Johnson made more than a dozen calls to Woody that day alone, all with good news.
First, Sports Illustrated planned to shoot him for another magazine cover.
Then NBA official basketball Spalding Basketball wanted to cooperate with Woody and issue Woody’s limited edition signature basketball. In addition to the 2 million endorsement fee, Woody also enjoys a 10% share of 100,000 basketballs. Each basketball is priced at 30 US dollars, a total of 300,000 points difference.
Among the dozen or so commercial endorsements Woody currently receives, this can only be considered average.
But because Spalding Basketball is an official partner of the NBA.
This meaning is different.
At present, Woody has gathered two major BUFFs from NBA jersey partner Adidas and NBA basketball partner Spalding. In addition, there are rumors that David Stern is committed to opening up the Chinese market. This third BUFF...
Woody is getting a little hotter now!
The $50,000 he promised to donate caused quite a stir in Akron, which also triggered subsequent reactions from the outside world.
Upon seeing this, Johnson immediately suggested an additional donation of about $200,000.
At the same time, we are preparing to create a company for Woody and set up a department to deal with this matter specifically.
Of course, it’s also to cope with the upcoming “tax season.”
The United States’ tax exemption policy for companies is quite favorable.
These contributions can be counted as expenses to be offset against taxes.
In addition, Johnson founded the company in Alaska, a state where local taxes are slightly higher, but there is no personal income tax or sales tax, making it a relatively tax-friendly city.
Due to the impact of the donation on the outside world, Woody's establishment of the company was completed quickly without any resistance.
But Woody knew very well that even so, the bulk of the tax exemption was still on his personal consumption.
It's a bit like making money in the United States, spending money in the United States, and I want to take it home.
Regarding this situation, Woody's approach was very simple, and he gradually transferred part of the income to the country.
At present, he has nearly 5 million US dollars in his personal account in China, which is about 40 million RMB...
He knows very well that after retiring, he will most likely return to China.
After all, the second elder is getting older and needs him to go back.
It goes without saying that it is definitely more convenient for him to go back and adapt to life than it is for his father and mother to adapt to life in the United States.
So even though he is only 18 years old now, and even if he retires at 30, there are still 12 years left, he has already begun to transfer assets domestically. Who knows what will happen in the future.
To America, he is a foreigner after all!
If you really want to do something in the United States and need money, the worst case scenario is that you can transfer it back from China?
It is definitely more convenient to transfer from the United States to China.
But for Woody himself, he feels that the biggest gain is definitely the achievement point.
Do you know how many achievement points he got in this game?
30 points and 20 rebounds, compared to 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists...
Before opening the system panel, he knew that the achievement point gain this time would definitely not be low.
But he didn't expect...
34,000 points!
That’s 34,000 points!
Plus the 3,000 points gained from the first mission.
A total of 37,000 achievement points have been credited.
Including the originally saved achievement points of about 53,000 points, Woody's achievement points have reached about 90,000 points.
There are still 10,000 points short of the 100,000 achievement points required to upgrade the system!
"Best Rookie" is now more and more biased towards him. As expected, the 20,000 points will soon go into his pocket.
But as far as the tasks released by the system are concerned, Woody believes that he can collect 100,000 achievement points without waiting until the end of the season!
Not to mention anything else, the All-Star voting channel is about to open.
I can still remember how much noise Yao Ming caused during his rookie season.
As for the feedback from Su Qun and Zhang Weiping from China, Woody is very clear that domestic fans are paying more and more attention to him.
Although he does not expect that the level of support from domestic fans for him will reach the level of Dayao.
But Miami itself is also a big city, with a population of over 5 million!
Across the United States, there are very few cities with a population of more than one million.
Not to mention over 5 million!
These people are potential “votes of support.”
With his popularity in Miami, if the city media follows up and promotes it, some people who don't watch basketball will definitely obediently send their tickets.
There is a high probability that a certain forward player can be squeezed out and become the starter in the Eastern Conference...
