On the 4th, the SuperSonics returned to Seattle.
The next game is No. 6, again Mosaic, with two days of rest in between, which makes Zhou Quan feel good and try his best to recover his physical fitness.
The media on this day praised Zhou Quan and praised him to heaven.
At noon on the 4th, the glider's inspection report came out, and Mosaic officially announced that Drexler would be out for at least two months.
This situation hit Mosaic quite hard, but Dameng was indeed determined. On the night of the 6th, he and Barkley defeated the SuperSonics, who wanted to win at home, and took away a victory from Seattle.
Zhou Quan had sex with Zeng Li for half the night on the 4th, and he abstained from sex on the 5th. However, he had an erotic dream while practicing the sleeping elixir that night, and the next day he was unable to achieve the magical state he had on the 3rd.
He only scored 42 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 5 turnovers and 3 fouls, and his shooting percentage was 46.4%. Although his performance was still very good, he was really unable to do it alone. He didn’t have to attack in the low post or rebound. It all depended on him. Shots on the outside.
Dameng scored 32 points, 17 rebounds, 4 steals and 6 blocks, shooting 66.6% from the field. Barkley scored 28 points, 19 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 blocks, shooting 51.2% from the field.
The two teamed up to contribute 60 points, 36 rebounds, 7 steals and 10 blocks, controlling the paint area and rebounding of both sides. They overwhelmed the SuperSonics' inside line on both offense and defense, and also blocked Zhou Quan's breakthrough attack. The two had ten blocks. Half of them were given to Zhou Quan.
Although the Sonics lost, the Bulls also suffered their first losing streak this season, unexpectedly losing to the rebuilding Suns on the road.
The SuperSonics have 37 wins and 9 losses, and the Bulls have 38 wins and 8 losses. The winning difference between the two sides is still 1 game.
After playing Mosaic at home, all the games before the All-Star Game are over and we have entered the All-Star Weekend.
This year's All-Star Game will be held in San Antonio from the 9th to the 12th. The main game is on the night of the 11th, and the rookie game is on the night of the 10th.
On the 7th, Zhou Quan will rest in the morning, prepare to play golf in the afternoon, and practice boxing in the evening.
"Beep...beep..."
"Hello?"
After breakfast, at around eight o'clock, which is around eight o'clock in the evening in China, Zhou Quan called home, and his mother, Lin Yufen, answered the phone.
"Mom, I'm Xiaoquan!"
"Oh, son! Son, are you and Zeng Li okay now?"
"Okay. By the way, Mom, the Chinese New Year is almost here. As I told you last time, how are the visa preparations going?"
"Your dad has already done it. Even Zeng Li and his parents don't want to go to the United States. We contacted him several times and were very polite, saying it was inconvenient."
"Husband, forget it." Zeng Li next to him whispered.
Zhou Quan nodded. His great-father and great-mother had been divorced for many years. It was really difficult to come together. He was just polite and said to the phone: "Okay, Mom, you and my dad can bring Xiaoye over. Xiaoye should be on holiday." ?”
"I'll have a holiday tomorrow." Lin Yufen said with a smile.
"Well, we will pick you up in Los Angeles then." Zhou Quan smiled.
At noon, Phillip came over from Los Angeles and had lunch at his house.
"Roger, you moved to Seattle, but you still have to be in Los Angeles half the time." Zhou Quan joked.
Philip smiled and said: "In this period of time, I have helped you handle several previous endorsement contracts for second- and third-tier brands. With your current status, these brands are no longer needed."
"How's the negotiation with Skechers going?" Zhou Quan nodded and asked again.
Philip said: "What we discussed last time is still the same. In addition to the equity, the annual endorsement fee has also been negotiated, which is a symbolic 6 million US dollars a year. In addition, there is a 20 million signing fee when signing the contract. Zhou, if you agree , I’ll inform them to come over tomorrow and sign the contract?”
"Then let them come over." Zhou Quan nodded and smiled.
"Okay, I'll notify them."
After Philip finished speaking, he added: "I have also reached an agreement with Bob Arum and Mr. Lou Duva. Holyfield will challenge you this year. He and Holyfield's agent and promoter Lou Duva will do this world boxing event." The promoter of Wang’s title defense pulled me in, and we jointly invested US$120 million, with a capital investment ratio of 6:3:1, and I invested US$12 million.”
"Husband, what one hundred and twenty million?"
