Recast youth

Chapter 1917 Moral Kidnapping
"Hello, who is it?"

Ye Feng answered the phone.

"Hello, Mr. Ye, I am Wang Yaoming, the manager of the Guangzhou team..." The person on the phone introduced himself humbly on the phone.

As soon as Ye Feng heard the introduction, he knew that this person might be here for Yi Jianlian, and he also planned to hear the purpose of his call, so he asked: "Hello, what can I do for you?"

Wang Yaoming was not in a hurry to tell the purpose, but asked first: "Mr. Ye, are you in New York now?"

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"Is such that."

When Wang Yaoming heard Ye Feng say that he was in New York, he said: "You have bought the Sonics now, and you have this year's second pick, No. 28, in the draft. I would like to ask you to use the second pick to sign Yi Jianlian to the SuperSonics." Team Sonic.”

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."

Ye Feng knew it was for this matter as soon as he heard it, and gave a prevarication reason without even thinking about it.

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Wang Yaoming was anxious and couldn't help but said: "How can it be difficult? The Trail Blazers lack insiders and have already announced that they will select Oden as the top pick in the draft. The remaining choice is in your hands. You can choose it with the Trail Blazers." After Oden, choose Yi Jianlian."

Ye Feng also wants to sign Yi Jianlian.

The key is that he only has one second pick in the first round. He has extra draft picks. He doesn't need to tell anyone on the phone to tell him what to do. He will choose Yi Jianlian himself.

For no other reason.

Just because Yi Jianlian is Chinese like him and has the ability to gain a foothold in the NBA, it is not difficult to stand out in the NBA as long as he builds up his confidence.

However, Ye Feng did not need to explain these thoughts to Wang Yaoming, so he said tactfully: "I also want to sign Yi Jianlian, but the team management has made a decision. If they can't sign Oden, they will sign Kevin Durant."

"Durant? No, how could you choose Durant."

Wang Yaoming became anxious when he heard this and said: "Yi Jianlian is not bad compared to Durant, and they have an advantage in height. Yi Jianlian is 213cm and Durant is 208cm, with a 5cm advantage. Mr. Ye, I think you Durant should not be selected, but Yi Jianlian should be selected. And look at the Rockets. How much money did the Rockets make by selecting Yao Ming as the No. 2002 pick? Billions of dollars were made. In 2.5, the market value was 4.5 million US dollars, and now it is 1.4 million. U.S. dollars, the annual income alone exceeds [-] million U.S. dollars. These are all brought by Yao Ming. If you choose Yi Jianlian, you can also gain fame and fortune. Kill two birds with one stone, how good is it?"

"If there's nothing else to do, I'll hang up now. I still have some things to deal with here."

Ye Feng was about to hang up the phone.

First of all, there is a gap between Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming.

Second, it is true that Yao Ming has brought a lot of benefits to the Rockets and even the entire NBA league, but it is a bit ridiculous to say that the market value was US$02 million in 2.5 and US$4.5 million now.

Housing prices were still different between 2002 and now.

However, Wang Yaoming was obviously unwilling to give in, and quickly called Ye Feng: "Mr. Ye, please don't hang up. Can't we discuss this matter again?"

"No."

Ye Feng said a little stiffly.

Wang Yaoming was annoyed and even called Ye Feng by his first name: "Ye Feng, don't forget that you are Chinese. Now that Yi Jianlian is going to the NBA to participate in the draft, you would rather choose an American than a Chinese. You What do you mean? Aren’t you afraid of being poked in the spine and scolded..."

"You wait a moment."

Ye Feng interrupted Wang Yaoming: "Why don't you buy an NBA team yourself?"

Before Wang Yaoming could reply, Ye Feng continued: "When you buy a team, you can choose whoever you want. As for me, the team I bought with money, I can choose whoever I want. With What does it have to do with you? What kind of person do you think you are, even if you say something ugly, and you are qualified to point fingers in front of me and kidnap me morally?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Feng hung up the phone.

This call from Wang Yaoming did not affect his decision, but he had to admit that he was a little disgusted that the team's participation in the NBA draft could be morally kidnapped. "Brother Feng, what's wrong?"

Li Liang saw that Ye Feng's expression was not good during the call, so he asked after he hung up the phone.

"Nothing, an unknown person called me and asked me to draft Yi Jianlian."

Ye Feng shook his head and told what happened on the phone. Then Ye Feng said angrily: "Yi Jian didn't even call me. I don't know why the manager of the Guangzhou team came here to point fingers."

"I know why."

Li Liang explained the reason to Ye Feng...

After Li Liang explained, Ye Feng realized that people like Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming had to give almost 50% of their after-tax income to the NBA, of which 30% was given to the Basketball Association.

10% goes to the basketball club.

Another 10% goes to the local municipal sports bureau.

Taken together, 30% of Yao Ming's annual salary will be taken away by various parties. However, due to Yao Ming's fame and the fact that many basketball professionals in the United States helped Yao Ming protest, the original 30% became Later 5%.

But again, not everyone belongs to Yao Ming. The fact that Yao Ming can be like this is the result of negotiations between the team and the Basketball Association in the later years. Yi Jianlian may not be able to get such a good result.

This means that the club manager asking Ye Feng to select Yi Jianlian with the second pick may be the first step. The second step may be to ask Ye Feng to give Yi Jianlian a high salary.

Euphemistically speaking, the Rockets have made so much money because of Yao Ming, and the Sonics will also make money because of Yi Jianlian. It is completely reasonable for you to give Yi Jianlian a high salary. If you don't give it, you will not get on the road.

wrong.

Just now, the manager had already pressured him with the interests of the country, saying that it would be unpatriotic for him not to choose Yi Jianlian.

In order to prevent anyone from going around looking for Yi Jianlian again, Ye Feng stopped answering unknown calls and discussed the team's development with Li Liang and team manager Presti.

The Sonics are no longer the Seattle SuperSonics, they are the San Francisco SuperSonics.

Ye Feng has considered changing the name, but has not decided yet. The main thing to consider now is the development of the team in the next few years. Apart from anything else, the SuperSonics are the only team in the NBA with a Chinese owner, and they are getting attention. Degree is not an issue.

The only hidden danger is that he selected Durant instead of Yi Jianlian with the second pick, which may have any negative impact.

This can cancel each other out.

Next is the team results.

The team currently has Ray Allen and the soon-to-be-acquired Durant. Durant is at his peak when he debuts and can average 20 points per game. However, according to team manager Presti, the Celtics management is not interested in Ray Allen. Allen was interested.

Presti's words suddenly reminded Ye Feng of something, and then he picked up Jeff Green's player report from the player report. Obviously, the Sonics can only choose Durant now.

But Jeff Green was later Durant's SuperSonics teammate.

Durant only played in the SuperSonics for one year, and then the team was moved to Oklahoma City and renamed the Thunder. This means that Jeff Green will join the SuperSonics this year.

There is only one reason for this, and it involves the transaction of Ray Allen.

Ye Feng inquired and found out that the Celtics' draft pick was No. 5 in the first round, which meant that the Celtics would select Jeff Green at No. 5 and then acquire Ray through a trade with the SuperSonics. Len, and the Sonics got Jeff Green for it.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng looked at Yi Jianlian's draft report and couldn't help but feel a little pity. It would be great if the Celtics' No. 5 draft pick was used on Yi Jianlian, so that he could keep Durant and Yi Jianlian at the same time. On the team.

Wait two years and try to get Yao Ming, then it will be perfect.

(End of this chapter)