Chapter Forty-Nine: Stern Doesn't Want to Take Me as His Godson?
When Stern said this, Xiao Hua next to him suddenly bent down and took out a poster that had been prepared a long time ago from under the table!
Lin Tian's poster!
"Lin Tian, Huaxia people! The style of play, the exposure of the team, the strength and the status of the team are very good, and the most rare thing is that in this league where stars are generally mediocre, Lin is very handsome! He can definitely become an idol for a new generation! A national star who can help us enter China! ”
"I believe that Lin's joining us will be the most important opportunity in the history of our alliance! An opportunity for us to go beyond North America and bring the game and the league to China and the whole of Asia! ”
"My personal plan is to fly to China again in the next few days! I'm going to have another good chat with the person in charge there to try to get them to start broadcasting our games on time every week! I'm going to beat our popularity out of the blue! ”
"With Lin and the Bulls as the most important publicity point and publicity goal, we will sell our entire league out, so that the whole of China will no longer watch football, but start watching basketball! Ladies and gentlemen, this is what I am looking for you for! ”
"I want you to start preparing, start preparing for propaganda, and use all your means and connections to find a way to publicize to China and even the whole of Asia! Promote our league and open our reputation! What I can do is get the person in charge over there to agree to play our game. ”
"What you have to do is to make the Chinese people willing to sit in front of the TV and watch our game! Looking forward to our competition! It's going to be a long project, and maybe we won't be able to make much profit in the short term. ”
"But when one day the NBA becomes an indispensable part of the Chinese people, when we are more important to them than the five major leagues! We're sure to make a fortune! And, definitely a huge profit! ”
Stern's speech made the entire league's top brass boil!
As Stern said, their globalization has not been good in recent years, and although Jordan and others' dream team has been treated like superstars in Barcelona, the NBA has not been able to occupy too many overseas markets.
Their footsteps have stagnated.
But now, they did wait for an opportunity!
Lin Tian, I can't really become the most critical person!
So, under Stern's chicken soup and flatbread, everyone quickly forgot about the brawl and quickly threw themselves into a new job!
After everyone left, Stern said, "Adam, go and help me book the fastest flight to Huaxia, I want to get all this done as soon as possible!" ”
"Well, forget it! Don't worry, I think I have to talk to this Lin first, if I can reach some consensus with him, it may be more beneficial to our publicity! Will they be coming to New York to play in the near future? ”
"In a week's time, they're coming to New Jersey and playing a game against the Nets."
Stern nodded and said, "Then book the ticket after this game!" ”
At this time, Lin Tian, who was far away in Chicago, did not know that he had become the most important chess piece of Stern's entry into Asia, he was lying on the bed at this time, he was dragged by Rodman to a nightclub last night, and he drank seven meat and eight vegetables, which was called an uncomfortable.
But the more he hungovers, the more the phone kept ringing! Lin Tian felt that since he got home and closed his eyes, the phone never stopped, and it kept tinkling bells, tinkling bells!
In the end, Lin Tian directly unplugged the phone line, and then fell asleep beautifully.
When Lin Tian woke up again, it was almost noon, and after cleaning up in a hurry, Lin Tian found the phone line that he had unplugged and plugged it back in.
Almost as soon as the phone line was plugged in, Lin Tian's phone rang again!
"Lin, have you watched the news? The results of your ban have come down. This call was made by Fat Klaus, the general manager of the Bulls, with obvious excitement in his tone.
"Not yet, how many games have I been banned?" Lin Tian asked with a yawn.
"Five games, plus fines."
Klaus excitedly continued: "But this is not the point, the point is, this morning, Stern called me, from me to take your number, he should call you, you better keep the phone!" ”
"Why am I on the phone, my salary is not paid to me! Not only did he not pay me a salary, but he also took a lot of money from me! When Lin Tian heard that it was Stern looking for him, his interest immediately dropped a lot.
If Stern's daughter was looking for him, he would still be a little interested, and as for this goblin old man, Lin Tian was really too lazy to communicate too much.
So after hanging up Klaus's phone, Lin Tian didn't stay in front of the phone at all, and didn't even bother to listen to the more than ten phone messages, but turned around to look for food, as for what Stern was looking for him? Lin Tian was also too lazy to use his brain to think!
Unless Stern wants to accept him as his godson, promising that Lin Tian will not blow in the future, and the opponent will give a whistle when he touches his body hair, and he can also touch porcelain in a big loop at will, ensuring that he can average 15 free throws per game, then Lin Tian may consider considering it and recognize a godbrother!
Well, at most, it's a godbrother!
I'm a big official in Lin, but I have a very bottom line!
Lin Tian was eating leisurely, while turning on the TV to watch the news and programs, and after less than 30 minutes, his phone rang again.
"Hi Lin, I'm David Stern, I think Klaus told you, I'll call." Stern's affinity-like voice came over the phone.
Even if there is no video, I haven't seen Stern's people, but just listening to the voice, Stern's image of wearing glasses and smiling has already appeared in front of Lin Tian's eyes!
Speaking of which, this is the first time Lin Tian has spoken to Stern!
In the previous draft, Lin Tian was just a second-round pick, and it was the vice president of the league who was responsible for reading out his name and taking a photo with him, not Stern.
"Well, Klaus told me, Mr. President, do you have anything to do?" When he didn't know what Stern was going to do, Lin Tian still maintained his politeness.
"You're a top student who graduated from Penn, so I won't tell you what you have and don't, can you get straight to the point?" After Stern finished speaking, he didn't wait for Lin Tian's response, but said directly: "I hope you can be more friendly and sunny in the next time!" ”
"Pay attention to your image, we want you to make yourself a handsome boy like Grant Hill, a truly well-educated elite, and not like a villain like you are now, which is very bad for your future development."