NBA backer king

Chapter 122 Who is Larry Bird?
Sun Zhenping glanced at Zhang Lili, and asked, "Director Zhang, you are familiar with Director Liu of the basketball department, so you didn't talk to her about this matter?"

"That said, I went to China to look for her last time, but she couldn't help it. If it was just a fight, detained at the police station, and had a criminal record, it's not a big deal. After all, this is not a soldier, but she has a lot of worries after being imprisoned for a year." Zhang Lili said.

Sun Zhenping thought for a while and said, "It's a little different, Director Zhang. Our Minister Li also talked with Director Liu, saying that if Wang Tiejun's strength is outstanding, his affairs will not be a problem. If you say that, there is no hope at all?"

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "One meaning, if Tie Jun really came out and surpassed a bunch of domestic centers in strength, I'm sure Liu Yumin would not care about the pressure of influence, she would definitely come to the United States in person, she has that courage.

But I dare not tell Tie Jun, the disappointment is as great as the expectation, what if his strength is not that strong in the end?

Look, looking at his own development, I think it is still very promising, and now he has performed well. "

……

The next day, on the 21st, Wang Tiejun bought a large stack of newspapers and read the news about him with gusto.

Regarding the signing of CAA, the media's evaluations are mixed, but the attitude of most media is to keep paying attention and not to make subjective evaluations.

At around ten o'clock, Jay Maroni came with his lawyer, accompanied by a middle-aged white man in his 30s.

"Old K, here is the All-Star ticket, you take it."

He first gave Old Wang two tickets, tickets for tonight's and tomorrow night's main games.

"Front row?" Old Wang was startled.

Although he doesn't know much about the meaning of the All-Stars, he also knows that the first row tickets are not easy to get.

"If CAA comes forward, if we don't even get the first row of tickets, then we won't be able to talk about success." Jamaloni smiled confidently.

He specially introduced the middle-aged man, this is the joint manager he prepared for Wang Tiejun. Of course, he is the real manager, but his affairs are too busy, so he needs a joint manager. Wang Tiejun's general affairs are handled by this person.

The middle-aged man is Lance Hawksman, a German-American with an NBA agent license.

After a while, Wang Tiejun's lawyer arrived.

The two parties signed a contract, and he officially became the first NBA player under CAA.

"Old K, I will have a present for you soon." Before leaving, Jaymaroni smiled.

"What is it?" Old Wang asked curiously.

"Just these two days, you will know soon." Gemalone said with a smile.

After the people from CAA left, Lao Wang sent the lawyer away, came back and looked through the contract, and said to himself: "CAA wants to promote me in Asia and China, I am afraid it will be very difficult, but it is better to have a chance than to have no chance."

The system opened, and there was a new prompt: "Congratulations to the host, you have successfully signed a contract with a brokerage company, and you will be rewarded with 1000 points."

As soon as Lao Wang stayed, if you didn't say it earlier, I would have signed it earlier.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Lili called and shouted: "Tie Jun, I found Ma Jian and invited him to dinner. Are you coming?"

"Ma Jian?"

He thought of the last time he called Ma Jian in Los Angeles, that guy seemed a little distant.

"He's in Salt Lake City?"

"Yes, the head coach of the University of Utah recommended him to play in a community college here. I heard that he performed well and had many chances to play." Lao Zhang laughed.

"Okay, then meet my former provincial teammate who I have never met. This guy, I asked him out in Los Angeles last time, and he still hasn't come out yet." Old Wang laughed.

"He didn't develop as well as you, and some thoughts are understandable." Lao Zhang laughed.

At twenty minutes past twelve, Wang Tiejun came to a western restaurant that he had made an appointment with, and met Zhang Lili and Ma Jian.

Wang Tiejun took a look at Ma Jian. He was short-haired, with a strong figure and looked energetic.

Ma Jian also looked at Wang Tiejun curiously. He had a short cut and was much bigger than him. He felt very strong and looked extremely mighty.

"Brother Ma Jian, brother Tiejun Wang of State C." Old Wang cupped his hands.

