Min Congda, who finished observing the training, felt very satisfied. He believed that with Curry's confrontational performance, whether he could survive in the NBA was a question.
Through some guidance, Curry can insist on being himself. In the future, his confrontation will never improve, and the Clippers' performance will definitely not improve.
Although I feel very sorry and feel that I may have ruined Curry's career, I have already given him a contract of more than 20 million yuan. Curry would not have been able to get such a big contract if he had not been the No. 1 pick.
"If another team had chosen him, they would have received less money and still wouldn't have made a name for themselves. So I am actually his benefactor, letting him get more than 10 million yuan more."
Thinking of this, Min Congda felt much more comfortable.
Before leaving, Min Congda asked Ada to go to the restaurant to pack a portion of seafood fried rice, a portion of fried chicken and a glass of milkshake. Today's dinner was also settled for him.
In the next few days, Min Congda went to work at the Clippers headquarters in the morning, drank a cup of coffee and ate some snacks purchased by the team, and that was enough for breakfast.
Before lunch, he asked Ada to drive him to the training center to observe the training. Of course, observing the training was fake, but eating for free was real.
At noon, I have a good meal in the restaurant of the training center, and in the afternoon I can ride a bicycle in the team's gym. I stay up until three or four o'clock, pack a dinner and go back to the apartment. The day's work is considered completed.
Most of the team's affairs were left to Olshey and Rosser. He set three rules:
1. All player signings, layoffs, and transactions require his final approval, otherwise they cannot be implemented.
2. All projects where the team wants to reduce expenses or reduce prices must obtain his consent, otherwise it will not be approved - projects that increase expenses or increase prices do not need to be approved.
3. Other matters can be reported at the work meeting every Monday. Don't bother him with these small things.
With these three rules, Min Congda's work burden has been greatly reduced, and his life is not very comfortable.
Until early July, the summer league is about to begin, and the Clippers will go to Las Vegas to compete.
Min Congda decided to go to Las Vegas in person to supervise the battle for the Los Angeles Clippers Youth Army!
"The Las Vegas Summer League will start next week. I am ready to watch the game in person and cheer for our young people. Young players are always the hope of the team and the future of the team!"
Min Congda is now talking like an old sow and wearing a bra. Sure enough, people will automatically learn to say these words when they reach a leadership position.
"While I am away from the team, all the team's affairs are running as usual. Olshey and Rosser will work hard for you."
Olshey has no objection. Since Min Congda became the general manager and president, his workload has actually been reduced a lot. He can do many things if he can, and just maintain the status quo.
Olshey had actively contacted other teams to trade Randolph before, but now he has naturally given up. When teams called and wanted to trade, they all refused, saying that he did not have the authority.
There are also tasks such as inspecting new players and arranging scouts to find potential stocks. I just leave it alone and just do some daily work to get by.
The NBA is a circle that is neither too small nor too big. If there is any movement in the team, the management will soon get the news.
Every team has informants within each other, otherwise there wouldn't be so many cases of interception in the draft.
An outsider like Min Congda has no foundation or connections. No one will call him to quote players, and there will be no informants to provide him with information.
Olshey planned to engage in non-violent non-cooperation and do nothing. When the team had problems, Min Congda would naturally come to him.
Rosser is relatively busier. In addition to maintaining the daily operation of the team, the administrative department also has a lot of work to do.
For example, as the new season begins, the team's ticket sales are a big problem because the team has had poor results for three consecutive seasons and box office revenue has declined repeatedly.
Box office revenue accounts for 40% of the team's operating income and is a crucial revenue item, and the Clippers' box office is already near the bottom of the league.
Compared with the Los Angeles Lakers next door, the Clippers' record is really shabby. The Lakers were the championship in the 2009 season. They returned to the top of the league after eight years and once again became the most dazzling star in the league.
The Clippers are an ugly duckling. Their semifinal performance was the best in history, and then they went straight to the No. 1 pick. Who wants to watch a game like this?
The Clippers' game ticket sales for many games do not rely on their own team, but on the popular visiting visiting teams.
For example, the Los Angeles Derby between the Lakers and Clippers, James' Cavaliers visiting the Clippers, the Celtics' Big Three coming to defend, etc.
But the number of these games is limited in a year, just a few games, so if they sell well, they will just be some loose tickets.
