Chapter 175: Influence Determines Everything
Although Wu Huang's idea is good, it's a pity that the reality is a bit cruel, today he is opposite the notoriously cautious Kobe, and the boss walked into the court today with the idea of beating him.
The "careful eye" here is not a derogatory meaning, at least not for Kobe, because he is not jealous of Wu Huang, let alone the envy of others, the boss is just unhappy that Wu Huang grabbed his ticket as soon as he entered the NBA, and stole his limelight.
Kobe's biggest enemy has always been James until now, so he has always had a good impression of Wu Huang, a young man, and feels that at least in three or two years, Wu Huang will not be able to pose a real threat to him, and after three or two years, when he is 35 years old, he doesn't care that Durant, Wu Huang and other rising stars surpass him, after all, it is not a shame to lose to a junior who is more than ten years younger than him.
But Kobe Bryant never expected that Wu Huang would snatch the honor that belonged to him so quickly!
This year's All-Star Ticket King originally belonged to Kobe, but Wu Huang, a little bastard, dared to snatch love with a knife, which made Kobe a little unacceptable, and in his heart, while putting Wu Huang's position in the front row, his attitude towards him naturally changed.
Wu Huang still has some understanding of Kobe's personality, this master is a typical moody, and when you are in a good mood, he will be very polite to you. But as soon as it didn't go well, he immediately turned his face and didn't recognize anyone.
There are even more bizarre things, generally once this kind of person turns his face, he really turns his face, but Kobe Bryant is not the same, the boss's realm is obviously much higher, because when his mood gets better again, he will be very good to you again, and the previous thing is as if it never happened. This also makes many people still wonder if the boss is really neurotic? How could anyone scold him at you two days ago? Will I take the initiative to hook up with you in a few days?
The Knicks are at home today. After Wu Huang appeared, he saw a handful of traitors in Madison Square Garden actually wearing the No. 24 jersey, which shows that Kobe's status in the United States is indeed much higher than him now, if it weren't for the huge votes in Asia, it would not be enough for him to kill Kobe and James.
But then again, Wu Huang's influence in Asia is a bit outrageous, and even he himself could not have imagined that his handsome appearance makes him have a appeal in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea that is not inferior to Chinese mainland. Combined, fans in these regions contributed at least half a million votes for him. This was impossible to happen in the past, especially the sentiment of Japan and South Korea to exclude China, but Wu Huang's Chinese identity has become the key, and fans in Japan and South Korea feel that since Wu Huang is not Chinese, the resistance in his heart is suddenly much less, which is somewhat similar to the pursuit that Bruce Lee suffered at the beginning.
He has a good reference, Yao Ming has been habitually discriminated against by referees in the NBA, and even the most discerning American fans have to admit that Yao Ming, who has an extremely clean style of play, is always whistled for unwarranted fouls in key games, if Yao Ming can enjoy the same treatment as Howard. With his level of free throws, the average points per game can definitely go up another order of magnitude.
Emperor Wu is also a Chinese face. But he has never encountered any discrimination from referees, but has enjoyed the treatment of a star whistle as soon as he entered the NBA.
This is because Yao Ming can only detonate the Chinese market at most, and his influence in the rest of Asia has become very small, but Wu Huang's name can cover the whole of Asia, which is his position on the court, superb ball skills, handsome appearance, and Chinese identity and many other factors bring unique advantages.
Yao Ming's normal appearance, but abnormal height, as well as his slightly ugly style of play and Chinese identity that is always targeted by the United States, make him have little influence outside of China.
Wu Huang does not have these problems, he has a completely different temperament from today's idol stars, coupled with a handsome appearance that has not undergone plastic surgery but is better, even if he does not have such superb skills as he is now, he can have a good influence in Asia, not to mention that he has now been rendered by the Asian media as a super genius who can be compared with Jordan and James, and it takes decades for basketball to produce a super talent, which makes Wu Huang's influence in Asia beyond everyone's expectations.
China produced a Yao Ming, which immediately made countless Chinese fans feel proud and made the NBA open up the Chinese market.
There was a Wu Huang in Asia, which immediately made the yellow people in the whole Southeast Asia feel proud and proud, and he opened up the yellow market in the whole of Asia and the world.
The difference between the two is not a little bit, the alliance can ignore Yao Ming's protest, anyway, those who protest for Yao Ming are hateful Chinese, and they will bomb your embassy again!
But the NBA must not treat Wu Huang like this, targeting Wu Huang is equivalent to targeting the world's yellow race, which accounts for 38% of the world's population, about 2.4 billion people.
