had 10 percent of the shares so he could receive a few million dollars.

After that he still had to speak to Emily because he wanted to invest some of the money he would receive in shares of the company Cisco again, especially the money he received from participation after Emily's father and his friends sold their shares.

He had a lot to work out in just a week and still wanted to make the most of his time to be with Eva, after which Jake could return to Miami only after school was over.

Not to mention that Jake would still have the film to start shooting and so he would have much less time to be with his mother if he went to the NBA after the basketball season started it would be almost impossible for them to have much time to talk.

This time as he would arrive home very late at night Jake told Eva that he was going home, so she was the one who picked him up by car at the airport when Jake arrived, Eva was very happy to see Jake home after a few months.

She had been very nervous about having to watch the media people who always spoke well of her son to start criticizing Jake, she didn't understand why the media people criticized Jake if they knew well that Jake always ran marathons and would ever have to lose a game in order to compete.

And it was not because Eva was his mother that she thought so, for her it made sense since Jake missed several marathons because he cannot compete for being at the time of the basketball season when he decided not to participate in a game to run an important marathon everyone criticized him.

Of course, the biggest reason was that Eva couldn't understand why the Tar Heels team's winning record was so incredible, for her it was normal for Jake's team to always win because he also almost missed any game in high school.

As it was very late and Eva had to sleep to go to the restaurant in the morning, Jake went to sleep and they would leave to talk more with his mother in the morning or when she returned home.

Jake had already decided that he would tell Eva that he was going to the NBA after this season, but to do that Jake would have to leave university before he got his degree, he had promised his mother that he would go to university and that he would finish.

And he would not break that promise, Jake had already gone to university and stayed for two years, he got great grades and even advanced some subjects and credits he needed to graduate, so he could easily finish university even entering the NBA.

Jake had learned little at university after reading and almost decorating dozens of books on economics, financial affairs, and administration, so he would keep his promise to his mother, yet Jake thought he had to tell him what he intended to do to Eva.

Jake thought that nothing would change after he said that, but he felt he had a chance that she might want to change with him when Jake moved to the city where he had his NBA team he would most play.

For now, it looked like he would have to move to Los Angeles, the deal had already been made and if all went well the Los Angeles Clippers team would choose the first draft and select Jake and then he would go to the Lakers team.

The deal between the Lakers 'team and the Clippers' team had already been completed and when Jake was chosen everything would be decided, so he had to tell Eva where he would go after college.

The other day in the morning they talked about various things before Eva went to the restaurant, an important matter like this Jake could not speak to his mother before she went to work, otherwise, she could be worried and distracted at work.

Jake called Emily to let her know that he was going to be in Miami for a week and that he had to talk to her, Emily had been busy for the past few months and even Jake had to let him know before he wanted to talk to her.

Of course Jake was Emily's boss and if he asked she would have to abandon what she was doing to talk to him, but Jake didn't want to do that because it would be bad for himself and it was he who had put so many responsibilities on Emily to do and so he had to tell them beforehand to talk to her.

After Eva left to go to the restaurant Jake also decided to go to Matthew's house, Matthew was a man who didn't like offices and was almost always at his house, so Jake never had to call beforehand to let him know when he was going.

When Jake arrived the maids soon took him to the living room to wait until they let Matthew know that Jake had arrived, in a few minutes just as he expected who had arrived was Oliver who was now much closer to Matthew and almost spent all his time in this house.

"Hi, Jake, how long, I thought you would come here at the end of last year, so we were waiting for you."

"Hi, Oliver, I didn't come here at the end of last year because I didn't want to bother you again, I didn't need money like last time and I was able to wait for you to close the balance sheet and prepare the profit-sharing correctly."

"So this is what happened, if you need, you can look for us at the end of the year, we already have the values prepared long before the end of the balance sheet."

"I have been watching your games at the university, your team really played very well, even though I don't understand basketball so much I was impressed that you are close to breaking a game record without losing."

"I am very happy with this, my team is really doing well and I hope we will continue to win the games until we win the NCAA tournament this year."

"You are playing very well, I saw that you were the best player in all of the college basketball last season and this one too, I always knew you were a basketball genius, but not even I expected you to be so amazing."

"Thanks for the compliments, but I think I still have a lot to improve if I really want to become one of the best players, there are still a lot of players who are much better than me in many ways."

"That's right, I think you may be able to play as well as Michael Jordan in the future, so you'll be better than him because he won several marathons and gold medals too, Hahaha."

Jake and Oliver talked about several things that happened in that time when they didn't talk, the two were friends besides talking about business, sometimes Jake thought he was more friends with Oliver and Matthew than Joseph, maybe it was because he was almost 50 years of mental age.

In addition, they had known each other for over 8 years and now that Jake was older there was a lot that Oliver talked to him that he couldn't talk about a few years ago, they also had a lot of topics for them to talk about.

After that, they went over to where Matthew was, while they were talking Matthew was solving some of the company's problems and was also remembering about the report he had to tell Jake about sales of the new digital camera.

"Hi, Jake, I thought you wouldn't be coming to talk to me about the company anymore, Hahaha, I'm sure you'll be happy when you hear the sales were good last year."

Jake was excited when he saw how happy Matthew was to talk about the company's sales, Jake hoped they would actually be able to sell more digital cameras this time, because the first time they sold the digital camera, Matthew's company didn't have much recognition with one of the best camera manufacturers.

So the company had to invest a lot in marketing and advertising and most people were suspicious of the company and did not buy the camera because they were not confident if it was really the best digital camera.

