nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 146 The First Asian Female Owner in NBA History
The NBA finals of the 1984-1985 season are finally over.

Donald Sterling, the former Clippers helm, looked at the land behind him in downtown Long Beach with emotion for a moment.

The sale of the Clippers, his heart is very painful.

After all, a deal that can continue to bring him cash flow is not easy to find, and this Clippers team can bring him various spotlight honors!
But as the nearly 300-acre land in the center of Long Beach was approved by the Long Beach City Government and the California Government all the way in less than 15 days, Donald Sterling accepted his fate!
Behind the little guy who was not yet an adult in that grade, there was obviously someone he couldn't afford to mess with.

But fortunately, he received an order of nearly 3 million US dollars in the field of real estate that he is best at.

at first~
The main venue of the Clippers, whose name is not yet known, is only to build a home and training facility dedicated to the Clippers, but after the construction application for only 30 acres was submitted, various officials kept talking about it. call him!
"Sixty acres!"

"Sixty acres!"

"Sixty acres!"

But any California bureaucrat who can be named on TV will let you develop land for various reasons.

He, a real estate businessman, was stunned by the California government's wild operations!

You must know that in the past, in order to build an office building or a residential building, the group of real estate businessmen wanted to peel off a layer of skin from them.

But put it on the person named [Sunshine Industrial Group].

Those officials rushed to deliver it to you as if they were afraid that you would not want it.

But fortunately, the overhead view of the temporarily established design department of [Sunshine Industrial Group] was designed~
Donald Sterling finally found an excuse [why is he so awesome] for the little guy who is not yet an adult.

Just the assembly plant named [DeLorean Automobile Company] on the design drawing occupies nearly 40 acres of land.

Coupled with a [DeLorean Automotive Research Institute] plan, these are enough to drive those damn officials crazy.

Automobiles mean employment in the United States, not to mention a factory with an automotive research institute.

But~
Why would nearly 100 acres of residential land be given away around an industrial land?Donald Sterling didn't dare to continue thinking about it, and he didn't dare to ask those people who seemed barbaric.

"Hey! Donald, you seem to be in a good state of mind recently?"

David Stern, who was still the vice president of the NBA at this time, greeted Donald Sterling with his arms around him. When Donald Sterling saw that it was David coming up, he gave him a light punch in the chest: "Ha Haha! I can be regarded as liberated, I no longer have to be bound by your damn rules in the future!"

"Congratulations, congratulations~"

David Stern turned his head and glanced at the temporary main venue. There were already some [Clippers] fans queuing up to enter the arena. David Stern hurriedly dragged Donald to a place where no one was around. The gossip asked: "How do you know the owner who bought the [Clippers]?"

"Would you believe me if I said I met on the way to work?"

David Stern rolled his eyes and Donald Sterling muttered nonchalantly: "You guys have so many ghosts! Even Mr. Morris didn't know that the governor of California was going to attend the [Clippers] today. unveiling ceremony."

"That's not normal! What did I invite to give myself a boost? Governor of California!??"

David Stern saw the questioning expression on Donald Sterling's face, and David Sterling immediately guessed that the former owner of the [Clippers] must not know this either.

"More than that!"

"The executive director of the ABC, the president of the National Rifle Association, the seventh-generation heir of the Adams family, the chief of the judicial department, the deputy chief of the California Police Department, the director of MGM production, basically all the famous and famous people in California came here. !"

"Before we entered the venue, there were still a lot of gangsters maintaining order at the door!"

Donald Sterling, who heard David's last words, pretended to be indifferent when he turned around and complained: "This is quite in line with their identities!"

"What did you say?"

"Ah, haha, I said I heard about it a long time ago, but I didn't know that there would be so many people! Hey, why don't you go? Today is also the first grand occasion for you, the NBA vice president, to take over the NBA in the future. .” Donald Sterling absent-mindedly pushed David to the entrance of the main venue, and then sneaked into a place where no one was there to look at the blueprint in his hand.

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Jin Xizhen glanced down at the cheongsam she was wearing and complained to Tao Xi: "Are you sure you want me to go under the camera for an interview?"

Tao Xi pointed to a room full of [Clippers] trade contracts and replied: "The boss is me, you can only be regarded as a professional manager, and I have paid your salary, so listen to me, hurry up Go to the front desk and brag with those dignitaries!"

"Then what should I say for a while?"