Now Wu Huang has become a representative of their physical talent in the eyes of the yellow race, and Wu Huang's physical fitness is recognized by many Asian media as the limit that the yellow race can achieve, and his appearance has given confidence to countries such as Japan and South Korea, which are more tragic in the field of basketball.
They feel that since Wu Huang, who is of Chinese origin, can have such a basketball talent, then in the near future, they may also have a genius with Wu Huang's talent.
Of course, this is not going to happen, and there is still a slight chance that these countries will have a Nate Robinson.
The Lakers players also played quickly, and Wu Huang could clearly feel the deep resistance in the eyes of Artest and Odom looking at him.
He knew why these people and other NBA stars had such resistance to him, in addition to being unhappy that he was Chinese and became the All-Star ticket king in his first season, but also jealous of the monetary benefits of his skyrocketing fame.
Brandon Moretz has suspended all commercial contract negotiations on Wu Huang during this time, and has once again played the old trick of sitting on the ground and starting prices.
Wu Huang's value rose again with the election of the All-Star vote king, and Brandon had already drawn up a five-year, $8 million contract with Pepsi. To be honest, such a contract amount is very generous for a first-year rookie.
But not long ago, several beverage predators in China have joined the battle, and Lehaha even gave up Wang Leehom, who has signed his own contract for ten years. forcibly issued a 5-year contract of 80 million yuan to Wu Huang. Repelled Pepsi and Coca-Cola in one fell swoop.
Brandon went to Europe some time ago to negotiate contracts with Mercedes-Benz Motors, Head & Shoulders and other companies. At that time, the Germans only gave a five-year endorsement contract of 6 million US dollars, and now although they mentioned 8 million US dollars for five years, China's Geely Automobile directly bid a sky-high price of 100 million yuan for 6 years, which is almost twice as high as the endorsement contract given by Mercedes-Benz Motors, and fools know how to choose.
Recently, companies in Asia have offered much higher contracts for Wu Huang than those in Europe and the United States, and these Asian companies are looking further and are more aware of the value of the Asian market.
Not long after Wu Huang debuted, his influence in Asia has already approached that of a superstar like Jackie Chan. So how far will his influence in Asia increase in the next decade or so?
It's impossible to estimate this accurately, but Emperor Wu has the opportunity to become another Bruce Lee-esque figure in the future, so it is wisest to bet heavily on him now, just as UA is desperate to snatch food from Nike and Adidas, and now Emperor Wu's performance has proven that UA's original gamble was successful.
UA is really happy now, although there are many fans who hate Wu Huang, but his sneakers are selling well all over the world!
By the end of December, Wu Huang's signature sneakers had sold $20 million in sales worldwide, narrowing the gap with James and Kobe.
Forbes magazine counted the sales of sneakers from active players at the end of December. Wu Huang's signature sneakers have reached $20 million in sales worldwide, the largest increase among active players. He is expected to close the gap to the top two again before and after the All-Star break.
NO, 1 Kobe Bryant $29 million.
NO, 2 LeBron James $26 million.
NO, 3 Wu Huang 20 million US dollars.
NO, 4 Carmelo Anthony $9 million.
NO, 5 Kevin Durant $6 million.
UA also didn't expect Wu Huang to become an All-Star ticket king in the first season, and they are already making the first generation of All-Star Edition boots for Wu Huang.
Now it is foreseeable that Wu Huang's signature sneakers will definitely have a significant increase before and after the All-Star period, and UA is glad that they made a big gamble at the beginning, and Wu Huang really launched the UA brand by himself.
In this regard, European and American companies are indeed not as bold as Asian companies, when these old enterprises in Europe and the United States are still in the hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of pounds, these Asian counterparts have already studed.
For example, in the endorsement negotiations of several headphone giants around the world, Wu Huang has decided to give up negotiations with Goethe, Beyer Power and Sennheiser, Japan's Iron Triangle has opened a 5-year contract of 8 million US dollars for Wu Huang, and Haifeiman, founded by a Chinese-American, is willing to pay the price of 25% of the shares to win over Wu Huang.
The sincerity of these two companies is obviously much higher than the previous old headphone giants, Wu Huang has chosen to accept Hayfairman's shares, because Taylor Swift prefers Hayfairman's voice, and decided to buy 20% of the shares and Wu Huang to join together, which is also one of the exchange conditions for him to agree to join.
