Chapter 991 990. Too Sinful!

After reaching verbal agreements with Calderon, Korver, and Kwame Brown, Liu Mang's offseason officially began.

On July 7, Liu Mang said goodbye to San Niu and left Atlanta for Greece, starting a sneaker tour with six stops in Asia and three stops in Europe.

When I went to activities several times before, the first stop was always with San Niu. It was the first time to go out alone, and I was a little uncomfortable.

In China and the United States, Yao Ming teamed up with Kobe Bryant, which was a sensation, but in Europe, it was relatively average. As the defending champion, Liu Mang, coupled with his feat of leading the team to defeat the American team last summer, the publicity in the three major basketball countries in Europe was still very successful. , launched a wave of advertising for the Ice III boots, which were just released on July 1st.

But when I returned to China, I found that all the limelight had been robbed...

The influence brought by Yao Ming's joining the Lakers continues to affect the basketball circles in China and the United States.

The Lakers once again have a dominant center and have become championship favorites.

David Stern is extremely happy. Yao Ming has arrived in the most suitable city to become a star. Los Angeles can maximize Yao Ming's commercial value.

The Lakers and Yao Ming, these two names have dominated everyone's attention since the free market began.

The signings from other teams did not cause any waste.

The madman Sprewell clamored for a multi-million contract, but no team paid attention and was ignored.

Payton's veteran base salary continued to hug O'Neal's thigh, and the Heat spent a lot of money. They signed and then exchanged for white chocolate Jason Williams from the Grizzlies for 24 million in 3 years, and poached from the Celtics with a 32 million fat contract in 4 years. With the move of Antoine Walker, the three heavyweight signings were all submerged in the storm of Kobe Bryant teaming up with Yao Ming.

The Eagles spent $5 million in free agency to find someone, but they didn't attract attention.

Sam Cassell and Cardinal Mobley joined the Clippers, which supplemented the Clippers' weakness of being strong on the inside and poor on the outside. They had the capital to hit the playoffs, but they were also ignored.

Other large and small transactions and signings did not attract much attention.

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"Today's event ends here. Thank you everyone for participating. Next is the lottery..."

After finally hearing the concluding remarks, Liu Mang waved to the fans and walked towards the backstage passage.

"Ace...Ace..."

Fans at the event were still shouting Liu Mang's English name loudly, but this was not the first time Liu Mang had conducted a promotional event. The first time, when the fans called his name, he couldn't help but stay and stay longer. For a while, now... I feel a little numb. It's not that I don't pay attention to the fans' enthusiasm, but I'm too tired.

There are more and more sites to promote the event, and now there are 9 sites. I have been promoting in 9 cities in 6 countries in 13 days, and I am exhausted both physically and mentally.

Finally, the promotional activities of the last stop in the Imperial City are over, and Liu Mang can finally start the real offseason.

"Ace, are you going to go home next? Go to Shanghai with me?" Schwartz asked.

"I'll stay in BJ for two days." Liu Mang hadn't had a good tour of the Imperial City yet, so he was going to go out for a stroll, and had made an appointment with several teammates from the national team for dinner.

"OK, I still have things to do. Dwyane's promotional activities with Kwame and Tracy are still going on, and Chris' sneaker endorsement still needs to be discussed. I'll fly to Shanghai first in the afternoon. I'll have someone book it for you first. hotel."

"Um……"

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"Hurry up, Sister Lian, you have such long legs, why do you walk so slowly!"

"Boss Ace, you told me not to call me Sister Lian!"

"Okay, okay, I understand, Sister Lian."

"..."

Yi Jianlian was helpless. He didn't know why Liu Mang insisted on calling him Lian Mei, and his objections were ineffective.

"Ace, is it okay for you to go shopping?" Yi Jianlian asked worriedly.

"It's okay, Sister Lian. Now the fans' attention is on Dayao. Those who are not basketball fans probably don't know us. At most, they just think we are tall. Am I not wearing a hat? Look, it's us again." The poster of Dayao and the blacksmith." Liu Mang moved his cap with his left hand and pointed at the poster of the shopping mall building next to him.

"A blacksmith?" Yi Jianlian thought of the way Kobe Bryant looked like he was trying to eat people when he played in the NBA live broadcast. When he heard the adjective Liu Mang, he thought that Kobe's shooting percentage was really not that good... Yi Jianlian once again realized why Liu Mang was so good. He was hated by the star, he was so venomous!

"Oh, there's a Nike store over there. Go take a look at my shoes. Sister Lian, I'll give you a pair..." After searching for a long time, Liu Mang finally found his poster and ran towards the store.

