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Chapter 233

Half a month later, Phil Jackson officially resigned.

Jackson claimed: "I have had an incredible coaching career in Chicago. I will remember every day here. There are great fans here. They are the source of motivation for us to compete for the championship."

The departure of the Zen master is not surprising, because the contradiction between him and Klaus is too great.

The conflict has escalated to the point where only one of him and Klaus can remain.

It is impossible for Jerry Reinsdorf to drive away another Jerry in order to keep Zen Master, so the person who leaves must be Zen Master.

The entire basketball world is waiting for Jordan's decision.

Jordan's decision means a lot. If he leaves, it will mean the end of an era, the changes in the league structure, and the Bulls will enter a rebuilding period; , the overall lineup framework has not changed.

There are also disturbing news circulating in the media.

In March of this year, the NBA bosses conducted new negotiations on the labor agreement. The bosses hoped to make adjustments to the league’s salary cap system and players’ salary ceiling. On the contrary, the players union believes that the players are earning very little hard-earned money, and they hope that the salary level of those players with a basic salary can be increased.

In this way, the two sides have been arguing.

Some reporters are particularly pessimistic about this. They believe that such wrangling will not reach any consensus. If the negotiations break down, the NBA will disintegrate.

This year's negotiations are mainly for the interests of players with a minimum salary. Therefore, Bai Jidong is indifferent. Apart from daily training, there are also offseason activities notified by his agent.

He has no free time.A new generation of farewell boots is about to be launched, and this time the activities are all over Asia.

The endorsement of several big domestic companies and the shooting of Bai Jidong's personal documentary by Nike.

Fortunately, the national team has no major competition tasks this year.

Last year's Asian Championships, the Chinese team only got No.3, so missed this year's World Championships.

Speaking of last year's Asian Championships, Bai Jidong thought that even if he didn't play, the national team would be able to securely win the Asian Championship.

I never thought that the opponents who fought bloody with me in the Olympic Games would get high after winning the best results in history.

The new coach Zhang Bin was hard to convince. Shan Taobat and others did not go to the national team for training, and many main players were injured.

The Chinese team won No.3 this time. It can be said that there are many factors. Some good people in China have thrown the blame on Bai Jidong.

Because of Bai Jidong's arrogance, the national team missed the opportunity to participate in the World Championships. If he can participate in last year's Asian Championships, no matter how difficult it is, China will never fall to No.3.

Regarding these statements, Bai Jidong completely ignored them.

He doesn't have much time, so he can't argue with these people. Instead of wasting time, it's better to do something useful.For example, asking Chu Meng out for a cup of coffee.

"So you're leaving soon?" Chu Meng asked after hearing Bai Jidong complain about his offseason arrangements.

Bai Jidong nodded, "That's right, I'm going to spend a few months outside."

"Toss?" Chu Meng was anxious about Bai Jidong's vocabulary reserve, "Those are not useless things, are they?"

"It's beneficial, but it's too much. Rather than doing these things, I'd rather go out and have a cup of coffee with you." Bai Jidong said.

Chu Meng's reaction was very slow, Bai Jidong was particularly touched.

Whenever Bai Jidong said something similar to confession, Chu Meng's reaction would make Bai Jidong's embarrassing cancer instantly worsen to the advanced stage.

Sometimes, Chu Meng would react after a few minutes, and then blushed, and some couldn't react at all.

"Our season is over, you are not over, are you busy recently?"

"As usual." Chu Meng said. "I'm not at home during this time, if you have time, can you help me see Mike more?" Bai Jidong asked.

Chu Meng said: "But... I don't have the key to your house." "Here you are." Bai Jidong gave it to her directly.

Slow response also has some advantages, that is simplicity.

Chu Meng didn't think much about it, and accepted Bai Jidong's key like a dime, "I may only go there two or three times a week."

"It's okay, as long as you have to go, if you see Rodman, tell him for me and tell him not to mess around in my house." Bai Jidong laughed.

"Will he listen?" Chu Meng asked.

Bai Jidong smiled, "Of course."

There are still a few days before returning to China, before that, Bai Jidong has one more thing to do.

Early this morning, he drove to Jordan's mansion.

Jordan has multiple real estate properties in Chicago, and this one can be regarded as a secret base, only friends like Bai Jidong know about it.

"I hope you didn't come here for breakfast," Jordan said casually.

Bai Jidong smiled and said, "I'm just here for breakfast."

"Even if what you said is true, I don't have your breakfast here. I want to go somewhere else for breakfast." Jordan brutally refused.

Bai Jidong secretly said stingy in his heart, "You are about to retire, why don't you do something good?"

"I don't care about such small things." Jordan said proudly.

If Bai Jidong can access the Internet, he must go to Inui to ask the public for advice, is there a famous saying in the United States that is similar to "Don't do something small for a good thing".

How can this person do this?Just because it's a trivial matter, don't do it?

"Retire? I don't necessarily have to retire." Jordan also said casually.

