After getting out of the car and arriving at his destination, Leon looked up at the Celtic headquarters, a 12-story red and green square building, with brick-red walls on the lower six floors, and an emerald green building embedded in the lower six floors, which was smaller than the lower six floors.

The building was as old as the Celts, and Leon was a little nervous when he stood in front of him, as if from this time on, the interview had begun, and the first interview level was this building.

However, when Leon entered the building and came to the office of Michael Leon Carr on the third floor, he realized that he had not come for an interview, but for a direct acceptance ceremony.

"From now on, you'll be a scout for the Boston Celtics!" Carl said straight to Leon and threw him a contract.

"Scouts?" Leon was a little unfamiliar with the word, he knew scouts and detectives, and scouting, which he wanted to mean about Mo, was the job of scouting new players.

Leon doesn't really care about what kind of work he does, anyway, any basketball-related job is completely new to him. He doesn't care about the financial status or social status of the job, he cares more about interest.

In his previous life, Leon did not choose a job because of his interest, but purely from the perspective of economy and the difficulty of the job, he chose an actuary with a good income and a piece of cake for him.

But his work and life are not very happy, although Leon can no longer remember many things, but the unhappiness in his previous life, including the drunkenness before the crossing, Leon has a deep impression.

So, Leon didn't rush to ask Carl questions, he picked up the contract and flipped through it, while observing Carl, who was also observing him in his office chair, a black man with a round head and a round face, with a wide chin, and looking very kind.

Leon noticed that his teeth didn't seem to be doing well, the gum on his left side was somewhat deformed, and the protruding teeth could be seen in his mouth when he spoke.

"You must have worked hard when you played, I can see your military medals......" Leon muttered as he flipped through the contract.

Carl thought it was strange when he heard this, and stared at Leon to ask him what he meant, and Leon had already turned the twenty-odd pages of the contract to the third page, and he said, "I can see your teeth, they should be crooked." Since you're not a boxer but a basketball player, it's likely that you've been beaten off the pitch in the ring, so I guess you should play hard. ”

Karl raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and then laughed: "Arnold is right, he is an interesting boy, his eyes are as sharp as an eagle, and his observation is very terrifying. You know, Arnold doesn't often praise people. You're right, I'm very hardworking, but I want to tell you that basketball, it's not enough to just work hard, it's a very, very, very talented field, more than most places. ”

Carl said as he stared at Leon, trying to see something on his face.

It was really not an interview, Leon's interview was successfully passed yesterday, and the person who interviewed him was Auerbach. Carl was just a guide to tell Leon what he was doing and how he should do his job.

Carl's words are right, basketball, especially the NBA, is a very, very talented field, and the existence of scouting is to discover these talents in advance, bring these talents to the team, and grab the benefits of potential exchange.

Hearing what Carl said, Leon nodded, and by this time he had turned to the last page of the contract, where there was a place for his signature.

Leon took a pen from Karl's desk and signed his name on the last page, even if he officially signed the contract and became a scout for the Boston Celtics - a temporary scout, specifically, because the contract was only for three months.

Auerbach is still constantly putting obstacles in Leon's way, even if it has been decided to let him start as a scout, he still has to set a three-month work period, and it is clear that Leon must do something in order to successfully stay with Celtic during these three months.

The problem is that until he signs his name, he doesn't know what a scout does.

"You're refreshed, Arnold just likes guys like that. Now that you've signed it, you're a Celtic scout, and I'll be your direct responsibility from now on, and I'll let you know what to do. Take your contract, bring your ID card, a bank card, and go to Ms. Polis's office to get everything done, right at the end of the hallway. Come back to me in the office later. Carl looked at Leon's signed contract and said to Leon.

Leon picked up the contract, felt the ID card in his pocket and the bank card with no balance, got up and walked to the door, when Karl stopped him and said, "Don't you have any questions to ask?" You don't even look at these contracts, which is not a good habit for a basketball worker. ”

For this meeting, Carl also made some preparations to deal with the various questions that Leon may have about the contract, but so far Leon has not asked a single question.

