The longest river

Chapter 170 A Thousand Miles a Day

After boarding the private jet, Yang Shuai's attention was drawn to the various advertisements on board.

The boarding gates, including the seats behind the passengers, and those in prominent locations, were overflowing with people.

Yang Shuai couldn't help but glance at Izler a few more times.

By targeting consumers with purchasing power and then renting out advertising space, they not only make money from customers but also from advertisers.

To be able to do this in the 90s, even though he had never heard of Izler, he was certain that the other party would achieve great things in the future.

Paul's ability to find someone like this to discuss cooperation shows that he hasn't wasted his time working with Ferreira for over a year.

Shortly after the plane took off, Yang Shuai shifted his gaze from the advertising spaces and his attention fell on a female companion next to Izler.

Yang Shuai knows very few actresses from this era. For example, he met Taylor before, and it wasn't until Taylor put on the Elf Queen costume that he remembered that she had actually played the Elf Queen in "The Demon World".

But the woman in front of him felt strangely familiar.

After thinking for a while, he quickly remembered where he had met the other person.

It's on Dad's E drive!

Although I can't remember her name, my dad has several of her movies on his E drive.

One of them, Starship Troopers, was really good. Although the movie was old, the setting of the Terrans fighting the Zerg was a bit similar to StarCraft, which my dad loved to play.

Then there was another movie called "Wild Things," which can be considered his inspirational film.

The scene in the swimming pool allowed him to experience the joys of adolescence for the first time.

So when he saw the other person sitting right in front of him, it was as if the "teacher" had suddenly appeared in front of him from the computer screen, making his heart beat faster involuntarily.

He tactically crossed his legs.

“This is Denise Richards.” Izler also noticed Yang Shuai’s gaze, and while introducing her, he gave Richards a wink.

Richards also smiled and sat down next to Yang Shuai.

The rest of the time was spent eating and chatting.

Richards was responsible for picking grapes for him to eat during this process.

Izler seemed to be a pretty straightforward person; after a few casual words, they got to the topic of the endorsement contract.

A 5-year, 350 million contract, plus 2% of the company's shares.

For a company that's just starting out, this endorsement contract is already quite lucrative.

More importantly, this involves company shares, which is the first time this has been done in Yang Shuai's many endorsement contracts.

Back when they signed the beverage brand agreement, Paul had already discussed taking shares, and this time he truly helped Yang Shuai achieve that.

Paul had already spoken to Yang Shuai before the contract was signed, so Yang Shuai only made a token offer, and the two parties eventually reached a four-year, $3.2 million contract plus 2% equity.

"I like working with straightforward people."

After the two parties signed the contract, Izler also took the initiative to stand up and shake hands with Yang Shuai.

With the business settled, it's now pure leisure time.

Izler asked Richards to take Yang Shuai to the second floor for a tour.

This private jet has two decks; the first deck is business class, and the second deck is first class.

Compared to downstairs, the first-class cabin upstairs is much more private.

There are only a few separate rooms, each independent and located in different corners, so they do not affect each other.

Guided by Richards, they entered the room on the right.

After pushing the door open, you'll see a double soft bed with the headboard facing the window, and a built-in DVD player on the wall.

Yang Shuai lay on the bed and tried it out. He could basically see the DV camera while lying down, and then look up to see the blue sky and white clouds outside the window. The experience was amazing.

While Yang Shuai was lying down, Richards turned on the DVD player and put in a disc, a Hollywood romance movie.

The movie was a bit loud, so Richards locked the door and lay down next to Yang Shuai.

The atmosphere in the small room suddenly became incredibly ambiguous.

Yang Shuai turned his head and saw Richards's handsome face right in front of him.

He could feel the warmth of the other person's breath, and his heart began to race.

That face is really beautiful.

It's much better looking than what he saw in movies in his previous life.

Their eyes met briefly, and Richards kissed her.

Although Yang Shuai had never experienced this kind of "business activity" before, he could easily figure out why such experiential activities required bringing several female companions.

Long journeys are boring; it's impossible that they were actually brought up here to pick grapes and eat them.

Yang Shuai did not refuse.

He had no reason to refuse.

He was even quite excited, because only he could truly understand how thrilling this moment was. And compared to Taylor, Richards' physique was far superior.

(I've omitted 10,000 words; there's so much I wanted to write, but the reviewer said I could only send it to him privately.)
The experience of being high in the sky is truly like traveling a thousand miles in a day.

