After reaching a verbal agreement 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, my first stop was always with San Niu. It was my first time to go out alone, so 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.

, ran 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 the favorites to win the championship.

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 didn't 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 grab O'Neal's thigh, and the Heat spent a lot of money. In three years, 24 million was signed from the Grizzlies in exchange for white chocolate Jason Williams, and in four years, he was poached from the Celtics on a 32 million fat contract.

The move of Antoine Walker, 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 any attention.

Sam Cassell and Cardinal Mobley joined the Clippers, supplementing the Clippers' weakness of being strong on the inside and poor on the outside. They had the capital to compete in 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, but this was not the first time Liu Mang had conducted a promotional event. The first time, when fans called his name, he couldn't help but stay and stay longer.

For a while, now... I'm 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 for 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 Beijing for two days." Liu Mang hadn't had a good tour of the imperial capital yet, so he was going to go out for a walk, and had made an appointment with several teammates from the national team for dinner.

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

hotel."

"Um……"

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

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

"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 futile.

"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 taller. Am I not wearing a hat? Look, it's us again.

The poster of Dayao and the blacksmith." Liu Mang moved his peaked cap with his left hand and pointed at the poster of the shopping mall building next to him with his right hand.

"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 too venomous!

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

"Boss Ace, wait for me..." Yi Jianlian hurriedly caught up. The young boss of the national team has such an out-of-touch 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 in Beijing 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 this 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 from NBA star Liu Mang. They are on sale in limited quantities and have a 50% discount price..." the salesman came up and introduced.

Seeing Liu Mang and Yi Jianlian so tall, and one is taller than the other, everyone will think that they are basketball players. Regardless of whether they are professionals or not, with such height, the first impression is that they are basketball players, and they are still watching.

Liu Mang’s posters will definitely have a chance to sell shoes.

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

Speaking of this, the female salesperson raised her head and looked at their faces. The one who looked at the tallest one first looked like... she didn't recognize her...

Then I looked at the shorter but still tall one... This face looks so familiar!

I turned my head to look at the poster, then turned my head to look at the taller one who was shorter...

The saleswoman was so shocked that she covered her mouth for fear of screaming.

Liu Mang was intoxicated with himself and heard what the salesman said, so he responded: "Okay, let's go, Sister Lian, I will give you a pair of shoes, choose whatever you want."

Yi Jianlian wanted to cover his face and be called Lianmei in front of others... Be sure to choose the most expensive pair!

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

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

Moreover, the passenger flow was very low this early in the morning, otherwise Yi Jianlian would not have agreed to take Liu Mang out for a stroll.

When Liu Mang walked into the store, he saw his sneakers at first sight, but next to him was the little blacksmith's Nike version of Kobe Bryant's...

Really annoying!

The ghost of this blacksmith is still alive!

When the female salesperson saw Liu Mang entering, she immediately followed him. After repeatedly comparing the posters posted in the store with the big man in front of her, she finally confirmed that it was him!

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

Someone finally recognized me! Liu Mang pretended to be shocked, looked at the saleswoman, lowered his hat and said, "Did you recognize me? Yes, I am Liu Mang."

Yi Jianlian on the side was speechless. Isn't it that you dressed up without concealing anything just to be recognized and show off? It's a miracle that you haven't been recognized after walking for half an hour!

After the female salesperson confirmed that the person in front of her was Liu Mang, she jumped up with excitement and wanted to scream loudly, so she quickly covered her mouth.

Liu Mang didn't notice this female salesperson before. There was a certain height difference. Now he took a closer look at the female salesperson... No, she must be a little girl, too young, looking like a high school student.

But that bun face...

"Ace, can you give me an autograph? Just wait..." The girl with the bun face went to get a poster next to the sneakers, took out a pen from her pocket, and handed it to Liu Mang excitedly, regardless of whether Liu Mang was

It's not like I agreed to a signature.

Liu Mang didn't refuse. He opened the ballpoint pen and asked tentatively: "What's your surname? I'll write some words of blessing."

"I...I...my surname is Zhao!" The girl with the bun face did not expect this benefit, so she quickly said: "My name is Zhao Liying!"

"Zhao Liying..." Although Liu Mang was already immune to celebrities and other things, he still felt a little surprised, but his hand did not stop and he wrote on the poster.

I actually met Zhao Liying at such a young age.

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

Zhao Liying rolled up the poster excitedly, held it tightly, and kept staring at Liu Mang.

Liu Mang saw Zhao Liying's excitement and thought it was quite funny, so he prepared to tease this future star: "Hey, little sister, how much is your daily salary?"

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

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

Liu Mang took out his wallet and took out two hundred yuan: "Well, little sister, I will pay you one day's salary, how about you have lunch with me?"

"Ah...?" Zhao Liying felt like something was falling from the sky! A big star actually wanted to treat her to lunch!

Yi Jianlian on the side had his mouth wide open. He came out so early in the morning to tease a girl?

Yi Jianlian looked at the person named Zhao Liying. She looked... underage!

So sinful!
To be continued...