Chapter 410: Game Endorsement
The photo of Yiyang sitting on the shoulders of a group of casually dressed stars and lifting the championship trophy of the slam dunk contest spread all over the world the day after the slam dunk contest ended.
This photo has become one of the classic pictures in the history of the NBA. And Yiyang's three dunks in the dunk contest have all become insurmountable benchmarks in the history of the NBA dunk contest.
Yiyang completely turned this slam dunk contest into a one-man performance, and in a few years, people may forget that there is also Badinger Derrick in the league. Williams and these two people, perhaps, will be surprised to say, "It turns out that Paul. George also participated in the slam dunk contest back then? ”
But absolutely no one will forget Yiyang and the year 2012. This vintage is off to a crazy start. This year was one of the most exciting parts of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
You know, a week before the start of the slam dunk contest, Yiyang was not even on the list of contestants. He had the shortest preparation time of all the four, but managed to make it to the other three, becoming the most beautiful of all the contestants.
Moreover, Yiyang is the first Asian to participate in this event! In the past, Asian or Chinese players gave people the impression that they were not physically confrontational and athletic. The emergence of Yiyang has changed this history. Yellow people can fly, and they fly very high! The emergence of Yiyang has broken the world's perception of Chinese basketball players!
For these reasons, Yiyang's victory in this slam dunk contest is full of legends. Regardless of whether Yiyang will achieve greater achievements in the future, for now, he will not be forgotten by people and will not be erased by history.
Because of this, even on the day after the slam dunk contest, Yiyang's popularity has not decreased at all. Stars from all walks of life have posted photos of themselves and Yiyang on their social media, and sports TV stations in various countries are responding to the miracles created by Yiyang in the slam dunk contest yesterday. Even Vignarie, who is far away in Italy, is also solidly popular because Yiyang got something with a dunk in his jersey.
Kuban, a local tyrant, even posted a magnified photo of Yiyang's hanging arm on social media, and he will hang this photo in his office and treasure it forever!
Overnight, the whole world seemed to be swept away by the name Yiyang. The next day, even after the All-Star Game began, people's attention remained on Yiyang.
Kobe, James, Bynum, Durant...... These brilliant names can only be ranked behind Yiyang at present. In the All-Star Game, when Yiyang is on the court, everyone will give way for Yiyang to complete the dunk performance.
As for that pretentious Western Stars starting power forward Blake. Griffin, alas, seemed to be forgotten about his existence throughout the All-Star break. All weekend, Griffin watched through gritted teeth as people shouted Yiyang's name. He really wished that the regular season could start sooner so that he and Paul could really clean up that guy in Yiyang.
Griffin seems to have forgotten that even if the Clippers were to clean up Yiyang, it would be Paul and Billups' business. He, Griffin, should think about how to deal with Nowitzki.
After a crazy night, the All-Star Game came to an end. Thunder's young forward Kevin. Durant became the latest All-Star MVP, and of course, from Durant's smiling expression, people can see that this guy's goal this year is not just as simple as All-Star Game MVP.
Although on the last day of the All-Star Game, Yiyang had no role except for a few dunks. But he has already confirmed his leading role in the All-Star Game yesterday, and even if Yiyang does not play much today, he still can't hide his influence.
Although the All-Star Game is over, Yiyang and Nowitzki and Carter can't get enough of Orlando's dreamy scenery. The regular season is fast again, and everyone has to wake up from a relaxed weekend.
For some, All-Star Weekend is a relaxing day off. But for Yiyang, the days of All-Star Weekend are not much easier for him than when he played the regular season.
For the sake of his popularity and commercial value, Yiyang did not hesitate to participate in all three days of the All-Star Weekend. Before he could breathe his breath, he had to take the opportunity to rush back to Dallas to play the team and then go to training.
Of course, Yiyang's efforts in the All-Star Game are not completely unrewarded......
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"Toot toot toot toot...... Toot toot toot toot ...... "The ignorant Yiyang heard a noise, he opened his eyes suddenly, picked up the ringtone and vibration "double pinch" his mobile phone, and looked at the caller ID.
