Seeing that Morey and Alexander were not talking, Harden urged again with a cold face: "I'll tell you the truth, if you still keep him on the team, then I'll go to another team. Of course, I won't break the contract, and I'll still play until our contract ends, but it's not necessarily if I don't work. ”

Morey and Alexander looked at each other, sighed, and said to Harden, "Do you have to let him go?" ”

"That's right!" Harden's tone remained tough.

Alexander said: "Judge, I'm a businessman, I can't throw away more than 10 million so easily. We came up with a compromise: Wen Hao we can't open it right away, and we still let him stay until the end of the season. But we can control his playing time and even not let him play. We'll get rid of him at the end of the season, what do you think? ”

Harden looked embarrassed, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, I'll promise you to keep him until the end of the season." ”

Harden didn't think that he could force Wen Hao away immediately, after all, this involves a lot of things, and it is impossible to leave immediately. All he has to do is put pressure on the boss and the general manager to crack down on Wen Hao's "arrogance", and now that the goal has been achieved, he naturally has to stop in moderation. Otherwise, the boss will be in a hurry, and it is really not necessary to do anything.

Harden thought for a moment and continued to say to the boss and Morey: "I don't have to beat someone to death with a stick and not let him play. You can let him play, but you can't play more than 10 minutes per game, otherwise ......"

When Morey heard this, he was already secretly happy in his heart. thought that Harden would not let Wen Hao play again, but now that they haven't fought for it, Harden has already given Wen Hao ten minutes of playing time, and they can't force Harden anymore.

Morey looked at Alexander, and seeing that Alexander had nodded in agreement, he immediately said to Harden: "James, don't worry, I will tell the coaching staff that we will strictly control his playing time from the next game, and it will definitely not exceed ten minutes." ”

Harden's brow relaxed, took the coffee that Morey was drinking on the table, drank it all, and said to Alexander and Morey: "If that's the case, then thank you." I will not ask you for nothing, and I promise that this June, I will bring you the golden O'Brien Cup. ”

With that, Harden turned around and walked away.

Morey and Alexander looked at each other and smiled bitterly, for such a player, they have no choice, and now they can only do what Harden said. Hopefully he can really win the championship trophy by then.

Although Alexander felt a little sorry for Wen Hao, he was a businessman, and everything was based on money. Although Wen Hao will play well in the future, the commercial value behind it is immeasurable, but at least for now, his value is far less than that of Harden. I heard that some time ago, Wen Hao signed a contract with Nike, but compared with the many brands that Harden is signing now, Wen Hao's "one brand" is too few and too few.

Morey was already calling McHale to convey their decision to McHale.

At that moment, the phone rang in Alexander's office. Alexander picked up the earpiece and asked, "I'm Alexander, what's the matter?" ”

The voice on the other side of the phone said: "Boss, I heard from the grapevine that Toyota plans to find Wen Hao to endorse, which is a great thing for us, we must seize the opportunity." ”

When Alexander heard the news, his brain suddenly buzzed. If Toyota can sign a contract with Wen Hao, the benefits to him will be immeasurable.

But the next moment, he suddenly thought of what he had promised Harden just now, and suddenly his brain felt like it was going to crack. How can this touch everything?

However, Alexander is a big boss after all, and he has never seen any scenes, so he quickly came back to his senses, and when he saw that Morey's phone had not been connected, he stopped him: "Don't call, there is a new situation." ”

How shrewd Morey was, seeing Alexander's look, he knew that something more important was there, and immediately hung up the phone and asked, "What is it?" ”

Alexander said happily and melancholy: "Toyota is likely to find Wen Hao to sign a contract." ”

"Ahh Morey exclaimed in surprise. He knew what it meant for Toyota to sign a contract with Moon Hao. For the Rockets, Wen Hao's signing with Toyota means a huge fortune. You must know that when Toyota and Alexander talked about the naming contract of the stadium, it involved the issue of the player's endorsement for Toyota. If a player endorses Toyota, the team receives a sponsorship fee equal to the endorsement fee. In other words, if Wen Hao signed a $10 million contract with Toyota, then the Toyota Center would also pay the Rockets $10 million.

But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Nike and Toyota, the two major companies in the sports and motor industries have signed contracts with Wenhao, which is enough to show how much Wenhao's market value is. And Morey and Alexander were blinded before. Before that, they already knew about the signing of Nike and Wen Hao, but only one brand signed a contract with Wen Hao, and they thought that this could not prove how valuable Wen Hao was, and they were not worth the risk for Wen Hao. And now, when Toyota was about to sign a contract with Wen Hao, they finally came to their senses.

