NBA backer king

Chapter 121 All-Star Weekend

"Sewer, you really don't have any ideas. Except for the first few balls you dared to head-to-head with me, and the whole court played around me. Your performance was worse than last time, so I only scored 3 points in the game, and this time I scored 19 points."

In the player tunnel, Comrade Wang yelled at O'Neill.

"Nonsense, that's the coach's request, I can only do it." O'Neill said angrily.

"Your coach is teaching you how to be a softie!" Lao Wang sneered.

"nonsense!"

In anger, O'Neill grabbed his jersey with both hands and yanked it. The jersey was torn, exposing his bruised and purple chest, especially the left chest, which was crimson, which is the characteristic of a large number of capillary bursts.

"Look at these, am I a softie? And the rest are all your masterpieces."

Patting his chest angrily, O'Neill turned around again, revealing his back, which was also full of red marks.

Old Wang took a closer look, and said with a sneer, "I don't see other colors, only black."

"..." O'Neill got angry and yelled, "You are racially discriminatory, I protest!"

"Nonsense, I just can't see it. You have no injuries at all. How can you discriminate against your skin color?" Old Wang said disdainfully.

"Here, here, and here... are all wounds." O'Neill poked himself angrily.

Lao Wang pulled the jersey off with both hands, but he couldn't bear to tear it off, it was quite expensive, it was said that it cost three hundred dollars a piece, and he would have to pay for it if it was torn.

"..."

Seeing the unusually distinct red and purple marks on Lao Wang's body, O'Neill was stunned, and then looked at himself, it seemed that he couldn't really see it.

"Look, that's what I call an injury. It's visible to the naked eye, but you don't have any at all." Old Wang said contemptuously.

"...my injury is clearly here, you pretend not to see it, you are lying!" O'Neal's lips trembled, he dropped a sentence, turned around and left.

"Haha, sewer, let's compete next season." Lao Wang laughed loudly from behind.

"My name is the big sewer, not the sewer."

O'Neill's roar came from the corridor: "Old K, I will gain weight. Next season, I will crush you with tonnage, and then wash you away from the big sewer with a bang."

"You idiot!" Lao Wang scolded.

……

The Suns defeated the Magic and completed 48 regular season games before the All-Star Weekend, with 34 games left, and more than half of the regular season schedule has passed.

However, with the addition of the playoff series, the Suns players will have more intense competition and require more physical fitness in the next few months.

In 48 regular season games, the Suns were 39 wins and 9 losses, ranking first in the Western Conference and first in the league.

In the locker room of the home team, the atmosphere was very good. Barkley in a suit walked around excitedly, chatting with this one and interacting with that one from time to time.

"Old K, let's go to Utah tomorrow?" Dan Marley said with a smile.

Barkley, who was talking to Dumas, heard it, and immediately turned around and shouted: "Old K, it's agreed, let's go together tomorrow."

Wang Tiejun had an appointment with Jemaroni, so he nodded and said, "Have you booked your flight tickets?"

"It's easy, I'll take care of it. You wait at home tomorrow morning, and I'll meet you at your house." Barkley laughed.

"OK." Old Wang nodded.

He thought for a while, and then said: "Charles, you book an extra ticket, my personal trainer Lao Zhang is also going, and I will pay you for the ticket."

"No problem, do you want to book a hotel together?" Buckley nodded with a smile.

"No need for this, I've already decided." Old Wang said.

"Is it settled?" Barkley was taken aback.

"By the way, old K, have you signed those local sponsorship contracts? If you want to get the money, you have to treat yourself." Kevin Johnson asked casually at this time.

Lao Wang shook his head and said, "No, I plan to sign the agent first."

"Who do you want to sign with?" Barkley sat down beside him.

Lao Wang thought for a while and asked, "Julia Roberts introduced me to sign a contract with Hollywood's CAA agency."

"what?"

"Old K, do you want to change your career?"

"Crazy, old K, are you going to act?"

Now the locker room is fried.

Especially Barkley stood up excitedly, grabbed Lao Wang's shoulders with both hands, shook and shook, and shouted: "This is not acceptable, old K, you can't go to Hollywood, you kid, you have to help me win the championship, we can't do without you in the low position."

Kevin Johnson and Dan Marley also came over, obviously very concerned about this sudden incident.

"how?"

At this time, the head coaches Westphal and Colangelo pushed the door in and asked in surprise when they saw Barkley and others surrounding Lao Wang.

"Old K is going to Hollywood to become an actor." Danny Angie said with a strange expression.

He doesn't know, what can a 215 cm giant man do in Hollywood?Play Tarzan or King Kong?Or giant slayer?
"what?"

Colangelo and Westphal exclaimed at the same time.

"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't say I was going to Hollywood, am I going there to work as a coolie?" Lao Wang yelled helplessly.

