Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon - Vol 2 Chapter 532
Chapter 532 Unemployed Youth +1
Zhao Liang doesn’t know much about the NBA, but from the words “All-Star Game”, one can guess that all star players in the NBA are participating in this game.
However, the name “Kobe Bryant” surprised Zhao Liang.
Before, Zhao Liang personally asked his seniors far away in the United States, and learned that this player named Kobe is a young man who can only play on the bench in the team and can’t even start the game. He must be relatively mediocre.
But the American live commentator, Mr. Su, said the name, and he was also the starter of the All-Star Game!
A player who can’t even start in his team, why should he start in a crowd of stars?
must have the same name!
“The names of Americans, like those of Tom, George, and James, are the same. Maybe there are many people in the United States called Kobe.” Zhao Liang said in his heart, I comforted.
After 2020, there are indeed many people who named their children “Kobe” to commemorate Kobe, but even so, the name “Kobe” is only ranked out of 200 among the names of American newborns.
Americans like James or Mary.
As for the surname “Bryant”, although it is not uncommon in the United States, it is not a common American surname either.
Kobe and Bryant, the chances of the same name are not high.
What’s more, it’s the NBA, and neither cats nor dogs can get in. How can it be renamed casually.
Although there have been more than 70 Williams, more than 60 Johnson, more than 50 Smith and Jones, and several James, Wallace and Howard in the NBA.
But there are really no real people with the same name and surname, except for father-son parties like Hardaway and Nance.
As for the smiling assassin and Isaiah Thomas, the 175 strongest on the surface, the pronunciation is the same, but the letters are spelled differently. The smiling assassin’s Isaiah is “lsianh”, and the 175 strongest Isaiah on the surface is “lsaiah.” “.
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Zhao Liang was constantly comforting himself, but teacher Su Qun on the TV immediately broke Zhao Liang’s illusion.
“What we want to focus on is that Kobe Blaent from the Los Angeles Lakers, he is only 19 years old this year, is the first time he has been selected to the All-Star, and he is also the youngest in the history of the NBA to be selected to the All-Star. Star players in the starting lineup!
Kobe Bryant has become Michael Jordan’s successor, and in the next game, Kobe Bryant will also face Michael Jordan. This is also one of the focuses of today’s All-Star Game!”
“Jordan’s successor?” Zhao Liang was dumbfounded when he heard such an evaluation!
Don’t the American newspapers say that high school players simply can’t adapt to the NBA? Didn’t Brother Liu Jing say that he is a substitute vegetable chicken? How did you become Jordan’s heir?
is the all-star starter and Jordan’s heir. Behind this is the overwhelming commercial value!
Zhao Liang stared at the TV blankly until the start of the All-Star Game.
The broadcast screen always gives special attention to the matchup between Jordan and Kobe. Even if the two do not have the ball, they will be kept in the camera as much as possible.
And whenever Kobe holds the ball, the deafening cheers on the scene are not inferior to Jordan, as if they are also telling Zhao Liang how popular this young guy is in the United States.
Every time of cheers, it was like a heavy punch, which hit Zhao Liang’s heart fiercely. Kobe’s wonderful goal is more like a death knell for Zhao Liang.
In the end, the Eastern All-Star team defeated the Western All-Star team, and Jordan successfully crowned the All-Star MVP. However, Kobe, who was against Jordan, also scored 18 points and 6 rebounds. He was the highest-scoring player of the Western All-Star team. , Fully worthy of the title of “Jordan successor”.
Seeing Kobe’s popularity and performance, Zhao Liang couldn’t help but three words popped up in his heart: “It’s over!”
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At the dining table, there is a staggered plan. Director Hu, who is in charge of the advertising business of a sports newspaper, is toasting to Zhong Yemao with a smile on his face.
“Mr. Zhong, I toast you a glass, thank you Puppy Group for placing advertisements in our newspaper.” Director Hu said and raised his glass.
“It’s easy to say, easy to say.” Zhong Yemao smiled slightly, and then said: “This advertisement is nothing to our Puppy Group. It only accounts for a fraction of our annual advertising!”
“That is, the Puppy Group has a big business, and a small amount of advertising expenses from the nails is enough to feed our newspaper.” Director Hu said quickly.
Zhong Yemao continued; “We have not done advertising on sports newspapers before. This time we will try the water to see how effective it is. If the publicity is effective, we will continue advertising later.”
“Our newspaper is very much looking forward to establishing a long-term cooperative relationship with Puppy Group.” Director Hu said quickly.
