"Sewer, you are so stupid. Except for the first few balls, you dared to challenge me head-on. You played around me throughout the game. Your performance was worse than last time, so I only scored 3 points in the game. I scored 19 points this time."
In the players tunnel, Comrade Wang shouted at O'Neal.
"Nonsense, that's the coach's request, I can only do it." O'Neal said angrily.
"Your coach is teaching you how to be a softie!" Lao Wang said with disdain.
"nonsense!"
In anger, O'Neal grabbed his jersey with both hands and pulled hard. With a sharp tug, the jersey tore, revealing a bruised chest, especially the left chest, which was crimson. That was a sign of a large number of burst capillaries.
.
"Look at these, am I a weakling? And the back, they are all your masterpieces."
O'Neal patted his chest angrily, and turned around again, revealing his back, which was also covered with red marks.
Lao Wang took a closer look and sneered: "I don't see other colors, I only see black."
"..." O'Neill became angry and yelled: "You are racist, I protest!"
"Nonsense, I just can't tell. You don't have any injuries on your body. How can you discriminate against your skin color?" Lao Wang said disdainfully.
"Here, here, here...all are injured." O'Neill angrily poked himself here and there.
Lao Wang pulled the jersey with both hands and took it off. He couldn't bear to tear it. This thing is quite expensive. It is said that it costs three hundred dollars a piece. If it is torn, he will have to pay for it.
"..."
Seeing those unusually clear red and purple marks on Lao Wang's body, O'Neal was stunned for a moment. Then he looked at himself again, and it seemed that he couldn't really see them.
"Look, this is what I call an injury. It's visible to the naked eye, but you don't have one at all." Lao Wang said with disdain.
"...My injury is obviously here, you pretend not to see it, you are lying!" O'Neill trembled, said a word, turned around and left.
"Haha, sewer, we will compete again next season." Lao Wang laughed from behind.
"My name is the big sewer, not the sewer."
O'Neal's roar came from the corridor: "Old K, I will gain weight. Next season I will crush you to death with my tonnage, and then wash you away from the sewer with a crash."
"You idiot!" Lao Wang cursed.
…
The Suns defeated the Magic and completed the 48 regular season games before the All-Star Weekend. There are still 34 games left, and most of the regular season schedule has passed.
However, with the playoff series, the competition intensity for Suns players in the next few months will be more intense and more physical fitness will be required.
In 48 regular season games, the Suns had 39 wins and 9 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference and first in the league.
The atmosphere in the home team's locker room was very good. Barkley, wearing a suit, walked around excitedly, chatting with one person and interacting with another from time to time.
"Old K, let's go to Utah together tomorrow?" Dan Marli said with a smile.
When Buckley, who was talking to Dumas, heard this, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Old K, we agreed, let's meet tomorrow."
Wang Tiejun made an appointment with Jermaine Maloney, so he nodded and said, "Have you booked your tickets?"
"This is easy, I'll take care of it. You wait at home tomorrow morning and I'll meet you at your house." Buckley smiled.
"OK." Lao Wang nodded.
He thought for a while and then said: "Charles, if you book an extra ticket, my personal trainer Lao Zhang will also go. I will pay you the ticket price."
"No problem, do you want to book a hotel together?" Buckley nodded with a smile.
"No need to do that, I've already decided." Lao Wang said.
"Decided?" Buckley was startled.
"By the way, Old K, have you signed those local sponsorship contracts? If you want to get the money, you have to treat me." At this time, Kevin Johnson asked casually.
Lao Wang shook his head and said: "No, I plan to sign with an agent first."
"Who do you want to sign with?" Barkley sat down next to him.
Lao Wang thought for a while and asked: "Julia Roberts introduced me to sign a contract with the CAA agency in Hollywood."
"What?"
"Old K, do you want to change your career?"
"Crazy, old K, are you going to act?"
Now the locker room is in a frenzy.
Barkley, in particular, stood up excitedly, grabbed Lao Wang's shoulders and shook them again and again, shouting: "This is not possible, Lao K, you can't go to Hollywood, you have to help me win the championship, we
I can’t live without you in this low position.”
Kevin Johnson and Dan Malley also came over, obviously very concerned about this sudden incident.
"What's going on?"
At this time, head coach Westphal and Colangelo opened the door and walked in. Seeing Barkley and others surrounding Lao Wang, they asked in surprise.
"Old K is going to Hollywood to become an actor." Danny Ainge said with a weird look on his face.
He doesn't know what a 215cm tall man can do in Hollywood? Play Tarzan or King Kong? Or a giant killer?
"What?"
Colangelo and Westphal exclaimed at the same time.
"Don't talk nonsense, why did I say I was going to Hollywood? Am I going to work there as a coolie?" Lao Wang shouted helplessly.
