After a polite opening remarks, he quickly got to the point, saying:
"Fang, I hope you can come as soon as possible. I need to conduct a bone age test on you. Of course, I have considered your concerns. Only myself and Gary know about this bone age test, and it will never fall into the hands of a third person.
In the ears. Oh~ By the way, if you are not included, I wonder what you think?" Jenny Bass's words were very rhythmic, layer by layer, which seemed unpleasant but did not bother Tang Qian.
Room for interjection.
"Bone age test?" Tang Qian was stunned. Of course he knew what the bone age test was. It was a test often used in the sports field. The original main purpose was to see how tall young athletes could eventually grow. Now it is still much taller.
A new function has been added, which is to determine whether you have falsely reported your age. The bone age test in the United States is extremely accurate, especially for basketball players. A large amount of clinical experience determines that they have a high degree of confidence in this set of tests.
Although Jenny Bass publicly supported Tang Qian on the outside, she still had to do a private bone age test on the inside.
After all, as a proud and strong woman of her generation, she is unwilling to be deceived.
Moreover, this is also a "big variable" that determines future input and output.
If Tang Qian is really 25 years old, then she must carefully consider the future. If Tang Qian does not make false claims, then she can increase investment with more confidence, so for Jenny Bass, this point is very important
. However, she was very thorough in her work. In order to take into account Tang Qian's mood, she specially arranged a "private test". Since it was "private", there was no problem of "everyone knowing".
Being forced to do something is actually quite unpleasant. Jenny Bass thought of this very thoughtfully, which greatly reduced Tang Qian's resistance to this "private test". Tang Qian thought for a moment
After thinking about it, he chose to agree, because he publicly supported you in the media, helped you in times of need, and even went against the general trend. He must not forget this friendship. So No. 29 of the Lakers answered on the phone: "Okay.
Ms. Bass, I wonder when it will be done?"
After hearing Tang Qian's affirmative answer, Jenny Bass smiled and said warmly: "Let's do it tomorrow. If we finish it early, we'll get over it early."
"Okay, then I will make time tomorrow to wait for you to come," Tang Qian said.
"Okay~ It's hot, so I won't disturb your rest. Just go about your business. See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
After saying that, the phone was hung up.
Tang Qian was picked up early the next morning at Jenny Buss' residence in Los Angeles. This place was not the well-known Beverly Hills, but in another less well-known wealthy area, Hometown.
Bishan. Holmby Hills, Birrell, plus Beverly Hills, is the rich area of Los Angeles' Platinum Triangle. You can meet celebrities, celebrities and rich bosses everywhere here. Well, having said so much, it is a must.
What they all have in common is that they are very rich.
Jenny Bass made a very good first impression on Tang Qian, with her kind smile and generous and decent makeup. It is really hard to imagine that such a person had taken large-scale portraits when she was young. Uh, I am going too far, young
It's normal to be a little crazy at times, but now Jenny Buss has long since become a mature big team operator.
The person standing next to her was Tang Qian's old acquaintance, Lakers chief physician Gary Vitti.
"Hot, let's go in. The machine has been moved here. Miss Bass has put a lot of thought into this private test." Gary Vitti actually usually calls Jenny Buss Jenny in private, but for this
To express the "solemnity" of this test, he adopted a more formal address. Moreover, his words were obviously suspected of helping Jenny Bass "canvass votes."
This can better show who is the "really popular" leader of the Lakers.
Tang Qian nodded and followed Gary Vitti as he walked in.
…
After seeing Tang Qian's film and examination report, Jenny Bass's eyes suddenly lit up. She turned to look at Gary Vitti. Before she could speak, the latter took the initiative to say: "Don't worry, Miss Bass, I
It has been rechecked, and it should be guaranteed that the results are not too biased." Regarding Gary Vitti's skills and professionalism, Jenny Bass was still very relieved, so she immediately nodded and said: "Fang, I'm sorry to have you come here.
I hope you don’t mind this unnecessary inspection, and I would like to sincerely apologize to you.”
As soon as Jenny Bass saw the results, her attitude became even gentler. In this regard, her brother Jim Bass couldn't catch up with her.
"It's okay, Ms. Bass, you are too polite. You publicly supported me in the media, and I haven't thanked you yet!" Tang Qian didn't pretend to be pretentious, and said directly and sincerely. "Haha, don't worry, today is hot."
