The public doesn’t know much about Kanye West’s mental illness.
Min Congda did know that he had communicated with Kanye about his "illness" when he was seeing a psychiatrist before.
Kanye West has bipolar disorder, which causes some of his behaviors to be out of control and requires medication for treatment.
Now, West is also receiving psychological counseling from Mia and taking some drugs to keep himself in a normal mood.
Seeing Min Congda also coming to "see a doctor," Kanye pulled him and asked quietly: "Are there no reporters outside?"
Min Congda said: "No, don't worry, the paparazzi have no interest in me."
"No, buddy. You are the target of a lot of paparazzi attention in Los Angeles, but you are low-key enough. I heard that you and Daddario officially broke up, right?"
"Well, we haven't spoken for a while... You should go home as soon as possible after your illness. The longer you stay here, the higher the possibility of exposure. Let's take a walk."
Min Congda didn't want to communicate too much with Kanye. Since he was not sick, but he talked too much with people who were sick, he felt that he would really get sick.
Secondly, he was afraid that West would come up with some bad idea to make the Clippers make money.
Unexpectedly, West pulled Min Congda and refused to let him go. How could he let him go so easily when he finally met a fellow patient to discuss his condition.
"Smart, don't be so excited. You must not have taken any medicine, right? Take some medicine and you will calm down. I have a plan to tell you."
When Min Congda heard about Kanye West's plan, his head hurt.
But unable to resist West's enthusiasm, Min Congda had to say: "Tell me, what are your plans? I won't release a joint album with you."
"Of course it has nothing to do with records, it has to do with sneakers."
As soon as he heard about sneakers, Min Congda wanted to leave. As expected, this guy was also interested in sporting goods.
What's the matter, do you think the Clippers' sports peripheral products are not selling well enough? The Clippers haven't made enough money?
Under West's leadership, the Clippers' jerseys, sneakers, and peripheral products are quite popular among young people.
Kanye wore a Clippers jersey during several rap performances to show his support for the team.
You know, when most rappers choose basketball jerseys, they usually choose one of the Knicks, Bulls, and Lakers.
There are very few other jerseys that enter the selection circle of these black rappers.
There is a high degree of overlap between rapper culture and basketball culture.
On the streets, basketball and music are like twins that cannot be separated.
West previously created a series of peripheral products for the Clippers, including jerseys, logos, necklaces, etc., which doubled the Clippers' peripheral income and suddenly increased their cash flow.
Min Congda often has a headache about how to spend the cash.
Peripheral products like this are too profitable, and the cost is almost nothing. You can make as much as you sell.
Adidas and the NBA took a large part of it away, but in the end it was shared with the Clippers and there was still a lot!
Min Congda either used this money to pay bonuses or spent it on security and other work. In short, he spent as much as he could and never let the Clippers have too much money in their accounts.
Now the team has finally reached a balance of payments. If there is new income, the 30 million the team borrowed from the bank to buy the Great Western Forum loan will be in vain, because Rosser will definitely repay the loan in advance, then Still in debt!
"Forget it, I don't understand the sneaker business. You'd better hire someone else to cooperate with someone else."
"Smart, this is a good opportunity to further expand the Clippers' influence!"
The Clippers' influence is already great enough, and they are already catching up with the Lakers.
Nowadays, young people in Los Angeles are following the trend of watching Clippers games and wearing Clippers jerseys.
And if you like the Lakers, wearing the Lakers' yellow and purple jerseys is already regarded as an antique.
Min Congda knows that young people are the future. Teenagers will have spending power in a few years and will become a stable consumer group of fans for a long time, providing various incomes for the team.
In the long run, this is obviously potentially harmful to the Clippers' bankruptcy plan.
Of course, Min Congda's plan is to use a huge fixed asset investment and high luxury tax to bring down the Clippers within three years. This kind of small peripheral income is not the focus.
It's just that although lice are small, they are still uncomfortable when they grow on your body.
Min Congda just shook his head and was unwilling to cooperate with Kanye West on this sporting goods project.
Kanye West sighed and said: "Okay, let me be honest, this is not an investment plan. I have no money. I want to borrow some money to support my brand."
Since 2007, Kanye West has been trying to promote his brand "Coconut", but Nike has always refused to buy it, believing that it is inconsistent with the company's strategic development direction of basketball shoes.
In 10 years, Kanye incurred a lot of debt for the promotion of his brand.
The US$2.5 million design fee he received from the Clippers at that time can explain his urgent need.
But for a fashion brand, US$2.5 million is just a drop in the bucket, and it's just enough for Kanye to pay off part of his debt.
Kanye West has paid too much for the coconut brand, and he will never give up.
But now he is facing financial problems again. A large amount of initial investment cannot produce effective output. In addition, the daily expenses are huge. The income from music records is only enough to maintain the flow of funds.
And since his mother passed away, he has never been able to find true peace of mind and write excellent music.
Now that he has no money, he has to find a way to get some money from friends to alleviate the financial problem.
Min Congda heard that they wanted to cooperate in development, but he was not interested. He did not want to participate in making money.
But when he hears that you want to borrow money, he becomes very excited. He likes the thing that Roubaozi beats the dog and never comes back!
Min Congda, who originally told West to leave quickly, immediately grabbed him and said, "You want to borrow money? This is a good thing. I like lending money to friends the most. Tell me, how much do you want to borrow? I will do my best. I’ll do my best to satisfy you!”
Hearing Min Congda say this, Kanye West almost shed tears.
As expected, a friend in need is a friend indeed. When you spend money, those friends will surround you to please you, eat and drink from you and play with you.
When they ran out of money and needed to borrow money, many friends disappeared without a trace.
Although the big guys in the industry are rich, Kanye West can't keep his face.
He was afraid of being looked down upon by others and did not want to borrow money from them to survive.
Kanye West was afraid that Min Congda would not lend money, so he just said that he would cooperate in development.
Now he said he wanted to borrow money. I didn't expect Min Congda to be so active. This is a true brother!
"I... need more this time, I want 10 million US dollars..."
"10 million!?"
"You can give me as much as you can, and I'll borrow the rest from others."
"How can 10 million be enough? I'll lend you 20 million! I'll call Rosser later. You can go get the money from Rosser!"
Some people died, but not completely...