Ma Jian was startled, and quickly cupped his hands and said, "Brother Tie Jun, brother Changshan Ma Jian."

Zhang Lili said cheerfully beside him: "Don't be polite, the three of us are fellows from Jizhou, let's sit down and chat."

After exchanging pleasantries, the three of them sat down, and the waiter came over with the menu. Wang Tiejun took the menu and handed it to Ma Jian, and said to him, "I invite you to order this meal, Brother Ma, order whatever you want."

"Row!"

Ma Jian didn't dare to be polite, he didn't have much money with him.

"Brother Ma, the last time I asked you out in Los Angeles, you said you didn't have time, so we can be regarded as teammates. Don't be so polite with me. When I was in the provincial team, I used the car you threw there to practice."

After ordering, Pharaoh said.

"Really? I didn't know how many times my broken car came into my hands. It was almost scrapped at that time, otherwise I would have driven to Sijiu City." Ma Jian laughed.

"How are you doing here now?" asked the old man.

Ma Jian sighed and said: "That's it, first find a team to hang out with, where there is a place for training, and some scholarships can be provided, as long as you have the ball to play."

"Haven't thought about the draft?" Old Wang asked.

Ma Jian was stunned, and smiled wryly: "My current strength should not reach the level of the NBA, and the NBA teams don't know me, so how could they choose me? My idea is to enter the NCAA, improve there, and get the attention of the media, and then participate in the draft."

Zhang Lili said, "Is there any chance of entering the NCAA?"

"I don't know now. I have just arrived here. It depends on my performance. The head coach of the University of Utah recommended me to come here. He pays attention to me. If I play well, I should have a chance." Ma Jiandao.

"Tie Jun, it's your luck that you sneaked into the Suns directly from the street." Zhang Lili smiled.

"That's my strength. At most, it's a horse that meets Mr. Colangelo." Old Wang said cheekily.

Zhang Lili laughed, and Ma Jian also smiled, a little embarrassed and disappointed.

Old Wang said: "Don't laugh, Brother Zhang, I'm not talking too much. I think my strength was not worse than now two years ago. Although my body is not as strong or as tall as it is now, my skills are much better than now, and my athletic quality is also better. Otherwise, the national youth team can want me?"

The three of them stayed together for two hours before they dispersed.

After completing the signing, Gemalone started negotiations with a sneaker company non-stop.

The gift he mentioned was actually to secure a sponsorship contract for Wang Tiejun, to show Wang Tiejun CAA and his strength.

He knew that Wang Tiejun hadn't signed the sneaker contract yet, so he wanted to settle the contract.

But according to NBA information, centers don't sell money, especially big centers don't sell shoes. Even those super centers can't sell many shoes. Among the three super centers, only Dameng is in a better situation, so he can't get Wang Tiejun a signed sneaker contract with that kind of big brand.

Now his eyes are fixed on those small brands, trying to find one of them and get a good signature sneaker sponsorship contract.

In fact, he has been doing this for a long time. After careful analysis some time ago, he finally aimed at a small brand called "Mammoth".

The market share of this small brand is very small, and within a few years, it is likely to disappear under the squeeze of those big brands.

The company's strength is limited, it cannot sign famous players, its marketing is not big, and its popularity is low, but the quality of the sneakers is barely okay. The boss's development strategy is to concentrate on quality to make up for the weakness of low popularity.

He has been in contact with this company, and the negotiation is almost done.

His bargaining chip, or the confidence he gave the company to sponsor Wang Tiejun, is Wang Tiejun's Asian and Chinese identity, which is an element that other NBA stars do not have.

If Wang Tiejun can become an NBA All-Star one day, then CAA will also fully promote it, and the Mammoth brand can also find another way to enter the Asian and Chinese markets and open up a new world.

Mammoth is really tempted by this. Back then, Nike dominated half of the American basketball market with Jordan. Once Wang Tiejun really became an All-Star, Mammoth might really be able to develop the Asian and Chinese markets with Wang Tiejun.

Moreover, the publicity and promotion of a giant Hollywood agency like CAA gave them confidence. In fact, Mammoth was willing to sponsor Wang Tiejun, and CAA's bonus was huge.

