"Only one player in the entire world received treatment like that, and Wang Yi absolutely deserved it."
"His annual salary might look high, but he earns the Raptors more than $1.8 billion every year."
"The brands whose products he endorses also make several times more each year than they did before he endorsed them."
"So hiring him as an endorser is a win-win, you could say. But that guy is extremely demanding when it comes to endorsements. He carefully screens the quality of every brand he represents."
"His team would never allow his reputation and commercial value to suffer any negative impact because of a brand he endorsed."
While the two men chatted, both teams' players had already arrived.
At that moment, head coach Dako was about to hand the team's starting lineup to the scorer's table, but before he could do so, Wang Yi suddenly said:
"Coach, let's use a different lineup to start today."
Coach Dako paused, then turned to look at Wang Yi.
If they wanted to change the lineup, they should have told the team in advance—at least two days beforehand.
That would give the new lineup more time to gel and allow the coaching staff to prepare more plays for the team and work out the rotations in advance.
But now, with tip-off just around the corner, they were suddenly talking about changing the lineup. Wasn't that a little reckless?
The coach only hesitated for a moment before nodding to Wang Yi.
"Sure. What starting lineup do you want to use?"
After all, in so many games in the past, Wang Yi had always made moves that were completely unexpected.
If anyone else did that, it would be total nonsense. But when he did it, it always seemed to work wonders.
Wang Yi said to