Chapter 22: 3 Leon

When he got out of the car and arrived at his destination, Leon looked up at the Celtic’s headquarters-a red and green square-shaped 12-story building. The bottom six floors of the entire building are covered with brick-red walls, and six floors are up. It is an emerald green building inlaid into the six floors below, a circle smaller than the six floors below.
　　 This building is as old as the Celtics. Leon was a little nervous when standing in front of him, as if from then on, the interview had already begun, and the first interview level was this building.
　　 However, when Leon entered the building and came to Michael-Leon-Carl’s office on the third floor, he discovered that he was not here for an interview, but a ceremony to accept the appointment directly.
　　 "From now on, you will be a scout for the Boston Celtics!" Karl said to Leon straightforwardly, and at the same time gave him a contract.
　　 "Scout?" Leon is a little strange to this word. He knows scouts and detectives, and scouts, he thinks about the job of discovering new players.
　　 Leon doesn’t really care about what job he does. Anyway, any basketball-related job is brand new to him. He doesn't care about the economic status or social status of the job, he cares more about interest.
　　Leon in his previous life did not choose to work because of his interests. From the perspective of economics and difficulty of work, 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, but the unhappiness in the past life, including the drunk before crossing, Leon is very impressed.
Therefore, Leon did not rush to ask Karl a question. He picked up the contract and flipped through it while observing Karl, who was sitting in the office chair and also watching him. This was a black man with a round head and a round face. , With a wide chin, looks very kind.
　　 Leon noticed that his teeth didn't seem to be very good. The gum on the left was deformed. When speaking, he could see the protruding teeth from his mouth.
　　 "You must be very desperate when you are playing, I can see your military medal..." Leon muttered while looking at the contract.
After hearing this, Carl felt very strange. He stared at Leon and asked him what he meant. Leon had turned the twenty-page contract to the third page. He said: "I can see your teeth, it should be beaten crooked. Yes. Since you are not a boxer but a basketball player, you are probably beaten crooked on the court, so I think you should be playing hard."
Carl raised his eyebrows when he heard it, and then laughed: "Arnold is right. He is a funny kid with the same sharp eyes as an eagle and terrible observation. You know, Arnold doesn't always praise people. You said. That’s right, I’m very desperate, but I want to tell you that in basketball, desperation is not enough. This is a very, very, very talented field, more than most places."
　　 Carl stared at Leon and said, trying to see something on his face.
　　 This is really not an interview. Leon’s interview passed yesterday. The person who interviewed him was Auerbach. Carl is just a guide to tell Leon what exactly he does and how he should do it.
　　 Carl’s words are correct. Basketball, especially the NBA, is a field where talents are very much needed. The existence of scouts is to discover these talents in advance, bring them to the team, and capture the benefits of potential exchange.
　　 Hearing what Carl said, Leon nodded. At this time, he had turned to the last page of the contract with a signature place.
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 three months long.
Auerbach still kept setting up obstacles for Leon on the road. Even if it is certain that he will start as a scout, he still has to set up a three-month work period. Obviously, Leon must Only by making some achievements can you succeed in staying with the Celtics.
　　 But the problem is, until he signed his name, he didn't know what the scout was doing.
"You are very happy, Arnold likes such a guy. Now that you have signed, you are a Celtic scout. From now on I will be your direct person in charge. I will inform you of the specific work arrangements. Take your contract, bring your ID card, a bank card, and go to Ms. Polis’s office to complete all the formalities. It’s at the end of the corridor. When you are done, come to the office to find me." Carl looked at it. 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. At this moment, Karl stopped him and said, "Don't you have any questions to ask about these contracts? Without even taking a closer look, this is not a good habit for a basketball worker."
　　 For this meeting, Carl also made some preparations to deal with the various questions Leon may have about the contract, but Leon has not asked a single question so far.
　　The formation and signing of contracts in the United States is a very serious matter. In the American society, which is known for its meticulous and strict legal provisions, each signature means the production of legal effect.
A three-month temporary work contract is 20 pages long, comprehensive and detailed, and covers various matters for both parties. In the NBA, this professional league, such a contract is only for pediatrics, and more complex contracts are enough to allow People are dizzy.
Leon looked back at Carl, thought about it, and replied: "Well, I do have a question. Article 6 of the contract stipulates that the transportation subsidy in Article 5 of the contract stipulates that we can be reimbursed for transportation expenses when traveling, but A bill with my name is required for a fee of more than $100. I would like to ask, if I rent a car outside, but I don’t know how to drive, I rent a driver and use his driver’s license to rent a car, and then I will pay for the rental. , But his name is on the receipt, so how should my transportation expenses be reimbursed? Is the labor cost of my renting this driver included in the reimbursement expenses? 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 question, so he had to say: "I’m sorry, I don’t know. You can ask Ms. Polis about the reimbursement. , She knows more about this. Okay, 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.
　　 "This guy is really like Arnold." Carl thought to himself as he looked at Leon who was leaving.
　　Arnold is Auerbach, and only people 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 Ms. Polis, Celtic's personnel assistant, worked. This was a middle-aged woman about forty years old with short palm-colored hair. Looks very kind.
She should have known that Leon will come today, so Leon did not explain much, she copied the ID card that was handed up, and entered the bank card information and identity information. In this way, Leon became a Boston Celtics. A temporary worker of the team officially started his work in the basketball world.
When everything was set up and Leon was about to leave, another person came in from the outside. As soon as he entered the door, he threw a pile of materials on Ms. Polis’s desk and yelled: "Copy these materials. One copy, I am in a hurry to use it, the printer in the office is broken!"
　　Ms. Polis gave the man a glance, flat her mouth and said, "Okay, okay, I will get things done. But I hope you can knock on the door next time you come in, Mr. Popper."
　　 After saying this, Polis took these 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 true power of the Celtics to discover new players is in Popper's hands." It seemed that this square-faced small mouth, The guy with creases and cross meat is the Celtics' player director, Leon Popper, UU reading www.uukanshu.com.
　　 "Hello, this is Leon, Fox-Leon." Leon stretched out his hand and said to Popper.
　　 Popper gave Leon a slanted look, and said, "Who are you?"
It seems that not many people know Leon in the Celtics. At least the player director doesn’t know about Leon’s existence. You must know that the player director and scouts are in cooperation with each other. Scouts have to collect themselves. The information is handed over to the player director, and finally reported to the team after being processed by the player director. Often when the general manager decides on player selection, the player director, boss, and coach have the greatest impact on the general manager.
　　 The choice of the coach comes from experience and vision, the choice of the boss comes from the market and personal preferences, and the choice of the player director comes from the scout. Now, Popper doesn't even know Leon.
　　 Popper is not enthusiastic, and Leon does not want to take the initiative to introduce himself with a hot face and cold ass. After all, the position of "temporary scout" does not have a good introduction.
　　 So Leon said goodbye to Miss Polis, and took his own things directly back to Karl's office.
　　 Back to Carl's office, Carl was on the phone, and he motioned to Leon to sit down.
Less than two minutes later, before Leon was sitting in the chair, Carl put down the phone, held both hands, and said to Leon: "You are leaving Boston tonight. The ticket has been prepared for you. Someone will receive you. This will be your first and most important task. Come on."
　　 After finishing speaking, Carl handed Leon a long-prepared ticket, a direct flight to Chicago at 6:15 in the afternoon.
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