American winner takes all

Chapter 409 Private Meeting
“Tommy Maddox’s pass was like a punch!”

"Look at the reaction of the members of the San Francisco Devils off the court. They raised their necks and opened their mouths slightly, as if it was the end of the world. The score gap gradually widened. Tell me Jerry, do you think the reaction of these players is the same as last night? 'Miss Katie' looks like?"

"You are not allowed to bring my wife into this! She is not in Los Angeles. The girl I was with last night was a strange girl who claimed to be one of the 'song girls' at the University of Southern California."

"Keep talking."

"Don't think about those things. It was just an unexpected encounter. I just helped her pay for the drink, and then went back to the hotel to sleep. It was just me."

Ethan heard the exchange between the two commentators on the TV. Today's two on-site analysts, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, are two of the most popular in the WWF. The latter is also a wrestler, nicknamed "King". They were directly criticized by Mike. Mahone was at the XFL game.

"Okay, let's turn our attention back to the football game. This is the main business of today!"

"Like I said, I don't know anything about football, let's talk about the San Francisco Devils cheerleaders on the sidelines..."

Just by listening to the exchange between the two, you can tell how "entertaining" their commentary is, and they want to talk about everything except the game.

In fact, there were two live broadcasts of the XFL finals. Ethan watched the WWF pay channel, which had more cheerleaders and the audience was the old WWF viewers. There is also a live broadcast on the public channel NBC, where there are professional commentators.

Although the two WWFs made frequent witticisms, made jokes, laughed and cursed, Ethan still felt a little bored. If the NFL is used as a reference, the technical and tactical level of the XFL is more than an era behind.

"Why not pass it to the tight end?" Ethan said boredly, holding his chin with one hand.

With just a little use of his mind's deduction skills, Ethan was able to find five ways to easily break through the Los Angeles Extreme team's defense.

"Ethan, if he can be as good as you, then something is really wrong." Gisele Bundchen laughed. At this moment, her body was curled up, her feet were on the sofa, her legs were folded, and her hands were hugging her knees. Only a thin girl could easily achieve this posture.

"You are right. The NFL has decades of history and has brought together the best football players in the United States. Any league that wants to compete with the NFL in terms of game quality is a fool's errand." Ethan said a simple truth. .

McMahon is indeed very good at organizing things and has great ideas, but so what?

In competitive events, food is the original sin. It can be considered that the XFL has been a complete failure from the beginning.

"I hope McMahon understands this, otherwise the cooperation tonight will not be so easy to achieve." Ethan tried to say.

"You want to cooperate with him?" Giselle looked at Ethan at this time.

"Yes, men's rugby has been completely monopolized by the NFL. We can only find another way out and choose women's rugby. Since we have to use the element of exposure as a selling point, we have to do it more thoroughly. I even thought of a name, so it's called Lingerie Football League (LFL), McMahon should shut down the XFL, invest resources in the LFL instead, and abandon public television. If you go this route, don't even think about being broadcast on public television. "Ethan has even thought of a name.

The legendary football player Mike Ditka in his previous life drew inspiration from the live webcast performance during the Super Bowl halftime in the 2000-2001 season and founded the LFL. With his qualifications, experience and connections, it is not difficult to create a small league. , In fact, this is indeed the case. When it was first established, there were many coaches in the league who had experience working in the NFL, and most of the female players had also been or were currently engaged in women's rugby.

The problem is that Mike Ditka is indeed a good coach and player, but he is not a qualified businessman. He knows how to improve the quality of the game, but he does not know how to attract more viewers. After the novelty of the game wore off, most of the audience stopped paying attention to subsequent games, and the glamorous game scenes forced them to meet the audience through recordings and broadcasts on local TV stations late at night.

Then, under the pressure of public opinion led by high-quality turtle and canine creatures such as "Le Zhongke, MMR", the entire league had no sponsors at all. In order to make a living, the female players were once reduced to selling sex, and selling signed nude photos to survive The team operates.

So LFL disappeared after just a few years, leaving no trace. However, the LFL is still better than the XFL, and it has been running for at least a few years.

