At noon, Wang Tiejun's family returned to the May 7th Brigade.

   This time, the village is more lively than the previous two years, because more than half of the 525 people who came back from the United States are young people in the village.

   They were also the first to go out. After earning money, they got married, had children, and were finally arranged to come back.

   "patriotic, tell Tiejun, let my son go to the United States to work for two more years?"

   "His sister and aunt..."

   "Tie Jun, those from the outer village haven't come back, why should I let my son come back?"

   "That is, a bowl of water should be level."

  Wang Tiejun's car came home surrounded by the villagers. The family just got out of the car, and the sound of pleading immediately filled the ears of several people.

   "Dad, stop talking."

   "Mom, Brother Tiejun just came back, what are you talking about?"

   A large group of young people who came back this time persuaded them, but they could not persuade these old people.

  Wang Tiejun raised his arms and pressed his hands, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then he said, "Young masters, aunts and aunts, don't talk about these things, I'm sure I'm not happy when you talk about it, I'll hurt peace, and it will be difficult for everyone to communicate with each other in the future.

When my family was in distress, the folks in the village helped me, and you also borrowed my travel expenses to the United States. I remember that the grace of dripping water should be repaid by a spring, so I took them to the United States. This is what I gave to you. return.

Every person who goes to the United States with me, I have not treated them badly. They make more money than most Americans there, $50,000 or 60,000 a year. Ask them, how many Americans can Make fifty or sixty thousand dollars?

   You have earned at least one million in three years, which is equivalent to working in the country for decades and digging for a lifetime. What else are you dissatisfied with? In good conscience, there is no one in my Lao Wang family who can't feel sorry for anyone in these eight townships, including you.

   asked me why I let them come back, and I felt embarrassed for you. Who said, stand up and let me see? "

"Ha ha!"

  Wang Tiejun said it very rudely, but no one dared to turn against him. Instead, there was a burst of laughter from the crowd, but no one stood up.

"Also, what do you mean when you say that a bowl of water should be leveled? I honor my parents and my mother, but do I also honor you? Relatives, friends, neighbors, and neighbors are far away from each other. How can there be a bowl of water that is level? Don't understand the truth?" Wang Tiejun said again.

  The big girl pulled Wang Tiejun and shouted to the villagers: "Actually, for the people who came back, my old man also made arrangements. Erya is in charge of this matter. Everyone should leave today."

  Wang Tiejun pointed at the young people who came back and shouted: "You guys, take your parents back first. If you don't listen to the arrangement, don't follow me in the future."

   "Brother Tiejun, don't worry."

   "Brother Tiejun, you rest first, we will come to play with you tomorrow."

   A group of young people rushed up and forcibly dragged their parents and old people away.

"Second sister, do you have any plans? I regret giving them so much money now. Now that they are back, they must not look down on the wages of working in China, and the same goes for the family." Entering the room, Pharaoh quickly asked.

   "Yes, I will discuss with them tomorrow to see how to raise funds and invest in shares." Erya nodded.

   "What project?" Pharaoh asked curiously.

   "Start a construction company first." Erya said.

   "Can I make money doing construction? Don't find work to do." Pharaoh asked.

  Er Ya gave Pharaoh a white look and said, "Nowadays China is vigorously engaged in infrastructure construction. Even in Cangzhou, we have unfinished projects. With your influence in the city, you can't receive projects?"

   "If you do this, you are afraid that someone will cause trouble." Wang Aiguo reminded.

  Wang Tiejun immediately shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about this. Hundreds of people are pulled out, not enough for each family to send out one more. Who are you afraid of?"

  Da Ya laughed and said, "Old man, don't think about these things. With your influence in your hometown, who would dare to make trouble?"

   "That is." Old Wang smiled smugly.

   After lunch, a few people from the village committee came to the door and talked about the May 7th Brigade Basketball League. Pharaoh became interested and wanted to take a look.

   A group of people came to the original threshing field, that is, the stage, which is now an open-air basketball court.

  This court is the same as the indoor basketball hall. There are high stands built around it, but it is relatively rough. The seats are also long wooden boards, which can hold tens of thousands of people, which is larger than the regular indoor basketball hall.

   "Uncle Hongtong, how much did it cost?" Pharaoh asked Liu Hongtong, the captain of the May 7th Brigade.

"More than five million yuan, it's too expensive. If it wasn't for people in the village to do the work, I'm afraid it would require more money. There are more than 800 households in the village, except for a few dozen households, all of them have people who have gone to the United States with you. , a family paid 7,000. When they started raising funds, each family was 10,000, and then they returned 3,000 before it was used up." Liu Hongtong said with a painful expression.