So some people started to buy the camera believing and then saw that the camera was really good, the television programs also spoke with professionals in the field who confirmed the quality of the camera that was better than all the professional cameras on the market.

So they managed to have a good sale after three years, this time the advertis.e.m. said that this digital camera was much better than the previous digital camera, so some bought it and saw that it really was sometimes better than the previous camera.

So whoever bought before and had financial resources would certainly buy again, and whoever didn't buy because they still had doubts would buy because a company with more than 1 successful product was a respectable brand.

"Hahaha, I know you're curious, okay I'll say, our company achieved the sales record last year, we sold just over 9 million digital cameras, as we sell at a price of one thousand and one hundred dollars, we had a total over 9 billion and $ 900 million in sales."

Jake was really shocked by this much sales, he knew that currently, the digital camera market was at its best and that Matthew's company digital camera was the best on the market for sure.

But not even he imagined getting almost 10 billion dollars in sales, in the last year he had been impressed with the 4 billion dollars in sales of their company, now they have sold more cameras than in almost three years with the latest model of the camera.

That way Matthew would continue to make more money from his company than from the shares that even Jake hadn't thought it would be, but that was very good too, the money that Matthew has earned in the past few years has exceeded what he has earned since opening the company and what I would gain in another 20 years.

"In addition, we were able to earn an additional $ 220 million in sales with the other digital camera and webcam sales, so in total, we earned $ 10 billion and $ 120 million from sales in 1997."

"As we spent less on advertising this time and didn't have to invest in production like we did last time and sold more, we made 60 percent profit from those sales, so we received a profit of $ 6 billion and $ 72 million."

Jake was even more impressed by this, he had talked to Matthew and heard that Matthew intended to get a higher percentage of profit this time because the company was already developed and was able to meet the demand for the products.

But Jake could never expect that they managed to increase by more than 10 percent of profits, Jake knew that part of it was for the amount that was 100 dollars more expensive and it cost the same as the last camera to produce.

He naturally knew how they achieved this value, normally a camera like this would cost much more to develop the technology, to arrive at the final product and also to buy the electronic components from the suppliers.

But since it was Jake who said exactly what they needed to do and also Matthew's own company that manufactured the components that were more expensive, the final value of the camera was much cheaper.

In addition, their company manufactured only a few products and did not have as many employees to pay wages, and they got a discount for buying a lot from suppliers and selling the product at twice the price it cost to produce, which is why their profit was so big like that.

Matthew would receive more than 4 billion and 500 million with his profit share and Jake would receive 303 million and 600 thousand dollars with the participation he had in the company, as Jake had received the shares he had of the company for free, he actually I was very happy to earn so much without investing anything.

"As you know we have to invest a lot in the company again, so again we are going to take 25 percent of the value of the profits and reinvest in the company and 75 percent as a share of the profits."

Jake naturally understood this and agreed with Matthew, in addition, his share was not very large so he would not have to invest much, but Matthew would invest more than $ 1 billion in the company again for the next products.

The truth was that an investor would think it would be a waste to do so, they did not do it because even with all that profit the company's stock market valuation was only 5 billion dollars, thinking how they got more than that amount in profit could be seen as that value was not correct.

So maybe Matthew didn't think about investing half of what they had earned again, a lot of the money invested in the last year hadn't been used yet, they didn't intend to further expand the company and increase the maximum production capacity that they haven't yet had been used.

For investments in technology that Jake had already explained how much less investment was needed than normal, moreover, Matthew was preparing because Jake said that in the future they would have a hard time surviving in the market just by selling digital cameras.

They had to keep investing in technology to put digital cameras in their cell phones as Jake had said, just so the company's market value would increase a lot and their future was guaranteed.

But the truth was that Matthew was already prepared for future failure of the company and that sales would decrease, when that happened he could simply sell the company and so they would earn several times more than they could before Jake helped.

Jake was very happy because after receiving his profit share he no longer had to worry about money, he would soon enter the NBA and also receive millions of salary and endors.e.m. .

But he was happier because he had more money to invest in the Cisco company because he knew he could still earn a lot in those next two years before selling all the shares in 2000.

They would receive 75 percent of that amount in profit sharing and the rest would be reinvested in the company, so Jake received $ 227 million and $ 700,000, and Matthew would receive $ 3 billion,415 million and $ 500,000.

Jake thought it a shame that Matthew was not confident in investing everything he had in Cisco stock like he would if he did that he could earn even more than $ 100 billion.

Of course, if he did that, they would have a significant percentage of the company's shares and that could interfere in the company's future when they sold everything, even so, Jake never intended to invest in Cisco again and just wanted to know how to earn as much as possible in 2000.

The biggest problem for Jake was that he couldn't just invest all that money in Amazon, otherwise, in the future, he would be guaranteed more than 60 percent of the company's shares because if he did that, the future he knew would change.

"So let's talk about the future of the company, we are developing the next digital camera putting the improvements you suggested, Jake, but this camera will not be as superior to the current one and sales will not be that good."

"That's right, in fact, the first camera that our company sold was just to let the market and consumers know about our company, this current camera is what we know how to do best."

"The technologies used in this camera were developed by our company and many components that are used to make this camera are also manufactured in our company."

"So the next digital cameras cannot be much better than the one we are currently selling, we have to improve its quality little by little and we have to be careful not to be overtaken by competitors."

Jake explained what he had already thought to Matthew and Oliver who thought it was true, after all, it was Jake who helped the company to have all these technologies much more easily, so it was reasonable that they could not improve much.