Zeng Li asked, already understanding part of it.
"The promotion funds for this year's title defense include the appearance fees for me and my opponent."
Zhou Quan explained and asked Philip: "What about the others?"
Philip said excitedly: "Zhou, although Holyfield is also very popular and has a great influence in the professional boxing world, he lost to Michael Muller last time and lost the world title, so he is now at a low point. , the popularity was greatly damaged.
Although your qualifications are far inferior to his, PPV sales are king. You are more popular than him now, and you are the defender and he is the challenger, so you will naturally have to overpower him in terms of appearance fees. "
"How much is it?" Zhou Quan asked with a smile.
Philip smiled and said: "Your entry fee was 22 million US dollars, this time it is 30 million US dollars, which has reached the level of Tyson's appearance fee at his peak, and it is also the highest appearance fee in professional boxing until now.
By the way, Tyson’s first fight back last year was also worth $30 million. Speaking of this, I have to say that Tang Jin is indeed capable. "
Zhou Quan nodded. Being able to get an appearance fee of 30 million was already very good. After all, his experience in the boxing world was too young and he had only played four boxing matches.
It took many years for Tyson to go from appearance fees of hundreds of thousands of dollars to 30 million.
Although the name of the King of Crossovers is very big, he feels that this name may just be a kind of popularity. After the limelight has passed, the name of the King of Crossovers may not be so attractive.
Last year's boxing match broke the PPV sales record, so this year's title defense may see a decline in popularity. PPV sales may not continue to break through. If it can be maintained at 3 million, he thinks it is still a good result. .
Philip added: "Holyfield's salary is 20 million U.S. dollars, which is 10 million U.S. dollars lower than yours. Zhou, if you successfully defend your title, Arum said that the appearance fee will definitely increase in the next title defense, at least by 5 million U.S. dollars.
If this PPV can be maintained at 3 million, then he is guaranteed to have an appearance fee increase of 10 million for the next title defense. "
"What about the PPV share?" Zhou Quan nodded and asked again.
Philip said: "You are the sales king, of course it is higher. But we have just negotiated and haven't signed the contract yet, so the rich TV broadcasters haven't started negotiating yet, and the specific ratio cannot be determined.
But no matter what, we are sure to get 50% of the PPV sales revenue. This is the current market situation.
Of the 50%, it has been decided that our promoters will get 35%, you will get 40%, and Holyfield will get 25%. "
Zhou Quan did some calculations and found that 40% of 50% was 20% of the total PPV income, which was not bad, so he nodded.
Philip added: "You account for 8% of the box office and on-site advertising sponsorship income, Holyfield accounts for 4%, and the rest is from promoters and stadiums."
"When do you plan to sign the contract?" Zhou Quan asked.
"After the playoffs, it doesn't need to be too early. If it's too early, the attention will pass. If it takes too long, it won't be easy to publicize. This time, I won't compete with the NBA for attention." Philip said with a smile.
Zhou Quan laughed. When the Challenger League news was announced last year, it stole the limelight of the NBA playoffs. I guess Stern was not happy.
In the afternoon, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li invited Philip to play golf. This was something Philip was very willing to do, otherwise he would not have moved to Seattle.
This afternoon, Skechers announced in Los Angeles that it had officially reached an early contract renewal agreement with Zhou Quan, and the signing will be held in Seattle tomorrow.
While Skechers invited the media to attend the signing ceremony, it also intended to let the media know that this would be a lifetime contract.
So far in the league, Michael Jordan has received a lifetime contract from Nike, and Zhou Quan will be the second person to receive a lifetime contract.
As far as the entire world of sports is concerned, including those European football superstars, very few can get lifetime contracts.
Therefore, although this news has not been officially announced, it has already shocked the league and the world.
While playing golf, Philip and Zhou Quan took calls from several reporters and then turned off their phones to avoid being disturbed.
"Michael, did you see that, that guy from Iron Fist is going to get a lifetime contract just like you?" Barkley called Jordan, full of sourness.
"This is his business, what does it have to do with me?" Jordan's tone was very calm.
To be honest, he is already used to it. This season, the sales volume of his MJ brand has been caught up with the Tekken brand. Moreover, this is the United States and the sales volume around the world has long been surpassed by Zhou Quan.
If we only look at overseas sales, the Iron Fist brand is several times that of the MJ brand. However, North America still accounts for the majority of the total global sales, so the current proportion of overseas sales is not large and is not very important.
