After an hour of medicinal bath, when Lao Wang, Lightning and Glider arrived at the press conference hall, it was already twelve o'clock in the night.
However, the hall was still crowded and packed with people. There were no less than 300 people including reporters, cameras and their assistants.
"Kacha kacha..."
When they arrived, as soon as they entered the lobby, they were greeted by flashes of lights.
The question-and-answer period began. The first reporter to be slapped was a reporter from the Washington Post. He asked: "Old K, Albert and Kevin Harlan said that your peak period may last ten years. How about you?"
What do you think?"
"ten years?"
When Lao Wang heard this, he quickly shook his head and said, "No, I think if it's a little less, I can stay at my peak for at least twenty years."
"Poof!"
Everyone laughed.
"Old K, with your style of play, you shouldn't be able to maintain your peak period for ten years, or even five years. And that's without serious injuries. Why are you confident that you can maintain your peak period for such a long time? It's because
K martial arts school?" the reporter asked.
"You can understand that reason."
Lao Wang agreed very much with what the reporter said, and immediately put up an advertisement, saying: "Yes, the medicated baths and medicated oil massages at K Martial Arts School have magical abilities. They can keep me healthy and energetic all year round. They can
Prove that my words are true."
The reporters below were talking for a while, and then a second reporter asked: "Old K, do you think the era of the Flyers will end?"
Is this still necessary to think about? Lao Wang immediately said: "To be precise, I think it is ending, not that it will end."
"oh!"
The reporters below screamed in surprise.
"Old K, Michael's condition is still at its peak, and it looks like it can be maintained for several seasons. If the Suns' lineup hadn't been too strong, the Bulls would never have lost in this round of the finals. Are you anxious to seize power?" Then
the reporter asked.
Lao Wang snorted coldly and said unceremoniously and humbly: "In 1993 and this time, I defeated him twice in the finals, and I personally ruined his era.
Seizing class and power? Ridiculous statement. Whose class? Which one’s power?
No, I am not seizing power from his class, I am completely destroying his era and establishing a new era. His class and his power will be crushed and buried under my feet."
The whole place fell silent under his words, with only countless flashing lights clicking.
A Japanese reporter waved the shutter crazily and said excitedly: "This is the pride of us East Asians..."
At the Bulls press conference, Jordan was nowhere to be seen. Only Pippen, B.J., and Kerry were present.
The target of the reporter's question is not the three players, but the management and head coach.
"Excuse me, why didn't Michael attend the press conference?" a Bulls reporter asked.
"He has a small physical problem and needs to be taken care of. The team doctor is helping him, so I'm sorry," the host of the Bulls' press conference said.
Then he started flipping cards, and the first one he flipped was a New York Times reporter.
The reporter asked: "Phil, the same lineup won the championship last year but will be swept this year. What do you think is wrong with your coaching?"
"Because our opponents this year are much stronger than last year's opponents, as the Suns swept Mosaic is proof." Phil Jackson immediately seized on the loophole of this question.
The reporter immediately reacted and asked: "So you think it's normal for the Bulls to be swept by the Suns?"
"Of course not."
Phil Jackson immediately denied it, explaining: "I was just explaining how strong the Suns are, and the series has not yet been played. No one can guarantee 100% what the final result will be, right?
"
The host turned over the second reporter's card, which was a Chicago Sports reporter. She asked: "Coach Phil Jackson, how are you going to avoid being swept in the next G4 game?"
Jackson exhaled, stabilized his mind and replied: "We will find a way to get back one first. If there is a chance to return to home court, that will be the best situation. I know it is difficult, but we will try our best.
As for how to do it, I'm sorry, I can't tell you."
"What do you think are the chances of avoiding being swept? And what are the chances of returning to the home court?" the female reporter asked with a sad look on her face.
Phil Jackson pondered for a moment and then said: "Try your best. I can't tell you exact numbers, but we will not give up any opportunity. Please believe us."
