Chapter 173: Another Sudmons
The next day, when Vacaro learned that Chamberlain had signed West as the spokesperson for the championship sneakers, the old man did not reproach him for making his own decisions, but nodded thoughtfully and said: "That kid is a potential stock, I mean if he can be domesticated, he has potential, I can see that kid is a bomb, if you use it well, you can blow up a market......"
Chamberlain was taken aback by Vaccaro's reaction, and according to his expectations, the old miser man should have been shocked and yelled at him, 'We are merchants, not philanthropists'.
"However, we are now financially tight, four million a year and eight million for two years, this price is also a bit too expensive!" Carvalro shook his head as he spoke.
This time it was Chamberlain's turn to be surprised, and he exclaimed, "How so? Doesn't it mean that my Storm Generation is out of stock? We should have made a lot of money, right, why should we be financially tight? ”
Yes, the Storm Generation is selling crazy right now, even if it's been less than a week. Vaccarro's promotion strategy for Chamberlain's All-Star show was very successful, after all, ginger is still old and spicy. Now the champion is actively launching the Storm II, and the Storm Generation is spinning out collector's editions and limited editions, these two shoes have just been advertised, and now the orders are full, and the level of market reaction is so fierce that Vacarro, who is used to seeing big storms, is unbelievable.
Big men don't sell shoes, which is a well-established truth in the sneaker market, but Chamberlain disproved this truth.
Of course, the success of the Storm Generation is not only Chamberlain's sales pitch, but also Taylor Swift spares no effort, the little girl is wearing the Storm Generation in her new album MV, and repeatedly gives this pair of shoes shots.
The album is called "Taylor-Swift", and now it is sweeping the music industry's major charts, its title song is called "YOU-BELONG-WITH-ME", which first appeared on the charts after the NBA All-Star Game in mid-February 2008, and it stood at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Music Chart, No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, and the album sold horrifyingly, with sales exceeding 30,000 in the first four days of its release.
The scandal between Chamberlain and Taylor is all over the place again, which is one of the reasons why Cao Nan is hostile to Chamberlain, in the eyes of a simple young man, his elegant and beautiful cousin fell into Chamberlain's mouth It was really a good cabbage for the pig to arch.
Hearing Chamberlain's complaints, Vacarro began to explain helplessly: "Do you understand what is production line expansion and what is market aggressive strategy? Our production line is so small, damn it, those little workshops are unbelievable, fuck, I guess those damn drug dealers in Mexico are bigger than ours! ”
"Stop complaining, get to the point!" Chamberlain said depressedly.
Vacaro shrugged helplessly and said, "The main thing is that I used all the money I get from selling shoes to build a new workshop, otherwise we won't be able to produce the so-called collector's edition Storm Generation and limited edition Storm Generation only by relying on our current production line." ”
Chamberlain sighed: "Fuck, you mean to say that we don't have the money to sign our own players?" ”
Vaccaro smiled: "You guessed it, Z, no wonder the outside world says that you are Bingxue smart, and your brain is indeed very powerful......"
Chamberlain rolled his eyes helplessly, and said, "Forget it, let's use my bank card, damn, Lao Tzu pays out of his own pocket, and he must sign West!" ”
Words can't be counted, right? When Chamberlain had no money, he regarded promises as dung, and at that time, promises and the like were as worthless in his eyes as his temperance. But the problem is that now his identity has changed, he is not only rich, but also one of the core of the Warriors and one of the leaders of the locker room.
West calmly signed the contract brought by Vaccalo, the relationship between Chamberlain and the championship, now everyone in the Warriors knows it, and of course he understands how West's contract came about. But he just didn't say anything, not even a 'thank you', which made Winnie very angry, to say that West didn't know how the contract he endorsed came from, the ghost didn't believe it!
As usual, the Warriors had a break on the morning after the first day of the game, and Chamberlain practiced in the arena as usual, and when it was almost noon, the door of the training gym was pushed open, and then he saw Evans's angry face.
"What's wrong?" Chamberlain asked.
Seeing Chamberlain and West, the anxiety on Evans' face dissipated a lot, and he exclaimed, "Z, for God's sake, help me, my precious nephew was abused, fucking fucking me was abused, I need someone to help!" ”
There was no beginning or end to what he said, and Chamberlain really didn't understand what he meant, so he motioned for him to speak slowly.
Evans sighed and said with a sad face: "That's it, damn, do you know that I have a nephew?" His name is Remington Jones, and the name is a bit ****, right? No way, who made my sister like the Remington shotgun so much? That's not the point, the point is that he loves basketball as much as I do, but he's much less talented than me......"
