I fell in love with Toutiao and became the GOAT.

After the contract extension was agreed upon, Lin Bei didn't leave immediately. Instead, he asked, "Will the team truthfully announce the fight between me and Andrew Bogut?"

Bob Myers immediately found it funny; they were still fighting? Where were they fighting? Neither Bob nor Dogger had laid a hand on each other.

But he didn't dwell on this unimportant detail. He assumed Lin Bei wanted the team to cover it up for him, so he shook his head and said, "You should know that Andrew is uncontrollable..."

Lin Bei immediately realized that Bob Myers had misunderstood him, and quickly waved his hand: "No, no, no, Mr. Myers, I didn't mean for the team to cover it up for me. I just want to know how the team will handle this matter afterward."

Bob Myers suddenly realized what was happening and then answered Lin Bei directly: "The team will issue a statement truthfully."

Lin Bei nodded slightly, said nothing more, and turned to leave the general manager's office.

As he walked out of the corridor, his hands were in his training uniform pockets, his brow slightly furrowed, his pace slowed, and his mind raced with calculations:

How can we leverage these few blows from today to create another effective headline?

"If the team issues a direct announcement, it will be too formal and official, and the topic and discussion will definitely not be high, making it difficult to make the headlines of those authoritative media outlets."

In itself, Lin Bei's beating of his teammate, which resulted in Bogdanovic's season being over, was enough to ignite a major news story in the NBA.

However, if the team issues the announcement, they will definitely hope to minimize the impact of the matter.

The team's announcement will inevitably be understated, so the matter won't escalate.

After a moment's thought, Lin Bei decided that an insider was needed to come forward and reveal the information, and that the information should be revealed in advance.

By leaking information in advance, the matter can be described as more serious, thus fully igniting public opinion and maximizing its popularity.

The question is, who will leak the information?

Without much hesitation, he took out his phone, opened Line, quickly created a three-person chat group, and added Nate Robinson and Stephen Curry.

His fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed, "Nate, Stephen, do you know any reporters?"

At that moment, Little Potato had just finished a set of long-range shots at the training field. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he picked up his phone, glanced at the group message, and looked puzzled. He immediately replied, "What are you trying to do? Suddenly contacting reporters?"

Lin Bei replied instantly: "Make it public that I beat up Andrew Boggart."

Little Potato frowned as he looked at the screen, utterly bewildered, and asked, "Are you crazy? Why would you deliberately reveal this? It doesn't do you any good at all!"

In his view, even if Lin Bei was forced to retaliate, Bogut was seriously injured, and Lin Bei was ultimately to blame.

Normally, people who make mistakes would try their best to cover them up, but Lin Bei is different; he takes the initiative to expose his "stain" to the public.

Lin Bei looked at Little Potato's question, pondered for a moment, and slowly typed out his reason: "I want all the opponents in the league who want to cause me trouble to know that I am a 'crazy boxer' who dares to hit even my teammates. That way, there will never be another 'Andrew Bogut'."

Although this reason is somewhat extreme, Little Potato can barely understand it.

He then sent a phone number with the note: "This is Mark Spears from Yahoo Sports. You can contact him to leak information."

Just then, Curry finished a training session, picked up his phone, saw the chat in the group, glanced at it briefly, and typed a message: "Find someone suitable? I'm going back to training now."

Lin Bei quickly typed to stop him: "Wait, Stephen, one isn't enough. I have a plan that I need your help with as well."

Subsequently, Lin Bei elaborated on his thoughts in the group chat.

He cannot come forward to reveal the information himself, and a single whistleblower is not enough to cause a great stir.

His plan was for Spears to contact Mark Spears, and Curry to contact a reporter he knew, with the two of them revealing information separately.

Most importantly, the two of them deliberately left some subtle differences in their revelations, such as the details of the fight and the extent of the injuries.

This is the only way to spark curiosity and discussion from the outside world, and to truly escalate this Warriors training facility brawl.

Although they still couldn't fully understand Lin Bei's intentions, out of trust among teammates, Little Potato and Curry agreed.

Lin Bei then contacted reporter Xiao Zhang.

Upon hearing that Lin Bei and Bodog had engaged in a fight over the phone, reporter Xiao Zhang immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh, you're not hurt, are you, Brother Lin Bei?"

His words were full of concern.

Lin Bei deliberately dragged out his words, saying in a serious tone, "You're injured."

Reporter Zhang became even more anxious: "Where are you injured? Is it serious?"

"My fist, my fist was swollen from being hit in the face."

Reporter Xiao Zhang: "..."

After teasing Xiao Zhang for a while, Lin Bei finally got down to business.

He asked Xiao Zhang if he knew any colleagues in North America. Xiao Zhang, who had been working in the North American sports media circle for half a month, naturally knew some reporters.

She quickly recommended several people to Lin Bei, including Rachel Nichols from ESPN and Lisa Degan from Fox Sports...

Lin Bei clicked his tongue in amazement: "They're all female reporters..."

He then told Xiao Zhang, "Don't push it to me. Contact them and tell them about my fight with Bodog."

Like Little Potato, Xiao Zhang hesitated for a moment. Only after Lin Bei confirmed with her repeatedly did she thank him profusely, saying, "Thank you so much, Brother Lin Bei."

In Xiao Zhang's opinion, Lin Bei would not benefit from exposing this matter.

The only reason Lin Bei did this could be to help her.

If Xiao Zhang exposes this, well-known female journalists in North America, such as Rachel Nichols and Lisa Degan, will owe her a favor.

At the same time, she can be the first to expose this matter to the other side of the ocean, which will further solidify her position.

Xiao Zhang was very touched and kept thanking Lin Bei.

Lin Bei felt a little helpless. He really hadn't intended to help Xiao Zhang, but he couldn't resist the other party's repeated thanks, so he could only say, "No need, no need, it was just a small favor, no need to thank me."

After hanging up Xiao Zhang's call, Lin Bei had already arranged everything and was just waiting for the moment when the incident would completely erupt.

……

That evening, Fox Sports broke the story first.

In a prime-time sports program, beautiful reporter Lisa Degan, dressed in professional attire, delivers exclusive news with a serious expression:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have just received inside information that during the Golden State Warriors' team practice this afternoon, rookie center Best Lin, who was cut by the Miami Heat but quickly made a name for himself in the Bay Area, had a fierce conflict with former number one draft pick Andrew Bogut, who recently joined the team, and the two ended up in a full-blown brawl."

Sources revealed that both players sustained injuries of varying degrees during the brawl, but these will not affect the team's away game against the Suns tomorrow...

Almost simultaneously, Yahoo Sports ran a headline on its homepage: "Best Lin brutally beats up Andrew Bogut during team practice, leaving the latter with extensive facial fractures and out for the season."

When ESPN received the information later, they discovered that the intelligence they had received differed from that of Yahoo Sports and Fox Sports.

Nevertheless, they reported according to their own intelligence: "Best Lin and Andrew Boggart fought, with the former suffering a broken finger and the latter a broken face."

As an observer, Lin Bei browsed the news reports of various media outlets for a while and suddenly realized that he didn't seem to need to create any smokescreens. A simple revelation would be enough to get him on the front page of major authoritative media outlets.

"Fox Sports, Yahoo Sports, ESPN, that's already three headlines."

At this point, Lin Bei only needs to take another nap to get a new, effective headline.