stadium ambition

Chapter 97 Set sail
Su Yang never thought of convincing Sterling. The other party is an old white man who has billions of dollars in assets and has held power for many years. The key is that he is still full of energy, has many novel ideas, and is absolutely confident.

And in terms of Sterling's vision and experience, he is just a kid who doesn't know anything about team building.

The most important thing is that in the eyes of bosses like Sterling, the biggest value of championships is to increase ticket prices. If you want to make a lot of money, you have to cash it out reasonably. The process is very troublesome.

He just wants Sterling to understand that retreating behind the scenes can help the Clippers get more benefits.

Su Yang walked out of the office, met the surprised eyes of the assistants, and went straight downstairs to enter the stadium.

The team entered the offseason and there were no other players. He asked a staff member to help him pick up the ball and started shooting drills on his own, completely ignoring the quarrel just now.

The reason why he is so confident is that Sterling is a pure businessman who puts interests first in all his actions. Retreating behind the scenes will at most make his rich friends laugh for a while, but in turn, he will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in income.

You can also continue to wait, even if things go wrong in the end, you will get more support.

As he expected, about half an hour later, Sterling came downstairs to the stadium with a cigar hanging.

"Let's have lunch together, our team's restaurant is the best in the league!" Sterling said with a smile, not at all the anger he had when he got angry before, like a kind old man who wants to give the most meticulous care to his juniors.

Su Yang nodded in agreement, and the two walked into the restaurant without saying a word, picking up some buffet dishes.

"You kid is simply a white-eyed wolf!" Sterling sat down slowly. "If I hadn't intervened in the team's operations, would you have been selected with the first pick? Now you actually ask me to step back from the background. I've never seen a bastard like you."

Su Yang spread his hands: "That's because the previous management was too stupid. You just made a normal decision to avoid losses. It would be the same for any other boss. It doesn't mean that your previous operations were correct actions."

Sterling waved his hand: "Tell me how you want to make me get ten thousand times the benefits."

"Build an elite management team, spend a few more years to build a championship team, and at the same time improve the team culture, increase ticket prices and attendance..." Su Yang first outlined the content, and then prepared to subdivide it one by one, explaining what needs to be done in an all-round way .

Sterling interjected: "What did you major in college? How were your grades?"

"I studied business administration..."

"A professional shit that doesn't work." Sterling shook his head. "You talk about these empty theories, middle school students know it, other teams want to do it, but not every team can do it, why do you think?"

Su Yang asked back, "Why do you think it's empty?"

"Hey, it's very simple, how do you ensure that you can build a championship team?" Sterling looked disdainful. "Don't tell me that relying on elite management or recruiting big-name players, the Lakers didn't win the championship with so many stars in the past few years."

Su Yang chuckled: "I can really guarantee that, at least we can guarantee that we will select the rookie with the highest potential, or the most needed rookie, or miss some underestimated players, but I can't prove it to you now, it will take time .”

"Okay, even as you said, every position on the team is a rookie with great potential, but the salary space is only so big, how do you ensure that they are kept, and how do you ensure that each of them can grow sufficiently?"

Su Yang spread his hands again: "We don't need to keep them all, and we don't need to keep many of them. They want to get a big contract after helping the team. We applaud and give the most sincere blessings."

Sterling showed doubts, and Su Yang continued: "We can choose new players or trade other players who are underestimated. Do you understand what I mean? As long as the absolute core is stable, the salary cap is not the biggest problem."

This principle is the same as capitalists like to recruit fresh graduates to work. The contract is signed for three years at once, and the probation period is set to half a year. After that, the fresh graduates are not fired, but the salary will never be raised, which invisibly prompts the fresh graduates to leave by themselves.

Of course, if some of them are particularly outstanding, they can also stay with a raise.

Sterling's eyes lit up immediately: "Your brat is more ruthless than me, and business administration is not in vain."

