Bishop of the Devil

"Yes, this incident can be ended today. Mr. Buss, any conditions I have said are valid, including allowing your Lakers to win a championship in the past two years. Of course, this is because of Ben and Kobe. ." Richard said to Old Bass with a smile.

Old Bass sighed, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh now...

Losing 11% of the equity and then getting a championship for the Lakers. Is this deal really a good deal?

If this 11% equity can be recovered in the future, it will naturally be a good deal.

…

But there is one thing that Old Buss is extremely sure of. It is estimated that after winning this championship, the Lakers will definitely have no chance to win the championship before Richard leaves the league...

In other words, the Lakers may miss the championship in the next thirty years.

Richard will not sit back and watch the Lakers in the same city rise again. Although he may tolerate the Lakers being stronger and creating some topics about their rivals in the same city to attract popularity, Richard will never allow the Lakers to win the championship. This is for sure.

Thinking of this, Old Buss sighed. The Lakers are definitely sitting at home, and trouble comes from the sky.

Everything was fine, but suddenly Richard came to Los Angeles...

If Richard didn't come to Los Angeles, the Lakers' popularity wouldn't be greatly affected even if they sank for a few years.

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After hanging up the phone with Richard, Old Bass directly called Jim Bass over.

In addition to selling the share of equity that originally belonged to Bass Jr., Bass Jr. also needs to apologize to Richard three times on three consecutive occasions. This will definitely require Bass Jr.'s cooperation.

"What? Father, why did you agree to him?" After hearing what Old Bass said, Jim Bass jumped angrily.

Let yourself apologize to Richard in newspapers, press conferences, and television media? Then where should I put my face?

You know, I was the one who was beaten, and now I have to apologize to Richard? !

Just the apology was completely unacceptable to Bass, and there were other things that were even more unacceptable to him.

"Originally, I planned to divide the equity equally among your six children after my death, but now it seems that I only need to divide it into five shares."

"This is also one of Richard's requirements, Jim, look at the stupid things you have done!" Old Bass said with hatred.

"If you sell the 11% equity, you will get half of the cash."

Only half? Jim Bass became sluggish. He had definitely made a huge loss this time.

Prior to this, Buss was actually quite active in the decision-making level of the Lakers. He was involved in many large-scale transactions of the Lakers. For example, the Lakers' previous move to introduce O'Neal included Buss.

But now, Buss Jr. has been completely kicked out of the decision-making team. No matter what the Lakers decide in the future, it will definitely have nothing to do with him.

The most important thing is that Bass Jr. can only get half of the equity originally worth about 300 million US dollars!

He is not an investment genius like Richard. He may have relied on this equity for his whole life, but now it is suddenly reduced by half, how can he accept it?

"Impossible, father, I won't apologize to Richard, and please don't sell my shares..." Jim Bass was completely anxious. If he really sold his shares, he would be ruined for the rest of his life. what to do?

Relying on more than 100 million US dollars in cash to survive and wait to die?

Hearing what his youngest son said, old Bass suddenly became angry and refused to agree? !

What were you doing earlier? If you hadn't offended Richard before, would the Lakers be in such a situation of internal and external troubles now? !

"No?! Jim, it's not your decision now."

"You must agree, otherwise, you won't even get half of the cash!" Old Bass slapped the table and yelled.

He feels so much hatred now, why did he give birth to such a fool...

Jim Bass shrank when Old Bass yelled like this.

Old Bass' words completely frightened him. If he really didn't give him half of the US dollars, what would he do for the rest of his life? I don’t even have the qualifications to eat and wait to die...

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Early the next morning, the Los Angeles Times published an apology from Jim Bass…

At this point, Jim Bass had no choice. In the face of comfort for the rest of his life, he could only apologize according to Richard's request.

Then at noon, Jim Bass held a press conference and apologized to Richard again.

In the evening, Jim Bass appeared on a local Los Angeles talk TV show and apologized to Richard again.

Although looking at Jim Bass's expression, it is quite reluctant, but after apologizing three times in a row, who would care about Jim Bass's reluctance...

Many fans are speculating that the Lakers may have agreed to Richard's request, and Jim Buss's three apologies may be just an appetizer.

The real feast is yet to come...

While Jim Bass was busy apologizing, Old Bass naturally couldn't stay idle and began to look for buyers of the equity.

Naturally, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell the Lakers' equity. After buying it, it is basically a guaranteed profit without losing money. So when Old Buss announced in the circle that he wanted to sell part of the Lakers' equity, there were many people who responded and squeezed out Old Bus. The threshold of Si family.

In the end, Buss did not sell this 11% stake to the Lakers' original minority shareholders, but to a wealthy local businessman in Los Angeles.

After Buss Jr.'s interview show ended, the Lakers directly announced on their website that a new shareholder of the team had taken shares...

The fans were shocked. How dare Richard actually make such a request and force the Bass family to sell their shares? !

It's no wonder that Old Bass didn't agree to Richard at first. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid it's unlikely that he would agree.

Now that the Bass family has surrendered, there is only one explanation. They really cannot withstand the pressure exerted on them by Richard.

The current pressure on the Lakers is too great. The situation of internal and external troubles cannot be solved even by God.

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"BOSS, there is news from the Bass family."

"They sold 11% of the equity to Huang Xinxiang..." After Sun Xiaoben learned the news, he immediately told Richard about it.

Richard was startled, sold it to Huang Xinxiang? !

Richard is certainly not unfamiliar with this Huang Xinxiang. In fact, every Chinese American is familiar with this name.

Huang Xinxiang is the richest Chinese-American in the United States. Even if Richard is included, Huang Xinxiang is still the richest man.

Richard had met Huang Xinxiang once before at a dinner party, and the impression was quite profound.

First of all, Huang Xinxiang is indeed a basketball enthusiast, especially a fan of the Lakers and Kobe Bryant.

Richard also remembers that under normal circumstances, Huang Xinxiang actually bought 4.5% of the Lakers' equity in 2011.

It's just that this equity was not bought from the Bass family, but from the magician.

I guess many die-hard Lakers fans don't know that there is a Chinese-American among the Lakers' minority shareholders.

Obviously, Magic sold the shares at a loss. In 2011, 4.5% of the Lakers' shares were sold for about 110 million to 20 million dollars. After the Lakers' market value soared a few years later, Huang Xinxiang easily made 50 million U.S. dollars. above……

Now that Huang Xinxiang has acquired equity in the Lakers, Richard is not too surprised.

Even Richard feels that Magic's sale of Lakers equity will still happen under normal circumstances. Huang Xinxiang may still accept the 4.5% equity of the Lakers from Magic...

In that case, Huang Xinxiang holds 15.5% of the Lakers' equity, which is already more than any of Buss's children. If Jenny Buss and the others are united, it will be easy to say. If they are not united, they will be defeated by Huang Xinxiang one by one. Maybe this Laker will have the surname Huang in the future...

Thinking of this, Richard felt that things were becoming more and more interesting. He had never expected this to be the case before.

He caught the Bass family of the Lakers and gave him a scolding, but he ended up making a wedding dress for another Chinese-American.