"Boss, we are here!"
"Where is the child? Let us take a look."
Kobe, McGrady and others had just finished playing the game, and they all rushed to the hospital from the court, carrying various gifts in large and small bags.
"It doesn't matter what time it is, you guys should keep your voices down, it will affect the children's rest." Unseld scolded from the side.
Kobe and others quickly shut their mouths. They were not afraid of Lin Yu and respected Lin Yu, but they were really afraid of Unseld, the kind of fear that came from the bottom of their hearts, because Unseld had yelled about it more than once. Drop their balls.
"Boss, this is a large gold chain that I specially asked someone to customize a month ago."
"Absolutely pure gold!"
Kobe took out a large gold chain as thick as a baby's arm and looked at Lin Yu in silence.
Are you sure this is a chain worn by someone? It looks like it weighs two pounds, and no matter what kind of neck it is, it can’t bear it.
"It's so tacky, boss. Look at my gift. It's an antique Cadillac car. Even if it's twenty years from now, it will definitely not be out of date." McGrady took out a car key, making Lin Yu even more silent. Who Will your family give you a Cadillac as a birth gift?
Although these two people have rookie contracts, they have both signed sneaker contracts and are not short of money at all, so they both gave them very expensive gifts.
The gifts given by other players are much more normal. Daba and Dazhi may have found someone in Chinatown to make solid gold concentric locks, which are much better than Kobe's big gold chain.
"You have a heart, brothers."
"Thank you on behalf of the children."
Lin Yu was not polite either. These are the wishes of the players, so naturally they cannot refuse.
The generals laughed, "Thank you for what? Boss, do you think we can be the godfathers of these two children?"
"We are all adults, maybe we will compete with these two children in the future?"
When Unseld heard this, he raised his eyebrows and scolded: "Ganggun, you guys who haven't even grown hair yet, what are you dreaming about here?"
"Are you worthy?"
A bunch of boys were so scared by Unseld that they dared not say a word. They were really afraid of Unseld.
"My hair has grown, can I be the godfather of these two children?" Old Curry stood behind the crowd and suddenly said weakly.
He was a little embarrassed by Unseld when he saw the scene, so Curry, who is full of humor, thought of making a joke to ease the awkward atmosphere.
Lin Yu laughed and said, "Okay, Dale, it's settled."
Old Curry is a blessed man. The two sons he gave birth to are doing well, especially the eldest son Curry, who is even more prosperous.
Lin Yu thought that there must be nothing wrong with seeking good luck.
There was such a custom in his hometown in his previous life. New-born children worshiped those lucky people as their godfathers and godmothers for good luck and good luck.
Old Curry looked confused. He suspected that he was dreaming and was joking. Lin Yu really agreed? !
Although he is also a veteran, he is not a big shot at all, otherwise he would not have been sent to the Wizards as a trade addition before.
Now Lin Yu actually gave himself such a huge honor and recognized his godfather. They will be a family in the future. He has become Lin Yu's family?
Lin Yu actually doesn't think so much. He is just happy and wants to bring good luck to his children, just like those who give their children a cheap name to make a living.
…
Lin Yu is definitely one of the most influential people in Washington. Even if he gives birth to two children, he can still make headlines.
The outside world doesn't know the meaning of the two children's names. They only know that they are shu-lin and jordan-lin. Some people speculate that the second son's name, Jordan, may be a tribute to retired Michael Jordan?
For nearly a month, Lin Yu handed over the coaching position of the team to Lao Qiao, while he stayed at home to accompany his wife and children.
Of course, some work must still be dealt with. Even if Lin Yu is not on the court, his aura can still have an effect.
During this period, Matt Halprin's charm value has been acquired by Lin Yu, and he was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies gave away a first-round pick plus $6 million in cash to get the white small forward Halprin, who is both offensive and defensive, from Lin Yu. The Grizzlies definitely made a profit from this deal.
The reason why Lin Yu is willing to let the Grizzlies take advantage of this is actually because of Stern's intervention.
The current head coach of the Grizzlies is Brian Hill, who actually has no power as a coach. The real helmsman of the Grizzlies is Stu Jackson, who is a direct descendant of Stern and was specially sent to Vancouver to help the Grizzlies build the team. of.
It's a pity that this guy's ability is really not good. After several years of working, the Grizzlies have not improved at all. Except for Raheem, there is no decent player in the team.
