From today on is the king
Chapter 318 316. Character Advantages
Chapter 318 316. Advantages in Character
Foreigners cannot understand the emotions of the Chinese people, nor can they get used to the Chinese etiquette.
However, the Chinese just like this, and they never get tired of it.
"Wang, you're doing him a favor by coming to pick Ace up in person," said Wang Zhizhi's agent, Jeff Schwartz.
As the agent of Chinese players, Jeff Schwartz has a better understanding of some Chinese customs and customs, and knows that the seniors generally don't show their dignity to pick up the juniors.
Jeff Schwartz, a well-known American sports agent, now has 9 NBA player contracts under his hands. Pierce, Odom, Rod Strickland and others are all players under his hands. There are also several NFL players and Wimbledon Grand Slam-worthy Pete Sampras.
However, it is very strange to people in Europe and the United States that the athlete he values most is this Chinese player Wang Zhizhi who is not well-known in the United States.
Wang Zhizhi's Chinese background, as a Chinese player, if he can gain a foothold in the NBA as a Chinese player, the commercial value brought by him has long been coveted by agents with good vision.
It is worth mentioning that the future little assassins Isaiah Thomas and Hassan Whiteside are all players under his hands, and the original Pete Sampras was also an underrated tennis player.
Digging for treasure among under-appreciated "geniuses" is Jeff Schwartz's forte.
No way, he can't grab the popular star...
After Wang Zhizhi failed to play in the NCAA in 1997, Jeff Schwartz signed Wang Zhizhi and wanted to operate him to play in the NBA. It can be seen that Wang Zhizhi's talent was still optimistic at the beginning, and he was a famous agent with an extremely sharp vision.
"Ace is the best player in our country. Maybe we will be teammates in the summer. Jeff, you don't have to wait with me. If you have something to do, you can do it." Wang Zhizhi said shyly.
The introvertedness and shyness unique to Chinese people are fully displayed in Wang Zhizhi.
"It's okay, Wang, I also want to meet this newcomer Wang who stands out this year."
"Ace Liu..." Jeff Schwartz's eyes flashed brightly. He accompanied Wang Zhizhi to the airport today to wait for a rookie. Isn't he just looking forward to the opportunity to meet this popular rookie?
……
The Eagles walked out of the airport hall with their luggage.
Dallas is not like many small cities. The fans here are quite loyal. Not many Eagles fans come to pick them up at the airport. After the rise of the Eagles, the three All-Stars have fans in many places, and in some places, hostile fans came to demonstrate at the airport of the visiting team city.
Of course, this is mainly related to the good record of the Mavericks in the past two years, and fans of strong teams have confidence.
Liu Mang was carrying his fire-proof, waterproof and explosion-proof backpack, and was discussing the new patch of Age of Empires 2 with Emmanuel. When he made an appointment at the hotel to borrow a computer to play, he suddenly heard a familiar language calling him that he hadn't heard for a long time.
"Da Mang..."
When Liu Mang heard this name, he almost fell to the ground.
Who the hell used this name!
What the hell is this shouting coming from?
Liu Mang looked towards the source of the sound, and there was a tall guy with a bit of meat, who was short and not really long, and looked like a compatriot with a not-so-good-looking hairstyle he cut with scissors...
Wang Zhizhi?
Liu Mang blinked, it was really Wang Zhizhi!
So young!
The figure...is so fat!
Of course, Liu Mang saw Wang Zhizhi's body shape by the standard of an ordinary NBA player. The body fat percentage is actually not high, but the muscles are not as sharp as black ones, nor are they lumpy like white bears. The characteristics of Chinese muscles are like this. There is no streamlined shape without exerting force. If they are bigger and have a higher body fat percentage, they will look fleshy.
In fact, except for Yi Jianlian, who has developed a whole body of tendons, all the big men of the yellow race, including Dayao, don't seem to be called muscular men.
Seeing Wang Zhizhi, who was still very young and probably only 23 or [-] years old, waving his hands, although it was the first time seeing him, he felt inexplicably kind.
Liu Mang didn't quite understand the feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign country before. He felt it when he met Director Zhang and Su Qun at the All-Star Weekend. Now he saw Wang Zhizhi, who is also a basketball worker, and that feeling came again.
"I have a friend who is coming to pick me up. Tell the coach for me. I'll take a taxi to the hotel later." Liu Mang and Emmanuel greeted each other, and ran towards the exit where Wang Zhizhi was, which was not in the same direction as the exit chosen by the team.
"Hi, Da Mang..." Wang Zhizhi saw Liu Mang running over and greeted him warmly.
"Stop!" Liu Mang stopped this address, Nima, others call you rough, so you learned from others' address?
Liu Mang said, "Senior, you can just call me Ace. I never thought you would come to the airport to wait for me."
