On the 30th, the Los Angeles Daily published a front-page headline article about Zhou Quan, carefully analyzing the pros and cons of Zhou Quan's continued stay in Detroit.

The article also analyzes the interests of the Pistons, especially pointing out that if the current Pistons continue to maintain their current roster, it will be difficult to renew Zhou Quan's contract next year, and the team is likely to face the dilemma of Zhou Quan's entry into the free market, and this offseason is the best time for the Pistons to trade.

In short, it is directly pointed out that Zhou Quan's continued stay in Detroit is no longer in the interest of everyone, or even the interests of the Pistons owner, while ignoring the Pistons fans.

The conclusion is that Zhou Quan's departure from Detroit and leaving the East is the trend of the times, and for him personally, it is a last resort.

At noon that day, Roger Phillip was interviewed by Los Angeles TV in Detroit, saying: "Iron Fist has no plans to leave the Pistons so far, he just went through a 102-game season and is very tired and doesn't have the energy to deal with the current problems. ”

In the afternoon, Zhou Quan, who was resting at home, received a call from Philip, saying that a senior executive of Xiangcheng ATV had contacted him and wanted to visit him, which surprised him very much, what was this TV station looking for him?

ATV has had a headache these days, because Liu Fangping, the reporter they sent to cover the NBA, was arrested by the Detroit police and has not yet been released.

The reason for being arrested was actually to attack NBA superstar Zhou Quan, isn't it ridiculous, they ATV are not terrorists, are they crazy, how can they attack Zhou Quan? The interview with Zhou Quan was about the same.

ATV hired an American lawyer for Liu Fangping, and the lawyer contacted the British Embassy, but to no avail, the British said that Liu Fangping was not British, and the matter had nothing to do with the UK, and contacted the Detroit police, who said that the matter was being investigated.

ATV had no choice but to send a senior executive to the United States, and now Liu Fangping has been released on bail, but he can't leave Detroit, so they have no choice but to contact the Chinese embassy.

The embassy couldn't help it, because Xiangcheng hadn't returned yet, so they had to ask ATV to go to Zhou Quan for help and give them the contact information of Zhou Quan's agent.

"Did they say anything?" He asked.

"Oh, Zhou, you forgot, on the day of the championship, when you were in midfield, there was a Chinese reporter in the players' tunnel who wanted to interview you, and it was the reporter who was believed to have the intention of attacking you, so he was controlled by the security guards and handed over to the police...... He is currently out on bail. Philip said.

Zhou Quan laughed and said, "Rogge, you go and deal with it, explain to the management and the police, this is a misunderstanding." As for the visit, forget it, it's just a misunderstanding, there's no need to meet. ”

“OK。”

Philip is in the hotel, talking to some sponsors on the phone to discuss some contract details, and the most important thing for him at the moment is to deal with the deal of Zhou Quan, so these sponsorship contracts can only be discussed on the phone first, and then they will be discussed later.

In a hotel in Detroit, just received the news that Zhou Quan refused to meet, Liu Fangping was already on his feet, and the senior executive sent by ATV was senior vice president Xu Xiaoming, who was also very anxious.

Xu Xiaoming doesn't have to deal with this matter itself, but now the competition between ATV and wireless is too fierce, and this matter is being used by wireless, these days the media in Xiangcheng are discussing the ATV reporter's attack on the NBA superstar Iron Fist, which made ATV very passive, and the ratings have been affected, so he sent his general over and asked him to solve the problem as soon as possible.

But the purpose of visiting Zhou Quan was not achieved, he really didn't know what to do, he didn't have any connections in the United States.

But half an hour later, Detroit police suddenly contacted them and informed them that the investigation of Liu Fangping was over and that he could leave Detroit.

Liu Fangping and Xu Xiaoming felt too sudden, and they didn't know what to do just now, is this the end of the matter?

"Liu Fangping, be careful when you speak in the future, this is the United States, not Xiangcheng." Xu Xiaoming, who breathed a sigh of relief, warned.

"I see."

Liu Fangping hung his head and said dejectedly: "I didn't expect that Zhou Quan to have such a big influence here, just say that he plays a big name, he ......"

