Healing Basketball

Chapter 174 174. Are you looking for him or me?

After 20 hours of sailing, the cruise ship docked at a port in Los Angeles.

Those who have work to do disembark to work, while others either stay on board with their families or take their families ashore to play.

There are also singles, to feel the surrounding industries of Hollywood...

Liu Xiu has work this afternoon, so she doesn't have time to go with Randolph and Little Flying Squirrel to help outlaw lunatics see the world.

Liu Xiu felt that outlaw lunatics were a clear stream among high school students.

This guy is still living in an apartment. Apart from training, he usually plays games, including console games. He stays at home alone when he has nothing to do.

There are only two cars in the family, one is a second-hand car I bought when I first arrived in Portland, and I bought a sports car for myself on my 9th birthday in mid-September.

For the rest of the money, I heard that I send part of the money to my parents every month, and the rest, the high school student bought national bonds.

Don't ask, it means stability, you can sell it at any time if you want cash, and you don't have to worry about bank bankruptcy.

Liu Xiuxian and Tianzun went to the hotel arranged by the league for the All-Star Weekend players to report, take makeup photos... and other chores, and then went to three venues to do promotional activities.

After a busy afternoon, I arrived at the holiday villa rented by my uncle and aunt Qinger at 8 o'clock in the evening.

Seeing that her brother came back with a baseball cap as a gift, Qing'er started cooking again, and her aunt asked, "How about today's promotion?"

Liu Xiu is very sensible: "I feel that I am the most beautiful boy in the audience, thanks to the clothes you made."

"It's because you're handsome...what should I say, you are a safflower, and the clothes I make are just green leaves. Your family has good genes. Back then, I just went to China for a trip, but I was cheated by your uncle ..."

Again.

Ever since she was pregnant with her second child, my aunt always recalled the past without saying a word.

The uncle fled to the kitchen to help his precious daughter cook. He used to be a chef.

Liu Xiu listened to the "love story of how my uncle abducted a big American girl and my aunt" for a long time, and finally, the phone rang!
Head coach Maurice Cheeks arrived in Los Angeles and came to find Liu Xiu where he was temporarily staying.

When guests come, my aunt will be normal, go to the kitchen... and ask her daughter to prepare drinks and snacks.

Morris Cheeks did not come to Los Angeles with the cruise ship, but stayed in Portland to communicate with the management. He only came this afternoon, and it is much faster to fly than to take the cruise ship.

After exchanging pleasantries, Maurice Cheeks got straight to the point: "Warden, you can play with confidence. As before, the management will not interfere with the game."

"In other words, the coach may still be the last to know about the transaction?"

Maurice Cheeks pressed his chest and panted... Successfully cured the head coach, Liu Xiu happily accepted the healing value.

Qing Er came out with the snacks, Maurice Cheeks came back to life, and said: "I have communicated with them, they just want to trade Rasheed away to warn other players."

"It's really an extravagant warning." Liu Xiu complained.

"It's a luxury, but if you have 200 billion, I think you will be more extravagant in terms of hobbies."

"That's true," Liu Xiu accepted the statement and asked, "Coach, how much do you think we have been affected? What should we do after the All-Star Weekend?"

"I knew you must be the first to think about this...because..."

"I'm afraid of trouble!" (in unison)

Both of them couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, Liu Xiu said: "I don't know what the future holds. I want to grasp the present and create a better future for myself."

Morris Cheeks likes Liu Xiu's attitude very much.

Some young people, after being traded or their friends being traded, give up on themselves and want to make the management regret...

But in the end, the only one who regrets is himself.

The front office is the one who knows best that 'players come and go, talent rises and falls'.

Only by making yourself more valuable can you really do what those people regret.

Maurice Cheeks asked: "McDyess will be joining soon, you know that?"

"Yes, he and I have the same agent."

"First, we need to accept a fact."

"Raheem + Harrington + McDyess are not as effective as Rashid alone?"

"Yes, it seems that you are also very aware of this, but there is good news, Raheem and McDyess are both very good players, from character to strength.

Harrington is a little more troublesome, but we have you..."

"Coach, what do you mean?"

"Ha ha……"

"..."

"..."

