The first news is that after much consideration, the author of Slam Dunk agreed to CAA's request and decided to create a character based on him as a template.
However, the plot outline has already been set. It can only replace the characters that were set first and modify them. It will not completely create a new character.
The second news is that caa has temporarily canceled its domestic development plans.
The important reason is that the domestic basketball atmosphere is too weak and the consumption power is limited. If it is promoted forcefully and CAA and Mammoth join forces, it is likely that the gains will outweigh the losses.
The third news is that Mammoth's inspection in China has ended, and it has decided to learn from Nike and use the country's cheap labor force and the government's preferential conditions to build a factory in China, which can significantly reduce labor costs.
At the same time, like caa, Mammoth decided to scale back its plans to promote it in the country because the company had invested some funds before, but the results were not worth the loss. With Mammoth's current poor financial situation that is about to go bankrupt, it can only decisively suspend the plan and wait for a while.
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The fourth news is that Mammoth has also decided not to sell his signature sneakers in China for the time being. First, there is no fan market at all. Second, shoes produced in the United States are too expensive. When shipped to China, plus tariffs, the sales price will be as high as one thousand.
How many RMB are there? Last year, the per capita monthly salary in the 49 cities was less than 300 RMB. Who can afford it?
This is one of the reasons why Mammoth decided to build a factory in China. The cost of production 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 publicity plans in China.
He has no 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. The country has just reformed and the economy is not good. How can it be so easy to promote?
And there are not many resources invested. If you want to rely on him to open up the market, you overthink it. He is not a superstar with a huge number of fans.
In fact, from the 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. Let CAA
It is even more impossible to support him with cash. They want to make money from him, not give him money.
As for Mammoth, he wouldn't be surprised to hear the news of its bankruptcy when he wakes up one morning.
"Lance, you cost me almost a million dollars, and I still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes. Now that the plan is stopped, please don't cheat me, and help me find some more endorsements quickly," he said.
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Lance Hoxman patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Old K, we and the Mammoth are just suspending our plans in Asia, and the Mammoth has not completely suspended it. In the future, when the basketball market there develops, it will definitely recover.
As for endorsements, as long as you perform well in the playoffs, everything will be fine. Your first sneaker is about to be released, and now you need your performance to support it. I can guarantee you that as long as you perform well in the playoffs,
If you perform well in the game, I can at least bring you millions of dollars in endorsements."
"Playoffs?"
Lao Wang scratched his head. It was hard to say what kind of performance he could perform in his first playoff game.
"Then tell me about that comic. What character is it?" he asked curiously.
Hawksman nodded and said: "This character appeared later and didn't have many scenes. His name is Shigehiro Mori. This character was just confirmed a few months ago. Takehiko Inoue said it was based on O'Neal, but after understanding your situation
, he was also very interested, so he decided to reset this character according to your characteristics.
According to the original setting, Mori Shigehiro has excellent athletic talent, full strength, excellent shot-blocking ability, and strong scoring ability. It has even been set up to score 50 points and 20 rebounds in a single game.
But now Inoue Takehiko is very interested in your penalty area sweeper style, and his new settings for Mori Shigehiro will be built with this characteristic."
"Did I steal O'Neal's show?" Lao Wang wanted to laugh.
"It doesn't count. In fact, Takehiko Inoue said that the main inspiration for the character setting came from himself. He just borrowed some real-life characters. He did not admit that any character had a real-life template."
Hoffman said.
Then he added: "After our negotiations with him, this character who originally didn't have many scenes will have some more scenes in the future and increase the interaction with the protagonist Sakuragi Hanamichi. However, this character will not appear until at least 1995.
Even 96 years ago.”
Lao Wang nodded indifferently. He had never read this comic. In fact, he didn't feel anything about it, he just thought it was funny.
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On the 29th, the playoffs of the 1992/93 season begin.
However, the Suns' first series G1 game was on the 30th. On this day, the Trail Blazers faced the Spurs and the Mosaics faced the Clippers in the West. The Celtics faced the Hornets and the Cavaliers faced the Nets in the East.
At noon that day, the Lakers arrived in Phoenix.
This morning, Wang Tiejun completed the systematic training content, and his second phase of flexibility and coordination training was completed. The flexibility was raised from level 63 to level 65, and the coordination level was raised from level 68 to level 70.
In addition, rebounding training has been going on for more than two months and will be completed on the 18th of next month, but it is expected to be completed a few days earlier. The current level has been upgraded to level 85, and it will be upgraded to level 86 after completion.
