i am legend

Chapter 334 Ten days and super giants support

Sitting on the flight to New York, Bruce couldn't help laughing when he thought of seeing some beautiful British stewardesses in the waiting hall: "This is too coincidental!"

Five hours later, Bruce's plane finally arrived in New York!

After getting off the plane, Bruce took a taxi directly to the NBA headquarters on Fifth Avenue in New York!

Since the 9 incident, except for citizens with good reputation in the United States, the U.S. government has basically stopped tourists from those reputation and some countries from flying directly to New York!

While sitting in the taxi, Bruce could still hear some news about the terrorist attack from the radio in the car from time to time!

"These damned terrorists, we should completely wipe them out!"

Bruce, who was listening to the radio, suddenly heard the driver's words, and couldn't help but strongly agree with him!

As the car parked outside the NBA headquarters, Bruce smiled and waved goodbye to the American angry youth!
Looking at the usual building in front of him, Bruce couldn't help admiring the professionalism of the United States!
Entering the building, Bruce took the elevator all the way to the floor where the headquarters is located after showing the ID issued to him by the NBA!

Walking slowly in the corridor, after arriving at the door of Stern's office, even though he had prepared before, Bruce still subconsciously took a deep breath!
"Bang bang bang!~"

After a knock on the door, a well-dressed girl opened the door with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Bruce!"

"Hello, Sally!" Bruce greeted one of Stern's assistants with a smile, and then walked in at the invitation of the other party!

Entering the room, the first thing that caught his eye was Stern with a gloomy face. Bruce nodded to Sally with a smile, and then said, "Mr. David, hello!"

Stern ignored Bruce, but said to Sally, "Pour us two cups of coffee!"

"Understood, boss!"

Sally nodded gracefully, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes, and after glancing at Bruce, she gently closed the door and left here!
"Huh!~"

Stern stared at Bruce, then pushed his documents over!

Seeing the other party's actions, Bruce smiled helplessly: "Sir, you really don't have to be so serious!"

"Hehe, isn't it necessary? You'd better see how the headquarters will punish you first!" Stern smiled coldly and said in a blunt tone.

Putting his bag aside, Bruce walked over, pulled out the chair and sat down, then picked up the document!

After a long while, when Bruce finished reading the few sentences on it, he couldn't help frowning and closed it.

"Do you have any thoughts on appealing against the league's punishment to you?" Stern said as before.

"Only a little!" Thinking of what he saw before, Bruce couldn't help frowning.

"what?"

"I have no objection to a fine of 50 yuan and a three-month suspension, but please forgive me for the medical expenses of that fan!" Bruce said with an extremely firm expression.

Regardless of fines or suspensions, Bruce, considering the impact, has basically no desire to refute these two items!
However, he was extremely resolute in vetoing the fan's medical expenses and mental damage expenses. This is his bottom line!

"Sorry, you have to pay!" Stern's expression changed suddenly, his upper body sank as he leaned on the desk with both hands.

As the president of the league for many years, Stern naturally carries an extraordinary aura of superiority!
Feeling some bad breath, Bruce frowned, then crossed his hands on his chest, and said very seriously: "The fine can be added, and the suspension can also be added. This is the only thing I won't do, and I don't want to do it in the past." !!"

The atmosphere between the two suddenly reached the point where swords were on the verge of breaking out, and Stern felt a great provocation!

After a while, under the gaze, Stern was the first to lose!
"Bruce, we must give the media an explanation!!" If Stern hadn't read the great success of the NBA in China before, he would never have said this to Bruce. punishment!

"The media, damn it, it's the media again!!" Bruce, who was already a little irritable because he was treated the same way in the UK as in the US, became even more irritable now!
"Mr. David Stern!!" Bruce said in a blunt tone, and then continued under the surprised expression of the other party: "If you think the media is very important, I will completely deal with them in the next ten days, I repeat , I refuse to pay the medical expenses of that guy with serious violent tendencies!!"

"You." Stern was completely irritated by Bruce's stubbornness: "Damn it, can't you consider the influence of the alliance??"

Bruce is quite clear about the meaning of Stern's words!
If it weren't for Jordan's departure that year, the NBA would have a great chance to have a huge reputation in the United States and even the world!
However, after Jordan and other stars retired, the NBA once fell into the lowest ebb!