"Uh...haha, okay, forget about seniors, you can just call me Ace roughly, I want to see our country's super rookie king, I may not have a chance to talk to you in tomorrow's game." Wang Zhizhi said a little lonely.
Speaking of good fortune, he shined in the Olympics when he was only 19 years old. He was selected by the NBA at the age of 21. As a result, he entered the NBA halfway through the season when he was almost 24 years old. The best time has passed.
Now Wang Zhizhi averages only about 10 minutes per game for the Mavericks, scoring close to 6 points, and his efficiency is very good. The main reason is that he makes one three-pointer with a shooting rate of over 40.00% per game, and his flexible footwork, which is rare among seven-footers in the NBA, and his ability to play singles with the ball are the foundation of his foothold in the NBA.
Faced with this kind of thing, Liu Mang didn't choose to comfort him. That was disrespect for the other party. Liu Mang smiled and said, "I think we may face each other in the game, but I don't know for certain. You know I like dunking very much, so generally you should be careful."
Wang Zhizhi was a little surprised by Liu Mang's reply, but it was a happy one. After all, not everyone in the country regretted and comforted him when they saw him. Wang Zhizhi also smiled and said, "Haha, I will pull you down directly! I won't give you a chance to detain me!"
After chatting for a few words, I felt that it was a bit awkward to stand and chat in this public place. No, there are already some media with the same face hiding in the corner and secretly filming.
"Let's find a place to talk, Ace, you came here and many cameras are aimed at us." Wang Zhizhi joked.
There has been speculation in the country, the Chinese Derby!This topic appeared for the first time in the NBA.
There is no such concept in the United States, mainly because the status gap between the two in the NBA is too great.
But in China, because of Liu Mang's continued fiery performance, under the pressure of public opinion, for the first time, the Blue Association gave the Eagles a live broadcast of the game.
However, we still have to save face. The instructions given were to agree with CCTV to replace the original game where the Kings beat the underdog Rockets into a live broadcast of the Mavericks game.
This is a step of giving to each other. Although the imperial court is not in vain for the Blues, but in terms of basketball, the Blues are stuck there, so the imperial court gave the Blues face, saying that it will re-broadcast the Mavericks, so that the Basketball Association can maintain its face under the pressure of public opinion.
Liu Mang nodded, and walked towards the parking lot with Wang Zhizhi...
Wait, isn't this uncle a fan who came to ask for an autograph?Why follow?
It was only then that Liu Mang discovered that next to Wang Zhizhi was a middle-aged man with a slightly wretched appearance.
Seeing Liu Mang's doubts and his manager's resentment, Wang Zhizhi reacted, chatted and forgot about his manager, looking at that resentful expression.
Moreover, these two bastards speak Chinese!Jeff Schwartz can't understand it!Even if he wanted to interrupt, he didn't know if he would miss the timing. He didn't want to leave a bad influence on Liu Mang.
"Ace, let me introduce you," Wang Zhizhi introduced in English this time, "This is my manager Jeff, Jeff Schwartz, and this is Ace Liu."
"Agent?" Liu Mang was a little surprised. In his impression, agents are the kind who eat meat and don't spit out their bones. It's unscientific for a role player agent to come to the airport with him.
Many agents pay attention to big-name players, such as players who do not make much money. Except when it is time to sign a contract, the agent will not chat with this player several times a year.
The ecological environment of the NBA is actually as bad as it is.
And Wang Zhizhi seemed to be quite familiar with this manager, which surprised Liu Mang. Wang Zhizhi didn't get along very well, and his relationship with domestic media and officials was not good.
"Hi Mr. Liu, my name is Jeff Schwartz, occupation, agent." Jeff Schwartz said politely.
"Hi, just call me Ace. Nice to meet you." Liu Mang had a good impression of Wang Zhizhi coming to pick him up. As the saying goes, he had a good impression of Jeff Schwartz, the agent.
It was just a meeting. According to regulations, the two of them could not talk about business-related matters during this time period. After getting to know each other, Jeff Schwartz gave Liu Mang his business card, and the meeting was over.
Jeff Schwartz just wanted to get to know Liu Mang this time, and he didn't want to sit still.
Unless Liu Mang is not wanted by the team right now, it is against the rules for him to contact Liu Mang about his agent's work at this time.
But with such a preliminary contact, Jeff Schwartz had a clearer judgment on Liu Mang.
Very different from ordinary Chinese athletes!
Open, generous, and confident!
And there is a care that ordinary people don't have, but it is carefree, and it also has some strength that a strong person should have.
This kind of personality will definitely be mixed up in the NBA... Jeff Schwartz glanced at Wang Zhizhi and felt really sorry.
If Wang Zhizhi had a stronger personality back then, how could he be like this now? Moreover, his personality is still so restrained now. He has been with the Mavericks for more than a year, and has he still had teammates who have spoken to him...
