Chapter 458： Prying star

Donna Rand and Mark Pedewitz did not stay in the company for too long. They had to rush back to Los Angeles, and they had arranged to meet in Los Angeles in a few days to continue discussing the rights of Premier League live broadcast.

After seeing them off, Yang Cheng didn't stay in the office anymore, but drove to Brooklyn with Susu.

Brooklyn is located on the southeast side of Manhattan Island. It is one of the five major districts of New York. It covers an area of ​​more than 250 square kilometers. It is the largest of the five districts with a population of 2.57 million. It also ranks first among the five districts. It is also the most populous district in New York State.

Historically, Brooklyn was originally a small village for Dutch immigrants. At that time, it was known as "Little Holland". The village was named after Dutch. It was officially included in New York City at the end of the 19th century.

Yang Cheng’s impression of Brooklyn is very complicated. He was born in Manhattan when he was a child. He was told by his parents and surrounding uncles and aunts not to go to Brooklyn because it’s poor and chaotic. It’s dangerous to go there alone. In his young mind, he left an impression that Brooklyn was equivalent to hell, but when he entered the youth rebellious period, he broke into this area similar to Yan Luo Temple in his heart with a group of friends, and then discovered that It doesn't seem to be as bad as expected.

In terms of temperament alone, Brooklyn is more "down-to-earth" than his birthplace and Manhattan Island across the river. There are diverse cultures and races, especially the black population. Therefore, some representatives are middle and lower. The street culture of the class can be seen everywhere here.

Of course, it is undeniable that due to the neglect of minorities in the United States in education, employment, and security in the past, Brooklyn was once a crime-prone area. From this perspective, those elders who were young The words are not wrong.

However, in the hearts of many Brooklyn people, they have always been proud of their hometown, and proud of the city's blood-flowing struggle and tenacious spirit. As more and more Brooklyn people come to Manhattan, Going to Queens, and people from other areas are constantly entering Brooklyn, there will often be controversies about "New York or Brooklyn", and every Brooklyn will think that they are the true representatives of New York.

What makes Brooklyn famous all over the world is because there have been so many great people here. Michael Jordan, the **** of basketball, was born here. In addition, like Yang Cheng’s friend rap king jay-z, the famous director Woody Allen, Multi-cluster stars Quinn Latifah and boxing champion Tyson are all Brooklyn stars who straddle both styles and sports.

The reason why I spent pen and ink to introduce Brooklyn is because it will be closely linked to the future of Yuanshan Capital. The "Atlantic Courtyard" project with the Barclays Center as the core will be launched here, and the cooperation between Yuanshan and Koch Industries is also In the intensive preparations, Yang Cheng came to the home court of the Brooklyn Nets today. One is to discuss future development plans with the team’s management, and the other is to meet with Konrad Koch to determine the final investment. The project will officially break ground.

The Barclays Center, located on 620 Atlantic Avenue, is not only the core of Yuanshan and Corch Industries' estimated investment of $5 billion to build the Atlantic Courtyard plan, but also a brand new cultural and artistic center in Brooklyn.

Since its inauguration, the Barclays Center has hosted many famous games, including the NBA. It is the common home ground of the Brooklyn Nets and the NHL New York Islanders.

Just past weekend, it was the first NBA All-Star Weekend hosted by the Barclays Center. It was mainly responsible for hosting the first two days of events, including rookie contests, dunk contests, three-point contests, skill challenges and other projects. This year’s All-Star Weekend will be separated, and under the conditions of co-hosting with Madison Garden, the Barclays Center can get a chance to host the All-Star Game alone in the future, and this opportunity can be realized as early as 2017.

In the luxurious and modern meeting room on the top floor of the Barclays Center, Yang Orange, the top executives of the Nets, and the team’s second largest shareholder Conrad Koch gathered together. Below the projector is the team’s general manager Sean Marx. Introduce the composition of the team and the results of the first half of the season to the two owners.

Yang Cheng frowned and listened to Sean Marx’s introduction to the three leading stars of the team, and waved to interrupt, “To be honest, from the moment I decided to buy the Nets, I decided to give the team a complete big deal. Purge, I have had enough of these three stars who have nothing but tens of millions of annual salary but only play off the bench. I have to change!"

In this regard, Konrad Koch agrees with one hundred people. He doesn’t understand basketball, but he knows that if a sports club wants to succeed and want to make money, it must have a superstar with market appeal to join in and achieve good results. , Instead of relying on those old oils who are holding high salaries for retirement.

"Yes, I very much agree with Jason's opinion. This group of people must be changed. Luxury tax is not a problem."

The high-level teams of the Nets looked at each other, knowing that the two bosses are rich, but you can't show off your wealth when you come up, but they are not dissatisfied. How does the team's management have a sense of existence? Isn't it relying on a pile of transfers?

The orders of the two bosses meant they were about to start work!

"Let’s talk about it. Nowadays, in the NBA, which superstars can be pried? My requirements are not high. Before the end of the last week of the transfer period You can at least exchange one for me. A super star, and the rest can polish the lineup a little bit after the end of the season." Yang Cheng first made his request.

Konrad Koch continued, "Yes, you must have superstars, not pseudo-super giants, and don't use any practical stars to fool us. Don't forget the market we are in. This is Brooklyn and New York. The largest city in the world, we have no shortage of fans, what we lack are superstars who can attract fans to the stadium to watch the game!"

The two big bosses set the conditions with one word and one word, but they have embarrassed the management team. Now, in the middle of the season, there are super giant teams working hard for the playoffs, how could they let them go? Go to be the star? Even if the team is willing, the player himself may not agree to it. Of course, it can be forced to trade, but if the player does not play hard after he comes, what can you do with him? Attack him for lack of professional ethics? Don't talk about it, these black people have a stick in their brains, so they can retire you directly.

As the general manager of the players, Sean Marx hesitated and tentatively said, "The two bosses, besides Kobe Bryant, the most inspiring star in the league is James. Under them there are Durant, Paul and Anthony. Wait." Still worrying about not finding the latest chapter of the novel? Amway has a public account: r/d/w/w444 or search hot/degree/web/text "Remember to remove the "/" when searching, otherwise you can’t find it", there is a lady here to help you find books, and chat with you !