"Just now you were talking about signing with CAA, which is the largest agency in Hollywood." Dan Marley said.

"CAA?" Colangelo was taken aback.

He gave Old K a list of more than a dozen agents. Unexpectedly, Old K wanted to choose a Hollywood agent company. Is it reliable?

Lao Wang stood up and looked down at the audience and explained: "CAA also has sports business, and they also have several agents with NBA agent qualification certificates. I want to choose them because they have business capabilities in Asia. I am Chinese and have no commercial value in the United States. Maybe it is better to sign them. I want to try."

Barkley said: "But their business capabilities in the NBA are definitely not as good as professional NBA agents. In this league, the connections of NBA agents are very important."

"I've also considered this. I only signed with them for three years. Anyway, I was with the Suns for these three years. Whether their NBA business ability is strong or not, I don't think it has anything to do with it."

When Colangelo heard this, he understood, and said, "Old K, if you decide to sign CAA, that's fine. They do have sports stars under their umbrella. But at present, CCA's business scope is mainly in the entertainment industry. You have to take this into consideration, and the contract period should not be too long."

"Sir, the vice president who contacted me said that CAA will officially enter the sports world in the future." Old Wang said.

"Is that so..."

Colangelo thought about it and felt that this was not good news for the team management.

Because CAA’s current way of bundling and packaging in Hollywood is too strong, and has even overwhelmed those major film companies. Entering the sports world with such a strong style will have a great impact on the original forces. The direct impact is that it is likely to increase the overall contract value of the players, and increase the team’s operating burden and operating costs.

But now is not the time to think about these, and he can't stop CAA from entering the sports world, so he can only put it down for the time being.

"Brother Zhang, come to Salt Lake City with me tomorrow, and I've booked a ticket for you." When he got home, he called Lao Zhang.

"Oh, Tie Jun, I just have something to tell you. The basketball department contacted me. The TV station asked me to help broadcast the All-Star broadcast this time."

Zhang Lili smiled happily on the other end.

"That's right!"

Lao Wang was not surprised. He knew that the domestic basketball circles would ask Lao Zhang for help when they came to the United States for games or training. Lao Zhang is very familiar with this place.

……

The next day, Wang Tiejun got up early in the morning, and the chef Lao Zhang rushed over to make breakfast. The two of them had just eaten. Before 08:30, Buckley's car arrived, and the two of them set off with the suitcases they had prepared.

At [-]:[-], Barkley, Dan Marley, Wang Tiejun, and Zhang Lili boarded the plane.

From Phoenix to Salt Lake City, a total of [-] kilometers, from boarding to disembarkation, took about two hours, and the four of them arrived in Salt Lake City at around [-] o'clock in the morning.

After getting off the plane, the four of them took three taxis and went to their reserved hotels.

Zhang Lili also separated from Lao Wang. He went to meet the reporter, and they had already arrived.

In fact, they are not far away, and they are all very close to the Jazz's home arena, the Delta Center, so it is more convenient to participate in the All-Star Weekend.

The Jazz's original home stadium was called the Salt Palace Stadium. The current new stadium started in 90 and was completed last year. The Jazz has a new stadium that can accommodate nearly 9000 people. This new stadium is named after the Delta Airlines Center, so it is called the Delta Center.

When he came to the Hilton Hotel, Wang Tiejun met Jamaloni and his assistant.

He was still a little apprehensive. After all, this was the first time he had signed a contract. Fortunately, he was very courageous. Although he was young, he had quite a lot of experience, and nothing could be seen on his face.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries, and Jamaloni asked his assistant to help him settle down, then went to the hotel's high-end restaurant and chatted at the table.

"Old K, how are you thinking?" Gemalone asked confidently.

He thinks it is no problem to sign a contract. CCA can provide Asian resources that NBA agents cannot provide. It is most suitable for old K to sign with CAA. Signing those NBA agents will not be able to tap his commercial value in Asia and China.

You must know that CAA is a huge agency company. Two-thirds of the Hollywood stars under its umbrella have countless resources in their hands, while those NBA agents are just fighting alone. Maybe the NBA has more contacts, but in terms of resources, they are not even worthy of giving shoes to CAA. In terms of professionalism in brokerage business, they are completely different.

As for NBA contacts, only CAA has entered the NBA. With CAA's scale and strength, will there still be a shortage of contacts?
Old K surrendered a long time ago, and said with a smile: "Mr. Maloney, I only have two requests."

"Please tell me." Gemalone nodded and smiled.

"First, you can't affect my playing." Lao Wang said seriously.

"Of course, you are a sports star, and basketball is your foundation. I am very clear about this, and CAA is also very clear."

Jamalone nodded.

"second……"

Wang Tiejun said seriously: "There is a New York Times reporter named Rob Longer targeting me, and a basketball commentator named Will Houston. These two guys often hype up my negative news. I hope you can help me solve them."

