From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 35 A Billion Dollar Deal
"One billion dollars?? An 18-year-old young man?"

"Dear Yao, I'm very busy with work, I don't think it's the right decision for you to call and joke with me."

Jeff Schwartz, who received Yao Ming's call, was very calm. He turned on his mobile phone hands-free, added sugar to his coffee, and browsed the news on the NBA section on his computer. At the same time, he did not forget to command his assistant to clean up his desktop files.

Obviously, he didn't take Yao Ming's words seriously, thinking that Yao Ming was just joking, so as to open up the chatterbox and communicate with himself about other issues in the future.

For example, let yourself contact a certain team owner, he wants to buy some team shares or something...

"Mr. Jeff, why do you think I'm joking." Yao Ming raised his voice, trying to make his voice serious.

"I'm telling you very seriously, I have a business of 10 billion US dollars that I can hand over to you. Of course, the success of this business is mainly up to you."

Seeing Yao Ming's attitude became serious, Schwartz also let go of his casual attitude, and started to wave away the female assistant beside him, put down the coffee in his hand, and sat on the office chair to take it seriously.

"In myself??"

"Your words are starting to arouse my interest!!"

Schwartz put Erlang's legs on the desk, lit a cigar, and took a deep puff.

"Can you be more specific, Mr. Chairman?"

"Since it's cooperation, we should have an open and honest talk!!"

"Let me guess, that 18-year-old young man is the son of the chairman of your CBA company. He asked you to contact me to package your entire league's brokerage business to our company, and then continue to expand? It is possible to do 10 One hundred million U.S. dollars?"

Schwartz held the phone in his left hand and kept turning the lighter in his right hand, asking tentatively.

"But I'm sorry, Yao, I'm not interested in the CBA business, and I'm sure it's not going to get me a billion dollar business."

Yao Ming didn't expect that he was only a second behind, and the shrewd guy on the opposite side had already made up a lot of brains, even taking his entire country's league into consideration, and he was not interested in preparing to lower the price...

In order to prevent the other party from continuing to misunderstand, Yao Ming hurriedly said: "NO, NO, NO, Jeff, you think too much, I have no such plan."

"Even if there is such a thing, I will think of Bill first, not you!!"

Yao Ming said straight to the point: "Actually, we have a Chinese player who wants you to be his agent and help him prepare for the draft!!"

Schwartz reacted immediately: "You mean Jiang?"

"No problem. I've heard about him. He's going to be a first-round pick. I believe in his ability."

"Jiang asked me to be his agent??"

"Yes, Jeff, you guessed it right, that's what happened!!"

""Tell Jeff, I have a $10 billion project to hand over to him", these are Jianghu's original words, I don't know what he plans to talk to you, I think you can meet and have a good chat."

Hearing Yao Ming's words from Jianghu, Jeff Schwartz was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Oh? Well, I'm also looking forward to meeting him."

"He will arrive in New York on April 4, I hope you will pick him up then."

"OK!!"

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April 4, sunny, New York, JFK airport.

After getting off the plane, Jiang Hu immediately took out his mobile phone, unlocked the airplane mode, and called Schwartz.

"Mr. Broker, I landed, where are you?"

"I'm here at the exit!!"

Jianghu walked towards the exit and saw Schwartz at a glance.

He was wearing a well-fitting black suit and a colored tie, holding a phone in his hand, and kept waving to Jianghu.

"Go to your company, let's have a good talk!!"

As soon as the two met, Jiang Hu directly threw the suitcase in his hand to Schwartz, without showing any signs of alienation.

Schwartz took the box by accident, handed it to the assistant next to him, and said with a smile: "Jiang, this is the first time I've seen an oriental like you, very confident!!"

Jiang Hu didn't look back, but waved his hand backwards: "I'm suffocating, I'll go to the bathroom first, we'll talk again when we come back!!"

After a while, Jiang Hu went to the bathroom and found Schwartz and his female assistant waiting attentively at the door.

"Let's go, Mr. Broker."

"You are very good. You have earned so much money, and you are still so responsible to your customers."

"Of course, customers are God and the meaning of our existence!!"

"This way please, Jiang..."

Step out of the airport and ride in Schwartz's nanny van.

In the car, Jianghu and Schwartz didn't speak all the way.

As soon as Jianghu stuck to the soft sofa chair, he immediately felt sleepy, so he simply closed his eyes and took a rest, adjusting his body to adapt to the jet lag.

Schwartz, who was on the side, saw the situation and did not step forward to disturb him. Instead, he played with his mobile phone on his own, and at the same time kept guessing about the billion-dollar cooperation that Jianghu said.