If that's the case!
Those All-Star players are all capable, can they really swallow their anger and watch themselves "shitting and farting" on their heads?
Isn’t this contradiction coming?
When conflicts arise, can the task be far away?
Ever since he discovered that "contradiction is the primary productive force of achievement," Woody has been looking forward to some conflict every day.
Of course, the person who should be most grateful is LeBron James...
Without him, Woody wouldn't have become famous so quickly in high school!
Without him, Woody would not have been able to obtain the second template immediately after the McDonald's All-Star Weekend!
Including the current surge in Woody's popularity and the largest achievement point income since entering the league, it is all related to him!
Hi~
He is truly my "good brother"!
Just because of this "friendship", if LeBron fails to win a championship in this league in the future, Woody really wouldn't mind helping him win a championship.
They are all "brothers"!
Is this still a big deal?
LeBron James doesn’t know that his “good brother” has planned a way out for him to not win the championship, but he is really worried because of his “good brother” now… After playing the game against the Heat, Feeling very hurt, LeBron James returned to Akron, only to see that there were obviously many more Woody posters, and he once again received tons of critical hits.
Whose hometown is this?
18 years ago, which baby fell to the ground here?
LeBron is a person who has a strong hometown complex, especially when he wants to return to this land...
But at this moment, he felt the stab in the back from the Akron fellow.
He suddenly disliked Akron a little bit!
At the same time, Woody, who returned to Miami, got on another private plane at the airport.
On the plane, Johnson was already waiting for him.
He received Don's "Christmas Party".
"Man, this guy has a lot of connections. You can meet representatives from all walks of life at this party."
Johnson briefly introduced the host of the party.
After listening for a long time, Woody understood one word:
money!
He has received about 15 million yuan in commercial endorsements so far.
They are all business endorsements from the United States.
As his popularity in the country continues to rise, many domestic companies have contacted Johnson, but Woody has no idea of accepting domestic advertising for the time being.
As for the reason...
You’ll find out later!
He mainly focuses on endorsements in the United States.
So his results are already pretty good.
How many endorsement deals signed by an All-Star player in one year is not as much as what he earns in the few months he enters the league.
Just like Ben Wallace.
An All-Star starter, the winner of the "Defensive Player of the Season Award", and the largest endorsement contract so far, which is AND1's sneaker endorsement contract, the total sum is not as much as Woody's one-year contract with Adidas.
However, in Johnson's view, this is not enough!
Woody's commercial value is completely unable to match his current popularity!
At this time, you not only have to "wait and wait", but you also have to take the initiative, such as attending more gatherings of rich people like this.
Even if it's just a "fate", the person who has said hello is always much better than the person who has never met!
It just so happens that Woody plans to use "Christmas" to relax.
Kill two birds with one stone, kill two eagles with one stone, and level the river with one horse!
The party was held at the Pennsylvania Hotel in the heart of Manhattan, New York.
Across from the hotel is the Empire State Building and Madison Square Garden!
The party is on the evening of December 24th.
Woody arrived in New York with Johnson in the early morning of the 24th and checked into this hotel directly.
After sleeping until about 12 noon, Johnson took two girls with big waves to provide him with personal services and help him change his clothes.
During this period, one of the big waves asked the other big wave to go downstairs to get something. After there were only two people left in the room, she gave various hints to Woody.
Woody quit then!
Who do you think I am?
There are better ones at night!
Moreover, the "Eagle County Incident" is still before us, and Woody does not need to take such a big risk.
When the sisters who were taken away came back, there was resentment on their faces, but she suddenly discovered that there was no smell similar to heather. Looking at her companions who were also angry and itching their teeth, she felt much better!
Hi!
After changing clothes, Johnson arranged lunch for Woody. In the afternoon, he went to meet with several business representatives. He rejected two of them and signed with the other two. Woody made a profit of US$2.08 million in one day.
"Open our company account!"
