Chapter 657: Zhu Yan's appearance in North America (4100+ chapters~)
The atmosphere in the Lakers' training hall seemed a bit solemn today. Anyone who knows that his boss has changed at the critical moment of the playoffs will definitely be upset!
However, the one with the most complicated emotions was Magic Johnson. He recalled that when he and Wu Jianye met in Chicago, Wu Jianye asked him something.
It was obvious that Phantom Entertainment was interested in the Lakers at that time, but they did not expect that the Lakers would appoint Wu Jianye as president of basketball operations!
At this time, Magic Johnson felt a wry smile in his heart when he saw Wu Jianye walking to the training hall surrounded by the team management.
Stars like Magic Johnson and James Worthy in the team are actually not too afraid of the team management, because as long as their abilities are there, there are many teams in the entire league who want them. If
If they are dissatisfied with the team's management, they can even go to the team manager and roar to express their opinions.
A person who relies on craftsmanship to make a living!
After Wu Jianye arrived at the training hall, Jerry West gathered everyone around and formally introduced Wu Jianye's situation to everyone. At the same time, he also introduced everyone on the team to Wu Jianye.
"Director Wu, this is our Lakers' meritorious coach Pat Riley!" First of all, Jerry West introduced Wu Jianye to the Lakers' head coach Pat Riley!
Compared with later generations of friends, the one who is more familiar with Pat Riley should be his career with the Heat, which directly contributed to the birth of the Heat's Big Three, and his ruthless treatment of the team's legendary player Wade!
In fact, Pat Riley had already become famous all over the world in the 1980s. The Lakers' four championships in the 1980s were all won under the leadership of Pat Riley.
"Hello, Director Wu!" Pat Riley's expression was neither salty nor cold. He has decided to leave the Lakers after the end of this season. This is no longer news in Los Angeles, so the Lakers have changed their owners.
I don't really care about things.
"Thank you to Mr. Pat Riley for his previous contributions to the Lakers. I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with Mr. Pat Riley in the future!"
Regarding Pat Riley's attitude, Wu Jianye didn't take it seriously. He just exchanged a simple greeting and that was it.
What was introduced later was not the players, but the members of the entire coaching staff. However, most of the members of these coaching staff are Pat Riley's team. If Pat Riley leaves the Lakers, they will also follow Pat Riley.
left together.
After the members of the coaching staff were introduced, Wu Jianye began to shake hands with the players on the team.
The most familiar one is of course Magic Johnson. However, Magic Johnson will be tested positive for HIV in the second half of this year, and his career will be over!
With the retirement of Magic Johnson, the glory of the Lakers has come to an end. The following years have been ups and downs, and it was not until 1996 that the Lakers truly recovered.
Originally, all this had nothing to do with Wu Jianye, but now that Phantom Entertainment has acquired the Lakers, the poor historical performance of the Lakers in the next few years will definitely be attributed to Phantom's management by most fans.
questionable.
Fans are emotional and will not think about these issues rationally. Anyway, if the team's performance is not good, then there is something wrong with the team's management, especially if the owner is not their favorite.
Wu Jianye could only laugh at this. The entire NBA in the 1990s was dominated by the Bulls led by Michael Jordan. No one could resist.
Unless Wu Jianye gets center Olajuwon, power forward Barkley, current Lakers player James Worthy at small forward, shooting guard Glider Drexler, and point guard Stockton will probably be able to follow suit.
The Bulls will give it a try, but these players are basically the stars of every team, and it is impossible for them to be brought together to the Lakers!
Team-building is not popular now. In the eyes of players in this era, team-building is an extremely shameful behavior...
In the past few years, Wu Jianye is still prepared to treat the Lakers with a free-range attitude. He will wait until leader Qiao retires!
In addition to Magic Johnson and James Worthy, this Lakers team also had a player that Wu Jianye was familiar with, which was later Lakers head coach Byron Scott.
He chatted with the players for a few words and said that although the team had changed owners, it would not have an impact on the players and that everyone could do whatever they wanted. Then he also announced to them that the company would build a new building for the team this year.
about the arena.