The formation and signing of contracts in the United States is a very serious matter, and in the American society, which is known for its meticulous and strict legal provisions, every signature means the production of legal effect.

A three-month temporary work contract is 20 pages long and covers all kinds of matters on both sides, while in the NBA, a professional league, such a contract is just pediatrics, and more complex contracts are enough to make people's heads spin.

Leon looked back at Carl, thought for a moment and replied, "Well, I do have a question. Clause 6 and Clause 5 of the contract provide for reimbursement of transportation expenses, provided that we may be reimbursed for travel expenses exceeding US$100 in the form of a bill in my name. I would like to ask, if I rent a car outside but I don't know how to drive, I hire a driver, I rent a car with his license, and then I pay for the rental, but I get his name on the receipt, so how should I be reimbursed for my transportation expenses? Is the cost of my rental of this driver included in the reimbursement fee? If yes, then how do I get a legit ticket? ”

Leon's sudden question stumped Carl at once, he didn't expect Leon to ask such a delicate question, so he had to say, "I'm sorry, I don't know, you can ask Ms. Polis about reimbursement, she knows better." Okay, you can go, go and go back quickly. ”

"Thanks, luckily, I have a driver's license." Leon said, and with that he left the office.

"This guy looks like Arnold." Carl thought to himself as he looked at Leon who had left.

Arnold was Auerbach, and only people close to him could call him that.

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Leon quickly found the office at the end of the hallway, where the Celtic personnel assistant, Ms. Polis, worked, a middle-aged woman in her forties, with short, palm-colored hair, who looked very kind.

She should have known that Leon would be here today, so Leon didn't explain much, she just made a copy of the ID card handed over, and entered the bank card information and identity information, so that Leon became a temporary worker for the Boston Celtics and officially started his work in the basketball world.

When everything was arranged for Leon to leave, another man came in from outside, and as soon as he entered, he threw a stack of materials on Ms. Polis's desk, and said in a hurry, "Make a copy of these materials, I am in a hurry to use them, the printer in the office is broken!" ”

Ms. Polis gave the man a shaken look, flattened her mouth, and said, "Okay, okay, I'll get things ready." But hopefully you'll knock on the door the next time you come in, Mr. Popper. ”

After saying this, Polis took the materials and went to make copies, leaving Leon and Popper behind.

Leon remembered the conversation with the old driver in the taxi, and at the end the old driver said, "The real power of the Celtics to find new players is in the hands of Popper," and it seems that this guy with a square face and a small mouth, full of folds and cross-haired flesh is the Celtics' player director, Leon Popper.

"Hello, I'm Leon, Fox Leon." Leon said to Popper with his hand.

Popper glanced at Leon, curled his lips and said, "Who are you?" ”

It seems that there are not many people who know Leon in the Celtics team, at least the player director does not know the existence of Leon, you must know that the player director and the scout are in a cooperative relationship, the scouts have to hand over the information they have collected to the player director, and finally report to the team after the player director's processing, often when the general manager decides the player selection, the player director, the owner, and the coach are the three people who have the greatest influence on the general manager.

The choice of coach comes from experience and vision, the choice of owner comes from the market and personal preference, and the selection of player director comes from scouting. And now, Popper didn't know Leon at all.

Seeing that Popper was not enthusiastic, Leon didn't want to take the initiative to introduce himself with a hot face and a cold ass, after all, there was nothing to introduce himself to the position of "temporary scout".

So Leon said goodbye to Miss Polis and went straight back to Carl's office with his things.

Back at Carl's office, where Carl was on the phone, he motioned for Leon to sit down.

Less than two minutes later, before Leon was still hot in his chair, Carl put down the phone, shook his hands, and said to Leon: "You are leaving Boston tonight, the ticket is ready for you, and someone will receive you when you arrive." This will be your first and most important task, keep it up. ”

After saying that, Carl handed Leon a ticket that had been prepared a long time ago, and the flight at 6:15 p.m. flew directly to Chicago.