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Chapter 1466 The Midwinter Covenant
Before joining Reid Orr's Trek dinner invitation, Louie first nailed down another big deal.

Something about private jets.

The more time Louie had for leisure, the more unbearable the traffic jam in Los Angeles became. He felt that the time stuck in the road was meaningless and a complete waste of his life.

Who is he?Hundreds of thousands per hour, how can you be trapped by this kind of thing?

Moreover, after driving for so many years, he summed up a truth.

The joy of driving is superhuman and being superhuman, and in Los Angeles, neither of those joys exist.

Instead of this, it is better to let yourself go.

So, after discussing with Lorraine, he secretly spent 1100 million US dollars without telling his mother, and booked the Bombardier Global Express (hereinafter referred to as BGE) that will be delivered next month.

BGE is currently the largest capacity high-speed business jet, capable of carrying up to fourteen passengers and four crew members at a speed of Mach 0.80 (850 kilometers) per hour for 14 hours.

In addition to the price of the aircraft itself, its operating costs are also unaffordable for ordinary wealthy people.

The hourly fuel cost is nearly 9000 US dollars. In addition, in order to ensure safety, Louis requested to shorten the maintenance cycle, which increased the maintenance cost by 350%. In addition to the salaries of various crew members, the average annual operating cost of miscellaneous expenses is about [-] million US dollars. .

This is why Louis dared not tell his mother that he bought an airplane.

If her old man knew that she spent tens of millions to buy a private jet, and then spent 350 million a year on maintenance, she would have a brain hemorrhage.

Speaking of it, if it had to be counted, most of the money for Louis to buy the plane was given by James Dolan, the prodigal son.

Recently, Little Dolan called Louis.

He asked two things, one is about whether to re-sign Ewing next season, and the other is how to make the team competitive again.

Louie wondered what Ewing's reason for continuing to fight was.

He really can't think of it.

Because the Knicks no longer have the kind of competitiveness that Ewing wanted, with his current status in the arena and the achievements he has made, there is no need to continue to fight.

Little Dolan said helplessly: "He wants to become the all-time leader in blocked shots."

This can be regarded as a major timeline changed by Louis.

Ewing has become a true contemporary Bill Russell in this world. In his 15 years of career, he has averaged 6 caps per game in 4 seasons, 5 caps per game in 3 seasons, and the rest of the caps per game have not been lower than 2. Second-rate.

At present, he is 14 blocks behind Olajuwon, ranking third in the history of total blocks.

But Ewing and Olajuwon are not as good as Sampson.

The hall-level center who is about to enter the 20th season of his career, although he has never averaged 4 blocks per game in consecutive seasons like Meng and Chimpanzee in blocking performance, but he has been very stable. The average blocks per game in the first ten years of his career They were all over 2.8 times. In the years of fighting alone for Lukai, they even had horrible block numbers of 4.4 and 4.6.

Sampson's bright spot is his stable and terrifying attendance rate, which makes him currently have a cumulative block of 4030, which is 110 ahead of Olajuwon.

Hearing this, Louis didn't know what to say about that guy.

Although Ewing admitted that he was slightly inferior to Sampson in terms of hard power, when the opponent started to sprint to the all-time scoring champion, he also thought carefully.

If Sampson becomes the all-time scoring leader, he will become the all-time block leader, which is also in line with his contemporary Russell's evaluation.

Unknowingly, the comparison between Sampson and Ewing, the debate about which is better, has replaced the black and white duo in the previous life, and has become a pair of old enemies spanning the 80s and 90s, which are talked about by fans.

Moreover, the comparison between the two is really very close.

Although Sampson in his heyday beat Ewing once, but in the mid-to-late 90s, Ewing also regained some face.

Ewing has eight rings in hand, plus the addition of 2MVP and 4FMVP, the big honor completely suppresses Sampson.

Sampson himself is at a disadvantage in terms of narrative. Although he has won six championships, five championships were won with his predecessor GOAT.

