Time soon reached noon. After discussion, the three people basically determined 4 acceptable endorsement contracts, namely Armani suits, Gillette razors, Parker pens and a local travel agency in Florida.
All companies offer short-term contracts of 1 or 2 years, and the amounts are relatively high. Moreover, they are all things that Edison would use on a daily basis, so there is no pressure to endorse them. You must know that in the United States, if you endorse a product, you have to talk about it.
No matter what, if it is later discovered that you have never used it, you will be prosecuted.
Originally, Martin brought five recommendations, the last of which was Honda, but Edison saw that it was a Japanese company and passed immediately. Martin was very puzzled and asked why.
Edison thought for a while, "Because there is no one on the team who drives a Japanese car, which is shameful."
Martin was at a loss for words.
But Edison was not done yet, and immediately said again, "Also Martin, in the future, apart from Ferrari, I will only accept endorsements from the United States and Germany, and will not consider others, especially those from Japan.
It's better to have a Ford."
Although Martin did not understand Edison's request, the impact was not too great. After all, the United States and Germany are major countries in the automobile industry, and there was a lot of room for choice.
Before Martin left, Edison asked himself one last question, "Why don't any sports shoe brands come to me for advertising?"
Martin was also confused by Edison's question at the time, and also echoed, "Yes, why are there no sports shoe brands?"
When the two of them were looking at each other at a loss, Wang Ziqiang behind them finally found something she could interject into, "Because you are wearing leather shoes."
After hearing Wang Ziqiang's words, Martin and Edison were immediately embarrassed, "Let's go eat." "Yeah, I'm hungry too."
After finishing the discussion about commercial endorsements, Edison came to the Water House Center in the afternoon.
When he arrived at the training ground, Erin Andrews had been waiting for a long time with an ESPN filming team.
"You are all here. Didn't I say I would do an exclusive interview in the afternoon?" Edison looked at Erin and his team appearing in the arena, pretending to be very strange.
Eileen looked like a bastard, "We need to take some photos of your work, and then interview your team members and colleagues first to see what they think of you."
"Oh, that's it, you guys have worked really hard." Edison pretended to suddenly realize it. In fact, he knew this process when McGrady was interviewed, but he came late today, so he had to pretend.
Soon the players all arrived at the training ground. Edison led them in a tactical training, and the espn camera took the opportunity to take a lot of footage.
After taking the training photos, Edison took Erin and the others to his office.
I have introduced before that Edison's office is very messy, with scattered information on the table, tactical boards scattered on the floor, and a TV and DVD player nearby for watching videos. If it weren't for a large desk to support the scene, Ai
Lin and the others simply thought they were in the utility room, with everything everywhere and no place to put their feet.
That is to say, Edison did not smoke. Although there were many things on the ground, it was not dirty, only messy.
"I can't help it. I usually have to study the information of other teams in the league and deduce tactical routines. Because there is some relatively secret information in this information, I can't let others help me sort it out. I usually don't care about it myself, so it's a bit messy.
We can't help it, let's see what we do." Edison also knew that his office was indeed an eyesore, and although his face was not red, he was still a little embarrassed.
At this time, the magic staff who had been accompanying the filming team hurriedly said, "If it doesn't work, then we will change the location. There is an empty small conference room on this floor. We will fully cooperate with you when you come to shoot today."...
Erin discussed with the person in charge of the shooting team and finally decided to change the location. There was really no choice here, there was no place to put the camera and rack lights, but before leaving, they still took a picture of the ruins of Edison's office.
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After arriving in the small conference room, the ESPN shooting team was very professional. When Edison went to the bathroom and sorted out his clothes, they had already completed the preparations. The cameras were set up and the lights were set up. It was really
Entering the interview stage.
Erin Andrews sat across from Edison. Because there was a special recording equipment next to her, what she was holding was not a microphone, but a question sheet.
It was at this time that Edison had the opportunity to take a good look at her.
Irene is about twenty-six or seven years old this year. She has a beautiful appearance and is in the best years of a woman. She is tall and plump, and she sits there with dignity and elegance in her words and deeds. But when she occasionally smiles, she is also charming and incomparably gorgeous.
He was wearing an orange-red round-neck sweater on his upper body today. Paired with her own long golden hair, the whole person was very prominent and could attract other people's attention. The sweater was very close-fitting, showing off the richness of her upper body. Edison looked at
She secretly compared in her mind, "In terms of volume, it should be similar to Zi Qiang's. Unfortunately, she has a wide figure, so she doesn't have as much visual impact as Zi Qiang." Her lower body is covered in brown jeans, which are also tight-fitting and outline her round figure.
Thighs. Compared with Rachel, Andrews’ legs are thicker, but they don’t look fat, but have a plump and fleshy feel. “Rachel’s legs look like a Chaihuo girl when doing yoga. There is only a thin layer of legs.”
The fat doesn't feel elastic at all to the touch. She looks really good. I wonder what it feels like to the touch and whether it will tremble if I pat it."
Edison lowered his head and looked straight at Irene's thighs. His mind was full of dirty things. He was in a trance for a moment. He sat there motionless. It wasn't until he felt someone tapping his shoulder that he recovered and saw a person.
