"What?" At the dinner table, Wang Xiao's eyes widened in astonishment and he looked at Wang Feng in disbelief: "You said you taught Oakley a lesson in the competition today and even defeated him?"
As a die-hard NBA fan, how could Wang Xiao not know about the court bully Oakley?
Although no one would like this kind of blue-collar player on the court, Wang Xiao knew very well how powerful Oakley was, especially his fierce eyes on the court, as if he wanted to eat his opponent. Anyone who saw it would be frightened.
Wang Feng can actually beat Oakley, is he so powerful?
"So after your ten-day short-term contract expires, can you sign a long-term contract with the team and officially become an NBA player?"
Wang Xiao asked hurriedly.
Then he saw Wang Feng shaking his head.
"There is no need to wait until the short contract expires. I have already re-signed with the team."
Wang Feng said lightly: "1.45 million per year."
"Pap..."
The chopsticks in Wang Xu's hand fell on the table, his mouth was wide open, and he looked at Wang Feng in shock.
"How much did you just say? 1.45 million?"
For an honest middle-aged man who supports his family by opening a small fast food restaurant, 1.45 million is an exaggerated astronomical figure.
"Well, it's a little less, but there's nothing I can do about it." Wang Feng shook his head slightly. "If I were willing to sign a long-term contract, I might be able to get around 2 million, but that would be a huge loss, and I'm not prepared to stay with the Knicks forever.
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1.45 million per year is indeed too low for Wang Feng, whose annual salary will exceed 40 million in the future.
But there is no way around it. Although Wang Feng has successfully demonstrated his strength, he has never played in an official NBA game. The Knicks will definitely try to lower the price as much as possible.
Moreover, we have just entered 1995, and the NBA salary cap is not high. Even the Knicks' top star, Patrick Ewing, only earns an annual salary of US$4.49 million.
Wang Feng is a newcomer who has just arrived. Even if he is good at playing, the salary he can get will not be too high.
The annual salary of 1.45 million is the greatest sincerity offered by the Knicks. This annual salary ranks sixth on the team, and even the team's second scoring point, John Starks, is slightly lower.
Of course, it will be different next year.
Joe's return greatly boosted NBA ratings. In the 1995-96 season, the league gave birth to its first multi-million contract, which was the $18.72 million annual contract signed by Ewing and the Knicks.
Following the 1996-97 season, Jordan's annual salary reached an exaggerated US$30.14 million. If inflation is taken into account, this salary would definitely exceed 100 million. Even in the future, it will be the highest annual salary.
The topic has gone a bit far...
Wang Feng's salary requirements are not particularly high. After all, he has not proven himself in the NBA, so signing a one-year short-term contract with the Knicks is the best choice for him.
Moreover, taking a step back, 1.45 million U.S. dollars, after deducting various taxes and other expenses, Wang Feng would get at least about 6.7 million U.S. dollars. Even in the United States in 1995, this was an astronomical amount, which was enough for Wang Feng.
Daily expenses.
"Brother Wang, after I get the money, how about I invest in a bigger hotel for you?"
Wang Feng said to Wang Xu: "The food you cook is so delicious, it must be very popular in Chinatown."
I am very grateful to this enthusiastic big brother Wang Feng who helped me in times of crisis. Although he should be transported back to his original era after the end of the Dynasty Terminator module, if he can provide some financial help to him,
He was still very happy.
"This... it's okay, even if you, Xiao Wang, become the boss, I will work for you!"
"Right." Wang Feng suddenly thought of something and took out a few tickets from his pocket.
Seeing this, Wang Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Tickets?"
"That's right."
Wang Feng smiled and handed the ticket to Wang Xiao. "This is the ticket for the Knicks' home game against the Atlanta Hawks on January 4th. It's near the front row. I should be playing in this game. You are welcome to come and see me.
NBA debut."
Suddenly traveling to this era, after many days, Wang Feng is finally going to officially play in the NBA!
However, before that, there is still a problem that Wang Feng needs to solve.
That is his visa problem.
As a time traveler who traveled to the 1990s out of thin air, Wang Feng has no identity information and is equivalent to a stowaway in the United States. He has no green card, no work visa, and no tourist visa.
Some time ago, when he was playing street ball in Rucker Park, he was a little worried, fearing that the police would find him, check his identity information, and be deported.
What's even more terrible is that not only is he a smuggler in the United States, but even in China, there is no such person. He has no ID card and is simply a gangster.
After successfully joining the Knicks, Wang Feng explained the problems he faced to the team.
The Knicks management was also quite speechless about this. Such a powerful basketball player is actually a gangster?
Of course, for a big team like the Knicks, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing. There is a special department to deal with similar incidents. After all, in order to find basketball talents from around the world, NBA scouts will even search around the world. Comparatively
A typical example is Mutombo, the best defensive player.
Mutombo, who was born in the Congo, lived a life close to that of a primitive tribe in his early days. He had no household registration or birth certificate, so he did not even know his true age. This later became a joke. Some people thought that at the end of his career
Mutombo is more than fifty years old.
The United States has always welcomed talents who have shown outstanding talent in basketball, and Mutombo's process of obtaining American citizenship was smooth sailing without any obstacles.
When the Knicks learned that Wang Feng had no nationality, they suggested that Wang Feng directly become an American citizen and become an American that many people dream of.
But Wang Feng did not agree.
No matter how long the time limit for this time travel is, Wang Feng still considers himself a Chinese in his heart.
Especially when Wang Feng once stood on the stage of the Olympic Games and won an Olympic gold medal for his motherland, that feeling cannot be described in words.
Therefore, Wang Feng asked relevant personnel from Tonix to help him contact the Chinese Embassy in the United States, hoping to obtain Chinese nationality.
When the U.S. Embassy in China received a call from the Knicks, the staff even thought they heard it wrong.
There are NBA players who want to become Chinese citizens? What the hell is this?
It is not strange to become a Chinese national. In recent years, as China has become more and more powerful, many Chinese people living abroad want to return to Chinese nationality.
But there are not many people who are as grand as Wang Feng.
To be on the safe side, the staff reported the matter to their superiors, who were also surprised. In confusion, they made a phone call to China.
This matter was spread from person to person, and because it was the NBA, it actually reached the Basketball Association.
"What? A professional player in the NBA wants to become a Chinese citizen?"
When officials from the Basketball Association learned the news, they were completely stunned.
They have never heard that there is such a number one figure in the NBA, and they heard that he is Chinese!
In the 1990s, the NBA was still a relatively unknown area for China. Although David Stern took the initiative to give away various NBA game tapes for free and vigorously promoted the NBA in China, it was limited by productivity and economic strength.
, with little effect.
However, starting last year, China began to officially broadcast NBA games, and the several playoff games broadcast were generally well received.
But the Chinese media began to broadcast a large number of NBA regular season broadcasts, giving Chinese fans a wide awareness of NBA stars. It was in 1996, that is, the Atlanta Olympics, when the Chinese men's basketball team reached the quarterfinals for the first time, achieving a historic breakthrough.
time.
Now, when people in China are still ignorant about the NBA, it is no small matter to suddenly tell them that there is a Chinese playing in the NBA and wants to return to Chinese nationality.
The Basketball Association immediately used all their connections to investigate matters about this NBA player, but they had few connections in the United States and knew nothing about the actual situation in the NBA except for superstars such as Jordan.
This was the case in the early 1990s. Even the Chinese Basketball Association, limited by information dissemination restrictions, did not know much about the NBA.
So after some investigation, they had no clue at all.
But this matter cannot be left alone.
After all, it was a message from the U.S. Embassy, and the other party confirmed that the letter was from an official source of the NBA team, the New York Knicks, and there was no way it was fake.
Therefore, the Basketball Association decided after an emergency meeting to immediately send an inspection team to the United States to investigate all information about Wang Feng, a player who plays in the NBA.
This team includes a sports columnist from CCTV, a reporter from China Sports News, Director Zhang, a former member of the Chinese Men’s Basketball National Team, and several Basketball Association staff members.
They are going through various procedures and visas as quickly as possible, preparing to cross the ocean and arrive in New York, the United States, to see with their own eyes this NBA player who suddenly appeared and wants to become a Chinese national.
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On the other side, Wang Feng was notified by the staff of the Knicks.
The embassy in the United States said that the situation was special and that it had reported the situation to the relevant departments and would approve and respond as quickly as possible.
What it actually means is that this is the first time we have seen this situation and we dare not make a decision directly, so you should wait first.
However, as a result, Wang Feng was unable to apply for a work visa because he did not have a passport, so he would not be able to play in the game on January 4.
(I don’t know much about the issues of nationality application and visa processing. I did some searching on Baidu. If it’s wrong, just think it’s because the rules of the parallel world are different, and it’s just a plot requirement.)
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On January 4, the New York Knicks faced the Atlanta Hawks at home.
Due to visa reasons, Wang Feng was unable to play for the Knicks, but this did not prevent the Knicks from winning this game.
Today's Eagles are no longer the powerful Eastern Conference team led by Wilkins, a human movie star a few seasons ago.
Last season, under the leadership of Wilkins, the Hawks led the Eastern Conference with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, ranking one step ahead of the Knicks. However, entering the playoffs, the Hawks were eliminated in the second round and were eliminated by the Pacers.
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Many people believe that this has a lot to do with Wilkins being traded to the Clippers in the middle of the season.
Although the Hawks are still competitive in the new season, they have lost many games due to the lack of top superstars and are currently only ranked around ten in the Eastern Conference.
Although the Knicks also had a rough start, after losing to the Bulls on Christmas Day, the team's condition has improved slightly and they have won three consecutive victories. This time they also won the home game easily with 89:80, bringing their winning streak to four.
Winning streak.
During the game, Wang Feng sat on the Knicks' bench the entire time. His rather "special" complexion on the court attracted the attention of many reporters on the sidelines.
"Who is this? A new player from the Knicks? An Asian?"
"That shouldn't be the case, right? I haven't seen him play yet. He should be a team manager or something, right?"
Due to Wang Feng's work visa, the Knicks were not in a hurry to publicly announce the signing of Wang Feng. Under such circumstances, even the local reporters who knew the Knicks best could not have guessed that Wang Feng was actually a newly introduced player to the team.
And it cost $1.45 million!
There is no way around this. After all, there has never been an Asian face in the NBA before. No one thinks that Asians can play basketball or play basketball well.
After the game, at the press conference after the game, a reporter mentioned the matter of Wang Feng who was sitting on the bench, but Riley just found an excuse to excuse it, and no one took the matter seriously.
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On November 6, the Knicks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 103:93 in an away game, winning their fifth consecutive victory.
While New York fans rejoiced at the team's recovery, some people noticed that Wang Feng once again appeared on the Knicks' bench to cheer for the players on the field.
"Where did this guy come from? What does he do?"
And the very next day, after completing all the approval procedures, the dusty Basketball Association team finally arrived in New York.
"What are we going to do next?" Several people looked at each other. It was the first time for everyone to come to the United States. Although they hired a translator, they really came here and looked at the prosperous metropolis that was completely different from China.
They were all a little confused.
"In short, let's find a way to get in touch with the Knicks first, and then we can talk about it after meeting Wang Feng."
A reporter from CCTV Sports Channel said.
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"Wang Feng."
Wang Feng, who was training in the arena, was suddenly stopped by an assistant coach.
"There is a group of people who claim to be from the Chinese Basketball Association and want to see you. We have verified their identities. Do you want to see them?"
Wang Feng was stunned.
Someone from the Basketball Association? Why?
At this time, Wang Feng didn't know how much shock his desire to become a Chinese citizen had caused in the domestic basketball circle.