The NBA 2002-2003 season will officially start on November 1, 2002. This summer, the team with the most frequent trade and the most shocking surprise to the fans is undoubtedly the Houston Rockets.
First, we traded All-Star guard Francis for the first round draft right of Cleveland Cavaliers and rookie No. 35 Boozer, who are almost sure to win the lottery next year, and then traded for the first round draft right of Detroit Pistons next year. Then, we traded chief blue collar center Cato for "Twilight" and "big dream" Olajuwon, who is also injured, This series of deals were criticized as "stupid" and "idiot" by the media. Unexpectedly, Lin Feng personally recruited "basketball God" Michael Jordan, "flower bug" Rodman, and signed free agent Billups. A series of deals are amazing.
Although Jordan is old, he is still the most popular superstar in the NBA. He cooperates with one of the best centers in the 1990s, and with the help of Rodman, he bet with the media before the season, threatening that the Houston Rockets will enter the playoffs this season and launch an impact on the championship. This bold remark has aroused the expectation of all fans.
In particular, the Houston Rockets also signed the first foreign champion in NBA history, Yao Ming from China. It is also expected that the 2.26 center will have what kind of performance. In particular, many media get news from the Houston Rockets'' internal staff that Yao Ming is personally passed on by Rodman and olajuwang. In addition to normal training every day, he will be "devastated" by the two "bosses" after the end. It is rumored that his rebounding skills and "dream steps" have been seven points by Rodman and olajuwang.
A 2.26-height center with Rodman''s rebounding ability, olajuwang''s "dream steps" and the unique soft hand of Chinese players, how terrible will such a center be?
Stern, President of NBA, is absolutely a person who is good at grasping the hot spots of the market. Otherwise, NBA would not have developed from a small league that was about to close down to one of the most popular sports in the world, next only to football (even more popular than football in some countries). Therefore, stern cleverly arranged the opening game of nba02-03 season. In the newly established arena of Houston Rockets, Houston Rockets challenged the Los Angeles Lakers who just won the third consecutive championship.
Jordan vs Kobe, Olajuwon + Yao Ming vs O''Neill.
Known as the closest to Jordan, Jordan is in the league and challenges Jordan again. Now NBA''s most terrifying, even the most terrifying Super Center in history, to challenge the former chief center and the future "chief center", this opening battle is full of gimmicks.
Such an important opening game, as the owner of the team, as well as the actual control of the summer transfer of Houston Rockets Lin Feng, naturally can not be absent. At the moment of Dawson''s phone call, Lin Feng immediately arranged everything in China and set off for the United States on his own "wind wing".
Originally, Lin Feng wanted to take Li Zhiyou and others to watch the opening battle, but the cast of "heroes of the divine eagle" just caught Li Zhiyou and others'' play. In addition, when Lin Feng went to the United States, he was sure to meet Avril. Li Zhiyou, who had not yet completely solved his heart knot, gave up. In this regard, Lin Feng can only be helpless. However, this kind of thing can''t be urgent. Take your time.
After saying goodbye to Li Zhiyou, Lin Feng and Lin Zhiling flew directly to Los Angeles. Originally, Lin Feng wanted to fly directly to Houston Rockets, but before he left, he received a call from Avril, asking him to fly to Los Angeles, saying that he had a surprise for Lin Feng.
Lin Feng wanted to ask what the surprise was, but Avril, who was very strange, just said the gift mysteriously. Lin Feng would be surprised, and would not say anything else. Lin Feng had to restrain his curiosity and enjoy the comfort of the special plane and fly directly to Los Angeles.
24 hours later, on October 26, Lin Feng arrived in Los Angeles.
"Hi, Lin, this way!" Just out of the private airport passageway, Avril rushed over.
"Avril, you seem to be a little thinner again." Lin Feng embraces Avril who pours at her and says with affection.
