The NBA was still struggling this season, and Xiao Hua had already gotten wind that once the season ended, the owners would fire him.
So he worked extremely hard, hoping to save the NBA.
Yet everything he tried was still unable to save the NBA. In the end, all he could think of was asking Wang Yi to come out of retirement. And now, Wang Yi had finally agreed.
Xiao Hua couldn't afford to slack off for even a moment. He notified the NBA's top brass overnight to discuss getting Morey to apologize.
At six in the morning, the NBA's top executives had gathered at the league's headquarters for a meeting.
There was only one item on the agenda: Morey's apology.
In fact, Xiao Hua had held several meetings like this before.
Before Wang Yi had made it big, relations between the NBA and China had already become strained.
Back then, Xiao Hua had repeatedly suggested getting Morey to apologize to mend relations with China and reopen the China market.
But the NBA's top brass had rejected the idea every time.
After all, the social climate at the time made it difficult for them to force Morey to apologize.
But given the current situation, if they didn't apologize and Wang Yi didn't come out of retirement, the NBA would keep struggling, and nobody would make any money.
With their interests so closely intertwined, they were naturally quick to agree.
So Xiao Hua personally called Morey.
He got straight to the point.
"You have to apologize to China."
Morey was a smart man, too. When all the NBA owners started begging Wang Yi to come back, he had already seen this day coming.
He knew Wang Yi wouldn't come back easily. He would inevitably make a lot of unreasonable demands.
And