What exactly is a billion-dollar collaboration?This question has been bothering him for several days.

Intuition told him that Jianghu might be fooling him.

The sixth sense told him that Jianghu really has a way to give him the chance to take over the $10 billion contract.

With such troubles, time passed quickly.

The traffic in New York is very congested. The 57-mile distance from Kennedy Airport to Schwartz's company took three hours.

During these three hours, Jiang Hu had a good night's sleep, while Schwartz thought for three full hours...

At the end, he didn't even think about it, where is the $10 billion business that Jianghu said...

………………

When he came to Schwartz's office, Jiang Hu sat directly on his office chair, crossed his legs, and snapped his fingers.

"Coffee latte, half sugar, thank you!!"

Schwartz was stunned again, and it took a while before he ordered his assistant to prepare coffee.

"Jiang, can I call you Jiang?" Schwartz didn't realize that, sitting opposite the unfamiliar office chair, his tone couldn't help but lowered.

"Jianghu, my full name is Jianghu, you can call me Jianghu if you like, I don't mind, but the full name is best."

Jiang Hu casually picked up the lighter on the table and played with it in his hand, while staring at Schwartz's eyes expressionlessly.

Schwartz felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by Jianghu's indifferent eyes, and almost dodged away...

It took a moment for Schwartz to realize the problem: I shouldn't be nervous, should I?The one who should be nervous is the 18-year-old brat on the opposite side, right? My posture seems a little too low...

As one of the biggest agents in the NBA, he shouldn't be so gaffe.

Thinking of this, Schwartz leaned back on the soft sofa chair and said, "Okay, Jiang, let's get straight to the point!!"

"What do you need me to help you with?"

Hearing what Schwartz said, Jianghu didn't respond for a long time, but continued to play with the lighter in his hand...

Until Schwartz couldn't bear it anymore and was about to speak again.

Jianghu looked at Schwartz and said slowly, "Help? Do you think I need help?"

"I just need to go to tryouts, and then I will be drafted. After entering the NBA, I will have a salary of several million dollars a year. What help do you think I need?"

"If you want to help me, I don't think you can help me with anything other than finding a hotel and contacting me for trial training!!"

"Are you sure you want to help me?" Jiang Hu asked casually, throwing the lighter on the table.

"I can help you negotiate an endorsement deal," Schwartz replied.

"No, you're not helping me, you're working for your pay!!"

"..." Schwartz was completely silent.

"Well, young man, your mental quality is really good."

"Let's get straight to the point, let's talk about what you said, a billion-dollar business, how do you want to talk about it?"

Schwartz was too lazy to go around the corner, and he didn't fall into his trap when he went around the rivers and lakes. Instead, he became irritated by going around.

Seeing that Schwartz finally couldn't help asking questions, Jianghu knew that he had already grasped the initiative in this negotiation.

"Mr. Schwartz, I want to know, how many players do you currently have on hand, and how many NBA players' contracts are in your hand?"

Schwartz directly gave an accurate answer: "33 people, with an average annual salary of 800 million US dollars, and the annual salary is about 2.6 million US dollars."

Jianghu estimated that the current wages have just risen sharply, and the players in Schwartz's hands, Jokic, Ingram, Middleton, Jamal Murray and others have not yet signed their biggest contract.

等到贾马尔-穆雷签下5年1.7亿美元，英格拉姆5年1.58亿，约基奇签下5年2.7亿，那个时候才是施瓦茨的巅峰时期。

So the data released by Schwartz now should be true.

"The average annual salary of 800 million doesn't seem high, Mr. Schwartz!!" Jiang Hu was not surprised, but said lazily.

"This is too tiring, Jeff, you need to take care of the signing of more than 33 players, and then only more than 2 million US dollars. According to the contract of an NBA player, your annual salary is only about 600 million US dollars!!" At this point, Jiang Hu sighed tone.

"So tired, Jeff, you're so tired!!"

"Our business has its own rules of survival!!" Schwartz shook his head, hearing Jiang Hu say he was tired, he recalled his work, and really felt a little tired.

I keep running around the United States every day, constantly confronting various team managements, communicating with players, and sometimes even receiving calls in the middle of the night and needing help to solve problems...

He remembers the trade deadline every year, and he dared not sleep at four or five in the morning, because he didn't know if his players would be traded?

If the player is traded, he needs to rush to the new city immediately to help the player find a house and prepare a car...

Seeing that Schwartz seemed to be in a state of recalling the past, Jianghu immediately continued: "Imagine, if you have a player in your hand with a contract of [-] million US dollars every year, you will be much more relaxed!!"

"For example, if LeBron is your player, his annual income is [-] million."

