NBA backer king

Chapter 326
"This scene is too big!" Cheng Long envied the scene full of guests.

"Aaron, is this old K so popular in the United States? He, is he really just a basketball player?"

Mei Yanfang is the heroine of the Red Fan District. The movie is about to premiere in the United States, so I came here specially. Seeing this scene, I couldn't believe it.

At a glance, she saw more than a dozen big Hollywood stars, and when she glanced over, there were more than a dozen more beside her.

There are also some Americans who seem to have a lot of status. Is this the lineup that a Chinese martial arts gym should have when it opens?
Even the Consul General of China in Los Angeles has come. In Xiangcheng, Li Jiacheng is the only row of noodles, right?

"In America, sports superstars are just that powerful."

Cheng Long gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "His status in the United States is no lower than that of Tom Cruise. You see, Tom Cruise is there."

"..."

Mei Yanfang's mouth opened wide, unable to close.

As a star, she naturally knows what level Tom Cruise is in Hollywood. He is a real superstar, with a salary of 2000 million US dollars plus a share.

Zhou Wenhuai said at this time: "Amei, there should be several reasons for such a big scene today, old K's influence is only one of them, and CAA's influence is also there.

Old K's influence in the United States is indeed great. He is the most influential Chinese in the United States now. Look at how many Chinese chambers of commerce have come here today. All the chambers of commerce you know have come.

In addition, CAA is the largest agency in Hollywood. Two-thirds of Hollywood stars are under its banner. Their influence is too great. Without CAA, it is impossible for old K to have such a large influence and resources. They complement each other. "

"Aaron, you also signed CAA this time, so you can also get such resources in the United States?" Mei Yanfang asked enviously.

Cheng Long was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

Because CAA's contract is very loose, it is not responsible for artist promotion and other brokerage business, nor is it responsible for endorsement and sponsorship resources, it is only responsible for providing performing arts resources.

Like Wang Tiejun, CAA provides almost all kinds of resources, contacts, endorsement sponsorship, etc., which should be the only one in CAA, and top Hollywood stars can't enjoy it.

The reason for this is that he is different from other artists in CAA. He is the first NBA sports star signed by CAA. It is necessary to use him to develop the NBA's brokerage market and make CAA's brand in the NBA and even the entire sports world. Therefore, the provided The range of services goes far beyond what CAA is supposed to provide.

The other signed artists of CAA have their own managers. This manager finds endorsements, sponsorships, publicity resources, etc. for him. The same is true for Cheng Long, but Wang Tiejun does not. CAA is responsible for everything.

"Aaron, then you can invite him to be a guest star in your next film." Mei Yanfang said suddenly.

"I'm sorry." Cheng Long smiled wryly.

Zhou Wenhuai also shook his head and said: "Hollywood has Hollywood rules, this is not Xiangcheng, if you invite someone to play a cameo here, even for a second, you have to pay according to their coffee position, not less.

Even if old K talks about favors with you, CAA won't show favors with you. Asking him to play a cameo will cost at least tens of millions of dollars, including old K's favors. "

"..."

Mei Yanfang stopped talking when she heard this, so she really couldn't afford it. The production cost of Hongfan District was less than 1000 million US dollars.

"Brother Cheng, Boss Zhou, Director Tang, sorry for the lack of hospitality. Oh, this one, Ms. Mei, hello." At this time, Wang Tiejun and Yu Feihong greeted here.

"Old K, congratulations, your career is getting bigger and bigger." Cheng Long said with sincere envy.

"Where, I'm just here for a group of brothers. Hundreds of people traveled across the ocean to follow me. They rely on the martial arts gym to eat and earn money to support their families and get married. Now I'm under a lot of pressure." Old Wang said politely.

"Are there a few hundred people?" Cheng Long and others asked in surprise.

"More than 200 people have come here now, and the next batch of 200 people will arrive in two days. I won't point to the martial arts gym to help me make money in the future, as long as I can support these brothers. Half of my brothers are brothers from my own family, and the other half are also children from the neighbors in my hometown. I can't treat them badly." He nodded.

"That's okay. There are so many brothers in the United States by my side. If there is trouble in the United States in the future, I will ask you for help." Cheng Long said with a smile.

"Okay." Old Wang said with a smile.

"Brother Tiejun, someone kicked the hall." At this time Liu Changjiang hurried over and said.

"who?"

Wang Tiejun wasn't surprised either. It's normal for someone to come and kick a martial arts gym.

"A group of sticks, there are more than [-] people in the Taekwondo Hall." Liu Changjiang said coldly.

