The next day, on the 12th, when Zhou Quan was still asleep in the hotel bed, countless media around the world were full of his news.

"King of the First World War, Iron Fist King Zhou Quan." Los Angeles Times.

"Iron Fist King Zhou Quan used his dominant-level performance to make the flying Jordan a turkey on his dinner plate!" New york times.

"The Flyer Has Fallen!" Washington post.

"With 26 points in a single quarter and 62 points in a single game, the king of the NBA played a fabulous performance and became a god in one battle." Xiangcheng Wen Wei Po.

"Dominate the NBA, Iron Fist King is the only one." Tokyo Daily.

"Defeated the Flyer Michael Jordan in the Finals three times in a row, and the Iron Fist King stepped on the Flyer to create a prosperous dynasty." German Bild.

"Iron Fist King, I have to admit that he is the greatest basketball player on the planet, the most athletic talent of the yellow race." BBC, UK.

On this day, all the listed companies related to Zhou Quan rose, and the most powerful rise was Skechers, which rose by 15%, and Amazon also rose by 3%.

Jeff Bezos called Roger Phillip and offered Zhou Quan a five-year, $35 million endorsement contract, which was then rejected by Philip.

"Mr. Bezos, Iron Fist is the second largest shareholder of your company, and I will give you a discount, at least ten million a year." Philip said firmly.

Bezos was helpless for a while, regretting that he didn't start immediately after going public, and in less than a month, his worth skyrocketed.

Before, he also wanted Zhou Quan to endorse, but the company couldn't afford the endorsement fee at all.

Fortunately, the company now has money, and the listing raised hundreds of millions, and he then opened a new contract, 4 years and 40 million US dollars, and Philip agreed.

This morning, Philip received a lot of phone calls, and a large number of first-line and top brands around the world wanted Zhou Quan to be their spokesperson.

The 11 brands that unilaterally canceled their endorsements before also re-contacted him, hoping to reunite and rebuild the old good, but he hung up the phone directly.

Zhou Quan returned to the hotel at about 6 o'clock in the morning, and after sleeping for four hours, he was woken up again and returned to Seattle with the team.

"Flute Flute ......"

When the bus came out of the airport, it was full of fans on both sides of the road, all the way to the city center, and the horns continued to sound all the way.

Then came the biggest parade of celebrations, three days in a row, from the players to the fans, all celebrating until they were exhausted.

Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu returned to China the day after they returned to Seattle, accompanied by ten staff members of Fine Coffee who had been dispatched to Jazz Coffee.

On the 16th, Zhou Quan didn't get up until noon.

The family had lunch, and Roger Philip was there.

After lunch, Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu drove the yacht to the lake, and Zhou Quan and the three of them drank coffee at the pier while discussing things.

Philip took out a large stack of contracts, introduced Zhou Quan, and said: "It turns out that there are 38 brands left, and here are 29 brands, which I carefully selected." ”

"Let's sign it in a few days, there's no hurry." Zhou Quan nodded.

"Rogge, have the 11 companies that unilaterally canceled endorsement contracts sued?" Zeng asked Tanuki.

Philip said with considerable confidence: "Not yet, they wanted to come back, but I refused." Zeng, even if they sued, we were not afraid of them.

I received data from the survey company, and the sales of these 11 brands increased during this period, indicating that they did not suffer losses. Even if we lose the lawsuit, we won't lose much money, and if we cancel the endorsement, it will be them who will lose. ”

"That's good." Zeng Li smiled.

"Zhou, has it been decided?"

After a few sips of coffee, Philip couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Quan glanced at Philip and did not answer immediately, but drank the coffee in the cup in one gulp, and only after putting down the cup did he say, "It's decided." ”

"Then I'll announce it to the public right away?" Philip said excitedly.

"You talk to the team first. Also, after retiring, the remaining two years of my supersonic contract will be cancelled. Zhou Quan admonished.

"Okay."

"And Skechers and those brand companies also need to be notified in advance."

"Of course."

Philip nodded hurriedly, got up and said, "Then I'll leave first." ”

"Husband, how long are we staying in China? Is the date set for your boxing fight with Tyson? After sending Philip away, Zeng asked Tanuki.

"It was originally scheduled for September 1st, but later it was changed to October 1st. Let's go back to China this time to rest for a month, and there is still time. Zhou Quan said.

