But at the moment, there is one big thing to happen across the league, and that is the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement, a direct dialogue between players and owners. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At 12:01 p.m. on July 1, the old collective bargaining agreement officially expired.

Three hours before that, the players' union and the management representatives did not agree on a new collective bargaining agreement. So at 12:01, the NBA league officially announced that the NBA will enter an unlimited shutdown, ending all activities, including any trades and signings, and players will not have any games to play.

In fact, this is a process of redistribution of interests, the bosses are shouting that there is no money to be made, they are losing money every year, and the players are shouting that they are playing hard, and it is a youth meal. It's not easy to make some money. The bosses want the players to take a big pay cut, which is 57 percent of the league's total revenue, should be reduced to 45 percent, and in the eyes of the players, the salary is the lifeline. In addition to James, Durant and other superstars have a large amount of additional advertising and sponsorship income, the vast majority of players mainly earn from playing salaries, which is why they will never back down.

There is also the issue of the guarantee of the player's contract, for example, the owners want the contract of the player to be shortened, and the guaranteed contract should also be changed, maybe in a year or two to be fully guaranteed. But the rest of the salary should be paid according to the specific form of the player, otherwise there would not be so many famous garbage contracts, because the form of the player can change at any time.

There are a lot of issues like this that need to be renegotiated and resolved, and there is no way to reach an agreement without the two sides agreeing, so the NBA inevitably falls into a shutdown.

This is definitely big news, the NBA shutdown will mean a large number of the NBA's top players without the ball, and no one knows how long the shutdown will last, but what is certain is that it will be a long tug-of-war with pressure from players and owners each.

Whoever fails to withstand the pressure first will lose the initiative in this war.

Li Dong, who was far away in Europe, also looked helpless, "I didn't expect that I had just played for a season, and I would face unemployment again." ”

Xing Jinwen smiled: "Are you a little better, okay, think about the rookies who have just been selected by the draft, two days ago expressed their plans to make a big career development, but today they were inexplicably told that they are about to lose their jobs and have no source of income, which is a nightmare." ”

"So, the first thing to stand up to the pressure must be the players, and from the beginning of this matter, the players can only be passive." Li Dong said.

Xing Jinwen nodded, thoughtful, "In China, it is a confrontation between the part-time workers and the bosses, and there is no government or other institutions involved, the bosses have a big business, some bosses are only part of his investment, and the players need to support their families, this is the biggest difference." ”

Li Dong laughed, leaned back on the sofa, and put his hands behind his head, "What you said makes sense, but most players in the NBA can't understand it." However, such a shutdown is also necessary, at least to bring the price between the two sides closer, and finally maintain a reasonable value. ”

"Have you ever wondered what you're doing during that time?"

Li Dong shrugged his shoulders, "I don't care, slowly wait for the day when the NBA ends the shutdown, after all, the league will definitely mediate in the end." ”

"Are you going to go back to China for a training camp in August? This year's Asian Championships seems to be in September. Xing Jinwen asked.

Li Dong nodded, "Yes, there must be a training camp before the Asian Championships." On the one hand, I want to get acquainted with my teammates, and on the other hand, I want to show my strength. ”

The NBA is shut down, and players can only participate in various commercial activities if they want to make some money.

The Magic had already arranged a trip to China in early July, and Li Dong was going to participate in the business activities that Nike had arranged for him throughout Asia.

On July 2, Li Dong took a flight from Rome to Pudong, Shanghai.

He was carrying a suitcase, and Xing Jinwen were wearing ordinary couple short-sleeved clothes, jeans that were less than ankles, and a pair of Nike casual shoes on his feet.

The flight to Dubai was a three-hour layover before flying from Dubai to Shanghai Pudong.

The media that has been paying attention to Li Dong has smelled the smell of the Raptors who have crossed the sea to return to China, and the Magic players came to Shanghai first, and there were actually many Philadelphia fans who greeted them at the airport, and Watson and others immediately felt a warmth and friendship from the East.

The fans didn't see Li Dong and talked about it.

"Didn't the news say that Li Dong would come over, why didn't you see Li Dong?"

"That's right, I'm also here to find Li Dong, why are they all other members of the Magic team, isn't Li Dong on the same flight with them?"

"Oh my God, I walked for nothing, I'm so tired."

Watson also waved to the fans feeling good, and was immediately greeted with a heckling response from the fans, who looked like an international leader.

"Look at that Chinese girl standing there, she looks so good." Evan Fournier is talking again, eager to whistle at the fans.

"No, no, no, I still prefer En....... you know, ....... above D" Oladipo was also full of anger, and the two of them chatted nonsense without seriousness.

"Oriental women have delicate skin, tsk, and look smoother." Fournier, hey, straight, it's like getting something cheap.

