Min Congda found it puzzling why a company would take over the Huawei Center construction project so quickly, and he had no idea about the whole process.
In just two or three weeks, he thought it would take a year and a half even if it was easy to talk about it, right?
The speed and smoothness of the process are simply unbelievable.
It was not until many years later that a senior leader who liked sports visited the Los Angeles Clippers and met with Min Congda cordially. Only then did he understand why a Chinese company took over the Huawei Center so quickly.
As for why he was kept in the dark about the whole process, the reason is very simple, because he was "emptied out".
Since Min Congda joined the Clippers, he has always adopted a "sheep herding" attitude in management in order to bankrupt the Clippers.
It doesn’t matter this, it doesn’t matter that, just point out the general direction, formulate some strategic plans, and leave the rest to the people below to handle.
He thought that the Clippers would get worse and worse under such loose management, but he did not expect that in more than three years, his people would make great progress.
It's not because the Clippers have not been discovered because of their ability before, but for two very important reasons: first, they have enough money; second, they don't have enough money.
Basketball essentially belongs to the tertiary industry and is a type of entertainment service industry. Unlike the primary industry of agriculture and the secondary industry of industry, the demand for "personality" and "talent" is higher, and the role of the individual is eliminated in this industry. enlarge.
The reason why the entertainment service industry in some regions or certain teams is not developing well is because they either have little management but no money, or they have money but have too much management.
Of course, there are also those who have no money and have too much control. In such places, there is basically no entertainment service industry.
Min Congda has enough money, I don't care what you do, but it has gradually released the vitality of the Clippers, a team that was suppressed in the past.
Look at the current Clippers team. From top to bottom, from players to employees, they are devoted to their work with the fullest enthusiasm and do everything seriously.
Fishing at work? It basically doesn’t exist. You don’t have much time to go to work every day. If you are still fishing, what are you doing when you go home?
After all, since Min Congda joined the Clippers, the team's non-player staff have not worked overtime.
Besides, why do people like the scout team work overtime? They basically don’t sign new players anyway.
The Clippers' 15-man roster is almost like a compilation. It's basically no worries if you pass the exam. Only when someone leaves will someone come to replace him.
Like other teams, players are tried out every three days, short-term contracts are signed for 10 days, and players are replaced after 10 days.
Some scouts are busy throughout the season and make several large books of player observation notes. In the end, no fans can remember the players they discovered, and their contributions to the team are pitiful.
For Clippers scouts, their hardest job is to travel to China to discover young Asian players. This job is more challenging.
Originally, no one was willing to go in the first two years, but starting from this year, they all thought about applying to go to China for a business trip to do some work. It was too busy in Los Angeles!
Of course, Xian has not degraded everyone's abilities. On the contrary, many people are improving themselves and contributing to the team in many details.
For example, since the beginning of the 2009-10 season, the people in the ticketing team have basically no pressure to sell tickets, and all KPI assessments and other things have been cancelled.
The work attitude of the wiring ticket clerks is probably 10 times better than in the past. In the past two seasons, the ticketing team has thought of various ways to issue tickets, and unexpectedly succeeded in revitalizing the Clippers ticket financial market.
The Clippers won the championship and their record continued to be hot, which caused the prices of the long-term season tickets they had previously sold to raise funds to continue to rise. Of course, the Clippers did not like the price difference of charging low and selling high, but one of the factors that made the ticket market so popular was that It just makes more and more people buy tickets to watch the Clippers games. This is a kind of publicity that has changed direction.
Does Min Congda care about this? Of course he doesn't care. He watches games, eats in the canteen, and fishes every day, so he doesn't have that much free time.
If it were another manager or boss, such as Grandet like Sterling, who had to manage employees and was given less money, who would be willing to do these things that are not available at all.
There are hundreds of people on a team, but there are actually not many people. Everyone works in the same place on two floors.
In terms of assets, the Clippers have a market value of several hundred million, but in terms of scale, Hundreds of People is actually a small and medium-sized company.
Generally speaking, the more people there are, the harder it is to manage. If a large-scale enterprise with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people uses Min Congda's sheep-herding style of management, it may really go bankrupt in a short time.
