Play with your brain

Chapter 150 Summoned
"Squeak!!..."

"Aww!..."

The sharp braking and steering sounds constantly stimulated people's ears.

At this time, Hu Lin was sitting in this brand new BMW 760, staring intently at the front, holding the steering wheel tightly with both hands. come out.

It turned out to be David Lee. He was sitting in the back row. However, he didn't seem to be sitting now, because he didn't fasten his seat belt, so he kept rolling back and forth with the sharp turns of the car.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for it to be over.

As soon as the car stopped, Hu Lin immediately said to the window, "The ultimate car, you are the only one!"

And Lao Li poked his head out immediately, and stretched out two fingers, indicating that he was fine, "Big enough, safe enough!"

"Card! Passed! Call it a day!"

Not far away, a guy with a big beard immediately shouted out that Hu Lin and Lao Li were filming commercials.

After beating up the defending champions in Miami on Saturday, the Knicks don't have the Houston Rockets until next Tuesday.Therefore, the time in between was relatively relaxed, and Lao Hu hurriedly made an advertisement to make money.

This is a BMW ad. The one Lao Hu shot last time was pretty good. It was originally planned to shoot another one before the start of the season.However, because of Lao Hu's 'opening the door' incident, it has been delayed until now.

Now that Hu Lin's popularity is booming, it's time to do publicity while it's hot.And Hu Lin is very busy now, so BMW has shown great sincerity.

In addition, this advertisement has joined the second actor, David Lee.The idea of ​​BMW is also very simple, just to release this advertisement globally, so adding a good friend of Hu Lin will reflect the internationalization.

When Lao Hu heard about this idea, he immediately found David Lee. Nothing else, Lao Li's current salary is not high, and he doesn't have any extra advertising revenue, so he went to the countryside to help the poor.

Lao Li is naturally very happy to be able to shoot commercials. The economic problem is one aspect, and the key is to make a good car to drive.

So, after a bit of chatter among the agents, the matter was settled, and while they had time, they filmed the ad, and when it aired on Christmas, everyone was happy.

"Why is it that I put in more effort, but the US dollars I can get are only half of yours?!" Lao Li felt a little troubled, obviously he was rolling around behind and suffered a lot. It would be nice if you need to do a show in front, but the money you get is very different, how can this not make people angry.

"This..." Hu Lin was also a little sweaty, but that's how they arranged it. "I'm afraid it's because this advertisement is mainly placed in China. You know, I have the support of Chinese people behind me."

"Okay, you guys make sense, how about this, let's switch cars, what do you think?!" Lao Li immediately made another request.

This request is nothing, just the reward for this advertisement, the car for Hu Lin is 760, and the car for Lao Li is 720.

"Not at all, the appearance is the same, it's just a little bit worse." Lao Hu didn't want to change, so he curled his lips.

"Cut! I knew you were stingy, hey, you were careless in making friends." Lao Li was actually just joking.

"I'm dizzy. I should be the one to say this word. You guys forget to dig wells when you're so hungry. Hey,..." Lao Hu also knew that this was a joke, but it was right to hurt Lao Li. However, he immediately felt his phone vibrate.

"Hi, I'm Forrest, hello coach, what do you want me for?" I took it out and saw that it was a call from the coach, which is really rare.

"Hello, Forrest, I'm fine. I just want to ask you, do you have time? I want to chat with you in private, just the two of us. Don't worry, it's a topic between men." The coach's tone seemed very relaxed, it seems that there should be something good.

"Oh, that's fine, just the two of us?"

"Well! It's just the two of us. If there's no problem, then I'll wait for you at the Hammer Tavern next to Hudson Street."

"OK, I'll be there right away."

It seems that there is something wrong, but I don't know what it is. In short, it shouldn't be that the coach is free to introduce someone to himself, hehe...

"Hey! Egghead, this way." As soon as Hu Lin entered the tavern, he was discovered by Coach Tuo.

"Coach, I'm so interested, but I don't drink." Lao Hu immediately came over and got together with Thomas.

"Of course I know, I just want to chat with you." Coach To said very easily.

"Oh?" So what are you talking about?Hu Lin was very curious.

"Actually, it's nothing. I just want to ask you, are you going to continue playing in the Knicks?" Thomas stated his purpose very directly. It is obvious that this is a matter of contract renewal, without any detours.