The letter issued by Johnson is no longer Woody's personal name, but the full name of the company located in Alaska.
Then enter Woody's pocket from the company's account.
Of this money, in addition to Alaska state taxes and Johnson's commission, Woody can probably get about 1.8 million dollars.
Just sitting there chatting for a long time and being able to earn so much money, Woody could only say:
It's really easy to get things done if you're famous!
If he wasn't famous for playing basketball, how long would it have taken him to earn so much money?
Or will you never make any money in your lifetime?
You should know that the restaurant where his second uncle works can only make about 180 knives a day during festivals when guests are generous with their money. Even if there are so many customers every day who spend such a high amount of money, it will still take 10,000 days, about 27 years. Half……
There is indeed a big difference between making money and making money!
In the evening, Woody, who had made money, happily showed up at the party organized by Tang **.
The size of this party was quite large, about two to three thousand people!
Most men wear suits, after all, these are the clothes that best suit a man’s figure;
Although women's choice is also a dress, there are a lot of styles of dresses, various long and short, zippered, leaky...
When Woody entered the scene, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.
First, standing next to him was Johnson, the "Entertainment Socialite". His network was really wide, and there were people from all walks of life who took the initiative to say hello to him;
Secondly, it’s Woody’s own enthusiasm!
Especially since he just made a big fuss in Cleveland yesterday, reports about him are still being reported one after another.
Johnson first took him to meet several millionaires with whom he had good friendships.
Woody looked at the female companion standing next to them.
Each one looks more familiar than the other!
Obviously they are all celebrities.
It’s just that Woody doesn’t know much about the American entertainment industry.
Whether it was Megan Fox or Scarlett, he met them first and then knew there was such a female star in the entertainment industry.
Others he could only describe as familiar.
Usually the more familiar it is, the more famous it is. '
Of course, if it was Britney Spears's level, he would definitely know her name.
"Woody, you actually came to New York too?"
A somewhat familiar voice came, and Woody turned to look. His long blond hair, and the short black dress that covered his whole body had obvious curves.
It was Lindsay Lohan, whom she met once at Staples Center that day.
But tonight, she wore thick smoky makeup, and she no longer looked sweet, but more like the name of the new movie that had just announced her as the heroine of the movie. ——"Mean Girls"!
Lindsay is the biggest female star that Woody knows. She was the lead actress in the movie with Megan Fox, and now she is the lead actress in "Mean Girls". You need to know that this movie Disney is behind the movie.
When Johnson saw a woman coming up to him, he showed his signature smile and said to Woody: "Wish you a happy night!" Then he picked up the cup in his hand and raised his hand towards Lindsay who was leaning over. Then he left voluntarily.
Woody smiled and said hello.
But without going any further, Lindsay said hello and left. She mainly focused on trying to please a middle-aged man with a thick beard from another group of people. Obviously I came with a mission today.
But as soon as she stepped forward, two women quickly stood in front of Woody.
One of them was so noble that Woody just looked at it, LV, Chanel...
Just two words:
luxury!
Absolutely wealthy daughter.
Coupled with her beautiful appearance, she looks like a "Barbie on Earth".
Compared to her, the girl next to her is much "cheaper".
It's not that she's not well-dressed, it's just that compared to the person next to her, she's really not that dazzling in her clothes.
However, in terms of appearance, she also has the kind of facial features that can make people feel amazing, and she has a very good foundation. Unfortunately, like Megan Fox and Scarlett, she is not very tall, only 1.60 meters tall.
Two women introduced themselves to each other.
The extravagant one is named Hilton, and the other one is named Kim Kardashian.
Woody had never heard of these two names, and they looked familiar to them, but he also knew that in addition to wealthy people and celebrities, there was also a type of people at this kind of party, which were rich second-generation celebrities from well-off families.
The two people in front of me should fall into this category.
Anyway, when it comes to Hilton's outfit, Woody just looked over, and there are few who can be more gorgeous than her.
