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Chapter 654 The Lakers Got It (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Jerry Buss has a bit of a headache recently, because his beloved Lakers are being targeted by Phantom Entertainment, which is now flourishing in North America!

Joan Bass is the wife of Jerry Buss. Although Jerry Buss has been a romantic life, his legal wife is only Joan Bass. They were together when they went to college. At that time, Jeri Buss studied Chemistry major, Joan Bass, who was still called Joann Miller at that time, studied nursing.

The two fell in love at first sight and got married.

Later, Joan Bass was called the mother of the Lakers!
It can be seen that Joan Bass is also full of affection for the Lakers and has made contributions.

Joan Bass looked at Jerry Buss who was frowning, and sat next to him to comfort him: "The Lakers belong to our Bass family. If you don't want to sell it, don't sell it. Just reject old Johnson!"

Jeri Buss smiled wryly, and said, "It's not so easy. Phantom Entertainment is determined to buy the Lakers this time. It's not easy to reject them."

Jerry Buss and Johnson Sr. can be regarded as old friends. The relationship between the two has always been good on weekdays, but when it comes to business, the friendship between them seems a bit fragile.

Especially after the old Johnson has officially notified Jerry Buss that if Jerry Buss still disagrees with the sale of the Lakers, then the following will not be a simple conversation between the two.

Although the old Johnson didn't say what he meant, but Jerry Buss knew that if he still didn't sell the Lakers, the next step would be Phantom Entertainment's suppression of his career!

"What if we bring in other investments?" Jo Ambas suggested.

The current Lakers have no other shareholders, unlike the fact that Jerry Buss sold a small part of the shares to people around him in later generations.

Jerry Bass said: "It is possible to introduce external capital, but I am afraid that it will lead the wolf into the house!"

Jerry Bass clearly knows that sports projects in North America are not a high-return investment. If he introduces external funds by himself, what if the other party's equity is finally bought by Phantom Entertainment?
It's not impossible for this kind of thing to happen. Now Phantom Entertainment has made it clear that they must get the Lakers. The price quoted is very exciting even for themselves, let alone those investment institutions that only recognize money but not people!
Joan Bass showed a helpless expression: "Is there no other way for us?"

Jerry Buss said: "There are two paths before us now. One is to resolutely not sell the Lakers. Then our other businesses will definitely be affected."

"The other way is to sell the Lakers. Not only will our other businesses not be affected, but we can also get in touch with Phantom Entertainment."

Such a multiple-choice question, if it is for other people, is actually a bonus question, but it is an extremely difficult multiple-choice question for Jerry Buss, because he really does not want to sell the Lakers.

At this time, Johnny Buss, the eldest son of Jerry Buss, walked in and said, "I just got the news that our company's land in the suburbs was robbed by Phantom Entertainment!"

"At the same time, the stock of our family company has also been attacked!"

Johnny Buss is actually Jerry Buss' favorite successor, but this man's ambition is not to manage the team, but in music. This is also related to the fact that he studied music when he was in college.

Jerry Buss smiled wryly at Joan Buss and said, "You see, the opponent has already made a move!"

Johnny Bass said calmly: "Daddy, the Lakers must take action when things have developed to this point. We can't let our family company have problems because of a Lakers team!"

Jeri Buss waved his hand and said, "I know all about this, but seeing the Lakers in my hands and developing to the present stage, I can't bear to let me sell him now!"

Johnny Buss didn't want his father to have such deep feelings for the Lakers, and said: "Daddy, you once told me that in business, one's feelings can be put aside, and now there is a It is a very important opportunity for us, if we can sell the Lakers, it will also be a great boost to our family's real estate business!"

Jerebus looked at his eldest son and asked, "What help?"

Johnny Bass said: "I got the news that Phantom Entertainment is preparing to build their studio and the theme park belonging to Phantom. This is a very huge project. If we can get these two projects, our family's The company can definitely improve to a higher level!"

Jerry Bass was originally a smart person, but he had been blinded by his feelings for the Lakers before, so he didn't think of all this, but now his eldest son reminded him and immediately understood the key point, but he also has his own concerns.

"Old Johnson must have attached great importance to these two projects, and according to the relationship between Old Johnson and the Phantom, these two projects are likely to be acquired by them!"

Johnny Bass smiled and said: "Friendship is friendship, business is business, and we don't necessarily have to get all the projects, as long as we get half of them, as long as the Lakers are traded, I am confident that we can help the company get to this deal!"

Jerry Buss sat in his seat and remained silent for a long time. The Lakers were like his seventh child, but now they wanted to sell the child.

In any case, emotionally, he is unacceptable.

But Jerry Buss is a successful businessman after all, knowing that sometimes feelings are not allowed to appear.

In the end, Jeribas let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you!"

Only then did Johnny Buss smile, and said, "Daddy, there is not only one Lakers team in Los Angeles. If you really like basketball, you can try to acquire the Clippers, and you can still fulfill your basketball dream by then." .”

Jeri Buss didn't say anything, but just waved them out. For him, the Lakers and the Clippers are different!

Old Bass made a decision, and Wu Jianye got the news soon.

"You mean, Old Buss agreed to sell the Lakers, but he hopes to get the two projects of the studio and the Phantom Studios that Phantom Entertainment is preparing?"

In an elegant coffee shop, Wu Jianye sat with Johnson.

Johnson nodded and said, "Yes, Johnny Bass has already met me!"

Johnson actually didn't want Wu Jianye to agree to this proposal. After all, his family also has a real estate company in Los Angeles. If possible, their family also hopes to get these two projects.

Wu Jianye thought for a while, and said: "I agree with Johnny Buss's suggestion, but we can't give them all. How about this, your family and theirs will jointly undertake these two projects, and at the same time tell Johnny Buss the purchase price of the Lakers. Down to $8000 million!"

