I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 18 Who is in favor and who opposes
After watching the training, Min Congda felt very satisfied. He thought that with regard to Curry's confrontational performance, whether he could survive in the NBA was a problem.

After some pointers, let Curry insist on being himself, and his confrontation will not improve in the future, and the Clippers will definitely not be able to improve.

Although I feel very sorry and feel that I may have harmed Curry's career, he has already given him a contract of more than 2000 million. If it weren't for the No. [-] pick, Curry would not be able to get such a big contract.

"If another team chooses him, he will get less money, and he will not be famous, so I am actually his benefactor, let him get more than 1000 million more."

Thinking of this, Min Congda felt much more comfortable.

Before leaving, Min Congda asked Ada to go to the restaurant to pack a seafood fried rice, a fried chicken and a milkshake, and he also had his dinner today.

In the next few days, Min Congda went to work at the Clippers headquarters in the morning, drank a cup of coffee, ate some snacks purchased by the team, and breakfast was considered a deal.

Before lunch, I asked Ada to drive me to the training center to observe the training. Of course, the observation of the training is fake, and the meal is real.

At noon, I have a full meal in the restaurant of the training center, and in the afternoon I can ride a bicycle in the team's gym until three or four o'clock, pack a dinner and return to the apartment, and the day's work is considered complete.

Most of the affairs of the team were still handled by Olshey and Rosser, and he set three rules:
1. All signings, layoffs, and transactions of players need his final approval, otherwise they cannot be implemented.

2. All projects that the team wants to cut expenses and lower prices must be approved by him, otherwise they will not be approved - those that increase expenses and raise prices do not need it.

3. Other matters can be reported at the work meeting every Monday. Don't bother him with these small things.

With these three rules, Min Congda's work burden was greatly reduced, and life was hardly too comfortable.

Until the beginning of July, the summer league will start soon, and the Clippers will go to Las Vegas to compete.

Min Congda decided to go to Las Vegas in person to supervise the battle for the Los Angeles Clippers youth team!
"The Las Vegas Summer League will start next week. I am going to watch the game in person and cheer for our young people. Young players will always be the hope of the team and the future of the team!"

Min Congda now talks about old sows wearing bras one set after another. Sure enough, people will automatically learn to say these words when they reach a leadership position.

"During the time I was not in the team, the team's affairs continued as usual. Olshey and Roser have worked hard for you."

Olshey has no objection. Since Min Congda became the general manager and president, his workload has actually been reduced a lot. Many things can be done if they can not be done, and the status quo can be maintained.

Olshey had actively contacted other teams to trade Randolph before, but now he has naturally let go. When any team called and wanted to trade, they all refused, saying that they had no authority.

There are also tasks such as investigating new players, arranging scouts to tap potential stocks, etc., and let them go, and just do some daily work to survive.

The NBA is not a small circle, but it is not a big circle. If there is any movement in the team, the management will get news soon.

Each team has informants for each other, otherwise there would not be so many cases of interception in the draft.

An airborne outsider like Min Congda has no roots and connections. No one will call him to quote players, and no informant will provide him with information.

Olshey is going to have non-violent non-cooperation and do nothing. When the team has problems, Min Congda will naturally come to him.

Relatively speaking, Rosser is busier. The administrative department has a lot of work to do besides maintaining the daily operation of the team.

For example, when the new season is about to start, the team's ticket sales are a big problem, because the team has had poor records for three consecutive seasons, and box office revenue has continued to decline.

Box office revenue accounts for 40.00% of the team's operating income, which is a crucial income item, and the Clippers' box office is almost at the bottom of the league.

Compared with the Los Angeles Lakers next door, the Clippers' record is really shabby. The Lakers were the championship in the 2009 season. After eight years, they returned to the top of the league and once again became the most dazzling star in the league.

The Clippers are an ugly duckling. The semifinals have already achieved the best result in history, and then they went straight to the No. [-] pick. Who wants to watch such a team's game?
The sales of tickets for many games of the Clippers are not based on their own team, but on visiting highly popular visiting teams.

For example, the Los Angeles Derby between the Lakers and the Clippers, such as James' Cavaliers against the Clippers, such as the Celtics' Big Three defense and so on.

But the number of these games is limited in a year, just a few games, so if they sell well, they are just some loose tickets.

