I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 2 Strict concept of time

Min Congda turned the doorknob to open the door, and saw a woman dressed in white collar standing at the door.

She has chestnut hair, which is neatly combed and ironed, and she looks very dry and refreshing at first glance.

The eyes are beautiful emerald green, the high nose bridge and slender lips exude a shrewdness.

Her facial features and skin color showed that she and Min Congda were of different races.

When Min Congda saw her, he immediately reacted, "Sure enough, I have traveled abroad! Los Angeles, it should be the United States. The rewards of the system are also in US dollars."

"Since it's the United States, I have to speak English, but my English...so-so is okay, but if you want me to be a manager...hey, it doesn't matter, anyway, it's bad anyway, isn't it my advantage that I don't understand anything?"

"A layman commanding an expert is the most direct and effective way to ruin a unit. I don't know basketball, and my English is average. When the time comes, I will be the opposite of those professional basketball management talents~"

Min Congda had a lot of thoughts, thinking far away at once.

And Ada looked at the plain-looking, black-haired, black-eyed Asian man in front of her, feeling very speechless.

Just yesterday, June 6, there was one day before the 24 NBA Draft.

Clippers owner Sterling suddenly announced that the team's head coach Mike Dunley was relieved of his position as general manager.

A Chinese man named Smart Min was appointed as the general manager of basketball affairs and president of administrative affairs of the Clippers.

The Clippers were in an uproar.

What is the origin of this Smart-Min?
There is no relevant information, not even a single photo.

As an intern for the Los Angeles Clippers, Ada was appointed as the work and life assistant of the new general manager.

She only received this task on the afternoon of June 6, only a few hours before the start of the draft.

After the boss Sterling made the relevant personnel arrangements, he left Los Angeles and went to Hawaii for vacation.

Said that he would not come back until the start of the season, and that the new general manager was solely responsible for all affairs of the team.

"Everything is subject to Smart's arrangement. He is the team owner when I am not here, and his decision is my decision."

Sterling gave the new general manager unparalleled power, making people wonder if this Smart Min is Sterling's illegitimate son?
Let alone an illegitimate child, even a real son wouldn't have such great power.

The Los Angeles Lakers next door, the Bass family, as long as the old Bass is not dead, he has the final say, and he will not let his son and daughter hold the power.

Now the Clippers can be said to have no leader, and they are all waiting for this mysterious Chinese general manager who airborne.

Ada didn't even know where the new general manager was when she got the job assignment.

After some inquiring, I found out that he was in a Motel in Inglewood.

So he drove over in a hurry and knocked on the door, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw Min Congda who was in a daze.

Not only was this guy in a daze in the void, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, muttering to himself.

There is even more wisdom in the dull eyes.

Look at his outfit again, a pair of wrinkled trousers, a dusty blue shirt-the collar is all worn out.

Especially the leather shoes on his feet, they looked inferior at first glance, dull, with dust on the toe caps, they didn't look like the general manager of a team.

Ada suspected that she had found the wrong person, but she took out her mobile phone and looked at the photos and information sent by Boss Sterling.

He frowned and looked at him a few times, and he was indeed right, it was this person.

Seeing that Min Congda was still in a daze, Ada coughed, "Cough! Is this Mr. Smart-Min?"

Min Congda recovered from his wild thoughts, he understood this sentence, his English name is Smart, he held back for a long time and replied: "Yes! (Yes.)"

It is really not easy to switch to English speaking.

Fortunately, Min Congda has been doing international business in the industry.

I often deal with people in the foreign trade industry, and I often use English.

So his English level is okay, it just takes time to get used to it.

Ada said: "Mr. Smart, you are now the general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers. Today is the draft, a very important day, please hurry back to the headquarters with me."

Sure enough, the system helped Min Congda get the position of general manager.

As for how to get it done, Min Congda didn't care.

He actually wanted to ask what the "Draft Conference" was. Then he thought it must be some important event. As a team manager, if I didn't even know this, wouldn't it be too unprofessional?
So suppressing the doubts in his heart, Min Congda restrained his mind and said, "OK, let's go."

Concise and concise, Min Congda didn't want to say one more word, because he was not good at it.

Ada, who thought she was going to be verbose, didn't expect Min Congda to be so calm.

She froze for a moment, Min Congda had already walked several meters away, turned around and said, "What's the problem? Let's go!"

Ada hurriedly asked: "You don't have anything left in the room, do you need anything?"

Min Congda thought about it, and said, "Take that alarm clock, it's very important to me."

This alarm clock is a prop used by the system to communicate with Min Congda, so it cannot be lost.

Ada went into the room and picked up the alarm clock in the closet and stuffed it into the bag.

