The Feeling of Victory

That evening, Dai Li received a call from Nathan Hall. As Dai Li expected, he agreed to join the Clippers. The next step was to negotiate his contract, which would be handled by Johnson.

Johnson returned to the hotel right after lunch.

"Have you finished already?" Dai Li hadn't thought that Johnson would be so efficient.

"We are already done negotiating. We even had lunch together." Johnson sat down and said, "Hall thought that we were only going to give him a one-year contract so, when I proposed a one-plus-one contract, he was very surprised. Although the second year was a team option, he did not hesitate to agree."

Dai Li nodded and said, "I can guarantee that Hall will not have problems over the next three years. If Hall does well enough next season, I will persuade the team to keep him on for another year and raise his salary."