"Endorsement?" After hearing the words of Pete Smith, who was sitting opposite, Li Tian was slightly stunned, since entering the league, most of his time and energy have been focused on games and training, and at this time, it was really a little surprising to hear Pete Smith talk to himself about having a business asking him to endorse.

In Li Tian's view, the people who generally advertise and endorse are those stars who have become famous, and he has never paid attention to these when he first entered the league.

Li Tian now also realizes that he has obviously ignored the identity of being Chinese, and it can be seen from Pete Smith's words just now that most of the businesses that find his endorsement are from China.

After a slight groan, Li Tian raised his head and said to Pete Smith, "Pete, I want to hear your opinion first. ”

For business, Li Tian is not very good at it, and Pete Smith is obviously more professional, and Li Tian has always held the principle of employing people for Pete Smith.

“OK！” Pete Smith obviously already had some ideas, so after Li Tian asked, he said directly: "Li, in fact, I have received quotations from some merchants two weeks ago, but I have not considered this matter. China is a big market, and now you are the only Chinese player in the NBA, as long as your current performance can continue, whether it is the number of endorsements or the price will keep rising, I have no doubt about that. ”

"But it's only your first season and you haven't had a lot of performances in the first half of the season, so the offers I've received aren't high. If by next season, no, not even that long, this summer, when you re-sign a contract, I have the capital to negotiate with those guys. ”

"I hope you can take a more high-end route, instead of endorsing any product, if everybody knows, hey, Lee is endorsing a very good product, those merchants will take the initiative to raise the price themselves, and we don't need to bother to convince them. To do that, we need a high starting point. So, you know what I mean? When you're more well-known and more popular, and then you accept offers from those merchants, that's what I think. ”

"Of course, if you accept some endorsement deals now, you can have advertising revenue earlier. So that's just my opinion, and I respect your decision. ”

Speaking of this, Pete Smith stopped, looked at Li Tian, and waited for Li Tian to make a decision.

Li Tian nodded slightly, Pete Smith had already made his thoughts clear, hoping that he would take the boutique route and not accept so many messy endorsements, Li Tian agreed with this, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry to use money now. Although the salary I received from Guo V was not much, it was enough for my own temporary use.

Without much hesitation, Li Tian met Pete-Smith's gaze and said, "Pete, your idea is great, I have no opinion." ”

"I guess you'd make that decision. Lee, now I have every reason to believe that you are going to be a great player, and you know, not every player will easily turn down dollars. Pete Smith immediately laughed when he heard this.

"Pete, don't you think you're complimenting yourself with that?" Li Tian also smiled, reached out and patted Pete Smith and said, "Not every agent can refuse the commission in hand. ”

Li Tian said the truth, Pete Smith proposed that he not accept endorsements now, which was indeed a bit unexpected by Li Tian, and it also made him trust Pete Smith a little more. In fact, Pete Smith could have done otherwise, and he would have been able to get a commission directly.

There is no doubt that Pete Smith's approach is also risky, and if his performance does not get better and better, Pete Smith will naturally miss an opportunity to earn commissions.

Of course, Li Tian himself is full of confidence in the future, and the existence of the Iron Book will make him stronger and stronger, but Pete Smith doesn't know this, so for Pete Smith, this is also a gamble.

In other words, that's how Pete Smith trusts himself.

"Li, don't say that I am so noble, I just want to earn more in the future." Pete Smith said with a smile at this time: "I believe that your performance will get better and better, and your popularity will get higher and higher." ”

"Of course!" Li Tian said confidently, "I also believe that you will help me earn more and more." ”

"No, no, no, it's not just you, it's us, Li, I'm going to ask for a commission, you can't forget."

After Pete Smith shouted in an exaggerated tone, Li Tian's voice came out again: "OK, it's us!" Pete, you just behaved like Grande. ”

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The Kings only have their final two games left in March, and the regular season is over with only about half a month of games going into April.

Because it was the end of the season, Jim Ain had reduced the frequency of training within the team, and the players were training less intensively because the regular season was coming to an end. In the training hall of the Sleep Train Arena, because Thomas Robinson had just left, only Li Tian and Middleton were left at this time.

"Lee, aren't you leaving? There's a game tomorrow. Middleton, who was sweating profusely, said to Li Tian while wiping his sweat with a towel.

Dribbling to stand outside the three-point line, Li Tian tiptoed lightly and threw the ball out with a standard shooting posture.

"Huh!" The ball landed steadily into the basket with an arc.

After doing all this, Li Tiancai turned his head to Middleton and said, "Of course I remember that there is a game tomorrow, and we need to go to Los Angeles to play against the Lakers." ”

Speaking of this, Li Tian paused slightly, and continued: "Chris, are you looking forward to tomorrow's game?" ”

Middleton understood Li Tian's words and asked rhetorically, "You mean, Kobe?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Tian nodded.

Middleton, on the other hand, said helplessly: "Of course I want to be able to play him, but I don't know if there will be such an opportunity tomorrow, you know, I'm not as popular as you are with the coach right now." Lee, your chances of fighting Kobe Bryant tomorrow may not be less. ”

"I hope so, I'm ready." Li Tian nodded heavily and said.

After Jordan, Kobe Bryant is the well-deserved king of the scoring guard position, Li Tian believes that not only himself, but every player on the forward line who has just entered the league will look forward to the fight with Kobe, although the level of the two sides is not at the same level, but this does not stop the players from the determination to challenge.

It's like Jordan was eager to challenge the Magic when he first entered the league, and Kobe Bryant was eager to challenge Jordan when he first entered the league.

Entering the NBA, Li Tian hopes to play against more powerful basketball players, and among them, top players in the league such as Kobe Bryant and Wade are naturally the objects he wants to play against the most, even if the strength is not as good as the other party.

The Kings and Lakers are in the same division, and the two teams have met four times in a season, but Li Tian has not been given a chance to play in the previous games, so the upcoming game to be held at the Staples Arena, the Lakers' home court, will be Li Tian's first time playing against Kobe.

Although Kobe Bryant is no longer at his peak, Li Tian is also full of expectations for such a fight.

"Well, Lee, good luck!" At this point, Middleton said, "Kobe Bryant is really strong, but you're also great, damn it, your shots are getting farther and farther away from me." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, Chris." Li Tian laughed, then took a few steps to pick up the ball, and shouted, "I'll throw another hundred balls, see you tomorrow." ”

"See you tomorrow." As he spoke, Middleton left the training hall and walked to the locker room.

After Middleton left, Li Tian continued to train in the arena, where the rhythmic dribbling and the occasional sound of a basketball passing through the net.