1/

In the dead of night, Yang Yiming, who had just finished the home game, and his agent Yu Xiaochun sat in a white Toyota van driven by Jose Rodriguez, slowly drove into the dark manor, bypassed the main building, and finally stopped at the door of the guest room in the depths.

"Come in and sit down and have a drink." Yang Yiming stepped out of the car door and said to the driver Jose as he turned around.

"This—" José hesitated for a second.

"Oh?" Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun both stopped leaving the car and stared at Jose. His hesitation was indeed somewhat unexpected, and José would always refuse the same question at the first time, on the grounds that he would go home to accompany his wife and daughter.

"Today my wife Maria is not here, and I am on vacation with my daughter..."José's tone was still a little embarrassed.

"Hey, then what are you hesitating about, hurry up and go into the house and have a drink or two!"

"Huh!" José twisted the key, turned off the car, and was about to get out of the car when he stopped again.

"What's wrong again?" This time it was Yu Xiaochun, and he was angry and funny when he saw Jose wanting to speak and stopping.

José blushed even more and replied, "It's too hot... Can I borrow your pool for a while..."

"Of course!"

"Get out of here, hahaha!" Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun were completely amused by Jose's "deliberate" wording.

Jose, who was allowed to do so, didn't care about explaining, took out a sports bag from under the seat as if magically, presumably filled with swimming equipment prepared in advance, got out of the car with a bum, and followed Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun all the way into the house.

2/

"We have a classic 'girlfriend problem' in China, which is about falling overboard. If your wife asks you that she and your mother fell into the river at the same time, and neither of you can swim, who would you save first? ”

"Yes, yes, I've heard that, too. My Vietnamese friend told me. "The person who should be with Yu Xiaochun is Nina. It just so happened that she didn't sleep either, thinking that the weather was hot and the night was long, and that she was a night owl, so when she saw that Jose was coming, she simply changed into her bathing suit, brought out her wine and drinks, and spent time by the outdoor pool.

At the end of her gaze was José's wheat-colored back. Although it was his proposed swimming, he was the worst in the water among the four, and he usually only had a dog planing, and at this moment, encouraged by everyone, José, who was wearing only a pair of boxer swimming trunks, was standing on an improvised springboard that extended into the pool, pinching his nose, and tremblingly leaning forward:

"Your question isn't very practical. I'm so watery, it's hard to save themselves. ”

José walked to the edge of the springboard, his body bouncing up and down with the elasticity of the board, but he just didn't have the courage to jump forward.

"No, now let's say you can swim, the water thief is good, who do you save first?"

Yu Xiaochun's anxious question was like urging Jose to get into the water early.

"If I'm particularly good at water, then I'm sure the two of them will save me together, holding my mother with my left hand and my wife with my right hand..."

"Ask you in order!" Nina was impatient.

"Priority," José finally didn't hesitate this time, "of course it's to save Maria first, after all, she's my wife and Amelia's mother." My mom will understand... As for her old man, if there is still time, I will definitely go back and save her..."

"Wow Jose, the standard answer! That's a good answer. Yu Xiaochun on the shore couldn't help but applaud He Sai's "talent" hit. In China, I don't know how many men in love are upset about similar problems - even a moment of hesitation, or a flicker of the eye, can be exchanged for the destruction of a girlfriend.

"Is there a standard answer to this kind of question?"

Jose, a middle-aged Mexican man who has never experienced the bloody test of Chinese women, must be very puzzled at this time. He stopped shaking, stood on the gangplank, half-turned, and looked at Yu Xiaochun with confusion.

As soon as José was defenseless, Nina threw a black object at him from her stab. He barely managed to dodge on his side, the black object brushing his chest hair and falling into the water. It's Nina's women's slippers! But with this dodge, José himself lost his balance, struggled twice, and fell into the pool with his back to the sky!

Jose, who choked on several mouthfuls of water, struggled to stand firm at the bottom of the pool, and saw Nina and Yu Xiaochun on the shore laughing happily, and was angry: "Why do you want to lose me?!" ”

"I'll make you more impressed, and memorize the standard answers."

"Remember—you don't need to go into the water!"

"The purpose of going into the water is to let you add theory and practice, and learn the necessary skills to save your wife and mother as soon as possible..."

"You don't need to teach that!" José was not angry. Trapped in the pool with nowhere to vent, he happened to catch a glimpse of Nina's plastic slippers floating on the water, he grabbed it, and threw it back at her with the water!

