The Wizards had another big win and shaved Pat Riley's head for two consecutive years.
Lin Yu didn't even bother to look at Pat Riley. He led the generals back to the locker room and took a plane back to Washington that night.
Early the next morning, Lin Yu rushed to the club excitedly, while Stern and Paulin waited for a long time.
First, he signed a loan agreement with Stern. The annual interest rate was 12%, which was not too little but not too much. Lin Yu borrowed 90 million U.S. dollars, and the interest for one year was almost 11 million.
Of course Stern is happy. Isn't this 11 million just picked up for nothing? There is no risk in lending money to Lin Yu.
After getting the money, Lin Yu added the 40 million U.S. dollars on hand to acquire all the remaining shares of Paulin for 130 million U.S. dollars.
After the equity transfer agreement was signed, Paulin's originally smiling face changed.
"Lin, you are the sole owner of the Wizards now. It's time for us to talk about the rental costs of the arena."
"You know, because the arena was my personal property before, there was no lease contract signed."
"Now the Wizards have nothing to do with me. Business is business, and the contracts that need to be signed still need to be signed."
There was nothing wrong with Paulin's words. Lin Yu nodded and smiled: "Mr. Paulin, of course we can sign the contract. At what price are you going to rent the arena to us?"
"How about ten million US dollars?" Paulin's face revealed a sinister smile that showed success.
"Ten million? How many years?"
"Of course it's one year. Of course, you can also sign for a few more years. I can give you a discount. How about 40 million for five years?"
Paulin killed Lin Yu because there is no other large arena in Washington, DC that can accommodate 20,000 fans.
The other two Washington local sports league teams he owns also play in this arena.
"Abi, don't go too far. Washington is not a place where land is at a premium. Ten million can rent a venue for at least five years."
Stern said with a frown.
Lin Yu smiled and stopped Stern who wanted to continue, "Mr. Paulin, I don't know where you got the confidence to quote such a price."
"I can tell you very clearly right now that I reject your offer."
"Don't forget, I haven't given you this year's team dividend yet. Don't you want it anymore?"
Pauline laughed, "That's my money. If you say you don't want to give it, why don't you give it to me? We can meet in court."
Lin Yu laughed directly, "If it doesn't go into your pocket, it doesn't count as your money. The season isn't over yet, so I'm going to make some noise. I'll contact rookies against the rules today, and I'll contact players from other teams against the rules tomorrow. The league fined the team tens of millions, and I accept the fine."
"I would rather cheapen the alliance than you. No, you even have to pay. After all, you have to bear half of the losses."
Stern and Paulin were both stunned. What kind of play was this? perish together? You are trying to lose money yourself, but you also want to drag the other party into trouble?
This is too crazy!
But Stern is very happy. If Lin Yu really does this, wouldn't the alliance make a net profit of tens of millions?
"you……"
"You are a devil!"
"No, demons are not as vicious as you!"
Paulin's breathing became rapid, his face flushed and he cursed Lin Yu angrily.
After being scolded by him, Lin Yu's smile became even bigger. Paulin became anxious, indicating that his words did threaten him.
"Shut up, everyone. We are businessmen. Don't mix personal emotions."
"Abi, it's only ten million US dollars for five years. This price is already very generous. Don't go too far."
Stern frowned and said he didn't want to continue to waste precious time in Washington.
Lin Yu shook his head, "No, I don't need five years. A two-year contract is enough."
Paulin looked overjoyed. He had just finished scolding Lin Yu as a devil. Now in his mind, Lin Yu is a stupid devil. He could sign for five years, but you only signed for two years?
Now you have the team's dividends to threaten you. When two years later, you and the Wizards have already been severed, what else do you want to threaten?
He signed as soon as he said it, and Lin Yu paid another four million US dollars for the two-year arena lease contract. Since then, Lin Yu has almost returned to before liberation, with nothing in his wallet.
After Paulin left, Stern asked Lin Yu with a sad face.
"Lin, do you have any plans? Otherwise, it would be impossible to only sign for two years." It was precisely because he felt that Lin Yu had a plan that Stern did not stop Lin Yu.
Lin Yulai's blackmail just now made his image in Stern's mind become even more unfathomable.
This is a ruthless person, ruthless to others and ruthless to himself!
