Despite losing again in the finals, the runner-up finish in the Asian Championships gave fans in Japan a round of applause for their team.

- Oh, that's a dragon country after all, and it's normal that you can't beat it.

- I know, but Lin Dong didn't participate in the competition, I thought it was ......

- Why? Even if there is no Lin Dong, there is still Yao Ming, don't forget, since entering the Asian Championships in 73, to a total of 16 Asian Championships in 05 to now, Long Guoke has won 14 championships, and there is no way to lose to such a team.

- That is, I think everyone has behaved very well, and when they beat South Korea, didn't they still beat that captain Park Bucheng to tears? It's so enjoyable!

- They lost us by 50 points for the first time, poor Pu Bucheng, now he is finally going to military service, hahahaha!

There was a jubilation and excitement in Japan, so that Sakuragi enjoyed a wave of supreme treatment after returning home, but no matter how supreme treatment is, he has no intention of staying for a long time, after all, Haruko's belly is already very big, and now he has to walk hard, and he has to support his waist for everything, and he is still waiting for him to go home in Seattle.

After returning to Japan to report, leaving the national team, Sakuragi Hanamichi got on the return plane as soon as possible, and when he got off the plane, he was still thinking about his family, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and he was walking quickly, when he was suddenly stopped by a figure.

"Hey, man, don't you see I'm carrying a lot of things?" Sakuragi Hanamichi was carrying a large bag of gifts, and hurriedly said to the guy in front of him: "If you want to sign it, next time!" ”

"Hello, Sakuragi Hanamichi." The other party politely handed him a business card: "I'm a scout for the Cleveland Cavaliers, your performance last season made us feel quite amazing, I think you fully match a contract that is more in line with your value, we have a ...... for you"

Cleveland Cavaliers?

Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't have time to talk to him, but when he heard this name, his ears were even more upright, and his face was suddenly full of disgust, so he walked away from him directly: "I don't talk to the enemy, go away!" ”

"Listen to our offer, we ......"

Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't bother to pay attention to him, but before he could take two steps, he was stopped by another person.

"Sakuragi, is there no one to pick you up? I'll help you mention it. It was Mark, the executive representative of Nike, who was in charge when Sakuragi signed with Nike, a guy who looked quite gentlemanly, always with a polite smile on his face, he smiled and said: "Marcus was brought by me, which also represents Nike's wishes, we hope you get better development, there is a café next to it, sit down and talk?" ”

"You're with the enemy, too?" Sakuragi Hanamichi stared at him with wide eyes, his feelings for Mark have always been quite good, and he has signed a contract with Nike for more than a year, Mark cares about him a lot, and often plays together, and gets along very well.

Mark was stunned when he heard this, and then he couldn't laugh or cry: "This guy, what kind of enemy?" The league is just a commercial entity, the court is just a stage, not a battlefield in your imagination, basketball is just a show on this stage, the knights are just a performer like the supersonics, don't always be the enemy of the enemy! It's time to be a dad, it's just a business, don't be so naïve. ”

"Moreover, in supersonic, you will always be the second, or even the third, do you want to stay under Lin Dong's halo for the rest of your life? Don't you want to make yourself a super leader like Lin Dong? Get a better income, give your wife and children a more comfortable environment and starting point, and when your children grow up, do you want your children to say 'he worships his father's big brother Lin Dong', instead of saying that his father is the most powerful hero in his mind? And now, the Cavaliers can give you that chance, I think ......"

"Oh oh oh!" Hanamichi Sakuragi laughed.

The formation of the Cavaliers and Lakers super lineups, the league's targeting of the SuperSonics, and even the dissatisfaction of almost most fans in the United States with their senior brothers, or Asians, etc......

Sakuragi already knows a lot.

It's just the surface, since I met Haruko because of basketball that summer, I've experienced so many things in Hidaka, Lloyd, the NSAA, and the NBA, and now I'm even about to be a dad and a part of the family.

No matter how innocent a child is, he has already lost his naïve coat.

Maybe because of his personality, he always looks like he is babbling, always seems a little out of tune, or just like Peyton always jokes, he is 'not big' and 'easy to be deceived'.

But in fact......

"So, you found the knight's contract for me?" Sakuragi Hanamichi smiled and said, "How much can you give?" 100 million a year? ”

Mark laughed twice, and Marcus, the Cavaliers scout next to him, frowned, was this a joke about himself and the Cavaliers? 100 million ...... a year You think you're Michael Jordan? Michael Jordan can't take that much!

"That's a lot of money." Sakuragi Hanamichi deliberately put down the things in his right hand, then stretched out his five fingers and grabbed it, as if he wanted to grab the money, and then shook his head with a smile and looked at his palm: "I also want to take it, but this hand is disobedient...... Sorry, no way! ”

After spending more than a year with Sakuragi, Mark actually knows a lot about this guy's personality.

He knew that this guy would not betray easily, and he also knew the relationship between this guy and Lin Dong, but he thought that if he used his wife Haruko and the unborn child to persuade him, he would be able to change his mind and attitude, then there would be no need for Nike to force him, and everyone would not tear their faces.

But now listening to this guy's tone, he is not moved at all?

Then you can only use a little forceful means.

