Although the one who mocked the Supersonics was only a small media outlet in Dallas, the developed Internet was still seen by many people. Once the title of "Three Texas Traitors" was revealed, it immediately won the approval of Texas fans. The fans don't care about yours. Although the fans in San Antonio and Houston will not take the initiative to attack Stephen or Yao Ming, there is no problem for some people to take the lead in making excuses and they echo.

In this way, this title was officially put on the heads of Stephen and the other three. Although Kevin Durant felt that he was a little wronged, he didn't care about you. Who said you were one of the three big players in the Seattle Supersonics, and who told you that you could be related to Texas? However, the benefit of this incident was that it gave the three people a sense of common sense. This benefit was subtle, and it had an invisible influence like the moisturizing of spring rain.

After Yao Ming arrived, the former core insider Kupad was naturally downgraded to become a backup candidate. When Yao Ming was able to maintain health, Yao Ming was naturally the main one. Kupad had no objection to this. Logically speaking, this year is his contract year and should perform well to increase persuasion for the contract renewal negotiations next season. It is better to ask for a big contract. And as a young man, who doesn’t want to show his face? When promoting externally, Stephen was Durant on the left and Cooper on the right, so there is naturally no place for him now.

Cooperd looks a bit optimistic. He turned out to be a bit fierce when he was a gangster, but now he looks like an honest person. Of course, this is when no one shows malicious intentions towards Stephen, but now everyone knows that Stephen is not easy to mess with. In addition, his reputation as a bodyguard has been known throughout the league, and no one dares to provoke Stephen. His infamy is slowly forgotten, and he has become the most popular person in the team.

It turned out that in the team, Chris Wil Cox is one of the three giants in the locker room, but in the eyes and publicity of the team's management, Coupard is one of the three giants. After Yao Ming arrived, Chris Wil Cox had already left, and his position in the locker room naturally disappeared. In the team's eyes, Coupard's importance naturally declined. After all, he cannot compare with Yao Ming in terms of performance in the stadium or commercial value.

Due to Stephen's relationship and he is also familiar with Yao Ming, Koopard naturally has no performance. Although some people within the team have been hidingly urging him to fight for his own status, otherwise the contract will be affected, but Koopard has never cared about this, and Yao Ming is also well-known about it. In a few days, he had a better relationship with Koopard than Stephen.

Although he is a newcomer and famous, Yao Ming is easy-going and easy to approach due to his personality. He was quickly accepted by the team. In addition, Coupard, who was directly affected, did not perform much, so no one else dared to say anything. Yao Ming quickly established the identity of the second player in the team, which was higher than Kevin Durant.

After all, even if there is already Stephen on the outside, Durant's performance is still very outstanding, but it is still not conspicuous, but the inside is different. No matter what, a team with a simple outside line cannot have any major development. Therefore, after Yao Ming came to the Supersonics, although the data was slightly affected by playing time, his performance was not bad. In terms of efficiency, he was even better than before. The main reason was that Stephen provided him with a sufficient number of advantage shells.

In this way, Kevin Durant is at the bottom of Yao's name on the court and in external publicity, and even in the locker room, his status has been significantly affected, because except for Russell Westbrook, the players gathered around him are basically good people, or they are double-faced.

Although he would not have conflicts with his restrained and rational character, there was obvious estrangement. However, Kevin Durant also knew that with his current strength and ability, it was impossible to threaten the team to provide him with a higher status. Stephen's position in the team was very solid and his foundation was very deep. He could not move his position at all. But simply competing with Yao Ming for the second place in the team, Durant believed that it was not worth breaking up.

If you seek a new deal, you may not be able to trade a suitable team, and you need to take great professional risks. And Durant does not want to leave Seattle. Although the Washington District of Columbia, where he was born, and there is nothing in common, he just feels that it is very comfortable to stay here, and the team is obviously in the rising period. Although this result does not belong to him, he also plays a huge role in it. Durant is also a little reluctant to leave, but in general, it still makes him more depressed.

However, after this incident, he made a great psychological change. Yes, no matter how his status changes, he is still a part of the team, and his actions and data have not been greatly affected. Why should he care about those false things? The team is currently moving forward and needs every player to contribute his own strength. What do you think about doing? Even if you really feel suppressed and want to leave, you have to wait until you achieve certain achievements before leaving, just like Stephen.

Durant, whose mind has changed, changed his previous style of non-hard laughter. When he came to the training ground in advance, he greeted Yao Ming with a smile. Although Yao Ming felt strange, he still smiled. Durant's diligence in training is the first player in the team. Of course, this is after Yao Ming reduced his training time, and Stephen rarely came to the team for training. He has his own unique training method that can be completed at home. Although Yao Ming and Durant can also train at home, their conditions are not as good as the team.

