Chapter 122 Larry Bird, Who?

  Sun Zhenping glanced at Zhang Lili and asked, "Director Zhang, you are familiar with Director Liu of the Basketball Department, but haven't you talked to her about this?"

"I said, I went back to China to find her specifically, but she couldn't do anything about it. If it's just a fight, the police station detains her, and she has a case record, it's not a big deal. After all, this is not a soldier, but after a year of imprisonment, her I'm very worried." Zhang Lili said.

  Sun Zhenping thought about it and said, "It's a little different, Director Zhang, our Minister Li also talked to Director Liu, and said that if Wang Tiejun is outstanding, his business will not be a problem. You say that, you have no hope at all?"

Zhang Lili smiled and said, "In one sense, if the Tiejun really came out, and his strength surpassed that of a group of domestic centers, I'm sure Liu Yumin wouldn't care about those influences and pressures, and she would definitely come to the United States in person. , she has that courage.

   But I dare not tell Tie Jun, how big is the expectation, how big is the disappointment, what if his strength is not so strong in the end?

  Look, look at his own development, I think there is still hope, 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 interest.

   For the signing of CAA, the media's evaluation is good or bad, but most of the media's attitude is to keep paying attention and do not make subjective evaluations.

  Around ten o'clock, Jemalone came with a lawyer, along with a middle-aged white man in his thirties.

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

   He first gave Pharaoh two tickets, one for tonight and one for tomorrow night.

   "Front row?" Old Wang was surprised.

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

   "CAA came forward, if we can't even get the top ticket, then we can't be successful." Jemarone smiled confidently.

He specially introduced the middle-aged man. This is the joint agent he prepared for Wang Tiejun. Of course, he is the real agent, but his business is too busy, so he needs a joint agent. Wang Tiejun's general affairs It's all done by this person.

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

   After a while, the lawyer invited by Wang Tiejun arrived.

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

   "Old K, I'll have a present for you soon." Before leaving, Jemarone smiled.

   "What is it?" Pharaoh asked curiously.

   "In just two days, you'll know right away." Jemarone laughed.

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

  The system opens, and there is a new prompt: "Congratulations to the host, you have successfully signed a brokerage company and won a reward of 1000 points."

  Pharaoh stayed for a while, if you didn’t say it earlier, I would have signed it earlier.

   Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Heli called over the phone 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, the guy seemed a little distant.

   "He's in Salt Lake City?"

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

   "Okay, let's meet my former provincial teammate who I haven't met before. This guy, last time I asked him out in Los Angeles, he hasn't come out yet." Pharaoh laughed.

   "He didn't develop as well as you, so some ideas are understandable." Lao Zhang smiled.

   Twenty past twelve, Wang Tiejun came to an agreed western restaurant and met Zhang Heli and Ma Jian.

  Wang Tiejun took a look at Ma Jian. He was short-haired, had a lean body, and looked quite energetic.

  Ma Jian also looked at Wang Tiejun curiously. He had an inch head and was a lot bigger than him. He felt very strong and looked very mighty.

   "Brother Ma Jian, brother Wang Tiejun of C state." Old Wang bowed his hands.

   Ma Jian was stunned for a moment, then he quickly cupped his hands and said, "Brother Tiejun, brother Changshan Ma Jian."

   Zhang Lili said cheerfully by the side: "Don't be so polite, the three of us are fellow villagers in Jizhou, let's sit down and chat."

After the    greeting, the three sat down, the waiter came over with the menu, Wang Tiejun took the menu and handed it to Ma Jian, and said to him, "I'll take this one, Ma can order whatever you want."

"Row!"

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

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

   Pharaoh said after ordering.

   "Really? I didn't know the number of hands when my broken car was in my hands. It was about to be scrapped at that time. Otherwise, I would drive to Sijiucheng." Ma Jian laughed.

   "How are you doing here now?" Pharaoh asked.

   Ma Jian sighed and said: "Just like that, first find a team to mix with, if there is a place to train, if you can provide some scholarships, it's enough to play with the ball."

   "Didn't think about drafting?" Pharaoh asked.