Now, because of the return of Jordan's trump card, Stern, who had already done a series of operations, was suddenly completely disrupted by Bruce's move!
He is depressed and angry to death now. If there are no fans to enter the arena, the NBA will slide down very quickly. Even with Jordan's return, this problem will only be alleviated.

The two fell into silence once again, neither of them wanted to compromise with the other again!

After a while, thinking that he would need Bruce's help in the future, Stern said coldly with a little aggrieved: "Ten days, I only give you ten days, if you can't solve the media hype, not only will the fine disappear, even if If it is a suspension, it will be less!"

"You won't be disappointed!" Bruce said confidently with a flash of refreshment in his eyes.

"I hope it's as you said!" Stern raised his right hand slowly, made a gesture of invitation, and then got up and walked towards the French window!
"Pretend to be a criminal!!" Bruce cursed secretly, and then left the office without saying hello!

As soon as he walked out of the office, Bruce saw Sally chatting with the front desk, and jokingly said, "Hey, Sally, where is my coffee?"

"Uh." Hearing Bruce's shout, Sally turned her head to look in astonishment, watched him gradually disappear into the elevator, and said somewhat dumbfoundingly: "This guy's luck is really good!"

"That's right, Mr. Bruce can talk and laugh happily and leave. Obviously, Mr. David's anger has not shown its power on him!" The receptionist stuck out his tongue mischievously and said deeply.

Leaving the NBA headquarters, looking at the location where the "World Trade Center" Twin Towers once stood, thinking of the scene that happened on TV before, Bruce couldn't help but sigh!
Back home in Auckland, Bruce immediately called Cole in England!
"Hey man, I was totally surprised to get your call!"

Cole's usual voice came from the receiver, and Bruce smiled helplessly: "Have you got the box office statistics for the day when the film was released?"

"God, you really deserve to be a vampire, there are at least three hours before the whole day!"

Hearing Cole's complaint, Bruce couldn't help touching his nose in embarrassment, and changed the subject: "The headquarters' punishment for me has come out, you must call our media now!"

"David Stern is really sympathetic!" Cole couldn't help ridiculing after hearing what Bruce had seen and heard in New York today!
"Ten days, I need to solve this matter as soon as possible, remember, I am very happy to be suspended, I will not pay a penny for that guy's medical expenses!" Before hanging up the phone, Bruce made a point of warning!
On November 11th, even though Bruce stayed at home all the time, those media reporters who looked like flies were still firmly waiting outside his community!
In the evening, the Warriors players who had arrived in Toronto used their powerful combat power as one of the actions to support Bruce's approach!

In the first quarter, under the strong explosion of Carter, Nowitzki and substitute Barkley, the Warriors took an exaggerated score of 40:18, taking a big lead over the declining Raptors!
Even though they paid high prices to renew the contracts of Antonio Davis and Jerome Williams and others this summer, under the influence of unknown reasons, after the final scores of several games, they surprised everyone. Got a record of 2 wins and 4 losses!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Wilkens made a bold decision to play all substitute players!

The second team of the Warriors, driven by Arenas, Kirilenko and Wallace, not only maintained their 22-point advantage, but also pushed the Raptors to the abyss!

In this quarter alone, Arenas scored as many as 12 points. If you add Kirilenko's impressive performance of 5 points, 2 blocks and 4 rebounds, this bench lineup can already reach Most of the bad team is in the starting state!

In the second half, even though the Raptors scored 28:20 in the third quarter due to the arrangement of the coach and the recovery of Davis and the others, their difference of as many as 14 points was still on the Warriors' bench. Under the tenacious defense of the lineup, it will be extremely difficult to get back!

When the Warriors finally beat the Raptors with a score of 130:115, in the media conference after the game, not only Wilkens took the lead in expressing support for Bruce's approach, but even the Raptors played well in this game. Davis chose to support with some indignation!

Later, when the Warriors returned to Oakland with a big victory, there was a wave of star support for Bruce in the league!

Duncan, Garnett, Iverson, O'Neal, etc., the bosses and superstars of these teams seem to have a tacit understanding. No matter who is asked this question, they will definitely choose to support Bruce's approach!

They are very familiar with the practices of some extreme fans, especially after learning about the whole story of Bruce beating fans, they are more firmly on Bruce's side.

(End of this chapter)