How to say, when this person's mind changes, what he sees is naturally another manifestation. In the past, because Yao Ming robbed the team's status, Durant naturally didn't like Yao Ming. Although it was not easy to come, he just didn't like him. But now he saw it, he felt that Yao Ming was easy-going and easy to accept, diligent and motivated, and after being seriously injured, he was not allowed to overtrain under the advice of the doctor, and the training intensity was only a little worse than himself. It is indeed worth admiration.

After training for a while, both of them were a little hungry, so they asked the staff to help order takeout, then sat together and started eating. While chatting, Kevin Durant learned that after stabilizing, Yao Ming planned to open another Yao restaurant in Seattle. After Yao Ming left Houston, Yao's business naturally declined. It turned out that the sufficient staff was a bit redundant. In addition, Yao Ming's parents also wanted to come with their son to live in Seattle, so they planned to open another Yao restaurant here.

Relatively speaking, Chinese restaurants with serious Western style like Yao Restaurant are not suitable for multi-ethnic cities like Seattle. In Texas, because there are fewer Asians and fewer corresponding Chinese restaurants, the business is pretty good. For example, the Records of the Grand Historian opened by Stephen’s parents in San Antonio, the business is getting better and better. They also like the weather and environment there and do not want to come to the colder Seattle.

Since he talked about this topic, Durant responded to Yao Ming and asked Yao Ming about investment and financial management. In addition to one sneaker endorsement, Durant now only has two small businesses that are endorsed by them. Even if it is a rookie contract, this amount of money is still relatively important to him. He is naturally incomparable with Yao Ming and Stephen, who are no longer dependent on player contracts. Naturally, he is relatively short of money at hand. Yao Ming is a well-known money-making player in the league and has a reputation of being good at financial management. Durant naturally believes in Yao Ming's vision.

Of course, Stephen is better at making money, but because Stephen is a family masterpiece of "making a fortune in silence" at home, his situation is rarely made public. In addition, his endorsement income mainly comes from domestic sources, and the United States does not know much, and Stephen's investment income is strictly kept confidential, for fear of being targeted by the US tax authorities. Once you have signs of tax evasion, you will be the target of being strictly guarded. At that time, it will not be so easy to avoid taxes through property transfer.

Yao Ming is naturally very experienced in this regard. He told Durant all the time that investment is very easy for players because they have money, but if they want to invest, it is not so easy. The income earned by most players is either endlessly squandered, or deceived by their agents or financial consultants, or cheated by relatives, classmates, or friends.

So for those of them, there is no problem with investment. The key is whether there is any profit. Yao Ming thought about it. Among the investment methods he is familiar with, most of them are not suitable for Kevin Durant. Some are for the long-term consideration. Durant naturally cannot accept it. Some are using their connections and reputation. Durant naturally cannot refer to it. After thinking about it, investment in the catering industry is more suitable for novices like Durant.

Investment is rare and fast, without causing too much legal risks, and does not require too much time to manage, so investing in catering is very suitable for players. This is not Yao Ming's choice alone. Many players have done this, including the famous Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Big Dream Olajuwon, and many other players like Chris Weber, Tony Parker, and Luke Walton have one or several restaurants, among which, Divac and Luke Walton are more successful.

Yao Ming solemnly warned Durant that if you really want to open a restaurant, in addition to choosing a good location and determining the main style and other detailed business conditions, the most important thing is not to be a manager and ignore anything. Even if you are at ease, you should pay attention to it frequently, but you don’t think that you can attract customers by relying on your fame alone. The most important thing about the restaurant is the attraction of the dishes. Using your fame to drive customers is not a long-term solution, nor does it have a sustained effect.

Durant attached great importance to Yao Ming's suggestions, and even took out his mobile phone to record them. This made Yao Ming feel very ashamed. Then Durant told Yao Ming that he wanted to open a Spanish barbecue restaurant because he liked Spanish barbecue very much. What's more, it turned out that he liked to eat the most was a Spanish barbecue restaurant in Waco, north of the University of Texas. A few days ago, he made a special trip. The business there was a deserted place. When talking about business, the boss said that due to competition from Argentina barbecue, the business has been so bad for the past year. He even planned to stop, but he had no skills, so he planned to work for other Spanish barbecue restaurants in big cities.

