Regarding Edison's fire, the happiest people at this time are still three people.
First: David Stern. The league's top boss has conceived the idea for so many years, but the league's All-Star show has never been good enough. Except for the time when Jordan retired in 2003, last year's All-Star ratings were gradually declining. But this time it finally worked.
It has bottomed out. Although the live broadcast ratings that day were still average, the rebroadcasts by various media on that day had unexpected effects. In particular, Edison's two shows at the opening and halftime became global celebrities.
The on-demand focus of various media. All media people began to praise Stern, thinking that this was the most successful all-star performance he had ever performed. If he does this two or three more times, he may completely get rid of the previous constraints of stars.
history, instead, like the Super Bowl, it has become a rookie venue where stars from all walks of life compete to participate.
David Stern was particularly pleased for this. At the press conference the next day, the old man kept answering reporters' questions with a smile. He answered very modestly and gave all the credit to Paul.
Edison thought that he had done nothing, but the key was that Edison had done a good job.
Although he acted very modestly, the pride in his tone could be heard across two avenues in Manhattan. According to gossip, after the press conference, Stern opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate.
Second: Martin. As Edison's manager, the two of them are definitely grasshoppers tied on a rope. One will suffer and the other will prosper. When Edison recorded this song, all operational work was fully entrusted to him.
Martin immediately got in touch with Disney, and the two parties quickly reached an agreement, and then inserted some medieval animations to make the first version of a simple MV. After becoming an All-Star, he began to publicly release this single.
After the song, it immediately became popular all over the world, beating out Beyoncé and other legendary celebrities. It directly topped the billboard list that week, and then stayed at the top for 3 consecutive weeks. Of course, this is a story later.
Edison also became the first person to have all of his songs reach the top of the billildboard list. After all, he has only had two songs released so far.
Originally, Edison didn't care much about singing, but later he learned that these two songs had brought him nearly 10 million US dollars in copyright benefits. Because both songs are very positive and have no obvious regional color, so
Companies compete to use it as advertising jingles for their products.
In addition to Edison, Rachel also took advantage of the situation, and her exposure and popularity increased a lot, and the increase in popularity was directly reflected in Rachel's appearance fee and remuneration. Before, Rachel could only accept some
Few people care about low-cost and medium-cost films, but now some big-budget films are beginning to consider Rachel. The most obvious one is that Fox has begun to consider Rachel to participate in the third part of "X-Men". This is
It had only appeared in Martin's dreams before.
As Edison becomes more and more outstanding, Martin's current market is also rising. He is no longer the low-level broker before, but an important figure in his own brokerage company.
Third: Jon. Some people may not remember who this person is. He is the project manager responsible for contacting Edison between Lions Gate.
You may still remember that in the new movie agreement between Edison and Lionsgate, it was stated that he would sing the theme song of the movie. Although Jon was very happy at the scene, in fact he was not interested. Originally, his focus at the time was Edison.
Being able to participate in a guest appearance and then help build publicity, as for the theme song, it is just a matter of chasing rabbits. After all, although Edison said he was swearing and Bull was coaxing, after all, he only had one song "iful" before, and he also claimed to have it.
It’s about personal feelings, so no one knows whether there will be any good songs released...
But with the appearance of "vida", everyone was sure that Edison's musical talent was definitely no worse than that of a basketball conductor. So now Jon was full of expectations for Edison. On the second day of the All-Star Game, he called Edison to ask about it.
What about the songs written for the film?
Edison thought for a while and replied, "I have already thought about it, but I have an idea. When I have time in the summer, I will record it and then ask the crew to help shoot a MV." Now Jon is referring to Edison.
As a biological father and a living god of wealth, he can do whatever he wants. After all, the bulk of the film is invested by others.
Although there were a lot of discussions outside at this time, Edison turned a deaf ear to it. After a tired night, he returned to the hotel and fell asleep. He didn't even notice the subtext of Rachel suddenly taking a shower late at night.
After Edison and Rachel kissed goodbye the next day, one flew to Los Angeles and the other returned to Orlando.
As soon as Edison got off the plane and turned on his cell phone, before he could meet Wang Ziqiang who came to greet him, he found that his phone number had been ringing.
At first glance, most of them belong to agent Martin, and some belong to friends such as Hill and Hardaway. Of course, some belong to my own family.
After Edison contacted Wang Ziqiang, he first called his home.
After two beeps, the call was connected.
