Chapter 929 1029. Savior

Chapter 929 1029. Savior

Although basketball is not the most popular sport in the United States, it is also very popular, not to mention that the NBA is a holy land for basketball fans around the world.

In addition, the Lakers are a real NBA powerhouse and have just won the 2010 NBA championship. It is understandable that they are very popular when they are acquired.

"The Lakers change ownership, and the Chinese super-rich take over the Lakers. What will this bring to the team?"

"The youngest NBA owner is born!"

"The end of 30 years of rule, the Buss family announced their 'retirement' from the Lakers career."

Almost all major media reported the news about the Lakers' change of ownership that day, especially those sports newspapers, which directly kept all the headlines to report the news of the Lakers' change of ownership.

For such a world-class basketball team, when its ruling power changes, it is really not easy not to attract attention.

Soon the reporters dug up a lot of inside information, such as the money Nie Wei spent on the acquisition of the Lakers, or the main reason why the Lakers were traded.

"Hey, Drake, I heard that Nie Wei spent a full 1.9 billion US dollars to buy the shares of Lakers 66. My God, I never knew that an NBA team could be so expensive." In a street basketball court in Quebec, several black guys were playing basketball and chatting.

Among them, Drake, who had played basketball with Nie Wei, was also among them. Looking at his agile appearance, it was obvious that the injury left by Nie Wei on him had healed.

Hearing his friends' words, Drake couldn't help but smile, and then pretended to understand and said: "Of course it's expensive, don't you think about how much KOBE's annual salary is? There is such a big stadium, and so many honors, many of which can't be bought with money."

The friends nodded their heads at Drake's words. Anyway, Drake was right. Who made them the only one who had been to the NBA and even went to the Lakers' training hall in person.

Now these friends are still coveting Drake's jersey signed with all the Lakers names.

"Drake, Nie Wei is so good to you, do you think he will send you a tryout invitation after he acquires the team?" Suddenly a friend asked Drake, and this question instantly attracted the attention of everyone around, and everyone looked at Drake, wanting to get an answer.

Drake's mature face was pulled into an embarrassing expression, and his expression was not very good.

"Soon, Nie Wei will send me a tryout invitation soon, and Nie Wei knows my strength."

Drake's words were a bit strong on the outside, and many friends understood the meaning, and laughed and booed.

"Drake, forget it. You can't even beat the new owner of the Lakers. How could he possibly send you a tryout? Would it be embarrassing to see you go to his basketball gym?"

"Haha, Drake, you'd better stop dreaming. Maybe that Chinese guy has already forgotten you."

"That's right, Drake. If he really remembered you, why didn't the Lakers call you in a few days?"

Drake's face was flushed. Although he thought that what these friends said was probably true, he still didn't want to believe it and always held a one-in-ten-thousand hope.

"Shut your mouths and wait. My tryout invitation will come soon. I will become an NBA superstar and the successor of KOBE."

"Shhhhhh!!!" A series of huge boos followed Drake's words. Just when Drake was about to continue to refute, he suddenly saw his 200-pound mother running over breathlessly.

"Drake, come home!"

"Mom, I just came out for half an hour, and I haven't even finished my warm-up exercises yet!" Drake's face turned red and he yelled at his mother. He was a little embarrassed, and he always felt that the eyes of his friends around him looked at him as if he was a mama's boy.

"Drake, a scout named LARRY called you. If you can't come home with me immediately, I will tell him that you rejected his invitation." Drake's mother yelled, not giving her child any face at all.

But looking at her dark and red face, you can know how excited this mother is at this moment. Isn't their whole family waiting for this moment? As long as Drake can succeed in the trial, he may get a formal contract and at least earn hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If Derek can seize this opportunity, perform well, and gain a foothold in the NBA, even if he can't become a star, as long as he can play in the NBA, he will bring his family millions of dollars a year. For the Drake family, their fate will also change.

Drake and his friends were all dumbfounded by what Drake's mother said.

Drake was the first to react, and he let out a strange cry, then ran out of the court, and his running speed was almost faster than Bolt. His remaining friends also came back to their senses because of Drake's strange cry, and those who had just mocked Drake were even more embarrassed and envious.

"Damn it, that Chinese guy actually still remembers Drake, the bastard."

"Ah, I should have stepped up that day."

"Drake won't really become a big star in the NBA, do you think he will have the opportunity to compete with KOBE?"

"Stupid, if he succeeds in the tryout, he will be KOBE's teammate. I really hope to see him being abused by JAMES a thousand times on the court, hahaha..."

Just when a group of streetball boys were YYing how bad Drake's career in the NBA would be, the Lakers' locker room was also gloomy.

Everyone became panicked because of the change of boss.

"Ron, do you think the new boss will change our team lineup when he comes?"

"How is it possible? We are a championship team!"

"But the new boss is Chinese. I remember that Chinese people like to use personal connections the most. There are many players who want to play in the NBA. If the new boss wants to squeeze someone in, some of us will definitely leave."

"But that will definitely not be me, Shannon. You need to worry. I think the coach is very dissatisfied with your recent performance."

Leaving Shannon Brown with a worried look on his face, Ron Artest walked into the bathroom with an unclear expression.

While taking a hot shower, Artest was also thinking about the change of boss. He actually cared about Shannon Brown's words. In fact, he was not as confident as he said just now. After all, in the Lakers, although he was the main force, he was not indispensable.

In this team, only KOBE was unshakable, and everyone else might become the target of the new boss's trade.

Artest was really unsure about his future after the new boss came.

However, compared with the players, the panic among the staff was actually more serious.

