Showdown, I'm the God of Basketball

Chapter 148 (Please order first!)
"It turned out to be a message from Aden."

Zhao Hao turned off the flip cover of the phone, and then heaved a long sigh of relief.

A $20 contract for sneakers is indeed a huge sum of money, but it is still just tasteless to him.

After all, whether it is buying worn-out card draw rolls or buying attributes, the 20 signing fee is not enough to have a significant effect.

It's useless, so why do you need this sneaker contract?

Zhao Hao really wanted to say that little Teddy Aden was right. He didn't help the young lady to cross the road, and he had no place to spend money, so why did he need so much money?
So, "I've never touched money, I'm not interested in money! @#￥%"

Finally, under the arrangement of Aden, Zhao Hao met with the management of Adidas.

The picture is not as beautiful as expected.

Zhao Hao directly expressed his thoughts, 50 US dollars, which is the lowest, otherwise he would not want the sneaker contract.

The management of Adidas was about to burst into laughter, and said directly: "You really think you are Yao Ming, and then the sneaker brands all over the world have to rush to get you?

Don't say that we won't give you an annual salary of 50 US dollars. No brand owner in the world will offer such a price to a draft pick.

4 million in 100 years, this is the highest price we can offer! "

Hey, this should be the second time that Zhao Hao has been looked down upon by others since time travel. If you count the previous life, it should be 1 times.

But Zhao Hao really wants to say, if you don’t want to, then you don’t want to, there is no righteousness in buying and selling, there is no place in the world where we don’t meet, we are still friends when we meet.

But you have ridiculed and teased, and even brought out the undrafted draft. Do you guys like to talk like this?

So, just when Zhao Hao was about to show his true nature, Aden who was on the side suddenly stood up filled with righteous indignation.

"I love to sign, but I don't want to get it.

The big deal is to die and turn into a fairy, and we still need an Adidas for you?
No wonder you are the second child in a thousand years, you deserve to be overwhelmed by Nike. "

Uh, this attitude confuses the management of Adidas. Why have we been asking for help after a long time?
You thought you were a superstar!
In the end, Adidas left in disappointment, and Zhao Hao also gave Aden a sincere and grateful look.

This little Teddy is quite righteous.

"It's okay, little brother, if it's 4 million in 100 years, we might as well sign with Nike for 3 in 60 years. In terms of influence, Nike is much bigger than Adidas.

Let me count for you which big names Nike has signed now, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Anfernee Hardaway, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant.”

Hearing this, Zhao Hao glanced at Aden speechlessly.

I'm so mentally broken, so what did you think, Aden, I thought you really stood out for me!

In the end, under the discussion of the two, Zhao Hao had no choice but to accept the contract offered by Puma.

After all, he still has confidence in his potential. It is definitely the most cost-effective to sign a one-year contract first.

Zhao Hao is even sure that if he wants to get another quotation for sneakers next year, it will definitely not be at the current price!

Otherwise, it would be a big loss for the future god of basketball to guard hundreds of thousands for several years.

Just when Zhao Hao was driving Aden back to the apartment, a complex bell rang suddenly.

"Who is it, calling me at this late hour."

Zhao Hao took out his mobile phone with some confusion, it was still an unfamiliar number.

You must know that Wai Guoren, who lives in the United States, attaches great importance to independent time, so it is rare to be on the phone in the middle of the night.

Stronger than Kobe, isn't it just a text message to Zhao Hao?

Of course, it's not entirely impossible, but that's only because something extremely important happened.

"Hi, hello, who are you looking for?"

"Sorry, Zhao Hao, I called you so late, I got your number from Dayao, and I'm from China, can I find a place to talk?"

China?

Dayao?

Zhao Hao instinctively thought that this should be someone from the basketball field from China, and it happened that there was no game tomorrow, so he readily agreed.

Zhao Hao took Aden to a Chinese restaurant where they met.

As soon as he entered, he saw a familiar face.

Hey, isn't this Li Ning's president, Zhang Zhiyong!

That is to lead the little-known Li Ning to successfully become a listed company, and finally successfully climbed to the top of China's top sports brand.

This is a real business genius, a city god!
Zhao Hao also only saw him in his previous life when he happened to browse the news, but he was impressed by his standard Chinese character face at first sight.

