Super Basketball Manager

Chapter 226 The Last Speech...

"Relax..." In front of the meeting room of the consortium, Olajuwon kindly gave Ron a bear hug...

"You know? No matter what others think of you... and no matter what kind of identity you appear in front of me at the next moment... you are the guy I admire the most. I think, whether it is out of personal feelings or the team's position, I sincerely wish you good luck... because in my heart, you are always the best..."

"Are you sure you didn't bring any jokes?" Ron turned around and laughed jokingly, "I'm really flattered..."

"Don't worry!" Qing Itachi showed sharp eyes on the side: "This guy told me just now, You-Jump, we-jump! (Quoting the famous quote from the Titanic), let them mess up, let's leave this bird place together!"

"Huh? Is there?" Olajuwon pretended to be surprised, and then smiled calmly: "If you change the team manager, the old man, I will definitely be the first to rebel..."

"No..." Ron smiled, his eyes full of tenacity: "Even if I no longer serve as the general manager of the Houston Rockets, you should stay... stay and fulfill our common unfinished dream..."

He took a deep breath, and under the sympathetic eyes of his two closest comrades-in-arms, he resolutely walked in...

"Sometimes I feel aggrieved when I think about him...he can't let go of his hands and feet all the time...the evil American capitalist!" Qing Itachi sighed.

"... "

Shareholders voting meeting…

The bigwigs lined up in front of the rostrum are the elites of various departments of the entire consortium. In front of them is Ron, who looks calm and composed. Behind Ron, sits a group of observers, wearing tinted glasses-shareholders who are as greedy as wolves and brutal as eagles.

Maybe they have long forgotten who was the one who came back from the dead to save the mediocre team from the fire and water. They have long forgotten what kind of words that high-spirited young man (compared to them) used to move their critical hearts...

The speaker is Angelina Jane. She is dressed in a professional woman's shape, and she can't hide her graceful figure, sexy lips and plump breasts. She is a bit like the big star Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider.

Ron didn't know the other executives of the consortium and the board of directors. Most of them were old men over the age of sixty. It was just that Carol Dawson and Morey looked at Ron with personal emotions, hoping that he would perform better in the upcoming debate...

But Alexander, who was unexpected, put on a stinky face, and it was impossible to figure out his position...

In less than a while, when other team management personnel who came from the Toyota Center, some player agents, and fan representatives settled down one by one, the debate and appeal meeting before the vote kicked off...

...

“…As far as I know, the league did not suspend any of our players for the incident that occurred in the visiting locker room after the team’s game against Chicago on the night of February 2th…”

"Yes, ma'am..."

"And the protagonists of that conflict were only OJ-Mayo and Trevor Ariza... The others just did not participate in the brawl as bystanders, and effectively prevented the escalation of the conflict..."

"Yes, ma'am..." Ron couldn't even think about it...

Jane deliberately showed a worried look: "But after the home game against the Atlanta Hawks, you announced to the whole world that you will suspend the whole team, and urgently recruited all members of our subordinate team NBDL's Gvilland Canyon Vipers to play the game as the Houston Rockets?"

"Yes... To be precise, at noon the next day, I announced for the first time in an internal meeting with the players, including 'suspension', etc., this series of internal penalties..."

"Anything else?" The woman responded tit for tat with every sentence, and Ron's every sentence was booed and insulted by the group of shareholders behind...

"...yes, including a series of training... and mandatory psychological counseling..."

Laughing from behind...

"Understood...Mr. Ron..." She suddenly smiled ghostly: "Then according to your plan, how many games do you have to suspend the players? 5 games? 10 games? Or do you not plan to let them play games this season?"

"An indefinite suspension means that if I am not satisfied with their mental outlook and desire to win, I will not play any games..."

"Oh shit!"

The bottom has exploded...

"You bastard! Dictator!"

"Do you know how much we spend to maintain the normal expenses of this team?"

"You idiot, you are ruining the team! What face do you have standing here?"

"Who do you think you are? Self-righteous douchebag? Do you think this will make you stand out in front of the media? Is a team ban badass?"

"Please be quiet! Be quiet!" Angelina Jane knocked on the table in a hurry, then stared at Ron in a daze as if nothing had happened...

"I think we have lost the thing we are most proud of... When a strong earthquake hits, survival is an instinct. Only with firm belief, strong will, and full of desire for life can we finally choke the throat of fate. When I first took over the team, it was our most difficult day... But the entire team, from the owner to me, from the coach to the players, everyone on the team is working hard, united and thriving. We are always as a whole, go all out and share with each other..." Ron said calmly, but it made people feel comfortable: "These , is the key to our future success, and also our guide to escape..."

There was another burst of complaints and ridicules...

It is not uncommon to see such words as "strong words", "wrong words", and even "you just planned a lucky deal"...

"Silence! Gentlemen, time is running out. Next, we will listen to everyone's opinions..."