What really supports the team's box office revenue are those season tickets that are bought for one season or even several seasons.

Some fanatical local fans will buy season tickets for many years in one go, and then they will not go to the game, because they are rich, they are willful, and they just want to support the team.

Traditional big-city giants teams like the Lakers and Knicks have such famous fans.

The great director Spike Lee is a die-hard Knicks fan. He spends hundreds of thousands of dollars every year watching games, which is enough to support two team employees.

The Lakers are the famous actor Jack Nicholson. He has been watching the Lakers' games since the 70s, and he can be said to be the hardcore of the hardcore.

In order to watch the game at the best location in the Staples Center, he spent a lot of money. It is said that from 70 to today, he has spent close to 1000 million dollars on tickets!

A little more die-hard fans like this can support the box office.

Moreover, most of these people are stars and celebrities with their own traffic. They can attract fans to buy tickets when they go to the sidelines to watch the game, which can be said to be live advertisements.

Los Angeles has Hollywood, celebrities walk everywhere, and there are countless rich people. It is an inexhaustible gold mine.

It's a pity that most of this gold mine was taken away by the Lakers. Only when the Lakers played, the Staples Center was star-studded.

An ugly duckling like the Clippers is purely a foil to set off the glory and greatness of the Lakers. This team is really useless.

Roser looked at the pre-sales of this year's season tickets, and his heart was bitter. He originally expected Griffin to bring a wave of box office, but it turned out that Griffin did not come to Curry, and the situation was very pessimistic.

"Mr. Smart, I have a job that needs your authorization, about discounting season ticket prices."

"Our season ticket pre-sales for the new season are very bad. The pre-sales are less than 60.00% of last season. I think it is necessary to do a season ticket discount promotion to increase our season ticket sales..."

Before Roser finished speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Min Congda.

"No! Discounts and promotions cannot happen to our team! This may bring a temporary increase in sales, but it is a damage to the team's reputation and a blow to the team's confidence!"

"But our income..."

"Look at the long-term Rosser, we have to look further, we have to build the brand of the team. You look at the New York Knicks, is their team good? Same sucks! But their season tickets will be discounted Is it? No way!"

"Why? Because they have confidence in themselves, they have background. The Clippers have a history of 40 years, we also need to build the foundation and show confidence!"

Rosser had nothing to say about what Min Congda said. In fact, he can refute it. All kinds of data prove that if the sales are not discounted, the team is likely to lose money this season.

But since the new manager is so confident and Sterling trusts him so much, let him be confident.

He wants to see how Sterling will deal with this confident guy when the team's attendance is low and sales are sluggish when the new season starts.

"Then the discount policy will be cancelled?"

"Cancel, must cancel. Not only will we not discount, but we will also increase the price. All tickets, general tickets, season tickets, all prices will be raised!"

"What? Still want to raise the price?"

Roser can't sit still now, tickets can't be sold in the first place, and you still raise the price, are you courting death?

Min Congda didn't care. While looking at the box office sales report, he continued to add: "We not only need to increase the price, but also introduce a new membership system. Some good seats can only be purchased if they meet a certain amount of surrounding consumption. We must limit the purchase of lifetime members. Quantity, this lifetime membership will increase the price, and the previous ones are too cheap! Also, the best and best seats will be auctioned, and the highest price will win!"

All the executives in the conference room looked at each other in blank dismay. Wouldn't the new season be over with such a pricing strategy?

Can tickets still be sold?The complaint phone number of the ticket center will definitely be blown up, maybe there will be refunds for season tickets.

"Okay, I've finished my opinion, who is in favor and who is against?"

Everyone, look at me and I look at you, who is against it?What is the use of objecting?
Anyway, I have already increased the wages of the big guys by 20%, so what's the point of objecting.

Let him build it. It is estimated that after half a season, he will leave at a loss.

Therefore, it was unanimously approved, and the Clippers' box office price increase strategy for the new season was determined.

Seeing that there was nothing important to deal with, Min Congda asked Ada, "Have you booked the air ticket and room to Las Vegas?"

Ada nodded and said, "It's all booked, we'll leave on the 12th."

"Very good!...The expenses will be reimbursed by the team, right?"

"Of course, all will be reimbursed."

"Good! Let's go to the training center for dinner... No, let's inspect the training of the players!"

(End of this chapter)