Chapter 1547 Seeking Peace
"Don't get me wrong!" Zeke Brightman saw Bruch's reaction and quickly reached out his hand. "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, Xiao! It's me. There was a little misunderstanding last night, and my friend came here to apologize."
"Ah?" Xiao Peng and the others looked at each other.
Zeke Brightman took a bouquet of flowers that had been prepared from the person behind him and said to Elsa: "Elsa, are you okay? These flowers are for you."
Elsa was completely confused and turned to look at Xiao Peng, not knowing what was going on.
Xiao Peng was also confused. You said these people were here to make peace? Then why were they all here? They didn't look like good people. But Zeke Brightman didn't act like he was here to cause trouble. This was a bit confusing.
"Please take a seat." Xiao Peng pointed at the sofa and said, "Van der Laupe, you and Kaiser go get some drinks for the guests."
After hearing this, Zeke Brightman looked at Xiao Peng with a puzzled look. Was he just called "Boss" or the real boss? Why did he look like the real boss?
Xiao Peng asked in confusion, "Yesterday's argument was just a minor one. Jike, why did you make a special trip here? And bring so many people with you?"
Zeke hurriedly introduced, "Oh, don't get me wrong, this is my friend For Rocks. I met Aisha and the others yesterday. For and his friends had a little conflict with you."
Van der Laupe and Kayser brought drinks to the men, but Fore simply waved them off, saying, "Thank you. I only drink sports drinks."
Fall is a rugby player who pays great attention to his diet and basically won't touch carbonated drinks.
"This is a sports drink," Van der Laupe said, handing Fore a bottle.
Fore took it and looked at it carefully. "'ADD'?"
Jike was stunned: "What's wrong with this drink?"
Fall didn't answer the question. Of course, there was nothing wrong with the drink. If there was a problem, it was simply this: expensive. At over fifty dollars a bottle, it was something only a star athlete could afford.
He's a college football player and he's never even tried this stuff!
It’s not that they can’t afford it, but how many people would spend more than fifty dollars on such a small bottle of drink?
But his mind was not here now, he just kept winking at Zeke.
Jike understood and hurriedly said to Xiao Peng, "Xiao, that old bastard caused trouble again last night!"
"Old bastard?" Xiao Peng understood immediately. "Oh, you mean Ty Brock. What happened to him?"
Zeke said hurriedly, "Last night when Forl and Aisha were arguing, the old bastard secretly recorded the video and called the police."
"And then?" Xiao Peng asked, puzzled. "Why didn't the police come?"
Before Jike could speak, a middle-aged man behind him spoke up: "We talked to the Houston police and have temporarily suppressed the matter."
Xiao Peng looked at the person who was talking. The people who came with Jike were all dressed like rappers, except for this man who was wearing a suit.
Seeing Xiao Peng looking at him, the middle-aged man introduced himself: "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Dolph Orton, you can just call me Dolph. I'm from Cincinnati, and I'm a scout for the Cincinnati Bengals. Also..."
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "I know why you're here."
"Huh?" Dolph was stunned after hearing this and looked at Xiao Peng in disbelief.
Xiao Peng pointed at Fule and said, "You want me to lie for you to prove that nothing happened yesterday, right? Or, you want me to tell the police the same thing when they get here, right?"
Now Dolph and For were both stunned, their expressions already gave the answer.
After hearing this, Aisha asked in confusion: "Boss, what is going on?"
Xiao Peng pointed at Forle and said, "Forle, he's an NCAA football player, and Dolph? He's an NFL scout. NFL teams are prohibited from contacting NCAA players in advance. If they get caught, the players penalized by the team might also end their careers."
"Is it that serious?" Kaiser exclaimed.
Xiao Peng laughed. "That's bullshit! Almost every NFL team does this. Otherwise, why do they have scouts? It's something everyone knows. Things like advance payments, cars, women, and even drugs happen, all to get players to join their team in the future. It's considered an advance investment. And if what happened to Fall last night turns out to be true, it could very well ruin his career. Then all the investments that Dolph and the others made would be wasted. Dolph, am I right?"
After hearing this, Dofu was silent for a moment and said to Xiao Peng, "Basically correct."
"Oh? What else is wrong?" Bruch asked from the side.
Dolph said, "The investment isn't what we value most. We're most concerned about Fall. Our team needs a seam defender as good as Fall. If you can choose to remain silent on this matter, we're willing to pay you $5,000."
Xiao Peng nodded repeatedly after hearing the previous part, but he couldn't bear to listen any longer after hearing the latter part. Five thousand dollars? Holy shit, is that enough for me to buy some clothes?
"Five thousand US dollars?" Xiao Peng suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Dolph thought Xiao Peng thought the amount was too much and nodded: "Yes, we have always been very generous to our friends."
Xiao Peng sighed. "Daof, if you didn't ask for money, maybe I could help you. But now I just think you're crazy! Isn't this considered giving false evidence to the police? We only charge $5,000 for one false testimony."
Is this because the money is too little?
Dolph frowned slightly at Xiao Peng and said, "Xiao, don't be too greedy. We only gave Forer $30,000!"
Xiao Peng grinned after hearing this: "Daofu, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart: if you didn't mention the money, I could really help you with the police, but now that you mention money, I don't want to hear it."
What Xiao Peng said was not just a compliment. In fact, the Americans are quite ruthless.
We all know Americans love sports, so what are the largest and most profitable sports leagues in the US? Professional baseball? Professional football? Professional basketball? Professional ice hockey?
Actually, neither is true.
The largest and most profitable sports league here is actually the National Collegiate Athletic Association, commonly known as the NCAA.
The NCAA is a sports league consisting of more than a thousand schools in the United States and Canada, and covers 23 sports including baseball, basketball, rugby, football, golf, track and field, boxing, wrestling, skiing, etc.
Although the NCAA is known as the "Amateur Athletic Association", I'm afraid that all the professional sports leagues in the United States combined do not make as much profit as the NCAA.
This is definitely the most corrupt sports league in the world - no doubt about it!
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