Wan'an company headquarters in New York, Liu Lang stayed in VIE company for two days and then went directly to the NBA league headquarters also in New York, Stern had already learned the news that Liu Lang was coming from Knight, and then sent an invitation to Liu Lang, inviting him to watch this year's NBA Finals, the Eastern and Western teams are the Detroit Pistons and the Portland Trail Blazers.

Of course, Stern was very happy to see Liu Lang, and took Liu Lang's hand and smiled.

The two of them are about the same height now, and there is nothing abrupt about standing together.

"Jimmy, you've grown taller again, you're about to catch up with me, and you've grown a lot stronger!"

Stern was like a kind old man.

"Jimmy, the development of Shengtang Company in the past two years is really good, I can't imagine that you can still lead such a big enterprise forward no longer here, your management talent is stronger than mine! I am tired and tired every day, and the development of the alliance is not as fast as yours!"

Stern is really envious of the Saint Don company, in terms of market value alone, the Saint Tree is close to $1.6 billion, but the outside valuation of the NBA league is only $500 million, and the difference between the two sides is three times, which is not an order of magnitude at all, of course, when Stern took over the NBA, the value of the entire league was only 14 million US dollars, and the league has risen more than 30 times in less than eight years under his leadership, which is already very good.

"President David, the NBA league is a treasure, it will continue to increase in value over time, and now there are only tens of millions of fans in the world, and when there are hundreds of millions of fans, the value of the league will be truly reflected, and then it will not be comparable to Saint Tang!"

Twenty years later, the NBA has more than 500 million basketball fans around the world, and its value is probably hundreds of billions of dollars, which is definitely not comparable to any entertainment company.

"Haha, that's right, but it must be due to your China, there have been a lot of fans in your country in the past two years, and last year the national TV station came to me to ask the NBA to provide more game videos, and I heard that it is necessary to increase the broadcast time, which is a good phenomenon!"

The influence of the NBA in China is gradually increasing, there is no doubt that this is all brought by Liu Lang, especially his "Slam Dunk" is a key point, if there is no appearance of this comic, I am afraid that Stern is still looking for a way to enter the eyes of national television.

One old and one young, the age difference is nearly forty years old, but in Stern's eyes, the other party's social status is higher than his own, he is a billionaire, and a person's wealth is almost on top of his NBA league, and the saying that rich is the uncle is not false at all, if Liu Lang is just a super genius, for example, he went to college at the age of three, graduate school at the age of six, graduated with a doctorate at the age of ten, etc., these resumes are just impressive for him.

But after these resumes, add a billionaire, it's completely different, if these wealth is inherited from others, it is not enough to make people have too much respect for him, but these riches are created by Liu Lang from scratch, such an experience is not respectable, but a little scary.

Stern is not afraid of Liu Lang, after all, the two have been in contact many times, and they also like basketball and other sports, the two sides have common topics, and Liu Lang is very good in his eyes.

The two chatted for more than two hours, talking about the development of the alliance, Liu Lang put forward a lot of suggestions, such as how to promote offensive methods, Stern was surprised when he heard it, how can this Liu Lang even understand technology?

Of course Liu Lang understands, the development of the NBA has undergone several changes, in the eighties and nineties, the league advocated defense, and there were few more than 100 points in a game, although the scene was violent, but the audience didn't like it, so the league reformed and began to advocate offense, and the NBA game after 20 years is completely different from the current game, Liu Lang naturally knows these as a basketball fan.

Of course, Liu Lang just mentioned it to Stern, the times have not yet developed to that stage, even if Stern feels surprised, he will not implement it, but after another ten years, he will find out how accurate Liu Lang's original prediction was.

The next day, Liu Lang and Stern flew directly from New York to Detroit to watch the first game of this year's NBA Finals.

Detroit to New York is not far away, less than a thousand kilometers, this city is the automobile city of the United States, Ford, General Motors headquarters are here, in the sixties and seventies Detroit economy is very good, a large number of industrial workers have a high income, much higher than the average income in the United States, but in the eighties, because of the economic recession in the United States, coupled with a large number of impact on the island country's automobiles, the domestic automobile industry in the United States began to decline, Detroit was finished all at once, and a large number of workers were laid off.

Industrial workers have very good technology, but it has to be said that their vision is very short, their personal quality is not high, and there are limitations in looking at the problem, although the recession of automobile companies is related to the situation, but they also play a very bad leading role, for example, when the company's efficiency declines, the managers once hoped that the workers would lower the wage standard, not too high, as long as it fell to the average level of the United States, but the trade unions formed by the workers resolutely opposed it, believing that this was a means for the other party to oppress the workers, and led the workers to march on the streets, and finally the matter of reducing wages was endless, and the result was that these people lost their jobs。

When a bunch of workers lose their jobs, that's the instability, and that's true in any country in the world, and in recent years, Detroit's crime rate has been rising, making it the highest crime rate in the United States, and good people are better off staying home at night.

As the president of the NBA, Stern hates the city of Detroit the most, firstly, because the city's economy is too poor, and the attendance rate of the game is always at the bottom of the league, and the second is that the Pistons are too dirty to play, where is this playing, it is simply beating people, and whoever plays with them will be terrified, of course, the most important thing is that Jordan must cross the threshold of the Pistons if he wants to become the first person in the league, and the Bulls promoted by the league have fallen in front of the Pistons several times, and this team is simply a thorn in Stern's side.

Stern told Liu Lang all his dislike for the Pistons, and even asked Liu Lang to "solve" this gang of bandits like a way, and the roots of his teeth itched.

Liu Lang only then knew that Stern really hated the Pistons, and ten years later there was the largest brawl in the history of the league, that is, the "Auburn Palace Fight", when the fans clashed with the opposing players, and the result was a big fight, but what was surprising was that a group of players entered and beat several tall basketball players around, it seems that the city of Detroit is born with violent genes, and no one likes it here.