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Chapter 817 817. Quarrel in the Office
Chapter 817 817. Quarrel in the Office
There is a proverb in the East that goes, "Unpredictable things happen in the sky, and people have good fortune and misfortune."
As a soul wearer, if Lin Feng thought that his life would be smooth sailing, he would be wrong.Even superpowers favored by God will encounter misfortunes sometimes, and these things are often unpredictable.
At 5:17 on Friday night, May 09, the second game of the Lakers and Warriors will proceed as scheduled.
Just three to ten minutes before the game, Lin Feng received a piece of news that made his mood drop to the bottom in an instant.
An hour ago, several masked robbers armed with guns rushed into the Smith Farm. They shot and shot Father Andrew, and his sister Evelyn was also injured.
When Old Pa and Chloe passed by, Andrew had already passed out due to excessive bleeding, and his injuries were not optimistic, and he was still being rescued in the hospital.
Of course, this matter did not reach Lin Feng's ears smoothly, but experienced a series of twists and turns.
The team management was the first to hear the news. At that time, Lin Feng had already turned off his mobile phone and devoted himself to the next game.
This is a tricky thing, and general manager Bob Pelinka prefers to tell Lin Feng after the game is over.
"Magic" Johnson, who has been a professional player, naturally understands how much impact it will have on tonight's game if he is informed of the news in advance.
Pelinka was a player agent before, and his job at that time was to help players get as big a contract as possible.Now that he has become the general manager of the team, what he has to do is to maximize the interests of the team as much as possible.
As an outstanding sports elite, Pelinka has completed the status conversion very well.
After receiving a call from Raymond Lam's agent Kiki Perkins and learning that Andrew Smith had been shot, the first thing Pelinka did was to ask Old Pa not to spread the news, so as not to cause an uproar in the entire sports world.
At that time, Old Pa, Chloe and Billy Giles were waiting for the results in the hospital, and they didn't have the mind to pay attention to other things.
Pelinka first stabilized Pa, and then immediately asked no one to spread the news until the end of the game.
Johnson doesn't quite agree with his colleague's approach, but he also knows that this matter will be very tricky if it is not handled properly.
Everyone knows that Lin Feng is a very casual person. Once an accident happens to Andrew Smith, and Lin Feng knows that the team has concealed the truth from him, what happens next is out of the team's control.
"Bob, this is related to whether we will lose this talented player in the summer. He is only 19 years old this year and has unlimited potential. He is known as the next Jordan!" Johnson was a little shaken. Team loses the game.
Pelinka grabbed him, "Irwin! Of course I know how important he is to the team, but tonight's game is equally important. The last time the team entered the playoffs was six years ago!"
"You don't forget that any player is subject to the interests of the team, even if his name is Gary Smith!"
Pelinka deliberately emphasized Lin Feng's name, and seemed to feel a little too emotional after speaking.
"Ervin, please do as I said, as long as you win the game, I will bear all the consequences. If something happens to Andrew Smith, I will explain it to Gary."
When saying these words, Pelinka looked a little decisive.
Johnson kept looking at him, then shook his head, "Listen Bob, you're risking your career and your team's honor."
Watching Johnson leave the room, Pelinka said to herself, "I love this team more than anyone."
Maybe he's right, players must obey the team at all times.
But his insistence did not materialize, and team owner Jenny Buss was furious when she heard about it. Her management philosophy was becoming idealistic.
Think that your team should be honest with any player, instead of having a crisis of trust at this time.
As a woman, Jenny knew very well what the worst direction for this matter would be.
Imagine how Mr Andrew would feel if he died and Lam Feng didn't hear the news until after the match.
There is no doubt that every person of flesh and blood will think that he has been deceived, that he is just a tool for the team to win games and make money, which leads to refusing to renew the contract and leave the team.
Jenny found Pelinka, and she looked angry.
"We have to tell Gary Smith what happened to his family, we have to." Jenny's eyes were full of anger, which made Pelinka feel scared.
"Ma'am, tonight's game."
Before he could finish speaking, Jenny interrupted, "We don't have time to continue the discussion, I'll go to the stadium and tell him in person, you help me inform Rogier to start the helicopter, request the route from the local air traffic control bureau, and be ready to fly back to Los Angeles at any time .”
