Xiao Hua said uneasily: "Mr. President, after I learned about this voice, I think you must let it know, otherwise it will cause some internal problems, which is likely to lead to internal splits." ”

"You're doing a good job." Stern nodded.

A hint of joy flashed in Xiao Hua's eyes, and he hurriedly said, "Mr. Stern, I personally don't hold an opinion. ”

Stern nodded noncommittally and asked, "What do you think of Iron Fist?" ”

Xiao Hua hesitated for a moment, observed Stern's expression, and couldn't see anything, so he replied cautiously: "Iron Fist has now become the first person in active service, and he is one of our signature stars, so I don't think it should be overly suppressed." ”

Stern's expression did not change, and he motioned for Xiao Hua to continue.

Xiao Hua tentatively said: "Mr. Stern, almost none of the media in the United States now support Iron Fist, and I think we should carefully consider the issues related to him.

At the very least, we need to take into account the attitude of the media, because the development of our alliance is inseparable from the support of the media. ”

"Do you support their views?" Stern asked.

Xiao Hua hurriedly said: "No, president, I am considering the problem from the perspective of the interests of the alliance. The media doesn't like Tekken, so can we find another target to support, such as building a few more potential players, to distract the media from Tekken? ”

Stern was stunned and nodded.

Xiao Hua's proposal is pertinent, after Michael, Iron Fist is the next star he supports, and now the media does not support Iron Fist, and it is indeed necessary to find a few more stars to support, so as not to collapse Iron Fist and the league has no signboard.

Xiao Hua saw Stern nodding, became excited, and said: "And Iron Fist crosses borders from time to time, in case he really leaves the NBA, what will we do?" ”

Stern already had this concern, and couldn't help but nod again.

Xiao Hua said again: "Then Mr. President, how do we deal with the internal voice now?" ”

Stern hesitated for a moment and said, "We need to maintain a fair game environment, and I don't want to see racism in the NBA."

Of course, a moderate amount of control is also in our interest, after all, we are a business alliance, and I don't want to see a one-sided grand final. ”

Xiao Hua nodded and said, "This is the wisest decision, and I think it should be the same." ”

"You go out first."

Stern smiled and waved.

"Yes."

Xiao Hua smiled and exited the president's office.

In the president's office, Stern was drinking coffee while thinking back to Xiao Hua's words just now.

He was suddenly stunned, this Xiao Hua said that he did not hold a personal opinion, but just now he revealed his personal opinion, it seems that he is on the side of those who support the suppression of the iron fist.

This made him a little regretful, but he was not surprised, after all, he knew how strong and deeply rooted the racism of white people was, and Xiao Hua discriminated against the iron fist and supported the suppression of the iron fist, which did not surprise him.

"Alas!"

Since the beginning of this season, especially after entering the playoffs, the media has been crazy about Iron Fist, and now the media is no longer black Iron Fist, but white is said to be black, black for the sake of black, he also feels powerless, he just doesn't know how Iron Fist can be unaffected, which he admires Iron Fist very much.

……

On the morning of the 2nd, Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu sat on the plane to Chicago.

Zhou Jun looked a little irritable, and there was a stack of newspapers in his hand, which he bought in Los Angeles, and after reading it, his face turned black with anger.

"Xiaoyu, these media have no bottom line. You see, this Miami daily newspaper actually slandered my brother for taking drugs. And this newspaper that says my brother around at UCLA. This media said that my brother was suspected of illegally manipulating the stock price of Amazon, this said that he was tax evasion, and this said that my brother had several illegitimate children outside. And this, I actually said that my brother sucked the ......"

"Jun, don't be angry, since I came to the United States last year, I have found that it has always been like this, but it has become more and more powerful recently. No wonder my brother-in-law told us that this is not the place for us to stay, so that we can return to China after graduation and develop. ”

"It's not easy for my brother to be in the United States."

"Hmm."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zeng Li picked up Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu at the Chicago airport.

"Xiaojun, your brother didn't come, he doesn't want to deal with the media now." After getting in the car, Zeng Li said.

"Sister-in-law, how is my brother?" Zhou Jun asked with concern.

"It's okay, he hasn't read the newspaper and TV news for a long time, and our family's newspaper can't get in during this time." Zeng Li smiled.

"These media in the United States are too much, and they don't have any media discipline at all, and they are all fabricated news." Zhou Jun said angrily.

"Fortunately, when your brother said that when the media hacked Jordan a few years ago, it was also so black, and he was mentally prepared." Zeng Li said with a smile.

"Well, Michael Jackson hasn't heard much about it for several years, and it's just forced by the media." Zhou Jun nodded.

The hotel that Zeng Li arranged for the two was not the hotel where she and Supersonic stayed there, and there were many reporters there, which saved trouble.

After settling down, it was past three o'clock, and the three of them had afternoon tea and went to the United Center.

