Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 18 The Nike Quote

After the "Irreplaceable" incident fermented, Wu Di's Twitter followers ushered in another surge, directly increasing from 50 to 300 million.

With 300 million active new fans, Wu Di's invitation to promote cooperation has reached the ceiling level among Twitter celebrities, which means that an advertisement can cost almost 20000 US dollars.

This made Turner envious. He and Wu Di mentioned the idea of ​​Twitter. He has been on Twitter much earlier, but now the number of followers has just exceeded 10, and they are all passer-by fans who don’t speak much. .

"Dude, if I were you, I would post more than ten advertisements a day!"

Turner said enviously on the phone.

"So your fans are only 10, while mine have already exceeded 300 million!"

Wu Di laughed and said that he is very short of money now, but he seldom accepts advertisements, mostly posting some training routines.

Recently, he just registered on IG, and the number of fans on IG has also increased rapidly, reaching the order of 100 million.

Taking advantage of the popularity to make a fortune, who doesn't like to cut leeks, but Wu Di feels that the most important thing for idols to fans is trust.

The product has never been used, so he will not promote it against his conscience.

Like the previous sea blue rice, he bought it for his mother when he earned his first salary in his previous life, and his mother said it was very useful, so he accepted the promotion.

Some Internet celebrities, who don’t even use or even dislike products, even show their faces. Such people are just killing the trust of fans, whoever fans is stupid.

"Actually, if you want to increase your fans, you can go back to Ohio State and come and play with me. I'll post @伱 when the time comes, and the traffic will be booming!"

Wu Di seduced, although after feeling the charm of Wade's 500 dollars before, he no longer looked down on Turner's [-] yuan.

But now the situation is stronger than the people, and the strongest person in Ohio State is only a hundred dollars a ball. He began to miss Turner again.

"Suck, what a great idea, brother! You wait for me, I will find you when I come back from Hawaii!"

"Gah, weren't you still in Kyoto, Japan yesterday? Why did you go to Hawaii again?"

"Don't mention it. I met a cute Japanese girl in Kyoto yesterday. She said that her biggest dream in life is to go surfing in Hawaii. Today I will bring her to realize her dream!"

"...I bet you haven't been to the beach once since you landed, and you've all had sex in the hotel!"

"Hahaha! Life is short, enjoy yourself in time! If you want me to say, you might as well come to Hawaii directly, you can also practice in Hawaii!"

"What kind of ball are you practicing? It won't be a two-handed dribble, right?"

……

Turner's life is the life of most NBA players on vacation, sunshine, beach, beauties, champagne...

But Wu Di is not envious, yes, we really are not envious at all!
He wiped away the drool that didn't exist, he just wanted to be promoted to SS rank as soon as possible!
Recently, he raised his passing and field of vision to 75, which is the threshold of a starting player, and his ball control has been raised to 84, which is almost able to touch the threshold of a superstar player.

It's just that the money is so tight that the fire is imminent, and there is no talent point at all. Only ball control and passing have not reached the top talent, and everything else has reached its limit.

Facing the scorching sun in the afternoon, Wu Di crossed the crimson bridge again to the Ohio State Gymnasium and started the afternoon training.

Now he is on the court, just like a classic point guard, he only rushes but does not attack, he only passes but does not shoot, and he is able to pass back with a skillful hand, not to mention the opponent, and even his teammates can sometimes fool him, which shocked the old Homan. I was taken aback.

No, Wu Di got another offensive rebound, turned around and switched hands. The sudden change made the opposing player have no time to adjust, and he fell to the ground with his left foot and right foot, which attracted a burst of exclamation from the audience.

Immediately afterwards, with a whoosh, the orange basketball flew into the hands of the fast-break teammates like a precision-guided missile, scoring easily.

"Pretty!"

"The biography is so handsome, Wu!"

"Quick, one more!"

It's summer vacation now, and the American University campus is open to the public, so the sidelines are already crowded with basketball fans and fans who came to watch the game after hearing the news.

Seeing this scene, Old Homan tremblingly took out a small brown medicine bottle from his pocket, poured out a quick-acting heart-rescuing pill and put it in his mouth.

Silky, so silky, even silkier than silky smoothie!

The point is that this is just the result of Wu Di's training for more than a month...

"At first I thought Wu was just a 3D player, but I didn't expect that even his organizational ability has improved so fast now, my God! Another wonderful pass..."

"Could it be that because Turner was on the court and Wu was not allowed to organize the offense before, he failed to show his talent in this aspect of organization?"

