Almighty Coach

Ten days later, Li Dai returned to Los Angeles.

Blake looked at Li Dai with his face full of spring, and could not help asking, "Li, did you propose successfully?"

Li Dai nodded, then grinned like a fool.

"Congratulations, it seems that I have time to apply for a visa to go to China to attend your wedding." Blake said congratulations.

"It's still early to marry. As for where the wedding is taking place, I'm not sure. Maybe you will go to Hawaii. Then you don't need to apply for a visa." Li Dai pointed out the door and then said: "I just transferred For a lap, today at our training center, there do n’t seem to be many people, there are fewer customers than usual, and it seems that even there are fewer coaches to work. "

"The black coaches at the center all took leave to go to Stark Real Estate to participate in the protest." Blake said.

"Protest? Because of what?" Li Dai asked.

"Did you not read the news lately? The Los Angeles Clippers owner Stark burst out a" recording door ", he has a recording was published, which contains discrimination against blacks." Blake replied.

Li Dai nodded: "I know this matter, and I also saw some reports when I was in China. It seems that this Stark has also made racist comments before. This is not the first time he has done such a thing."

"Indeed, this guy has a history of racial discrimination, but this time it seems much more serious. This time the" recording door "caused an uproar. In front of Stark Real Estate, there are many black protests every day. I want to To calm down the incident, the NBA will definitely give him a heavy penalty. "Blake said.

"How much is the fine?" Li Dai smiled disdainfully. "Stark is also a real estate tycoon. His worth is less than billions of dollars. For such rich people, a fine of tens of thousands of dollars is only a fraction of the price. Never mind. "

"This time is not just a simple penalty. The NBA league can force him to sell the team." Blake then explained: "In other words, it is to permanently kick Stark out of the NBA."

"It's so serious?" Li Dai was a little surprised. He continued to ask: "But the Clippers are Stark's property and are protected by law. If Stark doesn't sell, the NBA league has no way to deal with him. The NBA league does n’t have the power to force buy and sell. "

"It is said that as a private property, the Los Angeles Clippers are indeed protected by law, and Stark can not sell the team. But the Clippers have issued a statement from the coach to the player, as long as they are black, Refusing to work for Stark, I heard that the black coach of the Clippers has already written his resignation. And the fans also hate such racial discrimination, they will boycott the Clippers. "

Blake then explained: "If you go on like this, no one will watch the Clippers game, no one buys jerseys and souvenirs, and advertising sponsors will leave. The Clippers' market value will fall sharply, and Stark's worth It will shrink. Instead of losing money, it is better to sell the team quickly. Anyway, Los Angeles is the big ball market, even if it is a bad team, it can sell a good price. "

"How much do you think the Clippers can sell?" Li Dai asked casually.

"It must be more than one billion dollars." Blake replied.

"It's so expensive?" Li Dai took a sigh of relief. "The Clippers' record is not very good. It's basically the bottom of the West, but it can still be sold so expensive?"

“I ’m still deliberately saying less, who made this a Los Angeles! In recent years, the NBA ’s ball market is very good, and it ’s also a Los Angeles team, and it will surely appreciate when it is bought. I guess the price of the specific transaction will definitely be far away. Far more than 1 billion US dollars! "Blake continued:" Stark was bought by the Clippers in the 1980s. At that time, he only spent 10 million US dollars, but now can sell at least 1 billion, 30 years. A hundred times the profit, this is not counted as his income from running the team for the past 30 years. This sale is really cost-effective for Stark. "

...

New York, NBA League headquarters.

NBA President Adams is listening to the assistant's report.

"Stark has slackened. He said he would sell the Los Angeles Clippers if the price was right." The assistant said.

Adams nodded: "I knew that Stark, an old fox, said before that he would not sell the team anyway. It was nothing more than trying to sell more money and sell it at a price. It seems that we have released the wind before. The price of one billion US dollars can't impress this old guy. "

"Yes, he is more greedy than we thought. Before we deliberately released news that a buyer was willing to spend a billion dollars to buy the Clippers, he was completely unimpressed and told the media that he would not sell the team. And Now that someone has bid more than US $ 1.5 billion, he will let go of it, really showing the true nature of the businessman's bargaining. "The assistant said.

