Chapter 116 Decided to sign with CAA

   By this time, in Los Angeles, Roberts had called Michael Ovitz, president of innovation.

Ovitz is a talented agent. He pioneered the way of bundling agents and won great benefits for his stars, including box office share, which made him consecutively rated as Hollywood by related media from 1990 to 1992. The first person in the entrepreneurial power list, more than two-thirds of Hollywood stars are under the CAA.

   "Old K?"

   Hearing Roberts' suggestion, Ovitz instinctively felt that this was an opportunity and that he should make some headway.

Old K is not an American, nor is he a white or black man. He has just entered the league. He is also a center. He is not even a talented center like O'Neal. has its own characteristics.

   "Caesar the Conqueror."

   He picked up a Los Angeles daily, turned to the sports page, and saw Wang Tiejun's majestic photo of the audience on the front page.

   He quickly analyzed the characteristics of old K and divided it into two.

   First, it is a professional characteristic, a powerful big center, domineering and unstoppable. At present, there is no one in the league who can suppress his low position in terms of strength.

This is enough to make Old K gain a firm foothold in the NBA. Judging from the current development trend, it is certain to become a star, but it will take time to grow into an All-Star. After all, there are three super centers on the head. Press, there are two in the west.

   Second, it is his identity. Old K is an Asian, the first Asian to land in the NBA, or even the first to land in the four major professional sports leagues in the United States.

This feature of    is what makes him really tempted, and this is what makes Old K have a certain commercial value.

   As long as the old K can gain a firm foothold in the NBA, with the ability to innovate, he can develop his commercial value in Asia.

  …

   On the morning of the 15th, Lao Wang got up, and after a while, Lao Zhang also arrived, and the two started busy, preparing to eat and drink.

  The old chef Zhang, the old Wang started, and the combination of Chinese and Western, several prepared large dining tables were all placed in the front yard, surrounded by some benches.

When it was more than ten o'clock, a train arrived outside, and the players of the Suns came in groups, as well as the coaching staff and trainers, Mr. Colangelo was among them, adding up to 30. the rest.

  Wang Tiejun took a look and saw Tom Chambers, who followed the crowd with two crutches.

   "Tom, haha, long time no see."

   He visited Chambers with Barkley and the others at the end of last month. He hadn't seen him for a while and ran over immediately.

   "I heard that you are going to have a party, Mr. K, so why don't you enjoy the honor? By the way, let's get to know your strong supporter again." Tom Chambers laughed.

   "Old K, what's in store for us?" Barkley yelled at this moment.

   "Oh, I see."

  Dan Marley saw a few dining tables beside him, and immediately ran over with a smile.

   "Good fragrance, what is this?"

   He pointed to a large pot of red crayfish that was simmering and asked.

   "Don't tell me you don't know this thing?" said Kevin Johnson next to him.

   "Of course I know it, but why is it so fragrant? The crayfish boiled in Bica real powder is too fragrant, and there is no potato or anything in it. My mouth is drooling." Dan Marley shouted.

   "This is the garlic crayfish made by Lao Zhang, the way we Chinese eat it."

Lao Wang ran over and fished one out. After a few slaps, the white and tender shrimp came out. He threw it into his mouth and chewed it with great taste. Let's eat."

"I'll try."

  Dan Marley swallowed and rolled up his sleeves impatiently.

   "Hey, Dan, it's not even noon yet." Old Wang hurriedly shouted.

   "You have eaten it yourself, can't we eat it? We are the guests, and this is for us." Dan Marley gave Pharaoh a dissatisfied look.

   "What you said makes sense." Old Wang smiled.

   "Go away, go away."

  Buckley pushed Pharaoh away with an elbow and squeezed in. The others rushed up and started to share the crayfish.

   "Oh, yes, delicious."

   "Awesome, I love the taste."

   "Zhang, your crayfish is so delicious!"

   Everyone shouted while eating.

   "Tom, I'm old K's personal trainer and personal assistant and babysitter, and cook, sit here and I'll get you a plate."

   Lao Zhang helped Chambers to sit at the dining table and introduced himself by the way.

   "Haha, you have so many jobs, so you have to make old K pay some more." Chambers laughed.