"You just said that you signed with CAA, which is the largest agency in Hollywood." Dan Marley said.
"caa?" Colangelo was startled.
He gave Lao K a list of more than a dozen agents. Unexpectedly, Lao K wanted to choose a Hollywood agency. Is it reliable?
Lao Wang stood up, looked down at the audience and explained: "CAA also has sports business. They also have several agents who have NBA agent qualifications. I want to choose them because they have business capabilities in Asia. I am from China.
People have no commercial value in the United States, maybe it would be better to sign them, I want to give it a try."
Barkley said: "But their business capabilities in the NBA are definitely not as good as professional NBA agents. In this league, NBA agents' connections are very important."
"I have also considered this. I only signed with them for three years. Anyway, I have been with the Suns for these three years. I think it doesn't matter whether their NBA business capabilities are strong or not."
When Colangelo heard this, he finally understood and said: "Old K, if you decide to sign with CAA, that's fine. They do have sports stars under their banner. CAA's business scope is mainly in the entertainment industry. You can't
You have to take into consideration that the contract period should not be too long.”
"Sir, the vice president I contacted said that CAA will officially enter the sports world in the future." Lao Wang said.
"That's it..."
Colangelo thought about it and felt that this was not good news for the team management.
Because CAA's current bundling method in Hollywood is too strong, it has even surpassed the major film companies. Entering the sports world with such a strong style will have a great impact on the original forces, directly.
The impact is that it is likely to increase the overall contract amount of the players and increase the team's operating burden and operating costs.
But now is not the time to think about this, and he can't stop CAA from entering the sports world, so he can only let it go for the time being.
"Brother Zhang, come with me to Salt Lake City tomorrow. I'll book a ticket for you." When he got home, he called Lao Zhang.
"Oh, Tie Jun, I just have something to tell you. The Basketball Department has contacted me, and CCTV wants to ask me to help broadcast this All-Star event."
Zhang Lili said with a cheerful smile on the other end.
"That's just right!"
Lao Wang is not surprised. He knows that when domestic basketball players come to the United States to compete or train, they will ask Lao Zhang for help. Lao Zhang is very familiar with them here.
…
The next day, Wang Tiejun got up early in the morning, and chef Lao Zhang rushed over to make breakfast. The two of them had just finished eating, and before 8:30, Buckley's car arrived, and the two set off with the prepared suitcases.
.
At nine-thirty, Buckley, Dan Marley, Wang Tiejun, and Zhang Lili boarded the plane.
It was a total of 1,200 kilometers from Phoenix to Salt Lake City. It took about more than two hours from getting on the plane to getting off the plane. At around 11 o'clock in the morning, the four of them arrived in Salt Lake City.
After getting off the plane, the four of them took three taxis and headed to their reserved hotels.
Zhang Lili also separated from Lao Wang. He went to meet the CCTV reporters. They had already arrived.
In fact, they are not far apart. They are both very close to the Delta Center, the Jazz's home arena, which makes it more convenient to attend the All-Star Weekend.
The original home stadium of the Jazz was called the Salt Palace Stadium. Construction of the current new stadium started in 1990 and was completed last year. The Jazz have a new stadium that can accommodate nearly 19,000 people. This new stadium is named by the Delta Air Lines Center, so
It's called Delta Center.
Arriving at the Hilton Hotel, Wang Tiejun met Ge Maloney and his assistant.
He was still a little nervous. After all, this was his first time signing a contract. Fortunately, he was brave. Although he was not old, he had a lot of experience and there was nothing wrong with it on his face.
The two parties exchanged pleasantries, and Gemaloney asked his assistant to help him get settled. Then he went to the hotel's high-end restaurant and chatted at the table.
"Old K, how are you thinking about it?" Ge Maloney asked confidently.
A can provide Asian resources that NBA agents cannot provide. It is most suitable for K to sign with CAA. Signing with NBA agents will not be able to tap his commercial value in Asia and China.
You must know that CAA is a huge brokerage company. It has two-thirds of the big Hollywood stars and has countless resources in its hands, while those NBA agents are just working alone. Maybe NBA has more connections, but in terms of resources, they can’t even provide CAA with
The shoes don't even match, and the professionalism of the brokerage business is on a completely different level.
As for connections in the NBA, only CAA has entered the NBA. With CAA’s scale and strength, will there still be a shortage of connections?
Old K had surrendered long ago and said with a smile: "Mr. Maloney, I only have two requests."
"Please tell me." Jermaine nodded and smiled.
"First, you can't affect my playing." Lao Wang said seriously.
"Of course, you are a sports star, and basketball is your foundation. I know this very well, and so does CAA."
Jermaine nodded.
"second……"
Wang Tiejun said solemnly: "There is a New York Times reporter named Rob Lundgren who is targeting me, and a basketball commentator named Will Houston. These two guys often hype up my negative news. I hope you can help me solve it."
them."