When they got off the plane at the end of their trip, Richards swayed and almost fell over.

Izler, standing to the side, was surprised for a moment, then gave Yang Shuai a thumbs up.

Yang Shuai didn't ask why a Hollywood actress like Richards would be on this plane.

Although he could probably guess it.

In a place as competitive as Hollywood, it's perfectly normal for it to be associated with capitalists.

Of course, those things had nothing to do with him. This trip thoroughly satisfied his adolescent fantasies, so it was definitely worth the trip.

As September drew to a close, training camps for various teams began to open one after another.

Yang Shuai also joined the Trail Blazers' training camp.

However, because he is not yet able to engage in contact training, he can basically only practice shooting in the adjacent half of the court.

The Trail Blazers' training camp atmosphere is intense.

The Trail Blazers' roster changes drastically every year, and everyone on the team seems to lack a sense of security, which leads them to train like crazy.

However, this is also related to Carlisle's arrangements.

Instead of assigning Wallace to play small forward, a position he wasn't good at, he placed him at power forward alongside Sabonis.

Carlisle has good reason to do so, not only because Wallace was the Trail Blazers' starting power forward last season, but also because his spacing system needs a big man with shooting ability.

Not to mention that this big guy accepted his request to increase his shooting range without any complaints during the offseason.

However, this will inevitably be due to fierce competition, after all, Grant was a starter for the Kings and he also signed a big contract with the Trail Blazers.

In this respect, Carlisle was much less experienced than Bird.

When Bird took over Indiana, even though everyone knew Yang would be a starter, he still didn't immediately start Yang. Instead, he let Yang earn his place in training camp through his own performance.

In the end, Yang Shuai convinced everyone with his strength, even silencing McGee, who had been pushed out of the starting lineup.

But right now Carlisle is only thinking about team tactics and not about interpersonal relationships, which is something he needs to grow in.

Moreover, it was quite noticeable that, apart from Wallace and Sabonis, the rest of the Trail Blazers weren't entirely convinced that Carlisle was the head coach.

Or rather, they preferred to listen to Dunleavy.

However, Carlisle didn't seem to care. He only cared about whether his tactics could be executed properly, and it didn't matter whether people listened to him or Dunleavy.

Time flies to February.

As the training camps of various teams come to an end, media day is also approaching.

This is Yang Shuai's third media day since entering the NBA, and it is certainly the most special one.

Although he was unable to play at the beginning of the season due to injury, he was still the most watched focus at media day.

Yang Shuai could feel the familiar envious and jealous looks from his teammates.

Reporters were naturally most concerned about his injury situation and when he would be able to return to play.

"I wanted to return for the opening game, but our team doctor told me I wouldn't be back until at least December."

Although he joined a completely new team and missed the preseason training camp due to injury, he was very relaxed.

This is the source of his confidence that the 100 million yuan contract brought him.

The Chicago Bulls were once again the most talked-about team at this year's Media Day.

Besides Jordan's unprecedentedly serious expression, Pippen's choice this year has also attracted strong attention from the outside world.

Pippen suffered a foot injury in last season's playoffs. He was supposed to have surgery during the offseason and then recover before the start of the new season.

However, already harboring great resentment over the contract issue, he chose to have surgery just before the start of the season after hearing that the management wanted to trade him for McGrady.

Jordan, determined to exact revenge, and Pippen, throwing a tantrum, had drastically different attitudes toward the new season, casting a huge shadow over the Bulls' path to revenge from the very beginning.

Then there's the Pacers.

When asked if the team still aimed to defend their title after losing Yang Shuai, Bird replied, "Why not?"

While Yang Shuai's departure was certainly a loss, they acquired experienced veteran Mullin and versatile wing player Jalen Rose, who can play from point guard to small forward, in the trade.

Given the situation on the Bulls' side, their chances of successfully defending their title are very high.

Then there's the Lakers, who have also attracted extra attention.

At media day, Kobe, sporting a goatee and an afro, stated directly to the media that he was ready to be a starting player and was prepared to "surprise" the league.

This high school team, which missed three consecutive airballs against the Rockets in last season's playoffs, did not give up. Instead, they showed a spirit of becoming stronger with each setback.

He also had that confidence.

He signed a new 6-year, 4800 million yuan shoe endorsement contract with Adidas and released his personal signature shoe, KB8. At the same time, with Yang Shuai unable to play at the beginning of the season, it feels like he is about to usher in his own spring.

(End of this chapter)