The headquarters of Wan'an Company is in New York. After Liu Lang stayed at Wan'an Company for two days, he went directly to the NBA headquarters, which is also located in New York. Stern had already learned about Liu Lang's coming from Knight, and then informed Liu Lang
An invitation was sent out, inviting him to watch this year's NBA Finals. The Eastern and Western teams are the Detroit Pistons and the Portland Trail Blazers.
Of course Stern was extremely happy to see Liu Lang, holding Liu Lang's hand and smiling happily.
The two of them are almost the same height now, so there is nothing awkward about them standing together.
"Jimmy, you've grown taller again, almost catching up with me, and you've gotten a lot stronger. You've grown up!"
Stern seems like a kind old man.
"Jimmy, the development of Shengtang Company in the past two years has been really good. I never imagined that you would be able to lead such a large company forward without being here anymore. Your management skills are better than mine! I work hard every day, and the development of the alliance is not as good as yours."
quick!"
Stern is extremely envious of Shengtang. Judging from the market value alone, Shengtang is close to 1.6 billion US dollars, but the NBA league's external valuation is only 500 million US dollars. The difference between the two parties is three times. It is not the same amount at all.
Of course, when Stern took over the NBA, the value of the entire league was only 14 million US dollars. Under his leadership, the league increased more than 30 times in less than eight years, which is already very good.
Already.
"President David, the NBA league is a treasure. It will continue to increase in value over time. Now there are only tens of millions of fans in the world. When there are hundreds of millions of fans, the value of the league will be truly reflected. At that time,
It’s not comparable to Shengtang!”
Twenty years later, the NBA will have more than 500 million basketball fans around the world, and its value may be hundreds of billions of dollars. It is definitely not comparable to any other entertainment company.
"Haha, that's true, but that must be due to you China. In the past two years, a large number of fans have appeared in your country. Last year, the national TV station came to me and asked the NBA to provide more game videos. I heard that there will be more broadcasts.
Time, this is a good sign!"
The influence of the NBA in China is gradually increasing. There is no doubt that this is all brought by Liu Lang, especially his "Slam Dunk" is a key point. If it were not for the emergence of this comic, I am afraid that the current situation of NBA
En is still looking for a way to get into the eyes of the national television station.
There are two people, one old and one young, with an age difference of nearly forty years, but in Stern's eyes, the other's social status is higher than his own. He is a billionaire, and one person's wealth is almost as much as his NBA.
Alliance, the saying that rich people are great is absolutely true. If Liu Lang was just a super genius, for example, going to college at the age of three, a graduate student at the age of six, a doctorate at the age of ten, etc., these resumes would only make people look at him with admiration.
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But adding a billionaire to these resumes is completely different. If these wealth were inherited from other people, it would not be enough to make people respect him too much, but it happens that these wealth belong to Liu Lang
When a person creates something from scratch, such an experience is not something to be respected, but rather to be feared.
Stern is not afraid of Liu Lang. After all, the two have met many times and they also like sports such as basketball. They both have common topics. In his eyes, Liu Lang is easy to get in touch with.
The two chatted for more than two hours, talking about the development of the alliance. Liu Lang made many suggestions, such as how to promote offensive methods. Stern was greatly surprised after hearing this. How could Liu Lang even understand technology?
Of course Liu Lang understands that the NBA has gone through several changes in its development. In the 1980s and 1990s, the league promoted defense, and rarely scored more than 100% in a game. Although the scene was intense, the audience did not like it, so the league carried out reforms again.
Starting to advocate offense, the NBA game twenty years later will be completely different from the current game. As a basketball fan, Liu Lang naturally knows this.
Of course, Liu Lang just mentioned it to Stern. The times have not developed to that stage yet. Even if Stern is surprised, he will not follow it. But in ten years, he will discover Liu Lang's original plan.
How accurate the prediction was.
The next day, Liu Lang and Stern flew directly from New York to Detroit to watch the first game of this year's NBA Finals.
Detroit is not far from New York, less than a thousand kilometers away. This city is the automobile city of the United States. Ford and General Motors are headquartered here. In the 1960s and 1970s, Detroit's economy was very good, and a large number of industrial workers earned high incomes.
It is much higher than the average income in the United States. However, in the 1980s, due to the economic downturn in the United States and the large impact of automobiles from island countries, the domestic automobile industry in the United States began to decline. Detroit was over in one fell swoop, and a large number of workers were laid off.
Industrial workers have very good skills, but it has to be said that their vision is very short, their personal qualities are not high, and their view of problems is limited. Although the downturn of the automobile industry is related to the situation, they, the workers, have also had very bad consequences.
Take the lead, such as managers once hoped when business performance declined
Workers lowered their wage standards, not necessarily too high, as long as they were lowered to the average level in the United States. However, the union formed by the workers firmly opposed it, believing that this was a way to squeeze workers, and led the workers to march on the streets. In the end, the wage reduction was not an option.
Otherwise, the result is that these people will lose their jobs.
When a group of workers lose their jobs, that is a factor of instability. This is true in any country in the world. In recent years, the crime rate in Detroit has been rising, becoming the city with the highest crime rate in the United States. Good people are best left alone at night.
At home.
As NBA president, Stern hates the city of Detroit the most. Firstly, because the city's economy is so poor and game attendance is always at the bottom of the league. Secondly, the Pistons play too dirty.
It's not playing ball, it's just hitting people,
Anyone who plays against them will be frightened. Of course, the most important thing is that if Jordan wants to become the first player in the league, he must overcome the Pistons. The Bulls, who are strongly promoted by the league, have fallen in front of the Pistons several times. This team
The team was simply a thorn in Stern's side.
Stern told Liu Lang all his dislike for the Pistons, and even asked Liu Lang to find a way to "solve" these gangsters. He was so angry that his teeth itched.
Only then did Liu Lang know that Stern really hated the Pistons. Ten years later, the largest brawl in the history of the league occurred here, which was the "Auburn Palace Fight." At that time, fans and opposing players clashed. As a result,
There was a big fight, but what was shocking was that a group of players came in and surrounded several tall basketball players and beat them up. It seemed that the city of Detroit was born with violent genes, and no one liked it here.