The NBA starts the preseason at the end of September every year, the regular season starts at the end of October, the NBA playoffs are from April to June, and it is now the 1995/1996 season, when the regular season has just played a third of the time, when Yang Yun visits the Magic, it is their home game, Orlando Magic vs San Antonio Spurs.

Yang Yun plans to look for NBA celebrity endorsement games, the most well-known is of course Jordan, but there are too many companies from all walks of life around the world who want to ask Jordan to endorse, not to mention Nike, sports functional drinks, watches, suits, cars, underwear, etc. are all queuing up for Jordan's authorization.

In addition, Olajuwon is also quite suitable, the 1994-95 Finals MVP is the Rockets' "big dream" Olajuwon, this era is also the peak of the king Rockets, they have the best center Olajuwon in the 90s, who can win the championship for two consecutive years in the Bulls dynasty led by Jordan, and the strength is extraordinary.

It's also Olajuwon's personal prime, beating O'Neal, Robinson, and Ewing as the best center in most people's right now.

But Yang Yun doesn't plan to join in the excitement, neither of these two people are the best candidates, Jordan's image is used badly, Olajuwon is about to go downhill, only the gradually rising O'Neal is the most suitable star.

Who is O'Neill? This is a wonderful star who is completely wonderful, and has a 100% fit with Longteng Entertainment Game Company!

Breaking the basket and rebound, pulling the basketball hoop down are all trivial things, and his power under the basket is unstoppable. is invincible, and has become a 50 superstar in NBA history within 5 years of his debut. This doesn't need to be explained anymore.

Plus, he's a great comedian. He has a talent for comedy, combing his bald head at the camera, hugging Maddie's head and kissing it, deliberately falling down among the fans on the sidelines, making phone calls with his sneakers, making records, acting in movies, wrestling, and swimming with Phelps Spoon. Imitate Beyoncé singing and dancing with Justin Bieber.

Mr. O'Neill, who taught the children to speak Spanish, asked lightly, "Who can speak the MVP in Spanish?" ”

The voice was full of the usual calm, and the MVP was naturally normal for him.

A cute girl chattered and was praised by O'Neal for raising her eyebrows, and then asked the second question: "What do you say about 3 championships?" ”

The other little boy raised his arms high and spoke up first, once again being praised by O'Neal, and three championships were not something he could be proud of.

Then O'Neill showed off his strong arms. Make a bodybuilding pose, and ask these simple-minded children with a proud face: "Then who would say that the most domineering center in history?" ”

At the moment when O'Neill was narcissistic and proud, the cutest boy in history stared at O'Neill with innocent eyes and replied, "Yao Ming? ”

Seeing that O'Neill's eyes were wrong. The little boy thought that the answer was wrong, and hurriedly changed his words in a panic: "Bill Russell? ”

At this time, O'Neill's stunned expression was really expressive. It could be seen from his face that he had the urge to strangle this little friend. was so depressed that he couldn't do it, but he couldn't express more as a teacher. Pointing at the little boy, he said depressedly, "Go to the office to find me after class." ”

Yang Yun burst out laughing when he saw this advertisement for the first time, O'Neill is so funny that he won't forget his good friend Yao Ming even when he shoots an advertisement, but he personally said that Yao Ming is his brother.

The funniest player in NBA history, and who better to be the face of Dragon Entertainment Games than O'Neal?

Isn't the game just a fun laugh and fun!

In a café in Orlando, Yang Yun met O'Neill's agent Rutgers, and the two sat down face-to-face, ordered a cup of coffee, listened to the soft music in the café, and chatted happily.

"The Magic team is very good, Shaq is my favorite NBA center, and I admire his strength under the basket!"

"Oh? The Rockets defeated the Magic 4-0 in the playoffs, and Olajuwon pressed Shaq under the basket, wouldn't people prefer the powerful Olajuwon? ”

"Rutgers, there's no denying that Olajuwon is a great center, but Shaq certainly is. I think his image is very consistent with our Longteng company, they are the kind of domineering and invincible type, if you want to do it, you will be the first person under the basket with the strongest strength! ”

"Haha...... Mr. Yang, you really think so highly of Shaq, thank you for your compliment! Also, you seem to be the boss of the Timberwolves, right? ”

"That's right! Personally, I love and love sports, and I also have a Spanish Liga club under my name, which just finished second in La Liga this year. ”

"So, you also have plans to sign O'Neal and let him play for the Timberwolves?"

Speaking of this, Yang Yun's eyes were fascinated, and he looked into Rutgers's eyes, wanting to see the agent's true intentions.

