Bishop of the Devil

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"Old Bass, this incident happened because of Jim Bass, so no matter what, your Bass family must properly resolve the current predicament!"

"If we continue like this, our profits this season will be greatly affected."

On the Lakers' board of directors, many small shareholders have directly begun to urge Buss to quickly resolve the serious situation in front of him.

"Mr. Buss, I can't figure out what conditions Richard proposed? It's more difficult for you to accept than making money. You should know that if it continues like this, it will be very detrimental to us Lakers."

"That's right, who would have a grudge against the U.S. dollar? Richard just asked Jim Bass to apologize. Even if he made any strict demands, he had to agree to get rid of this situation."

"I think Richard can accept other conditions as long as he doesn't want the Lakers' equity, and it's impossible for Richard to want the Lakers' equity, so I don't understand why he can't agree to the conditions he proposed." What do you say to the small shareholder? I said something and started to talk sarcastically.

This thing has not happened to them, so they can naturally say whatever they want, as long as they don't suffer losses.

Old Bass looked sad, and these small shareholders were making noises. If they knew about Richard's request, they would probably not only make noises, but also take more drastic measures.

Although the equity of the small shareholders is not large, they jointly account for one-third of the Lakers' equity, which should not be underestimated.

"I will try my best to solve this matter in the shortest time." Old Bass said with a frown.

"Okay, we believe in you, Mr. Buss. We hope that the current difficulties can be solved within a week. At least we must let Kobe and others play first."

"Although losing some regular season results doesn't have much impact, the key to the problem now is that we have made a lot less money."

Many small shareholders spoke to each other one by one.

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At the same time, Xiao Hua is actively contacting Richard, and he also wants to calm down the matter as soon as possible.

But when he learned from Richard's mouth Richard's request to Old Bass, he was stunned.

Richard actually asked Old Bass to sell Jim Bass' share of the stock? This requirement is really too demanding.

"Li, do you want to change your request? Your request is really embarrassing for Old Buss. The Lakers' equity is considered the most precious thing in their family. Now you ask them to sell part of their equity. This is tantamount to cutting off flesh." Xiao Hua said worriedly.

As one of the league's cash cows, Xiao Hua naturally doesn't want the Lakers to encounter too big changes...

The bigger the change, the more likely it is that the Lakers will sink.

If Xiao Hua were Bass Lao, he probably wouldn't agree to Richard's request now.

"It's impossible to change the request. How embarrassing? If it's not embarrassing, why should I make the request?" Richard said with a smile.

Xiao Hua smiled bitterly. Richard was still the same Richard, the completely unreasonable Richard...

In other words, it was Richard who was unreasonable and unforgiving. This time Richard took advantage of the situation and wanted him to take it lightly. It was obviously impossible.

"By the way, Li, I noticed that Iverson was involved in the BIG3 alliance recently. Is this your handiwork?" Xiao Hua asked with a frown.

Although there are many basketball leagues in the United States, except for the non-commercial NCAA, other basketball leagues are basically just for fun and pose no threat to the NBA.

But now the BIG3 alliance created by Richard has made Xiao Hua feel a bit of a crisis.

All the games are played by retired veterans, and they are also star-level veterans. The attention of such a league must be quite high...

Now Xiao Hua wants to test what Richard is thinking.

"Yes, it was indeed my idea, but Adam, don't worry, the BIG3 Alliance will have no impact on the alliance at all."

"Their games will be held during the NBA offseason. Since they are all retired NBA veterans, you can also regard it as a subordinate league of the NBA. Of course, the management rights definitely do not belong to your league management committee. meeting……"

"I know what you are worried about, Adam. You are a bit too worried. I don't have the courage to start a new business." Richard said with a smile.

The so-called starting from scratch is to create a league similar to the NBA...

Is this possible? have!

However, it requires paying a terrifying capital price, and it may be a completely loss-making business in the early stage.

And even if you spend money, you may not be able to succeed, and you will need a super charismatic person like Richard.

