Sun Zhenping glanced at Zhang Lili and asked: "Director Zhang, you are familiar with Director Liu of the Basketball Department and have not discussed this matter with her?"
"As I said, I went to look for her specifically last time when I returned to China, but she couldn't do anything. If it was just a fight, and she was detained by the police station and had a criminal record, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, this is not a soldier. But being imprisoned for one year, her
I'm very worried," Zhang Li said.
Sun Zhenping thought for a while and said: "It's a little different, Director Zhang. Our Minister Li also talked with Director Liu and said that if Wang Tiejun is outstanding in strength, his affairs will not be a problem. When you say this, there is no hope at all?"
Zhang Lili smiled and said: "One thing is, if the Tiejun really fights and is stronger than a bunch of domestic centers, I'm sure Liu Yumin won't care about the influence and pressure, and she will definitely come to the United States in person.
, she has that courage.
But I dare not tell Tie Jun, how great the expectations are, how great the disappointment is. What if he is not that strong in the end?
Look, looking at his own development, I think there is still hope, and now he has performed well."
…
The next day, the 21st, Wang Tiejun bought a large stack of newspapers and read the news about him with interest.
Regarding the signing of CAA, the media's evaluations were good and bad, but most of the media's attitude was to pay attention and did not make subjective evaluations.
At about ten o'clock, Gemalone came over with his lawyer, along with a middle-aged white man in his thirties.
"Old K, these are All-Star tickets, take them."
He first gave Lao Wang two tickets, tickets for the main game tonight and tomorrow night.
"Front row?" Lao Wang was surprised.
Although he doesn't quite understand the meaning of the All-Stars, he also knows that front row tickets are not easy to get.
"Caa comes forward. If we can't even get the first row ticket, then we can't say we are successful." Gemaloney said with a confident smile.
He specially introduced the middle-aged man. This was the joint agent he had prepared for Wang Tiejun. Of course, he himself was the real agent, but his affairs were too busy, so he needed a joint agent. Wang Tiejun's general affairs
It's all handled by this person.
The middle-aged man is Lance Hoxman, a German-American who holds an NBA agent license.
After a while, the lawyer Wang Tiejun hired arrived.
The two parties signed a contract, and he officially became the first NBA player under CAA.
"Old K, I will have a gift for you soon." Before leaving, Ge Maloney said with a smile.
"What is it?" Lao Wang asked curiously.
"In just these two days, you will know it soon." Gemaroni said with a smile.
After the people from CAA left, Lao Wang sent away the lawyer, came back, 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 having a chance is better than having no chance."
Be good."
The system opened and there was a new prompt: "Congratulations to the host, you successfully signed a contract with the brokerage company and received a reward of 1,000 points."
Lao Wang was stunned. If you hadn't told me earlier, I would have signed it long ago.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Lili called and shouted: "Tie Jun, I found Ma Jian and made an appointment with him for dinner. Are you coming?"
"Ma Jian?"
He thought about 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 come here to play at a community college. I heard he performed well and had many opportunities to play," Lao Zhang said with a smile.
"Okay, then let's meet my former provincial teammate whom I have never met before. This guy didn't come out when we had an appointment with him last time in Los Angeles," Lao Wang said with a smile.
"His development is not as good as yours, so some of his thoughts are understandable." Lao Zhang said with a smile.
At twenty past twelve o'clock, Wang Tiejun arrived at a Western restaurant that he had arranged to meet and met Zhang Lili and Ma Jian.
Wang Tiejun took a look at Ma Jian. He had short hair, a lean build, and looked quite energetic.
Ma Jian also looked at Wang Tiejun curiously. He was a lot bigger than him in terms of size. He felt very strong and looked extremely powerful.
"Brother Ma Jian, brother Czhou Wang Tiejun." Lao Wang bowed his hand.
Ma Jian was startled, and he quickly raised his hands and said, "Brother Tiejun, brother Changshan Ma Jian."
