Almighty Athlete Chapter 59: Price increase
In a small village at the foot of the mountain in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, Blake opened his mobile phone and received several text messages prompting him to call.
The call came from Antonio, a colleague and friend of Black. Blackley knew there must be something in the company and called back immediately.
"Black, you finally answered the phone!" Antonio's voice rang.
"Antonio, I told you before, I'm on vacation, climbing in Argentina, Aconcagua, the first peak in the Western Hemisphere! The altitude is close to seven kilometers, there is no cell phone signal!" Black explained.
"So you haven't watched the news lately yet," Antonio continued: "You don't know anything about Zhang Guan?"
"Zhang Guan thing? Hahaha, of course I know! He has been banned and blocked by their national field management center, right? I knew this before the vacation. And I also work with the Zhang Guan economic man Ended the endorsement contract for the next two years!"
"At that time, we signed an endorsement of 10 million US dollars with Zhang Guan for four years, and now there are two years left, that is, we still have to pay him 5 million US dollars. However, if the Zhang Guan is suspended, he will have no endorsement value And I only spent US$200,000 in breach of contract, and I cancelled the endorsement contract, but I saved US$4.8 million for the group! If I didn’t know that Zhang Guan was suspended, we might have to spend more 4.8 million US dollars of money was wronged." Black said here, frowning, and he said with some excitement: "Is the board very much appreciating my decision? They should raise my salary!"
"The board of directors is discussing whether to transfer you to Africa!" Antonio snorted.
"What? Transfer to Africa? Don't joke with me, Antonio!" Black said. He felt that he had made a great contribution and should be commended. Transfer to Africa? That was second only to the punishment for dismissal.
"Black, I suggest you still check the news! Sports news, Australian Open." Antonio sighed, and then said: "Zhang Guan has advanced to the Australian Open final. He will compete with Federer this year. Champion of the Australian Open."
"What are you talking about? Australian Open? Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete!" Black said angrily: "Antonio, it's not April Fool's Day! And we are friends, you shouldn't make such a bad joke with me!"
"Black. I knew you wouldn't believe it. Your cell phone should be able to surf the Internet. You can use your cell phone to search, is it true or not!" Antonio said helplessly.
Black hung up and immediately searched for news related to the Australian Open on his mobile phone.
"The biggest dark horse in the Australian Open, Zhang Guan advanced to the final! 》
"What?" Black felt suddenly spinning. Almost sat on the ground.
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A month ago, Zhang Guan was just suspended from the field management center. Black got the news. As the group's director of marketing, Black contacted the champion team for the first time and asked for the early termination of the Zhang Guan advertising endorsement contract. In Black's view. Zhang Guan will be banned and blocked, and will lose media exposure. Has lost the value of endorsement.
Zhuge Wenbo once talked about this with Zhang Guan, and joked that "the emperor is not in a hurry", and Zhang Guan also said that. As long as the sponsor is willing to pay the penalty, the contract can be cancelled. So Black paid a penalty of USD 200,000. The advertising endorsement contract with Zhang Guan was released.
At that time, Black also felt that he had made a big bargain, because at the beginning of 2007, he would not have to pay the 2007 fee if he canceled the contract. This four-year US$10 million advertising endorsement was signed in 2008. So Black felt that he had saved US$5 million for the company.
Blake then ignored the follow-up report on Zhang Guan, and he began his vacation. Black, who loves mountaineering, travels to Argentina. He wants to conquer the Aconcagua Mountain, the highest peak in South America.
January and February each year is the best season for mountain climbing in the southern hemisphere and the best time to climb the Aconcagua Mountain. After Black entered the mountains, he lost his mobile phone signal, and then the process of climbing and descending the mountain took him ten days. These ten days are exactly the ten days of the Australian Open. When he returned to the village where he could receive mobile phone signals, the semifinals of the Australian Open had just ended.
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In the meeting room, Black was crying with a sad face, and he was fidgeting.
"Black, about the termination of Zhang Guan, so we need a reasonable explanation." A director directly asked: "Zhang Guan was originally our spokesperson. We still have a two-year contract between us, why do you want to Terminate the contract in advance, you have never known that doing so will cause huge losses to the company!"
"I did this to avoid loss to the company." Black then argued: "I received the news that Zhang Guan has been banned by the track and field administration of their country, and the media will also block him. For a long time to come In time, he could not participate in the competition, and his reports did not appear in the media, so he has lost commercial value. If we continue to execute the contracts for the next two years, it is a waste of money!"
