Almighty Athlete Chapter 1: Win-win situation
The Grand Slam level of the Australian Open, of course, has a lot of sponsors, and there is only one top sponsor, which is Qiya. Unlike other sponsors, top sponsors can enjoy many privileges on the Australian Internet, such as advertising in all venues, background logos for news conferences, speeches on the podium in the finals, etc.
Qia has been sponsoring the Australian Open since 2oo2. It is the sixth year since 2oo7. In the future, Qia will be the top sponsor of the Australian Open until 2o16. There is an extraordinary relationship.
Today, Director Cui of Qiya took Zhuge Wenbo to the Australian Open Organizing Committee at the appointed time. They met with the chairman of the Australian Open Organizing Committee, Terry, in the reception room.
"Dear Cui, I am very happy to see you again. Drink something? Coffee? Black tea? Or a cold glass of whiskey?" Terry said enthusiastically to Director Cui. As for Zhuge Wenbo on the side, Terry did not Caring, he thought Zhuge Wenbo was the attendant brought by Director Cui.
"Coffee. Thank you!" Director Cui continued: "Mr. Taley, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Zhuge. I think you must have heard of him. He is a Zhang Guan agent."
"It's really a long time to admire the great name!" Tali immediately shook hands with Zhuge Wenbo, but he was wondering what was the purpose of Mr. Cui's bringing Zhuge Wenbo.
"I heard a sponsor say that Zhang Guan is in trouble recently. He seems to be suspended by his country. But it has nothing to do with our Australian Open. Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete, if he wants to If you want public relations, you should go to the IAAF instead of our Australian Open Organizing Committee." As he thought about it, Terry greeted Director Cui and Zhuge Wenbo to sit down.
The beautiful female secretary served coffee for the two guests, and then left the reception room, leaving only three of them, Director Terry, Choi and Zhuge Wenbo.
Director Cui said straight away, "Mr. Taley, I came here for your help this time. I hope the Australian Open Organizing Committee will give us a men’s singles sponsor foreign card entry quota."
Telly suddenly felt a little surprised. He didn't expect that Mr. Choi even asked himself for a foreign card quota.
Tennis Grand Slam tournament. 1o4 places are directly entered into the official competition, and these 1o4 places are allocated according to the world rankings, so in theory the top 1o4 players in the world can be directly promoted to the Grand Slam official competition, however, considering that there will be some athletes Retire for various reasons. It is possible that the players in the back row will be extended forward, so the general top 11o in the world may directly enter the Grand Slam competition.
In addition to the 1o4 places that directly enter the competition, there are 16 places for qualifying. The players who participated in the qualifiers are also officially registered participants, but because of the relatively low world rankings, they are excluded from the top 1o4 places. Therefore, the world rankings of the players participating in the qualifiers are also between 11o and 15o. A qualifier that is too poor can not be promoted.
In addition, there are 8 wild card entries. These 8 foreign card entries will be allocated to different regions. For example, in this year's Australian Open women's project, the Asian region has been allocated a wild card quota. Those who are not enough in the world ranking will compete for this quota through the wild card competition.
Among the 8 foreign card quotas of the Australian Open, 5 have been allocated through the foreign card competition, so the Australian Open Organizing Committee has so far held 3 foreign card quotas. According to the situation in previous years, the final foreign card quota in the hands of the organizers is ultimately for the local players in Australia.
In tennis tournaments at all levels, it is very common for the main sponsor or top sponsor to ask the organizer for the quota of the foreign card entry, and the organizer often does not refuse. After all, the sponsors spent a lot of money sponsoring the competition. In addition, the strength of the contestants who take the sponsorship will not be too strong. Basically it is a round of games. It is lucky to be able to enter the second round. It has no effect on the final result of the game.
Qia has sponsored the Australian Open for the sixth year. It has not asked for the sponsor’s foreign card quota before, so when Terry knew the purpose of Director Cui, he felt a little surprised.
"Mr. Cui, as far as I know, your country’s tennis player Li Hengze should now rank about 50 in the world. Can he enter the official game directly? Is there any other player in your country who wants to participate? ?" Tally asked.
"No, I want this foreign card quota, not for our Korean players. I want to use this foreign card quota for Zhang Guan. Our group hopes that Zhang Guan will appear in this Australian Open. This is also The purpose I brought with Mr. Zhuge." Director Cui said.
"What? Zhang Guan? Participate in the Australian Open?" Terry could not hold back for a moment. An unbelievable expression appeared.
Director Cui went on to say: "We are also a sponsor of Zhang Guan, so Zhang Guan appears in the Australian Open, and increasing the exposure rate is good for our company. And if Zhang Guan participates in the Australian Open, Can attract more attention from all over the world to pay attention to this year's Australian Open. This is a win-win situation."
"That being said. But Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete after all. He is not even a professional tennis player. This is after all a Grand Slam tournament. We cannot award a wild card to an amateur player. "Telly said.
"Mr. Talley, Zhang Guan is not an amateur tennis player. He is a professional player with aTp qualification." Zhuge Wenbo said as he took out the aTp professional athlete's certificate and handed it to Tally.
"This is? Certification? Careful certification! Really aTp certification!" Talley said immediately after a short gaffe: "Sorry, I didn't know that Zhang Guan was actually a professional tennis player, please Forgive my ignorance."
"Then, there should be no problem with this wild card quota?" Zhuge Wenbo asked expectantly.
Thali thought about it and said immediately: "I heard that Zhang Guan should be suspended recently!"
"Yes, Zhang Guan is prohibited from participating in any track and field competitions, and this IAAF also recognizes it." Zhuge Wenbo smiled, then said: "But I have never heard that the IAAF can ban tennis. Players participate in Grand Slam competitions."
Zhuge Wenbo took his coffee and took a sip, then said: "Although Zhang Guan is forbidden to participate in track and field competitions, he still has an unparalleled popularity in the world, and no one can deny~ It is by far the most successful athlete of this century. Imagine that Zhang Guan gave up track and field and took part in tennis competitions. The debut was at the Australian Open, which will be a moment that attracts the world’s attention! I think a lot Track and field spectators will turn their attention to tennis matches, and the first tennis match they see is the Australian Open!"
When Zhuge Wenbo said the last sentence, Tally finally moved. The basis of any sporting event is the spectator. With more spectators, there is more attention, more sponsors, and the game will get bigger and bigger. As Zhuge Wenbo said, people who didn't care about tennis originally, because of the Zhang Guan competition, the first game they saw was the Australian Open, even if only one in ten people would continue to watch it. It is also a huge victory.
Thinking of this, Terry smiled on his face. He said, "The two gentlemen are right. This is indeed a win-win situation." (To be continued.)
ps: Volume 4 "Four Grand Slams" officially started. Today the first chapter is delivered. I will ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket and a recommended ticket for the guarantee. I have something to do in the afternoon. I have published a chapter for two hours. After finishing things, I will finish writing.
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