You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 993 Easter egg: Along the way

"What was your mood at that moment?"

It is well known that the Lakers gave up matching Weixia's contract in 2008. Moreover, this incident is a typical misjudgment. In the future, those who make decisions will be criticized for this.

Chen Mo was very surprised when Wei Xia personally revealed the secrets of the year, for example, he had planned to accept an offer of 4 million in four years.

"Mood?" Wei Xia drank the red wine, and in retrospect, his mood fluctuated greatly, "First anger, then relief."

"relief?"

"Yes, it's not an easy journey."

Listening to Wei Xia talking about his entire Lakers career from his Raul Merion, Chen Mo can fully understand what he said.

The Zijin Army, which is dazzling on the surface, has too much dirt behind it that ordinary people can't see. As long as the player who plays there is a star, the pressure he faces is often not on the court, but off the court.

"If you were to sum it up, how would you sum up those four years of Lakers career?" Chen Mo continued to ask.

Wei Xia said calmly: "It was a good time. Although it was not easy, I have to admit that it was those four years that made me a better player. I think that for any player, when you meet teammates like Kobe and a coach like Phil at the beginning of your career, there are both challenges and opportunities. Not everyone can survive in such an environment. That experience has taught me a lot."

Wei Xia's dictation allowed Chen Mo to understand many secrets that the media did not know.

Jackson's strict discipline on Wei Xia, the extremely precious and complicated friendship between Kobe and Wei Xia, and the changes Wei Xia brought to the Lakers.

It is he who infused the dignified Lakers with hard work and vigor. No one can deny that his existence allows the Lakers to maintain their aristocratic temperament while at the same time willing to put down their body and fight tough opponents.

If there is no Wish, the Lakers the world sees will be different.

Without Wish, they couldn't win the championship in 2008. It was the championship that year that reshaped the Lakers' championship genes.

Throughout Wei Xia's four-year career with the Lakers, although he actually only played for three seasons, he left behind many classic games.

In the first round of the 2006 playoffs, he blocked two-time MVP Steve Nash, and has since secured his starting position.

In 2007, he was selected as an All-Star and helped Kobe reach the Western Conference Finals.

In 2008, it was a special year. At the beginning of the season, Kobe was clamoring to be traded, and the Lakers were like glass that could be smashed at any time.

What happened after that has repeatedly proved a point: winning is the best adjustment to balance all contradictions.

After the start of the season, Kobe clearly felt the progress of Wechat, Bynum and others. The Lakers had the best start. Gradually, Kobe's voice of asking to be traded was much quieter, until the joining of Pau Gasol, the Lakers re-locked their goals and headed straight for the championship.

In the middle of the season, Wei Xia was attacked by the media due to the famous politically incorrect incident. At that time, the media who completely adjusted their strategy towards China used a series of remarks to induce Wei Xia, almost pushing Wei Xia into a point of no return.

That press conference calmed down the incident. Not long after in the Finals, Wish turned into the savior of the Lakers from Game 6 until the second half of Game 7, when he returned from injury, giving the Lakers a great story in the history of the Glory team like "Reid's Return".

At that time, no Lakers fan would have believed that Wesha would leave the team in a year.

In their view, Wei Xia is the Kobe after Kobe. He will carry the banner of the Zijin Army when Kobe gets old, and bring his hard bones to keep the Lakers competitive for more than ten years.

The world is impermanent, and the Lakers gave up Wei Xia out of many considerations.

From the point of view, they had enough reasons to do so, and that decision was proven wrong in almost only one year.

Wei Xia's dictation reproduced the complexity of the power struggle within the Lakers at that time.

Just because Jim Buss blocked the Lakers' signings for Bynum's growth for several years in a row, allowing them to be blasted inside by their opponents in turn in the playoffs, you can see how intense the conflict is.

The relationship between Wei Xia and Kobe, his secret competition and confrontation with the Zen master, and any changes and sacrifices he made himself are worth a long story.

In such a complicated environment, Wei Xia's calm and composed performance surprised Chen Mo secretly.

