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Chapter 164 Opening the Summer League

After signing, Li Yue hired a substitute driver in consideration of 'do not drink and drive, and do not drink while driving'.

The average salary of the NBA next season is estimated to be 556.5 million US dollars, and the actual value needs to be calculated again, but no matter what, Jim promises to advance his work for a year, at least 250 million US dollars can be obtained at one time, which is completely enough to rent a house and guarantee There is no need to wait for Nike to pay the first endorsement fee for the next period of large expenses.

This is of course a good thing, but troubles follow. For such a large amount, tax declaration is extremely troublesome. You can do it yourself, or you can leave it to the second uncle to take care of it, but after all it is a waste of time, it is best to hire someone to do it for you.

It's a pity that I only have one agent whose contract is about to expire, and team building is imminent.

Back at the apartment, I took a good night's sleep.

It was already 8 o'clock in the evening when I woke up, because I drank too much at noon and lost my appetite, so I just ate something to deal with my stomach.

Clear up my mind and start to arrange the next things, including moving, formally completing the endorsement contract with Nike, meeting with a number of economic companies and making decisions, attending the personal signature shoe launch conference, preparing for the summer league team and other related work.

In the middle of these tasks, it may be necessary to spare time to attend the Lakers' new player joining conference and Artest's farewell party. Of course, the most important thing is to keep training, and the muscle-building plan must not be delayed.

So much to do and so little time to do it in hours.

After finishing the arrangements one by one, the bell rang at 10 o'clock, and immediately turned off the computer, took a shower and went to bed.

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In the early morning of the 2nd, Li Yue called the real estate agent he had contacted before, and then began to move. He only brought computers, game consoles, collected books, and clothes, and gave up everything else. Being rich is free and easy.

A car drove directly to the Ramona community, and the real estate agents with big backs were already waiting in line with people. When they saw him get out of the car, they all ran over to help carry the suitcase, and asked about their health.

During the process of entering the house, the agent said that he could move in long ago, and the payment could be postponed. There was no need to wait until now. Their company will do their best to provide services and guarantee to be on call 24 hours a day.

Once everything was done, the brokers started selling villas in Beverly Hills.

Li Yue had little interest, but he couldn't bear to discourage his enthusiasm. He vaguely stated that he would consider it next year and would find their company at that time.

The agent got hope and left happily.

In the afternoon, the second uncle's family rushed over from Irvine.

Although someone was hired to do the cleaning, the second aunt put on an apron and cleaned it herself.

Li Yue took his second uncle and cousin to the Wal-Mart shopping mall to buy bed frames, mattresses, wardrobes and other large items. They filled a large truck and took them back to the apartment at one time. The staff helped to move into the house.

After four hours, the three of them finally got it done, and the second aunt also made dinner.

After dinner, the second uncle and the second aunt hurried back to Irvine, the cousin stayed and the two brothers played games until three o'clock in the morning.

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At noon on the 3rd, Li Yue came out of the gym and rushed to the Hilton Hotel after receiving a call from his agent Taylor.

The president of Octagon personally led the team to arrive. After a brief lunch, the vice president was responsible for explaining the business endorsement plan, the general manager was responsible for explaining career planning, and the special agent was responsible for explaining personal image building.

Octagon Company hopes that he will take the high-end endorsement route. Except for Nike sports, other endorsements should be developed in the direction of luxury goods as much as possible, making full use of the advantages of Los Angeles being the birthplace of Hollywood and the relationship with celebrities such as Cara Delevingne.

Li Yue did not object, but suggested that the people-friendly brand should not be abandoned. After all, the main audience of basketball comes from the masses.

Octagon company hopes that he will compete for MVP next season, and various topics will cooperate with the publicity.

This is an operation that anyone can think of, and Li Yue naturally accepts it, but he strongly rejects Octagon's plan to build himself into LeBron 2.0, because LeBron's various behaviors are natural and not suitable for imitation.

Octagon strongly insisted, repeatedly emphasizing that doing what LeBron did will have a great advantage in obtaining MVP, and the benefits brought by MVP are both huge and long-term, and it can be said that the success of the current generation will benefit future generations.

Li Yue still objected, and Octagon Company no longer insisted, and instead adjusted the plan.

Throughout the afternoon, various plans were bombarded in turn, and the Octagon team and Li Yue were very tired.

When everything was settled, Li Yue invited everyone to dinner and promised to make a decision before July 7.

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At 4 a.m. on the 8th, Li Yue met with the CAA economic company team in a luxury villa in Beverly Hills.

Compared with a little cheetah like Octagon, CAA is simply a giant elephant. In the 10-minute introduction, Li Yue learned that CAA involves many fields such as film, film and television, music, stage play, games, sports and the Internet.

Movie stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Nick Kidman have cooperated with him. Classic TV series such as "Prison Break" and "Life Explosion" are operated by him, and even domestic movies such as "Lost in Thailand" and "No Man's Land" It is also related to it. Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Madonna and other singers belong to its name. LeBron and Bosh are the three giants formed by their company operation until the Heat.

In short, CAA is awesome, especially its huge social network, which can facilitate many super operations.

Therefore, the recruiting team did not send a big name, only founder Michael Ovitz sent a short video.

But Li Yue keenly discerned that the first sentence "Hello, Li Yue" came from recording synthesis, and the rest of the content can be placed on anyone, and there is a high probability that it is a repeated use of clichés.

What's more, the business plan and other content are very perfunctory. Whenever he intends to make or suggest, the person in charge of CAA says that they are extremely professional, and everything can be left to them to operate. He only needs to sit at home and count the money.

Considering the various successful cases in the past, CAA is indeed qualified to say that. Li Yue is powerless to refute, but he doesn't like it either.

The meeting ended in an unpleasant atmosphere, and Li Yue returned to the apartment and notified PASS directly.

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On the morning of the 6th, Li Yue came to Nike's headquarters in Portland and accompanied by Phil Knight to officially complete the signing.After finishing it, he flew back to the sand shaker accompanied by Global Marketing President Elit Hill, and attended the press conference of his signature sneakers together.

Perhaps in order to achieve a super publicity effect, Nike rented the Staples Center as the venue.

All the seats were filled with fans, Taylor Swift sang to add to the fun, the famous fan Elizabeth Olsen took the stage to explain her humorous stories related to basketball, Nike sneakers and Li Yue, Kobe Bryant, who had not been seen for a long time, broke the news about giving Li Yue sneakers.

It was six o'clock in the afternoon when the press conference ended. After attending the appreciation dinner, Li Yue returned to the Ramona community.

Sit down in front of the computer and send and receive emails as usual.

The first letter came from the Lakers coaching staff, informing him that the summer league is about to start, please prepare as soon as possible for coaching, and this summer league is different from the past, the league will set up a championship for the first time and broadcast it globally.

After reading the email, Li Yue began to ponder.

This setting was obviously made by the incoming new president Adam Silver. The process was more troublesome than before, but it was also a good opportunity to show his ability, because D'Antoni had previously promised that his brother would serve as the head coach of the Summer League in name, but he chose Those people, what tactics to play, and how to allocate playing time are all up to you to decide.

Just as I was about to collect statistics, my phone rang, and an unknown number sent a text message.

"Hello, Mr. Li, this is the number given to me by Robert Covington. I am Rodney McGruder, the undrafted pick this year. I want to join the Lakers Summer League lineup. I can accept your interview and trial training at any time. "

(End of this chapter)