"Then I'm really delaying Wu. If I can discover his talent in this area earlier, I'll be the No. [-] pick..."

Old Homan thought about it, and his heart was surging again, and he had the urge to take medicine for the second time!
Wu Di's progress these days made him feel that maybe he could really bring out an All-Star player...

Turner's talent is excellent, but Turner only participated in the draft in his senior year. He is a bit too old and has little potential to tap. Wu Di only turned 19 at the end of this year, so his potential is limitless!

If Wu Di can also show such a level in the NBA, it will really skyrocket!

There are many people who have the same idea as the old Homan, including Luke Pierre, the marketing director of Nike Ohio, who was moved by the news.

Pierre is a native of Cleveland. In the past few years, because of James, his performance was quite good.

Although Ohio is only the seventh most populous state in the United States, his performance achievement rate is the second in the United States, and his bonus is too much to spend.

But now James has gone to Miami, and his performance fell to No. 20 last month, and he has been reduced to being with Maryland, a state that doesn't even have an NBA team...

Therefore, he was very impatient until he heard about Wu Di, and then on the first day when he saw Wu Di play with his own eyes, he knew that he was saved!
He generally agreed with the old Homan's idea, that is, Wu Di's stardom is boundless, but the difference is that he thinks more about exposure.

The current Cavaliers, although the main team defected, the head coach resigned, the team's strength has been greatly reduced, and the performance is definitely not good, but doesn't this just guarantee Wu Di's playing time?

What can be asserted is that when the new season starts, Wu Di will definitely become the head star of the Cavaliers quickly. Regardless of whether Wu Di can play at the level of a superstar, the exposure time is definitely guaranteed!

Moreover, Wu Di doesn't even have an agent now, so his bargaining power is basically zero or even negative...

Now if he can sign Wu Di, then when the company evaluates the input and output benefits later, he will be a great contributor!

Today, the signing fund he applied to the headquarters has been approved, 4 million in 900 years!
For a rookie, this is already considered a top price, but for a star of a team, it is the price of cabbage, and Wu Di is backed by the vast Chinese market, Pierre is almost laughing It's coming out.

The whistle blows, the training is suspended, and the players go off to rest.

Wu Di is a bit regretful, just now he failed to get to the flying state by grabbing rebounds, and now the upgrade progress of the flying badge has reached (9998/10000), and the flying state can be swiped purple after two more flying states.

"Mr. Wu, I'm Pierre, the marketing director of Nike who had contacted you before, and now I want to officially offer you a contract worth 900 million yuan. Do you think you are interested?"

Pierre deliberately said loudly in the crowd, the astronomical figure of 900 million dollars also made the audience around him exclaimed WOW.

900?
Or Nike?

Wu Di's eyes lit up instantly!
He is now worried that he has no money to increase his talent points, this Nike marketing director is simply a timely help!
And the efficiency is really high enough, it seems that he only came once a week ago, and this time he came directly with such a large contract amount?

He walked to the sidelines, accepted Pierre's offer contract, and immediately gathered a group of people to watch.

"Four years?"

Wu Di quickly discovered the problem. The 900 million contract is indeed not small, but signing it for four years at once?
This is a bit of a loss...

When he was struggling, the crowd not far away suddenly felt restless. Wu Di raised his head and was instantly dazzled by the sudden flash.

Several bodyguards separated the crowd, and Gilbert, who had his hair back and a blue haute couture suit, came out, and shouted to the crowd in a thick voice as he walked:
"Go all out ~ go all out, go all out ~ go all out!"

That was the Cavaliers chant, and fans immediately joined in and followed Gilbert's rhythmic tones.

Although Lao Zhan's departure has caused great harm to the Cavaliers, the fans still love the team owner Gilbert. After all, he has already tried his best to retain him, and the salary increase has been added to the top, and all conditions are met.

Gilbert walked up to Wu Di and said loudly:

"Wu, you are welcome to join the Cavaliers! I saw in the newspaper that your unyielding spirit has inspired Ohio. We have the most advanced training hall in the NBA, with the most professional team of trainers. Come back and train with the team!"

Wu Di was a little confused. It's still an off-season. Why is Gilbert making such a big fight?
"Perform with me, boy, we need to cheer up the fans too!"

While hugging and shaking hands with Wu Di, Gilbert whispered to him.

Speaking of which, Gilbert glanced at Luke Pierre next to him, and recognized that he was the regional marketing manager of Nike. He looked at him holding the contract, and said with some disgust:
"You are not qualified to negotiate with the future star of the Cavaliers, let your boss come back with a new offer!"

(End of this chapter)