After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 20 Summer League is over, moving into a new home

On July 7, after the Orlando Summer League officially ended, the temporarily formed Magic team also announced its disbandment.

Except for Li Chengming, who is about to sign a contract, Redick, Gortat and Augustine officially return to the team, and other players have to seek other opportunities.

The Magic's lineup for the new season will remain stable. After all, the core Howard and Turkoglu have grown up. At the same time, Nelson, Doolin, Arroyo and other powerful role players are all there, as well as Gortat, Li Chengming, etc. The addition of rookies.

And just the day before, the Magic just announced that they had reached an agreement with the Sonics, and they would get Supersonics power forward Rashard Lewis in the form of a sign-and-trade.

After paying a second-round pick and a transaction exception of about $900 million, the Magic signed Lewis with a six-year contract worth $6 million, which also made Lewis the 1.18th "billion dollar player" in NBA history. Mr. Yuan".

When Li Chengming heard the news, he was still in the car on the way back, and he looked at his father, not knowing what to say.

"Um, Dad, you said I..."

Of course, Father Li understood what he meant. Before, the two of them, father and son, were so happy because of their annual salary of 30 US dollars, but now they realized that compared with others, this is scraps, not as good as a fraction.

However, he is already a famous football star, Li Chengming is not even considered as a newcomer, and Li's father is not good at undermining his son's self-confidence, so he can only smile bitterly: "Then you should work hard, but this is indeed a bit scary. "

He didn't know the NBA's salary level before, but the last time he checked, the good guy Dayao actually signed a five-year $7500 million contract the year before last, and seeing this today is even more exaggerated. Is it the wind?

But with this goal, it is indeed easy to give people the most direct motivation. It seems that Li's father is now planning whether to quit his job there and concentrate on working as a manager for Li Chengming.

Although he has no experience, he can learn, and the broker seems to be similar to the foreign trade sales he did before.

If he just signed with the Magic, he probably wouldn't have thought about it, but recently he has received a lot of calls about domestic endorsement contracts, and Father Li feels that he may have to change his mind.

After all, Li Sheng is now a player who has been in the NBA anyway. No matter whether his road in the NBA goes smoothly or not, there will be a market for him to return to China.

It's like the "turtles" of old, gilded.

Of course, they were still in Orlando at this time, and they were about to move to a new place that the team helped them find.

Now that he has decided to sign a contract, at least the first half of the new season, Li Chengming will definitely stay in the team and stay in Orlando, so he must not be able to continue to live in the hotel.

Not only the house, but the car is also needed. Father Li has asked people from the team to make an appointment to see the car in two days. Buy a second-hand one and use it first.

Anyway, in the United States, the second-hand housing and second-hand car markets are doing very well, and everyone doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with this, especially for young people’s first cars, many of which are second-hand. Then I thought about buying a new car.

However, Li Chengming and his son had too many uncertainties in the future, including Li's father's job, which he only let him shirk after confirming that he would sign a contract.

Speaking of it, it also depends on Li Chengming becoming famous, and now the discussion is very hot in China, and many reporters want to dig three feet to find news about their family.

Like Father Li said that they are just an ordinary family, but a small leader of a foreign trade company with an annual salary of 50, you tell me this is ordinary?
Li's mother is an ordinary middle school teacher, but she is considered an "intellectual" even if she was born in the previous generation. Although this has made many people understand their family atmosphere and upbringing, they were indeed cultivated in a good environment since childhood.

And by the way, the company that Li's father worked for also benefited. Knowing that Li's father worked in that company, they even added some orders to their business.

So the last time Father Li went to ask for leave, the boss readily agreed.

Now they are riding in the team's assistant coach's car. Helping the players settle down is part of the team's job, and the assistant coach worked happily with Li Chengming in the Summer League, so he came here to help them when he should have a break "move place".

In fact, they don’t have much of their own, just some clothes to change and wash with them, and considering that the new residence is indispensable, bedding and other things are indispensable, and then they run around to make trouble, so the teaching assistant led them to the market to buy some, so that they can directly Pack up and move in.

But after arriving at the place, the assistant coach answered the phone, saying that the head coach had something to do, and he could only go one step ahead.

Li Chengming and his son thanked them a lot, and it doesn't matter if they let him leave first, but the teaching assistant helped them move their things into the house first, and then said goodbye to them.

The father and son straightened up and looked around, looked at each other and laughed.

