I fell in love with Toutiao and became the GOAT.

Once the league's disciplinary announcement was released, the discussion surrounding this incident of racial discrimination gradually subsided.

This is also the reason why the alliance acted swiftly and decisively; they did not want the public opinion to spread any further.

Lin Bei's plan was thus disrupted.

Normally, a racial discrimination incident could generate at least two valid headlines, but now, after the league's actions, it hastily ended with only one headline.

If Lin Bei hadn't drawn the "I want them all" option in the previous lottery, he could have just let it go and accepted it.

But he happened to draw this option that offered a glimmer of hope for the future, and his mind immediately started working on it again. His gaze returned to the racial discrimination incident, and he pondered how to create another effective headline.

His thoughts wandered for a long time, but he still couldn't come up with anything.

As noon approached, the Warriors decided to head to their next destination.

After their Eastern Conference road trip, they still have three more away games to play against the Pistons, Cavaliers, and Nets.

In the hotel lobby, Mark Jackson specifically called Lin Bei over: "You don't need to stay with the team anymore, just buy a plane ticket and fly back yourself."

Go back and find Bob Myers first, and ask him to organize a press conference. Don't forget about this incident of racial discrimination; you also need to stand up and apologize.

Also, don't be idle for these five or six days. Go to the training facility and keep in shape.

Lin Bei nodded in agreement, then shamelessly asked, "Boss, will the team reimburse the airfare?"

Mark Jackson's face immediately darkened: "How much does a plane ticket cost...?"

Lin Bei explained with a grin, "Boss, I really can't afford it. Think about how little I earn. The fine alone will cost me $50,000. My pockets are already empty."

Mark Jackson waved his hand: "Alright, alright, report! Remember to keep the ticket stub; you can get reimbursed by finance later."

Lin Bei wasn't pretending to be poor; he genuinely had no money.

Just two days ago, he received his second salary since joining the Warriors, which amounted to a little over 100,000 US dollars.

This fine will wipe out almost half of his savings.

He had originally planned to use the money to buy a car, as constantly hitching a ride with Little Potato was indeed inconvenient.

For now, the plan to buy a car has to be put on hold for the time being, and I'll consider it again after I get my salary for the second half of the month.

Lin Bei immediately bought a plane ticket back to the Bay Area and arrived at the airport with the team bus.

It was now afternoon.

The magicians acted swiftly, arranging a press conference for Redick that very afternoon.

They also hope to act swiftly and decisively to eliminate the negative impact of this racially motivated incident as soon as possible.

Lin Bei did not see the live broadcast of the press conference. He found the full content of the press conference while browsing his phone at the airport.

Redick immediately launched into a frantic explanation: "I didn't know 'Chinaman' was a racist term. I thought it was like 'white man,' just a name without any discriminatory connotations..."

Upon seeing this, Lin Bei frowned.

Although Redick did issue a formal apology afterward.

But this superfluous and unnecessary explanation made his apology seem insincere, impure, and perfunctory.

"Is this what you call an apology?"

Lin Bei was instantly enraged, but after a moment, he realized that this was his chance to create another headline.

Although Lin Bei really wanted to immediately criticize Reddick's insincere apology on Twitter.

But he forced himself to hold back and let the bullets fly for a while longer.

……

Late at night, Lin Bei returned to his home in Auckland.

Despite being exhausted, Lin Bei was "forced" to scroll through his phone for a while before bed due to a habit formed in his previous life.

This scroll led to discussions about Redick's apology.

Given the severe penalty of a season-long suspension, many believe that Redick's explanation is plausible.

This includes Jeremy Lin, who posted "Asians also need respect" yesterday.

"I believe JJ is not a racist. He has apologized, and his attitude was sincere."

In my opinion, the most important point about this incident is that we need to make everyone understand that Asians also deserve respect!

Lin Bei's brows furrowed more and more as he looked at Jeremy Lin's name and made another heavy note of it.

This guy is still the same as in his previous life, spineless and weak.

The next day, early in the morning.

Lin Bei hailed a taxi and rushed to the team's training facility, where he found Bob Myers.

Bob Myers had been notified in advance that Lin Bei was going to hold a press conference to apologize to the Bai brothers whom he had accidentally injured.

All the preliminary preparations are complete, and all that's left is for the protagonist, Lin Bei, to arrive.

At 10 a.m., Lin Bei stood in front of dozens of reporters.

He tapped the microphone in front of him, producing a jarring noise that instantly silenced the entire room.

"Okay, the microphone is working fine, let's begin."

Lin Bei stood the entire time, even though there were seats behind him, his expression extremely serious.

"First of all, I want to apologize to the white guys I accidentally hurt."

The "white trash" I used in my counterattack was only directed at racists like JJ Redick.

"I am Lin Bei, and this concludes my apology."

Lin Bei finished his apology in just three sentences and a few dozen seconds.

All the reporters present were stunned, exchanging bewildered glances: Was that it?

Although everyone knows that this press conference was just a formality, and Lin Bei was only there to fulfill the alliance's obligation to apologize, it shouldn't have been this brief, right?

Despite their surprise, the reporters didn't find anything wrong with it, since an apology doesn't require much explanation.

A group of reporters immediately stood up or raised their hands to ask questions.

Just then, Lin Bei suddenly tapped the microphone again, causing another burst of noise.

"Okay, the apology is over. Now I want to express my anger..."

anger?

Almost all the reporters in the audience were stunned.

Isn't everything over? Why is there still anger?

"I don't know if anyone here has paid attention to JJ Redick's apology. He explained that he didn't know 'Chinaman' was a racist term, and many people believed his lies."

But I have to ask, if he really didn't know, why did he deny saying that word immediately after the game?

In my opinion, his apology was completely insincere, completely impure, and simply a perfunctory attempt to get by!

The reporters were instantly excited. They hadn't expected that this press conference, which was originally just a formality, would turn into such a big show.

Was Redick's apology insincere?

Following Lin Bei's line of thought, it's clear that there are indeed many suspicious points.

If Redick truly didn't know, there's no need for him to rush to deny it after the game; it simply doesn't make logical sense.

While the reporters below were frantically taking notes, Lin Bei continued.

"Besides JJ Redick, I also want to mention someone else—Dwight Howard."

Have the league or the Magic forgotten? Why doesn't the big boy need to come forward and apologize?

He was an accomplice of JJ Redick, and after the game, he even tried to help Redick distort the truth and cover up the facts.

So what happened? He seems to have disappeared? He didn't receive any punishment. Why?

The reporters in the audience nodded in agreement. Indeed, Howard was the real trigger for this racial discrimination incident.

But afterwards, he remained completely out of the public eye and didn't even offer an apology, which is really unreasonable.

"at last……"

Wait, there's more?

Lin Bei took out his phone and showed a tweet.

"This is Jeremy Lin's Twitter account. Based on skin color, he should be my compatriot and should be fighting against racial discrimination with me."

But looking at his tweet, all I can say is, it's ridiculous! I want to ask him, what gives him the right to accept JJ Redick's apology on my behalf?

The entire room erupted in chaos. No one had expected that what was supposed to be a perfunctory apology press conference would turn into a public denunciation rally where Lin Bei openly named and angrily criticized all sides.

—Redick, Howard, Jeremy Lin, he named them all one by one.

This racial discrimination incident seems like it's never going to end?