Start without the ball

Chapter 261

After G4, the Thunder had plenty of time to rest for one night in Portland and fly back to Oklahoma City the next day because another Western Conference semifinal was tied 2-2 at this time.

Li Haoyu returned home and received a call from Duffy.

"Man, congratulations! You did a great job in the playoffs!"

Li Haoyu: "Thank you. Although the Blazers are good, they are still not enough to challenge us. However, the next Western Conference Finals will be much more difficult. Tell me, which one is the endorsement this time."

Duffy: "You are so good at predicting things, how did you guess that?"

Li Haoyu: "Usually congratulations, you are worried about disturbing my rest, and you always send text messages. You will only call for important things."

Duffy cleared his throat: "Then listen up, BMW!"

"Nice!! Dude, this is so cool!!!" Li Haoyu exclaimed excitedly

Duffy: "$1500 million in three years!"

Li Haoyu said excitedly: "So many!"

Duffy: "Dude, you are a hot traffic star in Huaguo, the price is very reasonable."

Li Haoyu: "That won't limit me to only drive a BMW in the future?"

Duffy: "You can rest assured, there is no limit."

Duffy: "In the afternoon, I will arrive in Oklahoma City with the person in charge of BMW to sign the contract. You are ready to go."

Li Haoyu: "No problem."

In the evening, at the Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City, Li Haoyu met the person in charge of BMW.

"Hello, Mr. Li Haoyu, my name is Rong Yang, and I am the general manager of the Marketing Department of BMW Asia Pacific Region. Nice to meet you."

Rong Yang is about 180 tall and wears a black business suit.

"By the way, how did you come up with the idea of ​​asking me to represent you?"

"BMW is not as casual as Audi. I find it ridiculous to find a popular actress to endorse.

Our company has not been able to find a spokesperson that fits the brand image before, until you turned out. "

Rong Yang's words are a little bit interesting. It is indeed for the sake of endorsement to invite popular actresses to endorse advertisements. It is a failure for Audi to invite Yang Ying, who has zero acting skills, to endorse.

The fans of these traffic stars have limited purchasing power, so it is unrealistic for the girls in the fan circle to buy cars.

However, sports stars like Li Haoyu are different. They have a very wide audience, including old, middle-aged and young people of all ages, and most of them are male. Their purchasing power is much higher than fans in the fan circle.

Rong Yang continued:

"Our BMW brand philosophy:
Bold and open minded, unrestrained, divides the era, breaks the boundaries, establishes new boundaries, stimulates creativity, the trend is unconventional, although it is the opposite, it is everywhere.

When I saw you breaking the rules on the court and using various unexpected tactics to stage wonderful goals again and again, I was thinking that this is the brand concept of our company!

All kinds of novel offensive methods are just suitable for breaking through ten thousand realms, setting up new realms, stimulating creativity, and the trend is out of the ordinary.

You entered the league as an undrafted player, and you had such a strong performance in your rookie season. In the regular season, you were ordered to fight on a single core, and carrying the team forward is in line with the last sentence. Although you are doing the opposite, you are everywhere!
At that time, I was very sure that you were the spokesperson we were looking for to best represent the spirit of the BMW brand! "

Listening to Rong Yang's impassioned introduction, Li Haoyu couldn't help but wonder if I am the real son of BMW?

"Mr. Rong is overrated."

Rong Yang: "Sit down first."

After sitting down, Rong Yang took the contract from his assistant and began to study it carefully.

After carefully confirming the details of the contract, Li Haoyu turned his head to look at Duffy. He nodded slightly to indicate that there was no problem, then picked up the pen and wrote down his name.

From now on, Li Haoyu officially becomes the image spokesperson of BMW in the Asia-Pacific region.

Rong Yang stood up, stretched out his hand and said, "I believe this cooperation will be very successful!"

On the second day, Li Haoyu shot the advertisement, there are three models in total, M8, X8, and M6.

The shooting of the X8 was very simple. Li Haoyu walked out of the house, drove to the Pisacek Energy Center, got out of the car and entered the arena. The director said that there will be relaxing music and narration in the later stage, mainly to show the practicality of the X8 SUV.

As for the M6, in order to highlight the violent sports performance of the M6, the filming location came to a professional track, and the director hired a drifting stunt driver to teach him hand in hand.

In the advertisement content, Li Haoyu drives the M6 ​​and catches shrimps on the track at lightning speed.

Although the M8 car has a sporty M prefix, it is not sporty at all. It is a business GT through and through. For this reason, in the advertisement content, Li Haoyu is wearing a suit and elegantly driving the M8 in Russia. On the picturesque highway of the city.

After the filming ended, the three cars were in the hands of Li Haoyu. In addition to the 1500 million US dollars in income, he will get the driving right of BMW's latest flagship model during these three years.

When Grant saw Li Haoyu driving the M6, he asked curiously:
"Why did you change cars?"

Li Haoyu: "Sent by BMW."

Grant had an unbelievable expression on his face: "Holy shit, there are only a handful of car companies in the basketball world who can get endorsements from car companies, you are too famous!