Seeing Halprin's 38 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals in a single game, Stu Jackson quickly contacted Lin Yu and wanted to acquire Halprin.
Anyway, Lin Yu guarantees returns, so even if Halprin is not acclimated to the climate in Vancouver, he can still return it to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu didn't agree directly, because not only the Grizzlies family wanted Halprin, so he said he would think about it.
It was this consideration that brought Stern in, and he came forward to ask Lin Yu to make this deal with the Grizzlies.
Lin Yu thought about who he was selling to, so he simply agreed.
Of the Wizards' 25-man roster, there are still 23 players left after this transaction.
…
After staying at home for a month, Lin Yu has become accustomed to the days when his wife and children are on the hot bed, and he is thinking about saying goodbye to coaching this year.
However, Kobe led a group of brothers to the door and asked Lin Yu to come out no matter what.
Lin Yu was puzzled, "I can still understand why others are looking for me to go back. Why did you come? That's your father."
"My father can't do it either. He is really not suitable to be a head coach. I'm not lying. Everyone can testify for me." Kobe said dissatisfied.
Lin Yu was even more curious about what exactly Lao Qiao had done to make all the players dissatisfied, and even forced his own son to rebel against his father.
After the generals talked about it, Lin Yu finally figured it out.
Lao Qiao likes to perform too much. He had this problem as a player, otherwise he would not be reduced to playing in Europe.
After taking over as the team's coach, he always wanted to do something fancy. With an attitude of never giving up on being surprising, he created a number of bizarre lineups.
For example, if Daba, Dazhi, Xiao Ao, Miller and Nash are allowed to start, it is called the monster truck lineup. A Nash engine with four big wheels is not a monster truck.
What about unicycles, two-wheelers, high-speed trains, slow trains...
With just the train, he could come up with two lineups.
Relying on the strong lineup created by Lin Yu, even if Lao Qiao messed up like this, the Wizards only lost two games in this month's intensive schedule.
Lin Yu also knew that the team lost, but he didn't know why they lost. He just thought that his opponent was just unlucky. Suddenly, his shooting touch was explosive, and he crushed the Wizards with a super high shooting rate.
Now it seems that it is obviously not the case. The team lost because of Lao Qiao's mess.
After losing two games, the winning rate is still very high. Lin Yu thinks it doesn't matter. Anyway, with the Wizards' current winning rate, they will definitely get the first place in the Eastern Conference.
However, players like Kobe are not happy anymore. They want to break records and are dreaming about all kinds of record-breaking dreams. In their opinion, if it weren't for Lao Qiao's mess, the Wizards would never have lost. The season may even be a complete victory.
Lao Qiao is also a hard-edged person. Faced with the protests of Kobe and others, he was not moved at all. Especially Kobe's protest gave him a rebellious mentality. How dare his son control me? Go against Tiangang!
He even rested Kobe and refused to let him play.
This can explain why Kobe took the lead in the rebellion...
Lin Yu smiled helplessly, what is this? It was not easy for me to enjoy family happiness, but the team almost broke into internal strife.
The next morning, Lin Yu found Lao Qiao and resigned from his position as acting head coach.
Lao Qiao didn't think much about it. He didn't think Lin Yu would never come back. As the coach, he was just an agent.
"Boss, I have done well in recent times, right? I only lost two games."
Lao Qiao took the initiative to claim credit.
Lin Yu rolled his eyes. He probably didn't know that his own son led a group of teammates to his door.
"Well, it's not bad. It would be great if we don't lose a game." Lin Yu said with a smile.
"How is that possible? There is no team that never loses."
"Boss, do you think I have a chance to be the head coach of another team now?" Lao Qiao said looking at Lin Yu expectantly.
Lin Yu couldn't help but couldn't bear to stimulate Lao Qiao's ambition, so he could only nodded implicitly.
Just as Lao Qiao was about to continue talking about being the head coach of other teams, an uninvited guest walked into Lin Yu's office.
Lin Yu looked up and saw that it was Jordan!
Michael Jordan!
"You guys talk, I'm leaving first."
"Boss, you said you wouldn't be sad if I were poached, right?"
Before leaving, Lao Qiao asked again.
Lin Yu looked hopeless, "Then I might be heartbroken and feel that the whole world is deserted. Qiao, you'd better not have the idea of leaving me."