The next one was a reporter from the Chicago Chronicle. He asked: "General Manager Krause, can you tell us whether the Bulls will clean up the interior after the finals? Do you have any relevant plans?"
Klaus immediately shook his head and said: "No, we won't do that. Our inside players are working hard, they are the best."
After this sentence was said, the reporters below immediately started talking about it.
"Don't listen to them. The Bulls have given up on the finals. Klaus refuses to admit it because he is afraid that morale will be damaged."
"How can the Bulls have morale at all now? Jordan is nowhere to be seen."
"The bull has collapsed."
"Jordan's contract ends next year, and he might leave."
"If the Bulls management has the courage to trade Jordan now and get a few 1996 lottery picks in their hands, that would be the smartest plan."
"Everyone knows that 1996 is a big year for the lottery, and lottery picks are worth tens of millions. They will not trade these picks easily. But if it is Jordan, it is different. As long as you get Jordan, the team's market value will immediately double, regardless of the record.
The merchandise is sold out."
Klaus also vaguely heard what some reporters said, and his face looked ugly.
How dare he trade Jordan? The boss must not fire him immediately? The future reconstruction can only be and must be a reconstruction with Jordan as the core.
Although we have just discussed the rebuilding issue with the boss, it is not 100% necessary to rebuild this year. It all depends on the outcome of the Suns and the Glider, or in other words, it is also related to the renewal of the old K's contract.
.
After the Suns won the championship in 1993, they considered the aging of the lineup and immediately began to rebuild without considering the possibility of defending the title. Colangelo probably regretted it to death, and after winning this time, Colangelo should consider defending the title.
If the Suns want to defend their title, they will most likely choose to renew Glider's contract first, and then Colangelo will use his Bird rights to exceed the cap to renew K's contract.
Once this choice is made, the Suns can offer the Glider a large contract and stabilize the current lineup. Then the Suns will still be the strongest championship team.
There is also a possibility that Colangelo can convince Old K to execute the last year of the contract and at the same time persuade Glider to sign another one-year short-term contract, which can still maintain the current lineup. This possibility is the greatest.
The Suns have several 1996 first-round picks in their hands. They will try to keep the current lineup and try to defend the title next season. Then they will let go of the glider, free up salary space, renew the old K's contract, and select a few good first-round picks at the same time. This way
While trying to defend the title next season, we can also complete the rebuilding in 1996.
If this happens, the Bulls' current lineup will be useless. If they can't beat it this year, they probably won't be able to beat it next year, so rebuilding this year is a must.
However, if the Glider cannot stay with the Suns, that is in the best interest of the Bulls. Because the Suns lose the Glider and their strength declines, the Bulls can take the opportunity to maintain the current lineup, with a little reinforcement, and still have strong championship potential.
.
This is why he just told his boss that the Bulls' strongest opponent next season is likely to be Mosaic again.
Therefore, Old K's contract extension and the whereabouts of the glider will determine whether he will rebuild the Bulls immediately.
In fact, he knows that the best opportunity for reconstruction is not now, but next year.
Next year Jordan's contract ends, O'Neal's contract ends, and Big Dream's contract ends. At the same time, there is also the year of the 1996 draft. That is the best time to rebuild.
…
After the press conference, Wang Tiejun and his party returned to the locker room, took their bags, and then left together. When they arrived at the underground parking lot, they happened to meet the Bulls who were also about to leave.
"Where is your boss?" Lao Wang asked casually without seeing Jordan.
"He left first." BJ replied.
"Oh, is he in a bad mood?" he asked nonsense.
BJ and others didn't dare to get angry, not even Pippen, but they were not in the mood to answer, so they just nodded.
"Tell him that I am going to find a place to go fishing in a while and ask him to introduce me to a good pier." Lao Wang shouted and waved goodbye.
"What a bastard!"
Bull and others were so angry that their faces turned black.