Even if you don’t go bankrupt, you will still be divided up by the people below.
But in small and medium-sized companies, hundreds of people know each other.
After working together for a long time, everyone becomes like family and friends, and the cohesion is quite strong.
With Min Congda as a generous leader, I am very excited to work every day.
Not only was he in high spirits, but he also respected and admired Min Congda. Everyone knew that Mr. Smart was afraid of trouble, liked fishing, and didn't like to get up early.
You report many things to him, but if it's good news, he won't bother to listen. He might even scold you a few times, "This is not good news!"
Instead, there is some not-so-good news, and Smart will encourage and comfort him as always, "It's okay, this little thing is nothing to worry about! Keep doing what you want!"
Gradually, everyone on the Clippers has formed the habit of reporting worries but not good news, hiding good things in advance and talking about them later.
On the contrary, it is not a good thing. If you tell Mr. Smart earlier, not only will you not get scolded, but you will also get encouragement and help.
You can enjoy the good things by yourself, but your boss will help you with the bad things. Where can you find such a good work environment and atmosphere?
The situation of the Chinese company's takeover this time is the same. First of all, everyone believes that Mr. Smart has already arranged it. You just say it, but do you need to say it?
Secondly, how could you take the initiative to report such a good thing to Mr. Smart? Are you looking for scolding?
It was not until finally that he could no longer hide it that Rosser took the initiative to talk to Mr. Smart.
Anyway, Shelly can take the lead in signings, negotiations, etc., and she is very willing to take the lead.
Because she showed up for this matter, it was a politically influential collaboration, not that simple.
So before I knew it, the matter was done and settled!
Min Congda was in shock for about three days and did not go to the training center cafeteria for three whole days.
Of course, he didn't starve himself. He went to Red Head Boots to eat pizza, burgers, and steaks to punish himself.
Three days later, because I wanted to eat hot pot so much, I went back to the training center.
At this time, the Clippers had won 15 consecutive victories, and they had not lost a single game in March!
With an overwhelming momentum, they regained the No. 1 spot in the Western Conference and gradually left the Thunder behind.
In fact, the Thunder were already playing quite well, but the Clippers were too powerful in the later stages.
At the end of March, the Clippers finished another four-game away game, again in the Texas Triangle, and once again escaped unscathed.
On March 31st, they played against the Rockets and scored 31 points in Houston, leaving no face for the Rockets and Morey.
Of course, the Rockets have changed their lottery winning strategy in the previous two seasons. There is no hope for the playoffs, so they simply mess up and hope to get a good pick in the draft to change the team's current situation.
April entered the final stage, and the Clippers continued their winning streak. They defeated the Pacers and Suns at home, extending their winning streak to 17 games.
As of the end of the game against the Suns, the Clippers had achieved a record of 57 wins and 19 losses. Even if they lost all the games, they had already set the highest winning record in team history.
If they win three more games, they will set a 60-win record for the first time in franchise history.
Of course, the regular season is no longer attractive to the Clippers.
Their goal is only the playoffs and the championship.
Min Congda was unable to stop this situation.
He once again focused on other teams, especially the Lakers, his good neighbor.
The information sharing center established by Min Congda is constantly collecting all kinds of news about the Lakers and other teams.
Especially the relationship between Kobe and Paul, he wanted to know whether the relationship between the two was at odds as the intelligence said.
Because this will determine his strategy against the Lakers and how to dismantle the Lakers, the conflict between Paul and Kobe is very important.
On the surface, the relationship between Paul and Kobe is quite good. After the Clippers got the news that the two were at odds, the media soon broke the news.
But the two responded immediately and took photos in the locker room. They talked and laughed and responded to the outside world.
But generally speaking, people who really have no problem don't even bother to respond.
The more you try to pretend that nothing is happening, the more likely it is that there is a problem.
How to verify it? Min Congda knew that the best way to cause conflicts to break out was to make the Lakers lose.
The worse the loss, the better, and the more embarrassing it is, the better.
Coincidentally, on April 7, the Clippers will face the Lakers on the road.
For Min Congda, this is a good opportunity to test the Lakers' pressure resistance.
