Min Congda's words are very bewitching to Adam Silva.
Since becoming acting president in 2011, Silva has always been a president living in the shadow of David Stern.
Stern has been in charge of the NBA for nearly 30 years, and the league's golden era has been spent under his hands. There are too many classics and memories.
When Silva took over temporarily, people thought he might be a transitional figure, and that David Stern would come back sooner or later when his health got better.
However, Stern was upright and upright, and he completely backed down. He fully supported Silva on the stage and never publicly interfered with the league's development policy again.
Because Silva came to power in a hurry, he acted very conservatively in the first few seasons. He followed the rules and made no big moves, for fear of being criticized by major shareholders and fans.
Completing the tasks that need to be done during the transition period, maintaining the stable operation of the league, and establishing good relationships with all joints are the main contents of Silva's work in the first few years.
The beginning of this season, according to David Stern's retirement timetable, is when Silva actually takes office, and the word "acting" as acting president is finally removed.
Therefore, there are a lot of changes in the league this summer. In addition to negotiations with referees, legalization of gambling, player labor negotiations, and cooperation in the Chinese market, in November, the league will also negotiate with Adidas for the next jersey and sneaker agency contract. , Nike begins negotiations.
Judging from the current feedback, Silva is very inclined not to renew his contract with Adidas (Adidas is not very willing to renew the contract), but chooses Nike, which is doing better in the basketball field.
It's hard to say that Silva isn't doing this to wipe away the traces left by David Stern in the NBA. His series of actions are not only to make the NBA stronger, but also to prove for himself.
For those who reach the position of president, money will not be their only pursuit. Reputation, status and reputation are extremely important to them.
"Plant your own tree", this sentence echoed over and over in Silva's mind.
This was exactly what he had been holding in his heart, and Min Congda's words touched it deeply.
Silva once thought that maybe Min Congda was not on Stern's side, but on his own side, someone who could truly understand him.
Yes, they have worked closely together in the past. Smart has an amazing energy as a destroyer. Min Congda helped Silva a lot in the process of consolidating his power.
This guy is indeed a talent, even a genius. He has advanced views on many things. His management and transformation of the Clippers may be the most successful team drafting and construction textbook in NBA history.
When he coached the Clippers, he maintained an astonishing unbeaten record in the regular season. In the playoffs, he defeated the strong and the weak, overthrew the Golden State Warriors, became the enemy of the world, won the fourth championship, and completed four consecutive championships. great deeds.
All this proves that Min Congda has outstanding talent in basketball. If he can be used by Silva, it will be even more powerful and he will definitely be Silva's number one general.
But the problem is that he is too capable, and he was recommended by Stern. Silva knew that Stern planned to train Smart to be the next president, so how could Silva not be afraid of him? ?
This ambivalent mentality has been tormenting Silva. Seeing that the Referees Association can no longer control Min Congda, Silva, who has always been soft-tempered, is already thinking about how to try to cooperate with Smart?
It would be great if we could find a way to bring Smart over like before.
With this idea in mind, Silva decided to listen to Min Congda's opinion on the copyright issue in the Chinese market and let him be fully responsible for this matter.
Moreover, Silva has another intention, which is to use the copyright issue in the Chinese market to relocate Min Congda, so that Min Congda will not be given the opportunity to participate in the gambling legalization negotiations that will begin in September.
After Min Congda was appointed for this job, he thought about it for a while and agreed.
He does understand the Chinese market. After all, he is a foresighted person who can see the general situation of the future clearly.
As for the muddy waters of gambling legalization, he doesn’t want to get involved for the time being. Anyway, there will be no substantial promotion of gambling legalization in a short time.
As long as David Stern is here, no matter how Stern compromises on the surface, the old man will still restrict him secretly.
Min Congda himself estimates that it will take about three to four years for gambling to be truly legalized and fully cooperate with the NBA.
He still has time to wait and see on this matter. He will wait until the shareholders' meeting in September to decide his position based on the reactions of all parties.
As the vice president who may be in charge of referee development in the future, Min Congda must be a big stone that cannot be avoided in the legalization of gambling and business operations.
Min Congda also knows this in his heart, so the less he expresses his position, the heavier his weight may be in the legalization process in the future.
When the critical moment comes, he may become the key figure in determining success or failure. That's when he will play his role.
In his six years with the Clippers, the most useful experience Min Congda has learned is to wait, wait patiently, and adapt to changes by remaining unchanged.
On August 21, after the Referees Association and the league reached a new agreement, Adam Silva announced two important pieces of information at the press conference that morning.
The first piece of information is that as the Referees Association and the league have reached a new cooperation agreement, the league has decided to formally establish a video replay center to supervise the refereeing of games in the new season.
