NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 148

Seeing that Avril Lavigne, who had been thinking so much, finally called, Lu Yusheng immediately picked up the phone excitedly.

"Hey, Avril!"

There was silence.

"Are you there, Avril? You can hear me right?"

"land."

Avril Lavigne finally spoke, but her voice was a little choked, obviously she had cried before.

"I... saw you on TV... Lu..."

Lu Yusheng was very happy. She really saw what he said during the interview, so she called him.

"Honey, I have called you countless times in the past two days, but you always turn off the phone. In the past two days, I have been thinking that we love each other so much and our relationship is so good. It's over like this, it will be the biggest regret in my life, really, dear, do you want us to end like this?"

"I... I originally planned to end like this..." Avril choked up and said, "You think I'm heartless or regretful, but I... just can't accept betrayal...Really, I can't accept it... "

"But I didn't betray you." Lu Yusheng said, "Honey, it was just a misunderstanding! It was really just a misunderstanding!"

"Lu, listen to me."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Avril Lavigne didn't say directly, the sound of a lighter came from the phone.

Apparently, she lit a cigarette.

Avril took a deep breath, and then said, "Lu, I've known you for so long, you asked me about my family situation several times, but I didn't tell you, do you know why?"

Lu Yusheng didn't answer, but in fact, from Avril's resistance to this question, Lu Yusheng can basically judge that there should be a tragedy behind it.

This is common sense.

"Because I don't want you to know about my family, my parents, their life is a complete tragedy. It also made the life of my brother and me a tragedy." Avril said, "Actually, my father He, he...he died when I was three years old."

"Dead? Sick and dead?"

"No, was killed," Avril Lavigne said.

"..."

"Killed by my mother herself."

Although Lu Yusheng probably guessed something, but when Avril said it himself, Lu Yusheng was still surprised.

This is indeed, as she said, a complete tragedy.

"It sounds like their story is bloody and terrifying, but you can hardly imagine that they were originally a very loving couple. Many years ago, they met in Europe, and then fell in love at first sight. They loved each other and wanted to blend together, just like us.

Then, they soon had me, married with a son, and after marriage, soon had my younger brother. My father worked in a financial consulting company, because he was handsome and friendly, and he was very good at getting the favor of clients. , the performance in the company is very good, and he was promoted very quickly. At his age, he can be regarded as a successful career.

However, as his career improved, he had more and more entertainments, and he often came home very late, or didn’t come home at all. When I was three years old, my mother heard some gossip, and finally, one day, sent him to the hospital. Caught in bed with another woman.

Then... my mother was so excited, she argued with him heart-piercingly, and even made a move, and on impulse, accidentally killed him..."

On the other end of the phone, Avril Lavigne didn't cry after saying this, but just smoked heavily.

For Lu Yusheng, this is really a vulgar family ethics tragedy story, but when it happened to Avril Lavigne, Lu Yusheng felt deeply for her.

Only then did Lu Yusheng understand why Avril was so excited when she saw him like Meng Xia that day.

"Later, the court sentenced my mother to 20 years in prison, and my brother and I lived with our grandparents, basically being brought up by my grandma.

A few days ago, that is, the days when we met, I told you that I went back to deal with my brother's affairs. In fact, it was not because my mother's prison term expired and she came out.

You know, since I was three years old, I have been looking forward to her coming out for 20 years, a full 20 years, but when I saw her coming out of it, I found that I couldn't recognize her at all, she was no longer The beautiful and plump woman in my impression has turned into a skinny old man. Although she is not yet 50 years old... But it seems that she is completely a dying old man...

And, this is not the most important thing, do you know that she has committed suicide several times since she came out, although she was rescued, but her current state...I think...life is worse than death...

land. "

"I'm listening honey."

"Lu, her life was completely ruined because of my father's betrayal. In fact, she died together with my father 20 years ago... What is alive now is just a numb body. Can't accept betrayal, really can't accept...

Don't blame me for being ruthless that day, it was really my conditioned reflex, deep in my heart, their tragedy has always been a lingering shadow in my life...

In fact, these two days, I really miss you, I miss you like crazy... I want to call you, I want to hear your voice, I want to lie in your arms, just like before, and listen to you I talk, but I... but when I think of the picture of you betraying me... I can't accept it..."

Avril Lavigne finally couldn't help crying when she said this.

"Honey, I can understand your mood very well now, but things are really not what you think. Now, can you... Can you listen to my explanation?"

"No need to explain, Lu, since I called you, it is because, I forgive you, I believe in you." Avril said, "But, Lu, I don't want similar things to happen again, I really accept No...promise me, okay?"

"it is good."

"I want to go to you now, hug you, kiss you, but I still have to accompany my mother. When I settle down with my mother, I will go to you as soon as possible?"

"okay."

……

When Lu Yusheng woke up the next day, it was already noon.

Getting back together with Avril put Lu Yusheng in a good mood.

Last night, he was finally able to sleep soundly and soundly.

He called Meng Xia, and Meng Xia had not had lunch yet, so he had lunch with Meng Xia.

"It looks like you're in a good mood." Meng Xia said, "She's back?"

"No, but we're back together."

Meng Xia paused for a moment, then smiled, "Congratulations, I thought I would explain it to her personally."

"No, she still has basic trust in me. She just can't accept betrayal, you don't know what she went through when she was a child."

Lu Yusheng told Meng Xia about Avril's past.

Meng Xia frowned when she heard this, "So you agreed to get back together with her?"

"Why not?"

"Aren't you worried about yourself at all?" Meng Xia said.

"worry about what?"

"Brother, don't think about it. Her mother can kill her because of her father's betrayal, so why can't she?" Meng Xia said, "I'm not exaggerating at all, this thing is hereditary."

