Chapter 234: Tough Guys Gather
"Mr. Philip Knight, are n't you worried that other players under you may have objections? As far as I know, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant do not receive such high treatment." A reporter immediately stood up to express his opinion.
"They are all professional players, and they will wholeheartedly welcome Super Yang to join the Nike family." The Nike president said confidently.
Since the president is so confident, it is not easy for reporters to question him face to face.
The press conference lasted for about half an hour and then ended. After it ended, Nike provided a physical trainer for Yang Mo. After Yang Mo briefly met Trevor Cussy, who was said to be one of the top three physical trainers in the United States, he quickly went to the second press conference under the leadership of Lu Xueman, the BMW press conference, and then Pepsi, followed by Gucci, Dior, China Mobile, etc. After a series of events, they went down to take some promotional photos and advertisements. Fortunately, the advertisements were very simple. After all, they were all high-end brands. The higher the brand, the shorter and more . Those jumping and flashy ones were either chewing gum or sanitary napkins.
After a whole day, Yang Mo was exhausted. When he returned to the hotel to rest, Jessica called again and said that she had reserved a front row VIP ticket for Yang Mo tomorrow night and insisted that he attend. Of course, Yang Mo agreed immediately and wanted to support this event.
But later in the conversation, Jessica embarrassedly invited Yang Mo to sing a song. After all, Yang Mo is now famous all over the world, and everyone knows her name as a superhero. SM also wants to use Yang Mo's popularity to promote Girls' Generation.
Yang Mo hesitated for a moment, then agreed. Isn't it just singing a song? It's nothing big. Besides, this can also increase his exposure, which is good for both parties, so why not do it?
Yang Mo agreed immediately, and Jessica on the other side cheered and was extremely happy.
Seeing that she was happy, Yang Mo immediately invited her out for dinner and to do something that couples should do. However, Jessica was too busy. The concert was about to start, and they had to rehearse until four or five in the morning every day. They had no time to rest. If they wanted to date, they could only wait until after the concert.
Yang Mo could only give up on this. He was very busy these past two days anyway. He would talk about it tomorrow after he was done with his work.
After the call, Yang Mo didn’t even bother to eat dinner and just fell asleep on the bed.
While Yang Mo was sleeping soundly, the media reporters were calculating his bills. They found out through collecting information that Yang Mo made 300-400 million dollars a day just through endorsements. This efficiency of making money far exceeded that of Bill Gates! As for the richest man in the sports world, that was not a problem. LeBron James, the most profitable player in basketball, was directly exposed as scum, just like the All-Star votes were exposed as scum. It was simply crushed.
In fact, after Yang Mo signed the contract with Nike, reporters went to interview Nike's three star players.
"One hundred and twenty million US dollars for five years? Wow! That's amazing!" Kobe exclaimed when he learned about Yang Mo's contract amount. He then said, "But if you think about it carefully, this is a reasonable price. After all, Yang has a strong Asian market, and he is a superhero. This is normal. Envy? What's there to envy? Everyone's commercial value is different, and it is determined by the market."
Kobe Bryant is very free and easy. Although this guy is very obsessive on the basketball court and is determined to win first place, he is very peaceful outside the court. He doesn't seem to be particularly interested in making money.
Big brother Kobe Bryant is peaceful and non-confrontational. LeBron James' words are inevitably a bit sour: "US$120 million in five years? And a share of the shoe sales? Oh, I get it. Yang is a superhero, he can blow a man's head off with one punch, he's awesome."
Although LeBron said that Yang Mo was great, he did not mention anything about basketball. It was obvious that he did not take Yang Mo's ability in basketball seriously.
When the reporter asked him about being blocked by Yang Mo, he immediately turned his face black and replied: "I won't answer this question." Then he left the interview area under the protection of his agent.
As for Durant, his answer was much more direct: "Of course Yang is worth this price. After all, he is a superhero. But from a basketball perspective, he has not reached this level yet."
The three main stars reacted differently to Yang Mo signing with Nike, but except for Kobe Bryant who was calm, the other two were a little dissatisfied. They played so well but were suppressed in price, so it was normal for them to feel unhappy. This is human nature, after all, Yang Mo's status in the basketball world is indeed not as shining as his identity as a superhero.
