I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 390 Christopher, I want to eat pizza (second more)
November 11 was originally scheduled to be the day when negotiations between NBA management and labor should be held.

Because of the confusion of public opinion caused by the "Stern Manipulation of the Game" incident, the already fragile, hostile, and tense labor and capital once again fell into a state of mutual distrust.

Negotiations between the two sides have been put on hold again and postponed indefinitely, and the NBA's suspension will continue without a recovery schedule.

The NBA's legal department filed a lawsuit in federal court to sue the Twitter and NBA-Batman account owners in the name of "defamation".

As a third-party public opinion platform, Twitter will naturally give the real information of the account holder when it receives a lawsuit.

However, a week has passed, and Twitter has never given the identity information of the owner of the NBA-Batman account.

The NBA legal department kept urging, but the answer was: "The identity of this account has been forged multiple times, and we cannot give his real information."

The NBA simply doesn't believe that on a platform as big as Twitter, someone can hide their identity information?Can't find a real person?

However, Twitter couldn't find it, and the technical department repeatedly confirmed that the information of the account holder was fake.

And it changes almost every day. The IP address is China for a while, Nigeria for a while, and Antarctic scientific research station for a while.

The identity information is constantly changing, sometimes it is Indian, sometimes it is German, and sometimes it is Dominican...

This situation is completely unbelievable, Twitter has a very strong technical department, and locking the account owner is very simple technical work.

But it just couldn't be done, and the account owner couldn't be found, so the NBA couldn't file a lawsuit at all.

Now the NBA office is stupid, David Stern is stupid, you want to find out and criticize the mastermind behind the scenes.

Before Donaghy posted his autobiography, the best way to deal with it was not to refute, and then pour dirty water on Donaghy.

Anyway, Donaghy himself is not clean, so people's attention will be shifted to "whether Donaghy is credible", rather than whether what he said is true or not.

Once a response is given, it will actually take Donaghy's remarks, and even say that there are many mistakes, and it is okay to say something.

The NBA wanted to use the same trick to deal with this NBA-Batman, but in the end, the other party was really a hidden Batman.

I don't know who this guy is at all, and I can't use the trick of splashing dirty water now. Could it be that I respond positively and prove my innocence?
Innocence cannot be proved by itself. Even if Stern cut his stomach to see how many bowls of noodles there are, it is useless.

So the only thing that can be done is silence, that is, no response, so that people will gradually stop paying attention to this matter.

But what about the shutdown?It is impossible for Stern to just sit idly by and disappear in the circle of public opinion to avoid the limelight for such a big matter.

At this time, Tim Donaghy jumped out again, claiming that he released the revelations on NBA-Batman.

Originally, after 09, everyone was no longer interested in his so-called "shady scene". He earned popularity, and everyone watched it.

Now, he has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion again. He knows that he will not be able to be a referee in the future. The biggest source of income is the NBA.

Then he hasn't seized the opportunity to add fuel to the flames, so as to profit from it and grab greater benefits.

This situation is really worse for the NBA.

The league has fallen into an unprecedented crisis, and the lockout has really become nowhere in sight, and maybe the entire season will be cancelled.

Min Congda, who was originally in New York for a meeting, returned to Los Angeles, tweeting, watching the progress of the negotiations, and fishing at sea.

Seeing that the labor negotiations were once again in crisis, and public opinion began to release a lot of pessimistic signals, Min Congda felt very proud.

As soon as I made a move, I turned the public opinion upside down, making both labor and management uneasy.

This can be regarded as a drawback of freedom of public opinion, any small fluctuation will affect the overall balance and stability.

If you put this in China, do you need to go to court and find the owner of the account?

Directly select a comment, limit forwarding, and nothing happens.

Min Congda stayed in the United States for two years, experienced the previous "violence turned into racial discrimination" incident, and gradually understood the public opinion environment in the United States.

Coupled with raising such an influential insider account as NBA-Batman, it really stirred up the wind and rain at the critical moment.

This is the first time that Min Congda has had a great sense of accomplishment since carrying out his mission.

He rewarded himself with three days of fishing in the Pacific, with room and board on board.

Today is the third day, when he caught a rare big grouper, he suddenly felt quite boring.

It's not interesting to always fish, even if you catch such a big fish, it doesn't seem to have much sense of accomplishment.

"It's too simple, too boring...It's not as good as basketball...Damn it, what basketball do you want? Nervous! After a while, the NBA will go bankrupt, and then the Clippers will be unlucky!"

Even though he thought so in his heart, Min Congda didn't want to fish anymore.

Go ashore and return to your apartment, have dinner, watch a movie, go to bed with Daddario, and go shopping in the mall.

In the afternoon, I drove to the Hollywood film crew to visit and shoot. There are many interesting things to do.

But since July, I have done all these things again, and it is not so interesting to experience again.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Min Congda found that he missed the NBA and the process of sabotaging the Clippers.

I even miss eating popcorn on the sidelines, looking forward to the tension and excitement of the Clippers losing.

It was really exciting, and I almost had a heart attack several times.

Life now seems a bit too ordinary.

The time is coming to December, and the labor negotiations have reached a complete deadlock.

The weather was getting colder, and Min Congda, who had nothing to do at home, felt bored watching the labor negotiations that had turned into a soap opera.

Either talk or go bankrupt, why bother so much?Grinding.

At this time, Min Congda suddenly wanted to eat pizza.

Because there has been no competition, Min Congda has not gone to the Staples Center for dinner for a long time.

Without NBA games, traffic at the Staples Center has also dropped sharply, and revenue has been greatly affected.

Min Congda called Red Boots and said, "Christopher, I want to eat pizza."

Half an hour later, Christopher personally delivered the pizza to Min Congda's home, along with a bottle of beer.

Min Congda asked Christopher with concern: "After the suspension, has the business been affected?"

Christopher said: "It must be affected, how many games and passenger flow have been lost."

"NBA games may be canceled, but as long as it's at the Staples Center, business can always go on."

"If the NBA game is completely cancelled, Mr. Smart, what are your plans?"

"Plan? I...how about I go to your shop to wash your dishes?" Min Congda joked.

Christopher laughed and said, "It's all the damn Donaghy's fault. It is said that the negotiation was supposed to be successful, but he jumped out and intervened, making things messy again."

Min Congda thought to himself, in fact, I was the one who really stepped in, and Donaghy was just taking advantage of the slope to get off the donkey for his own personal gain.

"Things will get better. Even if your store is not in the Staples Center, it will still be a booming business and bigger and bigger."

Christopher nodded, but a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes. After delivering the pizza, he said goodbye to Min Congda and left on a motorcycle.

Min Congda didn't care, eating Linda's secret pizza, the taste was still so good, he really misjudged him at the beginning.

I didn't expect Christopher, an old guy like a gangster, to be able to really accomplish things.

Five days later, on December 12, a piece of news pushed the NBA's labor negotiations to the climax of public opinion.

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was shot dead in his hometown of Pennsylvania and his body was found in a barren hill.

(End of this chapter)