Chapter 656: The Lakers are in hand (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Jerichbus has had a headache recently, because his beloved Lakers team has been targeted by Phantom Entertainment, which is now in full swing in North America!

Joan Bass is Jerry Buss's wife, although Jerry Bass has a romantic life, but the legal wife is only Jo Ann Buss, when the two went to college, they were together, Jerry Bass studied chemistry at that time, and Joan Bass, who was still called Joan Miller at that time, studied nursing.

The two fell in love at first sight and got married.

Later, Joan Buss was known as the mother of the Lakers!

It can be seen that Joan Buss is also full of feelings for the Lakers and has made contributions.

Joan Bass looked at Jerebus who was rubbing his brows, sat next to him and comforted: "The Lakers belong to our Bass family, if you don't want to sell it, don't sell it, just refuse old Johnson directly!"

Jerry Buss showed a wry smile and said: "Where is it so easy, Phantom Entertainment is determined to buy the Lakers this time, and it is not a simple matter to reject them." ”

Jerebus and Johnson Sr. are old friends, and the two have always had a good relationship on weekdays, but when it comes to business, the friendship between them seems a little fragile.

Especially when Johnson Sr. has officially informed Jerry Buss that if Jerry Bas still does not agree to sell the Lakers, then what follows is not a simple conversation between the two.

Although the elder Johnson didn't say anything clearly, Jerry Bas knew that if he still didn't sell the Lakers, the next thing would be Phantom Entertainment's suppression of his career!

"What if we bring in other investments?" advises Joan Bass.

The current Lakers have no other shareholders, unlike those who were later sold a small stake by Jeribas to those around them.

Jerebus said: "It's okay to bring in external capital, but I'm afraid it's going to lure wolves into the house!"

Jerebus clearly knows that the current sports project in North America is not a high-return investment, and if he introduces external funds, what if the other party's equity is bought by Phantom Entertainment in the end?

This kind of thing is not impossible to happen, and now Phantom Entertainment has made it clear that the horses and horses must get the Lakers, and even the price quoted is very exciting, not to mention those investment institutions that only recognize money and do not recognize people!

Joan Bass showed a helpless expression: "Don't we have any other way?"

Jerebus said: "There are only two paths in front of us now, one is to resolutely not sell the Lakers, then our other business will definitely be affected. ”

"The other way is to sell the Lakers, so that not only will our other businesses not be affected, but we will also be able to get in touch with Phantom Entertainment. ”

This kind of multiple-choice question, if it is for other people, is actually a score question, but for Jerry Buss is an extremely difficult multiple-choice question, because he very much does not want to sell the Lakers.

At this time, Jerry Buss's eldest son, Johnny Bass, walked in and said, "I just got the news that a piece of land in our company in the suburbs has been robbed by Phantom Entertainment!"

"At the same time, the stock of our family company has also been sniped!"

Johnny Bass is actually Jerry Bas's favorite successor, but this person's ambition is not to manage the team, but in music, which is also related to the fact that he studied music when he was in college.

Jerry Bass looked at Joan Bass with a wry smile and said, "See, the other party has already shot!"

Johnny Bass said calmly: "Daddy, things have come to this point, the Lakers have to make a move, we can't let our family company have problems because of a Lakers!"

Jerebus waved his hand and said: "I know this, but seeing the Lakers in my hands, they have developed to this point, and now let me sell him, I am reluctant!"

Johnny Buss didn't want to have such deep feelings for the Lakers like his father, and said: "Daddy, you once told me that in business, your feelings can be put aside, and now there is a very important opportunity for us, if we can sell the Lakers, it will also be a very big help to our family's real estate business!"

Jerebus looked at his eldest son and asked, "What help?"

Johnny Bass said: "I got the news that Phantom Entertainment is now preparing to build their studio and the theme park belonging to Phantom, which is a very huge project, if we can get these two projects, our family business can definitely go up a notch!"

Jerry Buss is a smart person, but he has been blinded by his feelings for the Lakers before, so he didn't think of all this, but now under the reminder of his eldest son, he immediately understands the key to it, but he also has his own concerns.

"Old Johnson must also attach great importance to these two projects, and according to the relationship between Old Johnson and the Phantom, these two projects are likely to be obtained by them!"

Johnny Bass smiled: "Friendship is friendship, business is business, and we don't necessarily have to get all the work, as long as we get half of it, as long as we trade the Lakers, I am confident that we can help the company get this business!"

Jerebus sat in his chair and was silent for a long time, the Lakers were like his seventh child, and now he was going to sell that child.

Either way, emotionally, he couldn't accept it.

But after all, Jerebus is a successful businessman and knows that sometimes feelings are not allowed.

Finally, Jerebus let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you!"

Johnny Bass smiled and said, "Daddy, Los Angeles is not the only Lakers, if you really like basketball, you can try to buy the Clippers, and then you can still fulfill your basketball dream." ”

Jerry Buss didn't say anything, just waved his hand and let them out, for him the Lakers are not the same as the Clippers!

Old Bass made a decision here, and Wu Jianye quickly got the news.

"You're saying that Buss Sr. agreed to sell the Lakers, but wants to get the two projects of Studio and Phantom Studios that Phantom Entertainment is preparing?"

In an elegant coffee shop, Wu Miya sat with Johnson.

Johnson nodded and said, "Yes, Johnny Bass has already met with me!"

Johnson actually didn't want Wu Jianye to agree to this proposal, after all, their family also has a real estate company in Los Angeles, and if they can, their family also hopes to get these two projects.

