Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 640 Helping others is the foundation of happiness

In the bustling area of ​​the Bund Commercial Street, another Feiyue flagship store is about to open. This is also the largest flagship store opened by Feiyue Sports in China.

The entrance to the Feiyue flagship store is already packed with people. Countless girl fans gathered here early in the morning. They hold F4 posters in their hands, waiting for the arrival of their idols.

This time, Feiyue's new store opened without inviting NBA stars, because the NBA has not yet reached the offseason. The stars signed by Feiyue Sports are all busy competing in the playoffs, so there is no time to spare.

China.

So Li Weidong invited Chairman Yao to attend.

At that time, Chairman Yao had just helped the Oriental team win the A-League championship, and both Shou and Daba had gone to the United States. In the domestic league, Chairman Yao didn't even have a decent opponent.

In addition, Li Weidong also invited the popular F4 group over.

Although F4 is not the brand spokesperson of Feiyue Sports, coming to participate in the opening of Feiyue flagship store can only be regarded as an ordinary business trick.

But in terms of popularity, F4 obviously crushed Chairman Yao. Although there were many Oriental team fans present, they were instantly overshadowed by the screams of countless female fans.

To put it another way, with so many young girls around, no normal fan would stare at Chairman Yao!

Just like the current NBA game live broadcast, when there is a break, no one really reads any fans' messages, right? It must be to look at the legs!

Finally, F4 appeared in the eyes of fans.

"Ah! Zai Zai!"

"Zai Zai! I love you!"

Many female fans began to scream, and the door of Feiyue flagship store instantly became excited.

In terms of appearance at that time, Zhou Yimin was indeed slightly better, so there were more female fans who liked him.

The scene was even somewhat time-controlled, and police officers patrolling nearby had to come over to maintain order.

As the official spokesperson, Chairman Yao was like a big light bulb. He was completely ignored and could only stand aside with an embarrassed look on his face.

An assistant came closer and said, "Mr. Yao, please go in and rest for a while. We have specially made some new pairs of sneakers for you. You can try them out to see if they fit you."

Any player will be very interested in new sneakers.

What's more, Chairman Yao wears size 53 shoes, which are not available in the first place. The usual sneakers are the ones customized by manufacturers, and new sneakers are basically out of his reach. Now that I heard that there are special new sneakers, I can't wait to buy them.

Gonna give it a try.

In the flagship store, Li Weidong was chatting with an old man.

"Chairman Li, handing Feiyue into your hands was the most correct decision I made in my life! If Feiyue had continued to be in the hands of our Dafu factory, I'm afraid it would have ceased production just like the factory. Now look

I feel relieved now that Feiyue shoes can be made so well." The old man let out a long sigh.

This old man was the director Wang of Dafu Rubber Factory back then.

When production raw materials were in short supply, Director Wang went to Huanghai Petrochemical for help in order to obtain rubber raw materials. He happened to meet Li Weidong. In the end, Li Weidong helped Dafu Factory obtain the raw materials, and Dafu Factory also sold the Feiyue brand to

Li Weidong.

After many years, the Dafu Rubber Factory was finally unable to recover and entered the stage of bankruptcy and reorganization. Director Wang had already reached the age of sixty and lived a retired life.

The Dafu Rubber Factory was built in the Huxi Industrial Zone on the upper reaches of the Suzhou River, which is also the location of Putuo District. Now it is also the central city, not far from the Bund business district.

Therefore, when Feiyue flagship store opened this time, Li Weidong invited Factory Manager Wang here, so that he could witness the re-emergence of Feiyue, a national brand.

Dafu Factory, as the original owner of the Feiyue brand, is now invited to participate in the opening ceremony of the Feiyue flagship store, and it feels like the ancient emperor "abdicated" his throne.

Li Weidong also wanted to take this opportunity to demonstrate his inheritance of the Feiyue brand.

Starting in the mid-1990s, foreign sports brands such as Nike and Adidas entered China and quickly occupied the high-end market. Later, domestic brands such as Anta and Xtep continued to exert their efforts and quickly carved up the mid- to low-end market.

In this fierce market competition, traditional state-owned brands such as Hui Alai and Double Star have begun to survive in the cracks.

If the Feiyue brand remains in the Dafu Rubber Factory, it will probably be buried with the entire rubber factory.

