Chapter 478 The Crazy Earl Who Becomes Popular
After signing the employment contract and having lunch together, before Miles said goodbye, Arthur said to Bob Miles: "Two days later, the league will convene the bosses of all teams to discuss. I will go to the Nets' final decision, and you will go to participate with me at that time. In other words, you still have two days to form your main management team. The initial number of people does not need too much, but you must also ensure that I will accept the Nets smoothly!"
"Okay boss, no problem." Miles, who received the position of general manager with an annual salary of 3 million, still had no recession in his heart. For him, everything that happened in the past two days felt like a dream. Happiness really came too suddenly!
Arthur smiled and nodded, personally sent Miles out. Looking at the other party's departure back, a bright smile appeared on his face, and murmured: "Let your magic shatter all doubts and ridicule!"
However, thinking that once the news was announced to the public, he, the count from England, would definitely face the overwhelming sarcasm, and he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh. In his eyes, it was a big bet, but in the eyes of the outside world, he was undoubtedly a fool and noble from England.
Fortunately, Arthur didn't care. How fierce the media is now, and how legendary it will be when the Nets get their results!
Once people get busy, time passes quickly. In the past two days, in order to avoid the long nights and frequent dreams and new variables, Arthur's first thing was to complete and trade with Nets' boss La Bruce, and bought 80% of the New Jersey Nets' shares for $230 million, including 45% of the ownership of the Barclays Center Arena.
On the last day of April 2010, a harmonious and harmonious conference scene was taking place in the conference room of the Olympic Tower building at 645 Fifth Avenue, New York.
"I have no objection..."
"I agree."
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"Since all members have passed, then congratulations, Mr. Arthur Bolin, welcome you to join the NBA Alliance family..."
On the main seat of the conference table, David Stern stood up with a warm smile on his face, announced the vote, and enthusiastically reached out and held Arthur's hand together.
To be honest, David Stern valued Arthur, the British Earl, more importantly, the ability of Arthur to join the NBA league than the rich man from the Bear Country. This is not just the difference in their status, but more importantly, it can expand the NBA's influence in the UK.
A league team owned by the British will definitely open the door completely to the British Isles, which have always been difficult to increase the league's influence!
No one can ignore the home team effect. Just look at Tianchao Yao, you can tell how powerful the home team's sustenance effect is!
"Thank you, thank you, the president, thank you, the league..." Arthur smiled so brightly and thanked happily, and then he shook hands with the boss of every league team to thank you.
Next, the NBA officially announced that the acquisition of the Nets by British billionaire Arthur Bolin has been approved. In this way, the Nets, which ranked worst in the regular season, finally achieved a "change of dynasty".
"KaKaKaKaKa--"
At the NBA official press conference, a well-fitting and haute couture suit outlined his originally burly figure even taller. No matter how flashing the flashlights under the stage were, he had a faint elegant smile from beginning to end, and his eyes were brightly staring below, confident and calm.
"Thank you, thank you to the league, thank you to President Stern, and thank you to the bosses of all teams in the league. It is my honor to join the NBA family."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Arthur began to thank the people who helped him when he joined the Nets. Although these help was just a favor, Arthur, who crossed the river, knew better than anyone else that if he wanted to play around with the NBA and show his skills in the United States and New York, he needed to lower his posture and build his own interpersonal network.
You know, it is really not that easy to really play with NBA, and even if you spend money, you may not be able to make a championship!
"Before I acquired the Nets, I heard a lot of stories about the Nets. Many things that happened to the Nets usually ended in a tragic way, saying that no matter what expectations or expectations I had, they would eventually stay away from the team, and they were always disappointed and frustrated."
"hehe..."
After Arthur said this, both on stage and off the stage, he made a chuckle, teasing and mocking, and the meanings of different meanings were expressed.
Arthur also shook his head and laughed, but his smile quickly disappeared, becoming serious and solemn, and said with great confidence: "Now I am here, I am here with hope, vitality, and a champion's heart..."