"The Buss family ruled the Lakers for 30 years, and the old Buss once promised to keep the Lakers as family property and live and die with the family. But what people didn't expect was that the Buss family was ready to abandon the Lakers at the moment when the old Buss fell ill." A Lakers employee who did not want to be named complained to the media.

In his opinion, the Buss family's sale of the Lakers was a betrayal of the Lakers.

After all, the Buss family is not in any financial difficulties. On the contrary, because of the Lakers, the Buss family has accumulated a lot of wealth in the past 30 years, and all of this is brought to them by the Lakers. But now this group of people actually want to abandon the Lakers and sell it to a Chinese.

This makes many Lakers employees and fans a little unacceptable.

Especially the fans, they are very afraid that the new boss will treat the team as a commodity and will not manage it carefully. They are afraid that Nie Wei will abandon it after squeezing out its value.

This is not that they are worrying about nothing, but there are indeed many precedents. Some businessmen who bought the team will not really manage it carefully, but use the team to make money desperately until the value of the team is squeezed out, and then sell this mess to others.

So compared with the new boss, they are more willing to believe in the Buss family who has been running the team for 30 years. Of course, it is hard to say now, but Nie Wei is a businessman who has never been involved in the sports industry. These fans are very suspicious of Nie Wei's purpose, and the richer Nie Wei is, the more suspicious and afraid they are.

In the days after the announcement, hundreds of fans went to the Lakers' basketball stadium to sit in protest, hoping that the Buss family would tear up the contract and take over the Lakers again. Unfortunately, this was just wishful thinking. After getting the money, Jenny's brother immediately invested in his own company without any hesitation or regret.

The media saw such a conflict and fanned the flames in various ways. Even Nie Wei's Los Angeles Times wrote a neutral report to analyze the possibilities and pros and cons of Nie Wei's entry into the Lakers.

While it was very lively outside, Jenny had already held the documents signed with Nie Wei and prepared for her "enthronement ceremony".

In fact, on the afternoon of the day when Nie Wei finished the transaction with her brother, Jenny couldn't wait to sign a contract with Nie Wei, and from that moment on, she had become the real queen of the Lakers.

But she didn't announce it immediately, but waited until the public hyped up the matter and the fans' voices for the return of the Buss family were the highest, and then she would suddenly appear and announce the takeover of the Lakers.

In her opinion, at that time, all Lakers fans would regard her as the savior.

Jenny wanted to completely confirm her position in the Lakers through this transaction. Almost a month had passed, and Jenny felt that it was time for things to develop.

On the day she made the decision, the Lakers immediately announced that they would hold a press conference.

The next morning, dozens of media outlets across the United States gathered at the Lakers Stadium. In the surprised eyes of everyone, Jenny walked into the press conference wearing an OL outfit.

"Huh?" There was a sound of doubt at the scene.

Jenny's appearance was definitely a surprise to the reporters on the scene, not to mention that after this woman came in, she sat directly in the main seat, as if she was the main interviewee today.

But Nie Wei, the new owner of the Lakers, who everyone had been thinking about, did not show up until the press conference began.

Careful people even noticed that there was no Nie Wei's nameplate on the main stage. Could it be that...

"Thank you for the media's visit today. I want to announce something here. Mr. Nie Wei and I have reached an agreement in private. I will acquire 51% of the Lakers shares held by Mr. Nie Wei. In other words, I am now the real owner of the Lakers."

"Mr. Nie Wei retains 15% of the shares and is the second largest shareholder of the Lakers. He likes this sport very much and is optimistic about the future of the Lakers. I am willing to contribute to the development and progress of the Lakers with him."

"That's all I want to say. Does anyone have any questions?" As soon as Jenny said this, almost all the reporters at the scene raised their hands. Jenny looked at them and randomly pointed to a reporter.

"As far as I know, even 51% of the Lakers' shares are worth nearly 1.5 billion. With your net worth, I don't think you have that much money to buy these shares. Can you tell me what you paid in the transaction between you and Mr. Nie Wei?"

"Sorry, this is a commercial secret. I can't tell you." Jenny replied with a smile, not revealing anything at all.

"Miss Jenny, since you are interested in the management of the Lakers, why don't you inherit it directly from your father?"

"Because my father and brother think I can't manage this team well, and they are not optimistic about the team's prospects, but I am different. I love the Lakers, and I also hope to accompany the Lakers all the way, so I will work with Mr. Nie Wei to take the shares of the Lakers from my father."

"Of course, this is a win-win situation. Anyway, my father and brother want to sell the team, right?" Jenny replied with a smile, but between the lines, she secretly stabbed his bastard brother.

This matter will soon be defined by today's media with Jenny's words. His brother Buss will become the betrayer of the Lakers, and he Jenny will be the savior of the Lakers.

Nie Wei looked at Jenny talking to reporters on TV, and smiled and said to Luo Kai on the side: "Brother, record this interview later, and remember to give it to the senior officials of the basketball management."

"Got it." Luo Kai smiled and understood what Nie Wei meant.

Since knowing that Nie Wei had acquired the Lakers, Nie Wei received many calls every day, some from the head of the basketball management, and some from players who had no idea how many connections they had, and all of them had the same purpose, which was to get a chance to go to the NBA.

If these players were really strong enough, Nie Wei wouldn't mind helping them, but when he saw their game data, Nie Wei gave up the idea.

But this group of people didn't give up, calling one a day, which annoyed Nie Wei.

Thanks to Banmo for his generous 500 yuan reward, and thanks to Yin Shuai for seven years in prison and Fantasy Paradise for their generous rewards.