From the moment Su Xi lifted the MOP trophy, his life trajectory has entered the fast lane.
On this night, many people he knew and did not know flocked to him to express their congratulations and willingness to cooperate. Many big men in sharp suits asked him to have dinner with him. NBA superstars welcomed him to join the league. Hollywood superstar Denzel Washington walked over and told him: You will definitely become a superstar.
There is only a straight line distance of 200 meters from the court to the locker room. But along the way, there are blooming flowers, crowds of people, and the call of capital... This is a corner of Vanity Fair, and Su Xi has already stepped into it.
Su Xi refused all media interviews on this night, and also refused many parties held for him by 'big people'. As usual, he returned to the hotel arranged for him early. The only difference is that he is holding the NCAA's MOP trophy this year.
Bill Duffy, accompanied by Anthony, came to Susie's room at half past ten in the evening.
He expressed his intention to seek cooperation to Su Xi, and he also emphasized his advantages, including which superstars he has, and what NBA resources and media resources he has.
What kind of sponsorship can he get for Su Xi?
Including... He now tells Su Xi without any hesitation: "I am negotiating for Cameron's next sneaker sponsorship contract, which is close to being reached. Cameron will receive a six-year, $21 million endorsement contract before participating in the draft. And the brand will also produce signature shoes for Cameron. You have to know that few players in the entire league have signature shoes."
This is indeed a remarkable achievement.
What he said was true.
However, when Susie heard this amount, he began to realize that Bill Duffy's ability might be just that.
During the past period, LeBron James’s growth story has appeared overwhelmingly in the media. When people think of LeBron James, they will think of him having a great mother and a perfect upbringing. He is a super genius created by God himself for basketball.
But what about Anthony?
NCAA's super scorer?
Then, no more.
Su Xi even felt that Bill Duffy's packaging for Anthony was not as good as Huang Xiaoman's cooperation with Yahoo.com, including the article in "Sports Illustrated".
The most important thing is that the entire basketball world is now creating a feeling that LeBron James is choosing between Adidas and Nike, and Adidas is offering a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Bill Duffy has no intention of using this incident to raise the price for Anthony. Instead, he is complacent about Anthony's six-year, $21 million contract.
Therefore, Su Xi did not agree immediately. Rather, I'm still considering it.
Bill Duffy encountered a soft nail, but he was not discouraged at all. He was going to find another of his collaborators, Yao Ming, to help him canvass votes.
When Anthony and Su Xi said goodbye, he said to Su Xi: "Jack, after two days of rest, I am going to invite Idan LaVine to be my trainer. You know, before going to the NBA team for trial training, we are going to Physical fitness and football skills have been improved to the highest level.”
Su Xi thanked Anthony for the invitation and said that she would pay the same fee if she needed it.
Su Xi doesn't want to lose money to her friends.
Although he has been living in poverty these years, he is not short of money. His grandfather's accidental death left him with a compensation of US$260,000. This is one of the reasons why he can refuse the temptations of various agents.
Not long after Bill Duffy left.
James came over with his agent, Aaron Goodwin, and Goodwin's brother, Eric Goodwin.
James congratulated Susie on her amazing achievement, and then got straight to the point and started selling the Goodwin brothers.
Compared to Bill Duffy's gentleness, the two of them looked very shrewd. In fact, their reputation in the agent circle is not very good. They are known for taking the wrong approach in doing things. However, they can often use their methods to get the best interests of the players.
They were previously partners with Bill Duffy, but later parted ways.
Bill Duffy's most famous thing is that his negligence caused the players to lose 3 million, and he paid for the players' losses out of his own pocket.
This incident won him praise.
However, in the view of the Goodwin brothers, this kind of thing should not happen at all.
They are the "villains" in the eyes of the sponsors, if you look at it with open eyes. They are responsible for almost all of the NBA's famous sky-high sneaker contracts. LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant, and Lillard’s sky-high contract with Adidas.
A very key factor is that Aaron Goodwin previously worked for Reebok. As an employer, he was responsible for negotiating sneaker endorsement contracts with Shawn Kemp's team. Therefore, he understands how to increase the sponsor limit.
But at this time, except for LeBron James, the chosen one. The Goodwin brothers only have three employers: Payton, Raheem and Damon Stoudemire.