…
The next day, June 11, the media across the United States were chanting the fall of the Bulls and the end of the Flyers era.
"Old K: I ruined the Flyers era with my own hands!" Phoenix Sports News.
"Old K: This is my Behemoth K era!" Phoenix Daily.
“The End of an Era!” New York Times.
"Bulls collapse, Michael Jordan to be traded." Los Angeles Daily News.
"Bulls are about to rebuild, who will be the bargaining chip?" Washington Post.
"Big Bird: God will be the Suns' No. 33 tonight."
"Chi!"
In the hotel room, Jordan pulled out the newspaper in his hand.
He didn't attend the press conference last night. He ran directly back to the hotel, opened another room, and hid here to sulk.
Because the team trailed 0-2, his wife and son did not come to Phoenix with him. Only his agent David Frank stayed with him for one night.
"Michael, what do you think about the possibility of Krause rebuilding the Bulls?" David Frank asked.
Jordan glanced at Frank coldly, and suddenly said angrily: "I don't think about anything now. I can't be swept in the finals, absolutely not! I can't afford that shame."
Frank sighed secretly and closed his mouth.
"That damn fat pig, does he dare to rebuild without my consent?"
Jordan vented his anger on Krause and cursed: "Go tell him to put all your energy into the G4 game and don't waste my energy. If you anger me, I will leave the Bulls next year and let
There’s not even one left of him left.”
David Frank nodded, picked up his phone and left the room immediately.
While having breakfast, I received a call from David Frank, and Jerry Krause quickly answered the call.
"Hello, David, how are Michael?" he asked.
"Jerry is in a bad mood. He hopes that the team will focus on the G4 game and not worry about future events. He will never accept the result of being swept." David Frank said in a deep voice.
Jerry Kraus bit his lip and said: "David, as you know, we only have three insiders left, and no one is available on the injury list. The outcome of the G4 game is hard to say. We can only do our best.
.”
"I know this, but the team's morale is very low now, and you must find ways to improve it," David Frank said.
Jerry Krause wants to curse. Isn’t this kind of thing a team leader’s duty? You hide yourself and what do we, the management, do?
But he could only nod and said: "Don't worry, David, we will do psychological work for the players. In addition, you should let Michael return to the team as soon as possible. With him here, morale will not fade. He understands this."
"I will persuade him." David Frank also understands this.
"Okay, thank you, David."
The two then ended the phone call.
…
Wang Tiejun was also sitting at the breakfast table, reading the newspaper and eating steak.
"By the way, Lao K, Brother Zhang just called and said he would come over later," Yu Feihong said.
"Oh." He responded casually.
"By the way, Feihong, have you prepared the funds for your company?"
He suddenly remembered that the girl was going to start a film and television company. She would have to do it soon after returning to China, so she had to pay attention to it. What should bleed would still bleed.
Yu Feihong said: "I asked my father for one million, and my mother gave me 100,000. I still have 300,000 on hand, for a total of 1.4 million, and I have the registered capital."
"Isn't your father a professor? He is so rich?" Lao Wang was a little surprised.
Nowadays, a professor in China can spend one million in cash, which is quite rich. A house in the capital only costs more than ten or two hundred thousand yuan.
Yu Feihong rolled his eyes at Lao Wang and said: "It's not like you don't know that he works part-time at Zjiang Land Institute. There is some news that he has sold several commercial houses in Shanghai in the past few years and made some money. With the savings,
It took a lot of effort to get me one million."
"Okay, you register first, and I will give you money to invest in making movies later." Lao Wang said with a smile.
"You want to be taken advantage of?" Yu Feihong said with a smile.
"Why don't you open a company on Fengshen Street? It's the trading company you mentioned. It's not like we don't have channels and we also have funds." Lao Wang said.
Yu Feihong has also thought about this problem. It is actually safer and more profitable to do this, but she prefers her own industry rather than just making money. She is not interested in being a money slave.