"This is the house that Mr. Smith helped us contact. How about it? Does it look good? I think according to their rules, it seems that you have to meet the neighbors first when you go to a place. Let's go say hello too."

As soon as he put down his things, before he could pack them up, Father Li turned his head and said something to his son.

Li Chengming naturally has no objections, and is quite satisfied with the house.

In the process of moving things, Li Chengming took a look at the general environment of the house by the way. It is not the kind of villa that occupies a lot of land. You can basically see it at a glance, except for the small garden in the front and the small yard in the back. In the middle is a small three-story.

The living room is on the bottom, and there are about two or three living rooms on the second floor. The roof should be the roof. Overall, the environment is very good.

The conditions of the Li family are certainly not bad in China. Although the house is not big, there also happens to be a court in the backyard. This is the enlightenment of Li Chengming's basketball since he was a child.

And there happened to be a court in the yard behind this house. Although it was only half court, Li Chengming could usually train and play here.

Next, the first thing they visited was a family named McGilton next door. This family consisted of old and young, and there were seven members of both men and women. When Li Chengming and the others came over, they saw the hostess playing around in the yard. flowers and plants, and an eight or nine-year-old girl teasing the puppy next to her.

Seeing them chatting, the girl stood up, ran over and looked at Li Chengming with her head tilted for a while, then suddenly made a face at him.

Li Chengming was listening to the conversation between his father and Mrs. McGilton. Mrs. McGilton obviously recognized Li Chengming. After all, as an Orlando native, even if she doesn't like basketball, she knows that there is such a basketball team. The draft, the summer league shine, and his pictures are in the newspapers.

Now that Otis Smith has decided to sign him, he will naturally not hesitate to promote him. Once his "exotic characteristics" face is released, it will be attractive enough, and the team can take the opportunity to develop Oceania Business on the other side.

Win-win!

So Li Chengming is now in this city, it is not surprising that he is recognized or not, it all depends on whether the other party pays attention.

The McGilton family is obviously more concerned about basketball. Mrs. McGilton can still speak well, mainly expressing her welcome to Li Chengming and the others, and also hoping that Li Chengming can help the Magic to achieve a better performance in the new season. I wish him success as well.

Father Li thanked her for her blessing, and then invited the family to their housewarming dinner in the evening.

He knows that this rule exists in foreign countries, in fact, it also exists in China, but most of them invite relatives and friends, while foreign countries take this opportunity to meet new neighbors, which is also a wonderful thing.

At this time, when Li Chengming saw the girl's grimace, his childlike innocence grew, and he also made a grimace.

Unexpectedly, when the girl was provoked by him, she seemed to lose her temper, and stuck out her tongue like a Shiba Inu, "slightly slightly slightly". Li Chengming laughed instead, and was about to "fight back", but was first patted by his father on the shoulder.

Father Li said angrily, "What are you doing?"

Mrs. McGilton also noticed her daughter's indecent behavior, and turned her head to teach: "Sheila! Forgot what I said to you?"

The girl hadn't said anything yet, but Li's father put Li Chengming's shoulder on his shoulder and smiled at Mrs. McGilton: "I'm sorry, but this kid is too rude, he may have disturbed you..."

"Oh, forgot to introduce, this is my daughter, Sheila."

"Hello, Sheila!"

Facing Father Li, the girl seemed very polite. She even pulled up her clothes and made a princess ceremony, which made the adults laugh, and Li Chengming also laughed.

He wasn't angry at first, after all, facing such a cute girl, it would be too shameless for him to get angry just by making a face.

So then Li's father asked him to take the initiative to apologize and he directly admitted his mistake, but Mrs. McGilton also asked Sheila McGilton to apologize to him. , a little friction disappears directly.

Later, when Li Chengming and the others were going to clean up the house, Mrs. McGilton also brought her family to help. The housewarming banquet hadn't been eaten yet, and the two families had already gotten along in harmony.

The McGilton couple have two sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Jon McGilton, is 16 years old and is in high school.

He is very interested in basketball, and of course the most supportive is the Magic team, so he is the happiest when his neighbor moves to Li Chengming's family, and if he pulls Li Chengming, he will let him teach him how to play.

Sheila is the second daughter, who is only nine years old this year. What is surprising is that she is a children's clothing model and has already "bread for the family" at a young age.

The age difference between the three children is relatively large, and one young child is still in his infancy.

Mr. McGilton opened a photo studio with his parents. Speaking of which, Sheila's modeling career started when she was spotted by an advertising company because she helped their photo studio take promotional photos.

(End of this chapter)