Chapter 647: It's all money

"I admit that I was hot-headed at the time, but I will not regret my decision at that time, as for Meng Xu, I have always been a person with clear grievances, I will not let him go, although my team has won the series, but this does not offset my resentment towards him, if he still considers himself a man, then next Friday, I will be waiting for him at Madison Square Garden!"

"This kid is really arrogant!" Looking at Ron Artest, who was declaring war on himself on the TV, Meng Xu finally couldn't help but complain, it has been six days since the group fight, and after the alliance's public relations and Meng Xu's team's continuous washing, the Auburn Hills palace group fight incident has begun to be downplayed. But Ron Artest jumped out again, perhaps because he was knocked out by Meng Xu in Auburn Hills, and Ron Artest, who felt humiliated, jumped up and down in the past two days, constantly inviting Meng Xu on TV, preparing to compete with Meng Xu in the E arena next Friday.

"Xiao Xu, Wrestling Entertainment just called again, and they said that as long as you agree to the fight with Artest, then they are willing to pay you $5 million for your appearance." Just when Meng Xu turned off the TV and was about to leave, He Hui's voice came from behind him, since the group fight, Meng Xu has been staying at home according to Larry Bird's instructions, especially when the Pistons won two games in a row and eliminated the Pacers with a score of 4-2, Meng Xu, who was ashamed of himself, did not go anywhere, nor was he interviewed by any media, and He Hui, as an agent, has been busy these days, and the phone has been ringing all day long.

"$5 million? It's really fake, as far as I know, E's current top card John Cena has an appearance fee of about 1 million for a game. “

"They know that you are not short of money, and with your current influence, $5 million is not much, if they can really invite you and Artest to play in the E arena, the benefits and influence they will bring are not as simple as tens of millions of dollars."

"5 million, I'm really a little tempted." Meng Xu's pre-tax annual salary this season is $12.07 million, and after deducting layers of deductions, the actual amount he gets is less than 6 million, and now, as long as he makes a cameo appearance, by the way, he can get $5 million by teaching that arrogant guy a lesson, not to mention, this temptation is not something that ordinary people can resist.

"Do you really want to go?" From Meng Xu's tone, He Hui could hear Meng Xu's heart, for Meng Xu's decision, He Hui basically supported it unconditionally, but He Hui was also a little worried now, although E's performance was very heavy, but Meng Xu was not going to make a cameo this time, but to fight with Artest on stage, what if he was injured or suffered a loss? Artest, who suffered a loss in the hands of Meng Xu last time, is afraid that it will not be so easy to give up this time.

"Go, why don't you go, that's $5 million, and don't you think this kid is dancing too happily right now? It must have been that I didn't beat him comfortably last time, and this time I just took this opportunity to educate him well. After Auburn Hills beat Artest and Big Ben in a row, Meng Xu, who came to his senses, was also confused, he didn't expect his combat effectiveness to be so strong, and afterwards Meng Xu watched the video screen several times, and the one in the video, whether it was the speed and timing of the punch, was perfect, fast, accurate, ruthless, and not inferior to those professional boxers of BF, after asking Anna, Meng Xu suddenly remembered that he actually had the equipment of "Larry Johnson's boxing gloves", and it was precisely because of this equipment, Meng Xu "made a big show" in this group fight, first knocked out Ron Artest, and then beat Ben Wallace with the help of Tony Allen, so Meng Xu is not worried about a boxing fight with Artest on the court or something, although Artest is fierce, but compared to "Big Mom" Larry Johnson, Artest's gap is still very obvious.

"By the way, one more thing, Mr. Herbert Simon personally called me in the morning and asked me about renewing your contract, and the Pacers have prepared a seven-year, $139.1 million contract extension for you." Although due to the Auburn Hills group fight, the Pacers' dream of four consecutive championships was shattered, and Meng Xu once became the target of public criticism, but as the current first person in the league, Meng Xu, who will become a free agent this summer, is naturally the target of many teams, and as the Pacers of the parent team, he naturally has to be one step ahead of everyone and express his sincerity to Meng Xu in advance.

"Can I get such a big contract? Tim's contract with the Spurs isn't that big, is it? "After several rounds of labor negotiations, the current NBA is no longer the league where the player asked for the sky-high price back then, and then the team sat on the ground to repay the money, players of Meng Xu's level will be subject to the restrictions of labor negotiations, and it is impossible to get a contract that is too out of line, in Meng Xu's impression, Duncan's last contract renewal with the Spurs seems to be about 7 years and 122 million, originally Meng Xu thought that his contract renewal should be similar to Duncan, but he didn't expect that in the case of the same number of years, the total salary was 17 million more.

"The starting salary is $13.58 million, and the final year is $27.52 million, which is the largest contract you can get under the existing salary cap and salary system, and compared with the season when the seniors renewed their contracts, the salary cap for next season will be about 10 million higher, so the total amount of your contract will naturally be a little larger." As He Hui spoke, he took out the notebook he had brought with him and told Meng Xu the approximate details of the contract.

"Seven years is a bit long, and the annual salary for the last two seasons is too high." 139.1 million US dollars in 7 years, the salary in the last two seasons alone is as high as 52 million, especially in the final year it reached 27.52 million US dollars, the most optimistic estimate, the salary cap that season is only about 60 million, and one person accounts for nearly half of the salary cap, which is still a fart.

"Said Cao Cao Cao is here, it's a senior's call, I guess it's here to comfort you." When Meng Xu and He Hui were talking about renewing the contract, He Hui's mobile phone rang again.

"Comfort? He won't comfort me, and it's pretty much the same to see the jokes. After taking the mobile phone from He Hui and complaining, Meng Xu answered Duncan's call.

"Boy, you've become famous recently, it's all over your news, I really didn't see it, you're so capable of fighting! Playing basketball is really condescending. Without waiting for Meng Xu to speak, Duncan first said a lot of things.

"If there's something to say, I'll hang up if it's okay, I'm busy now."

"Of course there's something, don't you always say that the flowers waiting for me in the finals are all thanks? I'm in the finals now, but I don't seem to see you, huh? ”

"Bastard!" After scolding stupidly, Meng Xu hung up the phone decisively, after leaving the Spurs, Meng Xu won three championships in a row in the Pacers, but the Spurs failed the playoffs again and again, so Meng Xu stimulated Duncan on the phone when he had nothing to do, saying that he was waiting for him in the finals, but he didn't expect that now Feng Shui is taking turns, and it is Duncan's turn to stimulate Meng Xu.