"Hello~~" A very contagious female voice sounded. This was Edison's mother, Lina Edison, who worked in customer service at the airport. Her voice was very magnetic, and Edison inherited his good voice from her.
"Mom, it's me. I saw you called me. Is there anything going on at home?" Edison chatted with Wang Ziqiang while talking to his mother.
"Oh, Paul. Your dad and I watched the All-Star Game yesterday. You were great. I never thought you could have such a high talent in music. We are so proud of you."
"Okay, I understand, Mom. Do you have anything else to do? I'm very busy now and on the road. If nothing happens, wait until I get home in the evening and we'll talk about it, okay?" Edison, like ordinary people, was only 18 years old.
The above-mentioned men who have no children of their own are particularly prone to annoying their parents. No matter what they say or do, even if they see them dazzling in front of their eyes, they will easily become unhappy.
"Okay, let's wait until you come back. By the way, I really have something to ask you when you come back..."
"Then I'll ask again tonight. Okay, I'll hang up, 88." Edison didn't listen much, hung up the phone without any reason, and then shook his head subconsciously, as if to get what his mother just said out of his mind.
Just like throwing it out.
Wang Ziqiang, who was standing next to him, witnessed Edison's entire performance and couldn't help but smile.
When Edison heard the laughter, he tilted his head and glanced at her, "Why are you laughing? There's nothing funny about it."
Wang Ziqiang shook her head and said nothing.
"I'm telling you, you don't know how annoying my mother is. She's like a fly, always circling around you, and then she keeps nagging. You don't know what she wants to say.
There's no point at all, anyway, I don't understand what she's thinking at all." Although Wang Ziqiang didn't speak, Edison still knew very well what she was laughing about, and then gave his own explanation.
"Every parent is like this. My mother once said to me, 'No matter how capable you are in the future or how successful you are, even if you are 80 years old, I will still be her child in front of her.
, everyone should listen to her'."
Wang Ziqiang's words brought Edison's thoughts back to the previous life. It seemed that his mother had said similar words to him. Now that he thought about it, he was also like this at the time, very bored with her and ignored her. But now he can no longer
I can't go back, now I no longer have to listen to my mother's nagging, and I can no longer hear my mother's nagging...
"That's right." Edison was a little sad. Originally, he was completely fooling people by saying he would go back to spend time with his current parents at night. Now that he thinks about it, he might as well go back and take a look.
After making a phone call to his home, Edison dialed Martin's number again, "Martin, why are you so anxious to see me?"
"Paul, it's like this. After you left Denver, I received several endorsement deals. See if you're interested." Martin spoke a little fast, reminding Edison of those people who said "time is money" on
The little guy on the lips.
"Endorsement? You mean - advertising?"
"That's right. Your reputation wasn't obvious before, so I didn't have any ideas for you. But as soon as yesterday's All-Stars came out, everyone believed that even if you were no longer a coach, you would definitely be an entertainment figure. So this morning, I
I received quite a few endorsement invitations.”
"That sounds good. Come to Orlando. My personal assistant happens to be here. You two can discuss it then. If it's not too troublesome, then it doesn't matter." After saying that, Edison hung up the phone.
"Zi Qiang, do you need me for anything?" After a long period of struggle, Wang Ziqiang finally gave up calling Edison Laowang. That title was too incompatible with the temperament of this book.
"Well, it's like this. Martin said that he had accepted endorsement contracts from several companies and asked me what my plans were. This is what I thought about this matter. You see, we are short of money now, and I have no reason to refuse him when others send money to us. But I can't.
I accept any product. You must know that the NBA is also promoting me. If I do something that is not in line with my current image, Stern will be the first to spare me. So I asked Martin to come over. Then you and him
Choose carefully and see which one is more suitable."
"Okay, I've written it down. Do you have any special requirements for these, such as~~" Wang Ziqiang wanted to find an example, but after all, she was not good at this aspect, and she didn't have much contact with it.
I can't think of anything either.
"I only have four requirements. First, it must be in line with my image and not vulgar. Second, try to sign a short contract, one year is best. I think my reputation can be increased again. Third, the amount of the contract
As high as possible, you also know that we are short of money now." After saying this, Edison rubbed his chin and thought deeply.
"These are things we should naturally pay attention to." Wang Ziqiang thought that Edison had made a mistake. There were only three points but not the fourth point, so she didn't act foolishly and took the initiative to ask.
But unexpectedly, Edison immediately made a fourth request, "If there is a sex scene in the advertisement, I don't want to stand naked."
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