"So think about it carefully. These tedious and necessary tasks require an elite management team to complete, and the prerequisite for recruiting them is that you promise not to mess around again. I'm serious." After finishing speaking, Su Yang looked directly at Site Forest.

Sterling also looked directly at Su Yang, the two remained silent, and the atmosphere in the restaurant became a little weird.

Seeing the strange behavior of the two, the chef stopped cutting the steak, as if he was afraid of making noise.

"What if I don't agree? I am the boss, I have the final say, you are just a player."

"Then I will not sign with the Clippers, I will return to China to play in the CBA, or wait for the league's ruling."

"You are too naive, will those bosses support you or support me? They are all my friends."

"Not all of them, like Michael Jordan, and president David Stern."

"Do you threaten me?"

"I'm helping you earn tens of thousands of times."

Sterling was silent again, Su Yang also stopped talking, and the two looked at each other for a long time.

"You don't look like a young man. You have an ancient demon living in you."

"Even if it's a demon, it's the kind that helps you make money. Don't worry about it."

"What benefits do you get?"

"I want to be as famous as Michael Jordan."

"Okay! Since you said that, I'm willing to think about it." Sterling nodded slowly: "But remember, even if I agree in the end, it's not because of your threat, but because of my business plan, don't Talk nonsense."

"That's natural." Su Yang knew very well that Sterling's resignation was actually a promise.

After discussing the most important topic, the two began to chat normally.

In order to make Sterling happy, Su Yang specifically mentioned the investment and construction of the Clippers training base.

Sterling exclaimed on the spot how wise it was at the beginning, and at the end he said that an important factor in building by the sea is to be able to easily see beauties in bikinis, perfectly showing what an old woman is.

After talking about the training base, Sterling asked those general managers who met elite standards.Su Yang again recommended Jerry West, Sam Hinkie, and Masai Ujiri and others, emphasizing that anyone can be invited.

Then they talked about the candidate for the head coach. Su Yang decisively suggested that the young coach Stevens may be too young to convince the public, but he can definitely serve as an assistant coach in charge of designing tactics. The head coach can choose someone who is good at overall planning.

At the end of the lunch, Su Yang stayed at the base to shoot, making up for the amount of training left behind by consecutive gatherings.

When he was about to leave in the evening, Ginner quietly called him to the sidelines, took out his phone and opened Twitter.

Su Yang took a closer look, and it turned out that Sterling made a statement through the Clippers official account.

The general meaning of the statement is that the selection of Su Yang ushered in a historical opportunity to compete for the championship. After careful consideration, owner Sterling hopes to recruit more professional personnel to manage the team comprehensively and return the focus of his career to the real estate field.

The statement also pointed out that Su Yang put forward many pertinent suggestions during the meeting with Sterling. Sterling is willing to improve those aspects, and promises that the same problem will not recur in the future, and accepts the joint supervision of Clippers fans and people from all walks of life.

At the end of the statement, it was emphasized that the selection and recommendation of the general manager will be accepted from July.

"Look, there are a lot of people leaving messages and comments below." Hiner swiped the phone screen. "They praised you as the No.1 rookie in history, and you were able to solve the major problems of the Clippers for many years. The credit is greater than that of a rookie leading the team to win the championship."

"Come on together." Su Yang clenched his fists and decided not to mention the text message Sterling sent to him before. He only has two seasons. If he can't lead the Clippers to the Western Conference Finals, Sterling will intervene again.

Anyway, as expected, Sterling was not convinced, and in the end it was just a bet.

"We will definitely give [-]%." ​​Hiner is full of ambition. "By the way, the free market will start tomorrow. Do you have any suggestions? I can write it down first. When the new general manager is in place, I will take action immediately."

"You can also contact by yourself, who knows how long it will take for the new general manager to arrive?"

Su Yang took out his phone and opened his notepad: "You need to pay attention to these players. They are this year's undrafted pick Wesley Matthews, overseas player PJ Tucker, and free agent Matt Barnes..."

(End of this chapter)