The god who strikes iron is here

Chapter 322 "Shrinking" Season "Not Shrinking"

Beautiful East, beautiful China.

98, 98, meet at [-].

This is the last few years of the millennium, and it is also the day that countless urban travelers will choose to come.

What's funny is that on this day, someone actually started to insert business cards for the A Tiesai brand, saying that a certain female star wanted to talk about life and ideals with Zheng Tie.

Why are there not many players with stars in China?There are many foreign countries?That's all because of... the income gap.

Foreign top players have extremely high incomes, and even apart from top stars, ordinary stars are not comparable.

But in China, because it is too easy to make money, and athletes do not make as much money as in Europe and the United States, it is difficult to match.

But this situation does not exist in Ah Tie.

Because on the surface, he is now a super rich man worth more than one billion.In 98, when domestic stars were still in the thousands or hundreds of dollars per episode of TV series, the stars in Xiangjiang were worth tens of millions.

The appearance of a person like Ah Tie is an absolute favorite.

She is young, tall, and rich, and she doesn't have the "evil mother-in-law" of a rich family. They belong to the rich generation.

Let's talk about it, how could it be possible that female stars are not tempted?
It's a pity that Ah Tie didn't plan to go "degenerate" in this life, so he could only "decline with tears" one by one, and kept saying "I'm sorry" to his little Zheng Tie.

But there are also many stars who are very good at hype.

Especially the stars in Hong Kong, who have developed entertainment for many years. Even in the 80s and 90s, they dominated Asia, and Japan and South Korea all watched their TV and movies.On this point, in 98, everything in the domestic entertainment industry was still in its infancy, and professional methods were incomparable.

For example, the "golf master" Guan Zhilin admitted to being taken care of, and also admitted to being a junior, so bold and unrestrained.

It's a pity that Ah Tie is not interested in "golf" and refuses directly.But this guy actually jumped on it and led a group of sisters to create hype.However, this is all in Xiangjiang, and such reports are basically not available in China now, and the review of newspapers is still relatively strict.Only some "three no small magazines" and "small newspapers" will have some gossip records.

Ah Tie didn't bother to pay attention to it. These days, your dispelling the rumors is actually known to everyone in the family, so I have no reason to help like this.

However, when he sneaked over to see Meng Xiaoyatou, her expression was obviously not very good.

One question, okay.

It turns out that her good friend and roommate Xu Jiajia's brother sells this kind of newspapers and magazines, so...

Just got this kind of "three no tabloids".

The result was that she didn't know it, and was shocked when she heard it. After the little girl heard it, she also borrowed the book and took a look. Suddenly, her face didn't look any better.

But she didn't call Atie, she just held it in and sulked alone.

When Ah Tie heard this, he smiled.

Take off your sunglasses.

Immediately explained.

The little girl's face obviously improved a lot after seeing Atie finish speaking. Middle school students in this era are still relatively easy to coax.These days, there is no such thing as "Douyin Kuaishou" that brainwashes girls every day, so the two of them quickly resumed their normal conversation.

That is to say, ask some interesting stories, and then ask about animation. The middle school students expressed their admiration for Ah Tie's "super analytical ability".

Even the little girl felt that it was a shame that Conan didn't let Zheng Tie paint.

Little did she know that this was all the result of Atie's "prophet".

If I really want to paint, Conan is afraid that it will still be on the air in less than 20 years.

After Ah Tie gave the gift to the little girl, the little girl who was already in the second year of junior high school finally said something serious about "the future".

Although she just complained that she wanted to learn the piano, the family seemed to disagree.

As for this matter, Ah Tie had heard her mention it before.

At that time, he could clearly feel her sense of "regret".

Because of working families, in this day and age, you basically don't want to learn piano well.

Even 20 years later, this thing will be very expensive course fees, and ordinary families really cannot afford it.

but……

Is this something to yourself?

The matter of money is not a matter now.

However, Atie didn't say anything now, and just listened quietly to her talking about her daily life, complaining, and talking about the little girl's little thoughts.

Time passed quickly, and the afternoon was about to pass. Before she was an adult, if a girl wanted to not go home for dinner casually, it would definitely not work.Besides, such a rule is actually a good thing for Ah Tie.

