"Broker?" Li Ao was stunned for a moment, and then then shouted: "If you want to see me, you can call me directly!" Even if I turn off my mobile phone in the afternoon, you can go to the office of the dean of the School of Computer Science. ”

"Leo!"

Vivien snorted softly, and finally stopped Li Ao's rampage.

She was really afraid that Li Ao couldn't help but hammer the other party, it was nothing before, but now that Li Ao is a public figure, there will be more trouble, although she was also startled and angry.

Pulling the handbrake, Vivian got out of the car, looked at the middle-aged man who looked to be in his 40s, and asked in a gentle tone, "This gentleman, is it because I am not in the office that you have not been able to contact us?" ”

The man said crampedly: "No, I called Leo before, he refused to meet me, I don't want to give up, I heard that he trains here, so I came here to wait for him, I saw him sitting in the car, I stopped you, I want to fight again." ”

Middle-aged people who are actively looking for a job?

Li Ao felt much less impatient in his heart, and asked, "Are you an independent agent?" Sorry, but I don't think all independent workers are incompetent, but I would like to go to an agency with a full team. ”

"No, no, no, I'm not an independent agent......" said the man, taking out his business card and handing it to Li Ao.

Li Ao took it and looked at it...... His arm was pulled, and he bent down and leaned his head closer to the head of the assistant aunt next to him, and looked at it together.

Vivian glanced at it and knew why Li Ao refused.

Big company, big company properly.

IMG Entertainment Group, a large-scale brokerage company with a long reputation.

During this time, those who want to sign Li Ao are not only sports agencies, but also entertainment companies......

Li Ao remembered that he seemed to have received a call from someone from this company.

He complained: "This uncle, although I am handsome, I don't want to mix in the entertainment industry." ”

He didn't expect him to just complain, and the other party reacted violently as if he had been stepped on a chicken's foot: "Uncle? I'm only 30 years old! Not much bigger than you! ”

Vivian + Li Ao: Σ(☉▽☉"a!!

The two of them looked up and down at the man in front of them, who was only 30 years old?

Li Ao complained again: "You look like this, can you blame me for being recognized as a wrong age?" ”

The man had the urge to throw his sleeves and leave, but he still resisted it, forcibly changed the topic, and asked, "Can I delay you a little time?" Our company is not only an entertainment agency, but also a professional sports department, in fact, from the point of striving for more benefits for players, we have advantages that other agencies do not have......"

This time, Li Ao was a little patient and listened to what the other party said.

For no other reason, the other party looked so miserable that he couldn't bear to interrupt.

If you want to refuse, wait for the other party to finish speaking...... Ah, wait.

He picked up his business card and looked at the name again...... Jeff Schwartz?

Is that Schwartz?

After the other party finished speaking, Vivian was ready to get in the car and drive away, but she didn't expect Li Ao to say: "I'm a little interested, let's talk a little more, did you have dinner?" ”

…

A few minutes later, the three came to a café.

Li Ao didn't immediately talk about the agent, but knocked on the side and asked a lot about the other party.

He doesn't know if this Schwartz is the Schwartz who climbed to the top ten of the Forbes list of global sports agents in his impression, in case he recognizes the wrong person and finally joins an entertainment company, then the fun will be great.

This is where the chatter attribute comes into play, and he gets a lot of useful information during the conversation.

Jeff Schwartz, born in '69 and only a few months to turn 31, graduated from the University of Chicago with a law degree, and later went to Temple University to complete his master's and doctoral studies, and became a J.D. at the age of 26.

But after serving as a court clerk for half a year, he resigned, and he was not happy to stay up.

After resigning, IMG took a fancy to it, because he was passionate about sports since he was a child, and joined the sports department of IMG Entertainment, which was supposed to make him the deputy director of the legal team in the sports department, but after two years, he was fed up with the life of sitting in the office every day, and took the initiative to demote and reduce his salary to ask for a position as an agent......

When Li Ao inquired about the details of the other party, he asked the assistant aunt to contact Liam to check, and the feedback was that it was true that Schwartz resigned after half a year of education and work in the federal court, and the photo also came, it was this anxious face.

I didn't find out about joining IMG later, Liam just asked the company's legal counsel, because of Schwartz's outstanding college experience, he could have information feedback immediately, but he was not afraid that the other party was lying, if he really signed a contract, he would definitely have to go to the other party's company, and Liam's people would bring it, so he didn't worry about being deceived.

After giving a general overview of his situation, Schwartz began to tell Li Ao about his career plan.

When it comes to work, Schwartz is not so cramped, takes out a pile of information, and talks endlessly.

Li Ao listened very carefully, although he felt that the other party seemed to underestimate him...... But if he says it too exaggerated, he will feel that the other party is exaggerated, which makes it more pragmatic.