But that was not really true, Jake had the knowledge to greatly improve the technology of the cameras several times still until the quality of the camera is 8k, but many of these things were not possible with current technology.

So Jake thought it was best that they add things to the cameras that would make the customers they buy find interesting and that it was worth what they paid for, the real quality of the images would improve only slightly.

"Besides, I already said that we will probably sell just two more different models of cameras that will have such good sales, after that the camera technology in cell phones will start to appear and we have to be involved in that."

"This year, the current camera we have will still have a good sale, so at the end of next year, if possible, we can launch the next camera for a slightly lower price than the current one and warn in advertis.e.m. that the quality of the cameras is almost same."

Matthew and Oliver agreed with Jake, they had already talked about the business strategies they had and they knew that perhaps this was the digital camera that they would gain most from her sales.

In the next sales, it would not be so interesting anymore and those who already bought would not want to buy the new camera if the quality was almost the same, so they would have to depend on the company's brand to be able to sell a few billion dollars.

The other companies have not yet managed to make a digital camera that is as good as the previous camera they were selling, so they knew it would take several years for them to outperform their technology company.

In addition, Matthew had already submitted several patent applications and some had been approved on the components they created to make these digital cameras, so other companies will have to worry about making their cameras in a way that would not violate any patent or earn less by having to pay a commission to Matthew's company.

Jake was thinking about how to help Matthew in the future so that they could continue to earn even when smartphones started to be used, he already had several ideas that could keep Matthew's company leading the market for many years.

The problem was that some of these technologies were from companies that Jake wanted to be a partner in, so he would be stealing technologies from himself to help Matthew being that he would always have a 5 percent profit.

But that was something to think about in the future because for the next 5 years Matthew's company would still have products to keep making billions of dollars, after talking for a few more hours Jake came home.

Jake had raised more than $ 227 million with his profit share, with the money he received from selling shares of Emily's father and their friends and with the money he had before Jake had more than $ 242 million.

Seeing this with all the money Jake had invested in stocks he was proud of what he had achieved in the last 9 years, he worked hard to achieve all this and thus managed to accomplish almost everything he wanted before returning.

He managed to get his mother out of that bad job and made sure that she fulfilled her dream next to Anna who was a friend that Eva didn't have in Jake's past, and so she was happy in a way that Jake never saw in the past before to go back in time.

He had fulfilled his dream of running and still managed to win some marathons which were something he did not even expect, and soon he would fulfill his other dream of going to the NBA, having all that money was something he did not expect to achieve.

Jake just did the things he could do and didn't want to miss out on the opportunities he had, but he really hadn't thought what he would do with so much money after selling his shares in Cisco in 2000.

He certainly would not invest everything again because it would be very greedy, he would already have billions of dollars with Amazon guaranteed and would also earn billions of dollars by investing a few million dollars in future companies.

Even more, because he knew that money invested was something he could earn more in the future, but he could not spend and use what he wanted, it was the case that he wanted to buy a better car and could not because he was saving the money for the future investment.

So he would invest the current money in stocks and then take advantage of the money he earned from sponsorsh.i.p.s and wages to do what he wanted, after 2000 he would not invest anymore unless he found an excellent investment in companies that were starting in the market.

Jake set up a meeting with Clara the next day to talk about the business he had and after that, he would have to talk to Emily the other day to tell her how much money he would invest in Cisco shares and how much money he would save for an investment that he had been planning for many years.

The year 1998 would be the year that another of the biggest companies in the future would start, the company Google would start that year and Jake planned to meet Larry Page and Sergey Brin that year and thus befriend them.

In early 1999, when they failed to sell the company to Excite's CEO George Bell, Jake would offer a large million-dollar investment in exchange for most of the company's shares.

He knew that if he bought the company or did something different the development of the company would be different, so when they thought about selling the company and Jake offered to invest for most of the shares it was obvious that they would accept.

Even more because Jake was someone very famous and the two would certainly recognize him, Jake would also say that he had invested in Amazon and so it was almost certain that this deal would be a success and Jake would guarantee a few billion more dollars.

So Jake always had to save a few million dollars without being able to use it, so he wouldn't have to sell his stock to make that investment, and the profit share of Matthew's company was not certain how Matthew could decide to reinvest everything in the company.

He would talk to Clara because she said that this year her company would also make a profit share for the shareholders, Jake wanted to know how much he would receive, he knew that this year Clara's company should have made a big profit because she was not trying to invest in company after Jake bought Robert's shares.

But before that he was waiting for Eva to come home because he had decided that he would talk to her about going to the NBA that year and leaving college, he was sure his mother wouldn't care about that because he would still finish college as had promised.

Jake made dinner because he knew that Eva didn't eat at the restaurant when he was home, he always worked hard in the kitchen when he was home because at university he never cooked because they lived in the dorm.

Jake prepared a four-cheese lasagna because he didn't want to do anything very special as they would have to talk about a serious matter after dinner, Eva arrived and was happy to see that Jake had made lasagna.

After a nice dinner talking about good things that happened at the restaurant with Eva and at the university with Jake, they went to the living room to talk about the most serious matter, Eva knew Jake well and knew that he had something important to say and was curious to know what it was.

Jake didn't normally talk about serious matters with her and always dealt with his own affairs, so whenever Eva got serious, she knew it was something very important for Jake to decide to discuss the matter with her.

"Mom, I made a decision after thinking about it a lot and what would be better for me in the future, I will leave university after the end of this semester and I will enter the NBA draft, this year I want to become a professional."

