Among the many professional leagues, there is one thing in common: jersey sales.

The number of jerseys sold is not only a reflection of a player's popularity, but also the first clue to the player's commercial value. Fans are always stingy with their purses and buy jerseys to support their favorite players and show their loyalty, home jerseys, away jerseys, commemorative jerseys, replica jerseys, limited edition jerseys, and so on.

Needless to say, the importance of the jersey to professional footballers is that some stadiums will also hang shirts with important numbers on their backs to commemorate the player's great contributions. A jersey serves as a bridge of shared memories and beliefs between players, teams and fans.

After this year's draft, Cam Newton led the league in jersey sales. This shows the Carolina Panthers' satisfaction and love for the draft champion.

As a negative teaching material, Lu Ke's jersey sales are another typical.

After joining the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted rookie, because of Alex Smith's relationship, Lu Ke had to give up the No. 11 jersey in the two games he played in college, and then chose the No. 14, but his jersey did not cause any waves, and the sales figures couldn't even enter the top 50 in the San Francisco 49ers-

There are a total of 53 players in the squad; But beyond the fifty-three, there are also historical legends, as well as certain players who have transferred this year. There are definitely more than 53 players selling jerseys on the market. And for the rookie quarterback, there is no expectation, and jersey sales naturally do not improve.

Before the regular season, due to a series of accidents, Lu Ke became the helm of the San Francisco 49ers, a brand-new battleship. The sales of the No. 14 jersey did rise slightly, but it was still limited, and it was estimated that it was barely among the top 50 - because the sales were too low, there was no official detailed statistics, and the jerseys after the 45th place in sales were probably in the hundreds.

Ironically, a tiny minority of fans bought the number 14 shirt, not to show their support, but to vent their anger, by tearing, shredding, splicing, defiling and so on, to make their position clear to the team's coaching staff and management.

In terms of jersey sales, Alex Smith is still the team's undisputed top spot, and Colin Kaepernick, who joined the team this year, is in second place, which shows that fans have high hopes for him; After the three-week regular season came to an end, things were changing little by little.

According to the official statistics of the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL, Lu Ke's jersey sales have skyrocketed by 660% in the past week, soaring to the top 10 of the San Francisco 49ers' rankings!

Although Lu Ke's jersey sales figures are still not against the sky, not to mention the entire league, even in the San Francisco 49ers' own team, they are only just among the top ten, and the sales figures are still behind Alton Smith, Logan Newman and Marcus Lynch among the rookie players, which is really nothing to boast about for quarterbacks.

But no one can deny that the momentum and speed of the surge is truly terrifying, especially considering Lu Ke's Chinese identity, which is even more remarkable - rugby's influence in the Chinese community is the weakest, far from comparable to basketball jersey sales, even baseball jersey sales are better.

Now, Lu Ke's jersey sales are rising, complementing the momentum on the court, step by step, extremely difficult, extremely difficult, but always moving forward.

Today, after Lu Ke finished his yoga training to relax his body, he drove home, and at the traffic light intersection near the community, Lu Ke was thinking about how to add a basic point he had gained in the morning.

After the end of the first week of the regular season, the daily training tasks have undergone earth-shaking changes, fully in line with the regular season game process, now two weeks have passed, after all the training tasks are completed on time and in quantity, when the hour hand turns to 0:00 today, the system will automatically remind you, complete the daily training tasks, and gain a little basic points.

After thinking about it briefly, Lu Ke superimposed this base point on top of the accuracy of the middle pass, which was originally sixty-seven, but now it has become sixty-eight.

Although Lu Ke mainly chose tactical awareness and observation vision for yesterday's addition, he also realized that the accuracy of the middle pass and the accuracy of the short pass still need to be further improved, otherwise, his tactical arrangements have been put in place, but the passing accuracy has not been able to keep up with the pace, and the result is still in vain.

The accuracy of the short pass at 71 points, and the accuracy of the mid pass that has increased to 68 today, must be up to speed as soon as possible.

After the point was added, the red light turned into a green light, Lu Ke concentrated again, drove the car, and skillfully returned to the community where he grew up, but then Lu Ke was stunned, and the scene in front of him made him full of confusion, or surprise-

On the short block, a No. 14 jersey of the San Francisco 49ers hangs at the door of every house, obviously, this is Lu Ke's jersey. But, why?