They are promoting themselves like crazy.
Seeing Su Xi, Aaron Goodwin stared at Su Xi with his burning eyes: "Jack, choose me. I can help you get the best interests. Believe me, I have never let any of my players down. "
"What do you think of my current commercial value?" Su Xi asked him.
"Very high! Jack. I know there is a superb operator behind you. He made you famous all over the United States before the finals. Now that you have a super quadruple-double and MOP, your reputation is chasing LeBron."
"Moreover, you have a huge advantage over LeBron. There is a vast Chinese market behind you, which is the area with the greatest potential for global sports brands and the most obvious upward trend. People have already smelled the wonderful smell of money in Yao Ming. And you, As a point guard, your commercial value is higher. Now, we just need to tell those sponsors that Jack can become an elite player or even an All-Star even in the NBA."
"Let them make sure this is going to happen."
"Then, I can help you get a contract with an annual salary of eight million US dollars."
The number reported by Goodwin made Su Xi frown slightly.
It was not so much the money that surprised him, but the huge difference he found between Goodwin and Bill Duffy, who was more conservative and steady.
The Goodwin brothers were very radical.
It takes radical people to open up frontiers.
"Am I only worth eight million dollars?" Susie asked Goodwin.
His tone is calm, his expression is confident, and his body movements are full of calmness.
Aaron Goodwin was stunned, he was a little unexpected.
But Eric Goodwin next to him was more aggressive. He said: "Jack, if you agree to let us negotiate your commercial contract. Please allow us to use you and LeBron to raise each other's prices."
"We all know that there are experts behind you, but, believe me, when it comes to dealing with specific matters and dealing with those cunning sponsors, no one is more cunning than our two brothers!" Eric's eyes flashed with ambition.
"I will definitely get you all an unprecedented super contract."
"But, before that. I need you to show up at the training camp together and do some preliminary operations."
Eric said.
Su Xi thought for a while, and he exchanged glances with LeBron James. James nodded, and Su Xi also nodded: "You also know that I have my own team behind me. Therefore, I cannot sign a long-term cooperation agreement with you, but I can entrust my sneaker contract negotiations to you, and we can establish Long-term single cooperation model.”
"How much commission do you want?" Su Xi asked.
"10% of the total amount." Eric Goodwin said: "Before the contract is finalized, we are responsible for some of your publicity and the training expenses for you and LeBron."
"Too high." Su Xi said.
"This is already lower than the market price." Goodwin said quickly.
"I don't need your publicity. I have a publicity team behind me. I don't need you to be responsible for training expenses. I pay for my own training. You don't need to pay for food, clothing, housing and transportation."
Su Xi continued: "I will give you a pre-tax commission of 1 million. If the annual salary reaches more than 10 million US dollars, I can also give you an additional 500,000 US dollars as a reward. But the premise is that the contract you negotiated for me can make me Satisfied. If it does not meet my psychological expectations, our cooperation will automatically be invalidated."
"How about it? You can get 1 million US dollars just by talking."
"You have nothing to lose. Even if you can't complete it, you can still use me to raise the price for LeBron. Can't you?"
Su Xi looked directly into their eyes, as if to see through them.
The Goodwin brothers obviously didn't expect Su Xi to be so difficult to deal with.
But as Su Xi said, even if they fail to negotiate, they have nothing to lose.
"Yes, but we will continue to maintain this long-term single cooperation model in the future." Aaron Goodwin had already agreed while his brother was still considering it.
Because he sees through the core of this model.
If Su Xi doesn't have enough commercial value, it will help James raise the price.
If Su Xi can really impress sponsors, then he will use James' influence to get a premium contract.
In any case, it was no loss to the Goodwin brothers.
Therefore, after he agreed, he specifically asked James: "What do you think of this cooperation model?"
LeBron James nodded: "Okay. Neither of you took advantage of the other, and even if it didn't succeed, each other would not lose anything."
Then, James said to Su Xi: "Jack, from today on, we are in the same boat. I have said before that we are a perfect match."
He was all smiles.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Su Xi walked over and asked, "Who?"
"Larry Bird!"
As soon as the name came out, Su Xi opened the door, and the brothers James and Goodwin inside were stunned.
Jack turned out to be connected to Larry Bird as well.
The master behind him is not simple.
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