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Chapter 96 The boss is here, Aunt Jenny (daily transition)

In the meeting room, all the managers of the Lakers team were present. Zheng Long, as the player representative, naturally attracted everyone's attention. Also in the meeting room, the old aunt Jenny Buss, the current owner of the Lakers, also caught the eye.

Aunt Jenny looked a little haggard, her eyes were slack, and her face was not as bright as before.After Christmas at the end of last year, Aunt Jenny and his fiancé "Zen Master" Phil Jackson dissolved their engagement and ended their 17-year long-distance love run.

This was a devastating blow to Jenny.

She still pretends to be calm in front of outsiders, but inside the Lakers, she has been the boss for a long time, and she is basically in a state of indifference to the affairs of the team.

The last time she appeared in the management meeting of the Lakers was last year, but today, she actually attended, and the management guessed that Zheng Long was probably responsible.

Zheng Long's performance stimulated Jenny, and Jenny walked out of the shadow of broken love ahead of schedule and returned to her original career.

After all, the Lakers belong to the Bass family. The better the Lakers, the better the Bass family. Zheng Long's performance this season, including his personal record of 82 points scored two days ago, has given the Lakers a faint Break the decline of the past few years and return to the first echelon of the league.

This was also the long-cherished wish of old Bath when he passed away.The old Buss, who died in 2013, is going through the trough and rebuilding period of the Lakers. He naturally hopes that after handing over the Lakers to his sons and daughters, his daughter can lead the Lakers to rise again.

Zheng Long was sitting in a corner of the meeting room. He also put on a handsome suit for the meeting today, and looked curiously at Aunt Jenny who was not far away.

Putting aside some "filters", the wrinkles on her face seem to be older than her actual age, and she will never find an old lady if she is thrown into the crowd.

This is his own boss after all.

She is a real rich woman.

It is also the famous "love brain".

After being a famous family, he fell in love with the "Zen Master" who was 16 years older than himself and married twice. In terms of the management of the Lakers, he did not inherit the enthusiasm and management skills of his father, Old Buss.

The rise of Old Buss with the Lakers has also allowed the Lakers to maintain their glory and grow stronger, while Aunt Jenny has become the object of ridicule in the mouths of netizens, consuming the results accumulated by her father.

When Zheng Long observed Aunt Jenny, Aunt Jenny also looked at Zheng Long from the corner of her eye from time to time. This bald-haired Chinese player is the hope of the Lakers to rebuild their dynasty.

What's more, Jenny doesn't know how to have a good relationship with Zheng Long.

When the old Buss was still there, Jenny served as the general manager of the team. It was still an OK period, but Jenny couldn't get along with O'Neal and Kobe, and everything was still decided by the old Buss.

So in fact, today's meeting, in addition to discussing whether the team should seek to break the Warriors' record of 72 wins, is also a meeting arranged by Jenny for Magic Johnson.

"If we meet in private, I really don't know how to tell him."

These are the exact words of Jenny.So Johnson changed the form, allowing the two to meet for the first time in a non-strict sense.

As the owner of the team, Jenny certainly knows to have a good relationship with the team's top star, let alone a "rookie" who has shown historical scoring ability.

No matter how this season is, Zheng Long's rookie contract has reached the third year and a new contract needs to be signed. As long as Zheng Long is not satisfied with any aspect of the Lakers, he may choose to leave.

And the Lakers can't accept the result of Zheng Long's departure now.

to some extent.

The Lakers now need to "please" Zheng Long, because they can't find any other Li Long or Wang Long as substitutes.

The reason why O'Neal was let go back then was because Kobe had grown up gradually.

Under the organization of Magic Johnson, the meeting officially started. First of all, Jenny Buss was grandly introduced. This introduction can be said to be specially introduced for Zheng Long.

Do the team's executives still need to understand and recognize?Of course not.

Zheng Long also gradually understood, and felt another layer of meaning in this meeting.

Co-author Today is my meeting with my aunt!

interesting.

Next, Johnson started the topic of the meeting.

After a brief silence and tension, the executives began to express their views.

"I don't really recommend it. We already have the best record in the league. As the team's health management director, I suggest that in the following games, we should reasonably arrange the rotation of the main players, so as to avoid the situation where the two main players played against the Thunder. Players are missing."