At that time, Durant had the plan to open a restaurant, because he had always been very troubled in Seattle that he could not find an authentic Spanish barbecue restaurant. He believed that the one who had this trouble was definitely not his own, because Seattle had mixed people and many Spanish people, but because there was no fixed settlement area, there was no authentic restaurant. I believe that if he opened a house here, the business would definitely be very good. Durant believed in the boss's skills. As long as he recruited him and gave him a part of the shares, it would be better than him to work for others. Moreover, Seattle was also a big city after all, and there was more development potential than there.

If the business is good, Durant is still interested in opening a house in Portland, because Lamarcus Aldridge also likes to eat Spanish barbecue. When the two chat, he is also worried about this issue. At that time, he can open a house in Portland with Aldridge and borrow the other party's reputation. I have to say that Durant has considered it very long-term.

Through this incident, the two people quickly got closer. In the afternoon of the team training, Yao Ming and Durant played several cooperations, and the effect was surprisingly good. Since Yao Ming had already told Stephen about the situation. Stephen was not surprised, but others were very surprised. Seeing that Yao Ming and Durant were in the same multi-core area during the training interruption, the others were very surprised. When these two people were so good.

Whether it is Yao Ming’s Yao Restaurant or Durant’s Spanish Barbecue, Stephen is not very interested. If he is asked to taste it, he will be very interested. After all, no one can resist the temptation of food, but if he is asked to enter the catering industry, he is not very interested. First, he needs to take care of it, and now he has no one to take care of this matter. Second, investment is less effective and quick. It is an advantage for others, and it is a disadvantage for himself.

Unless you open an international restaurant chain giant, such as McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut, it requires time to accumulate and very professional management and workflow. This cannot be established overnight. Therefore, Stephen has no interest in this industry with no development potential. If you want to accumulate funds for a restaurant to buy a team, you have to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month.

However, although his career is still more than ten years long, Stephen had planned early. Once his condition declined, he would retire immediately without hesitation. He could not let the young people bully him and move on the field in a stalemate. Moreover, Stephen was indeed a little unsupported. He didn't know when he could last. It was said that this growth potion was overdrawing his personal growth potential and it was likely to affect his lifespan. Therefore, Stephen set the time for his retirement a little higher, and he retired if he really couldn't.

But in this way, your own money-making plan must be carried out as soon as possible, and you cannot waste time. If you retire and lose your player contract and advertising endorsement income, your income will not be fixed, so Stephen has an urgent need to make money.

For Stephen, there is a business that has been placed in front of Stephen. As the matter of the Huang family is gradually resolved and the position of his son may be out of order, Huang Dongkai doesn't care about his grandson. After all, the position of his son is the most critical and represents the status of the family. As for the grandson, not to mention being imprisoned abroad, even being imprisoned in China, it is no big deal.

They asked someone to send a message to ease the relationship. Stephen would never forgive those who had threatened their lives and caused economic losses to themselves, so Stephen ignored them at all.

Since this incident was caused by Stephen, many people used the reason for attacking the Huang family. Therefore, Stephen did not spit on the other side, and the attacks on the other side would not stop. Of course, even if Stephen spitted, he might not necessarily stop. After all, the position of a governor is still very important, but in that case, Huang Dongkai could go to the old leader to talk about his sneer. Unlike now, he had no shame to go there.

At this time, the main force of the Huang family also came over and wanted to cooperate with Stephen in business. However, their influence was not in the state-owned enterprises, but in the domestic cultural media and publicity field. Although they could not give Stephen any endorsement contract, they could make domestic media say more good things when reporting Stephen. Stephen didn't care about this. The more obvious the media tended, the more annoying the fans would be. It would be better to let them report normally. Anyway, it was already biased enough now.

Rejecting this kindness, the other party proposed a new cooperation. What moved Stephen was that, first, the other party had a theater license, and it also owned no less than 50 theaters in major and medium-sized cities. Although the facilities were old, the location and scale were quite considerable. Stephen could invest in it, or even get a controlling stake. As a student at the University of Southern California, even if he had never had a professional understanding, Stephen knew the value of theaters just by imitating him, let alone an innovative artist agency behind him.

In addition to this, the other party also wants to promote the exchange of artists between the two parties through Stephen's influence in innovative artist agency. When shooting movies or TV series in the United States, it will add certain Chinese characters, and when shooting movies or TV series in China, it can also borrow the stars here to increase popularity. This cooperation is also comprehensive. After all, on the one hand, it is Hollywood, which is a global film and television program production, but on the other hand, it has the largest market in the world.

However, the cooperation is a bit too big. Stephen is still hesitating for the time being. This is not an ordinary investment, but the other party proposed that both parties can make a movie together, use their respective resources to invest, and then test the effectiveness of the cooperation based on the box office share. Stephen thinks he can give it a try.
Chapter completed!