   "More than five million?"

  Pharaoh also had a painful look on his face. He thought of the basketball hall under construction in the Fengshen Pavilion. He didn't know how many times it came.

   "Is there a game tonight?" he asked.

   "Of course there is. I'm not busy now, but it won't work until September." Liu Hongtong laughed.

   "Oh, let's see tonight." Old Wang smiled.

   "Tie Jun, how are you going to arrange this group of people in the village?" Liu Hongtong asked.

   He was a little worried. These hundreds of people have gained knowledge in the United States and made a lot of money. Can they still stay at home and dig soil, or go out to work?

   What's more troublesome is that all of them are millionaires. They stay at home and don't do business, maybe they will go down the wrong road.

   "Uncle Hongtong, you ask my second sister, she is responsible for this matter, and arrangements will be made soon." Lao Wang said.

   "That's it, now you are the backbone of the village, they all listen to you, you have to continue to control them." Liu Hongtong breathed a sigh of relief.

  After dinner, Pharaoh's family walked out of the house and towards the stadium.

   "Six aunts, Gao Bin."

   ran past Sixth Aunt's door, Wang Tiejun shouted.

"Eh."

   Sixth Aunt and Gao Bin's voices sounded in the room.

   "Brother Iron Army."

   Xiao Jiu'er rushed out of the house with a gust of wind.

   "Jiu'er, have you eaten yet?"

   Erya immediately pulled Xiao Jiu'er over with a smile.

   "I ate, I just finished." Xiao Jiu'er said with a smile.

   "Let's go to the stadium after eating." Wang Tiejun laughed.

"Eh."

   Xiao Jiu'er answered cheerfully.

   went all the way, and the people in the village also walked out of the house one after another and went to the stadium.

   In the evening, people from the nearby villages also began to gather here.

   Outside the stadium, there are also a large number of small merchants and hawkers carrying loads, and each load is crowded with people, which shows that the spending power here is very strong.

   This night, Pharaoh saw the popularity of the May 7th team basketball league.

   It was really more lively than the NBA scene. When tens of thousands of people roared, the sky was about to collapse, and the cheers could be heard from a distance of ten miles.

   He even thought that he could build a CBA professional team in the village, and CBA games could be held here.

   The basketball atmosphere here is completely sufficient. As for tickets, as long as they are sold at a lower price, with the current spending power of this place, is that a problem?

  The basketball halls in the CBA now have a scale of several thousand people. As long as 10% of the tickets are sold here, it is equivalent to the full attendance of those basketball halls.

   Well, he just thought about it, too lazy to do it.

   Stayed at home for three days. On the morning of the 18th, when Dabao was still sleeping, he and Yu Feihong sneaked away.

   “Wow wow…”

   After a while, Dabao opened his eyes, and after searching for a long time, he couldn't find the person he was looking for. He cried so loudly that the whole village could hear it.

  …

   At 9 a.m. on July 25th, the NB League finally announced the end of the trade freeze period. The income and expenditure of last season was calculated, and the salary cap for next season was $27.5 million.

  From this moment on, it means that the trading market is officially opened and contracts can be signed.

   Immediately, the Lakers and the Suns, and the Knicks and the Bulls sent trade applications for Wang Tiejun and Jordan, and Stern also passed the two trades immediately.

   He is very satisfied with these two transactions, realizing the pattern of hegemony between the East and the West, and he believes that this pattern will be maintained for at least five seasons from now on.

   Five seasons are not too short. Jordan's season to truly dominate the league has not yet had five seasons. He was held down by old K at the beginning.

   "Two Deals Shaping the Future of the League!" The New York Times.

   "The age of the behemoth is truly upon us!" The Washington Post.

   "New York vs. Los Angeles, Knicks vs. Lakers, this is a real giants matchup." Los Angeles Daily.

   It was only a media revelation before, but now it is officially announced, so the transaction of the two most influential signature players in the league immediately detonated media public opinion, and the Internet was very lively, and major media conducted relevant comments and analysis on their respective websites and forums.

  After the two most influential transactions, one transaction after another was exposed, but none of them were as influential as the first two transactions.

   Around 9:20, the trade between the Bulls and the Raptors was officially completed. Pippen went to the Raptors and McGrady went to the Bulls.

   Then the second trade for the Suns happened, Kidd went to the Greens and Billups went to the Suns.

