Min Congda's words were very demagogic to Adam Silva.

Since becoming acting president in 2011, Silva has lived in the shadow of David Stern.

Stern has been in charge of the NBA for nearly 30 years, and the league's golden era has been spent under him, with too many classics and memories.

When Silva took over on an interim basis, it was assumed that he could be a transitional figure and that David Stern would be back sooner or later when he got better.

However, Stern was high-spirited and completely retreated, fully supporting Silva on the table, and never publicly intervened in the development policy of the alliance again.

Because Silva came to power in a hurry, he acted very conservatively in the previous seasons, and he did not make any big moves, for fear of being criticized by major shareholders and fans.

Completing the tasks that should be done during the transition period, keeping the league running smoothly and building good relationships with the various joints were the main aspects of Silva's work in the first few years.

At the start of the season, according to David Stern's retirement schedule, it was when Silva actually took office, and the word "acting" as acting president was finally removed.

So this summer, the league has a series of changes, in addition to negotiations with referees, legalization of betting, player labor negotiations, and cooperation in the Chinese market, in November, the league will also negotiate with Adidas and Nike for the next jersey and sneaker agency contract.

According to the feedback so far, Silva is very inclined not to renew Adi's contract (Adi's willingness to renew his contract is not strong), but to choose Nike, which is doing better in basketball.

It's hard to say that Silva is not trying to sweep away the traces left by David Stern in the NBA, and his series of actions are both for the NBA to grow stronger, and he also needs to prove for himself.

But for those who achieve the position of president, money will not be their only pursuit, reputation, status and reputation are extremely important to them.

"Plant your own tree" was the phrase that echoed in Silva's mind.

This was exactly what he had been thinking in his heart, and Min Congda's words touched it deeply.

Silva once thought that perhaps Min Congda was not on Stern's side, but on his own side, someone who could really understand him.

Yes, they've worked closely together in the past, and Smart has an amazing saboteur energy, and Min Congda has helped Silva a lot as he consolidates his power.

This guy is indeed a talent, even a genius, he has a forward-thinking view of many things, and his governance and transformation of the Clippers is perhaps the most successful team draft and construction textbook in NBA history.

During his tenure at the helm of the Clippers, he maintained an astonishing undefeated record in the regular season, and in the playoffs, he overturned the Golden State Warriors and turned the world against the enemy, winning his fourth championship and completing the fourth consecutive championship.

All this proves that Min Congda has a great talent in basketball, and if he can be used by Silva, it will really be a tiger with wings, and he will definitely be the number one player under Silva.

But the problem is that he is too capable, and he was recommended by Stern, Silva knows that Stern has plans to train Smart to be the next president, so how can Silva not be afraid of him?

This ambivalence has been tormenting Silva, seeing that the referee association can no longer control Min Congda, Silva, who has always had a soft temperament, has already thought, why not try to cooperate with Smart?

It would be great if we could find a way to bring Smatra over as we did at the beginning.

With this in mind, Silva decided to listen to Min Congda's opinion on the copyright issue in the Chinese market and let him take full responsibility for the matter.

Moreover, Silva has another intention, which is to use the copyright issue in the Chinese market to relocate Min Congda, so that the negotiations on the legalization of gambling that began in September will try not to give Min Congda a chance to participate.

After being appointed for this job, Min Congda thought about it for a while and agreed.

He does understand the Chinese market, after all, he is a prescient person who can see the general situation of the future.

As for the troubled waters of gambling legalization, he doesn't want to wade into it for the time being, and there will be no substantial promotion of gambling legalization in the short term anyway.

As long as David Stern is here, no matter how Stern compromises on the surface, the old man will still be restrained in secret.

For gambling to be truly legalized and fully cooperate with the NBA, Min Congda himself estimates that it should take about three to four years.

He still has time to wait and see how he reacts after the shareholders' meeting in September to decide his position.

As the vice president who may be in charge of the development of referees in the future, Min Congda must be a big stone that cannot be avoided in the legalization of gambling and business operations.

Min Congda himself knows this in his heart, so the more he doesn't take a stand, the heavier his weight may be in the legalization process in the future.

When the critical moment comes, he may be the key to the success or failure of the matter, and that's when he comes to a role.

During his six years with the Clippers, the most useful lesson Min learned was to wait, be patient, and respond to change.

On August 21, after the referee association and the league reached a new agreement, Adam Silva announced two important pieces of information at a press conference that morning.

The first piece of information is that with the new cooperation agreement between the Referees Association and the league, the league has decided to officially establish a video replay center to supervise the blowing of penalties for the new season.

