bull

Chapter 237
Time passed quickly, and it was October in a flash.

At this time in the past, all teams have to actively prepare for the new season.

Now it is different, because the negotiations between the labor and management have reached an impasse, and some players are beginning to worry about their future.

The main difference between labor and management is naturally the salary of the players.The owners naturally want to control the salary of the players. Although there has been a salary cap since 1983, there are quite a lot of loopholes in it, allowing the team to pay more than the salary cap limit.

One of these is the so-called "Larry Bird exception," which allows teams to re-sign their own players for salaries above the salary cap, resulting in significantly higher amounts for those incremental contracts.

The team's owners naturally hope to cancel this special case and limit the player's contract to avoid a second Kevin Garnett-style Tianzi No. [-] contract.

Moreover, the owners also hope to improve the standardized contract of rookie players.

This has always been a problem. In recent years, there have been rookies who entered the league and took super-big contracts, but half of these contracts have turned into poison.

The players want to protect the interests they gained in the previous years of negotiations, and oppose changes to the current salary cap system, especially against the reform of the Larry Bird exception.

In the past month, the labor and management sides restarted negotiations, and the players' union proposed many terms. Some excessive terms made Stern leave with many bosses angrily.

At the end of September, 24 preseason games were cancelled, and the preseason training camp was postponed indefinitely.

The two sides agreed to negotiate again in October.

"Why do job seekers look like they're joking all day long?" Timilia stood behind Bai Jidong for protection, "Get up!"

"You have to protect this weight? You underestimate me." Bai Jidong stared at Timilia's career line, his abdomen swelled slightly, "Besides, your posture can easily make my imagination run wild."

Timelia said deadpan, "If you accidentally drop this thing, you're dead."

"Timmy, you can really go to Inu to give a class, pass on your experience to female fitness enthusiasts, and let them know how to increase muscle while losing fat. I believe your Inu will be exploded." Bai Already proposed to Timilia again.

"I don't have time for such nonsense, and what's Inu?" Timelia asked.

Bai Jidong's bench press is getting more and more difficult, because he has done five sets of bench press in a row, "Inu is the most popular dating software nowadays, you can start a class on the free speech section."

Inu has spread rapidly, and it has been two years since it was launched, with tens of millions of registered users from all over the world.

It is worth mentioning that Inu has not yet spread in China. Some people predict that if Inu lifts the ban on China, it may increase millions of users within a day.

Recently, Hu Zhou, the founder of Inu, said on his personal Inu that Inu would open to China as soon as possible.

"You are too ruthless! I want to complain to Bye!" Jerome was completely collapsed by Robin and Willard.

Jerome came over in a pair of underwear, "Bye, they fed me poisoned water! You have to decide for me!"

"Drink poisonous water? I drink it every day. If you can't keep going, you can quit." Bai Jidong laughed.

Jerome immediately refused: "I will not quit! Even if it is difficult and dangerous, I will not quit. I have already proved that I will not have a physiological reaction to Timilia, so why worry about poisonous water?"

"That's why you wear underwear for training? Just to prove that you won't have a physical reaction to Timilia?" Bai Jidong suddenly felt that Jerome was stupid enough.

Timilia's eyes were chilling.It makes people unable to respond physiologically.

This comment is more vicious than "you are the most manly woman I have ever seen".

Timilia immediately asked Robin to take over the task of training Bai Jidong, and said to Jerome, "Since you are so determined, then I will train you for a day."

"Okay, I like training with you the most." Jerome didn't know that the disaster was imminent, and thought it was because of his inaction that Timeria looked at him differently.

Jerome's miserable day has officially begun.

After the training, Bai Jidong, Robin and others stood on the sidelines and watched the whole show.

A long time later, Robin recalled what happened today and said that it was the most brutal training he had ever seen.

Villard described Jerome's tragedy in this way: "He was carried back."

In mid-October, both employers and employees were still arguing.

The league had to announce that the games in the first two weeks of the new season were officially cancelled, and the 11 games originally scheduled for November were also cancelled.

This is the first time in NBA history that a game has been canceled due to a labor dispute.

The lockout continued, and a few days later, arbitrator John Frye ruled that owners did not need to pay players with guaranteed contracts during the lockout period. Frye's arbitration also made the balance of labor negotiations more difficult for employers. tilt.

What makes the bosses happy is that even if the game cannot be played, the TV broadcast contract signed by the league before is still valid, and the bosses can get part of the income from the TV broadcast contract.

November and December games were also canceled, including the 11 All-Star Game, which was originally scheduled for Feb. 12, 1999, in Philadelphia.The negotiations dragged on longer and longer, and everyone was talking about it. CBS Sports even revealed that after a red-faced negotiation between the two sides, Stern and the executive director of the players union Billy Hunter left angrily. Cancel.

"So, you are unemployed?" Chu Meng learned something from Bai Jidong.

Bai Jidong said: "It can be said that at this time last year, I was already preparing for the regular season."

"Isn't this good? Rest more." Chu Meng said.

Bai Jidong smiled bitterly: "It's not good at all. The lockout disrupted many people's plans. I heard that some players overeat during this period and directly became fat."