Avril smiles and looks at Lin Zhiling behind Lin Feng. The corner of her mouth is a little toot. Then she lifts Lin Feng and goes straight over. She looks at Lin Zhiling up and down and snorts, "you are very beautiful and have a good figure. Many Western women can''t compare with you, which makes me jealous. But Lin is not yours. She is mine
When Lin Zhiling heard this, she was embarrassed but surprised. She has heard about Avril''s forthright character for a long time. However, when I saw her today, I just understood what it means that seeing is better than hearing. Avril''s forthright character is absolutely better than the rumor. This also makes Lin Zhiling compare Li Zhiyou with Avril.
When Li Zhiyou saw himself, although he was dissatisfied, he hid it in his heart. Avril''s dissatisfaction is directly over the table, they belong to two extremes. Thinking of this, Lin Zhiling couldn''t help glancing at Lin Feng. She didn''t know how Lin Feng was able to deal with the two women. Moreover, the two women knew each other''s existence, but they could acquiesce in each other.
The boss is the boss—— Lin Zhiling sighed.
Lin Feng saw that Lin Zhiling''s face was a little embarrassed at the moment, and quickly broke away, so that Avril would not finally point the spearhead at herself.
"By the way, Avril, you didn''t come to pick me up with any makeup today. Aren''t you afraid of media tracking?" Asked Lin Feng. Avril hates the paparazzi''s tracking most. She didn''t see the paparazzi''s tracking before. The report that she directly pointed her middle finger was published on the front page of gossip magazines. Now she comes to pick herself up without wearing sunglasses. Lin Feng is really surprised.
"Ha ha, Lin, now reporters have no time to talk to me. Now they are all on Sony and Michael Jackson''s side." Avril sighed.
"What''s the matter?" Lin Feng hears the displeasure in Avril''s tone and asks quickly.
"Lin, Michael declared war on Sony." Avril said.
"Declare war!" Lin Feng was stunned.
"Well, come on, Lin, get in the car. I''ll take you to a place a little far from Los Angeles. It''s about 40 minutes'' drive. I''ll tell you more in the car." Avril pulls Lin Feng into a Rolls Royce, but she keeps Lin Zhiling out.
"Zhiling, take the back. Take a car with Li Rui and them." Lin Feng had no choice but to smile and then said.
Seeing Lin Zhiling go to the back of a car a little depressed, Avril giggled. She drove Lin Zhiling to the car behind her. First, she demonstrated and told Lin Zhiling who was Lin Fengzhen''s girlfriend. Second, she had some inconvenient words to say to outsiders. She could only tell Lin Feng.
"Well, tell me what happened to Michael and Sony." Lin Feng holds Avril''s hand and asks softly.
"Well, don''t you blame me for driving your sexy secretary away?" Avril asked, looking into Lin Feng''s eyes.
"Ha, you vinegar jar, what are you talking about. Yes, I admit she is beautiful and attractive, but I know who is the most important woman to me and who I like in my heart Lin Feng said, holding Avril''s strong nose.
"Hee hee Avrile''s heart seems to drink honey who general, sweet Zizi. Then, in the car, Avril will Michael Jackson and Sony between the grudge told Lin Feng.
It turns out that the feud between Michael Jackson and Sony began last year.
When Jackson released his new album invincible in 2001, Sony didn''t publicize it a lot, even slighted it. Especially when promoting invincible, Fox News Channel revealed that Michael Jackson owed 270 million dollars and was about to go bankrupt, which made Michael Jackson very embarrassed.
In the end, the sales of invincible sold 5 million copies, which is an amazing figure in the eyes of other singers, but in the eyes of Michael Jackson, the "king of pop", it was a failure, even a dismal result. After all, Michael Jackson has invested a lot of effort in this album. He has invested the whole process by himself. The sales volume of 5 million yuan can only just recover the cost. Sony and Michael want to make money and sell at least 7 million copies.
As a result, there was a war of words between Michael Jackson and Sony records. Michael Jackson denounced Sony records for bad publicity, while Sony records denounced that Michael Jackson had passed away. There was a reason why the company did not invest huge funds in publicity. Record sales prove everything!
