green knight

Chapter 578: Salary increase and teammates

Li Zihan handed two of the three contracts to John Dassler and said, "What's the relationship between us, you won't let me suffer, and you are so rich and powerful, how dare you be stingy with this little money?"

John jokingly said: "I would have written a mark on the contract if I knew it earlier. I believe that this way the company will save a lot of money a year."

Li Zihan smiled and said: "If you really do this, I will bring the children of Chenguang to your company tomorrow to live with quilts and sheets." Li Zihan shrugged: "Because then I would not have Money has taken care of them, think of those bright big eyes, dirty little faces how eager for new clothes, toys, school supplies, food."

John Dassler: "."

The reason why Li Zihan believes in John Dassler and Puma is not because of his good relationship with John. Although the relationship between the two of them is really good, commercial contracts should not contain too much personal information. Emotional.

The reason why Li Zihan believes in Puma is because Puma company is very sincere to him. Back then, when he just debuted, Puma company signed him with a huge sponsorship of 100 million euros before Adidas and Nike.You must know that for a young player who has just joined the professional league, a sponsorship fee of 100 million is really a sky-high price!You must know that Li Zihan’s teammate, Juventus and Italy’s Buffon is also a signed star of Puma, but his annual sponsorship fee is only 120 million
Moreover, Puma took the initiative to add an additional clause to Li Zihan's contract, that is, "with the outstanding performance of the season, the player can propose the right to increase the sponsorship fee after the season ends."

And this time the increase in sponsorship fee is also the initiative of Puma to contact Li Zihan, not Li Zihan going to Puma to ask for a salary increase.
Li Zihan's sponsorship fee from Puma was 240 million pounds before the contract was not renewed.This price is not too high among football stars, but it is almost top-notch among young players.When Nike signed with Cristiano Ronaldo, the endorsement fee for the Portuguese was 500 million pounds a year, but at that time Cristiano Ronaldo was already a very famous player, and he was the absolute core of Manchester United. And he is young and has a broad space for development. Even Ferguson is full of praise for him. At the same time, he also created the treble with Manchester United. Therefore, although the sponsorship fee of 500 million euros is expensive, it is definitely worth it.

After Li Zihan won a Serie A title at Juventus and moved to Arsenal, he didn't have many collective honors, except for a Serie A Oscar for Best Newcomer and the European Golden Boy Award. It's a personal honor, but just like that, he also got half of the original sponsorship fee of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Facts have proved that Puma is also very sincere. In this new contract, starting from July 750 this year, Li Zihan will receive an annual sponsorship fee of [-] million pounds from Puma. The contract is five years. The contract is invalidated, and the new contract is re-used, while retaining the additional clause: "With the excellent performance of the season, the player can propose the right to increase the sponsorship fee after the end of the season"

This kind of sponsorship fee is nearly three times more than the previous contract! !It's also more than the £500 million in Cristiano Ronaldo's Nike sponsorship contract that year, and the same as the £750 million when Cristiano Ronaldo renewed his contract with Nike! !

Susan glanced at the contract and poked Li Zihan on the back. Li Zihan turned his head and saw Susan holding the new contract to him.

The Arabic numeral of 750 million pounds above is very eye-catching, and Li Zihan frowned at this.

"Is this too much?" Li Zihan said to John Dassler.

"Oh my God, this is the first time I've heard of someone thinking too much money." John Dassler sighed, looking like he'd seen a ghost.

Li Zihan's face turned red slightly, feeling a little embarrassed.Because John Dassler was really kind to him, and he always gave a very generous reward in terms of sponsorship fees, and he also made a lot of donations in Li Zihan's "Morning Light Xiwei" fund, as well as donations to orphanages. The sponsorship of more than 80 euros and Li Zihan want to dig a hole for John Dassler later.
As a result, John Dassler fell into Li Zihan's pit before he dug it.
Li Zihan smiled and motioned for Susan to put away the contract, then sat next to John Dassler and said: "Such a John, you know that I just registered a company a few days ago, and I want to buy in the name of this company A football team in my hometown. This club is currently playing in our country’s second-tier league, which is similar to the German second division. Although I have enough funds to buy this club, in the later stage of operation, I don’t know. There isn't much funding, so you're not interested."