Ma Jian was stunned and smiled bitterly: "My current strength should not be up to the level of the NBA, and NBA teams don't know me, how can they choose me? My idea is to enter the NCAA, and I have improved there. There is media attention, and then participate in the draft."

   Zhang Lili said: "Is there a chance to enter the NCAA?"

   "I don't know now, I just got here and I need to see 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, you're lucky, you just sneaked into the Suns from the street." Zhang Lili laughed.

   "That's my strength, at most Maxima meets Mr. Colangelo, the Bole." 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 big. I think my strength was no worse than now two years ago. Although my body is not as strong or high as it is now, my technique is much better than now, and my athleticism is good. Even better, or else the National Youth Team would want me?"

   The three stayed together for two hours before they dispersed.

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

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

   He knew that Wang Tiejun had not signed a sneaker contract, so he wanted to get this contract done.

But according to NBA information, centers don't sell money, especially big centers don't sell shoes. Even those super centers can't sell much shoes. Among the three super centers, only Da Meng is in a better situation, so He couldn't get Wang Tiejun to get that big brand's signature sneaker contract.

   Now his eyes are on those small brands, and he wants to find one of them and get a good signed 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 in a few years, it is likely to disappear under the squeeze of those big brands.

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

   He has been in contact with this company and has almost reached a point.

   His bargaining chip, or the confidence to give this 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. Nike dominated half of the US basketball market with Jordan. Once Wang Tiejun really becomes an All-Star, Mammoth might really be able to use Wang Tiejun to develop the markets in Asia and China.

   And the promotion of Hollywood giant brokerage companies like CAA gave them confidence. In fact, Mammoth is willing to sponsor Wang Tiejun, and CAA has a great bonus.

  Before this, the two parties had already been involved in the negotiation of the contract a few days ago.

  In the afternoon, the owner of the company, President Roman Weeks, sat down with Jemarone for the final negotiation.

   After many negotiations, Weeks’ bottom line is $2.5 million over five years, while Jemarone’s bottom line is three years and $6 million.

  Weeks refused. First of all, three years was too short. In 1984, Nike and Jordan were five years and $2.5 million. If they only signed for three years, Mammoth would be too insecure.

   And Jemaroni is only willing to sign for 3 years, because Wang Tiejun and CAA only have a 3-year contract, how could he agree to sign for 5 years?

   "I promise you that you can give Mammoth the right to sign contracts, which protects your interests to a large extent..."

   Next, he spent more than an hour convincing Weeks to set the contract for three years.

Weeks was also attracted by the idea that Jaymarone had given him before. Mammoth would only have a dead end in the United States. It might not last a few years. If he hadn't been investing, he would have gone bankrupt, so he also wanted to find another way. If that doesn't work, just give up.

   Next, the two began to negotiate the contract amount and some details.

  …

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

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

   At seven o’clock, the Delta Center was already full of fans. There were a large number of active and retired league stars and superstars in the front row and the second row, as well as many Hollywood stars and models.

   The most active are the reporters, they go out and all the big stars are their interview objects.

   CCTV's reporting team has also arrived. Although there will be no live broadcast tonight, interviews are definitely needed. We will shoot some tidbits. Zhang Lili is taking 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 this kind of occasion, and he was very curious.

He walked to his seat. There were several retired superstars from the league on both sides of the seat, and there were also some stars in the second row behind him, but he didn't know each other well, and he didn't even know several retired superstars, so he didn't say hello and sat down directly. .

On the left is the superstar, the Celtics legend, the big bird Larry Bird who just retired after the Olympic Games last year. This guy looked at Pharaoh sitting next to him with a playful face and asked: "Rookie, you Are you sure this is your seat?"

  Wang Tiejun honestly took out the corner-cut ticket, shook it, and said, "Of course. Who are you?"

   "You don't know me? I'm Larry Bird, I bet you've heard the name." Larry Bird felt discriminated against.

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

  Big Bird's Anxiety, I'm such a **** of a Hollywood star, he looked at Pharaoh with a bitter look and said, "Please, think about it, have you really never seen me?"

"Oh!"

