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

Chapter 99 The Best Security (Part [-])
The after-tax income of US$22000 put Min Congda in a good mood, which made his mentality of watching the game a little more normal and less distorted.

20000 US dollars, equivalent to the Clippers' wages for losing 10 games, is twice the current total assets of Min Congda.

With this money, Min Congda can buy more Apple stocks and keep some of the money for pocket money.

The money will last him a long time.

One of the great advantages of being the general manager of the Clippers is that you can save a lot of money on daily expenses. There are restaurants for meals, transportation and communication expenses can be reimbursed through the team's finances.

It will be Christmas next month, and Min Congda plans to distribute benefits to employees, get some shopping cards and discount coupons, and he can get one himself at that time.

Thanks to the new world factory in China across the ocean, prices in the United States are still relatively cheap. Clothes, electronic products, and daily necessities are all available in large quantities and at low prices.

In the current single state where one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, Min Congda's daily expenses are very small, and the biggest expense is going to San Barbabela to meet friends.

However, Min Congda can definitely ask Davis or Randolph to treat him, but he dare not let him go alone.

With this mentality, Min Congda and the Clippers team rushed to Memphis overnight.

The NBA schedule is very dense, and the players are very tired. It was the first time that Min Congda ran a long-distance road trip with the players, and he had a personal experience.

After playing the Hornets on the 17th and losing the game, the players didn't have much time to adjust their mentality.

After taking a shower, you should board the airport bus immediately, and rush to the airport to board the plane in the starry night.

The plane arrived at the destination at two o'clock in the morning, and then took the bus to the hotel where we stayed.

After arriving at the hotel, the players should hurry to sleep, because they will play against the Grizzlies on the night of the 18th.

This is the most grueling back-to-back away game in the NBA schedule. Some teams will rest some veterans or players with potential injuries in such games to reduce playing time and reduce the risk of injury.

Min Congda ran around with the players, and when he arrived at the Memphis Hotel, he was yawning. It was almost three o'clock in the morning.

As a result, at the front desk, there were some problems with the players' check-in procedures, and the hotel's system could not enter the players' identity information.

The leader in charge is Carmen Sloan, the old policeman who once worked in the Los Angeles Police Department and opened a security company after retirement to cooperate with the Clippers.

He dealt with the aftermath of the fight between Randolph and others before.

However, he obviously made some mistakes in the team's logistics work tonight.

Min Congda sat on the suitcase and asked, "Hey Carmen, what's going on? I'm going to be sleepy, and the players have to play the game tomorrow. Shouldn't the identity information be communicated with the hotel long ago?" ? And you should be ready for emergency, right?"

Sloan is a white man in his fifties with a bald head and a beard. He looks like a very calm and reliable person.

He said in an apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, Mr. Smart, the person in charge of this itinerary is a newcomer, and he is not very skilled in some tasks, and there is a problem with the communication with the hotel."

Min Congda yawned again, and said, "Novices are always prone to problems. But I will give you a 20.00% salary increase, and you still have to do things beautifully."

Sloan showed an embarrassing look on his face, and said: "Uh...Mr. Smart, your salary increase is for the Clippers employees. Our security is an outsourcing cooperation, not your Clippers employees, so the salary will not increase. to us."

When Min Congda heard it, it seemed that this was the case. Carmen Sloan started his own security company.

In addition to being responsible for the security work of the Clippers, some Hollywood stars will also ask him to be a security guard, responsible for the confidentiality and safety of the itinerary.

"Really, it seems that my work is not in place. How about it, the price of the security agreement signed with you will be increased by 20.00%. Are you satisfied?"

Min Congda now spends as much money as he can for the team, squeezing Rosser to death.

I heard that Roser lost his hair recently in order to open a restaurant loan. If he knew that Min Congda had increased the team's security expenses by 20.00%, he would definitely buy himself a wig.

When Sloan heard what Min Congda said, he hurriedly said: "Oh... oh, thank you very much Mr. Smart, to tell you the truth, the company's current operating conditions are very bad, and people have been resigning, so many new people have been recruited. .Otherwise, I would not have made such a low-level mistake. With your help, I think we will do our best to do a good job in logistics and security..."

Min Congda waved his hand. He didn't care how the logistics and security work was doing. He was so sleepy now that he just wanted to lie on the big soft bed and have a good sleep.

Carmen Sloan knew that Min Congda's style of doing things had always been like this, and he said it on a whim, and said that he would add 20.00%, and he would definitely increase it.

Sloan was both grateful and surprised. The new general manager and the boss Sterling's behavior style are really quite different.

Sterling, the boss, is notoriously stingy. Although his net worth has reached more than one billion, he often cares about some small money.

For example, at the Clippers home court, the shooting bonus event is held at every home court in the NBA. A fan won a $1000 bonus, but Sterling refused to give it.

Later, this fan sued the court for fraud. This fan is a lawyer by profession, so he didn't hit the gun.

In addition, the Clippers' logistics department has always been understaffed, and the total number of people is half that of the Lakers.

Some departments that Sterling thinks are not important are simply eliminated, such as the Basketball Strategic Development Center, which sounds a bit retreat.

But in fact, it is precisely because of the lack of strategic planning by the Clippers that Sterling has been the owner of the Clippers for 30 years. The team has been rotten in the quagmire, falling, getting up, and falling again in the same place.

In other necessary departments, Sterling also has as few staff as possible. There was even a shortage of people in the team's medical team. Sterling asked the head coach to bandage the players. (Players have to put bandages on their feet before the game, usually by a dedicated physical therapist.)
Some wealthy teams have their own professional security teams, who are only responsible for the team's security, transportation, and logistics.

There is a famous saying in security work, "Security that makes people feel that it does not exist is the best security", which means that the so-called good fighters have no great achievements.

Good logistics and security can allow players to play with peace of mind, without worrying about anything else, everything will be properly arranged.

But to do this requires money and people. Sterling didn't want to form his own security team at all. It was too expensive to maintain, so he outsourced to Carmen Sloan's security company.

Sloan is an experienced and responsible person, and he often puts the work of the Clippers first.

But Sterling was always stingy about payment, and from time to time used some excuses to withhold payment, which made Sloan very upset.

On the contrary, after Smart took office, he had more money and less work, and now he has increased his money by 20.00% in one breath. Sloan thought: "Sterling's brain has finally opened up, and he will be more concerned about the work of the Clippers in the future." Be more careful, send more veterans over, and do a solid job, so that the players can have a better game state."

At 03:30 in the morning, the hotel finally settled the check-in procedures, and Min Congda yawned and burst into tears.

And such a situation never happened again in the Clippers' road trip in the future.

(End of this chapter)