……

"Hey, Mr. Philip?"

"Mr. Whithitt, I hope to see you soon."

"Now?"

"Yes."

"OK, I'm at the headquarters, you can come over at any time."

At the supersonic headquarters, General Manager Whithitt received a call from Roger Philippe.

Putting down the phone, he was a little puzzled, why was Iron Fist so anxious to let the agent see him? Come to think of it, it doesn't matter!

If it's a general matter, Iron Fist will contact him directly, and come forward through an agent, I'm afraid of this matter?

Thinking of this, he was a little uneasy.

Half an hour later, Whithitt met Philip in his office.

After the greetings, Philip went straight to the point and said: "Mr. General Manager, since the beginning of the season, especially some time ago, Iron Fist has been under too much pressure from public opinion.

According to me, even some of the top brass in the NBA league are targeting him, including Adam Shaw, Mr. David Stern's special assistant. ”

The uneasiness in Whithitt's heart rose sharply, and when he heard the latter sentence, he asked in great surprise: "Are you sure that some of the league's top leaders, including Adam Xiaohua, are targeting Iron Fist?" ”

"Yes, I'm sure there are eight high-ups who are forcing Mr. Stern to impose a lifetime ban on Iron Fist." Philip said solemnly.

"These bastards, damn it!"

Whithitt cursed through gritted teeth.

Philip continued: "So, he's looking to retire from the NBA for a while. ”

“……”

Whithit felt a thunderbolt hit his head, and his mind was instantly thrown into chaos.

Philip didn't continue, but asked the other party to calm down.

After a minute, Whithitt calmed down, stared at Philip and said, "Mr. Philip, is this the final decision of the Iron Fist?" ”

Philip nodded, and Whithitt sighed: "It's a pity that he is yellow, if he is black, he is now the god of the NBA." If he had been white, he would now be hailed as the god of basketball by all the American media. ”

Speaking of this, he asked again: "Mr. Philip, Iron Fist, will he come back?" ”

"He didn't say anything about this, and I didn't ask him when I heard that it was a temporary retirement."

Philip said this, and said: "But if the public opinion environment against him does not change, especially if the executives in the league who target him still exist, and he has won so many honors and achievements in the NBA, I don't think there is any reason to come back at all, he has too many options." ”

Whithitt stayed for another minute and smiled wryly, "Okay, I see." ”

Philip added: "Iron Fist has already said that the remaining two years of his contract are cancelled and he will not take up space in the team. ”

Whithitt thought for a moment and said: "Iron Fist has won the team a dynasty, and I think the team and the owner, Mr. Ballmer, will carefully consider the rest of his contract. Also, Mr. Philip, is Tekken officially entering the professional world? ”

Philip nodded: "The media and the NBA executives who targeted him contributed to his decision, and he didn't plan to do it before." I had suggested that he retire from the NBA temporarily, but he refused. ”

"Damn racism!" Whithitt couldn't help but scold.

Next, he informed the team's executives, as well as owner Ballmer, that the news of Zhou Quan's retirement shocked everyone.

After getting the news, Ballmer rushed to Zhou Quan's villa from Microsoft headquarters, talked with Zhou Quan alone for more than 20 minutes, agreed with his decision, and decided to let the team pay Zhou Quan the remaining two years of salary as usual, a total of $41 million.

At half past four in the afternoon, the supersonic team announced that it would hold a press conference tomorrow, inviting hundreds of media.

The finals have been played, and there is nothing important at this time except for the draft, and Supersonic is the second place in the regular season, and the draft has no chance, so why SuperSonics held a press conference, many media have speculated, and some reporters have contacted acquaintances in SuperSonics to try to inquire about inside information.

However, this news was only known to a few high-level officials, so no media inquired about the news in advance.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Rodman and Schramf, Hawkins, and Drexler arrived at Zhou Quan's villa, and they were invited to dinner by Zhou Quan.

"Iron Fist, is there anything important to announce at the management conference?" Schramf arrived first, and asked as soon as they met.

"I'll talk about it when Dennis and the others arrive, save me a few times, and they'll be there." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Schramf shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "I'll be back in a few days." Iron Fist, what about you? ”

"I still have a few days to go, and I have some endorsement deals to go. By the way, didn't you sign an endorsement contract? It can't be, right? Zhou Quan asked.