"KaKaKa--"
Arthur's powerful and confident declaration immediately made the laughter disappear, and the audience stared at him with burning eyes, wanting to hear what kind of explosive words the young and energetic British count said, the flash flashed into pieces.
"Here, I want to tell the Nets' management and all the fans that my goal is not to win the championship in a certain year..." Arthur's lips raised, and he continued with a confident and domineering smile, "What I want is to create a dynasty. Although it does not win the championship every year, it is at least a strong contender for the championship every year."
"KaKaKa--"
The bold words of Arthur did not shock the reporters present. Instead, they all smiled and looked at the young count with their eyes shining. They were eagerly looking forward to the energetic young count who fell into a big fright under their witness.
Arthur didn't care about the malicious gazes in the audience, but directly reached out to introduce Bob Myers to everyone.
"...For this, I found a new general manager for the Nets, Bob Myers, who has all the qualities we selected, including professionalism, good relationships with the league, players and agents, and strong communication skills."
Speaking of this, Arthur paused again and pointed his hand at another subordinate, "...He will be the best partner of our team's new coach Every Johnson. More importantly, Bob is ambitious and wants to win. This is how I felt when we met and a major factor in his final victory."
"Wow—"
The whole audience was in an uproar.
Arthur's previous bold words only made the reporters feel that there was a good show, and perhaps they still had expectations for the future of the Nets, but now, everyone is looking at the young count on the stage with a fool-like look, who has always smiled calmly from beginning to end.
"Rodthorne is a legend of the NBA," Arthur ignored the gazes he looked at, and did not care about the uproar at the scene, but continued, "He has made his greatest contribution to the Nets, he is the team's eternal good friend, I wish him a blessing!
The leadership qualities of new coach Johnson, his understanding of the game and the ability to inspire all the talent of the players, will push us forward." Arthur looked around the stage the next week and smiled and made a final summary. "This is the beginning of everything, and there will be many exciting things to announce one by one before the regular season."
"Mr. Bolin, please...."
"Mr. Bolin..."
As soon as Arthur stopped the voice, the reporters in the audience began to ask questions loudly. The scene was in chaos, but Arthur was unmoved from beginning to end. Instead, he smiled and looked slightly red, his eyes were extremely bright, and he seemed a little excited, and Bob Miles signaled and asked him to say a few words.
"...I want to thank Mr. Arthur Boling and the Nets for giving me this opportunity. Johnson is an outstanding coach and I am very excited to join forces with such an excellent young coach. Our main goal in the future is to develop young players, free up salary space, and select outstanding rookies. Our ultimate goal is to build a team with championship strength!"
Facing the somewhat panicked scene, Miles did not feel angry, but smiled confidently and talked. For Miles, he, as the new general manager, was under a lot of pressure. During Thorne's tenure, the Nets reached the Finals twice and won the Atlantic Division championship four times.
Next is head coach Johnson himself is also quite happy to be able to coach the Nets. "The Nets' future is very broad, and I am very excited to be part of their future rise plan. We must play harder, become stronger in defense, and better allocate the ball in offense. In this year's preseason training camp, we will lay a solid foundation for the future..."
Looking at the uproar and noisy situation in the audience, David Stern chuckled and said to Arthur beside him: "You are gamblers."
Arthur shook his head and chuckled, and said confidently, "I like to acquire cheap non-performing assets and manage them well to make me feel accomplished. In fact, at the beginning of the acquisition, I also considered a lot. After all, it is not easy to play with NBA. However, I have enough patience to wait and operate. I believe that the decisions I make now will bring me the best returns in the future."
"Haha, then good luck!" David Stern said with a warm smile.
"Thanks!"
The press conference ended, as Arthur expected, New York and the United States were in an uproar, and Britain on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean even conducted overwhelming reports.
"The English Earl with a lot of money and stupid people!"
"The young nobles' gamble!"
"Crazy British!"
"Is it the savior or the madman..."
"The Nets' future is dark!"
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Various reports swept overwhelmed, and Arthur completely became a fool and lunatic who was scrambling to report in the American media.
Chapter completed!