Wei Xia walked out with confidence. He wore a brand new suit, washed his face with noble facial cleanser, cleaned his beard, and made a little hair.

Apart from standing on the court, he can no longer be more confident than he is now.

Why do you say that? Because he is confident at any moment on the court, he believes no one is better than him.

The freedom on the court cannot hide the off-court. He is a rough man who doesn't know how to handle himself.

The moment Elaine Trovis saw Wei Xia, he gave a very high evaluation of his suit.

Unfortunately, apart from suits, there are very few advantages worth mentioning.

"Why did you dress like this?" Trovis had obvious disgust in his eyes.

With just one sentence, Wei Xia's confidence shattered into invisible glass.

"Where am I?"

"You're dressed up like you're going to be on our private date." Trovis shook his head, "and you'll be completely beaten by Kobe."

Wei Xia looked disbelief: "Just Kobe?"

Kobe on the court and off the court are not the same person. Wei Xia is very familiar with Kobe on the court, but what about Kobe off the court? He doesn't know much.

There are very few junctions in their lives.

Kobe is the emperor's superstar, and the spotlight is shining everywhere. The media hopes to follow him 24 hours a day.

Wei Xia has a reputation as a journalist killer. She has made a big mistake of political incorrectness before and will never repent. She usually has nothing to do, so journalists walk around him.

One is always watched, while the other leaves the court and those controversial events are almost no different from ordinary citizens.

Although Wei Xia’s social circle, hobbies and hobbies do not interfere with Kobe, this does not affect their becoming good friends.

Wei Xia brought the impression of Kobe accumulated on the court to the bottom of the court. When they came to the restaurant Vanessa had booked in advance, he was shocked.

Kobe is dressed as elegant as an upper class gentleman. Who can tell from his outfit that he was accused of rape a few years ago?

Moreover, he spontaneously came to the restaurant's own piano and asked to play a song for everyone.

"This guy can play the piano?" Wei Xia knew for the first time.

Vanessa smiled and said, "He went to learn it when he was pursuing me."

Then Kobe started.

If you say he is professional, it is not that professional, but if you say he is not professional, it sounds nice to play.

An amateur pianist learns this craft just to pursue women. What kind of concentration and persistence is that?

For the first time, Wei Xia felt that he lost to Kobe from the inside out.

After Kobe played the song, he bowed from afar with Vanessa's loud applause.

Kobe finally arrived at the dinner table, "Elaine, you are still as beautiful."

"Wish, you're still the same country bumpkin."

At this moment, Kobe was full of artist's temperament. Sitting beside him, Wei Xia felt out of place, but if he just gave in, he wouldn't be Wei Xia.

He opened the menu and actually saw a dish called "Fantasy Powdered Sauce".

"What's this?"

"Don't know this?" Kobe introduced, "the cooked pig intestine is the delicacy of us black people. Whether we are poor or rich, a bite of the cooked pig intestine every night is the best thing besides the harmonious one."

Wei Xia swallowed a mouthful of bitter saliva. He felt nauseous even if he thought of the thing he wanted to eat pigs.

"I may not be able to stand it..."

Vanessa took over Kobe's words and asked a sharper question: "After that's it, what are you... harmony?"

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Bath Building

Jim Bass came with a heavy heart, and it was like this every time. He hoped that his father would retreat from that position as soon as possible. In recent years, his department has achieved great success, which has given him some illusion: I can do the best I can do it alone!

The playoffs are about to begin, and Bus Jr. has received news that after the season, he will not only continue to be in charge of the draft department, but also return to the highest decision-making level.

There were only two people in that class.

His father Jerry Bass and Mickey Kupchek.

Today, his main purpose of coming to the Bath Tower is to attend the meeting of the highest decision-making level. Kupchek will give a brief report on the future of the Lakers.

The playoffs have not started yet, and the management is already thinking about the future. This is the performance that a mature management should have.

Finally, he came.

In the closed office, only Old Bass and Kupchek.

