I just play ball

Chapter 85 A contract that cannot be refused

"Congratulations!" Ginobili didn't see any depressed expression on his face, "But we will definitely win the next game."

"Thank you." Li Yue stretched out his hands and clapped his hands, "I will continue to do my best in the next game."

"See you in Los Angeles." Ginobili turned and walked away.

Before Li Yue had time to wave goodbye, Howard and others surrounded him without any words of praise, only the most primitive cheers and shouts, hugging him one by one, and being happy for him from the bottom of their hearts.

The entire Lakers team was immersed in the excitement, completely ignoring the TNT reporter who was waiting patiently next to them. It was not until the staff reminded them many times that the generals dispersed step by step.

The reporter quickly ran to Li Yue's side, excitedly raised the microphone and pointed it at the camera.

"55 points led the team to victory, what does this game mean to you tonight?"

Li Yue took the towel handed over by the staff, "It means a lot, but the most important thing is that we are one step closer to winning the series. Personally, I have discovered some new skills that can enrich my offensive methods."

"You took a total of 28 shots. Among all players who have scored 50 points in the playoffs, you are tied for the fewest with Dominique Wilkins, and you only have 3 turnovers. How do you do all this?"

"The trust of my teammates gave me the greatest support. They involved a lot of defense on the offensive end and created many easy offensive opportunities for me. At the same time, they also helped me share the pressure on the defensive end, allowing me to have sufficient physical strength to support me until the end."

"What do you think of the contribution of the substitute players in this game?"

"We were a team, the guys who came out first played well, the guys who came out later continued to play strong, kept creating pressure for the Spurs and kept them from breathing, all of us were great."

"Congratulations again!" The reporter nodded with a smile, and the interview officially ended.

Li Yue turned around and left the field, walking side by side with Kobe to the player tunnel. At least five photographers chased them to take pictures.

"If time goes back to two months ago, I will say thank you to you." Kobe raised his arms and shoulders, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Huh?" Li Yue waited curiously for the next article.

"Now that you've carried this team forward, it's your responsibility and I can only praise you for a job well done."

"clear."

"You must treat me tonight."

"no problem."

...

After attending the post-match press conference, Li Yue went straight to the parking lot, boarded the team bus and asked the driver to go to the famous Bliss Restaurant in San Antonio. He wanted to entertain all the people related to the team, including the team reporters from various media. .

On the way, Artest thought that everyone did not praise Li Yue enough, so he proposed to read those compliments on Twitter.

The whole team is willing to participate, but there are too many related praise tweets. There are more than 3 tweets in half an hour after the game, and they are increasing at a rate of more than a hundred per second. Everyone can only pick the most popular tweets. Li Yuelue Listen with a blush.

"Mark Stein wrote: Li Yue officially became the 11th player who scored 50+ points in the playoffs, and also became the first player after LeBron to score 40+ points in two consecutive playoff games, and is expected to be promoted to Three games in a row."

"WOJ wrote: It is reported that Nike and Adidas held an emergency meeting to discuss whether to agree to Li Yue's previous request, including the independent operation of the personal sneaker brand in the future."

"Magic Johnson wrote: I just met Jordan in Beverly Hills, and he told me that he admired Li Yue's crazy performance tonight, and entrusted me to tell Li Yue, ignore those unreasonable criticisms, and be brave enough to be yourself."

"Los Angeles Boa Steakhouse wrote: We announce a permanent [-]% discount for Li Yue, and we will always be open to him!"

"Twitter official wrote: In the past half an hour, the number of people following Li Yue has surged by 21538. His current personal followers have exceeded 200 million, and he is expected to become the fastest-growing user in the history of Twitter."

"Jennifer Lawrence wrote: I'm officially a Lakers fan starting tonight and I fucking love Lee!"

"Stephen A. Smith wrote: I just interviewed Popovich. He was not sad about the Spurs' loss in this game. He told me that the Spurs did not lose to the Lakers and Li Yue tonight, but to God."

"The official Twitter of the city of Los Angeles wrote: Mr. Mayor wants to go to Li Yue's game. Has anyone resold his tickets?"

Li Yue blushed when everyone heard one and one, and waited until the eighth one took the initiative to stop.

Artest said that it was not lively enough, and he took the lead in singing rap again, and came up with a freestyle, "I have a little brother, who used to be like hell, but he still works hard, and now he plays like a god!"

...

The bus soon arrived at Bliss restaurant. The whole team, including other reporters who came by taxi, totaled more than 60 people.

Due to the late time and the small number of guests, Li Yue booked the entire restaurant and invited everyone to celebrate together.

Everyone was in high spirits, and even the super self-disciplined Nash drank two glasses of wine.

During the meeting, general manager Kubchak called Li Yue and promised that regardless of the final result of the season, he would be given the theoretically largest contract offer and would deal with it as soon as possible.

Later, the boss, Jim Buss, answered the phone and said that as long as Li Yue liked it, he could use the contacts of the Buss family to bring him into the upper-class circle of Los Angeles, and he could also take him to make more money in venture capital.

When the dinner was about to end, Howard, who was drunk, dragged Li Yue to a corner where there was no one, expressing that he wanted to keep the Lakers to play with him next season, willing to completely transform and cooperate with the team to play V-shaped high pick-and-roll tactics, and even give up the maximum salary To help the team strengthen, the ultimate goal is to join hands with him to create a fourth three-peat, and stay in NBA history with him.

Li Yue thanked Howard for his affirmation, but he did not comment on the others, and omitted the past with a smile.

After the dinner, the whole team took a group photo, and the restaurant owner asked everyone to sign and leave a message as the treasure of the store.

It was already one o'clock in the morning when we returned to the hotel. After taking a shower, Li Yue didn't feel sleepy, and replied one message after another with congratulations.

A domestic media friend told him that at 55:[-] p.m. BJ time, the XWLB program will specifically report that he scored [-] points and led the team to victory, and Weibo has already scored five trending searches, one of which is that he likes to eat fried chicken.

...

At noon on the [-]th, the Lakers flew back to Los Angeles.

Hundreds of fans came to pick him up, with banners and headshots, cheering for Li Yue.

Surprisingly, Nike Global Marketing President Elliot Hill was also in the crowd, wearing the No. 23 jersey and shouting together.

Li Yue couldn't figure out what the trick was and just pretended he didn't see it, but after the fans got their signatures and left, Elliot took the initiative to find him.

"Can I take a few minutes of your time?"

The previous discussion broke up unhappy, but the two sides did not talk to death, Li Yue nodded to indicate please speak.

"First of all, I want to apologize to you..."

Li Yue waved his hand, "Speak directly if you have anything to say."

"Okay! Our special car is parked outside. If you are free, we will pick you up immediately to the Los Angeles headquarters to discuss a new endorsement contract, including a new business plan and multiple sneaker concept designs."

"Why didn't you call to inform?"

"We want to show the greatest sincerity, you can also change the time, we are on call 24 hours a day."

"It's hard work, but I don't value this."

"Understood, we will offer you a contract that cannot be refused, and Mr. Fernet will personally receive you."

"Oh?" Li Yue suddenly became interested.

　Sorry for the delay, I will update it today and make it up tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)