He's got a lot of knowledge from Alexey, and O'Neal will be with the Magic for four years next year, and according to the rules, he'll be a free agent.

After leaving the Magic, O'Neal will join the Lakers, form an OK combination with Kobe, and create a Lakers dynasty under the leadership of Zen master Phil Jackson.

The star who appeared in the All-Star Game as a rookie, averaging 29.3 points per game, and Yang Yun knew that he would definitely become the strongest center in the future, Yang Yun said that it was impossible not to be impressed.

The Timberwolves are certainly willing to bring O'Neal on board so that Garnett can play his small forward and power forward positions with peace of mind, and the basket will be the home of the big sharks.

It's just that the star's offer is not low, it is said that the contract is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, and then look at his relationship with Kobe, you know that only he can be the boss of a team, whether it is Kobe Bryant of the Lakers or Garnett of the Timberwolves, these people must stand aside.

So Yang Yun didn't take the initiative or refuse, and said lightly: "Our company's main business is the game system, and I have full authority to others to do the development of the team, so let's talk about game endorsement today." Of course, if Shaq also wants us to sell games with his photos around the world, we can sit down and talk about deeper cooperation when the contract expires next year. ”

Rutgers picked up his coffee, echoed each other from afar, and smiled, "That's it!" ”

But what Yang Yun didn't expect was that as soon as he left on the front foot, someone from EA on the back foot contacted Rutgers, Rutgers smiled, didn't explain anything, and directly tripled the offer EA had given him before.

"6 million for 3 versions, if you agree, we can sign up at any time!" Rutgers smiled, looked at Vincent, the EA product manager, and indifferently reported the number.

Vincent opened his mouth wide and looked at Rutgers in surprise: "You're crazy! This is a game, not an NBA arena! I also know what Shaq's salary is, 3 million for the rookie in '92, and 4.5 million this year. We publish a version every year, and do you think he just makes a move and does nothing, and the photo alone is worth 2 million a year? ”

The sales of PC game discs are generally not high, FIFA94 under the suppression of Live 94, the sales volume is only 1.6 million copies in two years, FIFA95 has not been produced for a year, FIFA96 has only sold 500,000 copies not long after it was launched, and the total profit brought by this football series to EA is only more than 10 million, how can it be possible to share half of the money to an endorsement star at once?

Rutgers shrugged: "Maybe someone thinks Shaq is worth so much money!" ”

Vincent was so angry that he didn't know what to say, he slammed the table, but the next second, he suddenly realized something, because he still came with a mission.

"Rutgers, why don't we open the skylight and say something? Did Dragon Games find you? Vincent was nervous when he asked this.

The corners of Rutgers' mouth went up: "You're smart!" ”

Vincent shook his head repeatedly: "NoNoNo, Rutgers, you don't know about Longteng, let alone us!" Gaming is a completely different industry from the NBA, and for 2 million I can get Jordan's authorization. Rutgers, I think we all have to think about it calmly, especially if you look at Shaq who is injured this year, is he really worth that much money? ”

In fact, Yang Yun was far from Cheng Dù, who negotiated the endorsement price with Rutgers, and he didn't know that he was being used as a gun.

EA has been in contact with Rutgers for half a year, and the two sides have been tugging back and forth for several months because of endorsement fees, EA's latest offer is 1.5 million for 3 versions, and it is in the form of 1 million cash + 500,000 sponsored items, and O'Neal is also required to cooperate with EA's game promotion time.

But after Rutgers saw Yang Yun, he directly tripled the price and asked for all cash.

Greedy agents, this sentence is not wrong at all, players concentrate on playing, agents concentrate on making money, and the division of labor between the two sides is very clear.

In the face of interests, even if it is a brother, try to fight for it, Rutgers quickly found some previous cases of competition between Longteng and EA, when he saw that in 1991 EA, Longteng, and a third-party KTT company competed for Distinctive Studios, he laughed happily, and seemed to have found a way to maneuver between the two companies, and he intended to seek more profits.

Yang Yun was treated like a VIP in Orlando, and he got a fan ticket in the best position on the sideline to watch the heavyweight game of Magic vs. Spurs.

The two sides have a number of superstars and are very close in the rankings, and judging by the number of games played in the past two years, the Magic have a slight advantage over the Spurs.

The Magic are O'Neal, "Cobra" Horace Grant, "Penny" Hardaway, three-point dennis Scott, and swingman Nick Anderson, these five make up the pinnacle Magic team.

In the Spurs team, Sean and Robinson participated in the All-Star Game, and Pooh and Avery are also among the top in the league in defensive assists. (To be continued......)