Chapter 573: The Eve of the Christmas War
In the morning, Xu Xuan stretched lazily in silk pajamas.
Beside him, Lin Yun, who was wearing the same pajamas, pursed his lips slightly, and held a headband to the mirror to manage the long black hair that countless women envied.
Xu Xuan looked at her beautiful and sexy back, couldn't help but walk over, and while hugging her from behind, his palm was dishonestly stretched out from the neckline.
"Do you still need to take care of your hair?" Xu Xuan asked, "It's such a beautiful little fairy." ”
Lin Yun turned his head and glanced at him: "Of course, every woman hopes that she can become beautiful under her own dress, makeup, and hair are a process of enjoyment." ”
Xu Xuan shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't quite understand.
Today they got up early, packed up and went out.
Christmas is a lively holiday in the United States, and is taken as seriously by Americans as Chinese do with the Spring Festival. The day after Thanksgiving, Americans began planning for Christmas.
Xu Xuan and Lin Yun are not Americans, but they are not the type that is out of place, they follow the customs, even if there is a competition the next day, Xu Xuan still accompanied Lin Yun to the supermarket in the morning to buy some dishes for the Christmas dinner.
"Turkey, turkey."
"One? Is one enough? ”
"It's enough, the turkey is big, not to mention a lot of side dishes, who just eats chicken."
"By the way, give me a little bit of that rose, walnut, and cinnamon, how much?"
"And potatoes, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, cabbage, carrots, corn, ......"
Xu Xuan and Lin Yun cooperate tacitly, in the supermarket, Lin Yun is responsible for finding, Xu Xuan is responsible for pushing the cart, and from time to time fans who know Xu Xuan will come over to greet him.
These fans are quite sensible, enthusiastic and at the same time, they did not disturb Xu Xuan's shopping experience, let alone the kind of people who are not allowed to leave, most of them say hello and then separate, at most a few want to sign, Xu Xuan did not refuse, but after helping them sign, Xu Xuan put his index finger on his lips and shushed out, signaling them not to show off.
Signing in is earned, and fools will show off..... The fans all walked away with smiles on their faces.
Rainy wore big sunglasses and skimmed the people around him: "Are you so famous now?" Go to the supermarket, so many people know you. ”
"It doesn't matter if I'm famous or not, the most important thing is that I'm handsome, like Charles, even if everyone knows him, they won't come to him, there's no need to ......" Xu Xuan also lifted the large sunglasses on the bridge of his nose and said proudly...... The sunglasses he wore today were enough to cover half of his face, but there were still many people who could recognize him.
"Well, you're really handsome today." Lin Yun glanced up and down, and nodded with satisfaction: "How about it, let me dress you up and become handsome." ”
"I'm naturally beautiful, I have something to do with you, I'm handsome, even if I don't wear clothes, I should still be handsome." Xu Xuan poked his nose at her statement.
"Handsome without clothes?" Lin Yun's eyes narrowed: "Why do you have this idea?" Has anyone seen it? Also commented? ”
Xu Xuan's face froze, and he couldn't get complacent, "...... I'll just say it casually, but it's just a rhetorical exaggeration......"
"Figures of speech? Is it true that no one has seen it? So why are you so confident? ”
"Damn, who would take off their clothes and judge others? I'm not short of money......"
"Then why do you say that?"
"It's a rhetorical device......
Finally fooling this matter over, Xu Xuan wiped the sweat from his head...... In winter, it's the same as playing outside at 40 degrees Celsius......
"By the way, who are you fighting today? Clippers? Lin Yun asked curiously.
"It's the Clippers, that's right, it's probably the most problematic decision I've ever made in my life, at least this year's Christmas war didn't leave me floating in the sky." Xu Xuan shrugged his shoulders, picked up a purple eggplant, gestured at it, and then put it down with satisfaction, looking forward to it.
Lin Yun didn't understand it at first, but he immediately understood, and gave him a blank look, this guy was holding an eggplant with his own ...... Than that.
It's boring!
What's the analogy with this?
Even if it's a big eggplant, what's the use? One has heat, the other has no heat, and the gap is gone...... Besides, Xu Xuan's seems to be bigger than this?
Ahh Where did I go...... Lin Yun snorted.
......
