NBA villain

Chapter 76
Miami, International Airport.

The young man stood in front of the terminal building with a suitcase, squinting his eyes at the passing traffic.

This man has a straight suit, shiny leather shoes, a slender figure, well-manicured hair, handsome facial features, and looks about 40 years old.

Beside him, there is an accompanying companion who is also in business attire.

"At this point, Yang Di should still be playing games, right?" The middle-aged man casually asked his followers.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang."

In the distance, the flashing high beams came from far to near, the black commercial vehicle finally drove in, and slowly stopped in front of the two of them, and the attendants immediately stepped forward and opened the door.

The two got in together.

"To be honest, the last time I came to Miami was two years ago, and I feel that nothing has changed." The man called Mr. Zhang spoke at a moderate speed and his voice was particularly calm.

"That's right, in terms of changes, it's still fast in China, and it's changing with each passing day." The entourage said.

"Xiao Chen, the domestic competition is under great pressure now. You don't know that, although we have the title of the largest brand and the sales volume is also the number one in the country all year round, the situation at home and abroad is relatively severe."

"Yes, Mr. Zhang."

The middle-aged man in his 40s, known as Mr. Zhang, has a calm aura from top to bottom. He rolled down the car window, and Miami under the night looked like a girl in tulle, charming and seductive.

"Go to him directly? I heard that he doesn't have an agent."

"No, let's go and deal with our cooperation in Miami this time. Yang Di's matter will be settled the day after tomorrow. I read the Heat's schedule. His next game is in Los Angeles, three days later."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang."

……

At the American Airlines Arena, the match against the Wizards has entered a heated stage.

The Wizards are not bad, at least with Arenas and Larry Hughes, two quasi-All-Star players, the backcourt firepower is fierce enough. After falling behind the Heat in the first half, the Wizards launched a counterattack in the third quarter.

"Too accurate!"

Yang Di looked at the No. [-] and stopped suddenly to shoot. There was almost no solution in this quarter.

The sudden rising wave of offense pushes the atmosphere of the arena to the peak. In the NBA, the third quarter is always the most exciting and popular one.

Grant played the entire quarter, and Yang Di didn't have a chance to play. The Heat only led the Wizards by one point 77 to 76 and entered the fourth quarter.

Yang Di appeared at the beginning of the fourth quarter. He came on as a substitute, and Wade was resting again. The players on the field had weak passing awareness.

Yang Di was very scheming and took the initiative to do pick-and-rolls for Alston. Alston has the best passing skills and awareness on the court, and he has a good relationship with him.

After more than a minute in the fourth quarter, there was a positional battle where Yang Di went down and passed a lob, which was destroyed by the Wizards.

The Wizards fought back because of this. Larry Hughes in the frontcourt made a layup against Caron Butler, helping the Wizards overtake the Heat by 1 point.

This was rather embarrassing. Alston looked at the head coach whose face became a little ugly on the sidelines, and decisively played much calmer in the next few waves of offense.

Yang then tepidly grabbed two more rebounds, didn't take a shot, and was replaced by Stan Van Gundy in the eighth minute.

"It's boring." Yang Di was a little depressed. When playing with Wade, his power is the greatest.

The two teams fought fiercely in the last quarter. When there were only 2 minutes left, the Heat hit a key three-pointer. Eddie Jones made a contribution to the Heat at a critical moment!

Sometimes, the key to the outcome of a game may be the difference between one or two goals, and players who can score such goals are usually called "big hearts".Arenas of the Wizards is also known as a "big heart" player. After Jones made this three-pointer, he immediately returned to the frontcourt and made a three-pointer in response!
"Answerball! Giant planet." Probably only emotion can express the state of mind at this time.

After the timeout of both sides, Wade assisted Odom to make a mid-range shot, Arenas missed a breakthrough layup, the rebound was protected by Grant, and the Heat took a 5-point lead on the court.

Then entered the last minute, the dominant Heat played steadily, Arenas gave Larry Hughes a jump shot, and the double guns misfired at the critical moment, directly burying the victory to the Heat.

It is completely different from the previous three-pointer in response. The difference between life and death is probably one or two shots.

最终统计，热火103比97赢了奇才6分，奥多姆22分13个篮板成为全场最佳，杨迪上场13分钟，只有2分和5个篮板进账。

The Heat welcomed the three-game winning streak, and Stan Van Gundy finally showed some smiles on his face. After shaking hands with Wizards coach Eddie Jordan, he swaggered and led the Heat's players back to the locker room.

……

On the second day of the rest day, Yang Di was notified by the Heat staff to go to the American Airlines Arena.

"what's the situation?"

Yang Di was a little confused. Logically speaking, there was no training or competition today, but since the team called, he went there. Anyway, he was going to the arena for daily training in the afternoon.

