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The morning after the Kings swept the Lakers 4-0, the Lakers held a meeting.

Only the top executives of the Lakers participated in this meeting.

The power structure of the Lakers is very complex, with more than 40 decision-makers behind it-it sounds scary.

General manager Rob Pelinka is just one of those characters on the surface.

In addition to Jenny Buss and general manager Pelinka, their decision-making team also has 30 board members and more than 10 shareholders.

Among these shareholders are LeBron James and Wang Yi's wife Nicole.

Although Jenny Buss does not have as many shares as his younger brother Jim Buss, according to the last words of the old Buss, she is currently the person in charge of the Lakers.

The other small shareholders would not appear at the Lakers' home court if there were no major incidents on weekdays.

Unless there is something particularly important that needs to be voted on.

Among these people, two people are very special.

It's the Rambis couple.

Husband Kurt Rambis is a senior consultant for the Lakers.

Since Jenny Buss actually doesn't know how to manage the team and make decisions, the Lakers hired several senior consultants.

Kurt Rambis is the one most trusted by Jenny Buss, because he has been with the Lakers since the old Buss era and has made a lot of contributions to the Lakers.

He not only has a high voice in the operation of the team, but also has a voice in the employment of coaches.

When Westbrook and Howard were on the team, he put pressure on the team's coach to put Hobard on the starting lineup and Westbrook on the bench.

A senior consultant of a team can make decisions in every detail, ranging from the operation of the team to the small interference with the employment of the coach, which shows how high his status in the Lakers is.

And his wife, Linda Rambis, has been best friends with Jenny Buss for decades.

In fact, she's been hired since Buss Sr. bought the Lakers in the 70s.

On the night the Lakers bought the Lakers, Buss Sr. went to a nightclub where his girlfriend, who was a teenager at the time, was a stripper at that nightclub.

And Bath's girlfriend's sister is Linda.

At the beginning, Old Buss just hired Linda to work in the marketing department of the Lakers. At that time, Linda and Jenny Buss became partners in work and best friends in life.

Later, as she stayed with the Lakers longer and longer, her position did not improve step by step.

Old Bath also trusted her very much.

She and her husband, Kurt, were instrumental in Jenny Buss's seizure of power in the final months before Bath Sr.'s death.

After Jenny Buss took power, she and her husband were even more valued.

As time goes by, Linda's voice is getting higher and higher.

Although her current position in the Lakers is the executive director of special projects.

But just imagine, a person who has been here for more than 50 years since the establishment of a company is already a veteran of the company. How much power should he have to speak?

In 2019, after Magic Johnson, the president of basketball affairs of the Lakers, left, Jenny Buss trusted Linda even more.

In the eyes of Linda from the outside world, his position is only the executive director of special projects, which seems to be an insignificant position, but because of Jenny Buss' poor decision-making ability, she listens to Linda in many things.

She has been involved in the decision-making of many events for the Lakers.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of this day, more than 40 people gathered in the conference room of the Encryption Forum Project Arena.

Jenny Buss came to the arena at 10 o'clock.

That beautiful long golden hair was a little messy at this time.

Her face and eyes were puffy.

There are still bloodshot eyes.

Obviously, she hasn't slept much since the Lakers lost.

At this time, she glanced at the scene and saw that more than 40 people had already arrived.

She frowned slightly.

So many people are scattered all over the United States, but now they can gather in Los Angeles after only one night, which shows that they have premeditated.

And when she saw James and even Wang Yi's wife Nicole among these people, she was a little puzzled.

She asked Linda, "Why did that reporter come to our high-level meeting?"

James looked at Linda and said, "Remember that 4% you sold four years ago?"

Jenny Buss suddenly realized when she heard the words.

Damn it, is it possible that Wang Yi's wife is among the 27% of the shares I sold?
At that time, she only knew that it was sold to LeBron James and his friends, but she didn't look at it carefully.

I didn't expect it to be Wang Yi's wife.

At this moment, Jenny Buss was so annoyed, what the hell did I do at that time?
And the high-level members of the team are all good people.

Although Jenny Buss didn't have much expression on her face, just a slight change in her eyes, they had already sensed Jenny Buss' mood.

They are all expressionless, but their psychological activities are also very rich.

You stupid woman, what do you think you have been doing all these years?
Among the things he has done in these years, except for signing LeBron James to the Lakers, he has basically done nothing good. Even if there are good things, other people help make decisions.

In the past, Jenny Buss presided over the team's meetings, but she didn't speak immediately after she took her seat today.

Because she knew why these uneasy guys came here, and she also knew that she might have to leave the Lakers after today.

It's fucking ironic to think about hosting a meeting where you're going to kick yourself out of the Lakers front office.

She didn't speak, and neither did the people present.

Finally, after more than a minute, Jenny Buss finally spoke.

"Everyone knows what everyone is here for today, isn't it just to kick me out?"

"In this case, let's vote by show of hands according to the rules. But before the vote, I want to say a few words."

"I have taken over the Lakers since my father passed away. For so many years just to make the Lakers the most successful team, even if there is no credit, there is hard work."

"I admit that I did make a mistake in the matter of Wang Yi, but if I think about it carefully, when the team encountered a business crisis, if I didn't agree to the guy's conditions for trading Wang Yi, in exchange for What else can the Lakers do to survive?"

"In such a difficult time, is there anything the rest of you can do? Have you brought in investment? No. At that time, only by trading Wang Yi, that guy was willing to buy shares in the Lakers, and the Lakers could have a chance. For example, if there is a bottle of chronic poison in front of you, you will die in 20 years after drinking it. But now someone points a gun at you and forces you to drink it. If you don’t drink it, you will die immediately. Do you want to drink it?”

After saying this sentence, she felt that she had expressed everything she wanted to say.

Then she glanced at everyone and said nothing.

Until a moment later, his younger brother, Jim Bass, said: "Well said, let's vote now, please raise your hand if you agree with Jenny Bass' resignation."