At this time, the time had just reached 6 o'clock in the morning. Yiyang, who had been tired for 3 days, was still lying in bed, full of sleepiness. If this is Terry's joke with himself again, Yiyang really plans to make a phone call tomorrow early in the morning to get revenge on him.
However, after seeing the caller ID, Yiyang instantly became energetic. Bill. Duffy, a guy who has nothing to do and will never call himself, will definitely not joke with himself!
"Hello, Mr. Duffy." Yiyang struggled to make his voice sound very spiritual, and I don't know why, Bill. Every time Duffy called, Yiyang would have a feeling of being investigated.
"Hello, I'm sorry to bother you early, I haven't gotten up yet." However, Duffy is an old man. Yiyang's pretended voice couldn't deceive him, the ace manager.
"Uh...... Yes, sir, is there anything wrong? ”
"Hmm...... yes, remember last year, during the playoffs, I called you to a business dinner at Adidas? ”
"yes, yes." Yiyang nodded, although this matter had been a little long, and he had no interest in this dinner. But what impressed Yiyang was that that night, he almost got entangled with Vignary......
"I also know that this dinner experience must be terrible for you...... But I'm not talking about the dinner itself, it's about a guy you met at the dinner party, and his name is Mike. King. ”
"Mike. King? Yiyang tried to search for this somewhat familiar name in his mind, after all, too many things had happened since that dinner party until now.
But Yiyang is a young man after all, and his memory is not so bad. After thinking for a few seconds, he remembered the person whose name corresponded.
"You're talking about the lead producer of the NBA2K game!"
"That's right!" Duffy snapped his fingers on the other end of the phone, "They plan to officially cooperate with us, and we hope you can be the cover face of their latest NBA2K13 game!" ”
This request was unexpected, and he was stunned for a long time, making sure that Duffy was not joking or that he had heard it wrong. Although last year Mike. Wang did mention this matter to himself, but Yiyang just took it as a small talk and didn't take it seriously.
Yiyang has also played basketball games since he was a child, and he knows very well that those who can become the spokesperson of NBA2K games are definitely the top stars in the league! In the past, he had fantasized about what he would look like on the cover of the game countless times, but when this incident really happened, Yiyang still felt a little incredible.
NBA2K game cover characters have always been the focus of attention, and getting on the cover of NBA2K is quite a difficult task, and there are only a handful of active players in the league who can do it!
"Me? Image spokesperson? ”
"Yes, and the rewards are pretty good, take a make-up photo of their cover, do a few promotional videos, and you'll have $2.6 million! $2.6 million! A lot of players don't necessarily earn that much in a year! And you can do it all with just a few photos! ”
2K Games is an established gaming company with a lot of resources at its disposal, not to mention their NBA2K series, which has now established itself as the dominant player in basketball games.
Seeing that Yiyang was speechless for a long time, Duffy added again. "This year's NBA2K13, due to the expiration of their contracts with Jordan and others. So, they wanted to go against the retro style and sign 3 young players as cover spokespersons. The three were originally Rose, Durant, and Griffin. But after this All-Star Weekend, 2K sees great business value in you. And guess what? They decided to vacate Griffin's place for you! I really want to see Griffin's face now, hahahaha, it must be very exciting. ”
Hearing Duffy say this, Yiyang instantly became energetic. After a long day, I stole Griffin's limelight again!
It can make money and give Griffin a fatal blow to that nemesis. Putting together these causes and consequences, Yiyang feels that although he is just a basketball player, it is interesting to find time to be a game spokesperson or something. The so-called standing and making money is nothing more than that.
He remembered Iverson, O'Neal, who first appeared on the cover of the game, and then Kobe, Garnett, and Jordan. Now, I'll be on the cover of that cool game. And Yiyang bets that Griffin definitely won't want to shell out money to buy the latest 2K games!
"When are they going to take pictures?"
When Duffy heard Yiyang ask, he knew that this kid had agreed!
"I like your crispness, boy. Keep up the good work, you work hard, and I, try to help you make money! ”
Duffy smiled and raised his goblet and took a pleasant sip of his wine.