Li Weidong can make the Feiyue brand grow bigger and bigger, which may be a peace of mind for Director Wang.

After exchanging pleasantries with Factory Director Wang, Li Weidong went to receive other guests.

A middle-aged man walked up to Li Weidong and whispered: "Chairman Li, can you lend me a moment to speak!"

"Lawyer Wang, please come over here." Li Weidong pointed to the corner.

This middle-aged man is named Wang Xiaopeng. He is a lawyer and a member of the "Yao Team". He is mainly responsible for legal affairs.

When the two came to the corner, Lawyer Wang said: "Chairman Li, I want to talk to you about Yao Yao entering the NBA."

"Is it because the Oriental team refuses to let him go?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"Has Chairman Li guessed it?" Lawyer Wang nodded in surprise, and then said: "Last year, Dayao had planned to participate in the NBA draft. At that time, the Philadelphia 76ers and Wizards also contacted

Pass the Eastern team.

But at that time, the conditions offered by the Oriental team were quite harsh. They asked the NBA team to get Dayao in exchange for a player of comparable strength, so that the Oriental team would not plummet in strength.

At the same time, this team also needs to hire a high-level coach for the Eastern team, and also needs to fund the construction of a basketball school and a modern gymnasium for the Eastern team. After these conditions were met, those who were interested in Yao at the time

The team was scared away."

"These are not harsh conditions. It's clear that I deliberately don't want to let him go!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"You are right, so Dayao did not participate in the NBA draft last year." Lawyer Wang continued:

"But it has always been his dream to play in the NBA, and he is already 22 years old this year. According to NBA rules, if he does not participate in the NBA draft, he can only join the NBA as a free agent.

Moreover, in this year's A-League, Dayao also helped the Oriental team win the championship, which can be regarded as an explanation to the team and fans. But the Oriental team is still unwilling to let him go!"

"What conditions did the Oriental team put forward this year?" Li Weidong asked.

"They want a buyout fee of 30 million," Lawyer Wang said.

"30 million is not too high for a player of his level. If you put together the advertising and endorsement fees, you should be able to make it. If it doesn't work, I can also pay an endorsement fee in advance." Li Weidong said.

Li Weidong obviously thought that Lawyer Wang was here to ask for money, so he was not stingy and expressed his willingness to sponsor a sum.

However, Lawyer Wang said: "What the Eastern Team wants is U.S. dollars!"

"30 million U.S. dollars? This is too much! O'Neal's salary this year is just over 20 million U.S. dollars, and he is the number one center in the NBA and has won two championships, so he has such a worth. Yao hasn't gone there yet.

As for the NBA, the Oriental Team just asked for 30 million US dollars, so they don’t intend to let him go!"

Li Weidong smiled and shook his head, and continued: "But this is understandable. The team has established a youth training system and put great effort into selecting and training athletes. Naturally, they will not let them go easily, not to mention that Dayao just helped the Oriental team get

Champion of League A.

But in business matters, everything has a price. Of course, 30 million US dollars is a bit excessive, but I think we can negotiate with the Oriental team! Let them give them a 45% discount, which is more than 10 million US dollars, which is equivalent to one

billion RMB.

With the current income from the A-League, I don’t know how many years it will take to earn 100 million yuan by selling home game tickets. Instead of holding onto Dayao and letting him play in the A-A league, it is really more cost-effective to exchange it for 100 million yuan.”

"What you are saying is that we have been bargaining with the Oriental Team. Now the price has reached 18 million US dollars, and the Oriental Team is not willing to lower the price any more." Lawyer Wang said.

"Eighteen million US dollars is still too high, exceeding his current worth." Li Weidong frowned and continued: "What does the Basketball Association think about this matter? Aren't they always encouraging players to go abroad to play and improve their level?"

"The Basketball Association said that if it is a matter at the national team level, they will definitely take care of it, but if it is an internal matter of the Eastern Team, they will not be able to interfere. After all, they have been promoting the professionalization of the League A in recent years.

As the makers of the rules, the Basketball Association is not in a position to take care of the team’s affairs." Lawyer Wang replied.

"That's right, you can't be a referee and a player at the same time!" Li Weidong continued: "Besides, this matter will also impact the youth training system of each team. If the Oriental team does not get enough benefits, it will

If you let people go, who will develop the youth training system in the future, and there will be no successors for Chinese basketball!"