This naturally made Michael Jackson extremely dissatisfied, and the contradiction between the two sides gradually escalated. Finally, on July 6 this year, Michael Jackson held a news conference in New York to declare war on Sony records, pointing to the black screen of the recording industry - racial discrimination (discrimination against black singers) and exploitation of artists.
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After hearing Avril''s words, Lin Feng was surprised. He didn''t expect that the whole incident was so complicated and there were so many dark scenes in the recording industry. No wonder I always heard that many pop stars who once had unlimited scenery and record sales eventually ended up with a miserable prospect of bankruptcy. In addition to the extravagance of some stars themselves, it is more because of the exploitation of record companies. Especially black singers.
Although the appearance of Michael Jackson smashed the racial shackles in the radio and TV music programs and record industry with a "Thriller" in 1982, it did not smash the racial discrimination and cruel exploitation of artists still hidden in the music industry, especially in the record companies.
"Lin, thank you for your willingness to invest and let me set up my own record company, otherwise I would have been mercilessly exploited by the record company." Avril said in Lin Feng''s arms with a lucky and grateful face.
If it wasn''t for Lin Feng''s investment that Avril set up her own record company and run her own records, I''m afraid Avril would not have sold two albums like this. After holding a global concert, Avril would have a fortune of more than 100 million dollars. If you sign up for a record company, Avril can get up to 12% of the share, of course, the emperor star has 24% of the share.
However, even if the 24% share, Avril''s two albums and seven singles (a total of 27 million sales), as well as global concerts, bring a total revenue of 470 million US dollars. Apart from operating costs and company commission, broker dividends, and his own band, Avril can have a maximum revenue of about 20 million US dollars. Now Avril relies on her own operating company to operate her own records, and has become a rich woman in the United States（ Among them, half of the profits are distributed to Lin Feng.)
"Ha ha, of course, how can I let my woman be exploited!" Lin Feng embraces Avril and complacently says.
"Hee hee Avril has a sweet face.
"By the way, is Michael Jackson really going bankrupt?" Lin Feng asked curiously. In the past, although Lin Feng was a fan of Michael Jackson, at that time, the domestic news coverage of Michael Jackson was all negative news, either bankruptcy, or talking about children, or extravagance, which made Lin Feng very dissatisfied.
A person who has donated more than $300 million to 30 charities will never be as miserable as the media says. As a result, Lin Feng didn''t bother to watch the relevant news, but just concentrated on enjoying the pure music brought by Michael Jackson.
"Well, it''s not. Michael Jackson''s personal assets are at least more than $2 billion. How could he go bankrupt. He owns 50% of the copyright of Sony ATV music publishing company, and part of the copyright of the Beatles and Elvis Presley. Not counting his real estate, he also has nearly $2 billion of assets. How can he go bankrupt. It''s just that he doesn''t have the liquidity to pay off a $270 million debt recently! " Avril said with a sneer, "Lin, you don''t know, the real reason why Michael decided to turn over with Sony records is that when he promoted" invincible "last year, the person behind his debt was Motorola, the president of Sony records."
Lin Feng was surprised.
"Lin, because Michael''s contract with Sony is about to expire, and Michael has already stated that he will not renew his contract, so Sony does so, hoping to destroy Michael, and finally force Michael to return to Sony records because of the debt problem and get back the 50% copyright. Because the loan was secured by 50% of the copyright of Sony records owned by Michael, and the price was set by Sony at that time, just a little more than $270 million. The loan agreement stipulates that if Michael fails to repay the loan, Sony records will have the right to buy back 50% of the copyright. " Avril said angrily.
Lin Feng heard this and thought about it slightly. He knew why all this was. For a record company, record copyright is the foundation. If Michael leaves Sony records with this 50% copyright, the blow to Sony records is self-evident.
I see—— After careful thinking, Lin Feng finally understood everything.
In the end, the war is for interests. However, Michael was trying to protect his own interests, but Sony records wanted to get back the interests that had been lost because of wrong decisions.
"Lin, can I ask you one thing? Help Michael." Avril looked at Lin Feng and said（ To be continued, if you want to know the future, please log in www.qidian.com , more chapters, support authors, support legitimate reading!)