Jake said directly what the subject was without making many laps on the subject and it surprised Eva, she knew that Jake was doing very well at the university and was close to breaking a record with his team.

From what Eva had seen on television, Jake had a real chance of breaking almost all individual performance records if he stays 4 years at the university, besides, Eva knew that Jake didn't need money because he had sponsors so she thought he would be more two years at the university.

But hearing that Jake had already thought about it a lot and had already made a decision Eva understood that there must be a reason why Jake decided to do this, she knew that Jake had gone to university mainly because she had asked for it.

"If you ever thought about it and made that decision, I'm just going to support what you decided, but can you tell me why you decided to do that?"

"I decided to join the NBA this year because I think it will be the best for me, I have been at the university for two years and I played well on the Tar Heels team, we won the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament and I managed to break several individual records."

"I was also able to improve a lot in those two years and I intend to help the Tar Heels team to win the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament that year as well."

"So I think I already achieved everything I had to win playing for the Tar Heels team in these two years, what I have to win in the coming years will not make up for what I would lose if I didn't enter the NBA this year."

"I am negotiating to join the team I want and this year something will happen in the NBA that will be favorable for me to play my first year as a freshman, not to mention that I will continue in university to get my diploma, I just won't do it like I'm doing now."

"In those years I have already obtained all the credits I needed and I also obtained good grades, so I got everything I wanted at university."

Listening to Jake explaining Eva realized that it was true that he had already thought very carefully about what he wanted to do, she was happy to hear that he intended to finish university even entering the NBA and get his diploma.

She understood that Jake wanted to enter the NBA this year because he wanted to take advantage of an opportunity and because he had no need to stay another 2 years at the university, so Eva was relieved and proud of Jake who spoke to her about this important decision.

After that, they talked normally and Jake was relieved that his mother was not angry that he decided to leave university, it showed that she trusted him and that was something that made Jake very happy.

Jake was also happy because it seemed that Eva did not think of living in the same city as him when he entered the NBA, Jake would be very happy to have his mother living with him again, but he was concerned because she had Anna in Miami and also the restaurant that Jake knew she loved.

He knew it must be very difficult for someone to live without doing what he likes and that is why he bought the restaurant to make his mother's dream come true, and Jake would visit his mother whenever he could just like he was doing now at university.

The two talked for many hours until Eva had to go to sleep to work at the restaurant the other day, Jake also went to rest because he would have to talk to Clara the other day about business.

So the next day Jake went to lunch to meet Clara at a restaurant she had recommended, Jake could have talked over the phone about it with her and Matthew, and he could also deal with his business with Emily.

But unless it was impossible to do that Jake preferred to talk about important business like that personally, these business matters were very important and involved millions of dollars, personally Jake could receive reports to see in more detail about how companies were doing during the year.

Maybe when Jake was in the NBA and a very important subject came up and he couldn't travel to settle in person he would use his cell phone right now, but it was something he preferred to avoid.

It had been months since Jake had seen Clara and he was happy to talk to her again, even though he felt that maybe she wanted to make their relationship as friends into a business-only relationship Jake would always remember the help he received.

"Hi, Clara, you look very good, but you look very tired too."

"Hi, Jake, I'm really tired, Tiffany and I had a lot of things in the company to solve in the last few months, our company had lost a lot of opportunities to invest and get better, but because of the situation I was in, it was impossible."

"Fortunately, I always wrote down all the ideas that I had and all the opportunities that the company missed so that I could invest when possible, so in this last year I managed to do a good part of what I had prepared."

Jake knew what Clara was talking about, at other times when they talked Clara always talked about how she had to increase the production capacity of the company's factories and also get more stores and partnersh.i.p.s to sell more.

It should have been what Clara had done that year as the matter that concerned her had been resolved, but another thing Jake heard was that Clara intended to buy a company so that her company could take advantage of factories and stores and sell more quickly.

That opportunity had been lost and unless she invested her personal assets it would be difficult to be able to buy this company as she wanted, and even if she wanted to do that the competing company that also owned shares in her company would not allow the company to Clara grew so much and that she had more shares in the company.

Jake had talked to Emily and knew that sales for Tiffany's company had improved a lot after she invested in the company again and increased manufacturing capacity and opened more stores, but Clara's company hadn't gone so well.

"In the last year we made some investments and even though our sales had increased it was very little because the cost of the products increased and the profit decreased because of the readjustment in prices."

"So we had fewer profits than we had in 1996, but this year it is possible that we will still be able to sell more and almost have twice the profit, the company's profits were 50 million dollars."

"I plan to invest half of the profits in the company again, so you will receive $ 2.5 million in profit sharing, I hope that next year that amount will be almost double."

Jake could feel that Clara was ashamed of the sales that her company had achieved that year because all the other 3 companies that sponsored Jake had achieved a huge increase in sales with Jake's performance in the first season of college basketball.

Like the advertis.e.m. that Jake had recorded for her and Tiffany's companies, Tiffany's sales grew the most in all companies, so Clara was ashamed of having to deliver a result that she considered bad.

Jake was not at all angry or nervous, and Tiffany's company always made a profit similar to Clara's company even though her company was smaller, now that she had the opportunity to invest again after a few years she just adjusted the production capacity of her company and so she sold everything she could.

The products from Tiffany's natural drinks company were of very high quality and also had a sales appeal for being healthier, with Jake endorsing the company sportsmen and sports fans bought her products whenever they could and liked the product.

The companies that John and Alan represented had well-developed companies and were better known in the market, so they managed to sell more, especially the company that John represented, which was also a beverage company and so consumers always bought.

