God of NBA point guards

Chapter 141 Rejecting the Magician

At twelve o'clock, the Pistons' special plane arrived in Detroit, and a large number of fans went to the airport to greet them. The road was blocked by a long queue of convoys.

Looking at the enthusiastic fans, Zhou Quan felt a lot of pressure in his heart.

He felt that if he could not bring more victories and honors to these fans, even if he became a star or even a superstar, his career would not be considered a success.

On the way the Pistons bus left the airport and drove to the headquarters, the company held a press conference at the Skechers headquarters in Los Angeles, announcing that it would donate [-] pairs of Tekken generation brand sneakers on behalf of Zhou Quan.

The news quickly spread throughout the United States through the television media.

"Damn it, isn't it [-] pairs? Now that we have announced the donation of [-], they immediately increase the amount. Is it intentional?"

Jordan was annoyed when he heard the news, and so was Nike.

But there is no way, they have to keep up, and this time Nike directly announced that it will donate 100 pairs of sneakers worth [-] million US dollars on behalf of Michael Jordan.

At [-]:[-] p.m., after the bus arrived at the headquarters, Zhou Quan left in his pickup truck and was stopped by a group of fans and reporters at the gate.

"Iron Fist, Nike announced just an hour ago to donate [-] pairs of sneakers on behalf of Jordan, and immediately Skechers announced to donate [-] pairs on behalf of you, but just now, Nike announced again to donate [-] pairs of sneakers on behalf of Jordan, Iron Fist , do you and Skechers plan to follow up?" A reporter asked loudly.

Sitting in the car, Zhou Quan took a pen from a fan and wrote his name on his jersey. After hearing what the reporter said, he was startled and said:

"Donating [-] pairs of sneakers is a decision made by Skechers and me. We decided this morning. We only do what we think we need to do. It has nothing to do with Michael Jordan and Nike. How much they are willing to donate is their business."

"You mean to say that Skechers donated [-] pairs of sneakers to surpass Nike's donation? Then do you think that Nike added [-] pairs of sneakers because of your reasons?" the reporter asked.

"Of course, our business has nothing to do with them. As for their additional donations, that is their business and has nothing to do with us. But I am personally very happy to see Nike's donation decision, which can help more children in slums." Zhou Quan smiled.

At this time, the Bulls' special plane arrived in Detroit and was surrounded by reporters when it left the airport.

"Michael, is Nike's additional donation because Skechers donated more than you?" a reporter from the Detroit Daily Worker asked loudly.

"No matter what I do, I will never lose."

Jordan pushed aside the reporters and said as he moved forward.

"You mean, just because they donated [-], you have to donate more?" the reporter asked.

Jordan immediately realized that he fell into the pit again, looked at the reporter angrily and said, "This is Nike's decision and has nothing to do with me."

"Nike's donation has nothing to do with you? Then Iron Fist donated [-] pairs, don't you mind? You are a big star, and your annual commercial income is several times that of his. Why don't you take out a dime?" The reporter asked again.

There were already traces of sweat on his forehead, and Jordan said angrily, "Didn't Nike donate it?"

"But you just said that Nike's donation has nothing to do with you." The reporter said.

Jordan got a headache and said dissatisfiedly: "Sir, I warn you, don't write indiscriminately. What I mean is how much Nike donates is their decision. I'm not the management, I can't decide how much to donate."

After getting on the bus, he got quiet, and finally got rid of these nasty Detroit reporters who were entangled.Detroit people are not good people, he hates this city the most.

In the afternoon, Rodman returned home.

Then, as he expected, a violent quarrel broke out with Anne Banks, and the whole house was smashed.

He finally admitted that he was dating Madonna. There was no way to deny it, and he didn't want to deny it, because he wanted to resolve the matter with his wife as soon as possible.

Anne Banks is also very decisive. She has also considered it clearly in the past few days. Divorce is the best solution between the two at present.