Her impression of Min Congda has changed: "Judging from this alarm clock, he must be a person with a strict concept of time, and he must bring an alarm clock when he stays in a hotel. Maybe he waited for me at a good time..."

As an intern, Ada has to be careful with the new general manager.

Stepping on high heels, Ada trotted all the way to follow Min Congda to the parking lot and took him into the car.

In the car, Ada gave the alarm clock to Min Congda.

Min Congda took the clock and thought to himself: "This system will give me a clock as soon as it comes up. It's really a filial son. By the way, how many years is it now?"

So he asked Ada, "What time is it?"

Ada thought to herself, don't you have an alarm clock in your hand, why do you still ask?

Is this a test for me?To test the rigor of my work?
Ada swallowed her saliva and replied: "It is now, June 2009, 6, at 25:32 pm Pacific time, and it will be 33 in the afternoon. Eastern time is 32:[-] pm, and the draft will start at [-]:[-] pm .”

Min Congda didn't quite understand the following series of time.

In the past, the most annoying thing in English listening was the time problem.

But he got it, it was 2009.

Those were the days when he was just in college!
It turned out that I had traveled back to my college days.

Immediately, he took a look at his face through the mirror.

Harm, the appearance has not changed, it is still the self in 2022.

Even the clothes on his body are the uniforms that he has not changed for several years.

Min Congda couldn't remember what happened in the United States in 2009.

Don't think about buying stocks or investing, just think about how to be the general manager of this team.

The hotel is very close to the Clippers headquarters, a few minutes drive.

On the way, Min Congda admired the street scene of Los Angeles, um... that's all.

He wanted to ask Ada what was going on with the Clippers, but it was a pity that with his oral English level, he would not be able to organize the language well for a while.

After thinking about how to ask, I have arrived at the destination - the Staples Center.

This modern arena is very magnificent, and Min Congda not only admired it.

"A team valued at 3 million US dollars is really rich and powerful, playing in such a big and beautiful restaurant."

Min Congda had no idea that the Staples Center was not the property of the Clippers.

The Clippers are just renting the office area and court here, and they also share a playing field with the Los Angeles Lakers.

And the team valuation of US$3 million is already the lowest in the league.

Ada took Min Congda to the Clippers office area and went straight to the "Draft-room" (draft office) on the third floor.

At this moment, the directors and assistants of the Los Angeles Clippers Basketball Affairs Department and Administrative Affairs Department are all concentrated here.

Headed by Neil Olshe, the team's deputy basketball affairs manager, and Andy Roser, the president of administration.

The original general manager of basketball affairs of the Clippers was head coach Mike Dunleavy.

But because Dunleavy is responsible for coaching the team, most of the specific affairs are handled by assistant manager Olshey.

Once Dunleavy dismisses get out of class or resigns as the manager, Olshey will be the general manager of the team's basketball affairs.

As a result, yesterday, the boss Sterling issued an order, and a person who had never heard of it suddenly airborne.

Olshey was depressed all night when he heard the news, and he hasn't slowed down until now.

He sat on the big armchair in the corner of the office, staring at the TV on the wall without saying a word.

The phone on the desk kept ringing, but he never answered it.

There are still 2009 minutes to go until the official start of the 10 NBA Draft.

The venue of the draft is in New York, Madison Square Garden.

The Clippers team is at the draft in New York.

They have to wait for the instructions of the Los Angeles Draft Office to select their favorite new players.

And this year the Clippers are the protagonists of the draft because they have the first overall pick.

Also known as the No. [-] pick.

It should have been Olshey who gave the order.

But because the new manager was airborne, they had to wait until the new manager personally issued instructions.

Andy Rosser, the executive vice president on the side, said: "Olshey, answer the phone, you should give the order directly. Everyone knows who we are going to choose, so why should we care about this process?"

Roser was originally the team's chief executive officer, responsible for the team's non-basketball affairs.

Such as publicity, business cooperation, business sponsorship, community activities and so on.

As a result, the new manager was parachuted in, and he was demoted to vice president.

It was no use threatening Sterling to resign, with the boss insisting that the new manager do both.

This made Rosser, the hero of the draft, feel very angry and hurt.

Because the Clippers' No. [-] pick was drawn by Roser on behalf of the team at this year's lottery ceremony.

Hearing Roser's indignant proposal, Olshey shook his head and said: "The boss said, everything must be listened to by this new manager, including this draft. Ada has already gone to pick someone up, let's wait a little longer." .”

Just as he was talking, the door of the office was pushed open, and Ada and Min Congda walked in together.

All eyes were on the two of them. At first glance, one would think that the tall and beautiful Ada was the general manager, while the dusty Min Congda looked like a little follower.

Ada said: "The new general manager has arrived."

Everyone looked at Min Congda, thinking in their hearts, the new general manager, is he the only one?

(End of this chapter)