Today, Old Bass has a far less radiant face than he was when he was young. Before the new century, he was considered a rebellious playboy billionaire, a man who almost looked like a funny parody sports boss.

Since he acquired the Lakers in 1979, professional basketball in Los Angeles has been revitalized.

In the next few years, the Lakers performed better than any team in the 1980s - a hot cheerleader, a celebrity on the sidelines, a gorgeous fast break, and a real star traffic, more magnificent, more atmospheric, and more commercial value.

They were the hottest teams of the time, the best teams of that decade, and their games were almost as luxurious as their bosses.

The Lakers have maintained a pivotal position for the past 30 years, reshaping their image in three different eras and winning eight championships in the process.

Even Old Bass' youngest son Jim never thought about how underestimated his father was.

Since the 1980s, the Lakers have had the most obvious star effect in the league.

Not only do they have to find these stars and build around them, but they also have to empower them and even feel like they are part of the team’s decision-making process.

Even though the league's salary cap and luxury tax are bad for him, Bass continues to add superstars to the Lakers, knowing that Los Angeles is still his biggest weapon—weather, beaches, celebrities, beauties, luxury neighborhoods, privacy, Hollywood relationships.

The players all want to play for the Lakers.

They want to play the most beautiful music for Dr. Jerry Bass.

"Jim, come and sit down, Mickey is talking about the part you are most interested in."

"Oh, is that?" Bass made his daily frivolous look, "Then I have to listen carefully."

Seeing Bus Jr. take his place, Kupchek continued his words: "Wish is the future of the Lakers. His progress is exciting and worth our long-term investment, but some of his tendencies off the court are uneasy."

Bass, a little boy, explained in a hurry: "That's the idiot media causing trouble by themselves, and Wish didn't want to pay attention to them at first!"

Kupchek smiled and said, "He can ignore them all the time."

"He can even take back those words."

"I know Wish, he won't be a problem for us, and he just said something inappropriate. Would we have to question his prospects?" Bass and Kupchek made arguing.

“We have had players like Karim.”

Old Bass interrupted them.

"Nothing is harder than having Karim, especially in that era 1." Old Bass smiled. "It's a new era. We can tolerate Karim in the past, and of course we can tolerate Wish now, as long as he is excellent enough."

1    LoGO man was a coach for a while after retired in 1974, and led Tiangou, who later joined the Lakers for several years. Then he suffered from depression. He was defeated countless times in this career, but he did not suffer from depression. After coaching Tiangou for several years, he suffered from depression. Think about it carefully what the weight is.

Little Buss stopped speaking, he could hear that Old Buss didn't mind Wei Xia's words and deeds off the court.

Because no matter how absurd or politically incorrect Wei Xia's words and deeds are, they are even worse than Tian Gou's words that "if the white man dies today, I will die of drunkenness on the spot."

Kupchek nodded lightly, smiling.

Dr. Bath never promises perfection.

The sentence "as long as he is excellent enough" is a sentence that should not be ignored.

At least for now, Wish is excellent enough to become an All-Star starter in three years. The last person to score this result was Kobe.

The biggest difference between him and Kobe is that not many people will watch the game on the spot because of him. He is not the kind of box office superstar who can keep the team at the bottom of the record.

But this effect is what Dr. Bass values.

He now regards Wish as the Lakers' long-term plan because his existence can give the Lakers the strongest potential for championships. Kobe's box office value has been developed to the end. If you want to go to the next level, the only way is to let him lead the team to win the championship and achieve revenge on the Sharks and those who don't believe that he can still succeed if he leaves the Sharks.

From reality to economic effects, the Lakers need Kobe to lead the Lakers to take the last step.

Therefore, they need Wish.

Will this tone change in the future?

No one can say it correctly, just like Wei Xia himself would never have thought that before last year, he was a model player with excellent popularity, but now he has become an American traitor who is "born and raised in the United States but has a Chinese heart."

"Father, please rest early."

Little Bus, who attended the highest decision-making meeting, left happily. Just from his back, he could see his ambitions.
Chapter completed!