"But the price of 18 million US dollars is really too high. The key is that we simply cannot afford that much money. The largest endorsement contract signed by Dayao in recent years is with Feiyue Sports. What is the price? Director Li

The president must know best. Where are we going to collect the 18 million US dollars?" Lawyer Wang let out a long sigh.

"That is to say, in terms of price, the Eastern Team must continue to make concessions." Li Weidong said.

"Last year, the Oriental team refused to release him. We feel that if we still can't reach an agreement this year, the chance of the Oriental team releasing him will be even slimmer in the future. Dayao even said that if he couldn't go to the NBA, he would rather

Retire and go to college!" Lawyer Wang said.

"This is just an angry talk! Even if Dayao doesn't want to play for the Eastern Team, the national team still needs him." Li Weidong thought for a moment and said, "But it's a good idea to go to college."

Lawyer Wang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Although there is a college league in the university, it is still several levels behind League A. Dayao has no rivals in the country. It would be a waste to go to the college league to play.

!

Furthermore, the training level in the college league is definitely not as good as League A. If he really goes to college to play for a few years, his level will not only not increase, but will also decrease."

"I didn't say that I really wanted Dayao to go to college, but I used this excuse to negotiate with the Oriental team and force them to lower their price," Li Weidong said.

Lawyer Wang thought for a while and then said: "This strategy will most likely be seen through by the Eastern Team. The best years for athletes are only in these few years. If you miss it, you will never get back!

Dayao is 22 years old this year and is beginning to reach his peak. If he misses this period, more than half of his sports career will be directly destroyed. In the end, he will suffer the biggest loss.

So even if we tell the Eastern team that Dayao Yao will go to college, the Eastern team will think that we are deliberately scaring them, and they will not relax their stance."

"I didn't say go to a Chinese university, but an American university." Li Weidong replied with a smile.

"Is there any difference?" Lawyer Wang asked.

"Of course there is a big difference." Li Weidong continued: "If you go to an American university to study, you can receive basketball training from American universities and you can also play in the NCAA league of American universities.

I don’t need to introduce the strength of American basketball. It is no exaggeration to say that the overall level of American college basketball is definitely much better than our A-League, and the NCAA league is also higher than our A-A league.

I can find a way to help Dayao get an admission letter from a famous American basketball school. You can take this letter and go negotiate with the Eastern Team to force them to make concessions.

If they are really bastards and are determined, then they can just let Dayao retire, then go to the United States to study, train in American universities, and play in the NCAA league.

In the famous basketball schools in the United States, both coaches and trainers are all NBA-level. There are even many NBA coaches who go to teach American college basketball.

Therefore, if Dayao goes to college in the United States, he can still receive NBA-level training, and this great time will not be wasted.

Moreover, Dayao can drop out of school at any time and play in the NBA. Although joining the NBA as a free agent does not offer as high a salary as joining the NBA through the draft, at least he can choose his favorite team.

Furthermore, if you can perform well in the NCAA league, even if you enter the NBA as a free agent, your value will rise. Maybe you can imitate Sabonis of the Trail Blazers!"

Avidas Sabonis of the Trail Blazers is a Lithuanian athlete and an athlete from the former Soviet Union. In the late 1980s, he was known as the "world's number one center."

At the same time, there were also outstanding centers such as Olajuwon and David Robinson, so this title of "No. 1 in the world" will definitely be somewhat controversial.

But Sabonis led his team to win the 1982 World Championship in Colombia and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, which at least shows that he is definitely qualified to compete for this "world's number one center".

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Sabonis led the Lithuanian team and won bronze medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He played in professional leagues in Russia and Spain, and won six European Players of the Year and two European Basketball Players.

It is said that the United States team tried their best to form the first and second dream teams because they could not beat Sabonis in the 1988 Olympics.

In the early 1990s, Sabonis was also the least favorite player among Americans, because Sabonis, at his peak, was always an insurmountable opponent for the American team.

When Sabonis was 32 years old, he finally entered the NBA with a knee injury. Two years later, he scored 16+10 and led the team to the Western Conference Finals, where they lost to the Spurs. The following year, he entered the Western Conference again.

In the finals, they lost to the Lakers.

Sabonis is also the only idol recognized by Dayao personally. It is said that when Dayao played a certain online game, the registered ID was Sabonis.