Gemaroni smiled and said: "Old K, as long as you sign with CAA, anyone who targets you will hurt and infringe on CAA's interests. They are all problems we need to solve."
"What can you do? Can you influence the New York Times?" Lao Wang asked curiously.
"Nonono, we can't go to trouble with the New York Times, but the New York Times is the New York Times, and Rob Lundgren is Rob Lundgren. These are two different things. If you want to deal with someone, it's actually very simple. Find a good lawyer.
You can give him a headache until he dies. Our CAA has the most professional legal department and has a lot of business dealings with the New York Times. Let me handle these two people." Ge Maloney said with a smile.
"That's it, I have no problem." Lao Wang laughed.
"Okay, then I'll arrange the signing right away. By the way, Old K, do you have a lawyer?" Ge Maloney said happily.
"Yes, I contacted a law firm in Salt Lake City yesterday, and they arranged for a lawyer for me. Just notify him." Lao Wang said.
"Okay, we will sign the contract tomorrow morning and hold a press conference here at three o'clock the day after tomorrow. We can also do some publicity in these two days." Gemalone said with a smile.
After lunch, the two parties separated and made their own preparations.
Starting from noon, under the operation of CAA, some news about Wang Tiejun's contract with CAA began to spread to the outside world.
Lao Wang now has some attention in the United States. Basket collector, conqueror, and Lao K. These nicknames have replaced the original nicknames of Chinese coolie and perverted coolie. He is also the first to sign a contract with CAA, a Hollywood agency.
, so the attention is actually very large, especially in the NBA league, which has attracted a lot of people's attention.
This is not the first time that CAA has signed players from the four major professional sports leagues in North America. It signed several football and ice hockey stars as early as two years ago, but this is the first time for the NBA, and the media is also paying attention to it.
While Wang Tiejun was meeting with CAA, Zhang Lili also met with the CCTV reporter team in a low-end hotel.
The frontline reporting team sent by CCTV this time consisted of four people, commentator Sun Zhenping and reporter Su Qun, plus a photographer and assistant. Zhang Lili was hired on a temporary basis.
"Director Zhang, I haven't seen you for several years. How are you lately? I didn't expect that we could still work together in the United States."
"Oh, Teacher Sun, I haven't seen you for several years. I'm fine. How about you?"
Sun Zhenping and Zhang Lili seemed to be very familiar with each other when they met. The two had worked together in the 1980s. After Zhang Li retired, he served as the head coach of the BJ National Youth Team. He was a good talker and was often invited to commentate on basketball games on CCTV.
After greetings, Sun Zhenping introduced Su Qun and others.
Su Qun is 25 years old. He only started working as a reporter for China Sports News last year. He just joined CCTV this year and is an external basketball broadcast guest and consultant hired by CCTV.
However, he and Sun Zhenping don’t know much about the NBA. They are limited to some information provided by the NBA to CCTV. In addition, their English is just that and their spoken language is not good, so this interview report mainly relies on Zhang Lili.
A few people were eating the burgers they had just bought in the hotel room while listening to Zhang Lili introduce some information about the NBA and this All-Star Game.
Zhang Lili spoke eloquently and eloquently. Sun Zhenping and the others were so excited that they even forgot to eat.
While talking, Lao Zhang mentioned Wang Tiejun and asked: "Teacher Sun, should you know Wang Tiejun?"
Sun Zhenping was startled, then nodded quickly and said: "I know, the ministry mentioned him when they gave me the task."
"What's CCTV's attitude?" Zhang Li said.
"Waiting it down, if possible, don't involve it," Sun Zhenping said.
Zhang nodded. Although he was disappointed, Zhang Lili was not surprised at all. The basketball department also had the same attitude.
Su Qun was very curious and said: "Director Zhang, Teacher Sun, who is this Wang Tiejun? How did he enter the NBA?"
The CCTV Sports Department didn't give him any information about Wang Tiejun at all. Sun Zhenping mentioned it to him when he came the day before yesterday. At that time, he heard that there were Chinese people playing in the NBA and couldn't believe it.
Zhang Liji smiled and said: "I just came to Salt Lake City with him."
"He is here too?" Sun Zhenping asked in surprise.
Su Qun reacted immediately: "Director Zhang, are you familiar with him?"
"Can we not be familiar with each other? I am his personal trainer, and we eat and drink together these days." Zhang Li said with a smile.
Several people were startled, and Sun Zhenping said in surprise: "Did you train him?"
Lao Zhang laughed and fooled him.
Su Qun asked from the side: "Director Zhang, you see there is still time, please introduce him to us first?"
"Alright."
Zhang Lili then briefly talked about Wang Tiejun's experience in China.
"So that's it."
Sun Su and the other two said regretfully: "This is the bad luck that has lasted eight lifetimes!"