NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 15 A New Venue for Fly Trap Training

With nearly 150 million people, Phoenix is ​​the sixth largest city in the United States and a metro area with one of the top 25 U.S. job markets.

Half of the people in the United States spend more than 30.00% of their income on housing, and renters spend a higher proportion of their income, so renting a house here is really not cheap.

The two asked Frank in advance to find out that there is a two-bedroom apartment here, and the monthly rent is about 30.00 U.S. dollars.According to the ratio of income to rent, an income of at least US$[-] per year is required to maintain such a rent.Forty thousand dollars, which was about the median income of the American middle class last year.In other words, [-]% of low-income American families cannot afford to rent such a two-bedroom apartment.

The two searched for two hours, and found an apartment building with an outdoor stadium downstairs near the edge of the city.It is five kilometers away from the team headquarters, and it takes only a few minutes to drive there. The traffic is very convenient.A two-bedroom house costs $940 a month, half of which is shared by one person.

"Li Ba, are you going to buy a car?"

After completing the renting procedures, he went to the second-hand market to buy some second-hand furniture. After settling down, Chen Hong asked.

"I only have a few thousand dollars now. The season starts in October, and there are still a few months left. How can I have money to buy a car?" Li Ba shook his head and said.

"Then what about your transportation? The United States relies entirely on cars. I still want to rub your car." Chen Hong said.

"Let's run! It's time for physical training. It's exactly ten kilometers to and fro." Li Ba laughed.

"You can do it!" Chen Hong gave a thumbs up and smiled.

"Can you cook?" Li Ba asked.

"My family runs a restaurant, and I have a second-level chef certificate in my hand, do you think it will?" Chen Hong laughed.

"Let's go, buy a pot, and we'll make it ourselves at night." Li Ba said hastily.

"Let's buy another bicycle and come back. I can't bear to run just by legs." Chen Hong said.

This meal was not eaten until almost eight o'clock in the evening, but both of them were quite satisfied, it was much better than eating outside, it was cheap, and the taste was good. Li Ba gave Chen Hong a thumbs-up while eating, Much better than his craft.

After the meal, Chen Hong took charge of the whole thing, went to shabu-shabu, and Li Ba sat on the second-hand sofa and dialed the phone.

"Hello, who is it?" The voice of a middle-aged woman.

"Mom, my son!" Li Ba hurriedly said.

"Bazi? You, your mobile phone number has changed? Why haven't you come back? Your phone keeps turning off when calling you. Are you working outside?"

In a certain village in northern Hunan, after breakfast, Zhou Yuehe was carrying a medicine bucket on her back to go to the fields to spray medicine. When she received a call from her son, she put down the medicine bucket again and went to the room while talking.

"Oh, this, yes..." Li Ba hesitated.

When it comes to coming to the United States, the family doesn't know about it yet. They think he is still in Changsha, so they don't know how to speak up.

"Lao Li, my son's phone number, come here."

Zhou Yuehe turned on the hands-free phone, handed it to Li Dacheng who was lying on the bed, and then sat beside the bed.

"Bazi, are you still on vacation, or are you still working in Changsha?" Li Dacheng asked.

"Dad, that's what happened. I'm in the United States now..." Li Ba gritted his teeth and said.

"what?"

Li Dacheng has lost his legs. If he had legs, he would have to jump straight up.

"Bazi, what are you doing in America?" Zhou Yuehe also stood up and asked anxiously.

"Dad, Mom, that's the thing... I've signed the contract now, and when I save enough money, I'll send it back to buy a good pair of legs for Dad."

Li Ba hastened to make a long story short.

Li Dacheng and Zhou Yuehe looked at each other in blank dismay. This incident took them by surprise. Their courageous son actually dropped out of school behind their backs and went to the United States to play basketball.

But the son said that he could earn more than 100 million yuan a year, so they couldn't say anything. The rural areas are affordable, and if they can make money, they have a future.

After chatting with his parents for a while, Li Ba hung up the phone.

"You're really good, the family doesn't even know."

After hearing some of the conversation, Chen Hong poked his head out of the kitchen, admiringly.

"Hey, my dad is disabled, and I'm in charge of the family." Li Ba said.

"By the way, are you going to find an agent again?" Chen Hong asked in the kitchen.

"Didn't I answer the phone call after signing the contract? Dayao called." Li Ba said.

"What, Dayao called you?" Chen Hong poked his head out again, guessing, "He introduced you to an agent?"

"He introduced his American agent, Bill Duffy, and said that this agent has a good character." Li Ba started to make calls while talking.

"Hello, this is BDA Sports Management Company, and I'm Bill Duffy." A gentle middle-aged voice sounded from the opposite side.

At this moment, Chen Hong sat aside and listened.

"Hello, Mr. Duffy, I'm Li Ba, introduced by Dayao." Li Ba said.

"Oh, hello, Li Ba!"

Bill Duffy's voice became more enthusiastic, and he even spoke a sentence in Chinese.

"That's right, I just signed with the Suns today." Li Ba said.

"Unfortunately, Dayao's introduction was one step late. So can you tell me the content of the contract?" Bill Duffy asked.

"Okay..." Li Ba explained the content.

"It's not bad. This is an ordinary basic salary 1+1 contract. Even if I talk about it, it won't be much better. After all, you lost. My suggestion is to play for one year first. In the NBA, everything depends on Strength, performance, you understand?" Bill Duffy said.

"Understood. Then Mr. Duffy, can we cooperate?" Li Ba asked straight to the point.

"Haha, you are very straightforward. Let me call you Hammer. I know your nickname." Duffy laughed.

"Of course." Li Ba said.

"I'll come to Phoenix, you wait for me there. But it will be a few days, I'm currently in Denver." Duffy laughed.

"OK!" After hanging up the phone, Li Ba breathed a sigh of relief.

There is an old saying in the NBA, with a top agent, you are already halfway there.And Bill Duffy is a top broker, and he is also a top broker with a good reputation and conduct.

"Great!" Chen Hong was also very excited, and said again: "He is in Denver, so he must be signing Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets. That is the third pick in the first round, which is better than the fourth pick you blocked. Show Bosh is one pick higher."

"Everything is a pest, sooner or later his face will be covered with blood." Li Ba said immediately.

Chen Hong was taken aback, and laughed out loud.

Half an hour later, Li Ba took the prepared emergency lights and went out on his bicycle to find bugs. He couldn't miss the fly-catching training at night for a whole day.

"Unfortunately, this space can only hold system items."

On the way, he tried to send the emergency lights into the system space, but failed.

For a while, he didn't go to the right place, because he wanted to find a secluded place to train, and beat mosquitoes under the lamp, which could easily be regarded as a deep well of ice.

He rode along a road towards the outskirts of the city. At the edge of the city, he saw a lonely street light from a long distance away, and there were no other lights around.

"It's nice here."

When I got to the street lamp, I saw an abandoned warehouse on the side of the road, and there were no houses around. The nearest houses were one kilometer away, and the location was very suitable for him.

He decided to train on the concrete floor between the warehouse and the road.As long as you hang up the lights, there are as many mosquitoes as you want.

But it is a bit far away, about five or six kilometers away from where he lives, and it takes about 10 minutes to ride a bicycle.

Then there is another problem, here is close to the desert, there are many poisonous snakes, especially the Arizona rattlesnake, which is very powerful.

And this place has been abandoned long ago, there must be this thing, he is a little worried about being bitten by a snake, he should pay attention when training, it is best to buy some snake repellent powder tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)