Career planning is something that will definitely change with the progression of your career, and this thing is not so important.

Now there is only one question in front of Li Ao - is it worth the risk that the other party is a rookie egg agent?

He prefers to sign a mature and experienced agent to help him handle the chores off the pitch, so as not to interfere with off-pitch factors and affect him to do what he likes.

After thinking about it for a while, he made up his mind.

Everyone is so young, let's give it a go!

Even if you choose the wrong broker this time, why not change it?

Unlike people in the entertainment industry, their athletes occupy an absolute dominance in the agent contract, and the direct point is that they can terminate the contract at any time if they want to, and the terms are basically aimed at the agent's illegal operation, not for the player.

After Schwartz finished the plan, he looked at Li Ao cautiously with his overmature face.

Li Ao made a decision: "I'm very interested in cooperating with you, do you have time tomorrow?" If we can, we would like to visit your company tomorrow and discuss this matter in detail. ”

Schwartz, who was mentally prepared for rejection, said excitedly: "Really? God forbid, Leo, I won't let you down! ”

The two made an appointment, and Li Ao suddenly thought of something and asked, "Jeff, shouldn't I be the first player you signed?" ”

Schwartz: "Uh......"

Li Ao: "......"

You don't have to listen to the answer, why do you suddenly feel like you've stepped on a pit?

…

The next day, Saturday, Li Ao took the in-house counsel of Liam's investment bank to IMG Entertainment's North American regional headquarters in Los Angeles for an inspection.

Last night, Li Ao checked the information of this company, it is still a multinational company, its main business is concentrated in Europe and North America, and it also has business in Asia and South America, but it can't do local companies, so the funds and contacts are concentrated in Europe and North America.

After coming to IMG's North American headquarters, the in-house counsel went to the site for a field trip and found that although Schwartz was a novice agent, he had been working for two years, and IMG equipped him with a complete team.

In the end, Li Ao still signed an agent contract with Jeff Schwartz.

It is worthy of being the in-house counsel of an investment bank, and all aspects have talked about the bottom line of Schwarz's authority.

There is no way to do this, large companies, unless they make a big contribution, they are all standard.

The main thing is the division of responsibility, which is basically how Schwartz violated the rules, Li Ao is not a matter that should be handed over to the broker to deal with, but because of the extreme situation of skipping the broker because of the interest issue, there is basically no restriction on him.

In other words, if he regrets it just after signing the contract, he can terminate the contract on the spot.

After the signing was completed, Li Ao left, Schwartz was still busy, signing a celebration or something, and the two made an appointment to work together after being selected to sign the contract.

Cause...... Both are poor ghosts.

Walking out of the building of IMG's North American headquarters, Li Ao was still very painful and became the first rookie under a novice agent......

At best, if you want to be the first player in the hands of an agent who will become popular in the future, you may also get a head of Maxima.

With an agent, he doesn't want to worry about the draft.

Then who said it well, use people without suspicion and suspicion.

This ability, he believes, even a novice, Schwartz can handle it well.

He put all his attention on the next exam preparation and training, leisurely waiting for the draft trial to come.

He was full of expectations for Schwartz, but he didn't expect that a few days later, Schwartz gave him a 'surprise'.

…

It's May 31st.

After more than a month of hard work, Li Ao's three-point development has finally made substantial progress - the three-point evaluation has reached the qualified level of 60!

It's harder than he expected!

The main reason is that he uses the NBA's three-point line distance for development.

In order to help him develop NBA-level three-point points, Xavier Johnson deliberately covered the original three-point line in the small training court with stickers and put tape on the NBA-spec three-point line.

Compared with the NCAA and FIBA three-point line specifications, the NBA three-point line is not only farther away, but also a more difficult place to practice - every position outside the three-point line is different from the basket!

The NCAA and FIBA three-point line, where each point is the same distance to the rim, resembles the shape of a protractor.

In the NBA, the three-point line, where the wings are parallel to the sideline, is 5.8 meters from the baseline, and then from these two points to the farthest distance of 7.25 meters from the front of the basket, the three points draw an arc.

As Xavier Johnson said, Li Ao 'took advantage' at this time.

He's only been playing for a few months, he's almost never developed a three-pointer, and he doesn't need to do any extra adaptation.

Relying on his excellent shooting talent and 240% training efficiency, he finally reached a passing level after spending more than a month, that is, he can see the training shots, and he can shoot if he has to shoot in the game.

However, his three-point evaluation is slightly different from the evaluation of mid-range shooting and layups.

After the three-point rating of 60, 'NBA' is marked in parentheses.

He thinks that even in the NBA, where the foundation of various ability indicators is higher, his three-point evaluation will not change.