Rogier was the pilot of the Bass family's private jet, and was waiting on the tarmac ten kilometers away at this time.
Pelinka tried to make the final struggle, "Tonight's game is very important to us. If I tell Gary after the game, I think he will understand! As a professional player, he must have this awareness!"
Jenny walked out of the room without looking back, "No, Bob, he has the right to know about it now, and we have no reason to make decisions for him, even if we lose the entire series."
"I don't want people to say that our team is impersonal. Think about how Kobe Bryant was treated in the past."
Johnson stood outside and heard the conversation between the two, and his mood was very complicated.Johnson understands how important family is to a basketball player, as happened countless times.
"Okay ma'am, I will arrange for a counselor to go to the scene." Pelinka sighed, and finally could only obey Jenny's arrangement.
At this moment, Lin Feng is doing warm-up activities on the court. He looks in good condition tonight, making five consecutive three-pointers from the outside.
"Going back to Staples with 2-0, we can do it, brothers." Lin Feng walked around the field and gave everyone a high-five. With his performance of 50 points in the last game, he thought he could get more.
Soon, Lin Feng received a message from the staff that the proprietress Jenny was waiting for him in the locker room.
This kind of thing rarely happens, because usually the team owner will not directly participate in things such as the formation of troops before the game, and at most celebrate the victory with the players after the game.
Lin Feng was surprised, but he thought it shouldn't be a big deal. Maybe the proprietress had a conscience and prepared a rich contract for himself as a pre-match mobilization.
He really thought that the top management of the team wanted to boost morale through a sincere contract extension before such a game.What he never expected was that an accident happened to his family in Los Angeles.
In the locker room, Lin Feng, who was originally smiling, immediately felt the heavy atmosphere. Jenny, Pelinka, Johnson and even Jim Buss were also present, and everyone's faces were not very good-looking.
Knowing that Jim Buss rarely appears in the team locker room, this is not where he should appear, even if the relationship between Jim and his eldest sister has eased.
"Wow, you're all here? Need a bottle of champagne to celebrate the game early?"
Lin Feng joked that he wanted to ease the damn heavy atmosphere, which is not something that should be there before a big battle.
(End of this chapter)
There is a proverb in the East that goes, "Unpredictable things happen in the sky, and people have good fortune and misfortune."
As a soul wearer, if Lin Feng thought that his life would be smooth sailing, he would be wrong.Even superpowers favored by God will encounter misfortunes sometimes, and these things are often unpredictable.
At 5:17 on Friday night, May 09, the second game of the Lakers and Warriors will proceed as scheduled.
Just three to ten minutes before the game, Lin Feng received a piece of news that made his mood drop to the bottom in an instant.
An hour ago, several masked robbers armed with guns rushed into the Smith Farm. They shot and shot Father Andrew, and his sister Evelyn was also injured.
When Old Pa and Chloe passed by, Andrew had already passed out due to excessive bleeding, and his injuries were not optimistic, and he was still being rescued in the hospital.
Of course, this matter did not reach Lin Feng's ears smoothly, but experienced a series of twists and turns.
The team management was the first to hear the news. At that time, Lin Feng had already turned off his mobile phone and devoted himself to the next game.
This is a tricky thing, and general manager Bob Pelinka prefers to tell Lin Feng after the game is over.
"Magic" Johnson, who has been a professional player, naturally understands how much impact it will have on tonight's game if he is informed of the news in advance.
Pelinka was a player agent before, and his job at that time was to help players get as big a contract as possible.Now that he has become the general manager of the team, what he has to do is to maximize the interests of the team as much as possible.
As an outstanding sports elite, Pelinka has completed the status conversion very well.
After receiving a call from Raymond Lam's agent Kiki Perkins and learning that Andrew Smith had been shot, the first thing Pelinka did was to ask Old Pa not to spread the news, so as not to cause an uproar in the entire sports world.
At that time, Old Pa, Chloe and Billy Giles were waiting for the results in the hospital, and they didn't have the mind to pay attention to other things.
Pelinka first stabilized Pa, and then immediately asked no one to spread the news until the end of the game.
Johnson doesn't quite agree with his colleague's approach, but he also knows that this matter will be very tricky if it is not handled properly.
