The Whip of the God of Basketball

After getting out of the car and arriving at the destination, Leon looked up at the Celtics headquarters - a red and green square 12-story building. The lower six floors of the building are brick-red walls, while the upper six floors It is the emerald green building inlaid into the lower six floors, and its volume is a circle smaller than the lower six floors.

This building is as old as the Celtics. Leon stood in front of him with a little nervousness, as if the interview had already begun since then, and the first interview hurdle was this building.

However, when Leon entered the building and came to the office of Michael Leon Carr on the third floor, he discovered that he came here not for an interview, but a ceremony to directly accept the appointment.

"From now on, you will be a scout for the Boston Celtics!" Carl said to Leon straight to the point, while throwing him a contract.

"Scout?" Leon was a little unfamiliar with this word, he knew scouts and detectives, and scouting, he thought, probably meant the work of discovering new players.

Leon doesn't really care much about what kind of work he does. Anyway, no matter which job is related to basketball, it is brand new to him. He didn't care about the economic status or social status of the job, he cared more about his interest.

In his previous life, Leon did not choose a job because of his interest. Purely from the perspective of economy and work difficulty, he chose an actuary who had a good income and was a piece of cake for him.

But his work and life are not very happy. Although Leon can't remember many things clearly, Leon has a deep impression of his unhappiness in his previous life, including the drunkenness before crossing.

Therefore, Leon was not in a hurry to ask Carl a question. He picked up the contract and flipped through it while observing Carl who was sitting on the office chair and was also watching him. This is a black man with a round head and a round face. , with a broad chin, looks very kind.

Leon noticed that his teeth did not seem to be very good, the left gum was deformed, and the protruding teeth could be seen from his mouth when he was speaking.

"You must have worked very hard when you played, I can see your military medals..." Leon looked at the contract and muttered.

Carl felt very strange after hearing this, stared at Leon and asked him what he meant, Leon had already turned over 20 pages of the contract to the third page, and he said: "I can see your teeth, it should be crooked Yes. Since you are not a boxer but a basketball player, it is very likely that you were beaten on the court, so I think you should play very hard."

Carl raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and then laughed loudly: "Arnold is right, he is a funny kid, his eyes are as sharp as an eagle, and his observation skills are terrible. You know, Arnold doesn't often praise people. What you said That's right, I'm desperate, but I want to tell you that in basketball, hard work alone is not enough, this is a field that needs talent very, very, much more than most places."

Carl stared at Leon and said, trying to read something from his face.

This is indeed not an interview. Leon's interview was successfully passed yesterday, and the person who interviewed him was Auerbach. Karl is just a guide, to tell Leon what kind of job he is doing and how he should do his job.

Carl's words are correct. Basketball, especially the NBA, is a field that needs talent very much, and the existence of scouts is to discover these talents in advance, bring these talents to the team, and seize the benefits exchanged for potential.

Hearing what Carl said, Leon nodded. At this time, he had turned to the last page of the contract, and there was a signature on it.

Leon took a pen from Karl's desk and signed his name on the last page, even if he officially signed the contract, he became a scout for the Boston Celtics—specifically, It's a temporary scout, because the contract is only for three months.

Auerbach is still constantly setting up obstacles for Leon on the road. Even if it is confirmed that he will start as a scout, he still has to set a three-month work deadline for him. Obviously, during these three months, Leon must Only by making some achievements can we successfully stay in the Celtics.

The problem is, until he signed his name, he didn't know what a scout was for.

"You are very refreshing. Arnold likes such a guy. Now that you have signed, you are a Celtic scout. From now on, I will be your direct supervisor. I will inform you of the specific work arrangement." .Take your contract, bring your ID card, a bank card, and go to Ms. Polis's office to complete all the procedures, which is at the end of the corridor. Come to the office and find me after you are done." Carl looked Leon signed the contract and said to Leon.

Leon picked up the contract, touched the ID card in his pocket and the bank card with no balance, got up and walked to the door, when Karl stopped him and said, "Don't you have any questions to ask? These contracts you Not even looking at it carefully, which is not a good habit for a basketball worker."