"Not at all." Lu Yusheng said, "I will not betray her."

Meng Xia looked disdainful, "Her father thought the same way when they were passionately in love. I warn you, many things will always be what you think. Besides, in case of misunderstanding, just like last time, You didn't betray her, but she misunderstood you and stabbed you to death, what should I do?"

"Not at all. Don't talk about it, let's talk about the negotiation with Reebok." Lu Yusheng said.

Meng Xia shook her head helplessly, "Don't take it seriously. If I were you, I would block her after she finished telling that story last night. I wouldn't gamble with my life and future."

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Meng Xia took out the contract from her bag and handed it to Lu Yusheng, "You can read it for yourself."

Lu Yusheng took it over and took a look, "Taller than Adi's?"

"Of course." Meng Xia said, "How can their brand influence be higher than that of Adidas? It's just relying on a local American company, and they really take themselves seriously. You don't even know how arrogant they were when I came into contact with them last time." , Guess what they said, that Muller told me, Miss, don’t be ignorant, a rookie of Chinese descent, how dare you ask for such a price? Are you kidding me?
When I heard this, I became angry at the time, what happened to the Chinese?Don't players look at performance?It's not about skin color.

So I didn't talk to them at all that day and just left.

As a result, guess what, last night, as soon as the game between you and the Jazz was over, he called me immediately, and it was my original offer of 400 million.Do you think they are cheap? "

Meng Xia laughed triumphantly as he spoke.

"400 million?" Lu Yusheng picked up the contract and glanced again, "But your contract says 500 million for three years, 500 million per year."

"That's for sure. At the beginning they rejected my offer so arrogantly, but now they take the initiative to come back to us, so of course I have to teach them a lesson. I just want to tell them,"

Meng Xia looked at Lu Yusheng, and continued, "Huihuicao is not so delicious, you have to pay the price."

Lu Yusheng: ...

"You have something to say, don't insinuate."

Meng Xia laughed out loud.

"You have increased by 100 million a year at once, and you are so tight, will they accept it?" Lu Yusheng asked.

"Now they are begging us, and I am just taking a gamble. If we sign, we will earn 100 million more every year. It doesn't matter if we don't sign. Anyway, if they don't sign, we will sign with Adi for 400 million, and we won't lose anything. Besides, they are all 400 million, so you must sign Adidas. Compared with Adidas, how old is Reebok? Right?"

Lu Yusheng smiled, "You can handle these things yourself in the future, I think you did a good job."

"Are you not afraid that I will engage in yin-yang contracts and cheat you of money?"

"Don't be afraid, there is no possibility for you to do this under the laws of the United States. Besides, the commission I will give you will dissuade you from this idea." Lu Yusheng said.

"Boss, how much do you plan to give me?" Meng Xia asked with a smile, "Fifty thousand? One hundred thousand?"

"You'll know when the time comes." Lu Yusheng said.

After lunch, Lu Yusheng and Meng Xia went to meet the person in charge of Reebok.

Lu Yusheng originally thought he was alone, but he didn't expect that Reebok had a team of seven or eight people.

"See? How much do they value you?" Meng Xia whispered.

It seemed that Reebok really attached great importance to this meeting. Not only did they book the meeting place at a famous Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles, but after the meeting, their person in charge shook hands with Lu Yusheng respectfully, and praised Lu Yusheng's recent work with compliments. Performance.

But when they saw that Meng Xia's contract was 100 million more, they immediately expressed their dissatisfaction.

"We agreed on 200 million in three years, why did you temporarily change the amount? This is so devoid of the spirit of the contract!" said their director, Muller.

Meng Xia said coldly, "Speaking of the lack of contractual spirit. When we set 200 million, didn't you keep calling me over and over again to change it? After a while, your leader disagreed, and after a while The other leader disagrees, so who the hell doesn't have the spirit of the contract?"

"Ms. Meng, I am deeply sorry for our repeated changes, negotiations and changes to the contract, but I hope you can understand. After all, we are a large international company, and many things do require various review procedures. So There must be leaders at all levels who want to express their opinions, which is actually quite normal. After all, Mr. Lu just typed it out, and you have never experienced such a thing."

"Of course I understand, but I also need to get Mr. Lu Yusheng's own opinion. Sorry, he himself does not agree with the annual amount of 400 million. The 500 million is set by himself. I hope you can understand. "Meng Xia laughed.

All eyes turned to Lu Yusheng.

"Mr. Lu, as I said just now, we are indeed amazed by your recent increasingly outstanding performance, and at the same time we are optimistic about your future, otherwise we would not have given you such a big contract,

But you also need to know that you are only a rookie after all, and you have only played five games in the NBA. If you had known, Mr. Yao Ming did not have such a big contract. If you want such a big contract at once, we are afraid... Difficult to accept. said Muller with a smile.

"Not only that." Lu Yusheng said.

Mueller was taken aback.

"What I mean is... I'm still a yellow-skinned Chinese player. I'm a Chinese player with little potential. Is this the real reason why you repeatedly toss my agent to negotiate a contract?" Lu Yusheng said.

He stood up, "I can tell you that the reason why I dare to ask for 500 million is because I will become the top star in this league, and I will definitely do it.

I know you won't believe it, but at that time, I'm afraid I won't consider you either. After all, you think you are a big international company, but I think that's all.We still have something to do, excuse me. "

"Mr. Lu," Mueller stopped him, "400 million is really a lot, I really think you should think about it."

"No, Mr. Muller, you are the ones who should be considered carefully." Lu Yusheng said, "I might consider other brands, but you, 500 million, are not worth a penny, because I am worth the price. That's it. Well, goodbye."

After speaking, Lu Yusheng walked out with Meng Xia.

(End of this chapter)