All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball Chapter 145: Paper towel agreement
Watching the "Meteor Slam Dunk" played repeatedly on the TV...
Morris, the premium sneaker designer of Nike's sneaker division, can't sit still.
Coincidentally, when Morris was agitated, pacing back and forth...
His immediate boss, Phil Knight, can't sit still.
Six months ago, when Su Feng became the first Chinese player to enter the NBA, Nike expressed interest in Su Feng.
Two months ago, when Su Feng smashed the Milwaukee Bucks and his career began with a lore, Nike approached Su Feng’s agent, Bill Duffy, to discuss further cooperation matters.
But without exception, the answers they got at the time were all:
Su Feng needs time to think about it. His current focus is on how to play well in the NBA. Thank you for your concern. I am grateful.
Okay...
Anyway, you are not in a hurry, and Nike is not in a hurry.
After all, signing a player is also an investment for Nike.
If you look at the stock market and place your bets, there doesn’t seem to be a big problem.
However...
When the growth of Su Feng’s stock far exceeded people’s expectations...
Don’t rush a hammer!
"Phil, we are done!"
In Nike's presidential office, Morris looked at Knight eagerly and said.
Nike talker Phil Nye nodded, "I know it’s time for us to take action.
But William, you know what, I always think...
If there is not enough sincerity, I am afraid we can't impress that kid this time. "
As Nike's talker, what Knight sees and what Morris sees are basically two worlds.
Morris is anxious that Su Feng’s current popularity is rising.
And behind Su Feng, there is the Chinese market.
Not to mention, the sneakers in the position of the front guard and swingman have always sold well.
In Morris's view, if Nike cannot sign Su Feng in time, it would be equivalent to pushing Su Feng to their competitors: Adi, Reebok.
Therefore, Morris is very anxious.
But Knight sees farther than him.
Generally speaking, when rookies get quotes from these sneaker manufacturers, most people find it difficult to resist the temptation of sneaker contracts.
As long as the price is almost the same as the psychological price, many players' first shoe contracts basically cannot escape the fate of being "squeezed".
Only a very small number of players can get sky-high contracts as soon as they enter the league.
Take Iverson’s 10-year 50 million shoe contract with a lifetime agreement as an example.
Iverson’s sneaker contract is absolutely worthy of the sky-high price in 1996.
At that time, he was able to get the sky-high price contract from Reebok. In addition to the bonus from the top pick, another key reason was his identity as a black hero and a civilian idol.
of course, and the nickname "answer".
The same is true for LeBron James in the future, because as early as James' high school age, his emperor's name has already become famous throughout the United States.
In fact, the principles of sneaker manufacturers and Stern are very similar, that is, you are not afraid of not being able to praise you, but if you don't even have a logo, how can you praise it?
Just like when people think of LOGO, they think of Jerry West, when they think of free throw line dunk, they think of Michael Jordan, when they think of "answer" they think of Allen Iverson. When it comes to an iron-blooded jumper, you will think of Kevin Garnett.
The reason for Nai’s rush is because he saw a sign, a symbol, and even a culture on the body of "Meteor Slam Dunk".
Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Dennis Rodman, Karl Malone, these men who have been buckled by Su Feng this season, which one is not famous?
Nike has always had a soft spot for players who are good at dunking, because in the eyes of Nike executives, dunking is the most eye-catching way to score on the basketball court.
once again thought of the nickname "The.King" that Su Feng had used before, coupled with the arrogant "Meteor Slam Dunk", Knight almost made up his mind without even thinking about it.
Su Feng belongs to Nike!
must be Nike!
It’s just that Knight, who has seen farther than Morris, discovered that Su Feng’s child, both EQ and IQ, is much higher than the league’s average.
Because most rookies enter the league, they are slapped with sugar-coated shells by sneaker manufacturers. The main reason is money and shortsightedness.
There are many examples of lack of money, because, as Ewing said, players spend money at a rate that most of the time can’t keep up with their earning rate.
and short-sighted...
