The Fiery Li Fei Brand, and a Japanese Meal with Julie!

Just as the fans joked, at this moment, the atmosphere on the top floor of the Li Fei Brand headquarters building in Manhattan, New York, was just as relaxed and lively.

Beyond the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows lay the glittering city nightscape. Inside the conference room, a group of brand executives led by David Falk sat gathered around, watching the sales figures and media reports continuously scroll across the screen, every face lit up with excited smiles.

"Gentlemen, look at this!"

The marketing director pointed at a curve on the screen and said excitedly, "Within half an hour of the game ending, preorders on our official website for the first-generation The Answer shoes and the first-generation prototype Black Mamba shoes Kobe had just worn skyrocketed by 300%! Our servers even suffered a brief outage!"

"This is a gift from God!"

Holding a glass of champagne, another executive sighed. "One regular-season game delivered the effect of Game 7 of the Finals! Kobe's incredible performance showed everyone both the performance of our shoes and his personal charisma. And Li... my God, Li's performance in those final minutes was practically telling the whole world that if you wore our shoes, you could become a god!"

David Falk leaned back in his comfortable leather chair, his fingers lightly tapping the tabletop, a confident smile on his face.

"This is exactly what we wanted."

His voice was steady and powerful, instantly quieting the noisy conference room. "We didn't sign Kobe just for an endorser. What we wanted was a story, conflict, and the eyes of the entire world!"

"Li and Kobe—one is the undisputed king, while the other is the most unruly challenger. They are rivals, yet also business partners. This relationship of being both enemies and friends, loving and battling one another, is itself the