Back in 84, he became Jordan’s lifelong enemy!

Chapter 58 Rookie contract, maximum salary!
"USD 7 million in 600 years? 50 in the first year? Oh no, no, no, you have underestimated Su's value, and the contract period is too long, which is very detrimental to him."

"You have no confidence in Mrs. Su!"

"Look at this year's scoring champion, Adrian Dantley. He's averaging 30 points per game this year. Oh my god, do you know how good he is? He is the star of the Utah Jazz, with outstanding talent and perimeter offensive skills. Rich and solid.”

"However, he only averaged 25.8 points per game in three years in college! This year's salary is US$92."

"Look at No. 2 in the scoring list, Mark Aguirre, the star of the Mavericks. He was the No. 81 pick in 25. He averaged 29 points per game in three years in college. The last one was in his third year in the NBA. Averaging 80+ per game, isn’t that good enough? But his salary this year is not low either, $[-].”

"Let's take a look at Su Wen's college performance: 40 points in a single game. In the game against Michael Jordan, who has been famous for many years, he even outscored the opponent and scored 39 points."

"This season, throughout the entire national championship tour, he averaged 33.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.6 blocks per game. Is he inferior to these two? No, he is better than anyone else."

"Su Ke led the team to defeat Georgetown University to win the championship, and who did Georgetown beat to reach the finals? It was the University of Houston. Hakeem Olajuwon, as far as I know, his contract with the Rockets is 4 years 476 million US dollars, up to 80 in the first year. Do you think Su is worse than him? Su is the man who dominated the second place Sam Bowie in three games."

"I was also informed by Su. Charles Barkley, who defeated Patrick Ewing in the NCAA finals, was Su's teammate. When Su joined the team, he had already defeated him. Do you think Su Is it worse than Ewing or worse than Barkley?"

"Su's talent, Su's ability, Su's comprehensiveness, you should all know that he is the most talented and powerful among this draft's rookies. And his average per game data in his college career is even higher than that of someone who has been playing in the NBA for many years. Superstars are even better."

"Six million in seven years is far from what he has."

"Don't forget, there is no airtight wall in the world. If a contract like Su's spreads out and is known to the outside world, it will inevitably become a joke. The super genius you brought back with great efforts, the future core of the team, has an annual salary of only 80 US dollars? 50 in the first year? Too cheap!”

"You don't want others to make fun of you, right?"

"Moreover, this contract is long and smelly, and the risk is extremely high. It doesn't give Su the motivation to make further progress, it's too comfortable, and it's also a huge risk for you. What if Su doesn't come out? Now, you have to continue to pay salaries for many years, which is also very disadvantageous for you, right?

My employer is also very confident that he can work quickly and win the next contract. The shorter the term, the more motivated he is.

The same is true for you.

If he loses the water, you won't regret it too much.

But I believe he can play it, and he also believes he can play it quickly. "

"He doesn't want to be bound by a long-term contract. He needs the motivation to move forward and prove his ability in his and our team. He will become the best player in the entire SuperSonics club and even the entire league!"

"The shorter the contract, the better it is for you and him. It also gives Su the greatest motivation to fight for the next contract, doesn't it?"

In the high-level meeting room with the SuperSonics management, Funen Valant, who had just signed a temporary agency contract with Su Wen, spent the whole morning quoting from classics, drawing inferences from one instance to another, and speaking eloquently. Argue with senior management.

For this contract negotiation, he seemed to have extremely detailed information and was fully prepared. Even the college careers of this year's scoring leader Adrian Dantley and the second-leading scorer Mark Aguirre were used to illustrate Su Wen.

Just to show the team that his employer Su Wen is no worse than these two superstars, and is even better.

In order to get the best interests of Su Wen's rookie contract, he did a lot of work.

And it is well-founded and convincing!
The entire SuperSonics management team headed by Les Haberg didn't even have a chance to interrupt. They were dumbfounded and their scalps were numb.

