NBA Dynasty Sniper

Chapter 220 Marriage
On the second, the Knicks went to the away game.

Rookie Chauncey Billups headed straight to the first away game, gathering the team at a Phoenix hotel.

"Boss."

As a rookie who has just entered the league for half a season, when Billups saw Zhao Dong, he immediately greeted him.

"I need your passing, proper mid-range and long-range shots, and perimeter defense. Can you do it?" Zhao Dong asked directly.

"can."

Billups said quickly.

In fact, his confidence is not enough, because he was abandoned by the Celtics, and he was abandoned by his home team, which made his confidence shattered.

His current technical characteristics are that he takes a lot of shots and more than three-pointers, but his shooting rate is average, and his personal offensive desire is very strong. However, the primary responsibility of point guards in this period is to sort out and organize offenses, so his style is very different. Point guard cancer.

Celtics coach Rick Pitino's coaching style is actually suitable for him. This coach's style is somewhat similar to the old Nelson. He pursues free play with small balls and fast-paced offense and defense. Still adapting to the strong confrontation of the alliance, so the performance was not good, and this was put on the shelf.

Zhao Dong said again: "Our Knicks' current tactics are positional warfare and small-ball fast-break play in parallel. What is suitable for playing, if you can't play fast-break, play positional warfare. It will be the same in the future, pay equal attention to offense and defense, combine speed and slowness, pay attention to strong confrontation and defense.

You may not be used to this kind of strong confrontation now, but it doesn't matter. At present, your most important thing is to pass the ball, the pass in the fast pass and fast pass when the offense and defense switch.

In positional battles, I will take over the ball, and the defensive pressure and confrontation you will face will not be so great, so I need you to have more accurate outside jumpers instead of blind throws.On this team, your shots are limited and you have to remember that. "

"clear."

Billups was nervous and authentic.

Zhao Dong is not sure that Billups can do it. The current Billups is just a rookie. The two aspects of offense and organization are completely unbalanced. He has not practiced three-pointers, so he can only ask him to pass the ball. superior.

In the previous life, Billups failed in his career in the first few years, and then he was saved in the Timberwolves. He met Lil Brandon, an aging All-Star, and taught him how to play.

Most people think that he got the opportunity in the Pistons, but in fact, the Timberwolves are his transformation period, and he was already very strong before joining the Pistons.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Zhao Dong. Although his offense and organization can also be balanced, he is qualified to teach Billups how to play point guard, but he has no such interest.

He is different from Jordan in this regard. Jordan chased Pippen with a whip, and Pippen could be said to be forced out by Jordan.

Zhao Dong does not have such a strong desire to control, he thinks that training his teammates is what the coaching staff should do, he is not willing to intervene, and only does what he should do.

As for Fortson, he was too hot-tempered and the coaching staff couldn't suppress him. He was forced to get started, and he didn't practice with him every day, just every now and then.

After playing two away games next, we will enter the All-Star Weekend.

Zhao Dong returned to New York and began to prepare for the wedding.

The release date of the Silver Demon was set on the [-]th, but the publicity had spread out long ago. Various large photos of Zhao Dong wearing the Silver Demon were erected in many places in New York City.

In particular, the close-up shot of him smashing the backboard, and the shot of diving to steal Grant Hill, occupies all the most eye-catching places, including Times Square.

But now the US market is secondary, and the main market is still in China, which is the basic market. Chen Jian has already returned to China to take charge of the overall situation. This is where the US branch is doing business, and Huang Zhiwen is watching here.

On the fifth day, he went to the airport to pick up his father Zhao Zhenguo.

"Dad, Lindsay's nationality is up to you. The old man told you to do it. If you don't do it, he will do it for you." On the way, Zhao Dong said.

"What did the old man say?" Zhao Zhenguo rubbed his head.

"En." Zhao Dong nodded.

"Well, you are tall, dare to lie to your old man, can your grandfather say that? The old man has never walked through the back door in his life."

Zhao Zhenguo slapped Zhao Dong lightly on the head. If Zhao Dong hadn't been driving, he would have kicked him.

