Just as he hung up the phone, Gotty called again, and it turned out that good news was finally heard from the Clippers.

While Li Donglai was busy with the mainland company affairs, the NBA's labor-management negotiations have not stopped, and the two sides have been arguing. Until today, it has been suspended for more than five months. Both the boss and the players have suffered heavy losses. It is about to celebrate Christmas and New Year, but the league can finally be delayed.

Both sides also began to compromise with conditions, and good news came out now.

Are you finally going to understand? The world's attention is once again focused on the NBA.

The Clippers' management was also quickly summoned to deal with the matter. Li Donglai had already given full power to the management and Gotty, but he did not ignore it. The progress of the negotiations has been passed to him.

Li Donglai sat by the window, listening to Gotty slowly recounting the content of the framework agreement reached by the labor and capital. The opening has been over. If even Christmas is over, no matter whether it is the player, the boss or the league, they will not be able to afford it.

Players need to play and pay, and the boss cannot leave the stadium empty.

If we wait until next year, who knows how many players can still play?

There are many recent news about NBA players traveling to Europe and Asia making money.

A week ago, both sides were still stubborn and neither of them was willing to compromise.

The differences between the NBA labor and capitalist parties mainly exist in two major aspects: one is the income share ratio, and the players have made concessions from 57 to 52.5, but the investors have insisted on wanting to share 55. The other is the system issue, and the investors hope to maintain the balance between the league teams by reducing special cases and increasing luxury taxes, but the workers believe that this system will ultimately make players lose job security.

Even with the mediation of the Federal Arbitration and Mediation Bureau last week, the NBA's labor-management agreement negotiations still had no results.

It is about to be reimbursed throughout the year, and fans don’t have basketball to watch. US President Obama, who is a super basketball fan, can’t sit still. He finally spoke up to advise NBA bosses and players, asking them to consider their parents’ feelings - fans, learn from the NFL (Major League of American Professional Football), and resolve the current labor-management disputes like they did.

Obama made the above statement before the latest negotiations between the NBA labor and management sides.

Let’s take an example of the NFL successfully solving the shutdown this year, saying that NBA players make millions of dollars, while bosses have hundreds of millions of dollars. They “should find a way to divide a $9 billion pie. In that case, fans who make NBA bosses and players can enjoy a great season. I think both bosses and basketball players need to consider the problem from this starting point.”

Obama also reminded the NBA that their success is inseparable from fans' love for basketball. They paralyze the NBA league for their own interests, and it is really sad to drag it out for such a long time. I hope the league can recover soon.

Maybe the players finally couldn't hold on anymore, and life was not easy without a salary. It was okay for blue-collar players, but many big-name stars were used to spending money. Seeing that they had little money in their pockets, they were able to see the crisis.

Perhaps it was Obama's "administrative intervention" that played a role, and the NBA's labor-management negotiations showed signs of a turnaround.

Most of the players voted for the 30 teams to agree to the proposal, and the NBA suspension will finally end. The world tour performance that is being planned by many NBA stars suddenly became exaggerated. Superstars James, Anthony and Paul, who were originally on the list, all decided to give up the tour.

It is not difficult to guess that the negotiations are coming to an end and the NBA is about to start playing.

This is good news for basketball fans around the world.

It was still in the afternoon in the United States that Li Donglai quickly convened the Clippers management and held a video conference to discuss the layout.

The new labor-management agreement is also placed in front of Li Donglai's computer.

This agreement is undoubtedly beneficial to the Clippers. First of all, the player's income will float between 49-51. In the first year of the new contract, the player will receive a BRI (51.15 in the league's total revenue). If the new season starts at 12.25 as scheduled, the player's contract will be calculated in 66 games.

In the previous labor-management agreement, players can be assigned to BRI at least 57.

In other words, even based on the current BRI total of $4 billion per quarter, the boss can save nearly $240 million to $320 million in salary expenditures per season.

Of course, this is from the boss's perspective, so the players naturally suffer a slight loss.

The way the salary cap is calculated remains unchanged, and the league guarantees that the salary cap and luxury tax trigger line will not be lower than the horizontal line of the 2010-11 season in the first two years of the new labor-cap agreement. In the 2010-11 season, the league's salary cap was 58.04 million, and the luxury tax trigger line was 70.3 million US dollars.

In the first two years of the new labor-management agreement, luxury tax was still more than 1. Starting from the third year, if the total salary exceeds the trigger line of luxury tax of 0-5 million US dollars, it will be fined 15. If it exceeds 5 million to 10 million US dollars, it will be fined 1.75. If it exceeds 10 million to 15 million US dollars, it will be fined 2.5. If it exceeds 15 million to 20 million US dollars, it will be fined 3.25. If it exceeds 20 million to 25 million US dollars, it will be fined 3.75. After that, every 5 million range will be fined 0.5.