Everyone knows that Lin Feng is a very casual person. Once an accident happens to Andrew Smith, and Lin Feng knows that the team has concealed the truth from him, what happens next is out of the team's control.
"Bob, this is related to whether we will lose this talented player in the summer. He is only 19 years old this year and has unlimited potential. He is known as the next Jordan!" Johnson was a little shaken. Team loses the game.
Pelinka grabbed him, "Irwin! Of course I know how important he is to the team, but tonight's game is equally important. The last time the team entered the playoffs was six years ago!"
"You don't forget that any player is subject to the interests of the team, even if his name is Gary Smith!"
Pelinka deliberately emphasized Lin Feng's name, and seemed to feel a little too emotional after speaking.
"Ervin, please do as I said, as long as you win the game, I will bear all the consequences. If something happens to Andrew Smith, I will explain it to Gary."
When saying these words, Pelinka looked a little decisive.
Johnson kept looking at him, then shook his head, "Listen Bob, you're risking your career and your team's honor."
Watching Johnson leave the room, Pelinka said to herself, "I love this team more than anyone."
Maybe he's right, players must obey the team at all times.
But his insistence did not materialize, and team owner Jenny Buss was furious when she heard about it. Her management philosophy was becoming idealistic.
Think that your team should be honest with any player, instead of having a crisis of trust at this time.
As a woman, Jenny knew very well what the worst direction for this matter would be.
Imagine how Mr Andrew would feel if he died and Lam Feng didn't hear the news until after the match.
There is no doubt that every person of flesh and blood will think that he has been deceived, that he is just a tool for the team to win games and make money, which leads to refusing to renew the contract and leave the team.
Jenny found Pelinka, and she looked angry.
"We have to tell Gary Smith what happened to his family, we have to." Jenny's eyes were full of anger, which made Pelinka feel scared.
"Ma'am, tonight's game."
Before he could finish speaking, Jenny interrupted, "We don't have time to continue the discussion, I'll go to the stadium and tell him in person, you help me inform Rogier to start the helicopter, request the route from the local air traffic control bureau, and be ready to fly back to Los Angeles at any time .”
Rogier was the pilot of the Bass family's private jet, and was waiting on the tarmac ten kilometers away at this time.
Pelinka tried to make the final struggle, "Tonight's game is very important to us. If I tell Gary after the game, I think he will understand! As a professional player, he must have this awareness!"
Jenny walked out of the room without looking back, "No, Bob, he has the right to know about it now, and we have no reason to make decisions for him, even if we lose the entire series."
"I don't want people to say that our team is impersonal. Think about how Kobe Bryant was treated in the past."
Johnson stood outside and heard the conversation between the two, and his mood was very complicated.Johnson understands how important family is to a basketball player, as happened countless times.
"Okay ma'am, I will arrange for a counselor to go to the scene." Pelinka sighed, and finally could only obey Jenny's arrangement.
At this moment, Lin Feng is doing warm-up activities on the court. He looks in good condition tonight, making five consecutive three-pointers from the outside.
"Going back to Staples with 2-0, we can do it, brothers." Lin Feng walked around the field and gave everyone a high-five. With his performance of 50 points in the last game, he thought he could get more.
Soon, Lin Feng received a message from the staff that the proprietress Jenny was waiting for him in the locker room.
This kind of thing rarely happens, because usually the team owner will not directly participate in things such as the formation of troops before the game, and at most celebrate the victory with the players after the game.
Lin Feng was surprised, but he thought it shouldn't be a big deal. Maybe the proprietress had a conscience and prepared a rich contract for himself as a pre-match mobilization.
He really thought that the top management of the team wanted to boost morale through a sincere contract extension before such a game.What he never expected was that an accident happened to his family in Los Angeles.
In the locker room, Lin Feng, who was originally smiling, immediately felt the heavy atmosphere. Jenny, Pelinka, Johnson and even Jim Buss were also present, and everyone's faces were not very good-looking.
Knowing that Jim Buss rarely appears in the team locker room, this is not where he should appear, even if the relationship between Jim and his eldest sister has eased.
"Wow, you're all here? Need a bottle of champagne to celebrate the game early?"
Lin Feng joked that he wanted to ease the damn heavy atmosphere, which is not something that should be there before a big battle.
(End of this chapter)
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