Zhong Yemao continued; “Director Hu, having said that, I actually have one thing I want to ask Director Hu for your help.”
“Said to help is to look down on my old Hu! If there is anything, Mr. Zhong will give orders, as long as my old Hu can do it, it is indispensable!” Director Hu immediately patted his chest.
“That’s right, our boss made an investment overseas before, but some people in China have misunderstood this investment, so I want to receive your report and write a few articles to help explain it.” Zhong Yemao slowly Said slowly.
“Well…” Director Hu hesitated for a moment, and then said: “Zhong, we are the sports media. We are good at reporting sports.
However, reporting on overseas investment matters is not within our business scope, nor does it conform to our newspaper purpose! I’m afraid this matter is a bit difficult to handle. ”
“Director Hu, sports brand-related news, right?” Zhong Yemao asked with a smile.
Unknown Director Hu nodded his head: “As long as you can relate to sports, it should be counted.”
“Then it’s okay!” Zhong Yemao said and raised his glass.
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The next day, a top-tier sports newspaper in China published such a news with the headline “Jordan’s successor help, the rise of domestic sports brands in the United States”.
“In the just-concluded NBA All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant, a young player known as the “Jordan successor”, performed well, scoring 18 points, second only to Michael Jordan.
In the game, the basketball shoes worn by Kobe Bryant are exactly our Chinese sports brand Leap, an old national brand with a history of sixty years, appeared on the highest level of sports arena in the United States! ”
Looking at the beginning, Zhao Liang’s heart pierced for a while.
As a media person, Zhao Liang can guess the content without having to read it. He must brag about a wave of Feiyue shoes and then praise Feiyue as the pride of the national brand.
For Chinese brands at that time, being able to enter the American market can indeed be regarded as the pride of national brands.
And what worries Zhao Liang the most is the $10 million endorsement fee.
Previously, Zhao Liang’s article regarded the $10 million endorsement fee as a loss of foreign exchange, and it also attracted a lot of attention.
But now things have turned around. With a $10 million endorsement fee, signing a Jordan spokesperson, and allowing the national brand to successfully penetrate the American market, this deal is a great value no matter how you look at it.
10 million US dollars, in exchange for the pride of a national brand, the people will definitely not say NO.
And this kind of thing can increase the popularity of national brands and boost national self-confidence. It will definitely be promoted in China.
At that time, Zhao Liang’s report of the loss of tens of millions of dollars in foreign exchange has become a fake news again!
At this moment, a very gossip colleague walked into the office and whispered; “Everyone has an idea, and when you see the director, stay away, don’t make trouble!”
“What happened?” Someone asked immediately.
“I just sent the materials and passed by the president newspaper company. I saw that the president was criticizing our director, and his tone was very bad! The director was criticized by the leader and couldn’t vent to us? So let’s just relax and avoid Just hide, don’t touch the director’s mold.” The man said.
“Why did the old leader criticize our director?” someone asked.
“I don’t know what the specific reason is, but when I was passing by, I heard the leaders say fake news or something. It is estimated that there was a problem with which of our previous reports!” The person replied.
Hearing this, Zhao Liang was suddenly startled, and an uneasy mood surged into his heart.
At this time, Zhao Liang has already realized that the fake news that the leader said was referring to himself in all likelihood.
After a while, the director returned to the office with a gloomy face.
Everyone immediately lowered their heads, pretending to be busy with the work at hand, so as not to touch the director’s mold.
I saw the director walk directly in front of Zhao Liang, gave Zhao Liang angrily, and said coldly: “Follow me in.”
Zhao Liang followed the director and walked into the office. The director directly smashed the sports newspaper on Zhao Liang’s face.
“What the **** is going on? Didn’t you say that the ten million dollars is the loss of foreign exchange? How did it become the pride of the national brand?” the director said angrily.
Zhao Liang quickly argued: “Director, you also read those foreign newspapers at the time, and they all said that the player named Kobe is difficult to become a big weapon, 10 million US dollars to sign him, it is a waste of water!
And my seniors in the United States have also inquired about, this Kobe is a substitute, in the NBA, he can’t even make a starter, he certainly has no strength, you also agreed with it at the time. ”
“I listened to your rumors!” The director pointed to the newspaper angrily, and then said: “I asked you to report news based on facts. Why didn’t you listen?
You lose all the face of the newspaper! Do you know what the colleagues say about us now? They say that our newspaper is fabricating fake news in order to win the attention of readers, saying that we are unscrupulous media! The word-of-mouth that the newspaper has accumulated over the years has been ruined! ”
“This is not fake news, I have written reports based on facts.” Zhao Liang continued to defend.