Jordan endorsed Dodgers, Kobe Bryant endorsed Mercedes-Benz, James endorsed Kia, Griffin also received Kia's endorsement, and Raptors' Lin has Volvo's endorsement.

Among the active stars, you, BMW, have the most reputation. "

Li Haoyu: "Ahem, you should remove the word active, Kobe endorsed Mercedes-Benz Smart, that mini model that can't be miniaturized.

I endorsed but m6, m8, x8. "

Grant: "Mercedes-Benz has launched Kobe's signature version of the samrt, and the model is the Black Mamba version. Can BMW give you a signature version of the M6?"

Li Haoyu: "That's not true."

Grant: "That's because Kobe's endorsement is more prestigious."

Five days later, the Thunder's opponents in the Western Conference finals were finally determined. The Golden State Warriors were superior and eliminated their opponents by a big score of 5 to 4 to advance to the finals.

The situation in the Eastern Conference has also been determined. The Raptors and Bucks defeated their respective opponents to advance to the next round.

Thunder VS Warriors, Bucks VS Raptors, fans of each team are arguing on the Internet.

[To be fair, this matchup should be the best division finals in recent years. 】

[Thunder champion, we double-killed the Warriors in the regular season. 】

[Smelly brother, the Warriors have won three championships in four years, and the Thunder have never won a championship. 】

[Stop arguing upstairs, whether it's the Thunder or the Warriors in the regular season, it's not as good as my Bucks, the Fawns champion! 】

In addition to netizens, players also expressed their views.

Durant strained in the semifinals and was determined to miss the Western Conference Finals. He expressed his support for the team on Twitter.

[I couldn't beat the Warriors when I was in the Thunder, and now that I'm gone, the Thunder have no hope. 】

The hot-tempered Westbrook immediately lashed out when he saw it:
[Don't BB, if you have the guts, go to the game, it's time to settle it. 】

Celebrities from all walks of life also made their own predictions for these two strong dialogues.

Pierce: [Here in the West, although Kevin Durant was injured in the semifinals, the Warriors have a wealth of experience, and I believe in the defending champion.

Although the Thunder swept their opponents in two rounds to advance, their opponents ranked 6th and 7th in the regular season respectively in the two rounds. They are both teams with obvious shortcomings in the lineup. In the Western Conference Finals, when they meet the experienced Warriors, can the Thunder continue their success? Performance is an unknown.

In the East, the Raptors have gone through a difficult tiebreaker. Lowry and Van Vleet have not played well. I am more optimistic about the Milwaukee Bucks. Giannis' performance is too dominant. He is a monster. 】

The famous Ubuki Reggie Miller is optimistic about the Thunder: [

Kevin's injury is fatal for the Warriors!His offensive ability is indispensable for the team, and the Thunder has strong troops and well-organized personnel. I am optimistic that the Thunder can advance to the Western Conference Finals.

The performance of Giannis in the East is too impressive. The Bucks did not encounter too many challenges in the two rounds, and the Raptors struggled too much in the second round, so I am optimistic about the Bucks. 】

Lakers star He Doudagger: [This year's conference finals are finally interesting! 】

There are no playoffs to play below, and Doncic, a social expert who is too idle, commented: [Don’t you predict the result? 】

Kobe: [No prediction, I'm waiting for the material to do "Detail" and maybe analyze Giannis in the next issue. 】

Antetokounmpo: [(panic) (panic) (panic)]

Kobe: [Don't be afraid (smirk), there is no such thing as the curse of the Black Mamba. I analyzed Lee twice, and he performed well. 】

Brother Antetokounmpo: [Ferguson said that Li used the mysterious power of the East, but I don’t have such a thing (cry) (cry).]

On May 5, all members of the Thunder flew to San Francisco.

Grant looked at Li Haoyu, who was reading the news calmly, and asked, "Hey, a first-year rookie, you don't seem nervous at all. This is the divisional finals, the kind that rookies would pee their pants in fright!"

George on the side smiled and said: "He is not an ordinary rookie. Only Griffin can receive the endorsement of a car company in his rookie season. I am almost envious. That is BMW!"

Westbrook: "Man, when we beat the Warriors violently, you have to treat us to a good meal."

Felton: "Second! I still remember the taste of that blacksmith last time. It's really delicious."

Ferguson: "Second! There is also the mapo tofu dish, which is quite delicious."

Adams: "Second!"

Westbrook: "Look, everyone is so excited, it's such a happy decision!"

Li Haoyu: "Can I invite you to a restaurant?"

"Don't even think about it, we want to eat what you made!" Grant flatly refused, and Li Haoyu shook his head helplessly.

Arriving in San Francisco, everyone came to the hotel by car. The Eastern Conference Finals had already started today, and everyone watched the first game in the conference room of the hotel.

Raptors 100 to 108 Bucks, Lopez scored 29 points to help the Milwaukee team win the first game.

After watching the game, everyone returned to their respective rooms. Tomorrow, the Western Conference Finals will officially begin!

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