   "His name is Wang Grandet Tiejun, let me do white jobs." Lao Zhang laughed.

   "Haha..." Tom Chambers laughed.

   Everyone ate and chatted. Zhang Lili was well-liked and also came from basketball. He was more familiar with the NBA than Pharaoh, and had common topics. He soon became familiar with the Suns.

   "Old K, is this the stake you rely on to practice Tieshan?"

After eating more than a dozen crayfish, Buckley noticed a huge wooden stake in the corner of the yard. Thinking of what Pharaoh said that Tieshan was going to hit the wooden stake, he ran over immediately and drove around the stake. turn around.

   "Good guy, this thing can't be cut with a knife, hit it with your body? Old K, don't you think your head is broken? You'll get hurt."

   "Old K, did you really hit this thing with your body?"

  Kevin Johnson and the others also ran over and discussed it at length.

  Pharaoh patted the iron wooden stake with a diameter of 60 cm, hehe said with a smile: "I'll tell you, if you can make it move, just move it, and Karl Malone will be knocked off by you."

   "So strong?" Buckley's eyes widened.

   Who is Karl Malone? The most powerful guy in the league, with a maximum bench press of 210 kg. Although Old K's current strength is very strong, he is still not as good as the postman. The strongest bench press seems to be only 190 kg. However, the old K's arms are long, and it is normal for his bench press performance to be smaller.

   The Suns and Jazz have already played two games this season, and there is another game to come. When the time comes, Old K will have a chance to fight with the postman. He also wants to see who is stronger between the two.

   He got started, put his hands against the big stake, and pushed hard. Well, the surrounding space didn't move, let alone the stake.

   "You come." He let go of his hand and pointed at Pharaoh.

   "I haven't practiced for a long time. After I buried this thing, I tried it on the same day. I haven't practiced since then, so I'll try it today."

  Pharaoh nodded, took off his coat, and started to prepare.

After a few minutes of activity, he came to the side of the stake, stood a step away, rammed the stake into the horse, breathed evenly, and suddenly stepped forward with his feet, and the bear stride started. on the stakes.

   "Boom!"

   The impact was deep, but not loud, and the stakes didn’t shake at all.

   "It hurts!"

  Buckley and the others gnawed their teeth, it wasn't them that hurt, it was them that felt pain when they looked at it.

   But in fact, this is piling, which is to practice until the hit part loses pain, and the bone density and muscle density in that part far exceed other parts, and thick calluses develop in that part.

In the next instant, Wang Tiejun's bear step moved again, and he moved forward. The moment he stuck to the pile, he stomped his feet, twisted his waist and abdomen, and the six forces merged into one. With a bang, his right shoulder was extremely violent. hit the stake.

   Step back, then move forward, and another round of collisions begins, with each collision being elbow first and then leaning back.

   "Boom bang bang..."

   Next, he started an extremely boring wood-pile.

   "Zhang, does Lao K usually train like this?" Colangelo came to Lao Zhang and asked.

   He thinks that training like this is too weird and too dangerous. What should I do if I get hurt? If you keep practicing like this, you're bound to get hurt.

Lao Zhang shook his head and said, "Mr. Colangelo, it's the first time I've seen him practice like this, but this kind of training is normal in our domestic martial arts world. As for whether he's injured or not, he's been practicing this way since he was a child, so he should be fine. ."

   "Have you practiced like this since you were a child?"

   Colangelo murmured.

  The crowd watched Pharaoh's piling performance while eating crayfish. After watching it for 20 minutes, Pharaoh stopped to take a breath.

   He looked at Barkley and the others, and asked breathlessly, "Who wants to try?"

   Everyone looked at each other in dismay, who dares to go up and try it, it's over if you get hurt.

   "Don't get on it, don't get hurt. We are going to fight for the championship this year, so be careful." Barkley shouted loudly.

   "I knew you would do this."

   Lao Wang said with a smile: "This kind of training is like one day for ten years, just like shooting to develop muscle memory, we have to train elbows and shoulders like iron."

   "You've been practicing for ten years?" Barkley asked in surprise.