Either of these two projects is a complete failure, but if the two are combined to make up for each other, they may not be able to come back to life.

"It sounds like... I'd better not make any comments." Giselle shook her head.

"You are not the target audience, so of course you will not be interested." Ethan said.

At this time, the game on TV was coming to an end, and Los Angeles Extreme had already taken a big lead, becoming the winner of the first and only "Million Dollar Game".

Just like the NFL has a Super Bowl, the XFL also has to have a corresponding independent plan for the finals. It can be easily seen from the name that the winning team will receive a million-dollar bonus. A million-dollar prize is a rarity these days.

At this time, Ethan also started to call the USC Auxiliary Services Department (Auxiliary Services Department), but it was still a holiday and the relevant person in charge was not in the office at all. There were only a few clerks on duty. Ethan finally went through a lot of troubles. Only then did I get the personal number of the head of the Auxiliary Services Department.

"I'm Dan Stimler, who are you?" a man asked on the other end of the phone.

"Ethan, Ethan O'Connor!"

"Shit! Wait a minute!"

Ethan vaguely heard the sound of him driving the others away, followed by the sound of high heels leaving.

"Are you still there?"

"Of course, Dear Mr. O'Connor, please allow me to ask a question. I wonder for what purpose you called me? In any case, since the lease contract has been signed, there is no room for bargaining."

"Of course, that's not why I called you. In fact, I noticed that the XFL also rented Memorial Stadium?"

“Of course, the stadium is jointly owned by the California Agricultural Society of Region VI, the County of Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles, and is managed and operated by the USC Auxiliary Services Department. We have the right to rent it to any user as long as it is outside the time specified in the contract. Even the crew that filmed P**N.”

"Of course, this is what you should do. Also, I have a friend who is curious, what is the name of that movie?"

"Gangbang Girl #32!" Dan Stimler replied almost without thinking.

"Okay. Dan Stimler, right? Dan, I think you should have McMahon's contact information. He is in Los Angeles now. Can you take me to contact him? Or give me his contact information."

"Mission: Impossible?" Dan Stimler said suddenly.

"what?"

"As the NFL's emissary, you are preparing to negotiate privately with competitors on behalf of the NFL, just like the merger of the NFL and the AFL! Do you play the role of Lamar Hunt in it?" Dan Stimler fell into speculation.

"The truth is not what you think, but one thing is that the meeting between McMahon and I must be kept secret." Ethan said again and again.

That's why he tried to establish a relationship with McMahon through Auxiliary Services rather than other channels.

As a part-owner of an NFL team, he went to meet with his direct competitors. If such a thing spread, it would be tantamount to betrayal.

"Let me just say, there must be something unusual about you finding him through me." Dan continued on the phone.

"Didn't your boss teach you a sentence: do what you should do and never ask what you shouldn't know?" "Sorry, I don't have a boss. In the school, I am the vice president of auxiliary services. The president is Principal Steve. Vin B. Sample, but he never gets into specifics. I am responsible for ancillary services including housing and dining for 35000 students and nearly 5000 faculty and staff. Externally, I am the chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium. Leading USC's bookstore chain, managing, operating and maintaining various commercial facilities within the main school district, as well as campus buses." Dan lit a cigarette on the other end of the phone.

It sounds like the Auxiliary Services Department is not very impressive, but it handles part of USC's revenue. In fact, it is a high-level core department and one of the top jobs in the school.

"Still on the school board?" Ethan learned to answer.

"Of course. My wife and I each have one vote. She is the principal's daughter."

"Are you interested in the party tonight?" Ethan realized that Dan was much more important to USC than he thought.

"Do you need to bring your family members with you?" He did not refuse.

"McMahon's daughter is still here, so it's best to bring a female companion."

"No problem. I'd better call him now so he can leave Los Angeles today."

Ethan put down his phone and looked at Gisele Bundchen beside him.

"Would you be interested in joining me at the party tonight?" Ethan asked.

"If it's not something in my circle, I think it's best to let Kay go with you. She's a barrister and knows a lot more than me." The Kay in Giselle's mouth is Catherine's nickname in everyone's mouth. From a rational point of view, letting Catherine follow Ethan is the best choice.

