Min Congda was also someone who had the experience of killing two birds with one stone, and even experienced three heroes fighting against Lu Bu.
But this was the first time I experienced a large group battle of five or six people, and I enjoyed the treatment of a mosaic hero in a Japanese movie.
In fact, Min Congda himself is considered to be quite capable. After a long meeting of five hours a day, he still had the energy to compete with the beauties from Texas.
Perhaps he had held it in for too long and was too deeply hurt by Harden's mother. This time, he managed to survive the one-on-five battle, and finally fell asleep until early the next morning.
On the morning of June 29, after waking up and washing up, eating the breakfast arranged by Cuban, and contacting Olshey and others to say hello, Min Congda and Cuban took his private plane to leave Dallas for New York.
After arriving in New York, Min Congda first met with Olshey and others, and the negotiation location was at the Westin Hotel in Times Square.
As soon as Min Congda arrived in Times Square, he felt a little nervous - this was the place where he once lost $50,000.
Olshey and others saw that Min Congda was in high spirits, so they didn't hesitate to ask him where he was and what he was doing last night.
"A shutdown is a high probability, and this time the management team is determined to fight to the end. What does the labor side say? Is there any news?" Min Congda asked.
Olshey has a good relationship with many players. He is friends with Billy Hunter, the executive director of the players union, and everyone is paying close attention to the negotiation process.
"The stance of labor is also very tough, especially that of players union president Derek Fisher and vice president LeBron James. They are determined not to make concessions on the salary cap issue."
"There is a high probability that today's negotiations will not result in anything, and a shutdown is indeed a high probability. Mr. Smart, how will we arrange our work next?"
Once the lockout is entered, the team can no longer supervise players, organize player training, and cannot have any transactions.
All team employees, including assistant coaches, trainers, etc., will be prohibited from having any contact with players by the league.
In other words, Min Congda can no longer go to Curry's house for lunch. The training gym is closed, and he cannot go for lunch.
This is the most troublesome thing for Min Congda. Whether there is a competition is a trivial matter, but not having food is a big problem.
Min Congda thought for a while, if they were given jobs and they had to make some achievements and make some profits, wouldn't they be done for?
Forget it, I have to implement my style, so I said to a few people: "The arrangement is to do nothing!"
"Doing nothing again?"
This answer was completely within the expectations of Olshey, Rosser and others.
You are a magic conch, so you know how to do nothing.
Jeff Bauer looked confused. He took out his small notebook and wanted to write down the next work arrangements.
The result is doing nothing?
Olshey and Rosser are used to it.
Nowadays they have strong subjective initiative.
There is no need for Min Congda to make work arrangements at all. They have already figured out what to do during the shutdown.
Olshey is planning to take a scouting team to China to meet with Fan Chen to see what the Asian Basketball Development Foundation is like.
Rosser needs to take advantage of the shutdown to take care of the team's finances. Now the Clippers have a lot of revenue, but they also have a lot of expenses.
Some financial tools must be properly utilized to prepare for the expansion of the team's assets.
Jeff Ball has yet to grasp the essence of working under Min Chongda.
He asked, "Mr. Smart, are you really going to do nothing?"
Min Congda thought for a while and asked, "Can you cook?"
Baoer was stunned and said: "Uh... not very good. My wife cooks all the food at home."
"Forget it, I can't count on you, just go home and rest. Your salary will be paid as usual, don't think too much, and enjoy the suspended life."
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On the afternoon of June 30, labor and management started the last negotiation before the expiration of the labor agreement at the Westin Hotel.
After two and a half hours of discussions, the two sides still could not reach an agreement and the negotiations failed.
On the evening of June 30, in the press conference hall of the Westin Hotel, a sad-looking David Stern announced that the league would officially suspend its game starting at 0:00 on July 1, Eastern Time.
Min Congda was sitting at the press conference and saw David Stern looking tired as he had not eaten for three days. He felt sympathy for the old man and felt extremely happy at the same time.
The shutdown is finally over, which means that if the game doesn't start until the start of the new season, the Clippers will have no cash flow income!
The commercial value of the team and the entire league will also decline significantly due to the suspension.
Because the NBA has signed contracts with various teams and many sponsors.
If you don't play the game, the league and the team will have to compensate the advertisers for their losses.
Losing money makes Min Congda so happy.
Anyway, Min Congda told Rosser that he would act in full compliance with the contract and pay what was due.
If you don't have enough money, just issue an IOU and you will never default on compensation.
"The team can go bankrupt, but a person's reputation cannot go bankrupt!"
What Min Congda said was righteous and awe-inspiring, looking like a business god.
Always put credibility first.
In an interview after the press conference, Executive Director Hunter said: "I think labor and management should build a system first and then talk about the economics."
Matt Bonner, vice president of the players union, said: "We tried to avoid a lockout, but unfortunately we couldn't reach an agreement."
Although Bonner is only a bench player, like Lao Yu, he is very prestigious among the players off the court.
Perhaps because he is good at saving money, the players are willing to elect him as vice chairman.
Min Congda saw Bonner talking and thought that Bonner must be very depressed now.
This stingy person has cut off his source of income, making life even tighter.
In short, the shutdown is a huge loss for both labor and management.
Based on the previous experience, the 1999 lockout lasted from 1998 to January 20, 1999, before both parties reached an agreement.
The more than 200 days of suspension cost the NBA nearly $1.5 billion.
This was $1.5 billion around 2000.
Now if the shutdown continues for so long, the losses will definitely be greater.
But there is no way. The United States has never been a society that pays attention to "taking the overall situation into consideration."
What's important here is to play games with each other. Even if both sides lose, there must be a winner.
When it comes to fairness, there is a fair side; when it comes to cruelty, it is also very cruel.
For those high-paid players, the lockout naturally doesn't matter, they have plenty of money.
And even if you can't play in the NBA, you can still play in other countries.
With their current fame and strength, they can get high salaries wherever they go.
Some lower-level players are in dire straits, especially the rookies who just entered the league this year.
Once the contract is signed, you won't get a penny in salary.
Although the players union is a whole, it is not fair internally.
It is still a few people who have the right to speak, rather than the majority of low-level players who need to work.
Most of the bottom players are coerced by a few stars who have the right to speak, and they fight against the management.
They bear the greatest losses and bring the highest gains to a handful of stars.
To put it bluntly, some superstars are not in the same class as most players in the same camp in terms of salary, assets and fame.
No wonder the 1999 lockout was described by the media as millionaires versus multi-millionaires.
After the interview, Min Congda returned to the room and logged into his NBA-Batman account and sent a tweet:
"The NBA is officially suspended, the long night is approaching, and the sun doesn't know when it will rise."
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