Chapter 858: Chapter 279: The Road to "GOAT" and the Big Deal
Now the championship fate is converging in New York, which is quite normal!
They are not like the Los Angeles Lakers, a team that only takes without giving!
Since 1970, they’ve been plundering superstars from other teams, accumulating "championship fate," from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Shaquille O’Neal, then Kobe, and then Paul Gasol. These made the Lakers have a role to play in every era. Even in the ’90s, they at least made it to the Finals once...
But no worries, it’s not that there won’t be retribution, it’s just not the time yet!
Los Angeles, just wait, there’s something coming for you!
Today, all the media in New York have Su Wan and the New York Knicks’ championship defense on the front page headlines.
This city’s former pride was the New York Yankees!
A total of 27 championship trophies to date.
But with Steinbrenner’s passing and the strong rise of other teams in the league, the Yankees have only won one championship in the past decade, and that was three years ago in ’09.
Entering the 2010s, their best result was falling on the stage of the finals.
Completely incomparable to the shining of the New York Knicks winning consecutive championships for two years.
Two words can completely describe it:
"God going up the mountain" and "God coming down the mountain."
The New York Yankees are that "God coming down the mountain," forgotten by New York fans, as if this city was never proud of this team.
All of New York’s eyes are on Su Wan and the Knicks.
The "New York Times" cover features a photo of Su Wan holding the Championship Trophy high with four letters next to it, which are the same as the latest preview poster of "Sports Illustrated":
GOAT!
The "New York Daily" cover, then, shows New Yorkers parading on the streets last night, celebrating the New York Knicks’ championship defense.
It is worth mentioning that although the New York Knicks "ancestrally" had 2 championships, "two consecutive championships" was something that no one in this team’s history had ever achieved, not even the city’s former legend, Reid.
Now Su Wan has done it!
Many New York fans have started petitioning the government to allocate a piece of land in the city center to build a statue of Su Wan to guard this city!
Of course, there are even more outrageous petitions:
A large wave of New York fans initiated a parade to directly dismiss the Mayor of New York and let Su Wan lead New York...
This is also why Su Wan smoothly gained another nickname:
The Mayor of New York!
The good news is that there isn’t a slogan like "fxxk Su Wan."
In addition, countless New York media are praising Su Wan.
More excited than them are New York’s fans.
Last night, they were raucous all night, with many police stations deploying all their officers to be busy all night, just finishing their shifts.
Although the players and fans who celebrated till the end last night are now quiet, a large crowd of "zombies," no... a large wave of New York fans, began to clear up during the day.
The streets were in chaos.
Su Wan woke up early, prepared to discuss the details of an acquisition with Nike, and drove out in his newly acquired Hummer, only to be stopped by crazy fans risking their lives on the street.
When they realized it was Su Wan, they immediately lined up and saluted him.
Respect!
Seeing this situation, Su Wan quickly went back to switch to a Ferrari, more familiar to New York fans, and drove out again.
This time no one blocked his car.
Everyone’s reactions were pretty much the same, either cheering, shouting, or saluting Su Wan’s car like the initial group of fans.
As Su Wan wins New York’s second championship.
The entire city’s love for him has reached a new height.
At 9:30 AM, in the previously arranged tea restaurant, Su Wan and Tyrone met with the Nike representatives.
The specific acquisition details have already been finalized by both parties:
Su Wan receives 3% of Nike’s shares, while Nike holds 49% of his shares. Su Wan has the independent operating rights of his personal brand and can use Nike’s designers and production lines, and can arrange for his people to join various departments at Nike for more systematic learning.
After taking another look at the contract and confirming there were no problems, Su Wan signed it.
His personal brand:
"Wan" officially launched.
As the first pair of "signature shoes" for his personal brand, Su Wan has actually been communicating with Nike’s designers since last year.
The final sample has even been seen by Su Wan, just waiting for the details to be polished and then put into production.
For the production part, Su Wan himself found factories and assembly lines in his home country.
As this contract was signed, the assembly line also officially went into operation.
Tyrone gained an additional identity, quickly arranging media channels to prepare for the release of the "Wan One."
At the same time, Su Wan also met with the executives of ESPN.
The first basketball reality show sponsored by his personal brand, "This is Streetball," officially started.
Su Wan proposed the list of invited guests:
Michael Jordan, Kobe, Marbury, Alston.
Seeing these four names, the ESPN executives were dumbfounded.
He knew very well that if these five individuals appeared on a variety show simultaneously, the ratings would undoubtedly explode, but...
Is it possible?
Su Wan left a message: "Just invite them, if you really can’t, just call me!"
The ESPN executive almost blurted out: "I want to call you now!"
Among these, inviting Marbury and Alston is not difficult, but inviting Michael Jordan and Kobe...
How do you invite them?
Seeing their difficulty, Su Wan talked about two requirements for the show:
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