NBA's Chinese King: The more girlfriends I have, the stronger I become.

Chapter 158 I want 8000 million over 4 years

Ma Xiaoxuan wore a tight-fitting black business suit today and was carrying a red Hermès bag.

She not only showed off her figure, but also appeared capable and professional.

Actually, she usually dresses very casually at home and has no interest in luxury bags.

However, once she goes out, she represents Wang Xiucheng, so she can't be careless.

Today's meeting was initiated by Stone, who invited Ma Xiaoxuan to discuss Wang Xiucheng's contract issues.

Wang Xiucheng's previous contract was a one-year two-way contract. Although it was eventually converted into a formal base salary contract, the term was still one year.

With the end of last season, Wang Xiucheng became a restricted free agent.

The opening of the free agent market in July was naturally aimed at Wang Xiucheng.

Patrick was afraid that Stone would cause some trouble again, so he came in person.

After all, there were at least two opportunities to renew Wang Xiucheng's contract early, but Stone, that good-for-nothing, messed them all up.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two sides got straight to the point.

"The Rockets have officially matched the offers from other teams. It's a four-year, $60 million contract with no team options or team options. The contract is fully guaranteed. I think we can officially sign the contract after the Summer League ends."

Stone handed several documents to Ma Xiaoxuan.

Ma Xiaoxuan flipped through it and glanced at it.

This was the first time Patrick had met Ma Xiaoxuan.

He had only heard that Wang Xiucheng's female agent was very young and beautiful, and a top student from Harvard Law School.

But I didn't expect her to be so young, so young that it's hard not to doubt her professionalism.

The profession of agent requires extensive network of contacts and negotiation experience; some even need to maintain good long-term relationships with brands.

So normally, agents are usually older.

He had never seen anyone's agent so young.

All the agents in the league who have a name or a name are at least middle-aged, around 40 years old.

Take, for example, James' agent and friend, the now-famous Rich Paul.

But Patrick dared not underestimate this woman in the slightest.

The fact that she handled Stone so well is enough to demonstrate her ability.

Wang Xiucheng's choice of this woman as his agent was certainly not random.

After about five minutes, Ma Xiaoxuan closed the file with a blank expression and placed it on the table.

Stone glanced at Patrick, as if to say, "Done!"

"Is there a problem with the contract?" Stone asked.

Ma Xiaoxuan nodded: "Of course, no problem."

Stone smiled, took out his phone, and was about to call Wang Xiucheng himself.

Stone felt a little smug. He had been rejected by Wang Xiucheng time and time again, but in the end he still had to sign, right?

But the next moment, Ma Xiaoxuan continued, "However, I think Wang Xiucheng can get 8000 million over 4 years."

Stone and Patrick were both stunned for a moment.

The price has increased again?

"8000 million over 4 years?" This time it was Patrick who spoke.

He didn't quite understand how the price was determined.

Isn't a salary of 6000 million over 4 years considered the top salary?

How come there's an extra 2000 million?

“Yes,” Ma Xiaoxuan repeated, “a four-year, $80 million contract, a fully guaranteed contract with no options for either the Rockets or Wang Xiucheng.”

Patrick frowned and asked, puzzled, "Didn't they say the maximum was 6000 million over 4 years?"

Stone's expression changed slightly, but he remained silent.

Patrick didn't know what was going on; he wasn't someone like Stone who specialized in law and contracts.

But subconsciously he believed that Ma Xiaoxuan, a Harvard graduate, couldn't possibly be talking nonsense.

"Wang Xiu is subject to Arenas' restrictions, and the maximum salary other teams can offer is 6000 million over 4 years."

Ma Xiaoxuan said coldly, "But the Rockets, as Wang Xiucheng's original contract team, can offer him a maximum salary of 8000 for 4 years."

“Is that right, Mr. Stone?” Ma Xiaoxuan looked at Stone.

Stone nodded subconsciously at his bald head, but quickly shook his head again: "The team can't afford to pay such a high salary. The team just renewed Tate's contract, and there are Porter Jr. and others waiting to renew their contracts. The team's salary cap space is limited."

Patrick was just listening, but when he heard Stone mention the name "Little Potter," his head immediately started to ache.

He didn't know what had gotten into Stone, why he was so fixated on little Potter.

The entire league has been trying to sell off Stone for half a year, but this piece of trash just can't be traded. They even have the audacity to say that no team understands his value.

But Patrick was also a little angry; Wang Xiucheng seemed to be making excessive demands.

