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Chapter 407 Crazy Counterattack ([-]rd)
After the second game, the Lakers got three days to rest, and Su Yang held a conference call on the 23rd.

The first is to talk with the Kings owner Maruf Brothers, mainly to understand the composition of the Kings’ shares, as well as some debts and loan relationships.

The meeting went very happily. The Maruf brothers were quite happy about the sudden sale of tens of millions more, which was enough to make up for their operating losses for several years. However, Su Yang knew that the Sacheng consortium was quoting, so he had no fluctuations in his heart, and just wanted to hurry up. Done.

After chatting with the Maruf brothers, Su Yang talked in detail with Max Friedman, the owner of the development company of the new arena, mainly about how to plan the theme design of the new arena, most of which are conceptual things, and Su Yang’s core idea is Keep it simple and convenient.

After hanging up the phone with Max Friedman, Su Yang turned around and told Jiang Ruolan: "During the development of this company, we need to find someone to supervise the whole process, and after the development of the arena is completed, we will review and check for leaks, so as to prevent them from favoritism and fraud, which may cause potential problems. huge danger."

Jiang Ruolan smiled and said, "It sounds like you don't trust this developer, but they were appointed by the Saskatchewan City Hall in advance..."

Su Yang nodded and admitted that the main one, Max Friedman, once participated in the design of the collapsed apartment in Florida in the future. As a reborn person, he was quite surprised when he first saw the information of Max Friedman. Discover.

This kind of developer should be replaced. However, the land where the new arena is located belongs to the Saskatchewan City Hall. It is estimated that the PY transaction has been reached long ago. If it has to be replaced, there will be a lot of trouble. In order to get the bidding as soon as possible, we can only choose to endure .

Near noon, Su Yang called Stern again.

"Congratulations, I sincerely hope that you can win this bidding, and I will try my best to facilitate a deal between you and the Maruf family..." Stern spoke bluntly. On the one hand, he believed that Su Yang could lead the king well, and on the other hand, he emphasized that he had no right to force the sale. To Su Yang.

According to Stern, the NBA Council can only agree or veto the King's relocation plan, and has no right to decide on the sale.

"Thank you for your strong support. I will help the alliance to open up a bigger market and bring more benefits to the alliance..." Su Yang said that, but he thought in his heart, 'I believe you, you old man is very bad. , How can you force Sterling to sell? '.

Anyway, the NBA is the epitome of American power, there is no objective standard, and the core principle is that profit is king.

In the afternoon, the bidding committee further broke the news to ESPN and other media, voluntarily mentioning that the king would not be relocated.

Su Yang decided to do that mainly because he didn't trust Saskatchewan Mayor Kevin Johnson and didn't want to be controlled by the city hall.

Although it is easy to guess the news, after the ESPN report, the fans are still quite excited, especially the Kings fans.

Kings star Chris Webber wrote: "Su Yanghui is the most basketball-savvy owner in NBA history, and he is willing to let Saskatchewan fans continue to own the Kings. I fully support him in taking over the Kings. If you need me to do anything, please feel free to call. "

Fan Darryl Saeturn wrote: "Just like the Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA is the only professional sports in Sacramento. Of course we hope that the Kings will stay here forever. I am 27 years old. I hope that when I am 97 years old, I can be with my team. The grandchildren watch the Kings games together, and now Su Yang can help me achieve this goal, and I support him!"

Kings guard Isiah Thomas Jr. wrote: "I am very excited to be a player of the Sacramento Kings. With a boss who knows the ball like Su Yang, we will have a bright future. I am willing to spend my entire career in the Kings!"

At [-]:[-] p.m., Su Yang officially spoke with Saskatchewan Mayor Kevin Johnson, mainly discussing how to use the Kings to drive the economic development of Saskatchewan, and how to build a new arena to make it a famous landmark in Saskatchewan and even North America. .

Regarding the point guard who was able to make Nash and Kidd a substitute in his peak period, Su Yang did not have much reservations except that he was worried that the other party would control the acquisition rhythm. He said bluntly: "In recent years, the number of Chinese outbound tourists promote…"

Regarding how to use the Kings to drive the economic development of Saskatchewan, the first strategy Su Yang thought of was to connect with the domestic tourism market. There are mainly Chinese and Asians in Saskatchewan, and the natural scenery and scenic spots are just enough to serve as tourist destinations.

Of course, the most important thing is to show to the Saskatchewan City Hall that I have a complete set of plans, which can indeed drive the economic development of Saskatchewan, and facilitate the acquisition of the new arena in the future, and even the mopping land around the new arena. That is the real truth. Make a fortune.

That's what the Russian boss of the Nets did. They lost a lot of money on the Nets, and they made crazy money on the land around the Nets' home court.