Nina and Yu Xiaochun, who were affected by the splash, screamed miserably. The screams finally attracted Yang Yiming, who had been wandering away from the topic just now, he put down the mobile phone in his hand, looked around the three people with a serious face, and finally asked a question:

"If Curry comes to us, shall we 'save' him?"

3/

On the screen of the mobile phone that Yang Yiming put down, the Golden State Warriors, who did not have the cute god Curry and the other Big Three, had just been overturned by the Pacers at home. The team scored a measly 33 points in the second half, including just 11 in the fourth quarter where the big turnaround occurred.

"Curry, is that Curry who is short and shoots well?"

It seems that Curry is one of the few basketball players that Nina can also tell, and Yang Yiming nodded affirmatively.

"Of course it helps. It's a guest, and I don't see you rejecting players from other NBA teams. I control my efficacy appropriately, like we agreed when we first started working together, don't make it too magical, okay? Besides, isn't Curry very rich - a player I know, he must be very rich, right?! ”

"Uh-huh." Yu Xiaochun nodded excitedly twice.

"Then it is even more necessary to save people from fire and water. If we don't do it, we're not a commercial organization..."

"No, no, I don't think it's that simple—" Before Nina could finish speaking, Jose in the pool rushed over. As he staggered down the water toward the shore, he said angrily, "I don't think Curry's question is a bit similar to what you just asked me?" ”

"Can the nature be a little bit like? Is Curry your mom or your girlfriend? Nina, who was interrupted, was obviously not very happy and fought back-for-tat.

"That's not what it means, you listen to me." Saving 'Curry' and 'not saving' Curry are not like the mom and girlfriend in the question just now. You choose one of them, and the other one is not very happy. It's the same with Curry, who has just come back and is injured, although if we can help him recover quickly and face the playoffs right away, he'll definitely pay us a lot of money; But if his injury recovery helps the Warriors become more competitive again, causing problems for the Rockets in the playoffs or even defending the championship themselves, it seems that the team should be unhappy again. In short, fame and fortune, you can only choose one, it depends on which one to choose - Koharu, do you think I analyzed it correctly? ”

Everyone's eyes turned to Koharu again. He is Yang Yiming's agent and a military advisor recognized by everyone, so it is indeed appropriate to ask for his opinion on this issue.

"I think... José does have a point. Having Nina help Curry recover as soon as possible will definitely make a lot of money for our business; But the Warriors would have had a better chance of making the playoffs without him. The two seem to be a real trade-off..."

"I'll just say it!"

Yu Xiaochun stood up and didn't respond to Jose, just walked to the slippers that were lost, picked them up and shook them twice, and shook the water off. He walked over to Nina on the chaise longue and gently put the slipper on one of her bare feet.

Nina smiled at Koharu, as if she had guessed his thoughts, and said, "But you want to say 'but'?" ”

"That's right. But I think that even though the two things seem difficult to choose, we still try to discern the priorities. A generous treatment fee is still a bit insignificant compared to the once-in-a-lifetime chance of the Rockets winning the championship: we can still make a lot of money from players in the future, but the opportunity to win a championship is something that many people will never encounter once in their lives. Even if the Rockets' current good opportunities are mostly based on injuries to the Warriors' roster, competitive sports are so cruel, I don't believe that if Harden or Paul are injured, they will abandon themselves when they meet the Warriors in the playoffs, and put a healthy Durant or Curry on the bench. At such times, in addition to 'beating the reservoir dogs', everyone is praying that they will not get hurt. ”

Yu Xiaochun stared at Jose in the pool, Jose looked back at Yu Xiaochun, and after a long time, he realized that he was the "water dog" mentioned by the other party, and he slapped the water angrily. The water splashed, but Yu Xiaochun happened to be standing outside the range, unaffected:

"So now the Rockets have a great chance to beat the Warriors who are overboard, and I think it's definitely putting the cart before the horse if they give it up for a small amount of money. What's more, it is absolutely a false proposition to regard the identity of the championship as only 'famous' and the opposite of 'profit'. If we really win the championship with the team, how much money we can earn in the future is immeasurable! In this matter, fame is profit! Are you right, Yiming? ”

Only then did everyone realize that Yang Yiming, the protagonist of the question, had not yet expressed a one-word opinion!