NBA money-spending system sparks jealousy among female celebrities.

Chapter 381 "Su Yan 1st Generation" Signed Basketball Boots! 500 Million Pairs Sold Out in

Yao Ming is just incredibly talented.

Su Yan, however, truly helped the Knicks win a championship as the team's leader.

The difference is too great.

Su Yan is too amazing. Fans in China are ecstatic and the whole country is welcoming him home.

……

Madison Square Garden.

"boom!"

Amidst the continuous cheers from the stadium, and after numerous group photos were taken by the players and fans...

Game 6 of the finals has ended.

The 09-10 season has come to a successful end!

Led by Su Yan and Curry, all the Knicks players returned to the locker room amidst applause and cheers to begin the next round of celebration.

And this moment.

There were less than 10 minutes left until midnight.

As a result, many fans in the arena didn't go back at all, but stayed in the arena, staring at their phones.

What are you doing?!

Because... right at midnight, Adidas will officially begin pre-sales of the "Su Yan Generation" signature basketball shoes.

A total of 500 million pairs.

Among them, the popular bright red color sold 300 million pairs.

"Here it comes, here it comes, the 'Su Yan Generation' signature boots that I've been longing for for most of the season."

Pre-orders are finally starting.

I absolutely have to buy a pair tonight!

No.

I want to buy two pairs, one for playing basketball and one for everyday wear... I'll just wear them all the time!

"Haha~ I'm going to buy three pairs! All three pairs have to be fiery red combat boots, they'd be so cool!"

"Hehehe~ On the night Su Yan won the championship and took the FMVP, buying a pair of his autographed shoes isn't too much to ask, is it?!"

Is this basic stuff that Su Yan's fans usually do?!

"for sure!"

"There are only 10 minutes left, and I can't wait to go home to buy it, so I'm not leaving and will just wait here."

Let's grab a pair first.

"What a coincidence, that's what I was thinking too."

"It's all set, bro."

"..."

Tens of thousands of fans in the stadium were eager to buy a pair of "Su Yan Generation" autographed basketball shoes.

As the fans have said.

The night of victory + FMVP trophy + the superhero identity under the single-core championship.

Double buffs are active.

Su Yan's first pair of signature sneakers tonight will definitely be a huge hit.

……

Adidas Building.

Sales Department Office.

Although it was almost midnight, the office was brightly lit, and all the department employees were there.

They were all incredibly excited, showing no signs of fatigue from working overtime.

"COMEON!"

Manager Brau Rudd raised his arms and roared: "We've been preparing for most of the season, working day and night, putting in extra hours."

It was all for tonight.

We'll see what they're made of tonight.

Everything is going at the best pace right now, and the "Su Yan Generation" signature boots are sure to be met with a lot of criticism.

There's absolutely no need to worry about that.

"of course."

A chubby male employee followed up with a low growl: "Su Yan wins the championship + FMVP + popularity of the king of tens of millions of votes."

This is bound to sell like hotcakes.

"Perhaps... 500 million pairs will sell out within a week. If it's Su Yan, it's entirely possible!"

"Wow~ 500 million in a week! All our hard work over the past few months has paid off!"

A tall, slender female employee's beautiful eyes gleamed with anticipation.

"Seven days?!"

Brau Rudd frowned, sending a chill down the spines of the other employees. Could it be... that it wasn't selling so well?

next second.

Brau Luther smiled and shook his head, "With Su Yan's current popularity, plus our affordable prices..."

It definitely won't take seven days.

Three days at most.

"Even tonight alone, we can sell at least 300 million pairs, and the remaining 200 million will definitely sell out within two days."

"Really?!"

The tall, thin female employee was stunned.

"Holy shit!"

The chubby male employee was so shocked that he couldn't utter a single word.

Brau Rudd patted his chest, full of confidence, "Everything, everything, is because of winning the championship tonight. All the buffs are stacked up, and it has to be explosive."

Also.

We should not only trust Su Yan's popularity, but also Adidas's reputation and brand recognition!

rest assured.

It'll definitely sell out! We'll have a department dinner to celebrate, and I'll cover all the expenses!

"Oh yeah~"

"Manager Bu Lao is so kind!"

All employees in Adidas' sales department are filled with anticipation.

of course.

Every household, like countless football fans, stared at their phones and computers, waiting for the right moment to rush to buy.

If the Wi-Fi is fast, switch to another Wi-Fi network.

If you have fast data, switch to a different data plan.

People with poor home signal would stand on the main street outside, ignoring mosquito bites, just to snag a pair of "Su Yan Generation" autographed basketball shoes.

Some struggling workers who are still working late at night or in the early hours of the morning use excuses such as needing to use the restroom due to diarrhea, answering the phone, a friend being in a car accident, or roommates dating and not having enough money to pay the bill.

I left my workstation in the early hours of the morning and went to a place where I could shop online.

