Bishop of the Devil

After this deal was completed, even a picky person like Richard couldn't find any fault with the Pirates' lineup.

Next, Richard is looking forward to the start of the voting meeting and then the arrival of the new season.

In the following season, if Richard leads the team to win the championship, he will usher in the second dynasty of his career.

After this second dynasty is established, Richard will become the number one active coach!

…

At the end of August, Richard took Miles on a plane to New York. A voting meeting will be held at the league headquarters tomorrow.

The main goal of this voting meeting is to vote on whether the Golden Dragon is qualified to take over the Warriors.

"Bob, after the Golden Dragon wins the Warriors, go over and help him. He will give you the position of general manager of the team." Richard said to Miles next to him with a smile on the plane.

Miles played a very important role in this public opinion campaign, and the Golden Dragon also looked at Miles' ability with special eyes.

Moreover, most of the Pirates' transactions did not require Richard to come forward. Myers was solely responsible for all transactions on Richard's behalf.

Miles has also been with Richard for many years. He is now very capable in lineup building and trade negotiations, and he can definitely take on the role of general manager of the Warriors.

Miles couldn't help but look shocked when he heard Richard's words!

Team general manager? ! Good guy, Miles feels like he has reached the sky in one step.

In fact, the head coach is not the team's management, that is, there are very few senior head coaches who are qualified to intervene in team operations, such as Popovich or Richard.

The general manager of the team is the real team executive. Apart from the boss, the president's status in the team is probably comparable to that of the general manager.

The general manager's authority is too great. All matters of the team, big and small, must be handled by the general manager.

Miles is only 33 years old now. It is actually quite difficult to become an assistant coach of the Pirates. Now he has got the opportunity to become the general manager of a team. It is simply a leap to the sky.

"BOSS, thank you." Miles' face turned red and his whole body was shaking with excitement.

Richard waved his hand and said with a smile, "No need to thank me, this is the position you deserve."

"Your ability impressed the Golden Dragon. Otherwise, it would be useless even if I recommend you."

"It's a pity to be a small assistant coach with your ability. Work hard, man. I hope you can make a difference with the Warriors."

Miles nodded solemnly, and suddenly felt that the responsibility on his shoulders became heavier.

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After arriving in New York, Richard received a call from Paul Allen.

Paul Allen knew the significance of this voting meeting. He knew the relationship between Golden Dragon and Richard very well, so he paid great attention to it this time and arrived in New York one day in advance.

For other things, Paul Allen would definitely not be so active. He would probably only send a representative to attend the meeting.

…

After hanging up the phone, Richard took Miles to the Elysee Hotel, where Paul Allen was waiting for him.

After arriving at the hotel, Richard was led by the waiter into the private room on the top floor of the hotel.

The private room was full with more than ten people sitting there. What surprised Richard was that these ten people were all owners of NBA teams.

Paul Allen was sitting in the middle. When he saw Richard coming in, he smiled and greeted him.

"Paul, such a big battle?"

"They are all friends, just taking this opportunity to get together." Paul Allen said with a smile.

Richard was speechless. He had never heard that Paul Allen had so many friends before...

Richard even saw the Jazz owner among the group.

At this moment, the owner of the Jazz team looked at Richard with a smile on his face and was very enthusiastic.

"Lee is here, let's talk about this voting meeting." McClendon cleared his throat.

Richard sat down and roughly understood what Paul Allen meant by today's round.

I have to say that Paul Allen's connections are really powerful. Richard has been in business for more than ten years, but he can't compare to Paul Allen's connections.

Today, Paul Allen obviously wanted to use his connections to help Richard.

"Stern has really gone too far in this matter. This voting meeting will definitely not let him get what he wants." McClendon said dissatisfied.

"I also think Stern went too far in this matter. Anyway, he shouldn't have personal grudges about this kind of thing." Mavericks owner Cuban also came this time. When he saw McClendon speaking, he He also continued with a smile.

The bosses of several more teams said something, generally meaning that this voting meeting would support the Golden Dragon.

They also have more or less resentment towards Stern. During the years of Stern's dictatorship, although Stern's ability is indeed outstanding, his high-pressure policies have also made many teams complain.

"Thank you everyone. Golden Dragon is not here today. I would like to thank you on his behalf." Richard said to the bosses in the room with a smile.

Not everyone of these bosses is a firm ally. Many of them came to participate in today's round because of Paul Allen's sake, but at least they are here today. In the voting meeting tomorrow, they will stand with Richard. aside.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, NBA headquarters.

The conference room was filled with the owners of every team in the league today. They are the most powerful group of people in the entire NBA.

Stern presided over the voting meeting with a smile on his face.

Richard ignored Stern's speech on the stage and turned around to look around the stadium. It seemed that the bosses of each team took this matter very seriously. Only two teams sent representatives. All other 28 teams came in person, including the owners themselves.

Stern chattered on the stage for nearly ten minutes, going over the current situation of the Warriors, and then introduced the resume of the Golden Dragon.

Of course, Stern definitely didn't say anything nice, he just said that Golden Dragon is currently working as a financial executive for the pirates...

As for Golden Dragon's resume, Stern doesn't need to say much. The bosses on site probably know it.

"Okay, let's start voting."

"Each team will be issued a card and agree to the Golden Dragon taking over the Warriors. Just check the box. If you don't agree, put a cross. The management committee staff will collect the votes and then tally the results."

"By the way, this voting meeting is anonymous as usual."

After that, Stern called on the staff at the scene to start distributing ballot cards.

Richard sees that the situation is wrong, good guy, vote anonymously? Shouldn't the round and flat ones be left to Stern's control? !

You must know that Stern has a criminal record. He can do anything in the draft, not to mention such extremely irregular voting.

"Ahem." Richard coughed heavily and tapped his fingers on the table.

"I have an opinion. I don't agree with this voting system." Richard opened his mouth and whispered.

The scene suddenly became quiet, and the staff distributing ballots were also stunned.

"Li, what do you disagree with?" Stern was furious and looked at Richard coldly.

"I don't agree with this, I don't agree with this anonymous voting, and I don't agree with letting the management committee count the votes." Richard said lazily.

"Richard, this is the convention of voting meetings. It has always been anonymous. Do you want to break the rules?!" Stern shouted.

He absolutely didn't want Golden Dragon to take over the Warriors. Originally, he was somewhat sure that he would use fair and just means to stop Golden Dragon and Richard, but he knew about the game played by Paul Allen last night.

This made Stern very clear that if he wanted to stop Richard openly, there was no chance at all. Now he could only resort to some shady tricks. He had already ordered the staff to prepare several crossed-out ballots. When the time comes, Here's a trick to change the situation. It's anonymous anyway, so no one can find fault.

"Rules? I don't know what the rules are. This is Richard's first time participating in a voting meeting. Naturally, I have to put forward opinions on any unreasonable things."

"Besides, aren't the rules themselves created and broken? You Stern seems to have broken a lot of rules, right?" Richard ignored the furious Stern and said with a smile to himself.

Several bosses at the scene almost laughed out loud. They came to the scene in person this time just to see the excitement.

Richard is participating in a voting meeting for the first time. There will definitely be some friction between him and Stern...

Now the voting meeting has just begun, and the two of them are directly fighting each other. It seems that they are not at any loss this time, seeing such a big excitement.

Stern forced himself to calm down and must not be impulsive at this time.