Everyone in the circle looked at me and quickly made excuses for themselves, "I just wanted to fly to Indianapolis at night, how can I start?"
Erin and the cameraman in charge of the filming team looked at each other. The cameraman nodded. Erin turned to Edison and said, "Okay, we can start."
Because she is a reporter, Irene has a bright voice and a very clear voice, which is very comfortable to listen to.
"Okay, today we are visiting the current head coach of the Orlando Magic in the NBA, Paul Edison, hello."
"Hello, everyone." A standard interview started the process of this interview.
"First of all, we want to congratulate you, Paul. Your Magic team has 40 wins and 11 losses, ranking second in the league, only behind the Heat with 41 wins and 12 losses. This result is very remarkable. Congratulations." Although Erin and Edison
Our relationship is not very good, but now we are still smiling brightly for work. Those who didn’t know it thought they had been good friends for many years.
"Thank you." Edison's reply was also polite.
"So talk about your tactical thinking. What do you think enabled you to achieve such good results?"
"There are many factors that contribute to our 40 wins. The first is that our players work very hard, which you can see from any of our games. Whether it is this year's rookies or experienced veterans like Nash Marion.
, even players like Hill who have a history of serious injuries, they work very hard on the court. To give a more intuitive example, we can grab 45.4 rebounds per game, while our opponents can grab 41.1.
We have an average rebound differential of 4.3 per game and 14.7 offensive rebounds. Whether it is the total number of rebounds grabbed, the number of offensive rebounds or the rebound differential, we are now No. 1 in the league. And everyone knows that rebound protection is generally
The results are directly proportional to the enthusiasm of a team, so I say that our players are the hardest working, and the current results are the normal rewards of their hard work.”….
"Secondly, our coaches are very well prepared before every game. General Sun said in the art of war, 'Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be in danger of a hundred battles.' Now society also emphasizes information warfare. And our team has done a very good job in this regard.
, my assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, he will summarize the characteristics of the opponent's players every time, and then tell our players. His information can even be detailed to the point where a person likes to break through from that position and shoot from that position. When he breaks through, he likes to shoot from that position.
Which foot to step first? If you think about our players having such detailed information before the game, it will be much easier when defending alone, and the final effect can be imagined."
"Wow~, this is really unbelievable, but aren't you worried that if you are exposed today, other teams will learn or change?" Erin was also very shocked when she heard that the Magic's pre-game work was so detailed.
"Of course I'm not worried. Others can learn if they want to. Tom has not been in the league for a day or two. Many players who have received information from him are no longer under his command, so this is no longer a secret. But NBA
How many people are there who can devote all their energy to video and tactical research like Tom? If you know, please tell me immediately and we will hire him with a high salary. As for saying that it can be changed, I can’t even ask for it. You know that we have summarized a lot of information.
They are all things that a person is accustomed to. If a person deliberately changes his habits, he will definitely not be particularly natural, and the muscles will compete with each other. Not to mention the physical consumption of this kind, at least in this case, the technical movements are easily deformed.
, the shooting percentage and so on will also decrease accordingly. And isn’t the original intention of our defense to reduce the opponent’s shooting percentage?” Edison was a little nervous at first, but soon got into the state. After all, basketball is what he is best at. In this
He is as confident as anyone in his field. So now he is leaning back on the leather chair and talking, feeling very relaxed.
"That's it, then is there any other reason?" Irene was also completely in the state, forgetting the previous unhappiness between the two of them, and now she was thinking about Edison's analysis.
"In the end, we have good luck, very good. The Magic are an Eastern Conference team. In terms of overall strength, the Eastern Conference teams are significantly behind the Western Conference. It is no exaggeration to say that the 10th place in the Western Conference can reach the top four in the Eastern Conference.
If we follow the current trend, there will only be three teams in the Eastern Conference that can win 50 games by the end of the season: us, the Heat and the Pistons, while there are 6 or 7 teams in the Western Conference. So if we are placed in the Western Conference, we will be on par with this year’s Hornets.
In that case, the number of losses we have will have to increase by at least 5 games, and we will not be in this position. Moreover, our schedule is also good. The only really strong opponents at the beginning of the season are the Mavericks and the 76ers.
And we also beat the Mavericks. You know we are a very young team. We won two consecutive games from the beginning. The confidence of the players was quickly revealed. The more confident they are, the better they will perform.
The better you are, the easier it is to win, and the more you win, the more confident you will be, entering a virtuous cycle. If we start this season and play against strong teams such as the Spurs, Pistons, and Heat, then it is very likely that we will win from the beginning.
One losing streak, and then it might be completely over, and maybe I won’t even be the head coach of the Magic now.”
After speaking, Edison made a face, and Irene also laughed out loud.
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Before I knew it, it was 600,000 words long. According to the original plan, this book was already half written. It feels like yesterday when I think of my original ambition. I am especially grateful to Lin Yiyu, who helped me make the cover of this book. But now
I rarely see him talking anymore, I guess he can't stand it anymore. I feel a little sad.
