Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, one of the most expensive commercial office districts in the city, Building 333, a 33-story commercial office building.
In the 1970s, the area above the 20th floor of this building was jointly owned by current Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
In 1979, Jerry Buss sold the property he owned in the building to Sterling for $67.5 million and purchased the Los Angeles Lakers.
More than ten years later, this building has completely belonged to Sterling.
Sterling's office, law firm, and real estate company headquarters are all here.
He loved sitting in this building and it was a testament to his brilliance.
Especially proving that he is better than Jerry Buss!
Back then, he watched Jerry Buss invest 80% of his net worth into buying an NBA team. At that time, the NBA was still synonymous with negative images such as fighting, illegal drugs, and sexual violence. He was happy to see Jerry Buss' miserable ending.
Unexpectedly, less than a year after Jerry Buss spent the more than 60 million US dollars, it turned into 150 million US dollars. The Lakers drafted Magic and won the championship that season. The market value soared and more than doubled. .
At the suggestion of Jerry Buss, Sterling also quickly bought a team, buying the San Diego Clippers for $12.5 million in 1981 and moving to Los Angeles in 1984.
As a result, more than ten years later, after the Lakers won the championship this year, their market value has exceeded US$500 million, becoming one of the only two teams in the NBA with a market value exceeding US$500 million.
After the Lakers reached the Finals in 1991, their market value had exceeded US$500 million. However, Magic contracted AIDS and retired on the spot. The Lakers were implicated, and their market value plummeted by US$200 million overnight.
The Clippers, with a current market value of US$180 million, are less than the US$200 million market value they had after the Lakers won the championship in 1982 and selected James Worthy with the No. 1 pick.
In terms of running the team, Sterling lost miserably.
However, he has a much better vision than Jerry Buss when it comes to real estate. He took advantage of every downturn in real estate prices and bought all the buildings bit by bit. Now he owns a building. , much richer than Jerry Buss!
Today, Sterling had an uninvited guest in his office.
The Elgin Baylor he hated was at it again.
Baylor denounced Li Ao's evil deeds, and then said: "Let's send him away! Don't the Lakers want him? Send him over!
After he was selected, he never came to report. On the first day he came, he hit his teammates and sent them to the hospital. How can we keep such a player! "
Sterling impatiently took out a stack of documents and threw them on his desk: "You take a look at this first."
Belle picked up the documents with a question mark on his head and flipped through them one by one.
The Flower Gardener Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Flower Gardener Construction Group, the Flower Gardener Tobacco Group, the Flower Gardener, the Bald Family Chip Manufacturing Company, the Bald Family Fruit United... more than a dozen sponsorship contracts, more than the Clippers' previous sponsors combined.
Although the sponsorship fee for each contract is not high, it is only for one year.
However, what does this mean? No matter how unlucky Lord Baylor is, he still understands its meaning.
No wonder the one said that his former boss had been drunk for several days and was sent to the hospital.
Sterling took the sponsorship contract back into his hand and counted each one. There was nothing missing. He felt relieved and said:
"In this matter, it's the fault of whoever struck first. Leo got into a fight with his teammates and was suspended for 5 games in this summer league.
Olowokandi splashed the coach and teammates with water. This behavior is inexcusable.
Did that parallel import play well last season? Send him away while he's valuable.
You ask Leo if there is a center he wants to cooperate with. We can sign or trade... The salary cannot be too high. It is best to trade, and use Olowokandi to exchange for a center on the rookie contract... The salary cannot be too high! "
When he heard who made the first move and who was wrong, Baylor was pleasantly surprised and thought things had turned around.
But when he heard Sterling use the word 'fight' to define the incident, he felt something was wrong.
He thought he was blind when he heard how the two were treated.
Seeing that Baylor's grimace became more and more exciting, Sterling snorted and continued: "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Is there anything else? If not, just leave quickly. There are clients coming soon."
Belle left the office confused, he was now a mess.
As he went downstairs and walked out of the building, a gust of warm wind blew, and he changed his mind - our Clippers actually have a ball tyrant today? Or is he a popular star with huge commercial value who needs to be supported by management?
His eyes returned to Sterling's office.