"Less talented than you? How bad is that? West couldn't help muttering, after the contract was signed, four million a year, according to the contract, Vacaro gave him half of it first, which means that he now has two million in his pocket, enough for him to repay the loan, so he is in a good mood, otherwise in the past, he would not have disdained to deal with Evans, a fool.
Chamberlain glared at West, who hurriedly reined and lowered his head to connect with the wings to break through for a pull-up jumper.
"Go on." Chamberlain picked up a glass of slimy nutrient solution and swallowed it, as Winnie said, drinking this thing after training is very good for his body, at least his original **** endurance is now more ****.
Evans sighed and said, "That little guy likes basketball, but he likes to play on the street, and this morning he was abused on the street by a bunch of bitch thugs, and I happened to be looking for him, and I saw the scene." I have to say, Z, those street thugs are really fucking bad, you didn't see it at the time, they didn't take their opponents for human beings at all! I couldn't get angry, so I went up and tried to help my nephew find a field, but it turned out to be ......"
Needless to say, Chamberlain also knew that this guy was also abused.
Hearing this, Chamberlain couldn't help but laugh, he actually listened to Evans all the time just to have fun, so he wouldn't go to give Evans a head, it's not that he was indifferent or had a bad relationship with Evans, on the contrary, Chamberlain had a very strong relationship with Evans, and the latter's hard work and honesty were very tempered with him.
The question is, it's on the streets, and it's between a bunch of kids, so why would he meddle? In that case, if someone filmed him, he would be finished, and he would be thrown to Australia if he was embarrassed. Besides, don't look at him so arrogant in the NBA, he may not be very powerful on the streets.
The rules of street ball are completely different from those of the NBA, and even the two worlds, Chamberlain's style of play is to be rigid and fierce, open and close, just like the fighting skills in the army, focusing on actual combat, and many shots are one-hit kills. But the streets are different, people there prefer bells and whistles, and countless actions that will be blown as **** in the NBA are normal on the streets, so he attacks his own strengths, isn't he asking for trouble?
Chamberlain is not cowardly or cowardly, but the example is in front of him, last year Kobe Bryant went to New York's Rock Park offseason to challenge the street players, I wanted to vent the loss on the court, but he was fucking beaten into ****, that embarrassing scene, Chamberlain now thinks about it and makes Kobe Bryant's face hot.
The strength of these street opponents is definitely not bad, Evans can be abused, how bad can it be?
Obviously, Evans also felt ashamed of what happened to him, even if he ate a bento in the NBA, he was so sad on the street, and he was indeed a little unreasonable, so he explained in a curt: "Those boys are not ordinary guys, especially the guy with a damn name called Hit-Sudmons, who is even more ferocious, he shoots too accurately, I have never seen ......"
"What do you say, what's his name?" Chamberlain's complexion, full of playfulness, changed dramatically.
Evans shrugged his shoulders and said, "Which do you say?" There were more than a dozen guys at the time......"
"That's what you just said." Chamberlain said impatiently.
Evans said, "That guy should be called Hit-Sudmons, right?" I just listened to my nephew muttering a few words, and I didn't really care. ”
"He's shooting accurately? Is it still fast? Or a left-hander? Chamberlain asked anxiously.
Evans was taken aback and asked, "How do you know the Dao?" ”
Without saying a word, Chamberlain grabbed his training uniform and shouted to Winnie, "Quick, man, start the car and go to that stadium - what stadium are they in?" ”
"Nai Smith Field." Evans said subconsciously, and then saw Chamberlain's anxious look and his eyes rolled, and he smiled, "Z, have you been abused by that kid before?" Seriously, I've never seen such a good shooter, he's a natural shooting machine......"
Chamberlain looked anxious, strode out, West immediately threw away the ball in his hand and followed, Winnie had not yet reacted, and when she ran out of the elevator, there was no one left, all three of them entered the elevator, and when she took the elevator to the underground parking lot, Evans's Porsche Cayenne was roaring out.
Sitting in the car, Chamberlain's face was complicated, if Evans's description was correct, then the guy who appeared on the street was Doug Sudmons's own brother. Sudmons's father was very strange and especially fond of dogs, his eldest son's name was 'dog', which is 'DOG', and his younger son's name was even more ruthless, pronounced the same as 'shit', and it turned out to be Hit, which is also rare in the United States.
Although the Sudmons family has a quirk in its name, they are equally talented, whether it is Hitt or Doug, they are all born basketball seedlings!
Before Chamberlain was diagnosed with gigantism, he and Doug often formed a trio to wander the streets and gamble with people to make money, and in addition to the two of them, there was also a two-year-old Hit, Doug's younger brother, a natural marksman.
Just like Evans said to him, that kid is a natural shooting machine!