"By the way, there seems to be someone in our class who likes me. He even wrote me a love letter." The little girl suddenly said this before she was about to leave, and Ah Tie suddenly "shuddered".But as soon as he asked this person's name to be Zhao Bin, his complexion immediately turned cloudy.

Because this guy, Ah Tie, had heard of it in his previous life, and he was finally discovered because he wrote love letters to several girls in his class at the same time—these girls were almost united to "cut off their children and grandchildren."

So he smiled and said calmly: "Then you give it a try. Before I reach adulthood, I am just your big brother, nothing more."

"You are free in that respect."

I thought to myself, anyway, you can't play any tricks, I know this very well.

The scope of his own "butterfly wings" is currently limited to basketball.

The rest basically have little impact, and proceed step by step.

"Yo~ Don't you say you are a little brother now? Have you become a big brother?" The little girl seemed very dissatisfied with Ah Tie's attitude, because this attitude was not what she wanted.

"It's almost the 21st century, and I can't be so rigid, can I? You can try it if you want, I'm afraid people's love letters are not just for you."

"impossible!"

The little girl didn't believe it.

But Ah Tie didn't say much, anyway, he already knew the truth of the matter, and his face was calm, which made his temperament more mysterious and attractive.As for girls, since they were young, they didn't like dog licking. Ah Tie's hand made her contact with the opposite sex at this age, and no one had it.

Coupled with the perfect personality of "tall, rich and handsome", it is simply...

Kudo Shinichi is even worse than Kudo Shinichi.

And such a big celebrity will always give people an extra halo bonus.

"Hurry up and go home, just call if you have anything to do." Ah Tie said: "By the way, drink more milk and eat more walnuts, go to bed early and don't stay up late, or you won't grow taller."

In the past, Ah Tie was not qualified to say that "he is not tall", but now that he has the capital, he can't help but talk about it.

"Hey~ don't you have anything else to say to me? You talk like this as if you were my father." As soon as the little girl finished speaking, Atie immediately used all kinds of jokes he had seen on the Internet in his previous life, and he picked it up smoothly. To: "What's wrong with being a father? You may not know it, but men like to be a girl's father."

little girl:  …

In this world, there are no such advanced theories, and there is no such a developed Internet. After being smashed by Ah Tie's jokes, I was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Hehe, fight with me, you are too young in this life.

"Okay, I really have something to tell you at the end."

"What is it?" The little girl looked expectant.

"Eight words, listen carefully." Ah Tie cleared his throat and said seriously: "Study hard and improve every day."

little girl:  …

Little girl:! ! !

And when she widened her eyes and came back to her senses, Ah Tie had already waved her hands and disappeared at the end of the street.

"Huh! I don't need you to tell me I will."

"Next time I will test the top ten in my grade and show you."

"Make you look down on me."

Although the words are quite "fierce", but there is no "fierce" in his eyes, on the contrary, he seems a little bit reluctant.

……

"Why did you go, Ah Tie, you disappeared for so long, did you secretly eat delicious food?" Kobe asked with everyone's doubts as soon as he came back.

"Damn it, I just went to meet an important person, isn't it wrong to let you move freely? Okay, don't move freely in the future, practice to the death!" Ah Tie said angrily.

After a week's trip to China, I returned to the other side of the ocean. With the increasing popularity of Ah Tie, it seems that it is not so easy to meet someone in City Y.But Ah Tie doesn't want to cause any trouble to the underage girl now, so he plans to...

Just buy a coffee shop.

Look, this is a rich person, and a rich person is good.

Anyway, no matter whether it is selling land or buying facades, it is safe to make a profit. As for the future real estate trend, Ah Tie is well aware of it.

During the long offseason, Ah Tie's birthday has also passed, and now he has also entered the threshold of 20 years old, and he can no longer say that he is a person with a "first prefix" birthday.But this also means that the NBA lockout is coming to an end.

On New Year's Eve, the "A Tie Squad" gathered together and had a happy night without girls.

At this time, taking advantage of the barbecue and drinking beer, Atie discovered that No. 8 actually had a little...

Signs of spring.

After asking, I found out that this guy saw a girl at Christmas, she was very charming, and it was the kind of feeling that immediately fell into Kobe's whole body.It's a pity that I was in the car at the time, and when I got too far later, he had disappeared, which made Kobe very depressed.

It’s no wonder that the amount of iron forged by some people has skyrocketed in the past few days. It turns out that this is the crux of the matter.