Zhang Lili said cheerfully next to him: "Don't be so polite. The three of us are fellow Jizhou fellows. Let's sit down and chat."
After greetings, the three of them sat down and the waiter came over with a menu. Wang Tiejun took the menu and handed it to Ma Jian and said to him: "I'll pay for this meal. Brother Ma can order whatever you want."
"OK!"
Ma Jian didn't dare to be polite, he didn't have much money on him.
"Brother Ma, I asked you out last time in Los Angeles. You said you didn't have time. We can be considered teammates. You don't need to be so polite with me. I even practiced with the car you threw there when I was in the provincial team."
Lao Wang said after ordering.
"Really? When I got my old car, I don't know which one it was. It was almost scrapped, otherwise I would have driven to Sijiucheng." Ma Jian said with a smile.
"How are you staying here now?" Lao Wang asked.
Ma Jian sighed and said: "That's it, just find a team to hang out with, a place to train, some scholarships, and a ball to play with."
"Have you never thought about the draft?" Lao Wang asked.
Ma Jian was startled, and said with a wry smile: "My current strength should not be up to the level of the NBA, and NBA teams don't know me, how could they choose me? My idea is to enter the NCAA, and I will improve there.
The media is paying attention, so I will participate in the draft again."
Zhang Lili said: "Is there any chance of entering the NCAA?"
"I don't know now. I have just arrived here. It depends on my performance. The head coach of the University of Utah recommended me to come here. He is paying attention to me. If I play well, I should have a chance." Ma Jiandao.
"Tie Jun, you are lucky, you sneaked into the Suns directly from the street." Zhang Li said with a smile.
"That's my strength. At best, it's like a thousand-mile horse meeting Mr. Colangelo, a great talent." Lao Wang said shamelessly.
Zhang Lili laughed, and Ma Jian also smiled, feeling a little embarrassed and disappointed.
Lao Wang said: "Don't laugh, Brother Zhang, I'm not exaggerating. I think my strength two years ago was no worse than it is now. Although my body is not as strong or as high as now, my skills are much better than now, and my athletic quality is much better."
It's better, otherwise the National Youth Team can want me?"
The three of them stayed together for two hours before they dispersed.
After completing the signing, Gemalone started negotiations with a sneaker company non-stop.
The gift he mentioned was actually to secure a sponsorship contract for Wang Tiejun and to show Wang Tiejun the strength of CAA and him.
He knew that Wang Tiejun had not signed the sneaker contract yet, so he wanted to secure the contract.
But according to information from the NBA, centers don’t sell for money, especially big centers, especially big centers, don’t sell shoes. Even those super centers can’t sell many shoes. Among the three super centers, only Dameng’s situation is better, so
He also couldn't get Wang Tiejun a signature sneaker contract from a big brand.
Now his eyes are set on those small brands, trying to find one of them and get a good signature sneaker sponsorship contract.
In fact, he has been doing this for a long time. After careful analysis some time ago, he finally targeted a small brand called "Mammoth".
The market share of this small brand is very small. In a few years, it is likely to disappear under the squeeze of those big brands.
The company's strength is limited and it cannot sign famous players. It has little marketing and not much popularity, but the quality of its sneakers is barely acceptable. 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 an agreement.
His bargaining chip, or the confidence that gives this company to sponsor Wang Tiejun, is Wang Tiejun's Asian and Chinese identity, which is an element that other NBA stars do not possess.
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 interested in this. Back then, Nike dominated half of the basketball market in the United States with Jordan. Once Wang Tiejun really becomes an All-Star, Mammoth may really be able to develop the Asian and Chinese markets with Wang Tiejun.
Moreover, there is promotion from Hollywood giants like CAA, which gives them more confidence. In fact, Mammoth is willing to sponsor Wang Tiejun, and CAA’s bonus is huge.
Prior to this, the two parties had already been involved in contract negotiations a few days ago.
In the afternoon, the company's owner, President Roman Weeks, sat down with Gemalone for final negotiations.