This Funing Valante is so eloquent and her preparations are so detailed.

And so scary at the same time!

It was like Satan whispering in their ears, full of deadly sedition, constantly tempting them to agree with his views.

This makes people get mad, lose their minds, and make decisions subconsciously.

Because they, before this, only offered Su Wen a rookie contract of 7 years and 600 million US dollars. Funen Valant and Su Wen did not agree with this contract.

I think the contract amount is too small and the term is too long!
Then I saw Valante standing up and using such a long, emotional and impassioned speech to convince them.

Contract negotiation is originally a process of persuading each other, asking for high prices, and then paying back the money.

Good guy, when you come up, just use your moves without any regard for martial ethics!

Finally, Valante also made a condition that none of them could accept: $4 million in four years.

Not only did the number of years suddenly decrease by three years, but the average annual salary of the contract also doubled.

This has greatly exceeded the psychological expectations of everyone in their management.

You know, in the past season, the highest salary was Moses Malone, which was only US$200 million;
Bird, $65. Of course, it is said that he is now negotiating with the Celtics for a contract extension with an annual salary of more than 200 million.

Magic Johnson, the hottest player in the league right now, earns 25 million in 2500 years
Well, this guy's contract has no reference, is long and thick, and is intimidating at first glance.

But Knicks star Bernard King only earns $87 a year;
These are the results of many years of hard work in the league, and they are all considered superstars in the league.

Su Wen, who has never played a game for the team, is asking for a one-year contract worth more than 100 million, which no one can accept.

The management did not lose their minds and all rejected the offer.

After that, it was just a lot of wrangling.

Make an offer, make a counter-offer, and continue to argue with your arguments!

It wasn't until the morning of July 7 that the negotiations on Su Wen's rookie contract were settled for a week.

The final terms negotiated by both parties were that the term was still 4 years, but the total price had been negotiated from 600 million to 450 million US dollars.

There is a difference of 150 million, but it is still amazing enough.

Because both parties believe that although Su Wen is only a rookie and has not played a game for the team and has achieved anything, his performance in college and national championships, beating the number one pick, second pick and third overall pick, is enough. A price worthy of respect for the person he is.

This is a contract that is only slightly smaller than the No. [-] pick Olajuwon!

The annual salary was 80 in the first year, 99 in the next year, and more than 120 million in the next two years. The contract only officially came into effect on October 10 this year.

However, the team has a final-year option.

Witnessed by the legal teams of both parties, both parties breathed a sigh of relief after Su Wen signed his name.

Then Su Wen left the conference room and returned to his apartment amid shouts of "pleased cooperation."

Before the big dog Glenn Robinson incident in 94, the league's original collective bargaining agreement did not clearly stipulate that rookie contracts must be linked to draft picks. How much salary you can get depends entirely on your ability to negotiate with the team.

During this week, he saw the ability of this temporary agent, Funing Valante.

He is worthy of being a senior agent of CAA, one of the three major agencies in Hollywood.

He really admired this eloquent eloquence.

No wonder the other party dared to leave the company and go it alone.

He even had a hunch that this Valante might become as awesome as David Falcao in the future.

It seems that Valante's discussion of Suvin's rookie contract is just a test of the waters.

In the next few days, he was busy and making phone calls non-stop, and he had already started looking for product endorsements for Su Wen.

"10 a year for Converse? Oh, that's as high as Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. But as far as I know, your loser Jordan is already negotiating a five-year, $250 million contract with Nike. . Our colleague Falcao is negotiating with Converse and Adidas about this contract, and it seems that the result is not optimistic."

"Converse was too arrogant and unwilling to pay them more than Johnson and Bird."

"Su, my suggestion is that you can also contact Nike."

"Underwear brand? It's okay! 6 a year, which doesn't seem like much, but it's very suitable for you now, Su. It's a pity that they are just a small brand here."