The two guys exchanged words in low voices, laughing from time to time. My mind is full of women, and as long as it's this topic, I'll never finish talking.

"Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Beijing."

Li Dong muttered the email sent by the general manager. The business activities are still quite hard, and the team has arranged a lot of itineraries, a little more than a week in total, but they have to go to five places.

"Do you go back to Xinxiang to rest for a while, it's quite busy during this time." Li Dong turned his head and said to Xing Jinwen.

Xing Jinwen shook his head. Coquettishly said: "No, I have nothing to do when I go back anyway, so I'll go with you!" ”

Li Dong bowed his head and kissed her, and said comfortingly: "Good, obedient, I will rest for this period of time, and then after this period of team business activities, when I participate in Nike business activities, I will take you with me, en." At that time, I should go abroad again, South Korea and Japan. ”

"Well, then you have to be careful." Xing Jinwen looked at Li Dong's determined appearance, and knew that he was determined not to let her participate, so he obediently stopped insisting.

"Don't worry, I'm worried about something, besides, don't you have teammates, Victor, Aaron and a few of them will come."

Two people can't get tired of being in a first-class position. After the flight attendant walked back and forth a few times, a flight attendant who was obviously like a Chinese girl finally couldn't hold back and walked over to Li Dong.

"Sir."

Li Dong blinked his eyes and put Xing Jinwen in a humble manner. "Is there anything you can do?"

The stewardess saw Li Dong turning his head, showing a charming and sunny smile, her heartbeat immediately slowed down, and then suddenly the tone of her words changed, and she took out a notebook and a pen from her back.

"Can you sign me, big star?"

Li Dong was surprised. The girl was a little shy, but fortunately, no one around noticed the episode.

"How did you recognize me?" Li Dong took over the pen and notebook, and signed his name on the notebook.

The tall stewardess showed a slightly brighter smile than professionalism, and said softly: "My brother is a die-hard fan of yours, and every time he goes home, he pesters me to talk about you, can Mr. Li write a word or two of encouragement to him in his notebook?" He always felt that he was shorter than his peers, and he had low self-esteem. ”

Li Dong was embarrassed, and thought that the flight attendant was his fan, but it turned out to be someone's younger brother. Xing Jinwen on the side giggled, covered his mouth, and his eyes laughed like the last quarter moon.

Li Dong thought about it for a while, and wrote in his notebook: "There is no strong enemy in the world, only oneself who is not strong enough, and those who are strong in their hearts will definitely be able to overcome obstacles and achieve success!" ”

Li Dong closed the notebook and handed it to the flight attendant.

"Is your brother still studying? He must have loved basketball. ”

The flight attendant took the notebook and smiled from the bottom of her heart, "Yes, he is just in his third year of junior high school this year, and his academic performance is very good, so he will definitely be admitted to a key high school in our county." Speaking of her brother's academic performance, the flight attendant's face was proud, as if she had achieved such results.

"Wow, that's really nice." Li Dong smiled: "I think your brother must be able to grow very tall, because he has a very tall sister, which should be reflected in the genes, maybe it's just a little late." ”

"Yes, that's why he always idolizes you, and you grew a few centimeters in the year after graduating from college, which is something that everyone knows."

"Hey, hey." Li Dong touched his head innocently, quite embarrassed.

The two chatted for a while, the stewardess took the notebook and walked away satisfied, Li Dong turned his head to look at Xing Jinwen, Xing Jinwen also looked at him, the two of them were stunned, and then they both laughed out loud.

Li Dong got off the airport, wearing a peaked cap with the word "boy" printed on it, and huge sunglasses covering half of his face, not a long-time acquaintance, almost impossible to recognize.

He held Xing Jinwen in one hand and dragged his suitcase in the other, facing the flow of people, listening to familiar words and voices, and returned to his favorite motherland.

In the airport departure hall, Joe Thomas and several staff members from the agent team were waiting there early, waiting for the main boss to appear.

"Hey, Joe!" Li Dong's tall figure was immediately found by several people in the crowd, Li Dong let go of Xing Jinwen's hand, hugged Joe Thomas warmly, and then hugged the rest of the agent team one by one, he had met a few times before in Orlando, and he was quite familiar.

"You've changed so much." Joe Thomas looked emotional.

Two years ago, when he and Li Dong silently set off from Pudong, it was the same terminal and the same location, but Li Dong was a shy teenager, but now Li Dong has a little slag, shaved a warped bullet, and the whole person is dressed up many times, and he looks more star-like.

People around the airport looked curiously at this large group of people, the tall young man looked Chinese, but it was obviously the core of a group of foreigners, obviously not small, so they speculated about the identity of the tall young man.

Several young men and women stopped to look at Li Dong's figure, showing puzzled and hesitant expressions.

"Look at that person, isn't it Li Dong, so tall and strong......."