new lord of the rings

Chapter 7 Zhang Xin's Signing Conditions (Favorites, Recommended Tickets, Various Requests!)
At night, Auckland is brightly lit and traffic flows like a long queue.

Spring is cold.

An upscale Chinese restaurant.

Zhang Xin wore a black woolen coat with a gray suit and tie, a light gray scarf casually tied around his neck, gold-rimmed glasses, and a well-groomed haircut. He was over two meters tall and looked tall and jade-like. Li, elegant and extraordinary.

Zhang Jieying is the local snake in Oakland. She graduated from the Law School of the University of California, Berkeley. The house Zhang Xin lives in has been Zhang Jieying's for a long time.

The pretty foreman, with stars in his eyes, brought Zhang Xin to the private room that Zhang Jieying had reserved.

Zhang Jieying and the others had already arrived, and when they saw Zhang Xin coming in, they all stood up to greet them.

"Sorry, I'm late, I forgot the training time." Zhang Xin said to everyone with a smile.

"Young Master Zhang really worked so hard, it's really admirable." Chen Chao said with a smile.

"Yeah, he's so handsome, he can rely on his looks for a living, but he works so hard, it really makes us have no way out, haha." Ji Qifeng joked.

"Hahaha..." Everyone in the private room burst into laughter.

Li Qingxuan felt a little red in the face. The current Zhang Xin is different from the Zhang Xin on the court. After all, he is handsome in the jersey, but he looks like a handsome boy.

But Zhang Xin, who was dressed in formal attire, looked like a handsome young man in troubled times, which was really alluring.

Before he started drinking, Li Qingxuan felt a little drunk.

Chinese people are used to talking about things at the wine table.

Zhang Xin and others chatted while eating.

"The signing of the contract is estimated to start tomorrow after the Bulls. You should be ready first."

"About the signing, you can just talk about the salary, but you must pay attention to the length of the contract. I mean only sign for one year. If it doesn't work, sign 1+1. I will have player options in the last year."

Chen Chao frowned.

"Such words are not good for salary negotiations, and the Warriors may lower the price."

"There is no need to think too much about the salary issue. My family does not lack this little money. I don't want to sign a contract for several years, and finally be sold to a team I don't like to waste my time."

To be rich is to be willful.Oh, no, having money is cool, and you can pursue your dreams as you like.

Several people at the table were quite emotional, but they were also moved by the pure dream.

"Young Master Zhang, I understand. On your bottom line, I will try my best to negotiate a higher salary. After all, salary is also a reflection of the status in the team. Strength is here. Young Master Zhang, you don't care about money, but you can't settle for nothing. It's gone." Chen Chao said with a smile.

"It's hard work for Mr. Chen, but everyone can change the name in the future. You don't need to call me Zhang Shao, just call me Ashin. I like others to call me Ashin."

"Haha, okay, Ashin, don't call me Mr. Chen, you can call me by my name too."

"I'll call you Brother Chen, Mr. Ji, I'll call you Brother Feng, and Miss Li, I'll call you Sister Li."

Everyone smiled and nodded, the atmosphere during the banquet became much more harmonious, and the relationship between the few people felt much closer.

Zhang Xin is not afraid of loneliness, but he is not a person who hates excitement. They are all knowledgeable people, and they communicate with each other in chatting and laughing. I can catch the stalks you throw out, and you can understand the jargon I speak. Chatting is actually quite enjoyable.

Zhang Xin also recognized these colleagues. As for whether he can become friends, he will only know after long-term contact.

Chen Chao and the others all worked around Zhang Xin, and Zhang Jieying arranged for them to rent a duplex room next to Zhang Xin's, and there was enough room for them to live in.

Back home, Zhang Xin took a shower first, and then studied the videotape and playbook of the Warriors this season. The videotape and playbook were given to him by Mark Jackson. Let him familiarize himself with the overall tactical thinking of the team, focusing on understanding Thompson’s Off the ball.

Mark Jackson recently wants to let Zhang Xin integrate into the team first. The season is not over yet, and there are still four games before the All-Star Game. For the time being, let Zhang Xin play Thompson's substitute first, and let's get familiar with the feeling of the game first.

Most of the Warriors that Zhang Xin knows are the Warriors after the 15th season. At that time, the Warriors were coached by Kerr. The "Five Deaths" that made the league fearful have not yet appeared, but they have already taken shape.

The current starting lineup of the Warriors is: Splash Brothers + Iguodala + Green + Bogut, one big and four small.

The Warriors' small lineup has basically taken shape. Mark Jackson proposed to use outside offense to drive the team's defense. Basically, in the Cole era, this lineup still often plays a role.

But Zhang Xin also found a problem. The Warriors' rotation scoring is really worrying. There are obviously a group of good bench players such as David Lee, Jordan Crawford, Speights, Blake, and O'Neal. Scoring is just unsatisfactory.

Zhang Xin guessed that this is probably one of the reasons why Mark Jackson left the Warriors this season, but the biggest reason is probably that Mark Jackson left because he was not good at handling interpersonal relationships.