Dr. Bian Fang, the founder of Hayfeiman, is naturally unwilling to give up so many shares at once, and if he is so engaged by Wu Huang, won't he become a part-time worker for these two people? But if you think about it, if these two join, the future development speed of Hayfeiman will increase tenfold, and the profit will far exceed the current 45% of the shares.
Wu Huang secretly glanced at Taylor Swift, who was sitting on the sidelines, before the game, and then chatted briefly with Kobe, and found that the small flame in the boss's eyes was rushing out.
"Damn, isn't this bastard going to take me, the newly released All-Star Ticket King, to Liwei?" Wu Huang saw Kobe's abnormal eyes, and his heart jumped, and he really felt a little unlucky when he met such a pervert who didn't care about his identity and wanted to win no matter what game.
Today's game is also very interesting, the competition between the Knicks and the Lakers has always been fierce, and now with a Wu Huang who "everyone shouts and fights", the scene is even more intense!
However, it is not so much that the current Wu Emperor is shouted and beaten, but rather that it is a manifestation of the discrimination against the Chinese by black Americans in the United States.
It's no secret that white Americans discriminate against all other races.
Black people in the United States are not only discriminated against, but also more discriminatory against yellow people, so in the eyes of the Chinese, these black people in the United States are more hateful than white people!
Most white people at least have to show face, they will not discriminate against you openly, they will hide their discrimination psychology to some extent.
But blacks are different, Chinese people beat drums in their hearts when they meet blacks at night, and the discrimination of these blacks is not hidden, they show it by using their fists and knives, and many times this is the most hateful.
"Be careful, you don't want to score in double digits today." As soon as Kobe Bryant finished saying this, the first thought that came to Wu Huang's mind was, "Is this garbage talk?" "He can't beat this guy on the court for the time being, but he's not going to lose if he's more than lip-talking.
Emperor Wu immediately couldn't help but show a smile and said, "You are killing yourself!" Our defensive goal today is not to let you get more than 30% shooting, so try it if you don't believe it! ”
When Kobe Bryant heard this, his face became a little stiff, which is a sign when the boss is angry!
After the start of the game, the Lakers used a bag defense against Wu Huang from the beginning, as long as he dared to enter the attack area with the ball, Kobe and Artest would come close to him to trap him.
The purpose of the Lakers' defense is very clear, that is, to prevent Wu Huang from scoring and assisting, and he can only avoid mistakes by passing the basketball in advance.
Kobe Bryant and Artest's bag clamp is very fierce, and it is obviously impossible to fight at this time, or it is not suitable for hard fighting.
"I don't believe you can prevent me from scoring in double digits today?" Wu Huang didn't believe that he couldn't even get ten points, he was not in a hurry to shoot in the face of the bag, handed over the ball and let the second-in-command Iguodala attack first, and used his off-ball running to harass while waiting for the opportunity to catch the ball and shoot.
Bynum opened the game with a layup, and Channing Frye and Gallinari each hit 3-pointers to give the Knicks a three-point lead on a 9-4 run.
The more the Zen master looked at the sidelines, the more he felt that Wu Huang was pleasing to the eye, as a coach, he didn't care about the filthiness between the stars, he only saw that although this little guy didn't touch the ball much, he used his off-ball running to effectively involve the overall defense of the Lakers, giving other Knicks players a chance to perform.
Kobe Bryant doesn't have this awareness, and he doesn't want to do it, because he will feel that his limelight is being stolen by others, which is the embodiment of Kobe's childish side, fans sound naïve, but Kobe doesn't feel so at all.
If the Knicks are willing to trade Kobe Bryant with Wu Huang now, the Zen master is even willing to eat Curry's garbage contract, but he knows that no team will trade a player like Wu Huang, so he can only lust himself when he is fine.
"Hugo, hurry up and kill those two guys!" Taylor Swift didn't estimate the outside world's coverage of them, so openly supported Wu Huang on the sidelines.
"I bet with the Lakers that they must have slept in the same bed last night." Bass Jr. of the Lakers said to Dolan in the private room.
"I don't dare bet on this!" Dolan waved his hand again and again when he heard this, now fans all over the world as long as they are not idiots know that Wu Huang has a leg with that female star, as well as Taylor Swift who is sitting on the sidelines, otherwise where would Wu Huang have so many sunspots?
The two looked at each other and smiled, but unfortunately Bass Jr. didn't know that Wu Huang really didn't sleep in Taylor Swift's bed yesterday, so he almost lost to the Lakers. (To be continued.) )