His secretary was sorting out the sponsorship contract, and his hands were arranging the secretary's skirt, and he started to touch the new Xiaomi again.
He felt that his temperament was particularly high today. Before Baylor came, he had already started and was ready to show his strength.
This secretary came at the end of last month, and his name was Tia. He fell in love with her as soon as he saw it. He had a good look, a good figure, but also... very handsome appearance.
He drank some wine at noon today and planned to take action.
But just as he started to take action, Baylor's unlucky guy came and disturbed his mood.
But he felt that he was particularly cocky today. Looking at Tia, who was bending over and raising her buttocks, he felt proud again.
"Boss, you can't do this. I have a boyfriend... Boss You's hands are so powerful..."
"I have something even better."
"Boss, you hate it...is this what you gain after selecting Leo? His commercial value is so high!"
Sterling became proud after hearing this and said: "This is just the beginning. If we can successfully sign a contract with him, as long as he performs well enough, the next sponsorship fee we get will be much higher than this!
Olowokandi, this nigger is not obedient at all. I wanted to kick him away a long time ago. Damn parallel import. I was scolded for two years.
Leo, hum, how dare you look down on my team, but it doesn't matter, as long as he can help me make money, he beat Olowokandi, and I will send Olowokandi away to please the Flower Planters fans.
But whether it’s the nigger Olowokandi or the yellow guy Leo, they are just tools for me to make money! If they didn't help me make money, there's no way I would let them into my arena. Seeing them gives me goosebumps all over my body and makes me sick to death. "
The more he talked, the more excited Sterling became: "Yanks like Buss are really stupid. They don't know anything about basketball dreams or sportsmanship. Money is the most important thing. But if they weren't so stupid, the Yingjiang family would also It will not be controlled by us Jews.”
Tia was stunned. Is this what she can say?
No, the work wasn't over yet. She twisted her body and said softly: "Boss, just do it. Why are you still taking off my clothes? I have a boyfriend!"
That's right, before he took off his clothes, Sterling quickly took off Tia's clothes and said with a lewd smile: "I like people with boyfriends. Come on, compare who is better between me and your boyfriend..."
…A few minutes later…
Tia said with a satisfied look: "Boss, you are still the best..."
Sterling was very satisfied with the new secretary's reaction, put on his pants and said, "I have business to discuss. Please clean up the office."
After saying that, Sterling walked away feeling dejected and unable to stand up.
After Tia confirmed that Sterling had left, she sighed first and didn't even give a tip. She was not as generous as the fast food people when she went to work part-time.
But it doesn't matter!
She took out the camera hidden in the bookshelf and looked at it. The picture and sound were very clear. She quickly put it in her bag and put it away and cleaned up.
She is so excited now! I was so busy cleaning.
She didn't expect the aromatherapy at Sange's house to be so powerful!
This Grandet was so sexually excited that he could speak so freely!
Originally she just wanted to use this to extort money from the other party, but she didn't expect to record such exciting content!
I have a long-term meal ticket!
…
On the first day after Li Ao returned to the team, he went to the training hall in the morning and was informed of his suspension at noon.
Schwartz was so confused that he would have directly applied for a trade if he had known he was selected.
He didn't expect Leo's temper to be so violent. He felt that his career as an agent was about to come to an end just after it started...
However, in the evening, a rumor emerged - Olowokandi, the top pick of the Clippers parallel imports, wanted to bully the rookie, and Li Ao, the rookie rookie prospect, fought back angrily. The two fought each other in the locker room, and both were banned from participating in the following summer league. .
When Schwartz first received the news, his worldview exploded.
I wipe it, can it still be like this?
Early the next morning, he arrived at the apartment where Li Ao lived and saw that the door of Li Ao's small suite was open. He walked over to take a look...
On the sofa, a man as big as Li Ao was leaning his head on the shoulder of the beautiful teacher aggrievedly, and was saying aggrievedly:
"That guy provoked me and poured dirty water on me. I couldn't help but fight with him. He was too strong. Fortunately, I had rich fighting experience and narrowly defeated him. Look, Aunt Vivian, my hands were all broken. injured."
"Why didn't you tell me yesterday that you were bullied? Tell me! I hired someone to beat him up... It doesn't hurt. Auntie will blow it for you. It hurts and flies away... Is there any other injuries..."
