Boston is one of the largest cities in the United States, and naturally one of the most prosperous places in the United States, although it is not as good as Los Angeles or New York in this regard, but it is definitely one of the best in the United States.

Because of this, there are many things that match his status as a city, such as the sports market here, in addition to the Boston Celtics, the NBA basketball league team, there are also baseball and football league teams such as the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots, in addition to these three major leagues, the Boston Bruins in ice hockey and the New England Revolution in football are also ranked here, which is one of the few cities in the United States that has five major professional league teams at the same time.

So the fan competition or team competition in this place is also extremely fierce, in the previous seasons the Boston Celtics because the results were too bad, so in this competition slowly lost the advantage they should have, of course, for the Boston Celtics after last season's madness has slowly embarked on the road to rise.

At six o'clock in the evening on October 27, 2002, a low-looking manor house near the financial center near Boston Common was bustling with activity.

The parking apron outside the villa is already full of all kinds of luxury sports cars, and if it weren't for the fact that car owners will get off the cars one after another from these parked cars, it is estimated that some people would think that a luxury car show is being held in this place.

Boston is a big city. There's no doubt about it, although it's not the so-called entertainment capital. Although it is not a so-called resort capital, there is no shortage of wealthy people in such a big city. Even in this place, there are no fewer hidden or overt rich people than in New York or Los Angeles.

When Zhuang Fei got out of his car, he sighed when he saw the surrounding environment, he didn't want to come to today's party, but according to the words of team owner Vic Grushbeck, he must come to today's party, because Zhuang Fei is here to earn face for them today, because every year at this time of year, some rich people in Boston will gather here. In addition to those ups and downs, the most important topic of these rich people is the local Boston professional sports teams, in the previous year, the Boston Celtics were too poor because of their results, so Glens Baker, the rich people who supported the Boston Celtics, had a very bad face, and Zhuang Fei was also very familiar with the culture of the upper class in the United States.

When he was in Minnesota, Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor often invited him to so-called upper-class banquets. For Glensbeck, whether Zhuang Fei and his team can bring them a monetary return is secondary, and Zhuang Fei's reputation and status improvement to them is the main thing, which is why the previous Boston Celtics owner sold the team, because the former Boston Celtics owner found that if he didn't sell the team again, he would probably become the most hated or ridiculed figure at this kind of banquet.

When Zhuang Fei walked into the villa with the invitation, the luxury of the villa hall made Zhuang Fei a little dumbfounded, and the interior layout even made people feel that it was not a place at all compared with the simplicity outside the villa, but a familiar voice sounded in Zhuang Fei's ears when he was in a daze.

"Zhuang, this way"

Zhuang Fei looked back and saw that Glens Baker, the owner of the Boston Celtics, was already waving to him not far away.1 At this time, some wealthy businessmen around the rich man were also smiling and looking at Zhuang Fei. And Zhuang Fei can also see that some of these people are shareholders of the Boston Celtics.

The Boston Celtics are not unique to Glens Baker, the owner of the Boston Celtics only owns 20% of the team's shares, and is only the majority shareholder with the most shares, the real owner of the Boston Celtics is the Boston Celtics Investment Group, and Glensbeck is one of the chairmen of this group, and this group has several other chairmen and directors in addition to Glensbeck, it can be said that the owners of the Boston Celtics have more than 10 people, And the dominant among these dozen people is the Highland Fund, a local venture capital group in Boston led by Glens Baker. In fact, Zhuang Fei is also very helpless for the owners of the Boston Celtics, it can be said that these guys are completely investing in the team as fans. While it's fun for a coach to have such a group of fan owners, it can also make the club a little sluggish in some ways, because there are so many owners that none of them have absolute sovereignty.

"Zhuang, I thought you wouldn't come, let me introduce you, they are all our Boston Celtics fans"

Zhuang Fei looked at the somewhat overenthusiastic Glensbeck and shook his head helplessly, the big boss of the Boston Celtics looked a little too excited tonight, but Zhuang Fei can also understand this, after all, he has been pressed by others for more than ten years, and now he is finally able to raise his head again, this feeling is absolutely indescribable. So Zhuang Fei could see the same look on the faces of the other rich people around Grunsbeck.

