Guard With a Knife

Together, the two professionals have reached a cooperation agreement with almost no extra communication costs.

Du Ge will cooperate with Lin Weiwei to start a sports agency.

This brokerage company has a special structure. Regarding the operation of the 'Dug' brand, all commercial profits are divided into 91%, with Duge accounting for 90% and Lin Weiwei 10%. For subsequent signings of other players, the profit distribution will become 70% to 30%, 70% to Lin Weiwei, and 30% to Duge.

to be honest. In a short time, Du Ge regarded Lin Weiwei as a work assistant. What Lin Weiwei sees is the long-term operation. She has no idea of ​​making money from Du Ge. She wants to use Du Ge as a springboard to build a huge brokerage company, so as to compete with CAA, RS, WMG and other established brokerage companies!

Both parties are happy with this.

Then in the evening, Lin Weiwei helped Du Ge hold the first press conference in his life. A total of more than 36 media came to the press conference, including 19 Chinese media, 5 media from other Asian countries and regions, and the rest are from the United States.

In this press conference, Doug solemnly announced his candidacy for the 2008 NBA Draft. And once again emphasized: "The report of the "Orange County Register" is not wrong, I am the point guard!"

This emphasis made the American reporters below laugh out loud.

They've never seen a hand-to-hand point guard carrying a center in the paint.

Doug did not refute the laughter of the reporters.

Lin Weiwei has analyzed this issue with him in depth from the perspective of communication and commercial value. As long as she insists that she is a point guard, it will become a publicity point instead. Moreover, outside players are more likely to be favored by sponsors, especially in the field of sneakers.

That night, Lin Weiwei told Duge that she had received offers from Jordan, Nike and Reebok.

The Jordan brand offered an endorsement contract with an annual salary of 300,000.

Nike is higher, with $500,000.

Reebok is the highest at $700,000.

However, Reebok was the first to be ruled out by Lin Weiwei. The company is only one step away from bankruptcy, and it is said that Adidas has officially entered the acquisition process.

As for the Jordan brand, Lin Weiwei also crossed it out directly: the price is too low and there is no sincerity.

All that's left is Nike.

"500,000 dollars is too little." Doug shook his head and said; "I heard that Derrick Rose's contract with Adidas will exceed the annual salary level of tens of millions. Nike's contract with Russell also exceeds the annual salary of four million."

Lin Weiwei paused for a moment, and then said: "I don't know exactly what the terms of Russell's contract are. But Derrick Rose's contract should refer to the highest annual salary he can get, which contains many triggering conditions, such as how many starting appearances. times, made the All-Rookie Team, made the All-Rookie First Team, led the team to the playoffs...and so on."

"Equal to a guarantee contract?" Duge asked back.

Lin Weiwei nodded: "Yes, guaranteed contract."

"Then I'll also sign a guaranteed contract." Duge said firmly, "It's best if the trigger reward is as high as possible."

"Okay, I'll help you negotiate. But before that, we have to settle our company first." Lin Weiwei said with a smile: "And the place of registration must be placed in the Virgin Islands. We must reduce the taxation to lowest."

"Go and operate." Doug nodded: "Also, help me get enough endorsement contracts as soon as possible. I need to use these contracts to go to the bank for a mortgage."

"Mortgage? Why?" Lin Weiwei asked.

Duge didn't answer directly, just talking about personal matters.

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In the early morning of the next day, Du Ge received a call from the other side of the ocean. Du Kefeng told Du Ge on the other end of the phone that he had seen the news. He felt very proud that the old Du's family could produce an NBA player, which made him proud. At the same time, he encouraged Duge to take good care of himself in the United States,

Play basketball well and win glory for the country.

Hearing Lao Du's cheerful words on the other end of the phone, Du Ge felt inexplicably sad. He thought to himself, Dad really encountered difficulties, otherwise how could he support me to play basketball? Didn't he always want me to be a Wall Street elite?

So, he said, "Dad, I'm going to be an NBA player now. I can earn tens of millions of RMB or more a year. Tell me, how big is your current funding gap? I'll help you figure out a way."

"Hahahaha." Du Kefeng laughed heartily on the other end of the phone: "Sure enough, he is my good son. Dad was still moving bricks on the construction site when he was twenty years old. You don't have to worry about dad. Ten million things, I can settle them with just two phone calls. Don’t listen to the rumors outside, the lands I shot in Beijing two years ago are all rising like rockets. You, play your ball well and become The second Yao Huang, win glory for the country!"

Duge silently kept tens of millions of things in his heart here. He thought to himself that Lao Du must be forcing a smile now, otherwise how could he let his mother come back to the entertainment industry? Besides, he doesn't talk about me when I play basketball. Shouldn't he yell at me with his personality?

I have to prepare at least 100 million.

Doug squeezed his fist.

After chatting for a while, the two hung up the phone.

After washing up, Edward called. He told Doug that the Orlando training camp had sent him a formal invitation, and that in mid-May, Doug could go directly to Orlando. At that time, there will be a large number of team scouts going to inspect the players. The hottest rookies will then receive invitations to tryouts from each team. Then, just wait for the arrival of the NBA draft.

In addition, he also told Doug: "The general manager of the Golden State Warriors also called me recently. It sounds like their head coach, Nelson Sr., appreciates you very much. It is expected that they will send you a formal workout after the season. invite."

Doug nodded.

Now the matter of contacting NBA teams is all handed over to Edward, a senior independent scout, who has accumulated a lot of contacts in this regard.

As for the business contact activities, Lin Weiwei will handle them.

Both are professionals, which makes this team competitive!

At noon, Duan received a call from Lao Duan, who told him that CCTV wanted to conduct an exclusive interview with him, the level was very high, and it might even appear on the news broadcast.

Doug agreed immediately. Nothing drives awareness like a news feed.

Moreover, this will be the perfect opportunity for him to increase his commercial offer: I'm already on the news network, Nike, you have the nerve to fool me with a $500,000 contract?

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