If the request to revise the [vertical take-off rules] is only controversial, then Xu Yong's announcement of retirement is really a fried pot in the basketball circle.

The NBA recession caused by Jordan's retirement back then, this is the second time that it is about to be staged?

No, it could even be bigger, because Jordan was 30 years old when he retired that year, and Xu Yong was just 27 years old this year.

It looks like only three years away, but it's three years at the peak of a player.

Especially Xu Yong has just become a god, and with his Chinese background, the impact of his retirement on the world basketball world is unimaginable.

At this time, Barkley's original ridicule in the commentary seat became a reality.

It was a sleepless night for all those who saw the news.

Of course, there are also people who don't go back to sleep at all.

Xiao Hua was really numb, and in his way of thinking, he couldn't understand why Xu Yong chose to retire because of a rule, because it didn't look like a choice that an adult would make.

You must know that this will not only have a huge impact on the NBA, but also bring immeasurable economic losses to Xu Yong.

However, just as he couldn't understand that Xu Yong would ask for the cancellation of the [Vertical Take Off Rule] in that way before, this time he was also incomprehensible, but he also had to deal with it.

After sitting in the office overnight, Xiao Hua asked his assistant to contact Xu Yong, and then got on a plane to Chicago early the next morning.

Not long after, he met Xu Yong in Xu Yong's manor, who was enjoying the cool of the little tiger on the grass.

Seeing the arrival of a stranger, the tiger, which was already half a human being, turned its head and let out a low roar at Xiao Hua, which frightened Xiao Hua, who was already pale, with a white face like a piece of paper, and subconsciously took a step back.

Xu Yong comforted the little tiger, and then asked someone to move a chair for Xiao Hua.

"He's the tiger that Shaq gave you?" Taking advantage of this effort, Xiao Hua smiled and pulled up the stubble.

Xu Yong glanced at Xiao Hua and shook his head.

Xiao Hua knows a lot about him, but unfortunately it is still some hearsay.

The previous [king] has been sent back to the zoo where he was born, where there are his kind, and he can be regarded as being released into "nature", and this is only his newly adopted tiger, which belongs to the wild rescue.

The reason why this one was chosen is that it retains its wild nature, and when you grow up, you don't have to go to the zoo, but you can return to the real nature through training.

"Does it have a name?" Xiao Hua then staged a wave of scenes with a white face but as thick as a city wall.

“Joke。” Xu Yong replied that he hadn't had time to name this little tiger before, but now he had it.

“Joker？ Nikola Jokic? Xiao Hua asked unexpectedly.

Xu Yong looked directly at Xiao Hua this time, and Xiao Hua laughed a little embarrassed.

yes, who would name Tiger after a teammate's name other than someone like O'Neal?

This question is really the kind of person who doesn't have too much brain.

However, Xu Yong did not explain too much, after all, Joke translated into Chinese means joke.

Of course, Xiao Hua will not think in that direction, because Xiao Hua's official translator should actually be called Silva.

At this time, Xiao Hua's stool was moved over, and a brief conversation narrowed the distance, at least in Xiao Hua's eyes, after closing the distance, he also talked about business.

"You know that I have always supported you, and I stressed the importance of your opinion before in the committee." Xiao Hua struggled to explain.

Xu Yong was also working hard, trying not to let himself laugh, because this was even more false than what Xiao Hua told him on the phone before.

Xiao Hua's righteous words on the alliance committee demanded that the authority of the alliance be maintained, but Tatum vividly restored it to him.

"I'll have a brand event in half an hour." Xu Yong opened his mouth to remind.

The corners of Xiao Hua's mouth twitched, but he immediately changed to a smiling face and said, "I think the alliance committee will agree to cancel the rules, as long as you retract the retirement decision." ”

Xu Yong looked at Xiao Hua in some surprise, not because of the news brought by Xiao Hua, but because Xiao Hua knelt much faster than he expected.

However, it's not incomprehensible, after all, his retirement has too much impact on the league, and with Jordan's past lessons in front of them, those bosses don't want the wallets that have just been bulged back to deflat.