“他4000万美元的工资你抽3%，6000万美元的代言你抽15%，你一年从这一个球员身上就可以赚到1000万美元。”

"You can get rid of some of the low-paid players in your hands and give them to people in your company..."

"No, no, our company usually doesn't smoke so much!!" Schwartz waved his hand, he felt that Jianghu seemed to have misunderstood something.

"No, Jeff, it's not that you want to smoke so much, but that I want to give you so much!!" Jiang Hu suddenly sat up straight from the boss chair, stretched out his hand and interrupted Schwartz's words.

"........."

"........."

Hearing Jianghu's words, Schwartz fell silent...

If he heard correctly, what the young man said was: He gave me? ?

After a while, he scratched his head and organized his thoughts: "So the billion-dollar business you told me is your own?"

"Yes."

"It's me!!"

Jiang Hu looked into his eyes and nodded with a smile.

Hearing the correct answer, Schwartz could no longer control his emotions. He put his fingernails in his mouth and bit them vigorously, panting continuously, and then slapped the table with his hands.

"Shet, Shet, Pochet!!!"

"Damn it, I've been looking forward to it for days!!!"

"I thought you were a rich second generation with a company in your family. Introduce me to a big business!! Unexpectedly, a ghost story came out. An 18-year-old lunatic told me that his career was worth 10 billion!!"

Schwartz's state can be described as manic. The female assistant who delivered the coffee thought he was crazy when he saw Schwartz like this. She even prepared to take out her mobile phone and call an ambulance...

However, seeing Schwartz in this state, Jiang Hu did not panic.

Instead, she took the coffee from the hand of the pretty female assistant who delivered the coffee with a smile, and signaled that this place is safe, so you go out first.

Jiang Hu slowly stirred the coffee with a spoon.

While blowing on the coffee in the cup, he quietly looked at Schwartz opposite.

When Schwartz became a little more normal, he continued: "You are wrong, 10 billion dollars is only half of my career. Can the other half be given to you, I need to see your performance!!"

"???" Hearing this, Schwartz stopped all his movements, raised his head and looked at Jianghu with the eyes of aliens.

Incredible, incredible...

When people are angry or shocked, they will suddenly lose their minds, but when they are extremely angry, they will calm down...

Schwartz stared at Jianghu, trying to see timidity, worry, and lack of confidence from his face.

However, after watching for a long time, he found that Jianghu's demeanor and attitude had not changed from the beginning to the end...

He was in the same state from landing, to entering the door, to now.

Relax, be natural, be casual...

No matter how crazy, frantic, happy or lost, the young man on the opposite side always has a faint smile on his face, looking at him quietly...

Schwartz suddenly felt: This kid seems to have a super big heart, he seems very suitable for playing basketball! !
Thinking of this, a crazy idea came to the back of Schwartz's mind...

just in case……

What if what he said is true...

What if he is really good, if he can really earn [-] million a season like LeBron in the future.

If I reject him, will it become a joke in the brokerage circle in the future?

Once this kind of crazy idea arises, it is out of control like a fountain.

After a while, Schwartz went to see Jianghu again, and found that Jianghu gave him a different feeling from just now...

He just sat there with a faint smile on his face.

In Schwartz's mind, he simulated the appearance of Jianghu wearing a jersey, coupled with this handsome face.

The more you look, the more you look like a born superstar...

The more Schwartz looked at it, the more he felt that Jianghu's face combined the advantages of the East and the West, with bright eyes and deep contours, like a scholar in an oriental book, but also like a western aristocrat.

If such a player is outstanding, he will definitely be very popular.

Schwartz recalled the highlights of the rivers and lakes games he had watched in the past two days.

All kinds of hollow shots outside the three-point line, amazing accuracy, various dunks from the free throw line within the three-point line, and excellent physical fitness.

If he brings this kind of performance to the NBA, with his handsome face and shooting posture, wouldn't it be a simple All-Star?

By the way, I forgot the most important point, he is Chinese.

China is currently developing very well, even better than Yao Ming's era, with a thriving economy. Moreover, this large country with a population of 14 billion has a large audience for basketball, and the spread of the NBA is very wide.

Schwartz thought about it, and suddenly felt that what Jianghu said seemed to be true...

"what should I do??"

After calming down, Schwartz seemed to have made up his mind, and said while looking into Jianghu's eyes.

Jianghu hooked his fingers, signaling Schwartz to get closer.

"Dangdang~"

Schwartz leaned over, Jianghu tapped the table with a coffee spoon, and said softly to him, "It's very simple."

"The first step, you have to find a way to let the team with the No. [-] pick choose me!!"

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(End of this chapter)