As for capital, Richard certainly has it. If he doesn't have enough, there is Paul Allen...

In terms of appeal, Richard is confident that he can take away a few stars from the NBA, and at most he will pay more...

If it develops slowly in this way, it is not impossible to rise in the future.

But unless Richard is out of his mind, he would take such an extremely risky move.

It’s totally thankless…

Hearing Richard's words, Xiao Hua breathed a sigh of relief. In his opinion, Richard's crazy energy could make him do any shocking things.

He was really afraid that one day he would wake up and see the news saying that Richard would lead a bunch of stars to start a new basketball league...

Although this possibility is rare, even if there is only a slim chance, it is scary enough.

"Li, if you have other requests, I can help you talk to Old Bass and maybe get him to agree to your request."

"But I really can't do anything about this request." Xiao Hua said with a wry smile.

"You don't need your help. Now Bass has to agree even if he doesn't agree."

"The pressure he faces now is much greater than you think." Richard said with a smile.

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Richard was confident that the Bass family would be able to submit. They could survive a day or two, but they would definitely not survive half a month.

Sure enough, after the Lakers' ticket sales plummeted for four consecutive home games, Buss had no choice but to pick up the phone under the crazy pressure of small shareholders.

He is now pushed to the edge of a cliff. The four home games are okay at the moment, but their away games are next.

What makes Bass so painful is that in the next away game, there will be a game against the Portland Trail Blazers...

Buss still remembers Paul Allen's madness at the press conference. He doesn't know if other teams will really waste Lakers players, but the Trail Blazers will definitely do it.

The Blazers Prison Team, the Blazers Lengtouqing Team, there is no wrong nickname for this team. This team is the kind of fierce team at its core. It is ruthless to itself and even more ruthless to its opponents.

Paul Allen even said double compensation, which means it also gives players a way to make money.

The league fined 30,000 US dollars, Paul Allen paid 60,000 US dollars, and the players made 30,000 US dollars in vain...

If you are banned for a long time, you will make even more money.

For example, being suspended directly until the end of the season is equivalent to receiving two seasons' salary in one season...

This kind of good thing, for the fringe players of those teams, is simply pie in the sky!

It is conceivable that it will be absolutely dangerous for the Lakers to play away games in Portland.

At present, the four core players have refused to play. If the other players on the team are also disabled and unable to play, then the Lakers will be in trouble this season...

The key is that with Paul Allen's words, other Lakers teams are a little frightened.

In desperation, Old Bass could only compromise. Under internal and external troubles, he had no other choice.

The only thing that Buss is thankful for is that after selling the 11% stake, the Buss family still owns 55% of the equity and still has control over the Lakers.

Let’s get through the current crisis first, and then think about it in the long term. When the time comes, we will use means to buy back some shares from small shareholders. I don’t think Richard will pursue it anymore...

Of course, this cannot be done in the short term. It will have to wait until people forget about it in a few years. By then, even if Richard wants to get angry, he will not be able to find a reason.

Poor old Bass must have never thought that he would not live that long, and that he might not live until that time.

It's almost 2011 now. The old Bass passed away in 2013, which means that the old Bass still has two years to live...

Two years later, expecting his children to get their equity back? That is tantamount to wishful thinking. It would be nice if his children did not sell their shares.

"Li, I agree to your request. I believe you will put an end to this incident properly." Old Bass called and said directly.

"That's natural. I have no intention of starting a war with the Lakers. If that idiot Jim Buss hadn't provoked me, what happened today wouldn't have happened at all." Richard said with a smile.

Calling Jim Bass a fool in front of old Bass is enough to show that Richard really doesn't take the Bass family seriously.

The key is that old Bass didn't think there was anything wrong with Richard's words. Isn't his youngest son a fool?

Perhaps to describe him as an idiot would be an understatement...

He really has the urge to strangle his youngest son to death now. He really hates what happened to his youngest son this time.