"1.5 billion US dollars is definitely not Stark's reserve price, he will definitely ask for more. This old fox, only spent more than 10 million to buy the team, but now want to sell 1.5 billion!" Adams remarked. And then said: "However, the expensive the team sells is also beneficial to our NBA league. The team is becoming more valuable, the team's owner is willing to spend money to invest, and our NBA league can develop faster. The value of the NBA will also increase. "

"You said yes." The assistant said to hand a document to Adams, and then said: "Mr. President, so far we have received dozens of intentions to acquire the Clippers, these four are bidding more than 1.5 billion It ’s in US dollars. I ’ve sorted out their background information, please check it out. "

Adams opened the folder and looked at it carefully.

"The Seattle consortium, whose background is the big brothers of the Silicon Valley technology industry, which also includes shareholders of Microsoft and Intel. It seems that these big players in the technology industry also want to develop into sports."

"Bay Area Entertainment Group, they are currently the highest bidders, but how many of their major shareholders are Las Vegas gaming companies? No, we have already signed with the Las Vegas gaming group Three-year strategic cooperation agreement, gambling in NBA games has been legalized. If you let them control a certain team, it is equivalent to let them control the entire industry chain, even the management of our league, will also be betting group "Overhead." Adams said, shaking his head, self-consciously: "So no matter how much they pay, they can't sell the team to them."

"The real investment group, the bid is the second highest. Their behind-the-scenes boss is the richest man in India, known as 'Rockefeller of India'. This guy is worth close to $ 50 billion. If the Clippers are sold to him, the NBA There will be one of the richest team owners, which is also a good thing. "

"Dingtian Sports is a Chinese-funded background. The main shareholder is China's real estate giant Dingtian Group. Although their bids are not high, there is a huge market behind them, and it is also the market that our NBA league hopes to expand. And there have been no Chinese nationals in the NBA for years. "

Thinking of the huge market of more than one billion people, Adams already had a decision in his mind.

...

Dingtian Group ’s central conference room, where shareholders ’meetings are being held, are able to appear here are large shareholders with relatively large shares.

The content of this meeting is mainly to discuss whether to acquire the Los Angeles Lakers. This billion-dollar investment is also an extremely important investment project for Dingtian Group. The investment amount is even higher than that of the king of the next-tier cities. The investment is still in US dollars, and Xiao Dingtian will not If someone makes a decision, it is natural to open a board of directors to decide.

"I think this investment is feasible, domestic real estate cannot go up all the time, and now the cost of acquiring land is getting higher and higher, so diversified investment is imperative. And there are only 30 NBA teams in the United States, any An NBA team is a high-quality asset, which is very suitable for the group to invest. So I approve of this investment project. "A gray-haired shareholder said.

"I also agree with this investment project. Compared with other investment projects, buying an NBA team is definitely a relatively low-risk investment project." Another voice paused, and then said; "But I am worried, Will this occupy more of the group's funds? And this investment is in US dollars, can we raise so many US dollars? "

Xiao Dingtian gestured his assistant Huang Zhicheng with his eyes. Huang Zhi set up a report and said: "Every shareholder, in terms of funds, I need to report to you. We have got a clear answer from the foreign exchange bureau, they will not give us Approving so much foreign exchange, so a large part of the funds for the acquisition of the Los Angeles Clippers requires us to raise our own funds. "

Xiao Dingtian gave a timely cough, and then Huang Zhicheng said: "In the past few years, we have made some investments overseas, including stocks of large companies, US dollar bonds, and real estate. These investments have also made some gains. If we If you want to buy the Los Angeles Lakers, you need to sell a large part of overseas investment. "

"You need to sell overseas assets!"

"Overseas assets have been accumulated over the years, what a pity to sell them."

Shareholders began to discuss in a low voice, obviously everyone is reluctant to give up these overseas assets.

Xiao Dingtian seemed to have expected this to be the case, so he continued: "Of course, there is another way to use these overseas investments as collateral, make loans from foreign banks, and then buy the Los Angeles Lakers. Only However, it is much more difficult to make a loan abroad than at home. "

"In China, with our four words" Dingtian Group ", we can borrow tens of billions from banks, sometimes delay the repayment time, and can also discuss with banks. Banks know that we take After I bought the money, bought the land, and built the building, I could sell it quickly and repay the loan easily. But abroad, our "Dingtian Group" signboard is not so good. "

"Chairman Xiao, what do you mean?" The gray-haired shareholder asked.

