I'm not really a role player

Chapter 85 Guidance Lu (please recommend!)
"The American agent is only in charge of the American side... the model of Team Yao?"

Dan Feigen, who was sitting in front of Li Ke, shook his head, stood up, and stretched out his right hand: "If it's Team Yao's model, I'm sorry, Sheldon."

"It's ok……"

Dan Feigen left decisively, Li Ke looked at this guy's back, and shook his head secretly.

Sure enough, Team Yao's model was not something a rookie like him could handle.

It was already the third day after the NCAA finals. The University of Texas returned to Austin and held a grand championship celebration.

Then, Li Ke began to meet those agents who were interested in him one by one, and Dan Feigen was already the fourth.

Li Ke said that he would not share a broker with others, this is not empty talk.

He wants to make it the model of the Yao team, find an assistant who will serve him exclusively, as the head of the agent team, and take charge of both sides, just like Zhang Mingji of the Yao team.

On one side is the American agent, similar to Bill Duffy's role, but Li Ke knows that the main person in charge of the Yao team's American brokerage affairs is Bill Sanders, the marketing director of BDA Company where Bill Duffy works.

On the other side is the Chinese broker, who is responsible for domestic brokerage affairs.

Therefore, when these well-known brokers came to their door one by one, they learned that Li Ke wanted to handle the brokerage affairs between China and the United States separately. Most of them, like Dan Fagan, shook their heads and left.

Dan Fagan is already the fourth, starting from Rob Pelinka, to Jeff Schwartz, to Jeff Austin...

Well-known agents chose to give up one after another, but Li Ke was not impatient. He opened the phone's address book and found the fifth name, Bill Duffy.

"Hello, Mr. Bill Duffy, yes, I have time, so how about meeting tomorrow night?"

After making this call, Li Ke got up and decided to go find Dong Jinji.

After leaving the restaurant door, at the corner, Li Ke saw Dan Feigen who was on the phone in the distance, with a loud voice.

"Don't come, Mark, you came here for nothing, that little guy is so naive, he thought he was Yao Ming?"

"Yes, that's right, he wants to start the model of Yao's team, but he doesn't want to think about how big the gap is between him and Yao Ming? Without the Chinese market, he still has a shitty commercial value!"

"Haha, yes, I signed Yi, and I really don't need to be as desperate as you guys, but Mark, I think you can try the ABA's Chinese Suns, maybe it's not worse than this NCAA guy..."

Li Ke frowned, raised his legs and walked away, took out his phone by the way, and deleted a name: Mark Bartelstein.

Well, don't waste time, Bill Duffy should agree to his request, after all, he has already had successful experience with Yao Ming.

But before that, he had to determine the person in charge of the brokerage team.

……

"Here we come, Brother Li..."

Li Ke met Dong Jinji at a newly opened restaurant next to the University of Texas.

This guy received Li Ke with a red face, and then took Li Ke to a private room.

In the private room, Li Ke saw Cong Ming, Chen Ziyi, Lin Qi and Archie again. These five people seemed to be a group, and they seemed to be mixed together forever.

"Sit down, big star, I invite you for today's meal."

Li Ke smiled: "Thank you, Young Master Cong."

"It's okay, I opened this restaurant. By the way, I read those news reports, saying that you have been in the United States for some years, and you should have not eaten authentic Chinese food for a long time, right? Today I will let you recall the flavor of your hometown."

Young Master Cong introduced it carelessly, and Li Ke thanked him again. Indeed, since he traveled through time, he has never eaten Chinese food. He has been eating steak, hamburger, pizza, and sandwiches all day long, and he is really tired.

Then it was time for chatting, and soon, the first dish was served, a salmon sashimi...

Li Ke's expression twitched a little.

Young Master Cong got angry, turned around and scolded: "The wrong dish was served!"

It is true that the wrong dish was served. The first dish should be a plate of fried pork with chili.

While eating the spicy fried pork, Li Ke talked about his reason for coming: "It's like this. I'm going to form a team of brokers just for me. Now, I need a top student in economics as the person in charge. I want to ask if there is any suitable candidate around you."

Li Ke looked at Dong Jinji, and the other four also looked at Dong Jinji.

Dong Jinji is an international student at the McComb School of Business, University of Deutschland. Li Ke's words seemed to be talking about Dong Jinji.

Dong Jinji realized this and quickly waved his hands.

Li Ke smiled: "Don't get me wrong, Aji, if I want to hire you, I'll just say it straight, well, my job requires dealing with the group of executives in the NBA. You must have a good understanding of the United States and China, preferably an MBA from a prestigious school..."