Just, why did such a business genius suddenly find me?
Could it be the sneaker contract!

"Hello, Zhao Hao, I'm Zhang Zhiyong from China. I went to watch your game against the Suns tonight. I like you very much."

Zhang Zhiyong stretched out his hand and said in advance.

Zhao Hao shook hands with him, pretending to be an idiot, and said, "I'm very grateful that you came to watch my game, but I don't seem to know you."

Zhang Zhiyong smiled, and then motioned to the assistant beside him to directly enter the topic.

The man with eyes nodded and began to say: "We are Li Ning Company, a sports brand from China, although our reputation is not as famous as Reebok or Nike.

But we have been successfully listed this year, and reached a cooperation agreement with the Spanish basketball club, and at the same time we have also become the sole sponsor of the domestic Super League.

I originally planned to enter the NBA next year and sign a sneaker spokesperson, but I didn't expect you to achieve such a great success in the NBA. There are also many fans in China who like you very much.

So, we're going to talk to you about the spokesperson. "

Sure enough, as Zhao Hao expected when he entered the door, he was really talking about a sneaker contract.

If Zhao Hao remembers correctly, the original Li Ning would have indeed signed a contract with Damon Jones of the Cavaliers in early 2006, and then immediately signed a contract with Shaquille O'Neal in August of the same year.

Not to mention, it is precisely because of the two signings this year that Li Ning will gradually gain a firm foothold in the NBA in the future.

Although it still belongs to that unknown type in the NBA, it completely became popular in China because of this, and finally completely squeezed out Reebok's dominance in China.

The most important thing is that Zhao Hao clearly knows where Li Ning can develop in China in the future, just take the 2019 sales report as an example.

Li Ning ranks first in the national sales of domestic sneakers!
Therefore, although Li Ning still has a long way to go compared with world giants such as Nike and Adidas, Li Ning is definitely the one worth investing in based on his development potential in China or in the future.

Zhang Zhiyong saw that Zhao Hao was silent and didn't speak, and thought that Zhao Hao was not that optimistic about Li Ning's ability, so he quickly spoke.

"You don't have to worry about the actual combat ability of Li Ning's sneakers. We have a professional design team and technical team. At present, in terms of cushioning technology and shock absorption technology, we have not lost to top sneaker manufacturers like Nike or Adidas.

Therefore, you don’t have to worry that we will be like other sneaker manufacturers, just to sell shoes and not pay attention to technological development and breakthroughs. "

For this point, Zhao Hao naturally agrees, otherwise Wade would not sign a contract with Li Ning in the future, and even developed a new sub-brand WOW, which is Wade's way.

And WOW finally succeeded in winning the favor of NBA players and signed a large number of players, the most famous of which is D'Angelo Russell.

That's right, the Russell who was rumored to have an affair with Nick Young.

"What I'm worried about is not the actual combat power of Li Ning's sneakers, but how much are you willing to pay me?" Zhao Hao said what he cared most about.

There is no way, in order to improve his strength, he really got into the eyes of money.

Zhang Zhiyong hesitated for a while before saying: "I understand our position, and I also know that Puma has already offered you a good contract, and Nike and Adidas should also offer higher bargaining chips to compete for you, so we are willing to give you a better contract." A three-year, $3 million cash contract!"

Aden, who had been quiet all this time, was excited when he heard that the cash contract was still worth $3 million for three years!
That is really a huge sum of money, equivalent to Zhao Hao's salary in the NBA for one year!

And if it is commissioned at a rate of 10%, it will be a huge amount of 10 US dollars.

Thinking that the huge sum of money was about to be obtained, Aden immediately began to count the number of times he helped the young lady to cross the road.

eighty!eighty!eighty!

"no!"

Zhao Hao shook his head and directly refused: "I hope to get a contract with an annual salary of at least 50 US dollars.

It is of course best if the contract period is only one year, but there can be some constraints or restrictions, as well as matching rights. "

This sentence stunned everyone present.

Zhang Zhiyong and the man with eyes were stunned for a long time, and Yading even covered his mouth, almost screaming.

My big brother, are you not sure about your position? That's an annual salary of $50. Even most first-round picks can't sign such a price.

I'm afraid you don't watch sports news every day, and the tens of millions of sneaker contracts are often biased!

It's really difficult to sign such a huge contract in your current situation.

