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

"If we continue to do this, our bottom line this season will have a huge impact."

On the board of directors of the Lakers, many small shareholders have directly begun to urge the elder Buss to quickly resolve the grim situation in front of them.

"Mr. Bass, I can't figure out what Richard is asking for? It's more difficult for you to accept than making money, and you should know that this kind of consumption is quite bad for our Lakers. ”

"That's right, who will have a grudge against the dollar, Richard is nothing more than asking Jim Bass to apologize, even if he makes any harsh requests, and now in order to get out of this situation, he has to agree."

"I think as long as Richard doesn't want the Lakers' equity, other conditions are acceptable, and Richard can't ask for the Lakers' equity, so I can't figure out why he can't agree to the conditions he proposed." The minority shareholder said a word to me, and began to talk coolly.

If this didn't happen to them, they could just say whatever they wanted, just don't let them suffer losses.

Old Bass was full of sorrow, these small shareholders were coaxing, if they knew about Richard's demand, I am afraid that they would not only be coaxing, but probably would take more drastic measures.

Although the equity of the minority shareholders is not much, they together also occupy one-third of the Lakers' equity, which should not be underestimated.

"I'll try to solve this matter in the short term." Old Bass said with a frown.

"Okay, we believe you, Mr. Bass, I hope that the current difficulties can be solved within a week, at least we have to let Kobe and the others play first."

"Although the loss of a regular season record didn't make much of a difference, the key point now is that we have made a lot less money."

Many small shareholders said it again and again.

……

At the same time, Xiao Hua was actively contacting Richard, and he also wanted to calm down the matter.

However, when he learned from Richard's request to Old Bass, he was also dumbfounded.

Richard actually wants old Bass to sell his share of Jim Bass? This is a bit too difficult for a strong man.

"Lee, do you want to change the request, your request is too embarrassing for old Buss, the Lakers' equity is the most precious thing in their family, and now you let them sell part of the equity, which is tantamount to cutting meat." Xiao Hua said worriedly.

As one of the cash cows of the league, Xiao Hua naturally doesn't want the Lakers to suffer too much change......

The bigger the change, the more likely it is to lead to the Lakers' downfall.

Now Richard's request, if Xiao Hua is old Bass, he probably won't agree.

"It's impossible to change the requirements, embarrassed? If I'm not embarrassed, why should I ask? Richard said with a smile.

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

Or rather, Richard, who is unforgiving, this time Richard is reasonable, and it is obviously unlikely that he wants him to take it lightly.

"By the way, Lee, I've been paying attention to what Iverson has been doing in the BIG3 League lately, 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 ticket-based, and there is no threat to the NBA at all.

And now the BIG3 alliance created by Richard makes Xiao Hua feel a hint of crisis.

It's all games played by retired veterans, and it's also a star-level veteran, so the attention of such a league must be quite high......

Now Xiao Hua wants to test what Richard is thinking.

"That's right, it's my idea, but don't worry, the BIG3 Alliance doesn't have the slightest influence on the Alliance."

"Their games will be held in the NBA offseason, because they are all retired NBA veterans, so you can also think of them as a subordinate league of the NBA league, of course, the management is definitely not under the management of your league......"

"I know what you're worried about, Adam, you're a little too worried, I don't have the courage to start anew." Richard said with a smile.

The so-called new innovation is to recreate a league similar to the NBA......

Is this possible? Yes!

However, it needs to pay a rather terrible capital price, and the early stage may be completely a loss-making transaction.

And even if you throw money at it, it may not necessarily be successful, and you need a super charismatic person like Richard to do it.

In terms of capital, Richard naturally has it, and if he doesn't have enough, there is also a Paul Allen......

In terms of appeal, Richard is confident that he will take away a few stars from the NBA league, and it is a big deal to give more money......

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

But unless Richard's brain is in water, he will engage in such an extremely risky move.

It's a thankless job......

Hearing Richard's words, Xiao Hua breathed a sigh of relief, in his opinion, Richard's madness is really possible to do anything earth-shattering.

He was really afraid that one day he would wake up and see the news that Richard took a group of sub-stars to start a new basketball league......

Although this is a one-in-a-million possibility, even the slim chance is scary enough.

"Lee, if it's anything else, I can help you talk to Old Bass and get him to agree to your request."

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

"I don't need your help, now old Bass has to agree if he doesn't agree."

"He's under a lot more pressure than you think." Richard said with a smile.

……

Richard is confident that the Bass family will be brought into line, they can survive a day or two, but they will definitely not survive half a month.

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

He's been pushed off the cliff now, and it's okay to say that the four home games are coming up next.

What hurts the old Bass is that in the next away game, there is a game against the Portland Trail Blazers......

Paul Allen's previous madness at the press conference, the elder Buss remembers it vividly, he doesn't know if other teams will really scrap Lakers players, but the Trail Blazers definitely will.

The Trail Blazers prison team, the Trail Blazers stunned youth team, there is no wrong nickname, this team is the kind of fierce team in its bones, ruthless to itself, and even more ruthless to its opponents.

Paul Allen has said double compensation, which means that this also gives the players a way to make money.

The league fined 30,000 yuan, Paul Allen gave 60,000 yuan, and the player earned 30,000 dollars for nothing......

If you are banned for a long time, it will be even more profitable.

For example, if you are directly banned until the end of the season, it is equivalent to getting two seasons of salary in one season......

This kind of good thing is like pie in the sky for those fringe players of the team!

It is conceivable that it is absolutely dangerous for the Lakers to go to Portland to play away at that time.

At the moment, the four core players are refusing to play, and if even the rest of the team's players are scrapped and unable to play, then the Lakers will have a good season this season......

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

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

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

Surviving the current crisis first, and then taking a long-term view, and then using means to buy back some shares from the small shareholders, it is expected that Richard will not pursue it again......

Of course, this will not be done in the short term, and it will have to wait until a few years later when people forget about it, and then Richard will not be able to find a reason even if he wants to go crazy.

Poor old Bass must not have imagined that he would not live so long, and his life span might not be able to wait for that time.

It's almost 2011, and the death of Bass Sr. in 2013 means that Bass Sr. has two years to live......

Two years later, counting on his children to take back the shares? That's tantamount to a fool's dream, and it would be good if his children didn't sell their shares.

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

"That's natural, I don't have any plans to go to war with the Lakers, if it wasn't for that idiot Jim Buss who provoked me, I wouldn't be where I am today." Richard said with a smile.

In front of old Bass, calling Jim Bass a fool is enough to see that Richard really didn't take the Bass family very seriously.

The point is that Old Bass didn't think there was anything wrong with Richard's words, isn't his youngest son a fool?

Maybe it's cheaper to describe him as a fool......

He really has the urge to strangle his youngest son now, and he really hates what his youngest son caused this time.