I just play ball

Chapter 86
As the founder of Nike, Phil Knight is now worth more than tens of billions of dollars. It can be said that he personally received a basketball player.

It is normal for Elliott to use this as an attractive condition, but what really attracted Li Yue was the contract that no one could refuse. He was curious about why Nike was so confident. Could it be that he promised to independently operate signature shoes in the future?
"Please come with me." Elliott raised his hand sideways and walked forward, "What do you want to drink, I'll tell them to prepare it in advance."

"No need." Li Yue waved goodbye to his teammates, "Mr. Phil doesn't need to receive him in person, we can directly discuss the contract."

Elliott was stunned for a while, then smiled and said: "Everything will be carried out according to your requirements."

The two soon came to the parking lot, and under the leadership of Elliott, Li Yue got into a luxurious extended Mercedes-Benz.

In addition to the driver and security guards, there is also a cameraman and two beauties in the car.According to Elliott, the two women are responsible for the whole process of assistants during the contract negotiation, and will be responsible for the subsequent liaison work if the contract is completed.

Li Yue thought it was two vase characters used as embellishments, but two women clamped him, one on the left and one on the right. The sexy and wild one explained in detail how important he was in the Lakers' tactical system, and Xiaojiabiyu's various memories of his own China Have fun.

Li Yue chatted with the two of them one after another, and realized that Nike had fully investigated his hobbies. It was a bit like when LeBron was recruited, he specially prepared LeBron's favorite snacks, showing sincerity and respect in all aspects.

Soon, a group of people arrived at Nike's office building in Los Angeles.

As soon as he got out of the car, an old man with white hair greeted him with a smile on his face, and even took off his sunglasses on the way halfway.

"Welcome to Nike, I'm Phil Knight, nice to meet you."

"It's a great honor to be invited by your company, and I hope we will have a pleasant conversation today."

"Sure, let's go this way." Phil raised his finger, Li Yue nodded and followed, and the staff stood behind him one after another.

The two walked and chatted.

Phil did not talk about anything related to the contract. Instead, he mentioned that Nike has held many training camps in China over the past ten years, during which many excellent basketball player seedlings were found, but in the end they all disappeared.

These are obviously not things that Phil would care about. They are just looking for topics, but Li Yue is not disgusted. He also talked about his thoughts along the way, hoping that the Nike training camp will reduce fees and add more professional trainers.

Phil didn't readily agree, and asked the accompanying staff to write it down and arrange it to enter the agenda for discussion.

In a blink of an eye, the two came to the fifth floor.

Li Yue noticed that there are elements related to him arranged in many places throughout the floor.

On both sides of the aisle leading to the conference room, the left side is covered with PS photos of him wearing Nike sneakers shooting, dunking and passing, and the right side is covered with photos of Jordan, Kobe and LeBron wearing Nike sneakers and winning MVP and other honors.

Comparing the two sides seems to imply that he can also be as great as the first three generations of Nike players.

Li Yue nodded silently. Nike is indeed good at mobilizing emotions. Advertising is much better than sneakers.

Entering the conference room, Elliott began to explain the new business plan.

Listening to it for a whole hour, apart from launching his own signature sneakers earlier, there is not much special about linking up with other stars or stars. The only thing that is exciting is that Nike agrees to let him have the same right to hold youth training camps as Irving.

Out of curiosity, Li Yue asked about the specific situation of the linkage with the star.

Elliott said that Nike will gradually enter the field of entertainment stars in the future. Li Yue is a pioneer. Nike not only regards him as a basketball player, but also believes that he can attract many people who do not pay attention to basketball before. Sign other celebrity spokespersons, and he will carry out linkage.

This point is very similar to Adi's thinking, but it was not mentioned in the first discussion, and it was brought up suddenly for some reason.

After the business plan was finished, Elliot invited Ken Link, the designer of the AIRZOOM series of sneakers, to explain the design concept of his personal signature shoes to Li Yue in detail through concept drawings.

According to Link, in order to draw up the concept map, Nike used more than a hundred staff, from collecting his personal sports data to sorting out his personal technical points, and devoted himself to it for more than two months.

Elliott took the opportunity to explain that that was the reason why Nike did not quote in advance like New Balance and other companies. Now they have absolute confidence in designing a pair of practical and beautiful personal exclusive sneakers for Li Yue.

Li Yue didn't know much about the professional knowledge of sneakers, so he didn't ask too much, but he was very satisfied overall.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the negotiation finally came to the key link - specific contract quotation.

Except for Phil Knight, Eliot dismissed all other staff members, and there were only three people left in the meeting room.

Elliot tapped on the computer keyboard, and a few lines of large characters and a few pictures appeared on the big screen, "We will provide you with a 5-year contract of 5000 million US dollars, and you can re-sign according to the situation..."

5 million US dollars for 5000 years, if inflation and years are included, it does not refute Durant's face, but also fully reflects LeBron's status. It is also lower than the team's big brother Kobe Bryant's 1500 million US dollars per year. Li Yue is equivalent to the fourth child.

Such an arrangement is very reasonable, and the re-signing gives him ample opportunity to fight for it.

Perhaps in order for him to understand what 5000 million US dollars can do, the pictures on the big screen are a super-large villa in Beverly Hills, a garage full of luxury cars, and a yacht sailing leisurely in the sun.

After listening to the narration, Li Yue shrugged, "I didn't feel that this made me unable to refuse..."

"You mentioned the important point!" Elliot smiled, "Please see here, in addition to the 5-year contract, we also prepare the most special incentive terms for you, including reaching the best team..."

Following Eliot's gestures, Li Yue saw at least fifty incentive clauses.

It is indeed very special. Generally, the incentive terms for stars only include major items such as MVP and championship. Nike specifics him to the best player of the month, and even includes career milestones, breaking various records, Olympic achievements and so on.

The amount of bonuses varies, among which the MVP and FMVP are as high as 100 million US dollars.

"You are very attentive, but I still say that, these other companies can do it too, why do you say that I can't refuse?" Li Yue spread his hands and asked.

"You are really persistent!" Elliott smiled and cried, "For your personal signature sneakers, we are willing to permanently discount at least 5% in your name to consumers in the Greater China region."

Li Yue thought deeply after hearing this. The so-called permanent discount is to lower the price. No matter what method Nike uses, consumers can at least feel refreshed.

But this is obviously a condition that was brought out after opening the mouth, and one must stabilize the mentality to seek more.

After making up his mind, Li Yue sat firmly on Mount Tai, deliberately frowning, pretending to be dissatisfied with this condition.

After Elite and Phil quickly looked at each other, they tapped on the keyboard, and several pictures appeared on the big screen.

"As long as you complete any of the incentive terms, we will donate the same amount in your own name. You can designate which schools to donate this money to cultivate basketball talents, regardless of the school's location and school nature."

"This..." Li Yue sighed slightly, "You are very hardworking and sincere, I can feel it."

The incentive terms provided by Nike, if half of each season is completed, can get about 500 million US dollars in donations, which can help domestic schools build many high-end venues and reduce the risk of children getting injured when playing.

"Then let's sign the contract." Phil Knight hit the iron hot, "Call the photographer in."

"Wait a moment…"

(End of this chapter)