I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 87 Trish Expelled
"Okay, then I'll tell you." John put his hands in his trouser pockets and said, "It's not your first day working for the Lakers. You should know that the team has rules, that is, any player or coach is obliged to follow the rules. However, the boss of the public relations department has the final say on who will come out to face the media. In addition, other people in the team are not allowed to answer any questions outside the game without permission. If you have special needs, you must go through the formal interview application process in advance, or report to me directly.”

"Last night, when the media asked about the infighting, why didn't you report it immediately? Shouldn't I decide who will come out to the media for this kind of thing, or choose not to respond? And you did something on the spot What, not only forgot this rule, but also allowed the Zen master to talk without stopping." John pulled out a hand and squeezed his forehead at this point, wanting to relieve his headache, and at the same time see how Tracy explained.

The latter stood up and said without humility, "I did not report it immediately. It is indeed my fault. However, Zen Master is the coach and the general manager. He has the right to decide whether he should answer the reporter's questions. I have no right to stop him."

"It's true that he is the team's general manager, but in that situation, he is the team's coach. Why can't you stop it? Don't forget, as a public relations officer, you have the right and the obligation to remind him from a professional perspective. , if the consequences of answering those questions are, maybe he will choose to be silent, and you will have more time to report to me. It is a pity that you did not do this. Now the media all over the world are reporting that the Lakers dismissed Cu and Xiao The news from Bass, this is undoubtedly worse for the Lakers who are just in the period of power transfer. The Lakers started the season poorly, changed coaches midway, and now they have fired two high-level executives together. This is undoubtedly a seismic change , the consequence is that advertisers and even fans will lose confidence in us, and then the team will be in a precarious situation again, can you imagine such a result? How can you afford it?" Unknowingly, John has The last straw that overwhelmed the Lakers' building was counted on Tracy's head.

After all, she was only a young man, and she didn't have the courage to bear such consequences, so she felt remorse for a while, and fell into silence.

Knowing that she had nothing to say, John repeated the words he had said when he entered the door, "The building is about to fall, and it will never end. Before the dust settles, resign voluntarily, because you have worked for the Lakers for a long time. For the sake of the year, I will prevent all the consequences for you, other than that, forget the past."

"President..." Trish was very moved while feeling remorseful. John Black has been the PR director of the Lakers for nearly 30 years. Team PR boss Raymond, the famous Mr. Double R.It can be said that he has made great contributions not only to the Lakers, but also to the league. The public relations rules of many teams imitate the template he originally set.

Such a person has a super high professionalism, and everything he should do is impeccable.If he said that someone should resign, then this person must have really hurt the team, and there is no room for refutation.

So, in the end, Tracy could only shed tears silently, then bowed to John, and said, "Thank you for letting the past go, I will submit my resignation letter later."

"No, let's go now, I have already greeted the personnel department." John's tone became much calmer.

After hesitating for a moment, Tracy could only nod in agreement, "Okay then."

The Lakers are different from other teams. They are located in a super metropolis and are a traditional giant, so they are very popular.Tracy liked to watch Lakers games with her father when she was very young, and Zijin's blood has long flowed in her bones.

When she was in college, she applied for a degree in public relations and got her wish to work for the Lakers. She hoped to work for the team for the rest of her life, so she was conscientious and devoted to it.

Even if she fell in love with Chu Xiao, she still hopes to keep it secret, but she doesn't want their relationship to affect normal work.

Now, because he failed to report to the leader and stop Zen Master in time, he admitted the fact that the Lakers have changed in front of the media all over the world. This did bring unexpected damage to the Lakers, and he had to take the blame and resign.

From this point of view, she is really sad.

After packing up her things, she turned off her phone because she wanted to be alone.

For the Lakers, after John fired Tracy in the morning, he saw Jenny return to the office in the afternoon, and immediately handed in a statement explaining the failure of public relations last night, and finally added, "Tracey accidentally asked The media leaked about your dismissal of Mr. Ku and Bass Jr., so she has taken the blame and resigned."

"She really leaked the news? Are you sure?" Jenny couldn't believe what the report said.

"It's definitely her, and she also admitted it herself, saying that she didn't stop Zen Master from answering reporters' questions because of this, and she didn't have any plans to report to me, because she was already ready to resign. I'm sorry , I was negligent, and I hope you will forgive me." After John finished speaking, he showed a self-blaming expression.

Jenny ignored his apology, but still didn't understand the reason why Tracy did this, so she continued to ask, "Why did she do this? I remember she grew up in Los Angeles and had a deep affection for the Lakers. It stands to reason that she will only hurt the team by doing so, but it will not do her any good."

