At that time, available for sale were the Zhang Yang Generation Three 'basic edition', 'Olympic edition', and the newly added 'special edition', which only had 2008 pairs made by the factory.
The materials for the shoes were the same, but the 'Olympic special edition' cost a bit more, with an added press-sense light strip. However, it was priced $20 cheaper than the regular edition, sold only in Charlotte and Beijing, with a unique color scheme different from the 'basic edition' and 'Olympic edition'.
Before the finals, since there had been no promotion for these shoes, not many were sold in over a dozen stores across both cities. AJ was ready to stash them away; after all, they were just made to appease Zhang Yang, so they didn't really care, it was only 2000 pairs.