There will never be a third person who knows about it, oh, no, it is the fourth person, I promise." Jenny Bass said with a smile: "I have the newly arrived Hawaiian Molokai coffee here, you want to boil it.
Don’t you want a drink?”
After Tang Qian walked away, the gentle smile gradually disappeared from Jenny Bass's face. She turned to look at Gary Vitti and asked: "Gary, is there really no problem?" Gary Vitti nodded and said:
"Jenny, don't worry. I was a little surprised when I first saw this result, but after repeated inspections, I can only believe it."
"It is true that he is only about 19 years old now, at least his biological age is only about 19 years old."
"19 years old." Jenny Buss suddenly showed a smile and said: "In other words, he is not even 22 years old, let alone 25, right?" Gary Vitti replied: "Almost
Well, unless he is born late, but this possibility is very small and can be ignored."
"Gary, do you think if I release this news now, will Perm's net worth increase or decrease?"
Gary Vitti paused for a moment, but then quickly said: "I think it should be an increase. At the age of 19, his potential has not been fully developed at all, and he is very malleable." "So, today's test is not in vain for me.
Kung Fu, because I got an exclusive piece of information worth thousands of dollars." Jenny Bass said: "I really admire my father's vision more and more now. No wonder he let this hot man 'put his fingerprints' on the first meeting.
, this shows that his father’s expectations for him are at least the peak of the All-Star or even the superstar level. From this point of view, Howard doesn’t have to stay, right?”
Gary Vitti replied: "Yes, and based on my medical experience, it is estimated that Dwight Howard's back injury will be impossible to recover to the condition before the injury." "In other words, Dwight Howard's back injury
Your future career is about to go downhill, right?" Jenny asked.
"Well, that should be the case, if he still relies on his physical fitness to play."
"So what did you and Kupchak say about this news?"
"I didn't hide much about the diagnosis. I just changed a few innocuous words to make it look like there was no hope of recovery." After listening to Gary Vitti's words, Jenny Bass said: "
You did a good job, but you have to look honest on the surface, so that you can paralyze Kupchak and make him fall into a big fall in one breath! And I always feel that because of this oriental boy, my 'top plan' may have to be implemented in advance
Already."
"Really? When are you going to start?" Gary Vitti was stunned and asked.
Jenny Bass smiled slightly, shook the inspection report in her hand, and said, "Well, hasn't this already started?"
…
Another week has passed, and Tang Qian is still practicing hard and practicing hard, and even has a sense of "turning grief and anger into motivation". He has completely given up the idea of browsing basketball news online. Anyway, as long as he is good at it, he can't do it.
Worried about not having a ball to play in the future.
Rodman became more and more surprised at Tang Qian's learning speed, and he suddenly discovered that this kid had a very special "talent", which was "immortality through practice"! Don't underestimate this "immortality through practice".
As I said, "being able to practice" is also a kind of talent. Kobe is the leader in this characteristic. If ordinary players want to imitate it, it is simply unsustainable. This is not even a matter of will, but in terms of hardware, you have no one else who can "do it".
Just practice.”
If you try hard, you will only get injured and lose your way.
In Rodman's view, not to mention yellow people, even black people, there are not many people who can train so well. Every time he worries that the training intensity is too intense and he will fail. If he defeats this oriental boy, he will be the next day.
Full of energy, he reappeared. Moreover, there was no trace of fatigue on his face.
This... is really a bit incredible.
But his physical ability is so average, which is really contradictory.
Rodman didn't know about "different space" and "restoring crystal bricks", so he was really confused about Tang Qian. Tang Qian didn't care what the former thought, he just needed to keep doing it every day
Strengthen your practice and try to break through to another level before the start of the new season.
However, the further back you go, the harder it is to break through. After reaching the eighth crystal brick, Tang Qian felt that he was obviously "difficult" and his progress was "slow". There was nothing he could do about it. He could only blame Marshal Zhang.
His rebounding ability is too strong, one of the best in history, so if Tang Qian wants to approach the peak, it is impossible to do it without spending a lot of time polishing it.
Like free throws, Tang Qian improved very quickly because Zhang Dashuai was too weak, and he didn't encounter any bottlenecks along the way.