Prior to this, the two parties had already involved in contract negotiations a few days ago.

In the afternoon, the boss of the company, that is, the president Roman Weeks, sat down with Jamaroni for the final negotiation.

After many negotiations, Wicks' bottom line is $5 million in five years, while Jamalone's bottom line is $250 million in three years.

Wicks refused. First of all, three years was too short. In 84, Nike and Jordan paid $5 million for five years. If they only signed for three years, Mammoth was too insecure.

And Jay Maloney is only willing to sign for 3 years, because Wang Tiejun only has a 3-year contract with CAA, how could he agree to sign for 5 years?
"I promise you, you can give Mammoth the priority to sign a contract, which protects your interests to a large extent..."

Next, it took him more than an hour to persuade Weeks to set the contract for three years.

Weeks was also attracted by the idea given to him by Gemaroni. Mammoth will only die in the United States if it continues like this. It may not last for a few years. If he has not been investing all the time, he will have gone bankrupt long ago, so he also wants to find another way. If this is not enough, then he can only give up.

Next, the two began to continue negotiations on the contract amount and some details.

……

In the evening, Wang Tiejun went to the Delta Center.

When he appeared, many media came to him, asking questions related to signing with CAA. It seems that this matter has received a lot of attention.

At [-] o'clock, the Delta Center was already full of fans. There were a large number of current and retired league stars and superstars sitting in the front and second rows, and many Hollywood stars and models appeared here.

The most active are the reporters, they attack everywhere, and all the big-name players are their interview objects.

CCTV's reporting team also arrived. Although there will be no live broadcast tonight, interviews are definitely needed. They will film a sideshow. Zhang Lili is leading Sun Zhenping and Su Qun to find some stars for interviews.

Wang Tiejun entered the stadium and looked around. It was the first time he came to such an occasion, and he was very curious.

He walked to his seat, and there were several retired superstars on both sides of the seat, and there were also some stars in the second row behind, but he didn't know them well, even a few retired superstars, so he sat down without saying hello.

On the left is the superstar, the Celtics legend, the big bird Larry Bird who just retired after playing in the Olympics last year. This guy looked at Lao Wang sitting next to him playfully and asked, "Rookie, are you sure this is your seat?"

Wang Tiejun honestly took out the corner-cut tickets, shook them, and said, "Of course. Are you?"

"You don't know me? I'm Larry Bird. I bet you must have heard of this name." Larry Bird felt discriminated against.

Lao Wang shook his head and said, "No, are you a Hollywood star?"

Big Bird was angry, I'm a fucking Hollywood star, he looked at Lao Wang bitterly and said, "Please, think about it, you really haven't seen me?"

"Oh!"

Lao Wang carefully identified it, and suddenly he said with a face of enlightenment: "I recognized it. I just watched your movie last week. The acting is good. I remember the title of the movie is...Miami Affair? It's a good adult movie. In the end, you don't have the money to pay the bill, and you want to prostitute yourself."

"Puchi!" Someone around laughed.

"Shet, fuck your Miami affair, I'm not a Hollywood star, let alone a damn porn actor, I'm NBA superstar Larry Bird, damn rookie, remember my name, it's worth remembering for a lifetime."

Larry Bird was so angry that he swears.

"Oh, so you play basketball. Are you famous?" Old Wang asked in surprise.

"Playing ball?"

I'm a fucking superstar, are you deaf?Larry Bird rolled his eyes directly.

"Ha ha……"

On Wang Tiejun's right sat the super giant Magic Johnson who had just retired from the Lakers, and beyond that was the famous Lakers Bellekin, who was already bursting into laughter.

"Look, Teacher Sun, Xiao Su, Wang Tiejun is here, do you want to go over and say hello? It doesn't matter if you don't have an interview, let's get to know each other."

Not far away, Zhang Lili had just finished interviewing Lakers star James Worthy, when he turned around and saw Wang Tiejun, he asked quickly.

Sun Su and Sun Su hurriedly turned around, followed Zhang Lili's hand, and saw Wang Tiejun sitting in the front row.