The later Sabonis who made his mark with the Pacers and was then traded to the Kings was the son of the old Sabonis.

Although Sabonis only entered the NBA at the age of 32, he also received a large contract worth tens of millions of dollars.

In that era, the NBA's salary cap was only 40 million US dollars, so a multi-million dollar contract was still very valuable.

At that time, there were few cases like Sabonis who first established his value in other national leagues and then joined the NBA.

Later, as the number of international players increased, similar situations became more common. For example, Ginobili, Scola, Rubio, etc. did not enter the NBA immediately after the draft, but waited for several years before landing in the NBA.

If Dayao really goes to college in the United States first and then tries to join the NBA, the best way is of course to copy Sabonis's path.

…

Soon after, Li Weidong got Dayao an admission notice from North Carolina.

North Carolina has always been a famous basketball school in the United States. Especially because it gave birth to the great player Jordan, it has become the number one target for American basketball teenagers, and its popularity is more than Duke University.

With this admission letter, the negotiations on Lawyer Wang's side became much easier.

In the conference room, representatives of the Eastern Team and Yao's Team started intense negotiations again.

As the negotiations between the two parties gradually became more intense, Lawyer Wang finally came up with his trump card.

"If you, the Eastern Team, keep insisting on such conditions, then we Dayao will have no choice but to retire and go to college!" Lawyer Wang said.

"Go to college? That's great, go and study! Who's afraid of whom?" The representative of the Eastern Team snorted coldly, and then said:

"The best time for an athlete is only a few years. If you go to college and waste a few years without getting professional training, when you want to come back to play, I'm afraid you won't even be able to play A and B!"

"Who said you can't get professional training if you go to college!" Lawyer Wang snorted coldly.

"Don't I understand the level of college? The most powerful college basketball team is not as good as our youth team!" The other party snorted coldly.

After all, the college league is not a professional league, and its strength is really a level lower than that of the professional league.

This can be seen when the CBA held drafts in later generations. Many professional teams did not bother to select players at all, because the level of rookies coming out of college really did not meet the requirements of the CBA. In the first few drafts, there were many players who could play in the CBA.

How many people are there?

Those young people who dominate the college league may be very good on the field, but the gap between them and those who come out of the youth training system of professional teams is still very obvious.

In 2001, college basketball and professional leagues had just been established, and the gap was even greater at that time. To say that the most powerful university in the country could not beat the youth training team of professional teams is really not bragging.

The youth training system of professional teams has spent more than ten years selecting and training athletes. If they are not as good as a college basketball player, then there is no need to develop the youth training system at all.

However, Lawyer Wang smiled unmoved and said: "The level of domestic universities is indeed not very good, but we, Yao Yao, are not going to go to domestic universities!"

As he spoke, Lawyer Wang placed the admission letter from North Carolina in front of the Eastern team representatives, and then said: "This is the admission letter from the University of North Carolina in the United States. Do you know North Carolina? The famous basketball school in the United States, Jordan is that university.

Graduated!

They have the world's top coaches and training equipment there, and the training level is much better than your Eastern team! If you go to college there, not only will you not waste time, but you will get the world's top training!

Moreover, when you go to college in the United States, you can drop out of school at any time to play in the NBA, and you can still choose a team when the time comes! This is called first-come-first-served, and you, the Oriental Team, can’t stop you! When that time comes, you won’t get a penny of the benefits.

Can’t catch it!”

Looking at the admission notice from North Carolina, the Eastern team's negotiator's heart sank.

Before that, the worst outcome for both sides was nothing more than a breakup, the Eastern team would lose Dayao, and Dayao's career would be ruined.

The peak career of an athlete is so short! The Eastern Team saw Yao's unwillingness to destroy his future, so all kinds of lions opened their mouths.

However, as soon as the North Carolina admission notice came out, the situation was completely reversed.

The worst outcome now is that Dayao will go to a famous basketball school in the United States. Not only will his training not be affected, but he will still have the opportunity to land in the NBA. However, the Eastern Team will have nothing. Not only will they lose Dayao, but they will also not make a penny.

!

The next second, the representative of the Eastern Team sighed and said, "I have to make a call!"

"Please!" Lawyer Wang smiled slightly, knowing that the other party was planning to compromise!

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