Chapter 139 Signed sneakers listed

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

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

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

   The main reason is that the domestic basketball atmosphere is too weak and the consumption power is limited. If it is forced to promote, CAA and Mammoth Company will join forces, and it is likely that the gains will outweigh the gains.

  The third news is that Mammoth's domestic investigation has ended, and it has decided to learn from Nike. Using cheap domestic labor and the government's preferential conditions to build factories in China can greatly reduce labor costs.

At the same time, like CAA, the Mammoth Company decided to scale back its plan to promote it in China, because the company had invested some funds before, but the effect was not worth the gain. Given Mammoth's poor financial situation, which is about to go bankrupt, it can only decisively suspend the plan and hold it for a while. .

The fourth news, Mammoth 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, plus tariffs, the sales price will be as high as 1,000. With a lot of RMB, the average monthly salary in Sijiucheng last year 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 domestic market.

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

   He doesn't have any achievements now. What's more important is that the basketball market is not big in Asia or in China. There are not many basketball fans.

   And he didn't invest a lot of resources. He wanted to open up the market with him. He thought too much. He was not a superstar with a huge number of fans.

In fact, from the very beginning, he had no hope for CAA's Asian promotion plan. It was just a brokerage company in the entertainment industry. He was not a movie star. He couldn't use 99% of CAA's resources. It is even more impossible to take out cash to support him. People want to make money from him, not subsidize money.

   As for the Mammoth Company, he wouldn't be surprised when he woke up one morning to hear that it had gone bankrupt.

"Lance, you made me spend almost a million dollars, and I still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes. Now the plan is stopped. Don't fool me. Hurry up and help me find some more endorsements." He said. .

  Lance Hoxman patted his chest and assured: "You can rest assured, old K, we and Mammoth are only suspending our plans in Asia, Mammoth has not completely suspended, and the basketball market there will develop in the future. It will definitely recover.

   As for endorsements, as long as you play well in the playoffs, everything will be there. Your first sneaker is about to go on sale, and now you need your performance to back it up. I can assure you that as long as you do well in the playoffs, I can at least give you a few million dollars in endorsements. "

   "The playoffs?"

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

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

Hawksman nodded and said: "This role is a later appearance, and he doesn't have many roles. His name is Mori Shigekwan. This role has just been confirmed a few months ago. Inoue Takehiko said that it was based on O'Neal, but after learning about your situation , he was also very interested, so he decided to recreate the character according to your characteristics.

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

   But now, Takehiko Inoue is very interested in the style of your penalty area sweeper, and his new setting for Mori Shigekan will be based on this feature. "

   "I stole O'Neal's scene?" Pharaoh wanted to laugh.

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

Then he added: "After our negotiation with him, this character, who originally had few roles, will add some roles in Housi and increase the interaction with the protagonist Sakuragi Huadao, but this role will appear at least until 1995. Even 96 years."

  Pharaoh nodded indifferently. He had never read this comic, so he didn't really feel anything, he just thought it was fun.

  …

   No. 29, the 92/93 season playoffs started.

   However, the first G1 game of the Suns series was on the 30th. On this day, the Blazers vs. the Spurs and the Mosaic vs. the Clippers in the west, and the Celtics vs. the Hornets and the Cavaliers vs. the Nets in the east.

   At noon that day, the Lakers arrived in Phoenix.

   This morning, Wang Tiejun completed the training content of the system, and his second phase of flexibility and coordination training was also completed.

   In addition, the rebounding training has been going on for more than two months. 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 upgraded to 85, and it can be upgraded to 86 after completion.

   In the end, the physical training has been going on for a month, and there is still one month left, and it has been upgraded from level 92 to level 93.

   But with the arrival of the playoffs, this training was temporarily suspended and resumed during the offseason.

   Now the remaining systematic training is only one rebounding training, and both strength and physical training have stopped.

   "System, exchange 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 rowing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. If you stop for a while, you will practice in vain before, and it will take time and effort to go back.

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

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

   In addition, this time, both 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 out, the improvement of flexibility is indeed a little faster."

  …

   At noon, the league announced some regular-season personal honors.

  O'Neal was named Rookie of the Year and was also selected to the All-Rookie First Team.

   The other four were Mourning, Lai Xingna, Wang Tiejun, and Lafonso Ellis.

  Rookie for a while, this is Wang Tiejun's first personal honor.

   This honor is selected by the head coaches of the whole league. According to this honor, it shows that his strength has been recognized by most head coaches. The fact that he has played two months less of the game does not affect his evaluation.

   At the same time, he received system rewards, but not much, only 200 points, which is better than nothing.

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

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

The difference is that historically, the Suns were 62-20, now they're 68-14, and Pat Riley's Knicks are only 60-22, the difference is too big, so Paul Westphal just got this honor.

