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Chapter 1 On The Road



Chapter 1 On The Road

The sky was full of red clouds, the sun slowly rose from the sea, and the rays of sunshine gradually illuminated Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning.

On Interstate 105, Su Yang drove the Mazda forward at high speed, and the radio station in the car wafted bursts of singing.

"The speed is [-] miles, the mood is free, I hope the end point is the sea of ​​love, run with all my strength, the dream is on the other side..."

He hummed softly along with Yu Quan's singing, and when he sang the words "Dream on the Other Bank", he couldn't help thinking about it.

Last night, he received an email reply from the Clippers. He set off from San Gabriel, a Chinese community in the east this morning, and planned to spend two hours across most of Southern California to the Clippers base on the west coast to interview an unpaid player. Explore positions.

The traffic situation in Los Angeles is terrible. In order to avoid the impact of peak traffic jams, I had to get up early in the cold.

"Hoo hoo hoo..." A gust of cold wind blows into the car, blowing away a lot of heat in an instant on the neck.

Su Yang shrank his neck, feeling in his heart: "It's really hard to find a job, but I have the advantage of rebirth..."

If he hadn't experienced it himself, he couldn't believe that he would have been so exhausted in the past two months.

Before rebirth, he was an ordinary Chinese youth. After graduating from a computer science major, he worked as a game planner. In his spare time, he worked as a moderator on basketball forums and produced basketball tactics analysis programs on video sites.

It took nine years of work, and his wish to develop a game at the level of "Domestic Game: Light Genshin" failed to come true.

However, in addition to his main business, he has won the attention of many fans by virtue of his many accurate predictions of the ownership of the NBA championship and a large number of basketball tactics.

Ordinarily, that kind of life would continue to live normally, but who knew that he would suddenly travel to the United States in March 07, and his last memory was working overtime at 3 in the morning and driving a Tesla home, but the car suddenly broke down. Out of control.

After his rebirth, he was briefly shocked, and then he wanted to take advantage of his rebirth to become a billionaire.

He wants to pay for the filming of excellent TV series such as "White Night Chasing the Murder" to make up for the regret of not being able to see the sequel.

We also want to acquire girl group companies such as Wah Haw Haw Wow Entertainment, and watch Rocket Girls dance every day.

Also, mess up the U.S. stock market by the way, so that Buffett can experience a few more consecutive circuit breakers.

I also want to buy an NBA team for fun, so that Fat Tiger Zion will not let the dunk...

In short, as long as he can get experience through spending money, he wants it all!
Unfortunately, in 07, technology companies such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter had completed multiple rounds of financing, and there was no chance to invest in them. Products such as Instagram and WhatsApp did not have a mobile Internet foundation for the time being. Whether it was a 4G network or a high-end smartphone, It has not yet been marketed on a large scale, and it is not enough to form a company to develop by yourself.

I don’t know how to write songs, and I don’t know how to make movies. Even if I enroll in a class to learn it, it will take a lot of time, and I don’t remember a few songs at all, and I don’t remember too many movie plots. Learning is useless. Offer up ideas.

Even if you even buy Apple stock, you have to wait until the launch of the iPhone 4 to make a profit. As for the good chances of Germany and Brazil winning [-]-[-], Premier League Leicester City winning the Premier League, and Champions League Bayern-Barcelona [-]-[-], you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.

Even going to the casino to bet on the Spurs 4-0 Cavaliers in the finals, you still have to wait for a while.

The key point is that he is a college graduate with only a few thousand dollars in his account. He has to repay part of his student loans every month. He is a child who grew up in a welfare institution and has no good friends. He urgently needs money. just work.

Fortunately, it coincided with the start of the March Madness event. Because he carried news for many years on the basketball forum, he remembered some match results, such as Oden single-handed against Horford and Noah in the finals. Georgetown University, where Greene is located, beat North Carolina violently, and comprehensive derivation can predict the results of many games.

He originally wanted to rely on these successful predictions to gain the attention of hundreds of thousands of fans, then appear on ESPN and other TV stations, successfully predict the results of the NBA playoffs, be promoted to a famous commentator in the North American basketball circle, and then be invited to become the general manager of a certain team Assistant, forward-looking to complete several successful trades and drafts, slowly reaching the pinnacle of life...

The embarrassing thing is that he published many prediction results on Twitter and Facebook, and posted messages everywhere to attract attention, but almost no one believed him. He placed a bet on a gambling website and guessed successfully, but the account password was wrong when he logged in to the website the next day.

After angrily cursing the black-hearted website boss for wearing a cuckold twice, he began to seriously consider finding a job.

After thinking about it, he decided to engage in basketball-related activities. It is not only a hobby for many years, but also can make money and prevent some tragedies.

He first sent resumes to each team to apply for an assistant coach, but most of the responses were inappropriate because he had no relevant work experience, no introduction from acquaintances, and he was a fresh graduate, so he thought he could not convince the players.

Some didn’t even reply, so he had to settle for the next best thing, and instead applied for a scout or video analyst, with his own views and suggestions on the 07 draft, but he was rejected by most teams, and interview opportunities were not available. Give.

He didn't get frustrated, and he didn't stop. After all, he couldn't do it, and he could return to the embrace of the motherland.

But it is best to earn more money from the American consortium, develop many products and sell them, and then develop new and upgraded products.

Finally, after two months of trying, the Clippers were willing to give him a chance to interview unpaid scouts.

The so-called unpaid scouts mean that they do not receive wages from the team, have no medical insurance and social security benefits, and only enjoy some travel subsidies. They can also use the name of the team to enjoy the same treatment as media personnel in some places and conduct various investigations.

In the field of unpaid scouting, the most successful person is Masai Ujiri, the general manager of the Raptors.

Ujiri accompanied an African player to the Magic to participate in the trial training. As a result, the player failed the trial training, but Ujiri was valued by the then Magic head coach Doc Rivers, and then served as an unpaid scout. The Magic worked for many years, and was introduced as a scout for the Nuggets, and then replaced Vandeweghe as the general manager. Anthony went to New York to wait for a deal. After entering the Raptors, he made a desperate trade to get Leonard. Become a godfather figure.

Su Yang intends to use Ujiri as a reference, relying on the advantages of the prophet to shorten the process of becoming the general manager, but now he has to consider how to pass the interview with the Clippers. For this reason, he stayed up most of the night to study the salary space and tactical system of the Clippers .

He has also considered the risks of working for Donald Sterling, such as travel expenses may not be reimbursed, but at this stage the main goal is to get an identity so that he can enter the NBA circle, know more people, and get more opportunities.

As long as you hold on to the waves, develop a wave silently, you will become a billionaire sooner or later, and quietly surprise everyone!

While thinking about it, Su Yang continued to hum along with the singing.

"Fly with the wind, have dreams and make wings, dare to love, dare to do, bravely go for it, no matter how big the risk, no matter how big the waves..."

There was another gust of cold wind blowing in from the car window. He held his head high, facing the sunlight coming from the pavement, stepped on the accelerator vigorously, and drove towards the west coast.

 Open a new book!
  Another new journey, welcome new and old friends!
  Ask for a wave of recommendation tickets first!

  


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