The car slowly pulled into the parking space on the side of the road, turned off the engine, and then saw the neighbors passing by, and enthusiastically took the initiative to say hello, "Hey, Bambi!" At the same time, he also turned his back and pointed to the back code of his jersey "No. 14", "Come on, Bambi, come on!" ”

Lu Ke was stunned for such a sudden moment, then smiled dumbly and waved his hand politely, "Thank you, Mrs. Franz." "This Mrs. Franz lived on the corner of the street, and was a very zealous old lady, and every time she baked a biscuit, she would bring it to her door for the children to taste; Participating in community activities is also particularly active.

Seeing the other party drifting away, Lu Ke opened the car door and walked down, and there was a noisy shout of children across the street, whistling by, "Bambi! Bambi! Bambi! "It's not the uniform kind, but the scattered one, one after another, giggling and shouting.

Lu Ke turned his head, and then he saw a large group of children, about eight or nine people, about half of them were wearing the red jerseys of the San Francisco 49ers' home stadium, if he was not mistaken, there were fourteen and eighty-eight. Without waiting for Lu Ke to respond, they ran over in a hula, like a gust of wind.

Lu Ke was also full of question marks, walked towards the door, pushed open the door, and asked loudly, "Mom, what's going on in the community?" Why ......" but the words didn't have time to continue, and then he paused, looked at the father and mother in front of him, his brain slowed for a moment, and then he laughed heartily, "Can you tell me what's going on?" Why are you wearing jerseys all of a sudden? I know, it's my jersey number. Don't you have such a habit? ”

The Newman family has a habit of wearing Logan's number 88 jersey to watch the game, like a truly loyal fan; But Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning are not fans, they just support Lu Ke, so they have never been in the habit of wearing jerseys.

Today, Lu Ke saw his parents wearing the No. 14 jersey, and they were still wearing the outer part of their usual clothes, revealing the sleeves and collar of the clothes inside, which looked really weird, like Halloween costumes that failed to dress up.

"How's it going, how does it feel?" Lu Zhengze was looking at his outfit, saw Lu Ke, and hurriedly asked.

Lu Ke had to answer, "At most, you can wear a sweat-absorbing shirt or vest inside the jersey, and it naturally looks strange if you put it on the outside like a coat." ”

Lu Zhengze suddenly realized, "Then I'll go to the bathroom to change it." After speaking, without waiting for Lu Ke to stop him, he turned around and left.

Lu Ke could only look at his mother, Jiang Youning pulled his jersey, the number of the jersey seemed to be a little too big, and the hem was a long one, a bit like a skirt, but not too similar.

However, Jiang Youning didn't mind at all, and said with a smile, "We just want to show our support." After that, I wore a jersey to watch the game, just like Austin and Tiffany, and today Tiffany also said that our community is discussing whether we should have a big barbecue party on the game day this week, and gather everyone together to watch the game live. ”

Looking at his son who was stunned, Jiang Youning stepped forward and patted his son's buttocks, "What, not used to it?" When I went to Chinatown today, a lot of young people were wearing your jersey, and it seems that your performance is gaining more and more recognition. In the future, maybe everyone on the street will wear your jersey. ”

Listening to his mother's explanation, and thinking back to the scene he saw on the street just now, Lu Ke smiled dumbly and nodded, "Maybe." Then, Lu Ke really looked Jiang Youning's clothes up and down, and it still looked a little weird, "Mom, you shouldn't buy a men's size, right?" You know, jerseys are also available in women's sizes, right? ”

Jiang Youning opened her mouth slightly, her face was stunned, and she didn't speak, but the meaning couldn't be clearer: she didn't know.

Lu Ke chuckled, "If you're not used to it, I'll bring you a women's size from the team tomorrow." ”

"Forget it, the male size is the male size, and it's good to be bigger." Jiang Youning waved her hand, and then she seemed to suddenly remember something, walked around the sofa, and found a carbon pen from the coffee table, "That's right, that's right, quick, you sign my jersey." ”

"Mom!" Lu Ke couldn't help but want to hold his forehead, this feels too strange, right? Signing on your mother's jersey? It's not a fan.

Jiang Youning didn't care, and stuffed the carbon pen into Lu Ke's hand, "Quick, it's signed, this is unique." Otherwise, what if this jersey is taken away by someone else in the future? ”

"If you take it, I'll get you another ten or eight pieces." Lu Ke really couldn't laugh or cry, but in the face of Jiang Youning, who refused to back down, Lu Ke was defeated in the end, and then honestly completed the signature on the back of Jiang Youning's jersey, on the 14th.