Chapter 9: Yao Ming's Past
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"There are a couple of things about you. The first is to sign a contract with the club, by the way, Zhang Chu, you don't have an agent yet, right? Yao Ming suddenly thought that the signing of the contract generally does not need to be worried about the players themselves, and it is the agent who talks to the club, but Zhang Chu has just arrived, how can there be an agent.
"Yes, Brother Yao." Zhang Chu responded, frowning, he used to just watch other people's agents on TV or on the Internet, as if it was a very distant thing, but now it was suddenly his turn.
"That's it, the contract that the club has prepared for you at that time, I'll take a look at it in advance, and you can just sign it at that time, and you will definitely not suffer!" Rookie contracts, especially in the second round, generally have an annual salary of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, but there are not too many fancy things, Yao Ming believes that his previous vision and current position in the rocket, as long as he asks about this matter, he should be able to help Zhang Chu get it.
"Let's talk about it after this period of time, and in the future, what kind of agent do you want, I will help you match." Seeing Zhang Chu nodding, Yao Ming paused and continued, "After signing the contract, the next step is to choose the jersey number, and the club will hold a media conference for a few of you who are new to this year, and then the preseason and regular season...... Basically, that's all for your main task during this time. ”
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Lunch is eaten at Yao Ming's house, Yao Ming's daily diet is arranged by a special chef, according to special recipes, in order to maintain the proportion of muscle fat and many other exercise factors, in order to eat and eat very particularly,
However, it is true that there is nothing to say about people's craftsmanship, this meal made Zhang Chu full of praise, the life of a rich person is exquisite, and Yao Ming laughed happily. The topic talked about food, Yao Ming introduced to Zhang Chu the eating habits of NBA players and some precautions, many things to eat less or not eat, such as eating less fried food and less ice cream; The meat diet is mainly steak and less pork.
Then he also told Zhang Chu some interesting stories about NBA players, such as: "Big Shark" O'Neal eats 5 meals a day, which are breakfast, lunch, dinner, night meal and sleeping meal.
Nash loves to eat barbecued salmon and can't walk when he sees it. Pippen likes to drink an unsweetened cup of coffee during intermission...... Wait a minute.
The more they talked, the more speculative they became, and the more they talked, the more in-depth they were, after all, they are both Chinese, and their language and living habits in all aspects are the same.
"Brother Yao, why didn't you see your girlfriend Ye Li?" After eating, Zhang Chu leaned on the sofa, stroked his round belly and asked Yao Ming, looking left and right, "Also, didn't your uncle and parents live with you?" Zhang Chu remembered that Yao Ming had a "Yao team", his parents had been with him for many years, and Yao Ming's parents were often seen on TV.
"You kid can do it. The first time we met, you knew my girlfriend's name. Yao Ming said, making two more cups of tea.
"Come, try our Chinese tea. I'm not used to drinking coffee, and high-calorie drinks like cola are not allowed by nutritionists. Every time I use this tea to entertain friends in the United States, they are not used to drinking it. ”
Yao Ming smiled, handed Zhang Chu a cup of hot tea, and then said: "Well, my parents are in Shanghai now, and they may come back soon when the season starts, and my girlfriend is also an athlete and a member of the Chinese women's basketball team." also has its own mess of business, in the country. ”
Speaking of his parents and girlfriend, Yao Ming looked happy.
"You're really amazing now, you're a bumper harvest in career and love, when are you going to get married?" Zhang Chu drank hot tea and chatted with Yao Ming.
Seeing Zhang Chu's envious look, Yao Ming smiled, put down the teacup in his hand, and let himself lie on the sofa in a comfortable position, and then said:
"Married? Well, not planned this year. I've been in the NBA for five years, and I haven't even passed the second round of the playoffs. I boasted to Ye Li that I wanted to use the NBA championship ring as a wedding gift...... Hehe. Yao Ming rubbed his palms and laughed loudly.
At the end, he straightened up, looked at Zhang Chu with his eyes, and said seriously: "For me, there is nothing to envy." Now it looks like I'm so-so, and it's like that. Actually, I'm as old as you, and when I first entered the NBA, many people were not optimistic about me, thinking that I would become the most parallel champion in NBA history. The reason is that everyone generally thinks that my first body is too thin and my ability to fight poorly, and the second one is too bulky and slow, saying that I definitely can't adapt to the fast pace of the NBA......
Not to mention the United States, even our own Chinese people are generally not optimistic about me, thinking that my development prospects in the NBA are definitely not as good as Dazhi, and it is difficult to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA. Therefore, when I was drafted that year, although I was the champion, the domestic publicity was also very low-key, and everyone generally had a fixed thinking, that is, ----yellow people can't play the NBA ......"
After talking a little too much, Yao Ming got up and took a sip of tea, and then said, Zhang Chu also listened carefully.
"There was even a bet that if I scored 19 points, I would kiss the donkey's butt...... Hehe" Yao Ming smiled, of course Zhang Chu knew this allusion, it was what Barkley said, and in the end, he also fulfilled his promise and kissed the donkey's ass in public.
"Anyway, I didn't care too much about other people's opinions, I trained hard, worked hard a hundredfold, and slowly ...... Slowly improving, and in the end, I just want to prove to them ----that I can play well and that we yellows can get a foothold in the NBA! ”
Zhang Chu looked at Yao Ming with a look of adoration and listened quietly.
"When I first met Ye Li, I was only 17 years old and had just entered the Chinese men's basketball team. At that time, the Chinese men's basketball team shared the same venue as the Chinese women's basketball team. Most of the time, I don't get the chance to play at all, so I can only sit on the sidelines and watch those old-timers perform on the court, dreaming that I will be satisfied if I can play the main team in the Chinese men's basketball team at a very long time......
Yao Ming's eyes looked into the distance, indulging in the youthful past: "At that time, I was similar to you, my mouth was stupid, and my personality was introverted, not to mention that I could coax girls to be happy, and I only knew that I would wait for her to finish training stupidly every day, and then go over to ask her out to play, but I was always rejected......"
I found that I and Zhang Chucai met for the first time, and I talked a lot. Yao Ming smiled embarrassedly and concluded: "Having said so much, in short, let's work hard, for the sake of your dreams......"
Yao Ming and Zhang Chu are both introverted and low-key, and they are very speculative when they chat......
After lunch, the two rested for a while, Yao Ming took Zhang Chu to the house specially arranged by the club for the latter---- a set of more than 100 square meters of home room, and took Zhang Chu to purchase some daily necessities.
"I'm going to live in the United States for a long time in the future, and I can't do it without practicing English. Although there is an interpreter in our team, it is impossible for him to follow your ...... in his private life time" Before leaving, Yao Ming patted Zhang Chu on the shoulder again and explained, "Rest early today, and at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, I will pick you up and report to the club!" ”
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Zhang Chu was lying quietly on the bed, outside the window, the lights were shining, a prosperous scene of a world of flowers, the United States, as the world's number one developed country, needless to say the degree of prosperity.
Zhang Chu tossed and turned, and it was difficult to sleep, maybe because the jet lag had not yet adjusted, maybe because he was not very comfortable in an unfamiliar environment, or maybe he was full of unknowns and expectations for tomorrow and his future NBA career......