"No, I will open a film and television company. Yesterday I talked with Jiahe's boss Zhou. We have a good book and we can work together. He even invited me to invest in Cheng Long's new film," she said.
"Is he willing? Don't be deceived by him and make some bad scripts. Doesn't it mean that Liu Tianwang's company has gone bankrupt? Our family is a small family and we can't stand the trouble." Lao Wang reminded.
As a rural person, he knew that no outsiders should be given the opportunity. Zhou Wenhuai was Cheng Long's boss. He was a smart man. How could he give it to others if he had a good opportunity?
Yu Feihong said with a smile: "This time the Red Zone was a big hit in the Mainland, with tens of millions in box office, Boss Zhou also began to be optimistic about the Mainland market, and he also wanted to find a Mainland company to cooperate in filming.
But you are right, you have to be careful, sometimes it is very possible for a good script to turn out to be a loss in performance."
Speaking of this, she thought of Liu Tianwang, whom she had collaborated with. He was a bright light. There were bloody examples there. Nowadays, even garbage movies are accepted, so when it comes to making movies with your own money, you must do it.
Be careful, it is better to die as a Taoist friend than to die as a poor Taoist.
"From now on, I will try my best to attract investment from others. If I really have no money, I will come to you." She said to Lao Wang.
Yes, in the end I have to take the blame. Lao Wang thought for a while and asked: "We often show some foreign movies in China, how do we do it? Did we buy the copyright?"
Yu Feihong said: "Every year, the state introduces a quota for some foreign films, which must have relevant distribution qualifications. There are two forms, batch films and account films. Account films are responsible for China Film and Huaxia Film Distribution Company, and batch films are handled by other companies.
Qualified film distribution companies are responsible, but the quotas still have to go to China Film and Huaxia, and they have to take part of the money they make."
"Divide accounts into batches? I don't understand." Lao Wang said honestly.
Yu Feihong explained: "Before last year, that is, before 1994, the price for domestically imported foreign films was US$20,000 per film, and they were bought out directly. The domestic box office had nothing to do with the foreign party.
However, there are new rules this year, which is the split account method I mentioned above, also called account sheet. This is an internationally accepted form. The so-called split account means that foreign parties can participate in the distribution of domestic box office.
This year, there are only ten foreign films in total, and the distribution ratio is also lower than international standards, only 13%, compared with 40 to 60% internationally. The main profit is taken by domestic companies, and foreign parties cannot get much money. But if it is
Blockbusters and account films are far better than approved films."
"Where's the batch film?" he asked.
"Picture batching is what I just said about buying out films. In the past, one film in China cost a little over 20,000 dollars. Because it was a batch operation, it was called batching. That's what it means. The quota for batching movies is larger every year, and there can be dozens of movies a year.
Foreign films can be imported," Yu Feihong said.
"So few?" Old Wang asked.
"Protecting the domestic film industry and the country's lack of foreign exchange should be one of the reasons," Yu Feihong said.
"Oh, then if you open a film company, can you get the qualification to introduce foreign films?" he asked.
"Then let's make it bigger. I'll give you money. After you get the qualification, you can find some movies from Hollywood to import." He said.
"That's it, then I have to think about it." Yu Feihong also felt a little moved.
However, domestic distribution qualifications are very troublesome. Once you have the qualifications, you have to go to China Film and Television and Huaxia to introduce quotas. If you don't have a deep relationship, you won't be able to get them.
When she mentioned this, Lao Wang could only be dumbfounded. Just as Zhang Lili came over, the two of them dropped the topic for the time being.
"Brother Zhang, have you eaten?" Lao Wang asked.
"No, what else do I need to eat when I come to your place? I'm just here to eat. If I can save one meal, one hundred and eighty meals, I can buy an extra square meter in the capital." Lao Zhang
He smiled cheerfully.