After many negotiations, Weeks' bottom line was $2.5 million over five years, while Gemaloney's bottom line was $6 million over three years.
Weeks did not agree. First of all, three years was too short. In 1984, Nike and Jordan paid $2.5 million for five years. If the contract was only signed for three years, the Mammoths would be too insecure.
And Maloney is only willing to sign for 3 years, because Wang Tiejun only has a 3-year contract with CAA, how could he agree to sign for 5 years?
"I promise you that I can give Mammoth priority in signing contracts, which will protect your interests to a large extent..."
Next, he spent more than an hour trying to convince Weeks to set the contract for three years.
Weeks was also attracted by the idea given to him by Jermaine. Mammoth would only be dead in the United States if it continued like this. It might not last a few years. If he hadn't been investing all the time, it would have gone bankrupt long ago, so he also wanted to find another way.
If this doesn't work, then you have to give up.
Next, the two began to continue negotiations on the contract amount and some details.
…
In the evening, Wang Tiejun went to Delta Center.
When he appeared, many media came to him and asked questions related to the CAA contract. It seems that this matter has indeed attracted a lot of attention.
At seven o'clock, the Delta Center was already filled with fans. There were a large number of active and retired league stars and superstars sitting in the front and second rows, and many Hollywood stars and models appeared here.
The most active ones are the reporters. They go around and interview all the big-name players.
CCTV's reporting team has also arrived. Although there will be no live broadcast tonight, interviews are definitely needed and some behind-the-scenes shots will be taken. Zhang Lili is leading Sun Zhenping and Su Qun to find some stars for interviews.
Wang Tiejun entered the stadium and looked around. It was his first time on such an occasion and he was very curious.
He walked to his seat. On both sides of the seat were several retired superstars from the league. There were also some stars in the second row behind him. But he was not familiar with them, and he didn't even recognize several retired superstars, so he sat down without saying hello.
.
On the left is superstar Larry Bird, a star of the Celtics who just retired after playing in the Olympics last year. This guy looked at Lao Wang sitting next to him with a playful look on his face and asked: "Rookie, what are you doing?"
Are you sure this is your seat?"
Wang Tiejun honestly took out the ticket with the corners cut off, shook it, and said, "Of course. Are you?"
"You don't know me? I'm Larry Bird. I bet you've heard of this name." Larry Bird felt like he was being discriminated against.
Lao Wang shook his head and said, "No, are you a Hollywood star?"
Big Bird was furious, I am a damn Hollywood star. He looked at Lao Wang with a bitter look on his face and said, "Please, think about it, have you really never seen me?"
"oh!"
Lao Wang carefully identified it, and suddenly said with a look of enlightenment: "I recognized it. I just watched your movie last week. It was a good performance. I remember the title of the movie was... Miami Adventure? A good adult movie.
In the end, you had no money to pay the bill and wanted to have sex for nothing, but you were mutilated by a bunch of prostitutes."
"Pfft!" Some people around laughed.
"Shet, fuck your Miami affair, I'm not a Hollywood star, let alone a damn adult film actor, I'm NBA superstar Larry Bird, damn rookie, remember my name, it's worth remembering for a lifetime.
"
Larry Bird was so angry that he cursed.
"Oh, it turns out you play basketball. Are you famous?" Lao Wang asked in surprise.
"Playing ball?"
I'm a fucking superstar, are you deaf? Larry Bird just rolled his eyes.
"Ha ha……"
To Wang Tiejun's right sat the Lakers' recently retired super giant Magic Johnson, and next to him was the Lakers star Belkin, who was already bursting into laughter.
"Look, Teacher Sun, Xiaosu, and Wang Tiejun are here. Do you want to go over and say hello? You don't have to do an interview. Let's get to know each other."
Zhang Lili, who was not far away, had just finished interviewing Lakers star James Worthy. He turned around and saw Wang Tiejun and asked quickly.
Sun Su and the other two quickly turned around, followed Zhang Lili's hand, and saw Wang Tiejun sitting in the front row.
