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Chapter 691 The Dark Tide Within Star Island

Since this year's All-Star Weekend meeting is held in Miami, the meeting site will naturally be organized by the Heat.

The Heat chose the meeting place in the Star Island community (Star Island) with deep pockets.

Louis and his wife landed on the island on a yacht, passed through the heavily guarded security gate of Star Island, and entered the luxurious world where supermodels are not as good as dogs, celebrities are everywhere, and belong to professional athletes and business tycoons.The island is home to 33 luxury villas and estates worth millions of dollars.

The location of the All-Star Weekend meeting is in the hotel owned by the owner of the Heat under the name of Sing Tao.

This is the only hotel in Sing Tao and the only way to live in Sing Tao for those who cannot afford a house in Sing Tao but want to find opportunities here.

Although Lorraine has also seen the world, she has never seen this kind of world.

The real estate properties in Sing Tao have brought together the magnificent works of world-renowned architects past and present, and the most popular architectural styles are Mediterranean, Spanish and European styles.Each mansion is more stunning than the last, starting with lavish gates leading to equally stunning pillared entrances and courtyards.Most sprawling Star Island homes are between 8 and 000 square feet, and that's not counting the luxurious guest houses and cottages.

"Can we live in a house like this in Manhattan?"

Lorraine was full of longing.

"The house is not the problem, the problem is that it faces the sea on all sides." Louis said with emotion, "The location here is unique."

Lorraine asked expectantly: "Will you come to Miami to work in the future?"

I don't know if Lewis Shafier had a sudden chill down his spine, and he had to sneeze or something.

"I can't completely deny that anything can happen." Louis said with a smile, "but the probability of this event is very small."

What kind of enmity would he have to have with Shafier to be so angry that he would take away the other's job and become a workplace version of the tauren?

Louis and Lorraine came to the hotel - Residence by the Sea.

Not only is the environment beautiful and the climate is pleasant, but the materials used to build the house are also unusual-Louis saw fine stone and hand-carved doors.

Elevators, fully equipped gymnasium, cinema, wine cellar, professional chef team and kitchen, spacious balconies and a spacious swimming pool with swim-up bar and cabanas are just some of the luxurious facilities in the hotel.

In Louis's Manhattan home, all he has is a disused gym, a home movie theater, a balcony, and a spacious swimming pool.

Moreover, even what he has is hard to compare with that of Binhai Residence.

Of course, he didn't intend to compare, the house is for living, not for showing off—he comforted himself that way.When his investment at this stage pays off, he will definitely renovate the family house.

Compared with this, it would be detrimental to his identity.

Lorraine joined the Wife Party. After all, this time is in Miami. Those who come to the meeting will bring their families along as long as they are married, and they will treat it as a tour.

When men talk about business, women naturally want to partner up.

Sing Tao has everything, including luxury boutiques.

It's all here, so it's not in vain to go without something.

They left happily, and Louis entered the conference hall.

Before anyone arrived, the table was already filled with all kinds of food that Louis could not usually see.He doesn't have high requirements for food, it's delicious, as long as he can eat it.

Just like he felt about the house at home before today.

Fortunately, his heart for comparison is not so big that he even has to eat on par with this.

Not only was he not attracted by the food on the table, he also wanted to ask if there was any fried noodles
As we all know, there is only one hillbilly in the league, and there shouldn't be a second one like Boston's unqualified golden-haired white bird before retiring, so Louis held back.

"Coach Lu, eat this, I eat it every time I come here." Shafier pointed to a brightly colored grilled sausage in front of Louis.

"I'm not hungry," Louie asked. "Do you know what we're going to talk about today?"

Shafier asked, "Don't you know?"

"Know a thing or two," Louie said, "about the next TV contract, and whether to send NBA players to participate in international games."

Shafier nodded and said, "That's right, those two things."

Louie is concerned about both things, his focus is on television contracts.

Since 1984, the popularity of professional basketball has continued to rise, which has led to an upsurge in the United States. More and more people watch the game, and the commercial value of the league has naturally increased.

But when the Celtics dominated the championship with invincibility, the ratings stuck.

It's like the ratings of the Warriors and Cavaliers' third final matchup were the lowest among the two sides' previous matches.

Audiences don't want to watch exactly the same drama, just like "Rocky" defeated Apollo in the first part, and the opponent in the next few parts can no longer be Apollo.The audience wants to see a stronger matchup, but the NBA can't provide it.For four consecutive years, the Celtics cut the Lakers' drama, which made the ratings not increase but decreased, turned the magician into a tragedian, and dropped Kareem Abdul-Jabbar by 5 places in history.