After talking about this, Wu Jianye left!
In the Lakers president's office, only Wu Jianye and Jerry West were left.
"The team's top priority now is to select Pat Riley's successor for the team!" Jerry West reported to Wu Jianyehui.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Jerry, you know my job. This time I serve as the president of operations of the Lakers. I only discussed it with Phantom because I personally like the Lakers team very much. However, in terms of basketball,
In terms of management ability, I know my own things, so you can do the specific things."
First, he explained his situation to Jerry West. Wu Jianye didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Just as he said, buying the Lakers was more about Wu Jianye versus No. 8 and No. 24.
It's a sentiment rather than a real desire to make drastic changes to this team.
What's more, Wu Jianye has always understood that professional matters should be left to professional talents. He is just an ordinary fan. For the management of the team, he is definitely not as good as Jerry West. Plus, he himself
Not much energy is put into this.
so.......
"From now on, the management of the team will be left to you. If anything happens, just tell me!" Wu Jianye is ready to delegate power. Jerry West's management of the team is unquestionable.
In this case, there is no need for Wu Jianye to forcefully manage it.
Jerry West didn't expect that Wu Jianye would delegate such power to him, and he was a little confused for a moment.
"Haha, I've already seen the team. As for the candidate for the team's head coach, you can just agree on it. I have some other things to do, so I'll leave first!" Wu Jianye stood up with a smile, still a little confused.
Jerry West shakes hands and says goodbye.
It wasn't until Wu Jianye actually left the team that Jerry West showed a wry smile. He didn't expect that the other party would actually leave like that!
.......
Although Wu Jianye adopted a free-range policy towards the Lakers, Wu Jianye still attended the Lakers' game the next day in person.
In the most conspicuous position in the first row of the Mosaic team's home court, Wu Jianye, Zhu Hao, and Cheng Long were sitting side by side, preparing to watch today's game.
Today is the home court of the Mosaic team. If the Mosaic team wins, the Lakers and Mosaic team will have a tiebreaker. If the Lakers win, the Lakers advance and the Mosaic team goes home.
With the preparations for "Jurassic Park", the publicity work has already begun. The heroine was the first to be decided, and she was also the first to be used as a key direction of publicity by Phantom Entertainment.
In the novel, Wu Jianye replaced the original heroine with a Chinese-American woman, and this time "Jurassic Park" started filming, it was natural to use a Chinese actress.
Before this, the most familiar scandal target for Wu Jianye in North America was Isabel Adjani, but what they didn't expect was that Wu Jianye was already married, and his wife was actually arranged by him to be a part of this movie.
Heroine!
As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in North America. Under the command of some thoughtful people, many people began to say that Wu Jianye had become too big and dared to use a Chinese actress as the heroine, even if the heroine in the book
I am of Chinese descent, but they still cannot accept it now.
In their view, even if Wu Jianye wants to use a Chinese woman to play this role, she should have an actress with a North American background to play this role, such as Chen Chong from The Phantom. At least she has a North American educational background.
It has also been recognized by many people in North America, but now it has found a purely Chinese actress, who is also Wu Jianye's own wife...
For a time, many media began to pessimize the box office prospects of "Jurassic Park", but for Wu Jianye, all this did not put any pressure at all. This was something he had decided long ago, and it was not something outsiders could interfere with.
!
But no matter what, now that the promotional work for "Jurassic Park" has begun, Wu Jianye must let Zhu Hao debut in front of the North American audience, so this time he came to watch the Lakers game as well.
meaning inside.
As for Cheng Long, he just had free time. He had just finished filming his new movie in Los Angeles. When he heard that Wu Jianye was going to Houston to cheer for the Lakers, he came with him.
Now the star of the Mosaic team is naturally Olajuwon, who averaged 21.2 points, 13.8 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game throughout the regular season!
By the way, the Mosaics' first No. 1 pick was the current Lakers head coach Pat Riley.
