NBA Backer King Chapter 121

Chapter 121 All-Star Weekend

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

In the player tunnel, Comrade Pharaoh sprayed at O'Neal.

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

"Your coach is teaching you how to be a softie!" Pharaoh said with contempt.

"Nonsense!"

In his anger, O'Neal grabbed his jersey with both hands and yanked it violently. With a stab, the jersey was torn, revealing a bruised and purple chest, especially the left chest, which was crimson, which is the characteristic of a large number of capillaries bursting. .

"Look at these, am I a softie? And the back, it's all your masterpiece."

patted his chest angrily, and O'Neal turned around again, revealing his back, which was also covered in red marks.

Pharaoh took a closer look and sneered: "I don't see any other colors, only black."

"..." O'Neal got angry and shouted: "You are racist, I protest!"

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

"Here, here, here... all wounds." O'Neal angrily poked at himself.

Pharaoh pulled his hands off and took off the jersey from the top. He was reluctant to tear it up. This thing is quite expensive. It is said that it costs three hundred dollars a piece.

Seeing the unusually distinct red and purple marks on Pharaoh's body, O'Neal froze for a while, and then looked at himself again, as if he couldn't really see it.

"Look, I'm just hurt, it's visible to the naked eye, you don't have it at all." Pharaoh said with contempt.

"...My injury is clearly here, you pretend you can't see it, you are shameful!" O'Neill shook his lips, dropped a sentence, turned around and left.

"Haha, sewer, we will compete again next season." Pharaoh laughed from behind.

"My name is Big Sewer, not Sewer."

O'Neal's roar came from the corridor: "Old K, I will gain weight. Next season, I will crush you to death with tonnage, and then slam you out of the big sewer."

"You idiot!" Old Wang cursed.

The Suns defeated the Magic and completed 48 regular-season games before the All-Star Weekend, with 34 games remaining, and most of the regular season has passed.

However, with the playoff series, the Suns players will have more intense games in the next few months and will require more physical strength.

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

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

"Old K, go to Utah to play tomorrow?" Dan Marley laughed.

When Barkley, who was talking to Dumas, heard it, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Old K, it's agreed, we'll be together tomorrow."

Wang Tiejun made an appointment with Jemarone, so he nodded and said, "Have you booked your ticket?"

"This is easy, I'll handle it, you wait at home tomorrow morning, I'll meet at your house." Buckley 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 the ticket price."

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

"I don't need this, I have already decided." Lao Wang said.

"It's fixed?" Buckley was startled.

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

Old 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.

Pharaoh thought for a while and asked, "Julia Roberts introduced me to sign with the CAA agency in Hollywood."

"what?"

"Old K, do you want to change careers?"

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

Now there is a fryer in the locker room.

Especially Barkley, stood up excitedly, grabbed Pharaoh's shoulders with both hands and shook it, shouting: "This is not good, old K, you can't go to Hollywood, you have to help me win the championship, we The low position cannot be without you."

Kevin Johnson and Dan Marley also came over, obviously paying close attention to this sudden incident.

"how?"

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

"Old K is going to Hollywood to become an actor." Danny Angie looked strange and authentic.

He doesn't know, what can a 215-centimeter giant do in Hollywood? Play Tarzan or King Kong? Or Giant Slayer?

"what?"

Colangelo and Westphal exclaimed at the same time.

"Don't talk nonsense, where did I say I'm going to Hollywood, am I going there to work as a coolie?" Lao Wang shouted helplessly.

"You just said that you signed a contract with CAA, which is the largest agency in Hollywood." Dan Marley said.

"CAA?" Colangelo was startled.

He gave Old K a list of more than a dozen agents, but he did not expect that Old K wanted to choose a Hollywood agency. Is it reliable?

Pharaoh stood up and looked down at the audience and explained: "CAA also has a 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, and I am from China. People, there is no commercial value in the United States, maybe it is better to sign them, I want to try."

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

"I have also considered this. I only signed with them for three years. Anyway, I have been with the Suns for three years. Whether their NBA business ability is strong or not, I don't think it seems to matter."

When Colangelo heard this, he understood, and said, "Old K, you have to decide to sign CAA, that's fine, they do have sports stars under their banner. But at present, CCA's business scope is mainly in the entertainment industry. One thing you have to consider is that the contract period should not be too long."

"Sir, the vice president I contacted said that CAA will officially enter the sports world in the future." Lao Wang said.

"That's it..."

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

Because CAA's current bundling method in Hollywood is too strong, and it has even overwhelmed the major film companies. Entering the sports world with such a strong style will have a great impact on the original forces. Directly The impact is that it is very likely to raise the overall contract amount of the players and increase the operational burden and operating costs of the team.

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

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

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

Zhang Lili laughed cheerfully over there.

"That's right!"

Lao Wang is not surprised. He knows that when the domestic basketball industry comes to the United States to play or train, he will always ask Lao Zhang for help. Lao Zhang is very familiar here.

The next day, Wang Tiejun got up early in the morning, and the chef Lao Zhang came over to make breakfast. The two had just eaten it. Before 8:30, Barkley's car arrived, and the two set off with the prepared suitcases. .

At 9:30, Barkley, Dan Marley, Wang Tiejun, Zhang Heli and a group of four boarded the plane.

From Phoenix to Salt Lake City, a total of 1,200 kilometers, from boarding to disembarking, about two hours, and four people arrived in Salt Lake City at 11:00 in the morning.

