Chapter 63

Portland is in Oregon

Richard took Stevens with him. They bought tickets to Portland that day, brought some laundry and set off.

As for Richard's second-hand Ford, it was directly given to Brownie

There's nothing left. I'm free and easy

After arriving in Portland, the executives of the pioneers have been waiting for Richard's arrival.

Neil olsey, President of basketball affairs, Bill Christensen, chief financial officer, Huggins, chief operating officer and laurieson, vice president of legal and business affairs, and other team executives, basically all of them came.

The party drove to the office of Rose Garden Arena, and then they discussed the signing of the contract.

A team can be understood as a large-scale company!

Positions such as CEO, CFO and CMO are all available. These executives are responsible for the daily operation of the company, while the head coach like Richard and his coaching team are almost the production department or technical department of the company, which is dedicated to generating profits for the team

Many fans will think that the manager plays an important role in the team. In fact, this is also the scoring situation. The manager with senior qualifications and high League status is indeed high in the team and has the equal right to talk with senior managers.

But those managers who are not qualified are restricted by the executives.

For example, the president of basketball affairs, Ehrlich, is actually Richard's nominal top boss

However, the immediate supervisor did not have any arrogant attitude towards Richard. The first sentence of meeting was to cooperate with Richard's work well in the future

"Li, this is the salary contract. You can have a look first. If it's OK, we can sign it immediately!" CFO bill and Lawrenson, vice president of legal affairs, handed Richard a contract and said with a smile.

One of them is in charge of the team's financial affairs, the other is in charge of the team's legal affairs. Naturally, the two of them are responsible for signing the contract!

Richard took over the contract, looked at it a little, and found nothing wrong, then handed it to Stevens beside him.

"Brad, take a look..."

Not only the young manager, but also the executives of the two teams

"Is this your agent? Li? " Bill asked doubtfully

Young Marshal is only 21 years old at the moment. In addition to his natural baby face, he is only 18 years old. I'm afraid no one doubts him, so Bill is confused

"No, bill, he's my TA!" Said Richard with a smile.

Hearing this, several executives at the scene immediately felt dizzy?!

TA?! Are you kidding me? At present, this kid looks really only 18 years old. They even suspect that he didn't graduate from high school

"Ha ha, Li, this joke is really funny. You are really a humorous person..." Several executives cheered.

To their surprise, Richard shook his head seriously.

"No, I'm not kidding. He's really my TA!"

"After I sign the contract, please draw up another teaching assistant contract!"

Stevens had read the contract and nodded and handed it to Richard.

Li Chade took out his signature pen and signed his own name at the end of the contract

"Chard Lee"

at the moment of signing the name, Richard received the new system prompt instantly!

The last time he received the system prompt was at the end of March, when he led the boiler workers to win the championship, he completed the task of fame, and awarded three points of full attributes of the coach!

Richard didn't care too much about this. The three attributes only made Richard's comprehensive score of coach reach 61, just passed!

If it wasn't for the system to release the task again, Richard would almost forget that he had a system

"According to the host selection to join the team, release the latest system task!"

"Task Name: talent reserve!"

"Task objective: before the start of the draft conference in the 97-98 season, the team has at least five draft rights, including no less than two draft rights in the first round!"

"Task reward: disposable consumption props - Lucky Dice!"

"Lucky Dice: can increase the lucky value of the host to 100 points in three minutes!"

Richard was stunned. This reward is interesting. Change the lucky value?! There are many uses, but the duration is a little too short, only three minutes

If it lasts for a day, Richard can drive around to buy lottery tickets, and even play in Las Vegas for a day

Of course, the end may be that Richard was taken away by the CIA overnight, or cut to death in the middle of the night

Richard doesn't feel any difficulty in the task of talent reserve. Five draft rights seem to be a lot, but in fact, the team itself has two draft rights, that is to say, Richard needs three more draft rights!The pioneers themselves are ready to rebuild, and if they do, how can they do without draft rights!

So Richard didn't pay attention to the difficulty of this task at all!

……

When Richard took over the task of the system, several executives were still struggling with Stevens

They look at each other. Is it really a TA?! How could this seemingly underage boy be a TA?!

"Li, are you sure you're not kidding?"

"We can't hire underage workers. It's against the law!" Laurieson said with a painful face.

These executives have been instructed by Paul Allen to fully cooperate with Richard's work

How can laurieson, as the team's vice president in charge of legal affairs, promise to cooperate and cooperate in hiring underage workers

In Laomei territory, children under the age of 16 are called child laborers, and minors from the age of 16 to 18 are called juvenile laborers!

"Mr. Lawrenson, I'm not a minor. I'm 21!" Stevens, who hasn't spoken much, is a little annoyed. He really looks like a minor?!

Fortunately, he just thought about it in his heart and didn't say it. Otherwise, everyone in the audience, including Richard, would nod

"Yes, you are really like a minor..."

……

Hearing Stevens say that he is 21 years old, laurieson is relieved. Although he is still very young, at least he doesn't break the law

Yeah? 21?!

Several executives have responded. What's the difference between this and minors?!

At present, the 27 year old Richard, as the head coach, has been extremely exaggerated. Before Richard, let alone the 20-year-old NBA head coach, the 30-year-old has not appeared!

Even if it does, most of them are retired NBA players, and then serve as a transitional coach of a fish belly team at the age of nearly 40!

It can be said that Richard's 27 year old job as head coach is absolutely unprecedented!

And Stevens, a man with a baby face, is even more exaggerated!

21 years old as NBA assistant?! Several executives feel like crying for a moment

Isn't this nonsense?!

But at the thought of Paul Allen's order, several executives can only keep their ideas in mind

It's not illegal to be at least 18 years old. Even if Richard has a big character fool now, I think these executives must also give assistant contracts

……

Richard's contract has been signed for four years, 20 million US dollars. Now the coach of NBA is paid top salary!

And Stevens's contract, the original management wanted to give a one-year contract of 300000 dollars

Such a contract is certainly not shabby for Stevens's qualifications, but how could Richard be satisfied!

Under the final bargaining, a one-year contract of 500000 US dollars was given, and the teaching assistant contract was finally finalized!

Some people say that the management of team operation and the manager are the enemies naturally

In fact, this is true. The operation management must be thinking about saving money. When the team's performance is not affected, it's better not to spend any money

And the manager must be thinking about spending more money, the better, a cent of goods

It's no wonder that many of the most powerful managers in NBA history left because of the friction with the management.

"Li, I've arranged an inaugural press conference at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Please prepare tonight. I think it will be very busy tomorrow..." Team's CMO Huggins smiled to remind Richard.

Richard nodded. He also wanted to use this press conference tomorrow to release the news that he was going to recruit a teaching assistant.

Now it's the beginning of May. In another half month, it's time for the rookie joint trial. Richard will definitely pay attention to it