NBA: Goat is actually me

Chapter 101 Nasty Man

After hanging up the phone, David Zhu's trembling voice kept echoing in Meng Jin's ears.

After the All-Star Game, a group of black people rushed into the Nautica store like gangsters. When the clerk reported the news to David Zhu, he was shocked. He thought that the black people were participating in some collective free-shopping activity. After asking, he found out that these people were all there to buy shoes.

Not only was the store crowded, but there was even a long line outside the store.

These black people kept shouting one word: "Pink, pink!"

While Meng Jin won the dunk contest championship, the MJ All-Star special edition on his feet also captured the hearts of many fans.

These fans all went for the MJ generation with the pink color scheme, but among all the color schemes of the MJ generation, the pink has the lowest production volume, after all, it is an All-Star special edition.

There are four color schemes for the first generation of MJ, namely [Killer] (black, white and red), [Smash] (black and red), [Rampage] (pure black), and [Jumping] (all white).

The inspiration for [Killer] comes from the Bulls' jersey color scheme, the inspiration for [Smash] comes from the scene when Meng Jin dunked the backboard in the Bulls' game against the Rockets on November 11, and the inspiration for [Rampage] comes from the scene when Meng Jin eliminated the three evils in the Bulls' home game against the Pistons. However, David Zhu did not dare to say so to the public. He publicized that the inspiration for [Rampage] was Meng Jin's rampage state before the All-Star Game, and the inspiration for [Jump] was Meng Jin's unstoppable European step.

Meng Jin won the dunk contest on Saturday. By Monday morning, the "Killer" and "Jump" color schemes were sold out, not to mention the All-Star special edition, which was swept away by crazy fans on Sunday morning. Two black guys even fought over a pair of shoes in front of the store. The incident was even reported in the New York news.

David Zhu did not stop the two men from fighting. He even hoped that more black guys would fight in front of his store, which would be a kind of free publicity.

Two black men fighting over a pair of sneakers will arouse people's curiosity. What kind of sneakers are they? Are they really that good?

Many times, people's motivation is driven by curiosity. Once you become curious about something, you can't help but get in touch with it and learn about it.

According to rough statistics, a total of 3.2 pairs of MJ first generation shoes were sold in just over a day, with each pair priced at US$66.9. The All-Star special edition was priced at US$88.8 and was limited to 3000 pairs.

In just over a day, Meng Jin helped Nautica earn about 218 million!
"Meng will make us rich!"

"Yes, that guy will take us public! He will make us a ton of money!"

"David, why didn't you sign that guy earlier!"

Nautica's management was cheering. You have to know that when Nautica was first established in 1983, their annual sales were only 150 million. Until 1988, Nautica's annual sales were only about 4000 million.

David Zhu glanced at his partners and thought, didn’t you tell me the same thing two months ago?
Two months ago, when David Zhu signed Meng Jin with stocks and a high salary without consulting his superiors, the management was in an uproar.

They couldn't understand why a clothing brand would touch basketball shoes and spend such a high price to sign a rookie player. It was unreasonable and unscientific.

It seemed too scientific. These businessmen were very realistic. They saw Meng Jin's business value and potential and immediately changed their attitude.

David Zhu also breathed a sigh of relief. He had been under a lot of pressure in the past two months. If the MJ Generation was not selling well, he might have collapsed.

Now it seems that this stage was not only passed safely, but also passed perfectly.

However, he now faces new pressure. The product is in short supply and he has to add more production lines.

This can also be considered a happy trouble.

"Incredible, really incredible!" Falk exclaimed, shaking his head.

This crappy brand of shoes can sell 3 pairs a day?

This was something Falk had not expected.

"This is just the beginning. All we have to do next is sit at home and wait to count the money, David." Meng Jin smiled and patted Falk.

"Meng, maybe you can sell more shoes if you sign with Nike. They have a professional design team and publicity team."

Falk still misses these big brands.

Meng Jin shook his head: "David, how could such a smart person like you make such a mistake? If I signed with Nike or Adidas, no matter how many shoes I sold, I would just be working for them. But now, I am my own boss."

Meng Jin now owns shares in Nautica, and according to the contract, he will get a 5%-10% commission on every pair of shoes sold.

"Moreover, they won't support me with all their strength, and resources won't be tilted towards me. If I sign with them, I may not sell more pairs of shoes," Meng Jin added.

"Boss, let me toast you a glass." Falk raised the Coke in his hand with a smile.

Meng Jin bumped into him and then hurried out.

"Where?"

