"I'll think about it!" Xiao Yao turned to Chen Yang and said.

Xiao Yao was moved, but he didn't plan to say anything on the spot.

"It's a big deal, and it really needs to be thought through. Chen Yang nodded, "If you think about it and decide to change careers to play professional basketball, contact me." I can help you arrange training and try out with professional teams. ”

Chen Yang also had a whim, and came to Xiao Yao with the mentality of giving it a try. With Xiao Yao's growth experience, current identity and career status, it stands to reason that it is impossible to change careers to play. That is, Chen Yangzhen felt that Xiao Yao had potential, and he often did things unexpectedly, so he would give it a try. Before he came, he actually didn't have much expectations, but now he can say that Xiao Yao is moved and agrees to consider that Chen Yang has already exceeded the purpose of this trip.

When the goal was achieved, Chen Yang and Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting chatted casually for a few more words, and then got up to say goodbye.

In this matter, Xiao Yao only considered Sun Tingting's opinion, and did not plan to discuss it with his parents. Sun Tingting has already expressed her support, and Xiao Yao has basically decided on this matter. The reason why he said to Chen Yang that he wanted to consider it was because he wanted to discuss the future arrangements with Sun Tingting.

The team of the Chinese professional basketball team signs new players, and the most famous is of course the annual Chinese professional basketball draft meeting. Although Xiao Yao has not trained in a professional team or played a professional game, there is a grassroots player in the draft of the Chinese professional basketball team, and Xiao Yao, a star, can apply for the draft as a grassroots player. However, the draft meeting was already held at the end of July, and the results were already announced. Xiao Yao wants to participate in the draft, so he can only wait for next year to sign up for next year's draft training camp as a grassroots player.

Of course, the signing of non-league new players by the Chinese professional basketball team does not necessarily have to pass the draft, and the players can also be tried out and signed with them.

Since Xiao Yao has decided to become a professional player, of course, the sooner the better. The draft will have to wait for next year, and Xiao Yao doesn't want to wait that long, so he can only go directly to the club for a tryout.

The club has its own control over the time and can try out and sign players at any time, but this freedom is limited to trials and signings, not playing.

Before the start of the season, teams are required to submit a first-team roster to the league in advance, and only players on the roster will be allowed to play. The league also allows clubs to change their first-team roster during the season due to injuries and other conditions that may arise during the season, but this can only be requested for certain periods of time and is not always available. So after the start of the season, the team can sign new players at any time, but new players are not immediately available.

Generally speaking, unless a player has a major injury or a player is performing very poorly, it is rare for a team to change the first-team roster in the middle of the season. For Xiao Yao, if he joins in the middle of the season, there will be much less hope of playing, of course, he wants to get a professional contract before the start of the season.

The Chinese professional basketball team usually starts the new season at the end of October and the beginning of November, and it is now September, and it is possible for Xiao Yao to get a contract through a trial at a professional club before the season starts. But tryouts at professional clubs are no joke, and they don't just go and pass. Xiao Yao is not a professional player, he has not undergone professional training, in order to ensure that the trial passes, he needs to do some training before the trial, adjust his physical condition, and make some preparations, so this time seems to be a little tight.

There are some things that have been determined, Xiao Yao will not change them, and they cannot change them. For example, at the wedding in early October, the invitations have been sent and are already being prepared, so it is impossible for Xiao Yao to cancel or postpone it for the sake of the trial. The ongoing wedding photo shoot now, Xiao Yao will not end early. And the honeymoon trip to Northern Europe and Africa, which was originally planned to take place after the wedding, has no substantial investment and will not affect others, so it can be canceled.

Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting's wedding photo shoot this time had a honeymoon taste, and Northern Europe and Africa could also find another time to go in the future, so the two canceled their honeymoon travel plans after the wedding and prepared for the trial instead.

After the two discussed, Xiao Yao began to make plans and contact the people who needed to be contacted. Before the wedding, Xiao Yao basically made a plan and arranged the rest of the things.

The day after the wedding, Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting gathered important relatives, friends and partners to announce to everyone that Xiao Yao planned to change careers to become professional players.

Xiao Yao announced rather than discussing with everyone, which means that he had already made up his mind. Although Xiao Yao made a decision without consulting them, the people in front of him were all people who were more important to him, and those who should be explained and appeased should be explained and appeased.

In terms of family, the most important ones are Xiao Yao's parents, Xiao Siqi, Ye Jiaying, and Sun Tingting's parents, Sun Zhihao.

Of course, the four elders were very surprised to hear Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting announce the news, but their reaction was not particularly strong.