What really supports the bulk of the team's box office revenue are those season tickets that can be purchased for a season or even several seasons.
Some fanatical rich fans will buy season tickets for many years at a time, and then they will not go to the game. They are rich and willful, just to support the team.
Traditional big city teams like the Lakers and Knicks all have such well-known wealthy fans.
The great director Spike Lee is a die-hard fan of the Knicks. He spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on watching games every year, enough to support two team employees.
The Lakers are the famous actor Jack Nicholson. He has been watching Lakers games since the 1970s and can be said to be the most hardcore of hardcores.
In order to watch the game from the best location at Staples Center, he certainly spent a lot of money. It is said that from the 1970s to today, he has spent close to 10 million US dollars on game tickets!
Just a little more local tycoon die-hard fans like this can support the box office.
Moreover, most of these people are celebrities and celebrities, and they bring their own traffic. When they go to the sidelines to watch the game, they can attract fans to buy tickets, which can be said to be living advertisements.
Los Angeles has Hollywood, celebrities are everywhere, and there are countless rich people. It is an endless gold mine.
It's a pity that most of this gold mine has been taken away by the Lakers. Only when the Lakers play, the Staples Center is star-studded.
Ugly ducklings like the Clippers are purely foils to set off the glory and greatness of the Lakers. This team is really worthless.
Rosser looked at this year's season ticket pre-sales with pain. He originally expected Griffin to bring a box office hit, but without Griffin and Curry, the situation was not optimistic.
"Mr. Smart, I have a piece of work that requires your authorization, regarding the discount on season ticket prices."
"Our season ticket pre-sale situation for the new season is very poor. The pre-sale volume is less than 60% of last season. I think it is necessary to conduct a season ticket discount promotion to increase our season ticket sales..."
Before Rosser finished speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Min Congda.
"No! Discounts and promotions cannot happen to our team! This may bring temporary sales growth, but it will damage the team's reputation and be a blow to the team's confidence!"
"But our income..."
"Take a long-term view Rosser, we have to look further, we have to build the team's brand. Look at the New York Knicks, are their team results good? They are also bad! But their season tickets will be discounted No? No!"
"Why? Because they have confidence in themselves and they have the foundation. The Clippers have a history of 40 years. We also need to build the foundation and show confidence!"
What Min Congda said left Rosser speechless. In fact, he can refute it. Various data prove that if there is no discount sales, the team is likely to lose money this season.
But since the new manager is so confident and Sterling trusts him so much, let him be confident.
He would like to see how Sterling will deal with this confident guy when the new season starts, the team's attendance is insufficient and sales are bleak.
"Then the discount strategy is cancelled?"
"Cancel, must cancel. Not only will we not give discounts, we will also increase prices. All tickets, general tickets and season tickets, will increase in price!"
"What? Are you going to increase the price?"
Rosser can't sit still now. He can't sell tickets in the first place. You still raise the price. Are you looking for death?
Min Congda didn't care. He continued to add while looking through the box office sales report: "We not only have to increase prices, but also launch a new membership system. Some good seats can only be purchased if they meet a certain peripheral consumption. We have to limit the purchase of lifetime memberships. The quantity, this lifetime membership has to increase the price, the previous one was too cheap! Also, the best and best batch of seats will be auctioned, and the highest bidder will get it!"
All the executives in the conference room looked at each other. With such a pricing strategy, wouldn’t the new season be doomed?
Can you still sell tickets? The ticket center's complaint hotline will definitely be inundated with calls, and there might even be season ticket refunds.
"Okay, I've finished my opinions. Who is in favor and who is against?"
Everyone, look at me and I look at you. Who is against it? What's the use of objecting?
After all, we’ve already given everyone a 20% salary increase, so why are you so opposed to it?
Let him build it, he will probably leave at a loss after half a season.
Therefore, it was unanimously approved, and the Clippers' box office price increase strategy for the new season was decided.
Seeing that there was nothing major to deal with, Min Congda asked Ada: "Have the tickets and rooms to Las Vegas been booked?"
Ada nodded and said: "It's all booked, leaving on the 12th."
"Very good! ...The team will reimburse the expenses, right?"
"Of course, everything will be reimbursed."
"Good! Let's go to the training center to eat...no, check out the players' training!"
