The Rest, Only Noise

Jerry Bass was a scientist in his youth, which is why he was called "Dr. Bass".

In the 1960s, Bass, who felt that science could not support a family, resolutely invested in the gold industry at that time - real estate.

Since then, real estate has become the family business of the Bass family.

During that decade, Bass became a millionaire and never had to worry about his family's life, he just had to take care of himself.

The recession of the late 1960s put many people at a crossroads, and the situation did not improve in the early 1970s.

Real estate was also in decline at that time, but Bass continued to bet on it, betting that sooner or later the real estate industry would see a rebound.

Guess what?

In 1979, Buss had 200 properties, 400 employees, and a worth of $350 million, which allowed him to buy the Lakers from former Lakers owner Jack Cook in no hurry.

As a self-made rich generation, Bass knows to leave professional things to professional people.

Louie wanted to know more, but the limited time prevented him from gathering more valuable information.

Before this year, the Lakers tried to recruit Louie twice.

One was in the summer of 1983, when they wanted Louie to join the Lakers' coaching staff.

Once was in the summer of 1988, when Louis had just led the Knicks to end the Celtics dynasty, and the future was limitless. Buss and West came to New York in person and gave him a check to sign what he wanted on it. numbers.

At the time, Louis just wanted to stay in New York and start a bigger business.

But that meeting also gave Louis a good impression of Bass.

Louis hopes that today, six years later, Bass can still give him an irrefutable reason as he did six years ago.

At 11:20 a.m., Louis and his wife went to the negotiation site.

"How are you going to talk to them?"

"Won't the broker come with us?"

Lorraine was very nervous and did not stop talking along the way.

"If I decide to join the Lakers, I can ask my agent to talk to them. Isn't it time yet?" Louie and Lorraine got out of the car together, "You just have to say hello to him later, and the rest is up to you. Help me stare at him with your eyes that can see through everything in the world."

Lorraine never knew her eyes were so powerful, and her husband's words made her very proud.

"I will."

Zhou Zhihao, the owner of the Chinese restaurant, greeted the guests with a bright smile: "Coach Lu, your guests have been here for half an hour."

"They seem to like waiting." Louie said with a smile.

Today is the third day of negotiations with the Lakers, and the most critical day.

Louie had an in-depth exchange with West yesterday, but if Bass couldn't give him a moving offer, he would rather choose to rest than rush into Los Angeles.

The Bass father and son stood up at the same time to say hello to the Louises.

"Coach Lu, you are here. The owner of this store just spent half an hour explaining to me the reason why we can't take you away from here." Bass joked.

Louis just wanted to introduce his wife, but Bass took the lead, saying that their whole family were Lorraine fans.

Jim Bass is a big fan of "Happy Family", and he hopes that Lorraine in the show will not be with the hero's brother, because he is such a jerk.

Intentional or not, the Bass and his son won Lorraine's favor.

She is a narcissist who is worthy of making friends as long as the other party likes her scenes, she will feel that the other party has a high level of appreciation and is worthy of making friends.

They discussed that for five minutes.

Louis chose not to interject, and waited for Bass to get to the point.

Finally, Bass turned his gaze to Louis and said, "Coach Lu, I heard that the negotiation the first two days went well. You should have yearning for the Lakers, right?"

This is an interesting question. If Louie's answer is yes, Bass will take the initiative. After all, he himself said that he yearns for the Lakers.

If Louie's answer is no, the atmosphere of the negotiation will immediately decrease.

"There's no yearning, because there's nothing like New York."

"In that case, why did you choose to leave New York?"

Louie smiled: "If you take off your sunglasses, I'll tell you."

Bass laughed and slowly took off his sunglasses.

Louis immediately gave Lorraine a look of "I said I can let him take off his sunglasses".

"Jerry can stay in Los Angeles for decades, I can't, I am a person who needs freshness." Louie slowly explained the reason for leaving New York, "I have dedicated the past ten years to New York, and the reward is Seven championships, it's draining all my enthusiasm, and I can't find fun here anymore."

"Coach Lu, I really understand this feeling."

Bass said eloquently: "I made a million dollars when I was 34 years old, and then I took my family to the resort in Palm Springs for a week, and before I left, I vowed that I would buy that resort. At that time, It's worth $20 million."

"A few years later, I actually bought it, and I got drunk at the resort with my good friend Frank, and then I cried, and I've never had such satisfaction in my life." Bass His face was full of excitement, "But by the time I woke up and the alcohol had subsided, it probably only took five minutes before I lost interest in that place and I was going to buy more resorts and make more money. "

"Coach Lu, in essence, we are the same kind of people, and I understand your feelings, so I sincerely invite you to join the Lakers."

