Li Chenglong came to the student center of the Alfred Lerner Building of Columbia University, the Oriental Cafe on the first floor, and he met the middle-aged man last time.

"Bruce, sit down, this café has some oriental desserts in addition to coffee drinks, you should like it." The middle-aged man spoke first.

"It's not an oriental dessert, it's Japanese sushi and Chinese dumplings." Li Chenglong corrected unceremoniously.

"Uh......" The middle-aged man didn't know how to answer.

"I've been at Columbia University for almost four years, and I know almost every corner." Li Chenglong knew that the other party's name was Tom Hammer through the business card, so he said: "Mr. Hammer, we can get straight to the point." ”

"You can call me Tom, you know, I'm an agent at a great brokerage company, and I'm interested in becoming your agent, but of course, that will have to wait until after your NCAA event."

Li Chenglong secretly despised him in his heart, if he was really interested in him, he would not come to him and was rejected once and never appeared, this time Li Chenglong listened to Ryan Brown's words and called the other party, and the two met again.

The other party is just a little interested in him, the so-called very interested is just a polite word, and he doesn't say anything: "If you become my agent, how can you help me?" ”

Hammer straightened up and said seriously: "Bruce, although your data has exploded since the beginning of this season, your data was too bad before, which will pull down your NCAA career average, and the NBA draft is very important for data, so if you want to enter the NBA, your current performance has made you have a good chance of being selected, but you had better lead Columbia to the national championship, which can basically guarantee that you can get a second-round pick." ”

Hammer said this, deliberately observed the expression of Li Chenglong on the other side, and found that the other party listened expressionlessly, as if the matter he said had nothing to do with him.

Hammer has also seen a number of student players, and whenever they hear that they may not be drafted in the draft or that they will be selected at the bottom of the draft, those young men are aggressive about how good they are and which NBA legends have broken their high school or college records. In fact, every player who can enter the NBA can fill his resume, and every one of them is a star who was once admired by thousands of people, but most of them have to start from scratch when they enter the NBA.

Lee's lack of reaction made Hammer more interested in him, so he continued: "If we can reach an agreement, I can use the resources of the agency to help you promote it, which will help you improve your draft market, and if you can lead Columbia University to play well in the NCAA National Championship, it is not impossible to improve to the first round." ”

Li Chenglong was still expressionless, and Hammer had to continue: "You have advantages and disadvantages, you were unknown in the past few years, and you suddenly broke out this year, this is a disadvantage, those team managers will think that you may just be a sudden explosion of a season, your physical fitness is generally also a disadvantage, if you want to gain a foothold in the NBA, you also need to strengthen your body." Your age is both a disadvantage and an advantage, for a team that wants to rebuild, it definitely needs younger and more potential players, but for a team that wants instant combat power, your age will help you, and your Chinese identity should also be of interest to many teams, after all, the current Yao of the Rockets has made many teams red. ”

"What we can do is try to make your strengths seem more obvious and your weaknesses more hidden."

After Hammer said so much, Li Chenglong finally spoke: "Okay, Tom, I was moved by what you said, I can make you my agent before the draft starts, do we need to sign an agreement first?" ”

Hammer hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, Bruce, I believe in your credibility, I believe that you will not go back on what you promised, we don't have to make an agreement, in fact, not only do I know your assistant teacher Ryan Brown, but I also have business dealings with your father." ”

When Li Chenglong left, he thought, who said that the Yankees only believe in the agreement contract and only believe in the spirit of the contract? Hammer, the Yankee, is obviously playing with feelings, and the other party doesn't believe in Li Chenglong who believes in his credibility or the like, the other party just wraps his feelings with words of belief to gain his favor, but Li Chenglong does have a good impression of Hammer through this meeting.

At the same time, Tom Hammer, who was still in the café, was thinking that no matter how he looked at it, that kid was just a second-round show level, and if he didn't sign an agreement, there should be no one else to force him, so that he could gain the favor of the other party. Even if it was really poached, it was nothing, it was just a second-round show.

But years later, whenever Hammer recalls that day, he's glad that Bruce Lee wasn't poached.

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Reached a verbal agreement with Tom Hammer, Li Chenglong temporarily put down the agent's matter, and Hammer's side also reacted very quickly, two days later, the sports section of the New York Post local media in New York published an article about the Ivy League champion and who represents the Ivy League to participate in the NCAA National Championship to get better results, although the article is not directly touted, Li Chenglong can see that this is an article that is helping him speak, Downplaying Penn's national championship results in the past two years also highlighted his scoring ability.

Penn has been an Ivy League champion for the last two years, but has been in the first round of the national championship every year, and in fact, almost all the teams that have represented the Ivy in the national championship have been in the first round in the last decade or so.

If the New York media coverage is limited to the local New York city and is not obvious, another widely read "Bleachers Sports" is blatantly touted, in which they directly compare Lee's scoring data with the current top favorite Durant, and finally conclude that Jackie Lee deserves a lottery show.

"Grandstand Sports" is a sports newspaper that was established in 06 years, what they are best at is to provide sports information quickly and comprehensively, even what happened to China's CBA, they can quickly see the newspaper, but the speed leads to a lot of reports are simply subjective assumptions of personal obscenity, reports distortion abound, many readers take "Grandstand Sports" as a story will see, a bit of the American version of the "Sun" meaning, but it also quickly opened up the market.

Everyone knows that the report of "Bleachers" is nonsense, but it also makes the name Bruce Lee enter the field of vision of many people, and Li Chenglong's English name is the same as Bruce Lee, which was popular in the United States that year, which will also arouse the interest of many people.

Li Chenglong was very satisfied with Hammer's actions, at least these newspapers would not have reported on him before, and even if they were, it was impossible to report on him alone.

Excellence Sports Agency is one of the top five sports agencies in the United States, and it's not surprising that it has this ability, but I didn't expect Hammer to make a move so quickly.

On March 3, the last home game of the season, the Columbia Lions host the Yale Bulldogs, and Columbia can lock up the championship as long as it wins, but it is the difference between an exclusive championship or a tie for the championship.

It's been 39 years since Columbia basketball last won the Ivy League championship in the '67/68 season, and Columbia has a chance to win the championship again, and the arena is already full.

Since tomorrow's last game of the regular season is to play Cornell University away, Cornell University is currently in third place and Columbia University is playing away, and today's game has a home court advantage, Li Chenglong decided to use the energy bottle in tomorrow's game, and strive to win two games to win the championship, and don't give Penn a chance to entangle.

After the start of the game, the Lions were all in hot form in the frenzied home cheers, leading by 10 points at 39-29 in the first half, Li Chenglong scored 11 points, and the Lions continued to work hard in the second half, and finally won the game 76-64.

Li Chenglong scored 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting, 2-of-5 three-pointers, and 4-of-5 free throws.

(To be continued)