The head of public relations of the team was the first to stand up: "I can no longer tolerate those reporters treating the Toyota Center as a vegetable market... They frequently walked through the city gates, making my team uneasy... And as the instigator of all this, he didn't take the initiative to stand up, but hid in his office like a coward..."

explain?Ah?Does the explanation help?Ron shook his head humorously...

"...Stop this crazy suspension! Damn! This is not Los Angeles, not New York, why do you let everyone hold you in the palm of their hands like the focus, but make it difficult for the people next to you!"

Everyone applauded crazily, which further showed that Ron was weak...

A fat man stood up: "I am David Anderson's uncle and his agent... This kid came from far away Australia, and he lived to play... But now he is innocently suspended by this guy. If you don't let him play, then you have violated the original intention of recruiting him from the European arena... I am ready to appeal, but obviously my client is still kept in the dark by his set of excuses..."

A fan representative stood up: "Yesterday he still chose to suspend the game and let us lose to the Detroit Pistons, which is definitely bad. My God! 23 wins and 30 losses! He is bad! This is different from what he said when he persuaded us to buy the team's package ticket! Tell you, I have more than 100 fans here, and they are also victims like me. We demand a refund! Ron! You are a liar!"

"The sales of jerseys have been quite bleak recently, and more and more customers are returning! If this continues, we will not buy it! Ron! Next season, we will no longer deal in team-related products!"

...

"This team is the pride of every one of us in Space City! Why should we watch a clown destroy a team that we are proud of? Even if we lose in the end, we will bring our support as always and wait for the next season! Do we want this guy to dominate our team?"

"No way!"

"Am I going to watch this guy destroy our team in Space City?"

"Impossible!"

There was warm applause and noise from the audience, and even the people on the rostrum began to glance at Ron contemptuously with a pair of tinted glasses...

After each representative finished speaking, there was warm applause behind him...

Everyone who slanders Ron will be enthusiastically pursued by everyone...

Ron smiled humorously, all walks of life, all walks of life, were deliberately found here, one after another, dare not even give him room to intervene...

"Can you let me say a word?" He couldn't bear it anymore, and interrupted the guy who was reciting lines like a poet...

It's just that this move was unanimously condemned by everyone...

"I have a proposal!" The next extreme fan representative stood up...

"Please say!"

"I propose to remove Ron as the interim team general manager! Let this yellow-skinned guy get out of our team!"

Everyone's applause and booing sounded like a knife, cutting deep into Ron's heart...

The scene is almost out of control...

"Silent! Gentlemen! What are you in such a hurry? Can we let our 'team general manager' finish his sentence?" Jane rarely stood by Ron's side, and more people thought she was just waiting for a slap in the face...

Anyway, I'm going to finish my point...

Ron gritted his teeth and stood up, nodding to Jane in gratitude: "I know, my move has caused confusion to most people... Yes, a month ago, this was indeed our pride... But, the good times didn't last long... Before I had time to make a move, pride and arrogance invaded my team... Desire is playing its role as its killer in an orderly manner, making us temporarily lose ourselves... It was like this before the All-Star Game (referring to the first team decentralization event), and it was revealed after the All-Star Game The first signs of it... We discarded the guidelines we used to survive - tenacity, togetherness and discipline... But we're still the gentry team that doesn't make $3000 million..."

Ron paused and continued to say with heartfelt emotion: "At the beginning of the season, everyone was not optimistic about us, and because of this, we could only rely on those three treasures... But if you lose it, you lose it... It is impossible for people to wake up suddenly when they are on the verge of extinction... And what I am doing now is to let my team find those familiar things, and find the keys that can lead us to victory... Suspension is a last resort... If I am banned, I can only watch myself jump into a boiling boil The frog in the sink, slowly dying invisible..."

"Of course that's not all... I know you're thinking, this is just one season, or it's nothing special... But what I want to tell you is that compared to a failed season, the future development of those players is the most important thing for those of us who love basketball! A failed season, I think what most rookies face during the offseason is to start over and find a job again... I think in my team, there are no more than 3 people who can get guaranteed contracts. What about the others? Do you really have the heart to watch them do it for you? After a season of struggling with my own life and ideals, is it finally time to leave the league?"

"I'm not an idiot! On the contrary, I love my team even more, and I even go crazy... And I am the general manager of the team, and I am responsible for the team's victory... But... Don't we stand here fighting for our dreams? Don't we love basketball and work hard for the development of basketball?"

"Players are not pawns! They are not commodities for trading! In my eyes, Ron, they are my team members! They are my children! I am obliged to let every child who comes to play in Houston embark on their dream journey..."

"I think as long as we sincerely think about the players, they will only unite and do everything for victory!"

"This is my dream...and my basketball philosophy that I always believe in!"

"That's human nature!"

The audience was solemn... The reporters present opened their eyes exaggeratedly, and the "click" shutter almost flooded the entire meeting room...

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