After getting half of the team's shares, Lin Yu called Stern that night.
"Lin, I was just looking for you. Thank you for everything you did for me."
"To be precise, you did all this for all of us in the NBA. You saved most of them."
After the call was connected, Stern thanked Lin Yu profusely, leaving Lin Yu confused.
He thought that it was probably because China TV's live broadcast had made progress that Stern was so grateful to him.
"It's easy to say, I LOVE THIS GAME!" Lin Yu laughed and shouted out the alliance's signature slogan.
Stern was even more moved. Look at Lin Yu's realization. He really loves basketball and the NBA.
"By the way, Mr. Stern, I have something to ask you for help."
"Don't call me sir, it's too foreign. Just call me David. Just say anything, as long as it's something within this league, I think I can help you." Stern said boldly.
In this league, he is the king who covers the sky with one hand. Although he is only a wage earner in name, he is a wage earner with great energy.
"I bought another 20% of the Wizards' equity. This has just happened, so it hasn't been reported to the league yet."
"What? Doesn't that mean you already hold 50% of the equity in the Wizards?"
"Do you want to get the management rights of the Wizards and become the real talker of the Wizards?"
How could a man like Stern not guess what Lin Yu was thinking.
Lin Yu nodded and said: "Yes, I do have such an idea. Paulin and I have different ideas. Many things are prone to conflicts. If the Wizards want to achieve better development, I think it is more appropriate for me to be the person in charge. .”
"I agree, this guy Pauline is indeed a bit stingy."
"What do you want to do? I will cooperate with you fully." Stern didn't understand what Lin Yu's plan was for a while.
After Lin Yu finished talking about gold, Stern burst into laughter.
"Wonderful idea, but asking you to be a genius alone seems too specific to Paulin."
"Let's do this. I will make an announcement tomorrow and find a reason for each team to be officially invested by the league with one dollar in stock. Pauline can't find any fault. What do you think?"
Lin Yu clapped his hands and applauded. Sure enough, it had to be an old fox like Stern. His approach was impeccable.
Each team is offered a one-dollar stake, and it is impossible for any team to refuse, because they do not have the weird 50-50 equity situation that the Wizards currently have. One dollar of equity cannot influence the team's decision-making at all.
Even if Paulin realizes that this is a trap, he can't help but jump. The other 28 teams have agreed. Are you, Paulin, special?
"Lin, this matter is not actually helping you. I think the Wizards are more suitable in your hands."
"This is a good thing for the development of the NBA."
"If you need me to do other things in the future, just ask me and don't be polite."
Stern is telling the truth. The Washington Wizards, in the hands of Paulin, have been losing money almost every year in the past ten years. However, after Lin Yu coached the Wizards last season, he made a little money.
This season, judging from the current momentum, the Wizards should be able to make a lot of money. If they can win the championship, I am afraid that their profitability will be at least among the top five in the league.
Stern focuses on the overall situation. He doesn't care who is the owner of the team, he only cares about whether the owner can bring benefits to the league.
Early the next morning, Stern began calling the owners of each team one by one to inform them that the league officials were prepared to invest one dollar in stock.
Although this matter seems strange, the teams have no reason to refuse.
Stern's last call was to Paulin. Paulin didn't sleep all night last night. He had already learned that Lin Yu had acquired another 20% of the shares.
Now he has a strong sense of crisis in his heart, and he always feels that things are developing in a bad direction.
When he received a call from Stern, he realized his fears had come true.
"David, we are old friends who have known each other for decades. We have known each other since you worked as O'Brien's assistant."
"What is the purpose of your one-dollar investment?" Paulin asked coldly.
"For what? Of course it's for Lin Yu."
"Abi, you also said that we have been old friends for decades. As an old friend, I tell you that Lin Yu is definitely someone you can't afford to offend!"
"If you offend him, you offend me and the owners of the other 28 teams in the league. Do you understand what I mean?" Stern's tone was full of threats and intimidation.
Paulin was confused. Do you understand what you mean? How could provoking him, Lin Yu, be equivalent to provoking the owners of the other 28 teams? Is this human talk?
"I don't understand. Lin Yu is your illegitimate son?" Paulin started to lose control and yelled at Stern.
"I don't have that honor. If you don't understand, I'll tell you."
"Lin can help all of us make money and make more money. If you still don't understand, I advise you to sell all the other equity in your hands to Lin Yu."
Stern said and hung up the phone.
Stern has his own reasons for attaching so much importance to Lin Yu. Among other things, he just finalized a live broadcast between the Wizards and the Bulls. After Stern made a few phone calls, the league's small treasury obtained Millions of dollars in income.
