Chicago, United Center Arena.

NBA commissioner David Stern announced Jordan's official return to the league in front of 20,000 fans and live cameras from the three major broadcast television networks in the United States.

The Flyers will put back on the No. 23 jersey and continue to play for the Bulls.

A large number of fans who did not receive tickets gathered outside the stadium, and the number was as high as more than 100,000.

When Jordan, dressed in a suit, strode out of the tunnel and waved to the camera, the picture appeared on the TV screen, and everything inside and outside the court was boiling.

The cheers continued, and a celebratory convoy of dozens of large trucks honked their horns in unison, and the sound of their horns resounded throughout the city.

David Stern read a congratulatory letter from City Hall from the mayor of Chicago, in which he thanked Jordan for his brave and great decision, saying that it would give the city of Chicago a "new lease of life."

Indeed, since Jordan retired for the second time in 98, veterans such as Pippen have also left, and the former glorious Bulls dynasty has completely collapsed.

This is a disconnect blow to Chicago's tourism industry.

Coupled with the recent 911, it has dealt a big blow to the national economy.

The congratulatory letter from the mayor of Chicago shows that it is indeed sincere.

In contrast, although the White House also sent a congratulatory letter at the first time, the speech delivered by Mr. President, whom Jamie had never seen in his previous life, was more of a theme.

Either way, Jordan's comeback is indeed the most exciting news Americans have heard since 911.

The media reaction to this was even more frenzied.

All five major television networks in the United States stopped all programming to broadcast the shocking news.

Portals, newspaper headlines, and TV shows are all discussing Jordan's return to the court, and media commentators are speculating about Jordan's motivation for his comeback while beginning to predict what Jordan will do on the court in the future.

After all, this is not the same as Jordan's last comeback.

Jordan was at the peak of his athletic career in that comeback seven years ago.

Now that Jordan is 39 years old, whether he can adapt to the more intense pace of the court and the challenges of the new generation is a big question.

Of all the people in the world who are paying attention to Jordan's comeback, Jamie is probably the only one who knows the answer.

The answer is not from Jamie's past life, but from a familiar figure who appears in the first row of the audience as the live TV camera flashes by.

In fact, in today's comeback ceremony, although the protagonist is Jordan, in fact, David Stern has another very important thing to announce.

Just as Jordan was holding the microphone and standing in the middle of the court to deliver his comeback speech, David Stern returned to the first row of the audience and sat down.

Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf was also sitting there. However, his seat was not next to David Stern.

Between the two sat a middle-aged man in jeans and a jacket.

Even in front of the camera, the middle-aged man still crossed Erlang's legs, a cowboy hat was placed on his thigh, and a conspicuous yellow Y logo was printed on the chest of his clothes.

He was tilting his head to hear what David Stern was talking to him.

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Rebecca withdrew her gaze from the TV screen and turned to look at Jamie.

Jamie knew what Rebecca wanted to ask and spoke first.

"Would you believe me if I said I only found out about it now?"

Caroline and Max, who were sitting across from her, were confused and didn't know what Jamie was talking about.

Only Jimmy looked at the TV screen with an excited expression.

At this moment, he really wanted to tear off the collar and let everyone on the scene see the Y brand on his chest.

At the same time, tell everyone loudly that he is also from Yellowstone!

In his speech, Jordan thanked many people, fans, former teammates, and coaches he worked with, except for team owner Jerry Reinsdorf.

However, everyone is not surprised by this, because when Jordan announced his retirement for the second time in '98, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with Jerry Reinsdorf.

Jordan wanted to get a stake in the Bulls and join the team's management after retiring, but Jerry Reinsdorf decisively rejected this request.

He even said indifferently and bluntly that the team management did not have a place for Jordan.

This is the opposite of how most teams in the NBA treat meritorious players.

The Lakers gave the retired Magic a part of the team's shares, although it was not much, but it showed enough human touch.

In fact, when Jerry Reinsdorf and Jordan fell out, most of the media thought it was a stupid decision.

Paying a portion of the stake to keep Jordan on the team would go a long way in terms of team value and game attendance.

That's what the owner of the Wizards in the previous life thought, so after Jordan and the Bulls had a falling out, he decisively invited Jordan to join with the team's shares.

The result was not as good as it had been.

Jordan has unparalleled appeal on the court, but sitting in the audience, the audience is not so buying.

For all considerations, coupled with the outbreak of 911, Jordan made his third comeback with the Wizards.

Although he failed to lead the Wizards to any results in two seasons, the attendance of the Wizards games suddenly rose from the bottom to the third in the league.

It turns out that Jordan is only a true god on the court.

This also proves in disguise that Jerry Reinsdorf's decision not to keep Jordan back then was correct.

The live TV camera swept over Jerry Reinsdorf, who was sitting in the first row on the sidelines, and his face didn't look much changed.

Instead, it was Jordan on the field who started the highlight of this comeback speech

"I decided to retire from the Bulls in '98 because I felt like I didn't have any more accolades on the court to pursue, but time has passed, and the league has changed a lot and there are a lot of really good players."

"When I see people in the media evaluating a player, they always say how he would perform if he met Jordan who has not yet retired, and some of their analysis seems reasonable to me, but no amount of analysis can compare to actual action, so I decided to come back and wrestle with these newcomers."

"I've been training for the last two years and preparing for my comeback, so I have to say a big thank you to one person, my good friend John Dutton, who has helped me so much in my comeback."

"It's probably hard for me to visualize how much John means to me, so I'll tell you one more thing!"

As he spoke, Jordan looked at David Stern, who was sitting outside the court, and the live TV camera was also pointed at that side.

"Is that okay? Mr. Member, I don't think you mind if I made the announcement for you, did you? ”

David Stern shrugged his shoulders very open-mindedly and said no problem.

Jordan followed and pointed to David Stern.

"My good friend John, who even bought a team for me to help me make a comeback, and now allow me to introduce you to the new owner of the Bulls!"

John stood up from his seat, waved to the crowd with his cowboy hat in hand, and sat back down, keeping a low profile.

It can be seen that he has no intention of stealing the limelight from Jordan on this occasion.

But the media at the scene were not calm.

The Bulls changed hands, and everyone didn't hear anything about it beforehand.

For a while, everyone was speculating about where this John Dutton, who was obviously dressed as a cowboy, was sacred.