Chapter 41: Contact

"Hey, big man, how did you go." Dolores caught up with Tang Wenlong, who almost ran away on the street corner, opened her hands to block in front of him, and said a little angrily.

Tang Wenlong shrugged his shoulders, he blinked, looked carefully at the somewhat familiar girl in front of him, and then swept his gaze to the Tang character on her right cheek, his expression was also a little relaxed, and he smiled stiffly: "Na, I don't like this atmosphere very much, you know, I'm very shy." ”

"What?" Doloris was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect that there were still people who didn't like such a grand carnival, and said in disbelief: "This is a super night for you, listen, the playground is full of the sound of our Snow City shouting, shouldn't you relax?" ”

Tang Wenlong smiled bitterly, he didn't know how to explain to this girl, and helped his forehead, a little sad.

Doloris looked at Tang Wenlong's embarrassed appearance, and groaned for a moment, and then she reached out and rubbed her chin, remembering her father's expression at some times, as if she understood a little.

Suddenly, she smiled and said, "Okay, I know what you mean, probably you Chinese men are so shy!" She accentuated the tone of the word shy, looking ridiculous, and she couldn't tell that it was the crazy female fan just now.

Tang Wenlong spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry." ”

"You haven't forgotten my name, have you?" Doloris said suspiciously.

Tang Wenlong really forgot, only knew that this girl should be a mixed-race child, remembering that she met when she was competing at Georgetown University, and her father was Chinese.

So his face was a little embarrassed, and he didn't react slowly, and he defended with a flowery speech: "How come, you are so beautiful, no one will forget your name." ”

Doloris was very happy to hear this, and her eyes were crooked with a smile, although she knew that Tang Wenlong must have forgotten her name.

So she pointed to the man "Tang" on her right cheek and said, "Then, my name is Dolores Zoe, and I must remember my senior sister's name this time." ”

Tang Wenlong nodded hurriedly, "Definitely, definitely." ”

"Oh, by the way, is my sister about to graduate?" After chatting with each other for a few words, the two also became acquainted, and Tang Wenlong took the initiative to ask.

"No, I'm only a junior." Doloris said.

Then she paused, remembered something, and continued: "En~ Our journalism department is very hard, usually in the wind and rain, if it is not good, I will go to the media for an internship in the future, and when the time comes, I want to interview you, you are not allowed to refuse!" The girl raised her fist and said, "If you refuse me, I will beat you, it's very cute."

Tang Wenlong laughed, patted his chest and promised, "Na, don't worry, I will become a star in the NBA in the future, and I will let you interview anytime and anywhere!" ”

"Then it's decided!" Dolores cheered, her big eyes fluttering.

"Then I can go now, huh?" Tang Wenlong said with a smile.

"Whatever you want, shy man." Doloris grinned.

Tang Wenlong bowed his hand, ran away in a puff of smoke, and disappeared into the corner of the street in the night

Before he reached the hotel, Tang Wenlong was chased by a white Chevrolet sedan behind him, and the window was rolled down, and it was actually Joe Thomas, an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Hey, Joe, long time no see." Tang Wenlong got into the car and greeted Thomas familiarly.

"Congratulations on winning the championship!" Thomas stepped on the gas pedal and congratulated.

Then before Tang Wenlong could ask, Thomas explained to Tang Wenlong at this time: "Don, the freshman season of the NCAA is over from now on, and I am very happy that you can have a perfect season and the best trophy." Now that you're eligible for the 2010 draft, I'd like to ask you what you think about participating in the draft right now. ”

Tang Wenlong thought for a moment and said truthfully to Thomas: "Joe, I'm going to participate in the draft. "Yay, that's great!" Joe Thomas clenched his fists and roared, then his old face turned around, revealing the fox smile that Tang Wenlong once remembered, and said: "This is definitely a very correct choice, and the NBA's mature training system will help you grow even more." “

Tang Wenlong said vigilantly: "Why are you smiling so obscenely." "Hey, hey. I'm not happy, but Don, participating in the draft is a big deal, and I think you should explain the situation to your parents at home first, and then solemnly announce it to the media. “

Tang Wenlong nodded and said, "Yes Thomas, I'll wait a while and I'm going to contact my parents, and then participate in the 10-year draft." By the way, how many picks do you think I'll be able to get picked? “

