Chapter 36: The Gathering
Beverly Hills is known as one of the most exclusive residential areas in the world, and nearby Rodeo Avenue is the famous fashion center of Los Angeles, which is home to hundreds of designer fashion stores. The nearby Four Seasons Hotel is the best resort in the world, and the NBA's boss party is scheduled to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Richard drove a Lamborghini luxury car borrowed from a friend in Los Angeles and drove Larry Foster across the famous Sunset Boulevard towards the Four Seasons Hotel.
Looking at Beverly Hills in the distance, and the mansions on Beverly Hills, even Richard was a little envious, and he let out an exclamation: "Mader! I'll definitely buy a property here in a few years! ”
Larry Foster next to him glanced at Richard, and then said faintly: "You don't need a few years, sell your shares in Google now, you can buy as many sets as you want......"
Richard couldn't help laughing: "Don't fool me, sell Google's shares now, I will lose tens of millions!" ”
Hearing Richard's words, Larry Foster showed disdain: "Do you say that you look like a rich man who picks the door?" Even luxury cars have to be borrowed! As he spoke, he patted the Lamborghini's body.
This action scared Richard half to death: "Hey, don't shoot randomly, I won't pay if it's broken!" But then again, I'm weak enough today, even if the luxury car is borrowed, it's still a man! ”
Larry Foster cut off, and then stopped talking, because the two had already arrived at the door of the Four Seasons Hotel, and when the gate stopped, Richard threw the car keys to the hotel waiter, and then straightened his collar and led Larry Foster into the star-studded hotel.
Today Richard is wearing an Armani suit, which is a custom suit he attended at the college prom two years ago, the navy blue suit sets off Richard's six-foot-tall figure tall and straight, and the Angora goat hair and polyester blended fabric makes Richard look dark and elegant, like a handsome rich second generation, followed by Larry Foster in a black suit is more like a bodyguard.
When Richard walked into the party hall with a smile, he immediately attracted the attention of almost everyone!
"Oh! Who's that?! At this moment, everyone was surprised by Richard's young and handsome, and the few familiar NBA bosses who greeted him made many Hollywood stars who wanted to catch a golden beetle at this party question!
"Could it be that guy is also the owner of the NBA?"
"How can anyone be so young!"
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Richard didn't know what the other people in the hall were talking about, he was just stopped by a few people in front of him, these people were the brothers of the Marouf family, another larger consortium in California, George Marouf, Joe Marouf and Gavin Marouf, because the Cohan family was friendly with the Marouf family, as soon as Richard appeared at this party, they greeted him and wanted to introduce acquaintances to Richard, who was attending the boss's party for the first time.
"Haha, little Richard, what does your dad think? Why did you retire? "George Ma'rouf was the eldest of the Ma'rouf brothers, almost the same as Richard's father, so he thought of Richard's father first.
Richard spread his hands: "I don't know, he just doesn't want to do it!" ”
"Haha!" George Malouf smiled again, and led Richard into the center of the hall, where he met the first stranger Richard had ever met.
Jomaruf was obviously familiar with the middle-aged man who looked like a little monkey, and they greeted him warmly, and then introduced Richard.
"Richard, this is Leslie Alexander, the owner of the Houston Rockets!" Jomarouf first pointed at the strange middle-aged man, and then at Richard: "Leslie, this is Kris Kohan's son, Richard Kohan, he is now the owner of the Warriors!" ”
Richard listened to Jomarouf's introduction and was taken aback, it turned out that this middle-aged man who looked like a monkey was the famous door-slamming ghost and the rocket boss who was under a lot of pressure!
Just when he didn't know what to say, Leslie Alexander suddenly shook Richard's hand as if he had seen a benefactor: "It turns out that you are the little boss of the warriors!" Thank you too much! A couple of bench players you gave us before the trade deadline helped us make the playoffs! Thank you so much! Alexander's eyes narrowed together with a smile, showing that his thanks were not polite. And the last game of the Rockets did defeat the Lakers by virtue of the bench, and finally beat the Timberwolves by half a win to become eighth in the West, and finally squeezed into the playoffs.
And Richard is about to burst out laughing, thanks? Ha ha!
However, he still couldn't help but laugh, but replied very politely: "It's okay, it's okay, in fact, we have to thank you, the Kenny Thomas you sent is very good, young and has potential!" ”
The two exchanged a few polite words, and then separated, but Chomarouf, who was obviously more familiar with Alexander, stayed behind and chatted with Alexander.
Richard followed the Marouf brothers around and got to know most of the NBA owners, what made Richard quite depressed was that most of the NBA owners couldn't help but show disdain and disdain when they heard that Richard was only the son of the previous boss of the Warriors, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with Richard's junior and their peers, after all, regardless of age or seniority in the upper class of the United States, they are all considered to be members of the previous generation.
The other NBA owners were okay, but Knicks owner James Dolan didn't even want to say a word to Richard, and after George Malouf introduced Richard, the old guy actually just glanced at Richard, then turned around and left.
This made Richard embarrassed and very annoyed at the same time, but Richard, who is familiar with the American business community, knew that James Dolan showed this attitude, not only because he didn't look down on Richard's identity as a junior, but more importantly, the Cohan family and the Dolan family were in competition, and James Dolan's father, Charles Dolan, was also the founder of cable TV.
Richard looked at James Dolan's distant figure, revealing a sneer, James Dolan didn't want to talk to him more, Richard is not uncommon, what kind of virtue is the Knicks, what kind of virtue is James Dolan, Richard knows it, in the next ten years, the Knicks can be called the biggest joke in the NBA!
Soon familiar with the party, Richard said goodbye to the Ma'louf brothers and then took Larry Foster around, this NBA owner party was indeed star-studded, and along the way, Richard met the Lakers' two biggest leaders, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, who had just led the team to defeat the Trail Blazers and advance to the second round of the playoffs.
There is also Zen master Phil Jackson, who also appeared at the party, with his girlfriend Jerebus's daughter Jenny Buss, and chatted a few words after meeting Richard, after all, they are peers.
There were also many Hollywood stars who appeared at the party, Angelina Jolie, who just starred in "Tomb Raider", as well as Russell Crowe, who just won the Oscar, and Julia Roberts, the Oscar-winning actress, all appeared at this party.
Richard knew that his body had been mixed with Hollywood before, and he might even chase female stars with his identity as the second young man of the Cohan family, so when he met these Hollywood stars, Richard was cautious, for fear of meeting some "old acquaintances".