Chapter 1657 The Changed World Structure
Defeating the United States to win the World Championship gold medal, and undoubtedly being elected as the World Championship MVP, Ji Feng's World Championship journey came to a very happy ending.
The name Ji Feng has become a monument and benchmark in the history of basketball. He has been completely praised in China. His name has almost reached a household name. His deeds have even been written into Chinese textbooks and various test papers.
The number of Weibo fans exceeded 90 million on the night he won the championship. Ji Feng was only one step away from becoming the first celebrity with over 100 million fans. In this era, this number is unimaginable. After all, behind him, the second place only has 300 fans. Just 10,000 fans…
The products endorsed by Ji Feng were sold out one after another. UA sneakers surpassed Nike for the first time in domestic sales and became the most popular sneakers, making UA executives laugh so hard that they couldn't sleep. The CEO who tied Ji Feng to the chariot became a wise man in people's eyes. The representatives of Torch, quite literally, Nike and Adidas’ misguided deeds have added a lot of color, and may also affect the future of sneakers. After all, the Kuangfeng series has not only become a world-famous brand, but also has become something other than a well-known brand in the world. The most popular personal sneakers outside the AJ series, although the sales volume cannot keep up with AJ, it is very close.
Ji Feng knows that last year alone, he received US$200 million in income from UA, which is almost the same as Jordan's income.
The other endorsers are also grinning from ear to ear. Ji Feng's endorsement fees are already sky-high now, but they still can't stop crazy merchants from waving large sums of money to find Ji Feng to endorse him. However, Ji Feng is no longer the original spokesperson for 500,000 yuan. He is a poor boy. Now Ji Feng rarely accepts endorsements except for world-renowned brands and brands that have supported him before. After all, he is really not short of money.
Winning the World Championships will undoubtedly make Ji Feng's popularity continue to rise, and Ji Feng has become a global effect.
Of course, Ji Feng has long been accustomed to this.
Therefore, compared to Ji Feng personally, the one who benefits the most is the Chinese men's basketball team.
There is no doubt that after winning the Olympic and World Championship men's basketball gold medals in two years, and defeating Mengba in the finals, Mengjiu's Chinese men's basketball team has become a force that cannot be ignored in the world of basketball. Their limelight has even It is higher than Argentina, which defeated the United States to win the Olympic championship, and Spain, which won the World Championship four years ago, and has become the most popular team in the international basketball world today.
The impact of the Chinese men's basketball team winning again is far-reaching.
The United States' consecutive defeats have given them a painful lesson. Stars from all walks of life have come forward to express their desire to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games. Even American officials have stated that they need to organize the strongest team to prove to American basketball.
Other powerful countries have also increased their investment, especially in the training of young people. After all, Ji Feng’s story tells them that their country may have better basketball talents, and the story of China’s defeat of the United States also tells them that the United States is no longer invincible. Those who win, as long as they work hard, sooner or later they will have the opportunity to stand at the top of the world.
The new generation of basketball arms race is quietly coming.
And when they think of such a team in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Iran and other Asian countries can't help but feel a slight chill. China was already the hegemon in Asia, and they have been suppressed miserably. Now that Ji Feng has emerged, this Wouldn’t it be impossible to survive in the next ten years?
However, Asia is not Europe and the United States. After all, they do not have that kind of self-confidence, so they adopted a different approach. As soon as the World Championship ended, Asian countries also started operations. The Philippines, Qatar and other countries successively announced the introduction of naturalized NBA players. , even South Korea subsequently announced the introduction of black centers, and Japan was even more outrageous. They began to pursue a mixed-race plan, looking for black players with Japanese ancestry.
I have to say, it’s still neon cool.
However, although these operations are ridiculous, it has to be said that the basketball landscape is undergoing huge changes in the future, and this is all the impact of this World Championship.
As the light of Asia, the Chinese team is too lazy to pay attention to the outside world's tricks. After all, they are thinking about how to celebrate the return of the Chinese men's basketball team.
On the afternoon of September 13, the Chinese men's basketball team returned with great honors. The plane landed at BJ International Airport. Tens of thousands of fans came to pick them up. However, what disappointed the fans was that Ji Feng was not among the team.
After the World Championship finals, the Chinese team held a simple celebration party in a local five-star hotel. Ji Feng was also present. During the meeting, Ji Feng had a chat with his teammates and coaching staff who had been fighting together for half a month. bid farewell.
He will not return to China with the team, but will return directly from Turkey to Los Angeles to prepare for NBA games in the new season.
Kobe had already called to urge him that night, because Ji Feng's declaration at the championship celebration three months ago kept these guys busy during the holidays.
Artest resumed training after a month's rest, and went to the Drew League to practice with Farmar, Shannon Brown and others.
Although Gasol did not join the national team when he returned to China, his training has not stopped. He even returned to the United States directly after losing in Spain. At this time, he had already started training for three or four days.
Although Lao Yu and other veterans took longer to recover, they returned to the team at the end of August, and now they have also joined the training camp organized by Kobe.
Not to mention Corvo, apart from spending half a month after winning the championship, he accompanied his wife and children to visit Disney Sea World, go fishing and bask in the sun. After that, he started to recover under the guidance of his own training matches. Training, he even postponed his finger surgery again.
Moreover, the Lakers players were brought together in late August to launch the annual Lakers training camp in Los Angeles. This training camp started two years ago has become the most famous training camp among stars. This summer, even Howard, who is in the East, traveled thousands of miles to participate, which shows his fame.
Now that the training camp is almost over, and the reporting time for each team is getting closer and closer, Kobe naturally can't wait, so he called Ji Feng after watching the finals.
The reason is naturally that four consecutive championships are too tempting.
If there is something more exciting than establishing a dynasty, it must be transcending the dynasty. There are still several dynasties, but no team except the Celtics in ancient times can complete four consecutive championships.
Of course, many people say that if Jordan hadn't retired and switched to playing baseball after his first three consecutive championships, he might have been the second person to do it. However, history has no assumptions, and things that have not been done will not be mentioned. .
And now, what is in front of the Lakers is this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In the new season, they have the opportunity to attack for four consecutive championships!