Pharaoh identified it carefully, and suddenly said with a face of enlightenment: "I recognize it, I just watched your film last week, and you did a good job. I remember the title of the film seems to be...Miami Aventure? A good adult film. , In the end, you have no money to pay the bills, and you want to prostitute people for nothing."

   "Pfft!" There were people around laughing.

"Sheet, go to your Miami Aventure, I'm not a Hollywood star, and I'm not that **** adult film actor, I'm NBA superstar Larry Bird, **** rookie, remember my name, it's worth remembering for a lifetime. "

  Larry Bird swears with rage.

   "Oh, so you play football, are you famous?" Pharaoh asked in surprise.

   "Playing ball?"

   I am a superstar, are you deaf? Larry Bird rolled his eyes directly.

"Ha ha…"

  Wang Tiejun sat on the right of the Lakers supergiant Magic Johnson who had just retired, and then there was the Lakers famous Belle King, who was already laughing at this time.

   "Look, Mr. Sun, Xiaosu, Wang Tiejun is here, do you want to go over and say hello? It's okay not to interview, let's get to know each other."

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

  Sun Su and the others hurriedly turned around, and following Zhang Heli's hand, they saw Wang Tiejun sitting on 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 exclaimed in surprise.

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

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

"The rookie who is nothing, do you remember? Big Bird Larry Bird, I'm Big Bird Bird. In my day, Michael Jordan had to be on his stomach too, remember the name well, it's the NBA league. A timeless history..."

   At this time, Pharaoh was receiving Big Bird's trash talk, which made him drool all over his face. Larry Bird's trash talk was so powerful that he was sprayed one after another, so he couldn't react.

   "Director Zhang?"

   Su Qun and Sun Zhenping who came over saw the big bird roaring at Wang Tiejun and panicked.

   Zhang Lili also saw it, of course, and became a little nervous, so he quickened his pace and said, "It's alright, let's go take a look."

   Seeing a reporter approaching, followed by a photographer, Big Bird just gave up, otherwise he could keep scolding until he died of dehydration.

   "Brother Zhang?"

   Seeing Zhang Heli and people from CCTV coming, Wang Tiejun stood up and greeted.

   "Tie Jun, this is Mr. Sun Zhenping Sun, you should know. This is Su Qun." Zhang Heli 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 whitewashed. He looked back at Larry Bird and smiled: "This old guy said he was a superstar, I don't know him, he got angry and sprayed I'll have a meal."

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

   Not to mention Zhang Lili, even Su Qun was surprised. Are you playing in the NBA? I now know the big bird 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's a little familiar, I thought he had played the leading role in an adult film." Wang Tiejun laughed.

   "Pfft!" Zhang Lili laughed.

  Sun Zhenping and Su Qun were stunned, what is this? No wonder people scold you.

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

   Zhang Lili originally still had the heart to interview Larry Bird and the magician next to him, but now it's not easy.

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

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

   "I'm not the protagonist of an adult film, why are you interviewing me? Should I ask them to come back and interview you?" Pharaoh said angrily.

"damn it!"

  Larry Bird was so angry that he got up from his seat and pressed Pharaoh with his old fist.

"Ha ha…"

Magic Johnson and others next to    have already fallen to their seats with laughter.

   "click, click..."

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

   "Fighting?"

  Sun Zhenping just walked away when he found that there was a fight here, and he was dumbfounded.

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

   "Too bullying, right?" Sun Zhenping said angrily.

   "He's a superstar, and his status is eighteen levels higher than Tiejun, but it's a joke, right? You guys don't really fight." Zhang reasonably guessed.

   Before the three of them finished speaking, they saw Wang Tiejun stand up with Larry Bird between his arms.

   "Damn, rookie, let me down!"

  Larry Bird hurriedly shouted, there are hundreds of reporters here, what are you doing with me under your arm?

   "Sir, where is the garbage station, I want to throw the garbage, I can pay." Pharaoh asked Magic Johnson next to him seriously.

"Ha ha…"

  Magic Johnson has been paralyzed with laughter, and waved his hand, indicating that he does not know.

  Larry Bird struggled to the ground at this time, kicked Pharaoh's ass, and cursed: "Boy, the uncle is going to come back, and then slam 50+ on your head."

   (end of this chapter)