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

Chapter 77

On the morning of October 10st, the Clippers headquarters at the Staples Center, the meeting room on the third floor.

The management team headed by Rosser and Olshey arrived early and waited for Min Congda.

Today is not Monday. It stands to reason that there is no regular meeting in the morning, but Ada has just informed the executives that Mr. Smart will hold an extra meeting in the morning.

Rosser, Olshey and the others did not dare to neglect, and soon came to the conference room. Everyone was thinking in their hearts, what instructions does Mr. Smart have?

The Clippers won the game against the Jazz in Salt Lake City last night. Stephen Curry made a lore, and the headlines of the Los Angeles sports media were instantly occupied by Curry.

The No. [-] pick has hit very critical shots in two games, at least so far it has been proved that he is not a parallel importer.

Min Congda's reputation in the team has been further strengthened and consolidated, and Olshey has nothing to say about Min Congda's operations now.

What Mr. Smart says is what he says. Now that the team is winning, hold back any opinions, and it will not be too late to raise them when the team starts to lose.

And Roser wanted to report good news to Min Congda, because the Clippers Curry beat the Jazz last night. That night, orders for the Clippers' next game tickets on the website surged.

The next game for the Clippers is today, October 10, at home against the visiting Dallas Mavericks.

Originally, the ticket sales for this game were worse than that of the Suns. Season tickets and loose tickets were included, and the price was around 13000.
But Curry's lore against the Jazz immediately increased the popularity of the Clippers. Many fans bought tickets overnight and sold more than 3000 loose tickets in one night.

Although the attendance rate of more than 16000 is still mediocre, it is a good thing to be able to sell tickets, and the average ticket price of the Clippers is relatively high.

Because of the economic crisis, each team has adopted a price reduction promotion strategy, and the average ticket price has dropped from about US$50 to US$40 or even lower.

If it is a package ticket, those not very good positions will only cost an average of $10 per game.

But the Clippers did not. Under Min Congda's price increase strategy, their average ticket price increased from $50 to $55 (Min Congda wanted to increase to 100 but was rejected by the system).

This undoubtedly weakened the enthusiasm of a considerable number of fans to buy tickets to watch the game, resulting in poor pre-sale of Clippers tickets, which is worse than last year.

However, although the pre-sale is poor, fans will decide whether to buy tickets to watch the game based on the team's performance during the season.

If the performance is good enough, many fans won't care too much about the $5 difference.

Those fans with deep pockets will not hesitate to buy package tickets and season tickets, and the price of some high-priced tickets can increase by more than $5.

Based on an average ticket price of $55, the Clippers could earn an extra $10,000+ for tonight's game against the Mavericks.

Excluding the 6% commission paid to the league and income tax, this game can have a box office profit of more than 70 US dollars.

This box office profit is not bad in the current year. The overall revenue of the NBA in the 09 season has declined, and the revenue of many teams has suffered a severe setback.

Several teams with outstanding box office before, such as the Houston Rockets, have fallen out of the single-game box office club.

Last season, the Clippers averaged 70 box office revenue per game in the regular season. After deducting commissions and taxes paid, the final income was only 60.

Roser thought that this year, according to Min Congda's foolishness, the box office of a single game would go to 50. He didn't expect to win the Lakers in the first game, and the home opener beat the Suns. well done.

The third game against the Jazz immediately aroused the fans' desire to watch the game. Many people became interested in Curry, the No. [-] pick.

The box office came up immediately.

Rosser couldn't help suspecting that he was short-sighted, but Mr. Smart was farsighted, and the box office revenue of the following teams might get better and better.

At this time, the door of the office opened, and Min Congda held up his right hand, holding a green dollar between his index and middle fingers, and walked in.

He walked up to Rosser, put this green dollar in front of him, and said, "Rosell, this is the 50 dollars I lent you before, and I will return it to you now, thank you for your generosity!"