Finally, physical training has been going on for a month, and with one month left, the level has been improved from level 92 to level 93.
But with the arrival of the playoffs, this training has been temporarily suspended and will continue during the offseason.
Now the only remaining systematic training is rebounding training, and strength and physical training have stopped.
"System, redeem a speed training card and a flexibility training card." He said.
"Redeemed." The system said.
Flexibility cannot be reduced. This kind of training is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you stop for a period of time, your previous training will be in vain. If you want to practice it again, it will take time and effort.
Now that the flexibility and coordination have improved, it's time to increase the speed. The speed at level 60 is really pitiful.
The content of the speed function card is to improve to three levels in two months, and the content of the flexibility function card is to improve to four levels in two months, maintaining one hour of training every day.
In addition, this time both training cards have an additional feature, which can be interrupted twice, and training can only be interrupted for one day each time.
"I guessed it right. Now that the body is stretched apart, the flexibility is indeed improving a little faster."
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At noon, the league announced some regular season individual honors.
O'Neal won the Rookie of the Year award and was also selected to the All-Rookie First Team.
The other four people are Mourning, Laixingna, Wang Tiejun, and Lafonso Ellis.
As a rookie, this is Wang Tiejun's first personal honor.
This honor is selected by head coaches across the league. Based on this honor, it shows that his strength has been recognized by most head coaches. The fact that he has played two fewer games does not affect his evaluation.
At the same time, he received rewards from the system, but not many, only 200 points, which was better than nothing.
In addition to him, there is another person on the Suns who has received the honor, and that is head coach Paul Westphal. As a rookie head coach, he has the best record in the league this season and deserves this honor.
But in fact, this honor originally belonged to Pat Riley. Even though the Suns had the league's best record, in the original history, Paul Westphal did not receive this honor.
The difference is that in the original history, the Suns were 62 wins and 20 losses, and now they are 68 wins and 14 losses, while Pat Riley's Knicks only had 60 wins and 22 losses. The difference is too big, so Paul Westphal
Only then did I receive this honor.
In the afternoon, the Suns trained at the training base.
That night, Wang Tiejun made an appointment with Lao Zhang to watch the game at home.
He watched the two games in the Western Conference back and forth, watching this channel for a while, watching that channel for a while. He wanted to see what kind of terrifying performance the two super centers could perform in the playoffs.
As a result, the Spurs had a difficult victory on the road, with a score of 87:86, and only won one point, while the Mosaic team completed a big victory at home, 94:117, winning by 23 points.
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Admiral David Robinson played 46 minutes in the G1 game, exceeding the 39.2 minutes played in the regular season. He scored 16 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls.
His field goal percentage was only 30%, 6 of 20, and his free throw percentage was only 57%, 4 of 7, which was very inefficient.
The big dream Hasm Olajuwon performed amazingly in the G1 game. He scored 28 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, 9 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls in 40 minutes, helping the team defeat the Clippers.
The field goal percentage was as high as 60%, 12 of 20 shots, and the free throw percentage was as high as 80%, with 4 of 5 free throws. The performance was gorgeous.
The Mosaic team contributed 14 blocks in the game, while the opponent Clippers only had 5 blocks. This statistic alone was enough for the Clippers to lose, because when they hit the back, the Clippers didn't know how to block the game.
Dare to rush in.
"With only one steal left, my God, Dream can get the first playoff 5*5 in NBA history. It was a god-level performance tonight!"
After the game, Zhang Lili sighed.
Lao Wang also shook his head and sighed: "Dameng's performance tonight is really amazing. With 9 big shots, the Clippers have been stunned."
"The Suns may face the Spurs in the second round, and Mosaic in the Western Conference Finals. You have to be careful. Don't look at the fact that you blasted 2010 on his head twice in the regular season, but this is the playoffs, which is completely different. You didn't play
It’s hard to say whether you can adapt after the playoffs, so don’t be careless.”
Lao Zhang reminded.
Wang Tiejun nodded. Tonight was the first time he watched the playoffs. The biggest feeling was that the defense was really strong. It was defensive to the death. The movements were very big and the whistle was not blown very much. Dameng and Robinson only
It can be seen from this that he got 5 and 7 free throw opportunities.
Especially tonight's dream was completely different from the nine big shots he encountered twice in the regular season, not to mention the Clippers. He sat in front of the TV and was sweating a little while watching.
How many hats will he have to pay for such a crazy dream?
Moreover, the playing time is very long, and he has to be prepared to play for more than 40 minutes. With the defensive intensity in the playoffs, the physical exertion can be imagined, and with his strong confrontation style, the physical exhaustion will be even greater.
