Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 71

After a night of nothing, the next day will be the real "test" for Li Sheng.

Quite a few people actually knew that he came back today. In the humane society like China, you have to consider human nature when you do things. When you just come back from outside, you definitely want to spend more time with your family, so everyone didn’t come to disturb him when they received the news.

But starting from the second day, one after another, people from the town came to condolences, media from cities and counties sought interviews, businessmen came to discuss cooperation, and of course all kinds of people came to build relationships.

In contrast, Li Sheng felt that the scene on the first day was much better.

In fact, last night when he checked the news before going to bed after taking a shower, he had a premonition when he saw a lot of reports about his return to China.

When he was in the United States before, not only did he not have real feelings, but the domestic audience actually didn't have any real feelings.

In particular, it has only been a little over a month since Li Sheng became famous, and the previous things are almost gone, but in addition to deepening the impression, it is still very different from Dayao and Space Yi, which are known to many people in China and started to build momentum during the draft.

Just like CCTV's yoga evaluation, "Now everyone just knows him. I want everyone to really know him, and he needs to prove himself on the NBA stage."

Although Li Sheng's job as the head coach of the Thunder is real, there are even some people on the Internet who say that he got in through connections.

Some may have been blown against by the media, especially the marketing account repeatedly linked the substitution Li Sheng proposed in G6 of the finals with the championship, as if the Spurs' championship came from this.

This is the same as the original time and space saying that it was Ray Allen's three-pointer that saved James in 13 years. Shouldn't he be disgusted by the huge number of Jamies?

This is tantamount to saying that Li Sheng has offended a huge fan base at the very beginning of his career.

At the moment, the fans in Houston should be the ones with the most domestic fans and the widest coverage. This is of course mainly because of Dayao.

Many people even developed the habit of watching the NBA because of Dayao, and even after Dayao retired, they still paid attention to this team.

Basically, it can be said that this is the only team in China that can be said to have a secret team.

Especially after the arrival of Jeremy Lin and Harden, and the arrival of Warcraft Howard this offseason, the fans of Texas Xiaoqiang suddenly felt their waists straightened up and they spoke loudly again.

Of course, because of this, Texas Xiaoqiang fans had a dispute with the Lakers, or to be precise, Comey.

Happy Beast's career with the Lakers was unhappy, and Lakers fans and Comey couldn't like him either. Many people were still talking about "Howard caused Kobe to break his Achilles tendon" until 22 years old, which shows the depth of obsession.

It was from then on that Kobe began to decline sharply. He was already old, but he could survive for two or three years by shooting, but he suffered such a serious injury.

But when Howard came to Houston, the fans of Texas Xiaoqiang naturally wanted to speak for their own stars, so they came and went, and these two largest fan groups today did it.

Then another big group, Jamie, joined forces with Li Sheng. Although Li Sheng's foundation is not stable, he has no real achievements to give him confidence, and the coach doesn't even have a few fans, but who calls him his own.

Putting on the hat of "are you Chinese" or "Chinese people are not black Chinese" will at least disperse more than half of the people. After all, there are not so many shameless people these days, and those who follow stars so much that they don't even want their parents are still a minority.

In addition, James has just suffered a defeat in the finals, and Li Sheng is indeed on the winning side. It is difficult for Jamie's voice to be as loud as before, unless the Heat can beat the Thunder head-on a few times next season and slap the face severely.

In any case, with these two heated disputes here, the popularity of the NBA on the Internet remains high, not even much worse than the previous finals.

Many of them were brought by Li Sheng, a Chinese. After all, he made some people who didn't pay attention to the NBA after Dayao retired began to pay attention again.

Under such circumstances, the impact of Li Sheng's return to the Congress can be imagined. Although it is not as crazy as it will be in the future, there is no shortage of people who go out and join in the fun.

Some people even ran over to meet Li Sheng on purpose, but fortunately, his house has not been regarded as a "check-in point" for the time being.

Li Sheng also realized that he had to give up his plan to be free for two days. With his current fame and attention, it was impossible to return to the original clean state, and the hiring must be confirmed immediately.

On the one hand, I asked the lawyer out for a meeting to confirm the cooperation, and then it was a matter of getting in slowly, and on the other hand, I asked the brokers and representatives of the brokerage company to meet and "adopt" the best.

The interview with the TV station was agreed at another time, and the commercial cooperation had to wait for the agent to be in place first.

Michael may not be able to deal with the business contract relationship due to differences in language and national conditions, but it is his job to just ask him to help choose an agent.

Time is tight, and there is no way to deepen the understanding. We can only look at the other party's conditions first, and then evaluate the strength and ability. It can be confirmed when it is almost done.

In the end, they signed with an entertainment and media company in Beijing. This company is well-known in the industry, but not many people know about it outside the circle. Li Sheng also asked the CCTV reporter brother, knowing that they still cooperate with CCTV.

In the field of star brokerage, they are considered to be the first steps, so there will definitely be a lack of experience, but this can be made up for in the relationship - mainly because the boss has a background, which can save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Besides his personal agent, he is the only one of these companies that the boss is personally involved in. His sincerity is impressive enough, and the conditions are really good. Compared with other companies, the benefits are too many and too fake. It seems that he is just to suck his blood later, or it is too harsh.

After comprehensive consideration, this is naturally the most suitable one.

Then without stopping, the official work started immediately after the helper was confirmed.

Now Li Sheng can relax a lot. The contract negotiation is handed over to the team, and he only needs to do the things he should do.

For example, first accept the invitation of the Sports Bureau to visit the basketball team.

Li Sheng knew that the symbolic meaning of this kind of thing was greater than the actual effect. As a coach, he could neither give them a performance on the court to stimulate them, nor stay behind to guide and train them. What's the use of just saying a few words?
But in China, I just want to do things and be a person first. Sometimes they may not be able to help you, but it is easy to believe that they will ruin your affairs, so it is not required to maintain a good relationship. It is not required to maintain a close relationship. A little cooperation to do things, everyone is happy or not.

Then there are various interviews and interviews, including local TV stations, online media, and CCTV.

As the largest and most professional basketball fan forum on the Internet, it is natural to have a wet invitation. Li Sheng accepted the invitation and interacted with the JRS. Appearing here with another identity can be regarded as echoing himself in his previous life.

Compared with the increasingly serious fan circle later on, the environment here is still much better now. At least most people still watch the game. After a few years, it will become a situation where the game itself is not discussed, and there are various disputes outside the field. The end of a key game is a situation where there is a big fight between fans and blacks.

So the overall interaction was quite pleasant, especially the active presence of many Thunder fans, which also allowed Li Sheng to see their expectations for the Thunder's new season.

(End of this chapter)