He knew that his future in ATV was over, he didn't interview any heavyweight stars in the NBA, and he was arrested by the police, and he was like this, but he was afraid that he would have to be fired if he went back.

At this time, Philip's phone called again and asked, "Mr. Xu, I just contacted the police, have you received the news?" ”

"Thank you Mr. Philip for your help......"

Xu Xiaoming said happily: "The police just informed us that the matter is over. ”

"That's good, this is an iron fist confession, I just do it."

"Please thank Iron Fist on my behalf, and hope to have the opportunity to visit him."

"Tekken had just finished the finals and had two more days of celebration, so I was tired and resting at the moment and didn't want to be disturbed. However, he will be going to Xiangcheng this month to attend some business events, and I would be very grateful if you could pay attention to it. ”

"Really, that's great, Mr. Philip, I'll report this to the ATV hierarchy. If it were possible, Mr. Philip, I would still like to pay a visit to Iron Fist first and express our gratitude in person. ”

"Well, I'll contact him again."

"Thank you."

Zhou Quan received a call from Philip and didn't want to see him at first, because it was really unnecessary, but Philip wanted him to see him, because he was going to Xiangcheng for business activities next, and ATV was one of the two major TV stations in Xiangcheng, which was good for his trip to Xiangcheng, and he agreed.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, he received Xu Xiaoming, who was accompanied by Philip, at his home.

When he saw Xu Xiaoming, his eyes widened, and he blurted out, "One-armed old man? ”

Xu Xiaoming was stunned, laughed, stretched out his hands and said: "Hello, Iron Fist, I'm Xu Xiaoming, I'm very happy to meet you, I didn't expect you to like Huo Yuanjia's play, it's so honored!" ”

Zhou Quan said excitedly: "I didn't expect that the executive from ATV was you, I would have known that I would visit you." I was only ten years old when I watched Huo Yuanjia, and thirteen years have passed in a flash, and now that I think about it, I can still sing a few words about the Great Wall that will never fall......"

Xu Xiaoming is a patriotic Xiangcheng person, the two met very happily, Zhou Quan invited dinner in the evening, and made an appointment to meet in Xiangcheng.

……

That night, the NBA league held its '93 draft.

The Magic drafted Chris Webber with the No. 1 pick, but then traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for the Warriors' draft Anfernee Hardaway.

The Magic wanted to trade Zhou right, but couldn't, so they chose Hardaway, a well-known college sports star in the United States, to pair O'Neal with an outside lineman.

The Pistons traded to the Heat in both the first and second rounds this year in exchange for Ronny Secali, so this year's draft is just a spectator.

The Heat drafted Alan Houston with their No. 9 pick in the first round.

Zhou Quan doesn't care about the draft, Philip has already made an appointment for him, and will meet with Pistons management tomorrow afternoon, and owner Bill Davidson will also participate in the meeting.

The next day, on the morning of July 1, Isaiah Thomas, Jo Dumas, and Rodman came to Zhou Quan's house.

"Iron Fist, are you really leaving?" The Assassin said with some sadness.

He has now forgotten the contradiction with Zhou Quan, this time the second round of the Eastern Conference eliminated the Bulls, and won the championship, it means too much to him, originally because he was swept by the Bulls in the 91 East Finals, his historical status has dropped significantly, but now his status is back, as a historical point guard with three crowns in hand, two of which are the core of the championship, he regained his historical status, and even a higher historical status, and all because of Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan said frankly: "Now you know the problems of Detroit, the ball market here can no longer support our pursuit of the championship.

And the league and all the sponsors wanted me to leave the East, even Mr. Bill Davidson, otherwise he wouldn't have arranged for me to meet with Mr. Stern after the championship.

So, guys, you don't want me to sign a low-cost contract with the Pistons next year, do you? That's not fair to me. ”

The Assassin and Jo Dumas looked at each other, and both nodded helplessly.

But they quickly lost those emotions, as they had already won three championships, and to be honest, even the Assassins were very satisfied, and their pursuit of glory was gone.

Moreover, the Assassin himself has not yet decided whether to retire or not, and if the recovery is not satisfactory in the future, he will most likely choose to retire.