"Hey..." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Weiwei's mother is a Chinese citizen, and you have a business in Beijing with a large investment. After you get married, her naturalization is still conditional, and there is no need to go through any back door."

After teaching his son a lesson, Zhao Zhenguo thought for a while and said, "However, you have to get a marriage certificate with her in China. It's not easy to do now, and it doesn't conform to the policy."

"That's not urgent, as long as it can be done." Zhao Dong smiled.

"Recently, some domestic media are targeting you. There must be a pusher behind it, which has a great influence. I can't help you with these. You should pay attention here."

Zhao Zhenguo reminded.

"I see." Zhao Dong nodded.

On February [-]th, Zhao Dong and Avril Lindsay held their wedding at the Long Island Cathedral.

There were quite a lot of people attending the wedding, including all the New York Knicks and New York Jets, the league president and vice president Lanier Prova who attended the ceremony on behalf of Stern, the management of Stony Brook University, and the Seawolves Friends from the team and even a group of ex-girlfriends also attended the wedding ceremony. Twenty die-hard fans of Zhao Dong were specially invited, as well as agent Ringo Wells, Sun Zhenping and Zhang Lili from CCTV, and managers from several companies. layer.

Finally, an uninvited guest rushed to Zhao Dong's villa before they were going to church.

"Dayao, what are you doing here?" Zhao Dong asked in surprise when he saw Yao Min appearing in front of him.

"Brother Dong, if I don't come today, my parents are not allowed to scold me?" Dayao laughed.

"You've played well this season, but you're still too young. After two or three more seasons at Duke, you'll be almost done. It's no problem to get the No. [-] pick." Zhao Dong laughed.

"Me? I won the first prize? Hehe, can't you?" Dayao laughed.

"Why not? When you meet a young year, you have a lot of chances of winning the first prize. Even if you are a big year, you still have to be picked." Zhao Dong laughed.

He did the math, and if he finished his junior draft, it would be 2000, and the No. 2001 pick that year was Kenyon Martin. After finishing his senior year, he would be drafted again, and the No. [-] pick in [-] was Kwame Brown.

When these two people meet a blind man, they have to pick Dayao, right?

Of course, Jordan is really blind. If history doesn't change, Jordan retired and became the boss, and if he meets him, maybe Dayao won't be the No. [-] pick.

"Is it possible for Duke to win the championship this year?" Zhao Dong asked.

"Our starters are all freshmen, and our strength is not enough, but March Madness will definitely make it in." Dayao said.

Zhao Dong knew that Dayao's starting teammates, Battier, Boozer, Brand, etc., were a little weak on defense, but their offense should be good.

Even Battier was not a defensive champion in college, but an all-around player with the ball-handling offensive ability that was later lost.

With such a lineup, the offense is strong and the defense is weak. It is indeed difficult to win the championship in the freshman stage.

However, Duke's strength this year is also a first-class NCAA team. March Madness is a knockout game. With strength and luck, it is not impossible to win the championship.

As the most influential person in the league after Jordan, Zhao Dong's wedding naturally received a lot of media hype.

On the way to the church, several TV interview vehicles followed.

The wedding ceremony was solemn and simple. After it was completed, it symbolized that Zhao Dong and Lindsay had become a formal couple.

"Zhao Dong, I will hand over Aiweier to you. I hope you can keep the promise just now, and love and protect her for the rest of your life."

Mrs. Dorisa said seriously and with expectation.

"I promise."

Holding Lindsay's hand, Zhao Dong also said very seriously.

After returning to the villa from the church, Zhao Dong and Lin Sai respectfully kowtowed to their grandparents, parents and offered tea.

"I'm going home next year, let's have a good time, let's just do it today, it's not so lively." Li Meizhu said helplessly.

"Yes, we'll do it when we get home. We invite hundreds of people from all over the alley to join us and have a good time." Zhao Dacheng yelled.

In the evening, there was a wedding night in the bridal chamber, Lindsay was resting at home the next day, and Zhao Dong started today's work non-stop.

Today is the release date of the Silver Devil Generation.

The early publicity has been going on. With Zhao Dong's influence, even though many league stars doubt the quality of the Silver Devils, many fans still look forward to it.