After the initial negotiation, both of them breathed a sigh of relief. Banks will receive a large amount of compensation, as well as future alimony, and Rodman will be free.

Then he said goodbye to his four-year-old daughter, dragged his suitcase and left the house and checked into the hotel.

"Father, I'm getting a divorce."

He called and told Chuck Daly.

"Dennis, focus on the Eastern Conference finals, and leave these matters to the lawyers."

Daly can't help it. It's Rodman's own fault. Now he only worries that Rodman will go bankrupt after the divorce, and then Rodman, who needs money, will have conflicts with the Pistons because of the contract.

Rodman still has a two-year contract, while Iron Fist's contract is 3+1, that is to say, both of them will renegotiate the contract after two years. Want to get a contract?

In the evening, Zhou Quan was cooking dinner by himself.

He cooks and eats by himself at home, and only goes out to eat occasionally.

When I was young, my mother had to go out to work, and since he was six years old, he has been cooking for himself, and the food can still be cooked, and he can't starve himself when he lives alone.

"Zhou, guess what the sales volume is today?" The agent called and shouted happily.

"100 million?" He ventured a guess.

Philip said excitedly: "Haha, Zhou, you guessed wrong. It was 230 million, a skyrocketing sales volume, and [-]% of the sales came from outside Detroit and Los Angeles. What does this mean? It means that you also have some fans in other cities.

Zhou, you have already completed [-]% of the sales, maybe you can complete all the sales tasks tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.By the way, Skechers is designing the second generation of Tekken, and they have invested more research and development funds, which shows that they are very optimistic about your future. "

After finishing the call, Zhou Quan happily put down the phone and began to eat his breakfast.

A large piece of veal steak, fried to medium-ripe, a little burnt on the outside, sprinkled with a lot of black pepper, and then brushed with a layer of chili sauce, there was no obvious bloodshot after cutting, too raw and unappetizing, he likes this kind of steak.

There is also a boiled chicken breast, a plate of fruit, a plate of vegetable salad with chili sauce, a glass of juice, two slices of bread, and a small fried meat with chili.

Now that he has the conditions, every few days, he will cook some side dishes from his hometown to reward himself. In the past, the conditions in the NCAA were not so good. He always ate western food, steak salad with bread every day, and almost got anorexia.

After eating the other things, he took the fried pork and tasted it, chewing slowly, and while eating, he decided to make some pork ribs in a few days, make braised pork ribs, and put more chili.

In the evening, the G3 game of the Western Conference finals started, and the Jazz, who returned to the home game, pulled back a game and fell behind the Blazers by one to two.

The score was 89:97, and the Jazz won by 8 points.

Karl Malone scored 34 points, shot 60.9% from the field, made 13 of 11 free throws, and played a rare high efficiency and high kill.

He doesn't focus on the Postman's performance, only on John Stockton's performance.

约翰斯托克顿本场表现依然疲软，14分3篮板10助攻1抢断1盖帽3失误2犯规的数据，13投5中，投篮命中率只有38.5%。

This performance, speaking immodestly, is not as good as yourself, and speaking humbly, is still not as good as yourself.

The Blazers did not lose on the main lineup, but on the bench lineup.

The Blazers rotated nine players, and the four substitutes only played a total of 48 minutes. Only two scored, scoring 14 points together, and the other two scored zero.

The Jazz only had eight players in rotation, and three substitutes played a total of 70 minutes and scored 26 points. The bench team scored 12 more points than the Blazers' bench lineup.

In addition, the Blazers made 10 of 2 three-pointers and fouled 8 more times than the Jazz, while the Jazz made 13 more free throws than the Blazers, and the home court advantage is obvious.

"The Jazz can pull it back at home, so can we."

With this thought in mind, Zhou Quan climbed into bed and had a good night's sleep. When he woke up with urine distension, it was already daylight, so he hurriedly ran to pour a large amount of water.

