rpbooks Chapter 220 The Invitation of the Book Giant
Chapter 220 The Invitation of the Book Giant
Chapter 220 The Invitation of the Book Giant
The dinner in Halcyon's was not a pleasant one.
Both Jordan and Kobe are tough people with a strong desire to win. As soon as basketball is mentioned, mutual courtesy disappears and is replaced by fierce debate.
George played the role of peacemaker, coordinating the relationship between the two, and smoothly passed the slightly tense moment.
Jordan has always been the pride of heaven. Although he has experienced major changes in his life, the unprecedented success of his career has brought him great confidence.And what he said during the dinner still echoed in Xu Tian's ears.
"Xu, you are a foreign player, relying on the huge CN market behind you, you can create your own business empire like me." Jordan said bluntly, "Don't rush to make money, you will have money in the future." The place."
Jordan's remarks are not without reason. In the summer of 1984, the sluggish Nike company approached Jordan and wanted to sign an endorsement contract with him, but at that time Jordan preferred the European brand Adidas.Nike is very optimistic about him, offered him favorable conditions, and promised to create a personal brand based on Jordan's image, and in the sale of each pair of Jordan series sports shoes, Jordan can get a commission.
Jordan was moved by Nike's sincerity and signed with this little-known sneaker company at the time.
With the help of Jordan's influence, Nike has become the most famous brand in the basketball world in 20 years, and Jordan also borrowed the Jordan series of sneakers to become the first star to earn 10 billion dollars in assets.
Among NBA team owners, only Jordan is a player.
In Li Ning's initial contract negotiations with Xu Tian, apart from shares, there was also a cut of the sales of sneakers.If it wasn't for this, it would be impossible for Xu Guang to sign Li Ning without hesitation.
George has a very good impression of Anna Boannell, and repeatedly looks at the INS account she left behind, full of fantasies that he can spend a good night with this graceful beauty.
Americans attach great importance to sports stars, so it is much easier for NBA players to pick up girls than ordinary people, and it is not a problem to achieve their goals-after all, many women who are not doing business properly want to conceive the children of stars, so as to earn high maintenance fees.
Although Kobe and Jordan exchanged trash talk at the dinner table, neither of them, who are used to socializing, brought out their emotions. At this time, he looked at the misty night outside the car window and unconsciously reviewed his career.
Jordan is the pinnacle of the basketball world, although he has repeatedly claimed that he would not call himself the best in history, saying that it is disrespectful to his predecessors.But both players and fans can easily conclude that Jordan is the greatest one.
After Jordan, there have been several Jordan successors, including Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Kobe, McGrady, and Carter, and the closest to Jordan is Kobe, who has no dead ends on the offensive end.
Kobe has dreamed of surpassing Jordan throughout his career, but he didn't realize how difficult it was until he entered the No. 20 season.Even if he wins the championship this season and can tie Jordan in the number of championships, it is not at the same level at all, let alone surpassed.
However, isn't it a great achievement to have played for the Lakers for 20 years?
The three football stars sat quietly in the special car, thinking about fame, money and beautiful women respectively, and fell into deep thought.
Jordan is undoubtedly the GOAT, but as a management, he is comparable to the Knicks owner James Dolan, and his operation and draft vision are really poor.After many years of boss career, apart from the former Elvis Presley Gerald Wallace, the only one who can make a move is Kemba Walker, who barely reached the All-Star level.
Kemba Walker is 185 cm tall and weighs 83 kg. After being selected by the Bobcats with the ninth overall pick in 11, he has been playing for the team. His performance has been tepid and he has never been able to perform well.But even so, he is also the team's strongest star, which is really shabby.
Jeremy Lin has gone through many teams and is currently playing for the Charlotte Hornets. Because of the same skin color, he asked Xu Tian to call through Yao Ming and took the initiative to call.
The ringing of the mobile phone broke the silence in the car, and the three of them who were in deep thought came back.
Xu Tian took out his mobile phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number, he hesitated for a moment and connected the call.This is his private number, and only people in the player circle know it, and basically no one else will call.
Kobe put his right index finger on his cheek, paying attention to Xu Tian's conversation.
Jeremy Lin can speak a few words in Chinese, but he can't speak fluently. After greeting and introducing himself in Chinese, he still communicated with Xu Tian in English, "Xu Tian, are you free tonight? I would like to treat you to a light meal."
Without thinking about it, Xu Tian replied, "No problem, where are you, I will be there soon."
"Halcyon!"
When Xu Tian heard this name, he couldn't help but lamented the coincidence of fate. After greeting George and Kobe, he got out of the car on the way back, stopped a taxi by the side of the road and set foot on the way back to the restaurant.
Daniel Crittenton is the elder brother of George Crittenton. He had watched the Rockets Summer League Finals live and was deeply impressed by Xu Tian. Therefore, when the tall and conspicuous Xu Tian returned to the restaurant alone, he mustered up his courage and tried to come over.
Xu Tian saw a black man walking towards him, looked around uncertainly, and after confirming that he was the only one, carefully sized up the person coming.
Daniel Crittenton is about 185 centimeters tall, with a common round cut head, three-dimensional facial features, and well-fitting clothes that give people a clean and neat feeling.
Xu Tian couldn't find anyone similar in his memory, so he tentatively asked, "Are you Jeremy Lin's manager?"
"No, I'm not." Daniel Crittenton said hastily, "I'm George Crittenton's brother." Seeing that Xu Tian was still a little uncertain, he added, "He used to be with you Played summer league together."
When Xu Tian heard about the summer league, he remembered the kind-faced three-point shooter. Compared with Daniel Crittenton in front of him, he found many similarities. He stretched out his right hand and said, "Hello! How is your brother doing?" Are you ok?"
"He played in the NBDL, played for the Vipers."
"If you see him, I hope you can tell him—even if it is difficult, don't give up your dream easily."
Daniel Crittenton still couldn't believe that he had shaken hands with Xu Tian, and stammered, "I... I must... convey this to my brother."
Compared with George, Anna Boannell admired the calm and restrained Xu Tian more. Seeing that he was talking with Daniel Crittenton, she walked over with light steps.
Jeremy Lin drove to Halcyon, first went to the parking lot to park, then stretched out the folds of his suit, and walked towards the main entrance of the restaurant.As soon as he entered, he saw Xu Tian who was talking with Daniel Crittenton and Anna Boannell, and walked over quickly.
(End of this chapter)