Kevin Johnson asked: "Will you sign a large number of Chinese players? For example, Jeremy Lin or YI Jian Lian, so as to attract Chinese fans and increase the broadcast price of overseas media? I know Tencent is going to enter..."

Su Yang thought it was none of your business, but he still said: "When I sign a certain player, the priority is the team fit. I will make it to the playoffs as the minimum goal. If a certain Chinese player is suitable, I will sign it." , if it is not suitable, I will naturally not sign the contract. As for the overseas media broadcast fee, I certainly hope to sell it at a high price, but I will not simply sign a contract to achieve it..."

Regarding Su Yang's answer, Kevin Johnson did not make any comments, and the two talked about some topics, and then ended the call.

"He doesn't seem to be excited about our plan, we obviously offer the best offer..." Jiang Ruolan was slightly puzzled.

Su Yang chuckled: "He started to promote the acquisition of the king by billionaire Andrew Burkel a few years ago, but the king's boss, the Maruf Brothers, was not suffering serious losses at the time, so they kept refusing. This time, the league council will inevitably reject the king's relocation agreement. After finally seeing hope, we even found Vicklanadive to join us, but we stepped in and won a lot of support..."

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, Su Yang and Jiang Ruolan watched the second match of the first round between the Thunder and the Rockets while having dinner.

The Thunder, which should have been crushed, were inextricably tied to the Rockets. Halfway through the second quarter, they were still behind by one point.

The more Su Yang looked at it, the more something was wrong. He was thinking that he must not repeat the tragedy, but Beverly rushed towards Westbrook like a mad dog.

Westbrook immediately hugged his knees in pain, and limped back and forth beside the technical table, and no one from the Thunder went to check.

"Hi Nima..." Su Yang put down his chopsticks, and regardless of the fact that the Lakers coach is not qualified to intervene in the Thunder, he directly called the Thunder general manager Presti and said, "Let Verus Booker go to the field for inspection, please Can't let him go on playing..."

In his previous life, after being injured by Beverly, Westbrook endured the pain and continued to fight, which resulted in a torn meniscus. After the operation, he came back early, which led to another knee repair operation. Hidden danger.

After an explanation, Presti was silent for a long time, and said: "I will tell the coaching staff as much as possible, and they will decide..."

Su Yang didn't force it, knowing Westbrook's stubborn character, he would probably continue to play in the game, as the saying goes, character determines destiny.

Hanging up the phone, he tweeted instead: "Suggesting Westbrook not to continue to play, that will greatly increase his chances of serious knee injury, I don't mean any offense, just as his friend, I hope he has a better one. body of."

A few minutes after the tweet was posted, it suddenly rose to the list of hot topics. Fans praised Su Yang for being affectionate and righteous, and worthy of deep friendship.

But Su Yang sat in front of the TV and saw that Westbrook continued to fight after the timeout ended, feeling helpless in his heart.

The game ended quickly, and Westbrook was able to run and jump in the second half, making a total of 16 of 8, helping the Thunder narrowly beat the Rockets by two points.

Su Yang was ridiculed by the fans instead, and Thunder boss Tom Ward also tweeted and cursed: "You actually use tricks..."

At noon the next day, the Thunder officially announced that Westbrook would be reimbursed for the half-month repair surgery for the season, and some fans apologized to Su Yang.

More fans chose to pretend nothing happened, and Thunder boss Ward deleted the tweet that cursed Su Yang for using tricks.

But Su Yang received more praise from fans, and Kenyon Martin, who has always been "everything against the Soviet Union", also praised him for caring about the players seriously.

For a moment, the call for Su Yang to become the king reached a terrifying level.Many fans promised that if Su Yang was the owner of the Kings, as long as the Kings went to their city to play games, they would definitely buy tickets to express their support for Su Yang.

In the NBA, the away team also affects home ticket sales. For example, the Celtics' North Shore Garden home, the ticket prices for the Timberwolves and the Lakers, and the sales speed are completely different. Every NBA owner wants the visiting team to be attractive.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban tweeted: "If a large number of fans fulfill their commitments, then I hope to play more games against the Kings..."

Mark Cuban's tweet obviously represents the thoughts of some NBA owners, and the probability of Su Yang becoming the king has once again increased.

The Seattle consortium headed by Chris Hansen and the Saskatchewan consortium headed by Viklanadive were very unwilling.

The counterattack ensued. Chris Hansen announced his willingness to increase the purchase price and give another 29 NBA teams a relocation subsidy of US$400 million per team, while Vikranadive told the NBA Council that the share could be reduced.

The suspense of who can buy the king is renewed.

(End of this chapter)