He knew that the guy wouldn't possibly respond with the standard answer prepared by the PR officer. Those geniuses were all so proudly unruly.
He still preferred the more reserved Chinese players like Yao Ming, but Yao Ming was hard to promote!
With that terrible lineup of the Rockets, he didn't even know how to boost them.
It was manageable before when he could cooperate with the Rockets to publish boosted articles in China, but now the Rockets' bluff had been called, sponsors were heavily dropping out, the viewership in China had plummeted significantly, and Chinese fans were calling for Yao Ming to change teams... He had to start promoting Zhang Yang earlier than planned.
Just as Stern was about to slam his hand on the table again, a sound from the TV made him exclaim...