Lao Qiao was even happier and left in a hurry.
Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. How could a team poach him? Before he joined the Wizards coaching staff, he was just an assistant coach in the WNBA. There was a huge gap between him and an NBA coach.
The wages of WNBA coaches are not as good as those of second-rate NCAA coaches, and even worse than those of NBA coaches. They may be at the level of NBA assistant coaches.
As for WNBA assistant coaches, their status is even lower, as low as the dirt.
Which team would be so open-minded and ask Lao Qiao to be the head coach.
…
"Who is he?" Jordan asked Lin Yudao curiously after Lao Qiao left.
Lin Yu was even more speechless. Good guy, you Bulls have played dozens of games with the Wizards. Is Lao Qiao really that insignificant? Jordan didn't even recognize him.
"Michael, why are you here in Washington? On a business trip?" Lin Yu asked curiously.
He and Jordan were rivals for the previous year and a half, and there was not much communication between the two. However, after the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the two suddenly developed a sympathy for each other and had a good impression of each other.
"Business trip? Where do I have a job now? I'm just a homeless person." Jordan said with a bitter look on his face.
Lin Yu asked curiously: "Isn't it easy to find a job? As long as you promise to come back and sign with you, there will definitely be a lot of teams willing to sign with you."
Jordan waved his hands, not wanting to continue talking about this topic.
In fact, Lin Yu knows very well that the main reason why Jordan retired was that he could not bear the psychological gap. Last season, he had an annual salary of 33 million U.S. dollars, but after the introduction of the maximum salary regulations this season, he can only get a maximum of 1,000 U.S. dollars. Six million US dollars, this gap is really too big.
He is the absolute king, and he himself thinks he is the king. How can he get the same salary as those mediocre players? This is an insult to Jordan.
"Lin, here, this is my gift to Jordan." Jordan smiled and handed over a gift box.
Lin Yu didn't react for a while, Jordan? Hasn’t that kid not entered the league yet?
After thinking for a moment, he turned around and realized that Jordan was talking about his second son. Lin Yu kept calling him "second son" at home, so how could he call him "Jordan"...
After opening the gift box, there was a pair of AJ sneakers inside. Lin Yu couldn't help but complain in his heart, isn't this too stingy? Everyone gives you a big gold chain or a big gold watch, but you give me a pair of shoes? And it looks like it’s still size 52, who is it for? No one in Lin Yu's family, including his father-in-law, can wear such big shoes.
"Signed shoes are not ordinary shoes." Jordan couldn't help but remind him.
"Lin, I really didn't expect that you would value me so much that you would pay tribute to me even when you named your son."
"You once said that I was the greatest player in your mind. I didn't believe it at the time, but it seems to be true now."
Jordan has a very good reputation. It is now widely rumored that Lin Yu named his second son Lin Jordan to pay tribute to Michael Jordan and give him face.
Lin Yu could not complain. It is true that the greatest player in his mind is Jordan, but it is completely nonsense to name a child to pay tribute to Jordan.
"Ahem, Michael, you haven't told me why you came to Washington."
"You're not really just flying here to give me a pair of shoes, are you?"
"Signed! Signed, these are signed shoes!" Jordan couldn't help but remind him again. Maybe he also felt that it would be too ugly to hear the news about only sending one pair of shoes.
Lin Yu rolled his eyes, "Okay, it's a signature shoe."
"Lin, can you sell me 30% of the Wizards' equity?" Jordan finally explained the purpose of coming to Washington.
Lin Yu looked at Jordan with strange eyes. He didn't know why Jordan had to acquire the equity of the NBA team.
Under normal circumstances, Jordan would also buy equity from various sources after retiring, but no team was willing to sell it to him.
On the one hand, it is because the market value of NBA teams has soared, and many team owners want to wait and see if it can continue to rise.
On the other hand, Jordan not only wants to acquire equity, he also wants to serve in the team. His influence is so great that many team owners are afraid that his appointment will affect the normal operation of the team.
So no team is willing to sell to him.
Wizards owner Pauline sold 5% of his shares to Jordan because the Wizards were having a hard time and were always losing money, and he didn't think Jordan could suppress Unseld in the team. Pauline wanted to use Jordan influence to enhance the Wizards' market.
The two sides hit it off immediately, and Jordan bought Pauline's 5% stake for $20 million.
