Early the next morning after the parade, Deng Fang was invited to his office by his boss Cohan.
Seeing Deng Fang push open the door and enter the room, the white-haired Cohan immediately stood up from the sofa.
Cohan stepped forward, took Deng Fang's hand and said, "Mr. Deng, thank you for your hard work. Please sit down!"
Deng Fang was not polite and sat down on the sofa opposite Cohan.
"The main reason I asked you to come here today is to discuss the new contract," Cohan said.
"New contract?" Deng Fang asked pretending to be surprised: "Isn't our contract indefinite? Why do we need to sign a new contract?"
Deng Fang and Cohan signed a very unequal contract at the beginning of the season.
The contract did not specify Deng Fang’s term of office, but only stipulated what Deng Fang must do:
1. Win the opening game.
2. The winning rate in the first ten games is more than half.
3. Lead the team to the playoffs.
4. Won the championship at least once within three years.
If the team fails to do any of the above, the team can terminate the contract with Deng Fang and receive a severance fee of 100,000 yuan.
When he signed this contract, Cohan never expected that Deng Fang would be able to survive a month!
If nothing else, it was difficult for Deng Fang to achieve the first two points!
Even if he was lucky and achieved the first two requirements, it would be impossible for Deng Fang to achieve the last two.
Lead the team to the playoffs?
What Nelson couldn't do last year, can Deng Fang do it this year?
Who is Old Nelson?
Meritorious coach!
Coach Qian Sheng!
What does Deng Fang do?
A newbie who has never been a coach for a day!
Can a rookie coach like Deng Fang lead a newly formed team to the finals?
You know the Warriors are in the West!
Surrounded by powerful enemies, there are many powerful people!
If you can't make it to the playoffs, let alone win the championship!
The Warriors were founded in 1946, joined the NBA in 1949, and won three championships, in the 1946-1947 season, the 1955-1956 season, and the 1974-1975 season.
The most recent one dates back more than thirty years!
After more than 60 years of establishment, the team has won 3 championships!
This is already a good performance.
Many teams have never won a championship!
So boss Cohan felt that it was impossible for Deng Fang to complete the task!
What should I do if I can’t complete the task?
Get out!
$100,000 breakup fee!
Just think about it!
In addition, as a precaution, Cohan also stipulated in the contract that Deng Fang's salary should be linked to his performance.
Win a game of 100,000.
If you lose a game, 50,000 will be deducted from your salary!
If he plays two games, loses one and wins the other, it means that Cohan only needs to pay Deng Fang 50,000 yuan for two games.
If after 82 regular season games in a season, the Warriors enter the playoffs with a 50% winning rate, Cohan will only need to pay Deng Fang 2.05 million at most.
And if we use the standard of 29 wins and 53 losses last season, Deng Fang can only get 250,000 in the end!
This price is no longer low for the head coach of an NBA team. This is clearly insulting!
You know, former head coach Nelson’s annual salary was as high as $6 million!
Even the team's chief assistant coach has an annual salary of more than $500,000.
Cohan had a very good idea and laid a bunch of landmines for Deng Fang!
Because there were so many restrictions, Cohan believed that Deng Fang simply couldn't do it, so there was no stipulation on Deng Fang's working years in the contract!
Does it make sense to agree on a certain number of years?
The soonest possible thing is that Deng Fang will leave after the opening game!
Even if it doesn’t work, a month is enough!
Even if his luck is against the heavens, Deng Fang can survive a season and that’s the end!
It’s a mess anyway, it doesn’t matter who becomes the head coach!
But I never expected that Deng Fang not only stayed out of class, but also made it to the playoffs!
Not only did they make the playoffs, they also defeated the defending champion, defeated the favorite Cavaliers, and won the championship!
What the contract says is that Deng Fang will leave if he doesn't win the championship within three years.
Deng Fang actually won the championship in his first year!
Deng Fang has completed all the matters agreed in the contract!
In other words, Deng Fang will not be fired!
This is not bad!
Of course, this is still secondary.
Whoever becomes the head coach will do it, and it doesn't matter if Deng Fang becomes the head coach.
In particular, Deng Fang did a great job. He led the team to the championship in his first season. Under his leadership, the Warriors have a bright future.
It's impossible to find such a coach, and Cohan certainly won't want to fire Deng Fang now.
The reason why he laid so many traps and set so many harsh clauses in the contract before was because Cohan did not trust Deng Fang and was worried that Deng Fang was just here to have fun and drink.
Things are different now!
Even if Deng Fang wanted to leave, Cohan would ask Deng Fang to stay!
You know, Deng Fang is Cohan’s God of Wealth!
Before Deng came to the Warriors, Cohan was obsessed with selling the Warriors.
Cohan's main business is not the Warriors.
Chris Cohan established Soniunis in 1977 and developed the company into the largest independently owned cable television interface company in the United States. In 1986, he bought the Warriors from his former owner for more than 20 million."
Cohan has been in debt and financial difficulties recently.
As early as 2007, the Internal Revenue Service pointed out that Cohan had $160 million in unpaid taxes and penalties from the 1998 sale of his cable company.
In addition, Cohan's company still owes Wells Fargo $300 million.
It is for this reason that the Warriors decided before the start of this season to sell tickets for next season at a reduced price in order to alleviate financial problems.
Even so, the Warriors' ticket sales were very dismal.
If the buyer hadn't paid too low, the Warriors would have changed hands long ago!
But after Deng Fang came to the Warriors, the Warriors' record was unexpectedly good, attracting a large number of fans who ran away.
You know, fans in Auckland are not short of money!
Silicon Valley is in the Bay Area where Oakland is located, and Silicon Valley is the richest region in the United States!
For rich people, it doesn’t matter how much money they spend to watch football, the only problem is that they enjoy watching football!
No one would be happy watching their home team being abused every day.
Located in this treasure land of the Bay Area, the Warriors have not been doing well in the market these years. The main reason is that the team has a poor record and has been abused year after year.
After Deng Fang signed the contract, he immediately approached general manager Tim and suggested stopping the sale of tickets at reduced prices.
Deng Fang’s requirements are not high, he just wants to wait until the season starts!
Give Deng Fang a chance, and Deng Fang will prove that his choice is right!
Tim certainly disagrees with this, after all, it involves a lot of money.
Cohan is very short of money now.
But Deng Fang's attitude was very firm, and in the end Tim listened to Deng Fang's suggestion.
Selling at reduced prices is simply drinking poison to quench thirst, sacrificing long-term benefits in exchange for short-term benefits.
After selling at reduced prices for more than ten days, not many tickets were sold.
People are like this, the more the price drops, the less anxious they are.