If you hug this "thigh", you can lie down directly.
Woody's initial attitude towards her was also more enthusiastic.
Just while chatting, he discovered that this woman had "princess disease". At that time, he was a little uninterested and changed his target and looked at Kim Kardashian next to him.
Woody always likes to eat "soft rice" standing up.
Hilton, who was left out in the cold, gave up the job at that time, turned around and left angrily.
Kim Kardashian was a little confused about whether she should catch up.
She has been following Hilton for a long time, with the goal of getting into Hilton's "socialite circle", but Hilton's temper is difficult to handle, and she is basically just a "bag girl".
It's the kind of game where Hilton is playing games with a man in the car, and she's guarding the door for the follower outside the car.
And those men are all snobbish. When they hear that they are rich people from the "Hilton Hotel", they are more willing to go on Hilton's "boat".
Originally she thought Woody was just another one.
Unexpectedly, Woody suddenly showed interest in her while chatting.
She knows Woody's popularity, he is currently the hottest rising star in the NBA.
Megan Fox and Scarlett, two young actors, both got involved with him, and their popularity immediately increased.
Now……
Is it her turn?
It's definitely an opportunity, but here's the thing...
Hilton left angrily. If Kardashian didn't catch up, this "bestie relationship" would be over.
She has worked hard for so long...
"1105!"
When she was struggling, Woody gave her the house number.
Kim Kardashian was overjoyed and felt warmed by Woody's "empathic clothes". He gave him a smile and hurried to chase Hilton. But on the way out, she "looked back three times in one step". That's called a Reluctant to leave.
His eyes sent telegrams frequently, just two words in a row:
wait for me!
After confirming tonight's playmate, Johnson was nowhere to be seen, so Woody found a corner to drink quietly, waited until the time was almost up, and left directly.
But not long after he sat down here, his eyes were attracted by a beautiful figure: long golden hair neatly tied up, a pair of bright eyes under willow leaves' thin eyebrows, exquisite appearance, gorgeous red lips, and her Tonight's halter-neck red evening dress made her look full of femininity.
Most importantly, this woman is tall.
She is at least about 1.80 meters tall, and she wore a pair of high heels tonight, which made her figure even more slender.
It seems that there are still some tall beauties in this country!
The eyes of the audience also focused on her movements.
Beauties of such height are indeed rare.
Woody looked at her. Unexpectedly, at this moment, her eyes also came here. The two people looked at each other. The woman smiled and walked towards him.
My damn charm!
"Can I sit here?" The woman looked directly at Woody and asked.
This is not Woody's place. Woody can't care about the dog sitting there, but the woman is so polite.
Really are……
Great tea!
"certainly!"
Fortunately, Woody’s best thing is a sip of tea!
During the conversation, Woody learned that this "beauty with atypical height" was named Yi**.
The organizer of this party, Tang **, is her father.
Also a "rich daughter", Yi** is much more talkative and knowledgeable than Hilton. Woody found it interesting just to hear her talk.
After chatting for about half an hour, the waiter came to change drinks twice. Yi** was about to leave. There were ripples in her eyes. She said to Woody: "My home is nearby, and I have a dog." Do you want to see the cat doing a backflip?"
So magical?
Zundu and fake toot?
Woody immediately showed interest, got into the "rich daughter"'s Porsche, and returned to her home.
Along the way he always felt like he had forgotten something.
Yi** went to the apartment she bought herself, and she was the only one living there.
As soon as he entered the door, Woody looked around the room curiously, wanting to see what the backflip cat looked like.
But when the entrance door was closed, something fell softly to the ground.
Turning around, he saw that the beauty was only in her underwear. Her fair skin was shining under the light. Woody's eyes suddenly straightened:
"This cat...can't do backflips, right?"
You can write 20,000 words, but brothers, the night that was saved for everyone passed. Early the next morning, Woody looked at Yi** who was still sleeping, got up lightly, left the apartment, and went to Got to the airport.
