Chapter 769: Old Bath's phone

As the Lakers fans expected, things are far from over.
Nowadays, West Lafayette players have already spread throughout the league, and many of them are the masters of the teams.
As Big Ben and others come forward, these Syracuse players will certainly not be indifferent.
There are also many teams in the league that have a very close relationship with Richard. Under such circumstances, they naturally have to stand up and express their attitudes.
For a time, the Lakers directly became the focus of half of the league's criticism, almost everyone is condemning the Lakers.
The Bass family is now overwhelmed, and now they not only have to face external pressure, but also face internal pressure.
Kobe and other four cores submit transaction applications, which is not the most headache for them.
The biggest headache for Old Bath is that the small shareholders of the team also started to move.
The Bass family only owns 66% of the Lakers, which is about two-thirds of the equity, and the remaining one-third belongs to some small shareholders.
At present, because of Jim Bass, the Lakers are in danger. These small shareholders naturally refused to agree and asked Old Bass to handle this matter properly.
These small shareholders have always been staring at the equity in the hands of the Bass family. If possible, they will definitely not miss the good opportunity to divide the equity of the Bass family.
Under normal circumstances, when Lao Bath died in 201, he divided his 66 shares among his six children. It was precisely because of this move that the Lakers remained in the center of the storm.
If these six children are completely twisted into a rope, then they do not have to worry about minority shareholders, but the point is that the Bass family is not so united...
Now that the old Bath is still alive, the small shareholders are making troubles, and it is estimated that they will not be able to turn up the waves in the end.
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Now people in basketball circles all over the world are probably waiting for Richard's statement. They know that Richard can't just let the Lakers go.
After the Lafayette players of the league and Richard's allies spoke out, the media finally waited for the news they wanted to hear.
The Clippers will hold a press conference at four o'clock this afternoon.
Almost all the media in Los Angeles have been admitted, and not only that, foreign journalists can also use the press card if they can come.
At 3:50 p.m., there were already crowds of crowds in the venue, and nearly 300 reporters were all looking forward to the arrival of Richard.
And now Richard is calling Xiao Hua.
"Lee, I don't think it's necessary to engage in such a big battle. In fact, Los Angeles cannot accommodate the development of the two teams."
"Peaceful coexistence can develop..." Xiao Hua wanted to appease Richard, saying something he didn't believe very much.
Richard laughed, "Adam, don't worry about it."
"I have a sense of balance and will not make it difficult for the league. I may even give you a surprise."
"However, if the Lakers want to retreat from this incident, it is completely impossible."
"Jim Bass must pay the price." Richard said coldly.
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Just hung up with Xiao Hua's phone, Richard's cell phone came to a strange number.
"Hello, Lee, this is Jerry Bass. Can you chat with you for a few minutes?"
The call came from Old Bath.
Originally the old Bath was prepared to adapt to the situation, first wait for Richard to move, then they will see the move again...
But now he can't sit still. Now that Richard hasn't started to move, he has disturbed the Lakers both inside and outside. If Richard moves again, the Lakers might suffer an unbearable blow.
Richard frowned, and now at this time old Bath called, it really made Richard a little uncomfortable. Why did he go?
Richard did not speak, waiting for Old Bath to continue.
"Lee, this time it was indeed Jim Bass' fault."
"We are also willing to pay compensation for this. I don't know how we can compensate in order to dispel your anger?" Old Bath asked slowly.
Richard frowned, listening to the tone of old Bath, how did he feel as if he was arrogant, and then came to touch the porcelain Bath family?
"Old Bath, it seems that your Bath family has lived in Los Angeles for too long, and has lost the ability to deal with this unexpected situation."
"Okay, since you asked me what compensation I want, then I won't be rude to you."
"The first compensation, Jim Bass apologized to me in newspapers, press conferences and TV media, that is, three consecutive apologies, within a day!" Richard said with a sneer.
Old Bath looked stunned and apologized three times on three occasions? And within a day? !
This is definitely Richard humiliating their Bass family!
But even so, this condition Old Bath felt he could only recognize by holding his nose...
After all, Richard did not let him, the owner of the Bass family, come forward to apologize, which is good.
...
"What about other compensation?" Old Bath asked in a deep voice.
Richard cleared his throat and continued: "It must be impossible to apologize."
"Jim Bass must pay a heavy price for this."
"Mr. Bass, if I guess correctly, the Lakers equity in your hands will be divided into six in the future?" Richard said with a smile.
Old Bath feels that things are a bit bad. Did Richard De Morphey get the idea of ​​the Lakers' equity?
But this is totally impossible, unless Richard sells the Clippers equity he just got.
"Speak, Li, what do you want to do?"
"It's very simple. You split the equity into six, but you just want to divide it equally among the six children."
"The compensation I want now is to kick Jim Bass out, and sell the share that would originally belong to Jim Bass within a month. As for the money you sold, will you give Jim Bass, then it’s not I can manage things."
"By the way, don’t think about Jim Bass’s equity, if you really do it, I think you should not be happy to see what may happen in the future."
"If you agree, I can guarantee you a championship for the Lakers in the past two years. How does it sound tempting enough?" Richard said with a smile.
After listening to Richard's words, Old Bath refused directly and firmly.
"Li, your request, we can't promise, the equity of the Bass family will never be sold. This is our family industry." Old Bass said quite decisively.
Richard said that they would guarantee a championship. Old Bath did not doubt that the Lakers' lineup is quite good. If Richard helps him, the Lakers still have a good chance of winning the championship.
But even so, he can't promise Richard to sell the stake in team 11.
In the eyes of Old Bath, this is definitely a self-destructive thing...
After the 11 shares were sold, they had 55 shares left in the Bass family. Compared with the minority shareholders’ shares, there is no big advantage. In case there is something out later, the Bass family may lose The control of the Lakers is definitely a situation that old Bath would never want to see.
He also knew the purpose of Richard’s request was nothing more than to make the Lakers mess up.
Don't really say, Richard really had such an idea in mind.
When he first came to Los Angeles, in fact, Richard did not have any ideas about the Lakers, because it is really not necessary.
I have an agreement with Stern, and take it step by step. One day, the Clippers will be turned into a giant of the Lakers' level. It is not difficult to even surpass the Lakers.
Right now Richard is so young, in his early forties, he still has countless hours to run the Clippers.
Therefore, he was not in a hurry, and there was no need to have any conflict with the Lakers. The peaceful coexistence of the two is a situation that Richard can fully accept.
But now because of the provocation of Jim Bass~EbookFREE.me~ Apparently Richard had abandoned his original plan for peaceful coexistence.
The influence of the Bass family on the Lakers is too great. Many Los Angeles fans are the loyal loyalty of the old Bass. Now Richard is trying to reduce the influence of the Bass family.
11 shares were sold, it seems that it will not have much impact on the Bass family in the short term, but after the death of the old Bath in 201, this may become the most important reason for the Bass family to lose control of the Lakers.
To this end, Richard does not hesitate to give the Lakers a bit of a sweet taste first, and he will be guaranteed a championship for two years.
Of course, this championship is actually mainly due to Richard thinking of compensating Kobe and Big Ben and others. After all, they have not won the championship after joining together...
What surprises Richard more is that even old Bath did not even consider it and directly rejected Richard.
Seeing that there was nothing more to say, Richard hung up the phone directly.
Presumably, after the next press conference, the old Bath will still call Richard again under the circumstances.