Rodman smiled indifferently: "That's right, Iron Fist, you're gone, maybe the team will be willing to give me a big contract." ”

Zhou Quan laughed and said, "It's possible, but it's also possible that Coach Chuck Daley will choose to leave." ”

"Really?" Rodman was shocked.

"Possibly." Jo Dumas nodded.

Rodman felt a little frustrated, and Iron Fist left, and if Daddy Chuck went again, he felt that it would not be interesting to be in the Pistons.

The assassin said to Zhou Quan at this time, "Iron Fist, which western team are you going to go to?" The Lakers have always wanted to trade you, is it to the Lakers? ”

Zhou Quan shook his head and said, "That's a matter for the management, I can't decide." ”

The assassin shook his head and said, "No, no, Iron Fist, you made a mistake, now it's not that you want to leave the Pistons, it's they who want you to leave, so you will have a big say in the transaction, don't your chroniclers know this?" ”

Zhou Quan smiled and said, "He mentioned it." ”

"That's right, if he doesn't have this understanding, he is incompetent, and you can consider changing agents." The assassin laughed.

Zhou Quan smiled: "Actually, I don't really want to go to the Lakers, and now I don't have a good sense of the Lakers." ”

"But Los Angeles can increase the value of your business." The Assassin reminded.

Zhou Quan shook his head and said: "I am not an American, and my commercial value in the United States is limited, and after winning the championship, my Jijing received sponsorship contracts from some international brands, and I think I can turn the direction of business development to international in the future." ”

"But only international metropolises can get you more attention and more exposure, and only big teams can get more national live broadcasts. Think about it, how many national live streams we've had this season? Jo Dumas said.

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "There are still other international cities in the West, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston, Portland, but I have no specific intentions, including Los Angeles, it depends on how the management trades, of course it is acceptable to be traded to the Lakers, and I will not refuse the Lakers." ”

"So you won't interfere too much in this deal?" The assassin was surprised.

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "I'm still very good in the Pistons, I won the championship here, it can be said that I have made a name for myself here, and I hope that through the trade, I can leave something for the Pistons." As for the future......"

At this point, he said in high spirits: "The unpredictable future is more attractive." ”

But having said that, the future team will definitely promise him a big contract, and even Stern tempted him with a 100 million yuan contract, and he has no reason to give up.

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Quan and Roger Phillip went to a business hotel to have a meeting with the owner, Bill Davidson, and a group of management.

The meeting was not scheduled at the headquarters, but was temporarily held in a hotel, because the headquarters was full of angry fans, afraid of causing trouble.

Yesterday's Los Angeles media coverage embarrassed Pistons management, as did Davidson, and some fans were also enraged.

Fortunately, the Pistons have won three championships, and the Detroit people also know that the ball market is not good, and they do not support the team much financially, so most fans can still look at Zhou Quan's problem with a rational attitude.

However, there are also some extreme Pistons fans who are unhappy with Zhou Quan, believing that he chose to leave Detroit for a big contract.

Anyway, there was everything to say, and neither the management nor Zhou Quan paid attention to these public opinions.

The meeting was not attended by reporters, no media were present, and the talks ended after only half an hour.

The two sides mainly decided that the Pistons needed to respect Zhou's wishes and make a trade based on that.

Zhou then quietly left Detroit and flew to Los Angeles.

Arriving in Los Angeles at 10pm, Christina came to pick her up and stayed at the hotel.

On the morning of the 2nd, the Pistons officially announced that due to operational pressure, the team would trade Zhou right.

Although it is almost a fact that Zhou Quan will leave the Pistons, when the news was officially announced, it still caused a shock.

The Pistons made it clear that they would only send Zhou to the West, and that they wanted to trade a future draft pick or a young potential player on a rookie contract.

The Western team was excited, and the general managers or owners of many Western teams began to contact the Pistons management and Zhou Quan's agent as soon as possible.

Insiders understand that Zhou Quan has a lot of say in this transaction, and they hope to put pressure on the Pistons through Zhou Quan to take advantage of the transaction.

However, some teams did not contact Zhou Quan and his agent, and directly sent a quotation to the Pistons.

(End of chapter)