In fact, Li Zihan still played a trick, can the Chinese League Two be compared with the German Second League? ?
"I want to make some contributions to football in my hometown. You know what Chinese football looks like now. But I am confident that it will become a force to be reckoned with in the future, as long as we do it well. I think you too Knowing the Chinese football market and commercial market, this is a piece of fat. If the Chinese football industry takes off, the first batch of companies that contribute to Chinese football will definitely be very popular.”

Li Zihan talked a lot, and then drew a delicious big pizza to John Dassler, just to let him also participate in his plan.

Li Zihan drew a beautiful blueprint and a bright future for John Dassler, but it will be a matter of how many years until these things are really completed or realized. Of course, it is still a matter of whether they can be realized in the future What about the problem.

If Li Zihan's words were told to a Chinese, the other party would definitely think that he was out of his mind, but if they were given to a businessman who has been spying on the Chinese market
John Dassler's eyes lit up: "Is there any specific plan?"

Li Zihan knew that since John Dassler asked this question, he must be interested. He hurriedly said: "These are still preliminary ideas. We will discuss the details when the time is right."

In this way, Li Zihan dug a hole for John Dassler and successfully got a little partner.

Li Zihan, who finished his trip to Germany, went to Austria. At the headquarters of Red Bull Group in Austria, Li Zihan will participate in the filming of a Red Bull advertising video, and then discuss the new contract with Red Bull.

In Li Zihan's new contract, the sponsorship fee soared from 80 pounds per year to 320 million pounds, and the contract lasted for four years.The wealthy Red Bull Group also expressed their generosity. Of course, it was more because they received the news that Pepsi wanted to use 280 million pounds in sponsorship fees to lure Li Zihan to Pepsi, and then form a new Pepsi football superstar series. To maintain a good personal cooperative relationship with Li Zihan, and in order to avoid the possibility of being poached by Pepsi, the Red Bull Group directly raised a lot of sponsorship fees.

In addition, Li Zihan led Arsenal to win the Champions League and gave Red Bull the confidence. Now Li Zihan is only 20 years old, and he still has too much future and potential waiting to be tapped, just like the huge Chinese market behind him .
After signing the contract, Li Zihan also discussed his plan with the head of the Red Bull Group's sports business department. Of course, he still used the rhetoric of "fooling" John Dassler.

But I didn't expect that the Red Bull Group agreed more simply than John Dassler.The person in charge of the Red Bull Group expressed on the spot that they are willing to sponsor such a club, and are willing to spend huge sums of money to win the naming rights of the team, such as Chengdu Red Bull Football Club, and then spend money to sponsor the club's stadium. Of course, the stadium is like It is called the Red Bull Arena, at least it must have the word Red Bull.
Of course, considering China's national conditions, it is impossible to name the stadium like this, unless the club pays for the construction of the stadium.
In fact, Red Bull started to get involved in the football industry a few years ago. After its success in the F1 Formula One car, Red Bull has set its sights on the world's largest sport - football!
They want to use this way to expand their influence and promote their products all over the world.Red Bull's current products are still relatively simple. If you want to gain a broader market, you must launch other products, and then thoroughly promote the name "Red Bull" to the world. Football is undoubtedly the best choice.

In Austria, there is a football club fully sponsored by Red Bull - the Austrian Red Bull Football Club, and then there is also a Red Bull football club in the German Bundesliga called Lexiby Red Bull Club. This team received the Red Bull Group After the huge capital, they also began to expand their strength. Their goal is to rush to the Bundesliga. After the end of this season, they ranked No.3 in the league.It was hoped to advance to the Bundesliga, but lost to the big brother of the Bundesliga in the relegation play-off with Hamburg, the bottom No.3 of the Bundesliga, and finally had to stay in the Bundesliga.