"But we are not going to discuss business, we are just having a simple meal, and a few men will get to know each other. Compared to Catherine, McMahon's daughter and Dan's wife are certainly looking forward to you more." Ethan said.

After all, Gisele is a supermodel who collaborates with many big names, and her destructive power on women is not small at all.

"If you don't want to come, forget it." Ethan shook his head.

"Why are you so mean to me? I just don't want to delay your business." Giselle reached out and pinched Ethan's exposed skin.

The two quickly got together and hugged each other.

"I can't get enough of hugging you." Giselle's palms traveled on Ethan's back.

At night, Ethan talked about his evening arrangements with others, and then left the mansion with Giselle and got into the car. Both of them were dressed casually, loosely and comfortably.

Wearing corresponding clothing for any level of occasion is very particular in Western social culture. The most solemn full dress can only be worn a few times in a lifetime.

It can be seen from the clothes that this is just a simple encounter.

This time, Dan Stimler acted as the intermediary, and the meeting place was also separated from USC by a wall, in the center of Los Angeles.

Ethan's guess was absolutely correct. Dan's wife's eyes lit up when she saw top model Gisele Bundchen. She immediately came over and praised her for her perfect figure, her good skin, and that she admired Gisele. Sayre is no exaggeration.

But McMahon's daughter, Stephanie McMahon, doesn't like Gisele very much.

"Hang, you are too thin, I can blow you down with just one breath!" The dark brown-haired "WWE Princess" looked at Giselle, her eyes were like an eagle.

"This is a need for work. Just like you, you will fight with others for work." Gisele recalled the information about Stephanie in her mind. She actually didn't know this woman. She could feel it immediately when they met. Her shoulders are wider than the average girl.

"That's different, my dear. You are a tool, a tool with no thought and only appearance, and I am a character in the audience's mind, a person, with my own goals and goals. My own dislikes and preferences." When talking about her preferences, she specifically glanced at Ethan next to Giselle.

"Really? But it seems that I, the clothes hanger tool, am much more famous than your character." Giselle smiled slightly.

This time Stephanie seemed to have been stepped on. Just when she was about to retort, McMahon, who was wearing a shirt on the side, immediately stopped her.

"It's party time. Besides, what they said is right." When facing the fierce McMahon, he smiled in a completely different state than usual.

Just as Ethan was about to shake hands with him, McMahon turned his head and sat on the chair, completely ignoring Ethan throughout the process.

"The old guy doesn't like you. He always keeps saying, you are Martin McFly." Stephanie McMahon walked up to Ethan at this time, stood on tiptoes slightly, and said in Ethan's ear.

She didn't seem to mind being too close to Ethan.

"Who is that?"

"He doesn't even know this. You are indeed a person who came back from the future to the present." Stephanie raised the corners of her mouth.

Ethan remembered that the protagonist in "Back to the Future" was named Martin McFly.

"Many of the things that old man thought of were actually realized in advance by you. Not to mention, there are many special things that happened to you. Can a high school student write the script of Seven Deadly Sins? I am also a screenwriter, I know this It’s simply impossible!” Stephanie looked at Ethan closely.

"Speaking of which, you are so strong! I like tough guys like you." She licked the corner of her mouth with her tongue.

Ethan took a step back.

"I didn't write the script, I just told a story." Ethan clarified.

"Then what's going on with these muscles on your body? Is it testosterone? Or steroids?" Stephanie continued.

"At least it's much more real than the two lumps on your chest." Ethan looked at the huge E and shook his head.

"How do you know it's fake without touching it?" Stephanie pretended to hold Ethan's hand.

Gisele, who was exchanging cosmetics with Dan's wife at the side, saw this scene and her eyes nearly popped out.

Fortunately, someone came to the rescue for Ethan.

"I said Stephanie, don't scare today's guests. Ethan is not like Triple H or Kurt Angle. He won't accept your tricks." Dan, as the initiator of the party, said between the two at this moment.

"It's boring." Stephanie muttered and sat directly in her own seat.

(End of this chapter)