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When the plane landed in New Orleans, it was full of songs and dances. New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz. It is famous for its carnival celebrations, full of Spanish and French flavors. The bus is walking on the road, and small bands can be seen everywhere. All kinds of music.

The current New Orleans looks like a bustling scene on the surface, but if you look closely, you can still see that many buildings damaged by the hurricane have not been fully repaired. If there is insurance, the insurance company will be responsible for the repair. If there is no one, we can only let it continue. Destruction, as long as it can keep out the wind and rain.

In many American families of ordinary people, as long as the damage to the house is not too serious, they generally do not repair it, because the cost of repairing the house is very expensive. Like many manual labor jobs, this kind of repair is calculated based on hourly wages.

Like here in New Orleans, because it is a port city and is close to the Gulf of Mexico, there are a large number of illegal immigrants from Mexico or Central American countries, so the hourly wages here are generally low, such as washing dishes. The salary is only five to seven dollars, of course, this is the price of hiring illegal immigrants.

If you are not an illegal immigrant and have the right of residence or a work certificate, the hourly salary is generally more than twelve dollars, but even if you hire an illegal immigrant to repair the house, the hourly salary is about seventy dollars, usually around one hundred dollars, Because if you choose low-cost labor, he may be injured due to inexperience, so it is not a problem of hundreds of dollars.

There are even people who get money by fraudulent injuries, because the court does not care whether he is an illegal immigrant, as long as you hire him, you have to be responsible for him, and a very simple job takes hours or even days to complete, so many years It's not uncommon for people earning hundreds of thousands of dollars to do their own home repairs.

In this All-Star game, there is an activity to help the residents here repair their houses. Of course, the players who can enter the All-Star are a bunch of delicate and expensive guys, and the league will not arrange for them to climb to the top. Low, in case something goes wrong, who is responsible, so it's all about cutting grass, painting, leveling the ground, pushing garbage and so on.

However, compared to just after the hurricane, New Orleans was devastated, like a hell on earth, and the social order was chaotic. Even the army had to be fully armed and drove in with tanks and armored vehicles. Now the normal social order has been restored.

The bus drove to the hotel arranged by the alliance, and Stephen got off the bus. This is a four-star hotel, and only a few of them are arranged here, while the general staff are arranged in other places. If you bring your family members , will definitely find another place, no matter Stephen and the others have been single for several years, so they all chose to live here.

Carlesimo's wife will rush over before the start of the main race to enjoy her husband's rare moment of glory. Carlesimo has already booked a room in a nearby five-star hotel called "Greme". It's time to enjoy a two-person world after the glory of the All-Star Game.

But now Carlesimo naturally still has to live in the hotel arranged by the league. Although he is also a part of the annual income of more than one million, he will definitely save the province if he can. If the Sonics can keep doing this After his current two-year contract is completed, there will definitely be a big increase in his next contract, and he may also enter the ranks of head coaches with an annual salary of more than 500 million.

But the premise is that the Supersonic team's record should not fluctuate greatly, and they can prove themselves in the playoffs. The playoffs are the stage for superstars, and it is also the stage for top coaches. Mo has not proven himself, it depends on how this season will be.

The contracts of coaches and players are different. The contracts of players are basically fully guaranteed, but the contracts of coaches are not necessarily. A coach who is not too well-known has no right to bargain with the team. It is possible to fire a coach early.

Under normal circumstances, the record of the team does not meet the requirements of the boss or the management. If the head coach is strong, he can ask for a trade to improve the lineup, but if the coach is weak, usually the first choice of the team is to change the coach.

After settling down, Stephen first contacted Yao Ming. Unfortunately, Yao Ming hadn't set off from Houston yet, because Houston is only about [-] kilometers away from here. He didn't need to worry at all. Stephen went down and called Coupard. Ready to go outside for a walk.

A player like Coupard, who has no chance to play in the All-Star Game, came to arrange his room, but he just needed to squeeze with others. Here, Stephen unexpectedly met Yi Jianlian, a Chinese player from the Milwaukee Bucks.

To Stephen's surprise, this guy used to greet him in a friendly manner when he saw him. Although he was not very familiar with him, but now that he met him, this guy was very reserved. I don't know what happened, could it be that I feel that I am a member of the same country, but I feel alienated.

