basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 34

"It's you again? Why are you always haunted?" Zhao Fenghui's hand holding the red wine glass trembled slightly.

"I haven't seen you contact me for so long, I just want to ask how you think about it."

"I'll warn you again, don't bother me again."

"Don't you want to deal with Lu Ziqiu?"

Zhao Fenghui smiled coldly: "I have my own way to deal with him, I don't need to cooperate with you."

"It's okay, I'm very patient, and I can wait."

"That's your business." Zhao Fenghui hung up the phone directly, but his eyes gradually turned cold.

In a dimly lit room far away in Los Angeles, Annie with a big belly hugged Wesen's arm, "Is Zhao Fenghui still unwilling to cooperate with you?"

Wesson nodded sullenly.

"Honey, forget it, Ziqiu doesn't owe us anything after all."

Wei Sen suddenly lowered his head, "Are you guilty?"

"It's not that I'm guilty, it's that I feel a little uncomfortable when I treat him like this."

"Don't think too much, in short, you just need to remember that he owes me this."

Annie sighed secretly, and hugged him tightly, "The baby will be born in two months, I want to go home, can you take me back tomorrow?"

Wesen kissed her forehead, "Okay, I can rest assured that my parents will take care of you at home."

Annie nodded and stopped talking.

The two were silent for a long time, and Anne fell asleep in a daze. Wesen helped her cover the quilt, got up and walked out of the room, looked up at the dark night sky, and muttered to himself: "Why do you pay attention to everyone, but I want to Hiding in a corner? Why, why?"

Early the next morning, Lu Ziqiu went to the basketball hall and began to arrange training. When it was almost noon, he suddenly received a call from George, telling him that everything was done there and he could come to Yancheng anytime.

Lu Ziqiu was overjoyed, "Great, do you need me to help you book tickets?"

George smiled and said, "We have already booked the air ticket for tomorrow, and I will send you the information in a moment."

"Okay, I'll arrange a place for you right away."

"Okay, by the way, how is the school arrangement going?"

Lu Ziqiu replied embarrassingly: "I'm sorry, coach, there are a lot of things these days. I haven't had time to ask the chairman. I'll ask him right away."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ziqiu immediately called Xia Hongfei again.

Xia Hongfei told him that he was in the process of handling it, and it would take no more than a week to settle it at the latest, so he could rest assured.

Lu Ziqiu felt completely at ease when he heard that he was so confident.

But just as she was about to enter the basketball court, Diana called suddenly, "General Manager, those clubs have replied."

"Bad news?" Diana wouldn't say that if it was good news.

"It's not too bad. Some clubs are willing to make a deal, but they don't want to give out draft picks."

"Want us to eat their crap contract?"

"Yes."

"Which club, which player, how much is the contract, and how many years are left, you sort it all out, and I'll go back right away."

"Okay, I'll confirm with the other party right away."

Lu Ziqiu hung up the phone, turned around and entered the basketball hall, and gave Thompson and others a few words before leaving.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Xia Kexin hurriedly chased him out, "Are you going back?"

"Well, there are two things to go back and deal with."

"I'll take you back. It's almost noon anyway. It's the same if I come back in the afternoon."

That's right, Lu Ziqiu didn't refuse.

Back in the office, Diana had sorted out all the documents.

Lu Ziqiu took a look and said with a slight smile: "So it's him, Diana, you put Anthony on the phone, I want to communicate with him."

Diana nodded, and immediately turned to make a phone call.

Xia Kexin asked nervously: "Are you going to start trading?"

"That's right, but this matter still needs to be communicated. Don't worry, go and have a meeting there."

"Yeah." Xia Kexin clenched her fists excitedly. Those three people were really annoying. No one came to practice today, so she made it clear that she had to leave.

The phone rang for a while before answering, "Who is there?"

Lu Ziqiu answered the phone with a smile, "Anthony, hello, I'm Lu Ziqiu."

Anthony said in surprise, "Lou, long time no see."

"Yeah, it's been a year. The last time we met, we were also talking about a deal. I didn't expect to talk on the phone again, and we would still talk about a deal."

"Haha, who told us that we are all engaged in the sport of basketball? This is unavoidable."

The two then exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and Lu Ziqiu took the lead to change the topic, "Anthony, I'm afraid I can't bear the deal plan you proposed."

"Because of salary issues?"

"Yeah, you also know that we are a new team, and we don't have such a sufficient salary cap now. If we take such a big contract as yours, first of all, my players will not be easy to match, and secondly, our team's salary cap will also be affected. It's really hard to lock up."

"But you have to understand that a good wing star player like George Posey is hard to come by."

Lu Ziqiu smiled, "Anthony, if two years ago, George Posey was indeed a star player, but let's forget it now, we are all sensible people, so we don't have to go around when we talk, so I will pack three players and follow him." You trade, you either use cash to make up the salary difference, or use future draft picks, if you don’t agree, then we don’t need to go any further, there are many teams that want to free up salary space.”

"Lu, it's meaningless for you to say that. To tell you the truth, I want at most two players, and one of them must be Lin Sen."

"Then there is no need to talk about it."

"I hope you think again, Lin Sen won't be willing to stay with you."

"That's my business. How to deal with it is none of your business. In short, my request is already there." Without further words, he hung up the phone.

Xia Kexin was so anxious that he jumped up when he saw he hung up the phone and asked, "How are you doing, can't we talk?"

Diana gasped: "Anthony made it clear that he wanted to take advantage."

"Is that George Posey bad?"

"Two years ago, he was an All-Star player, but then he ruptured his Achilles tendon. He played more than a dozen games after his comeback last season. With the level shown in those ten games, someone is willing to sign a veteran's basic salary contract."

Xia Kexin suddenly said, "Diana, you know a lot."

Diana chuckled softly: "That's because I pay more attention, so I know a little more."

Lu Ziqiu interrupted them with a smile, "Okay, there's no need to discuss this matter anymore, Diana, just put the three of them on the shelf, and pay attention to the situation of other clubs at the same time."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

"Well, Kexin, you and Yu Qin are going to help Coach George arrange the dormitory, and help them buy their furniture by the way. They must be done in the afternoon, and they will come over tomorrow."

Xia Kexin asked pleasantly: "Have you completed the formalities with Coach George?"

Lu Ziqiu nodded.

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Xia Kexin ran out happily.

"Slower."

"Know it."

Lu Ziqiu shook his head with a wry smile. How could a girl who is usually gentle and elegant become so excited whenever something happy happened?

(End of this chapter)