While eating dinner, Liu Xiu and Maurice Cheeks communicated from multiple levels such as team relationship, lineup, tactical framework, etc. until the early morning, and Maurice Cheeks was arranged to stay in the guest room.

And made an appointment, in the next few days, if you have time, communicate more, and the rest of the coaching staff will also come to Los Angeles tomorrow.

What Liu Xiu didn't know was that after the trade, the head coach communicated with the players like this. Only the core and most important players in the eyes of the head coach have this treatment...

……

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February 2th, the second day Liu Xiu came to Los Angeles.

Tomorrow, the All-Star Weekend will start.

There is still work today, but it is much easier than yesterday. There is only a publicity event this morning.

But this endorsement cost more money than the three endorsements yesterday that required promotional activities.

Sneaker endorsement!

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Liu Xiu attended AJ's press conference.

AJ officially announced that it officially started the creation of the Warden series and the General series sneakers.

Bill Duffy must have participated in this kind of thing.

Bill Duffy confirmed one thing—the fact that Liu Xiu’s prospects in Portland are not clear has not affected the importance that various brands attach to his commercial value.

"Yao must really understand his own value..." Bill Duffy thought in his heart.

……

After the press conference, Liu Xiu went to participate in the promotional activities of Jordan's re-engraved sneakers.

The publicity effect is... so-so.

Not long ago, he just hit the OK combination, and there are fans in the Los Angeles basketball circle who will wait to see him.

This is normal, James' promotion in Los Angeles was even worse yesterday.

After the publicity campaign ended, Liu Xiu was taken to a club.

"Linda, who are we going to see?"

"Someone you'd be thrilled to see."

"Cang XX?"

"Huh? What?"

"Ahem, it's nothing, Linda, can you tell me who I'm going to see first?"

Face swiping was effective, and Linda, who was in charge of AJ's usual work and business liaison with Liu Xiu, came to Liu Xiu's side, and Liu Xiu leaned over.

Linda whispered: "When there is a camera shooting, you must act surprised... It's our little boss Michael Jordan..."

"!" Liu Xiu, who was lazy at first, immediately stood up.

After a while, the two came to a terrace of the clubhouse, where two people were cutting cigars.

Jordan and Barkley!

Liu Xiu didn't expect Barkley to be there, but he was more surprised to see Jordan himself than when he heard his name just now.

The two have been notified that someone is coming.

Seeing Liu Xiu's surprise look, Qiao Dan was very helpful... Then he saw Liu Xiu take out her mobile phone and make a call...

Seeing Liu Xiu excitedly talking on the phone and speaking incomprehensible words, Qiao Dan really had a black question mark face.

Linda, a staff member who can speak some Chinese, translated to Qiao Dan, and what Liu Xiu said was probably—"Dad, I saw Qiao Dan, and I will help you get an autograph!"

Jordan was very happy when he heard that, he seems to have a lot of fans in China... But thinking about it this way, maybe this rookie is not his fan?

Barkley also had the same idea, and he was immediately happy.

As AJ's small boss, Jordan first met the future No. [-] brand that the brand bet on, which was completely different from what he had imagined before....

As for who the first card is...

After a while, Liu Xiu greeted the two very politely.

"Hi, Mr. Jordan, nice to meet you."

"Sir Barkley, long time no see. Thank you very much for being selected as the All-Star starter."

More polite than Jordan thought!

Compared with the Portland Bandit group composed of Glider, Clifford Robinson, Buck Williams, Jeremy Kersey, Kevin Duckworth, etc., he is completely a good boy.

His appearance is even better than on TV, not to mention, wearing glasses, he looks like a gentleman...

But the current Trail Blazers have a worse reputation than the Portland bandits at that time, directly incarnating in Portland Prison.

The rookie in front of him also 'unified' the chaotic situation of the prison team, and was called the warden.

Jordan responded without saying anything, maintaining the arrogance of the basketball god.

Barkley was quite enthusiastic: "Small matter, you also invited me to your All-Star party, but unfortunately you were not there yesterday, butcher thought you would come back, so he invited a group of Cuban models, I heard you like it."

Before Liu Xiu answered, someone's arrogance as a basketball god couldn't be maintained anymore: "Warden, you held an all-star party? Why didn't you invite me?"