Therefore, before the game started that day, Min Congda entered the locker room for the first time and mobilized and encouraged the Clippers players.
When Min Congda entered the locker room, everyone didn't realize that anything was about to happen.
In the past, Min Congda often came to the locker room before games, but he basically wouldn't say anything, just walked around in a circle and left.
He often comes after the game, especially after losing the game, to comfort everyone.
Instead, he won the game, barely showed up, and went home silently alone.
Unexpectedly, this time Min Congda called everyone together and told everyone, "We must win tonight's game. Not only must we win, but we must win beautifully!"
Everyone is a little confused, how can you win beautifully if you do well? Didn't you always praise your beauty and your well-played games when you lose?
Min Congda's encouragement had no effect and even made everyone feel confused.
Min Congda felt a little embarrassed. He no longer knew how to boost morale.
After thinking for a while, Min Congda brewed his feelings and said: "Well, as you all know, I am an orphan. I grew up alone. Basketball is my only companion. When did I start to get involved in basketball? I remember it very clearly. , it was on April 7th. On this day, a kind person gave me a rubber ball and said, this will be your good partner in this life. When you are lonely, take it out and it will I will always be with you. At that time, I didn’t understand what a dumb ball could bring to me. Until today, I don’t know that it has brought me a lot, partners, and you. I have never said this in the past. Until today, a lot of things have happened in the past two years. I am suddenly overwhelmed with emotion. I want to tell you that you are my best partners. So, win the game, Guys, the opponent is still the Lakers, please beat them!"
Now everyone is not calm anymore, it turns out this is what happened.
No wonder Mr. Smart, who has always discouraged everyone from winning games, has such a hidden story that he keeps in his heart.
I couldn't help myself today, and I talked to everyone so that I could win, so how could I not go all out?
If we don’t say that athletes are just innocent, everyone was moved by what Min Congda said. Even Min Congda himself was a little moved.
Damn, this story seems really touching. I almost shed tears as I talked about it.
The Clippers players went up to hug Min Congda one by one, and vowed not to beat the Lakers' shit tonight until they were clean.
Min Congda thought to himself, I have paid too much for my work and have become an orphan.
At 7 p.m., the game between the Clippers and Lakers started on time.
In fact, the Lakers are in pretty good shape recently, and are firmly in fourth place in the Western Conference.
The Thunder and Clippers will definitely not be able to pass, and the Spurs are firmly one game ahead.
The Lakers definitely don't want to be ranked fourth. The first round of 4th and 5th is the most intense.
Then there is a high probability that the Clippers will be played in the semifinals. Although playing the Clippers has many benefits.
For example, you don’t have to travel back and forth between home and away games, it’s the third time you’ve encountered it, you’re familiar with it, you’ll get a lot of money at the box office, etc.
But there is one biggest disadvantage: it just can’t be beaten.
We didn't play last year, but the Lakers' strength has actually improved slightly this year.
The problem is that the Clippers are stronger. Anyone who plays against the Clippers will feel this way.
It's not that puffy, it's really very strong, and it hasn't fully exerted its power yet.
Some championship teams or finals teams will become puffy in the second season.
The record improved and the game became better, but in the playoffs I couldn't help but play.
The Clippers have deep internal strength and a solid lineup. No matter who you pick, the Clippers will still be a strong contender for the championship.
Even if Curry is gone, the Clippers still have a very competitive lineup and supporting play style.
The Clippers' idea is not wrong. They have no opponents in the league. Their only opponent is themselves.
Then tonight at Staples Center, they beat their rival Lakers to a pulp.
The scores in the four quarters: 41:27, 30:22, 42:33, 31:25. The Clippers scored two 40 points in the fourth quarter!
144:107 in a single game, scoring 140 points in regular time and slaughtering the Lakers with 37 points!
The fight was so intense that Paul threw the towel off the court, and Kobe remained silent. The two had no communication on the bench.
They didn't even attend the press conference together. Only Paul attended the press conference to be interviewed by reporters.
The most common thing Paul said at the press conference was: "I'm very frustrated, very frustrated."
(End of chapter)