Everyone wants to spend time with their families at Christmas, and if they can, no one wants to play at Christmas, but there is no way, the schedule is arranged, the coffee position is at this level, and it is impossible to play without playing.
So the next problem is, no one wants to play away from home in the Christmas game...... That's too painful, even if you play a game at Christmas, you have to fly, or twice...... It really hurts to think about it...... Who wants to fly?
Nobody wants to sit!
NBA players don't like to fly, so many nearby cities, they would rather take a bus than fly.
And the Christmas war is even more so, who doesn't want to spend time with their family.
And this time, although the Lakers have a Christmas game, it is on their home court...... It doesn't matter if it's on the road, because their Christmas game this year is against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Home & Away ...... It doesn't matter.
The important thing is that you don't have to take a plane, you don't have to float in the sky, otherwise Xu Xuan will have the time to accompany Lin Yun to prepare the dishes for the Christmas dinner.
It's time to assemble and hurry.
"That's right.
Lin Yun also agreed with this, and as she spoke, she patted Xu Xuan's shoulder and said with great interest: "Anyway, this is the first time that the two of us have officially celebrated Christmas, right?" What gifts are you ready for no. ”
"Of course ......"
"What?"
"How about a fragrant kiss? I didn't brush my teeth today, so I specially prepared a ...... for you."
"Phew! Disgusting to you! Roll on! ”
......
After buying vegetables with Lin Yun, the two went to the restaurant to eat a steak again, sent Lin Yun home, and Xu Xuan went to the arena.
Although Frank said that he would only gather at three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Xuan was still used to arriving early.
"Hey Xu, Merry Christmas!"
As soon as Xu Xuan walked in, Luos, who was in charge of equipment management, walked over and happily opened his hands towards Xu Xuan.
Loes is responsible for ordering, organizing, preparing, cleaning and maintaining all the equipment for all 15 players on the Lakers, as well as the equipment worn by the coaches and surrounding support staff.
Xu Xuan didn't know when he came, but he could see that everyone's sneakers, socks and jerseys had been prepared, and they were divided there one by one.
"Hey, Merry Christmas, Los." Xu Xuan hugged him and took a box from the assistant behind him, "A Christmas gift for you, man, open it and take a look." ”
"Oh, thank you...... God, this is the latest Rolex? God, is this my name still marked? Fack! It's beautiful, how much is it worth? "Americans have the habit of opening gifts on the spot, which shows respect for the giver, as soon as Loes opened it, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose and exclaim when he saw the contents inside, his face was full of surprise.
"Rolex's latest? Fack, this watch is so beautiful! ”
"I heard that this is a Rolex watch for successful people, and most people can't order it."
"Ross, congratulations, man, you're a successful person now."
There were many staff members present, and they were envious when they saw that Los got this Christmas gift.
If nothing else, if this watch is taken out and sold, it will cost at least $100,000!
However, no fool would sell this.....
"Don't worry, don't worry, you all have gifts." Xu Xuan clapped his hands when he saw this, and motioned to the assistant to push the box behind him.
If you want to buy a gift, you must not buy just one person, all the staff of the Lakers, Xu Xuan has prepared gifts for them, but not everyone is a Rolex watch like Loos, but even if it is not as expensive as a watch, it is more than 10,000 US dollars.
"Hey, Xu, you're spending a lot today." After a while, all the players of the Lakers team arrived, and they all exclaimed when they opened Xu Xuan's gift box.
For these teammates, in addition to the watches with their respective names marked on them like Loes, each of them also wore a custom suit...... This little Christmas, Xu Xuan gave away two million US dollars!
Definitely a big deal!
"Take it all apart and try it, see if it fits, today we are all suits, Los Angeles supermodel group!!" Xu Xuan waved his hand, and Ingram, the "No. 1 dog leg", immediately ran to Xu Xuan's side: "How is it, boss, am I handsome?" ”
Xu Xuan looked at it twice, the NBA players don't talk about how they look, but the figure is absolutely OK, they are all standard supermodel figures, and it is estimated that there is no problem with picking up embellishments like Xu Xuan, Ingram, and Russell......
"Great, man, you're going to get a lot of girls out wearing this today." Xu Xuan straightened the edge of his suit for him, "I think today will be the most handsome day in your life." ”
"Boss, I want it too!"