"Boss Ace, wait for me..." Yi Jianlian hurriedly caught up. This young boss of the national team has such an out-of-the-box personality!

Today is July 22nd. Liu Mang had a day off in the hotel yesterday. There will be a dinner party with several teammates from the Athens Olympics tonight. Yi Jianlian arrived at BJ yesterday. Today he is responsible for accompanying Liu Mang when he goes shopping. In addition, he also has to protect Liu Mang's safety.

Fortunately, Yi Jianlian is still an 18-year-old boy with good athletic ability. Otherwise, at a height of 2.1 meters, he would really not be able to keep up with Liu Mang.

Liu Mang came to the door of the Nike store on the ground floor of the square building, looked at his poster on the glass wall, and started admiring it. When Yi Jianlian caught up with him, he saw Liu Mang's narcissistic look. He was so narcissistic!

At this time, a female salesperson wearing a Nike store T-shirt walked up from the door.

"Sir, we have the latest basketball shoes of NBA superstar Liu Mang here. They are limited edition and 5% off..." the salesperson came up to introduce.

Seeing that Liu Mang and Yi Jianlian are so tall, and one is taller than the other, everyone will think that they are basketball players, regardless of whether they are professional or not. They are so tall, and the first impression is that they are basketball players. And they are still looking at Liu Mang's poster. There is definitely a chance to sell shoes.

The female salesperson continued to introduce: "... This new version of basketball shoes uses Nike's new technology, which has good protection for the ankles. Sir, you can come in and take a look..."

At this point, the female salesperson raised her head to look at the faces of the two people. She first looked at the tallest one, so... I didn't recognize him...

Then she looked at the shorter but still tall one... This face is so familiar!

She turned her head to look at the poster, and then turned her head to look at the shorter tall one again...

The female salesperson was so shocked that she covered her mouth, afraid that she would scream.

Liu Mang was intoxicated with himself for a while, and he also heard what the salesperson said, and responded: "Okay, let's go, Lianmei, brother will give you a pair of shoes, you can choose whatever you want."

Yi Jianlian wanted to cover his face. Being called Lianmei in front of others... he must choose the most expensive pair!

Liu Mang walked into the store. There were not many people in the store. There were more employees than customers. Some people who wanted to buy his sneakers had already bought them during the event the day before yesterday, so there were relatively fewer people behind.

The main reason is that Nike's price is very expensive among sports brands now. Even in the capital, it is impossible for children to have a pair of shoes.

And this early in the morning, the flow of customers is very low, otherwise Yi Jianlian would not agree to take Liu Mang out for shopping.

Liu Mang walked into the store and saw his sneakers at first sight, but...next to them was the Nike version of Kobe 1 of the little blacksmith...

How annoying!

The ghost of this blacksmith is still lingering!

The saleswoman saw Liu Mang go in and immediately followed him. She repeatedly compared the posters in the store with the big guy in front of her, and finally confirmed that it was him!

After hesitating for a while, which was more important, work or chasing stars, she thought that she could find a job as a salesperson anywhere, so she immediately walked over and said, "You...you...are you Ace?"

Finally someone recognized me! Liu Mang pretended to be shocked, looked at the saleswoman, lowered his hat and said, "You recognized me? Yes, I am Liu Mang."

Yi Jianlian on the side was speechless. Isn't your unconcealed dress just to be recognized and show off? After walking for half an hour, it's really a miracle that you haven't been recognized!

After the saleswoman confirmed that the person in front of her was Liu Mang, she jumped up excitedly, wanted to shout out loud, and quickly covered her mouth.

Liu Mang didn't pay attention to this saleswoman before. There is a certain difference in height. Now he looked at this saleswoman carefully... No, it should be a little girl, too young, like a high school student.

But that chubby face...

"Ace, can you give me an autograph? Wait a minute..." The chubby-faced girl went to get a poster next to her sneakers, took out a pen from her pocket, and excitedly handed it to Liu Mang, not caring whether Liu Mang agreed to sign it.

Liu Mang did not refuse, pressed the ballpoint pen, and asked tentatively: "What's your last name? I'll write some blessings."

"I...I...My last name is Zhao!" The chubby-faced girl didn't expect there would be such a benefit, and hurriedly said: "My name is Zhao Liying!"

"Zhao Liying..." Although Liu Mang was immune to celebrities, he was still a little surprised, and his hands did not stop, writing on the poster.

He actually met Zhao Liying when she was so young.