Ready to grab at any time.

Time passed second by second.

23:23:58.

23:23:59.

00:00:00.

Arrived at midnight.

"Rob it!!!"

Everyone opened the eBay shopping app and frantically tapped the "pre-sale flash sale" button on their phones and computers!

"I got it!"

"I got one too!"

"No...why is my phone frozen!"

"It's stuck! It's stuck! Did I even manage to buy it?!"

"Hehehe, although there was a slight delay, I still managed to buy them. The 'Su Yan Generation 1' signature boots, I got them, I got them!"

"What a terrible internet!"

"It's stuck. There's nothing I can do. Try exiting and reopening the software!"

"..."

Every household and every fan encountered all sorts of situations.

Inside Madison Square Garden.

The same situation applies to fans; some fans successfully bought the sneakers, while many others had their purchase page stuck and remained unresponsive for a long time.

This is really frustrating.

Some impatient fans even shouted, "Whoever has a fast internet connection, please buy me a pair! I'll pay you, thank you!!!"

"Me too, me too."

"This crappy phone is so annoying."

"Paid purchasing service? That's unnecessary!"

Please, there are 500 million pairs in total! They're being snapped up at midnight! Do you think they'll sell out in seconds?!

"..."

The stadium was also in an uproar.

Adidas Sales Department.

Led by Brau Luther, everyone was squatting in front of their computers, staring at the screen; they certainly weren't there to rush to buy.

Instead, they stare at the backend data to see real-time purchase figures.

By observing three time points—approximately 10 minutes, 30 minutes, and 1 hour—one can deduce the sales figures for the next three days and one week.

As a result, it was already past midnight.

The page that refreshes sales and current events freezes and crashes completely.

"What's going on? Is the internet bad?!"

Manager Brau Luther frowned. At this crucial moment, if the network couldn't provide data, it would be truly disheartening.

This was a technical error.

This is unacceptable.

Just as he was about to lose his temper, a sharp-eyed employee quickly explained, "Manager, it's not a network speed issue."

"Sales were so high that the data was refreshing too quickly, and the backend couldn't keep up, causing it to freeze."

"That's it!"

Upon hearing this, Brau Luther's anger vanished instantly, and he hurriedly asked, "Then what do we do now?!"

"Wait a second."

The employee who knew about the internet said, "The sales channels will open at midnight, and sales will definitely be booming at first."

Wait a few minutes.

Once the hype dies down and the purchasing speed slows down, the backend should be fine.

then.

It took a full three minutes for the rotating white dot that appeared in the center of the computer screen due to the lag to disappear.

"The data hasn't changed?!"

Brau Luther frowned in confusion, then realized something was wrong. "No, it shouldn't have refreshed!"

Immediately press F5 to refresh the page.

This swipe... everyone was stunned!!!

The data is clearly displayed in the backend.

Real-time purchase quantity: 500 million, pre-sale time: 1.3 seconds.

what does this mean? !

A whopping 500 million pairs of "Su Yan Generation" autographed basketball shoes were sold out instantly.

This isn't 2024; this is 2010.

China only entered the 3G era last year, and even a country as advanced as the United States has only just entered the 4G era this year, and it has not yet been popularized throughout the country.

Fans do not use the internet very widely.

Despite this, the 500 million pairs of "Su Yan Generation" autographed basketball shoes still sold out instantly.

It's not seven days.

It wasn't three days.

In less than a day, not even an hour, just a second, 500 million pairs were sold out in a flash sale.

An unexpected situation.

A situation I dare not even imagine.

Led by Manager Brau Luther, all the sales staff were stunned and speechless upon seeing the updated sales figures.

Time seemed to stand still.

Everyone stared in disbelief, speechless, none daring to believe their eyes at first glance.

Could there be a bug in the system?

500 million pairs, sold out in seconds? Absolutely sold out in seconds!

Nobody could believe it!

Even though everyone knows tonight is the best time to sell tickets, Su Yan, the "King of Ten Million Tickets," is still incredibly popular!

Even if it sells out in 500 million seconds, it's still too crazy.

A good while.

It was only after everyone kept updating the test results that the fact that 500 million pairs of "Su Yan Generation" autographed basketball shoes were sold out in seconds was confirmed.

hum~

After a moment of stunned silence, everyone happily hugged each other, dancing with joy.

Even instant kills are insane.

It might sell out in one go, but all the hard work and overtime I've put in for the past few months will have been worth it.

Everyone was so happy.

……

Let's return our focus to Madison Square Garden.

Fans with good signal and good mobile phones all bought a pair of "Su Yan Generation 1" shoes. A very small number of fans with excellent internet speed clicked 2-3 times when selecting them.

The purchase was ultimately successful.

Many fans, being too greedy, want to buy a dozen or more pairs at once and then resell them at high prices as scalpers.

It was too late; in the end, they didn't have a single pair.

Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant.

