Chapter 51 Hush Money

One hour after being admitted to the hospital and undergoing various examinations, He Zhongqiu's injuries were confirmed to be normal.

The examination results were kept confidential, Raiden blocked all the news, and then revealed to the media waiting outside the hospital that Wolverine had been seriously injured and had been admitted to the intensive care unit.

At the same time, He Zhongqiu was strictly ordered not to leave the ward. If he needed anything, he could ask Philip to inform him and he would arrange it for him.

In addition, the Indianapolis police and the court have called and will send someone to New York to take his statement.

It was four o'clock in the morning. James Dolan did not come, but called to ask about the situation. After knowing that He Zhongqiu was fine, he told him that this incident had no impact on him. He asked him to stay in the hospital for a few days and the league would come up with the results tomorrow.

He Zhongqiu breathed a sigh of relief, lay comfortably on the hospital bed and turned on his mobile phone. The phone immediately started ringing non-stop, all of which were incoming message reminders after it had been turned off for the past few hours.

There were people from Xia Song, Yang Xue, Wu Jing, Dayao, and Daba. They all called him during this period. Xia Song called eight times and Yang Xue called twelve times.

He called Yang Xue first, and the call went through after just one ring.

"Hey, Sanjin, how are you? Are you seriously injured?"

Yang Xue over there learned the news from Wu Jing and was extremely anxious.

"I'm not hurt. I have an iron vest. Sister Xue, have you forgotten?" he said with a smile.

"call!"

Yang Xue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sanjin, I heard from Wu Jing that you injured more than a dozen people. What should we do now? What do the police say?"

He said: "It should be no problem. The owner of our team just told me that they beat me up. They definitely can't sue me, but I can sue them. The owner said he can sue them for murder."

After chatting with Yang Xue for a few words and then hanging up, he started contacting Xia Song again.

"Hey, Zhongqiu, how are you?"

At Yanjing Airport, Xia Song was preparing to board the plane. Just as he was about to turn off his cell phone, he received a call from He Zhongqiu and quickly answered it.

"Brother Xia, I'm fine, nothing's wrong." he said.

"Is it really okay?"

"I'm really fine. I'm in the hospital now. The management won't let me go out. They asked me to stay in the hospital for a few days to pretend to be sick and hide from the media."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Xia Song breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mid-Autumn Festival, I will be on the plane..."

"Are you going back to America?" he asked quickly.

"Yes." Xia Song said.

"No, that won't work. Why did you come back? Have you signed the sponsorship contract? If not, sign the contract first and help me make money. There's no rush here. The team will handle it. There's nothing you can do." He said hurriedly.

Xia Song thought for a while and said, "Zhongqiu, I can only help you negotiate the contract, but you still have to sign it yourself. When the time comes, I and the CEOs of those companies will come to the United States to sign the contract with you.

But fighting will definitely have an impact, you have to be mentally prepared, if you can't play in the NBA, they will definitely not sponsor you."

"What the hell."

He Zhongqiu cursed inwardly and said, "Our boss said that it shouldn't be a big problem. I was acting in self-defense. They should be worried about them now, not me.

So, Brother Xia, you stay in China first. The result of this matter should come out tomorrow. If everything is fine here, you don't have to come here. " "That's great. "

Xia Song breathed a sigh of relief again, but he still insisted on going back to the United States first and returning home after this matter was resolved.

He Zhongqiu then called Dayao and others.

……

Countless people were alarmed that night.

Just after eight o'clock in the morning, James Dolan arrived at the hospital to visit He Zhongqiu.

"Very good, Wolverine, you taught those Pacers bastards a lesson and proved that we Knicks are not softies. This is very good. I will reward you."

He was very excited and happy, and promised on the spot that the American cable TV station owned by the Dolan family would give He Zhongqiu a sponsorship contract of US$5 million for three years.

Philip translated excitedly: "Oh, Zhongqiu, you are going to get rich, a sponsorship contract of 5 million US dollars, you are going to get rich..."

"Really?"

After listening to the translation, He Zhongqiu laughed so hard that his back teeth were exposed.

James Dolan rushed to the hospital early in the morning, not only to visit He Zhongqiu, but also because David Stern would be there soon.

It was almost nine o'clock when David Stern rushed to the hospital. It was the first time that He Zhongqiu saw the most powerful old man in the NBA.

The first impression was that Stern, the most powerful man in the NBA, was a very kind middle-aged man. He wore glasses and looked gentle and had no airs, which made him feel very comfortable.

"He, I'm very happy that you joined the NBA. It's just a pity that a talent like you was not selected. This shows that the NBA's scouting system is not sound enough."

As soon as they met, David Stern complimented He Zhongqiu.

"Mr. President, you are so polite." He Zhongqiu responded happily.

"This incident is indeed very bad. In addition to severely punishing the Pacers, in order to express my apology to you and provide some compensation, this is a commercial sponsorship contract..."

David Stern took out a sponsorship contract from Coca-Cola to express his congratulations on the Mid-Autumn Festival. The company is a major sponsor of the NBA and the contract is for 3 million US dollars over 600 years.

"How can I be so embarrassed? Thank you so much, you are so generous."

The condolence was effective. He Zhongqiu was very happy after hearing it and took the opportunity to compliment David Stern.

Then Stern communicated with him, mainly asking him not to link last night's violence with racial discrimination, and promised that he would not be punished in any way.

At the same time, there is another request, that the Pacers players who beat him must not be charged with murder, because the local court will prosecute Artest and others, and the law will give him an explanation.

For the sake of a sponsorship contract worth millions of dollars, He Zhongqiu readily agreed. He originally thought that he could no longer stay in the NBA and might even go to jail, but he was very satisfied with the result.

"So you can't be a coward in the NBA, and you can't act like a grandson. If I act like a grandson, would I be able to get these two sponsorship contracts? Haha!"

Two sudden sponsorship contracts, the league's handling decision, and James Dolan and David Stern's attitude towards him caused a drastic change in his state of mind.

When he was disciplining Harrington in the locker room earlier, his state of mind had changed a little, but not completely. He was still pretending to be a grandson. But now, the idea of ​​pretending to be a grandson has completely disappeared.

(End of this chapter)