There are three stores in New York City, one is in Manhattan, one is in Long Island, and one is in Brooklyn, but six sales points are arranged. In the early morning, before the time is up, all the sales points have long queues of fans.

At nine o'clock, Zhao Dong came to the sale point in Manhattan, and officially opened the sale of the Silver Devil Generation with a Chinese ribbon-cutting ceremony.

"Boss, we will definitely succeed." Huang Zhiwen said excitedly.

"good."

Looking at the enthusiastic fans, Zhao Dong also felt that this was a good start.

The Silver Devil is not a showman. He has both appearance and connotation. Coupled with his influence, such basketball shoes will definitely be chased and beaten.

At noon, Arntlem rushed to the hotel with a bag.

He is Kobe's agent, and it took him more than five hours to buy the Silver Devils after queuing up all morning.

When he came to Kobe's room, Kobe opened the shoebox with some anticipation. When he saw the Silver Devil, he spit out a word: "Cool!"

"Cold, brutal, and strong sense of mystery, it seems to have magical powers." Looking at the Silver Demon, Kobe sighed.

"Remember, Kobe, you can only wear it at home, and don't let others see it." Arndlem urged.

"Of course."

Kobe nodded while putting on his shoes.

"Very comfortable!"

After wearing it, this is his first feeling.

After jumping a few times, he said in surprise: "It's great, I feel that it can make me jump higher, and the cushioning performance is very good when I land, it can protect my feet very well."

"Is it really that good? What about your signature shoes?" Arntlem said in surprise.

"Huh?" Kobe hesitated for a moment, but nodded and said, "Better than my shoes. But I will try again."

"The grip is so good that I don't slip no matter how I run."

In the next few minutes, he repeatedly tossed and tossed the pair of silver demons, and finally sighed: "It's a pity that I can't wear them during the competition."

Arndlem shrugged and smiled: "Adi will pay you $800 million a year, of course you can't wear it."

"Arn, buy me ten more pairs, I want to keep them." Kobe said suddenly.

"Now? No, there are too many people queuing up. This is the headquarters of Feilong. Kobe, go back to Los Angeles and buy it again. There is also Feilong's store there."

Arntlem shook his head quickly.

"Okay." Kobe smiled.

In fact, like Kobe, during the All-Star period, many NBA stars who came to New York had people quietly buy the Silver Devils. After all, the Silver Devils are really attractive to them.

At present, Silver Magic sells directly and has no distributors. In the United States, only a few big cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Houston have stores.

At five o'clock in the afternoon that day, Zhao Dong received the statistical data. The sales data in New York City was 16 pairs, and the other cities added up to 25 pairs. The total sales volume reached [-] pairs.

There are several grades of Silver Devils, and the average price can reach fifty dollars a pair, which is still very expensive in this era.

"cheers."

This number is worth drinking. It's only been a day. One can imagine that the sales volume of the Silver Devil will soon exceed one million.

Zhao Dong is particularly pleased that, apart from the stronghold of New York, sales in other cities are also good, which means that his influence is no longer limited to New York.

"Hughes, do other cities take the form of distributors or direct sales?" He asked Hughes Wallace, the general manager of the US branch.

"Boss, my plan is to continue to expand some direct sales stores in other big city gates. The second and third tier cities are mainly dealers, so that our fixed investment can be reduced and the establishment of sales network can be accelerated."

Hughes Wallace said.

Zhao Dong nodded, he doesn't know much about these things, and he won't care too much, as long as he knows.

Back home in the evening, Chen Jian reported the domestic data.

It was sold in China yesterday, because of the time difference, it was a day earlier, and I was too busy last night to report it, so I only reported it today.

There are now all direct sales stores in China, with a total of more than 160, with a total sales volume of 120 million pairs.

However, the domestic price is very low, only a quarter of that in the United States, so the sales amount is similar to that in the United States.

It was getting dark at this time, and the office of the president of Nike headquarters was still brightly lit. Many managers stayed here, waiting for the news they wanted to know.

"Zuodao!" At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Philip Knight said in a deep voice.

"Mr. President, our people got the data."

