Almighty Coach

"War of the Century: Kevin Taylor Returns to the Top! "

The cover of the latest issue of boxing magazine is the photo of Taylor holding up the gold belt after winning.

"The photo is really good. The angle is very good. From the bottom up, Taylor is photographed like an enthroned emperor." Iris put down the magazine, and asked Li Dai: "What I told you last time, think about it." How is it?"

"What did you say last time?" Dai Li didn't realize it for a while.

"Just find a dedicated manager." Iris said.

"You mean that thing! I've thought about it, and you're right, I really need a special manager here. In the future, I will expand the size of the training center, or open a few branches, just me alone People can't do it." Li Dai said with a long sigh, and continued: "However, there are not many talents in this field. It is not enough to just know management, and you also need to know something about sports. So let's take it easy. I can’t ask for it, and I’m not in a hurry.”

"If you need such a manager, I have someone to recommend to you." Iris continued.

Li Dai suddenly became interested. Iris is a legendary boxing coach, and he has accumulated a lot of contacts over the past few decades. The person he recommended must be more reliable than the one Steven recommended before.

Seeing Li Dai's very interested expression, Iris went on to say, "I used to have a student named Randy Blake. I don't know if you've heard of him."

"Is your disciple a boxer?" Dai Li asked.

"Twenty years ago." There was nostalgia in Iris' eyes, and he continued: "In fact, Blake should be my worst student. The boxers I coach are more or less He has won the gold belt of the boxing champion, but this Randy Blake has had nothing in his career for several years! Now that I think about it, I still feel quite ashamed."

"Blake likes sports very much. He once wanted to play football, but his legs are a bit short; he also wanted to play basketball, but his arms are not very long; In the end, he chose to be a boxer, but it is a pity that he has no amazing talent in boxing, and even I cannot let him get a gold belt."

"After Blake retired, he worked as an assistant coach for me for a period of time. He hoped to transform into a boxing coach. This is the choice of many boxers after retirement. However, he has no talent in coaching. He cannot be an excellent boxing coach. coach. So he went back to college and got a degree in management."

"Later, he became a sales agent of a certain brand of protein powder and health care products, and he did very well, but he still couldn't give up sports, so in recent years, he changed his career to explain sports games, although he was just a little-known A small commentary. Fortunately, he knows a lot about many sports, such as track and field, boxing, basketball, rugby, baseball, tennis... so he has a lot of opportunities to comment on the game."

"I personally think that Blake is very suitable for your training center. He has experience in sales, understands various sports, and has certain connections in the sports industry. He may not be an excellent athlete or coach, but I think he's going to be a successful manager."

"And Blake's asking price should not be very high. You know, professional boxers make a lot of money. Even if he didn't get any gold belts back then, it doesn't affect him making a lot of money from professional boxing. .So salary is not important to him, he should prefer to do something he is interested in now, and he wants a stage to display his talents."

Dai Li nodded: "Sounds like a very good person. Since you recommended him, let him try it! But the ugly words are up front. If he fails, I will drive him away. .”

...

Steven has a stack of sports magazines on hand, and he flips through them one by one. Almost every sports magazine will have a manuscript introducing Taylor, let alone those that focus on boxing. .

"Kevin Taylor, he is 33 years old now, it's really hard to imagine that a 33-year-old boxer can return to the top!" Steven sighed softly, and opened another magazine.

This magazine also has an entire page to report on Taylor, but the angle of this magazine's report is different from other sports magazines. The focus of this magazine's report is Taylor's income in this "war of the century".

"In this game, Taylor's appearance fee is as high as 20 million U.S. dollars. It is not surprising that his appearance fee can reach this price ten years ago. The game bonus is 100 million U.S. dollars. Taylor who wins can get 60 million dollars! There are other income sharing, which is a huge sum of money...Damn, not long ago, I almost became Taylor's manager, if I really was Taylor's manager, I Now tens of millions of dollars can be distributed! Not becoming Taylor's agent is really the worst decision I have ever made in my life."