Of course, unlike the method of persecuting Battier over there, Sakuragi's contract was originally signed with Sakuragi under Lin Dong's lawyer team.

There's no way, Lin Dong takes too good care of him, a little Japanese brother, and even Lin Dong's team helps him get the tax declaration every year, which is almost equivalent to Sakuragi's agent, Nike uses to limit some of Battier's contract loopholes, which doesn't work at all in front of this guy, and has been argued and modified word by word by the lawyer team when he signed the contract.

In fact, Nike really doesn't dare to force him too much, after all, if Nike wants to strip Lin Dong, then Sakuragi Hanamichi is Nike's last guarantee in Asia, this guy is now quite popular in the Japanese market and Southeast Asian markets, and even if Japan is regarded as an enemy of the Dragon Country, it also has a good popularity, which must not be lost at the same time, and it must be lost slowly, otherwise Nike will determine itself in the Asian market.

But......

"Sakuragi," Mark said calmly: "This is what Phil Knight meant, don't forget, Nike has the right to terminate the contract with you at any time, this has been written clearly in the contract, this 3-year 40 million contract is close to the contract between Kobe and Nike, with your current value, except for Nike, no other brand can give it to you, and if you refuse, Nike will immediately terminate the contract with you, and even because the current second year of the contract has not been executed, not only do you not have a follow-up, I've got to spit a lot of ...... out of your pocket."

"I know you're usually big and don't care much about money, but have you ever thought about Haruko and the child? Born in the United States, you have too many places to spend money, just the month center I took Haruko to pick, it was $140,000 a month, with your rookie contract this season, can you afford it? To be honest, after excluding taxes, it is almost impossible to make Haruko and her children get a better living condition......"

"Mark, you still don't know me well enough. Do you know what environment I grew up in? Sakuragi smiled and directly interrupted Mark's persuasion.

"When I was a child, my family was not very good, and since my father passed away in junior high school, my mother and I have been living in a government low-rent house in Kanagawa. I drank expired milk and ate gimbap all my puberty and couldn't even eat meat a few times a year! But I still grew up the same, and I am grateful for the hardships I have endured, and it is precisely because of the hardships I have experienced that I have been fearless and have made me an excellent person now! ”

"You don't know Haruko, she's with me, it's not for money at all, she can go to the confinement center for 140,000 yuan, but if I don't have money, she will be very happy to live in an ordinary delivery room!"

"Why, without your Nike's 40 million in 3 years, with my income, my wife and children would be worse off than I was at the beginning? I'm not dead yet, even if I do, I'll be happy, Haruko and I can enjoy the best life, and we can face the most difficult days positively and optimistically, and my children too! ”

"So don't talk to me about this, if Nike wants to terminate the contract, then terminate it." Sakuragi Hanamichi said with a smile: "It's not that I'm in breach of contract, at most it's just a refund, the contract year has been executed for more than half a year, and it's only a few million to be refunded, I never spend money indiscriminately, I can take it." ”

"And, are you sure Phil Knight really dares to give up on me at the same time as he gives up on his brother?"

"Don't take people for fools, it's only Nike yourself who will suffer, unless you want to completely withdraw from the Asian market, so if you continue to say things like this, then what you should be worried about is whether I will stop renewing your contract after next year!"

Mark was stunned.

Frankly speaking, Nike really didn't dare, but he thought that this guy didn't understand this, so he had to take Marcus to the airport to block him, otherwise if he was asked to have an in-depth exchange and analysis with Lin Dong's lawyer team, his threat might not work.

I didn't expect it...... Listening to the usual big grin, as if he was always in the middle of the second in the middle of the word, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly said this, his mind was so clear, this really made him feel extremely unaccustomed, as if this guy had suddenly changed as a person.

"Gone." Sakuragi Hanamichi mentioned the gift bag he had just put down, and said to Mark in a chic manner: "For the sake of being a friend, Mark, I advise you, if you persuade me one more word, I will never renew my contract with Nike, I will do what I say, so before you speak, you better go back and discuss with that Phil Knight." ”

Mark's face turned green, he knew that this guy was a bull temper, and he really didn't dare to continue to persuade him, even if he really wanted to give up Sakuragi, it would have to be Phil Knight to make the decision, he didn't have that power yet.

"By the way, there's another thing you said wrong." Sakuragi took two steps and turned back, and said to Mark, "If my child really worships Brother Gao when he grows up, then I will be very happy, because I also worship ah!" ”

"But if I really go with you for money, and betray the supersonic and the master, hahahaha, then I will become a villain."

"I don't care if my kids think of me as a hero, but I don't want to be a villain in my child's mind, and I don't want my child to be a philistine bastard like you!"

"The court is just a show for you guys, basketball is just a money-making tool for you, but for me, for the masters, for everybody in the supersonics...... No! ”

"Basketball is our dream, and the court is our battlefield!"

"I don't know what means you used to force Batyr away, but even Battier will never go to the knight, he is our brother, a superSonic, we believe him! If the league wants to target us for the superSonics, then try it, whether it's a super team or a super referee...... I will accompany Brother Gao to take on all the challenges you have drawn. ”

"This season's championship, we have won the supersonics! God can't snatch it away when he comes! ”

"You...... Do it for yourself! ”

(End of chapter)