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Chapter 908 - 384. Jack, I want to duel you! _2

Chapter 908: 384. Jack, I want to duel you! _2

After 10 o’clock, the car Jordan sent to pick them up arrived.

Zhang Yang, his mother, and brother got into the car and headed to Jordan’s mansion at No. 23.

It wasn’t the first time he went from home to Jordan’s house, and he remembered the road well. This time the driver’s route seemed off, as if they were circling around. He was about to ask, but before he could speak, he saw the billboard along the roadside... just like the newspaper headline! It showed his photo and Jordan’s birthday wishes!

And there wasn’t just one billboard; every major intersection had one!

Zhang San: Qiao Tu really spent a fortune this time!

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The headlines of 8 major newspapers in the Carolina region all had a unified submission, 6 national mainstream media sports section headlines featured on the cover, Charlotte airport, and the downtown area had a total of 23 giant billboards. Jordan spent millions of US dollars for Zhang Yang’s birthday celebration, stealing some thunder from the upcoming finals.

Not long after Zhang Yang arrived at Jordan’s house, Tellem, who had come to deliver news, told him that Charlotte City Hall announced that today, June 6th, would be designated as a city holiday named after the pinyin of his name.

With Jordan’s 23 giant billboards and press releases, this news didn’t surprise Zhang Yang too much.

The economic benefits he brought were not limited to the Bobcats; they were also a great help to the city’s tourism industry.

The Bobcats have become a strong team, far stronger than the Hornets of the past. The enthusiasm level of fans in the Carolina region has drastically increased.

In the past, local fans preferred watching basketball games at Church Hill for North Carolina matches or in Durham City for Duke matches. Now, while the Bobcats still need time to surpass these two teams, they’re not far off. After all, they have many games, with 41 in the regular season, and during the playoffs, bars, casinos, clubs, and dining establishments are packed, benefiting the restaurant, hotel, and service industries.

Overseas tourism has also seen a significant boost, with many fans coming specifically to watch games during the season.

Just like how, in the original timeline, several Cleveland council members were forced to resign after James made his decision, if Zhang San leaves one year, Charlotte would likely experience the same situation. Most of these council members serve for many years, even inheriting their positions.

In the end, it’s all ’business’.

Though he has understood these things, receiving such treatment still made him happy and proud. The only downside was an early exit from the playoffs...

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This was the most lively birthday Zhang Yang ever had, as well as the busiest and most tiring one.

Following his dad or Jordan, he toasted and met local political and business figures invited by Jordan.

Jordan held a party at his estate, not open to outsiders, without inviting reporters, and the cameramen were from his team. Even though Zhang Yang was not of drinking age, a few sips were fine; since people were giving him face by coming, he surely had to return the favor.

Although he couldn’t remember most of these people’s names, they were the ones he interacted most with locally, and his father’s primary business was here. If he didn’t handle the relationships well, he might face difficulties later.

Moreover, just sipping some wine, exchanging pleasantries, and maybe taking a photo, had no loss, except Jordan invited quite a few people, which was a bit tiring. He didn’t drink as much wine as his teammates did while socializing with a few.

After a bustling day passed, the next morning, Zhang Yang woke up in a guest wing of Jordan’s estate, looking at the Cuban girl beside him, undressed...

Recently, Jordan went to Los Angeles for an event and met Nash. They talked about Zhang San, and Nash mentioned Zhang Yang took a Cuban actress to a party last time they hung out. Last night after the guests dispersed, a tipsy Jordan handed him a girl when he was also drunk, laughingly saying that it was specially found for him as an original product.

He got up and checked; luckily, a few small balloons were strewn about on the bed and the floor; he hadn’t forgotten safety precautions.

Jordan said it was an original product, but Zhang Yang mostly believed he wasn’t like this LSP, not trusting anything else.

He got up, packed away the balloons, threw them down the toilet, showered, pulled up his pants, and left. He never imagined he’d become this sort of person one day, but here the advantage of having a boss came into play — Little Fat Boss had told him long ago that if he found a girl after drinking, he must take safety precautions and act as if he didn’t know her the next day. Paul had also warned him with similar advice.

Not that he’s prejudiced against anyone, but among the black community, blacks from middle-class families and those from the lower-class nouveau riche feel like people from two different worlds to him.

For example, Rainman Kemp and Coach Lue, both play privately, but the former has many illegitimate children, went bankrupt from child support debt, while the latter’s money breeds more money.

Felton and Paul both weren’t from the lower class; you could tell from their favorite sports during childhood — bowling and baseball.

After Zhang Yang left, the Cuban girl woke up shortly after. Naked, she moved about the room, didn’t see anyone, swore a few times, then phoned her best friend to brag about spending the night with NBA’s handsome bad boy Jack instead of that old man Jordan...

Zhang Yang returned home, rested for a day, treating it as a two-day break before resuming training tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Tellem came over to discuss renewal issues. While Zhang Yang was very touched by Jordan and City Hall’s efforts, his stance on the renewal matter remained unchanged — he decided to proceed as planned.