"Of course I have a plan. I can't keep being blackmailed by him. Even if I sign a contract for five years, what happens after five years? I still have to let him control me."
"Since this chicken coop is no longer allowed to hatch eggs, we might as well build another chicken coop!"
These words confused Stern. Is Lin Yu going to open an entertainment club?
"Ahem, build another arena." Lin Yu explained with a slight cough.
Stern's eyes widened, as if he had heard something extremely shocking. The newly built arena came from his mouth, why was it so easy and freehand, as if it was as simple as building a new public toilet.
Doesn't he know that building a new arena will cost at least one to two hundred million dollars?
"Lin, your idea is too crazy. The investment is too big. The key is that you don't know when the cost will be recovered. You can easily go bankrupt."
“It’s really not worth it just to vent your anger on Paulin.”
Stern quickly tried to dissuade him. Pauline could own the arena because he owned three teams. The rental fees saved by these three teams alone would cost millions of dollars a year. Undertaking some concerts, circus and other performances, the income is almost 10 million US dollars a year.
As for what Lin Yu has, he only has a team of wizards, and he can only save at most 2 million in rental fees every year.
You must know that the arena does not have no expenses. Annual maintenance and staff salaries are a huge expense, and even two million may not be enough.
So no matter how you look at it, Lin Yu's idea of building a new arena is stupid.
"No, Mr. Stern, I am confident that the cost of a new arena can be controlled."
“In addition, I will build the largest, best and most luxurious arena, and by then I will steal business from Pauline. This dilapidated Verizon Arena will become history, and there will no longer be any commercial performances here. "
Lin Yu is full of confidence, and he has done some research on arena construction.
In 2008, in order to prepare for the Olympic Games, the newly built Wukesong Arena was built to compete with the top NBA arenas, and the cost was only 420 million yuan.
Lin Yu's current plan is to find a leading domestic construction company to help him build a super arena. The infrastructure maniac is no joke.
Even if the cost is much higher if the construction is started in the United States, Lin Yu estimates that it will not exceed US$100 million at most.
If the arena is not built, if Lin Yu keeps holding the Wizards, his lease fee to Pauline will sooner or later exceed 100 million US dollars.
Instead of using the money to make Paulin cheaper, it would be better to create some foreign exchange for the motherland.
In an instant, Lin Yu felt that he had grown taller, and his thoughts and consciousness soared into the sky.
Stern listened blankly to Lin Yu's grand plan, and was even more impressed in his heart. For a 27-year-old young man, faced with the bottleneck of old Paulin, his first thought was not to compromise or delay, but to start anew, and even thought of starting anew. Stern had no choice but to accept his determination to destroy the old Pauline lair.
He also has a son, two more. The eldest son is about the same age as Lin Yu.
Every time he saw Lin Yu, he couldn't help but compare his eldest son with Lin Yu. The more he compared, the angrier he became. His son was not even as good as a piece of dead skin on Lin Yu's heel.
A son is better than a father, and Stern was convinced that if his son encountered such a difficult situation, he would definitely be confused and look for him to wipe his ass.
Lin Yu was different. He resolved the crisis with a few words and even had a backup plan to put Paulin to death.
As for whether Lin Yu could build an arena, Stern didn't ask much. In his opinion, with Lin Yu's "background", this shouldn't be difficult.
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At noon that day, the league officially announced the official transfer of Wizards equity. It was heard that Lin Yu really spent another 130 million U.S. dollars, and the circle was excited again. In this year, Lin Yu spent almost 250 million U.S. dollars. , this guy is a real diamond king!
Because he has to prepare for the Eastern Conference Finals next, Lin Yu has no time to think about building an arena now. After all, there is no need to rush about this matter. He still has at least a year of preparation period.
The contract with the old Pauline was signed for two years. With the speed of the infrastructure construction maniac, it is just a stadium, and as long as the money is in place, one year is enough, and it will definitely be fixed for you.
Stern didn't ask Lin Yu in detail about his plan just now, which made Lin Yu a little disappointed.
If Stern asked, Lin Yu would probably have to take a tactical step back. Do you understand the value of the infrastructure maniac?
"Well, I owe Stern 110 million. Even if I don't need 100 million to build the arena, I will definitely need tens of millions more."
"Good guy, does that mean I'm now in debt of 200 million?" Lin Yu sadly discovered that he had become a billionaire with a debt of 200 million.