The faces of everyone were calm, and there was nothing strange about Min Congda's actions, because basically everyone in the team had borrowed money from this guy, and they only borrowed 50 yuan each time...

Everyone is very puzzled, will the general manager and president of the dignified team be short of money?If you are really short of money, why borrow 50 each time?

Min Congda had no choice. During the time when there was no income, although the training center could eat, some daily necessities still had to be bought and used. It couldn’t be reimbursed by the team, right?
So he had to borrow from the east and borrow from the west, tearing down the east to make up for the west, and living a difficult life. It was not until the Clippers lost at the beginning of the season that Min Congda's life became easier.

Roser accepted the 50 dollars and wanted to report to Min Congda the good news of last night's box office increase, but Min Congda said first: "Rose, I returned the 50 dollars to you, and now I want to ask you for another sum. !"

Roser asked for money again?What do you want money for?You won't be making another documentary, will you?
Jordan Peele's crew immediately took up 1000 million of the team's working capital, and he has nothing to eat!
Yesterday, Jordan Peele and the crew went to Salt Lake City with the Clippers. The food, accommodation, and air tickets were all deducted from the 1000 million filming fee.

Roser had previously suspected that Min Congda had gotten kickbacks through the filming of this documentary, but after a period of observation and this guy looking for people to borrow small amounts of cash everywhere, it was determined that it was impossible for him to get kickbacks.

But you don't take kickbacks, why do you keep staring at my little liquidity?

"Mr. Smart, we don't have much liquidity in our account, next week..."

"Stop talking, I know the situation, come, take a look at my project proposal."

Ada distributed the draft project plan, which was written overnight and printed out in the morning, to a group of senior executives.

To be honest, Ada was very skeptical about whether such a project plan full of loopholes could be approved by the high-level.

Roser opened the project plan and read it from beginning to end. As the team's financial manager, his opinion is the most important.

Min Congda has already prepared how to deal with Rosser's dissatisfaction, and how to suppress Rosser with authority, forcing him to spend money and invest.

Unexpectedly, Roser nodded after reading it, and said, "Mr. Smart, I think this project is good and can be invested."

When Min Congda heard it, what?Rosser actually agreed?No way, is it possible for this project to be profitable?

This is not good, I think about it casually, if it makes a profit, it will be over.

Min Congda was very unaccustomed to Rosser's obedience, and asked, "Roser, do you have any objections? You agree to such a sloppy plan?"

Rosser smiled and said, "Mr. Smart, even if I still have everyone's objections, is it useful? You will still go your own way and pass this resolution. So, I might as well agree."

Min Congda nodded. He was very satisfied with Rosser's understanding. It seemed that he understood my way of doing things.

"But I want to remind you Mr. Smart," Rosser added, "the team's cash flow is not enough to support the opening of a fine restaurant business, so we need a loan."

"Loan? Very good! Use the bank's money to do our business. This is the business attitude we should have! Please contact our cooperative bank as soon as possible and ask them to give us a loan."

"Uh, also, our team does not have a department engaged in catering projects, so we need to invite bids for this project and find a cooperative operator. This matter is...that, Carrot, I'll leave it to you!"

Fatty Rob Richley was sitting in the corner of the meeting room. As the media director, he usually had little say in such team affairs.

Unexpectedly, Min Congda would assign the job of project bidding to him again. Richelai wiped his sweat and said, "Mr. Smart, I am the media director. The team has people who are familiar with the catering industry and the general manager of the training center." kitchen…"

"Don't talk about radishes," Min Congda interrupted him, "I think you must know how to eat. I will leave this matter to you and give me an answer within three weeks!"

"But, Mr. Smart..."

"Two weeks."

"Uh... well, I know, Mr. Smart. Is there any special allowance?"

"Of course, it's the same as the interview with the director last time."

"No problem, thank you Mr. Smart, thank you."

Rachael gets it, when you can't fight it, it's better to enjoy it.

(End of this chapter)