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Chapter 897: Changes in senior management

The Knicks' fifth consecutive championship celebration party was held at the Harbor House in Battery Park, Manhattan.

This is Manhattan's most unforgettable waterfront view and a New York landmark.

From the VIP list, you can see many hot stars.

Like Madonna, Spike Lee, Samuel "Fuck Man" Jackson, Jackson's nickname was accidentally seen by Louis when he was surfing the Internet in his previous life. According to statistics from the American media, Jackson is the most famous person in movies since the 1980s.

The celebrity who is the most rude and likes to say "Mother Fake" the most.

"Coach Lu, don't you want to introduce me to Dennis?" Madonna came to Louis.

Having close contact with Madonna, Louis could feel the queen's charm.

Lorraine may be more beautiful than her, but she doesn't have Madonna's confident aura and arrogant sense of temptation that can overwhelm all living beings.

"Yes." Louis said truthfully, "because you are a bad woman."

Madonna held up a glass filled with red wine and said: "But Denis is also a bad man, we match well, don't we?"

"Maybe." Louis winked, "He's right there, you can go by yourself."

"Look at it."

Madonna walked slowly over, and her lifelike steps made Luite want to play "Material Girl" as the soundtrack.

Just like "byie, byge" sung in that song (some boys kissed me and some boys hugged me).

Is Rodman really not interested in Madonna as he says?

Unfortunately, this seems more like the blind confidence of middle school youth in their own determination.

Madonna took 10 seconds to make Rodman smile, and then Louis saw tension on his face for the first time in a long time.

Later, Louis saw Madonna pointing to the window and wanted Rodman to go there to chat.

Rodman seemed to agree, but wanted to have a few words with his coach.

"Coach, I was wrong, Madonna is my type." Rodman hated himself for not dressing up better to attend the party. "Can I go over and talk to her like this, coach?"

Seeing the look on his face asking for help, Louis couldn't tell him not to be with Madonna.

Just like Fujiwara Takumi and Natsuki, some men have to be severely hurt by a woman before they can make up their mind to go all the way north.

Madonna was a subversive concept to Rodman.

"You don't need to change for her." Louis said, "Maybe she likes you like this."

"I think so too."

Rodman smiled like a fool.

"Just when she was talking to me, I even thought about where we would be buried together after death."

"We don't need to enter the cemetery, our ashes should be scattered into the sea together."

Rodman said seriously.

"I think she likes me."

After saying that, Rodman walked to the window.

Madonna waved to Louis from a distance, the triumph in her eyes conveying the message of victory.

Louis could only toast to her from a distance.

"If Dennis and Madonna were together, there would be more reporters surrounding us."

Jack Krueger, G's president, discovered what was going on.

"Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?" Louis asked.

"It may not be a good thing for you, because Madonna and Dennis will receive more attention than others. In some cases, Dennis will receive more attention than Madonna, because it is no surprise to everyone what Madonna does, but for Dennis

It feels fresh.”

Krueger, like Louis, is not optimistic about the future of Rodman and Madonna's relationship.

"There may not be a problem in the short term, but over time, Madonna will subtly change Dennis, and you may run into a sticky problem."

From the day Louis came to New York and met Kruger, he respected the CEO.

Kruger valued his abilities and gave him full authority over the basketball operations department, so that he could concentrate on developing G peripherals and agreements with the Garden and other professional teams, as well as various commercial performances during the holidays.

The Garden's one-year performance contract alone can bring hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to G.

It is Kruger's characteristic to know people well and make good use of them.

His predictions about Rodman and Madonna's futures, and the latter's potential impact on the former, were both correct.

"But it shouldn't be a bad thing for you." Louis could only think of something good.

Kruger smiled lightly and said: "Of course, Madonna is the female version of Elvis (Elvis). She and Dennis will bring us more exposure, and there will be many sponsors coming to us for this."

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"So, I wish you a new high in your year-end performance next year." Louis wanted to toast Kruger.

He did not expect that Kruger actually looked embarrassed: "Well, for the head office, G's performance is only a small part of the income. They even think that the existence of the garden has affected the Knicks' value-added."

"Did something happen?"

Louis thought it was strange to celebrate five consecutive championships at this moment. He thought something really happened above him that he didn't know about.

"You must have heard about the 300 million renovation plan for the garden, right?"

"Um."

"The approval was approved, but the scale of the garden has not been expanded. When the renovation is completed in the future, the comfort and advanced nature of the arena will be greatly improved. However, judging from the prospects of leasing and commercial performances, without expanding the scale of the venue

It will not create more revenue."

Louis asked seriously: "So, what does it mean?"

"They plan to build a larger, modern dome venue."

Louis smiled.

"Don't they know that the Dome and the Dome are not suitable for basketball games?"

"Of course they know, and they know better that both professional football and professional baseball are more profitable than professional basketball."

Louis looked at Kruger seriously, trying to see the changes in his face.

"Can I take this to mean that the top management has considered trading the franchise?"

It sounds unbelievable. Before Louis took over the Knicks, no matter how bad the team was, they still made money every year.

Since the Knicks returned to the playoffs in 1986, the club has ranked first in the league in net profit every year.

After winning the championship in 1988, the Knicks' net profit began to double that of the second-ranked Lakers. As of last year, as the most profitable club, excluding expenses and dividends to other teams, the net profit was US$50 million.

Among the many subsidiaries controlled by Paramount Communications, G is the most profitable.

Now they actually think they earn less?

"It's not determined yet, but they do think it would be more profitable to run a successful FL team in New York."

Kruger's message to Louis was of great importance.

When Louis came to New York, he imagined how he would leave one day.

After traveling through time, he was certain that he was going to work in the professional basketball circle, but there were a few prerequisites.

The most important point is that his working environment must be stable and senior management must trust him.

In the past eight years, both the top management and Kruger have made it a point to spend money but not effort and let professional people do professional things.

Louis also knows that sooner or later something will happen to the Knicks.

Now it seems that maybe in addition to coaching, he also needs to think about his future.

"I understand them."

Louis said sincerely.

"When I was in Boston, as the head coach, I already had a certain amount of power, but the presence of Reed Auerbach made it impossible for me to build the team according to my own ideas. In order to have exclusive power, I came to New York.

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"Most people will not be satisfied with the status quo. When the Knicks won the championship, the fans asked us to defend the title; after we defended the title, the world expected us to chase the Celtics for four consecutive championships. When we won the fifth consecutive championship, they again

If you look at the Celtics in the 1960s, everyone was so ambitious."

Krueger noticed a change in Louis' mood.

"Don't worry, we haven't reached that point yet." Kruger said, "If something really happens, I will notify you in advance."

"Thank you, Jack."

"Thank you, we are old friends." Kruger changed his tone, "But you must try your best to defend the title this year."

Louis said calmly: "This is my responsibility, I will do my best."

The five-consecutive championship party lasted until late at night, and the flesh and bones entered the venue.

Kruger has definitely put a lot of thought into it. There are women of all ages here, and the custody service is in place.

Even Louis was clearly arranged.

Krueger knew that Lorraine had been filming outside recently and that Louis was unbearably lonely, but he obviously underestimated Louis' chastity value.

·Although Green has been traded for many years, his holy and noble soul is with Louis tonight.

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