Chapter 1 After Reaching the Top of Pennsylvania Again...

In the hearts of thousands of young women in Philadelphia, Su Feng, the peerless hero, and Kobe had been extremely busy these past few days.

After all, skipping college and directly participating in the draft was a very fashionable thing to do in this era.

The most urgent matter was that Su Feng and Kobe had to face the "soul-searching questions" from the media.

Local newspapers, TV stations, major American basketball newspapers and magazines, as well as NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN...

You know, Su Feng now hated that the internet wasn't as developed in this era.

Otherwise, give him a keyboard, and he'd dare to fight the whole world!

Ahem, back to the main topic.

In addition to dealing with the media, on the 28th, Su Feng and Kobe also officially received invitations to the McDonald's All-American Game.

What could be foreseen next was that NBA teams interested in him and Kobe would also be sending invitations one after another...

In short, Kobe and Su Feng's schedules were currently packed to the max.

"I suggest you two put aside all the things you're busy with right now."

Looking at the two young men constantly writing on their notebooks, Joe - the senior - Bryant felt it was time to point them in the right direction.

At this moment, for the first time in his life, Kobe felt that his old father was so tall, great, and reliable.

And Su Feng also silently gave Joe Bryant a big thumbs-up on the side.

After all, regardless of his two lives, participating in the NBA draft was also a first for Su Feng.

"Do you feel like you're already too busy?

Do you feel like no matter how you arrange your time, it's not enough?

Do you feel like you're already exhausted just dealing with the media?"

Joe smiled slightly, and touched Su Feng and Kobe's heads on the left and right respectively.

"You need to find an agent first, because he will arrange all of this for you," Joe said to Kobe and Su Feng.

Hiss~!

As the saying goes, the onlooker sees more than the player, Su Feng felt that he must have been with Kobe for too long, and even his IQ had begun to be affected.

Joe was right, he and Kobe didn't need to be so busy.

Because as long as they found a reliable and stable agent, they could handle everything.

You know, the importance of an excellent agent to a player is self-evident.

Taking Su Feng's previous life as an example, which of the famous agents in the league wasn't a master of忽悠 (hū yōu - to deceive/swindle)?

Without these people, where would so many trash contracts come from?

Some agents will even help you plan your career path and develop a complete NBA strategy for you.

Of course, some agents like to deceive players for their own benefit, such as the famous Dan Fegan.

At his peak, Fegan had many talented players under his command. In the future, Fegan helped Parsons successfully transform from Chandler into "Money-dler."

But despite Fegan's brilliant performance, he was actually a person who would sacrifice players and even use unscrupulous means for his own benefit.

The famous Joe Smith "yin-yang contract" came from his hand.

In '01, he also pushed Da Meng (Hakeem Olajuwon) to leave the Rockets, causing Olajuwon to fail to retire with the Rockets. Later, the Rockets fans were always concerned about this matter.

In '07, when Yi Jianlian was still a rookie and was selected by the Bucks, Fegan publicly declared that Yi Jianlian would not play for the Bucks, and that he would rather return to the CBA than go to Milwaukee.

As a result, this incident caused Yi Jianlian to suffer a lot of public pressure at the time, and the major mainstream media in the United States criticized Yi Jianlian in various ways.

"Yes, finding a reliable agent is the top priority.

In addition, excellent trainers like Mancias, Frazier, and Alan Stein must all be poached."

After last summer's pleasant cooperation, Su Feng had a very good impression of these three trainers.

Especially Mike Mancias, in Su Feng's opinion, this guy was simply his indispensable right-hand man for his future enthronement.

So, after thinking for a while, Su Feng knew that the time to establish the "Iron Smashing Squad" was completely ripe.

Su Feng knew very well that he couldn't handle many things alone in the future.

The media could usually be dealt with by a public relations officer, and Su Feng could personally put on the keyboard warrior's coat and go to battle at critical moments.

As for contacting teams for tryouts, signing after being selected, and commercial endorsements, these issues could be handled by his agent.

"Keikaku Doori!" (All according to keikaku - Japanese slang for 'plan')

Su Feng did what he said. In addition to asking Joe Bryant to help him introduce an agent, Su Feng also contacted Xu Guoliang.

Last summer, Su Feng's special training cost a lot. In addition to renting the training hall, Su Feng spent nearly 58,000 US dollars just on the wages of the three trainers.

Adding in the investment plan that followed, Su Feng felt that the necessary "pit uncle" operation was still necessary.

Su Feng had experienced the beatings of society in his previous life, and knew that there was no difference between not using resources and being an idiot.

So face...

Doesn't exist.

Of course, as a good young man who grew up bathed in the sunshine, Su Feng would record his expenses one by one in a small notebook every time after transmigrating.

Although, in Su Feng's opinion, these terrifying bigwigs would not care about his future "repayment with a gushing spring," he still had to "repay with a gushing spring" when the time came.

On the phone, Xu Guoliang readily agreed to let Su Feng "pit" him this time.

After all, in the past two days, the mainstream sports newspapers and magazines in the United States had already published news about Su Feng skipping college and preparing to participate in the NBA draft.

Xu Guoliang wasn't stupid, he could still understand those draft previews.

In the current predictions of most mainstream media, Su Feng's predicted draft pick was probably between the end of the first round and the middle of the second round.

The reason why Su Feng's draft pick fluctuated so much was related to Su Feng's high school status, and also to the fact that many scouts were closely watching the upcoming McDonald's All-American Game.

But in any case, in these media predictions, there was no such thing as the cliché of being undrafted and slapped in the face that Su Feng was most looking forward to.

There was no way, who asked Su Feng's high school teammate in this life to be named Kobe?

Being by Kobe's side meant that you would have exposure even if you didn't want it.

In addition, the transcript that Su Feng brushed out in his senior year of high school was indeed beautiful, so even though the NBA had never had a Chinese point guard before, now many NBA teams were willing to gamble on Su Feng.

Just like scout Phillip said, Su Feng's excellent defense, abundant physical energy, and never-say-die spirit were attributes that many teams liked very much in this era.

Just like that, the day after talking to Xu Guoliang on the phone, the green dollars that Su Feng could spend had become 2.5 million.

A very auspicious number!

And Mancias, Frazier, and Alan Stein were already on their way after receiving Su Feng's summons.

That boy, don't run, I'm determined to hug your thigh.

In addition, Su Feng also hired a 35-year-old blonde aunt to be his press officer.

Don't get me wrong... it's not that Su Feng didn't want to hire a pretty young lady, but positions like press officer are generally difficult for young girls to handle.

Just dealing with those media outlets is enough to keep you busy.

You know, the media in the United States like to dig holes for you to jump into.

This aunt named Taylor Claire had previously worked in newspapers and TV stations, so first of all, she was very familiar with the media, and secondly, during the interview, Su Feng found that this Claire aunt was very good at打太极 (dǎ tàijí - doing Tai Chi, but here meaning to evade/be evasive).

And to deal with the media,打太极 (dǎ tàijí) is a very crucial attribute.

In this era when social networks were not yet developed, Su Feng felt that this Claire aunt could help him block for a long time.

Finally, it's worth mentioning that, as in Su Feng's memory, Joe introduced Kobe to agent Tellem.

Tellem was from Philadelphia and also a good friend of Joe's.

Joe originally wanted to introduce Tellem to Su Feng, but Su Feng refused.

Because on this day...

An agent named Bill Duffy took the initiative to run to Philadelphia.