Coach Lee

Chapter 117 Duck egg, do you have anything else?

Chapter 117 Duck egg, do you have anything else?
After New Year's Day in 1997, the results of the first round of voting for the All-Stars were announced.

"This, this is impossible!"

When many people see the voting results for the first time, this is their first reaction.

After all, the voting results are like this-

east:

1. Li Nan, 524083 votes!
2. Michael Jordan, 402364 votes!
3. Grant Hill, 351623 votes!
4. Scottie Pippen, 322243 votes!
5. Anfernee Hardaway, 307481 votes!
...

8. Allen Iverson, 282316 votes!
……

west:

1. Charles Barkley, 352514 votes!
2. Sean Kemp, 338491 votes!
……

Many fans are all kinds of disbelief.Although this is the official data, but no one wants to believe it is true.

"50 votes in the first round? How is this possible?"

"Why? Why is No.1 Chinese plum? It's unscientific!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely fake!"

"Is this a conspiracy by David Stern?"

"Everyone vote for Michael!"

"No, I'm going to find Stern! If he doesn't give me an explanation, I will never let him go!"

Many New York fans spontaneously went to the NBA headquarters building to ask for an explanation.

……

The Olympic Tower stands on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York.

From its appearance alone, this dark gray high-rise could easily be lost in the midst of skyscrapers in the heart of Manhattan.

Walking into the interior of the building, the casual coffee bar, simple oil painting decoration, and security guards in dark blue uniforms are as ordinary as any office building.

But in the hearts of basketball fans all over the world, 645 Fifth Avenue in New York is a holy place.

Because this is the headquarters of the NBA, the heart of the NBA.

In a large office on the 15th floor of the Olympic Tower, this is the office of NBA Commissioner David Stern.

Stern's office is only about 25 square meters, with brown walnut wood walls, a brown office table that can hold a meeting for 6 people, a brown leather sofa, and orange lights, the whole office is shrouded in warm tones. It is warm, and it is the color of basketball.

The office is like a small NBA exhibition hall. The display table by the window is full of all kinds of NBA memorabilia, player photos, bobblehead dolls, and small trophies of various shapes.

In the office, David Stern is sipping coffee, looking out the window with a big smile on his face.

This 54-year-old man who positions himself as "a husband and father first, then an NBA president, a lawyer, a businessman, and finally an NBA fan" is like a simple Olympic building, but he has brought basketball fans all over the world. The most exciting enjoyment.

"Knock, buckle!" There was a knock on the door.

"Enter!"

A western (ren) suit (mu) pen (gou) straight (yang), wearing glasses, bald hair into a deep M shape, pale face, sunken eyes, but a guy with a bright smile came in.

"Mr. President, there are many reporters outside who want to interview you. Judging from their appearance, they are not kind."

It must have come for that.

David - Stern has long foreseen such a situation.

When the votes were counted on the first day, David Stern was also taken aback.However, he is happy.

It's just that those people outside seem to have an opinion now.

"Ignore them. Short-sighted bunch."

Stern sat down and saw that who hadn't left, "Huh? Duck? Do you have anything else to do?"

"President, I want to ask, why do you care so much about that market?"

Stern throws the question back,

"Why not?"

The duck egg-joke is also bold and blunt, "The other side of the ocean is too poor and backward, and their consumption level is too low. Instead of wasting energy to develop that side, we might as well go to Europe. Of course, we can also do it in China. Compete with the Super Bowl market."

"hen~ short-sightedness!"

David Stern snorted and gave Duck Dan a hard look.

"Duck, don't underestimate that market. It has a population of 12 billion, more than the total population of developed countries. And the speed of development there is very fast. Although they are still lagging behind, in a few years, they will Catch up. The future potential there is very, very large. And I'm investing in advance, do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand." Yadan-Joke lowered his head slightly, very modestly.But, he was thinking about something else.

However, Stern knew that this guy had his own ideas.

"Duck, you should go out to the outside world more, don't stay at home all the time. Look, you have lost so much hair." Stern stroked his thick hair, "Duck, you have to follow I still have a lot to learn.”

……

NBA officials have never given any response, but the outside media exploded.

"China has a country on its back!"

"Lee may become the first international player vote champion!"

"The NBA All-Star Game may reset voting rules."

"."

Li Nan kept a low profile for a while, but in the end, he was accidentally placed on the headlines again.

Some people sneered, some were envious, some were flattering, some were dismissive, some began to call on everyone to suppress Chinese fans, and some.
Well, someone approached Li Nan directly.

"Hello, Lee, I'm David Falk."

Looking at the little white old man in front of him, Li Nan was slightly surprised.

Who is this David Falk?
He is Jordan, Mourning and Juwan Howard's agent, and Iverson's agent.

There are about a hundred NBA players under Falk.

He is best at helping players sign some incredible lucrative contracts, and his trick is to create a free agent year.

The super free agent market led by Jordan in the summer of 96, to a certain extent, was written by this big guy.

Mourning signed a seven-year $7 million contract with the Heat, and Juwan Howard also signed a seven-year $1.05 million contract with the Washington Bullets. Don't get involved.

And Iverson's No. [-] pick is also rumored to be related to Falk

Others draft first and then sign endorsement contracts.

However, Falk did the opposite.

Before the draft, he helped Iverson sign Reebok's huge advertising contract, which made Iverson famous and much more influential than other rookies.

With Falk's help, Iverson successfully became the No. 3 pick, and even signed a huge contract of $939 million for three years.

All in all, this is a big shot in the brokerage world.

But why is he looking for me?Want to sign me?

Li Nan didn't quite understand.

Sure enough, Falk quickly expressed his intention to come.

"Li, how about signing under my banner? Allen knows that I never treat my own people badly."

Iverson nodded on the sidelines, acquiescing.However, he didn't say anything, because he didn't want to get involved and let Li Nan make his own decision.

"But, I already have an agent." Li Nan expressed a little regret.

This was Falk's negligence, but he didn't mind.There are no filled corners.He decided to recruit that agent along with him.

"Li, actually we can do this~"

Before Falke finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

"Knock knock knock!"

Li Nan's agent soon appeared in front of everyone.

"Justin, why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)

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