"Shoot a commercial, I have to strike while the iron is hot to promote my pair of sneakers!" Falk shook his head as he looked at Meng Jin's back. It was the first time he saw this kid so enthusiastic about shooting a commercial. In previous commercial shoots, Meng Jin always looked like he didn't want to go and wasn't interested. It was indeed a different spirit when working for himself.

On February 2, the Bulls welcomed the visiting Kings at home.

In the Bulls locker room before the game, Meng Jin changed into MJ's first generation [Killer] sneakers. This was the first time he wore his signature sneakers in a game.

"Damn, what are you wearing? It's so ugly!"

When Jordan saw Meng Jin's shoes, he started to complain, just like he complained about his own pair of AJ1s.

When Nike handed the AJ1 to Jordan, Jordan's first reaction was "I won't wear this pair of clown shoes. Let me wear this pair of shoes? I'd rather die!"

Everyone knows what happened next. The AJ1, which Jordan disliked, sold well and became one of the most popular sneakers among fans.

Meng Jin glanced at Jordan and said nothing. He still trusted Jordan's aesthetic taste. If he said it was ugly, Meng Jin would be relieved.

Tonight at the Chicago Stadium, the main players of the Sacramento Kings were collectively lost. Sometimes resting for too long is not necessarily a good thing. No one from the Kings made the All-Star Game. They had no games two days before the All-Star Weekend, plus the day after the All-Star Game, a total of five days of rest.

Most of these people are not self-disciplined players. After perfunctory training every day, they go gambling and look for women.

Looking at the entire NBA league, is there anyone who can be as self-disciplined as Meng Jin?
I had fun with the girls until five in the morning on the first day, and showed up at the training ground on time at eight the next morning.

After the game, the Kings were in a state of sluggishness, no one scored over 20 points, and the highest scorer Joe Bryan only scored 15 points.

Pippen had 10 points and 5 rebounds in this game. Although his statistics were not impressive, his attitude towards the game changed visibly. He even blocked Jordan in the third quarter. This time, Pippen learned from the lesson of last year's tryout. After blocking Jordan, he did not yell at him. He just smiled at Meng Jin in a low-key manner.

On the other hand, the two MJs of the Bulls played efficiently. "Being in high spirits when good things happen" can be used to describe the current state of the two.

Meng Jin just won the dunk contest championship, and Jordan won his first All-Star Game MVP.

It was bad luck for the Kings to face these two people in the first game after the All-Star Game.

Jordan scored 31 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Since the league introduced a rule that players are not allowed to check their statistics during the game, Jordan has been unable to accurately control his own statistics.

He tried to ask Meng Jin in the previous few games, but later found that this guy was unreliable. The data he said every time was far from his actual data.

Meng Jin scored 33 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block. Tonight, Meng Jin showed off two fancy dunks in fast breaks. The aftereffects of the dunk contest have not disappeared so quickly. Meng Jin showed off a big windmill and a pull-up dunk, which caused the home fans to scream continuously. Those who didn't know thought that there was an extra game in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest today.

In the end, with the combined efforts of the two, the Bulls defeated the Kings 119-92.

"Are you in good physical condition recently?" Meng Jin chatted with Pippen in the player tunnel after the game.

Pippen smiled and said, "I quit."

Meng Jin also smiled and said: "You are deceiving yourself. The real abstinence is physical, such as cutting it directly."

Pippen punched Meng Jin in the chest with his fist and said with a smile, "Fuck you."

Pippen said this and turned to leave.

Meng Jin almost laughed out loud. He hadn't heard this sentence for several months, but he didn't expect Pippen to still say it so accurately.

Zhang Weiping, who was not far away, listened and walked up to Meng Jin. As Meng Jin's personal masseur, he had the privilege of freely entering and exiting the player's channel.

Zhang Heli: "What did he just say? It seems to be Chinese, four words."

Meng Jin glanced at Lao Zhang and said, "I love you."

Lao Zhang shuddered all over: "Oh! This American is so cheesy, a grown man saying such things."

In the next four games, the Bulls defeated the Cavaliers, Supersonics and Trail Blazers in succession, ushering in a four-game winning streak after the All-Star Weekend.

Meng Jin performed extremely well in these four games, averaging 32.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1 steal per game. With this transcript, Meng Jin won the first Player of the Week award in his career.

It is not easy to win Player of the Week in this era. First of all, regardless of the Eastern or Western Conference, everyone in the entire league is competing together.

When Meng Jin had a series of explosive performances before, he encountered Jordan who had scored triple-doubles in a row. He was not defeated in the competition for Player of the Week.

(End of this chapter)