With a gain of US$22,000, Min Congda ended this road trip with the Clippers and returned to Los Angeles.
The good news is that Apple stock has fallen a bit recently, pulling back from $220 to $200 a share.
After Min Congda received the fine and bonus, he spent all 20,000 US dollars to buy Apple stocks and increased his position by 100 shares.
This is a significant increase in Min Congda's asset value. He already owns 140 shares of Apple stock.
If these 1,000 shares hold up to the all-time high price of Apple shares, their value will reach $5.6 million!
This is what will happen in 10 years. Min Congda is already ready to hold shares for more than 10 years.
Because Min Congda also had to face bad news, that is, the tickets for the next Clippers vs. Warriors game were sold out.
Min Congda had just landed on the plane from Memphis. Before he got home, Ada sent him a text message to report the news.
When Min Congda saw the news, he almost didn't take the ticket. Why were all the good tickets sold out?
At a time when the national economy is in recession, banks are bankrupt, and the subprime mortgage crisis is rampant, people in Los Angeles, why don't you work together to overcome the difficulties, watch TV at home and go to Staples to watch football?
What's even worse is watching the Los Angeles Clippers play, it's simply unreasonable.
It's understandable to watch the Lakers' basketball. After all, the Lakers are strong and have Kobe.
So far this season, the Lakers' attendance rate has been 100%, and every game is full.
If you want to buy a ticket, you may not be able to buy it, and even if you pay more, you may not be able to grab it.
Therefore, the Lakers can earn US$1.5 million per game at the box office, which is twice that of other teams.
Clippers? Min Congda seriously suspects that those who watch Clippers games are those fans who cannot get Lakers tickets, so they can only buy Clippers tickets and come to the scene to enjoy themselves.
"These fans in Los Angeles are really unprincipled. I've already raised the price, so why are you still coming? It's still full, 100% attendance! It's such a shame. Isn't it still okay to increase the price?"
Back at the apartment, Min Congda was tossing and turning.
The next day, he came to the Staples Center team headquarters very early in the morning and held a regular meeting to solve the current problems and difficulties encountered by the team.
In Min Congda's view, the team is in a lot of difficulties now.
After defeating the Grizzlies, the record has reached 7 wins and 5 losses, which is the same record as the Houston Rockets and tied for sixth place in the Western Conference.
Because they had a higher winning rate against teams in the Western Conference, they were ahead of the Rockets and ranked sixth, one game behind the eighth-place Jazz.
This fucking thing is very dangerous. If you enter the playoffs and win, you will have to deduct money. Is this okay?
A 3,000 deduction for a win would cost his life.
Then, because of the improved record, the Clippers are now attracting the attention of fans.
More and more fans are coming to the stadium to watch Clippers games, and the ratings are also rising.
This is a huge disadvantage to the Clippers' bankruptcy plan.
Your team has a good record, good revenue, and is still bankrupt.
The only thing that made Min Congda feel relieved was that the $10 million spent on filming the documentary was completely wasted.
Jordan Peele and Michael Key have been messing around there lately.
They seem to be working on a short film these past two days, and they want to shoot it in the Clippers locker room.
I don’t know what kind of thing I can take a picture of, but let them create it anyway, it won’t make any splash.
After they finish creating the $10 million this season, let them continue to create it next season.
Try to allocate 20 million to them next season, which will drain the Clippers' cash flow.
There is also the project of Staples opening a restaurant, which is imminent.
Racheli said that he had found a partner and left it to Ada to handle.
Ada said that when Min Congda comes back from his away trip, he will bring his partner to meet him.
The situation was very serious, and Min Congda felt tremendous pressure on his shoulders.
When he walked into the Clippers headquarters office building, Min Congda looked serious and frowned.
Everyone was in a good mood, but when they saw Min Congda like this, they didn't dare to speak out.
When he walked into the conference room, Rosser and other senior executives were already waiting for him.
There was a lot of noise in the conference room, and everyone was very happy about the team's current good situation.
But as soon as Min Congda came in, he sat on the chair without saying a word, and everyone immediately became quiet.
There was another long silence, just like when Min Congda broke into the draft office during the draft.
The suffocating atmosphere made everyone start to reflect on whether they had gotten too carried away.
Yes, the team's record has improved slightly, but how long has the season started?
Christmas has not even passed, and the New Year has not even arrived.
Are there too many cases in NBA history of opening high and going low?
There are too many, just like the prince crossing the river.
Let’s just talk about the Clippers themselves. In the 2006 playoffs, they had their best performance in history and reached the Western Conference semifinals.
Then at the beginning of the 2006-2007 season, the Clippers were full of momentum. They started with a 6-2 score and once occupied the first place in the Western Conference.
Everyone thought that the Clippers would officially join the ranks of the Western Conference's top teams and enter the playoffs all year round. However, they lost five games in a row.
The team's morale plummeted, and then Sam Cassel was injured and missed most of the season.
The Clippers quickly realized that they could not rely on a 36-year-old veteran to achieve the future of the team. Then Brand left, Maggette left, and Mobley left. The team's lineup and plan that they had worked hard for 6 years were ruined. Once upon a time.
Now, the Clippers have just started, and everyone is getting carried away. Is this okay?
"Smart doesn't look good. He must have noticed signs of frivolity in the management. I will take it easy later and talk more about the shortcomings and less about the advantages."
Rosser is very good at observing people's actions. He didn't say anything about the team selling 3,000 tickets in the middle of the night last time. This time he decided it would be better to report the worries rather than the good news.
After three minutes of silence, Min Congda felt that the box of leeks he had eaten for breakfast was almost digested. He pointed at Rosser and said: "Rosser, tell me briefly about the team's recent operations."
Rosser said: "The team's operation is generally relatively stable, and there is nothing particularly outstanding."
"Really? I heard that all the tickets for tomorrow's game against the Nuggets are sold out?"
"Yes, but there is actually a special reason why this game was sold out."
"Oh? What's the reason?"
"Because the Lakers are on a road trip recently, there are only Clippers games this week. Under normal circumstances, some Lakers fans will also buy Clippers tickets to watch Clippers games."
When Min Congda heard this, it turned out that there was another reason. He nodded repeatedly and said: "Well, very good, very good."
Rosser breathed a sigh of relief and thought that his guess was indeed correct. It was right to report the bad news but not the good news. In front of Mr. Smart, he had to be low-key and humble.
Rosser looked down on Min Congda from the beginning, but now he admires Min Congda and thinks everything he says is right.
In order to figure out Min Congda's thoughts, he even went to study Chinese culture.
I found that Chinese culture does have the code of being low-key and not showing off, which is very different from Americans.
"No wonder, Chinese people are like this. Low-key and humble are their virtues. I have to understand them well."
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