Fortunately, Lin Yu has a stable way to make money, otherwise he would not be able to earn the two hundred million US dollars until the year of the monkey.
Peja's favorability level has reached 90 points. His wish is to defeat Kukoc. When the Wizards win the Eastern Conference Finals, Lin Yu will probably gain some charm points.
And Peja is also the only Wizards player whose favorability score is not at full value. Before the lineup changes, even if he gets Peja's charm value, Lin Yu will only have 39 points.
But this is nothing to worry about. Lin Yu has been thinking of a way to quickly earn charm points for more than a year.
One way is to rely on a blank halo. Unfortunately, this thing is unstable. Let’s not talk about whether it can be randomly obtained. Even if a blank halo is randomly obtained, you may not be able to obtain the charm reward.
The second way is much safer. Lin Yu can recruit players in large quantities. Even if the fifteen-man roster is full, he can still be transferred to the Development League.
When the players in hand are almost ready for the strategy, they will transfer a player from the Development League to continue the strategy.
There is no need to recruit potential new stars. In fact, the more fringe players, the easier it is to attack them.
Next season, in addition to the 1998 draft, Lin Yu is also planning to sign some undrafted players. Anyway, the Development League does not limit the number of players. As long as Lin Yu can afford the salary, it is not impossible for him to sign 10,000 people.
This is almost the way of intensive pig raising, said Lin Yucheng, the factory director.
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The Bulls and Pacers fought for seven games, and Lin Yu was neither surprised nor surprised.
The Pacers' three-pointer made the Bulls suffer. If it weren't for Kukoc's heroic performance in the tiebreaker, scoring 21 points on 11 shots, the Bulls might really have capsized in the gutter.
With the Pacers' offensive efficiency, they actually had a chance to defeat the Bulls, but their rebounding was laggy, averaging 8 rebounds less than the Bulls per game.
The most outrageous thing is that the defensive rebounds of both sides are almost the same. The 8 missing rebounds are all offensive rebounds, which is almost equivalent to the Bulls having eight more shot opportunities than the Pacers.
Even with a lower shooting percentage, the Bulls still won the series by taking more shots.
No one expected, not even Lin Yu, that after the Pacers lost the seventh game, Larry Brown would be scolded and make headlines.
Pacers fans were mad because their twin towers were Rick Schmitz and Dale Davis.
Schmitz averaged 5.1 rebounds per game in this series and 0.9 offensive rebounds per game. You must know that he is a super big man with a height of 224 centimeters!
Dale Davis is not much better. A nearly 7-foot-4 position, he averages 7.1 rebounds per game, which is not as many as Pippen's 7.7 rebounds.
The rebounding of these two big men was like a man silently crying.
Why is Larry Brown being criticized on trending searches? Because he made a deal with the Wizards last season and sold Antonio Davis to the Wizards.
Although the Wizards have not reused Davis much, Davis's statistics after being traded to the Nets are still quite luxurious. He averaged 11.4 rebounds per game this season, which is quite good.
Pacers fans are thinking, if damn Larry Brown hadn't sold Antonio Davis, would their rebounding in the playoffs this year be so bad?
If the rebounding wasn't so bad, they could even kill the Bulls. After all, even if Kukoc broke out like that in the last game, the Pacers would only lose by five points.
After Lin Yu saw the news, he suddenly felt sympathy for Larry Brown.
This guy was forced out by Iverson before and was fired. Now he has returned to the NCAA to coach. He never expected that someone would still scold him for leaving the NBA.
In fact, even without Larry Brown's deal, the Pacers would still lose under normal circumstances, and the reason for losing is rebounding. When Antonio Davis faced the Bulls, his rebounding was not much better. These three brothers The interior line's rebounding performance in this series is unparalleled.
Larry Brown suffered a purely unreasonable disaster and became a punching bag for Pacers fans to vent their anger.
Right now the Bulls have just ended their tiebreaker, and there are many veterans on the team who are physically exhausted. This is definitely good news for the Wizards.
In the Western Conference, the Jazz defeated the Lakers, the Spurs defeated the SuperSonics, and the Jazz and Spurs met in the Western Conference Finals.
Lin Yu is still quite afraid of the Spurs. He hopes to play against the Jazz. However, the Spurs have strong soldiers and horses, and the Jazz may not be the Spurs' opponent.
