The next morning, Wang Meng woke up and looked at Taylor, who was in the same bed with him, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

Wang Meng's bold marriage proposal yesterday naturally turned out to be a happy heart, and Taylor had no reason to refuse.

In this way, Wang Meng can be described as a double harvest in his career and family, and in his career, he won the NBA championship, and Wang Meng also became the ninth player in the history of the league to win the regular season finals double MVP, and he is also the first player in history to win these two MVPs as a foreign player and as a Chinese player.

Before Wang Meng, only Gutter Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Big Bird Larry Bird, Flying Jordan, Big Dream Olajuwon, Shark O'Neal, Stone Buddha Duncan and Emperor James were able to win both the Finals and the regular season MVP.

After Wang Meng won the double MVP, he also became the first person in the history of the Chinese NBA, officially completing the surpassing of his predecessor Yao Ming.

Previously, although Wang Meng had surpassed Yao Ming in performance, after all, except for the championship won with the Lakers, Wang Meng did not have any achievements that he could come up with.

After this championship, Wang Meng undoubtedly made another qualitative leap in fame, although he is already one of the top celebrities in the Chinese sports industry.

In terms of the Heat, losing the inevitable championship is obviously a very unacceptable result for the Heat, whose purpose is to form the Big Three.

James, Wade, and Bosh, the three top superstars in the league, took a salary cut to join the Heat, and although they entered the Finals for three consecutive years, they only won one championship, not to mention Wade and Bosh's feelings, from James's point of view, he can no longer accept it. After all, he sacrificed too much for the championship, and if it was just a championship ring, it would definitely not satisfy him.

Since they can't satisfy James, the Heat will definitely not be able to keep James next summer.

Either strengthen the team and win a championship next season, or let James go. The Heat only have those two options.

But the Heat, who have formed the Big Three, has seriously exceeded the salary cap, and now the Heat, even if they do nothing, will pay tens of millions of luxury taxes, and if they want to sign some more useful players, it is obvious that the money earned by the Heat boss Gao Cruise Ship is unaffordable.

Therefore, it is almost certain that the Heat will definitely be traded, and it must be some players who still have trade value, including Kidd, Ray Allen, Battier and others, and as a big three, Bosh, who is not as good as an ordinary starter, is also listed as one of the players who are likely to be traded.

According to the analysis of some experts, before the start of the new season, a large part of the Heat's players are likely to be traded, in addition to the non-sale James, even the injury-plagued Wade is likely to be traded. In order to win the championship again, even the Heat will not hesitate to bleed.

However, this is obviously no longer within the scope of Wang Meng and others' considerations. Having just won the championship, Wang Meng has a lot to do, and the most urgent thing is to return to New Orleans for a three-day car parade.

It's undoubtedly a lot of work, especially for the Hornets after six tough battles. But no Hornets player is tired and celebrating a championship is an honor for anyone.

During the process, Wang Meng and Gasol and others also participated in some American talk shows, but fortunately, compared with the more formal interviews on Chinese TV stations, American talk shows are more about chatting like homely gossip, which is not much difficult, and there is no need to worry that the host of the interview will set a trap for you to jump.

After staying in the United States for about a week and dealing with all kinds of miscellaneous things, Wang Meng began to work on the matter of returning to China.

This time back to China, Wang Meng also has a lot of things to deal with, first of all, he wants to take Taylor home to see, ashamed, although Wang Meng has proposed to Taylor, but with Taylor, Wang Meng only talked to his parents over the phone, but never took Taylor home, which is also a disadvantage of being an NBA player, like Yao Ming when he was in the NBA, he couldn't go home every year for the New Year, because the United States was still playing in the NBA during the Chinese New Year, and as a professional player, he definitely couldn't take leave to go home for the New Year.

What Wang Meng can do is to spend time with his parents during the short offseason.

In fact, Wang Meng has long proposed that his parents move to the United States to live, and with Wang Meng's current financial resources, it is very easy to buy a villa in any city in the United States.

This season, Wang Meng's salary is 12 million, the advertising contract is 40 million, and the total income is as high as 52 million, second only to James's 53 million, in the latest Forbes World Athlete Income List, Wang Meng is only one less than James among all basketball players, ranking fifth, and Kobe Bryant is ranked sixth.

In terms of advertising contracts, Wang Meng is higher than James, only because the salary of 12 million is lower than James, so he is below James.

Chinese identity, hot performance, all of this, is Wang Meng's biggest advantage in absorbing gold, and importantly, Wang Meng's gold absorption is not enough to absorb gold alone, through his huge Chinese market background, Wang Meng can also let other Hornets players get some small Chinese contracts.