"If the team can create a record of 74 wins or even 75 wins, it will really go down in the history books! And now we happen to have this opportunity, why not? I think our players can do it!"

"Actually, one of the things I really want to say is that last year the Warriors won 73 wins but failed to win a championship. Their regular season winning record has become the target of fans' attacks on the Internet. Beat the Warriors and Spurs and get out of the West?"

The proposal of the last point caused a brief silence in the conference room.

Because this question is really naked.

No matter how good the performance in the regular season is, if it is not guaranteed to win the championship, it will appear to be putting the cart before the horse.

Do the executives of the Lakers want the team to break the regular season winning record?
think!Of course I want to!
If the Lakers can break the winning record in the regular season, it will not only be the success of the players, but also the success of the management team!

As this batch of Lakers management, it is even expected to hit the best management in the history of the Lakers.

Teams have records, players have records, and of course management has their own records and rankings.

But 90.00 percent of nine managements are unwilling to endure the kind of pain the Warriors suffered last year.

If the Warriors were not aiming for 73 wins in the season, they could have given their players more rest and left more energy to prepare for the playoffs.

Jenny Buss, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly looked at Zheng Long: "Well, maybe we can listen to the thoughts of the player representatives. Zheng, what do you think?"

When the boss spoke, the people on the conference table naturally shut their mouths obediently and looked at Zheng Long in unison.

Zheng Long didn't expect Jenny to cue himself suddenly.

Zheng Long didn't mean to show anything, but expressed his truest inner thoughts.

"In fact, my personal goal this season is to lead the team to break the record of 73 wins set by the Warriors last year."

"As long as I'm on the court, I'm going to lead the team to win the game."

"I'm not going to miss any game after the regular season."

Zheng Long's tone was very flat, as if telling the truth.

But to the Lakers executives it sounded like, "I don't care what you think, I'm going to lead the team to easily break the Warriors' record!"

Although Zheng Long is the baby of the Lakers today.

However, one executive couldn't help but frowned and retorted: "We will have strong teams like the Warriors, Trail Blazers, and Celtics in our future schedule."

Zheng Long didn't speak.

He just looked up at Aunt Jenny who didn't speak.

Because the right to decide is in Auntie's hands!

Since my aunt specifically asked about my attitude, now that my attitude has been expressed, it depends on whether my aunt supports it.

Of course, in Zheng Long's heart, if you don't support it, you have to support it.

But this attitude will determine the position of Aunt Jenny in my heart.

Jenny saw that Zheng Long did not continue to argue with the executives, but looked at herself, she was stunned for a moment, and then said decisively: "The team's achievements this season cannot be separated from everyone here, let alone everyone Lakers players. Zheng, as a player representative, naturally represents the thoughts of the players."

"The players want to create the history of the Lakers and the history of the NBA, and we have no reason not to support it."

"From the end of this meeting, everyone can work hard for this season's record for the most wins in a single season in NBA history."

Jenny Buss had the final say, without giving any executives a chance to refute the decision.

This is the boss!

Of course, she also "democratically" asked before the end of the meeting: "So, is there anything else you want to ask?"

This is obviously just a polite remark.

But the director of the health management department opened his mouth without opening his eyes: "I think we still need to be cautious, if the playoffs."

When Jenny frowned, Zheng Long interrupted the executive, because Zheng Long could know what he was going to say with his ears plugged.

It's nothing more than a health issue for the players in the playoffs.

"Breaking historical records and championships, isn't it possible to have both, sir?"

"What the Warriors can't do, can't we Lakers do, sir?"

"Even if I'm alone, with four substitutes, I'll win this year's championship. Make a bet, sir?"

Zheng Long's three consecutive questions were deafening.

The director of the health management department licked his lips in embarrassment, and held back for a long time: "I don't like to bet"

What else could he say?
Zheng Long has successfully pushed him to a dead end with three sentences, and the boss next to him is still watching. Doesn't his own rebuttal mean that, yes, our Lakers are not as good as the Warriors.

At the end of the meeting, the executives left with mixed expressions, and Magic Johnson left Zheng Long, apparently this was what Jenny Buss meant.