But even if this attribute reaches nine yuan, what can it do? Isn't it just like the "bang bang" of forging iron, making the person "crying without tears" or "speechless and choked"? Therefore, the harder it is to break through the crystal brick, it shows the value of this breakthrough.
, correspondingly the higher.
Tang Qian has been dealing with "different spaces" for so long, and he has figured out some of the "doorways" to some extent, so that he is not as blind as when he first obtained it.
At the end of June, Tang Qian received a notice from Zhou Zhiru that the AND1 company was going to arrange for him to go to South Korea for promotion. Originally, Tang Qian didn't like this kind of thing, but the AND1 company also supported him some time ago. Tang Qian took a closer look.
After thinking about it, I gave up my thoughts of complaining and started to seriously prepare for this event.
The schedule for going to South Korea is 5 days and 4 nights, a total of three cities, and 14 activities.
First of all, the first stop, which doesn’t take much, is of course Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
Well, it’s the place that used to be called Seoul.
Although he felt that it was a bit delayed in his practice, after experiencing this "internal and external turmoil", Tang Qian's high impression of AND1 company increased sharply, so slowly, he paid more and more attention to his status as AND1's chief spokesperson. At least for AND1 company.
Generally speaking, Tang Qian will try his best to cooperate and do his best to have a good "business image".
This is also the success of AND1 company’s “favor card” investment.
In the future, Seth Berger even boasted about this matter, thinking that he had done the most worthy "show off" and "support" in his life. Without this step, Tang Qian would not have been with AND1 company until he retired.
After all, Nike and Adidas are not fools. They were wealthy and saw that No. 29 was gradually gaining value, so they immediately spent a lot of money to poach employees, but No. 29 remained unmoved throughout his life.
This time, AND1 company's "strong support" played a very important influencing factor.
This is the fourth country that Tang Qian has visited in his two lifetimes combined. In the past, his impressions of South Korea were all about various Korean dramas, idols, Oppas, long legs, cosmetics, and plastic surgery.
.This is the first time he has personally set foot on the soil of this country.
Accompanying the company were manager Zhou Zhiru, and a total of 37 AND1 staff members. In the past, he didn't realize it just by watching this kind of "meeting event". Now that it fell on him, Tang Qian suddenly felt that the "behind-the-scenes work" was not easy. 37 people surrounded one person.
Turn, this feeling was something Tang Qian had never experienced personally before.
"Tang Qian, this is the basic content of your speech. You must memorize it! Don't forget it!"
"Hot, when you get off the plane, take this position and try not to deviate too far, otherwise our security personnel may not be able to take care of you."
"Hot, these are the taboo words and taboo regulations for this event compiled by ADN1. You must not talk to them, otherwise it will easily cause conflicts between cultures and ethnic groups."
"Hot, this is..."
This was also the most unsettling time Tang Qian had ever had since taking a plane. It was so depressing that he barely had a moment of "complete leisure". Thinking about it now, it's really not easy for big stars like Taylor to take care of their own "aura."
and "commercial image", there are really countless things to pay attention to.
Alas, fortunately, I am just a basketball player, and my exposure rate is far less than that of these "entertainment stars". Otherwise, my head would be "exploded" just to deal with these.
But when he got off the plane, Tang Qian felt "deserted" because there were only a few "fans" who came to "pick him up".
He didn't have anything to do with it, he just felt that such a big "campaign" of AND1 Company was wasted.
However, Dana, the top person in charge of AND1, answered this way, hot, this is not a question of waste, this is a question of your "star energy" and "style". Our AND1 company's future goal is to build you into a "
"The number one star" and "the number one sign", if your business activities are "weak" when you go abroad for the first time, won't it make others look down upon? Make people think that our AND1 company is just a skinny and skinny person without flesh? Therefore, this pomp is not only to protect you
, and other business significance.
Hearing this, Tang Qian's head got bigger. He nodded in understanding, and then secretly made up his mind that he would never ask this woman any questions again. Otherwise, he would be too dizzy if he didn't say anything and be criticized by others.
A blast of "jargon".
After leaving the airport, the first stop was the AND1 Seoul main store, which is, of course, the only physical store in Seoul.
AND1 has shrunk significantly in recent years due to its own problems. If Seth Berger hadn't prepared to make another big bet on Tang Qian, then the only AND1 flagship store in Seoul would have announced its closure soon, and then
With a disgraced face, someone took off the signboard and "get out of Korea" completely.