Yao Ming also had such a precedent in rockets back then, including Battier, Hayes and others, all of whom had contracts for Chinese products. These contracts are now considered an advantage for the Hornets players, and they can be a favorable advantage for the Hornets to attract strong players in the future. As long as Wang Meng is in the Hornets, the Hornets can always maintain such an advantage.

It's a bit off topic, so let's get down to business.

When Wang Meng's parents proposed to move to the United States, Wang Meng's parents chose to refuse, no way, native Chinese, especially those who are already in their fifties, suddenly want to leave all relatives and friends, move to a city that is completely strange and can't even understand words, it is estimated that few people will be happy.

Although some are reluctant to see their son all year round, Wang Meng's parents still choose to stay in China.

This time when he returned to China with Taylor, Wang Meng did not disguise himself as a thief like last time, but got on the plane in a grand manner and flew back to Shanghai openly.

Wang Meng is naturally fearless, because this time he flew to China, Wang Meng went back with CCTV's news interview team, and Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia, who were seated in the finals and rushed to the United States for live broadcast.

This can be regarded as being protected by professionals, and the CCTV news team also greeted the above early, Wang Meng returned to China, and he would not be blocked at the airport because of his great fame, and the relevant personnel would use various methods to evacuate the crowd, and even dispatch the city management if necessary, of course, just kidding.

In this case, on the plane, Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia naturally would not miss this opportunity to interview Wang Meng.

However, since Wang Meng has already been interviewed, Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping can only ask some questions about what they think after winning the championship, how they will play next season, and whether they will renew their contract with the Hornets next season.

There was another question that seemed innocuous but scared Wang Meng.

The person who asked this question was Yu Jia, who said this sentence like a joke at the time, "Wang Meng, what is the relationship between you and Taylor now?" Have you ever thought about getting married? ”

At this time, Taylor was lying bored listening to music and closing his eyes to recuperate, but Wang Meng broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this question.

When will the news of the marriage of the two be announced, Wang Meng and Taylor have surprisingly the same idea, that is, they will announce it after they get married.

Whether it is Wang Meng or Taylor, they all hate those pestering reporters, paparazzi and the like, and no one wants their wedding to be messed up because of the paparazzi, so the best way is to get married secretly, and then announce it, which is also a routine that works for most celebrities to get married.

Therefore, when Yu Jia asked this question, Wang Meng was extremely vigilant.

"It's a little early to ask that." Wang Meng said half-jokingly: "I'm still very young now, I don't have to get married in such a hurry, and Taylor's current career is also on the rise, besides, don't mention these, just me and Taylor, I also want to go out and have fun, once we get married, there are more things to consider, and we definitely can't leave as much as we want now." ”

Fortunately, this matter was not originally an issue that the imperial court Wutai attached importance to, so it was very overlooked.

When they arrived at the plane, it was directly to Shanghai, and under the protection of the airport staff, Wang Meng and Taylor got on the transfer bus and returned to their homes.

"This is your home?" Taylor looked at Wang Meng's house that was not too big, and asked with some doubts, no way, Taylor really can't imagine that Wang Meng's parents live in such a place, Wang Meng is not a stingy person, why not buy a better house for his parents?

Wang Meng shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Don't guess, I have bought 3 houses in Shanghai this year, and two of them are written with my parents' names, but they don't want to move there at all, the first is that it is too far away from the usual place of life, and the second is that it is also a little far away from some friends." The third is that they are a little unable to adapt to the comfortable feeling of a large luxury house. ”

"Your parents are weird." Taylor laughed.

"After all, our conditions here are different from yours, and you may not have to worry about these things when you were young." Wang Meng shook his head and said with some emotion: "I remember very clearly that when I was young, my family didn't even have a place to live, so we could only rent a house and live in houses everywhere in Shanghai. ”

"So, maybe that's why my parents have a soft spot for this house." Wang Meng said.

Meeting parents is also a favorite link and project.

Of course, in a female surname like Taylor, who is perfect in all aspects, there will be no bloody parental dissatisfaction in the process of meeting parents.

In fact, the only thing Wang Meng's parents care about is that Taylor is a foreigner, and there is a big language barrier with their side.

But this, Wang Meng's parents have no way, after all, Wang Meng's current situation is special, he works in the United States, only a short time a year can return to China, Wang Meng, who is in the United States all the year round, wants to find a Chinese girl is too difficult, even if he waits to return to China, according to the current average athlete's career, it will almost have to wait until Wang Meng is 35 years old, unless Wang Meng also suffers a serious injury like Yao Ming that ruined his career, but this is basically impossible, because Wang Meng is pregnant.

