Los Angeles, Beverly Hills villa, Zhou Xuan swam around the pool and sat on a deck chair.

Mitchell Butler walked over and asked, "James has joined the Nets, what do you think?" ”

"It's interesting. I really feel sorry for him, he could have made a name for himself with his skills, even if he didn't have a championship, he was a respectable opponent. ”

Mitchell said: "Mo Williams and Foye also joined the Nets, and Vallejo went inside. Do you still find it interesting? ”

"That's more interesting." Zhou Xuan said lightly: "It's always easy to win the championship, that's why I'm bored." ”

"What if you can't win next year? Someone offered Al (Jefferson) a high salary, and he's probably leaving. Because you talk too wildly, the media starts to boycott you, and many local players don't want to take a pay cut to join the Knicks. ”

"If I can't win back-to-back titles, then the news will say that I finally lost to the stars. I've talked to Chris and it's okay if you don't renew your contract with Al. Chris (Bosh) can let him go if he wants, it's not a big deal. If someone offers a high salary, they can leave if they want to make money, and I don't mind starting over. Zhou Xuan smiled.

"Grace, what is he stimulating?" Mitchell asked Chloe next to him.

"He just wants to have an opponent and it's been too easy to win in the past two years," Colo said. People who have already won the championship will have a lower desire to win, and he is no exception. So it doesn't matter if your teammates change. There are a lot of people who want to win the championship. ”

"Who do you value?"

"David West, that's almost forgotten by the Pacers, he's a free guy, he can get out of the air, he can shoot from the field. I think he's more defensively than Hibbert, at least with a lot of range, and very few people admit it. I've already mentioned it to the management. No big contract is required. Ryan (Anderson) has also signed a contract extension. It's all gone, just give Cole (Aldridge) a chance, he has never had a chance to show Xiàn. ”

"Okay."

"Also, I don't plan to renew my long-term contract, I just want to sign for two years, follow James's example, and then in 2018, I will consider signing a maximum salary, and the last year will be over 40 million. I'll be 10 years old...... But I actually prefer to retire next season. Zhou Xuan sighed.

"What?" Zhou Xuan didn't seem to be joking, Mitchell was really shocked. "I thought you'd want to break Russell's record and become Lord of the Rings."

Zhou Xuan smiled: "To be honest, I've been winning all these years, I'm a little tired of it, and I want to do something else, play golf, write scripts, and make movies...... I found myself more passionate about those things. ”

Mitchell frowned: "I still hope that you can play until you are 40 years old and set more records." ”

"Do you want to get 100 points? That's the only record to break, and I'm going to try to break it next season. As for the total number of points, the total number of assists, I don't think it makes sense at all. What does more scoring and more iron than Kobe Bryant prove? After 90+10, I really lost my motivation. Zhou Xuan said lazily.

"Okay, whatever you want, I'll listen to your arrangement." Mitchell sighed.

"If you don't play basketball, you're also my agent. Ha ha. ”

In the end, Zhou Xuan signed a two-year contract of 43 million, which is similar to when James signed the Cavaliers, and the player option for the second year can jump out of the pursuit of a larger salary next year.

No team tried to dig Zhou Xuan, knowing that it couldn't be dug up. Giving up the big New York market, giving up the high salary, no one will do this kind of stupid thing.

The Spurs poached Al Jefferson. Without Duncan, they need an interior player who can sit in the low post and score. Split and Jefferson are a good pairing.

He is a complete free agent, the Spurs have made a higher offer than the Knicks' contract extension, and Jefferson, who already has three championship rings, has opted to leave.

Bosh is also gone, choosing to return to the Raptors.

Although Bosh is very happy with the Knicks, he wants to mix another big contract before the end of his career, and without Stodameyer's garbage contract, the Raptors have salary space and give Bosh an offer of 100 million for five years. This can easily become a garbage contract, showing good faith. The Knicks just want to give Bosh a three-year contract, and the gap is too big.

Both inside lines called Zhou Xuan before signing the contract, and Zhou Xuan supported their decision. Champions are important, as is making money. And before Bosh left, the Knicks brought in David West with a low salary of six million for two years.

By the time Mullin contacted his agent, West was already seriously considering retiring. He hasn't won a championship, the Pacers' record has declined, and he doesn't want to play anymore. The previous three-year 36 million contract extension has just ended, and he is also 36 years old.

Thinking that joining the Knicks would hopefully win a championship, West decided to sign for another two years, and the second year was still a player option, as long as he won the championship in the 16-17 season, he would rest and have no regrets.

Two All-Stars were gone, only one veteran came, and the other teams were relieved, and the Knicks were much weaker on the inside.

Unfortunately, not two days after the joy, Ibaka announced that he would join the Knicks for 28 million in two years. He is also on a two-year contract and is ready to sign a bigger one in two years.

Durant left the Thunder, and Ibaka naturally didn't want to stay. Previously, his contract with the Thunder was four years for 48 million. The price offered by Mullin was acceptable to him. If Ibaka wants to win the championship, he is likely to win it before Durant.