These remarks were quickly reported by major sports media, which were determined to stir up internal conflicts within Nike.
But apart from the sports media, other media rarely paid attention to this matter. At most, they reported that superhero Yang Mo signed a sponsorship contract with the sports giant Nike, with the amount of 120 million for five years. As for James, Durant, Kobe and others, they were too lazy to even mention them. They only knew the superhero Yang Mo, and did not need to understand the grievances and hatreds of James and other basketball stars. After all, the world is so big, and basketball is only a small part of it. However, there is only one superhero in real life, Yang Mo.
The next day, Yang Mo was arranged to shoot two more commercials. After noon, she was taken to meet with the executives of Universal. Through communication, it was learned that the film would continue the plot of the third Tokyo Drift and create a new model. Universal originally planned to have Vin Diesel return, but Yang Mo's sudden appearance made them focus directly on Yang to star in this racing action film, which was set in Miami. The name was also chosen, Grand Theft Auto, and Yang Mo's role in the film was a Chinese undercover detective.
Since the script had not been finalized, Yang Mo read it a few times and made two requests: first, she could not die, and second, there must be beautiful women and the latest sports cars. Because the highlights of this kind of movie are nothing more than racing cars, beautiful women and strong men.
Yang Mo's request was met by the senior management of Universal, who were very satisfied with her understanding of film. They originally thought that Yang Mo was an outsider and that filming would be difficult, but after a chat, they found that Yang Mo's keen sense of smell for film was stronger than that of many film school graduates.
After talking about the film with the Universal executives, Yang Mo went to another dinner organized by Stallone. After arriving, she found a bunch of strong men sitting in the box, and they were all superheroes in the movie, including Stallone, Bruce Wesley, Jason Statham and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
When Yang Mo saw them, she was shocked. These were the superstars that she had only seen in movies before.
Yang Mo was shocked. These superstars in his mind all looked at him with admiration: "Hey, Super Yang. I finally see you in person. You are even more handsome than what I saw on TV."
Stallone came up and shook hands with Yang Mo, and then Bruce Wesley and others also shook hands with Yang Mo. It seemed that they all admired Yang Mo very much.
Since they were all men, they became familiar with each other within two minutes of sitting down.
"Yang, how much is your punching power? Is it over 500 pounds?" asked the big guy Shang Ge Yundun very curiously.
"I haven't tested it." Yang Mo laughed.
"Yang, have you really never practiced Chinese Kung Fu? I know Jet Li very well. He practiced Chinese Kung Fu and he is your martial arts champion." Jason Statham asked. To these Hollywood action stars, Chinese Kung Fu is a very mysterious and powerful existence. Because they all love to watch Kung Fu movies, Jackie Chan and Jet Li are very familiar friends to them.
"No." Yang Mo shook his head, and at the same time he said: "However, I have heard a saying before that real Chinese Kung Fu is not the so-called fancy martial arts routines, but is called another name, called national arts. National arts are techniques that only kill people without performance. If you don't make a move, you are stupid, and once you make a move, you will definitely take someone's life."
Yang Mo's words made these Hollywood action movie stars exclaim in amazement. After a while, Stallone asked in admiration, "Is that the skill you use to beat up the gangsters with one punch?"
"Oh, of course not. I have never learned martial arts." Yang Mo quickly denied.
At this time, Bruce Wesley asked curiously: "I used to know a martial arts instructor from China. He practiced Tai Chi. He could make a bird unable to spread its wings on the back of his hand. I also saw with my own eyes that a strong man could not move his feet. It was amazing. "
"This is most likely the so-called 'four ounces to move a great weight' technique, which is to keep one's center of gravity stable and motionless through the process of constantly unloading and leveraging force." Yang Mo explained.
Soon, this gathering of tough guys turned into a symposium on Chinese Kung Fu. Everyone was asking about Chinese Kung Fu. How could Yang Mo know anything about Chinese Kung Fu? But even with this half-baked knowledge, he was able to chat with them enthusiastically. They were already treating each other like brothers before they even finished their meal.
After the pictures of these people's gathering were taken by the waiter and uploaded to the Internet, it was immediately called the gathering of the most powerful men in the world.