"Zhang Guan cannot participate in the competition? What is the Australian Open? His report will not appear in the media? Look at the sports sections of the major media, who are the headlines? Even the domestic Chinese media, this week reported The focus is on Zhang Guan, but you told me that Zhang Guan is being blocked by the media? Now in the Internet era, any news can be spread all over the world in only one second!" Another director said angrily.
"I don't know why this happened! Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete. How could I want him to play tennis and advance to the final of the Australian Open!" Black said grievously.
"Then why don’t you wait, if you are willing to wait a week, you will be able to see the news of Zhang Guan participating in the Australian Open. So my question is why you are so urgently wanting to cancel the contract with Zhang Guan! "The person who spoke said a strange smile, and then said: "I heard that after the termination of the contract with Zhang Guan, you will quickly rush to mountaineering in Argentina. You should not want to miss the good season of mountaineering!"
"What do you mean? Are you saying that I have to complete the termination of the contract with Zhang Guan as soon as possible in order not to miss the mountain climbing season?" Black's face was angry, but the expressions of several other directors at this time also Represents the same question.
"I chose to terminate the contract with Zhang Guan as soon as possible to avoid paying him the 2007 endorsement fee! If the 2007 contract is executed, we will pay him 2.5 million dollars!" Black explained.
"Now we would rather pay him $2.5 million and execute the 2007 contract. But even if he was given 2.5 million, he would not accept it now." The speaker then added: "Zhang Guan's agent has already Some commercial endorsement and advertising negotiations have been suspended. They will wait until the Australian Open is over. Do you understand what it means?"
"Wait for commercial endorsement after the Australian Open?" Black froze for a while, then suddenly laughed: "Ha ha ha... Do Zhang Guan's agents think that Zhang Guan can win the Australian Open championship? Then good lion Big opening? This is really funny. Federer is the opponent of Zhang Guan! Although I don’t know much about tennis, I also know that Federer is the strongest tennis player in history. Zhang Guan must be beaten by Federer! It’s a group of naive Broker!"
"But what if Zhang Guan really won the Australian Open?" said the director who was angry just now: "The king of the world track and field, plus the Grand Slam champion, both fields can win With the top achievements, what exaggerated commercial value Zhang Guan will have, he will become the world's highest commercial value sports star! Oh no, it should be the highest commercial value star! And this superstar would have been our spokesperson , And we only need to give him $2.5 million a year!"
"That can't happen!" Black said confidently: "Zhang Guan cannot beat Federer."
"Mr. Black, even if Zhang Guan can't win Federer, but his original reputation, plus the runner-up of the Australian Open, is enough to deserve an annual endorsement fee of 2.5 million! So it is undeniable that this time and The termination of Zhang Guan is our loss." The director who started talking reminded.
Black suddenly fell into silence. He knew that the other party was right. With the current reputation of Zhang Guan, no matter what sport he is engaged in, even if he is going to skip rope and kick the shuttlecock, as long as he can continuously appear in the public's vision Some people are willing to pay the endorsement fee. And now Zhang Guan has successfully advanced to the Australian Open finals. Based on commercial value, the endorsement fee of 2.5 million US dollars a year is really not expensive.
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Zhuge Wenbo put his mobile phone in his ear, looking proud.
"Mr. James, you are right, our cooperation with your company has been very smooth... Yes, the previous termination was a misunderstanding, but since we have signed the contract, we should follow the contract. Well, our championship team has always been very contractual!"
"Re-signing? Of course! We have worked together before~IndoMTL.com~ We are very familiar with each other, Zhang Guan also hopes to continue to be your company's brand spokesperson!"
"No, no, of course, you can’t follow the original price. The original contract was signed in 2005, you know, these two years have witnessed rapid economic development, and inflation is also very powerful. Now everything is rising. Price, so we have to adapt to the situation and raise the price a little bit."
"How much is the endorsement fee for one year now? Mr. James, please don’t worry. The final of the Australian Open will start tomorrow. Now Zhang Guan is preparing for the battle. We don’t want Zhang Guan to think about commercial endorsements. Distracted, so let's take a good look at tomorrow's Australian Open finals. How about continuing to discuss the price after the Australian Open game ends?"
Zhuge Wenbo hung up the phone, and the depression caused by the cancellation of the sponsors was wiped out a few days ago.
"Zhang Guan, come on! After winning Federer and winning the Australian Open championship, we can sign a few big advertising endorsements!" (To be continued.)
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