In this way, the Knicks have become a five-man lineup of Cole Aldridge, Ryan Anderson, David West, Ibaka, and O'Neal Jr., which can ensure a stable three-man rotation. Ibaka's mid-range shooting ability and defense are no worse than Bosh's. Other teams have better offers, but Ibaka wants to go to a strong team, at least not worse than the Thunder used to. He's here to hug his thighs, and he's embarrassed to ask for a high salary on the Knicks.

Although not a superstar, Ibaka has a very big defensive role in the system. The Knicks didn't have a good side block before, and Bosh only had a 1. 2 caps, this will not be a problem in the future. The Knicks can play small-ball tactics, and when they need to resist others, they let O'Neal Jr. and Ade top up, and their reinforcement is completed.

Instead of going up, the Knicks' salary has dropped a little bit and they are paying less luxury tax.

During the holidays, Zhou Xuan and Chloe Moretz stayed in Los Angeles, often visiting Gilmour's suburban villa, and the three of them worked on the script together.

The second season of the "Bloodline" TV series was cut. Gilmour himself found it boring. He wanted to make something interesting, and he wasn't interested in the kind of gimmick movies about adventure and fantasy that were competing for the Oscars.

Zhou Xuan has read Chinese tomb robbery novels, and built a Chinese-Western co-production of tomb robbery movies, like Indiana Jones's style. Zhou Xuanmao recommended himself and wanted to play the role of the captain who was a guide for the international archaeological team in China.

When the mummy returned, Indiana Jones movies were very high at the box office.

Gilmour is good at shooting violent and bloody styles, and it is certainly no problem to shoot special effects such as drilling holes. Zhou Xuan's idea was to integrate tomb robbery notes, ghost blowing lanterns, the crazy mountain that Gilmour wanted to photograph, and some ancient Chinese legends, which Gilmour was very interested in.

He plans to spend a few months perfecting the script and, if it hits the box office, making a sequel.

Zhou Xuan said that as long as it was filmed in the summer, he would participate. Chlo Moretz is also one of the main actors, playing the youngest member of the expedition and an intern under the Doctor of Archaeology.

As long as someone is willing to invest, they can definitely shoot, and Zhou Xuan also built a yì to go to Shennongjia, China to shoot the scene. It is said that there are wild people, and there will be something strange in the primeval forest. This movie is in the style of Gilmour, with an investment of at least 100 million.

Throughout the holiday, Zhou Xuan spent time in fun, swimming, running, and exercising every day, without growing fat. Kolo Moretz followed and worked out, and he lost weight. Zhou Xuan was selected as the sexiest male star, ranking second. Chloe also ranked second in the selection of the most beautiful faces.

Chloe completed high school. Unlike Emma Watson, she is not interested in going to college, and Zhou Xuan also supports her not to go to school, so there is no need to do something that she doesn't like.

"I don't make much movies now, and I don't go to school, am I too idle?"

"What does it matter? How happy to do it, if you find a good script, you will act, if you don't have it, you can wait for a good script, and you can make a lot of money by shooting commercials, but there are more holidays than ordinary people. Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

"You're so nice, my parents always want me to go to school."

"I don't like school myself."

Do unto others as you would have them do to you. This is Zhou Xuan's favorite Chinese saying.

In the end, Kolo decided not to go to school anymore, and when Zhou Xuan played away, she also flew with him to cheer him on.

There were some big deals in September, and the final decisions were made by quality players.

When Bryant's contract expired, he felt he could play for another two years and refused to take a pay cut. Bass Jr. was unwilling to renew his contract with a high salary, and Kobe's agent proposed a salary cut, and finally renewed his contract for two years for 24 million, and Kobe Bryant will play until he is 40 years old.

Jeremy Lin announced that he will join the underdog Jazz for three years and 18 million, and he will become the team's starting point guard to start a new journey. That's not the point, the point is that the Lakers don't have a guard available. All the strong point guards didn't want to join the Lakers, and in the end they just brought in the wandering Raymond Felton and signed back Kendall Marshall.

Matt Barnes joined the Nets, and at the end of his career he decided to change circumstances and want to win a championship. He strengthened the Nets' forward line.

The Clippers introduced star small forward Batum to strengthen the front line, and their strength has been improved.

The new season has not started, and the Nets are the favorites to win the championship again. James was interviewed and said that he would continue to wear the No. 23 jersey in the new season. No one said James was the core of the Nets, everyone said he shamelessly hugged Anthony's thigh. There are also people who build yì James to change the number, don't insult the number 23 anymore.

The official NBA website voted and asked who is the core of the Nets for the new season. Most people chose Anthony, and only 27 people chose James. 1%。

In his career, Anthony finally won against James, although he still won nothing in honor, but he was a little higher in evaluation, which is also something to be happy about.

At the end of September, the training camp opened, and Zhou Xuan ended his vacation and headed for the first championship in his career.