"This guy actually got a front-row ticket. Many first-class stars can only sit in the second row. How did he get it?" Zhang Liyi shouted in surprise.
"Director Zhang, let's go over and say hello," Sun Zhenping said.
"Okay, let's go over there." Zhang Lili nodded and walked over there.
"A rookie who is nothing, do you remember? Big Bird Larry Bird, I am Big Bird Bird. In my era, Michael Jordan also had to lie down, remember this name, it is the NBA league
An eternal history..."
At this time, Lao Wang was suffering from Big Bird's trash talk, which sprayed him with spittle. Larry Bird's trash talk was so powerful that he couldn't react after being sprayed one sentence after another.
"Director Zhang?"
Su Qun and Sun Zhenping who came over saw the big bird roaring at Wang Tiejun and were a little panicked.
Of course Zhang Lili saw it, and became a little nervous. He quickly quickened his pace and said, "It's okay, let's go over and take a look."
When he saw a reporter approaching, followed by a photographer, Big Bird gave up. Otherwise, he could have continued to scold him until he died of dehydration.
"Brother Zhang?"
Seeing Zhang Lili and people from CCTV coming over, Wang Tiejun stood up and greeted them.
"Tie Jun, this is Teacher Sun Zhenping, you should know him. This is Su Qun." Zhang Lili introduced.
"Hello, Teacher Sun, Su Qun."
"Hello, Wang Tiejun."
After the three 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, and his face was washed away today. He looked back at Larry Bird and smiled: "This old guy said he was some kind of superstar. I don't know him. He got angry and sprayed
I’ll have a meal.”
"Larry Bird, Big Bird, you don't know me?"
Not to mention Zhang Lili, even Su Qun was surprised, are you playing in the NBA? I now know Larry Bird, the superstar who created an era, the superstar of the American Dream Team, you actually
Don’t know? Are you a fake NBA player?
"I didn't know who he was. He looked familiar. I thought he had played a leading role in an adult film." Wang Tiejun laughed.
"Pfft!" Zhang Liji laughed.
Sun Zhenping and Su Qun were dumbfounded. Where is this? No wonder people are scolding you.
After chatting for a few more words without conducting an interview, Lao Wang returned to his seat.
Zhang Lili originally had the heart to interview Larry Bird and the magician next to him, but now it's hard to get over it.
"Boy, are they from China? Why don't they interview you?"
Larry Bird just saw that the photographer didn't point the camera at Wang Tiejun, and felt strange.
"I'm not the protagonist of an adult film, why are you interviewing me? How about I ask them to come back and interview you?" Lao Wang said angrily.
"Damn it!"
Larry Bird was so angry that he stood up from his seat, held down Lao Wang and started punching him.
"Ha ha……"
Magic Johnson and others next to him had collapsed in their seats laughing.
"Kacha kacha..."
Some reporters saw it, and the lenses in their hands immediately flashed crazily.
"A fight started?"
As soon as Sun Zhenping walked away, he found a fight starting here and was dumbfounded.
"Director Zhang, is Wang Tiejun being bullied like this here?" Su Qun said in surprise.
"Isn't that too bullying?" Sun Zhenping said angrily.
"He is a superstar, and his status is eighteen levels higher than Tiejun. But he must be joking, right? You didn't even see him actually fighting," Zhang Liangli guessed.
Before the three of them finished speaking, they saw Wang Tiejun standing up with Larry Bird under his arm.
"Damn it, rookie, put me down quickly!"
Larry Bird quickly shouted, "There are hundreds of reporters here, why the hell are you putting me under your arm?"
"Sir, where is the garbage station? I want to throw away garbage. I can pay for it." Lao Wang asked Magic Johnson next to him seriously.
"Ha ha……"
Magic Johnson was already paralyzed with laughter and waved his hands to indicate that he didn't know.
At this time, Larry Bird struggled to the ground, kicked Lao Wang on the butt, and cursed: "Boy, the uncle is going to come back, and then he will blow 50 on your head."
