God of NBA point guards

Chapter 377 Jordan and the others won't be caught by the media again, right?

On the 4rd, the Sonics returned to Seattle.

The next game will be No. 6, or Mosaic, with two days of rest in between, which makes Zhou Quan feel good and try his best to recover his physical fitness.

Today's media praised Zhou Quan and praised him to the sky.

At noon on the [-]th, the inspection report of the glider came out, and Mosaic officially announced that Drexler would be injured for at least two months.

This situation hit Mosaic quite hard, but Dameng was indeed determined. On the night of the 6th, he and Barkley defeated the Supersonics, who wanted to win at home, and took away a victory from Seattle.

Zhou Quan spent half the night with Zeng Li on the night of the [-]th. On the night of the [-]th, he was especially abstinent, but that night he had a sexual dream while practicing the Sleeping Alchemy, and the next day he failed to achieve the miraculous state of the night of the [-]rd.

Only scored 42 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 5 turnovers and 3 fouls. His shooting percentage was 46.4%. Shots on the outside.

大梦轰下32分17篮板4抢断6盖帽，投篮命中率66.6%，巴克利轰下28分19篮板3抢断4盖帽，命中率51.2%。

The two teamed up to contribute 60 points, 36 rebounds, 7 steals and 10 blocks. They controlled the paint area and rebounds of both sides. Both offense and defense exploded the Sonics' inside line and blocked Zhou Quan's breakthrough attack. The two had ten big blocks. Among them, half of them were given to Zhou Quan.

Although the Supersonics lost, the Bulls also suffered their first losing streak this season, accidentally losing to the rebuilding Suns in an away game.

超音速37胜9负，公牛38胜8负，双方的胜场差还是1个。

After the mosaic at home, all the games before the All-Star Game ended, and the All-Star Weekend entered.

This year's All-Star is held in San Antonio, from the 9th to the 12th, the main game is the night of the 11th, and the night of the 10th is the rookie game.

On the 7th, Zhou Quan rested in the morning, was going to play golf in the afternoon, and practiced boxing in the evening.

"Beep...beep..."

"Hey?"

After breakfast, it was after eight o'clock, and it was after eight o'clock in the evening in China. Zhou Quan called home, and his mother Lin Yufen answered the phone.

"Mom, I'm Xiaoquan!"

"Oh, son! Son, are you and Zeng Li okay now?"

"Okay. By the way, Mom, Chinese New Year is coming soon. I told you last time, how is your visa preparation going?"

"Your dad has already done it. Even Zengli's parents don't want to go to the United States. They have contacted them several times. They are very polite and say it is inconvenient."

"Hubby, forget it." Zeng Li who was next to him whispered.

Zhou Quan nodded, his great father and great mother have been divorced for many years, it is really not good to come here together, he was just being polite, and said to the phone: "Alright then, mom, you and my dad can bring Xiaoye over here, Xiaoye should be on vacation, right?" ?”

"It's a holiday tomorrow." Lin Yufen said with a smile.

"Okay, then we will go to Los Angeles to pick you up." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

At noon, Philip drove over from Los Angeles and had lunch at his home.

"Rogge, you moved to Seattle, but half of the time you have to stay in Los Angeles." Zhou Quan joked.

Philip said with a smile: "During this period of time, I helped you deal with the endorsement contracts of several second- and third-tier brands in the past. With your current status, these brands are no longer needed."

"How's the negotiation with Skechers?" Zhou Quan nodded and asked again.

Philip said: "The discussion last time is still the same. In addition to the equity, the annual endorsement fee has also been negotiated, a symbolic 600 million US dollars a year, and there is a 2000 million signing fee when signing the contract. Zhou, if you agree , I told them to come over tomorrow and sign the contract?"

"Then let them come over." Zhou Quan nodded and smiled.

"Okay, I'll inform them."

After finishing speaking, Philip continued: "I have also discussed with Mr. Bob Arum and Mr. Lou Duva. Holyfield will challenge you this year. The promoter of Wang Weiwei brought me in, we jointly invested 6 million U.S. dollars, the capital ratio is 3:1:200, and I contributed [-] million U.S. dollars."

"Husband, what is [-] million?"

Zeng Li already understood part of it and asked.

"The promotion funds for this year's defending match include the appearance fees for me and my opponent."

