Chapter Three: Rules Do Not Protect the Greedy

The next day brought Lu Chen's first start, an away game against the Beicheng Crowns. The league marketed the ordinary regular-season game as Miracle Night. Six million viewers registered to watch. A sportswear company delivered a last-minute endorsement rider: if Lu Chen scored more than twenty points, he would earn five million yuan. [5 months, 16 days] The price hovered beside the bonus. Luo Xiao nearly jumped out of his shoes. “Five million! For one game!” “Divide it among all twelve players.” “Why? The others didn't do anything.” “Basketball was never played by one man.” The sponsor refused. In front of the cameras, Lu Chen announced that if he earned the bonus, he would use all of it to purchase family medical insurance for the