"I'm on your side."

Eddie Curry picked up a glass of red wine filled with Romanée-Conti from Bruce's apartment in downtown Manhattan and poured it down his throat like a Coke. He really didn't know how to taste wine, but he knew this stuff.

expensive.

Recently he also signed a contract with Bill Duffy. He hopes to get some commercial sponsorship from China through Bill Duffy's relationship in China and his close relationship with Li Zhen. Moreover, he has begun to prepare for his next contract.

He has no intention of entering retirement after receiving this 80 million contract. He has already squandered almost all his money.

Li Zhen didn't mind him drinking the red wine here. Anyway, it was brought here by Zuckerberg a week ago. This otaku engineer obviously hasn't adapted to his current status as the founder of a unicorn Internet company, and those Wall Street elites

He gave him a large amount of precious red wine. As a homebody who likes to mix red wine with cola, he gave it all to the company's second largest shareholder. Because in his understanding, Bruce needed these red wines, and he

I also know these red wines.

Of course, Li Zhen definitely knows these things better than Zuckerberg. But he suggested that Zuckerberg can start to learn these things. After all, Facebook’s valuation has now given Zuckerberg a billions

As a rich man, if he doesn't learn some common sense about sobering up, he will easily show his cowardice in certain situations.

Li Zhen stood on the balcony on the 45th floor, overlooking the busy traffic and bright lights of New York City.

He felt that the 'crisis' before him was really ridiculous.

Frankly speaking, he had never taken David Lee seriously, let alone considered them to be competitors.

But David Lee just thought so, and stubbornly took up arms and openly rebelled on the court.

Stephon Marbury told him very frankly in the previous phone call: "...haven't you noticed that you haven't been on the front page of the New York media in the past two days? They suddenly stopped reporting on you because those shameless media may want to

Turned."

"I know this process very well."

Marbury said sarcastically.

Then, he began to tell how he fell from a son of New York who was sought after by everyone to a street rat that everyone yelled at.

"The New York media is the most ruthless. If the team continues to sink and fails to enter the playoffs, both you and David Lee will be regarded as the source of chaos. They will do their best to discredit you and humiliate you until you leave in despair.

This city.”

"So, don't underestimate this crisis. You'd better get rid of David Lee as soon as possible. This is actually your responsibility as the leader of the team. In the NBA, no player can directly become the core of the team by appointment. Everyone

You have to conquer the locker room with your strength."

Stephon Marbury gave a serious warning on the phone.

He thought what he saw was very clear.

Li Zhen nodded. He agreed with part of Marbury's views. But he felt that no matter how good he was, no matter how sophisticated and ruthless the New York media was, everyone would not be like Marbury before.

However, the calmness of the New York media over the past two days does indicate that it has been affected by the internal strife in the locker room.

Li Zhen believes that this is the New York media's review of its own approach to handling this internal strife.

This is not a precursor to a comprehensive change of direction.

Even though the media outside have begun to declare emphatically how unworthy they are, how weak their leadership skills are, how lacking in personal prestige they are, how they cannot convince the public, etc.

Even... the "Cleveland Honesty", a rural newspaper in an obscure corner of the United States, began to comment, saying that Li Zhende was not worthy of his position and was a leader who was forcibly raised by Isaiah Thomas. He was the same as LeBron James back then.

There is no comparison at all. LeBron is a natural leader, while Li Zhen is a yes man in the honeypot... something like that.

The public opinion was raging, and James Dolan was furious.

He couldn't bear the rebellious behavior of David Lee and Channing Frye in the game. For this reason, he even smashed the sika deer sculpture on his desk. And called Isaiah Thomas: "Let those two stink immediately

Get off my team."

Isaiah Thomas understands his boss's anger.

The whole world knows how much James Dolan admires Li Chen.

However, Isaiah Thomas also has his own considerations. He hopes that the team can maintain the previous momentum and enter the playoffs smoothly. In this way, the previous efforts will not be in vain.

And if James Dolan's instructions are followed, the team without Channing Frye and David Lee will definitely not be able to make the playoffs.