With such a speed of progress, he is actually a little dissatisfied.

It's almost June, the East-West finals are in full swing, the draft tryouts for each team are about to start, and there is a joint tryout in Chicago on June 10.

He's hoping to show his strength and get drafted in a higher pick.

That's money!

If you are one rank higher, you will have hundreds of thousands more in four years, and if you are ten in the highest rank, you will have millions more in four years.

But in Xavier Johnson's view, Li Ao's three-point improvement speed is simply not too outrageous.

Most of the players he knows who can be called geniuses will have to practice from zero to Li Ao's level, and it will take a summer.

It is said that Li Ao 'took advantage of the fact that he did not need additional adaptation', but in fact, it was Li Ao's difficulty in developing three-point points, which was much more difficult than other college students in developing NCAA-spec three-point points.

After finishing the training, Li Ao took a shower, came out through the narrow gym, and saw that the cleaning of the venue was cleaning the end of the main training ground.

The Trojans have passed the meeting of the talented high school students in a row, and now it is time for the tryout, so his training ground has been changed to a small training field.

Last weekend, when he was training during the day, there were high school students who came to watch.

The time to train here is one day less than one day, and the feeling of nostalgia is coming.

Leaving the training ground, he was about to take the bus back to his apartment when his phone rang.

He took out his mobile phone in the shape of Hello, and it was called by the agent.

After a few words, he turned a corner, went down to the minus one floor, and came to the parking lot, where Schwartz was already waiting for him outside the entrance of the passage, next to a car that could be seen to be a little old.

Li Ao didn't dislike it, got into the co-pilot, fastened his seat belt, and asked, "Jeff, is there anything to find me at this time?" You can't just come to see me home, do you? ”

Schwartz took out a piece of paper from his briefcase, handed it to Li Ao, and said: "In the past few days, I have contacted various teams, heard some news through the company's old agent, and made a trial plan, you can take a look first." ”

Saying that, Schwartz started the engine and sent Li Ao home.

Li Ao looked at the trial plan in his hand and his eyes widened.

"Jeff, are we so confident? Don't go to the trial that determines the first-round picks, and don't go to the second trial if the picks in the non-lotto area don't participate? That's not what you said that day, did you? ”

"Leo, you and I are underestimating your market too much, David Stern personally responded to your participation in the draft, this is not a common thing, you know, after the company learned that I signed you, the vice president in charge of the North American sports agency department came to me to talk about you, he and I both think that David Stern is interested in your background as a flower planter, there may be teams that don't have that vision, but there are always teams that see the potential of your commercial market." Schwartz's tone at the moment, just like when he explained his career plan to Li Ao before, revealed confidence.

"Uh...... That's why I thought I could make it to the first round. ”

"Nope! This is just the basics, I dare to do such a tryout plan, mainly because of your basketball talent, the feedback I have got, a lot of teams are interested in you because of your performance this season, this tryout plan is just a plan, and when it comes to actually screening the tryout team, we will only be more demanding. ”

Li Ao closed his eyes and thought, there was silence in the car, Schwartz did not disturb him, and drove quietly.

Schwartz is well aware that this is a difficult choice.

Putting forward higher requirements means losing the opportunity for some teams to select him, and if the high pick is not won, he may fall to the second round.

After a while, Li Ao opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Jeff, since you have so much confidence in me, I also have confidence in your judgment, so I will do as you say!" ”

Schwartz's 'old face' also smiled, and replied: "I will definitely sell you to a team that satisfies us all, you are my first 'commodity'...... By the way, when I was looking through the draft list of previous years, I saw a player from the flower family who was drafted by the Mavericks, called Wang, do you know him? ”

Wang Zhizhi? Li Ao shook his head: "I have been playing basketball for less than a year, and I don't know many people, do you want to sign him?" I can't help much, but I know a journalist in our country, a journalist with a high status, and he should have a way to get in touch, so I'll ask him first. ”

"Thank you so much, there is one more thing, I went to the Toyota Center just now, so I was able to drop you off by the way, the logo man asked me to meet, and I wanted to make an appointment to try you out alone."

Li Ao wondered when he heard this: "The Lakers have a record of 67 wins this season and rank first, only 29 picks, which is not in our consideration, right?" ”

"If they're going to draft you, it's not hard for them to trade for a higher pick, and they've got a lot of quality players right now, Fisher, Fox, Rice, Lue, Green...... If they win the championship, the trade value of these high-quality players will be even higher.

I didn't say yes to the logo man at the first time, because they already have O'Neal and Bryant, and if you go to the Lakers, it's hard to guarantee the right to shoot.

But I didn't turn him down either, and I don't know if you particularly want to stay in Los Angeles to play......"

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