Or in other words, the bosses' attitude towards Xiao Hua is completely different from that of Stern, who led them to expand their territory, and Xiao Hua is just a tool for them to make money on the table.

It's not that Xiao Hua wants to kneel so fast, but he has to kneel.

He doesn't kneel, and the bosses can kneel with someone else.

"Mr. Xiao Hua." Xu Yong suddenly used an honorific title, which made Xiao Hua a little flattered, and he was a little happy when he thought that Xu Yong had changed his mind.

However, Xu Yong's next words made the joy on his face disappear: "Do you think retirement is child's play?" ”

Xiao Hua's face turned red, he just felt that Xu Yong's retirement was too child's play to come here.

"Of course, nothing is without room for turnaround." Xu Yong suddenly stood up at this moment, and the little tiger jumped off his lap.

Xiao Hua also stood up, glancing at the little tiger with his eyes, keeping a safe distance.

"As long as the alliance can promise me two conditions." Xu Yong looked at Xiao Hua.

"Two conditions?" Hearing this, Xiao Hua also shifted his gaze to Xu Yong.

At this time, his inner thoughts should be similar to those characters in TV series: not to mention two conditions, twenty can be discussed.

"The first one, cancel and give up the cooperation with the spinach company in the future."

It's just that Xu Yong's first condition for opening his mouth suffocated Xiao Hua.

He tried his best to win the spinach company, and now the bosses have opened their mouths wide one by one to eat meat, but Xu Yong is now asking him to take the meat away? The bosses don't have to eat him yet!

"I don't think there's any need to say the second one." Seeing Xiao Hua's reaction, Xu Yong had already signaled that Xiao Hua could leave first.

Xiao Hua's expression at this time was not to mention how tangled, because this condition was too deadly.

Xu Yong saw that Xiao Hua didn't move, and turned around to leave.

"So, what about the second condition?" Xiao Hua almost gritted his teeth and said it.

Hearing this, Xu Yong turned around: "You'll know when the first one arrives." ”

After speaking, Xu Yong didn't care about Xiao Hua's reaction and left directly.

Xiao Hua's chest rose and fell violently behind him, he now felt the same as James at the beginning, Xu Yong didn't know how to respect people!

Waiting for the car, Xiao Hua sat in the back seat and closed his eyes to recuperate, but his mind was a mess.

He couldn't say that he didn't get anything when he came to Chicago this time, at least he got a choice, but this is like choosing one of two cups of poison, in fact, no matter how you choose.

When he opened his eyes and looked out the window, he didn't know when the weather was already gloomy.

It was also during their conversation that some important figures in the alliance also responded to Xu Yong's retirement decision.

"The vertical take-off rule is a rule that shouldn't exist in the first place." Bryant posted his status on social media.

"In fact, we have to admit that the existence of this rule makes it easier to score points." Pat Riley also stated in the interview.

"I'm definitely an opponent of this rule, we don't need that damn shooting game!" A. Smith also questioned loudly on the show.

Previously, most of these celebrities chose to remain silent, after all, it meant confronting the alliance, but now, they are obviously using this way to force the league to change the rules, and then want Xu Yong to retract his decision to retire.

Of course, this is actually a more tactful way, and there are more direct ones.

"Damn, no matter what Xu proposes, promise him, we can't lose him!" Barkley ranted loudly during the show.

"I've said before that we can't afford to lose Xu, we've all been through that once, and we all know what that means." Bird also emphasized in the interview what he had said at the beginning, but the tone was completely different from the previous one, and this time it was extra serious.

"Why would the league choose to ignore the voice of the first person? What he mentioned was exactly the right thing, and we couldn't do without Xu. Durant is the only active superstar to have expressed strong support on social media.

The pressure of public opinion is unprecedentedly huge this time, because Xu Yong's influence has increased year by year in the past few years, and it has reached an unprecedented level.

After the end of the brand activity, Xu Yong did not go back to the manor, because there were already many people waiting for him to meet him.

You don't have to guess to know that he must have persuaded him to give up retiring.