Although Mark Jackson made a lot of contributions to the team on the court, he failed quite a lot off the court:

His relationship with the management and the teaching assistants around him is a mess;

The team owner even bluntly said that more than 200 people in the team hate him, and he also has a lot of conflicts with the main center Bogut.

Curry, the only player on the team who publicly supported him, supported Curry's contender, Harden, in the 2015 MVP race.

Mark Jackson probably wants to use Zhang Xin's sharp knife to drive the bench to score and solve the problem of bench scoring.

Zhang Xin's psychology is probably in order. It is estimated that the rotation lineup will be led by Curry, plus Iguodala, David Lee, Barnes and Zhang Xin. This is also a lineup of one big and four small.

With Curry and Zhang Xin's offense on the outside, David Lee as the core of the offense on the inside, and Iguodala's go-betweens, basically the strength of the starting lineup is not much different.

Located in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the Chicago Bulls were established in 1966 and joined the NBA.

1984年，公牛队在选秀大会上以探花签选中迈克尔·乔丹，他带领公牛队在1991-1993年和1996-1998年获得两次三连冠。

The Bulls have a profound background and are the NBA team that has won the most championships except the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.

此外，公牛队在迈克尔乔丹的带领下，1995-96赛季的82场常规赛中取得72胜，是2015-16赛季勇士创造了73胜之前最好的常规赛战绩。

Entering the 21st century, in 2008, the Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 2011 pick in the draft, and under his leadership returned to the championship ranks. In [-], they reached the Eastern Conference Finals again.

In 2011 and 2012, the Bulls won the NBA regular season championship for two consecutive years.

The Bulls have had a tough time recently. Rose was reimbursed for the entire season in 2012-13, and only played 2013 games when he returned in the 14-10 season. On November 2013, 11, he tore his meniscus against the Trail Blazers and was reimbursed for the season again.

After Rose was reimbursed, he ushered in a 16-4 win. Entering January, his state gradually improved.This Bull, the strength is still good, there are a group of good players: Carlos Boozer, Kirk Hinrich, Joe Jim Noah, Jimmy Butler, Ty Gibson.

It's just that without the core of Rose, the entire team has not adjusted.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Xin rushed to the arena again to start a day of training. He mainly did some less strenuous shooting exercises. After all, it was a game day, and he needed to accumulate energy for the night game.

Although Zhang Xin is in charge of Thompson's shooting bag, he still has to do shooting practice to maintain his condition every day. The shooting practice is also an exercise for the ball.

In the afternoon, all the teammates came, and everyone mainly did some warm-up exercises, and then made a layup.

Coach Mark Jackson asked the players to consolidate several tactical running positions, and then instructed the players to pay attention to defensive issues.

Mark Jackson has laid a solid foundation for the Warriors' defense, which is the foundation for the Warriors dynasty. Although he did not bring the Warriors a championship during his three years in the Warriors, no one can do anything for the Warriors' championship team. ignore.

2014年1月16日，在公牛三加时击败魔术的比赛中，吉米·巴特勒出战60分20秒，成为自2001年的贾伦·罗斯以来单场比赛出场时间最多球员，同时60分20秒的出场时间也刷新了球队队史纪录。

Jimmy Butler was very proud of breaking this record, and the reporter interviewed Jimmy Butler.

"Jimmy's next game will be against the Golden State Warriors. The Golden State Warriors have two players who are very good off the ball. One is Klay Thompson and the other is Zhang Xin from China. Will you be the main defense against them then?"

"I might play Klay. If not, I will ask the coach to let me defend him. I will prove that I am better than him." (Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler were both drafted in 2011, and Thompson was 11 pick, Jimmy Butler is the 30th pick)

"Then will you defend Zhang Xin?"

"Zhang Xin? Who is Zhang Xin?" Jimmy Butler really didn't know. After all, Zhang Xin only played one game, and not all players had time to learn about the news.

The reporter who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic immediately wrote an article: "Jimmy Butler said: He only wants to defend Klay Thompson, but he doesn't know who Zhang Xin is?"

Green, who was resting off the court after training, flipped through his mobile phone and saw the news, and immediately yelled loudly.

"Hey, hey, Clay! Zhang! Come on, we have your news!"

"Jimmy Butler said: I only want to defend Klay Thompson, but I don't know who Zhang Xin is?" Green read the title aloud.

Curry stuck his head out.

"That's true, Zhang, you are underestimated." Curry said with a smile.

Thompson was still paralyzed.

"Zhang, Jimmy Butler dares to look down on you. I'll get you back."

"Hey, Clay, thank you, maybe Jimmy Butler really doesn't know me, and I don't care, but since he doesn't know me, I'll let him remember me." Zhang Xin was not angry either, because Whether others respect you or not is mainly a matter of your strength. Zhang Xin was born at a young age in his previous life, and Zhang Xin has been fascinated by these human relationships since he was a child.

Klay Thompson nodded expressionlessly.

"OK, Zhang, since you want to find the field yourself, I will definitely pass the ball to you tomorrow, you just run." Curry said.

"Run around me, and I'll cover you." Bogut patted Zhang Xin's head.

"Ha, then thank you big brothers, I will perform well." Zhang Xin thanked his teammates gratefully.

(End of this chapter)