Chapter 1864 Xia Tian’s Plan and the Coming Crisis

The night is sultry.

Downstairs is a passionate crowd, where his brothers, teammates, partners and acquaintances are sweating and passionate, and above his head is the night sky full of stars. Ji Feng is lying on the recliner, with his left hand sitting Intimate lover Hot Bar, sitting on the right is his confidante Avril. The two of them may have squinted their eyes because the environment was too comfortable, and they looked like they were about to fall asleep. Hot Bar's little mouth was pouting. He was still chewing the barbecue Ji Feng had just fed.

Don’t forget to eat even when you’re asleep!

In front of him was a barbecue table with Chinese characteristics, and a chef invited from a five-star restaurant was grilling seafood and various meats for his group.

"This is what life is." Ji Feng took a sip of wine, ate a large piece of barbecue that he hadn't eaten in many years, and then sighed happily. This is the real sense of rest, just for a while. , Ji Feng already felt that his fatigue had dissipated a lot.

If possible, Ji Feng really wants to lie down like this for the rest of his life, but he really just wants to think about it. Ji Feng's career is far from finished. He still has a long way to go. Maybe after retirement in the future, this will be Ji Feng's ideal life.

But now, Ji Feng can indeed live a life of wine and meat for a while.

Of course, it would be better if there wasn't that old guy...

"You really know how to enjoy it. I have to say that this Chinese barbecue is indeed more delicious. That chef, there is also a mutton here. What is it? Yes, mutton skewers!"

The speaker was Ji Feng's closest partner and the hottest player agent in the league today, James. After learning that Ji Feng returned to Los Angeles with the team, he came here by himself and followed Ji Feng up. Lou, occupied the space closest to the table and refused to leave.

"So are you really just here to eat..." Ji Feng looked helplessly at James who was enjoying his meal. He said that James has become a bit of a workaholic in the past two years. He usually has too many things to deal with. , so the discussions with Ji Feng are usually on business matters, and unless it is something particularly important, James will generally not show up at this time.

"Hey, the barbecue is really good. Why didn't I find it when I went to China last time?" After hearing Ji Feng's words, James put down the plate reluctantly.

"First of all, of course, I'm here to congratulate you on winning the championship and winning the FMVP again. To be honest, I still don't believe that a person who had to stay away from the court because of heart problems could reach this point today." James said with emotion, and then talked to Ji Feng clinked a glass and thought about the past and now, it really felt like a dream.

But James didn't come here today just to dwell on the bittersweet. He really had something very important to discuss with Ji Feng: "Hey, you don't know how busy I am. Those bosses have been going crazy lately. Now, The season is finally over, and the crisis is finally coming.”

"Huh?" Ji Feng sat up straight and looked around. James had people guarding the entrance to the passage. Apart from himself and James, there were only Avril, Reba, and a few chefs on the rooftop.

Ji Feng signaled the chef to go downstairs first and paid him a high salary. Avril also knew that Ji Feng had something important to discuss. She was not interested in such things, so she went downstairs to play with Swift.

Seeing that most of the people had left, and only his own people were left, James began to speak slowly...

"Sure enough, what is supposed to come will still come." After Ji Feng heard this, he said with a frown.

What James is talking about is nothing else, it is exactly what has been predicted in the past few seasons and has intensified this season - labor disputes!

In a capitalist society, labor and management will inevitably conflict for their own rights and interests. When employers face financial pressure to lose money, they hope to maintain overall operations by reducing salaries; but at the same time, laborers hope for better treatment. If they are willing to sacrifice their own rights and interests, and if labor and management cannot reach an agreement, they may face a situation where employees are unwilling to continue working for the employer, or the employer is unwilling to let the employee return to work, and this may put everyone in a difficult situation. shutdown.

In the NBA, this kind of thing is not uncommon. In the NBA's 70-year history, it has faced a total of three league lockouts, the most recent of which occurred in 1999.

The NBA has a labor negotiation every seven years. Labor is the players, capital is the owners of each team, and NBA President Stern is the most important decision-maker.

At that time, Stern demanded a reduction in player salaries and an increase in the NBA's age threshold. However, NBA players represented by the players union chairman Ewing wanted to increase their annual salary, raise the salary cap, and lower the age threshold so that high school players could easily enter. NBA.

Stern also said a very classic saying at the time: "The salary of NBA players is already much higher than that of ordinary people, and they should not ask for more."

This triggered extreme dissatisfaction with the players union, which refused to sign the labor contract. It also carried out a general strike, and the NBA was suspended. The final result was that Stern and the players union each took a step back and raised the salary cap, but limited The age at which players can enter the league.

That NBA labor dispute lasted for 129 days from the summer to November 7, at the cost of losing 32 regular season games and canceling the All-Star Game, in exchange for so many years of peace.

Now, the peace is threatening to be broken again.

"Have you made your plans for summer?" Ji Feng asked.

"The general direction has been set. The latest is the championship tour, the draft, and then we can return to China. In addition to the China tour every summer, there will also be a tour across the United States this year, which can also better find the potential we need. players."

"Of course, the activities of major sponsors are also needed. Uncle Drew is about to shoot the fourth movie. Pepsi even wants to make a similar basketball movie in the next two years because the effect of this short film is really good. They want to Let you continue to star, and even offer 100 million U.S. dollars to renew your contract."

"Other endorsers have also made requests for high-priced contract renewals. UA would like you to go to their headquarters to discuss the design of the third generation of Kuangfeng for next season."

"Versace wants to bind you to Hot Bar and produce a summer dress, and the Mercedes-Benz new car launch conference wants to invite you to attend."

"Others are invitations to some variety shows from all over the world. Major TV stations in Japan and South Korea have sent invitations. I won't mention it in China. Anyway, my mailbox is full and my phone has been busy for many days."

"Of course, there are also many song invitations. Universal Music Group is pestering me to send you a record, as well as concert cooperation invitations and movie guest appearances."

"You need to make your own decisions about these."

James went through Ji Feng's possible plans for the summer in one breath.

This is Ji Feng's life. Even in the offseason, he is extremely busy. There is no way around it. This is the price to pay for becoming famous.