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Chapter 1252 Cake Painter

David Stern and the bald man next to him were taken aback for a moment. They didn't expect Song Yang to make such a request.

Rao is used to seeing big winds and waves, and Stern, who has dealt with countless troublesome things, didn't react for a while.

Song Yang promised Stern that as long as he was still the president of the NBA, he would not let Sammy Sega cooperate with the NBA in gaming business, but there is no guarantee. After he retired, he would not let Sammy Sega cooperate with the NBA in gaming.

Stern has been in the NBA for many years and has served as the president for many consecutive terms. The entire league is intimidated by his prestige and dare not disobey his decision, but can the head after Stern still have his authority? Can it still hold down the owners of the major teams in the league? !

With your toes, you can understand that there are basically two people in the battle for the next talker in the NBA. Except for the bald guy next to Stern, the other is Mark Tatum.

Speaking of it, Mark Tatum is Stern's confidant, and he has always obeyed Stern's orders unconditionally. If he takes over the NBA league, it is estimated that Xiao Guicao follows, and Stern formulates He will not change any of the rules, including prohibiting teams, players, and coaches from cooperating with gaming companies.

But if Mark Tatum wants to take over the position of the head of the league, it needs the NBA board of directors and many team owners to support him. At that time, Mark Tatum does not support the alliance and gaming cooperation. At that time, the NBA board of directors and team owners will choose the bald head who makes them more money, or the "old-fashioned" Mark Tatum, even if the latter may make the league game more fair and influential. It is bigger, but it is estimated that in the end, you can pick it out with your toes, because in front of Meidao, the rest are bullshit!
"Unexpectedly, my old bones are still valued by someone!"

After David Stern was astonished, he couldn't help but said with a smile, but there was also a lot of helplessness in his eyes. He knew that Song Yang was telling the truth. The pressure from the team boss is probably unbearable, and sooner or later they will cooperate with the gaming group headed by Sammy Sega.

At that time, the NBA's revenue may increase several times. The team's salary cap, star salary, and team revenue will all reach a level that other sports leagues can't match. The best sports league in the world may not even attract new fans.

But that was more than ten years later. Stern can only guarantee his tenure that such a thing will not happen, but after that, there is nothing he can do.

Stern reached out his hand to Song Yang, and said in a joking tone, "After I retire, if Bruno Yankee Sports Company is still interested in taking me, an old guy, I can go to Bruno Yankee Sports Company as a consultant!"

"There will be that day!"

Song Yang shook hands with Stern and said, as the man who led the NBA from an ordinary sports league to the world's top league, David Stern's vision, experience, and connections are all top-notch. When I took over the NBA, the annual revenue of the entire league was less than 30 million dollars, and the average player salary was less than 600 dollars. Now, the annual revenue of the entire league is billions of dollars, and the average player salary exceeds [-] million dollars. beautiful knife.

An old family is like a treasure, just like the North American Global Investment Fund invited Welch as a consultant. If David Stern can join the Bruno Yankee Sports Company, what they bring may not be said to let the company Immediately earn billions of dollars more, but can avoid some fatal mistakes, or get out of trouble when a major crisis occurs, maybe only once, but can avoid bankruptcy crisis!

The game in the arena also officially started at this time. As a team with Sharks and four major shooting guards, the Lakers played very fiercely at the beginning. O'Neal and Kobe scored consecutively, seeming to overwhelm the Rockets.

But in the second half, the situation changed suddenly. The two major stars of the Lakers almost started a single swing mode. They did not pass the ball to each other, and the discord was almost written on their faces. Team basketball, slowly began to overtake the score, playing against the Lakers.

Stern, who was sitting next to Song Yang, had a rather unsightly expression on his face. Even if he was not a professional, he could tell that the OK combination, which was once famous all over the world, would fall apart in a short time. The NBA attracts fans There is another signboard missing, no wonder Stern is happy!

When the whistle of the game ended, no surprises, the Rockets won the Christmas game in front of the big sponsor. In addition to the names of the leading players, Song Yang's name was once again shouted by many fans.

After Christmas, the farm estate of the old Bruno couple also gradually became quieter. Song Yang and the others also returned to their villas in the urban area, preparing to return to San Jose.

"Song, how about my dress?"