Dong Jinji breathed a sigh of relief, although Li Ke was implying that he had no real talent and learning, he didn't care much.

He is different from many second-generation international students. He does not want to stay in the United States. He has long decided to return to China after graduation, so it is impossible for him to work for Li Ke who will stay in the United States for the next ten years.

Dong Jinji thought for a moment in his mind, then shook his head.

The circle of international students is not big, and the second generation like them who went abroad with mixed education is not in the same circle as those real academic masters.

Seeing that Dong Jinji didn't have any suitable candidates, Li Ke frowned, and had already decided to call his parents who were far away in China when he got back later, and ask them if they had any relatives or friends...

Archie, who had few words, suddenly said hesitantly: "Actually, Mr. Cong, you know someone."

Cong Ming was a little surprised: "Me?"

"Sister Li's current boyfriend...is an MBA from the Wharton School of Business..."

Archie nodded, and Chen Ziyi then asked, "Who is Sister Li?"

"Young Master Cong's ex-girlfriend..."

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Li Ke laughed dryly, and asked Cong Ming for help: "Young Master Cong, please do me a favor."

"it is good……"

……

Li Ke soon met the current boyfriend of Cong Dashao's ex-girlfriend in Austin, MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Lu Ning, whose English name is Michael.

"The English name is Michael, out of ten, five are fans of Michael Jackson, and the remaining five are fans of the NBA."

"Because of Michael Jordan?"

Li Ke nodded, but Lu Ning, who had just met, shook his head: "No, I'm a fan of Schumacher."

Seeing Li Ke's surprised expression, Lu Ning smiled: "Just kidding, you guessed it right, I'm a Jordan fan."

Then, Lu Ning handed his resume to Li Ke.

Self-explained: "Actually, I knew from a young age that when you want to find an MBA to handle brokerage affairs, I think I'm the most suitable. A die-hard NBA fan in a top-tier MBA school must be a Chinese, or at least a Yankee or a China hand. Few of them meet the requirements..."

Li Ke looked at his resume. Unlike those second-generation students, Lu Ning is a real academic master. He has been a recipient of academic scholarships for four years in college, and he is one of the best in MBA at Wharton Business School.

Seeing this, Li Ke knew that Lu Ning in front of him might be the best choice.

"Let's talk about the treatment..."

Lu Ning laughed, "No, I think what we should talk about is not the treatment, but the future..."

Soon, Li Ke understood what Lu Ning meant by "future".

Lu Ning didn't want to be just an agent, he was an MBA from Wharton, and he had a bright future anyway.

The reason why he is willing to work for Li Ke is because he loves basketball on the one hand, and because he sees the future from Li Ke on the other hand.

He believes that Li Ke will be a distinctive brand.

"Unlike Dayao, you are from American high school basketball and NCAA, and you will not be subject to institutional basketball."

"In addition, you are an outside player, and Dayao is a center forward. Since ancient times, outside players have attracted more fans. What's more, you can fly and dunk..."

"So, I boldly assert that as long as you don't become a parallel importer, your commercial value will definitely be higher than that of Dayao in the future!"

"My goal is not to become an agent. What I want to do more is to be the CEO of the brand Li Ke. Therefore, we should not talk about the salary, but how to make the brand Li Ke bigger and stronger..."

"When Li Ke becomes a big brand like AIR JORDAN, let's talk about what I should get as the founder of the brand..."

You are a ghost founder!

Li Ke's face was full of black lines. He always felt that it was not proper to use the word founder.

However, he admitted that Lu Ning was right. From the very beginning, what Li Ke wanted to hire was not an ordinary agent.

He didn't know how to describe it, but now he knew that what he wanted to hire was the manager of the brand Li Ke.

"Then let's not talk about the treatment. Let's sign for two years first. After two years, if you have no problems with your work and I don't become a parallel importer, just renew a long-term contract..."

"OK, then happy cooperation."

"Pleasant to work with."

After confirming that Lu Ning is the person in charge of Team Li, Li Ke also heaved a sigh of relief. Everything was difficult at the beginning, but now, the beginning has been made.

He glanced at Lu Ning, and suddenly remembered an interesting stalk.

"Lu Ning, I think you should change your English name."

"?"

"What about Tyron?"

"Tyron Lue? The Lakers guard who was surpassed by Iverson?"

"You actually know him."

"Like I said, I'm a big NBA fan."

　Thanks to An Zhizhou for the reward of 5000 starting coins!grateful!
　　
　
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