"That guy David Robinson is just like that, 30% shooting percentage, but he has the nerve to take 20 shots?"
However, David Robinson's performance made him very disdainful, and his efficiency was too low.
"He is the Spurs' superstar. According to the rules of this league, even if he misses ten shots in a row, as long as he wants to continue shooting, the ball has to be given to him," Lao Zhang said with a smile.
The two also learned about the two games in the Eastern Conference through sports news. The Hornets lost to the Celtics and the Cavaliers defeated the Nets.
The 30th, match day.
In the morning, Wang Tiejun, accompanied by his agent, met with Roman Wesker, the president and owner of Mammoth, at the hotel. Wesker will personally participate in today's sale.
He found that the president was in a trance and depressed. This was probably because the company's business was not improving and the promotion plan in Asia had no prospects.
In fact, he guessed it right. The reason why Wesker signed him was to rely on his Chinese identity to open the market in Asia. But it turned out that it was too difficult to open a new market. The little money Mammoth invested was too much.
If it's less, it's not enough at all, and if you invest in it, it will be wasted.
In fact, Mammoth now finds that what they have to do is not to open a new market in China, but to create a basketball market. This is too difficult. Even CCTV does not broadcast NBA regular season games. 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 there to develop, and even need to wait for China's economy to develop and the consumer market to expand before jumping on the bandwagon.
I want to rely on Wang Tiejun, but I really think too much. There is not even the concept of entertainment stars over there. What is a sports star?
Now let alone Mammoth, even Nike, which has been around for ten years, does not have large sales in China.
Wesker admitted that he made a mistake. The NBA has such a large market in the United States, which made him 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 significantly reduce the company's costs.
Anyway, he calculated it and signing with Lao K was not a loss.
At 9 o'clock, the sale officially begins.
Of course, this sneaker is currently mainly sold in Arizona. He has no influence in other states and will definitely not be able to sell the shoes.
The name of the signature sneakers is K series. The K generation launched today. The sales price of K1 is US$115.
After this period of publicity, many Phoenix fans still showed up to support the event. There was a long queue at the scene, and a steady stream of fans rushed over.
At Mammoth's request, Wang Tiejun specially brought all eight baskets in his collection to the scene in order to create some gimmicks.
"This is Michael Jordan's basket, this is David Robinson's basket, this is Olajuwon's basket, this is Ewing's basket, this is the Lakers' basket, look, their names are here...
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Lao Wang actively introduced his trophies, eliciting bursts of cheers from the fans.
"Kacha kacha..."
These baskets are particularly popular among fans, and fans who brought cameras took photos with these eight baskets.
Wang Tiejun kept signing autographs, and his hands were numb. Facing the enthusiastic fans, the muscles on his face were also numb from smiling.
When Roman Wesker saw that the situation was not bad, his expression immediately improved and he quickly collected information about other sales points.
By 12 noon, the morning's sales had been tallied. In three hours, a total of 1,825 pairs had been sold in the entire state of Arizona.
The sales volume is expected to be three to four thousand pairs today. This is a very good sales volume. It has given Mammoth a shot in the arm. President Wesker even opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate.
"Old K, the sales are really good. As long as Mammoth can survive, you will be the biggest contributor. Mr. Wesker just said that as long as the factory in China is built and the company's financial situation improves, he will continue to promote the Asian plan."
Agent Lance Waxman was excited.
"Let him take it easy. Our country's economy has just begun to develop. It's too expensive and not many can afford it," Lao Wang reminded.
At noon, he finished his work at Mammoth and went home to take a rest. At 2 p.m., he arrived at the training base and conducted adaptive training with his teammates.
"Tom, how are you feeling?" he shouted when he came to the training hall and saw Chambers training with the ball.
"It's okay, I think I can fight." Tom Chambers said with a smile.
"Charles said that as long as you come back, we will have greater confidence," he shouted.
"I will contribute my energy. I believe this injury will not affect me." Chambers said confidently.
"Tom, I have a feeling," he said.
"What does it feel like?" Chambers asked.
"I feel your answer is too official. Do you treat me like a reporter?" Lao Wang said angrily.
"Haha..." The people present laughed.
Tom Chambers came up and performed Jeet Kune Do warning gestures, then said "yeah", took another step, and gave Lao Wang a side kick.
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The Suns have the best record in the league this season, and now that the playoffs are coming, the atmosphere in Phoenix is very lively. Starting from noon, a large number of fans gathered outside the American West Arena.