Lin Yu is a little short of money right now. He still owes Stern $10 million, and there is still about $30 million short of the cost of the new arena.
Although he can use his charm points to make money, the money from this thing is not so stable.
If the price offered by Jordan is right, Lin Yu doesn't mind selling him some equity. The Wizards will sell them all sooner or later anyway.
"How much are you prepared to pay?" Lin Yu asked curiously.
"I can still come up with one hundred million US dollars." Jordan actually exuded the aura of a nouveau riche at this time, and was ready to spend money on Lin Yu.
Lin Yu laughed loudly, "Michael, do you mean you want to buy my 30% stake in the Wizards for US$100 million?"
"Yes, what a wonderful idea."
"Don't speak yet, I'll settle the account for you."
"The Wizards have sold four players so far. As you should know, they sold a total of 24 million U.S. dollars. Before and after the end of this season, I can earn at least 30 million by selling players."
"On this one item alone, the Wizards made a net profit of US$54 million!"
"We are the defending champions and have the best and most gorgeous players in the league. Our attendance this year ranks first in the league. Even if we only play 50 regular season games, plus about 20 playoff games, we will at least We can earn 100 million U.S. dollars. After deducting various expenses and player salary expenses, we can still have a balance of at least 40 million U.S. dollars."
"In addition, there are various advertising revenue and broadcasting revenue. I will calculate it less, let's call it 30 million US dollars."
"The total profit is almost more than 120 million US dollars. Pay attention, this is a net profit!"
"If you take a 30% dividend, you can get 36 million in one year, and you can get 100 million in dividends in three years."
"Do you think 100 million US dollars can buy 30% of my equity in the Wizards?"
Lin Yu made a calculation in an understatement and made Jordan's face turn green.
"How is this possible? How can your profit be so high? Ten times that of the Lakers last season?!" Jordan shouted.
With a profit of 120 million US dollars a year, Jordan was shocked.
Lin Yu waved his hand, "They have no income from player transactions. In addition, if you take a closer look at our player salaries, Latrell has the highest annual salary, only 6.7 million U.S. dollars, and Battelle, who ranks second, only has 4 million. annual salary.”
“With less expenses, there will naturally be more profits.”
Lin Yu's words once again caused huge waves in Jordan's heart. He had never paid much attention to the Wizards' salary before. When he told Lin Yu today, he realized how outrageous it was for him to lose to the Wizards last season.
The combined salary of all Wizards players is almost the same as mine!
"Then...if I am willing to pay 100 million US dollars, how much equity can you sell me?" Jordan asked tremblingly.
He had never dreamed of becoming a team owner, but unfortunately he tried many teams without success. The Wizards were almost his last hope.
And judging by Lin Yu's tone, he didn't seem to be very resistant to selling shares to him.
"One hundred million U.S. dollars? Well, let me do the math."
"I can only give you 12.4% of the equity." Lin Yu really found a calculator and pressed it blindly, giving a number with zeros and whole numbers.
Jordan's balls ached extremely, this was too little, "Lin, it's too little, let's give it 15%, give me 15%, I will sign a contract with you immediately."
Lin Yu simply shook his head and refused, "No, I will give you 13% of the equity at most."
"13? This number is too evil, right? 14?" Jordan is quite superstitious.
Lin Yu was even more superstitious, "14? This means death in my hometown. Let's do this. We each take a step back, 13.5%, and then I can let you serve as the vice president of basketball affairs of our team and give you two million." annual salary.”
"How about it?"
Jordan had an unreal feeling in his heart. With a full 100 million US dollars and a pair of signature shoes, he came to Lin Yu to buy the Wizards' equity.
The goal is to acquire 30%, but now he can only acquire 13.5% of the equity. The key is that he seems to be tempted and has no idea of rejecting Lin Yu.
After a moment of silence, Jordan nodded and agreed, "Deal!"
The two signed an equity transfer agreement that afternoon under the witness of a lawyer. Jordan officially bought shares in the Wizards and became a minority shareholder of the Wizards.
In the evening, the league officially announced the news, which immediately caused an uproar in the basketball world.
You must know that Lin Yu acquired 13.5% of the Wizards a year ago, which is probably worth about 30 million US dollars. As a result, only one year later, the market value more than tripled? !
Lin Yu is not only a genius in coaching, but also a genius in business. Even Buffett has to accept his defeat.