"McDonald's? 10 a year. This is already equal to Converse's asking price. Su, do you want to consider it?"

"Coca Cola."

Valante is like a hard-working and diligent aunt. While mediating with various businesses, she also constantly reports to Su Wen, allowing him to make decisions and put forward his own opinions.

However, they were all rejected by Su Wen.

"Funing."

Su Wenshi said to him: "I think it is not suitable for us to accept endorsements now."

"This will tie up our value for the next few years."

"I think I deserve more."

"What do you mean?" Valante somewhat agreed with Su Wen's words and asked with a smile.

"Now that the alliance is established, let's talk about business matters after I have established my worth and gained enough exposure." Su Wen expressed his thoughts.

Mother's.

Jordan has also never played in the NBA, but he was able to sign a five-year, $5 million contract with Nike based on his three-year career as a college star player and his exposure in the Olympics.

Am I worse than him?
Do not!
All I was missing was more exposure.

Where does exposure come from?

Wait for the league to start!

As long as he performs well, plays a highlight game, and performs even better than his peers and other superstars, plus the market in Seattle itself is not small, then exposure will naturally come.

Su Wen has already made plans. In his debut season, he will not think about commercial endorsements or accept any advertisements. He will wait until he can establish his worth. "OK!"

Valante is very supportive of his idea. Although he is still arguing with some businesses, his attitude has become much more relaxed and he no longer wants to rush to prove himself.

"Then our temporary contract, should we revise it?"

"Return me to a regular job?"

"No problem." Su Wen wasn't disgusted with his behavior of just following a good thing and trying to get red envelopes. "Let's sign for two years first."

"It depends on your performance in the past two years. If I am satisfied, I will convert it to a long-term contract."

Valante thought about it and didn't object.

As he discussed with the team management, the shorter the contract, the more exciting it will be, doubling his motivation.

After all, Su Wen has already said not to talk about business matters in the first year.

He can have a one-year buffer period and preparation period.

Before Valante left, he also made a suggestion to Su Wen, "Su, I think you need to take a driver's license test right away."

"You have grown up, and now you are the most promising rookie of the Sonics, and you have officially become a professional player. If you own a good car, it will improve your own image to a certain extent."

"You can make arrangements. I'll be there on time." Su Wen didn't object to this suggestion.

He really wants to take the driver's license test.

After all, I was living in an apartment building close to the headquarters but far away from the home court.

It takes 10 to [-] minutes to walk barefoot.

It is easier to drive with a driver's license.

So, Su Wen started a three-point and one-line life.

Go learn to drive during the day, watch football in the evening, and go to the club cafeteria to eat when you're hungry, or find a restaurant outside.

And he especially likes to go to Ruyi Restaurant, a fly house near the Space Needle that is not visited by many people.

He likes to eat the braised pork rice there.

The boss braised it well, it was fat but not greasy, had great texture, and was less tooth-filling.

The most important thing is that it is very suitable for a person with heavy taste like him.

Of course, the pork rice has a heavier texture, while the other dishes are very light, no different from Cantonese cuisine.

The boss was very concerned about his recurring customer, and would prepare a separate portion for him almost as soon as he called.

It was at this time that he met his lover.

A middle-aged woman who immigrated with him.

His lover had a slight disability in his left foot and walked taller and shorter. He said that when he first immigrated, he was hit in a car accident and his ankle was directly run over by the car, causing a comminuted fracture.

Even if it is cured, it will still be disabled.

This period happened to be when she recovered and was discharged from the hospital.

Although they received compensation from the perpetrator, because they did not have medical insurance, the couple still lived in poverty, and their livelihoods depended entirely on this store.

The Los Angeles Olympic Games were officially held, and the conference opened at the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium.

The U.S. men's basketball team led by Jordan faced the Chinese Men's Basketball Team in its first game.