Joe Thomas pondered for a moment, and then said: "This year can be said to be a big year for the draft, there are a lot of NCAA players participating in the NBA draft, and there are several hot drafts at the moment, I think you know all of them. "John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors and your teammate Wesley Johnson are basically all likely to win the top spot, but in comparison, Wall and Turner are the two most likely to be selected in the top spot. And your last NBA draft prediction online is exactly behind the four of them, that is, the fifth pick, which is also very high, but I don't know which NBA team can draw it at that time. "Of course, it's not set in stone, you know, in the NBA draft, there are always surprises. If you announce your participation in the draft, I think there will be a lot of NBA team training camp invitations sent in, and you don't have to participate in all of these training camp invitations, because there are so many players here who want to get the team's favor through the training camp, which can be called a single bridge, in Chinese words, it is a mixture of fish and dragons, maybe there are a few villains or something, and upsets usually happen here. “

Joe Thomas said a lot in one breath, then he thought about it and continued to say to Tang Wenlong: "Don, if you are sure to participate in the draft, I will be ready to sign a formal agent contract with you, if you sign an agent contract with me, it will be equivalent to giving up the rest of your studies and changing to become a professional basketball player, have you thought about it?" “

Tang Wenlong was stunned for a moment, hesitated, and nodded firmly, "Of course, I was ready for a long time." "Okay." Joe Thomas smiled: "If you get back to Syracuse, I'll sign it for you, so I can let go of the operation during this time, let the media start to know some news in advance, and then announce it to the public at the right time, and then wait for the training camp and the draft to be held." “

Tang Wenlong nodded frequently, indicating that he understood these processes.

Joe Thomas said, "Well, boy, congratulations, your vacation has begun!" "Wow!" Tang Wenlong opened the car window and screamed strangely, expressing his inner excitement.

Joe Thomas laughed: "But then again, you're usually quite homely, and it doesn't seem to make a difference to you whether you let go of the holidays or not." “

Tang Wenlong defended himself: "No, I'm just used to the feeling of being alone." “

It didn't take long for the media to know the news that Tang Wenlong was about to participate in the NBA draft.

Among them, China's sports media is the most excited. Tang Wenlong's high ranking has given hope to the silent men's basketball team, and from his identity as a guard, everything seems to be a little unusual.

The Japanese and South Korean media, which are also in Asia, inevitably slipped sourly, and said that Tang Wenlong was just a hurried passer-by in the NCAA, just played a few good games, and whether he could gain a foothold in the NBA is still one thing. Chinese players just rely on the market to get high rankings, it's not a big deal.

In this regard, the Chinese media naturally scoffed at it and completely ignored it, because they had already been immersed in the overwhelming "Tang Blow", what was the first point guard, what was the strongest newcomer in history, Tang Wenlong just didn't see the news, if he returned to China, maybe he would subconsciously really think that he was the first in the world of labor and capital.

However, the NBA teams that know Tang Wenlong's true potential are itching for this unmined gold, and the Timberwolves, Wizards, Knicks and other teams who are very likely to get a high pick have begun to negotiate with Tang Wenlong's agent, Joe Thomas, including many general manager-level figures.

For example, Isaiah Thomas of the Knicks, who met Joe Thomas in a café in Syracuse with a wide gap. "I didn't expect you to hug a thigh after you resigned, tsk, it's amazing." Isaiah Thomas's opening is a tease of Joe Thomas.

Joe Thomas took a sip of the coffee in his hand and said slowly, "I told you about Don's potential a long time ago, but you didn't believe it. "What?" Isaiah Thomas was taken aback, and his eyes were uncertain.

As soon as Joe Thomas saw Isaiah's expression, he knew that this great god had long forgotten about Tang Wenlong, and suddenly felt a little angry in his heart, put down the coffee with a cold snort, and said with a half-reminder: "You forgot, when I was doing things in China last year, I recommended a Chinese one to you."

Isaiah Thomas's eyes were round, and after a turn in his mind, he finally remembered the incident, and naturally thought of the story of April Fool's Day, and suddenly choked and couldn't speak, and only sighed halfway. "I really didn't expect that I also had times when I was misled by qualitative thinking, I really shouldn't have been!" With Isaiah Thomas's shrewdness, who didn't know that if he had helped Tang Wenlong when he was in difficulty, maybe there would be no negotiation at this coffee table at this moment.

But despite this, Isaiah Thomas was still full of confidence, he said hard: "Joe, you have been in the Knicks, you know what kind of market the Knicks have, now, we don't have big stars on the team, Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, David Lee and others are very young, everything is a very fresh team, if Tang Wenlong comes, he is very likely to become the new king of New York!" “