October 31st, morning, Clippers headquarters, Staples Center, conference room on the third floor.
The management team led by Rosser and Olshey arrived early to wait for Min Congda.
Today is not Monday, so there should be no regular meeting in the morning, but Ada has just informed the executives that Mr. Smart will hold an extra impromptu meeting in the morning.
Rosser, Olshey and others did not dare to neglect, and soon came to the conference room. Everyone was thinking, what instructions does Mr. Smart have?
The Clippers won the game against the Jazz in Salt Lake City last night. Stephen Curry made a buzzer-beater. The headlines of the Los Angeles sports media were instantly occupied by Curry.
The No. 1 overall pick has hit very crucial shots in two games, at least so far he has proven that he is not a dud.
Min Congda's reputation in the team has been further strengthened and consolidated, and Olshey now has nothing to say about Min Congda's operations.
Whatever Mr. Smart says is what he says. The team is winning now. If you have any opinions, please hold them back for now. It won’t be too late to raise them when the team starts losing.
And Rosser had good news to report to Min Congda, because Curry of the Clippers beat the Jazz last night, and that night, there was a surge in orders for tickets to the next Clippers game on the website.
The Clippers' next game is today, October 31, against the visiting Dallas Mavericks at home.
Originally, the ticket sales for this game were worse than that for the Suns. Including season tickets and individual tickets, it was only about 13,000, which can be said to be relatively bleak. Who allowed the Clippers to increase the price even though their results were not good?
But Curry's stunning victory over the Jazz suddenly increased the popularity of the Clippers. Many fans bought tickets overnight, and more than 3,000 individual tickets were sold in one night.
Although the attendance of more than 16,000 is still mediocre, it is a good thing to be able to sell tickets, and the average ticket price of the Clippers is relatively high.
Due to the economic crisis, all teams have adopted price reduction and promotion strategies, and the average ticket price has dropped from the previous approximately 50 US dollars to 40 US dollars or even lower.
If you buy a package, those not very good locations will only cost you an average of $10 per game.
The Clippers did not. Under Min Congda's price increase strategy, their average ticket price rose from US$50 to US$55 (Min Congda wanted to increase it to 100 but was rejected by the system).
This undoubtedly weakened the enthusiasm of a considerable number of fans to buy tickets to watch the game, causing the Clippers ticket pre-sales to be very poor, even worse than last year.
However, although pre-sales are poor, fans will decide whether to buy tickets to watch the game based on the team's performance during the season.
If the performance is good enough, many fans won't care too much about the $5 difference.
Those fans with deep pockets will not hesitate to buy package tickets and season tickets. The price increase of some high-priced tickets can be more than 5 US dollars.
Based on the average ticket price of $55, the Clippers can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars more in tonight's game against the Mavericks.
Excluding the 6% commission paid to the league and excluding income taxes, this game will have a box office profit of more than 700,000 US dollars.
This box office profit is considered good in the current year. The NBA's overall revenue declined in the 2009 season, and the revenue of many teams was hit hard.
Several previous teams that had excellent box office performance, such as the Houston Rockets, have fallen out of the million-dollar box office club.
The Clippers' average box office revenue per game during the regular season last season was 700,000 yuan. After deducting the commissions and taxes paid, the final amount was only 600,000 yuan.
Rosser originally thought that this year Min Congda would act like this and the single-game box office would reach 500,000. Unexpectedly, he won the first game against the Lakers and the Suns in the home opener could barely beat the box office. Although they lost, the team played well. Well done.
The victory over the Jazz in the third game suddenly aroused the fans' desire to watch the game. Many people became interested in Curry, the No. 1 pick.
The box office came up immediately.
Rosser couldn't help but suspect that he was short-sighted, but Mr. Smart was far-sighted, and the box office revenue of the subsequent teams might get better and better.
At this time, the office door opened, and Min Congda raised his right hand high, holding a green dollar between his index and middle fingers, and walked in.
He walked up to Rosser, put the green dollar in front of him, and said: "Rosser, this is the 50 US dollars I lent you before, and I will give it back to you now. Thank you for your generosity!"
