Coquettish Rebirth

() "Now let me announce that in the 1996 NBA draft, the first pick of the Philadelphia 76ers was ... Allen Iverson from Virginia!" "The second pick was Toronto Raptors The first is... Matthews Camby!" "The third player selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies is... Sharif Rahim!" "The fourth is the Milwaukee Bucks, and they selected a player from Georgia Tech. College, Stephon Marbury!"

The talent show on TV was going on continuously, and Jia Hongjian and Ye Jing were in a hotel near Madison Square Garden in New York.Outside the draft, there will definitely be some cat and dog agency companies or other strange companies, and maybe even representatives of companies like Nike and Reebok will wait outside the venue, waiting for the No. [-] pick to come out and talk to the No. [-] pick. A family to discuss business.

Of course, Jia Hongjian and the others would not join in the fun. After deciding to cooperate with Iverson, Jia Hongjian and the others directly called and made an appointment with the other party, and that was enough!They are a big company, so of course they don't need to live and sleep like the son-in-law of the champion!

At this time, after Jia Hongjian finished paying attention to No.1 being Allen Iverson, he inadvertently discovered that the fourth place in the first round this time is the legendary Marbury!You must know that this lone wolf Marbury has always been a legend in the NBA-when he was playing in active service, he had already started his own business!That's right, he didn't cooperate with other sneaker companies to create his own sub-brand, but he started a company from scratch to produce the zi you brand!

His brand called "Xingburi" is quite well-established-because Marbury, like Iverson, came from the bottom, they also had the experience of not being able to afford basketball shoes like Chinese children.There are more than a dozen pieces of pull-back shoes and double-star shoes to choose from in China, but there are no such cheap shoes in the United States!So after becoming famous, Lone Wolf Marbury began to create his own shoe brand.His "Xingburi" brand is aimed at the poor!In order to satisfy children of the same background as himself that can afford shoes, the price of his products is about 15 US dollars, which is 96 yuan according to the exchange rate in 120.This is quite cheap in China!

Why can Marbury make professional basketball shoes so cheap?Because he is not greedy, he does not seek other people to endorse, and he does not advertise everywhere, so after the cost is excluded, this "Xingburi" shoe can really make money on the basis of the price of 15 US dollars!

This kind of business acumen or an ideal way of doing business is not something that everyone can do.Even later, after Iverson, who entered the NBA in the same year, retired for several years, Marbury also came to China to play in the CBA, and the price was not expensive-he just wanted to promote his Starbury shoes.So cut the price to play cba!And it took three or four years to fight!

"The fifth place is Ray Allen selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves!" The draft continued, and then the Sonics' three-pointer was selected.Soon this Marbury and Ray Allen will exchange each other. Marbury went to the Timberwolves as the wolf king before Kevin Garnett came to the Timberwolves, and Ray Allen went to the Bucks.

From the sixth to the tenth place, Jia Hongjian has basically never heard of the names.Just when he was about to turn off the TV, all of a sudden, he heard the report on TV-"The Charlotte Hornets selected Kobe Bryant from Revo Morion High School in the 13th round of the first round !" Yo? "Kobe Bean" was actually No.13 selected?At this moment, Jia Hongjian was really happy.

What is "Kobe beans"?That’s the first two words of Bryant’s name—Kobe and Bean in Kobe-Bean-Bryant, and Kobe’s kobe means Kobe in Kobe steak, which is what his father ate in the restaurant. I was inspired to get the name when I went to Kobe steak, and the bean "bean" Bean was named because his father's nickname when he played basketball was "sweet bean", which is jellybean, so this bean also became Bryant's middle Christian name.

This Kobe bean classmate was selected by the Charlotte Hornets, and this Charlotte Hornets.Not the Charlotte Bobcats of later generations, or the team that Jordan owned.The Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans in the 21st century and were later called the New Orleans Hornets. It was said that they wanted to change their name to the New Orleans Roast Wings in 2013... No, it was the New Orleans Pelicans. After the change, Jordan wanted to rename the Charlotte Bobcats to the Charlotte Hornets.

This Charlotte chose Kobe Bean, not really wanting Kobe Bean to play in the past, but after the Lakers are optimistic about this Kobe Bean.They themselves have no way to choose in the front row.In order to prevent being cut off, they exchanged with Charlotte.Let Charlotte choose Kobe Bryant, and then the Lakers will use Divac to exchange with Bryant, so Bryant will enter the Lakers before playing in the first game, representing the Lakers to start the first career of the Lakers. a match.

