A bald, middle-aged man was carefully studying the itinerary of his biggest client for the coming summer.
Clearly, it was a complicated task. The man frowned deeply, looking utterly exhausted.
At that moment, basketball fans around the world were enjoying the ultimate showdown between the Grizzlies and the Warriors. But although he was also a basketball fan, he had no mind for it. He had not even finished dealing with his own work.
Looking at the complicated schedule, the middle-aged man rubbed his temples, then glanced at the tattoo on his arm.
The Chinese characters for "patience" were tattooed on his arm. He had gotten those two characters inked in Miami when he was nineteen.
Whenever he ran into trouble, he would lower his head and look at his tattoo, at those two Chinese characters.
After that, he would calm himself down again and focus on his work.
That trick had never failed him, and he had used it for decades.
Just as the middle-aged man finally settled down and prepared to continue working, his phone rang at the worst possible moment.
"Damn it!" The man angrily shoved aside his mouse and pulled out his phone. He was ready to give whoever was calling him a vicious earful.
But when he saw the caller ID, his anger vanished instantly. The caller was none other than the biggest client he served.
"Kevin, what's wrong? You're still awake this late?"
The Kevin he was referring to was none other than Kevin Durant, the superstar scorer whose season had ended due to injury!
"The Grizzlies won, Rich. They beat the Warriors, 4-1. Link is going to the Finals again." Durant's voice was low, and he did not sound to be in a good mood.
"Really... I honestly don't know what to say. Even