“Shit fact! It’s about time, you still don’t admit it! Is it fake that Kobe was selected as the NBA All-Star starter? The game in the United States is over, or it is broadcast live worldwide! You can lie to me, and you can lie to me. The eyes of billions of people in the world?”
The director was really anxious. He pointed to the door, and then said: “Zhao Liang, you are completely out of help, immediately pack up your things, get off with me, don’t stay in the editorial department!”
Zhao Liang had already expected this result. He did not resist, but said hardly; “Okay, I will go back to the data room now, so I won’t cause you trouble for the director.”
“Do you still want to go back to the data room?” The director snorted coldly, and then said; “Let you go back to the data room and continue to churn over the foreign newspapers from a few years ago, and then get me a fake news? No door! Still suspected Am I not harming enough?”
“Where shall I go?” Zhao Liang asked.
“There is a lack of a security officer in the Security Department, go there and report!” the director said.
“Department of Security? You want me to look at the gate? I graduated from a prestigious university anyway, how can you do this!” Zhao Liang said angrily.
“It’s already good to let you go and see the gate. I will give you a bite of food anyway! If it wasn’t for the fact that you were a college student and you were open to you, you would have been fired straight away!” The director’s face was angry. Intention is better.
The college students of that era were all the pride of the sky, and Zhao Liang graduated from a famous university, and it is even more of a dragon and phoenix. How can he stand the insult of watching the door.
Zhao Liang was completely angry, he slapped the table violently, and said, “You don’t need to be expelled, I won’t serve anymore. What kind of **** newspaper, I’m not doing it!”
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Li Weidong did not know that Zhao Liang, the “enemy” far away in the south, had become an unemployed youth.
At this time, Li Weidong is in a nursing home on the outskirts of Beijing, attending a family meeting of the He family.
In the second generation of the He family, the boss He Rong, who is He An’an’s uncle, went on an official career. The second child, He Yu, Li Weidong’s father-in-law, works in a company.
Therefore, whether He Rong’s official career is smooth or not is directly related to the future development of the He family.
Now, He Rong’s work is about to change.
He Rong has a mechanical background and has been in the mechanical department for most of his life. Prior to that, he worked in the Ministry of Machinery Industry.
In the reform of national institutions in 1998, this department that has been in existence since the founding of the People’s Republic of China and has made great contributions to the development of China’s machinery industry is about to end its mission.
He Rong is not yet the age to retire, so he will naturally be assigned to another position. He Rong has also revealed before that he should be airborne to work locally.
Now, the leader has talked to He Rong, and the organizational appointment is about to be issued.
In the study, He Rong said; “This time, I was organized to go to work in the western provinces.”
“Is it southwest or northwest?” Father He asked immediately.
“Northwest.” He Rong continued; “The most northwestern Xijiang Autonomous Region.”
The He family frowned. If the conditions are better in southwestern provinces like Sichuan and Chongqing, the conditions in the Northwestern Autonomous Region are much worse.
“Why go so far away!” He said subconsciously.
On the contrary, Mr. He said: “The country needs it, and we have to go no matter how far away!”
“Dad, I didn’t mean what you meant.” Dad He continued: “I mean the conditions there are tough, but my eldest brother will suffer!”
He stared at him: “What? If the conditions are difficult, let’s not go? Your brother is a cadre trained by the country, so he should be at the forefront, wherever he is struggling!”
He Rong quickly gave his younger brother a look and told him to stop talking, and then continued: “In fact, this time, I actively asked the organization to work in the Western Autonomous Region.
I also know the conditions in the west are not good, but I think, the worse the conditions, the greater the potential for future development, and we need to build it! I really want to go to the West and do some achievements. ”
Li Weidong couldn’t help but look at He Rong. This uncle was more thought-conscious than his father-in-law, no wonder the He family would let him embark on a career path.
Then Li Weidong said; “I agree with the uncle’s choice. Although the western region is very backward, it has huge development potential. The western region is rich in natural resources and its strategic location is also extremely important.
I believe that in the future, the country will invest more resources in the western region and vigorously build and develop the western region. If the uncle goes to work in the west, there may be more opportunities than in the east. ”
Seeing Li Weidong supporting him, Uncle He looked at Li Weidong with a smile on his face, and said, “I said Weidong, you can’t just support verbally, you have to show something practical. You are the only one who is rich at home. People, let me fight the autumn wind!”
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