In particular, Wang Xiucheng's beautiful agent's arrogant and cold demeanor made him a little unhappy.

It's just a little bit.

“I’m just telling you Wang Xiucheng’s thoughts. He said he wants 80 million over four years. If you don’t give it to him, he will accept 60 million, but he wants 80 million.”

Ma Xiaoxuan stood up and took the document in her hand: "This document is fine. We will sign it for 6000 million over 4 years. However, Wang Xiucheng wants 8000 million."

After repeating it again, Ma Xiaoxuan smiled and left the office.

Stone was still in a daze when Patrick slammed his hand on the table, seemingly a little angry: "You never mentioned the $8000 million."

Patrick had always thought that Wang Xiucheng's maximum salary would be 6000 million, but he never expected that there would be an 8000 million salary.

“I think 6000 million is enough,” Stone said.

Patrick shook his head helplessly.

If he had known about the 8000 million, he would have directly given Wang Xiucheng 8000 million.

Why wait for Wang Xiucheng to bring it up first?

Compared to a mere 2000 million, maintaining a good relationship with Wang Xiucheng is the most important thing.

But now that Wang Xiucheng has taken the initiative to bring it up, the Rockets are in a very passive position.

The fact that they gave in indicates that the Rockets yielded to Wang Xiucheng.

If I don't give it to him, my relationship with Wang Xiucheng will be strained.

Patrick suddenly felt very irritated.

They say it's an extra 20 million, but spread over 4 years, that's only 5 million per year.

But even though the Rockets are a tanking team, they don't have any cap space.

This year's salary cap is around $1.22 million, and the luxury tax threshold is $1.49 million.

After giving Tate a 3-year, $2210 million contract and signing Jabari Smith Jr., Talisca Talisca, and other rookies like Tate Washington, the Rockets' current payroll is $1.25 million.

That's already over the cap.

If Wang Xiucheng is given another contract with an average annual salary of 20 million, totaling 80 million over four years, then the Rockets' salary this year will reach 1.45 million, almost reaching the luxury tax threshold.

Of course, what caused the Rockets' salaries to explode like this wasn't the extra 500 million yuan per year that Wang Xiucheng received.

But Wall's contract alone is worth $4740 million.

The Rockets are in talks with him about a buyout, but progress has been slow.

Patrick glanced at Stone, that good-for-nothing, he'd had enough of him.

They're always scheming and calculating, but in the end, it's all just small change.

Initially, Wang Xiucheng asked for 46 million yuan over four years. If that had been agreed to then, none of this would have happened.

Then Wang Xiucheng asked for 6000 million over 4 years, but Stone still didn't agree.

Now, Wang Xiucheng's salary is 8000 million over 4 years.

In just six months, the price has increased by 3400 million.

If Stone had agreed from the beginning, it would have saved the team 3400 million.

The results of it?

What a load of crap!

“I will talk to my father about this, but I think he will give 8000 million.”

Patrick said at that moment.

Stone frowned, but dared not refute him at all.

Wang Xiucheng is only 19 years old, and this is only his second year as a professional.

Jalen Green, who entered the league in the same year as Wang Xiucheng, still has three years left on his rookie contract.

But Wang Xiucheng has already started receiving the highest theoretical salary?

Although the 4-year, $8000 million contract is still quite different from the true top salary of over $4000 million for someone like Wall.

But Stone can't recall any rookie who could earn $2000 million in their second year.

He nodded, but this time Stone didn't dare to speak.

Outside the door, an elderly man in his sixties with white hair was slowly cleaning the corridor with tools in hand.

However, no one noticed that he had been sweeping in front of the general manager's office for several minutes.

The next moment, the old man seemed to have finally finished cleaning up and began to move.

Just then, a woman carrying a stack of documents walked by from not far away.

"Uncle Sam, the trash cans in the conference room are full."

The woman spoke to the old man as she walked.

“Okay, I’ll go right away,” the old man replied.

A few minutes later, the old man arrived downstairs with a cart full of garbage and dumped it into the trash can.

Then, as usual, he sat on the rock next to him, took out a cigarette, lit it, and started scrolling through his phone.

……

new York.

A building in Brooklyn.

Nets general manager Sean Marks is in owner Tsai Tsung-hsin's office, reporting on the team's situation during this period.

The signing market has opened in July.

Although the Nets have long exceeded the luxury tax threshold, they have little to do with the free market.

However, after trading Harden, the Nets' Big Three fell apart.