Bai Jidong hurriedly stood up, "You'd better retire, you're 35 years old, why don't you enjoy the family happiness?"

"What's none of your business?" Jordan was dissatisfied.

Bai Jidong said: "I waited for two years to get Scott away. Now as long as you retire, I will be the boss of the Bulls. Do you think I can take it easy? Please retire. If you retire, I will send you back." How about returning all the 100 million that I lost to you? It’s a good deal, right? A deal?”

A few tendons appeared on Qiao Dan's forehead, Bai Weidong's words made Fei very angry.

Jordan pointed to Bai Jidong's nose and said as if talking to someone who killed his father and enemy: "I tell you, stop dreaming! I will not retire! I will play until I am 45 years old!" "Okay! I will go talk to the reporter now. Said, MJ will play until he is 45 years old, he will not retire!" Bai Jidong grumbled.

If Jordan had a gun in his hand, he would definitely shoot a few bullets at Bai Jidong's head, "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"I believe you are disgusted with everything around you." Bai Jidong didn't answer directly.

Jordan asked, "Are you going to tell me?"

"So you need to relax and relax. I know a place with a beautiful environment, suitable for self-cultivation." Bai Jidong smiled and said, "It just so happens that I'm going to that place too, so I solemnly invite you to go with me."

"Where is it?" Qiao Dan knew that Bai Jidong had his own little Jiujiu, so he didn't point it out immediately, and waited for Bai Jidong to say it himself with an expression that made people want to beat him up.

"My hometown, Bai Town." Bai Jidong knew that if he didn't explain the matter clearly, Jordan would never agree to him casually.

Bai Jidong sat down and said: "I want to build a basketball school in China, and I need to do some publicity. If you help me promote it, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

"Why should I help you?" Jordan asked with a smile.

Bai Jidong asked back: "Why didn't you help me?"

"We are teammates, we should help each other, you have to help me, if you don't help even this little bit, I'll show you to death." Bai Jidong was about to hang himself in minutes.

Jordan doesn't want someone to commit suicide in his own home, "You know, my offseason schedule is fixed."

"Just a few days, can't you just squeeze some out?" Bai Jidong was serious for a few seconds before revealing his true colors, "Just like milk, there will always be some squeezed."

"You want to run a basketball school, why not in the United States? There are better foundations and grassroots coaches here." Jordan said.

Bai Jidong said: "The United States already has enough talents. I don't need my help. I'm Chinese. Of course I need to cultivate talents for China."

"Do you think this will work?" Jordan said: "With all due respect, the water in China is very deep. If it weren't for you, the company would not be able to put its feet in it now."

"It is precisely because of this that I need your help. I have already hired a whole set of coaches, and the school is about to be completed. The only thing left is to recruit students. I need you to help me with publicity. As long as you appear at my publicity meeting, come The student union I signed up for is more than the total population of Greenland." Bai Jidong said.

"There are only tens of thousands of people in Greenland, do you think that's the only point of my influence?" Jordan couldn't accept Bai Jidong's wrong metaphor.

Bai Jidong said, "You'll know if you go or not."

"Let me think about it again." Jordan looked at the time, "I'm going to Alaska, are you going?"

"I'm not going. If you decide, just give me a call. If you don't call me, I'll pretend you're not going." Bai Jidong said.

Bai Jidong returned home at night after practicing at the Bertolt Center, and found Rodman feeding Michael chicken legs, "Dennis, what you're doing is not doing him good, but hurting him."

"You can't let it eat dog food every day, can you? If you can't even eat meat, what's the point of being a dog?" Rodman looked at Michael: "Right, Mike?"

"Woo!" Michael was very affectionate to Rodman.

"These can be used as snacks, but they cannot replace dog food." Bai Jidong didn't know how to explain to Rodman.

"I ate everything, just this one meal, I won't feed it next time, you feed it." Rodman said innocently with his hands raised high.

Bai Jidong said: "Even if I'm not here, you can't feed it like this. Wendy will take care of it. You should worry about yourself. The new contract hasn't been settled yet."

"Nowhere? You don't know, right? Breadcrumbs came to me to talk about contract renewal as soon as the season ended." Rodman said proudly.

"Contract renewal? Have you signed it?" Bai Jidong asked.

"It's coming soon. It seems that I may retire in Chicago. After playing these two years, I probably won't be able to play anymore." Rodman has already revealed some content of the contract.

Bai Jidong asked: "How much salary?" "600 million for two years, not bad." Rodman said.

Just stay.Bai Jidong felt relieved.

Pippen is gone, Jordan may retire, familiar people leave one by one, Bai Jidong doesn't want Rodman to leave too.

"Dennis, let's go out to relax at night." Bai Jidong said suddenly.

Rodman observed Bai Jidong as if he were a dangerous person, "Are you out of your mind?"

"You're out of your mind! Do you want to say a word!" Bai Jidong said angrily.

"Go, go, you said you can not go?" Rodman smiled, "Let's go."

(End of this chapter)