"This, hehe..."

It was so direct and sudden, Lao Hu was not prepared at all.

"I know it's a bit sudden, but I'm just talking to you in private now, so you don't have to be nervous, and it's not like you're going to kill everything right now. We still have time to discuss this issue, right." Seeing Lao Hu somewhat Startled, Coach Tuo immediately came out to ease the atmosphere.

"This matter is indeed too sudden. I haven't considered it at all. Really, I don't want to lie." Lao Hu first came up with a slap in the face. Anyway, he really didn't think about it, and now is the beginning of the season. , There is still a long time to talk about contract renewal.

Hu Lin's contract is two years, but in the third year, the Knicks have the priority to renew the contract.In other words, Hu Lin will become a restricted free agent after the end of the season.This is normal, even when the contract is signed, the NBA team will keep a hand, that is, the rights and interests of both parties are stipulated in the contract, and there are also regulations after the contract ends, such as restricted players.

A simple explanation is that for restricted players, the old club will give the player whose contract has ended before June 6 a new contract, just a new contract without signing.In this way, the player will become a restricted free agent, and then, if a team is satisfied with the player, it will make an offer for the player.

The advantage of the old club is that as long as he can match the offer of other teams, then this restricted free agent can stay in the original team. If it does not match, then the player will go to the new club, that is So simple.

In other words, judging from the current situation, as long as everything is normal, Hu Lin will definitely become a restricted free agent after the end of the season.

Judging from the current situation, Hu Lin has a chance to get a maximum salary.However, judging from the current salary level of the Knicks, they cannot sign a maximum salary contract, because the maximum salary is not one, but double.Of course, if it is a player exchange, there is nothing wrong with it, but it is really unacceptable to sign one more.

"I know, I know. But, Egghead, you know, I am very optimistic about you, and you will become a new legend. You know, I already have a blueprint in my heart, a blueprint for a New York dynasty , its foundation is you. Of course, we will also have Curry, David, Frye, Crawford, etc., these are the foundation of the blueprint, but you, Hulin, are definitely the most critical in this blueprint , most importantly! I really need you, and New York needs you very much."

What Thomas said was extremely solemn, and he looked at Hu Lin without blinking his eyes. At this moment, he seemed to be praying to God. Anyone who listened or read it would feel that what Thomas said was absolutely true.

Lao Hu is definitely telling the truth, but this matter is not so easy to say, he is not sure yet.

Why not sure?
It's too simple, this is the Knicks, this is the worst team among the worst teams in the NBA in recent years.It's not because of the lineup, or because the boss is stingy, but because of the constant internal strife!
Now the team's situation is very good, that's because Marbury and Fobo can't play yet, they have no chance of infighting at all, but once they all come back, Hu Lin really has no idea how things will develop.

That's right, even if he is a time traveler, he can't see clearly the future situation of this team. He has to wait until Marbury and others come back, at least playing for a month or two before he can see this team. Prospects.

Therefore, Lao Hu really didn't dare to promise anything.

"I can……"

"Dantou, wait a minute. Listen to me. I don't want to hide many things from you." Thomas interrupted immediately before Hu Lin finished speaking.

"OK, you say."

"I don't want to deceive you. The reason why I asked you to come and talk to you is that the team can't give you a maximum salary now. Of course, not only you, David, Channing, they will not get a very high salary. .I can tell you that next season we are going to offer you a contract of about 200 million US dollars. I know this is very little, and it is really wronged for you. But, please believe me, just one season , After one season, I will give you the salary you deserve, what do you think?!"

Thomas revealed the whole plan, and Lao Hu understood it.

Everyone knows that the current salary structure of the Knicks is unreasonable, but to what extent?It is estimated that not many people know.

Alan Houston has retired. Yes, we shouldn't talk about him, but his salary is still included in the Knicks' salary cap.You read that right, it's true.According to the labor-management agreement, for a player like Houston, that is, a player who retires due to injury, his salary will be included in the team's salary for one year. He retired at the start of last season, so...

Well, the next year will be better, but the Knicks still have to pay for the rest of the contract, although insurance companies will cover some of it.

A person who doesn't play for a minute has a salary of more than 1 million U.S. dollars. Don't you think it's strange.

　I wish you all a happy new year and all the best!
　　
　
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