   At this time, San Antonio, Popovich is very calm, he has persuaded Duncan that Duncan will refuse to report to the Suns, and then he will trade with the Suns.

   But the next transaction made his mind froze.

   At this time, Stern received a trade application. He looked at it and couldn't help but be stunned.

The Suns sent No. 1 overall picks Tim Duncan and Olajuwon, the Blazers sent Sabonis, and Clifford Robinson, plus unprotected first-round picks in 1998 and 1999, and $3 million. cash.

   "Is there any inside story?"

  This deal is not equal, the Blazers obviously took advantage, and his brows furrowed.

But immediately his brows stretched out, because it was better. The Suns had lost the economic strength to compete for the championship. If the Blazers with sufficient financial resources took over the big dream and Duncan, they would suddenly become the top team in the West. , the league will add another strong team contending for the championship, and the playoffs will be more attractive.

   Soon, the deal went through and was announced.

   A super center who has not fully aged, and a super No. 1 draft pick. The two were just sent to the Suns by the Lakers, and now they were traded to the Trail Blazers. This transaction immediately caught the attention of countless people.

   "How is it possible, are the Suns fools? Bastards!"

   When he saw this deal, Popovich felt that his brain was instantly congested and was in danger of bursting. He had to find a glass of ice water and drink it.

   What was his biggest reason to persuade Duncan?

   means that the Suns no longer have the foundation to compete for the championship. The owner wants money and will not invest in the championship. Even because of the three championships in five years, even the management and the owner have lost the heart to compete for the championship.

   But with this trade, his reason is gone, because the Blazers are not the Suns.

  The Blazers are a team that is willing to invest infinitely for the championship. The owner, Paul Allen, is a sports fan. If the league allows kryptonite, I am afraid that the Blazers are more arrogant than the Knicks and the Lakers.

   Now that the Blazers have the right to sign Duncan, is Duncan still willing to publicly refuse to report to the Blazers in order to go to the Spurs?

"boom!"

   At this moment, the door of the office was pushed open, assistant Buford appeared at the door, quickly stepped up, put down three pieces of paper on the desk, and said to him with a serious face:

   "Greg, David Robinson's agent notified us to apply for a trade again. Now the Jazz, Hawks, Heat, Philadelphia, and the Green Team have all sent trade applications. This is their quotation."

"boom!"

  -faced Popovich slammed his fist on the desk, and all the items on the table jumped at the same time.

   "Spurs are over!"

   Buford sighed inwardly.

  …

   "Tim, this is great, we'll go to the Blazers." As soon as the news was announced, Banks immediately called Duncan on the phone.

  Duncan has returned to his hometown in the Virgin Islands. After knowing that he was traded to the Blazers, his heart that was persuaded by Popovich began to change.

   After all, he has nothing to do with the Spurs, nor is he familiar with Popovich. If he can go to a team like the Blazers who are dedicated to fighting for the championship, why should he openly confront the league for the sake of the Spurs?

   "Tim, the Blazers have just called me. You will join forces with Big Dream, and the team will strive to build a championship lineup this season." Banks' excited voice continued to sound.

"it is good."

   Duncan replied somewhat numbly.

After speaking, although he was traded to the Blazers, a team that is striving for a championship, as a super No. 1 draft pick that can make half the league rotten, he was repeatedly traded before signing. He has been hit hard. , If it weren't for his excellent psychological quality, he would have been in chaos long ago, but even so, his mood would not be better, it was very bad.

   In his heart, a belief has been buried, that is, from now on, he will become a person who will not be traded, and even if he wants to leave, he will leave voluntarily.

  …

  At noon, Los Angeles, the Lakers headquarters, the morale of the management team is high, and they don't even bother to eat lunch.

   The benefits of introducing old K began to explode. After the official announcement of the deal, they received a lot of inquiries from big brand sponsors in just over three hours, which means that the Lakers’ operating income will increase significantly in the new season.

When Old Bass held an executive meeting, he confidently told: "The operation department should immediately start formulating the sales price and sales plan of tickets and season tickets for the new season, and conduct market research immediately. Old K's jersey should be ready... By the way. , I will immediately prepare to set up a sales department in China, ready to sell the peripherals of Lao K, just in Fengshen Street of Lao K."

   "Boss, Old K hasn't chosen a number yet, so number 33 is not good!" Someone reminded.

   Bass then remembered that 33 belonged to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and had long since retired, so what should I do? I can only contact old K and ask him to choose a new number.