NBA backer king

Chapter 139 Signed Sneakers Listed
The first news is that after much consideration, the author of Slam Dunk agreed to CAA's request and decided to use him as a template to create a character.

However, the outline of the plot has already been set, and it can only replace and modify the characters that have been set first, and will not completely create a new character.

The second news is that CAA has temporarily canceled its domestic development plan.

The important reason is that the domestic basketball atmosphere is too weak and the consumption capacity is limited. If it is forced to promote, CAA and Mammoth will probably lose more than the gains.

The third piece of news is that Mammoth’s investigation in China has ended, and it has decided to learn from Nike. It can greatly reduce labor costs by taking advantage of cheap domestic labor and preferential conditions from the government to build factories in China.

At the same time, like CAA, Mammoth has decided to scale back its plan to promote it in China, because the company has invested some funds before, but the effect is not worth the loss. Given Mammoth’s poor financial situation that is about to go bankrupt, it can only decisively suspend the plan and wait for a while.

The fourth news is that Mammoth has also decided not to sell his signature sneakers in China for the time being. First, there is no fan market at all. Second, the shoes produced in the United States are too expensive. If they are shipped to China and tariffs are added, the sales price will be as high as more than 1000 yuan. Last year, the per capita monthly salary in Sijiu City was less than 300 yuan. Who can afford it?
This is also one of the reasons why Mammoth decided to build a factory in China. The production cost in the United States is too high, and it is impossible for shoes produced in the United States to have a market in China.

Wang Tiejun was not surprised that both Mammoth and CAA stopped publicity plans in China.

He doesn't have any achievements now, and more importantly, the basketball market is not big in Asia or in China, there are no basketball fans, and the country has just been reformed, and the economy is not good, so how can it be so easy to promote?

And there are not many resources invested. If you want to rely on him to open up the market, think too much. He is not some superstar with a huge number of fans.

In fact, from the very beginning, he had no hope for CAA's Asian promotion plan. He was just an entertainment agency, and he was not a movie star. He didn't have access to 90.00% of CAA's resources. It was even more impossible for CAA to use cash to support him. They wanted to make money from him, not to subsidize it.

As for Mammoth, he wouldn't be surprised to wake up one morning to hear that it was bankrupt.

"Lance, you cost me almost a million dollars, and I still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes. Now that the plan is stopped, don't lie to me. Hurry up and help me find a few more endorsements." He said.

Lance Hawksman patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, old K, we and the Mammoth are only suspending the plan in Asia, and the Mammoth has not completely suspended the plan. After the basketball market there develops, it will definitely resume.

As for endorsements, as long as you play well in the playoffs, everything will be there.Your first sneaker is about to be released, and now you need your performance to support it.I can assure you that as long as you have an outstanding performance in the playoffs, I can at least bring you a few million dollars in endorsements. "

"Playoffs?"

Lao Wang scratched his head. It is hard to say what kind of performance he can play in his first playoffs.

"Then tell me about that manga, what character is it?" he asked curiously.

Hawksman nodded and said: "This character appeared in the later stage, and he didn't have many roles. His name is Mori Shigehiro. This role has only been determined for a few months. Inoue Takehiko said that it was based on O'Neill, but after learning about your situation, he is also very interested, so he decided to redesign this character according to your characteristics.

In the original setting, Hiroshi Mori has excellent athletic talent, full of strength, excellent blocking ability, strong scoring ability, and even set a plot of 50 points and 20 rebounds in a single game.

But now Takehiko Inoue is very interested in your penalty area sweeper's style of play, and his new setting for Hiroshi Morishi will be built with this characteristic. "

"I stole O'Neill's scene?" Old Wang wanted to laugh.

"It doesn't count. In fact, Takehiko Inoue said that the main inspiration for character setting comes from himself. He just borrowed some real characters. He didn't admit that any character had a real template." Hoffsman said.

Then he said: "After our negotiation with him, this character who didn't have many roles in the first place will add some roles in the future, and increase the interaction with the protagonist Sakuragi Hanamichi. However, this role will have to wait until at least 95 years, or even 96 years."

Lao Wang nodded indifferently, he had never read this comic, in fact he didn't feel anything, he just thought it was fun.

……

On the 29th, the playoffs of the 92/93 season started.

However, the G1 game of the Suns' first series was on the 30th. On this day, the Trail Blazers played against the Spurs and the Mosaics played against the Clippers in the West, and the Celtics played against the Hornets and the Cavaliers against the Nets in the East.

At noon that day, the Lakers arrived in Phoenix.

This morning, Wang Tiejun completed the systematic training content, and his second flexibility and coordination training was also completed. The flexibility was raised from 63 to 65, and the coordination was raised from 68 to 70.