Pharaoh did the math. He first started piling when he was eight years old. He was in the second grade of elementary school. After he arrived at the Cangzhou Sports School at the age of 14, in the third year of junior high school, he had no time to practice martial arts except for the cultural class, which was basketball. All other martial arts were lost. , Even Tie Shanjiao has practiced less, especially in the past two years, he has not practiced at all.

   "Eight years, eight years of practice."

   He asked again, "Aren't you going to try? If you don't try, then since I've started practicing, I'll continue to practice."

   "You practice, we forget it." Barkley shook his head quickly.

   "Old K, when my legs are healed, try your best punches." Tom Chambers shouted.

   "Haha..." Hearing Wang Baquan, everyone burst into laughter.

  Wang Tiejun's Tieshanjiao didn't end until noon. He not only trained his elbows, shoulders, but also his back and chest.

   For these two parts, the impact force will be smaller.

   "Old K, your deltoid muscles are too developed!" When he finished practicing, Barkley shouted enviously.

  Pharaoh raised his arms and made a fit posture. He smiled and said, "I rely on this pair of deltoid muscles to eat, can I be underdeveloped?"

   "Tie Jun, do you want to apply medicated oil now?" Lao Zhang asked.

   "Wipe." Pharaoh said quickly.

   "I'll get it." Lao Zhang said.

   After a while, he wiped Wang Tiejun while the others visited.

   Lao Zhang said while rubbing: "Tie Jun, how is the technique?"

   "It's not very good, you use force, the force is less, the muscles and bones are not rubbed, and the medicine can't get in." Lao Wang said with disgust.

   "You kid, I suggest you get someone from your hometown to help. You are a little star now, and you should raise a team of your own." Lao Zhang shouted.

   "I'm also considered a star?" Pharaoh said in surprise.

  Barkley shouted: "Old K, I heard that you have received endorsements from several local companies. What is not a star?"

   "Haha..." Old Wang laughed proudly.

   But he thinks that Lao Zhang is right, now that he has an endorsement contract, it is not expensive to hire someone from his hometown, and it doesn't cost much, so he should think about it.

   "How about, contact the martial arts hall and find two brothers and sisters?"

   After thinking about it, I think it's better to wait until I return to China. It's inconvenient to contact me now.

   At two o'clock in the afternoon, the party was over, Pharaoh had been training for a few more hours, and when he was about to have dinner with Lao Zhang, he received a call from Los Angeles.

   "Hello, is that old K? I'm Rick Jemarone, vice president and partner of CAA."

   "Innovation, oh, hello, Mr. Jemarone."

   "Old K, I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you. I wonder if we can find a chance to meet in these two days?"

   "These two days? Sorry, I have home games these two days and can't go to Los Angeles, how about the All-Star weekend?"

   "It doesn't matter, I can go to Phoenix, it's very convenient."

   "Then, well, Mr. Jemarone, I'll wait for you here."

   hung up the phone, he looked at the old man who had been paying attention to him and said: "I told you, Roberts introduced me to innovation, their vice president called and wanted to come here to talk."

   "You decide for yourself, you have to consider it carefully, and you must hire a lawyer to sign the contract." Lao Zhang urged.

   The next morning, Wang Tiejun was training at home.

   Lao Zhang urged him by the side, and his role was still very large. Supervising Lao Wang's movements was not standard and not in place, so that his training effect was better than before.

The    system evaluates his training, and the training content that does not meet the standard will not be recorded, because the training effect cannot be achieved.

  At noon, Wang Tiejun went to the training base to eat and drink as usual, while Lao Zhang made his own food at home. Although he moved out, the food and drink are still here.

   When he was about to go out, he received a call from Rick Jemarone, saying that he had arrived.

"So fast?"

   I was a little surprised. I opened the door and went out to take a look. I really saw a middle-aged white man standing outside the courtyard gate, and there was a young white man who looked like an assistant behind him.

   "Old K, it's nice to meet you. I hope we have the opportunity to cooperate. I am very optimistic about your development in the United States and Asia."

   "Hello, Mr. Jemaroni, please come in."

After    greetings, he invited people into the living room and introduced Lao Zhang again.

Jemarone looked at the house. It was the most common two-story single-story building, and the decoration was very simple. He shook his head and smiled, "Old K, this place is too shabby. I saw your car just now. It's too low-end. If If you want to be a real star, you should live in a more luxurious villa or high-rise apartment with a better car, which is a necessary element of your social status."

