I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 103 The Chinese Are Like This (Fifth)
With a harvest of 22000 US dollars, Min Congda and the Clippers ended this road trip together and returned to Los Angeles.

The good news is that Apple stock has fallen a bit more recently, pulling back from $220 to $200 a share.

After Min Congda received the fine and bonus, he used all the US$20000 to buy Apple stocks and increased his position by 100 shares.

This is a major boost to Min Congda's net worth, which already owns 140 shares of Apple.

If these 140 shares stick to the historical high price of Apple shares, his value will reach 560 million US dollars!
This is what will happen 10 years later, and Min Congda is ready to hold shares for more than 10 years.

Because Min Congda still has to meet the bad news, that is, the tickets for the next Clippers game against the Warriors are sold out.

Min Congda just came back from Memphis by plane and just landed. Before he got home, Ada sent him a text message to report the news.

When Min Congda saw the news, he almost didn't draw it. How could the good tickets be sold out?

When the American economy is in a downturn, banks are bankrupt, and the subprime mortgage crisis is rampant, don't you people of Los Angeles work together to overcome the difficulties, watch TV at home and go to Staples to watch the game?
What's more, watching the Los Angeles Clippers is simply unreasonable.

It is understandable to watch the Lakers play. After all, the Lakers are strong and have Kobe.

So far this season, the attendance rate of the Lakers has been 100%, and the games are full.

If you want to buy a ticket, you may not be able to buy it, and even if you add money, you may not be able to grab it.

So the Lakers can make $150 million per game at the box office, twice that of other teams.

Clippers?Min Congda seriously suspects that those who watch the Clippers game are those fans who can't get the Lakers tickets and can only buy Clippers tickets to come to the scene to enjoy themselves.

"The fans in Los Angeles are really unprincipled. I have raised the fare, why are you still here? It's still full, 100% attendance! It's too late, so why not raise the fare?"

Back at the apartment, Min Congda was tossing and turning.

On the second day, he came to the team headquarters at the Staples Center early in the morning on a rare occasion, and held a regular meeting to solve the current problems and difficulties encountered by the team.

In Min Congda's view, the team is facing difficulties now.

After defeating the Grizzlies, the record has reached 7 wins and 5 losses, which is the same as the record of the Houston Rockets and tied for sixth place in the Western Conference.

Because of the high winning rate of playing with Western teams, it also overwhelmed the Rockets, ranking No.6, and opened a gap of one win with the No.8 Jazz.

This shit is very dangerous. If you enter the playoffs and win, you have to deduct money. Is this worth it?
A deduction of 3000 for a win would kill him.

Then, because of the improved record, the Clippers are now attracting the attention of fans.

More and more fans came to the stadium to watch the Clippers game, and the ratings were also rising.

This is extremely detrimental to the Clippers' bankruptcy plan.

Your team has a good record, good revenue, and went bankrupt.

The only thing that reassures Min Congda is that the $1000 million spent on the documentary was completely wiped out.

Jordan Peele and Michael Key have been messing around there lately.

They seem to be making another short film these two days, and they want to shoot it in the Clippers locker room.

I don't know what kind of stuff can be photographed, anyway, let them build it, and there will be no splashes.

After they finish making 1000 million US dollars this season, they will continue to make it next season.

Try to allocate 2000 million to them next season, which empties the Clippers' cash flow.

There is also the project of Staples opening a restaurant, which is imminent.

Rachelle said he had found a partner and put it in the hands of Ada.

Ada said that when Min Congda came back from his away trip, he would bring that partner to meet him.

The situation is very serious, and Min Congda feels the huge pressure on his shoulders.

When he walked into the office building of the Clippers headquarters, Min Congda frowned with a serious face.

Everyone was in a good mood, but when they saw Min Congda like this, they didn't dare to speak out.

Walking into the meeting room, Roser and other executives were already waiting for him.

There was a lot of noise in the conference room, but everyone is very happy about the team's current situation.

But as soon as Min Congda came in, he sat on the chair without saying a word, and everyone immediately fell silent.

There was another long silence, the same as when Min Congda broke into the draft office during the draft.

The suffocating atmosphere made everyone start to reflect on whether they were too complacent.

Yeah, the team's record has improved a bit, but how long has the season started?
Christmas hasn't passed yet, and New Year hasn't come yet.

Are there still few cases of driving high and going low in NBA history?

There are too many, such as Guo Jiang Zhiqing.

Let's just talk about the Clippers themselves. In the 2006 playoffs, they had the best record in history and broke into the Western Conference semifinals.

Then the 2006-2007 season just started, and the Clippers were like a rainbow. They started with a 6-2 score and once occupied the first place in the Western Conference.

Everyone thought that the Clippers would officially rank among the top teams in the Western Conference and be able to enter the playoffs all the year round, but they lost five games in a row.

Morale plummeted, and then Sam Cassell got injured and missed most of the season.

The Clippers quickly realized that they could not rely on a 36-year-old veteran to achieve the future of the team. Then Brand left, Maggette left, Mobley left, and the team worked hard on the lineup and plan for 6 years. at once.

Now, as the Clippers have just started, everyone is getting carried away, can this work?
"Smart's complexion is not very good. He must have noticed the signs of frivolity in the management. I will take it easy later and talk more about the shortcomings and less about the advantages."

Roser is very good at observing the situation. He didn't say anything about the team selling 3000 tickets in the middle of the night last time. This time he decided that it's better to report the bad news instead of the good news.

After 3 minutes of silence, Min Congda felt that the leek box that he ate for breakfast should have been digested. He pointed to Rosser and said, "Rosell, tell me briefly about the current situation of the team."

Rosser said: "The team's operation is relatively stable in general, and there is nothing particularly outstanding."

"Really, I heard that tomorrow's game against the Nuggets is sold out?"

"Yes, but there is actually a special reason why the tickets were sold out this time."

"Oh? What's the reason?"

"Because the Lakers went on an away trip recently, there are only Clippers games this week. Under normal circumstances, some Lakers fans will also buy Clippers tickets to watch Clippers games."

When Min Congda heard that there was another reason, he nodded repeatedly and said, "Well, very good, very good."

Rosser breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his guess was indeed correct, and it was right to report sorrows but not good news. In front of Mr. Smart, one should be low-key and humble.

Rosser looked down on Min Congda from the beginning, but now he admires Min Congda, and thinks everything is right.

In order to figure out Min Congda's thoughts, he even went to study Chinese culture.

I found that there are indeed low-key and non-show-off norms in Chinese culture, which are very different from Americans.

"No wonder, the Chinese are like this, low-key, humble, these are their virtues. I have to understand it well."

(End of this chapter)