In addition, rebounding training has been going on for more than two months, and it will be completed on the 18th of next month, but it is expected to be a few days earlier. The current level has been raised to 85, and it can be raised to 86 after completion.

Finally, the physical training has been carried out for a month, and there is one month left, and the level has been raised from 92 to 93.

But with the arrival of the playoffs, this training was temporarily suspended, and the offseason will continue.

Now there is only one rebound training in the remaining system training, and the strength and physical training have stopped.

"System, exchange for a speed training card and a flexibility training card." He said.

"Exchanged." The system said.

Flexibility cannot be pulled down. This kind of training is like sailing against the current.

Now that the flexibility and coordination have improved, it is time to increase the speed. The speed of level 60 is really pitiful.

The content of the speed function card is to improve three levels in two months, and the content of the flexibility function card is to increase four levels in two months, and maintain one hour of training every day.

In addition, this time the two types of training cards have an additional feature, which can be interrupted twice, each time only one day of training can be interrupted.

"I guessed right. Now that the body is stretched apart, the improvement of flexibility is indeed a little faster."

……

At noon, the league announced some individual honors in the regular season.

O'Neal won the best rookie, and at the same time selected the best rookie first team.

The other four are Mourning, Lei Xingna, Wang Tiejun, and Lafonso Ellis.

This is the first personal honor Wang Tiejun has won.

This honor was selected by the head coaches of the entire league. According to this honor, it shows that his strength has been recognized by most of the head coaches. The lack of two months of games does not affect his evaluation.

At the same time, he got rewards from the system, but not many, only 200 points, better than nothing.

In addition to him, there is another person on the Suns who has won the honor, and that is the head coach Paul Westphal. As a rookie head coach, he has the league's first record this season and deserves this honor.

But in fact, this honor originally belonged to Pat Riley, even if the Suns had the league's first record, in the original history, Paul Westphal did not receive this honor.

The difference is that in the original history, the Suns were 62 wins and 20 losses, and now they are 68 wins and 14 losses, while Pat Riley's Knicks are only 60 wins and 22 losses. The difference is too big, so Paul Westphal won this honor.

In the afternoon, the Suns trained at the training base.

That night, Wang Tiejun invited Lao Zhang to watch the game at home.

Watching the two games in the West back and forth, watching this channel for a while, watching that channel for a while, he wants to see what kind of terrifying performance the two super centers can play in the playoffs.

As a result, the Spurs had a hard time winning an away game, the score was 87:86, and only won by one point, while the Mosaic team completed a big victory at home, 94:117, winning by 23 points.

海军上将大卫罗宾逊在G1战中打了46分钟，上场时间超过了常规赛的39.2分钟，拿到了16分15篮板2助攻 4盖帽4失误5犯规的数据。

He shot only 30% from the field, 20 of 6 from the field, 57% of his free throws, 7 of 4, and was inefficient.

而大梦哈斯姆奥拉朱旺在G1战中表现惊人，40分钟之内拿到了28分11篮板6助攻4抢断9盖帽3失误3犯规的数据，帮助球队战胜了快船队。

The shooting percentage was as high as 60%, 20 of 12 shots, 80% of free throws, 5 of 4 free throws, and his performance was gorgeous.

The Mosaic team contributed 14 big caps, and the opponent Clippers team only had 5 big caps. This statistic alone is enough for the Clippers to lose, because the Clippers dare not rush in after hitting the back.

"Only one steal away, my God, Dameng can get the first 5*5 playoffs in NBA history. Tonight is simply a god-level performance!"

After the game, Zhang Lili sighed.

Lao Wang also shook his head and sighed: "Dameng's performance tonight is really amazing, with 9 big caps, the Clippers have already been slapped out."

"The Suns may play against the Spurs in the second round, and Mosaic in the Western Conference Finals. You have to be careful. Don't watch him blow 20+10 twice in the regular season, but this is the playoffs, which is completely different. You haven't played in the playoffs. It's hard to say whether you can adapt. Don't be careless."

Old Zhang reminded.

Wang Tiejun nodded. Tonight is his first time watching the playoffs. The biggest feeling is that the defense is really strong, just defending to the death, the action is very big, and the whistle is not blown. Dameng and Robinson only got 5 and 7 free throw opportunities, which can be seen.

Especially tonight's big dream is completely different from the big cap that he encountered twice in the regular season. The 9 big caps, not to mention the Clippers, he sat in front of the TV and was sweating a little. How many caps would he eat for such a crazy dream?

Moreover, the playing time is very long, and he has to be prepared to play more than 40 minutes. With the defensive strength in the playoffs, the physical consumption can be imagined, and with his strong confrontation style of play, the physical consumption will be even greater.