In the past ten years or so, Pauline has not earned a penny for the league. Instead, Stern has to use money to subsidize him every year.
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At first, the bosses of the league's teams didn't understand Stern's intention to invest one dollar in the shares. Only after the league officially released that Lin Yu had acquired 20% of the Wizards' equity did they truly understand that Stern was doing something for Lin Yu. Wedding dress.
This is equivalent to saying that the Washington Wizards have completely changed. The team's last name has changed from Pauline to Lin!
Lin Yu received many calls from acquaintances to congratulate him that day. Lin Yu's more than half a year has not been in vain. He has many enemies and many friends.
In the evening, Lin Yu specially treated Unseld to a meal.
"So what will we call you from now on? Boss?" Unseld smiled.
"It's not impossible to call the boss, because I'm going to give you a salary increase."
"How about $2.5 million a year?"
Lin Yu laughed and said that he always felt that Unseld's salary did not match his abilities. The first thing to do after taking over was to increase his salary.
"Cheers! To my generous new boss!"
Unseld had never received such a high annual salary in his life, and he was so happy that he couldn't smile from ear to ear.
…
In addition to increasing Unseld's salary, Lin Yu re-signed Irving's contract, this time giving him a five-year, $5 million contract.
Then he re-signed Ben's contract, but Ben's contract was special. Lin Yu only signed it for one year, giving Ben 3.2 million a year, which was all the Wizards' salary space.
When the labor salary agreement is re-signed next year, Ben will definitely get the maximum salary. Lin Yu's signing of a long-term contract for him is tantamount to harming Ben.
Lin Yu, who had just taken power, threw away money three times in a row, which made old Paulin feel so distressed that he vomited blood.
"What do you mean? Because you don't pay dividends, you deliberately spent so much money so that I have no money to earn?" Old Paulin rushed to Lin Yu's office and asked loudly.
Lin Yu picked his ears and glanced at old Paulin disdainfully, "Why do you only look at money?"
"And who told you that I won't get any dividends? The one who doesn't get any dividends is the small boss Lin Yu. What does it have to do with my big boss Lin Yu? Why shouldn't I get any dividends?"
"I have the right to operate and manage the team. I can spend money on whoever I like. Can you control it?"
"If we are really not convinced, we can call Stern over to hold a shareholders' meeting and vote on it?"
Lin Yu crossed his legs and said to Paulin with a playful smile.
The main reason why he opened so many contracts is that he can only get 50% of the dividends, and the other half belongs to Pauline. This means that Lin Yu only needs to spend 1.6 million US dollars to provide 3.2 million to the boss. Contracts.
Of course Lin Yu didn't feel bad, but he was so energetic...
If it weren't for the team's lack of salary space, Lin Yu would even consider giving Ben a 7-year, $100 million contract. Anyway, he might be able to sell his equity in the Wizards in a few years.
Paulin's face turned green, he was holding his chest and breathing rapidly. Lin Yu hurriedly asked Unseld to send Paulin back. Don't let the old man die of anger in his office.
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In the next half month of the schedule, the Wizards went smoothly and remained undefeated, extending their winning streak to 15 consecutive victories.
This has already broken the Wizards' record.
But no one expressed surprise, because everyone knew that the Wizards' embarrassing record would have to be broken by Lin Yu sooner or later.
The Wizards have now become a towering tree. Many fans even believe that this Wizards has the potential to break the Bulls' record of 72 wins in a single season.
Nash and Xiao Ou, who were not very optimistic at first, were regarded as the failures of Lin Yu's trading operations, because the performance of these two people was indeed not strong enough.
However, in the past half month, the growth of these two people has been clearly felt.
Fortunately for Nash, he is a point guard. Even if he grows up, he is not as intuitive as an inside player like Xiao Ou.
When Ou first came to the Wizards, he couldn't do anything well. He couldn't defend the basket. He could only defend the weak fourth position. When he met a slightly stronger power forward, he couldn't defend him at all. live.
And now Xiao'ao's defense is already impressive. During the usual team training games, he can even give Weber a small threat.
In addition, under the guidance of Lin Yu, the offensive end gradually began to use back-up play and step-back as its main offensive method, and the offensive end also gradually stabilized.
His rebounding strength has also improved rapidly.
Even Lin Yu was a little surprised. He originally thought that it would take at least two months for Xiao Ao to gradually enter the peak period with the blessing of the "Golden Five". Now it seems that this time will be shortened, maybe one month will be enough. .
December 24th, that night is the Christmas War, and the Washington Wizards are honored to be the protagonist of this year's Christmas War.
The opponent is naturally the Chicago Bulls.
The season is less than halfway through, and this is the third time the Wizards have faced the Bulls.