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(End of this chapter)
Foreigners cannot understand the emotions of the Chinese people, nor can they get used to the Chinese etiquette.
However, the Chinese just like this, and they never get tired of it.
"Wang, you're doing him a favor by coming to pick Ace up in person," said Wang Zhizhi's agent, Jeff Schwartz.
As the agent of Chinese players, Jeff Schwartz has a better understanding of some Chinese customs and customs, and knows that the seniors generally don't show their dignity to pick up the juniors.
Jeff Schwartz, a well-known American sports agent, now has 9 NBA player contracts under his hands. Pierce, Odom, Rod Strickland and others are all players under his hands. There are also several NFL players and Wimbledon Grand Slam-worthy Pete Sampras.
However, it is very strange to people in Europe and the United States that the athlete he values most is this Chinese player Wang Zhizhi who is not well-known in the United States.
Wang Zhizhi's Chinese background, as a Chinese player, if he can gain a foothold in the NBA as a Chinese player, the commercial value brought by him has long been coveted by agents with good vision.
It is worth mentioning that the future little assassins Isaiah Thomas and Hassan Whiteside are all players under his hands, and the original Pete Sampras was also an underrated tennis player.
Digging for treasure among under-appreciated "geniuses" is Jeff Schwartz's forte.
No way, he can't grab the popular star...
After Wang Zhizhi failed to play in the NCAA in 1997, Jeff Schwartz signed Wang Zhizhi and wanted to operate him to play in the NBA. It can be seen that Wang Zhizhi's talent was still optimistic at the beginning, and he was a famous agent with an extremely sharp vision.
"Ace is the best player in our country. Maybe we will be teammates in the summer. Jeff, you don't have to wait with me. If you have something to do, you can do it." Wang Zhizhi said shyly.
The introvertedness and shyness unique to Chinese people are fully displayed in Wang Zhizhi.
"It's okay, Wang, I also want to meet this newcomer Wang who stands out this year."
"Ace Liu..." Jeff Schwartz's eyes flashed brightly. He accompanied Wang Zhizhi to the airport today to wait for a rookie. Isn't he just looking forward to the opportunity to meet this popular rookie?
……
The Eagles walked out of the airport hall with their luggage.
Dallas is not like many small cities. The fans here are quite loyal. Not many Eagles fans come to pick them up at the airport. After the rise of the Eagles, the three All-Stars have fans in many places, and in some places, hostile fans came to demonstrate at the airport of the visiting team city.
Of course, this is mainly related to the good record of the Mavericks in the past two years, and fans of strong teams have confidence.
Liu Mang was carrying his fire-proof, waterproof and explosion-proof backpack, and was discussing the new patch of Age of Empires 2 with Emmanuel. When he made an appointment at the hotel to borrow a computer to play, he suddenly heard a familiar language calling him that he hadn't heard for a long time.
"Da Mang..."
When Liu Mang heard this name, he almost fell to the ground.
Who the hell used this name!
What the hell is this shouting coming from?
Liu Mang looked towards the source of the sound, and there was a tall guy with a bit of meat, who was short and not really long, and looked like a compatriot with a not-so-good-looking hairstyle he cut with scissors...
Wang Zhizhi?
Liu Mang blinked, it was really Wang Zhizhi!
So young!
The figure...is so fat!
Of course, Liu Mang saw Wang Zhizhi's body shape by the standard of an ordinary NBA player. The body fat percentage is actually not high, but the muscles are not as sharp as black ones, nor are they lumpy like white bears. The characteristics of Chinese muscles are like this. There is no streamlined shape without exerting force. If they are bigger and have a higher body fat percentage, they will look fleshy.
In fact, except for Yi Jianlian, who has developed a whole body of tendons, all the big men of the yellow race, including Dayao, don't seem to be called muscular men.
Seeing Wang Zhizhi, who was still very young and probably only 23 or [-] years old, waving his hands, although it was the first time seeing him, he felt inexplicably kind.
Liu Mang didn't quite understand the feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign country before. He felt it when he met Director Zhang and Su Qun at the All-Star Weekend. Now he saw Wang Zhizhi, who is also a basketball worker, and that feeling came again.
"I have a friend who is coming to pick me up. Tell the coach for me. I'll take a taxi to the hotel later." Liu Mang and Emmanuel greeted each other, and ran towards the exit where Wang Zhizhi was, which was not in the same direction as the exit chosen by the team.
"Hi, Da Mang..." Wang Zhizhi saw Liu Mang running over and greeted him warmly.
"Stop!" Liu Mang stopped this address, Nima, others call you rough, so you learned from others' address?
Liu Mang said, "Senior, you can just call me Ace. I never thought you would come to the airport to wait for me."