Everyone looked calm, and there was nothing strange about Min Congda's behavior, because basically everyone in the team had borrowed money, and he only borrowed 50 yuan each time...
Everyone is confused, will the general manager and president of the team be short of money? If you are really short of money, why do you borrow 50 each time?
Min Congda couldn't help it. During the period when there was no income, although the training center could eat, some daily necessities still had to be bought and used. The team couldn't be reimbursed for this, right?
So he had to borrow from here and there, tear things apart and make up for others, struggling to get by. It wasn't until the Clippers lost at the beginning of the season that Min Congda's life became easier.
Rosser accepted the 50 dollars and wanted to report to Min Congda the good news about the increase in box office last night, but Min Congda spoke first: "Rosser, I returned the 50 dollars to you, and now I want to ask you for another sum of money. !”
Rosser asked for money again? What do you need money for? Are you going to make a documentary again?
Jordan Peele's crew suddenly accounted for 10 million of the team's working capital, and he had no money left!
Yesterday, Jordan Peele and the crew went to Salt Lake City with the Clippers. Food, accommodation, and air tickets were all deducted from the 10 million filming fee.
Rosser had previously suspected that Min Congda had received kickbacks through the filming of this documentary, but after a period of observation and the fact that this guy was looking for people to borrow small amounts of cash, he determined that it was impossible for him to receive kickbacks.
But if you don’t take kickbacks, why are you keeping an eye on my little working capital?
"Mr. Smart, we don't have much liquidity in our accounts. Next week..."
"Stop talking, I know the situation. Come, take a look at my project plan."
Ada distributed the draft of the project plan, which she had written overnight and had just printed in the morning, while still warm, to a group of senior executives.
To be honest, Ada was very doubtful that this kind of project plan, which was rushed through the night and full of loopholes, could pass the approval of the top management.
Rosser opened the project plan and read it from beginning to end. As the team's financial manager, his opinion was the most important.
Min Congda was already prepared on how to deal with Rosser's dissatisfaction and how to use his authority to suppress Rosser and force him to spend money to invest.
Unexpectedly, after reading it, Rosser nodded and said: "Mr. Smart, I think this project is good and can be invested."
When Min Congda heard this, he thought, what? Rosser actually agreed? No, is it possible for this project to be profitable?
Isn't this bad? I just thought about it. If I make a profit, it will be the end of the world.
Min Congda was not used to Rosser's obedience and asked, "Loser, don't you have any objections? You agree to such a rough plan?"
Rosser smiled and said: "Mr. Smart, even if I and everyone else oppose it, will it be useful? You will still insist on going your own way and pass this resolution. So, I might as well agree."
Min Congda nodded, very satisfied with Rosser's knowledge. It seemed that he understood my style of doing things.
"But I want to remind you Mr. Smart," Rosser added, "the team's cash flow is not enough to open a fine dining restaurant business, so we need a loan."
"Loan? Very good! Use the bank's money to do our work. This is the business attitude we should have! Please contact our cooperative bank as soon as possible and ask them to grant us a loan."
"Uh, also, our team does not have a department engaged in catering projects, so we need to invite bids for this project and find a cooperative operator. This matter... that, carrot, I'll leave it to you!"
Fat man Rob Richele sat in the corner of the conference room. As the media director, he generally had little say in such team management matters.
Unexpectedly, Min Congda would put the project bidding work on his head again. Racheli wiped his sweat and said: "Mr. Smart, I am the media director. There are people on the team who are familiar with the catering industry, and the general manager of the training center. kitchen…"
"Stop talking about radish," Min Congda interrupted him, "I think you must know how to eat it. I'll leave this matter to you and give me an answer within three weeks!"
"But, Mr. Smart..."
"Two weeks."
"Uh... OK, I know, Mr. Smart. Are there any special subsidies?"
"Of course, it's the same as the last interview with the director."
"No problem, thank you Mr. Smart, thank you."
Racheli understands that when you can't resist, you might as well enjoy it.
