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Chapter 7 Five Dollar Love

Chapter 7 Five Dollar Love
After the Timberwolves played eight preseason games, the team began to take a three-day vacation. Li Shihao received a message from Duffy and agreed to meet in a retro cafe in the urban area.

When Li Shihao arrived, he realized that Duffy had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as he sat down, Bill Duffy handed over a document, his eyes full of smiles that he couldn't hide.

Li Shihao was a little puzzled, flipped through the documents, and found that there were four or five quotations about the contract.

Duffy pursed his lips, and said: "Bruce, your performance this time is really beyond my expectation. Your outstanding performance in the competition has made you more and more attention, and now many manufacturers have begun to move , they are very interested in the huge market behind you, and they hope to use you to open up the huge potential Asian market!"

Adidas, Nike, Reebok and many other sports brands have clearly expressed their strong interest in Li Shihao, but many brands are still on the sidelines and only made tentative quotations.Only Adidas and Nike, the two giant brands in the sports world, have actually come up with a contract.

Looking at the two contracts on the table, Li Shihao frowned slightly. When Nike's three-year contract of 1400 million yuan and Adidas' four-year contract of 4 million yuan were placed in front of him at the same time, it was naturally the sincerity of the Germans that attracted him. Satisfied.

However, the value of the contract still cannot reach his bottom line!
"Bill, I can't accept these two contracts. I can't see the sincerity of these two giants in terms of the above value!"

Bill Duffy saw that Li Shihao shook his head and vetoed the contract, so he couldn't help persuading him: "Bruce, this contract is already extremely rich for a rookie. This contract is a good opportunity for a rookie to make a name for himself!"

Li Shihao's voice was a little cold: "Really, the average annual contract of 500 million dollars is even much lower than the contract signed by LeBron in 03. From their contract, I can't see the slightest sincerity!"

Bill was startled, licked his dry lips and said, "Bruce, I understand how you feel, but that's LeBron James!"

"Really, it seems that my performance is not crazy enough, LeBron can attract them, and now I can't even match LeBron who has never played a game!"

Li Shihao's heart was already filled with anger. The current LeBron is indeed strong, getting stronger every year, and his increasingly versatile performance has made countless people shout that the era of emperors is coming!
However, LeBron James in 03 was able to sign a big contract of nearly [-] million in his rookie season just because of his considerable potential.

Now I can only accept a contract of 500 million yuan, the reason is that my potential is not favored by others!

From 03 to 09, prices have also changed. Compared with the big contract at that time, the 500 million contract would be pitiful.

Looking back on the disapproval and discrimination I have suffered along the way, when I stand on the NBA stage, I still don’t get a rare recognition from those basketball experts.

"Bill, answer them, I will not accept such a contract, this season's rookie of the year I have decided, if they can't show their due sincerity, I believe other brands will show real vision !"

Bill Duffy shrugged after hearing this, and accepted the decision rather helplessly. To be honest, he was also dissatisfied with this contract.

His employer, as a very popular Chinese rookie this year, is backed by the full support of more than one billion Chinese. If this contract is not because of the existence of the rookie season, the number of this contract alone is enough to make people doubt the eyes of these two sports giants. The problem is, Bruce exists as the first Chinese guard to land in the NBA, which will undoubtedly add a lot to his image!
After receiving clear opposition from Li Shihao, Bill Duffy paid the bill and got up to leave. The next thing he should consider is how to tell these two sports giants this regrettable situation in a "tactful" way. news.

After Duffy left, Li Shihao sat alone in the cafe thinking silently.

The doubts he has encountered along the way have never diminished. As he drifts away, every time he defeats opponents again and again, there will always be new doubts and ridicules hitting him hard.

And all he can do is to gradually become stronger step by step until he becomes a legend like Jordan!
Thinking about it, the coffee cup slowly bottomed out, and when Li Shihao was about to get up and leave, he suddenly heard a gentle and quiet voice ringing in his ears:

"Excuse me, please have a latte, less sugar, thank you!"

Li Shihao turned his head in disbelief, and saw a girl in a navy blue dress leaning on the counter, stretching out her white and slender fingers to play with the coffee spoon, her long hair like a waterfall hanging behind her shoulders, her fair skin The face is demure and flat.

She doesn't seem to be smiling much anymore?
Familiar and warm scenes flashed in Li Shihao's mind. Ever since he followed his grandfather across a distance of hundreds of millions of miles to the other side of the ocean, this memory has been buried deep in his memory. The girl who will never meet again, now stands in front of him so miraculously.

Should we lament the magic of fate!
Li Shihao stepped forward, took out a ten-dollar bill and waved it in front of the girl, then turned his head and smiled at the waiter, "Excuse me, please give me the same latte, thank you!"

The girl raised her face slightly and cast a surprised look. The moment her eyes touched Li Shihao, the girl covered her mouth with her hands, and her eyes revealed an expression of disbelief.

"Yunfei, long time no see, I didn't expect you to come to Minnesota!" Li Shihao tried his best to make his voice full of composure, but when the words came out of his mouth, he couldn't help but tremble a little.

After seven years, I finally met her again in the crowd of another land!
When I left there with my basketball dream on my shoulders, the secret love for growth had long been buried deep, but now it spread quietly again after the time and space changed.

"Yeah. I, I came to America... Are you okay?" The girl murmured with a dazed look on her face. A lot of words had accumulated in her heart, but they vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Yeah. I'm fine. I'll invite you to meet my old classmates!" Li Shihao smiled, with a hint of a smile on his lips.

"When old classmates meet, you just buy a $5 latte? It's a waste of the answer I gave you for many years!" Yunfei was angry and funny, and glanced at Li Shihao, full of dissatisfaction.

"$5 is not for old classmates, I wish I could get to know you here again!"

　It's a little late.A chapter sent today~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)