If Yao Ming hadn't been born early, and you had become the number one Chinese in the NBA, then it would be reasonable to want to get such a contract.

But the problem now is that Yao Ming has already made a name for himself in the NBA and even made the All-Star, you
"I know, this may be a bit of a lion's mouth, but I really need the 50 dollars." Zhao Hao sighed and said frankly.

Zhang Zhiyong and the man with eyes still did not speak.

Zhao Hao already understood that for them, 50 US dollars is indeed a huge investment, but the current situation is that they probably don't want to talk about it anymore.

Zhao Hao got up and signaled Aden to leave.

Just as he walked to the door, there was another sound in the room.

"Zhao Hao, what is your goal for the Lakers this season?" Zhang Zhiyong suddenly stood up and said.

Zhao Hao looked back at him and said naturally, "Be the best rookie or the best sixth man."

The room was a little quiet, the man with glasses had a premonition of something, and began to sit down and take out the memo.

Zhang Zhiyong on the side still hesitated for a while, and finally stomped his feet hard and said, "Let's talk about the details of the contract."

Ok?
It turned out to be really done.

This surprised Zhao Hao, that was $50, which was about the same as the annual salary of most rookies.

Moreover, the current Li Ning is not the rich man who later generations signed Wade. It is definitely not easy to spend so much money at this time.

If you think about what you can do with 04 million people in China in 400, you can know how determined Zhang Zhiyong is at this time.

Aden on the side danced inexplicably. This is definitely the best news I got today.

Finally, after several hours of negotiation, Aden and Zhang Zhiyong discussed the details of the contract.

With a one-year cash contract of 50 yuan, Li Ning has the right to match, and Zhao Hao must become the NBA's best rookie or the best sixth man this season, otherwise 30.00% of the signing amount will be deducted. Zhao Hao launched the exclusive player version of sneakers this season as a weapon in the NBA.

Finally, Zhao Hao and Zhang Zhiyong shook hands to confirm the conclusion of the contract, and the official contract will be delivered in a few days.

Of course, Zhang Zhiyong also hopes that Zhao Hao can take some time in Los Angeles to shoot a simple endorsement advertisement for sneakers, so that he can bring it back to China.

This point Zhao Hao naturally nodded and agreed, free advertising, the Chinese people like to reciprocate.

Zhao Hao, who had been busy all night, could finally go back to the apartment and have a rest. While chatting with Yading, who was bloody, he also learned about the arrangement of his advertisement.

The advertising shoots for the endorsements signed before have already been confirmed with the brand owners, and all the processes will be accelerated.

The last commercial shooting will be at the end of this month, which is November 11, the day before the Milwaukee Bucks.

After a day off, the next away game for the Lakers is the Chicago Bulls.

In the first ten years of the millennium, there was no doubt that the Bulls were the overlord of the entire NBA league at that time. In terms of the most terrifying team in the league, only the Bulls did not have one.

But since Jordan retired for the second time, the Bulls' competitiveness began to decline seriously.

In the end, the management also had to trade Pippen, the league's best second-in-command, to the Mosaic team, which also caused the team to completely enter the reconstruction mode and become the league's belly.

What followed was a six-season miss from the playoffs.

Of course, Zhao Hao knows very well that the Bulls' hard days are coming to an end soon, because this season is the turning point for the Bulls.

After six consecutive years of precipitation, the Bulls have accumulated enough outstanding young people.

Among them, the starting center Eddie Curry, a new insider star with extremely delicate offensive skills, is honored as the little shark by social media.
Uh, Zhao Hao really wants to say, why are all center forwards called little sharks in this era, could this be the power of big sharks?
But I have to say that Eddie Curry does deserve the title of little shark.

This season, he averaged 16.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. If it weren't for the poor rebounding and defense, he could even enter the All-Star team in the Eastern Conference.

Of course, this data is still far from the peak of his career, but even so, it is enough to support the Bulls' inside offense.

The second is Kirk Hinrich, a white point guard, although Kirk Hinrich is not well-known in later generations.

But in this era, it is really not easy to average 15.7 points, 4 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game as a white man.

More importantly, Kirk Hinrich has scored in the second team of the NBA's best defensive team. A white man can not only attack but also defend?

That's worth a lot of money!
(End of this chapter)