Clara's company made sporting goods which were not so easy to sell and even with Jake promoting her products, her company had many competitors that consumers thought had a better product than her company.

But with Clara's investments, the company could sell as much as it could and also increase the total value of the company and so the shares that Jake had in the company would appreciate, Clara in the future would want to buy the shares that Jake had in her company. back and so Jake would gain something from it.

Clara was happy to see that Jake was not disappointed with the results of the last year of her company, Clara was still traumatized by Robert's complaints whenever the company's results were not good or when she did not make a profit.

This time nobody complained, not even the rival company complained, in fact, Clara thought that the representative of the competing company had been happy to see that Clara's company had not had a good result in the market.

Even so, Clara was proud and would not accept to continue making such a low profit, this year she could lower prices again and hoped that she would be able to sell more to get a better profit.

They talked for a while longer and then Jake left, they talked about business, but they didn't talk about anything like they talked in the past as friends, it made Jake even more sure than he thought before.

Jake couldn't tell Clara that their sponsorship contract would have to end this season, it was not yet final and Jake had only told his mother for now, so it was better than Clara could have great sales this year because next year they would not have it to help improve sales.

Jake could say that he would join the NBA only after the end of this basketball season when he had no problem that nobody knew about, the companies that negotiated with David knew that Jake would enter the NBA, but they would never say anything about it so as not to spoil their reputation.

If in the future Jake could help Clara's company in any way even if he didn't receive sponsorship he would help, the problem was that his future contract with the shoe company would probably prevent him from doing so.

Jake and Clara split up after lunch was over and Jake went back to his house, Jake had already talked to Emily and the next day he would talk to her about the next investments Jake would make, then he would spend a few more days relaxing and coming back to the university.

When Eva came home after working at the restaurant she brought Anna with her, they had closed the restaurant earlier because Anna wanted to see Jake as they hadn't talked in a long time as Jake didn't go to the restaurant anymore.

Even though they saw each other sometimes it was always when they had other people around and they couldn't talk easily, in fact, Eva and Anna already thought that Lola had accepted that she would not date Jake and that she didn't think about it anymore.

But with Jake going to the restaurant again everything could change and that could make Lola suffer again, besides, Jake was at the university and after that, he would become a professional and go to another city, so Jake didn't mind not going to the restaurant and he was only in Miami for a few days.

"How are things at the restaurant, Anna? I ask my mom, but I don't think she would tell me if the restaurant had a problem."

"Hahaha, no need to worry, Jake, things in the restaurant are very good, almost all year the restaurant is always full and as you know the employees do their job well and so we have no problem with the inspectors or with culinary critics."

"We are making a good profit even by charging a lower price for the dishes on our menu, so taking the fatigue out of having a lot of work, we are doing very well, soon we will make another menu renewal and customers are looking forward to it."

Jake was happy to hear that things at the restaurant were really good if they always had a crowded restaurant it was normal for them to make profits even by charging less and with his mother giving great salaries to employees.

With the menu being renewed again they would have no problems with customers getting tired of the restaurant and most of the customers were people from the hotels who came to eat, these people came a few times a year or just after several years to eat again at the restaurant.

"Anna, or do you think about a restaurant renovation? We can buy an even bigger place for the restaurant to have more customers, or we can buy some neighboring buildings and use it to increase the size of the restaurant."

Jake had received a lot of money after that profit-sharing from Robert's company and would also earn even more when he made the contracts when he entered the NBA, so he was thinking he could try to improve his mom's restaurant.

He had given up on the idea of building restaurant branches because to do that Eva would have to choose people to work at the other branches of the restaurant and that would make Eva even busier and Jake felt that she didn't want that.

"I don't think it's a good idea, Jake, you know that your mom doesn't care much about money and doesn't intend to be a millionaire at her restaurant, so she doesn't charge that much for the dishes on the menu and pays good salaries to the employees."

"So there is no need to increase the size of the restaurant or create branches, after all this is not what your mother wants, if the restaurant increased in size, your mother and I would have more work and we would have to hire more employees to receive a little more Of money."

Hearing what Anna said Jake realized that he was thinking things wrong really, he got used to getting involved in the business, with the companies that sponsored him and with the companies that he owned or owned.

All he ever had to think for the good of these companies was to increase their profit and increase the value of the companies, that was his job and if he did that it was because everything had worked out.

Because Jake thought that his investments were doing so well and that's why Matthew's company was improving so much and making so many profits, but his mom's restaurant was different, it was for Eva to fulfill her dream and be happy working that was what Jake always wanted for his mother.

So always thinking about what they could do to get more profits or make his mom's restaurant a successful company was not what Eva wanted, so Jake decided he would give up thinking like that.

After that they had dinner with the food that Jake had prepared and then talked for several hours, Anna wanted to leave and Jake suggested that she sleep at their house, after all, Anna lived alone and it was too late to leave the car.

Jake's house, which was actually Eva's house, could be considered a mansion, so naturally, it had several rooms and the employees tidied up when Eva was not at home.

Eva agreed with Jake and asked Anna to stay and so after thinking for a while Anna decided to sleep in one of the rooms at Jake's house, the very next day Anna and Eva went to the restaurant and Jake was alone again.

In that week that he was at home Jake was not running as he always did, even though he had already recovered completely he was surprised after being in such a bad physical condition because of an airplane trip.

Jake understood that it could be because he tired his body and muscles too much because he trusted the system, after what happened Jake decided he would rest more and would not always overdo the training.