"David Robinson is just like that, with a 30% shooting rate, he has the face to take 20 shots?"

However, David Robinson's performance made him very disdainful, and the efficiency was too low.

"He is the superstar of the Spurs. According to the rules of this league, even if he misses ten shots in a row, as long as he wants to continue shooting, the ball must be given to him." Lao Zhang laughed.

The two also learned about the two games in the East through sports news. The Hornets lost to the Celtics and the Cavaliers won to the Nets.

30th, game day.

In the morning, Wang Tiejun, accompanied by his agent, met at the hotel with Roman Wesker, the president and owner of Mammoth. Wesker will personally attend today's sale.

He found that the president was in a trance and depressed, probably because the company's business was not improving and the promotion plan in Asia had no prospects.

In fact, he guessed right. The reason why Wesker signed him was to rely on his Chinese identity to open up markets in Asia, but it turned out that it was too difficult to open up a new market. The little money Mammoth invested was too little and not enough.

In fact, Mammoth now finds that what they want to do is not to open a new market in China, but to create a basketball market. This is too difficult. Even CCTV does not broadcast the NBA regular season, and there is no basketball atmosphere at all. How to create it?
Therefore, if Mammoth wants to develop in China, it can only wait for the development of the basketball market there, or even after the development of China's economy and the expansion of the consumer market, and then hitch a ride.

I want to rely on Wang Tiejun, I really think too much, there is no concept of entertainment star, what is a sports star?
Not to mention mammoth now, even Nike, which has been away for ten years, has not sold much in China.

Wesker admitted that he made a mistake. The NBA has such a large market in the United States, which made him too optimistic about the Chinese market.

As for building a factory in China, this has nothing to do with Wang Tiejun, but this unexpected harvest can greatly reduce the company's costs.

Anyway, he figured it out, and it wasn't a loss to sign with Old K.

At 9 o'clock, the sale officially began.

Of course, this sneaker is currently mainly sold in Arizona. He has no influence in other states, and he will definitely not be able to sell the shoes.

The name of the signature sneaker is the K series, and today it is the K generation, and the K1 is priced at $115.

After this period of publicity, there were still many Phoenix fans who came to support the event. There was a long queue at the scene, and a steady stream of fans rushed over.

At the request of Mammoth, in order to create some gimmicks, Wang Tiejun deliberately brought all eight of his collection of baskets to the scene.

"This is Michael Jordan's basket, this is David Robinson's basket, this is Olajuwon's basket, this is Ewing's basket, this is the Lakers' basket, look, their names are here..."

Lao Wang actively introduced his trophies, which caused waves of cheers from the fans.

"Crack clap..."

These baskets are particularly popular with fans, and fans with cameras took photos with these eight baskets.

Wang Tiejun has been signing autographs, and his hands are numb. Facing the enthusiastic fans, the muscles on his face are also numb from laughing.

Seeing that the situation was not bad, Roman Wesker's complexion immediately improved, and he hurriedly collected news from other sales outlets.

By 12:820 noon, the sales in the morning had been counted. In three hours, a total of [-] pairs were sold in the entire state of Arizona.

The sales volume is expected to be [-] to [-] pairs today. This is a very good sales volume, which gave Mammoth a shot in the arm. President Wesker even opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

"Old K, the sales are really good. As long as the mammoth can survive, you are the biggest contributor. Mr. Wesker said just now that as long as the factory in China is completed and the company's financial situation improves, he will continue to promote the Asian plan."

Agent Lance Waxman said excitedly.

"Let him take it easy, our country's economy is just beginning to develop, it's too expensive and few can afford it," Old Wang reminded.

At noon, he finished his work in Mammoth, and went home to rest for a while. At two o'clock in the afternoon, he rushed to the training base to conduct adaptive training with his teammates.

"Tom, how do you feel?" When he came to the training hall and saw Chambers training with the ball, he shouted.

"It's okay, I think I can play." Tom Chambers laughed.

"Charles said we'd be better off if you came back," he yelled.

"I will contribute my energy, I believe this injury can not hit me." Chambers said confidently.

"Tom, I have a feeling," he said.

"How does it feel?" Chambers asked.

"I think your answer is too official, do you treat me like a reporter?" Old Wang said angrily.

"Haha..." The people present laughed loudly.

Tom Chambers came up and gestured the Jeet Kune Do alert style, and then said "Yeah", and made another step, and gave Lao Wang a side kick.

……

The Suns have the best record in the league this season. Now that the playoffs are coming, the atmosphere in Phoenix is ​​very warm. Since noon, a large number of fans have gathered outside the American West Arena.

(End of this chapter)