After the millennium, Qiao Hai began his busyness again.

Because he was banned for three games, in addition to the Spurs' game, Qiao Hai also needed to be banned for two games.

Therefore, on January 4 and January 5, 2000, the Grizzlies played the Heat and Magic back-to-back, and Qiao Hai would not play, so from January 1st to January 5th, Qiao Hai was in an idle state, and he was not ready to go to the game site, but he had to be managed, so simply, Qiao Hai went to do something else.

On the first day of the new year, Qiao Hai contacted David Falck and asked David Falke to contact Versace to prepare to sign the endorsement contract, and use the four or five days of free time to solve the endorsement matter.

In addition, Qiao Hai also booked a plane ticket to Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles, Joe Hai is back.

When he came back this time, Qiao Hai was still very low-key, with sunglasses and masks, and all the equipment was readily available, for fear that others would recognize him.

A café in downtown Los Angeles, Qiao Hai made an appointment to meet here.

He asked for a private room, ordered a cup of coffee, and when the waiter went out, he took off his mask and waited quietly for his guests to arrive.

Soon, the door was pushed open.

"Kevin, long time no see."

"Long time no see, Mr. Joe."

Pushing the door in was Kevin Ding, the editor-in-chief of the current sports section of the Los Angeles Times, a Chinese-American journalist, nicknamed Paparazzi, and an old friend of Qiao Hai.

"Sit down, would you like something to drink?"

Kevindin sat down across from Qiao Hai and said to the waiter who came in with him, "Bring me a cup of Mocha, thank you." ”

The waiter made a note and went out again.

Kevending looked at Qiao Hai with a smile: "Mr. Qiao, I don't know what you are looking for me this time?" Are you going to be interviewed by me? ”

Qiao Hai shook his head: "No, I know, now you don't need my interview, I am the head coach of the Vancouver Grizzlies, you are the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times, one is Vancouver, the other is Los Angeles, it's far from it, I came to you, I just want to ask you, how are you doing at the Los Angeles Times?" Ever thought about changing jobs? ”

Kevindin was stunned, jumping ship? He really thought about it.

Kevinding never wanted to develop only in Los Angeles, as a journalist, he considers himself the uncrowned king, and like Qiao Hai as a coach, the goal is to climb up, Qiao Hai's goal is to become the godfather of the dynasty and become the greatest head coach in NBA history.

And Kevinding's idea is to become the most well-known sports journalist in the United States and even the world, and if he is in the corner of Los Angeles, it is obviously difficult for him to succeed.

So, Kevindin has been wondering when he'll be able to jump into ESPN, Sports Illustrated, or Yahoo Sports and become a true expert journalist.

But after all, Kevending was surprised that Qiao Hai suddenly found himself and asked such a question that seemed unrelated to Qiao Hai, so his answer was also a bit of a joke: "What, when did Coach Qiao start helping people pull people?" Which media, newspapers and magazines are poaching me? ESPN？ Sports Illustrated? ”

Faced with Kevending's joke, Qiao Hai shook his head again: "It's neither, hoop sports." ”

"Hoop Sports? What is that? ”

Kevindin was stunned, a name he had never heard of.

This time it was Qiao Hai's turn to smile: "Hoop Sports, a sports media that is about to be established, this media investment company is called Seawater Investment, and Seawater Investment has three shareholders, the major shareholder is David Falke, the second shareholder Qiao Hai, and the third shareholder Qiao Zhishui, you should understand." ”

"You're going to start a sports outlet called Hoop?"

Kevindin understood.

Qiao Hai nodded: "Yes, at present, all the preparations have been done, and the funds have been put in place, just the media practitioners, Kevin, I want you to be the editor-in-chief and director of Hoop, and the salary package is definitely better than your salary at the Los Angeles Times, at least double the salary, how about it?" Think about it? ”

Kevindin was suddenly silent, he was hesitating.

The point is, he doesn't know how this so-called Hoop sports works.

Qiao Hai saw Kevinding's hesitation, but he felt that no one could refuse Hoop Sports' invitation, so Qiao Hai continued to introduce: "Strictly speaking, Hoop Sports is a sports website, and he is an online media. ”

"Internet media?"

"Yes, only ESPN and Yahoo are the only online sports media in North America, and they are still making small fuss, especially ESPN, they have just stepped into the Internet, Yahoo and ESPN are different, they are full-time portals, and they don't value Yahoo Sports, so Hoop Sports was born, and the goal is to seize market share in a short period of time."

Qiao Hai paused and continued: "Now the general trend of media communication is network media, there are more and more computers, and more and more people are using the Internet, in the future world, all information will be disseminated through the network, compared with traditional TV media and print media, the advantage of network media is that his news will be updated. ”

"As long as the news appears, the online media can broadcast the news as soon as possible, disseminate and reprint the news, and the timeliness of the news will be better, Kevin, I think you should understand that if Hoop Sports is born at this point in time and grabs a large share of online media, how much impact will it have on the future."

Kevindin was still hesitating, but in reality, his hesitation was running out.

Qiao Hai is right, the future belongs to the Internet, the advantages of network media are obvious, the most important thing in news is timeliness, and network media can maximize the timeliness of news, which is the biggest advantage of network media.

At this stage, as long as Hoop Sports grabs a large share of sports network media, it will belong to Hoop Sports in the future.

On second thought, as one of the founders of Hoop Sports, what kind of status will Kevinding have?

If you think about it, Kevending is very excited.

But Kevinding hesitated for a long time and said, "Mr. Qiao, I think I need a little time to think about it." ”

Qiao Hai smiled: "I can understand, Kevin, after all, this is about your future, think about it and give me an answer as soon as possible." ”

Kevindin nodded, "I will." ”

Qiao Hai left Los Angeles after meeting Kevinding, and for him, creating his own sports media and making Kevinding the editor-in-chief of this sports media was planned when Qiao Hai first met Kevinding, and now, the plan has been successfully implemented.

Although Kevending said that he still needed to think about it, Qiao Hai knew that this consideration was also false, and it was impossible for Kevending not to agree.

NBA reporters also have a historical status, and for Kevinding, agreeing to Qiao Hai is equivalent to Kevinding winning a future for himself.

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Johi left Los Angeles and flew to Italy, where he would meet up with David Falke and then sign with Versace and shoot a pre-advertising campaign.