The City of Portland is located in Oregon......

Richard took Stevens with him, and the two bought a ticket to Portland that day, brought some change of clothes and set off.

As for Richard's second-hand Ford, it was given directly to Brownie......

There is nothing left, and I walk extremely freely......

After arriving in Portland, Trail Blazers executives were already waiting for Richard's arrival.

Team executives such as Neil Olhi, president of basketball affairs, Bill Christensen, chief financial officer, Huggins, chief operating officer, and Laurison, vice president of legal and commercial affairs, basically all the executives in the team are here.

The group drove to the office of the Rose Garden Arena, and the next step was to negotiate the signing of the contract.

A team can be understood as a large-scale company!

Roles like CO, CFO, CMO, etc., are all available, and these executives are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company, while a head coach like Richard and his coaching staff are more or less the production or technical departments of the company, dedicated to generating revenue for the team......

Many fans will think that the head coach has a pivotal position in the team, but in fact, this is also a scoring situation, the head coach with old qualifications and high status in the league has a really high status in the team and has the right to dialogue with executives on an equal footing.

But those managers with little qualifications are constrained by the executives.

For example, Orshy, the president of basketball affairs, is actually Richard's nominal boss......

It's just that this top boss treats Richard without the slightest arrogant attitude, and the first thing he said when they met was that he would cooperate with Richard's work in the future......

"Li, this is a salary contract, you can take a look at it first, if there is no problem, we can sign it immediately!" CFO Bill and Vice President of Legal Affairs Laurison handed Richard a contract and said with a smile.

One of these two is in charge of the team's finances, and the other is in charge of the team's legal affairs, and the signing of the contract is naturally handled by the two of them!

Richard took the contract, took a brief look at it, didn't find anything wrong, and then handed it to Stevens, who was next to him.

"Brad, help me take a look......"

Not only was the young coach stunned, but even the two team executives were stunned......

"Is this your agent? Plum? Bill asked, confused......

The young marshal was only 21 years old now, and with a natural baby face, he was only eighteen years old, and I am afraid that no one doubted him, so Bill looked puzzled......

"No, Bill, he's my teaching assistant!" Richard said with a smile.

When several executives at the scene heard this, they suddenly felt dizzy?!

Tutor?! Are you kidding? The kid in front of them really looked like he was only eighteen years old, and they even suspected that this kid hadn't even graduated from high school......

"Haha, Lee, this joke is really funny, you really are a humorous person......" several executives laughed.

But what they didn't expect was that Richard shook his head with a serious expression.

"No, I'm not kidding, he's really my teaching assistant!"

"After I sign the contract, please draw up another teaching assistant contract!"

Stevens had already read the contract and nodded and handed it to Richard.

Richard took out his pen and signed his name at the end of the contract......

“Chard-Lee”

The moment he signed his name, Richard instantly received a new system prompt!

The last time I received a system prompt was at the end of March, when he led the boilermen to win the championship, he completed the task of fame and rewarded him with three coaches!

Richard didn't care too much about this, and the three-point full attribute only made Richard's coach's comprehensive rating reach 61, just passed!

If it weren't for the fact that the system had released the task again this time, Richard would have almost forgotten that he had a system......

"Select the team to join according to the host, and release the latest system mission!"

"Mission Name: Talent Reserve!"

"Mission Goal: Have at least five draft picks on the team before the start of the '97-98 draft, including at least two first-round picks!"

"Mission Reward: One-Time Consumption Item - Lucky Dice!"

"Lucky Dice: Increases the host's Luck to 100 points during the three-minute period!"

Richard was stunned, this reward is a bit interesting, change the lucky value?! It's a lot of use, but the duration is a little too short, only three minutes......

If it lasted for a day, Richard could drive around to buy lottery tickets and even play in Las Vegas for a day......

Of course, the outcome could be that Richard was taken away by the CIA overnight, or hacked to death in the middle of the night......

Richard didn't feel any difficulty in this task of talent reserve, five draft picks seem like a lot, but in fact, the team itself has two draft picks, which is equivalent to saying that Richard can get three more picks!

The Trail Blazers themselves are ready to rebuild, and if they rebuild, how can they do without draft picks in their hands!

So the difficulty of this task, Richard didn't pay attention to it at all!

……

While Richard was taking over the system assignments, several executives were still struggling with Stevens......

They looked at each other, are they really teaching assistants?! How can this underage-looking kid be a teaching assistant?!

"Lee, are you sure you're not kidding?"

"We can't hire underage workers, it's against the law!" Laurison said with a pained face.

These executives have been instructed by Paul Allen to fully cooperate with Richard's work......

How could Lauritson, as the team's vice president in charge of legal affairs, agree to such an illegal thing as hiring underage workers......

In Laomei, children under the age of 16 are called child laborers, and between the ages of 16 and 18 are called juvenile laborers!

"Mr. Laurison, I'm not a minor, I'm 21 years old!" Stevens, who hadn't spoken much, was a little annoyed, he really looked like a minor?!

Fortunately, he just thought about it in his heart and didn't say it, otherwise, everyone in the audience, including Richard, would definitely nod......

"That's right, you really look like a minor......"

……

Hearing Stevens say that he was 21 years old, Laurison was relieved, although he was still extremely young, at least he didn't break the law......

Well? 21 years old?!

Several executives reacted, what is the difference between this and being a minor with a fuck?!

At present, the 27-year-old Richard is already extremely exaggerated as the head coach, before Richard, let alone the NBA head coach in his twenties, even those in their thirties have basically never appeared!

And even if it did, it would be mostly NBA players who retired and then became interim head coaches of a team at the age of nearly forty!

It can be said that Richard became the head coach at the age of 27, which can definitely be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented!

And Stevens, a man with a baby face, is even more exaggerated!

At the age of 21, he became an assistant coach of an NBA team?! Several executives felt like crying for a moment......

Isn't that nonsense?!

But when they thought of Paul Allen's instructions, several executives could only keep their thoughts in their hearts......

It's good to be able to turn eighteen without breaking the law, what kind of bicycle do you want, even if Richard gets a fool who can't read big words now, presumably these executives will definitely have to give teaching assistant contracts......

……

Richard's contract is over, $20 million for four years, and now the coach of the NBA league has the highest salary!

As for Stevens' contract, the management originally wanted to give him a one-year contract of $300,000......

Such a contract must not be considered shabby for a qualification like Stevens, but how could Richard be satisfied!

In the end, after bargaining, a one-year contract of 500,000 US dollars was given, and the teaching assistant contract was finalized!

Some people say that the management of the team and the head coach are natural enemies......

This is actually true, the operation management must be thinking about saving money, and it is best not to spend a penny without affecting the team's performance......

And the manager must be thinking about spending as much money as possible, and you get what you pay for......

The positions of the two sides are naturally opposed, and it is no wonder that many powerful head coaches in NBA history have left their jobs because of friction with management.

"Lee, there is an inaugural press conference scheduled at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, you can prepare tonight, I feel that tomorrow will be very lively......" Huggins, the team's CMO, reminded Richard with a smile.

Richard nodded, and it just so happened that he also wanted to use this press conference tomorrow to announce the news that he was going to recruit assistant teachers.

It's early May, and in half a month, it's time for a rookie tryout, and Richard will definitely have to pay attention to it at that time......