Once the duck flies away, the New York media will definitely go crazy.

By the time.

"...Do you have the heart to let Bruce bear the infamy of Stephon Marbury? The media will definitely bite on it." Thomas told James Dolan on the phone: "We still have to strive for the playoffs as our main goal.

"

"Is there any way you can get those two idiots back on track?" James Dolan asked.

Isaiah Thomas said he would try.

…

Then the next day, when the Knicks crossed the Hudson River to New Jersey, New York TV suddenly exposed the news that the Knicks management was putting pressure on David Lee's agent.

When Isaiah Thomas saw the news, he was shaking with anger.

The content of the news broadcast was that when Bruce Lee was unable to obtain a consensus from the team, he actually asked the team's senior management to put pressure on David Lee, saying that he could introduce Chinese sponsors to him in the hope of gaining support.

An interview with David Lee's agent described Li Zhen as a coercive villain, and a team executive as an accomplice.

Thomas realized that he had been fooled, and he did find the agents of David Lee and Channing Frye. He hoped that they could focus on the overall situation and reach the playoffs first. He also did say why they couldn't be together.

What about making money? Eddy Curry knows how to contact Chinese brands. So many role players on the Rockets have made a lot of money from China. Why do you have to be so stubborn?

This is a kind of persuasion.

It's definitely not a coercion or inducement.

However, it is obvious that Isaiah Thomas underestimated the cunning of human nature and the ambition of David Lee's agent. What he planned was not just those small Chinese brand sponsorships. He wanted to push his players to the King of New York.

s position.

How come Li Zhen, who averages 9.8 points and 10.8 assists per game, becomes the core of the team that is loved by thousands of people? But David Lee cannot.

He believes that David Lee, who averaged 17.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game this season, can definitely become the leader of New York's resurgence.

Therefore, he revealed that Isaiah Thomas was looking for him. He claimed that he had the tape, and he also played it up as a deliberate suppression of the team.

This is an extreme operation.

What's at stake is David Lee's future performance and whether the New York Knicks executives want to lose face.

If the Knicks' top brass is shameless, David Lee may never get a chance to play again, but he will win the sympathy of public opinion.

And if the Knicks executives want to show off, David Lee will at least get similar playing time to Li Zhen. He believes that David Lee can seize this opportunity to prove himself.

…

Isaiah Thomas was obviously shameless. As soon as the team bus arrived in New Jersey and the players entered the visiting team's locker room, he announced that David Lee would not play tonight.

But at this time, David Lee suddenly shouted.

He claimed unfairness: "I have not been treated fairly. I am no worse than anyone else. I should have a fair chance to compete."

When there was a commotion in the locker room, Li Zhen suddenly stood up calmly and walked to David Lee: "What do you think is fair?"

"Tonight we each lead the team to play half a game to see who performs better and who helps the team more." David Lee suddenly proposed this.

Li Zhen didn't hesitate, he even agreed to David Li's request with a smile, and also helped him convince the furious Smiling Assassin.

Isaiah Thomas was really pissed off.

He never thought that he would be stabbed by David Lee's agent. He thought that what he did was fair enough. If he had followed the boss's wishes, David Lee would have been put on the inactive list.

Yes!

Am I wrong to really want to make the playoffs?

The more Thomas thought about it, the more depressed he became.

But now, he has to follow the logic of David Lee's team. He hates this feeling of being manipulated, and now he has a feeling of regret that the boat has capsized in the gutter.

"I didn't handle this matter well. If I had directly followed James Dolan's approach, I wouldn't have caused you such a big trouble." He told Li Zhen apologetically before the game started.

Li Zhen shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Don't you think this is a good solution? I really need this matter to prove my legitimacy. Otherwise, the whole world will think that my core position is too much.

easy."

"Bryant told me that if you want to be a leader, willpower is your weapon, and David Lee is empty-handed and unarmed, so he cannot succeed."

Li Zhen told Isaiah Thomas very calmly, "The winner will be clearly decided tonight."

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Chapter completed!