Originally, AND1 Company decided to go to Japan for promotion. After all, Japan is a country with extremely strong consumption power in Asia, and the AND1 brand is obviously much better developed in Japan than in South Korea. However, Tang Qian strongly resisted this matter.
They could only abandon Japan and fight in South Korea.
Because South Korea is also a country with very good consumption power.
At least it is much stronger than the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar.
It's just that AND1 company obviously didn't understand that the current domestic relations with South Korea, especially the "entertainment" relationship, are actually quite tense. Everything stems from the "Korean ban" half a month ago.
This directly caused the relationship between China and South Korea to deteriorate a lot. Coupled with "Bangzi's" innate "confidence in everything", they also began to spontaneously boycott domestic "stars".
Unfortunately, Tang Qian was also classified as a "star". To put it more specifically, he was called a "basketball star".
So after arriving at the deserted store, Dana, the person in charge of AND1's operation, finally felt that something was wrong. She immediately called the general manager of AND1's Korean region. After some detailed inquiries, Dana "suddenly realized"
.
She scolded the general manager of AND1 South Korea, but all the funds had been spent, so she couldn't just waste it, so she frowned and began to think hard about how to "turn things around".
But she really underestimated the power of this "intelligence lag", because the resistance in South Korea was far more serious than she imagined. The first publicity campaign almost ended in a complete failure. The group of people had many worries.
Arrive at the hotel.
In the evening, Dana reported this problem to Seth Berger, but the two discussed it for a long time, but there was no way to solve it.
There is no way, who would ask that their chief spokesperson is Chinese?
This identity alone is currently an unsolvable situation.
On the second day in Seoul, it was still sparse and there was no improvement at all. The resistance to AND1 here even reached the level of disgust. For Tang Qian himself, it was really nothing, but he finally got someone else's big contract and didn't help think about it.
The method is not a matter.
The same goes for the third day, and it’s almost the same in Busan.
Until the last day when I arrived in Daegu, which is a light industrial city in South Korea, of course these were not important. The main thing was that Tang Qian was coming here to have a "show" with the players signed by South Korea's AND1. This was originally a normal business.
Many sports brands have done this before, and the publicity effect was not bad. But this incident half a month ago caused a subtle change in the nature of everything.
When Tang Qian and his party arrived at the Daegu Stadium, unlike the "deserted" days before, the place was crowded and even very "lively". Unfortunately, looking at the "slogans" they put up, you knew that this was not for Tang Qian.
Came here sneaking into a group of people.
They are here to cheer for their country's national team members.
Yes, several of AND1's contracted players in South Korea are indeed members of the current national team.
When Tang Qian got off the bus, he heard some very bad English reaching his ears, saying: "Chinaman! You will be beaten to a pulp by Kim Joo-sung tonight! It will be you in Daegu, South Korea."
A nightmare ahead!"
"Kill the Chinaman! Stand up! Big stick!"
"Let Chinese basketball, like football, always fear us!!!"
"Kill the Chinese! Show off the power of our country!!!"
If someone who didn't know about it came here, they would think that this was a competition between the Chinese national team and the Korean national team. The extreme nationalism here is really worse than seeing it. Listening to these words, Tang Qian's face was,
It gradually became colder, and the original working smile had long since disappeared.
Even if it weren't for the fact that AND1 had publicly supported him in the "internal and external turmoil", Tang Qian would have wanted to turn around and walk away. But he was no longer the "stupid young man" before. With a slight sweep, he was right
Looking at the manager Zhou Zhiru next to her, she said: "It's true that the rules of the event didn't say that you can't play, right?" Zhou Zhiru was stunned. After thinking about it, she shook her head and said, "There is no such rule, but this is just a show.
For entertainment activities, we..."
A sneer appeared on Tang Qian's face for the first time, and he said: "A show, an entertainment event? Look at this posture, does it look like it?"
"Since people want to play it real, what reason do I have to spoil the fun? As the saying goes, when you are in a country, do as the Romans do, and do as the host does, right?"
"Anyway, I don't have much favorable impression of this Lao Shizi country. Tonight is just the right time to teach them a lesson and let them know that the universe was not created by their big stick nation."
After Tang Qian finished speaking, he raised his head again and strode into the entrance of the gymnasium.
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