After asking about it carefully, Atie was stunned.

Nima, how do I feel that I know the person you mentioned?

With this appearance and description, isn't this the future "sister-in-law"?

I dare you to see it so early.

However, this does not bother me.

Ah Tie saw that Kobe also taught himself a lot throughout the offseason. For the sake of being a qualified "long-term tool person", then... let me help you in advance.

"What? You know her?" Little Kobe seemed to "sit up in shock from a dying illness", and the wine bottle almost fell out of his hand immediately.

"Then how should you thank me?" Zheng Tie deliberately teased No. 8. After all, such scenes are rare.

"You can do whatever you want, or I'll give you a playoff matchup, how about it?"

What?
Is this still you?
However, why do I, the dignified "Yellow Jesus", need you to show off?

Seeing that Atie was not interested in this, Kobe became a little anxious. For the sake of his sister, he blurted out: "Otherwise, I will give you a check, and you can sign as much as you want."

Grass is a plant.

Ah Tie is sure, this No. 8 must be watching too many Hollywood blockbusters, I really think you can afford to fill out the checks casually?
If I fill in a number that will make you bankrupt, can you come up with it?
and……

Are you richer than me?

If I say this, I am right.

"You don't even like money? I haven't seen any girls date you. By the way, do you like men? Just tell me and I will help you with the embarrassing things!" Kobe looked like a good brother, but what he said was almost Gao Tieqi vomited blood.

Forget it, don't talk about it, it seems that if you talk about it, you will be angry with yourself.

"This girl is called Vanessa, and she is a freshman in Marina High School in Orange County, Los Angeles."

"So that's the case, thank you Tie, we are good friends for life!" Kobe was excited, but soon thought of something, and asked: "But how do you know so clearly? Do you know her?"

Zheng Tie had already thought about the answer to this question, and told Kobe that he saw her when he was shopping in a supermarket. At that time, she was working as a cashier, and he asked a few words casually when he was checking out. How could he know? Such a coincidence.

Drip-tight, drip-tight, perfect.

Because of poor family conditions, Vanessa is indeed working part-time as a cashier in a supermarket at this time. As for being a backup dancer, it is all a sophomore in high school.It was also at that time that she and Kobe met for the first time.

"But she's only a freshman in high school, aren't you..."

"Oh, I'm already a freshman in high school, it's okay, it's okay, it's fine if you don't have to be a junior high school student." Kobe didn't know if he was drinking too much at the moment, and he was so "spirited", but Ah Tie didn't care, anyway. In America...

There is no such thing as "puppy love". Anyway, falling in love in high school is very common.

If conditions hadn't allowed it, perhaps the No. 8 in front of him would have asked Vanessa to give birth to his baby.

……

The time came to 1999, which was also the last year of the millennium, and the dawn of labor negotiations finally appeared.

Because of the division within the players' union, coupled with the help of Boss Joe, the people of Midi once again stood on the side of the players, which forced the bosses to compromise to a certain extent.

In addition, the shutdown has lasted for so long, and the bosses have discovered that it is not the players who have lost the most, but their own employers...

Sure enough, in January, internal news came. With the player union split, the owners were willing to give non-superstar players more wages. No, it just meant the same thing...

We just can't stand these Big Brothers.

Everyone asks us for money as if they were robbing a bank. Who can bear it when we are given less money without any gratitude?

Therefore, with such a "drainage from the bottom", the top stars were isolated.

Because there are only a few top stars?
Of the three or four hundred players in the NBA, 95% are ordinary players and bench players.

And the bosses made them happy, so the superstars must bow their heads even if they don't.

Otherwise, you will not be able to get along in the players union.

Heh, playing tricks with capital in a capitalist society?It's still too tender.

At this time, the old hooligan saw that the situation was completely clear, and he would be a fool if he stood by Ewing.So I expressed my opinion-the minority should obey the majority, and advance and retreat together with all NBA players.

Damn, the old hooligans in the player days were really powerful. They were as blind as they were after retirement, but they are just as poisonous now.

Seeing that the old hooligan had "rebelled", the rest of the giants didn't wait any longer, and immediately went ashore with the old hooligan, and had a last look...

Ah.

Who else is going up against the bosses besides Ewing the gorilla?
Patrick Ewing may become the biggest loser in this labor negotiation.