During the four years of the Lakers, Wei Xia talked all morning.

In a blink of an eye, it's lunch time.

Wei Xia invited Chen Mo to stay in his restaurant for dinner: "We can continue after eating."

Based on the principle of not wasting time, Chen Mo hopes to continue while eating.

Hearing this, Wei Xia made a bitter face; "No, can you stop talking about those things while eating?"

"Isn't the next point the point?" Chen Mo thought that leaving the Lakers was a major blow to Wei Xia at the time.

He's leaving a well-established team that will be competitive for the next three years.

However, to stay with the Lakers, he will have to be under Kobe's shadow for at least four or five years.

Inheritance is not that simple.

It is precisely because of leaving the Lakers that he has the opportunity to prove to the outside world that he can be successful without Kobe.

"Yes, that's the point, but we have to eat and drink enough." Wei Xia ordered a fried noodle.

Chen Mo thought he heard it wrong, fried noodles?
"The chef in my restaurant is an authentic Chinese chef." Wei Xia said, "He is very good. I feel that no one can surpass him in fried noodles."

The corners of Chen Mo's mouth were stiff.

Career salary income is close to 3 million US dollars, plus endorsement advertising and other income, the total career income is close to 4 million US dollars, plus the bitcoin he invested in 2009, he is one of the richest people ever.Now you are telling him that fried noodles are delicious?Well, Chen Mo admitted that chow mein is indeed one of the iconic foods in Chinese food, but shouldn't people like Wei Xia be buried in delicacies all day long, and now he is addicted to chow mein?
Out of curiosity, Chen Mo asked for a copy.

He is used to beautified Chinese food, but what Wei Xia wants is authentic Chinese fried noodles.

He found that Wei Xia's love and adaptability to Chinese food is so high, maybe this can explain why he announced his renunciation of American citizenship in the summer of 2010 to become an official Chinese?
"Can I ask you something personal?" Chen Mo asked.

Wei Xia smiled and said, "Just don't embarrass me too much."

Wei Xia sucked a long noodle into his mouth, chewed it until he swallowed it.

"It's hard to explain this matter clearly in a few words. I can only say that my father has contributed a lot. He gave me positive guidance, so that my first reaction when encountering anything is not to comment, but to ask: Why? Is this true?"

"I don't want to comment on the American media, and I don't intend to criticize the American government, but the more I explore, the more I find that they have told too many lies. As a native American, I am not proud of this country at all." Wei Xia said lightly, "Maybe it's the reason why I don't live in China all year round. Every time I go there, it is always pleasant."

Wei Xia is an extremely one-faced person.

In today's world, the last thing a public figure should have is one-sidedness.

You shouldn't take one side of everything and oppose the other and get yourself down a dead end, but that's the kind of guy he is.He has his own set of three views, right and wrong, clearly in his world.

The most typical and most worthy of imitation double-faced person is undoubtedly the great LeBron James.

The Sudan incident in 2008, the kneeling flag incident in 2016, and the Morey incident in 2020, he has shown enough maturity and stability in these three incidents.

His attitude, from the age of 24 to the age of 40, has not changed.

He always said: I support you, I support what you want, I admire you very much, but I will not do that, that is not what I would do, I just completely understand what you do.

You can say that he took off his pants and farted, but this is how a powerful public figure should respond to extreme social events.

Wei Xia has never learned this in his life.

He is not that kind of person.

After eating and drinking enough, Wei Xia took Chen Mo into the box on the second floor, where desserts, fruits and drinks were prepared.

"Eat whatever you want." Wei Xia said with a smile, "Don't be restrained."

Chen Mo ate a grape and immediately asked, "Can we continue?"

"Of course, where were we talking last time?"

"The Lakers withdrew their offer"

"Oh yes." Wei Xia's eyes became distant, "I was so angry that I almost threw my phone out."

　It's over, the Easter eggs are over, and the Hall of Fame speech is not finished yet, what should I do?cry#
　　
　
(End of this chapter)