Take Carter in Su Feng’s previous life as an example. It is reasonable to say that Carter’s family is not short of money. As long as he waits two months, he signs it, it is not the contract that Puma gave to him. Yeah.
, you know, when the name "half-man, half-god" was called loudly, even the Toronto market was detonated by Carter.
If it weren’t because I often said something I didn’t have friends, it’s the popularity of Carter’s peak period.
Therefore, in Knight's eyes, Su Feng's mind and vision are not like an 18-year-old child at all.
First of all, since he is not in a hurry to ask for a shoe contract, there are only two possibilities.
One is that he is not short of money, and he firmly believes that he will be able to make a contract with sky-high sneakers.
The other possibility is blind self-confidence, thinking that you are awesome and not focusing on major sneaker manufacturers.
There is no doubt that in Knight's eyes, Su Feng is the former.
Because Knight found out when he sent someone to discuss cooperation with Bill Duffy.
Duffy’s answer is very polite every time, and he also expressed his desire to cooperate with Nike, but...
have to wait.
In addition to knowing the current situation of Su Feng, Knight felt that every step that Su Feng took after entering the alliance seemed to predict what would happen next.
He has good looks and has the support of the Philadelphia local market. He quickly gained fame. Although he has only played in the NBA for half a season, he has left many wonderful shots.
He even reversed the views of many scouts and experts on the yellow players.
He knows how to plan his career, just take the "Meteor Slam Dunk" trick. In Knight’s view, most people don’t have the brain to study this technology, and he also gave him such a cool The name?
From yesterday to today, Knight has repeatedly watched "Meteor Slam Dunk" hundreds of times. I have to admit, this trick...
is really cool.
As for whether it is a slam dunk?
Is that important?
Importantly this is a trick, it is a sign!
When people think of "Meteor Slam Dunk" in the future, they will immediately think of Su Feng!
A player with brains, good looks, strength, and self-confidence. From Knight's point of view, he is not popular, who is popular?
The Chinese market, as long as individuals can see it, what Knight sees from Su Feng is more than the Chinese market?
So, after meditation for nearly half an hour, Knight wrote a string of numbers on a tissue and handed it to Morris.
"Are you serious? Phil..." Looking at the series of numbers on the tissue, Morris was surprised.
"Don't you understand, William, what this kid wants is not money, but sincerity, because he wants a guarantee, a proof that we will praise him." Knight smiled bitterly.
Morris nodded, "It's not too late, Phil, we must act as soon as possible."
"I will send someone to Philadelphia immediately."
……
8 years...42 million.
When Bill Duffy handed a tissue written by a Nike reporter to him, Su Feng, who was still reading the "Philadelphia Evening News," hurriedly took out his notebook and calculated it.
18.6 leather, hiss, Nike is a bit tough this time...
Judging from the price of goods in 1996, this contract is almost the same as the contract that a hot man will get in the future.
is nothing but...
These are all in Su Feng's expectation.
Because even if Nike doesn't make this offer for themselves, Adi and Reebok will sooner or later offer themselves an offer that will not be much lower than this.
is the so-called now and then.
If Su Feng went to ask Nike for such an offer when he first entered the league, then Nike would definitely suspect that he was insane.
So Su Feng is not in a hurry.
especially after a robust analysis of my own living environment...
Su Feng can confirm that even if his rookie season is not as exaggerated as Carter, it is still very promising to get the title of the strongest high school rookie in history.
After all, what high school rookie can play for so long every game like him?
And after the birth of "Meteor Slam Dunk", Su Feng's current popularity is rising in a straight line.
Iverson is a common American idol, and Su Feng also has the bonus of the rabbit home hero rabbit.
Therefore, Su Feng believes that Nike’s quotation to himself...Nike’s statement was based on the contract between Iverson and Reebok.
But an 8-year long appointment...
"Bill, can I discuss with Nike to shorten the contract period a bit?" Su Feng asked when looking at Duffy.