"I've also considered this issue." John replied with a pretense, "Maybe someone ordered him behind the scenes, or he may have received money from the media. Hey, young people these days just can't stand the temptation of money, and they don't have faith in work. It is easy to be seduced, and you can quit if you say you don’t do it, and I have to personally check it in the interview.”

Hearing this, Jenny suddenly felt that something was wrong. This John kept saying that he was negligent, but while criticizing the young people for being unable to withstand the temptation, he demanded power from himself in a calm tone—he wanted to personally check the interview, so naturally It is to control personnel rights.

Jenny took a deep breath, expelled her worries about her father's condition from her mind, and returned to her true self as a strong woman in a blink of an eye.

She put the situation statement from the PR department on the table, pondered for a moment and said, "If she really leaked the information, why did you let her go so easily?"

John was originally waiting for Jenny to say yes, and I will leave the interview to you in the future. Who would have thought that she would still hold on to the matter of Tracy's resignation, so he was speechless for a while, but on the surface he said calmly, "She just For a young man who has just started working, it is normal for a young man to be instigated by others or tempted by money to leak team news. In the past, the team dealt with such situations by dismissing them, so after she offered to resign, I did not continue to embarrass her She, after all, this child is still young and has a long way to go, and she knows that she is wrong, so I can't pursue it too deeply, so as not to ruin her future."

Jenny couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, thinking that this old fox is really not simple. He blamed all the mistakes on others in his words, and showed his consideration for others everywhere, and made it difficult for him to continue asking questions about such trivial matters. Otherwise, it would appear that he was too cruel and wanted to ruin the future of young people.

If it was the past, she would have stopped here. It is a pity that she received a tip two days ago, saying that a high-level Lakers contacted the media secretly, with the purpose of making the team under her rule precarious, with internal and external troubles. The result was that the directors had run out of patience and had to band together to impeach her and elect a new leader.

Coupled with what Kobe revealed to her this morning, now she has to cast suspicious eyes on John.

She nodded, seeming to agree with John, but in the end she asked a question that he couldn't even think of, "John, do you know that Tracy is dating Chu Xiao?"

"Ah, they...don't know about this!" John said in surprise, "Employees are not allowed to fall in love. This is a rigid rule. If she commits a crime knowingly, it is not wrong to fire her!"

"Didn't you just say that she resigned voluntarily? How did it turn into dismissal?" Jenny said while paying attention to the change of his expression.

John blushed instantly, he was always meticulous in his work and would never make such a low-level mistake of inconsistency, but now that Jenny pointed it out, he could only stammer and say, "It was a slip of the tongue just now, she resigned on her own initiative. "

"You have been working for the Lakers for 26 years, right? You rarely make slips of the tongue when facing the media. Why, are you still nervous in front of me?" Jenny said half-jokingly, but then said, "Tracey and Chu Xiao Falling in love, this is a fact, and they are just in the stage of deep affection, if Tracy really admits to leaking information, she doesn't think about herself, doesn't she think about Chu Xiao, he is a rising star rising star."

"Don't talk!" Seeing him wanting to speak, Jenny stretched out her hand to stop him, and then continued, "I know you have worked in the league all your life, and you have never seen a female boss succeed, and you don't believe that the Lakers are in my league. Under the leadership will return to glory, so some of you old employees have not accepted me so far, not because of my ability, but because of sexism. I dare say, if I were a man, you would have accepted it. Therefore, You guys don't support me firing Jim and Kubchak, and you still hope that Jim will come back to run the team one day, right?"

John seemed to have been told what was on his mind, he lowered his head and looked for water in a panic.

Jenny sneered inwardly, thinking that she had guessed it.

"Hey!" She sighed, showing a somewhat uncomfortable look, "Actually, I also have some friends in the media circle, and they have already told me about the leak. That person is definitely not Tracy, she is just walking around. I don’t even know that I’m suffering for others.”

"Who is that man?" John swallowed nervously.

Jenny didn't answer directly, but stood up from her seat, stopped in front of John, looked at him and said, "You have always been Dad's most trusted subordinate and partner, and you have personally witnessed him building everything from scratch. Starting the Lakers Dynasty and making the team the number one brand in the league and one of the clubs with the largest number of fans in the world, you also have a lot of credit and hard work. Dad is now terminally ill, but he still regards the team as a treasure , do you have the heart for his beloved baby to continue to be consumed in this internal battle, and finally cause an irreparable blow to reputation and image? If one day the Lakers fall, we are still discussing who should be Don't you feel remorse and irony in running the Lakers?"

Under Jenny's gaze, John was able to hold back and look back at first. Later, his forehead became sweaty, his lips turned white from biting, and he began to struggle with thoughts in his heart.

After staring at each other for a few minutes, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, or he figured it out, sighed with relief and said, "Okay, I did it."

(End of this chapter)