Chapter 49: The Question of Choosing One of the Two

Adidas held an emergency meeting at its headquarters in North America that night to focus on the issue of Li Shihao, a Chinese kid.

Let many experts in the basketball field in North America be slapped in the face, and it is not enough to come again, the experts who are usually well-dressed and scholarly have predicted the ranking of this rookie as early as before the season, and even the unpromising Stephen Curry supporters are much more than Li Shihao on the question of who can play well.

In the eyes of basketball experts who receive high salaries, Chinese boys do not have the soft touch of white people, and they do not have the physical fitness of black people, and the physical fitness of yellow people is not destined to make great achievements in the NBA league that values talent.

However, the slap in the face is coming, and American fans are happy to see this kind of tearing war appear, and in these years, there must be some slap in the face to make people's gossip psychology explode like a tumor.

Since the start of the new season, the popularity of Chinese rookies has been on the rise, and it is still rising steadily until now, maintaining a slight upward trend. This undoubtedly shows the vast potential market of Chinese rookie Bruce Lee.

Syracuse University, where Li Shihao studied, is located in New York State, and most of the Chinese in the United States are concentrated in California and New York State, and the number of Chinese groups in New York State is quite large.

As a player who went out of New York State, Li Shihao can be said to have a very high popularity in every household in New York State, and many young players are aiming for him.

Among this rookie, Li Shihao's physical test data is the closest to the average level of ordinary people, which makes Li Shihao more immersive in the eyes of American fans.

The United States is a basketball country, and you can often see basketball on the streets, but not everyone can play the NBA, and the NBA league that values physical fitness is destined to discourage many basketball fans.

Thomas, a famous American entrepreneur, once said a very famous sentence that inspired many Chinese teenagers: "Success is 99% sweat and 1% inspiration!" ”

Most of the Chinese youth are familiar with this sentence, and even used it as a motto in their youthful and frivolous years, and have been fighting as a life motto until now, but after many years, they found out that it was a well-planned "scam"!

Thomas, also known as Edison, is an extremely talented inventor and can also be an extremely miserly capitalist entrepreneur, you can't deny that he is a man full of wisdom who has made great contributions to the progress of human society.

As a result, the celebrity effect came into play, and the famous phrase about sweat and inspiration spread to China, inspiring countless Chinese teenagers, and even the story of Edison saving his mother appeared in the Chinese textbooks of primary schools.

When Li Shihao first came to the United States, he made a joke, when he saw an English sentence about this sentence in a book about Edison's biography, and his English skills were not excellent at that time, and when he asked Emma Roberts, he was ridiculed by Emma Roberts.

Later, he realized that the wise Mr. Edison had a miracle at the end of that famous line: "But many times this 1% inspiration is more important than 99% perspiration!" ”

That's right, even the wise Thomas Edison is not exempt from vulgarity, this is the mainstream view of American society, they have already set the tone for the debate of sweat and inspiration, and to succeed, you must have that precious 1%!

However, Li Shihao's record in leading the Timberwolves in the new season can be described as phenomenal, and he seems to be proving one thing, 99% sweat is sometimes no worse than 1% inspiration.

This is the reason why Li Shihao is extremely popular among American fans in addition to his football skills.

Hobert Heiner, chairman and CEO of Adidas, took time out of his busy schedule to fly overnight from Europe to the U.S. headquarters for a high-level meeting in the middle of the night.

The North American sneaker market has been dominated by Nike, since Jordan became the spokesperson of Nike, the trapeze symbol has been creating tens of millions of profits for Nike every year, in the North American sneaker market, Nike has always been the leader, occupying the vast majority of the market share.

Now, there is a new star with unlimited potential in the NBA, and his popularity in the North American market is no worse than that of many famous stars, and even more popular with fans than some superstars in the early stage of their careers, which is undoubtedly no less than opening another window for Adidas, and a young name has begun to appear frequently in the operation strategy of the German sneaker empire: Bruce Lee.

Take a look at Nike's performance over the years, LeBron James, the pride of the 03 generation, was included in Nike with a sky-high contract before he entered the league, and then, the strong champion Lang broke out vigorously, with the support of Nike resources, is James still less popular in the league?

Kobe, Adidas's heart is forever painful, at that time Maddie and Kobe Bryant were quite popular in the league, but on the question of who is Adi's "first brother", Adidas chose Maddy, and then Kobe and Nike happily signed.

Then, no then, Kobe Bryant is superb, you all know it! 81 points miracle, can you still see it in modern basketball games?

Today's Adidas, Maddie is troubled, Arenas has just returned from injury this season, interior players Garnett and Howard are not selling well because of their position, the former FMVP Chauncy Billups is old, and now Adidas urgently needs some fresh blood to replenish his player pool.

So, Adidas' New York headquarters started late-night talks, and there was a heated discussion on the selection of Adidas' spokesperson, and two names were found from the list of NBA and NCAA players, "Derrick Rose" and "Bruce Lee".

This is another multiple-choice question, Adidas is facing a difficult choice, both rookies have strong strength, as far as the current situation is concerned, Derrick Rose's strength is undoubtedly much better, this season the Bulls' young core showed extraordinary strength, so that Chicago fans see the hope of revival, more and more Chicago old fans began to shout "Windy City Rose" and "Wind Speed Rose" and other titles.

Even, the Chicago media can't wait to put the title of "Jordan's successor" on Rose's body, at the beginning of the millennium, there were many Jordan successors in the league, but those who got those titles were not Chicago players, which caused tons of damage to Chicago fans, which is no less than a crazy show of affection in front of a single dog.

And Rose's excessive use of breakthrough scoring style of play made Adidas have a doubt about this promising young man, no way, Adidas fancy the outside players are basically disabled, which has to make Adidas more cautious when choosing players.

In contrast, Chinese rookie Bruce Lee's style of play seems more reasonable, although his strength is not as good as Derrick Rose, but Bruce Lee's progress has left many jaw-dropping, and his popularity is not bad at all, and there is a huge Chinese market behind him.

There was a heated debate at the top of Adidas about the choice between the two young men, with the New Yorkers and Chicagos battling each other and not wanting to give in to each other, while Los Angeles wisely remained neutral and enjoyed enjoying the scenery at a leisurely pace.