After this deal is completed, the Pirates' lineup, even for a picky person like Richard, can't find anything wrong at all.

Richard then looked forward to the start of the voting meeting and then the arrival of the new season.

This season, if Richard leads the team to a championship, he will usher in the second dynasty of his career.

When this second dynasty is established, Richard will become the first active coach!

……

At the end of August, Richard took Myers on a plane to New York, where tomorrow there will be a voting meeting at the Alliance's headquarters.

The main goal of the voting meeting is to vote on whether the Golden Dragons are eligible to take over the Warriors.

"Bob, when the Golden Dragon wins the Warriors, you can go over and help him, and he will give you the position of general manager of the team." Richard was on the plane, smiling and saying to Miles beside him.

In this public opinion campaign, Miles played a very important role in it, and the golden dragon also looked at Miles' ability differently.

Moreover, most of the Pirates' transactions did not require Richard to come forward, and all of them were solely responsible for Miles on Richard's behalf.

Myers has also been with Richard for many years, and now he has a very good ability in roster building and trade negotiations, and he can definitely take on the position of general manager of the Warriors.

Miles couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Richard's words!

The general manager of the team?! Good guys, Miles feels like he's definitely on his way to the top.

In fact, the head coach is not the management of the team, that is, there are very few veteran managers who are qualified to ask about the operation of the team, such as Popovich or Richard.

However, the general manager of the team is a real team executive, and in addition to the boss in the team, I am afraid that the status of the president can be compared with the general manager.

The authority of the general manager is too great, and the general manager has to ask about all the big and small things of the team.

Miles is only 33 years old at the moment, and it is not easy to become an assistant coach of the Pirates, and now he has the opportunity to become the general manager of a team, which is simply a step to the sky.

"Thank you, BOSS." Miles' face turned red and trembled with excitement.

Richard waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't thank me, this is the position you deserve." ”

"Your ability has impressed the Golden Dragon, otherwise, even if I recommend you, it will be useless."

"It's a pity to be a little assistant coach with your ability, come on, man, and I wish you to make a difference in the Warriors."

Miles nodded solemnly, and suddenly felt the responsibility on his shoulders become heavier.

……

Arriving in New York, Richard received a call from Paul Allen.

Paul Allen knew the significance of this voting meeting, and he couldn't be clearer about the relationship between the golden dragon and Richard, so this time he also attached great importance to it and arrived in New York a day early.

For other things, Paul Allen is definitely not so active, and it is estimated that he will only send a representative to the meeting.

……

After hanging up, Richard took Miles to the Élysée Hotel, where Paul Allen was waiting for him.

After arriving at the hotel, Richard was led by a waiter into a private room on the top floor of the hotel.

The private room was full of more than a dozen people, and to Richard's surprise, these more than a dozen people were all owners of NBA teams.

Paul Allen sat in the middle, and when he saw Richard come in, he greeted him with a smile.

"Paul, such a big battle?"

"It's all friends, just take this opportunity to get together." Paul Allen said with a smile.

Richard was speechless, he hadn't heard that Paul Allen had so many friends......

Richard even saw the Jazz owners in the group.

At this moment, the Jazz owner looked at Richard with a smile on his face, very enthusiastic.

"Li is here, then let's talk about this voting meeting." McClendon cleared his throat.

Richard sat down, and generally knew the meaning of the Paul Allen team today's game.

I have to say that Paul Allen's connections are really powerful, and Richard has been in business for more than ten years, and they can't compare to Paul Allen's connections.

And today Paul Allen obviously wants to use his connections to help Richard.

"This matter is really a bit too much, and this voting meeting must not let him get his wish." McClendon said dissatisfied.

"I also think Stern has gone too far in this matter, and he shouldn't have a personal grudge for this kind of thing anyway." Maverick boss Cuban also came this time, and when he saw McClendon talking, he also smiled and picked up.

The owners of several more teams spoke, to the effect that the voting meeting would support the Golden Dragon.

They also have more or less resentment towards Stern, who has been dictatorial for many years, although Stern's ability is indeed outstanding, but his high-pressure policy has also made many teams complain.

"Thank you, the Golden Dragon is not here today, I thank you on his behalf." Richard said with a smile to the bosses in the room.

Not everyone of these bosses is a staunch ally, and many of them are here for the sake of Paul Allen's face, but at least they are here today, and they will be on Richard's side at tomorrow's voting meeting.

……

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, NBA headquarters.

The conference room was filled with the owners of teams in the league today, some of the most powerful in the entire NBA.

Stern presided over the voting meeting with a smile on his face.

Richard didn't pay attention to Stern's speech on the stage, turned his head and looked around the field, this time, it seems that the owners of each team attach great importance to it, only two teams are sent representatives, and the remaining 28 teams are all the bosses themselves.

Stern nagged on stage for nearly ten minutes, recounting the current situation of the Warriors, and then introducing the Golden Dragon's resume.

Of course, Stern certainly didn't pick up anything nice, just said that Golden Dragon was currently the financial executive of the pirates......

Regarding the resume of the golden dragon, in fact, there is no need to say more about Stern, the on-site boss probably knows it.

"Alright, let's start voting."

"Each team will issue a card, agreeing that the Golden Dragon will take over the Warriors, directly tick the box, if you don't agree, cross it, and the staff of the management committee will collect the votes and then count the results."

"By the way, this voting meeting is anonymous according to the usual practice."

With that, Stern beckoned the on-site staff to begin handing out ballot cards.

Richard sees that the situation is not right, good guys, vote anonymously? Isn't that round and flat one still at the mercy of Stern?!

You must know that Stern has a criminal record, and he can do it in the draft, let alone this extremely irregular voting.

"Ahem." Richard coughed heavily, his fingers tapping on the table.

"I have an opinion, I don't agree with this voting system." Richard opened his mouth and whispered.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and the staff who distributed the ballots were also stunned.

"Lee, what do you disagree with?" Stern was furious and looked at Richard coldly.

"I don't agree, I don't agree with this anonymous voting, and I don't agree with letting the management committee count the votes." Richard said lazily.

"Richard, this is the practice of voting conventions, and it has always been an anonymous system, do you want to break the rules?!" Stern roared.

He definitely didn't want the Golden Dragon to take over the Warriors, and he was still somewhat sure of using fair and honest means to stop the Golden Dragon and Richard, but he knew about the game that Paul Allen formed last night.

This made Stern very clear that if he wanted to stop Richard openly, there would be no play at all, and he could only come up with some shady tricks at the moment, he had already instructed the staff to prepare a few crossed-out ballots, and when the time came, it would be anonymous and no one could find fault with it.

"Rules? I don't know what the rules are, but this is Richard's first time at a ballot meeting, so I naturally have to raise my opinion on what is unreasonable. ”

"Besides, aren't the rules themselves made to be broken by others? You Stern seems to break a lot of rules, right? Richard didn't pay attention to the angry Stern, and said with a smile to himself.

A few bosses at the scene almost laughed out loud, they came to the scene in person this time, in fact, they just wanted to see the excitement.

Richard's first time at the voting meeting, there must have been some friction between him and Stern......

Now that the voting meeting has just begun, the two of them are directly on the bar, it seems that there is no loss at all this time, look at such a big and lively scene.

Stern forced himself to calm down, and he must not be impulsive at this point in time.