Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters

All right, I've said what I have to say, it's time you let me go, isn't it?

Yu Fei didn't want to speak in official jargon with the big boss anymore.

"Fulai, I indeed like humble people, but sometimes, if someone is too humble, that's just hypocrisy."

Are you talking about yourself?

Yu Fei asked dryly, "Ah? Am I being hypocritical?"

"You are very hypocritical."

If you like someone who isn't hypocritical, then I can also stop being hypocritical.

Yu Fei didn't want to beat around the bush with him anymore, "Boss, I'll just call you Boss, and please call me by my English name with an authentic American accent, and stop saying 'Chinese.' We're not that familiar, so to me, you're just a person who pays my salary, and I'm someone who plays basketball for you, that's our only connection. Do you have anything else?"

Pollin liked humble young people, that was true.

Wes Unseld was his ideal employee, always knowing when to advance or retreat, understanding choices, aware of who provided for him, and he would always respectfully and lovingly call the person who gave him work "Mr. Pollin."

Yu Fei was not that kind of person.

Pollin recognized at a glance that Yu Fei was not, and would never be, the submissive type of subordinate like Unseld.

Like Jordan, to a great extent, Yu Fei didn't see himself as merely a worker; he saw himself as a collaborator. Therefore, he did not respect the franchise owner.

However, Pollin wasn't the type to lose his temper because a young person didn't show enough servility. If he could tolerate Elvin Hayes back in the day, he could certainly allow Yu Fei to be so rudely clear about their relationship.

"I like your frankness, Frye. I see you as if you were my nephew," Pollin said.

Yu Fei asked with a smile, "So, what do you want from me, Uncle Bolin?"

"Your promise, your loyalty, your stance."

Yu Fei laughed, "I won't do anything beyond my obligations, meaning, obligations not included in the rookie contract."

"A contract is a contract, and a person is a person. We live in a disgusting world, Frye. Sometimes, you just have to do things that are beyond your obligations."

"Like what?"

"Keep doing what you're doing. Just make a promise, and I guarantee you will be the face of the Wizards Team for the next 20 years!"

"And what is loyalty?"

"As a player, don't you think you should be loyal to the city you're in, loyal to your colleagues, your teammates, and your boss?"

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Suddenly, a flood of information poured into Yu Fei's mind.

The first thing he ascertained was that the big boss was also "Anti-Mike."

To keep doing what he was doing, wasn't that asking him to continue to be against Jordan?

The boss, who had given Jordan complete control of the team, was making such a demand of him?

After thinking for a while, Yu Fei responded, "Loyalty should be mutual. Until things change, I'm certainly loyal to D.C., loyal to the fans, and some teammates. As for my stance, sorry, I wasn't born with 'Anti-Mike' genes. What I'm doing is just what I want and need to do, which has nothing to do with taking a stance. I won't make any promises for that kind of thing. After all, you're asking me to be loyal to my teammates, but if I agreed to your request, wouldn't that be an indirect betrayal of my teammates? I won't do that."

"All right, Frye, it seems you still don't quite trust me," "You, a big boss, waving the flag of Jordan for me to go against Jordan, and you want me to trust you? Is there something wrong with your thinking?" "You do have a point. Loyalty should be mutual. Just go ahead and be yourself. As long as you're loyal to D.C., my promise still stands."

"Can I go back to training now?"

"Go ahead."

After Yu Fei left, Susan O'Malley and Wes Unseld entered the office.

"Frye didn't say anything strange, did he, Mr. Bolin?" Unseld asked.

Pollin looked at him kindly, "He said a lot of strange things."

"Young people... It's normal for them not to understand."

"Do you think Michael is sensible, Wes?" Pollin stood up, his face showing shades of purple and red for the first time, "They are the same kind of people. They will never understand that offending the franchise will come at a cost."

Omari asked in surprise, "Frye refused?"

"Are you surprised?" Pollin spoke coldly, "But from the moment he walked into this room, whether he agreed or not became irrelevant. Michael will never trust him again. In any case, he's my man, even if he's unwilling, Michael has a thousand ways to push him towards me."

Omari nodded in agreement, she smiled, "I think Michael probably knows about this by now."

Ansel blinked, wanting to speak but decided against it.

Although he understood every word Pollin and Omari said, his mind couldn't digest it.

He suddenly wondered, could it be possible that Yu Fei also didn't understand, and that's why he refused Mr. Bolin?

You can't rule out that possibility, right?

Right? The big Wes felt he'd found the biggest blind spot.