The game between the two sides seemed very stalemate from the beginning. The Lakers did not want to have a five-game tiebreaker, while the Mosaic team wanted to fight with their last ditch effort. If they don’t win, they would have to go home!
However, it may be that under such psychological pressure, when the game entered the second half, the players of the Mosaic team became more and more nervous.
It is precisely because of this that Magic Johnson seized this opportunity in the second half. After a flurry, the Lakers already led by 15 points!
The games of this era are different from the games of later generations. A 15-point lead is basically the overall situation has been decided. It is different from the feeling of a 20-point lead in later generations.
Wu Jianye could hear the boos from Mosaic fans at the scene.
Zhu Hao sat next to Wu Jianye, looking a little bored. Originally, she didn't want to come because Zhu Hao didn't know anything about basketball, but she heard Wu Jianye say that doing so would be good for promoting "Jurassic"
Ji Park" is a favorable thing.
Only then did he agree to Wu Jianye to follow him to watch the game.
In fact, no matter how fierce the playing was on the court, Zhu Xian didn't pay much attention, he just kept watching their game quietly.
Then Cheng Long was shouting and looking very excited.
The live broadcast also focused on the three of Wu Jianye from time to time.
In the final game, the Lakers won 109:88 with a 21-point victory!
Wu Jianye raised his arms happily. Zhu Xian sat aside and looked at Wu Jianye's excitement. He smiled and shook his head. She really had no interest in such sports.
The day after the game, Lauren Donnell found Wu Jianye and said: "Director Wu, Mr. Stern, the president of the NBA League, just called you and wants to invite you to visit the NBA headquarters in New York!"
Wu Jianye was slightly startled and asked, "Did he say what happened?"
Lauren Donnell shook her head and said, "No, I just hope you can take time to go there."
Wu Jianye thought for a moment and said, "Tell them that I will go there tomorrow!"
Lauren Donnell: "Okay!"
Now Lauren Donnell is becoming more and more comfortable as Wu Jianye's assistant.
Hearing that Wu Jianye was going to New York to meet with NBA President Stern, Zhu Xia was not prepared to go there with Wu Jianye.
"I won't go, let's go back to Los Angeles!" Zhu Hao has never been interested in such business meetings.
Wu Jianye had no objection to this, so he asked Lauren Donnell to book a flight for Zhu Xie to Los Angeles tomorrow, and also booked a flight for himself to New York.
As for Cheng Long, he is preparing to return to Hong Kong. After the filming in North America, he will return to Hong Kong to continue his filming tasks.
Cheng Long's new film in Hong Kong this year has also been decided, and it will be the classic action film "Eagle Project"!
After accompanying Zhu Xie for a day in Houston, the three of them separated at the airport, and Wu Jianye also flew to the NBA headquarters in New York!
David Stern is not tall and does not seem to have anything outstanding, but he is the one who brought the NBA to the world and can be said to be the most successful president in the history of the NBA. It is a pity that his successor is
idiot......
"Director Wu, welcome to the NBA!" David Stern looked very happy after seeing Wu Jianye.
"Mr. Stern, you are too polite. I haven't even thanked you for your help in our acquisition of the Lakers!" Wu Jianye was naturally talking about Phantom's acquisition of the Lakers.
David Stern said with a smile: "The Phantom can join our NBA family, which is also very good news for the NBA."
After the two sides sat down and exchanged pleasantries, Wu Jianye could see a large world map hanging in David Stern's office, and many countries were marked on this map with red markers.
Among them is China.
David Stern did not tell Wu Jianye the reason why he invited Wu Jianye to the NBA headquarters at the beginning. Instead, he introduced Wu Jianye to the glorious history of the NBA.
Wu Jianye just responded with a smile. His review of NBA history was limited to those well-known stars, and nothing more.
About forty minutes later, Stern spoke to Wu Jianye: "I have been to Yanjing before, and I am very aware of Director Wu's influence in China. I invite Director Wu to come this time.
In fact, there are some things I want to ask Director Wu!"