Steven suddenly felt that he had lost the biggest income in his life. He had been Philip's agent for such a long time, and he had only earned a few million dollars. It was not as good as Taylor's agent for a boxing match. many.

Steven regretted it very much in his heart. He really had the opportunity to become Taylor's agent at the beginning, but when he knew that Taylor owed more than 20 million in the bank, Steven backed down. For the late boxing champion, the remaining commercial value is no longer enough to offset the debt of more than 20 million US dollars. But unexpectedly, Taylor actually rejuvenated, and returned to the pinnacle of boxing, once again becoming the super boxing champion who can earn 100 million a game.

"Maybe I can try to remedy it. So far, I haven't heard that Taylor has found a new agent. I should try again!"

...

Dai Li took Randy Blake for a walk around the training center, and then returned to the office.

"Blake, what do you think of my place?" Dai Li said while handing a cup of freshly brewed coffee to Blake.

"Thank you." Blake took the coffee cup and continued: "To be honest, I don't think I did enough in terms of marketing. Your training center brought Kevin Taylor back to the top, so Taylor is your sharpest weapon, but you failed to use him well."

"I hung a poster of Taylor at the door, and specially printed him on the leaflet..." Dai Li explained in a low voice.

"It's not enough. Let me use an analogy. You are given a sniper rifle and you use it as a stick. Maybe it will be convenient to use the sniper rifle as a stick, but that is not the correct way to use a sniper rifle, nor can it be used as a stick. Unleash the power of the sniper rifle." Blake said.

"Oh, I see. There is a saying in our country that kills chickens with a sledgehammer, which is probably a metaphor for my current situation." Dai Li said.

Blake went on to say: "The whole world knows Kevin Taylor, so you need to use his fame and his advertising effect to let more people know about your training center. This is not simply to hang a banner It’s as simple as handing out leaflets, but you need a series of promotional plans, including media interviews, internet marketing, etc.”

"For example, the media can arrange an interview about Taylor for you. In the interview, you can introduce Taylor's training situation after his comeback, and talk about how he returned to the top. This kind of interview, although it is an introduction Taylor, but unknowingly, you are also marketing yourself and your training center; for another example, you can post clips of Taylor’s training videos online from time to time, and pick some exaggerated items that are easy to attract people’s attention. In the video, you can put something with the name of your training center printed on it in an inconspicuous place, which is a kind of advertisement placement, so that when people watch the video, they will also see your promotion here invisibly.”

"Also, you can..."

Blake talked about his opinions endlessly, and Li Dai was like a student, listening carefully and taking notes with a pen. At this time, Li Dai felt that this Randy Blake was really A very suitable CEO candidate.

...

"Mr. Taylor, I know you haven't found a new agent yet, you might as well consider me!" Steven said with a smile on his face, and handed a towel to Taylor at the same time.

"Steven, thank you for your kindness. Let me tell you the truth, I don't plan to find an agent now." Taylor said.

"Why? You really need an agent. You're back on top, you're the most commercially valuable heavyweight champion now, and I can help you find a bunch of top-tier endorsements that can bring you Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue," Steven said.

"I don't plan to accept any more advertising endorsements. My reputation is not very good, and you know this. I think advertisers will definitely have more and more complicated considerations when choosing me as a spokesperson. My history It’s not very brilliant, maybe the sponsors will put forward some inexplicable conditions, I don’t want to be bound by the various conditions of the sponsors.”

Taylor wiped the sweat from his brow, and continued: "Now I just want to take the boxing test to make money. Boxers earn very high income. I can earn tens of millions of dollars in a single match. Following this trend , I saved enough money to spend the rest of my life."