Even so, Jake still went to the gym at his house every day and coached a few hours of basketball as he always did, at lunchtime Jake went to the restaurant he had set up with Emily to talk to her.

As it was Jake who had set lunch he arrived earlier this time and was waiting for her, after a few minutes Emily came and saw Jake and went to him, Jake thought Emily was very beautiful and didn't look so tired.

"Hi, Emily, thanks for coming over here."

"It's okay, I know it must be an important issue and you also want to know the reports from the last year, as you are only going to be in Miami for a few days we have to resolve things quickly."

"Yes, you can give me business reports last year and then I'll tell you what we're going to do."

After saying that Emily started talking about Jake's 1997 profit and expense report, taking out the nearly $ 7 million that Jake received from him in the sale of shares that Emily's father and his friends they had, all Jake's companies had only losses.

The investment firm had no profit other than the invested shares, and those shares did not make much money for his company, and Jake had to pay Emily and the other employees' salaries in addition to paying for the building.

Jake's other company that Charlie and his friends created the products that Jake asked for had even more losses than Emily's companies, but Jake knew that this was an investment he had to make to have the smartphone prototype and also from the Android system that Charlie and his friends were making now.

When Jake got the patents he had already asked Emily to get together with more lawyers, the future would be guaranteed, even if he didn't need more money he still wanted to get as much as he could by investing.

These companies were an investment that Jake was making for his entire life, after the 2000s he would step away from the business world and just help Matthew, he would leave Emily running his companies.

Of course, with all the money he would receive from NBA sponsorsh.i.p.s and also with the shares he would have to be worth billions of dollars he would still have to have a company and trusted people like Emily to help him.

The taxes he already had to pay amounted to millions of dollars and it was Emily and the accounting firm that Jake worked in that took care of these matters, the money he currently received from awards in the marathons and also from his sponsors went to Emily to manage.

"Emily, I want to invest in the Cisco company again, I received 227 million dollars from Matthew, I want to keep a few million dollars with me for a future investment that I will make, so I want to invest 214 million dollars in shares of the Cisco company."

That amount really surprised Emily, she knew that Jake had earned only part of that amount in the last year and as she didn't have access to Matthew's company reports she didn't know that she had done so well in the last year.

She was not surprised that Jake would again invest so much money in the Cisco company, Emily knew that Jake trusted his instincts and that it was worth risking and investing everything in the Cisco company than doing as other investors and investing in other companies.

As she worked at Jake's investment company she knew how good this year was for Jake and Matthew's investments, the estimate was that they would receive at least double because of the appreciation of the shares of the company Cisco.

Emily was certainly afraid that Jake would continue to invest like that and end up losing all of his money and also all of Matthew's investment, but she trusted Jake and hoped he knew what he was doing.

It would take Emily a few days to make that $ 214 million investment, she believed the stock price would rise after she bought so many shares, that was better for Jake and Matthew.

After that, Jake talked to Emily for a while about what she had done at the investment company and also what else would be invested in the technology company so that Charlie's team could create the Android system that Jake wanted.

After that meeting Jake had nothing else to do in Miami and could just rest and stay with his mother, he would have a few more days to stay in Miami and then he would have to go back to university the day before the game to train with the team.

So Jake spent the next few days at home and flew out at night to go to the university two days before the game, so he would sleep at the university and train with the team the day before the game day.

Jake didn't know when he could spend time with his mother in Miami because as soon as classes at the university were over, Jake would have to travel to Australia to shoot the film The Matrix and stay there until he had to return to the United States to the NBA draft that year.

So it was possible that Jake didn't even have time to go to Miami on his vacation, and even if the next NBA season was going to start only next year because of a problem between the NBA and the players, Jake knew he would have to be training on the team until it was time for the team to play.

Under the contract, he had asked for he might even miss games and training to run a marathon, but he couldn't do that to visit his mother unless all the players could go out to visit the family too.

The other day Jake had already slept in his dorm at the university and went to where the team was to do the training, the next game worried Jake a lot, it was a game in which in the past the Tar Heels team had lost this game without Jake on the team.

With him on the team it was much more possible for the team to win that game, so he had already talked about it with Coach Guthridge just as he always did before an important game, so while Jake was in Miami the other players on Team Tar Heels had to train a lot after resting.

In this game, the Tar Heels team would not play as well and the best players would only have a regular performance which was not enough to achieve victory, so the players trained even though it was not necessary because they were confident of winning the next game.

Even so, coach Guthridge spoke several times in training that it was not for them to be so confident and it was important to respect all opponents when Jake trained on the last day before the game everyone realized that he was also worried about the next game.

Jake was really concerned about the next game and was thinking that maybe he would have to do a good performance and try harder the individual moves to guarantee victory for the Tar Heels team.

The other day came the day of the game that worried Jake so much, the teams soon arrived at the Dean Smith Center to prepare for the game, with a home game it would be easier for the Tar Heels team to get the victory.

And everyone thought that this would be an easy game for the Tar Heels team and that they would be able to increase the winning streak, after that game they would have two more difficult games and it would be in these games that everyone thought that the Tar Heels team would be more likely to lose.

"Welcome to everyone who came to accompany us with another ACC conference game, the Tar Heels team plays this game trying to increase the winning streak for the Tar Heels team to go down in history."

"The opponent of the Tar Heels team for this game is the NC State Wolfpack team that has been having a bad season, but still has a good team that will try to win in that game."

"With the Tar Heels team having an excellent season so far and having excellent players and playing this game at home it is quite possible that they will win this game more."