Jim also took the opportunity to support Dad: "Coach Lu, if there is any place to replace New York, it must be Los Angeles."

"Jim, there is no place to replace New York."

Louie retorted Bass's precious son, and said, "Jerry, let me see your sincerity."

Louie's decision won't be made by talking and being "like-minded" alone.

Bass also knew he needed to show real "sincerity."

So he gave Jim a nod.

Jim immediately took out a contract.

"Coach Lu, I heard that you rejected New York's 6 million annual salary contract, and my bid will only be higher than other offers." Bass pushed the contract in front of Louie, "I will give you 8 million dollars a year, If you lead the Lakers to a championship, you get an extra $1 million."

Louis has already passed the stage of supporting his family by salary, and the monthly net profit generated by his investment over the years is enough for him and for generations to squander.

Salary is more of a respect.

So a team like the Rockets that doesn't know how to respect people, get out of here as soon as possible.

"It's a good start."

Louie won't be content with the league's faulty No. 1 salary (only the coach).

At this stage of the negotiation, Bass had to throw out all the conditions.

"I will also provide you with a position of real power in management. Of course, this job will also have a salary, and I will sign a contract with you according to the top specifications."

"Okay, what else?"

Jim thinks the conditions given by Dad are enough, and Louie's "what else" seems to be as endless as a **** addict's desire: "Coach Lu, what more do you want?"

"Jim, what is your main job with the Lakers now?"

"I'm mainly in charge of the sales department of the forum."

Bass laughed: "If Coach Lu accepts our invitation, I plan to arrange him with you. He needs to learn from a real master in order to improve."

Louie asked, "What if Jim and I disagree?"

There was a rare trace of ferocity in Bass' eyes. He glanced at his son from the corner of his eyes and said, "He must obey you unconditionally."

"very good."

Louis smiled.

Then, keep asking.

"What if Jerry and I disagree?"

Bass's answer was no longer decisive, and he said hesitantly, "Ah... this... I'll help you do Jerry's job."

"What if you can't do Jerry's job well?"

"I'm his boss."

"So you feel like you have a better view of basketball than Jerry?"

"No... Coach Lu, I have a lot of respect for Jerry, but... you are a better administrator than him." Bass said with difficulty, "If you and Jerry disagree, if Jerry still can't reach an agreement with you. Consensus, I will support you."

"Even if everyone is against it?"

"Yes."

"very good."

Bass's attitude is extremely sincere, but Louis has an inexplicable feeling that he is being painted.

He seems to have tricked Mr. Zhou into xj back then, right?

Then, Louie looked straight at Bass with sharp eyes like a beast: "What if you and I disagree, Dr. Bass?"

"How... how?" Bass laughed more ugly than he cried, "Coach Lu, you are a master in the field of basketball, how could I disagree with you?"

Louie took a sip of Coke with a smile.

"Jerry's first choice back then was Sidney Moncrief. Who chose Erwin against all odds?" Louie asked with a smile, "If we have the same problem later, and you and I disagree, Who should we listen to?"

Bass couldn't say to Louie that choosing the tragic man turned out to be the right choice.

That's true, of course, but it also suggests that he may in future use his boss's supreme authority to make Louie make decisions he doesn't want to make for the same reasons.

They must take Louis!

"I will listen to you unconditionally, Coach Lu."

Louie knew he would answer that.

It's a textbook pie, and Louie won't put himself in for a verbal promise that doesn't have any effect.

"Of course you can say that to me right now, Dr. Bass, if I choose to sign a contract, I'm a Laker, just like Jerry, your employee, you're my boss, someone in the future. One day, you will disagree with me for some reason, and you will never listen to me as unconditionally as you are now, you will still rely on your own intuition - just like you asked Jerry them to choose Erwin - be you decision you want to make.”

At this moment ~www.readwn.com~ sitting in front of Jerry Buss is not the Louie who seems to talk well and almost decides to join the Lakers.

It is the Messiah who has ruled the New York Knicks for ten years, can remove anyone from the management, can trade any player from the Knicks, and can dominate the fate of everyone on the team.

"Jerry, you say, why should I leave everything in New York and step into the quagmire of Los Angeles?"

Bass couldn't answer, his lips twitched, and the whiskers on his upper lip were shaking, "Coach Lu, tell me what you need."

Louie smiled like a hunter catching his prey.

"Give me the position of president of basketball operations, it's your only chance."

Jim cried out, "Are you crazy? That's my dad's job!"

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