"If it weren't for boxing, how could he be so popular? When he loses the title defense, I think his popularity will drop by half." Barkley rambled.
"I'm dead."
Jordan didn't want to hear any more and ended the call.
…
The next day, on the morning of the 8th, Skechers President Mark Nathan personally brought people to Seattle.
At 12 noon, a grand signing ceremony was held as scheduled at the five-star Hilton Hotel in Seattle.
As many as a hundred media were invited, and the clicking of the shutter never stopped.
At the signing ceremony, Philip announced some details of the contract to the media, such as Zhou Quan’s 7% shareholding ratio.
"Tekken, doesn't Skechers intend to establish an independent Tekken brand company?" A reporter asked during the question session.
"Skechers has not yet been listed on the market. This is an issue they will consider in the future." Zhou Quan replied.
"You mean, the Iron Fist brand is likely to become independent?" the reporter asked.
"No comment at the moment." Zhou Quan said with a smile.
"Mr. Nathan, Iron Fist holds 7% of the shares, while Michael Jordan only held 4.5% of Nike shares before. Do you think Iron Fist is worth so many company shares?" a reporter from the Chicago Daily asked.
Mark Nason nodded and smiled: "I have always believed in Iron Fist. I have believed in him since his rookie season, but he still gave me a huge surprise. 7% of the shares is very suitable. He is worth the company's investment."
After the signing ceremony, as the media spread, Zhou Quan's global attention and popularity increased to a higher level, even stealing the limelight of the All-Stars.
In the evening, my family called me and told me that the flight was at 11 a.m. on the 12th and the flight time was 13 hours.
At 9 a.m. on February 9, Zhou Quan flew to San Antonio with Zeng Li.
The main members selected for the All-Stars in 1996, the Eastern Conference are O'Neal, Grant Hill, Pippen, Jordan, and Anfernee Hardaway.
The Eastern Conference substitutes are Ewing, Gary Payton, Reggie Miller, Glen Rice, Vin Baker, Juwan Howard, and Alonzo Mourning.
The main players in the Western Conference are Olajuwon, Shawn Kemp, Barkley, Drexler, and Zhou Quan.
The substitutes are, David Robinson, Jason Kidd, Sean Elliott, Karl Malone, Mitch Richmond, John Stockton, Mutombo.
After arriving in San Antonio, he first went to the hotel where the NBA All-Stars stayed and settled in, and opened another room for Zeng Li.
After putting down his luggage and saying hello to some familiar All-Stars, he took Zeng Li out to play.
First, we walked around the pedestrian street by the river. This pedestrian street of several kilometers is full of restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, as well as some souvenir shops and museums. Because the street is in the river valley, it is full of towering trees, and the scenery is very good.
I had afternoon tea here, did some shopping, and bought some souvenirs.
"Hubby, it seems like the style here is different from Seattle!"
"The United States is originally a country of immigrants, not an aboriginal country. How can it have a unified cultural style? This was originally an Indian protection area. After killing most of them, they were treated as protected animals and then protected."
"ah?"
“This was originally a Spanish colonial territory, so there are many Spanish-style buildings, including those large priest houses, which have multiple functions of churches, military fortresses and residences. There are hundreds of them, with a history of more than 200 years.
Then it’s the land of Mexico, so it has a Mexican style. Coupled with Indian style, modern style, and a little bit of everything, tourism here is pretty good. But there are not many Asians here, and even fewer Chinese. "
When it was almost dark, after having dinner outside, the two returned to the hotel.
Instead of going to the room reserved for him by the NBA, he rested for a while in Zeng Li's room and then contacted Reggie Miller.
"Reggie, I'll reserve a private room at the bar for seven-thirty. See you then."
"OK."
He first called the bar to reserve a private room, and then contacted O'Neal, Grant Hill, David Robinson, Richmond, and Mutombo.
At 7:30, Zeng Li and I came to the bar on the 37th floor. Reggie Miller and O'Neal were already there. David Robinson also brought Sean Elliott. They all brought their wives or girlfriends, adding up to more than ten people. people.
We ordered some wine, drinks, and fruit plates, and we all chatted while drinking.
"Tell me, what are Jordan and the others doing? They won't be caught by the media again, right?" Reggie Miller said thoughtfully.
"Ha ha……"
The group burst into laughter.
(End of chapter)