Alexander and Morey looked at each other for a moment, and Morey spoke first: "It seems that we still underestimate his market value, and underestimate the market value of Chinese players." ”

"Yes, although his fame in the NBA is far less than that of Harden, he has the support of hundreds of millions of Chinese behind him, and his market value is comparable to Harden." Morey said.

"Not to mention anything else, since Da Yao came to the Rockets, those billboards from China on the side of the Rockets stadium have earned me tens of millions of dollars a year. Now that Wen Hao is on fire, the second wave of our money-making ** is coming again. The smile on Alexander's face began to brighten.

Morey seemed to suddenly remember something, and said: "However, we just promised Harden that we would compress Wen Hao's playing time, and now that Toyota wants to sign a contract with Wen Hao, Wen Hao's playing time is naturally as much as possible." Only when he plays more minutes will his contract be bigger and the team will be more profitable. What's going on? ”

Alexander also frowned, and after a moment said, "I'll leave this to you." ”

Morey really had a headache this time, the boss only cares about big decisions, and although these small things are not very important, they are difficult to do, but they are encountered by themselves.

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time." Morey said in his heart.

At the same time, Wen Hao didn't know this, and he was still working hard to complete today's task in the training hall. But soon he will know.

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The next morning, after he finished training, Yu Song called and said: "Wen Hao, I just answered a phone call, it was a public relations call from Toyota, saying that I want to talk to you about cooperation, you see ......."

"No need to talk about it." Wen Hao blurted out without thinking while wiping his sweat with a towel.

"Don't think about it?"

"There's nothing to think about, tell them, there's no possibility at all. At the beginning, Toyota asked Da Yao to endorse, but Da Yao did not agree. Now if I cooperate with them, won't I be scolded to death by the Chinese? ”

"yes, I see." Yu Song understood what Wen Hao meant, and he also supported Wen Hao. To establish a positive image for Wen Hao, there must be no flaws. If he endorses Toyota this time, Chinese fans are likely to be very disgusted, which will greatly affect his market value in China. Then it will be very difficult for him to cooperate with other Chinese brands.

Without hesitation, he rejected Toyota's endorsement, and Wen Hao walked out of the Toyota Center and walked towards his residence.

At the same time, Toyota's senior management called Alexander's office: "We want to cooperate with Wen Hao, but Wen Hao seems to have any prejudices against us, boss, can you help us with a line?" ”

Alexander laughed twice: "This is the second time you have come to me for this kind of thing, the first time is because of Da Yao, but Da Yao didn't agree, and I feel very sorry." Don't worry, I'll do my best this time. ”

After hanging up the phone, Alexander asked Morey to call Wen Hao and ask Wen Hao to come to the office.

More than half an hour later, Wen Hao rushed to Alexander's office. Alexander hurriedly stood up, welcomed Wen Hao in, and made a cup of coffee for Wen Hao.

Wen Hao was a little flattered, but he was not in a hurry to ask the boss anything, but waited for the boss to speak.

Seeing Wen Hao take half a sip of coffee, Alexander asked with a smile, "How does it taste?" ”

Wen Hao said honestly: "No tea is delicious." ”

"Oh, I didn't know you liked tea, if you knew, I'll make you tea."

"It's okay."

"Wen Hao, I heard that Toyota wants to endorse you, what do you mean?"

"Oh, I don't mean anything, I just don't want to speak for them."

"Wen Hao, don't you think about it? That's a lot of money. I've heard they're going to sign you to a four-year, $80 million contract. I'm a businessman, and businessmen won't refuse money, so why should we let the 80 million slip away in vain? ”

"No, I just don't want to." Wen Hao's voice was a little cold.

Alexander and Morey glanced at each other, and both saw a wry smile on each other's faces. There is no such conversation, refusing 80 million US dollars, but there is no reason, how can this be discussed?

Morey thought for a while and said to Wen Hao: "Wen Hao, no one in this world will have trouble with money. Since you rejected 80 million, of course it is not for nothing. We don't force you to sign with Toyota, but you have to give us a reason. ”

Wen Hao didn't look at the two, his eyes looked at the cup in his hand, but the focus was not on the cup: "I'm an athlete, I just want to play basketball well, I don't want to talk about politics." But I don't want to talk to those nations and countries that have hurt our national feelings and are still hurting us to this day. ”

After speaking, Wen Hao put the cup on the table, didn't look at Alexander and Morey again, and turned to leave......

Morey and Alexander came back to their senses after a while, and Morey seemed to admire, and said softly: "There is backbone." ”

Alexander said: "Although I lost 80 million, I like this kid more and more." ”

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[Fainted, I thought it would be on the shelves at twelve o'clock in the evening, but I didn't expect it to be tomorrow afternoon.] But I'm afraid that people are waiting, so I'll send a chapter out now. 】

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