Before leaving China, Tang Tian reached a one-year endorsement contract with P&G's Rejoice brand for 2 million.

The endorsement contract between burts.bees and Tang Tian will expire next summer.

Due to internal management adjustments, Winslow left the company, and neither party intends to renew the contract next summer.

Signing a one-year contract with Rejoice in advance can also be regarded as a signal to try a contract with another daily chemical company.

Rejoice is shampoo, and burts.bees is shower gel, so there is no direct conflict in endorsements, and it does not violate the contract terms originally signed.

After finalizing this contract, Tang Tian went home again.

His parents were not retired yet, but one advantage of being a teacher is that unless you are busy earning extra money, they have a very long summer vacation like the students.

Tang Tian flew them to New Orleans with him.

His parents are cultured and knowledgeable, but they were still a little shocked when they saw the large manor that was comparable to an airport.

Of course, what followed was more pride.

They are literati and have no high pursuit of material things, and are not the same type of people as Su Daqiang, who always talks about buying a house and hand-grinding coffee.

What they felt more was pride and honor.

Their Lao Tang family could produce such a remarkable figure.

Culture does not like money, but it likes face.

They are not saints, and his mother immediately took out her mobile phone to take pictures and post them on WeChat Moments.

Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh as he watched from the side.

This was very real, and it gave him a sense of reality he had never felt before for the two people who were not his parents.

When they met Olsen, his parents were even more enthusiastic than last time.

Their thinking is relatively conservative, and knowing that Olsen was pregnant with twin sons, they really wanted to worship her.

But this is not a bad thing now, his parents' attitude will not determine what they do, and being happy is not a bad thing.

The manor is very large, and it will take Tang Tian some time to familiarize them with it.

His parents will stay for a relatively long time this time, so these are not problems, and he also plans to take his parents to see the newly built Chinatown.

However, Tang Tian's focus is still on training. Now the Rockets, Mavericks, and Spurs teammates have become stronger than last year, and he has to work harder.

He plans to hold this year's "Brotherhood of Hard Work" training camp in New Orleans, and he has already started building an indoor basketball hall in his manor.

By next year, they can train directly inside without having to run outside.

Before starting the training camp, he asked Fegen and the management to discuss and modify some contract details so that he could get an advance on his salary this season.

The four-year contract he originally signed with the Pelicans, the new season is the third year, because it is a poison pill contract, this year reached the maximum salary of 13.9 million.

Getting an advance would give him about 8.3 million in salary, plus the previous remaining 2 million in krypton gold value, and the 1.2 million he could get from endorsing Rejoice.

His krypton gold value can reach 11.5 million at one time, which is enough to exchange for a purple skill.

After successfully getting the advance, he pulled up the purple skill interface.

As early as the end of the season, he had already planned his krypton gold plan.

Backing down was the skill he was planning for.

And there was also backing down in the purple skills he was aiming at.

Post Scorer (Paul Pierce): Increases technical stability by 20% when backing down, and reduces the chance of turnovers by 20%.

Backing down is a connecting technique. It is different from pull-up jumpers and fadeaways. This skill is also very targeted.

The so-called technical stability actually increases the stability of various shots created by backing down, and reducing the chance of turnovers also increases the success rate.

Exchanging this will greatly help Tang Tian's existing skills.

Tang Tian's eyes were already on this skill, but he didn't click it right away.

He thought of a question.

It was about the development of his skills in the future.

If he exchanged backing down, it would mean that he would have to try to play inside as much as possible in the future.

One thing he had to consider was the era. The gradual decrease in back-to-the-basket skills has historical factors.

The five-second back-to-the-basket rule and the rapid help defense in the small-ball era have reduced its power.

The Warriors are an opponent the Pelicans must face in the future, and he must consider these things.

After thinking for a while, he still moved his gaze away from the post scorer and turned to Melo Triple Threat (Anthony).

Because he would have to exchange for legendary red skills later, he had to use every bit of his krypton gold value wisely.

Backing down would help him, but its priority was not as high as the triple threat.

Melo Triple Threat (Anthony): Increases offensive deception by 30%, condition: Must have one each of shooting, driving, and passing skills.

The content of this purple skill is not much, but it is very important.

In fact, Tang Tian had been using both backing down and the triple threat last season, but the efficiency was not very high without skill bonus.

Taking the triple threat as an example, this technique can be divided into several parts.

The first part is the jab step, which is a technical action that will inevitably occur after making the triple threat.

Then, depending on the changes of the defender, you either drive, shoot, or pass.

For example, if the defender retreats after you make a jab step, you can directly use this gap to jump up and shoot;

For example, if the defender is still very close to you, you can directly accelerate past him;

Or if the defender is very capable and also limits your driving space, then you can take a crossover or a stationary crossover to get past your opponent;

Moreover, in these choices, you also need to choose whether to drive low or high depending on whether the defender's hand is up or down.

The triple threat is a technique that tests a player's ability very much.

Among the many nBA players, only Anthony, Kobe, Harden and others can exert its actual power.

If you use it well, it is a triple threat, and if you don't use it well, it is a no threat.

So the skill increases offensive deception, which is to cause the opponent's defensive judgment to be biased.

Of course, just like the skill introduction says, you still need to be strong yourself to forge iron. If you want to exchange it, you must have driving, shooting, and passing skills. People who are not comprehensive enough cannot use this skill.

Fortunately, Tang Tian's previous series of operations had already given him this condition.

Besides these, another reason why Tang Tian tends to exchange for the triple threat is the space problem in the small-ball era.

Because the help defense is fast, unless it is a one-star four-shooter lineup that allows him to back down with peace of mind, otherwise if Davis or Jokic are in the paint, the offensive space will become very crowded.

Davis is constantly improving his low-post offense, and his offense also needs to be launched more from the outside.

After fully considering these conditions, Tang Tian chose to exchange it.

The 11.5 million krypton gold value instantly turned into 1.5 million.

Somewhat similar to the previous pull-up jumper, his attribute panel did not change after the exchange, but he had a lot of new understandings of the triple threat technique in his mind.