"Oh, follow the procedure and call the police first." Old Wang said.

"What?"

Cheng Long and the others were stunned. If someone kicks the hall, you call the police. Can you still do this?
"Already called, the police will be here soon." Liu Changjiang nodded.

He knew this procedure. When he was in Phoenix, Wang Tiejun taught him what to do when he encountered such a thing, but he didn't encounter such a thing in Phoenix, and it was the first time he encountered it today.

"good."

Old Wang praised, and then ordered: "Notify our lawyer to come over."

"Brother Tiejun, you have already been notified." Liu Changjiang nodded.

Old Wang nodded and turned to Cheng Long and the others to explain: "In the United States, we pay attention to the law. It is illegal to come to the gym to fight privately. We are upper-class people, and the K martial arts gym is also the best martial arts gym. It serves the elite class. We don't engage in private fights with those sticks, so as not to lose our status. Not just any cat or dog who comes here is qualified to kick my gym. In the United States, you have to play with the law with these bastards and play them to death."

"Let the police arrest people?" Cheng Long asked in a daze.

Lao Wang nodded, turned to Liu Changjiang and said, "Let the security guard pay attention, don't let them run in to scare my guests, and don't let them block the door, go to the side first, if those guys dare to mess around, shoot directly."

"what?"

Cheng Long and the others were dumbfounded. There is still security when opening a martial arts gym?Can you still shoot people who kick the pavilion?
Outside the gate of the martial arts hall, a group of sticks are crowded in the corridor, blocked by a group of tall and big blacks, and they dare not mess around, because these are Americans, they are all beautiful fathers, how dare they If you act recklessly, you will speak in a low voice.

At this moment, Liu Changjiang came out and said to the security captain John in his unproficient English: "The curator said that before the police arrived, they dared to break in and shoot directly."

"Yes."

John nodded quickly when he heard this, and drew out the pistol stuck in his ribs while giving the order.

As soon as he drew his gun, a dozen security guards all drew their guns.

"NONO, don't shoot!"

The sticks were dumbfounded, looking at the black muzzle of the gun, they all squatted down with their heads in their hands reflexively.

"Keep them aside, don't affect the guests' access." Liu Changjiang said again.

"Yes!"

John turned his head and kicked, kicked a stick in front of him to the ground, and cursed: "Fake oil, damn it, get out of here, don't affect our work."

In this way, a group of sticks who came to kick the hall were driven to a corner and squatted on the ground.

Shortly after, they were taken away by a group of heavily armed policemen, accompanied by lawyers from K Martial Arts.

"Old K, aren't you afraid of being criticized if you don't accept being kicked out?" Seeing a group of sticks being taken away by the police, Cheng Long asked curiously.

"Is it necessary to notify in advance when kicking the gym? These bastards didn't notify in advance. They came to kick the gym when I was opening, and they were here to make trouble. This time I will let the lawyer stare at them. Unless they are as clean as white lotuses, they must take off a layer of skin." Old Wang said angrily.

Cheng Long and the others were dumbfounded. There is no one who runs a martial arts gym so clean. Fights, injuries and private fights must be inevitable. This time, the group of sticks kicked the iron board.

After the opening of the branch library, Wang Tiejun continued to shoot commercials.

Not only him, Yu Feihong also followed him in a few commercials, because some commercials needed female companions, and if there were suitable ones, he would of course take advantage of his girlfriend.

In addition to advertising, he also participates in some commercial activities arranged by CAA from time to time, and he is very busy.

……

On the 26th, the league expansion draft began.

The so-called military expansion draft is to allow the newly joined NBA teams to complete the team building faster, and can select one player from each team.

Of course, there is a protection list here, and each team can use this list to protect 8 players with contracts in the team, and free agents are not included.

This year, two teams have joined the NBA at one time, and they are two Canadian teams, namely the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies. The original 27 teams, after joining these two teams, the number of teams in the NBA has reached 29.

In other words, this time each team will have two people selected.

The Suns set up a protection list early in the morning, namely Wang Tiejun, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson, AC Green, Parson, Perry, Robert Horry, Tisdale and others, and the remaining few marginal people are not included in the protection list.

As for Drexler and Danny Manning, they are both completely free agents and are no longer part of the Suns.

As a result, the Raptors selected Tracy Murray, and the Grizzlies selected Antonio Lang. The two forwards had no loss for the Suns.

……

"Brother Tiejun, the next batch of 200 people is probably not enough, and more people need to be transferred. Also, there is a serious shortage of acupuncturists, at least one hundred acupuncturists are missing, and there are not so many acupuncture practitioners in my hometown. What should I do, Brother Tiejun?" Liu Changjiang called this day and said.