"And me!"
Seeing Xu Xuan sorting out Ingram's suit, the others were also red-eyed and shouted.
Xu Xuan covered his forehead speechlessly: ", Lao Tzu doesn't have so many hands." ”
Everyone was giggling, the Christmas game was one of the more important fixtures in the regular season, but it was still mostly performative, so everyone was very relaxed.
Frank smiled and immediately flipped through the information in front of him, he was different from the players, and as the head coach, he had to hurry up and make up for it.
Xu Xuan naturally gave him a gift, but instead of a watch and a suit, he directly gave him a car...... It's the first time I've heard of a player giving a coach car, but Frank is very happy, his salary is not low, but it is obviously impossible to give out millions of gifts like Xu Xuan with his hands open.
Even the bosses of other teams, such as Lillard and Thomas Jr., can't give such expensive gifts to their teammates casually, mainly because Xu Xuan is rich...... It's really rich.
Let's just say that Xuanyun Group, as far as Frank knows so far, has covered sports, economy, culture, tourism, catering, manufacturing and other fields, and is already a mature listed company.
In Xuanyun Group, Xu Xuan personally holds 30% of the shares and does not participate in the execution but reserves the right to participate in the execution, while Lin Yun holds 30% of the shares and holds the right to execute.
At present, the market value of Xuanyun Group is conservatively estimated to have reached more than 100 billion, that is to say, Xu Xuan is now a person with a net worth of 30 billion..... Not to mention anything else, even Jordan, the richest player in the NBA, is far worse than Xu Xuan.
So Xu Xuan really doesn't lack money......
But how to say it, playing ball may have been to make money at the beginning, but it was really a hobby later, otherwise with such money, Xu Xuan would not be able to spend so much money for the rest of his life when he was so rich.
"How's that, tricky?" Xu Xuan walked to Frank's side with a smile.
"It's okay, no matter how tricky it is, we've won." Frank smiled.
"Is the gift okay?"
"Awesome man, my daughter was clamoring to drive my Audi, and I was reluctant to do it, but now I think it's time for my Audi to retire." Flack said humorously.
The two chatted for a while, and the focus turned to work.
The Lakers and Clippers are teams in the same city and the same arena, and naturally they are also in the same division, and they are both teams in the Western Pacific Division.
Teams in the same division generally play four games in a season.
And it's been two months since the season started, and the Lakers and Clippers have only played this first game, and it's clear that the league is trying to add a bit of a gimmick to this Christmas game.
Last season's Clippers really had too many injuries, Griffin was injured in the regular season and rested for a long time, and after a period of playoff comeback, he was injured again, while St. Paul was exhausted in the regular season, and finally injured in the playoffs, and Paul and Griffin became free agents next season, and the Clippers really can't afford to be injured.
And for many fans, every time they mention the Clippers, there is an inexplicable sadness, they have never won a championship in history, although they are in a big city in Los Angeles, they have been pressed by the big brother of the Lakers, no matter how famous, results, and popularity are much worse than the Lakers, how many years, the sense of existence has been ignored.
It wasn't until the arrival of St. Paul, and the addition of Microsoft's owner, that the team was rejuvenated, coupled with the Lakers' poor record in recent years. The Clippers have been raising their heads that have been lowered for years.
It's a pity that although the record has gone up, it seems that the championship is still so far away, and all the reasons are attributed to the 3-1 lead of the Rockets that year, and then it was overturned. Since then, the Clippers have been in a slump, playing against strong teams last season, the winning rate is dismal, and the decline has also entangled the Clippers, and I cannons and Griffin keep getting injured.
I cannon: Maybe I was just one step away from winning the championship......
This summer, after the Clippers entered and exited a few times, their strength did not change much, they basically still relied on the starters, the team did not find a reliable substitute for Paul, Fat should not meet the requirements, and the prince is a scoring guard, so other teams can play with the Clippers and strangle Paul. The prospect is worrying, and the other is that the inside line has gone to White Ade, and there is one less protective basket, and it is too tiring to rely on Jordan Jr. alone.
However, since the beginning of this season, the Clippers have a good record, as of now, 22-9, the opening record is second only to the Lakers, and even better than the Warriors and Spurs, but gradually they have been caught up, but the record can still rank in the top five in the West.