Therefore, Wang Meng's parents don't have much to say about this, it's difficult to communicate, anyway, they and Taylor are not likely to be alone, Taylor is also in the United States all the year round, and Wang Meng's parents are also accompanied by Wang Meng, and there is no big problem with Wang Meng as a translator.

At home, Wang Meng also chatted with his parents for a long time, including the specific details of his marriage to Taylor.

Back in Shanghai, Wang Meng didn't just look at his parents, in fact, he had several advertising contracts to shoot in China, and he was also invited by Yao Ming to attend an event.

Sometimes being a celebrity is like this, there are advantages and disadvantages, Wang Meng just stayed with his parents for a day, and began to carry out various activities non-stop, after dealing with the affairs in Shanghai, Wang Meng flew to Yanjing by plane to be interviewed by CCTV.

accompanied by Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, as for Taylor, she got on the plane back to China, after all, she has a lot of things, and a lot of them need to be dealt with.

"Boss Yao, have you decided? Where exactly are you going next season? Until this time, Wang Meng still did not forget the Wasp's work to woo Yao Ming.

However, after Yao Ming's initial heartbeat, he still shook his head sensibly and rejected Wang Meng.

Yao Ming's answer was only two sentences. The first sentence, "Wang Meng, what position will Oden play next season?" ”

The second sentence, "Wang Meng, what is the Hornets' salary cap next season?" ”

After two sentences, Wang Meng, who suddenly asked, was speechless.

Let's talk about the first sentence first, in the entire series of the playoffs, Oden's play can be said to be the brightest point of the Hornets team except for Wang Meng, averaging 17 points and 13 rebounds per game, Oden has completely changed from the initial parallel champion to one of the top interior lines in the league, and at the end of this season, Oden also revealed his plans for this summer with Wang Meng, he is ready to apprentice with Olajuwon, and begin to learn the inside footsteps by heart.

Oden's interior defense is already the top in the league, if he can learn Olajuwon's skills, no, as long as he learns a third, Oden also has the capital to compete with Howard. The 25-year-old clearly has the advantage in terms of potential.

There is no doubt that Oden will be the absolute main force of the Hornets inside next season, and even on the inside, he will slowly take over Gasol's interior power and become the backbone of the Hornets' interior line like the Lakers' Bydam back then.

Yao Ming will be 33 years old at the start of next season and 35 years old in the playoffs next season, but there is no doubt that he will still be the main player in a team.

If he gets to the Hornets, Yao Ming's ability will make his position on the court extremely embarrassing, and taking too many inside shots will suppress Oden's presence, and at the same time, it will also suppress Oden's progress.

Without a handle, Yao Ming's main advantage is the almost unsolvable attack on the inside, and letting him on the court will only waste his physical strength.

Yao Ming and Oden overlap, which will make it very difficult for the Hornets. It will also make Auden and Yao Ming very entangled.

Second sentence. The Hornets' salary cap is not high in the league, and the 13 players together are only more than 60 million or 70 million, almost triggering the salary cap.

It's definitely a very good match, and there will be a small increase in the wages of Gasol and others next season, but for the current Hornets, it is definitely a trivial matter.

But if Yao Ming is signed, what the Hornets need to pay is at least a five-million middle-class contract.

Maybe five million is not much for a team, but it is definitely not less, especially a small ball city team like the Hornets, the owner is not willing to pay more money to feed the team, even Lis's father is the same, although in two years, Liz's father relied on Wang Meng's vast market and made a lot of money like Alexander, the owner of the Rockets, but this does not mean that he is willing to spend more money to feed the team.

In his opinion, the current Huang Feng lineup is strong enough, and the actual benefits that can be brought to him are also very much. Although Yao Ming's current Chinese market is not necessarily much weaker than Wang Meng's, the signing of Yao Ming obviously does not make the already very good market further improved. In that case, why spend an extra sum of money to sign Yao Ming?

Just to strengthen the team and win the championship?

Liz's dad is not the owner of the Nets, he is willing to spend a lot of money for a championship, and has already won a championship, and Liz's dad is no longer so eager for a championship. Besides, who says you can't win another championship if you keep your current squad? The average age of today's Hornets is not high at all, and the only senior player, Fisher, can also play for two more years due to his playing style. In other words, as long as the Hornets don't make any changes to the lineup, they will still be the favorites to win the championship next season. Why did Liz's dad spend all that extra money to sign Yao Ming?

This is the evil capitalist, and even Liz, as the general manager, can't change his father's idea.

Yao Ming's two questions made Wang Meng silent, the NBA is a large commercial field, and this has not changed from beginning to end. Therefore, the problem of China's big three combination is basically not promising, at least it is unlikely that Yao Ming still has a strong competitiveness and the Hornets also have a strong inside line.

(To be continued)