It's not that I'm dissatisfied with Yi**.
Anyway, I am definitely much more satisfied than Megan Fox.
At least there are more poses.
But...
A woman's attitude depends on her reaction!
Now, buddy, go ahead!
In the afternoon after returning to Miami, Woody saw that he and Iraq were making headlines in the gossip media.
The accompanying picture is a photo of him getting into an Iraqi Porsche. From this shooting angle, Woody had reason to suspect that the "bastard" in the photo was lying under the car at the time, otherwise, such a weird angle would not have been possible.
It’s hard enough just to make headlines!
Megan Fox seemed to have also seen the report and called him: "Are you coming to New York?"
"I was here yesterday, and I'm back to Miami today!"
"Okay, you're really busy!" You could clearly hear a sour smell, but that was it. Fox didn't say anything more and hung up the phone.
Woody felt nothing was wrong, so he drove to the arena by himself.
If you have nothing to do, you have nothing to do. Let’s practice ball for a while!
The arena was on holiday today, and only the staff on duty were at the arena. They were very surprised to see him. After giving him the key, they immediately told Pat Riley about the incident.
Riley had just seen the tidbits about Woody, and now he immediately received such news. The little uneasiness that had just arisen in his heart immediately turned into huge satisfaction.
Woody's gossip came out a little too quickly, and he was worried...
But now I heard the news from the staff, and it was obvious that Woody finished playing yesterday and came back for extra practice today.
Apparently he knew exactly what he was supposed to do?
What are you worried about?
He smiled and took out his mobile phone and dialed: "Woody, don't work so hard. Today is Christmas. Don't practice too late. Go back early for Christmas. I have always been very satisfied with your performance. You are the best, and you will definitely be the best in this league in the future..."
"No, no, coach, coach, me, I'm Dwyane..." A somewhat honest voice sounded.
"Oh, Dwyane! Sorry, I called the wrong number. Merry Christmas, Dwyane, I'll hang up first..."
After Pat Riley finished speaking, he hung up the phone, leaving Wade alone in the wind.
this……
Does Pat Riley usually praise Woody so much?
Although Pat Riley was interrupted by Wade before he finished speaking, that was because Wade couldn't listen anymore.
What else can I say?
Doesn’t it mean that Woody will also be the best in this league in the future?
Originally, Wade felt that Pat Riley was satisfied with his performance.
But now it seems that Pat Riley's evaluation of satisfaction is also divided into grades.
Woody is obviously Level 9, he...
The third grade is above and the sixth grade is not yet reached.
He is a "satisfied spare tire"!
When he received the call, he was having a "barbeque party" with his family on the outdoor balcony of the large villa he had just bought. After the call, he suddenly lost his mood, got in the car and hurried toward the arena.
When I saw Woody practicing hard at the gym, his first words were:
"Woody, be a human being!"
Woody: "???"
ha?
On December 26, almost all sports news in the United States were reporting on the "Christmas War."
After all, last night, of the four major sports leagues in the United States, only the NBA had three games.
Every game gets huge exposure.
Otherwise, David Stern has a brain!
Utilizing the typical idea of "I have what others don't have", the "Christmas War" has become a golden signature of the NBA.
At the same time, this day is also the day when NBA All-Star starting voting officially opens.
Woody takes center stage.
Last year's All-Star Weekend was Michael Jordan's last All-Star trip, but the real "bombshell" was definitely Yao Ming's selection as the All-Star starter.
This is the first time Americans have experienced what "Chinese power" is.
As long as it’s something related to people, you really can’t lose!
This year Woody, with the same yellow skin and black hair, obviously has the potential to do the same thing!
Many magazines, including Bleacher Report and Sports Illustrated, are optimistic about Woody, becoming another "debut All-Star" player in the history of this season's All-Star Weekend.
If successful, Woody will make a lot of history.
Just like the NBA's first "All-Star starting high school student"!
