NBA: Two hands can’t carry championship rings

After returning to San Francisco, Yue Yi returned to the staff dormitory of Oracle Arena.

In the NBA, it goes without saying where the stars live. Even if they don't buy a luxury house locally, they will rent one to live in.

It is not a problem for middle-class and low-income players to live in luxury apartments.

Even the lowest level players can easily afford to spend some money to stay in a hotel.

Yue Yi's income is at the bottom level. He has not yet had a formal contract or received a salary. Chinatown is also a certain distance from the Oracle Arena.

In order to facilitate daily training and not waste time on the way back and forth, after communicating with the management staff, Yue Yi has been living in the team staff's dormitory, where he has a small single room that belongs to him temporarily.

This kind of room is not worthy of an NBA player. It is mainly used for team equipment managers, cleaners and others, but Yue Yi doesn't care.

After putting his luggage in the room, Yue Yi received a call from the team's general manager Mullin.

The other end of the phone told him to talk about the contract.

Mullin asked Yue Yi to give him his agent's phone number.

How can Yue Yi have an agent?

He called Yue Xiafei and asked him to act as his agent.

If the estimate is correct, after scoring 24 points against the Jazz, the Warriors will hand him a minimum salary contract, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

It's much lower than the veteran's base salary. After all, veterans have seniority bonuses.

"Brat, are you sure? You just scored 24 points."

Actually, Yue Yi could go to negotiate the contract with General Manager Mullin by himself, but it would be inconvenient for him to go by himself, and he couldn't always do it himself in the future. Yue Xiafei was his own man, so it would be more convenient for him to explain.

Yue Yi told Yue Xiafei that for this kind of contract, don't care about the amount, but there are a few things to do.

First, the contract must be fully guaranteed.

Second, the contract is only signed for one year.

The contract is fully guaranteed to reduce the risk of being arbitrarily cut midway. Although Yue Yi has full confidence in staying in the Warriors, he doesn't want to take risks in this regard.

He wants a stable environment. After all, his function is extremely single now. If he is cut and changes to a new team, his new teammates won't give him much. Passing the ball, this will be a headache.

And only signing a short one-year contract is because after this season, Yue Yi can confidently improve his strength to a higher level. He is a man with a system. If he gets some awards and records during his rookie period, his strength will be significantly improved.

Next season, it will not be this price.

Yue Xiafei meant that after finally getting a high-scoring game, he should strive to sign a longer contract with a higher amount, and get the money he can get first. Who knows what the future will be like.

After all, there are far more players who continue to mix in the NBA every year than those who make a name for themselves in the NBA.

Yue Xiafei's idea is naturally correct, but how could he know Yue Yi's special situation.

"Okay, uncle, just do as I say. You can make an appointment to talk with Mulin."

"Brat, don't regret it."

There was a very dissatisfied voice on the other end of the phone, but Yue Yi knew that the old uncle would do what he wanted.

From the time he decided to participate in the draft, the old uncle had always opposed it, but everything he did was always supportive.

After finishing this matter, Yue Yi took a shower and changed into sportswear.

In the mirror, Yue Yi had shoulder-length hair spread on both sides, handsome features, good looks, and a height of 198 cm. Although he was much taller, he was not as exaggeratedly tall. Although the athletic boy's figure looked thin, his strong muscles were clearly defined.

Yue Yi tied his long hair into a short ponytail and thought that he should buy a sports set. There were no other clothes besides clothes.

These days, when she was so focused on training, she found that she didn’t even have any decent clothes.

Penny called her again and again, urging Yue Yi to come over. He took a taxi and went to Huadian to buy a bouquet of roses. Yue Yi took the car to the address given by Penny. It was a five-star hotel. Yue Yi didn't expect that Penny's birthday would be held here on the third floor.

The banquet hall was filled with people, with flowing tables and guests everywhere.

This scene caught Yue Yi off guard. She thought it was just a few friends having fun, but

Penny saw Yue Yi standing at the door of the hall from a distance. , she trotted over wearing a long white dress.

Penny was even more beautiful in her dress than in her stewardess uniform.

"Why did you come?"

Penny complained, and when she saw the red rose in Yue Yi's hand, her eyes were filled with joy.

"Thank you."

Although there are only nine red roses in this bouquet, it represents love, and Penny is very happy.

Without waiting for Yue Yi to hand it over, Penny took it first, and then walked in with her arm around Yue Yi's shoulders.

At this moment, the handsome man and beautiful woman became the focus of the whole audience.

Yue Yi was quite embarrassed at the moment. The kiss on the plane was an instinctive impulse. He bought red roses for Penny because he thought it would be okay in front of Penny's friends, but he never thought that there would be so many people, especially the parents.

"Dad, Helen, Jack, this is my boyfriend, Yue."

Penny's father was dressed in a suit, about 60 years old, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, very elegant.

The lady holding his arm was quite young, about 30 years old, wearing an evening gown with half of her balls exposed. After Penny introduced her, she learned that this lady with big balls was the girlfriend of Penny's father.

The man standing next to the two of them, who was also dressed in a smart black suit and looked quite handsome, was Penny's brother, Jack.

The three of them were looking at Yue Yi.

After Yue Yi greeted them friendly, he started chatting with them.

Yue Yi didn't expect that Penny's relatives all knew him and knew that he played for the Warriors. The topic of conversation was all basketball.

After a few brief chats, Yue Yi found out that Penny's father and brother knew basketball and they had season tickets for the Warriors.

The two were quite friendly to Yue Yi, probably because of their status as Warriors players.

"Good boy, you have picked up all the young ladies from the Noah family, and they are really yours."

While Yue Yi was chatting with them about the Warriors' plans for this season, a voice in Mandarin sounded in his ears.

Yue Yi turned around and saw that this man was a big shot in Chinatown, Brother Fang.

Yue Yi had brief contact with him. Brother Fang's full name is Fang Jing. He is very influential in San Francisco's Chinatown. It is said that he is the leader of the Hongmen and has a certain status. If something happens to the Chinese in Chinatown, they will usually come to him first. Yue Yi's uncle Yue Xiafei sees it. He would always take the initiative to run over and help him light his cigarettes. During the New Year and holidays, he would also send wine to his house.

"Brother Fang, why are you here?"Yue Yi said hello.

"Haha, I have some business dealings with them."

Fang Jing raised his glass and took the initiative to clink glasses with Penny's father and brother, then said in Mandarin with a smile:"Noah's family is a big boss in San Francisco doing luxury goods, very powerful."

Yue Yi was surprised,"Uh, I didn't know that."

"You two, please don't bully us because we don't speak Chinese."

Penny's father Arthur said with a smile.

Fang Jing quickly smiled and explained in English:"Arthur, Yi is my little brother in Chinatown, and his uncle is my good friend. I was just talking about him. Why didn't you invite his uncle to Miss Penny's birthday party?���Not formal enough."