Stephen wanted to invite him to go out with him. After all, he was a little more familiar with him, and he was the only one in the Milwaukee Bucks to participate in the All-Star Game. It must be quite boring. I didn't expect this guy to reject Stephen after hesitation.

"Boss, this kid didn't give you face. When we meet them later, I'll beat him up hard to show you." Not far away, Yi Jianlian was still behind, Kuppard He said viciously to Stephen, but with Yi Jianlian's English level, he probably couldn't understand it. Stephen tried it out when the two of them were talking just now, and this guy's English level was only at the point where he could barely speak.

This kind of English level alone is not enough. Yao Ming didn’t know it before. When Stephen met him, he felt that his English was no different from that of normal Americans. Moreover, Yao Ming was very good at communicating with people, no matter whether the other party was Who, at this point, Yijianlian is a few streets away from Yao Ming.

The two of them went downstairs, took a taxi and turned around on the street. In fact, it didn't get any better. It's not like they haven't been to the away game, but it's boring in the hotel. Wearing big sunglasses, walking on the street, with a look of avoiding strangers.

"It's all your fault, let's dress like this, if we knew we would have to wear sportswear to come out, and what kind of sunglasses, it looks like a secret agent." Stephen couldn't help complaining about Coopard, it was all Coppard's idea, now It's so awkward.

"No, boss, you don't know who you are now, and you thought you were an ordinary person. I don't want to be surrounded by people and I can't get out." Coppard didn't want that. The last time he went to Atlanta to play an away game Well, the two of them were still the same as before, they had nothing to do to go shopping in the street, enjoy special food and so on, but they were almost surrounded by a group of fans and couldn't get out for a long time.

The two of them wandered around for a while and found it boring, tired, and hungry, so they randomly found a cafe and walked in, wanting to get some food, but who knew that as soon as they entered, they were stopped by a person: "Why are you two still here?"

Stephen and Coupard looked at each other for a while. They didn't know what this person meant. Even if they were recognized, they shouldn't ask this question. Why can't the two of us be here? We didn't wait for the two of us to figure it out What was going on, the man pulled the two of them to the back.

"Miss Emma has already gone out through the back door. She asked me to come over and call you two. Be careful not to attract others' attention. There are many reporters outside." As the man walked, he stretched out his hand to signal for Stephen and the two to follow. Miss Emma?Reporter?Stephen felt as if he was involved in an incident, and was about to declare that he was not the person he was looking for, but Coupard gave Stephen a wink. It was so difficult to come across such an interesting incident, why don't you go and have a look at this What's the matter with Miss Emma.

Now that Coupard has this idea, Stephen won't expose him, so follow him to see what's going on. With the skills of the two of you, you don't have to worry about anything, and it seems like it's just a misunderstanding, so why not Let's take a look.

Now Stephen only hopes that this Miss Emma will not be a character like an old woman or a ten thousand-year-old maid. That would be too scary, basically tantamount to throwing herself into a trap. Stephen followed her to the back door very quickly, and saw A Cadillac was parked outside.

"Okay, you guys go, I'll watch for you here, and say sorry to Miss Emma for not allowing her to enjoy a relaxing cup of coffee." The person who brought Stephen and the two of them over One pushed out the door.

"Hurry up and drive, what are you still standing there for?" At this time, a middle-aged woman protruded from the co-pilot's seat and yelled at the two of them. Stephen gave Coupard a wink and told him to drive over. Then he opened the back door and sat in.

Even through the tea-colored glass, Stephen saw a beautiful figure sitting behind him, at least he didn't have to worry about old women or old maids. Now that he's here, Stephen has the intention to continue this scene, So I took the initiative to let Coupard drive in the past.

After Stephen sat in, he realized that his little thought did not seem to succeed. The other party was indeed very young and beautiful. From the side view, his skin was as delicate and white as snow, and his curve was as graceful as a bow. His temperament combined with confidence and demure was very It is touching, but there is also a tea stand between the two people with steaming coffee on it.

Coupard skillfully started the car, regardless of where the target was going, and drove straight forward. The beautiful girl sitting in the back took a sip of coffee gracefully, savoring the rich aroma brought by the coffee. , accidentally tilted his head, saw the skin under Stephen's glasses, and suddenly asked in surprise: "Aunt Morik, aren't the two security guards sent by the hotel black?"