The cover of the issue that "Sports Illustrated" shot for Woody was the "All-Star Weekend Special", which shows how confident they are.
In addition, this is a signal that they will definitely carry out crazy canvassing on behalf of Woody to promote this matter!
Obviously, unlike ESPN's bet on LeBron James, "Sports Illustrated" chose to bet on Woody...
Adidas representatives also said that they will launch two signature shoes for Woody from January to February this year.
In addition to Woody's first signature shoe, there is also an "All-Star Weekend Special".
With this kind of treatment, except for Tracy McGrady, only Woody in Adidas can get such attention.
But Medina signed a lifetime contract last year, which involved various issues and the scene had to be huge. Woody has just started to fulfill the first year of his contract. According to Adidas's urinary temperament, he should have been kept cold for a while to temper his temper. But as a result, Woody's popularity made many senior executives unable to bear it.
Johnson shared both ideas with Woody.
The meaning is also very simple:
Canvassing votes!
In fact, Woody originally thought so too.
At this moment, when faced with reporters’ questions about the All-Star starting lineup, he made no secret of it and said: “As long as a player is on that stage, he is eager to stand on it, and the sooner the better. If I can stand on it early, why not? ?”
"There are always two guys who are going to be the All-Star starting forward in the East, so why can't it be me?"
These words are a declaration of war against all eastern forwards.
The reporters who were interviewing Woody at that time had bright eyes, and they already had a premonition that something good was going to happen.
Woody saw their reactions in his eyes and knew that his fire was almost burning. As for how big a pot of rice he could cook, it would depend on how much rice was willing to put in the pot!
On December 27, after three days of rest, the Miami Heat set out for Philadelphia to challenge the 76ers.
This is Woody's first career opponent.
At that time, a "battle for fame" was launched for him.
This is even more true this time. Because "Big Dog" Robinson was injured before the "Christmas Day War" and was reimbursed for the season, the Philadelphia 76ers' only major signing this summer also ended in failure.
The team's immediate combat effectiveness is damaged, and it can't go very far with just Allen Iverson alone.
This game is a very typical losing style for the 76ers this season:
Relying on Allen Iverson's continuous shots, the score was locked, and then when Iverson's physical fitness declined and his efficiency further declined, the score was completely opened.
Woody easily scored 21 plus 12 rebounds and 3 blocks to help the Heat win the first game after the "Christmas Day War".
After this game, he also won the "Player of the Week Award" in the third week of December.
The main reason for winning this award was his "30 plus 20" score in the game against the Cavaliers!
This made Woody say something in his heart:
LeBron, good brother!
How long are you going to help me?
But then the Heat encountered "back-to-back" again.
In the last "back-to-back", Stan Van Gundy chose the method of "grab one game and rest one game" in an effort to preserve the victory in one of the games.
But it was off.
And this is "back-to-back". The mental exhaustion caused by physical fitness and schedule makes the probability of players experiencing instability much higher than usual.
This time the Heat experienced another "two-game losing streak."
On December 31, the last day of 2003, they met the Lakers again.
The Heat's "vulnerability against the strong" in the last game had a bit of an upset. They came back from 11 points behind to win, which made the Lakers obviously suffocated that night. Although the relationship between a group of people became more and more... It was poor, but they still showed their basic qualities as players. Of course, they mainly relied on their suppressed enthusiasm and worked together to win the game neatly, 100 to 89, with 11 points.
The Heat only took the lead twice at the beginning of the entire game.
The rest of the time, the Lakers led.
With the Lakers players playing normally, the strength gap between the Heat and them is still obvious.
In this way, the Heat lost their last three games in December in a "three-game losing streak".
Throughout December, their total record was 10 wins and 6 losses!
Just looking at their record in December, they can only be ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.
Relying on the good foundation laid in November, they are still ranked second in the Eastern Conference.
However, it is currently only 2 games ahead of the third-place Nets...
(End of chapter)