"But it is possible that, to everyone's surprise, the NC State Wolfpack team will win by having an excellent game."

"That's right, this is a game in which the Tar Heels team has the full advantage playing with Jake and Jamison who are the best players of the season together, I don't think the NC State Wolfpack team has the strength to win that game."

Everyone hoped that the Tar Heels team would win that game and the players were still relaxed before the game started, they were more attentive because of the warnings from Coach Guthridge and Jake.

Right at the beginning of the game Jake increased the pace of the game and went for the attack, it was not as fast as Jake normally organized the plays, but his teammates stayed a week without playing and therefore they would have difficulty to endure the whole game if Jake picked up the pace a lot.

After a few moves Jake could see that Jamison and Williams were playing well even though it was not as good as in the other games, the biggest problem was with Carter who seemed to be not doing as well as in the last games.

Jake also shot from outside to score three points for the Tar Heels team, this made the Tar Heels team a small lead on the scoreboard and made the NC State Wolfpack players feel the pressure.

Jake knew that Clint Harrison would play very well in that game in the three-point shots and so he decided that he would defend against him to secure the advantage on the scoreboard, seeing Harrison being scored by Jake the NC State Wolfpack players knew that it would be difficult to win this game.

In another move the NC State Wolfpack team was on the attack and Harrison received a ball and Jake was a little further from him, Harrison tried the shot from outside and hit with three points for the NC State Wolfpack team.

This made the NC State Wolfpack players more confident that Harrison was performing well, then Jake took the ball and started another attack for the Tar Heels team.

After passing through the middle of the court Jake passed the ball to Carter on the left, Carter advanced and before crossing the three-point line he passed the ball to Williams on the right, Williams held the ball and passed it to Jake further back through the middle.

Jake received the ball and quickly passed it to Jamison who was free from the right ahead, Jamison took the ball and advanced to make the layup and get 2 more points for the Tar Heels team.

Even though the Tar Heels team had the advantage at the beginning of the game, the NC State Wolfpack team was also playing well and therefore the Tar Heels team could not increase the advantage on the scoreboard.

So Jake realized that the Tar Heels team would have a hard time winning the game if they continued that way, in one of Coach Guthridge's timeouts Jake said it was best that they put pressure on defense and attack as well.

Coach Guthridge was seeing how much more difficult the game was than he was and the players expected and agreed with Jake and told the team to press on defense and attack, the Tar Heels team players did not underestimate the opponent and just wanted to win.

So the players of the NC State Wolfpack team were surprised to see that the Tar Heels team increased the pressure in attack and defense, they expected the game to continue as it was until the end of the 1st half as the Tar Heels team was winning.

Another thing that changed in the last 10 minutes of the 1st half was that Jake was trying more shots from three points, in a few minutes he had already tried 3 shots from outside and hit the three with 9 more points for the Tar Heels team.

This made the NC State Wolfpack team difficult to defend, they still had to defend against Jamison, Carter, and Williams who were playing well, and in the attack, the NC State Wolfpack team was having difficulty playing against the strong defense of Team Tar Heels.

In another move Harrison tried the three-point shot and Jake appeared to make the block, Williams still got the ball and advanced slowly while the Tar Heels team went on the attack as well.

Before going through the middle of the court Williams passed the ball to Jake who was on the right, Jake slowly advanced the ball and soon went to the middle of the court while Williams went to the right.

Jake stepped forward and passed the ball to Carter on the left, Carter passed the ball to Okulaja on the right ahead, Okulaja held on a little and passed the ball to Jake who was further back in the middle.

When Jake received the ball, two players from the NC State Wolfpack team saw to defend against him, after all, Jake had already made 15 points in three-point shots in that 1st half of the game, when the defense came Jake took advantage and passed the ball to Williams who had left free by the right.

Williams did not miss the opportunity and tried the shot to score another 3 points for the Tar Heels team, with this move the advantage of the Tar Heels team was much greater and Jake was more relaxed about it.

The Tar Heels team continued to play well and ended up winning the 1st half with a good advantage against the NC State Wolfpack team, Jake was playing very well as were Jamison and Williams.

In this 1st half Jake played for 20 minutes and made 21 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 blocks, Jake was playing well in defense, but he was unable to help the team much in rebounds because he was playing away from the painted area.

"As expected, the Tar Heels team has been winning the game today with a good advantage, the NC State Wolfpack team seems to be playing better than expected and was bringing some problems to the Tar Heels team."

"But with the good performance of Jake and his teammates, the Tar Heels team managed the advantage nonetheless, Jamison and Williams also played well."

"It is true, Jake had a great performance just as he has done in the last games, and that makes the opponents defend more against him and that leaves his teammates more freedom to make the points."

"But the NC State Wolfpack team has really had a good game and still has an opportunity to win that game, Jake has been defending well against Harrison, but the NC State Wolfpack team has other good players in the three-point line that has been having more freedom."

Jake knew that what the commentators were saying was true, even though he defended well against Harrison the NC State Wolfpack team still had other good players on the three-point line.

But he knew it was more dangerous to leave Harrison alone in this game because he couldn't defend against the three players on the NC State Wolfpack team anyway, he had to rely on Williams and Carter to help defend against these players.

The players of the NC State Wolfpack team realized that they could achieve victory against the Tar Heels team, the players of the Tar Heels team were not having the best performance and this could be their chance.

So at the beginning of the 2nd half of the game the NC State Wolfpack team started to press in attack and defense as well, Jake continued to defend against Harrison and helped the defense by trying some steals.

