Yang Xueli hurried to the house, she was anxious, but as soon as she pushed open the door, this impatience turned into embarrassment. Because Jessica and Zhou are feeding each other in the living room.

This brought tons of damage to Yang Xueli, who was still a single dog, and she coughed twice in embarrassment.

The scene of you and me was suddenly broken, and the two of them suddenly showed a panic like thieves...... After all, it's all first love.

"Sister, why are you back?" Zhou Zheng tried to use this rhetorical question to save the embarrassment in front of him.

"My younger brother has become a big hero who promotes the national spirit, if I don't rush over again, won't you sacrifice your life for the country?" Yang Xueli said angrily, she didn't like the domestic media to forcibly involve Zhou Zheng in the aspect of the national hero, in her opinion, isn't it just playing basketball and winning a championship? Why is it involved in national glory, is this self-confidence or inferiority.

"It's all about it. Zhou Zheng replied angrily: "I just have a little crack in my bones, and I will be fine in two days." ”

"It'll be fine in two days, but it's easy to say. Yang Xueli gave him an angry look, then walked up to Jessica and said in English: "It's been really hard for you these past few days, Jessica." ”

Jessica smiled and shook her head.

……

Yang Xueli took Zhou Zheng to the hospital for a re-examination the next day, and only relieved her mind after making sure that the injury was not serious. In the evening, Jessica flew back to South Korea, she had taken many days off, and the company had repeatedly urged her to travel.

On the night of Jessica's departure, Zhou Zheng announced his participation in the 2005 NBA Draft.

This news is undoubtedly blockbuster news for the NBA, and Zhou Zheng's popularity has reached an astonishing height with the miracle of the Finals, and he has begun to be discussed in a row with Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Andrew Bogut, and Marvin Williams.

Basically... The top five picks are made from these five people, and the rest of the players can only be ranked after the top five.

Although many basketball experts still think that Zhou Zheng is not enough to rank in the top five, they can't come up with too much evidence, so they can only say in a sour tone: If you look at it from a business point of view, the Chinese market behind him can indeed bless him to the top five.

When this argument was full of gunsmoke, Adidas officially announced that it would sign Zhou Zheng and let out the wind to the outside world, Zhou Zheng's endorsement fee was $60 million for four years plus a share of sneakers.

Judging from this announced data, this is already the largest sponsorship contract in NBA history, and the average annual income exceeds LeBron James's $90 million in seven years, and there is also a share.

"Adidas is insane. The person in charge of Nike said bluntly in front of the media: "Tiger is worth 18 million US dollars in three years at most." ”

The contract he offered happened to be the salary of the Jordan brand to sign Chris Paul. And another super point guard, Deron Williams, was offered even fewer contracts.

"It's a big gamble from Adidas. ESPN's comment was as follows: "Adidas slumped out after losing Kobe Bryant, they couldn't tap into any talent in ABCD training camp, and Nike stole all of their resources. Right now... They are betting their future on a Chinese defender who is clearly overestimating the Chinese market's spending power on high-end basketball shoes. ”

"Tiger is not LeBron, LeBron was already a household name in North American basketball when he was a ninth-grader, he was the one who was drafted by basketball, so it is not too much for Nike to invest more than 90 million in him. In fact, he's now Nike's most sold-selling signature shoe. Surpassed Vince Carter, surpassed Kobe Bryant. And Tiger, I don't think he'll be able to open up the market in North America. ”

"Winning Tiger is a good business plan, but the price they paid is too high!"

Professional media analysts basically think that the contract offered by Adidas is too risky, and even many media outlets bluntly describe it as a garbage contract.

And the fans are concerned about the ...... Wow, that's a lot of money, isn't it?

That's why Adidas is promoting $60 million for four years, and he wants to create a gimmick that Zhou Zheng has become the most expensive player in the sneaker market, and this gimmick is conducive to their promotion.

Adidas held a signing conference in Los Angeles the next day, and also showed the media the first signed shoe made for Zhou Zheng, and Zhou Zheng's personal logo was also displayed, a tiger with its tail raised and its mouth open to stare back, full of momentum, and just formed a 10 ...... This is Zhou Zheng's jersey back number, if you look at it with a magnifying glass, you will see the English word tiger in the LOGO.

Adidas priced Zhou Zheng's first signature shoe at $249, surpassing the price of Tracy Maddie's signature shoe. This clearly indicates that Zhou Zheng replaced the scoring champion Tracy Maddy as the signature figure of the Adidas camp!

The Adidas designer also emphasized at the press conference that Zhou Zheng's first signature shoe will be the most technological combat boot of all basketball shoes on the market.

This shocked reporters who are familiar with the sneaker market, because one of the most important reasons why Kobe Bryant fell out with Adidas in the first place was that Adidas was unwilling to add more technology to Kobe Bryant's signature shoes, saying that the best technology should be used in Tracy Maddie's signature shoes.

But now... A new generation has replaced the old.

Zhou Zheng didn't quite understand what the high-tech content in the sneakers represented, such as the effect on his foot feeling after adding carbon plates.

All he knew was that he was stunned when he put on the sneakers made from his own foot model, and he swore that he had never felt so comfortable, as if he was not wearing anything, his feet and shoes were perfectly integrated, and he believed that with the help of these shoes, his change of direction and acceleration would become more drastic.

"It's a great honor to work with such a great company as Adidas. We had a very pleasant and tacit understanding during the contact process, we spent almost no time negotiating, and our values were the same. ”

"Regarding the price, I am satisfied. My satisfaction is not so much about how high the contract is, but because they understand what I'm worth and are willing to offer the right price, which is the most important thing. This is the basis of our cooperation. ”

"I believe that I will be a good promoter, and I also believe that my signature shoes will occupy a large part of the sneaker market. Because, this is really a basketball shoe with a sense of technology and extremely comfortable feet. Of course, I'm sure I'll play to match this shoe, and I'm not going to put it to shame, and I hope that one day kids who love basketball will be proud to wear my signature shoes. ”

"For the NBA, I'm ready. With Adi's help, my body is recovering very well. I'll be with them all summer and I'll get stronger and stronger with their professional training. ”

"As for the draft, I'm going to go to training camp in Orlando until the end of May, and then I'm going to try out with a couple of teams that I like. ”

Zhou Zheng answered almost all the questions that everyone was concerned about at the press conference.

And the president of Adidas, Philwright, also came to the scene, he personally signed his name on Zhou Zheng's contract, and gave Zhou Zheng a high evaluation: "At the moment I signed the contract, Tiger officially became a member of our Adidas family, and I don't mind telling anyone frankly that he is our flagship product in the future." The company and I have a lot of confidence in him, and this confidence comes from our long observation of him, and we know how terrible his future potential is, so it is the best thing to sign him at this price at this time. ”

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[Yesterday's fifth shift, there was a power outage all day today. There may be power outages during the day on both days, so updates can only be done at night. There will be at least four chapters updated by tomorrow morning. 】-