Three o'clock, in the office area of ​​the American Airlines Arena.

In front of Yang Di, there were two guests from China.

"Hello, I have admired your name for a long time." Zhang Teng stretched out his hand and took the initiative to shake hands with Yang Di. Although he was also 1.8 meters tall, he was obviously a size smaller in front of Yang Di.

"Hello." Yang Di responded politely.

"I've been looking for you for a long time. Before, I contacted a man named Jones. I heard that he was your agent, but he said that he had been fired by you, so he was delayed for a long time."

Zhang Teng is very sophisticated, his speech is calm, neither fast nor slow, with a smile on his face all the time, making people feel like a morning breeze, and Yang Di suddenly has a good impression of him in his heart.

"Oh, maybe you don't know about it yet."

Zhang Teng stood up and handed out his business card from his pocket.

On the business card, it was written, "Lenovo Marketing Manager Zhang Teng, and a row of boys below with his contact information and email address."

Yang Di blinked, Lenovo knew about it, a big state-owned brand, who came to him?

"The main reason is to ask you to endorse our company's products." Zhang Teng cut to the chase, and he motioned to his assistant Xiao Chen, who then took out a stack of contracts from his bag.

Yang Di's eyes widened, and he almost jumped up for joy, then he immediately calmed down and asked with great interest, "How did you find me?"

"Star endorsement contract, I think you fit the definition of our company's new products very well. In fact, your achievements in the NBA have made you an outstanding basketball star, especially in China, you already have a certain number of Fans are fans who like you." Zhang Teng said very sincerely.

Zhang Teng said with a smile: "It's just that I didn't expect that you didn't hire an agent, which made it impossible for many of our domestic companies that wanted to seek your endorsement."

"Look at the contract. Although it is a relatively simple endorsement contract, there are still many rules and regulations that need to be looked at in depth. Generally speaking, this is a three-year contract. The basic endorsement fee is about 150 million per year. The bonus clause There is 100 million, of course, you are also required to complete the commercial shooting, commercial activities, etc. stipulated in the contract."

Yang Di's fiery heart gradually calmed down, and his brows were slightly frowned.

"Why, is there something wrong?" Zhang Teng looked at Yang Di's expression, and he, who was familiar with the world, immediately asked, and there was nothing inappropriate at all.

"There are too many activities, and I don't have that much time." Yang Di explained the reason straightforwardly.

"Advertising shooting and commercial activities are necessary obligations to fulfill, especially commercial activities, we mainly put them in the country."

"Mr. Zhang," Yang Di looked up, interrupted Zhang Teng, and said slowly: "Actually, I am still in my rookie year. My goal is to become a star player who can be regarded as the number one player in the NBA. My main All my energy will be in daily training, competitions, and how to improve my golf skills. I know that commercial shooting is an obligation that I should fulfill, but it is definitely not a situation where I need to be there at any time."

"I don't have much experience in filming, but I also know that it is impossible to complete a commercial shooting without a half-day and a day. Maybe you want to say that it is not a big deal to miss this half-day and a day, but if you ask the players of the Heat You will know with the coach, I basically train every day, if I don’t train one day, it must be because the game was too hard the night before, and my body needs to adjust.”

Zhang Teng was interrupted by Yang Di. After listening to him patiently, he was surprised that Yang Di, a basketball player, would say such a thing.

"The better I perform on the court, the higher the value of the endorsement contract." Yang Di said.

"I understand." Zhang Teng nodded, and motioned Xiao Chen to take out his notebook: "For commercial shooting, it is no longer the demand, but how about twice a year?"

Yang Di nodded and said briskly, "Yes!"

"For commercial activities, it will be based on the time you return to China, once a year."

"And here, the regulations here are not particularly clear." Yang Di flipped through the contract, pointed to some things in the contract, and directly proposed amendments to the unsatisfactory parts.

"Are there any objections to the amount?" Zhang Teng asked with a smile.

"No, if 150 million is converted into U.S. dollars a year, it is probably less than 20, which is almost one-fifth of my salary. Among the current NBA players at the bench level, there are only a few who can get endorsement contracts. , this price is very suitable." How could Yang Di not know how much the NBA's endorsement price is now, but it varies from person to person, and it's different from top to bottom. Yao Ming, a Chinese NBA player, is almost making money.

Thinking of Yao Ming, he suddenly had a flash of light in his mind. Earlier, he had seen a report, probably in January of this year, Apple Computer signed Yao Ming's endorsement advertisement to open the door to the Chinese market.

Oh~ So that's the case, he suddenly understood everything, and felt a little bit pained, is the price too low?Oops, it seemed like I was over-pretending just now.
(End of this chapter)