As a result, the Knicks were born, and the league's biggest regret is that the Knicks, like the Celtics, are in the East.

Because the Eastern Conference finals can only attract some fans, many passers-by who only pay attention to the finals will not go to see it.

Even so, in the seventh game of the Eastern Conference Finals in 1988, more than 1600 million American viewers still watched the live broadcast of the game.

Once a traffic team like the Knicks rises, media attention and commercial investment will feed back the entire league.

The result is exactly the same. The commercial value of the Knicks has risen, and the value of the alliance has also increased.

Every game of the Knicks can have 400 million viewers as the basic game. If it is a focus game, the average number of viewers will reach 800 million.

It's inconceivable that this kind of playoff-level viewing frenzy should occur in the regular season.

For the Celtics, it was brutal.

But still the same.

A great championship Knicks will do more for the league than a great dynastic Celtics.

Because of Louis, the Knicks have risen, and the future trend of the league will also change.

For example, the negotiations on the next TV broadcast contract.

David Stern showed up.

As usual, he will say a few words as the opening remarks.

It has only been six years since he took office as president, and the value of the league has doubled compared to that of Larry O'Brien.

He is definitely a successful president.

Stern knew what the focus of today was, but he deliberately avoided the important ones, and first used the issue of whether to allow professional players in the United States to participate in international competitions.

Both the Olympics and FIBA ​​banned professional players from competing until 1989, and in the NBA, there is also an unwritten ban.

They also don't want players to play in the offseason.

Because players are an important asset of the team, if they are injured because of participating in international competitions, what is the loss?
Therefore, if the NBA wants to join hands with the American Basketball Association to promote the participation of professional players, it must greet each club and only after obtaining consent can it be announced to the outside world.

"I disagree."

The naysayer was Jane Walker.

His opinion can represent the entire Celtics team. If he disagrees, the Celtics disagree.

"We've been contenders for the championship every year for the past ten years, and each season has to run from November to June of the following year. How much consumption is this? The offseason is the only holiday they can recover from their worn-out bodies."

It makes sense, if the NBA allows professional players to participate, those Celtics will definitely be called up.

As the face of the league, Bird and Sampson, if they really want to gather the elites of the league to compete, as long as they can play, they will not be able to refuse.

Because everyone wants to see them in Team USA jerseys.

During this period, Louis refrained from expressing any opinions.

He knew that the Dream Team in 1992 would definitely be formed, but he didn't know that there were so many things to talk about behind the scenes.

Looking at it now, if the student team hadn't been repeatedly ravaged and rubbed by the European giant Pyrenees in international competitions, it would have been a few years later for the Dream Team to be born.

This matter can only be let go in the end.

Stern also knew that it was impossible to settle the matter at this meeting, so he used this matter as a cover.

Anyone who comes to this meeting knows what the most important thing is today.

"Next, our topic is the negotiation of a TV broadcast agreement."

Stern suddenly had a happy trouble, "These are the two offers we currently have."

The president nodded to the assistant beside him.

Louie recognized the assistant.

He is not an assistant, he is Garcia Lynn, Stern's right-hand man.

Lynn has three identities in the league, the vice chairman of the league's disciplinary committee, the head of the "NBA Entertainment" department and a reviewer.

That is to say, he can single-handedly influence the punishment of fights, which teams the NBA mainly focuses on promoting, and regardless of size, all proposals and rule suggestions during the season need to be approved by him before they can come to Stern (there are 5 reviewers).

Louis and Lynn are friends. Back then, he was sent to China as an NBA delegation. Although he was in the name of a consultant, he had the right to select the members of the delegation.Lin En was chosen by him to join the group, and they also knew each other since then.

It can be said that Louis went from Boston to New York, and his team was as tough as ever, but he was never severely punished by the league. Lynn played an obvious role.

Louis blinked his eyes as he greeted Lynn.

Immediately, I took a look at the two contract drafts.

On NBC's side, their quotation is no surprise, $4 million in four years⑴.

What was unexpected was the offer from CBS.

Everyone thought they had no money, because CBS had already invested most of its money in MLB and the Olympics.

As a result, it was clearly written in this cursive script.

"4 million in 7.6 years."

"How is this possible?" Shafier asked in amazement, "Where did they get the money?"

(4) In reality, CBS’s offer is 6 million for [-] years.

(End of this chapter)