Xiao Siqi Ye Jiaying had a free-range attitude towards Xiao Yao when Xiao Yao was a child, as long as they didn't do anything bad, the two would basically not stop it, and the consequences and so on, they believed that Xiao Yao himself would think about it more clearly. Of course, playing basketball is not a bad thing, what they care about is Xiao Yao's acting career that is now in full swing.

"I'll come back to the show business, I promise!" Xiao Yao said to his parents, "My goal is a professional contract with the Chinese Professional Basketball Club, and the time I want to fight for is two years, no, two offseasons, that is, more than a year." If I don't get a professional contract before the start of the '23-24 season in October or November next year, I'll give up being a professional player and come back and continue singing and filming. ”

"What if you get a professional contract?" Xiao Siqi asked, "When will you retire?" will you return to the entertainment industry after retirement, or will you continue to develop in basketball, be a coach, be a basketball commentator, and enter the team management?"

"If I get a professional contract, I have a series of goals. Xiao Yao said, "The first one is to enter the national team." Then at the club level, the championship, the regular season MVP, the Finals MVP, the single-season scoring champion, the All-Star team for one team, the All-Defensive team for one team, and the All-Star start at least once. At the national team level, at least once in the top four of the World Series. According to the cycle of the World Series, I set a time limit of 12 years for myself, starting this year. World Cup plus Olympics, I have a total of seven World Series opportunities. If I can reach those goals early, I may retire early, and if I can't achieve them all the time, I will retire at the age of 36.

I don't like to teach, so I won't coach when I retire. Neither does the management, I have a company now, and I basically don't care about anything. But if someone asks me to talk about a basketball game as an expert, I'll try, but I won't do it as my main job. After retiring, I will continue my acting career, and my main business will be put back into acting. ”

"If you can really achieve these goals, you can be called a legendary star in Chinese basketball, right?" Xiao Siqi said with a smile, "It's exciting to think about an acting star who changed careers halfway but became a generation of basketball legends." I want to have such a son... Tsk, we'll see if you can achieve those goals. ”

Sun Zhihao and his wife are Xiao Yao's father-in-law and mother-in-law, and what they care about most is not Xiao Yao, but their daughter Sun Tingting. They could see that Sun Tingting really supported Xiao Yao to play basketball, instead of admitting her dissatisfaction on the surface, so they didn't say anything. Anyway, with the current net worth and ability of the two, no matter what they do in the future, it will not be a problem to live in the future. In that case, you should do what you want to do.

Parents and elders don't say anything here, but there are still people on the side of friends who have something to say.

"The championship and MVP you are talking about, are you talking about our Chinese professional basketball, right?" Lin Qisan said to Xiao Yao, "Why don't you say that you want to play American professional basketball, win the championship of American professional basketball, MVP, and lead the Chinese team to win the world championship? That is a proper basketball legend, world-class! It will be better than Chen Yang!"

"Shut up!" Zhao Rui covered Lin Qisan's mouth and said, "You say so, he can't really change those goals to American professional basketball, world champion." Originally, there was still the hope that he would achieve his previous goals and retire early in less than 12 years, but if he changed it, he would have to play for 12 years. ”

"Go, if you say that, it's not the same as stimulating him!" Lin Qisan broke Zhao Rui's hand and looked at him.

"Want to see me laugh?" Xiao Yao smiled, "Don't be excited, you will be in the top four in the Chinese professional basketball team, and the goal will not change." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about your goals, let's talk about the company," Zhao Rui said, "You went to play, what about our company?"

"Do what you have to do. After the company was established, I was involved in specific projects, regardless of the daily operation, don't we have professional managers like Mr. Yu who we invited?"

"What if we want to start a project?" asked Zhao Rui.

"Except for the projects I want to carry out before, I don't have a veto power over you, right?" Xiao Yao said, "Let's open this company just to facilitate our own investment in the projects we like." I'm going to play, so naturally I don't have a project. If you want to have a favorite project for the company to do, you should submit a proposal according to the previous rules, and you will meet and discuss it yourself. ”

"What about the projects you're still working on?" Lin Qisan asked Xiao Yaodao, "No matter, leave it to someone else?"