When there were only four people in the huge conference room, it seemed empty, but the atmosphere eased a lot.

With a smile in her eyes, Jenny Buss said: "Zheng, you remind me of Kobe. I remember it was in 2008, Kobe said almost the same thing as you in an internal meeting."

Zheng Long scratched his head, but said nothing.

Most of the time, Zheng Long prefers to feel that he is a shy person.

But Jenny didn't care about these, but started to praise Zheng Long.

"Thank you for everything you do for the team, Zheng, the Lakers are very lucky to have a star like you."

If things happen impermanently, there must be demons.

Zheng Long listened silently until Jenny said the key words, "Johnson, I, Walton, and all the Lakers fans hope that you can stay with the Lakers next season."

Players' contract renewal negotiations sometimes happen during the off-season, and rarely happen before the start of the playoffs, which is like a reassurance.

We have decided on the next season, and we can play everything in this season's playoffs with peace of mind.

Zheng Long still didn't speak.

Jenny knew that Zheng Long must have understood what she meant. In fact, when I asked Zheng Long to talk about this today, I just hoped for a verbal statement from Zheng Long.

Magic Johnson tried to find something to talk about, to break the awkward silence, but found that there was nothing he could do.

Both of them were waiting for Zheng Long to speak.

"Actually. I haven't thought about this issue yet"

This beginning made the two of them feel bad, but Zheng Long then gave them a reassurance.

"Because I never thought about leaving the Lakers, I am very happy here, my teammates and coaches are great."

Hearing Zheng Long's words, Jenny and Johnson wanted to shout out excitedly.

This is a verbal promise!
Compared with Jenny, Johnson's thoughts are more delicate. He keenly captured the meaning of Zheng Long's words, teammates, and coaches.

Zheng Long didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was obvious.

If the team stays the same, I'll be here next season.

Therefore, Johnson immediately made a certain promise.

"This year is the first year of our team's rebuilding. So far, we have achieved many great achievements. If you stay with the Lakers, you will achieve even better results with Jokic and Butler next season!"

Zheng Long nodded in satisfaction.

So today's meeting is almost over. For specific contract negotiations, Jenny and Johnson will certainly not be so stupid as to skip Zheng Long's agent.

That's against the rules.

Zheng Long declined Aunt Jenny's invitation to have dinner together. Although this is his boss and a rich woman, Zheng Long has no interest in old women at all.

I don't ask you to do it yourself like Cuban, with enthusiasm and love, boss, just obediently do what the boss should do.

That night, Walton was also in the team group, announcing the team's management and deciding the arrangement for the team to hit the record of 74 wins in the regular season this season.

Of course, this caused quite a stir among the players.

As a player, in fact, sometimes the idea is much simpler than that of the management, that is to play, win, and win every game.

Having won so much, the players certainly thought about hitting the record.

But I think, saying that with the management coaching team is two different things.

"That means we can only lose one game at most, guys."

"More than ten games, only one loss, is it difficult? In my impression, we have almost never lost this season!"

"I'm already getting excited that we have a chance to make history!"

"I looked at the schedule. We have another game against the Warriors, or we'll lose the Warriors."

"...We only won against them last time, why should we lose this time! No one can lose to the Warriors!"

Discussions in the players' private group were intense, and the overall thoughts and opinions of the players were positive.

This also represents the current state of the team as a whole, and has created a winning culture.

This is also the reason why bad teams are getting worse and worse. If you lose too much, you will become numb to losing, and if you lose less, you want to win every game.

In the next few days of training, the Lakers players also showed further enthusiasm and hard work.

The good news is that Butler's injury has almost healed and he can play in the next game.

The bad news is that in the next game, the Lakers will fly to the East.

Against the second-ranked Celtics in the Eastern Conference.

On the plane on the day of departure, Jokic said to Zheng Long: "Brother Long, why don't you score another 82 points."

"Fuck you, Butler can't get on, aren't you alright?"

"I'm afraid I can't stand it."

"No, you can stand it, even if you die, you have to stand it for me."

Zheng Long showed an expression of wanting to swallow Jokic alive.

Jokic: ╥﹏╥

(End of this chapter)