Duffy was stunned, "A long contract is a good thing, Su, why would you want to shorten the contract period?"
Su Feng spread his hands. He knew that this 8-year contract is indeed a good thing for ordinary players.
Because no one can guarantee that they will not be injured in the future and their performance will not decline.
But for Su Feng, who knows that prices will skyrocket in the future and has injury immunity, eight years is indeed too long.
After a while, after Duffy and Nike passed the gap, Nike readily agreed to Su Feng's request to shorten the contract period.
After hanging up the phone, Duffy changed the number on the tissue to 5 years, 25 million, or 11.1 skins.
"Su, you can think about it. This contract is more than 10 million US dollars less than the previous one." Duffy reminded Su Feng.
Su Feng nodded, shortening the contract period, Nike’s quotation will definitely be lower, but in actual calculations, it will lose 250,000 US dollars every year.
But five years later, the contract that Su Feng signed by then will not only make an extra 1.25 million US dollars?
"In addition, if you confirm that you want this quotation, Nike hopes to add a priority renewal right to the contract." Duffy added.
"No problem, just 25 million in 5 years, Bill, believe me, although we seem to be making less, but after 5 years, maybe I will be the MVP." Su Feng said jokingly.
MVP...
Well, if someone else said that to Bill Duffy, then Duffy would definitely kick his **** fiercely.
But if it is Su Feng...
Although it is a bit crooked, after witnessing the rise of Su Feng this season, Duffy feels that there is at least one in ten thousand chance of achieving this.
" By the way, can I give Nike a suggestion?
That is, in addition to the formal contract, can Phil Knight write me another quote on the tissue? "Su Feng asked curiously.
Duffy thought for a while, and said: "This shouldn't be a big problem, but...what do you want this tissue for?"
Su Feng smiled. He knew that the paper towel agreement between Messi and Barcelona has not yet appeared, and as an excellent cross-border senior, Su Feng must give Messi such a good Children's shoes set an example.
cough...
Actually, Su Feng smelled topicality from this napkin of Knight.
Try to think about it. Nike signed itself with a tissue in 1997. In the future, this will definitely be written into the history books and become an eternal story.
Because of the "paper towel agreement", you can tell people how anxious Nike is to sign itself.
Once this is hyped by the media, it is a very good topic for Su Feng now.
Su Feng knows very well that playing in the NBA is useless to keep a low profile.
If you want to make money from these evil capitalists, you must first learn how to "market" yourself.
Su Feng does not like to take the initiative to set up characters, but it does not mean that he will not lend others the opportunity to expand his influence.
"Nasu, when do you think it is appropriate to officially sign with Nike?" Duffy asked curiously.
"It's tomorrow. Since Nike is planning to use'paper towels' to sign a contract with me, why not be so fast?"
Su Feng has seen Nike’s proposed quotation agreement for himself, and there is no problem. Even the sale of sneakers is shared. This time Nike gave himself star treatment.
There is no need to wait any longer, because Su Feng knows that if he wants to develop further, the resources Nike provides him are very important.
Therefore, since Nike is so proactive, then I have to show my sincerity in cooperating with Nike, right?
……
Perhaps, this is the fastest shoe contract Nike has ever signed.
In addition to some detailed negotiations, the Nike staff who were already ready to work overtime for a protracted battle found out, eh...what is this signing so fast?
Phil Knight agreed to Su Feng's request to write a new quote on the tissue.
And after Knight was awakened by Su Feng, he immediately realized that he unexpectedly created a topic of great news value.
So, while Adi and Reebok were still thinking about how to quote Su Feng, on the afternoon of the 15th, Fernet officially flew to Philadelphia.
The Nike reporter and Su Feng left a valuable group photo at the signing ceremony.
The most shocking thing about this group photo is that the "contract" that Knight and Su Feng held in their hands was actually a tissue...