During the game, the penalty is analyzed in real time, and the referee report is issued after the game, which plays a role in supervising the referee's law enforcement and improving the fairness of the game.

The first director of the video replay center, unsurprisingly, will be Joe Bozia, the current vice president of refereeing for the league.

Once Bozia became director of the replay centre, the position of vice president of refereeing became vacant.

As the assistant to the vice president, Min Congda has a high probability of flying and directly serving as the vice president of the alliance.

This promotion seems to be a bit fast, but in terms of level, Min Congda is completely within reach.

Because he was previously the general manager of the team, he belonged to one of the big names in the league, and he was fully qualified to serve as the head of department after being transferred to the league office.

His position as the assistant vice president of the alliance was originally an expedient measure and a transitional position, and everyone knew in their hearts that this vice president Min Congda was likely to be on the job.

It's just that this speed is really a bit fast.

The second piece of information is related to Min Congda, who Adam Silva has appointed as the NBA's vice president of international basketball development in Asia, responsible for copyright negotiations with the Chinese market.

To put it bluntly, Silva appointed Min Congda as the minister of the Imperial Mission, and his honorary vice president is a one-time term, and he has no actual power when the copyright negotiations are exhausted, but he still occupies a position in the NBA Asia and can enjoy the corresponding treatment.

It can be said that the two news released by the No. 21 alliance are directly related to Min Congda.

Silva is signaling that Smart Min will be reused by the alliance, not sidelined.

In just over a month, Min Congda has completed a big reversal, it should be said that this is a person who has a good environment wherever he goes.

In the afternoon of the same day, Min Congda's office kept calling in, and he also received invitations from Tencent, Alibaba, and NBA Greater China.

Min quickly stepped into the role, holding a virtual conference call and continuing to inform the NBA's Greater China team of the league's decision in his straightforward style.

"I want to tell you clearly, Tencent and Ali are all out. The reason is that the NBA has a new strategic plan for the future development of the international market, and we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to them for their active follow-up and cooperation. Unfortunately, their culture, their development strategy, and the future vision of the headquarters were different, so they were all out. ”

Min Congda's words made the working group in China all confused, why did the two giants say that they were out?

These are the two biggest giants in China's Internet market, and who else can eat such a big fat as the NBA copyright?

And when Min Congda said that they were going to cooperate with ByteDance, some people in the working group didn't know about this company, and thought to themselves, "Are you taking money from others?" Or did you buy shares in someone else's company?

The two giants don't cooperate, find such a little-known small company to talk about cooperation, 5 years and 500 million, you want to sell, are people willing to buy it?

At that time, ByteDance definitely didn't have so much money to buy NBA copyrights, in fact, the company never thought about cooperating with the NBA, because of the NBA's popularity, size and copyright price, they couldn't think about it.

So when the work email was sent to their boss's mailbox, the secretary thought it was a scam.

In this kind of confused situation, Min Congda did not use his power or fame to oppress people, but did the basic work patiently and tirelessly as he did before when he did the work of the Referee Association.

These include high-intensity conference calls every day - not long, but the content intensity is very high, anyway, Min Congda outputs and brainwashes everyone, and uses his future vision and experience to confront everyone.

I also flew to Hong Kong in person to have a meeting with leaders and cadres at all levels of the Greater China Marketing Department to discuss and talk about the future development of the NBA Internet.

In this regard, Min Congda not only has a vision of the future, but also some experience accumulated when working with YouTube when he was on the Clippers, and has a strong ability to brainwash and persuade.

He quickly managed to get the Greater China marketing department and the negotiation team to get them to accept his development strategy.

As for ByteDance, Min Congda personally came to negotiate and organized a high-profile basketball game for coders, Min Congda personally appeared on the stage, with his two years of experience and outstanding talent in AAU competitions, dominated the game, scored 58 points, and led the team to win at the same time, and reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with ByteDance at a very favorable price in the negotiations, requiring ByteDance to vigorously promote NBA content in several video apps and online communities under their banner.

The NBA is also fully open to copyright, allowing users to carry and recreate, and enhance the dissemination and flow of NBA video and culture.

The duration of the contract is five years, and by 2020, the two parties will sign a new contract based on the development cooperation.

In less than a month, Min Congda took care of the Chinese market and laid a good foundation for the future development of the NBA in China's Internet era.

And just when Min Congda was "returning home" in his hometown, in the United States, New York, the board resolution on the legalization of gambling has been opened.

In the absence of Min Congda, after two days of discussion, the board of directors agreed to the proposal to legalize gambling, and the road to the legalization of gambling in the NBA was officially opened.

(End of chapter)