basketball never sleeps

Chapter 62 Are you going to be an audience, or are you going to receive the award?

"Yes, I believe this is a signing destined to go down in history. In the near future, everyone will cheer for our choice of each other."

"The WIN series will be personally designed by our chief design team, and it will become another cross-generation sneaker."

"We plan to launch All-Star this year, the first star of the WIN series..."

The spokesperson of Nike gave an excited speech in front of the camera, while Mo Wen stood to one side, smiling and playing the role of "male model".

After three bids, Nike came out on top.

Like the previous signing of James, Nike not only offered a sky-high contract, but also prepared a series of designs for Mo Wen three months in advance, from Chinese elements to Detroit customs to Mo Wen's classic shots in Athens.

A total of 11 sample sneakers were customized for Mowen.

Mo Wen also saw for the first time what it was like for capital to "lick dogs" at that time.

At the beginning, Mo Wen also had the idea of ​​​​creating his own sneaker brand, just like Li Ning.

However, when I asked my family to do research later, I found that it would be fine if they were just making clothes, but sneakers were not that simple.

I briefly estimated the return on investment and found that instead of investing and borrowing money to run the brand step by step, it would be better to use his time-traveling prophet to invest in some projects that can make money while lying down.

Coupled with the resources and help that Nike may bring to him in the NBA, Mo Wen decided to finally sign this sky-high contract with a four-year 52 million + 8 million incentive clause, with a total amount of up to 60 million US dollars.

Not counting the incentive amount, on average, a one-year guaranteed contract of 13 million is 200,000 higher than Ajan's one-year contract of 12.8 million.

Is this much? Compared to the rumor that Nike offered a 7-year, 120 million contract to win back Yao Ming, the price is really not high. But in the real world, this contract is already second only to the one offered by boss Joe back then.

That sky-high price contract.

However, Mo Wen has not really given up on his own brand. The sneaker contract stipulates that in addition to sports-related clothing, he can have his own fashion brand, let his family buy a foundry, and use his reputation to build a

Simple trendy brands should not be a big problem, and the investment is much smaller than sneakers.

"Another big bet, what is the magic of China's second-round pick?"

"For 60 million to sign the best Asian Olympic small forward, Nike wants to kick the door open to the Asian market!"

"Will it win? Million-dollar contracts are coming out frequently, surpassing Kobe Bryant, McGrady, and the crazy rookies in these years!"

Investment institutions and peers can see Nike's "magic skills".

But most of the media don't have such a long-term vision. In their opinion, Mo Wen is a good player - he has a mature style of play, comprehensive skills, and a big heart. In addition, his playing time in the Pistons is limited, so he can bet on it.

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But is a player like Mo Wen, who is not physically gifted and not very entertaining, really worthy of such a big contract?

The United States is still questioning it, and everyone in the country is shocked by Mo Wen's contract.

Including salary and sneaker contract, Dayao has an annual income of almost 12 million U.S. dollars. At the current exchange rate, it is converted into 100 million soft sister coins. This is already an exaggeration for everyone.

As a result, when it comes to Mo Wen, we don’t even need to calculate wages, but a sneaker contract is only 100 million, plus wages, it’s 150 million!

"What did he do? Is it possible to make money playing basketball? I'll let my kid practice it later too!"

"You can earn 100 million a year by endorsing a shoe. Grandpa Tian, ​​how long will it take for me to earn a salary of 1,000 yuan!"

"I wanted to play basketball back then, but my dad wouldn't let me. If I had persevered, would I be able to get a contract worth millions or tens of millions now?"

In addition to shock, envy and admiration, it also gave many people in the country a new understanding of the sport of basketball.

Before, everyone only thought that basketball was an ordinary sport. If you played well and brought glory to the country, that was the upper limit.

Yao Ming made a lot of money at that time, but because of his height, he was not very replicable, and he was not a bad person to use his imagination.

Mo Wen's height of 198cm is not the height of an ordinary person, but there are many more people who fit the mold.

Mo Wen's reputation in the country was already among the top, but after this contract, he became the only one in the group.

This is the sense of oppression that money brings.

"I didn't expect that my employer turned out to be a multi-millionaire, and suddenly I felt that my salary was going to be less." Catherine, who was sitting on Mo Wen's back and carrying a human-shaped weight, looked at the newspaper and patted Mo Wen's back.

"No, I think you have made a lot of money. There is no such multi-millionaire who would give you such trouble with his body." Mo Wen gritted his teeth and did a plank while speaking out.

"I think we can calculate my remuneration during this period besides being your fitness coach, masseur and nutritionist. For example -" Catherine touched her chin, still thinking about how to come up with a clever name.

"For example, alimony for a lover? I'm willing to pay for this." Mo Wen answered directly.

"Asshole, how many times have I told you that I don't like men, that's just a reward for your serious training!"

An angry Catherine slapped Mo Wen on the back.

Although Catherine, who was naturally independent, broke her rules physically because she knew how to eat marrow, she still maintained her psychological bottom line.

Mo Wen turned sideways and escaped from the "soft weight" on his body.

"What are you doing? It's not time yet!"

Looking at Mo Wen, whose eyes looked a little strange, a trace of panic appeared in Catherine's eyes.

"Didn't you say you wanted to talk about salary?" The big girl in front of Mo Wen picked up the ball and walked towards the fitness ball next to it.

"No, wait a minute...I'm all sweating..."

"Fake, bastard, why didn't you..."

"I've calculated the time and it's safe."

"Not even safe, you bastard!"

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"I bet you $100 that the tooth mark on your arm was bitten by a woman." O'Neal was driving on the way to the MTV Music Awards, making fun of Mo Wen's forearm, which was wrapped in a bandage.

Mo Wen shrugged noncommittally. The night before yesterday, he tried to go into battle shirtless for the first time. Although the girl was very happy reciting "Singing the Goose" at the time, he still suffered ruthless revenge from the girl afterwards. How should I say, horse training?

The plan has a long way to go.

"Why didn't you bring her? I remember you can bring your family members with you on the ticket."

"Oh~, I know! Listen to my advice, bro, and find someone obedient if you are looking for someone in the future. Don't be like that arrogant curly-haired idiot. This scar of yours may become important evidence for the police to cause trouble for you."

"There are some other things, I have to remind you, don't look for those..."

O'Neill thought of something and began to chatter and impart knowledge to Mo Wen.

Mo Wen had a black line on his face, where did all this go? What do you already know?

Catherine had a college roommate who was coming to Miami today, so she lent her car and went out to play, otherwise she would definitely come to join in the fun.

Mo Wen, who didn't want to explain anything, could only talk to O'Neill about music.

In his previous life, his hobbies besides basketball were listening to music and watching TV shows. He was not an expert in music, but occasionally plagiarizing a short section of a future champion single was enough to surprise O'Neal.

"Cool, what's the name of the song just now? Who is the original singer? Is it a new song? I'm going to buy a copy of his album when I go back for this song!" O'Neill was very satisfied with the part that Mo Wen sang just now.

melody.

"The song is called "bet on me" but I guess you won't be able to buy the album."

"Why?"

"Because I haven't posted it yet."

Mo Wen had never thought about being a literary copywriter in the United States before. It was somewhat inconsistent for him, a Chinese, to produce a bunch of English songs. But it seems that there is no problem if he plagiarizes one or two songs occasionally.

What's more, this song fits his recent situation quite well.

"WTF, you mean you wrote this song yourself?"

"Hey - so are you going to be an audience, or are you going to receive the award?"

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