On this day, after a journey of more than ten hours, Qi Lei and his agent Ah King came to Houston, an American city in the western United States, on the other side of the ocean. ,!

It is not surprising why Geniel chose Houston as their first destination, as the so-called marching and fighting food and grass first. Now that Qi Lei is coming to the United States to shoot his last two big dramas this year, of course, he must first determine whether their performance venue and staffing can be prepared first!

Moreover, although Houston is simply one of the locations of "Dance 2" and "Youth Musical", two major dramas. But in addition to these, this is another dream of Qi Lei's - the point of basketball!

So after considering these, Qi Lei chose Houston as their first stop in the United States this time!

As soon as they got out of the airport, the two finally found Morey, the manager of Team Rocket, who came to pick them up, in the crowd. He came to pick up the plane with a female secretary assistant, and after seeing Qi Lei and the two, he stepped forward very enthusiastically and greeted: "Haha...... Mr. Qi, Mr. Jin, welcome to the Aviation City again, you have worked hard all the way! ”

"It's been a long time, Old Mo!" Qi Lei stepped forward and said with a close friend, and hugged Morey.

"Come, I'll introduce you, this is my secretary Caimen. Caiman: This is another owner of our team, Qi Lei from China! …… Don't forget to sign a few more names and take a few more photos, so we can earn another $50 tonight! Morey quipped about a bespectacled OL girl next to him.

"Hehe......" The group laughed.

"Hello, Miss Caiman, nice to meet you."

"Hello, Mr. Qi, I'm the same, it's nice to meet you! … I have already arranged for the two of you, let's go over and check in first. After the two of you are rested, we will arrange for the two of you to meet Mr. Alexander tomorrow! ”

"Thank you!"

After a period of greetings, the group walked out of the airport, got on the bus, sat for about ten minutes, and came to the door of a city called the Aviation Business Hotel and parked the car.

It is located next to a thoroughfare near Herman Park, a famous attraction in downtown Houston, surrounded by the famous Texas Medical Center, Rice University, and many museums, making it a good place for residents to visit on vacation.

At the same time, it's just a few blocks and about a 10-minute drive from the Toyota Center, the Rockets' new home arena.

As for its old venue, the Compaq Centre, it was officially decommissioned in the middle of the year. Although the NBA has not officially started yet, the Rockets' weekday training has all been moved to the Toyota Center!

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At 9 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Qi Lei and his agent Ah King were relaxed and full of energy, and came to the Toyota Center early to meet Alexander.

The team's training was scheduled to start at 10 o'clock in the morning, and a few people came to a café near the stadium to order a few breakfasts, eating and chatting while waiting for the team's training to begin.

A cup of coffee or an oatmeal punch, a big hot dog or an egg sandwich, toast, and a few wafers or pancakes......

Very classic American breakfast, although not rich, but a few people can eat it with relish. Especially Qi Lei, there is nothing unaccustomed to these dry food breakfasts, because Qi Lei grew up eating sweet potatoes, taro and other grains since he was a child, and he loves these very much!

After eating and drinking, they talked about some things about work: "What are the team's arrangements and goals for this year?" ”

Needless to say, the person who asked this question knew that it was Qi Lei, and Alexander gave him a big roll of his eyes: Damn! ~ You guy is really free to shake off the shopkeeper! 鄙shì you ......

However, he still answered truthfully: "The goal this year is to try to reach the second round of the playoffs, and if you have the opportunity, it is best to reach the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs, which will be a great thing for the whole team......

At this point he paused, and then continued to Qi Lei with a bad smile on his face: "Unless...... Unless you join the team sooner! I've heard you've put on a spectacular show in your league, how? Or ......"

"Don't!" didn't hear Alexander finish speaking, Qi Lei took the lead and shouted to stop: "I will participate in the game, but you know that I am currently busy with work, and I will only give 10 more games a season... Maybe not even 5 games! So you'd better clean up that thought in your heart early! ”

It should be said here that one of the points in the previous contract signed by Reviel to Alexander to the Rockets was that Reviel himself would be a non-draft player on the team and would get no more than 10 appearances after the start of the season. Of course, the time of its play is yet to be determined, after all, the regular professional game is not a joke.

Even this rule caused a lot of dissatisfaction with the team at the time! In the end, it was Alexander who pushed everyone to make this rule clear, and the team stopped a little. However, it is not difficult to imagine that although everyone in the team has no opinion on this on the surface, if you want to implement this, it is estimated that in the main match time, Reviver will not want to have a chance to play until garbage time!

So when Alexander told this to Qi Lei, Qi Lei didn't express too much anger or anything. With a calm face, he only said: "The basketball matter can be solved on the basketball court!" ”

This made Alexander praise him a little unexpectedly: "Cool! ~ Okay, I'll sit back in my chair and watch you perform! ”

After that, several people went back to the topic and discussed about the borrowing of the venue for filming. This matter was originally a matter of his own family, and without too much politeness, Alexander and Qi Lei settled the matter in a few sentences!

As long as the filming period of the crew is outside the team's training time, or if it does not interfere with the team's normal training and games, Boss Qi can drop it if he wants!

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At 10 a.m., buses carrying Rockets players showed up outside the training hall on time.

In the new season, there are not many changes in the members of the team! …… Mobley, Francis, Yaoming, Taylor, Mark and other well-known players appeared in the stadium one by one, and head coach Tom Jia and several assistant coaches arranged some training schedules reasonably.

Qi Lei and Alexander walked into the stadium when it was almost 11 o'clock, when the team training was basically over, and the players were all doing all kinds of training according to the guidance of their personal coaches!

didn't disturb the players who were training on the field too much, the group just quietly came to the sidelines and met with a few coaches!

But even so, the arrival of Qi Lei still caused a small storm in the team.

"Who is this man?"

"Boss, this kid can't be a player, right?"

"Damn~ ball, you're big, I said I'm here to apply to be a caddy, it's almost the same!"

"But isn't it up to Morey to be a caddy? I don't need to be brought by the boss, and I still have to talk and laugh with the coach! ”

"Who is this man?"

A lot of curious eyes came from some of the players and the coaching staff, although on the surface they were all training in good spirits.

There is only one person who is very happy to see the arrival of his compatriots, needless to say that this person is the tallest big man in the field: Qi Da, it is Qi Da who is here!

At this time, Yao Da, who is a little wooden on weekdays, will have a nostalgic smile on his face.

Not surprisingly, after a while, Qi Lei put aside Alexander and his agent and others, and came to the court to greet Yao Ming: "Yo~ Ah Ming, long time no see!" How have you been doing? ”

"Qi Da ......" didn't know the reason why Qi Lei came here this time for a while, Yao Ming just replied with a smile: "It's okay... It's been a long time, I heard Director Li say that you successfully helped Team S win the championship, and your watch Xiàn made a bunch of domestic people fall below N pairs of glasses! …… Qi Da, I knew you weren't simple! ”

"~~" didn't say anything about this, Qi Lei shrugged his shoulders and asked: "I heard that there are many strong new forces in the alliance this year, how about it?" Are you, a sophomore, ready to entertain the new students!? ”

At this time, Yao Ming avoided this question and asked, "Probably...... But Qi Da, what are you here for today? ”

Bent over and picked up a basketball that was put aside, and after grinding the yarn back and forth several times with both hands, Qi Lei replied mysteriously: "I'm here to play soy sauce!" ”

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