Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 534 How much does Nike hate Federer?
After thinking about it carefully, Chen Ran felt more and more that this plan was feasible.

After all, he doesn't have a natural admiration for Nike like other athletes.

When Chen Ran first signed with Nike, he valued Nike's connections and background, which could help him avoid more trouble in the early stages of his career.

Of course, the other party giving more money is also a reason.

Nowadays, as Chen Ran's skills are becoming more and more perfect, his comprehensive strength is leading the tennis world. In addition, the ATP has also introduced the Hawk-Eye system, making it increasingly difficult for important competitions to be interfered with by external factors.

Especially his eagle-like sharp eyes. He can make full use of the two Hawkeye challenge opportunities in one game.

After all, professional tennis is not a Nike league like the NBA.

Thinking of this, he quietly made a plan for himself in his mind and did not tell anyone.

Chen Ran immediately called his agent and said, "I can make some concessions in terms of contract renewal. I hope the contract period will be five years, but whether it is four or five years, it must cover the remaining one year of my current contract."

This is equivalent to adding another 3 or 4 years to the original contract period, and the endorsement fee is based on the latest standards.

In 2010, I was 24 years old.

At that time, it was just right!
In order to make a successful job switch to Anta at that time, and create a sensation.

He set himself the goal of winning fifteen Grand Slams before 2010.

This means that his number of Grand Slams will officially surpass Sampras' 14 Grand Slams, making him the true number one in history.

As a true "goat", switching to Anta is enough to cause a sensation.

"It's not a big problem. What about the price?" The agency didn't know Chen Ran's current thoughts.

After all, if you tell anyone you’re switching from Nike to Anta, their reaction will most likely be: Oh my God, are you crazy?

In this era, even if you say you want to switch from Li Ning to Anta, everyone will find it incredible.

But everyone can understand why Federer switched from Nike to Uniqlo.

"As for the price... $2600 million is the bottom line, but it can be flexible and part of it can be used as a bonus. Um... performance bonus."

"Nike did mention this clause. I'll send you the details via email."

Chen Ran hung up the phone, turned on the phone, logged into his QQ mailbox and downloaded the file.

After several more days of negotiations, Nike did make concessions.

After all, as one side raises the price and the other side lowers the price, the negotiated price has been getting closer and closer to the psychological price of both parties.

2600 million US dollars, this is Chen Ran’s requirement, the difference lies in the performance requirement.

“US$2300 million + US$300 million in performance.”

However, this performance is a bit harsh. Nike requires at least two Grand Slams a year and the world ranking first at the end of the year to get this performance.

Although Chen Ran does have this ability, he is still afraid of unexpected events.

This performance target was really too high, just like the shameless company in his previous life, which squeezed him hard with almost impossible performance targets.

Chen Ran had no ability to resist at that time, but he has it now.

"One Grand Slam and a top 3 ranking would be considered a full performance! I think this condition is not excessive."

"That's right, this is my bottom line. I won't compromise."

He gave his opinion and responded to the company by email.

After doing all this, Chen Ran logged into MSN.

In this era, MSN has not yet exited the stage of history and is still widely used, especially in the international arena where this instant messaging software is the main one.

Chen Ran logged into MSN and saw the profile picture flashing. He found that it was his little fan Ivanovich who sent him an emoji. He smiled and sent an emoji back, then joined the chat group.

This is a chat group formed by three ATP first-line players, called the "Players Union Alliance", to fight for the interests of professional tennis players.

However, Federer is not in this group. It consists of Chen Ran, Roddick, and Wawrinka.

"Chen...are you sure you want to withdraw from this year's European Indoor Championships and participate in your country's competition?"

The person who sent a message to Chen Ran in the group was Roddick, a cheerful young man from the United States.

"The Chinese Olympic Games." Chen Ran replied, "I represent my province, which is equivalent to your states in the United States."

For a beautiful Chinese, it is certainly impossible to understand the meaning of the National Games, so he simply used this easy-to-understand expression.

"That's great... If you don't go, I believe I can win this year's Paris Masters!" Roddick said excitedly.

At this time, Wawrinka popped up: "Andy, are you sure? Although I also hope you can win, that guy will also participate."

Everyone knows who the guy he is talking about is.

"What are you afraid of? This is an indoor competition. There is no weather interference. It's on a fast and hard court. I am confident that I can beat your brother!" Roddick said without hesitation.

"Get lost, he's your big brother and you're his manservant!" Wawrinka immediately retorted, "I beat him more times than you did."

Roddick was silent for a moment, and it was obvious that Wawrinka was right.

Even the matches he lost to Federer were very important matches, such as Grand Slam finals, or semi-finals.

After a while, Roddick also asked, "Hey, Chen...how are your contract renewal negotiations with Nike going?"

"We're still discussing...there's no result yet." Chen Ran replied truthfully.

"Damn it! What are they thinking! My endorsement contract has not been approved yet."

"Your price is too high?"

"With the world's second-largest shareholder gone, shouldn't the world's third-largest shareholder take the opportunity to raise prices?"

"..." It seems to be fine, but are you really ranked third in the world? It seems that this position belongs to Nadal.

"It seems that Raphael is currently in third place, right?"

Wawrinka also questioned: "Are you serious?"

"I am the world number three on hard courts and grass courts!" Roddick stressed. "That Spanish guy is only better than me on clay courts, but two is better than one!"

"But his world ranking is higher than yours."

"Because Rafael scored too many points in the clay season, and I scored too few points in the clay season. But on hard courts, the difference between Rafael and me is not that big. But even so, I still think I am the third in the world."

Chen Ran smiled and said, "There is also the European Indoor Season and the year-end competition. These are all competitions you are good at. It is not impossible to surpass the Spanish boy."

"Damn Nike! They have now set up a performance incentive that requires me to beat Federer at the Paris Masters or the year-end finals. $50 for one time and $2 million for two times."

I rub!

"Andy, we are brothers in the same boat!" Wawrinka also spoke up, "Nike's requirements for me are the same as for you!"

Nike actually set performance requirements for Roddick and Wawrinka, and the conditions were this kind.

This is how much I hate Federer.

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(End of this chapter)