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

   That night, Wang Tiejun invited Lao Zhang to watch the game together 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 won a difficult away victory, the score was 87:86, and only won by one point, while the Mosaic team completed a big victory at home, 94:117, won by 23 points.

   Admiral David Robinson played 46 minutes in G1, playing more than 39.2 minutes in the regular season, scoring 16 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls.

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

   And the big dream Hasm Olajuwon performed amazingly in the G1 war. Within 40 minutes, he scored 28 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, 9 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls, helping the team beat the Clippers.

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

The Mosaic team contributed 14 big caps in the whole game, and the opponent Clippers had only 5 big caps. This data alone is enough to make the Clippers lose, because the Clippers did not hit the back. Dare to go in.

   "It's only one steal away, my God, the big dream can get the first playoff 5*5 in NBA history. Tonight is a god-level performance!"

   After the game, Zhang Heli exclaimed.

   Old Wang also shook his head and sighed: "Da Meng's performance tonight is really incredible, with 9 big caps, the Clippers have been stunned."

"The Suns may play against the Spurs in the second round, and the Western Conference final against Mosaic, you have to be careful, don't watch you shoot 20+10 on him twice in the regular season, but this is the playoffs, completely different. You I haven’t played in the playoffs, so it’s hard to say if you can adapt, so don’t be careless.”

   Lao Zhang reminded.

Wang Tiejun nodded. Tonight is the first time he has watched the playoffs. The biggest feeling is that the defense is really strong, that is, defending to the death. Get 5 and 7 free throws, which is evident.

Especially tonight's big dream is completely different from the big cap that he encountered twice in the regular season, those 9 big caps, not to mention the Clippers against the Clippers, he sat in front of the TV and looked a little sweaty, right How many hats does he have to eat for such a crazy big dream?

   Moreover, he has a long playing time, and he has to be prepared to play for more than 40 minutes. With the defensive intensity of the playoffs, the physical energy consumption can be imagined, and then with his strong confrontation style, the physical energy consumption will be even greater.

   "That guy David Robinson is like that. With a 30% hit rate, he has the face to shoot 20 times?"

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

   "He is a 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 to shoot, the ball has to be given to him." Lao Zhang laughed.

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

  30, match day.

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

   He found that the CEO was in a trance and depressed, probably because the company's business did not improve, and the promotion plan in Asia did not see any prospects.

In fact, he guessed right. The reason why Wesker signed him was to rely on his Chinese identity to open up a market in Asia, but it turned out that it was too difficult to open a new market. If it is less, it is not enough at all. If you put it in, it will be a waste of water.

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 so difficult. Even CCTV does not broadcast the NBA's regular season, and there is no basketball atmosphere at all. Why? create?

   Therefore, if Mammoth wants to develop in China, it can only wait for the basketball market over there to develop, and even after China's economy develops and the consumer market expands, and then take a ride.

  I want to rely on Wang Tiejun, I really think too much, there is not even the concept of entertainment star, what is a sports star?

   Now let alone Mammoth, Nike, which has been going 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 that he is too optimistic about the Chinese market.

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

   Anyway, he figured it out, and signing the old K is not a loss.

  9 o'clock, the sale officially started.

  This sneaker is of course mainly sold in Arizona at present. He has no influence in other states and will definitely not sell shoes.

The name of the    signature sneakers is the K series, and today is the K generation, and the sale price of the K1 is $115.

   After this period of publicity, there are still many Phoenix fans who came to support the scene, 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 specially brought all eight baskets in his collection 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 Lakers' basket, look, their names are here..."

  Pharaoh actively introduced his trophies, which drew cheers from the fans.

   "click, click..."

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

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

  Roman Wesker saw that the situation was not bad, his face improved immediately, and he quickly collected news about other release points.

   By 12 noon, the morning sales had been counted, and within three hours, 1,825 pairs had been sold throughout Arizona.

  It is expected that three to four thousand pairs of sales will be sold today, which is a very good sales. It gave the mammoth a shot in the arm, and 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 built and the company's capital situation improves, he will continue to promote the Asian plan."

   Agent Lance Waxman said excitedly.

   "Let him take it easy, our country's economy has just begun to develop, and it's too expensive to buy." Lao Wang reminded.

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

   "Tom, how are you feeling?" He shouted when he came to the training hall and saw Chambers was training with the ball.

   "It's okay, I think it's okay to fight." Tom Chambers laughed.

   "Charles said, as long as you come back, we are more certain," he shouted.

   "I will contribute my energy, I believe this injury will 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 as a reporter?" Lao Wang said angrily.

   "Haha..." The people present laughed.

  Tom Chambers came up and gestured for Jeet Kune Do's vigilance, then "Yeah", took another step forward, and gave Pharaoh a side kick.

  …

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

   (end of this chapter)