Zhou Quan explained a sentence, then asked Philip: "What else?"

Philip said excitedly: "Zhou, although Holyfield is also very popular and has great influence in the professional boxing world, he lost to Michael Muller last time and lost his world title, so he is now at a low point Among them, the popularity loss is very large.

And although your qualifications are far inferior to his, PPV sales are king. You are more popular than him now, and you are the defending champion and he is the challenger, so naturally you have to beat him in terms of appearance fee. "

"How much is it?" Zhou Quan asked with a smile.

Philip laughed and said, "You paid 2200 million dollars for the fight, and this time it's 3000 million dollars, reaching the level of appearance fee at the peak of Tyson, and also the highest appearance fee in professional boxing so far.

By the way, the first battle of Tyson's comeback last year was also 3000 million US dollars.Speaking of this, I have to say that Tang Jin is indeed capable. "

Zhou Quan nodded. It is already very good to get 3000 million appearance fees. After all, his qualifications in the boxing world are too young, and he has only fought four boxing matches.

It took Tyson many years to go from hundreds of thousands of dollars in appearance fees to 3000 million.

Although the King of Crossover has a great reputation, he feels that this kind of reputation may just be a kind of popularity. After the limelight passes, the King of Crossover's name may not be so attractive.

Last year's boxing match broke the PPV sales record, so this year's defending match may have a decline in popularity, and the PPV sales may not be able to continue to break through. If it can be maintained at 300 million, he thinks it is still a good result .

Philip said again: "Holyfield is 2000 million US dollars, 1000 million less than you. Zhou, if you successfully defend the title, Arum said that the appearance fee will definitely increase by at least 500 million US dollars in the next defending match.

If the PPV can be maintained at 300 million this time, then he guarantees that the appearance fee of the next defending game will increase by 1000 million. "

"What about the PPV share?" Zhou Quan nodded and asked again.

Philip said: "You are the king of sales, of course it is higher. But we have just negotiated and haven't signed a contract yet, so the rich TV broadcasters have not yet started negotiations, and the specific ratio cannot be determined.

But no matter what, it is certain that we will get [-]% of the PPV sales revenue, which is the current market situation.

Of the [-]%, it has been decided, our promoters will get [-]%, you will get [-]%, and Holyfield will get [-]%. "

Zhou Quan calculated, 20% to [-]%, that is [-]% of PPV's total income, not bad, so he nodded.

Philip added: "You account for 8% of box office and on-site advertising sponsorship revenue, Holyfield 4%, and the rest is for promoters and stadiums."

"When are you going to sign the contract?" Zhou Quan asked.

"After the playoffs, it doesn't need to be too early. If it is too early, the attention will pass. If it takes too long, it will not be good for publicity. This time, I will not compete with the NBA for attention." Philip laughed.

Zhou Quan laughed. When the news of the Challenger League was announced last year, it stole the limelight of the NBA playoffs. I guess Stern was not very happy.

In the afternoon, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li invited Philip to play golf. Philip was very willing, otherwise he would not have moved to Seattle.

This afternoon, Skechers announced in Los Angeles that it had formally reached an early contract renewal agreement with Zhou Quan, which will be signed in Seattle tomorrow.

While Skechers invited the media to participate in the signing ceremony, he deliberately revealed to the media that this will be a lifetime contract.

So far in the entire league, that is, Michael Jordan has won a lifetime contract from Nike, and Zhou Quan will be the second person to get a lifetime contract.

As far as the entire world sports world is concerned, including those European football superstars, few people can get lifetime contracts.

So although this news has not been officially announced, it has already shocked the alliance and the whole world.

While playing golf, Philip and Zhou Quan turned off their mobile phones after answering calls from several reporters to avoid being disturbed.

"Michael, did you see that Tekken kid is going to get a lifetime contract like you." Barkley called Jordan with a sour mouth.

"This is his business, what does it have to do with me?" Jordan's tone was very flat.

To be honest, he is used to it. This season, the sales of his MJ brand have been caught up by the Tekken brand, and this is the United States, the sales of the whole world, he has long been surpassed by Zhou Quan.

If we only talk about overseas sales, the Tekken brand is several times that of the MJ brand, but in the total global sales, North America still accounts for the majority, so the current proportion of overseas sales is not large, not very important.

