The King of the NBA

In the following game, Ning Yi took the initiative to ask to defend Kobe.

This made Adelman frown, thinking that Ning Yi was acting out of emotion, but Ning Yi's status in the team is not ordinary after all, so he thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Ning Yi has already forgotten about the outcome, focusing on the match against Kobe.

82 games in a season seems very long, but there are not many opportunities to play against Kobe.

Moreover, Kobe is in a very good state today. Although the 36-year-old Kobe is still very good, he is inevitably at the end of his career, and his state is also fluctuating. When he is good, he can still score 40+ in a game, but when he is bad, he can only score more than a dozen points in a game, and his shooting percentage is often not very high, so he is dubbed the title of "Iron King".

Like today, it is very rare to score 21 points in the first half. Kobe played very well today, which excited the fans and Ning Yi.

"Shua!"

Kobe made another emergency stop and fell back, the ball hit hollow, and his personal score became 23 points.

After the goal was scored, he glanced at Ning Yi and said nothing, but from Kobe's eyes, Ning Yi still felt the desire for victory and his persistence in scoring goals.

This is Kobe, the man who was born to score.

"beep"

Adelman called a timeout and replaced Ning Yi.

Even if Ning Yi is defending, Kobe is scoring points like crazy, but Adelman doesn't care. What he was worried about was that Ning Yi will be arrogant and insist on challenging Kobe to compete with Kobe. But in fact, Ning Yi was not like this. Although he tried his best against Kobe, he was not impulsive and played very rationally.

So Adelman is relieved.

As for Kobe, if he is in good condition, it will not be a problem to score 30 or 40 points in a game, but he occupies too many shots, and the others are basically running with him. The role of the team has not been brought into play, so Adel Mann is not worried. Even if Kobe scores 40 points, he is confident of beating the Lakers and winning the game.

In fact, the game is indeed in Adelman's control.

Kobe still played well in the second half, but Ning Yi was not bad either. Although he was inferior to Kobe, he was not helpless. Kobe could score, so could he.

And there are a lot of people around Ning Yi, such as Love, Rubio, Martin, Turner, Jokic, Brewer, etc., but there is almost no one around Kobe who can help.

The result of this is that when the game ended, Kobe scored 41 points, but the Lakers still lost the game 116:124.

Ning Yi scored 29 points in this game, plus 10 assists and 7 rebounds. His scoring was not as good as Kobe's, but his statistics were more comprehensive than Kobe's. More importantly, he learned a lot from Kobe and gained a lot.

At the end of the game, the Timberwolves rushed to Portland and lost to the Trail Blazers away.

At this point, the Timberwolves' entire November game is over.

Throughout November, the Timberwolves played a total of 13 games and achieved a record of 10 wins and 3 losses. Counting the two games in October, the Timberwolves now have a record of 12 wins and 3 losses, ranking second in the West, second only to warriors.

When the Timberwolves returned to Minneapolis, the time also entered December, and a new month of competitions came, which was another tense and severe game and test.

And Ning Yi finally took the time to discuss the renewal of the contract with Pepsi.

This is a conference room rented by the hotel. Ning Yi, Downey, and Jenna discussed with representatives of PepsiCo.

Ning Yi has already seen the contract.

Originally, Pepsi-Cola offered a 6-year, 100 million-dollar contract, but Downey rejected it because Coca-Cola offered a higher bid. For the same contract period, the contract amount offered by Coca-Cola was 5 million higher. dollars.

It is equivalent to saying that if Ning Yi signs a contract with Nike, it will directly lose 5 million US dollars.

As Ning Yi's agent, it is impossible for Downey to agree. Ning Yi had only signed a one-year contract with Pepsi before. At this time, it is no problem to switch to other companies, and no one will say anything.

What's more, this is a business.

Later, Downey and PepsiCo further negotiated, and PepsiCo revised the contract from the original 6-year 100 million U.S. dollars to 6-year 106 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 6 million U.S. dollars.

Downey felt that this offer was reasonable.

Downey also discussed with Ning Yi, Ning Yi has no objection, and today's meeting is for the final discussion, if there is no problem, the matter will be settled.

This time, PepsiCo sent the president of Huaxia District, named Steve. He also has a Chinese name, Shi Wenhua, who understands Chinese and has a certain understanding of Chinese culture, so he was sent to meet with Ning Yi.

"Mr. Ning Yi." Steve spoke Chinese that he didn't pay much attention to, and said with a smile on his face, "I believe you have read the contract. Do you have any questions?"

Ning Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm fine."

Steve breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Downey, and switched to English: "Mr. Downey, how about you?"

Downey said: "I have no objection to Ning's contract. However, I heard that your company plans to hire several entertainment stars to endorse. I think there is an artist under my company who is very suitable. I would like to recommend her to your company. I hope you can think about it seriously. Of course, this is another matter and has nothing to do with Ning's contract."

Steve frowned and exchanged glances with several colleagues around him, and several people frowned. Although Downey said that he was just recommending someone and had nothing to do with Ning Yi's contract, could it really have nothing to do with it?

They didn't think Downey would really just say it casually when he raised it at this time.

Steve and the others discussed in a low voice, and then Steve said: "Mr. Downey, we need to discuss this matter with the company. You know, hiring a spokesperson is not a trivial matter, and it cannot be decided easily."

"Of course, I completely understand." Downey smiled and handed the materials he had prepared long ago to Steve, "This is the data of my artists, you can take it back and have a look. Alright, let's talk about Ning's contract now Alright. Since neither of us has any objections, I want to renew the contract, so that's it, right?"

"Of course." Steve continued, "If possible, we can sign the contract now."

Downey nodded and changed his tone: "We can sign a contract of intent today first. As for the formal contract, I think we should find a more formal time and place, right?"

Steve knew it in his heart and didn't point it out. He nodded and said, "Of course."

Then the two parties signed a contract of intent, and the formal contract will be signed a few days later. As for the other contract, Downey is not worried. The artist under him is the best-developed artist in his company besides Ning Yi. An actor, with good conditions in all aspects, can be regarded as a potential artist.

Moreover, her contract is much cheaper than Ning Yi's contract.

Downey just wants to continue Ning Yi's popularity and try his best to attract artists from his company. Although it's a bit of a threat to PepsiCo, it's not an advantage, and it's a win-win situation for both parties.

He believed that PepsiCo would not refuse.