"This guy actually got the first row of tickets. Many first-class players can only sit in the second row. How did he get it?" Zhang Lili shouted in surprise.

"Director Zhang, let's go over and say hello." Sun Zhenping said.

"Okay, go there." Zhang Lili nodded and walked over there.

"A rookie who is nothing, do you remember? Big Bird Larry Bird, I am Big Bird Bird. In my era, Michael Jordan also had to lie down. Remember this name well. It is an eternal history of the NBA..."

At this time, Old Wang was receiving the trash talk from Big Bird, which made him spit all over his face. Larry Bird's trash talk was too powerful, one sentence after another, and he couldn't react when he was sprayed.

"Director Zhang?"

Su Qun and Sun Zhenping, who came over, panicked when they saw the big bird yelling at Wang Tiejun.

Of course Zhang Lili also saw it, and became a little nervous. He quickly quickened his pace and said, "It's okay, let's go and have a look."

Seeing a reporter coming, followed by a photographer, Big Bird stopped, otherwise he would have been cursing until he died of dehydration.

"Brother Zhang?"

Seeing Zhang Lili and CCTV people coming, Wang Tiejun stood up and said hello.

"Tie Jun, this is Sun Zhenping, Teacher Sun, you should know him. This is Su Qun." Zhang Reasonable introduced.

"Hello, Teacher Sun, Su Qun."

"Hello, Wang Tiejun."

After the three of them shook hands, Zhang Lili pulled Wang Tiejun a few steps away and asked in a low voice, "Tiejun, what happened?"

"fine."

Wang Tiejun wiped his face. Today, his face was washed for nothing. He looked back at Larry Bird, smiled and said: "This old guy said he is a superstar. I don't know him. He got angry and sprayed me."

"Larry Bird, Big Bird, you don't even know him?"

Not to mention Zhang Lili, even Su Qun was surprised. Are you playing in the NBA?I now know Larry Bird, the superstar who created an era, the superstar of the American Dream Team, you don’t know?Are you a fake NBA player?
"I don't know who he is. He looks familiar. I thought he played the leading role in adult movies." Wang Tiejun laughed.

"Puff!" Zhang Li laughed.

Sun Zhenping and Su Qun were dumbfounded, what is going on?No wonder people scold you.

After chatting for a few more words, without conducting an interview, Pharaoh returned to his seat.

Zhang Lili originally had the heart to interview Larry Bird and the magician next to him, but now it is difficult.

"Boy, are they from China? Why didn't they interview you?"

Larry Bird just saw that the photographer didn't point the camera at Wang Tiejun, and felt very strange.

"I'm not the protagonist of an adult film, why interview me? How about I ask them to come back and interview you?" Old Wang said angrily.

"damn it!"

Larry Bird exploded in anger, got up from his seat, and swung his old fist while pressing Lao Wang.

"Ha ha……"

The magician Johnson and others next to him have already collapsed on their seats laughing.

"Crack clap..."

Some reporters saw it, and the camera in their hands immediately flickered wildly.

"A fight?"

As soon as Sun Zhenping walked away, he was dumbfounded to find that there was a fight here.

"Director Zhang, is Wang Tiejun being bullied like this here?" Su Qun asked in surprise.

"It's too bullying, isn't it?" Sun Zhenping said angrily.

"He is a superstar, and his status is [-] levels higher than Tiejun, but he must be joking, right? You don't really fight." Zhang reasonably guessed.

The three of them hadn't finished speaking when they saw Wang Tiejun standing up with Larry Bird under his arm.

"Damn it, rookie, put me down!"

Larry Bird shouted quickly, there are hundreds of reporters here, what the hell are you doing with me under your arm?
"Sir, where is the garbage station? I want to take out the garbage, and I can pay for it." Old Wang asked the magician Johnson next to him solemnly.

"Ha ha……"

Magic Johnson was already paralyzed with laughter, and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't know.

At this time, Larry Bird struggled to the ground, kicked Lao Wang's ass, and cursed: "Boy, the uncle is going to come back, and then he will blow 50+ on your head."

(End of this chapter)