Molly, Knight's assistant, came in and said with a serious expression, "25 pairs in New York, 120 pairs in the United States, and [-] million to [-] pairs in China."

"what?"

"How could it be so high?"

Everyone was surprised and started talking.

Philip nodded, and said: "The appearance of the Silver Devil Generation is indeed very unique, and its performance is also very good, even better than ours..."

He didn't want to admit it, but he knew that the performance of the Silver Devils was indeed better than that of Nike shoes, but he couldn't go on talking about it here.

"President, our Golden Devil generation is already in production, and it will be launched soon." Someone said.

Philpnight shook his head helplessly and said: "I have seen the samples. In order to avoid lawsuits as much as possible, the R&D room made some small changes to the appearance, but these changes made most of the feeling of the Silver Demon gone. , It's a bit nondescript. Moreover, we can't make the performance of the Silver Devil generation, their technology, we... can't master it."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't expect that there would be more advanced sneaker technology than Nike in this world.

"The media in China have attacked Flying Dragon wantonly, but I didn't expect it to still have such a large sales volume." A senior executive from the public relations department said a little angrily: "Those media are a bunch of trash. They have mastered public opinion, but they can't do anything to a player. .”

Philip Knight said at this time: "For the current plan, in addition to implementing the established plan, we must also strengthen our own publicity, promote our own stars, and stabilize our own market share.

In addition, it would be the best if some superstars could be poached from Adidas and Reebok.For example, Kobe, who played well this season, is a young man with a great personality and a style of play that is a bit like Jordan.

In addition, for every potential rookie, I need you to make the most detailed evaluation, and never miss a person. "

"Yes, Mr. President." Everyone said.

Similarly, Adidas Headquarters also held relevant meetings regarding the release of the Silver Devil.

That evening, around six o'clock, the New York branch of Feilong Sporting Goods Company announced to the media yesterday's sales of the first generation of Silver Devils, causing shock in the media.

Then, the next morning, when the U.S. stock market opened, Nike’s shares gapped three points and opened lower, Adidas directly gapped four points, Reebok was even worse, gapped seven points and opened lower, and other shoe companies with fewer shares, With an even worse start, we greeted the beginning of this day.

"Wolf is coming! The super cool generation of Silver Devils, a new giant of basketball shoes is being born!"

The New York Times reported: "There is no doubt that the Silver Devil generation has been loved and recognized by fans. It has the coolest appearance and the best performance, and the rising popularity and influence of Feilong will also help it further Elevate the importance among fans, and it will cut off its own piece of the cake of established companies such as Adidas and Nike."

"Produced by Flying Dragon, the generation of Silver Devils, super cool and trendy basketball shoes are your best choice."

The New York Sports News reported: "Superstars rule the league, Jordan rules the superstars, and the dragon defeated Jordan. He will become the superstar who ruled the league after Jordan. With his blessing, the Silver Devil generation will be more and more popular. fans love and love it, and its sales prove it."

A lot of New York media have made a lot of reports on the Silver Devils generation, which has aroused the attention of more fans.

Today is the day of the All-Star Game, but this year's All-Star does not have the slam dunk contest as an appetizer, but a two-goal contest.

Last year's slam dunk contest was too bad, the Isshiki windmill made everyone sick, so the league canceled the slam dunk contest.

For this year's main game, fans and the media are still looking forward to it.

Not only the East and West All-Star matchup, but the eastern all-star Zhao Dong and Jordan's enemies made them feel that there was something to watch, and maybe there would be a drama of internal strife.

There is also the postman and Zhao Dong, the media and fans are also looking forward to what will happen between them.

Then there are Jordan and Kobe, which is also a highlight.

In short, this year's All-Star game, the media and fans have a lot of expectations for the Eastern All-Stars.

There are many successors to Jordan, but Grant Hill has never had a bright moment, and his personality is not like Jordan. Anfernee Hardaway is too fragile, but Kobe this season has shown some Jordan things.

There are rumors that Kobe was selected by Stern to enter the All-Stars, and he and Jordan will face off in the All-Stars, so this point of view does have a certain appeal and market.

(End of this chapter)