The day after the draft ended, Li Hao, Holtz and the lawyer came to the Los Angeles Lakers headquarters, and yesterday Kupchak called to welcome Li Hao and ask him to come to the team to sign.

I have to say that as a second-round show, Li Hao is definitely the fastest to complete the signing, after all, many second-round shows have to finish the summer league and see how good they are before they are fully signed, and those who can sign are already counted, and some second-round shows fail to sign contracts even if they are selected.

The second-round show contract is a 1+1 model, and the team selection in the second year, although there is less guarantee than the first-round pick, is not without benefits.

"Lee, you're wearing the No. 8 jersey in college," Kupchak looked at Li Hao.

"After entering the NBA, I want to wear No. 88" Li Hao knew that the No. 8 jersey would retire with Kobe Bryant, although Kobe Bryant now wears No. 24, but No. 8 still belongs to Kobe.

"Okay" Seeing that Li Hao said this, Kupchak didn't say anything.

"Li, you can sign a contract" Li Hao's rookie contract is actually nothing to talk about, generally the second round of the show is a base salary, but the Lakers obviously did not give Li Hao a base salary, Li Hao has a total of 1.9 million US dollars in two years and 880,000 US dollars in the first year.

However, the 880,000 US dollars Li Hao can get is estimated to be about 400,000, the tax in the United States is very terrifying, and California is the highest tax state in the United States.

After signing the contract, the team usually advances a part of the salary, which is done to help the rookie settle down quickly, so after signing this two-year contract, Li Hao finally has money, although not much.

In fact, the main income of NBA stars is not in the annual salary, the annual salary represents the importance of a team to the player, and the real star has more income from off-court.

Let's just say Li Hao, after deciding to join the Lakers, there were commercial endorsements in China immediately approached the door, and some businesses found the Lakers, but Li Hao has not yet become famous, and these endorsements are not much.

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"Why are you here?" When Li Hao signed the contract and took promotional photos with the No. 88 fan, Kobe Bryant suddenly walked in.

"I'm coming for Lee," Bryant said to Kupchak.

"Didn't you say you were looking for a house? I just happen to know a nice place," the house was Kobe Bryant's initiation.

Now Li Hao can't afford to buy a house in those famous and wealthy areas of Los Angeles, so he hopes to find an apartment with good security facilities to live in first.

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"What does that feel?" Li Hao came to this high-end apartment in Kobe's sports car.

"It looks good" but you can tell the price of this apartment from the outside.

"It's also close to the stadium training hall, and you can drive it in 20 minutes" Li Hao was a little disappointed when he heard that it would take 20 minutes to drive, after all, the salary of this goods was only more than 200,000 US dollars.

"Huh? This can't be your property, right? Li Hao found that Kobe Bryant was very familiar with this place.

"This is the house I bought before, I haven't been here in a long time" The young Kobe Bryant is a training maniac, and in order to disturb his family, Kobe Bryant bought this apartment.

As a superstar of the league, Kobe Bryant is naturally not short of money, and this apartment can't sell for much, so Kobe kept this apartment until he asked Li Hao about the house yesterday.

Anyway, this place is also empty, it is better to let Li Hao live, as for the rent, Kobe really doesn't care, but Li Hao, as a principled man, is definitely not willing to take advantage of others.

Two bedrooms and a living room, two bathrooms, and a small cloakroom, because the floor is high enough, you can also watch the night view of Los Angeles.

"Kobe, you wouldn't have been here to watch the early hours of the morning in Los Angeles, would you?" Li Hao couldn't help but be curious.

"Whenever I come to live here, it means I have to get up very early the next day," said the other hand, I had been training with Kobe Bryant for almost a month, and I hadn't seen Los Angeles at 4 a.m.

"What should you do if you rent it to me," Li Hao asked.

"It's been a long time since I've been here, and I don't think I'll ever come here again very often" Kobe Bryant's current physical condition is no longer able to afford the crazy training that he once had.

"Well, I rented it, how much?" Li Hao asked.

"Give me 30,000 US dollars a year" 30,000 US dollars a year is not expensive in Los Angeles, an ordinary apartment costs about 2,000 US dollars a month, Kobe Bryant is a high-end apartment here.

"Thank you," Li Hao thanked.

There is no need for Li Hao and Kobe to worry about the house matter next, Kobe's side has staff who will follow up, and Li Hao's side Holtz will also follow up, so Li Hao only needs to sign the contract after it is printed.

After the house is completed, I have to buy a car, men love cars, but it is not without exceptions, mainly because of poverty, Li Hao's budget is 350,000 US dollars.

It is definitely not possible to buy a high-end sports car for 350,000 US dollars, but it is more than enough to buy a substitute for transportation, and even if you buy a trot, you can still have more than 10,000 left.

However, Li Hao did not choose a trot, but a very common pickup truck in the United States, with a black body, priced at 39,000 US dollars, affordable and practical.

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After the house was settled, Kobe Bryant left, and Li Hao and Holtz went to buy the car together, and after getting the car, Li Hao and Holtz went to dinner together.

Because of Li Hao's draft, Holtz has been busy before and after, and now that the draft is over, the two naturally want to have a good meal to celebrate.

After signing the contract, Li Hao got his first salary, and Holtz also got his first commission as an agent, although this money was not much.

"Li, my task at this stage is complete, and then it's up to you" Holtz looked at Li Hao.

"I won't let you down" self-confidence, you can feel Li Hao's self-confidence from the first time I saw Li Hao, and this self-confidence is emanating from the inside out.

It is Li Hao's self-confidence that makes Holtz believe that Li Hao can gain a firm foothold in the NBA and can bring himself what they dream of.

"Lee, even though you've signed with the Lakers, summer league is still very important," Holtz shifted the conversation to Summer League in July.

Summer League is very important for rookies and players who don't have a contract, and rookies need to show their strength in summer league and show the team that they are worth developing, while players who don't have a contract need to use Summer League to fight for a contract to stay in the NBA.

As the highest level of basketball in the world, the NBA is the dream of countless basketball players, but there are only a small number of players who really have the opportunity to step into this dream land, and more of them fall into the reality and cruelty outside the dream.