   Old Wang hurriedly shook his head and said, "That's too extravagant, I'll just live here, and that car is not bad, I just bought it."

"No no, old K, if you hand over the brokerage contract to CAA, we can solve all this for you, and we won't let you take money out of your pocket. What we want to do is to let more money into your pocket. "Jamaroni is confident and authentic.

   "Then what will you do?" Pharaoh asked curiously.

Jemalone smiled and said, "Of course, we will position you for packaging, and then tap your potential business value. You also have a certain reputation in the United States. Your business value has not been cashed out at all, let alone the potential business value. , this is such a waste!"

   "I just received several local endorsement sponsorship contracts, which add up to more than 600,000." Pharaoh quickly took out several contracts.

   He felt that Jemarone was too strong, so he wanted to regain his momentum.

But Jay Maloney flipped through the contracts after taking over them, put them aside, shook his head and said, "Old K, these contracts are too shabby, as long as you sign into CAA, we can find better ones. More influential brands, even international ones.”

  “…”

   Lao Wang opened his mouth, feeling that his momentum was suppressed, and everything he had was not seen by this person.

   "Old K, this is the contract I drew up, you should take a look first."

At this time, Jemalone took over a contract handed over by his assistant, put it in front of Pharaoh, and said, "You are the first Asian to land in the NBA. I will consider your development, except for the United States, mainly in Asia. , and your country.

  At the same time, you will be the first NBA star signed by our CAA, and we have many resources to tip you.

   Frankly speaking, because of your Asian and Chinese identity, we hope you will become a sports star with world influence, at least in America and Asia.

   Specifically, CAA's brokerage contracts are divided into four grades, namely S-level, A-level, B-level, and C-level, which correspond to superstars and the first, second and third tiers respectively.

Based on my analysis of you, you are now a B-level, which includes your strength, and your popularity in the United States, but plus your Asian and Chinese identity, I will upgrade your contract level to A-level . "

   "A Grade?"

  Pharaoh doesn't quite know what this represents, but it feels ok, there is only S grade on it.

Jamaloni continued: "In terms of contract sharing, you have already signed the NBA contract. If you sign a second contract later, we only need one point, but we will definitely choose a team that is most suitable for you. The city will also give you the best contract and treatment.

   In terms of commercial contracts, because you are not an entertainer and you are our first NBA signing, we only need 15% of the commission.

   This is very low. No matter how big Hollywood's brand is, even superstars still get at least 10% of the commission. This is the bottom line of the agency.

   And our first contract is only for three years. Generally, we have at least a five-year contract for newcomers, and the termination conditions are not harsh.

   Last point, when CAA signs a contract, it will pay you a signing fee of $1 million. "

   Well, Pharaoh has surrendered and can’t resist. He has to admit that he just doesn’t care about money. CAA’s conditions seem to be really good.

   In fact, the NBA has no rules about signing fees. CAA is doing it completely according to the rules of the entertainment industry.

  The two sides talked for a while, discussed the contract, then ended the first meeting, and made an appointment for the time and place of the second meeting, which is the All-Star Weekend a few days later.

The    location was in Utah, because Jaymarone suggested that he go there, it was an opportunity to get exposure, and he couldn’t just give up.

   In addition, Jay Maloney advised Pharaoh not to sign those five contracts now.

   The two Jemarones were sent away, and the contract remained.

   "Brother Zhang, they take 15% of the contract, do you think it's okay?" he asked after returning to the house.

"I think it's okay. NBA stars have at least 10% of their commercial brokerage contracts. Just like Hollywood, you can't let people work for nothing, right? They want to promote you to the outside world, find endorsements and sponsorships for you, but also consume Their resources. You are a newcomer, if they can really get you an endorsement of an international brand, it will be worth the price.”

   Lao Zhang looked envious.

   "Well, find a lawyer to see, I signed this contract." Pharaoh made up his mind.

   The update on the shelves is over. In the future, the 4D update will be maintained for one day. If there is a manuscript, it will take the initiative to update it. Thank you brothers for your support! !

  

  

   (end of this chapter)