"Not really, I'll have a beginning and an end. Xiao Yao said, "The projects I am already working on should be three." One is the documentary "A Bite of China" that I planned. This one has been filmed and is in post-production. I'm just planning this project, post-production, broadcast rights sales, distribution, publicity, etc., and the relevant departments of the company are responsible for it, and I can help promote it on social media at most, and it doesn't take much effort, even if I am playing. ”

"The more important thing is the TV series "Pretty Sister". Xiao Yao looked at Yin Xi and said, "This is also in the late stage." When this project is broadcast, I will have a lot of publicity tasks. However, there is also an offseason for playing basketball, and the season usually ends in May, and if you don't play the playoffs, it will end sooner. Next year is not a big year, even if I join the national team next year, the national team has no competition tasks in the offseason, so as long as I set the broadcast schedule with the other party when selling the broadcast rights of this drama, it must be in June next year, I should have no problem. ”

"There is also Mr. Tong's company's second animated feature film "Kung Fu Panda". Xiao Yao looked at Tong Luo again, "I am the screenwriter and character designer of this project, and if it is released, I also have a publicity task." The project is expected to be fully completed early next year. Animated films, of course, are competing for the summer file. The league ends in May and starts at the end of October or November, so I also have time to get involved in July and August. Teacher Tong can discuss with the distribution company at that time to strive for the release of the summer file. ”

"Hearing you say that, you don't seem to have to make it look like you're going to take a break from showbiz. Xiao Siqi said, "The league is from November to May, and the offseason is from May to October, each with half a year. You can play ball for half a year, and continue to sing and act for half a year!"

"Of course not!" Ye Jiaying said, "Don't you need to rest on Bayi? How tired it is to play, otherwise why is there such a long time between the season and the middle of the season? Other players have gone on vacation to rest, and Bayi still has to sing and act and do projects, when Bayi fights?"

"Don't listen to your dad. Ye Jiaying said to Xiao Yao, "If you really have a heart to play basketball, you should let it go in terms of acting." Teacher Tong and Yin Xi's project is already being done, there is no way, but in addition, don't do any more acting work during the playing period, let alone open any new projects. Whether you are in your thirties as a singer or an actor, you are still in your prime, let alone a director, and those at that age are still called young directors and new directors, and it is not too late to come back and do these things after you retire. ”

"Actually, the offseason is so long, I don't need to take that long off every year. Xiao Yao said, "The main thing is that after becoming a professional player, there is no game in the offseason, and you must continue to train to improve your skills and maintain your condition." In addition, if you enter the national team, there will be a national team competition task. I definitely won't open new film and television projects again, but if time permits, it's still okay to record songs and play some roles that don't require too much time and too much energy, just change your mind. Of course, my focus and focus will definitely be on basketball in the years to come. ”

"Okay, you can do it yourself. Just don't get too tired. Ye Jiaying said.

"You just have to worry less about snacks. Xiao Siqi said with a smile, "Bayi is married, and in the future, he will naturally have Duo'er to take care of his affairs, and Duo'er to worry about." You didn't see that he was going to change careers this time, so you only discussed it with Duo'er, are we all here to listen to his notice?"

"Dad, Mom, we didn't discuss this matter with you in advance, it's our fault. Sun Tingting said embarrassedly.

"No, no," Xiao Siqi hurriedly waved his hand, "I don't blame you. Needless to say, we all know that it must have been the idea of this kid Bayi, and he didn't discuss it with us. ”

"Yes," Ye Jiaying also said, "This kid has had big ideas since he was a child, and he makes his own decisions on many things without consulting us." Back then, he didn't take the Yandian Chinese opera, but only took the Shen opera without consulting us, and ran away after telling us. Now we are willing to discuss with you in trouble, and we are happy in our hearts. ”

"Boss, what about the studio?" Fang still asked, "In the past, the workload of the studio was less, but now that you have switched to playing basketball, I don't know if you will take on acting jobs every year, and if you can take on a few jobs, everyone will be more idle." Why don't you just close the studio and reopen it when you retire and return to the entertainment industry?"

"It's okay to close, it's okay not to close. Xiao Yao said, "After I changed careers, the people in the studio really didn't have much work. But don't you have artists under your hands now? You can let the people in the studio work for the artists under your hands, or if you don't want to, let them go to the film and television company to do things, you can just discuss with Shi San'er and Mr. Yu. ”

"Don't close it!" Zhou Zhihao, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "I heard what you said, how do you seem to have decided that Bayi will definitely be able to enter a professional club? Professional athletes are not so easy to be, didn't Bayi say that he only fought for more than a year, and gave up if he couldn't get a professional contract before the start of the new season next year? Maybe he won't be able to get a professional contract in November next year, and he will come back and continue to take singing and acting as his main business." It's only been a year, and the studio is closed. ”

"I'll go, another one deliberately irritates me!" Xiao Yao shook his head with a wry smile, "Why don't we make a bet?"

"Go, who bet with you?" Zhou Zhihao did not answer.