What Taylor said was true. In the eyes of sponsors, Taylor is a person with a "criminal record", so advertisers will definitely put forward some additional conditions when they seek him to endorse. For example, you can't do anything that affects the sponsor's brand image. Once Taylor does something that affects the sponsor's brand image, not only will you not get a penny, but you may be sued by the sponsor for damages.

This kind of additional clause doesn't matter to those well-behaved athletes, they won't cause trouble anyway, but to Taylor, it's hard to guarantee that he will have a brain twitch and do something stupid one day.

But the current Taylor, in Steven’s eyes, is going to leave the dollar, he will not give up easily, so he continued: "Taylor, no one will think too much money, your appearance fees and bonuses for playing games are indeed quite a lot, enough Ordinary people spend a few lifetimes, but who doesn’t want a better life? A better life requires more money. Now you have the ability to make more money, why not do it? Wait a few years, you I'm getting old and I'm about to retire, even if I want to make money, I don't have the ability anymore."

Taylor shook his head: "I am very satisfied with my situation now. I have already planned to make some low-risk investments. I am on Wall Street and know several reputable financial advisors. Giving them money can bring you a lot of money. I have almost all my property taken away by James Jinkeng, so I am sorry to offend, but now I really don’t trust the agent.”

"I'm not a jerk like James King. I'm a moral agent. I only ask for my share. If you don't believe me, you can ask Philip. I never hacked him for a penny. ’” Steven continued.

"Let's forget it, I don't want to share part of the income with the agent." Taylor shook his head resolutely.

"Part again? What do you mean?" Steven grasped the point of this sentence.

Taylor smiled, he shrugged, and continued: "Twenty percent of my current income will be paid to Coach Li as a training fee. You see, I have already lost 20 percent of my income, so I don't plan to share any more. to the broker."

"What? Coach Li can get 20% of your income?" Steven was startled, he knew it was tens of millions of dollars without even counting.

So Steven immediately asked: "Why does Coach Li get 20% of your income?"

"I signed this contract with him when I was still in the suspension period." Taylor said with a simple smile: "At that time, I thought that he was doing charity, and he was willing to help a bankrupt old man." Boxer, but now it seems that his choice is correct. But it is what he deserves. Without Coach Li, I would not be where I am now. If he wants it, I can give him more points .”

There was no dissatisfaction in Taylor's tone, and there was more of a sense of gratitude in his speech.

Taylor is a sensible person. Although he didn't know what method Dai Li used, he knew that without Dai Li, he couldn't have a peak body. He also knew that without Dai Li, "White Devil" Iris would have become Hopkins' coach long ago, and he would have no chance to defeat Hopkins and win two world-class gold belts.

...

After leaving the training center, Steven sat in his car, feeling more and more unhappy.

"Twenty percent of the income, that's 20%! How much do I get as a manager? 5% of athletes' competition bonuses, and 10% of advertising endorsements. Oh my god, this Dai Li makes a lot more money than I do! How could there be?" A coach like this doesn’t want a fixed training fee, but a share of the athletes’ income!”

"By the way, besides Taylor, there is also Philip. 5% of Philip's income also goes into Dai Li's pocket! He is just a coach, doesn't he realize that he wants too much?"

At this moment, Steven was extremely unbalanced. Thinking of the income share of tens of millions of dollars, and more shares in the future, he felt that the big piece of cake that was robbed by Dai Li did not belong to him at all.

"I can't control Taylor, but Steven's 5% should belong to me! I'll find a way to get him back. Yes, I want to renegotiate the contract with Li Dai, talk about the 5% of the contract ! Otherwise..." Steven became more and more angry, he couldn't help but stop the car, then took out his mobile phone, and looked up a phone number.

"Hi, hello, is this the AP Physical Training Center? My name is Steven, and I'm 'Blade Warrior' Baron Philip's agent... Yes, that's Philip, the disabled athlete who lost his legs... yes In this way, Philip's physical training contract is about to expire, and he is very interested in your AP physical training center... Yes, I think we can make an appointment to sit down and have a serious chat..."