Take the Lakers as an example. In the 2010-11 season, the total salary of the Lakers was US$91.38 million, and the season's luxury tax trigger line was 70.3 million, and the Lakers had to pay a luxury tax of US$21.01 million. If the current luxury tax clause is based on the current luxury tax clause, because the Lakers have exceeded the luxury tax trigger line in the past five years (starting from the 2006-07 season), according to the new labor-capital agreement, the amount of luxury tax they need to pay in the 2010-11 season is an astonishing $99.79 million...

Although the luxury tax of new labor companies was still 1-1 penalty for the first two years, assuming that the total salary of the Lakers in the next two seasons still exceeds the luxury tax trigger line. By the 2013-14 season, if the Lakers' total salary is still 91.38 million, then according to the NBA's release of the luxury tax trigger line for that season (estimated to be around $74 million), the Lakers surpassed the line by $17.38 million, and the minimum payment is still required to pay 56.48 million US dollars.

This is not good news for the Clippers, which is inspiring to grow. If you want to sign Howard, the team will have two guys with an annual salary of tens of millions. You also have to leave salary space for Griffin. In the contract year, he can only keep it with an annual salary of tens of millions of yuan. At that time, the salary cap will definitely exceed it, and it is certain to pay luxury tax.

The championship puzzle is not easy to do, which means that Li Donglai has just obtained a sky-high broadcast contract and has to pay for it again.

However, the free agent terms are also very beneficial to the Clippers.

After the agreement is signed, the team can implement the principle of signing first and then changing when trading free agents: Teams that exceed the luxury tax trigger line will be prohibited from signing first and then changing after the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons. The maximum period for signing first and then changing players contracts is 4 years, and the annual salary increase is the highest is 3.5.

It is much easier for the Clippers to win Dwight Howard. He can choose to jump out of the contract and join the Clippers by signing first and then changing. The Clippers have not yet exceeded the luxury tax line, and the whole world knows that they have just made a fortune and have signed a huge broadcast agreement with Time Warner.

Even if the Clippers surpass luxury first, they have signed first and then exchange terms, which has opened a channel for introducing Warcraft.

If Warcraft does not terminate the contract early next summer, then after the end of the 12-13 season, the Clippers want Warcraft to reduce the total salary to below the salary cap, making enough space to sign Howard directly.

If nothing unexpected happens, this framework agreement will be the new game rules for the NBA in the next six years.

Overall, it is very beneficial to the Clippers. Even teams like the Bobcats can bring back their lives. In the past, Jordan suffered losses, but now Jordan can earn more than 30 million US dollars a year.

After the labor-management agreement was exposed, people thought at the first time, "Li Donglai really caught up with a good time, and this guy made money again."

After two years of game between the player and the boss, they finally approved a new labor-management agreement today, ending the suspension that lasted more than five months, paving the way for the new season training camp and the opening of the free agent market, and will usher in the new season's regular season on the 25th after Christmas.

Although Stern calls the 161-day shutdown a "tough journey", he says the future will prove worthwhile, and fans and teams will witness an improved NBA league in the next few years.

“It’s a new beginning to some extent,” Stern said. “It will take years to get out of the way, but we’re very excited about the future.”

"Can you complete the official contact with Howard as soon as possible. Have you all returned? Call Paul, Griffin, and Changxi to be lobbyists and ask him to terminate the contract early and settle in the Clippers a few days before the transfer." Li Donglai gave the order.

"Boss, who are we going to trade?" asked Tom Thibodeau.

Li Donglai raised his eyebrows, "This is your business. Don't you think Howard's arrival can make up for the team's weak inside line? Last year's defeat was because the inside line was too weak. This year I gave enough authority to strengthen the territory. Now there should be many players willing to come to the Clippers, and there are only more than 60 games in the season. We have every reason to win a good result this season. What do you think?"

His eyes were sharply staring at Tom opposite the video.

Everyone knew that this was the first time the boss had set a goal for them!

Last year, Li Donglai ignored him and never put pressure on the team. That was because he took over for the first time and didn't want to complain, making fans say he didn't know what to do. But this year is different. His power is enough, and the money he invested is at the forefront of the league. I don't want to see the team's past without honors anymore.

He needs a goal to satisfy his investment. Although Li Donglai did not explain this goal clearly, he could tell if he could think about it. What honors can satisfy him.

--champion!
Chapter completed!