For this meeting, Karl also made some preparations to deal with various questions that Leon might ask about the contract, but so far Leon has not asked a single question.

The formation and signing of contracts in the United States is a very serious matter. In American society, which is famous for its meticulous and strict legal provisions, every signature means the generation of legal effect.

A three-month temporary work contract is only 20 pages long, and the content is comprehensive and detailed, covering various matters of both parties. In the professional league of the NBA, such contracts are nothing more than pediatrics, and more complicated contracts are enough to make People are dizzy.

Leon looked back at Carl, thought for a while and replied: "Okay, I do have a question. The fifth clause of the sixth clause in the contract states that the transportation expenses subsidy can be reimbursed, but More than 100 US dollars need to issue a bill in my name. I would like to ask, if I rent a car outside, but I don't know how to drive, I rent a driver, use his driver's license to rent a car, and then the cost of renting a car is paid by me , but his name is on the receipt. In this way, how should I be reimbursed for my transportation expenses? Is the service fee for the driver I rented included in the reimbursement? If so, how can I obtain a legal receipt? "

Leon's sudden question stumped Carl. He didn't expect Leon to ask such a detailed and tricky question, so he had to say, "I'm sorry, I don't know, you can ask Ms. Polis about reimbursement." , she knows these things better. Well, you can go there, go and come back quickly. "

"Thank you, fortunately, I have a driver's license." Leon said, and he left the office after speaking.

"This guy really looks like Arnold." Carl thought as he watched Leon leave.

Arnold is Auerbach, and only those who are close to him can call him that.

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Leon quickly found the office at the end of the corridor. This is where Celtic's personnel assistant Ms. Polis works. She is a middle-aged woman in her forties with short palm-colored hair. Looks very nice.

She should have known that Leon would come today, so Leon didn't explain much, she copied the ID card handed over, and entered the bank card information and identity information, so that Leon became a Boston Celtic. A temporary worker for the team, officially started his work in the basketball world.

When everything was arranged and Leon was about to leave, another person came in from the outside. As soon as he entered the door, he threw a stack of materials on Ms. Polis's desk, and said anxiously: "Make a copy of these materials. One copy, I need it urgently, the printer in the office is broken!"

Ms. Polis gave the man a look, flattened her mouth and said, "Okay, I'll fix things. But I hope you can knock on the door next time you come in, Mr. Popper."

After saying this, Polis took the materials to copy, leaving Leon and Popper behind.

Leon remembered the conversation with the old driver in the taxi. At the end, the old driver said, "The real power for the Celtics to discover new players is in the hands of Pope." It seems that this man with a square face and small mouth, The wrinkled and fleshy guy is the Celtics Director of Players, Leon Popper.

"Hello, I'm Leon, Fox-Leon." Leon stretched out his hand and said to Popper.

Popper squinted at Leon, raised his mouth and said, "Who are you?"

It seems that there are not many people in the Celtics who know about Leon, at least the player director does not know about Leon's existence. You must know that the player director and scouts cooperate with each other, and the scouts have to collect themselves The information is handed over to the player director, who is processed by the player director and finally reported to the team. Often when the general manager decides on player selection, the player director, the owner, and the coach have the greatest influence on the general manager.

The choice of coaches comes from experience and vision, the choice of bosses comes from the market and personal preferences, and the choice of player directors comes from scouts. And now, Popper didn't know Leon at all.

Seeing that Popper is not enthusiastic, Leon does not want to introduce himself with a hot face and a cold ass. After all, the position of "temporary scout" does not have anything to introduce himself.

So Leon said goodbye to Miss Polis, and went straight back to Carl's office with his own things.

Back in Carl's office, Carl was on the phone, he motioned for Leon to sit down.

Less than two minutes later, when Leon was still warm in the chair, Karl put down the phone, clasped his hands, and said to Leon: "You are leaving Boston tonight, the ticket has been prepared for you, when you arrive Someone will receive you. This will be your first and most important task, so work hard.”

After finishing speaking, Carl handed Leon a ticket that he had prepared a long time ago, the flight at 6:15 pm, non-stop to Chicago.