After this Kobe Bean Kobe Bryant was selected, the 14th place is another future three-pointer-Peja Stojakovic, and No.15 is also very well-known, that guy is called Steve Husband Nash, the No.17 name is Jermaine O'Neal... It seems that the 96 draft is really a shining star in the future. Except Jermaine O'Neal's future is a bit reduced, everyone else is considered world-renowned!

But what if all these people were brought under the flag?When the time comes, people will see that the 96 generation are all from Huaxia Hi-Tech!How exciting is this?But with such a catch-all famous person, will he appear too monstrous in the future?After all, out of the 29 people in the first round, how many were randomly selected by Huaxia Hi-Tech, and they all became famous in the end?Some of them may have better rankings, but Huaxia Hi-Tech, who is not well-known, was not selected?Who doesn't doubt this?And you must know that the 96th generation was the draft with the highest success rate in 10 years!

Putting this matter aside for now, it will soon be time for Jia Hongjian and the others to meet Iverson and her mother.When the two sides met, Iverson still had a shy look on his face, but his mother was quite open.After the two parties sat down, I heard Iverson's mother say carelessly: "Now let's talk, what product do you want us Alan to endorse? What kind of treatment? Let me talk about it first, our Ai Lun is now the No. [-] pick in the draft, which is very popular. Now, many manufacturers have asked Alan to be their endorsement. These endorsements basically have exclusive agreements. If you are late, don’t blame us for not being able to follow You have cooperated..."

At this time, Jia Hongjian smiled slightly and said: "Please believe me, Ms. Iverson, can I call you Annie? Thank you, Annie, you see, this is the case. Our company is now promoting something called music pods. Believe me Your son will own our company's products in the future, and even many of his future teammates will have our products. We are aiming to be number one in the world! At the same time, I want to declare that I am a Chinese, and I am not Just like the Americans, business is business. What we Chinese pay attention to is that you take care of me and I take care of you. What we pay attention to is feelings and relationships. So we want to put forward a very competitive proposal here, that is, in the future we From the endorsement fee, 50 U.S. dollars will be used to form a foundation. The purpose of this foundation is to give you mother and child every year if Allen is injured and launches a professional sports career, or after retirement in the future. A certain amount of living expenses, the approximate amount may be about 10 US dollars a year, that is to ensure that your mother and child and your family can at least live a middle-class life smoothly..."

When they heard this, Iverson mother and son were really taken aback.The two of them are not the kind of Americans who only recognize money in the general publicity. In fact, the two of them are the kind of Americans on the street who are very similar to Chinese people-they just want to emphasize loyalty and loyalty!This is why Iverson later tattooed a Chinese "loyalty" on his neck!And the reason why Iverson raised a group of people after he became rich is because these people helped him back then!

When he was 17 years old, because of a brawl, all white men were beaten, and Iverson was among the 8 black men who did it. So the local judge sentenced four young people to 17 years in prison. People just happen to be all black.As a result, this incident attracted the attention of some organizations such as the Interracial Mutual Aid Association. After a struggle, the Iverson kid was released after spending 4 months in prison.

You must know that his father is already in prison at this time, and he happens to be in the same prison as him. At this time, his mother is alone at home!During those four months, it was this group of classmates and brothers they met on the street who continued to take care of his mother and protect his mother from being bullied. Those brothers have no worries about food and clothing!

The current Iverson didn't think about the future at all, he didn't think about injuries, and he didn't think about retiring, but after Jia Hongjian said this, the mother and son immediately recalled all kinds of sports injury legends .The sports world has always had that kind of supernatural talent, but after a sudden serious injury, or after a few times, they can't recover to their original state, and then they sink!The former Iverson can ignore these, because the poor family has to make money first!But now that he has entered the sports world and can already make money, he has to think about things in the future!

Yes, what if it is seriously injured?The annual salary of several million seems to be much now, but the question is if you have to retire after playing for a year?This kind of serious matter has to be considered. The annual salary of 300 million may seem a lot, but if it is used for the next five or sixty years, it is really not that much!That is the annual median income of an ordinary American family of four!If there is an income of 60 US dollars a year, then it can be regarded as having no worries about food and clothing!

So when he thought of this, Iverson had a good impression of Jia Hongjian at that time, and he felt that Jia Hongjian was very interesting.Generally, when the other party is interesting enough, Iverson, who was born on the street, will definitely return the meaning!