After Zhuang Fei's introduction, Zhuang Fei also has a general understanding of these wealthy people in Boston who support the Celtics, most of these people are not those top rich people, they are considered 'standard billionaires', the so-called standard billionaires are most of them only have assets of one or two hundred million, and Glens Baker has assets of about more than 300 million US dollars, which is a lot in this group of people.

And after the party started, Zhuang Fei also had a certain degree of understanding of the atmosphere here, this group of rich fans of the Boston Celtics is the best silk in the rich circle of Boston, and their opponent is the group of handsome rich people who support the Boston Red Sox. So after coming into contact with these people, Zhuang Fei was also a little sympathetic to the situation of these people.

"No wonder these people are using themselves to support the scene anyway," Zhuang Fei shook his head helplessly.

"You're the head coach of the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei?"

Just when Zhuang Fei felt sympathy for his bosses, a somewhat arrogant voice appeared in Zhuang Fei's ears. And Zhuang Fei looked up and saw that a young man who looked a little unruly appeared in front of him with a group of people.

At this time, the bosses of the Boston Celtics, who were still talking and laughing with Zhuang Fei just now, were all silent at this time, and there was some anger and helplessness on their faces, it seemed that this group of people was very jealous of this young man.

"I heard that you are a famous coach in the NBA, you also performed well last season, and the Boston fans are also very excited about you, but I want to say, enjoy the current atmosphere, Boston in the future will definitely belong to the Red Sox and not your Celtics, hahaha"

When the young man swept Zhuang Fei and left with a wild laugh after they finished saying this extremely provocative sentence, Zhuang Fei frowned, who is this guy?

It's just that when Zhuang Fei looked at his bosses with this kind of puzzled eyes, these guys also shook their heads helplessly, and finally Glensbeck gave Zhuang Fei an answer.

"He's Carey Adelson, he's the grandson of Las Vegas gambling king Sheldon Adelson, who just beat a sports investment firm to take ownership of the Red Sox this summer for $600 million, and this guy looks arrogant, but he's definitely a ruthless character."

After saying these words, Zhuang Fei also obviously felt that Glensbeck's face was also a little bad, it was obvious that these people had been bullied by this kid before, although Zhuang Fei was not very familiar with Las Vegas in the past few years in the United States, he was not unfamiliar with it, and he still knew about some celebrities in this place, Sheldon Adelson is a huge rich man in Boston, with assets of tens of billions of dollars, and unlike Bill Gates, who rely on stocks as their main property, most of this guy's assets are cash, If the richest man in the United States is ranked by the amount of cash, Bill Gates will definitely give him the first position. Zhuang Fei has also heard of this famous figure, but what surprised Zhuang Fei is that whether it is the NBA or other sports leagues, they will try not to contact Las Vegas, I didn't expect that the grandson of the gambling king was able to buy the Red Sox successfully, it seems that there should be a lot of other stories in this, and then I thought that when Grunsbeck said that kid was a ruthless character, Zhuang Fei also understood something.

"No matter how good the performance is, if you don't win the championship, it's actually the same" Just when Zhuang Fei was thinking about the rich second generation, the boss of the Boston Celtics, Glens Baker, spoke again, and the other people around him kept sighing. At this time, Zhuang Fei also frowned again.

"Champion? Why not? When Zhuang Fei glanced at the group of Celtic bosses and said this sentence with a smile, the faces of the others were stunned at first, and then they were completely ecstatic.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Fei also shook his head, he already understood the purpose of Grunsbeck's invitation to come to today's dinner, and now that he knew this purpose, Zhuang Fei had no intention of escaping.

That would have been his goal this season. When Zhuang Fei thought of this, his mood was also cheerful, and when Zhuang Fei saw the rich second generation not far away, the rich second generation was also looking at him, and his eyes were still full of provocation. It's just that Zhuang Fei just chuckled at this time.

After attending the rich man's party, Zhuang Fei also returned to his home tired, and soon, two days later, Zhuang Fei flew to Washington with his team to start his new season. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )