Qiao Hai successfully persuaded the Buss family, and from this meeting, the Lakers officially and comprehensively started a war with ESPN and the Los Angeles Times.

On March 14, the Lakers played the Warriors at home.

ESPN and Los Angeles Times reporters were still being shut out by the Lakers, and the league top brass realized that their intervention was useless, and the Lakers were going to fight to the end.

So, the moment the game started that day, Emremore, president of the Los Angeles Times, issued a statement saying that he was disappointed.

ESPN President John Skipper similarly expressed his disappointment, with ESPN saying they had been in contact with the Lakers, but the Lakers refused to communicate.

NBA official spokesman Nils Luisson said: "We have been in contact with the Lakers top management and hope they can end this farce as soon as possible, but Mr. Jeribas said that unless the Los Angeles Times fires Brad Turner and ESPN apologizes, the ban will continue.

Obviously, the official NBA spokesperson directly listed the conditions that the Lakers wanted, and the problem now is that the Los Angeles Times and ESPN are unwilling to give in.

As a result, the blockade was deadlocked, and no one wanted to admit defeat.

Playing the Warriors at home, the Lakers and the Warriors played a defensive battle, and the final result was that the Lakers won 89-78, Qiao Hai led the team, and the Lakers won 13 consecutive wins.

At the press conference after the 13-game winning streak, Qiao Hai also announced the Lakers' decision, and the content is the same as the NBA's official announcement, unless the Los Angeles Times fires Bradturner and ESPN publicly apologizes, the ban will continue.

And Qiao Hai added a sentence at the end: "The Lakers will not be afraid of any media provocation, in the metropolis, the Lakers do not lack attention, so the Lakers do not need media exposure and media hype." ”

The Lakers won 13 in a row, with an overall record of 15-8, and the Western Conference ranking continued to overtake the Sacramento Kings to fifth in the West, only one win away from the fourth-place Rockets.

In other words, there is only one victory left, and Qiao Hai will be able to complete the latest side quest released by the system.

The Lakers' next game against the Timberwolves, Kevin Garnett's Timberwolves are strong and currently ranked seventh in the West, and Qiao Hai is preparing for the 14th consecutive game after acting head coach.

But at this moment, Old Joe made a phone call and asked Qiao Hai to go back to Monterey for dinner.

Because of the recent media blockade, Qiao Hai has not been back to Monterey for a while, although Monterey is also within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles, but one is in the suburbs and the other is in the city, which is still far away.

Now Lao Qiao called to ask Qiao Hai to go back, Qiao Hai did not refuse, thought about it, and directly took a half-day vacation, and the team gathered the next afternoon to face the Timberwolves at home.

Then, I hurried back to the office to pack my things, and then thought about who to borrow a car to get back to Monterey faster.

There was nothing to pack up in the office, Qiao Hai got a few new training plans from the system and kept them in the office, Qiao Hai packed up these training plans, stacked them in his briefcase, and prepared to take them back at night to study them and make some modifications.

When he went out to look for a car, there were people coming and going in the training hall, and Qiao Hai didn't know who to look for.

Suddenly, Kobe Bryant passed in front of Joe Hai, and Joe Hay grabbed Kobe.

"Kobe, are you going to practice again?"

Kobe Bryant saw Qiao Hai and quickly stopped: "Yes, coach." ”

Qiao Hai nodded and organized the wording: "You? Is it far from here? ”

Kobe Bryant immediately shook his head: "It's not far." ”

"Okay, I'll lend me the car, I'm going back to Monterey today, okay?" Qiao Hai is actually a little worried that Kobe Bryant will reject him, such a thing as a car, it doesn't matter, for these professional players, it really doesn't matter, because each of them has two or three luxury cars.

But if you want to say that it is important, it is naturally also important, after all, the cars of these professional players are luxury cars and are worth a lot of money.

"Absolutely! But the key is in the locker in the locker room, I'll get it. Kobe Bryant immediately nodded in agreement, and Qiao Hai was very satisfied with this reaction.

Soon, Joe got his hands on Kobe's car keys, a Ferrari, red.

……

Driving back to Monterey, Qiao Hai finally knew the reason why Old Joe hurriedly called him back...... Old Joe's son is back......

Lao Qiao's son is called Qiao Zhishui, and his name is somewhat literary, but he does the work of a science student, doing investment work in an investment bank in New York.

It was the first time for the two to meet, and although they were both surnamed Qiao, the atmosphere was really awkward.

"What are you two doing in a daze, young man, talk to each other, I'll go cook first." It was Lao Qiao, who didn't care and urged the two to get to know each other.

Qiao Hai could only speak awkwardly: "Hello, my name is Qiao Hai, I was a tenant here of Old Qiao before, of course, now, but I usually only come to live on weekends." ”

Qiao Zhishui also smiled embarrassedly: "Hello, I know you, my dad told me about you, and I have to thank you for it, because I am busy with work in New York and don't have time to come back, thanks to you being able to cooperate with my dad here." ”

Turning his head, Qiao Zhishui found that his name was not introduced, and hurriedly said: "Oh, by the way, I forgot to say it, my name is Qiao Zhishui, you can call me Ah Shui." ”

"Hello, Ah Shui, just call me Qiao Hai." Qiao Hai nodded, and he was not polite, and called directly.

The two introduced each other, and then chatted without embarrassment.

Lao Qiao also ran over during the period and complained about Qiao Zhishui a few words, Ah Shui is thirty-four or five years old, and there is no object until now, Lao Qiao is very anxious, wants to hug his eldest grandson, pulls Qiao Hai together, and urges a few more words.

Qiao Hai was also a little helpless, thinking about it carefully, he was not the same until now? There is not even a shadow of an object.

Qiao Zhishui is an investment, which is a job that Qiao Hai is interested in.

After working in the Lakers for half a year, Qiao Hai also had a deposit of less than $100,000, and $100,000 in 1998 was very valuable.

Now that Qiao Zhishui is an investor in front of him, Qiao Hai thought about it and quickly brought the topic to investment.

"Isn't it hard to invest in this job?"

"Generally speaking, what do you do to do your research and then decide to invest?"

"What do you think about the Internet?"

……

With a series of questions, Qiao Zhishui almost thought that Qiao Hai was a reporter.

But soon, Qiao Hai brought the topic to the center.

"I have $100,000 here, and I'm worried that I don't know how to invest it, so if I don't give it to you, can you help me take a look?"

As soon as Qiao Hai said this, Qiao Zhishui hurriedly shook his head: "Don't, our company charges commissions, and the commissions are very high, and ordinary customers can't make any money." ”

Qiao Hai held his chin and thought for a while: "Then let's do it, I will entrust the $100,000 to you alone, and I will choose the investment target, and the commission will be lower, you can just help me look at the funds......"

"Do you think it's okay?"

Qiao Zhishui was a little strange, he didn't know why Qiao Hai made such a request.

But he agreed, because Old Joe made him agree.

Qiao Hai gave Qiao Zhishui several names, Google, Apple, Microsoft, ......