When they arrived, it was close to five o'clock, just as Zhou Quan and the others had finished training, and after taking a shower, the four of them had dinner together.

"How's the two of you doing? How many scholarships did you get mixed into? Jun, you were second class last year, right? Zhou Quan asked casually.

"It's still second class this year." Zhou Jun said with a smile.

"Brother-in-law, I'm first-class." Zeng Yu said with a smile.

"Yes, I got a full scholarship, let your sister reward you." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Here, put on."

Zeng Li thought about it, took off a red bracelet on his wrist, and gave it to Zeng Yu.

"Sister, it's expensive, right?"

Zeng Yu took it and asked.

"I don't like the expensive jewelry, it's crystal, more than three hundred dollars." Zeng Li said.

"That's also expensive, put it in China, and pay my mother's salary for several months." Zeng Yu brought it with him, and asked Zhou Jun if he was pretty.

Zhou Jun nodded hurriedly and said, "Beautiful." ”

Zhou Quan and Zeng Li glanced at each other, but they didn't see it.

……

That night, the G2 battle began.

In the G1 game, if the home whistle was not too obvious, then the home whistle of this game was somewhat obvious from the beginning.

In the 4th minute of the first quarter, when Zhou Quan steals Jordan head-on, he was whistled for an offensive foul.

Two minutes later, he bumped into Jordan on a ball-carrying breakaway and was whistled for an offensive foul.

With two fouls in the half-quarter, he realized that there might be trouble in this game.

In the NBA, the home whistle is one of the normal home-court advantages, even in the Finals, and he knows that.

But instead of weakening his offensive and defensive intensity, he played more violently, which is his own way of putting pressure on the referee.

Whether the referee felt the pressure on him, he didn't know, but he didn't get whistled for another foul in the second half.

However, in the 5th minute of the second quarter, the referee blew him for another defensive foul, which was blown when he steals Jordan head-on.

In the 9th minute, Jordan broke through for a layup, was blocked by him, and was whistled for another beating foul.

There were four fouls before halftime, and he was replaced by George Carr.

At halftime, the Bulls led by eight points.

In the third quarter, he led the team to chase points, and in the 8th minute, at 56:56, he was only 3 points away, and then he received his fifth foul, knocking over Ron Harper, who was switching defenses, and committed an offensive foul.

"This whistle is too off, Harper is on the move, there is no defensive position at all, how can it be an offensive foul?" Xu Jicheng was unconvinced.

"Look at what Zhou Quan does, is it more restrained, or stick to the original style of play?" Zhang asked reasonably.

Offense and defense switch, Bulls offense.

Jordan caught the ball on the three-point line on the right wing and made a jumper, only to see Zhou Quan quickly grab a step and slap him, he was getting the ball, the ball was in the chest position, and with a snap, the ball was knocked off.

"Beautiful! The whistle didn't sound, Zhou Quan grabbed the ball and began to counterattack. Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

On the way back to defense, Jordan secretly pulled Zhou Quan's jersey while squeezing Zhou Quan's center of gravity with his chest with all his might.

The referee ran to the side, oblivious to Jordan's small movements.

When Zhou Quan just hit half a step to the left wing three-point line, he suddenly made a sharp stop, and then stepped back to make a jumper, and when the ball flew to the basket, Jordan's block was half a beat slower.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and hit the three-pointer.

"Beautiful! Zhou Quan first steals Jordan and then equalizes the score with a three-pointer. Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.

This is Zhou Quan's third successful steal of Jordan today. The steal just now was really decisive, and there was no ambiguity because it had already committed five crimes. Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Director Zhang, if you count the two steals that were blown, it's 5." Xu Ji became a Taoist.

Zhang Reasonable said: "When stealing, it is inevitable to touch the hand of the ball holder, so the scale of this blowing penalty is very particular, and the referee will grasp it."

In other people's home stadiums, you can't let the referee bias towards the supersound, so how is that possible? That's what N BA is, so it's a business alliance. ”

Zhou Quan recovered 8 points at the time of 9 minutes and equalized the score, which not only put great pressure on the Bulls, but also put a lot of pressure on the referees.

The game continued, and Zhou Quan didn't know when the 6th foul would come, so he attacked with all his strength, firepower, and after the end of the third quarter, he had already led the team to lead the Bulls by 4 points.

"Zhou Quan played 28 minutes in the third quarter, scored 36 points in 28 minutes, and shot 56.2% from the field, and his condition today was actually very good." Zhang said reasonably.

"Let's see how the last quarter plays, 5 committed." Xu Ji became a Taoist.

Soon after, the fourth quarter began.

The Bulls attacked, Pippen missed a three-point jumper, Rodman grabbed the rebound, saw Zhou Quan was fast, and immediately threw it out, and Mutombo didn't have time to stop it.