Standing in the dressing room, Jin Xizhen was a little nervous. After all, the NBA had invited hundreds of media outlets for the news of the [Clippers changing hands].

Tao Xi sat on the chair with an indifferent face and ate the apple in his hand, thinking for a while.

"Say what you want to say!"

"In a word, don't care about the money, we don't care about the shitty salary cap and luxury tax. The [Clippers] players just need to bring our advertisements to the playoffs and win the championship!"

When Jin Xizhen heard Tao Xi's words, he nodded seriously and went out.

Prince Shea didn't know when he sneaked in. Tao Xi was shocked when he saw Prince coming in: "You're crazy! Don't you know that there are still many policemen present today? Don't you know?" You want people to know that I'm messing with you bloody judges?"

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous!"

"My grandpa is here, I am here this time to thank you."

Prince, who looked like the stupid son of the landlord's family, smiled at Tao Xi with a simple and honest face, and Tao Xi patted his own forehead helplessly and asked: "Okay! Alright! The case of [Walker] Before the heat subsides, you should go back to Washington and wait for the leader's praise, and I will visit you."

When Prince heard Tao Xi's words, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and replied: "I may have to take a vacation in Saramento for a week! Millie also came with me, and I will go out to pick her up later ~"

Tao Xi immediately said "good guy" when he heard Prince's words, and then pouted and said enviously: "Yes! Life is nothing more than getting promoted and getting rich, marrying a wife and having children. You take advantage of it all at once. It's different, it's good to have a good father!"

"My mother is amazing~"

Tao Xi couldn't help but rolled his eyes and didn't plan to talk to Prince.

The screams and the soundtrack of music outside the venue grew louder.

It seems that those capitalists and bureaucrats have already started to enter the arena, and only the entry of those people can make the [Clippers] fans keep screaming louder and louder.

Whether the owner is rich or not in the NBA is actually largely related to the development of the team, especially the annual rookie selection is like a "development game" for those fans.

The NBA's money-making logic is the opposite.

If you are a rich person and you operate your NBA team as a hobby, if you don’t care about costs and expenses, the NBA may be able to be responsible for its own profits and losses within three years, but if you treat the NBA team as a hobby A money-making tool, then his grades can only get worse and worse.

Tao Xi doesn't really understand the rules of the NBA, but Tao Xi knows to leave professional matters to professional people.

Jin Xizhen will leave all the public affairs to Jin Xizhen. As for the future, let's talk about it later, let's talk about it now when it feels good!
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Kim Hee Jin, who was standing on the stage, finally stepped onto the stage amidst the welcome of NBA Commissioner Maurice Podolov.

When Jin Xi really appeared, the fans in the audience were stunned instantly.

Because the new owner of the [Clippers] turned out to be a woman, and she turned out to be of Asian descent!
The momentary noise under the stage made Maurice Podolov feel a little anxious, but fortunately, all the bigwigs on the stage were still saving face. Those bigwigs did not step off the stage immediately after their speeches, but stayed on. above the stage.

Standing on the stage, Jin Xizhen first bowed politely to the people around him, and then took the microphone from Morris.

"Hello everyone! My name is Jin Xizhen, the current owner of the NBA [Clippers]."

Jin Xizhen saw that the fans belonging to the [Clippers] were still chattering non-stop, Jin Xizhen was not angry, she continued to talk to the fans below with a smile on her face.

"I won't say anything unnecessary."

"But I just want to tell you one thing, my [Clippers] is no longer the big belly team in the past from today on."

"Although I don't know basketball, I will try my best to fall in love with this sport."

"In the next new season!"

"[Sunshine Industrial Group], as the parent company of [Clippers], will invest no less than 2 million US dollars for it to win the championship!"

"As for the damn salary cap and the damn luxury tax, fuck it!"

The fans at the scene immediately exploded when they heard Jin Xizhen's words, and Maurice Podolov, as the president of the NBA, just smiled and clapped his hands.

"If you have any suggestions for the [Clippers] lineup for next season, you can go to [Neill Hot Dogs] everywhere in California to get a free copy of [Yellow Pages Convenience Magazine] to fill in your suggestions for the [Clippers]."

"We will publish your suggestions on the ABC and synchronize our plans in time."

"The Clippers belong to everyone! The Clippers belong to every fan in California!"

"I hope that all the fans here can actively put forward your suggestions."

(End of this chapter)