"If it wasn't for boxing, how could he have such a high popularity? When he loses the defending title, I think his popularity will drop by half immediately." Barkley chattered authentically.

"I'm hanging up."

Jordan didn't want to listen anymore, so he ended the call directly.

……

The next day, on the morning of the 8th, Mark Nathan, the president of Skechers, brought people to Seattle.

At 12:[-] noon, a grand signing ceremony was held as scheduled at the five-star Hilton Hotel in Seattle.

Hundreds of media were invited, and the sound of the shutter never stopped.

At the signing ceremony, Philip announced some details of the contract to the media, such as Zhou Quan's 7% stake.

"Tekken, doesn't Skechers plan to independently establish the Tekken brand company?" A reporter asked when entering the questioning session.

"Skechers has not gone public yet, this is something they will consider in the future." Zhou Quan replied.

"You mean, the Tekken brand is likely to become independent?" the reporter asked.

"No comment at the moment." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Mr. Nathan, Tekken owns 7% of the shares, while Michael Jordan used to only occupy 4.5% of Nike's shares. Do you think Tekken is worth so many company shares?" Chicago Daily reporter asked.

Mark Nathan nodded and said with a smile: "I have always believed in Iron Fist. I have believed in him since his rookie season, but he still gave me a huge surprise. The 7% stake is very suitable. He is worth the company's efforts."

After the signing ceremony, with the spread of the media, Zhou Quan's global attention and popularity increased to a higher level, and he even stole the limelight from the All-Stars.

In the evening, the family called and said that it was a flight at 12 am on the 11th, with a flight time of 13 hours.

At 2 a.m. on February 9, Zhou Quan flew to San Antonio with Zeng Li.

The main members of the All-Star selection in 96 were O'Neal, Grant Hill, Pippen, Jordan, and Anfernee Hardaway in the East.

The Eastern Conference substitutes are Ewing, Gary Payton, Reggie Miller, Glenn Rice, Vin Baker, Juwan Howard, and Alonzo Mourning.

The main players in the Western Conference are Olajuwon, Sean Kemp, Barkley, Drexler, and Zhou Quan.

Substitutes are David Robinson, Jason Kidd, Sean Elliott, Karl Malone, Mitch Richmond, John Stockton, Mutombo.

After arriving in San Antonio, he settled down in the hotel where the NBA All-Stars stayed together, and gave Zeng Li another room.

After putting down his luggage and greeting some familiar All-Stars, he took Zeng Li out to play.

First, I went shopping on the pedestrian street by the river. This several-kilometer pedestrian street is full of restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, and some souvenir shops and museums. Because the street is in the river valley, it is full of towering trees, and the scenery is very good.

After drinking afternoon tea here, I went shopping again and bought some souvenirs.

"Husband, it seems that the style here is different from Seattle!"

"The United States is originally a country of immigrants, not a country of aboriginal people. How can there be a unified cultural style? This was originally a protected area for Indians. After killing almost all of them, they were protected as protected animals."

"what?"

"This was originally a Spanish colonial site, so there are many Spanish-style buildings, such as those priests' mansions, which serve as multiple functions of churches, military fortresses and residences. There are hundreds of them, with a history of more than 200 years.

Then it’s the land of Mexico again, so there’s a Mexican twist.Coupled with Indian style, modern style, a little bit of everything, the tourism here is not bad.But there are not many Asians here, and even fewer Chinese. "

When it was almost dark, the two returned to the hotel after having dinner outside.

Instead of going to the room assigned to him by the NBA, he rested in Zeng Li's room for a while, and then contacted Reggie Miller.

"Reggie, I'll book a private room at the bar, see you at 07:30."

"OK."

He first called the bar to reserve a private room, and then contacted O'Neill, Grant Hill, David Robinson, Richmond, and Mutombo.

At 07:30, he and Zeng Li came to the bar on the 37th floor. Reggie Miller and O'Neill had already arrived. David Robinson also brought Sean Elliott, all with wives or girlfriends, adding up to more than ten people.

I ordered some wine and drinks, as well as fruit plates, and everyone chatted while drinking.

"You said, what are Jordan and the others doing? They won't be caught by the media again, right?" Reggie Miller said thoughtfully.

"Ha ha……"

A group of people burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)