"I mean, after we buy the Los Angeles Clippers, we need to make a profit as soon as possible. As long as the Clippers can make a profit, it is equivalent to proving to the bank that we have the ability to repay the loan, so that we are under pressure to repay the loan. It will be much lower, "Xiao Dingtian said.

"The chairman made sense. But I don't know much about the team's operations. To be honest, I usually don't even look at basketball." Another shareholder said with a smile.

"I think it's easy to make a profit and just let the team sign a Chinese player. There have been no Chinese players in the NBA for a long time. When we buy the Clippers, we immediately sign a player from the CBA Looking at the water dispenser can also attract domestic attention, and it is certainly not a problem to make a profit at that time. "Another said.

"The key is the level of our domestic CBA players, enough to play in the NBA. As far as I know, those in the NBA who look at drinking fountains are better than our CBA players." Another shareholder said.

"Then just sign a person to be a mascot," the man said before.

"It is not enough to sign an individual casually. If this player is not well-known in the country, even if he is signed as a" water dispenser administrator "in the NBA, it will not attract too much attention from domestic fans. If you want to sign, you must sign a CBA is more powerful and more well-known. Those powerful and famous players are the main core of the CBA team. Now that the CBA game is in progress, the CBA team will definitely not let it go, even if we It ’s not easy to find a 'mascot'. "

Xiao Dingtian once again coughed and signaled everyone to be quiet. Then he said: "Everyone, I have an idea. Since it is not easy to find a suitable Chinese player at this time, then we can find a Chinese coach. NBA There have already been Chinese players, but there has never been a Chinese coach, and the coach can attract more attention than a drinking fountain on the bench. "

Everyone's eyes focused on Xiao Dingtian.

Xiao Dingtian went on to say: "The head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers is a black man. A few days ago he used Stark's racist comments to submit his resignation, stating that he would not work with Stark. This behavior also led to the applause of black American groups, and some even called him an affirmative guard. After our investigation, the reason for his resignation was only to find a better job, that is, the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks. coach."

"A month ago, the Bucks fired their head coach because of the team ’s poor record. They have been looking for new coaches. The Clippers boss Stark is a miser. He gave the coach The salary is very low, so the Clippers coach has long wanted to change jobs. This time the racism incident of Stark just gave the Clippers coach an excuse to change jobs, he just resigned, and he won The Deer signed a two-year contract. "

"The current Los Angeles Clippers have no head coach, and the team's head coach's job is also temporarily replaced by the previous assistant coach. So we can find a Chinese coach to serve as the Clippers' new head coach."

After Xiao Dingtian said in a breath, the shareholders began to discuss in a low voice.

"Can we find a suitable coach in China?"

"Even the athletes can't pick a player who has the strength to play in the NBA. How can he find a coach who can coach the NBA team?"

"Our own men's basketball national team is looking for foreign head coaches? Should domestic coaches really have the ability to coach NBA teams, does the men's basketball team need to hire foreign head coaches at a high salary?"

"Don't you forget that Li Dai who won the best coach award."

"I remember ~ www.readwn.com ~ He can coach the US team! Does Li Dai seem to have anything to do with Chairman Xiao's daughter?"

"Yeah, it is said that it is Xiao Dingtian's future aunt. Does Xiao Dingtian mean to let this Li Dai be the Clippers coach?"

"It must be like this, fat water does not flow outsiders field!"

"But I remember that Li Dai is a track and field coach? Does he understand basketball?"

"Dong Xiao dare to mention this matter, which shows that this Li Dai must know basketball. Besides, people can serve as the head coach of the American track and field team, and also won the international award, can there be no two brushes?"

"Whether Xiao Dingtian proposed that Li Dai be the Clippers' head coach, do we agree or disagree?"

"Nonsense, Xiao Dingtian wants to continue this opportunity to promote his future son-in-law. If you object to such a thing, Xiao Dingtian has no face? What's more, Xiao Dingtian has such a daughter, the chairman of Dingtian Group The position must be handed over to his daughter in the future. When everyone lowers their heads and does n’t see them, why should we oppose it? It ’s better to be a good friend and sell them Xiao Xiao's face! "