"Bang!"

Three seconds later, Zhou Quan completed the counterattack with a flying slam dunk.

"It's six minutes."

Zhang Cheng shouted excitedly.

"Zhou Quan has 38 points, and it is possible to be 50+ today!" Xu Jicheng was also excited.

Bulls attack.

Jordan ran to the top of the arc and took advantage of Harper's pick-and-roll to catch the ball.

But Zhou Quan reacted super quickly, bypassing Harper and catching up with Jordan at the top of the left arc and getting in front again.

Jordan didn't dare to delay, because Hawkins was by his side, and if he didn't shoot, he was likely to be trapped, so when he saw Zhou Quan in front of him, he immediately turned around, leaned on Zhou Quan, and then turned around and threw a backward jumper.

When Jordan turned around for the first time, Zhou Quan knew that he was likely to use the move of turning back, so at the moment of his second turn, he began to grab and keep up with the rhythm, and in the next moment when Jordan jumped, he also pounced forward.

However, the direction of his pounce was not Jordan's front, but jumped up from the left side, flew over Jordan's right side, and by the way, he slapped the basketball raised by Jordan into the air.

"Oh!"

The Bulls fans at the United Center all exclaimed when they saw the block.

"Oh roar!"

The 2,000 away fans immediately cheered.

"Tick!"

But just then, the referee's whistle blew.

"Assault foul? Is there any mistake, I shouldn't have touched Jordan's hand, right? Seeing the gesture made by the referee, Zhang Li said in surprise.

"Did Iron Fist foul just now?"

"It should be, it won't be refereed or blown."

"You're kidding, Charles, the referee only blew an iron fist today, not Michael."

"NO, I DIDN'T SEE IRON FIST'S HAND TOUCHING JODAN'S HAND."

"Today's home whistle is too obvious, isn't it?"

'No, the home whistle is part of the game, and misjudgments are part of the game, it's very normal.

On the sidelines, Big Dream, Barkley, Abdul-Jabbar, Stallone and others immediately started talking.

"Are you sure, Mr. Blake?" On the field, Zhou Quan stared at the referee and asked.

A trace of contempt flashed in Hughes Blake's eyes, and he didn't explain at all, but pointed directly to the outside of the field, and shouted expressionlessly: "Supersonic One, please leave the stadium immediately." ”

"Boss."

"Iron Fist."

Rodman and the others surrounded him.

"You're going to regret it."

Zhou Quan no longer glanced at Hughes Blake, and said to Rodman and others: "You guys play hard, the next game is our home field." ”

"Your home turf, no, this is our home turf."

When Hughes Blake heard this, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he took a step sideways, blocking in front of Zhou Quan.

"What do you want to do?" Zhou Quan's eyes were full of anger.

"Are you threatening me with that phrase, 'You're going to regret it'? I see it as a threat. Hughes Blake said coldly.

"Your comprehension is limited, and I understand that." Zhou Quan said coldly.

After saying that, he moved under his feet, and walked directly to the sidelines after squeezing Hughes Blake.

"Damn the Chinese guy!"

Blake was pushed aside, feeling embarrassed in front of the whole world, and Iron Fist had no respect for him, and he cursed angrily.

Zhou Quan held back the whole game, and this sentence was like a fuse, igniting his anger, turning around suddenly, moving his right hand, and slapping him.

One of the black spots where the American media attacked him was violence.

Indeed, from the beginning of his entry into the basketball and ice hockey teams of the UCLA, violence was the most powerful way for him to solve problems, and this continued until he entered the NBA, and later did not continue to use violence because of the need to pay attention to image problems.

"Smack!"

A crisp volley sounded, and Hughes Blake was slapped in the face.

"Oh!"

The audience exclaimed.

"God, Iron Fist did it?"

"Oh, Iron Fist is impulsive!"

On the NBC commentary bench, Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson exclaimed.

"It's over, it's over!" When Zhang Li saw this scene, he couldn't help but lose his voice.

"......" Xu Jicheng didn't know what to say.

On the sidelines, Zeng Li, Zhou Jun and Zhou Yu stood up in fright, and a large group of star stars such as Stallone and Onnick also stood up in surprise.

“……”

In New York, at Stern's house, he saw this scene on TV, and his mind was confused for a moment.

In New York, at Xiao Hua's home, he was very surprised to see this scene.

Iron Fist made a move against the referee, no matter what the reason, it is an unforgivable act and must be heavily punished, banned, or even banned for life.

You must know that last year, Van Exell was fined $25,000 and banned for seven games just for pushing the referee, and the iron fist was a beating of the referee, which was a hundred times more serious than the Fan madman.

This result, which they had not expected, but which was a hundred times better than they had envisioned, should now pressure Stern to impose a lifetime ban on Iron Fist.

(End of chapter)