"Uh...haha, okay, forget about seniors, you can just call me Ace roughly, I want to see our country's super rookie king, I may not have a chance to talk to you in tomorrow's game." Wang Zhizhi said a little lonely.
Speaking of good fortune, he shined in the Olympics when he was only 19 years old. He was selected by the NBA at the age of 21. As a result, he entered the NBA halfway through the season when he was almost 24 years old. The best time has passed.
Now Wang Zhizhi averages only about 10 minutes per game for the Mavericks, scoring close to 6 points, and his efficiency is very good. The main reason is that he makes one three-pointer with a shooting rate of over 40.00% per game, and his flexible footwork, which is rare among seven-footers in the NBA, and his ability to play singles with the ball are the foundation of his foothold in the NBA.
Faced with this kind of thing, Liu Mang didn't choose to comfort him. That was disrespect for the other party. Liu Mang smiled and said, "I think we may face each other in the game, but I don't know for certain. You know I like dunking very much, so generally you should be careful."
Wang Zhizhi was a little surprised by Liu Mang's reply, but it was a happy one. After all, not everyone in the country regretted and comforted him when they saw him. Wang Zhizhi also smiled and said, "Haha, I will pull you down directly! I won't give you a chance to detain me!"
After chatting for a few words, I felt that it was a bit awkward to stand and chat in this public place. No, there are already some media with the same face hiding in the corner and secretly filming.
"Let's find a place to talk, Ace, you came here and many cameras are aimed at us." Wang Zhizhi joked.
There has been speculation in the country, the Chinese Derby!This topic appeared for the first time in the NBA.
There is no such concept in the United States, mainly because the status gap between the two in the NBA is too great.
But in China, because of Liu Mang's continued fiery performance, under the pressure of public opinion, for the first time, the Blue Association gave the Eagles a live broadcast of the game.
However, we still have to save face. The instructions given were to agree with CCTV to replace the original game where the Kings beat the underdog Rockets into a live broadcast of the Mavericks game.
This is a step of giving to each other. Although the imperial court is not in vain for the Blues, but in terms of basketball, the Blues are stuck there, so the imperial court gave the Blues face, saying that it will re-broadcast the Mavericks, so that the Basketball Association can maintain its face under the pressure of public opinion.
Liu Mang nodded, and walked towards the parking lot with Wang Zhizhi...
Wait, isn't this uncle a fan who came to ask for an autograph?Why follow?
It was only then that Liu Mang discovered that next to Wang Zhizhi was a middle-aged man with a slightly wretched appearance.
Seeing Liu Mang's doubts and his manager's resentment, Wang Zhizhi reacted, chatted and forgot about his manager, looking at that resentful expression.
Moreover, these two bastards speak Chinese!Jeff Schwartz can't understand it!Even if he wanted to interrupt, he didn't know if he would miss the timing. He didn't want to leave a bad influence on Liu Mang.
"Ace, let me introduce you," Wang Zhizhi introduced in English this time, "This is my manager Jeff, Jeff Schwartz, and this is Ace Liu."
"Agent?" Liu Mang was a little surprised. In his impression, agents are the kind who eat meat and don't spit out their bones. It's unscientific for a role player agent to come to the airport with him.
Many agents pay attention to big-name players, such as players who do not make much money. Except when it is time to sign a contract, the agent will not chat with this player several times a year.
The ecological environment of the NBA is actually as bad as it is.
And Wang Zhizhi seemed to be quite familiar with this manager, which surprised Liu Mang. Wang Zhizhi didn't get along very well, and his relationship with domestic media and officials was not good.
"Hi Mr. Liu, my name is Jeff Schwartz, occupation, agent." Jeff Schwartz said politely.
"Hi, just call me Ace. Nice to meet you." Liu Mang had a good impression of Wang Zhizhi coming to pick him up. As the saying goes, he had a good impression of Jeff Schwartz, the agent.
It was just a meeting. According to regulations, the two of them could not talk about business-related matters during this time period. After getting to know each other, Jeff Schwartz gave Liu Mang his business card, and the meeting was over.
Jeff Schwartz just wanted to get to know Liu Mang this time, and he didn't want to sit still.
Unless Liu Mang is not wanted by the team right now, it is against the rules for him to contact Liu Mang about his agent's work at this time.
But with such a preliminary contact, Jeff Schwartz had a clearer judgment on Liu Mang.
Very different from ordinary Chinese athletes!
Open, generous, and confident!
And there is a care that ordinary people don't have, but it is carefree, and it also has some strength that a strong person should have.
This kind of personality will definitely be mixed up in the NBA... Jeff Schwartz glanced at Wang Zhizhi and felt really sorry.
If Wang Zhizhi had a stronger personality back then, how could he be like this now? Moreover, his personality is still so restrained now. He has been with the Mavericks for more than a year, and has he still had teammates who have spoken to him...
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(End of this chapter)
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