The biggest problem we face now is that the other two giants will leave sooner or later.

Perhaps due to the Warriors' championship win, Durant even submitted a trade request on the very first day the market opened.

The team just signed Durant to a four-year, $1.98 million max contract last year, and now he's leaving after only a few years.

Another key player, Kyrie Irving, has not yet made any public statement, but with his contract in its final year, he has no intention of renewing it.

This means that if the Nets do nothing this year, Kyrie Irving will leave as a free agent next year, and the Nets will get nothing.

The problems facing the Nets' management are extremely thorny.

Or we should try to keep these two players and continue our pursuit of the championship.

Or we can trade them all away and prepare to abandon the business.

But tanking is unrealistic. The Nets gave up almost all of their future first-round picks to the Rockets when they traded for Harden.

The Nets tanking is essentially giving the Rockets a free ride; they still won't get anything in return.

So in fact, the Nets did not make a choice.

The only thing we can do is try to keep Durant and Irving.

So it seems that Mr. Cai, who appears to be foolish and rich, is about to gain nothing after investing so much.

Just then, Sean Max's phone rang.

He always carries three cell phones with him.

One is for family use only, and this one is basically silent.

The other one is used by the team, and it rings frequently.

There's another one that rarely rings, but when it does, Sean Max will answer it immediately.

Taking out his very old flip phone, Sean Max discovered it was a text message.

After opening it and glancing at it, Sean Max's brows immediately furrowed, but quickly relaxed again.

He then presented the phone screen directly to Cai Congxin.

Cai Congxin glanced at it and frowned slightly.

The text message on the phone read, "Wang Xiucheng is demanding 80 million over four years, and Stone and Patrick are a little angry."

That's all the content.

Don't assume that only reporters like Woj and Shams have connections with various teams.

Each team will also try to bribe staff members of other teams.

The message from this "informant" today seemed unremarkable at first glance, but the two of them quickly realized its value.

There's a rift between the Rockets and Wang Xiucheng.

The two looked at each other.

It seems the Nets have a third option.

That means getting Wang Xiucheng!

Although the Nets have been trying this for the past six months without success.

But the NBA is a business.

The deal fell through because you didn't offer enough leverage.

“I’ll try again,” Cai Congxin suddenly said.

He did not mention Wang Xiucheng's name.

But Sean Max knew he was talking about this Chinese man, his boss's fellow townsman.

"The team is already well over the luxury tax threshold, so we can't do a sign-and-trade. The Rockets have to sign Wang Xiucheng first, and then trade him to the Nets three months later."

Sean Marks continued, "These three months are a long time, and things could change."

Three months, although the season has not really started yet.

However, if other teams approach the Rockets, or even offer them irresistible deals, it's hard to guarantee that the Rockets won't be tempted.

"Then let's take a gamble," Cai Congxin, wearing glasses, said with a smile.

……

In the afternoon, the NBA officially released the schedule for the Las Vegas Summer League.

The Chinese men's basketball team will participate in three games, playing against the Thunder on July 8 and the Nets on July 10.

The last game was on July 11, and the opponent was the Houston Rockets.

The league office, which loves to stir things up, actually scheduled the Chinese men's basketball team's last game as a match against the Rockets.

There is no doubt that this match will attract extremely widespread attention, at least in China.

Because when the schedule was released, the league office stated that Wang Xiucheng would play for the Rockets and the China team in the first and second halves of this game, respectively.

As a result, many Chinese fans circled these matches on their calendars, especially the last one.

This level of attention is exactly what the NBA wants to see.

On the same day, after broadcasting news from reporters in Las Vegas about the Summer League, CCTV Sports surprisingly aired a self-produced promotional video for the Summer League.

This means that CCTV Sports will broadcast the NBA Summer League.

This means that CCTV Sports will also broadcast the new NBA season.

CCTV seems to have finally loosened its grip on the NBA.

However, fans noticed that in the last segment of CCTV's promotional video, although Wang Xiucheng was in the center position and wearing the red jersey of the Chinese national team, there was a Nike logo on the lower half of the jersey.

The Chinese national team jerseys are sponsored by Nike, but Wang Xiucheng is personally an ambassador for Anta.

Therefore, many fans criticized Nike for trying to ride on Wang Xiucheng's popularity.

Antara's official website responded with just the word "hehe".

Wang Xiucheng was naturally unaware of these matters.

He's still training in Las Vegas with his national team teammates.

Until October 7th.

The Summer League has finally begun.