Jamalone smiled and said, "Old K, as long as you sign with CAA, anyone who targets you will hurt and violate the interests of CAA. They are all problems that we need to solve."

"What can you do? Can you influence the New York Times?" Old Wang asked curiously.

"NONONO, it is impossible for us to trouble the New York Times, but the New York Times is the New York Times, and Robert Longer is Robert Longer. These are two different things. It is actually very simple to deal with a person. Finding a good lawyer can cause him a headache to death. Our CAA has the most professional legal department and has a lot of business dealings with the New York Times. Let me deal with these two people." Jamaloni laughed.

"That's fine, I'm fine." Lao Wang laughed.

"OK, then I will arrange to sign the contract right away. By the way, old K, do you have a lawyer?" Jamaloni said happily.

"Yes, I contacted a law firm in Salt Lake City yesterday, and they arranged for a lawyer for me, just notify him." Old Wang said.

"OK, we will sign the contract tomorrow morning, and we will hold a press conference here at three o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow. We can still do some publicity in these two days." Jamalone laughed.

After lunch, the two parties separated and made their own preparations.

From noon, under the operation of CAA, some news about Wang Tiejun's signing with CAA began to spread to the outside world.

Lao Wang has gained some attention in the United States now. Basket Collector, Conqueror, and Old K, these nicknames have replaced the original nicknames of Chinese Coolie and Perverted Coolie. He is also the first to sign a contract with CAA, a Hollywood agency, so the attention is actually very large, especially in the NBA, which has attracted the attention of many people.

It is not the first time that CAA has signed players from the four major professional sports leagues in North America. As early as two years ago, it signed several football stars and ice hockey stars, but this is the first time in the NBA, and the media is also paying attention.

While Wang Tiejun was meeting with CAA, Zhang Lili also joined the reporter group in a low-end hotel.

The front-line reporting team sent this time consisted of four people, the commentator Sun Zhenping and the reporter Su Qun, plus a cameraman and assistant. Zhang Lili was hired temporarily.

"Director Zhang, I haven't seen you for several years, how are you doing recently? I didn't expect that we could still work together in the United States."

"Oh, Teacher Sun, I haven't seen you for several years. I'm fine. How about you?"

Sun Zhenping and Zhang Lili seemed very familiar when they met. The two had worked together in the 80s. After Zhang Lili retired, he worked as the head coach of the BJ National Youth Team. He was eloquent and was often invited to explain basketball games.

After exchanging pleasantries, Sun Zhenping introduced Su Qun and others.

Su Qun is 25 years old this year and only started working last year. He is a reporter for China Sports Daily and is an external basketball broadcaster and consultant.

However, he and Sun Zhenping don’t know much about the NBA. They are limited to some information given by the NBA. In addition, their English is just that, and their spoken English is not good. Therefore, this interview and report mainly depends on Zhang Lili.

Several people were eating the hamburgers they just bought in the hotel room, while listening to Zhang Reasonable's introduction of the NBA and the All-Stars.

Zhang Lili spoke eloquently and eloquently, and Sun Zhenping and the three of them were so delighted to hear that they forgot to eat.

While talking, Lao Zhang mentioned Wang Tiejun and asked, "Mr. Sun, should you know Wang Tiejun?"

Sun Zhenping was startled, nodded quickly and said: "I know, when the Ministry gave me the task, I mentioned him."

"What's the attitude of the TV station?" Zhang Lili asked.

"Dilution treatment, if it can't be involved, don't involve it." Sun Zhenping said.

Nodded, although disappointed, Zhang Lili is not surprised at all, and the attitude of the basketball department is also the same.

Su Qun was very curious: "Director Zhang, Mr. Sun, who is this Wang Tiejun? How did he get into the NBA?"

The Ministry of Sports didn't give him any information about Wang Tiejun at all, but Sun Zhenping mentioned it to him when he came the day before yesterday. At that time, he heard that there were Chinese people playing in the NBA, and he couldn't believe it.

Zhang Lili smiled and said, "I just came to Salt Lake City with him."

"He's here too?" Sun Zhenping asked in surprise.

Su Qun immediately realized: "Director Zhang, do you know him very well?"

"Can you be unfamiliar? I am his personal trainer, and we eat and drink together these days." Zhang Lili smiled.

Several people were startled, and Sun Zhenping asked in surprise, "You trained him?"

Lao Zhang made a haha ​​and fooled the past.

Su Qun asked from the side: "Director Zhang, you still have time, why don't you introduce him to us first?"

"also."

Zhang Lili then briefly talked about Wang Tiejun's experience in China.

"So it is."

Sun Su and Sun Su said regretfully: "This is the bad luck of eight lifetimes!"

"Who says it's not?" Zhang Lili said.

(End of this chapter)