When the "paper towel agreement" between Su Feng and Nike was first broadcast on TV a few hours later, they learned that Nike had officially signed Su Feng's Adidas and Reebok's top executives completely confused...
is not...
You guys......
When did you negotiate?
Didn’t Su Feng’s agent Duffy keep saying wait?
Suddenly, the hearts of Adi and Reebok's top executives at this moment are like ten thousand grass and mud horses running by.
It's like you have been chasing a sister paper, but the sister paper suddenly ran away with a handsome man.
25 million in 5 years. In this way, Su Feng successfully joined the Nike family.
And then, he can say goodbye to the days when the team manager provided sneakers.
Except for some sneakers that require my permission to wear, in the future, Nike's sneakers, how he wants to wear.
As for his signature shoes, Nike has clearly stated in the contract this time that they intend to design a signature shoe for Su Feng based on the "Meteor Slam Dunk", but the design process adds to the production, at least Wait until next season.
If Su Feng remembers correctly, Kobe's Adi signature shoes will not be released until next season.
It is worth mentioning that the original Nike designers were quite worried that Su Feng would give them some troublesome suggestions...
But these sneaker designers never expected that Su Feng had only one requirement for his signature shoes:
That's how it looks good.
What international jokes are you making, and give advice?
Su Feng is not his high school classmate.
God know how many sneaker designers have shut themselves down after seeing the sneaker sketch drawn by Kobe?
Su Feng knows the truth that interlacing is like a mountain. He is not interested in design at all, and he believes in Nike designers.
The reason why Su Feng wants his sneakers to look better is because basketball shoes are no better than football shoes.
In the sports world, the shoe contract of a basketball player can account for a large percentage of the player’s total income.
Because basketball shoes match well, even if you don’t play basketball, you might buy them because they look good.
but football shoes...
is reasonable, who would wear football shoes to go shopping without playing football?
Therefore, the income of basketball stars is much higher than that of football stars.
And this is why Iverson and Big Ben did not choose to play in the NFL back then. After all, who would buy American football equipment?
In addition, this time Nike gave its own sneakers a high score, so Su Feng hopes that his sneakers can go cool.
He is not worried about injury, and besides, handsome, he will last a lifetime.
……
In other words, not long after Su Feng signed the contract with Nike, Kobe called and "sprayed" him.
At the time, Kobe sprayed something like "Why didn't you sign with Nike for 8 years, do you think you are making too much money?" "What if you get injured in the future? Who will support you?"
Su Feng is happy, because he knows that Kobe is caring about himself.
Actually... There is another reason why Su Feng doesn't want to sign with Nike for eight years.
That is, in the future, his contract with Nike can't be lower than his successor, right?
As a "Humanoid Encyclopedia of My King~IndoMTL.com~" Akron Boys will sign a 7-year contract with Nike for nearly 80 million dollars in 2003, and Su Feng as James’s Senior, how can you get less than James?
You should know that in Su Feng's previous life, the contract between Kobe and Nike was not as big as that of James. In addition to Kobe's negative news at the time, there was another main reason for Kobe's transfer from Adi.
Nike has always distinguished clearly between his family and outsiders, so in fact, from the beginning, Su Feng did not consider Adi and Reebok.
Because in the basketball field, Nike is the father.
Even if Adi wins the Adi Five Tigers in the future, in a few years, he still has to accept the fact that he was slammed by Nike in the basketball field.
And Reebok, although Reebok’s sneakers have many black technologies and good quality at this time, after 2005, Reebok will start to decline.
In Su Feng’s previous life, Dayao’s toes were suffering from injuries and illnesses, which had something to do with Reebok’s sneakers.
In short, after calming Kobe's emotions, Su Feng's eyes still have to return to the game.
just...
Where did Su Feng want to, he who came up with the "paper towel agreement" after the "Meteor Slam Dunk" has become the focus of nowadays in this January of 1997...
The entire NBA is discussing topics about him.
And in a few days, his name will spread throughout North America...
……
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