On February 13, 2000, the NBA's All-Star Game ended in a rous uproar, with the Western Conference winning 137-126 over the Eastern Conference, with O'Neal and Tim Duncan sharing this year's All-Star MVP. Whether it is from a competitive or commercial point of view, this All-Star Game is undoubtedly very successful, whether it is Meng Xu's championship of closing his eyes and scoring 3-point shooting, or Carter's 5 wonderful dunks, even the All-Star Game is the most exciting one in these years, and the ratings of this All-Star Game are also a new high in the past 5 years, and the decline caused by Jordan's retirement in the NBA league is also being moved back little by little.

As a member of the Spurs, the team's two bigwigs, Tim Duncan and David Robinson, participated in this year's All-Ming Match, and Meng Xu also had to cheer for them on the sidelines.

After the game, Meng Xu took the flight back to San Antonio on the same day, due to the phone call in advance, after returning to the apartment where he lived, although it was already early in the morning, He Hui was still sitting in the living room waiting, and there were several stacks of documents neatly placed on the tea machine in front of him.

"Sister Hui, why haven't you slept so late?" Meng Xu took off his coat while looking at He Hui, who was already obviously a little sleepy.

"I'm waiting for you, I have something very important to discuss with you." He Hui took a sip of the coffee on the table, using it to drive away drowsiness.

"If there is anything you can say tomorrow, staying up late is not good for your skin." Meng Xu said and sat down on the sofa.

"You can take a look at these documents." He Hui said and pushed a few stacks of documents on the tea machine to Meng Xu: "These documents are all advertisements that want to find you to endorse." ”

"Why are there so many?" Looking at the pile of documents on the coffee table, Meng Xu was also a little puzzled, as a rookie player, he was not a player with a star halo like Francis, and no company had ever looked for him before, why did he suddenly have such an extra appearance.

"Many of these are from China, and as CCTV began to broadcast Spurs' games live, you also have a lot of fans and popularity in China, so these companies will look for you. And you did a great job at the All-Star Game, so a couple of U.S.-based businesses came to me. He Hui pointed to the documents on the tea machine: "This pile is the contract that I think can be signed, the middle pile can be considered, or the contract that has been postponed, and the last pile can be clearly refused, you are seeing, is there any problem." ”

"It's okay, don't look at it, Sister Hui, it's good for you to call the shots." Meng Xu took a sip of He Hui's coffee and didn't look at the documents on the table.

"You'd better take a look at it, these companies in China, I have also collected some of their information in the past few days, there are companies with bad records, my suggestion is to reject them all, because this may affect your future image, although the remaining contract amount is not too high, but fortunately, the audience is very wide, it is very helpful to improve your popularity, I suggest that you can sign it, but the contract period should be shorter, it is best to sign it once a year." Although Meng Xu made it clear that he didn't need to read it, He Hui still picked up the contract and explained it to Meng Xu one by one.

"Well, no problem." Meng Xu casually browsed the contract: "Why is there still McDonald's?" ”

"Yes, McDonald's is the most lucrative of these contracts, McDonald's itself has a tradition of signing young players, and you won the MVP of this year's Rookie Challenge, so yesterday McDonald's sent me a preliminary contract intention, although the 2-year 3 million contract is still a lot worse than Francis, but it is about the same as your salary at the Spurs."

"So are there any requirements for signing these contracts?" Meng Xu then asked, after all, these millions of dollars were not taken for nothing.

"All you have to do is attend the annual McDonald's High School All-Star Game as a special guest and attend a McDonald's meet-and-greet during the offseason, and the other contracts are pretty much the same." He Hui picked up another stack of contracts and continued: "These contracts can be negotiated or dragged first." ”

"Nike, Adidas, Reebok." Meng Xu read the names of the companies on these contracts.

"Reebok is the most sincere, and the contract amount is also the highest, but Reebok's strength is also the worst, Adidas was introduced by seniors, Nike should be pure to compete with Adidas, and the contracts of these two companies are basically the same." Also studying at Wake Forest College, Tim Duncan is also considered to be He Hui's senior: "The contract in terms of sneakers must be signed, so you have to be cautious and cautious, I suggest that you should hold it first, wait until the end of the season to negotiate, firstly, their contract amount is too low, and I think you still have more room to rise, if you can perform better in the next games, then I have enough confidence to bargain with them and fight for more benefits for you." ”

"So you've been busy with this all these days." Looking at the somewhat tired face, but still meticulously explaining the advantages of each contract to Meng Xu, as well as the order of signing, Meng Xu's heart was also moved, because the little resentment caused by not watching the All-Star Game was also thrown out of the clouds at this moment.

"Yes, there are so many companies, I have to collect information one by one, to investigate, originally I thought it was easy to be an agent, but I didn't expect it to be so tiring." He Hui didn't look up, but picked up the last pile of papers.

"These few contracts, although the contract amount is expensive, but I suggest that you still reject it, as an athlete, it is very necessary to maintain a positive image in front of the public, so as long as it is a contract that will damage your image, you must reject it." After He Hui finished speaking, he handed these contracts to Meng Xu.

"XX brand height increase drugs, XX brand height increase shoes, and height increase insoles." Seeing the products of these endorsed brands, Meng Xu felt funny, if he really endorsed these contracts, wouldn't this be blatant fraud, thinking that it might appear in the future, similar to the advertising slogan "After eating XX brand height increase products, you can be as tall as Meng Xu", Meng Xu was a chill, and directly put the contract directly on the tea machine, Meng Xu said: "It is to refuse directly."

"Well, I'll roll off these contracts for you tomorrow." After He Hui finished speaking, he yawned and stroked his hair with his right hand.

"Sister Hui, go to bed early, it's not early, something is going to be dealt with tomorrow." Meng Xu also stretched out his arms after speaking, although he didn't play today, he couldn't hold it until now.