Chapter 116: The Home of the Rockets
On April 4, Liu Shuo took He Dan, Li Wanqiu and their two children to the United States, along with Fu Fei and He Yang.
After getting off the plane at Los Angeles Airport, Jiang Long took the security personnel of the security company to protect Liu Shuo and others. These security guards were nominally used to protect Liu Shuo from harassment and kidnapping, but in fact they were more likely to avoid media photography.
Once Li Wanqiu and her daughter are photographed, it will definitely cause a lot of turmoil. Although Liu Shuo can shirk it, he is not willing to tell lies, this is due to his character. So for the sake of himself not knowing when to poke this matter out, the security work still has to be done better.
Liu Shuo went to Riot Company first, and this year Riot Company has also added a lot of people, and the operating costs are also much higher. However, this does not affect the value that Riot gives Liu Shuo, and he can still withdraw more than $200 million from Riot's dividends.
Raising money is just one of Liu Shuo's purposes for coming to Riot Company, and his purpose is more to look at the employees sent by Weiyou. Before Weiyou was established, Liu Shuo would recruit some game talents from the Animation Academy and send them to Riot to study.
After the establishment of Weiyou, Liu Shuo put this part of the employees under Weiyou. After that, the management of these employees was basically handed over to Weiyou and Jiang Long to coordinate, and Yang Chen was not allowed to help manage them.
After Weiyou took over these employees, some were sent from time to time, and Jianglong also sent back employees who had learned about the same as the technical backbone. If there were no such people, it would be difficult to do the online game of Weiyou, and I don't know when I would do it!
After communicating with these employees and talking with them once, and determining Riot's next move, Liu Shuo left Riot and flew to Houston.
On the 8th, the Rockets had a home game against the Jazz.
The Rockets are currently seventh in the West with 48 wins. There are still 5 games left before the end of the season, but in front of the Rockets is the Jazz, who has one more win than the Rockets, and behind the Spurs, who have one less win than the Rockets, and behind the Spurs is the Thunder, which has the same win as the Spurs, so the ranking may move at any time, and if you are not careful, the Rockets may fall out of the top eight and fail to make the playoffs.
Therefore, whether you can play every game in the next game is crucial, and it is possible to play well and advance one place, and if you don't play well, you may not be able to enter the playoffs.
Liu Shuo came over, and Adelman said to the players: "Young man, it's time for you to perform, the boss will come for this game today, and whether you can get a big contract depends on your performance today." ”
Of course, this is a joke. There are a lot of rookies in these players, and the boss is inevitably a little nervous when he comes to watch the game for the first time, so Adelman will make jokes to ease their nervousness.
The players were nervous, the boss was too mysterious for them to see until the day they signed with the team, and the rest of the time they didn't know where they were.
It is said that this boss has a very high status in China and is the number one cartoonist in China. It's inconceivable that a cartoonist can become a team owner. But it's not impossible, their boss really bought the Rockets.
Liu Shuo didn't get to know the players before the game, so he sat in the audience with He Dan. Li Wanqiu didn't come, she had to take care of her two children. Although she likes to watch muscular men very much, but now that she is with Liu Shuo, she naturally wants to avoid suspicion and refuse muscular men.
The game with the Jazz began, and I don't know what happened, these players seemed to have collectively taken doping, and their desire to attack was super strong, and they beat the Jazz 36:24 in the first quarter, leading by 12 points. Curry, who was selected by Liu Shuo, felt explosive today, shooting 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, with a shooting rate of more than 70%. After the whole game, the Rockets won by more than 30 points.
In the face of Boozer and Oku, the Rockets relied on the inside line more, and did not hesitate to do physical strength to carry out wheel battles, so that the two of them did not have many opportunities to shoot. The worst is Wesley Matthews, who doesn't look very good today, and he was defended with five shots and zero shots, and he didn't score a single point.
DeLong didn't feel very good today, shooting only 33% from the field and 3-of-9.
On the Rockets' side, Curry scored the most points, with 25 points, and the second most was Scola with 22 points, Gasol Jr. 12 points, David Lee 17 points, Yi Jianlian 9 points, Brewer 15 points, Battier 8 points, Lowry 12 points, plus other people's scores, the whole game, the Rockets actually scored 135 points, won the Jazz by 39 points, and almost went to 40.
After the game, Liu Shuo asked He Dan to be sent back, and he went to comfort the team. The team did so well today, of course he has to treat them. If you have to go to some lively places, such as hotels or bars, why Dan is here, and it's no wonder that a bunch of guys with excess physical strength can have fun!
After sending He Dan away, Liu Shuo also let go, and took a group of players to the bar to drink. Of course, it's a normal bar, and it's impossible for him to take the players to pick up girls, and the impact is not good. He can be as low-key as possible now, but with these players, it is difficult to be low-key, if he really takes the players to find a girl, it will definitely be in the news the next day.
After a few drinks, Liu Shuo stood up with the wine glass, and the players quickly stood up.
Liu Shuo said: "I know that there are many rookies among you, I know you very well, and each of you has potential. In the next four games, you have to play well and gain experience in the playoffs. If you pass the first round, I'll reward you with $300,000 each, if you pass the second round, $800,000 each, and if you make it to the Western Finals, you'll get $2 million each. ”
After the players heard this, they all boiled, although it was directly said that money was very cheesy, but the most morale-boosting thing was really money.
"Boss, what if we win the championship?" asked Kyle Lowry, who was more daring.
Liu Shuo chuckled, "Although I know it's impossible, I'm still very comfortable with what you said." If you really win the championship, then 5 million each!"
"Yay!" everyone thought it was impossible, but they still started to laugh.
5 million! You know, many of them don't have that number of salaries. Although they knew that it was impossible to win the championship, they were still excited.
Liu Shuo saw that his motivation worked, so he drank the wine and said goodbye to the players. He had already paid the bill, and Adelman admonished: "Don't drink too much, our next few games are crucial, and when we finish the playoffs, it's time for you to indulge!"
"Understood, boss!" the player agreed.