After getting off the plane, the four of them took three taxis and went to the hotel they booked.

Zhang Lili also separated from Pharaoh, he went to meet with CCTV reporters, they had already arrived.

In fact, they are not far from each other. They are very close to the Delta Center, the home stadium of the Jazz, so it is more convenient to participate in the All-Star Weekend.

The original home of the Jazz was called the Salt Palace Stadium. The current new stadium was started in 1990 and completed last year. The Jazz has a new stadium that can accommodate nearly 19,000 people. This new stadium is named after the Delta Air Lines Center. Call the Delta Center.

Came to the Hilton Hotel, where Wang Tiejun met Jemalone and his assistant.

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

The two sides chatted for a while, Jay Maroni asked his assistant to help him settle down, and then went to the high-end restaurant of the hotel and chatted at the table.

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

He thinks signing the contract is no problem. CCA can give those Asian resources that NBA agents can't give. It is the most suitable for Lao K to sign with CAA. Signing those NBA agents can't tap his business in Asia and China at all. value.

You must know that CAA is a huge brokerage company. Two-thirds of its Hollywood stars have countless resources in their hands, and those NBA agents are only working alone. Maybe the NBA has more contacts, but in terms of resources, even give CAA a suggestion. The shoes are not worthy, and the professionalism of the brokerage business is completely different.

As for contacts in the NBA, only CAA has entered the NBA. With the scale and strength of CAA, will there be a shortage of contacts?

Old K has long since surrendered and smiled: "Mr. Maloney, I only have two demands."

"Please speak." Jemalone nodded and smiled.

"First, you can't influence my play." Pharaoh said seriously.

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

Jay Maloney nodded.

"second…"

Wang Tiejun said solemnly: "A reporter from the New York Times named Rob Lundgren targeted me, and a basketball commentator named Will Houston, these two guys often hype my negative news, I hope you can help me solve it. them."

Jay Maloney smiled and said, "Old K, as long as you sign a contract with CAA, anyone who targets you is someone who hurts and violates CAA's interests. They are all problems that we need to solve."

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

"NONONO, we can't have trouble with the New York Times, but the New York Times is the New York Times, and Rob Lundgren is Rob Lundgren, which are two different things. To deal with a person, it's actually very simple, find a good lawyer It can give him a headache to death, we CAA have the most professional legal department, and we also have a lot of business dealings with the New York Times, these two people will leave it to me to solve it." Jemarone laughed.

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

"OK, then I'll arrange the signing right away. By the way, old K, do you have a lawyer?" Jemalone said happily.

"Yes, I contacted a law firm in Salt Lake City yesterday, and they arranged a lawyer for me, just notify him." Pharaoh 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 also do some publicity in these two days." Jemarone laughed.

After lunch, the two sides separated, each doing their own preparations.

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

Pharaoh now has some attention in the United States, basket collector, conqueror, old K, these nicknames have replaced the original Chinese coolie and perverted coolie nicknames, and he is the first to sign with CAA, a Hollywood agency. , so the attention is actually very big, especially in the NBA league, which has attracted the attention of many people.

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

When Wang Tiejun met with CAA, Zhang Lili also met with CCTV reporters at a low-end hotel.

The front-line reporting team sent by CCTV this time consisted of four people, narrator Sun Zhenping and reporter Su Qun, plus a photographer and assistant. Zhang Heli was hired on a temporary basis.

"Director Zhang, I haven't seen you for a few years. How are you? I didn't expect us to work together in the United States."

"Oh, Mr. Sun, I haven't seen you for several years, I'm okay, how about you?"

Sun Zhenping and Zhang Lili seem to be very familiar when they meet. The two have worked together since the 1980s. After Zhang Lili retired, he was the head coach of the BJ National Youth Team. He was articulate and was often invited to explain basketball games on CCTV.

After greetings, Sun Zhenping introduced Su Qun and others.

Suqun is 25 years old this year. He only started work last year. A reporter from China Sports Daily, who just joined CCTV this year, is a basketball broadcast guest and consultant hired by CCTV.

But he and Sun Zhenping don't know much about the NBA, it's limited to some materials the NBA gave to CCTV, and the two of them's English is just the same, their spoken language is not good, so this interview and report mainly relies on Zhang Lei.

A few people were nibbling on the burgers they just bought in the hotel room, while listening to Zhang Heli's introduction about the NBA and this All-Star.

Zhang Lili was right about what he said, and when he spoke alone, he was so eloquent that the three of Sun Zhenping were so excited 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, then nodded quickly and said, "I know, when the ministry gave me the task, he mentioned him."

"What's CCTV's attitude?" Zhang Lili said.

"Desalination, if it can be involved, it will not be involved." Sun Zhenping said.

nodded, although disappointed, Zhang Lili was not surprised at all, and the basketball department also had the same attitude.

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

CCTV Sports Department 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 are 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 reacted: "Director Zhang, are you familiar with him?"

"Can you not be familiar with me? I'm his personal trainer. We eat and drink together these days." Zhang Lili laughed.

A few people were stunned, and Sun Zhenping said in surprise, "You trained him?"

Old Zhang hit haha and fooled the past.

Su Qun asked: "Director Zhang, you still have time, can you tell us about him first?"

"also."

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

"So it is."

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

"Who said no?" Zhang Li said.

(end of this chapter)

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