Although this game was the first time that the Chinese men's basketball team used the quick and easy run-and-gun tactics, it faced a disastrous defeat against the powerful American men's basketball team.

49:97
Lost by 48 points.

But they were in the group stage, then narrowly beat France by two points, and then beat Egypt by three points in qualifying.

Unfortunately, they lost to Uruguay in a key match in the group stage that determined whether to advance to the quarterfinals.

In this Olympics, they only got No. 10.

Compared with the Chinese men's basketball team, the American men's basketball team played smoothly and killed all the way.

After defeating the Chinese Men's Basketball Team, he defeated France 89:68 in the second game;

In the third game, they defeated Uruguay 104:68;

The fourth game was 120:62, beating France by 58 points;
In the last game of the group stage, they defeated Spain 101:68.

In the group stage, they won all five games without losing a game and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the quarter-finals, they faced the powerful West Germany. With their stronger defense and tacit cooperation, they still defeated their opponents by 78 points 67:11.

This is already their game with the smallest margin of victory during this Olympics.

Then in the second match against Canada, they defeated their opponent 78:59 and reached the final.

In the final, they again defeated Spain with a crushing force, with a score of 96:65.

In the end, they won all eight games throughout the Olympic Games and reached the top of the list.

Jordan also became the highest scorer in the US men's basketball team this year with an average of 17.1 points per game.

It is worth mentioning that at this Olympic Games, the Chinese delegation achieved a breakthrough of zero Olympic gold medals.

Shooting athlete Xu Haifeng won the men's pistol 566-round slow fire championship with a score of 60 in the pistol shooting event and won the gold medal.

The Chinese Olympic delegation finally won 15 golds, 8 silvers and 9 bronzes, a good result, ranking 4th in the medal list.

After the Los Angeles Olympics, we have entered the end of August.

By this time, Su Wen had obtained his driver's license and his grades were very good.

Although the examiner is a SuperSonics fan and knows that he is a talented young man who will soon play for the home team, the examination process is still quite strict.

However, Su Wen had nearly 20 years of driving experience in his previous life, and he couldn't find anything to fault.

What's more, in the American driver's license test, there is no such thing as reversing into a garage or side parking. This driving test is not too easy for Su Wen.

Time soon entered September, and many rookies also received news of signing contracts with the team.

In this draft, in addition to acquiring Su Wen through trade, the SuperSonics also acquired 11 rookies in other rounds.

There were 10 draft rounds in total, and they selected a rookie in each round.

But Su Wen knew that no more than three people could really stay.

Many times, NBA teams use all the draft picks in their hands to select people at will in order not to waste them.

Especially starting from the third round, they no longer consider who they are, what their position is, what they are good at, and what their shortcomings are.

At the same time, in order to make up for the loss of Jake Sikoma and Guice Williams, the Sonics want to operate in the free market in July and August.

It's a pity that there were no high-quality free agents to choose from, and in the end only two fringe players were signed.

With free agency closing, more than half of the offseason has passed.

By the end of September, the SuperSonics' new aid conference came.

The venue is just outside the home court of the Kings Dome.

In addition to Suvin, there are also Pat Cummings and Brad Davis who were traded with him.

In front of the cameras of many local media, as well as reporters from major mainstream media outlets in the United States, Su Wen showed off his future No. 9 jersey in the SuperSonics.

No.9.
That's the number he played for Auburn University.

From the beginning to the end.

Originally, he had thought about other numbers, such as the famous No. 1, No. 13, and No. 23, but after thinking about it, he felt that he should choose No. 9, which gave him the NCAA championship buff.

Do you understand the value of metaphysics?

Even if No. 9 is not as famous as other numbers, with him, that is not necessarily the case.

Therefore, when a reporter asked him the meaning of choosing this number, Su Wen replied: "It is my number at Auburn University!"

"9, this number, represents in our country the meaning of eternity and eternity."

"I want to make this No. 9 famous all over the United States!"

(End of this chapter)