Wu Jianye thought for a moment and said: "Agree with Johnny Buss's suggestion, but you can't give it all to them, so let's do it, your family and their family will share these two projects, and at the same time tell Johnny Bass that the Lakers' purchase price will be reduced to $80 million!"

The original purchase price of the Lakers was $100 million, but now that the Bath family wants to get those two projects, it will naturally drop some of the purchase price!

And in doing so, the Johnson family will not say much.

Sure enough, when Johnson heard Wu Jianye's suggestion, he immediately smiled and said, "There should be no problem with this!"

After the two negotiated, things were much simpler, when Buss Sr. agreed to sell the Lakers.

Phantom Entertainment immediately submitted an application to the NBA to acquire the Lakers.

If you want to buy a team in the NBA, you need not only to agree to the deal, but also to get the consent of the NBA league.

David Stern took over as NBA president in 1984, and since David Stern became NBA president, he has been committed to promoting the influence of the NBA.

The influence of Phantom Entertainment and the Bass family is not at the same level at all.

Now Phantom Entertainment wants to buy the Lakers, it's like handing David Stern a pillow as soon as he dozes off.

Then Phantom Entertainment and the Lakers immediately signed a formal purchase and sale contract!

As we enter May, one of the most recognizable teams in NBA history, the Lakers, have a new club!

However, Phantom Entertainment wanted to take over the Lakers, and it was not all smooth sailing, and after the fans learned about it, they immediately launched a protest!

Especially this season, the Lakers also won the first place in the regular season, and in the past, the NBA team changed owners, mostly because of the team's poor record, but the first team in the regular season changed owners, which is the first time!

"We want Jerebas!"

This is the slogan they put out, which shows how much they identify with Jerebus as the president.

However, when I bought Manchester United before, I have already said that in the case of this kind of capital operation, the actions of the fans are actually the most insignificant and insignificant, and they have no effect!

The top management of the Lakers team was also panicked at this time, and no one expected that they would wake up and suddenly change their boss!

Wu Jianye wants to have an identity on Linda's side at this time, which is the position of the president of basketball operations of the Lakers.

So early this morning, Wu Jianye came to the home court of the Lakers.

The Lakers did not play today, yesterday they played the third game of the first round of the playoffs with the Mosaic team, and the Lakers, who led the Mosaic team 2-0, lost to the Mosaic team in an upset, and will play the fourth game of the series with the Mosaic team tomorrow.

At this time, the first round of the NBA playoffs is not a best-of-seven system, but a best-of-five system, which means that the Lakers only need one more win to enter the Western Conference semifinals!

However, now that the Lakers have suddenly changed owners, many media speculate that this will inevitably affect the Lakers' next games.

When Wu Jianye came to the Lakers' home court, he saw the Lakers' management, in the past, the position of the Lakers' basketball operations president was held by Jerry Buss, but now Jerry Buss is no longer the owner of the Lakers, so he naturally stepped down from the position of basketball operations president.

Wu Jianye is now the new president of basketball operations of the Lakers!

To be honest, buying the Lakers now doesn't have much effect on Wu Jianye, what he wants more is actually the Lakers after 96, but now it's cheap, so he can buy it, and it will be more troublesome to buy the Lakers in the future.

And under the president of basketball operations, there is Jerry West, the general manager of the Lakers, and one of the greatest stars in the history of the Lakers!

In 96, it was Jerry West who robbed the big shark O'Neal for the Lakers in the Magic, and at the same time exchanged Divac, the famous center in the league at the time, for Kobe Bryant, the No. 13 rookie of the year!

The management of the Lakers team, when they saw Wu Jianye, a lot of waves rose in their hearts.

They are naturally no strangers to Wu Jianye, but before that, Wu Jianye was just a director, can he understand basketball?

This is the voice of many people.

Wu Jianye didn't care about their thoughts, and said with a smile: "I know that everyone has countless questions in their hearts, but whether the Phantom is suitable for the Lakers needs to be explained by the record, and at the same time, I am here to announce two more things to everyone." ”

"The first thing is the company's decision to build a new modern arena for the Lakers that can accommodate 20,000 people!"

Everyone knows that after the Phantom buys the Lakers, there will definitely be a move, maybe to buy players, maybe to sell players, or to change the head coach, or even the entire management, but I didn't expect the Phantom's first decision was to build a new arena for the team!

At this time, they remembered that Phantom Entertainment is one of the hottest production companies in Hollywood today!

The wealth is very rich!

Subsequently, Wu Jianye announced another decision, which was the decision on the appointment of management.

"Mr. West, after deliberation by the company, it has been decided to appoint you as the vice president and general manager of the Lakers' basketball operations!"

Jerry West's management of the club has been certified by later generations, and Wu Jianye doesn't mind letting Jerry West take on the position of vice president of basketball operations for the Lakers a few years in advance.

And although Wu Jianye serves as the president of basketball operations for the Lakers, he actually doesn't have much time to stay here, and Wu Jianye still plans to hand over the club's affairs to Jerry West to manage.

Jerry West was obviously stunned, he didn't expect the new boss to entrust him, an old minister from the old Bass era, with a heavy responsibility, in fact, he was ready to roll up and leave!

"Mr. West, what is your opinion?" Wu Jianye woke up Jerry West, who was still a little confused.

Jerry West woke up and hurriedly agreed, "Naturally, I don't have an opinion!"

Wu Jianye laughed: "It's okay if you have no opinion, the Lakers will ask Mr. West in the future!"

Then Wu Jianye appeased the management of the Lakers again, which was nothing more than what was like before and what kind of clichΓ©s are now.

Then Wu Jianye, under the leadership of Jerry West, went to the training hall below to watch the players' training!