"Okay, I've signed it." Liu Mang casually wrote a blessing and handed it back to Zhao Liying.

Zhao Liying excitedly rolled up the poster, held it tightly, and stared at Liu Mang like that.

Liu Mang looked at Zhao Liying's excitement and thought it was fun. He was ready to tease this future superstar: "Hey, little sister, how much do you earn a day?"

Little sister? Zhao Liying looked at Liu Mang, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with being called a little sister, so she quickly replied: "The basic salary is 80 yuan a day, and there is a 3% sales commission."

"Uh..." Liu Mang was speechless. He really said all the details. He was so honest!

Liu Mang took out his wallet and took out two hundred yuan from it: "Then little sister, I will pay you a day's salary. How about you accompany me to lunch?"

"Ah...?" Zhao Liying felt like a pie in the sky! A big star actually wanted to treat her to lunch!

Yi Jianlian on the side opened his mouth wide. He came out so early in the morning, and he actually came out to pick up girls?

Yi Jianlian looked at this Zhao Liying, who looked... underage!

Too sinful!

Thinking about the fact that Liu Mang had two girlfriends... Yi Jianlian didn't say anything, and honestly performed the task of bodyguard.

However, Yi Jianlian still felt too sinful!

"Are you busy?" Liu Mang made a regretful expression.

"No, I am free, wait a minute, I'm going to change clothes..." Zhao Liying immediately rushed into the innermost lounge where only employees can enter. A sales job, it's easy to find it, eating with a big star! You can brag about it for the rest of your life...

Zhao Liying had no idea that she would also be a big star in the future...

After a few minutes, Zhao Liying changed her clothes and came out, but when she walked next to Liu Mang and Yi Jianlian, she saw the clothes on Liu Mang and Yi Jianlian, and then looked at the clothes she bought at a street stall, Zhao Liying hesitated.

Cheap, but clean and simple T-shirt, shorts, and a small bag. This is what a high school student looks like. Liu Mang smiled and said: "Well, it looks much better than that ugly employee uniform. Let's go!"

Seeing that Liu Mang did not show contempt, Zhao Liying felt warm in her heart and immediately followed her.

As for work...it's just child labor without a contract, so if you don't want it, you don't want it...

Instead of driving, Liu Mang and Yi Jianlian came by subway. Zhao Liying saw that Liu Mang didn't have the airs of a big star along the way, so he took her around, and the big stone in her heart was finally relieved.

At first, she just followed Liu Mang out impulsively, and then started to worry about this and that. Later, she discovered that Liu Mang didn't seem to have any other ideas and just took her out for a walk...

While shopping and chatting, Liu Mang understood why this future star was in sales.

Zhao Liying, born in October 1987, is now 18 years old in July 2005. She graduated from the flight attendant major of the LF Electronic Information Engineering School. She dropped out of school because her family had no money and gave up becoming a flight attendant. Now she is doing sales to earn money to support her family. .

That is, underage child labor...

But he didn't care so much. Liu Mang thought it was quite interesting to have a future big star shopping with him.

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"Here, Ying, you go try it..."

Liu Mang took a dress and handed it to Zhao Liying.

"No, this is too expensive..."

"It doesn't cost you money, just try it, and you don't have to buy it."

"Then give it a try?"

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"Ace, come and try this!" Zhao Liying took Liu Mang to a snack bar.

"This is?"

"Oden! Have you never eaten it?"

"Uh...we can't eat this normally. We've had it before and almost forgot about it."

"Try it. I usually come to this store to buy one after get off work. It's delicious."

"Okay, let's give it a try, Sister Lian, do you want to try too?"

"No, I have a national team competition next month and I am trying to control my weight." Yi Jianlian was holding a lot of shopping bags in his hands and stood far away, not wanting to stand with this guy who flirted with underage girls.

"You guys are so boring. What fun is there in the Asian Games? Why are you and Dayao going?"

"..."

"Ace, why are you called A Lian Lian Mei?"

"Look at him, he is as shy as a little wife. Doesn't he look like a girl?"

"Ace, you are so mean!"

As they chatted, they became familiar with each other. Zhao Liying had also seen Yi Jianlian on TV, but she just didn't recognize him at first.

When it came to basketball, Liu Mang thought of one thing: "Lian Mei, are you almost 18 years old? Are you still playing in the youth team?"

"No, I may go to the first team next season." When it comes to business, Yi Jianlian is finally willing to say a few more words.

"Guangdong team... Ah Lian, you have never played in a professional league, right? Do you want to try to go to college in the United States?"

The next chapter will look like ten minutes around seven o'clock.