"Apocalypse", a clipper documentary, grossed $100 million worldwide in just one week, including 43 million in North America.

From the perspective of the total box office, it is not a big problem to break the previous box office of "Wave" of $180 million, and it has a chance to break the record of "Air Slam Dunk" of $230 million at the global box office.

The popularity of the Clippers has reached a new height with the popularity of the movie.

On October 16, the Clippers and Warriors traveled to China for the 2013-2014 preseason China game at the BJ Mastercard Center.

The whole Clippers team has shown great popularity in China, and tickets for the game are hard to come by, and the Mastercard Center has simply become the home of the Clippers, and the scene is full of red and blue jerseys.

After the Clippers won the championship, Kanye West designed a new jersey style for the Clippers for the new season, the new red and blue Joker, which uses both red and blue on the ball.

The jersey has a novel short-sleeved design instead of a sleeveless design, with red and blue cuffs on the right and blue cuffs on the left, and blue and red cuffs on the left, while the pants are rationally all-blue to avoid making players look like a clown when they wear them.

In terms of the brightness of the color, Kanye West has also adjusted the overall brightness to dim and the contrast to be smaller, so that the red and blue blocks are together, and the whole is more harmonious and not too abrupt.

After its launch, the design was an instant hit with many Clippers fans, and jersey sales quickly jumped to the top of the national charts, surpassing the Lakers jerseys, including in the Los Angeles market.

Of course, there are also people who complain - what is the difference between you and Barcelona's jersey? Dressed to Camp Nou, there is no sense of disobedience.

A movie, a new jersey, and the Clippers made a lot of money this summer, and Shelly Sterling couldn't stop laughing.

During last season, the little money that was made by Min Congda was nothing at all.

You know, the Lakers, who have a market value of 1 billion, had an operating profit of $43 million last season.

The Clippers were able to make all that money back with a "Apocalypse" because the film was very cheap to shoot.

It's all daily material, plus post-editing, and you don't even need to pay the actors, and you can give the players a part of the copyright fee when the time comes.

With the Clippers, she has managed to surpass Jeanie Buss as the most successful sportswoman in Los Angeles.

And all of this is the seed planted by Min Congda in his early years, and now it is slowly germinating, growing into a big tree, and beginning to bear fruit.

In this China competition, Min Congda did not follow the team to BJ, but went to Shanghai to see the Asian Youth Basketball Development Foundation established by himself.

Under the continuous blood transfusion of the Clippers, the development of the Foundation in China is impressive.

Because there is no cooperation with the local basketball association and sports department, the activities of the foundation are carried out very smoothly.

Of course, in this process, it is also difficult to be made difficult by the relevant departments, which are not compliant here, unreasonable there, unqualified fire protection, incomplete documents, and so on.

However, as a manager, Fan Chen, with his sophisticated mind and shrewd handling ability, has created a fairly effective talent mining and training system.

First of all, the base camp of the Foundation's activities is located in Shanghai, as an international metropolis, it is generally relatively fair, just and transparent, and it is not easy to be eaten and choked.

With the help of Fan Chen's father, the foundation first took root in East China.

Secondly, the foundation carries out activities in various places, with Shanghai as the center, first radiating to the surrounding East China, and then gradually moving to the big cities in North China, South China, and Central China, rather than spreading out to the whole country.

Last but not least, the Foundation does not have branches or subsidiaries in various regions, but cooperates with local sports, entertainment and culture-related enterprises to jointly hold a training camp, a mini-league, a campus tryout, etc., in a short period of time, usually within three weeks.

This greatly reduces operating costs, and also plays a role in enlightening and tapping youth basketball talents.

As for how to deal with the local education and sports departments, it is very simple, donate gymnasiums, sports equipment and other means to the local government.

Anyway, I'll just do an event in a short time, and I'll come back next time after this time, so there's no need to make it difficult.

If the company I have cooperated with before closes down for various reasons, I will come back next year and cooperate with another one.

Anyway, it's not a high-end project, and the core basketball training and talent selection are all from the Clippers, and the quality can be guaranteed.

After more than three years of operation, the Asian Youth Basketball Foundation has organized more than 100 local youth basketball leagues and set up more than 200 youth basketball training camps across the country. We insist on using coaches and scouts from the United States who have advanced basketball concepts, and focus on cultivating and tapping outstanding Chinese youth basketball talents. Mr. Min, this summer we have formed a Chinese youth elite basketball team under the age of 17, which is a group of children who have the potential to go to the United States to play professional basketball. Whether it is for the development of Chinese basketball or the development of the Chinese basketball market by the Clippers, this is an important step. ”

At the briefing meeting, Fan Chen was dressed in a straight suit and personally reported to Min Congda on the results of three years.

At the end of the PPT, Fan Chen played the game video of this batch of junior elite basketball teams, a total of 12 people, the oldest is 17 years old, and the youngest is 14 years old.

The video includes the game of their intra-team confrontation, as well as the video of the match against the youth teams of Japan, South Korea, and Europe.

The kids, who all looked emaciated, had been selected from various local leagues and training camps.

Min Congda saw a familiar face after a while, it was Xiao Maotou, who had come to the United States to visit and play before, Lu Yuan!

Looking at these players, Min Congda quietly asked Olsie beside him, "Among them, how many of them have the opportunity to play in the NBA?" ”

"There should be only about three people who really have a chance to play in the professional league. There is only one potential to play in the NBA, Lu Yuan. ”

Min Congda thought to himself, this figure rate seems to be a bit low, so you have to invest more!

In fact, he didn't know that many teams in China engage in youth training, investing tens of millions of dollars a year, and there may not be a single one who can play in the professional league in one round.

And with Olshea's professional vision, it is already remarkable that three of these children can play professionally and one in the NBA.

Of course, the annual investment of the Asian Youth Foundation is more than 5 million US dollars, more than 40 million yuan, and it has unique coaches and scouting resources, which cannot be compared with many domestic teams.

$5 million is indeed a lot, but in the salary system of NBA teams, it is just a middle class, and it is still affordable.

After the report, Fan Chen met with Min Congda in private, and Fan Chen held Min Congda's hand, which was quite excited.

"Mr. Min, you are really my idol, my idol." Fan Chen burst into tears directly.

"Hey, don't cry, don't cry, what do you look like, I'm not dead. Didn't you do a good job, I thought you wouldn't last a year, but I didn't expect it~ Increase investment and intensity! ”

Min Congda thought to himself, since he decided to let the Clippers win the championship, why should he also contribute to his country's basketball career?

Fan Chen admired Min Congda's foresight and broad-mindedness.

However, when the two were chatting about some of the situation and prospects of the Clippers next season, Fan Chen changed his words and said: "Mr. Min, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not, which is related to the Clippers." ”

"Tell me, I'll see if you can spit out ivory from your dog's mouth."

Fan Chen is extremely smart and has a very unique understanding of basketball, but in front of Min Congda, he is really a dog's mouth, and there is still a grade gap in his vision.

Fan Chen said: "Mr. Min, in the 13-14 season, the Clippers will definitely hit the three consecutive championships, but this three consecutive championships may not be easy, and it has always been the most difficult." ”

Min Congda's eyes lit up, patted Fan Chen's shoulder, and said, "You can be regarded as spitting out some ivory, which is exactly what I've been worrying about recently, the third crown of the three consecutive championships is indeed the most difficult and difficult." However, the team is singing and dancing, a scene of Wen Tian and Wu Xi, as the general manager, I am in a hurry! ”

Yes, Min Congda, who was bent on losing the Clippers before, began to worry about whether he could win three consecutive championships again.

(End of chapter)