stadium ambition

Chapter 96 History No.1

On the night of the draft, Su Yang held a celebration party in his private estate.In order to create a big scene, Schwartz specially invited many celebrities to participate. As a result, very few people came to the banquet, but Taylor, who had just debuted, arrived on time.

The party was very successful. At the end of the day, Schwartz announced that he would set up a business group, whose business would include but not limited to image endorsement and angel investment. The first signing would be to cooperate with the fast food brand KFC.

After the guests dispersed, Su Yang seriously discussed investment matters with Schwartz in detail, asking to invest in WHATSAPP, and to buy some Apple and Amazon stocks. Don't ask why, just do it.

Schwartz was skeptical, but ultimately decided to go with it, not dismissing him as a wayward upstart.

Early the next morning, the four of Su Yang left New York in a private plane and arrived in Los Angeles in the afternoon.

He called a celebration party again, and invited several Clippers teammates, and Schwartz also invited many stars. This time, he finally succeeded in inviting the beautiful woman Jessica Al Pakistan to dinner.

The celebration lasted until the early hours of the morning, and Su Yang didn't get up until noon, and then non-stop participated in the large-scale meeting held by the Clippers for him. There were as many as 5000 fans present, and all of them demanded to repeat the arrogant shouting of the night of the draft.

Su Yang satisfied the fans, and then went to attend a press conference for the media.

Since Dunleavy was fired, the Clippers have no general manager and head coach for the time being, and executive chairman Andy Russell is on vacation abroad. Su Yang simply chose to face a group of reporters alone. Fortunately, he responded decently throughout the process without any mistakes.

After finishing the press conference, Su Yang and Zheng Xiang drove back to Irvine, ready to pack up and move.

Schwartz suggested setting up a villa to live in. Whether you enjoy it or not is secondary. It is not to match the status of a superstar, but to facilitate the future invitation of partners and others to negotiate, without having to make appointments every time, saving time and effort.

There is no need to buy it, just rent it, and the contract will be signed for four years.

If you live with affection, it is a perfect strategy to buy it when you get a big contract.

Su Yang thought it made sense, and immediately searched online with Zheng Xiang, and finally settled on a small villa on the hillside of Hollywood Hills. The area is only about 300 square meters, but the swimming pool, basketball court and other supporting facilities are quite complete, and the view is also very good. .

The key is that the place is also very close to the Staples Arena, so there is no need to worry about traffic jams and food.

The two informed Schwartz of their intention, and Schwartz handed it over to the assistant, and it took only half a day to get it done.

On the 29th, they settled in smoothly, and they settled down to start the next stage.

Su Yang checked the to-do list and found that the meeting with Sterling had not yet been completed. Considering that there was only one day left before the start of the free market, he decided to formally negotiate with Sterling to stabilize the morale of the Clippers.

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NO.30 At noon, Su Yang drove to the Clippers training base.

When he came last time, he had the idea that he must compete for the top spot in his heart, and he was not in the mood to observe carefully.

After careful inspection this time, I found that the overall shape of the Clippers training base looks like a speedboat, and the exterior walls and various facilities are very new. It seems that it has not been in use for a long time, so I asked the staff in charge of the reception out of curiosity.

It turns out that the training hall was officially opened in 08. At that time, Sterling bought the land for less than 500 million US dollars, and it took three years to complete the construction. Now, the housing prices in this place have skyrocketed, and the value of the training hall has increased by dozens times.

The reason for the sharp rise in housing prices is that it is very close to the beautiful beach, which is often visited by a large number of tourists. In addition, it is less than two miles from Los Angeles International Airport and only a short distance from the Staples Arena in the city center. It is four miles away, and you can also take the nearest highway to go to various places in California and even the United States. It can be described as a golden location among gold.

Su Yang felt emotional when he heard the words, Sterling is indeed a real estate businessman, and his vision is indeed accurate.

The staff took him upstairs and soon came to an office door.

Su Yang raised his hand lightly, and immediately heard a thick "come in", the speaker seemed to weigh five hundred catties.

He pushed the door open and saw Sterling sitting on a special chair with a big belly and a swollen face, but the pair of eyes under the big backed head were particularly bright, not like a 75-year-old old man at all, but more like a young man full of fighting spirit people.

"Welcome! My God of Wealth!" Sterling stood up and raised his hand. "I'm right!"

Su Yang was slightly shocked. Sterling's first words were greetings in Chinese, and the pronunciation was quite standard.He immediately stepped forward and reached out to hold it lightly, but he didn't expect Sterling to be particularly strong, as if it was done on purpose.

Su Yang decisively increased his grip, and the corner of Sterling's mouth twitched suddenly, and he let go of it with a smile and avoided it.

"Do you know how much I paid for choosing you with the first overall pick?" Sterling sat down slowly, and questioned him at the first sentence, his tone was quite serious, and his expression was even more distressed. will go bankrupt.

Su Yang has a little understanding of this kind of PUA routine, and it's nothing more than trying to make himself feel guilty.

"You didn't pay any price, you made a lot of money, and I will bring you tens of thousands of times."

"Oh? Really?" Sterling raised his eyebrows suddenly. "Young people nowadays are indeed more confident than we were back then. When Jerebas and I decided to engage in real estate, we didn't dare to expect tens of thousands of times the income."

"The times have changed, so the way of thinking has to be changed, otherwise we will be eliminated." Su Yang also sat down and raised his legs. He didn't consider himself a player at all, and he didn't regard Sterling as his boss. question.

Seeing this, Sterling's eyes narrowed, and he picked up the snow, but he didn't put it to his mouth.

"You make me more and more interested. There are rumors that you are not a person who likes to obey orders. You often have your own ideas. Many people say that you will be the second LeBron James. How old are you now? ?”

Su Yang avoided asking questions: "Age is not the key, just like you are 75 years old, but you are still struggling on the front line. It doesn't matter whether I am the second LeBron James, what is important is that I will help the Clippers, from belly to belly. into a giant shark."

"Oh?" Sterling put down his cigar and sat up straight, folded his hands on his chest, and stared straight at Su Yang. "Then let's talk about your plan specifically. Anyway, I think the competition in the West will be particularly strong, and it will be even more difficult to rush out."

"First of all, we need to build a professional management team to solve various things..."

Sterling interrupted Su Yang: "Are you saying that our current management team is unprofessional? It seems that it is indeed unprofessional. They didn't even choose you. Maybe they were afraid that you would embarrass them. After all, you have so many ideas. Go ahead. .”

Su Yang also cared, and continued calmly: "If you want to build a professional management team, you must find a very experienced general manager, but they often have no shortage of jobs, and they pay more attention to what value they can create, and they need to be greatly respected. , and the things you have done in the past will automatically keep them away from the Clippers."

Sterling narrowed his eyes until there was only a slit: "So, what is your suggestion?"

"I suggest that you step back from the background and never interfere with any management matters."

Sterling chuckled: "Then do you have a general manager candidate you want to recommend?"

"Of course there are, like Jerry West, and Sam Hinkie, in terms of team building..."

Sterling interrupted Su Yang again: "So you really have a plan, you didn't just talk about it."

Su Yang nodded: "Of course, I still have proposals for free agents, for example..."

"Get out!" Sterling slapped the table and roared.

Su Yang got up and left.

(End of this chapter)