Lu Fei got on a plane to Seattle.

Whether it was in his previous life or in this life, he didn't grow up under the system, so he was only limited to hearing about the things Lao Gu said before, but when Lao Gu put a photo in front of him, he knew that there were so many athletes who were not happy after retiring.

It is true that there are people who are lazy and lazy, but most of them are still due to low education, no education, lack of life skills, lack of communication skills, and difficulty in integrating into social life, which has become an obstacle to their survival in this rapidly developing society.

Does the Sports Bureau care?

There are so many positions in the whole cultural and sports mouth, even if all the positions such as cleaning the street and guarding the gate are taken out, is it enough?

It is obviously not enough, not to mention these positions, there are also many elderly people with a little relationship in the family to compete with them.

There are few pits, but there are a lot of queues.

To be honest, Lu Fei admires Lao Gu, Lao Gu is not the kind of person who talks verbally, he really did it and tried his best to help these people.

Looking at the white clouds outside the plane window, Lu Fei was thinking, maybe he should do something in the future......

……

When he arrived in Seattle, Lorenzo Roma personally came to pick him up, and the first time he saw Lu Fei, he stuffed a thick pile of fax materials on the co-pilot into Lu Fei's arms.

"What is this?" Lu Fei was stunned.

"It's all faxes sent to the school during this time, looking for you to shoot advertisements, do endorsements, I have sorted them out for you, and this, in which I recorded the contact numbers of some brands, all of which have recently taken the initiative to contact you." Romahr threw over another leather notebook.

Lu Fei looked at it and said to Romaar: "Thank you, coach." ”

He knew that Roma had already helped him a lot during this time, and Roma would definitely focus on the basketball team in the next time, and it would be impossible for him to help Lu Fei take care of affairs all the time.

"I'm looking for a broker, do you have any good recommendations?" Lu Fei asked.

"Broker?" Romar's fingers kept tapping on the steering wheel and said, "There really is one, but I don't know if you can accept it." ”

"Who?" Lu Fei wondered in his heart.

"Joe Smith, of course not the Smith from Milwaukee, do you remember where we played in Game 1 of the Round of 64?" Romale drove into the University of Washington and then continued, "Salt Lake City, right, the commentary for that game was great, well, I mean, that commentary was Joe Smith." ”

Well?

Salt Lake City narrator?

Lu Fei was stunned.

"Oh, don't get me wrong, he's a top graduate of the Harvard School of Economics and Management." Romaar quickly explained: "He just likes basketball and will be a commentator. ”

"Then how could he be willing to be my agent?" Lu Fei asked.

Romaar smiled and said, "Because he likes to watch you play, he's your fan, Joe is in Seattle right now, do you want to see him?" ”

"Okay, see you in the afternoon."

……

The sun is sinking in the west, and the twilight of dusk shines all over Seattle.

Joe Smith was sitting in a dumpling restaurant not far from the University of Washington, and he couldn't understand why Lu Fei chose this restaurant as the place to meet, or simply because it was a Chinese restaurant.

He glanced at the clock on the wall, and it was still half an hour before the meeting time.

The boss is an old man, Joe Smith has been sitting for a long time, and the old man has no impatience, which makes Joe Smith's heart full of gratitude.

On the table was a thick pile of materials, many of which were reported by the Chinese media on Lu Fei, all of whom were purchased by Joe Smith from China.

After the NCAA finals, China's major newspapers and TV stations reported on Lu Fei's game, and because Lu Fei went home to take care of his mother after surgery, which was particularly in line with China's values of 'filial piety', Lu Fei's popularity among Chinese fans remained high for a while.

Parents educate their children and say, "You play ball, but you must learn like Lu Fei." ”

The kids on the court no longer said, "You see how much I look like Kobe, how much like Iverson, how much like Carter." ”

Now they all changed their words and said: "Look at my actions, how much like Lu Fei." ”

Joe Smith also learned that the supply of Lu Fei Husky Dog jerseys in the Chinese market is in short supply, and I heard that the manufacturers who make jerseys in southern Fujian have begun to pay attention to the situation of Lu Fei's draft, as long as Lu Fei is selected by a certain team, Lu Fei's jerseys will be produced immediately in southern Fujian.

There is also this year's men's basketball Asian Championships, and the call for recruiting Lu Fei into the national team is getting higher and higher, and several senior basketball commentators including Zhang Weiping, Sun Yiping, and Xu Jicheng have expressed their views in public in favor of Lu Fei's entry into the national team.

A few days ago, Yao Ming also said in an interview with the media: "I hope that the Basketball Association will consider Lu Fei to enter the national team, because the golden age of basketball players is only a few years, and Chinese basketball needs to seize this opportunity to break through historical achievements." ”

In the face of media interviews, Jiang Xingquan, the coach of the national team at the time, also vaguely asked for the need for a good defender.

Joe Smith predicts that it is only a matter of time before Lu Fei enters the national team, and if Lu Fei can lead the Chinese men's basketball team to achieve a good result, Lu Fei's prestige and economic value will become greater and greater.

Of course, he also knows that the affairs of the national team are all in the back, and now Lu Fei's top priority is to arrange the draft well.

Which team is the most suitable for Lu Fei, and which team is most suitable for Lu Fei's physical and technical ability.

The paper in front of him has been drawn by him, and it is full of some analysis of the teams in the league, including the characteristics of the coaches of each team, the characteristics of the players.

He didn't know that when he was immersed in writing, Lu Fei and Roma had already walked in and stood behind him.

It wasn't until Daddy Chen came out and saw Lu Fei that he opened his mouth and shouted, "Stinky boy, are you back?" ”

Joe Smith was stunned, and quickly looked back and saw Lu Fei looking at him with a smile.

Lu Fei stretched out his hand,

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Smith, congratulations on being your player, well, the only player." Lu Fei said with a smile.

Joe Smith was visibly stunned.

"You ......"

"Let's see when we can sign a contract." Lu Fei shook hands with him, "Happy cooperation." ”

Joe Smith was delighted.

Compared with other agents, Lu Fei prefers people like Joe Smith who purely like basketball, rather than those who only think about financial interests.

Besides, like Jeff Schwertz, who has at least 30 players, Leon Nass, who is a little closer, also has more than 20 players.

With so many players under their hands, can they take care of it?

How can he be so comfortable, one-on-one service, not to mention that he believes that Joe Smith is no worse than those of them.

"Daddy, let's have three bowls of yellow flower beef noodles."

Lu Fei decided that he would have a treat today.

……

The next day, Joe Smith drew up the agent's signing contract, according to NBA regulations, the agent's commission in a single contract is not more than 4% of the contract, Joe Smith only put forward a 2% request, Lu Fei did not agree, he knows that favors belong to favors, business belongs to business, if Joe Smith can't make money, his service will not be much better.

In the end, the two people negotiated and signed a contract with a 2.5% draw.

This is also the market price of the NBA.

Joe Smith helped Lu Fei find the famous trainer Eaton LaVine.

There are two types of trainers, one who is good at helping fledgling players hone their skills, and the other who is good at training big names.

Eaton LaVine is the second type.

Of course, the cost of training is not cheap, and this part of the cost is deducted from the prize money of the NCAA competition in the continental non-continental non-state - including the part of Anthony Washington's IOU.

On June 6, the little-known Joe Smith announced the signing of Lu Fei, which is equivalent to officially announcing Lu Fei's participation in the draft, and the 30 teams in the NBA league and major brand manufacturers who need to contact Lu Fei can directly contact Joe Smith.

……

On June 27, the 2003 NBA Draft was held in Madison Square in New York.

Lu Fei, accompanied by Joe Smith, came to New York.