With the opening of the branch this time, there are nearly 200 new VIP customers, not including those Hollywood stars before. These are all rich people, and almost all of them require exclusive massage therapists. Only [-] people have been prepared this time, and the gap is quite large.

After thinking about it, Lao Wang said: "Let's adjust it again. There should be a lot of people who are good at massage in my hometown. You can ask the family to increase the age a little bit, and anyone under 40 years old is fine.

As for acupuncturists, there may not be many people in the hometown association, so they should be recruited from all over the country, not to mention one hundred, ten thousand or one hundred thousand should be fine. "

"Alright then, I'll call my uncle." Liu Changjiang said.

"let's hit."

……

On the morning of June 6th, Wang Tiejun and Yu Feihong flew to New York, accompanied by Ma Jian.

A few days ago, Ma Jian trained with the Suns. Westphal and Colangelo Jr. talked to Wang Tiejun about the results of the training. They were not optimistic about Ma Jian's future. They believed that he had not reached the NBA level in terms of potential or skills.

Although there is little hope for the draft, Lao Wang decided to take him to New York, anyway, it will not cost a lot of money.

The draft is held on the 29th, and he will participate in a basketball summer camp on the 28th.

This summer camp is not a summer camp for big brands such as Nike and Converse, but a summer camp jointly organized by NBA officials and four teams including the Knicks, Magic, Bulls, and Suns. The venue is in New York.

Among the people invited, some were a dozen or so very popular candidates in this year's NBA draft, that is, people who had lottery prospects, and some were a group of people in the NCAA who received national attention, and the last group were high school students who received the most attention in the United States.

In short, these people may enter the NBA in the next year or two, and they are all talented young people.

The official not only invited him, but also O'Neal, Jordan, Ewing, the bosses of the four teams.

The summer camp has been going on for a few days, and it will end tomorrow. He went to participate in the last day of activities, and then took a look at this year's draft.

After arriving in New York, the two first went to the New York branch to have a look.

The New York branch of the K Martial Art Museum is located on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. It is still working overtime on the decoration, but it is already finishing. Wang Tielong is in charge here, and the president will be here in the future.

"Tie Jun, the decoration will be finished tomorrow. The guy from Changjiang looked through the calendar and said that it was a good day on the fifth day of June. It is suitable for the opening to welcome guests, which is July [-]nd." Wang Tielong said.

"On the [-]nd, just after I attended the opening ceremony, I went back to Los Angeles to attend the premiere in the Hongfan District. By the way, Brother Tielong, is there any trouble here?" Remembering the last time Bangzi went to kick the hall when it opened, he asked.

Wang Tielong shook his head and said: "It hasn't opened yet, and no one is looking for trouble. It will probably be inevitable when it opens in the future."

"Let's follow the rules. If there is any trouble, let the security guard deal with it first, and then call the police." Old Wang urged.

"rest assured."

Wang Tielong nodded, no expression could be seen on his face, but he was actually very strange in his heart.

There are too many martial arts gyms in Cangzhou. When you meet someone who kicks the gym, you will fight one game. If you win the fight, you will come out. Who is called the police?This America is indeed different, with very American characteristics.

As for opening a martial arts gym, you have to hire security, well, this is also an American characteristic.

"Tie Jun, if you don't accept their kicking, don't you worry about those martial arts gossiping about our K martial arts? We can completely accept their challenges, and don't be afraid of them." He asked.

Lao Wang shook his head and said: "The K Martial Arts Hall's service population is completely different from theirs. We mainly cater to the upper class. We are high-end, and they are low-end. Porcelain does not touch tiles, and those miscellaneous things don't matter."

Wang Tielong had a different opinion, saying: "Tie Jun, in fact, we can also vigorously promote martial arts. I see that taekwondo, judo, and aikido are all promoted well. They are much better than our martial arts and have great influence. Now that we have this foundation, we can also try it."

Lao Wang scratched his head. It was really just an accident that he opened a martial arts gym, and he had no intention of promoting martial arts, but now that Brother Tie Long said so, he thinks it makes sense.

K Martial Arts also has martial arts classes, but they didn't make great efforts to promote them. There was very little publicity, and the main focus was on VIP projects.

The two chatted about this issue for a while, and haven't decided what to do yet, but they already have this idea.

At 9 a.m. the next day, Wang Tiejun arrived at Madison Square Garden to participate in summer camp activities. After arriving, he went to the official office first, where he met Jordan and others.

(End of this chapter)