Although the specific details have not been announced to the outside world, the players can already get news internally, and the players union did not hide it, and circulated some new season terms internally.

And when Brother Volute saw it, he felt that he almost had a "double image" in front of his eyes.

Nothing else, angry ah.

In particular, this terrible "maximum salary limit" and "luxury tax" have dealt a heavy blow to the No. 8 chest of this year's contract year.

Little Kobe felt as if he was missing a hundred million.

According to this clause, it would be considered good for him to earn 1000 million a year, and his starting salary would not even reach 1000 million.

Look at Ah Tie again, damn, the food tonight is really not that good.

Fortunately, Ah Tie told him the news of his "sweetheart", otherwise he would definitely be "depressed".

The length of service is the same, but the money earned is twice as small as that of Ah Tie. Can this not be "sorrowful"?

Little Kobe felt his heart was bleeding.

Zheng Tie comforted with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay, if you are frustrated in the workplace and proud in love, you are not at a loss."

That being said...it seems to be the case.

Although Ah Tie makes a lot of money, he has no girls, no love, and he doesn't lose money.

Little Kobe comforted himself.

At this time, there is a very interesting thing -

The owner of the Clippers, Ballmer, did not know why he got into a fight with the owner of the Bulls.

The former complained that the latter was a "poor guy" who didn't even dare to pay a luxury tax, otherwise let Jordan and the others come to his side, and he would have as much as he wanted.

Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf's assets in 2020, excluding the Bulls and White Sox, are about 20 billion. Now it is even pitifully small. Compared with the rich and powerful Ballmer, Indeed nothing is.People's odds are more than his total assets.And Reinsdorf's stinginess was written by Chicago's own newspaper, the Chicago Tribune——

He said that he did three right things in his life.

Buy the White Sox, buy the Bulls, sign Michael Jordan.

Look, no one wants to see you.

However, since they are billionaires, they all have heads and faces.

After being hit like this, Reinsdorf couldn't bear it.

So this time he hit back hard at Ballmer, otherwise he still has the White Sox under his command, and he will feel so unfeeling at that time, so what?

He's ready to start shifting his focus from real estate to sports.

So, at this time, nothing can go wrong.

Some things can be said in private, but they cannot be put on the table.

The old hooligan saw the opportunity and immediately asked them to renew the contract with a maximum salary to keep Pippen, and he can be replaced at that time.

But there is only one thing, anyway, if you are here, you can't move.

All of a sudden, I got Pippen, who dreamed of a maximum salary, and suddenly felt...

Jordan is his "life confidant."

You want me to "go into the frying pan under the sea of ​​swords and fire", and I will admit it.

Although there is a limit on the maximum salary now, it is still a maximum salary. Sometimes Mr. Pi also wants face.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be nonsense if the best small forward in the 90s didn't receive a maximum salary?

This incident also made the relationship between him and Jordan not only eased, it should be said that it entered the "honeymoon period" again.

Moreover, Jordan himself only signed for one year, and was even willing to cut his salary moderately, which moved Pippen and others.Anyway, in the last year, he had already earned enough, and Nike's dividends were the big ones.In order to let the world know how good he is in the last year, the old hooligan could have gotten a maximum salary of 1400 million, but this time he only took 1000 million, and the rest was subsidized to Pippen, and he also left one ——Finally for the team, for the good name of Chicago fans.

When the old hooligan was still a player, he was very smart.

Seeing that these people have stayed, the "Zen Master" who still offered the head coach the highest price also took advantage of the situation to stay.

They all stayed, and Rodman naturally stayed.

Suddenly, all members of the Bulls' championship lineup remained, and people in Chicago cheered again.

As for the old hooligan himself, what he wants to say at this moment is——

Very good!Let's play Zheng thief together next season!

Must kill him!
Let yourself be perfect and retire!

At the same time, he shouted to Ah Tie and the small broken boat, don't let yourself wait for nothing again.

If you don't wait this time, it's not your problem.

……

Seeing this, Atie from Los Angeles had to sigh again——

Times change too fast.

Are you, a little butterfly, flapping your wings too hard?

The old gangster didn't retire?
Then this "shrunk season" is probably not "shrunk" at all.

This year's playoffs, I'm afraid it will be extremely exciting, even tragic.

Alas, just thinking about it makes my head hurt.

PS: Another 5k chapter, [-] words are in place, and continue to write~~~
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