Lost the wife and broke down again.

Those fans with bad cell phones or poor signal are in a bad situation.

"What?! I was frantically trying to buy it right after midnight, but then the app crashed, and when I refreshed the page, it told me it was gone?!"

What's going on?!

"My God! I was only distracted for a second, and you're telling me it's gone?"

Does this mean that 500 million pairs of Su Yan's sneakers were sold out in a second?!

Are you kidding me?!

"Can't believe it at all."

"That was a steal! Otherwise... I'd been clicking non-stop, there's no way I wouldn't have been able to snag one."

“Shitbro!

I knew Su Yan's sneakers would be in high demand, but I really didn't expect 500 million pairs to disappear in just one second!

I cried myself to sleep in the bathroom!

"Su Yan is my obsession. If I can't buy Su Yan's autographed shoes, my life has no meaning."

Sad.

I'm really heartbroken.

Are there any ladies out there who can comfort my wounded heart? My address is: *******.

"???"

"Good grief, you'd better be hoping for a pretty girl to comfort your wounded heart because you're sad!"

"I've practically smashed my phone screen with my fingers, but it still doesn't work. How many people are trying to grab this at the same time?!"

"That's terrifying!"

"Yes, Su Yan's popularity is terrifyingly high!!!"

"..."

Fans at Madison Square Garden were stunned.

Fans who rushed to buy sneakers online, those who succeeded and those who failed, experienced polarized emotions!

……

Let's turn our attention back to Adidas' sales department.

After the revelry, everyone started tallying up how much they had earned that night.

A staff member responsible for back-end sales statistics quickly made an estimate.

一双球鞋价格在120美刀左右，500万双就是120*0.05亿=6亿。

You read that right.

Su Yan brought Adidas $6 million in revenue in just one second.

"No wonder he's a superstar player who signed a 'sky-high' contract of 3 years, 100 million, plus 15% personal commission."

Su Yan is worth the price.

One of the staff members sighed.

"Yes!"

Manager Brau Rudd nodded. "Back then, the company fought tooth and nail with Adidas just to sign Su Yan."

This led many to question whether the contract was worth it.

Looking back now... it was really worth it.

"Wow~"

The tall, thin female employee exclaimed in surprise, "Su Yan also gets a 15% personal commission, so how much will he earn from these 500 million sneakers tonight?!"

"After deducting taxes, there's about 3 million left. With a 15% commission, that's... 4500 million!!!"

The staff member in charge of sales statistics provided a rough figure.

Earn 4500 million in one second.

Brau Luther shook his head and sighed, "No wonder Su Yan didn't want a bigger one-time 'sky-high' contract."

That's the reason.

This also reflects his absolute confidence in his popularity!

"Really cow!"

The chubby male employee looked as if he had seen a ghost.

The tall, slender female employee also widened her beautiful eyes: "Su Yan is too strong, even though he only joined Adidas this year."

but.

His performance in this wave of attack, defeating the "Adidas Five Tigers," has made him Adidas's most popular player!

"hiss……"

Everyone gasped in shock after hearing this.

Su Yan is amazing.

As everyone was marveling at the moment, Manager Brau Luther's cell phone rang. The caller was Augustine.

Su Yan's agent.

The reason for the call was naturally to inquire about sales. He chuckled and asked, "Manager Blau, how are the sales of 'Su Yan Generation 1' going?!"

The sales performance in the first 10 minutes can provide a rough estimate of the sales trend later on.

how about it?

It should be pretty good, right?

It's not just good, it's absolutely amazing.

Manager Brau Luther was in a very good mood and happily explained the situation to Augustine.

Augustine was stunned but extremely excited after hearing this.

Immediately... he relayed the message to Su Yan.

What is Su Yan doing?!

He was having a sparring match with Rebecca, and coincidentally, the first round of training ended.

Su Yan leaned against the bed, with Rebecca lying in his arms.

Augustine called, and Su Yan answered on speakerphone.

"Boss Su Yan, I have some incredibly good news for you!"

"what?"

"We just received a message from Adidas' sales department that your 5 million pairs of 'Su Yan Generation 1' signature basketball shoes were sold out instantly."

Convert it.

This means...you'll earn a whopping $4500 million in commissions overnight.

Wow, so many!

Rebecca was so surprised that she instinctively cried out, then quickly covered her mouth.

Augustine heard it, but didn't care at all.

Or perhaps... it's become a habit.

"Instant kill?!"

Su Yan was also somewhat surprised and laughed, "Those fans are really awesome."

"It's because you're so popular, boss!"

The championship night, the Finals MVP award, the Chinese market, and the immense popularity of the top vote-getter—all these factors combined to ignite a surge in sneaker sales!

Augustine became more and more excited as he spoke.

After all... he can also get a 4% commission, which translates to a whopping 180 million US dollars!!!

(PS: This is a long chapter of 4300 words!)