The original purchase price of the Lakers was 1 million U.S. dollars, but now that the Bass family wants to get those two projects, it is natural to lower the purchase price!

And in doing so, the Johnson family will not say much.

Sure enough, after hearing Wu Jianye's suggestion, Johnson immediately smiled and said, "This should be no problem!"

After the discussion between the two ended, the subsequent things were much simpler, when Buss Sr. agreed to sell the Lakers.

Phantom Entertainment immediately submitted an application to the NBA to acquire the Lakers.

If you want to acquire a team in the NBA, you not only need both parties to agree to the deal, but you also need the approval of the NBA.

David Stern took over as the NBA president in 1984. Since David Stern became the NBA president, he has been committed to promoting the influence of the NBA. Now that Phantom Entertainment wants to acquire the Lakers, it immediately aroused He attached great importance to it, and even gave a reply the second day after the application was submitted, agreeing to the acquisition!

The influence of Phantom Entertainment and the Bass family is not at the same level.

Now that Phantom Entertainment wants to acquire the Lakers, it's like handing David Stern a pillow as soon as he fell asleep.

Immediately afterwards, Phantom Entertainment and the Lakers signed a formal sales contract!

When entering May, one of the most famous teams in NBA history, the Lakers changed to a new owner!
However, Phantom Entertainment's attempt to take over the Lakers was not all smooth sailing. After the fans found out about this, they immediately launched a protest!

Especially this season, the Lakers also took the No. [-] position in the regular season. In the past, NBA teams changed owners, mostly because of the team's poor record. It's the first time to change the boss!
"We want Jerry Buss!"

This is the slogan they put up, which shows how much they agree with Jeri Buss, the president.

However, when Manchester United was acquired before, I have already said that under the circumstances of this kind of capital operation, the actions of the fans are actually the most insignificant and the least effective!

The top executives of the Lakers team were also in panic at this time. No one thought that they would suddenly change their boss when they woke up!
Wu Jianye wanted an identity with Linda at this time, which was the position of president of basketball operations of the Lakers.

So early this morning, Wu Jianye came to the home court of the Lakers.

The Lakers did not have a game today. Yesterday they and the Mosaic team had reached the third game of the first round of the playoffs. The Lakers, who led the Mosaic team 2:0 before, lost to the Mosaic team in an upset. Play Game [-] of this series tomorrow against the Mosaics.

At this time, the first round of the NBA playoffs is not a seven-game four-win system, but a five-game three-win system, which means that the Lakers can enter the Western Conference semifinals as long as they win one more game!

But now the Lakers have suddenly changed their owners, and many media speculate that this will inevitably affect the Lakers' next games.

When Wu Jianye came to the home court of the Lakers, he saw the management of the Lakers. In the past, the position of the president of basketball operations of the Lakers was held by Jerry Buss, but now Jerry Buss is not the Lakers. The boss, naturally stepped down from the position of president of basketball operations.

Wu Jianye is now the new President of Basketball Operations of the Lakers!

To be honest, buying the Lakers now is not very useful for Wu Jianye. What he wants more is the Lakers after 96. But now it is cheap, so he bought it. He wants to buy the Lakers in the future. The team will be in more trouble.

In addition to the president of basketball operations, there is the general manager of the Lakers, Jerry West, who is also one of the greatest stars in the history of the Lakers!

In 96, it was Jerry West who snatched Shaquille O'Neal for the Lakers from the Magic. At the same time, he traded the famous center Divac in the league at the time for the No. 13 rookie Kobe Bryant!

When the management of the Lakers saw Wu Jianye, their hearts were even more agitated.

They are no strangers to Wu Jianye, but before that, Wu Jianye was just a director. Can he understand basketball?

This is the voice of many people.

Wu Jianye didn't care about their thoughts, and said with a smile: "I know that everyone has countless questions in their hearts, but whether the Phantom is suitable for the Lakers needs to be explained by the record. At the same time, I am here to announce two more questions. thing."

"The first thing is that the company decided to build a modern arena for the Lakers that can accommodate 20000 people!"

Everyone knows that after the Phantom acquires the Lakers, there will definitely be actions, maybe buying players, maybe selling players, or changing the head coach, or even the entire management team, but unexpectedly The team built a new arena!
Only then did they realize that Phantom Entertainment is one of the hottest production companies in Hollywood today!

Very wealthy!

Later, Wu Jianye announced another decision, which was about the appointment of management.

"Mr. West, after the company's discussion, it has been decided to appoint you as the vice president and general manager of the Lakers basketball operations department!"

Jerry West's management of the club has been certified by later generations. Wu Jianye doesn't mind letting Jerry West serve as the vice president of basketball operations for the Lakers a few years in advance.

Moreover, although Wu Jianye is the president of the basketball operations of the Lakers, he actually doesn't have much time to stay here. Wu Jianye still plans to hand over all the affairs of the club to Jerry West.

Jerry West was obviously taken aback. He didn't expect that the new boss would entrust him with a heavy responsibility as a veteran of the old Bath era. In fact, he was already planning to pack up and leave!

"Mr. West, what's your opinion?" Wu Jianye woke up Jerry West who was still a little confused at this time.

Jerry West woke up and quickly agreed: "Of course I have no objection!"

Wu Jianye laughed: "It's fine if you don't have an opinion. From now on, the Lakers will ask Mr. West!"

Then Wu Jianye appeased the management of the Lakers, it was nothing more than a cliché of what it was before and what it is now.

Then Wu Jianye, under the leadership of Jerry West, went to the training hall below to watch the players' training!

　Sorry for getting up late~~
　　
　
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