While eating breakfast, he flipped through the newspaper and saw a lot of media news about him and Jordan donating shoes.

The media affirmed his donation behavior, but some media maintained doubts about Jordan's donation behavior, thinking that it was a follow-up hype.

"Hopefully today's sales can continue."

After breakfast, he rested for a while, and at ten o'clock in the morning, he received a call from Catherine.

"Zhou, I'm going back to England."

"what?"

Zhou Quan was stunned, what do you mean, are you telling me to find another girlfriend?

He quickly said: "Catherine, don't worry, you should hold on for a while, you have only been in the United States for three months, you shouldn't give up so quickly."

"I still don't think it's the right time. No one in Hollywood knows me, and the agent has no contacts. It just so happens that a movie in the UK is looking for me. I should go back to the UK to continue developing for a while. I have already decided."

Speaking of this, Catherine said very sadly: "I'm sorry, Zhou, we are going to break up again, and I hope we have a chance to meet again."

"Split again?"

Zhou Quan said helplessly: "Well, I support your decision, and I will go to England to see you. By the way, before leaving, you want to watch the Eastern Conference finals?"

"Of course, I've already booked my ticket, and I'll be on the plane right away. After watching your playoffs, I'll go back to England." Catherine said.

"Okay then, I'll pick you up at the airport, when will I get to Detroit?" Zhou Quan asked.

"5 pm."

"Okay, see you then."

"Ugh!"

Putting down the phone, Zhou Quan sighed helplessly for his relationship that was about to end.

……

At noon, a group of league superstars including Barkley and Magic Johnson arrived in Detroit together. After checking into the hotel, they each contacted the Pistons management.

Nothing else, get a free ticket.

Generally, these stars want tickets, even if they are just ordinary All-Stars, no matter which team they are, they will give them, and it is the first row of tickets. No team is willing to offend them for a ticket.

Barkley, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Dameng quickly got answers from the Pistons management and got tickets, but Magic Johnson ran into trouble.

"how?"

Seeing the magician end the phone call, Barkley asked with a rather ugly face.

Magic Johnson shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I'm afraid I have to watch the game in the hotel."

"No way, the Pistons are so shameless?"

"Erwin, have you offended the Pistons?"

"Is it because of the assassin?"

"It should have something to do with the Assassins and the national team."

Dameng, Ewing and the others were very surprised and couldn't help discussing it.

Barkley said, "Erwin, why don't I find Iron Fist?"

"Forget it, last time you stood up for Hakim, you already offended him."

Magician Johnson snorted coldly and said, "Although I appreciate Iron Fist, I have no contact or friendship with him.

Moreover, we are all supporting the Bulls, and it is not very good for you to ask him to get votes. "

Barkley nodded awkwardly and said, "That's true."

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joked: "Except for me, you all clearly support the Bulls and Michael Jordan. To be honest, I am surprised that the Pistons can give you tickets. If it were me, I would let you pay for it. "

"Ha ha……"

Barkley and others couldn't help laughing.

……

After training for two hours in the afternoon, Zhou Quan asked for leave and went to the airport to pick up Catherine.

"Zhou, I read from the newspaper that your signature sneakers are sold out, congratulations." Catherine said with a smile.

"During the previous two series, Jordan performed very well, and the sales of my sneakers fell to zero, and they were almost taken off the shelves. In the past two days, we won a game, and it turned a little bit better." Zhou Quan said modestly.

"I believe your performance will definitely be better next season." Catherine nodded.

"of course."

Zhou Quan nodded with a smile and asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"Nope."

"Then I'll take you to the Palace of Auburn Hills for dinner, and the three restaurants there are all okay."

"Okay."

"Catherine, in fact, you don't need to go back to England in such a hurry, why don't you stay longer?" Zhou Quan couldn't help persuading.

Catherine said with some disappointment: "Zhou, I don't want to lie to you, your performance in the NBA is getting better and better, and your fame is getting bigger and bigger, while I have achieved nothing in Hollywood, this is not the result I want.