Yu Feihong quickly went to get Lao Zhang bowls and chopsticks. Lao Wang asked Lao Zhang to sit down and asked, "Brother Zhang, do you think something is wrong with you?"
"Good thing." Zhang Liji said cheerfully.
"Is it related to me?" Lao Wang asked.
"Of course, otherwise I can come to your place?" Lao Zhang said with a smile.
"Then let's talk." Lao Wang smiled.
"Biding for the Olympics again?" Twenty seconds later, he said in surprise.
He still remembered that the last time he failed to bid for the Olympics was September 23, 1993, and he was defeated by two votes. He was very regretful when he saw the result. He did not expect that the city was now preparing to bid for the Olympics again. He was very determined.
"It was only approved internally and has not been announced yet. Moreover, the application time has not yet come. It will probably take a few years before I can apply for the second time." Lao Zhang said with a smile.
"Which year did you apply?" Lao Wang asked.
"Preparing to apply for the 2008 Olympic Games."
"In 2008? Hey, how old was I then? Don't retire!" Lao Wang started counting on his fingers.
"35." Yu Feihong and Zhang Lili said at the same time.
"35? Not bad, still in his prime." Lao Wang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ha ha!"
Lao Zhang laughed twice and said: "Tie Jun, are you so sure that you are still in your prime at the age of 35?"
"Of course." Lao Wang said confidently.
"You are not a member of the national team either." Yu Feihong said demoralizingly.
Lao Wang was stunned, and then Lao Zhang quickly shouted: "Yes, yes, it is now..."
"What is it now?" Lao Wang and Yu Feihong asked in confusion.
"Now you are a member of the national team." Lao Zhang said cheerfully.
"Brother Zhang, stop talking nonsense." Lao Wang said angrily.
Lao Zhang said quickly: "Really, I didn't lie to you, I came here to tell you this. The Capital Olympic Committee is planning to ask you to be the ambassador for the Olympic bid in the future. It is necessary to join the national team. Last night Liu Chu played
I told her on the phone that she will come find you after you return to China this time."
"Can I also be an image ambassador once I'm released from the labor camp?" Lao Wang said in surprise.
Lao Zhang said: "Why don't I say it? The higher-ups have already spoken and your matter is being investigated. It has only been more than four years, so we will definitely find out.
Those people who slandered you are investigating. I heard from Liu Chu that they have arrested two of them. The others are not in Changshan. People have been sent to look for them. As long as they recruit them, won't your matter be innocent?"
Lao Wang was stunned and couldn't help but nodded.
"Then there's no need to find that woman?" Yu Feihong asked.
"It doesn't matter if you can't find it. Those gangsters are the root cause. Once they are recruited, everything will be clear." Lao Zhang said.
"Then why did it happen before?" Yu Feihong said incomprehensively.
Lao Zhang glanced at Wang Tiejun, shook his head and sighed: "It must be that Tiejun's attack was too heavy, and several of them were disabled, right?"
Lao Wang nodded, but said: "You can't blame me. It's dark in the woods, and a group of them rushed over. If I don't focus on the key points, it won't be worth getting hurt by them. I would rather go to jail than let my dad go."
Cancel your account for me."
"Pfft!" the other two laughed.
"Brother Zhang, it's only 1995, have you started applying for the 2008 Olympics? There are still 13 years left. Have you not started applying for the 2004 Olympics yet?" Lao Wang asked.
Zhang Lili said: "No, didn't I just say it? It's preparation. The last time I failed to bid for the Olympics, I have to be more prepared this time. That's why I decided on you as the image ambassador first, and the others haven't been decided yet.
It will take a few years to decide.
How can I put it, you are becoming more and more famous now, and Liu Yumin is doing work, the higher ups have noticed you for a long time, so we should solve your problem first."
The three of them chatted for a long time, and then Zhang Lili left. He and Su Qun and others were going to interview outside the US West Arena, while Wang Tiejun and Wang Tiejun went to the K Martial Arts Hall to have lunch there.