"If you don't discipline yourself, no one can be saved." Chu Meng said.

Bai Jidong said: "Fortunately, I am quite self-disciplined, and I really want to play the game."

"Is Jordan really going to retire?" Chu Meng asked.

"This is a secret, only a few people know it, I can tell you, but you have to promise me one thing." Bai Jidong said.

"What's the matter?" Chu Meng asked.

Bai Jidong thought for a while, "I can't think of it now, so write it down first, and I'll tell you when I think of it."

"Okay, can you tell me then?" Chu Meng asked.

Bai Jidong nodded and said, "Well, he is going to retire."

"It's a pity." Chu Meng said, "I think he can play for another year."

"I think so too, but it's a pity that his mind is no longer in the NBA." Bai Jidong laughed.

"Then what does he want to do?" Chu Meng seemed to be concerned about Jordan.

Bai Jidong asked, "Are you his fan?" "I've watched many of your games, and I think he is the best player on the Bulls." Chu Meng spoke bluntly.

Bai Jidong would not be jealous of Jordan, "It's true."

After drinking the coffee, Bai Jidong sent Chu Meng home.

As soon as he arrived at the door, a gust of cold wind blew from the night sky, and Chu Meng rubbed his hands involuntarily.

Bai Jidong said: "Winter is here."

"It's already winter." Chu Meng said softly.

Bai Jidong laughed, it was a rare joke Chu Meng made on him.

"That's right, it's already winter." If the target is Chu Meng, Bai Jidong doesn't mind making fun of his own name.

Chu Meng said goodbye to Bai Jidong, and then walked into the apartment.

Bai Jidong stayed where he was, waiting for her to go upstairs and open the door. As long as the lights in Chu Meng's room were turned on, he would know that Chu Meng had arrived home safely.

Every time Bai Jidong sent Chu Meng home, Chu Meng would quickly go upstairs as soon as he entered the room.

Chu Meng would immediately open the door, turn on the lights, and then secretly peep at Bai Jidong downstairs through the glass window.

It wasn't until Bai Jidong left that the heart that was beating faster due to intense exercise and certain indescribable emotions gradually returned to calm.

Bai Jidong came home and found that the door was unlocked. He thought there was a burglar at home, so he picked up the fire ax at the door and walked into the room. Michael came to greet him, and then Rodman, shirtless, was answering the call with a man with big breasts and wide buttocks. Women do indescribable things.

Bai Jidong quickly put the fire ax back to its original position, and closed the door, "Where did you hang out last month?" "I've been in the nightclub all the time, I'm very busy." Rodman replied while exercising.

"Dennis, you are so majestic! I suddenly feel that I am with God." The call girl is very flirtatious, saying whatever makes Rodman happy.

Rodman violently covered her mouth with his palm, moved like a beast in heat, and said: "I'll finish this right away, you just avoid it."

"I'm avoiding wool?" Bai Jidong went to the kitchen as if nothing had happened, took a sip of ice water from the refrigerator, "Dennis, have you ruined my refrigerator again?"

"Believe me, I never did this!" Rodman yelled.

"Didn't you do it? Could it be that Mike did it?" Bai Jidong ruled out the nanny Wendy, "Mike can't open the refrigerator, he's not that smart, so it can only be you, Dennis, I know it's you."

"Why don't you believe me?" Rodman was so anxious that tears almost fell out.

Ten minutes later, Rodman finally finished the job, and quickly paid the call girl to leave, "Bye, so you like to watch other people's things?"

"I don't have this habit, I just don't want to stay outside." Bai Jidong said, "Although the crime rate in this neighborhood is the lowest in Chicago."

"Well, what have you been doing all day, the NBA is going to be over, have you found a way out?" Rodman asked.

"The NBA is doomed? Where did you hear the news?" Bai Jidong asked.

Rodman said: "The negotiations between labor and management have also broken down before, but none of them affected the season. This time the NBA is really going to be over."

"You think too much. It won't be long before the two sides will reach a new agreement, and then we will be able to compete." Bai Jidong said confidently.

Rodman crossed his legs, "I'm thinking of retreating."

"What retreat?" Bai Jidong asked.

Rodman said: "A porn film company invited me to make a movie, and the salary was [-] US dollars." "Don't tell me you agreed." Bai Jidong looked at Rodman in disbelief.

"Of course I refused!" Rodman said angrily: "I really regret it! If I don't renew the contract, I will be free now, and I can sign that damn film contract without any scruples."

"What kind of movie do you want to make?" Bai Jidong refreshed his understanding of Rodman.

This is a bastard with no lower limit!

"Yes, my New Year's resolution this year is to disintegrate the NBA, so that I can let breadcrumbs buy out my contract and start my AV career." Rodman is very fascinated by this job.

Bai Jidong's expression was dull, "Oh, then I wish you success."

Then, Bai Jidong took Michael out.

He felt that Rodman was stimulated, otherwise he would not have said such crazy words.Rather than listening to his crazy talk, walk your dog and risk being robbed.

(End of this chapter)