Xu Yong went to the villa in the city center.

But as soon as he entered, he found someone waiting for him there.

"Senior." Butler was a little emotional when he saw Xu Yong come in.

Xu Yong motioned for him to sit down first, and then went to the kitchen to get some new tea, Jokic still liked to put the new tea in that place, even though the others had already gone back to Serbia to race.

"Senior." After drinking a cup of Xu Yong's tea, Butler spoke again, "You still owe me something, right?" ”

Xu Yong took a sip of tea, the new tea was a little astringent, and then he nodded.

"Then I'm going to honor this matter now and make you give up your retirement." Butler then said quickly.

Xu Yong was stunned for a moment, and after watching Butler put down the tea, he shook his head: "This thing can't be done, Jimmy." ”

"I know that the senior is thinking about me." Butler looked helpless when he heard this, but then spoke again.

Was Butler right?

Actually, that's right.

There are many reasons why Xu Yong chose to retire this time, and he is not caused by a single reason.

The biggest, and most important, is of course Spinach's involvement in the league, every basketball player has a love in it, and he knows that this is the only way to prevent this from happening.

Secondly, it is also the current state of the Bulls.

One comes from Butler's growing ambitions, and the other comes from the conflict between Thibodeau and Jokic.

Let's talk about Thibodeau and Jokic first, one is his mentor, and the relationship between him and Thibodeau is very similar to that between Jordan and Jackson back then, and the other is what he brought to Chicago with his own hands.

As the season continues, the contradiction between the two is bound to deepen, and when the time comes, he will not help anyone, and he will fall into a dilemma.

And Butler, no matter where he goes, will have no better chance of competing for a championship than staying with the Bulls.

"Jimmy, you're thinking too much, and I'm quitting for the same reason I said." Xu Yong said with a smile.

"Really?" Butler was not convinced.

"When did I lie to you?" Xu Yong asked rhetorically.

Butler and Xu Yong looked at each other for a moment, and finally nodded.

"Okay Jimmy, although my retirement is due to other reasons, next season is your chance, and I don't think you have a lot of time left." Xu Yong reminded.

"I see, senior." Butler didn't say anything more, then got up and left the villa.

Looking at Butler's back, Xu Yong also felt some emotion in his heart.

Butler's character will never be willing to give it a try.

……

After returning to the headquarters in New York, Xiao Hua immediately held a video conference of the alliance committee, and he directly threw out Xu Yong's conditions.

This made the bosses blow up.

Obviously, before this, they all thought that Xu Yong was going to let the alliance revise the rules, but they didn't expect Xu Yong to have a bigger purpose.

However, no one in the bosses is in a hurry to express their position, because they are all weighing the benefits and losses.

As capitalists, they are now considering that Xu Yong's retirement will bring them more losses, but the loss of giving up cooperation with spinach is greater.

This is a fact that cannot be estimated, because spinach's income is predictable, after all, Xiao Hua has already negotiated the contract and the division, but Xu Yong's side is incalculable, and no one knows how much impact Xu Yong's retirement will have on the NBA.

"I think if I agree with him this time, there will be a next time." When the bosses hesitated, Xiao Hua added in time.

The bosses are still silent, they have all been up and down in the business sea for many years, and Xiao Hua's words can't affect them.

"I have a plan." After seeing that the bosses were still hesitating, Xiao Hua continued to speak.

"We agreed to cancel the vertical take-off rule, which is the reason given by Xu on the surface, then he should retract his decision to retire."

After Xiao Hua finished speaking, the bosses understood what he meant, Xu Yong's private conditions were only known to them, and they couldn't be made public.

In this way, they have the initiative on the moral level.

There are many bosses who subconsciously nod their heads, these people are characters who turn their hands into clouds and cover their hands for rain, and they don't like to feel at the mercy of others.

"But we still need to take the risk of losing Xu." Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks, reminded him that as a basketball owner, he knows exactly how influential Xu Yong is now.

"Then let's see how much Xu's exit will cost us." Knicks owner Dolan spoke.

(End of chapter)