Chapter 21: An Unexpected Encounter

After a relaxed game against the Jazz, Ye Xuan and Shen Wei rushed to New York together. Because he needed to go to Nike's headquarters in New York to finalize the contract, and Nike needed to take a series of measurements to customize the most suitable sneaker for him.

After a few hours of jolting on the plane, Ye Xuan and Shen Wei finally arrived in New York. However, in Nike's high-tech laboratory, Ye Xuan met an unexpected person who had announced the reimbursement of Kobe Bryant for the entire season.

"Hey, Ye, nice to meet you, to be honest, I love the way you play, your shots, your shot choices, etc. Today I heard that you were coming here to sign with Nike, so I flew in from Los Angeles on purpose. ”

"Wow, this, I don't even know what to say, Kobe Bryant is standing in front of me and telling me he came from Los Angeles specifically for me? I must not have woken up yet!! ”

"Boy, that's the truth."

"Oh, Kobe, I'm a big fan of yours, I grew up watching you play, you know, the days of the orphanage, if it weren't for you and your basketball spirit, I wouldn't be able to support it now. By the way, why did you come to me specifically? Is there anything I can do for you? ”

When Kobe Bryant heard this, he smiled, "I didn't expect me to have such a big charm, boy, do you want to come to Los Angeles to play?" I mean, do you want to play for the Lakers? ”

"Uh... But I now have a contract for the whole year of next year in addition to this year. ”

"It's not a problem boy, the current Lakers, after losing me and Nash, have lost their competitiveness, and judging by the current record, we will have a very high draft pick next year, and we also have a huge trade exception, we are willing to accept all the garbage contracts for you, as long as you nod, the Lakers will do everything in their power to trade you."

Ye Xuan pondered for a while, and finally chose to refuse, "I'm sorry dude, although you are my idol, I really can't think of any reason for me to give up a team that is the favorite to win the championship and run to a team in the lotto area." In addition, with all due respect, as long as you don't retire, the Lakers will always be your team, and even if I want to go, I will go to a team where I go and be the boss directly, instead of being the little brother, and then wait for the boss to feel that he has had enough, and abdicate to make way for Xian to take the position. ”

"Wow, it's rude for you to say that, but what you're saying is true, and your concerns are justified. So let's go the other way, you finish your current contract with the Pacers, and then the Lakers will sign you with the highest salary, think about it, the Pacers are always Paul George's team, he is still very young, the Lakers are my team, but, although I don't want to admit it, but I do get old, I have such a serious injury this year, to be honest, I don't know how many years I can play, two years? 3 years? Or 1 year? I don't even want to think about it now. In short, what I want to say is, after your contract expires, come to the Lakers, you are my successor, the season you come, I will announce that I will retire after the season, how about it, clear the way for you, of course, if you can take the team to win a championship in a year and bid me farewell, it will be more perfect. ”

Ye Xuan fell into a deep thought again, "If I'm not mistaken, your salary this year is 3000W, and if I go and renew my contract with the highest salary, the Lakers won't be able to sign any good players." ”

"Don't worry, boy, my contract will expire this year, and then I will choose to sign a 2-year 4800W contract with the team, which is a 1+1 player option contract, if you come by then, I will choose not to execute the second year contract, and re-sign a 1000W last year contract as my farewell performance fee. How's that, the conditions are good enough, right? ”

"I have to admit that the future you've described is very exciting for me, but you have a lot to lose by doing so, why do so much for me, or rather, for the Lakers?" "Boy, you're still too young, everything is business, you know, in this business alliance, everything is business, as long as the price is right."

Seeing that Ye Xuan still had a confused expression, Kobe Bryant reluctantly explained, "Boy, you are too simple, let's put it this way, the Bass family will give me a small share from other aspects, such as his restaurants, shopping malls, and even the team." Do you get the idea? ”

"Okay man, I have to admit that you convinced me, but I can't promise you anything right now, but as long as there are no special circumstances, I will choose the Lakers as my first choice for my next stop after this contract ends."

"Okay boy, I respect your decision, and I hope that you can come to the Lakers when the time comes, exchange contact information, if you have any ideas or things you don't understand, you can call me at any time to ask." With that, Bryant turned around and walked out of the living room.

Ye Xuan himself had a storm in his heart, "If I choose to join the Lakers, everything is ready-made, a lot of salary space, building a team around me, monopolizing the ball, and even having a teacher who has been fighting in the league for 20 years."

But if I don't pick the Lakers, the Pacers' lineup is enough for me to build a new dynasty with them. How to choose, it's annoying, why should I make such a decision? Forget it, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and then decide when the time comes, anyway, there is still more than a year to think about it slowly. ”

Just thinking about it, Nike's senior management and Shen Wei also entered the living room together, and hastily took a look at the content of the contract (in fact, Shen Wei was reading it), and Ye Xuan signed his name on the contract.

Then I exchanged pleasantries with Nike executives for a while, and then I was taken to the high-tech experimental center. After nearly two hours of measurement and research, Ye Xuan could finally have a pair of custom sneakers of his own.

"Vivi, are you busy? Let's go, my brother will take you to eat something delicious. After the two walked out of the Nike building, Ye Xuan could finally let go of his nature again and began to tease Shen Wei. After the two found a romantic French restaurant to have dinner together, Shen Wei, who was slightly drunk, finally agreed to Ye Xuan's pursuit. Two young people who have known each other for a short time came together in this way.

On the plane back to Indiana, Ye Xuan held Shen Wei's hand while talking to Shen Wei, "Weiwei, don't worry, an upright person like me will not be tempted by other beauties, although my idol is Kobe, but I won't be as romantic as him, what?" If you don't believe it, look at me tickling Dafa... Admit defeat this time.,Hmph.,My tickling Dafa is a forbidden technique that I'm afraid of.。。。。 When are we going to try to take it a step further? Why don't you kiss one first? Ye Xuan, who had just established a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship, was already delirious with excitement, and it was difficult for him to come up with so many sensual words.