Schramf said excitedly: "I signed with several companies in Seattle, and I will shoot advertisements for them in the next few days." But there are several other companies in Germany that have approached me, including Mercedes. ”

"Congratulations." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

At this time, Rodman's car arrived, and after getting out of the car, he yelled at Zhou Quan: "Iron Fist, do you know, there are actually several big brands looking for me to endorse, and I will start shooting advertisements for them tomorrow, haha!" ”

"That's the charm of a dynasty." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Then Hawkins and Drexler arrived, and Zhou Quan took them to the docks, where the workers brought coffee and brought Zhou Quan a glass of water.

"Boss, tomorrow the team will have a development conference, you let us come over for dinner at this time, is it about the press conference?" Hawkins asked, confused.

Zhou Quan nodded, put down the water glass, glanced at a few people, and said with a smile: "I told you in advance, I am ready to retire." ”

"What?"

This sentence made Rodman and the others stunned for a moment.

Zhou Quan leisurely half lay on the S-shaped chair, looked at the still bright sky through the glass roof, and said: "This season, the attitude of most of the media in the United States towards me is actually quite disgusting to me. Some of the NBA's top brass also looked at me unpleasantly, and my skin tone made them feel harsh.

Now that I have a dynasty, I don't think it's too challenging to be in the NBA, Jordan is not my opponent, and there is no one on the outside who is my opponent, so I might as well leave and challenge other sports. ”

Rodman scolded: "Those shit media are so bad, and those executives of the league, they are targeting you, are their heads full of shit?"

Iron Fist, retire and retire, you go to boxing, play golf, and make more money than playing in the NBA. Without you, I'd be diving into next season's ratings and crying to death. ”

Schramf smiled bitterly: "You were banned from the G3 game, and the ratings of that game plunged, down sixty percent compared to the G1 game, Iron Fist, you are retired now, and the impact on the NBA is too great." ”

Hawkins also said: "The league is in talks with NBC TV for the next TV contract, which is really troublesome. ”

"The loss of all the players will be huge, and if the next broadcast contract is negotiated, the salary cap of the team will also be greatly increased, and the wages of the players will skyrocket, and then there will be no more." Schramf said.

Rodman scolded again: "Leave them to death, there were a lot of guys who stood up against Iron Fist last time." ”

Hawkins said: "I think they are just jealous of the boss, the boss is too good at attracting money across borders, and the red-eyed boss can make money." ”

Drexler reacted and said: "Iron Fist, you retire, then I will retire too, anyway, I won the championship, I don't think I have anything to pursue." ”

"I'm going to retire after this contract." Rodman said a word of nonsense.

Hawkins said: "My contract is over, the team has contacted me to renew the contract, originally I planned to sign a one-year short contract, and then sign a long-term contract after the salary cap in 98 has been greatly increased, but now it doesn't work, just ask the team for a long-term contract this time." ”

Zhou Quan felt a little embarrassed, and his retirement affected Hawkins' contract renewal.

……

At 9 a.m. on the 17th, a press conference was held in the press hall of the supersonic headquarters.

Zhou Quan, Ballmer, Whithitt and several team executives appeared at the press conference.

Zhou Quan is wearing a suit and leather shoes, wearing a pair of sunglasses, and looks very handsome.

"I bet the press conference must have something to do with Tekken."

"Nonsense, of course it has something to do with him, otherwise what would he do at the press conference?"

"Ballmer rarely attends the team's press conferences, so what's important?"

"My God, the Iron Fist King is here at the press conference, he, isn't he going to retire?"

"How is it possible, is he crazy?"

"What's impossible? So who can stand a multimedia attack on him? ”

"Stop talking, let's get started."

The appearance of Zhou Quan and Ballmer immediately sparked speculation among reporters.

Whithitt tapped the microphone, coughed, and said, "Hello gentlemen, we have important news to announce. ”

The hall of the press conference quickly fell silent, except for Whithit's voice.

"You know, even a lot of you, have been involved in the targeting of Iron Fist this season, and countless American media have wantonly targeted him, smeared him, discriminated against him, and wanted to expel him from the NBA...... This season-long public opinion has exhausted him. ”

Whithitt's voice grew angrier, leaving hundreds of reporters confused, all of whom had a bad feeling.

(End of chapter)