"Ahem."
Schwartz couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted the two of them.
Only then did Li Ao and Vivian notice that someone was coming. Li Ao raised his head as if nothing happened just now.
As long as he doesn't feel embarrassed, it's not embarrassing.
After a while, the three of them were sitting in the living room of Vivian's house having breakfast.
Li Ao's hand was scratched and it would take a long time to recover after being exposed to water for a long time, so he cooked three bowls of macaroni and ate just one meal.
For him, it was a make do, but for Schwartz, it was the most delicious macaroni he had ever eaten. It was as if someone was trying to compete with him for the food. He finished it in a few seconds and even drank the soup. Gotta be clean.
Wiping his mouth, Schwartz said, "Leo, why were you so impulsive yesterday?"
He wanted to ask this yesterday, but didn't dare.
The scene when Li Ao beat Olowokandi was so scary.
But today, seeing that Li Ao's face was still invulnerable and his cooking was still amazingly delicious, Li Ao's image in his mind was reversed, and he dared to ask.
Li Ao responded: "As the saying goes, open it with one punch to avoid hundreds of punches. If you are bullied for the first time, if you don't give them something powerful, they will think that I am really easy to bully."
Vivian echoed: "That's right, that's right."
Schwartz: (￣┏Д┓￣°*)
He actually thought it made sense!
Forget it, let's take it one step at a time.
Schwartz said: "I finally understand why Sterling so happily promised you to ask for tickets and 120% of your salary. Many companies in the flower industry announced business cooperation with the Clippers last night."
"I heard about it too, but I had already guessed that this would happen."
"Oh, so you knew that the Clippers would favor you, so you hit that parallel importer to establish your authority. I said, why are you so uncool." Schwartz felt that this made sense.
"No, I didn't think much about it at the time. It was just a habitual counterattack."
"..."
Schwartz covered his face in pain.
Forget it, it’s on the table, what else can I do?
He said: "When I was going out just now, Elgin Baylor called me and asked if you have any centers you want to cooperate with. They planned to send Olowokandi away."
"I want Duncan."
"You want to be bullshit, but on the 1st I received news that the Clippers really gave Duncan a maximum salary offer, but Banks didn't even give the Clippers a chance to meet and directly rejected it, but... I didn't expect that Jew to be willing to spend such a large amount of money." Schwartz feels that his worldview has been refreshed since becoming Li Ao's agent.
"Sterling is stingy and not stupid. No matter which team gets Duncan, it will immediately become a popular team. The revenue from the increase in ticket prices is higher than Duncan's salary... No kidding, I really have a candidate... …”
…
Suspended for 5 games in summer league, about two weeks.
Li Ao is happy to train on his own and get better at three-pointers and mid-range shots. Only by showing stronger abilities can he strive for a higher tactical status.
As for the fact that he beat Olowokandi, paper cannot cover up the fire. The original situation of the matter was exposed.
However, Sterling first used media resources to spread the news and gave people the impression of a 'mutual fight'. Even if it was later revealed that Li Ao unilaterally beat Olowokandi, it only turned the matter into a 'Cold case'.
And this incident did not have much impact on Li Ao's reputation.
People are paying attention to this matter. Will the Clippers keep Li Ao?
There have been two recent pieces of news about Li Ao. One is that the Grizzlies management revealed that they had planned to help the Lakers select Li Ao.
The authenticity of this news was originally doubtful in people's minds.
But later it was revealed that the Lakers had already negotiated a deal with the Magic to select Li Ao with the No. 5 pick, but the Clippers used the No. 3 pick to intercept it.
This news was confirmed by Magic insiders who were unhappy about the failed trade.
Will the Clippers send this thorny prospect away?
Even if he doesn't send him away, how should Li Ao get along with his teammates?
Wouldn't it be awkward for Li Ao and Olowokandi to play in the same jersey?
Just as the discussion among the media and fans became more and more lively, the Clippers officially announced the deal!
The Clippers sent Olowokandi and Derek Blount, and received Jermaine O'Neal, Greg Anthony, and a highly protected first-round pick in the top 25 picks in 2001 from the Trail Blazers!
(End of chapter)