In another move, the NC State Wolfpack team was on the attack and after a good move by the players, Archie Miller received free and attempted a three-point shot and hit with three more points for the NC State Wolfpack team.

Jake was defending against Harrison and that gave Miller the opportunity to make that three-point shot, the game continued and even though Jake was playing very well the NC State Wolfpack team continued to diminish the lead.

When it was 4 minutes before the end of the game, the NC State Wolfpack team had managed to take all the advantage and had turned the game around and were winning, even though Jake was playing well the NC State Wolfpack players found that Carter was not performing well and even Jamison and Williams were just playing regularly.

So when Jake received the ball, two players were always against him on the three-point line and even if Jake made assists, his teammates did not hit every attack.

Even so when the end of the game was coming the players of both teams were getting more anxious and were also getting tired because of the intense game they had, so Jake was able to make the plays again at the end of the game because he was not tired.

In the next few minutes, it was a dispute between the players of the NC State Wolfpack team and Jake, he who was well defended by almost the entire 2nd half managed to attack again and still managed to get more blocks and steals.

Jake could still count on Jamison and Williams if the defense against him was too difficult to overcome, even if they did not perform better they could still score a lot and bring headaches to the NC State Wolfpack team defense.

With less than 1 minute remaining, the NC State Wolfpack team was winning by 1 point difference, Okulaja passed the ball to Jake who started what could be Team Tar Heels' last attack in the game.

He advanced to the middle of the court and passed the ball to Williams on the right before passing through the middle of the court, Williams and all the players on the Tar Heels team were nervous about this stressful end of the game.

As the NC State Wolfpack team was winning by just 1 point, nobody knew if the Tar Heels team would try a 2-point play or risk and try a 3-point play, Williams advanced to the 3-point line and passed the ball to Carter on the left.

Carter tried to get rid of the defender by making a feint, but the opponent was firm in defense and Carter passed the ball to Jamison further on the left, Jamison received the ball and tried to advance.

Soon the defense of the NC State Wolfpack team put pressure on Jamison and so he was unable to advance and passed the ball to Jake who was at the bottom of the court on the right, Jake was free and after receiving and the ball tried the shot from outside to make 3 more points for the Tar Heels team with a few seconds to go.

In this play, the defense of the NC State Wolfpack team was careless, for a moment when Jamison was with the ball they forgot to defend against Jake, but they stayed close to the place where he normally stayed.

But this time Jake went to the back of the court and the defense that did not expect it did not follow the play, now the NC State Wolfpack team would have only one play to try to win.

The Tar Heels team players were focused on defense, if the NC State Wolfpack team scored 2 points with this attack they would tie the game, if they scored 3 points they would win.

With that in mind, Carter and Williams came to defend on the three-point line against Miller and Ishua Benjamin who were the best players on the three-point line besides Harrison that Jake was scoring.

In this last attack by the NC State Wolfpack team, everyone who was watching the game was nervous to know if this time the Tar Heels team would finally be defeated, the Tar Heels fans at the Dean Smith Center were supporting the team that was playing at home.

The NC State Wolfpack team made the attack move very smoothly and with only a few seconds left to start trying to define the move, Jake was concentrating on defending against Harrison and therefore did not even think about trying to steal that move.

After a good move by the players of the NC State Wolfpack Miller team ended up being free and received the pass, Williams realized his mistake and tried to go to defense, but Miller still managed to try the shot from outside.

Everyone stopped to see if that ball would enter and the NC State Wolfpack team would win the game, luckily for the Tar Heels team the ball did not enter and Jamison caught the rebound for the game to finally end.

Miller couldn't believe he was wrong in that move and the NC State Wolfpack players were frustrated that they didn't win the game, Jake and the Tar Heels team players celebrated their victory in that difficult game.

The Tar Heels team won the game making 93 points against 91 points for the NC State Wolfpack team, Jake was very important for this victory making so many points when his teammates didn't perform well and Jake was responsible for making Harrison scoreless even though the NC State Wolfpack team managed to score more points otherwise.

In that 2nd half of the game, Jake played for 20 minutes and had 22 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 5 steals, and 1 block, with this double-double Jake helped the Tar Heels team to win and can finally relax.

"What an exciting game we are watching today, the Tar Heels team was the favorite to achieve victory in that game, but surprisingly the NC State Wolfpack team was doing very well and the poor performance of the Tar Heels team players made this game more exciting."

"Jake was decisive for the victory by making 43 points and getting a double-double, he defended well against Harrison and also hindered other players on the NC State Wolfpack team by making 10 steals."

"But even so the players of the NC State Wolfpack team were right on the three-point line and that made the game decide in the last seconds with a three-point shot from Jake and then the mistake of the NC State Wolfpack team."

"The Tar Heels team still has two more difficult games before the start of the ACC tournament, if the players of the Tar Heels team play so badly it will be difficult for them to continue with this sequence of victories and win the ACC tournament just like last season."

The Tar Heels team won the game, but neither the fans nor coach Guthridge were satisfied with this difficult victory against the NC State Wolfpack team, Jake was not happy with that either, but he did not criticize any teammates.

After the players returned to the dorms, Jake began to think that maybe Miller had missed the last three-point shot because his luck had helped, he saw that Miller was free and was playing well to make that last move and bring victory to the NC State Wolfpack team.

Jake would never know if it was really his luck that helped the Tar Heels team to win, but he was sure that the NC State Wolfpack team deserved to have won that game, he had to have a good performance like that game and hope that his teammates team also played better so that the Tar Heels team could win the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament.