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The mission panel is refreshed every day. Zhao Chen is not in a hurry to take other missions. Choosing the right mission is also very important to him.
After Zhao Chen just turned off the system, he heard the phone ring.
The name on the screen is "Sam"
This is Thunder general manager Sam Presti’s phone number.
The call at this time was just to discuss matters about his contract. Zhao Chen instantly became focused and his mind became more active.
Soon, Zhao Chen picked up: "HI, Sam."
Presti's hearty laughter came: "Haha, Zhao, congratulations on your wonderful game last night. The team decided to convert your non-guaranteed contract into a guaranteed one. You will stay here this season." OKC.”
Presti said straight to the point.
Zhao Chen's situation did indeed change last night.
If it hadn't been for the 22-point performance against the Heat in a single quarter last night, Zhao Chen would have more likely received a layoff call today.
Zhao Chen's performance last night conquered Brooks. Brooks believed that Zhao Chen could still play a role in specific games, and he asked Presti to keep Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen said: "Thank you, general manager!"
Presti said: "Also, we have increased your salary to 800,000 guaranteed. If you perform well during this period, we will renegotiate your contract in the summer. We are all very optimistic about you. Come on."
Presti's language is full of optimism for Zhao Chen, which is the art of speaking.
Zhao Chen said: "Well, no problem, I will work hard."
Zhao Chen also showed the attitude that a good employee should have.
Zhao Chen was not surprised by the way Presti operated as the Thunder did not extend his contract, but only raised his salary, and would re-sign it after the end of this season.
Obviously, Presti is also concerned that he only has a single performance and is afraid that he will perform unstablely. Furthermore, he is not very optimistic about his future and is unwilling to invest in the long term.
Such concerns are only good for Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen knows his strength and needs more games to show his worth.
A one-year contract is just right for him to play up his worth. If we talk about the contract in the summer, I'm afraid it won't be Presti who has the final say.
Presti said: "Come to my office before training in the afternoon. I need you to sign the contract then."
Zhao Chen said: "Okay, I will go there on time."
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Chen felt a little excited.
The non-guaranteed contract has been converted into a guarantee, and he has the foundation to gain a foothold in the NBA.
Combining the memories of this life, Zhao Chen realized how important a guaranteed contract is for players like him who are wandering on the fringes of the NBA.
As long as there is a guaranteed contract, the difference between ordinary NBA players and marginal players will be completely widened.
During the guarantee period, you basically don’t have to worry about suddenly losing your job one day, and you can play on the team with peace of mind.
Even if they are laid off, all the wages in the contract will be given to the players.
When Zhao Chen was a fan in his previous life, he rarely paid attention to such basic-salary and marginal players. He would always focus on those All-Stars.
Without All-Star level talent and ability, it would be difficult not to become a wanderer in the NBA. Most players are constantly traded or enter the free market. The most typical one is Ariza...
Now that it is confirmed that he will spend this season with the Thunder, Zhao Chen is still very happy.
With an annual salary of 800,000, based on the time period of this season, plus playoff bonuses, even with tax deductions, the remaining amount can still be about 400,000 US dollars.
Zhao Chen had never received such a high salary in his previous life, and now all this made Zhao Chen feel like a dream.
Money is a man's confidence...
There was no money before, so Zhao Chen devoted himself wholeheartedly to basketball. Although he was handsome, he didn't even find a girlfriend, and he was alone in Oklahoma City.
I don’t even dare to go to nightclubs.
This confidence only came back after having a guaranteed contract.
After a few minutes, Zhao Chen's excitement calmed down.
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Before traveling through time, Zhao Chen preferred to play games on his mobile phone and watch videos.
Nowadays, mobile phones do not have Douyin or various mobile games, and the network is 2G type. There are some 3G signals from time to time. It is good to be able to watch news smoothly, let alone watch videos. The only way to obtain information from the outside world is Through the computer.
Zhao Chen turned on the computer and browsed domestic and foreign news and various websites online.
The Internet speed is not very fast either. Taobao and JD.com still have very old-fashioned interfaces, but Amazon opens quite quickly. After all, it has local advantages.
Weibo is very popular right now, and Zhao Chen has 500,000 followers on it.
Zhao Chen rarely shares his daily life on Weibo. It can be seen from his past status that he is not a social expert.
Before Tencent had an exclusive contract with the NBA, the main domestic channels for obtaining NBA news were several portals led by Sina NBA.
The commercial value of these portals to the NBA has obviously not yet been developed.
The NBA section of the portal mainly has columns for the Heat and Lakers.
Although Zhao Chen also has a column, it is placed very low in the column and is slightly less popular.
There's nothing I can do about it. Zhao Chen's performance was really bad some time ago. As long as he's on the news headlines in a slightly better position, there will be all kinds of bad news below.
But last night, the news that Zhao Chen scored 25 points and 22 points in a single quarter made headlines in the NBA section.
Most of the domestic fans commented below in a joking tone.
"Damn it, 22 points in a single quarter, Zhao Chen is so awesome."
"This is a new high in a single NBA quarter for domestic players."
"Before the game, I thought Zhao Chen had no chance to play in this game. I didn't expect him to be so ruthless."
"Zhao Chen has proven himself by being able to score this score against the Big Three."
Zhao Chen had disappointed fans a lot before, so there were a lot of surprising comments on the Internet....
After reading the comments under the news for a while, Zhao Chen closed the web page. For him, last night's game was already in the past, and what he needed to focus more on was the next game.
After opening a familiar computer game and playing it for a while, Zhao Chen was no longer interested.
After all, for Zhao Chen, he still had feelings for playing online games at the beginning, but after playing for a little longer, he still felt the gap between the times brought about by technology.
The game interface is too retro and the operation is very annoying.
Turn off the game, open the D drive, and drag the files to Qvod.
Well, this player is good.
Zhao Chen watching Japanese art films on the computer is no different from his previous life.
The postures are still the same, the beauties are still the beauties...
While Zhao Chen was staring at the screen intently, his mind became active and he was formulating his future development direction.
The technological gaps he has felt in the past two days will be his future venture investment direction.
You can invest in companies. Zhao Chen remembers that Didi and food delivery apps can also participate in financing...
No matter what, you can just buy some stocks, Moutai will rise a lot.
It's just that it's a bit embarrassing to speculate on Moutai after traveling back in time...
Then you can buy Bitcoin after it becomes more popular.
Zhao Chen's career goal is to become an NBA superstar. With the help of the system, this goal should not be difficult.
Off the court, he must also make good use of his brain's knowledge.
Maybe there is no way to become the world's richest man or something, but Zhao Chen feels that earning many "small goals" is not a problem, so that he will not worry about money easily in this life.
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At 1:30 in the afternoon, Zhao Chen started running from the apartment.
The place where he lives is not far from the training hall, and the security in the area is not bad. Zhao Chen is not worried about safety issues.
Oklahoma City is a small city, there are not many vehicles on the road, and there are also few pedestrians.
After running all the way to warm up, we arrived at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
It’s different from yesterday when I was scared and uneasy.
When Zhao Chen entered the arena again today, he was full of confidence.