And if I don't go back to the UK now, my base there will also disappear. The entertainment circle is updated very fast, so I have to go back before then.There happened to be a movie looking for me, so I decided to leave. "

Zhou Quan had no way to persuade him, he could only say some irrelevant words.

On the way, Roger Philippe called and told him that today's sneaker sales reached 150 million US dollars. Although it was 35% lower than yesterday, it was very close to 800 million US dollars in sales, and it would definitely be completed tomorrow.

At [-]:[-], the two came to the Palace of Auburn Hills. At this time, fans were entering the stadium, and it was full of people inside and out.

"Catherine, call me after you finish eating and I'll take you into the stadium."

"No, I'll go in by myself."

"That's fine too. Here's the ticket, right next to our bench."

Zhou Quan took Catherine to a restaurant, then hurried to the locker room to join the team.

The game started at 08:30, and all players had to gather in the locker room at seven o'clock, but he was not late, just in time.

"Iron Fist, it seems that you really haven't broken up with your girlfriend."

"Tekken, congratulations."

Seeing him coming in, a group of teammates joked.

Zhou Quan shook his head and sighed, "It's really what you said, I'm going to break up with her."

"what happened?"

Chuck Daly frowned immediately. If he wasn't joking, he was worried that this matter would affect Zhou Quan's state.

Zhou Quan said: "When she first arrived in Hollywood, her development was not smooth, and she was worried about losing her foundation in the UK, so she chose to return to the UK."

"Why didn't she develop? She's so beautiful?" Rodman asked in surprise.

"That's right, can't it be the agent? It's better to change another agent. You said that her agent is still from the UK. How can it be done? It must be changed to a Hollywood agent. It's best to join an influential company. agency," Joe Dumars said.

"I'll persuade her again." Zhou Quan nodded.

"The decision was really hasty. The decision to come was hasty, and the decision to leave was also hasty. She wasn't ready at all." Chuck Daly shook his head.

Zhou Quan nodded and began to change clothes.

"Zhou, I hope you will not be affected by this matter." Chuck Daly said.

"Don't worry, coach, I won't." Zhou Quan nodded.

Catherine finished her dinner and checked the time. It was almost [-]:[-]. She hurried to the bathroom to touch up her makeup, and then came to the stadium.

After finding my seat, I found that Madonna was sitting next to her. She couldn't greet her rashly. Queen Madonna's aura was too strong, so she just smiled and sat down in her seat.

Madonna noticed and nodded with a smile.

At this time, two reporters walked over quickly. Catherine took a look, thinking that they were interviewing Madonna, she looked away, but the two came straight in front of her.

Madonna glanced at Catherine. She thought she was here to interview her, but she didn't expect to interview the girl next to her.

She took a closer look at Catherine. She was very beautiful and elegant, and she was also dressed like a star, but she didn't recognize her. She shouldn't be a famous star or a model?

"Catherine, why didn't you come to the game in the first two rounds of the series?" a reporter asked.

"Oh, sorry, I have some unfinished work in Los Angeles." Catherine said hurriedly.

"Tekken led the team to win the G2 game. His performance the night before was even better than Michael Jordan. As Tekken's girlfriend, how do you evaluate the two of them?" Another reporter asked.

"this?"

Facing this kind of problem for the first time, Catherine said a little panickedly: "I think they are all excellent, and Zhou will become an excellent person like Michael Jordan."

"It turned out to be Iron Fist's girlfriend. No wonder she's not very famous, but there are reporters interviewing her here." Madonna suddenly realized.

"Do you and Tekken have any plans to marry?"

"How many children are you going to have? Do you like mixed races?"

"If Iron Fist cheated, would you choose to forgive him? How many times?"

"Where are you going on vacation?"

Then the two reporters began to gossip about the questions, and all kinds of strange questions made Catherine a headache.

(End of this chapter)