Barkley's goal was achieved, showing a sinister smile.

Liu Xiu felt revenged.

The basketball god's reaction...

How could Liu Xiu not understand?
"Mr. Jordan, I didn't know you before."

The warden's true colors, tell the truth.

"..."

"..."

Both Jordan and Barkley were speechless.

In such an embarrassing situation, Liu Xiu broke the embarrassment with embarrassment!Barkley gave a thumbs up.

Liu Xiu continued: "Mr. Jordan, the party will not end until the 15th. I rented a cruise ship with dozens of rooms. If you are free, you can contact me at any time. I will go again tonight. once."

"You can just call me Michael," Jordan suddenly became serious: "Jess, although you are still young, and although the endorsement contract you have earned is more than many stars have earned in their entire career, you must learn to control you reasonably. wealth."

A cruise with dozens of rooms for a week?Jordan will feel heartache. After this week, various expenditures, at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Although he is just AJ's small boss, he gave up his voting rights in order to turn profit dividends into sales dividends, but AJ's image largely represents his image.

There is also a heart to cherish talents, but Jordan is more worried that Liu Xiu will go bankrupt in the future, which will affect AJ's image...and affect his income.

"Thank you, Michael," Liu Xiu changed her title. "I was selected as an All-Star for the first time, and I signed such a big endorsement contract. I want to celebrate it. I won't be like this in the future."

The rookie is very sincere, Jordan nodded, very satisfied.

The first impression is very important. What Liu Xiu shows is an image that likes to tell the truth.

He loves to tell the truth, he seems to be outspoken, professionally talented, and able to play well...Jordan seems to have seen how miserable the members of the prison team are every day.

Thinking about it this way, Jordan's love for Liu Xiu has greatly increased.

After exchanging pleasantries, Jordan accepted Liu Xiu's invitation and will go to the party on the cruise ship tonight.

The first meeting was over, and the shooting of AJ's promotional material was completed, and then the three of them went to have lunch together.

During lunch, there was no filming, so the chat was more relaxed.

They are all basketball players, so it is inevitable that they talked about the shock-level trade that just happened to the Trail Blazers.

Liu Xiu roughly talked about his plan with the head coach.

Liu Xiu's reaction surprised both Jordan and Barkley.

When dealing with unexpected situations and dealing with troublesome things that have suffered a huge physical and mental shock, this rookie has done a lot better than them at the beginning.

Jordan has some regrets.

He has already started investing and will officially join the Bobcats, the new NBA team, on May 5. At that time, he will become a consultant to the president of the Bobcats, and he has discussed with the black TV station owner to gradually buy shares in the future.

He thought that the shock of the Trail Blazers and the dismantling of the "Prison Team's Truth" combination would make Liu Xiu feel dissatisfied with the Trail Blazers.

The scene of Liu Xiu and Tianzun interacting passionately on the court is still quite popular.

The reputation is not good, but the phrase "basketball can't lie" was posted on the duo of Liu Xiu and Tianzun, and it was widely circulated.

But Liu Xiu's calmness in dealing with this matter, although Qiao Dan felt Liu Xiu's strong psychological quality, it also made him stop thinking about recruiting Liu Xiu.

If possible, in Jordan's player era, he would also choose an owner like Paul Allen who is rich enough to buy all NBA teams. Look at the Trail Blazers, with a salary of [-] million this year!Taxes are tens of millions.

……

Lunch is almost done, time for dessert.

Chatting today was more pleasant, Liu Xiu jumped back while it was hot... No, it was a blacksmith: "Sir Barkley, there is one thing I want to ask you for help."

"Huh? What kind of promotional activities do you need me to do?" That's all Barkley could think of to help.

"No, no, it's not that troublesome. I hope you can take some time and teach me the technique!"

Liu Xiu originally planned to ask Barkley for advice at the party tonight.

I got the chance to learn from Barkley in the 'Quick Learning Mode' of the 'Great Magician', but I have to agree to it!
And both he and Barkley are free, and Barkley is quite busy at work.

However, before Barkley answered, Jordan spoke first: "Jess, I'm sitting here, don't you ask me to learn technology, ask him to learn?"

(End of this chapter)