Song Yang sat aside, flipping through several newspapers and emails on the computer, while rocking little Alan Bell in the cradle.

Jenny kept changing her clothes. It has been more than a year since she became pregnant, got married and gave birth to little Alan Bell. Now she finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to return to Hollywood.

With Jenny's current net worth, she doesn't care about the box office, coffee position, and film salary. She just looks after little Alan Bell and finds something to do. It's still a trick, I don't care much, after all, even if I go to luxury stores every day, I will get bored sometimes, and I have to find something to kill time.

"I can't think of any Hollywood company that would reject your role as Jenny. Western Films has already prepared scripts for you to choose from!"

Song Yang said to Jenny, and Jenny smiled when she heard it. At this time, the phone on the table rang, but someone came to visit, and there was more than one person.

Comcast President Brian Roberts looked curiously at the young woman who came to visit with him, wondering about her relationship with Song Yang.

Facing Brian Roberts' gaze, Elizabeth Holmes, dressed in black, reached out to Brian Roberts, "Holmes, President of Theranos Corporation!"

"Theranos Corporation?!"

Hearing Holmes' introduction, Brian Roberts was rather disappointed and shook hands with Holmes casually. He thought he would be able to watch a good show today.

"I saw your interview, blood test for cancer?!"

Brian Roberts sat down and casually said to Holmes, from the end of last year to this year, the media was full of news about Holmes, touting this female version of Jobs, the woman who changed the global medical industry, etc., It's hard not to know.

Elizabeth Holmes is very concerned about Brian Roberts. She rushed over this time after Christmas. Originally, she wanted to see Song Yang, and she wanted to invite Song Yang to join the board of directors of Theranos Company. When it comes to the president of Comcast, I naturally don't want to let it go.

"Yes!"

Holmes admitted confidently, "The first-generation product of Theranos will be successfully developed soon. In America alone, blood testing has a market worth 750 billion U.S. dollars. It is estimated to exceed 300 billion US dollars, as long as Theranos products are developed, it will be able to grab this market!"

When Brian Roberts heard this, he was still a little bit moved. Who could not be moved by the $3000 billion a year market.

If you were an ordinary person, you might not be able to bear it at this time, but Brian Roberts has eaten so many pancakes for so many years. Holmes' pancakes are really good, but it depends on who you compare with. In this villa, there is still a master of pancake painting. The skill of baking pancakes is not comparable to that of Holmes.

Seeing that Brian Roberts was silent, Holmes stepped up the heat and said directly, "President Roberts, anyone who is willing to change the medical industry in America is welcome to join Theranos!"

Hearing that he began to wear a high hat, even with a bit of moral kidnapping, it seemed that if he didn’t join Theranos Company, he just didn’t have a sense of public morality. Instead, Brian Roberts frowned. He had never seen anyone, but Huo People like James who play petty tricks are rare now, because when they are in their position, most of them are driven by profit, and they don't make a lot of money. Only people at Yang's level can speak up, but Holmes' level is still a bit off.

"What are you talking about, didn't you bother the two of you?!"

A voice came, which made Brian Roberts' frown relax, glanced at Holmes, and said to Song Yang with a smile, "I asked President Holmes about some things about Theranos Company, Song , this is the rising star of America's technology industry!"

As he said that, Brian Roberts stared at Song Yang's expression. He couldn't see the depth of Theranos, but Brian completely believed in Song Yang's vision. If Song Yang was optimistic about this company , then he will definitely invest a sum, on the contrary, even if Holmes said it was a breakthrough, he would not invest a penny.

But what made Brian hesitate was that when Song Yang saw Holmes and heard the name of Theranos Company, there was no fluctuation on Song Yang's face, which made Brian Roberts faintly speculate.

"Director Bruno, it's a pleasure to meet you, I hope I haven't disturbed you!" Holmes held out his hand to Song Yang.

Song Yang didn't intend to shake hands with her, but just waved his hand, signaling Holmes to sit down, "I just didn't expect that President Holmes would rush over in person."

Seeing Song Yang's slightly indifferent attitude, Holmes' heart sank, but he still smiled. He took out some letters from his black handbag and put them in front of Song Yang's eyes, "This is the letter from the board of directors of Theranos Corporation. Members, letters to Director Bruno, I hope you can check it out!"

(End of this chapter)