The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 35
Houston, the fourth largest city in the U.S., is located in the northern part of the southeastern Gulf of Mexico Plain in Texas. The city was named after Sam Houston, then President of the Republic of Texas.

It has a subtropical climate, with an annual average temperature of 20.7°C, hot and humid summer, and many hurricanes in autumn.

Fortunately, when Li Pu came, the weather was fine and the temperature was suitable.

Li Pu and Lin Shuhao arrived in Houston with the team this morning, because they are going to challenge the Houston Rockets away tonight.

It was 11:[-] in the morning, and the place the two of them were going to was Westheimer Street, the busiest high-end dining street in the XC district of Houston.

A blue BMW 745i parked in front of a milky two-story building, and Li Pu and Lin Shuhao walked down after it.

"Hi! Li Pu, Shuhao, have you worked hard all the way?"

As soon as the two got out of the car, Dayao, the most famous Chinese player in the NBA at this time, walked towards him.

Dayao at this time is not the female Zhao Riyue who has retired in the future.

But he was taller than Li Pu, but because Dayao was too strong and Li Pu was too thin, the two suddenly looked like Li Pu was taller.

"Brother Yao, it's not hard at all in your luxury car!" Li Pu seemed to be familiar with him, and the two of them were drawn into their relationship with a single word.

Dayao was taken aback for a moment, and then showed an emoji smile and said, "Hahaha, don't be envious, you will have it soon!"

"Then you overestimated me. I haven't been paid until now, and I'm so poor that I can hardly afford food!" Li Pu couldn't help complaining.

"Hahaha, then you should eat more today!"

"You don't tell me I can do it!"

"Shuhao? Hello! Come along too!"

Although Dayao didn't deliberately snub Lin Shuhao, compared to Li Pu, he treated Lin Shuhao more politely.

The place they are in front of them is the "Yao Restaurant" opened by Dayao in Houston.

In Yao's restaurant, the lights are a little dim, and there are all kinds of jerseys hanging on the wall.

Just looking at the decoration, it doesn't look like a Chinese restaurant, but a Western-style bar.

"Come on, sit down! I ordered some, but I don't know your taste, so you can order some more!"

Sitting in the box, Dayao took out the menu and handed it to Li Pu.

"You're welcome, Brother Yao, just watch it! I didn't have any brains here, just eat!" Li Pu laughed while sitting on the chair.

"Unlike Shuhao, you must have suffered a lot of grievances since you were a child, right?"

As Li Pu entered the NBA, his name naturally entered Dayao's eyes.

After learning about Li Pu's experience, Dayao also sighed for a while, full of sympathy for himself, a fellow junior.

Therefore, taking advantage of the Thunder team coming to the game this time, I specially asked someone to get Li Pu's phone number, and invited him to come to Yao Restaurant for a meeting at noon.

"No grievances, except for being poor, everything else is fine!" Li Pu laughed.

"That's only temporary, I believe you will become richer and richer! I can introduce some domestic companies to you, and I think they will invest in you!"

"Thank you, Brother Yao, if it wasn't for the lack of wine, I would have to offer you a toast!"

Hearing Dayao's words, Li Pu was very excited. Although he had never had contact with Dayao in his previous life, he knew that Dayao was a generous person.

How can a person who can give up his endorsement to the league be stingy?

"Actually, you can form a professional team to deal with your business affairs!"

"Like your 'Team Yao'?"

"That's right!"

"Then I can't afford it!"

"Hahaha, actually this doesn't need a lot of money! Just let them see your potential!" Dayao laughed.

"Dong dong dong!" At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"The food is here?" This was Li Pu's first reaction.

However, to Li Pu's disappointment, it was not a waiter who entered the door, but a fat middle-aged Chinese man.

"Sorry, I'm late!" the man said as soon as he entered the door.

"Let me introduce, his name is Zhang Mingji, the general manager of my team!" Dayao introduced, "These two are from the Thunder..."

Without waiting for Dayao to finish speaking, Zhang Mingji took the conversation, reached out to shake hands with the two, and said, "Of course I know, Li Pu and Lin Shuhao!"

"Hello, hello! I know you too, the boyfriend of brother Yao's cousin's female classmate!"

"Hey, you know enough, don't you?"

"Brother Yao's matter, I have paid more attention to it!"

While Li Pu was shaking hands, although there was a smile on his face, there was a strange feeling in his heart.

Obviously, when this person showed up, it was more than a simple treat.

"I'm afraid it's not a Hongmen banquet, Xiang Yu invites Liu Bang?"

"Ah bah, are you worthy of being Liu Bang?"

"Who, who is talking?"

When Li Pu turned his head, he saw Lin Shuhao winking at him. Obviously, he understood his narration.

"Okay, let's serve the food!" The atmosphere of the restaurant was stagnated by the stranger who came in, so Dayao immediately let the food be served.

In terms of emotional intelligence, Dayao has always been at the ceiling level, and he is very good at it.

The dishes of Yao restaurant are mainly Modu cuisine and Chuanyang cuisine. The most expensive dish is the roast duck for $34, which is said to be Dayao's favorite dish.

"Come and have a taste. The chef who cooks the roast duck here is a master chef I brought from the Quanjude store in Houston. The craftsmanship is absolutely authentic, and you can taste the real Chinese taste."

"Well, it's really good! The taste is very authentic." Li Pu rolled a lotus leaf pancake, stuffed it into his mouth, and praised immediately after eating.

"Oh? Li Pu, have you eaten authentic roast duck in other places before?" Dayao asked in surprise.

According to Dayao's thinking, Li Pu should have never been back to China. Where did he get the authentic roast duck?
Li Pu also realized this immediately, and quickly explained: "I mean, this is delicious, so it's very authentic!"

"You bastard, that's not how you flatter!" Dayao laughed, he had seen it, his little brother could really talk.

Seeing Dayao laughing into an emoji again, Li Pu secretly thought it was dangerous, it seems that he should be more careful when speaking in the future!

Afterwards, the few people ate and drank all the time, and when they were full, Zhang Mingji suddenly said: "To be honest, I am actually quite optimistic about you, Li Pu, but you don't have any connections in China, so the publicity can't keep up. Some depress your commercial value."

When it comes to commercial value, then Li Pu will not be troubled!

"Can you talk about it carefully?"

"You need a professional team to plan a special image for you, so as to promote it, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!"

It has to be said that Zhang Mingji is indeed very powerful, and his short sentence moved Li Pu's heart.

But after a while, he still said: "This, I need to think about it again!"

"Of course, it should!" Zhang Mingji laughed.

(End of this chapter)