Honor has never been a blow point for Mr. Sole's fans.

Sampson's blowing point is very similar to Wilt Chamberlain decades ago, that is, the crushing of contemporary insiders on the scene.

Sampson is different from Chamberlain who can only crush opponents in the regular season. Even in the playoffs, he always has the upper hand.

Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "Without Ralph, there would be no center boom in the 80s and 90s! Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Brad Doherty , David Robinson, Alonzo Mourning, Shaquille O'Neal...all of them grew up under Ralph."

Since the two have completely different points of view, Ewing's supporters and Sampson's supporters have become two forces that are completely emotional rather than rational.

Then it's about making the Knicks more competitive.

Although Louie is not responsible for the Knicks' performance, he does not want to make Dolan's money for nothing.

After all, I will see the private jet bought with little Dolan's money every day in the future, and I will feel sorry if I don't help.

"If Patrick must renew his contract, you have to find ways to get him to take a salary cut, and not a small salary cut, but a big salary cut, and then use all means to pursue Chris who will become a free agent next year. Weber!"

Little Dolan said naively: "Coach, Patrick doesn't need to cut his salary, we can also fight for Chris Webber, can't we still sign and change?"

Louis jokingly said: "Oh, that's fine, but I have to remind you that the Knicks already have Tracy, Grant and Patrick with three tens of millions of contracts. To win Chris Webber, you have to eat the fourth ten million contract, and at that time, you may have to pay a huge luxury tax to the league."

Louie's "again" brought back the nightmare in the back of Little Dolan's mind.

"I know what to do."

Then, in the blink of an eye, the time came to Tuesday, December 2000, 12.

Now it is midwinter, Louis hailed a taxi and slowly drove into Washington's Chinatown, and found the "China Dole" that Auerbach called out of more than a dozen Chinese restaurants.

What Louis can be sure of is that this is not a special Chinese restaurant.

The chef inside is not a hidden chef, and the boss is not an anonymous outsider. The reason why Auerbach chose to have dinner here may be just out of his personal habits, or the fried noodles here are very suitable for his taste. .

Louis walked into the store, and the boss opened his mouth slightly when he saw Louis.

Obviously, Legend Lu was recognized.

"Is Reed here?" Louis asked lightly.

Only then did the boss come to his senses, "It's already here, coach, please come inside."

When Louis arrived at the scene, he felt a little disappointed.

He thought it was a private dinner, but unexpectedly, quite a few people came.

Auerbach sat in the eye-catching main seat, surrounded by seven or eight people.

One of the old men who was about the same age as Auerbach got up to greet Louis, "If you don't come, Reed will lose his temper."

Louis asked with a smile: "He is already in his eighties, is he still so angry?"

"Absolutely." The other party said, "He is still the most angry existence among people in their 70s and 80s."

At this time, the other party introduced himself, "Zane Auerbach. I am Reed's younger brother, just call me Zane."

It's hard to imagine that the old man can have such a kind-hearted younger brother. Are they real brothers?

Louis approached the crowd.

At this time, Auerbach still pretended not to see Louis, and said in a confident tone: "I have said long ago that exchanging Grant Hill for Scottie Pippen is a stupid idea. Unfortunately, Isiah is acting on his own will, and you don't have the excellent vision that the boss should have. You actually agreed to his idea!"

It was Paul Gaston, the small owner of the Boston Celtics, who was used by Auerbach to open the game in public.

Gaston smiled wryly, and also scolded Thomas in his heart, but on the surface he needed to excuse the celebrity of the Celtics, as well as the head of the team's coach and management: "There are risks in transactions."

"Fart risk! Anyone with a discerning eye can tell there is something wrong with this transaction, even 18-year-old Louis can't do it!" Auerbach finally "saw" Louis, "Right, brat?"

The 40-year-old "little ghost" echoed as he did back then: "Ah, yes, yes, yes."

(End of this chapter)