During the game, the penalties are analyzed in real time, and the referee report is issued after the game, which plays a role in supervising the referee's law enforcement and improving the fairness of the game.
As for the first director of the video replay center, the current league vice president of referee affairs, Joe Bozia, will not be surprised.
Once Bozia became director of the replay center, the position of vice president of officiating became vacant.
As the assistant to the vice president, Namin Congda will most likely rise to the top and directly serve as the vice president of the alliance.
This promotion seems a bit fast, but in terms of level, Min Congda is completely within his reach.
Because he was the general manager of the team before and is one of the big names in the league, he is fully qualified to serve as department head after being transferred to the league office.
His appointment as the assistant vice president of the league was originally a stop-gap measure. It was a transitional position. Everyone knew that this vice president Min Congda had a high probability of taking the position.
It's just that this speed is really too fast.
The second piece of information is still related to Min Congda. Adam Silva appointed him as the honorary vice president of NBA International Basketball Development Asia, specifically responsible for copyright negotiations with the Chinese city.
To put it bluntly, Silva appointed Min Congda as the Imperial Envoy. His honorary vice president is a one-time use. He will have no actual power after this copyright negotiation is over. However, he still occupies a position in NBA Asia and can enjoy corresponding benefits. treatment.
It can be said that the two pieces of news released by Alliance No. 21 are directly related to Min Congda.
Silva is sending a signal to the outside world: Smart Min will be reused by the league instead of being squeezed out.
In just over a month, Min Congda completed a great turnaround. It should be said that this is a person who is in a good environment wherever he goes.
In the afternoon of that day, Min Congda's office continued to receive calls, and his mailbox also received invitations from Tencent, Alibaba, and NBA Greater China.
Min Congda quickly stepped into his role, first held an online conference call, and continued to inform the NBA Greater China working group of the league's decision in his straight-to-the-point work style.
"I want to tell you clearly that Tencent and Alibaba are all out. The reason is that the NBA has a new strategic plan for future international market development. We are sincerely grateful for their active follow-up and cooperation. But unfortunately, they The culture, development strategy, and future vision of the headquarters were different, so they were all eliminated.”
Min Congda's words confused the China working group. How come the two giants were eliminated when they said they were out?
These are the two largest giants in China's Internet market. Besides them, who else can take advantage of such a huge piece of NBA copyright?
When Min Congda said that they wanted to cooperate with ByteDance, some people in the working group didn’t know about this company, and they thought, have you received money from others? Or have you bought shares in another company?
If the two giants don't cooperate, they will find such a little-known small company to discuss cooperation. If you want to sell it for 500 million in five years, will others be willing to buy it?
At that time, ByteDance definitely did not have so much money to purchase NBA copyrights. In fact, the company had never thought about cooperating with the NBA. Because of the NBA's popularity, size and copyright price, they could not think too much about it.
So when a work email was sent to their boss's mailbox, the secretary thought it was a scam.
In this confusing situation, Min Congda did not use his power or fame to pressure others. Instead, he patiently and tirelessly did the basic work just like he did in the referee association before.
These include daily high-intensity conference calls - they are not long in duration, but the content is very intense. Anyway, it is Min Congda who brainwashes everyone and uses his future vision and experience to challenge everyone.
I also flew to Hong Kong in person to hold meetings and negotiate with leaders and cadres at all levels of the Greater China Marketing Department to discuss the future prospects of NBA Internet development.
At this point, Min Congda not only has a vision for the future, but also has some experience accumulated when working with the Clippers and oil pipelines, and has strong brainwashing and persuasion abilities.
He quickly established the Greater China marketing department and negotiation working group, making them willing to accept his development strategy.
As for ByteDance, Min Congda personally came to negotiate and organized a high-profile basketball game for programmers. Min Congda personally appeared on the stage and used his two years of AAU game experience and superior talent to dominate the game, scoring 58 points and leading the team to victory. At the same time, during negotiations, a preliminary cooperation agreement was reached with ByteDance at a very favorable price, requiring ByteDance to vigorously promote NBA content in several of their video apps and online communities.
The NBA is also fully open to copyright, allowing users to carry out transfers and secondary creations to enhance the spread and flow of NBA videos and culture.
The contract duration is 5 years, and by 2020, the two parties will sign a new contract based on development cooperation.
In less than a month, Min Congda settled matters in the Chinese market, laying a good foundation for the NBA's future development in China's Internet era.
And just when Min Congda was "returning to his hometown" in glory, in the United States, New York, a board resolution on legalizing gambling has been launched.
In the absence of Min Chongda, the board of directors approved the motion to legalize gambling after two days of discussion, and the road to legalizing gambling in the NBA was officially launched.
(End of chapter)
