NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 186 Nike and Adidas came to the door

"Won!!!"

"Sweep! Sweep!"

"This is the strength of Lin Chuan of the Thunder. Does any other team have such a strong center? He is really good at both offense and defense!"

The young couple who had always supported the Thunder couldn't control their emotions and jumped up and cheered.

The meangirl and the blond jersey guy who had been mocking the two of them from behind quietly left with sullen faces.

Just like many Clippers fans.

The moment he saw the home team losing, he immediately stood up and walked towards the exit.

When people leave, the tea is cool, but that's all.

When the final whistle sounded, the Thunder players on the field gathered together to celebrate the victory.

Coach Brooks on the sidelines finally loosened his clenched fists.

At this moment, there were some white marks on the palms of his hands from being pinched by his fingernails because he was too nervous at the last moment.

If Odom had succeeded in making the last shot, given his explosive touch, the game would have inevitably gone into overtime.

By then, the outcome will become unclear again.

I can only say that fortunately Lin Chuan successfully blocked the shot in the end, allowing them to end the game in the fourth.

Next, we can have a few days of rest.

"Awesome buddy! One attack and one defense killed the game!"

Lin Chuan happily hugged Durant who rushed towards him and bumped chests with him.

At the same time, he accepted the system's task rewards in his mind.

As the system's mechanical sound rang again, a stream of information suddenly flowed into Lin Chuan's mind.

In just a moment, he understood that the system had already issued the reward.

Lin Chuan opened the panel, and saw that his endurance value had reached 86 points, finally reaching the All-Star level. It was finally not a lagging attribute among many other attributes.

In this way, he can play with full enthusiasm in strong dialogues without worrying too much about running out of energy quickly.

But this is not the most important thing. Lin Chuan looked down carefully.

The main point of this task is in the next one!
Looking down, the block value finally reached 100 points!
Grows to the highest level together with the inside defense!
Looking at the number of blocks, Lin Chuan couldn't help but feel surprised.

Even 99 points is so strong, I can’t imagine how strong 100 points of blocks would be.

At the same time he couldn't help but feel amused.

When I first got the system, the Jokic template I was rewarded with shaped me into a player who was strong on offense but weak on defense.

I didn't expect that now, I have not only become a player with good offense and defense, but also now, my two highest values ​​are related to defense.

This is really completely different from what I had imagined.

Lin Chuan smiled, turned off the transparent panel that appeared in front of him, and continued to immerse himself in the celebration with his teammates.

Two consecutive sweeps, even the Thunder team that made it to the finals last year didn’t have it so easy in the first two rounds!

At this time, a man in a suit and tie on the sidelines also made a phone call.

"That's right. In this game, he almost made a buzzer beater and blocked a buzzer beater. That's right. And behind him..."

After the Thunder defeated the Clippers 104-102 in Game and swept them in Los Angeles, everyone started their journey back home.

And this competition.

Players on both sides played very well.

Lin Chuan scored 24 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and successfully got two blocks and two steals.

Although he didn't get a triple-double, he was not far off from this statistic.

Another core player of the team, this season's MVP Kevin Durant, scored 36 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, fully demonstrating his essence as the regular season scoring champion.

The team's third scoring point, Kevin Martin, also scored 17 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

He performed very well as the sixth man.

On the other side, the Clippers.

The real captain Chris Paul carried the team after the Clippers lost Griffin in this game, scoring 28 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

Even if you play well, it is difficult to avoid defeat.

Lamar Odom, who suddenly broke out in this game, scored 35 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Not only did he win the team's scoring title, but he also brought enough performance to both teams in his first start.

It was a surprise for the Clippers, but a shock for the Thunder.

No one expected that a player who had been on the bench for a long time would play so hard once he was put in the starting lineup.

He scored 24 points in the first half, and even led the team to a lead and suppressed the Thunder, putting great pressure on them.

However, at the most critical moment, his buzzer-beater was blocked by Lin Chuan, ending his magical performance.

Odom's explosive performance only lasted for one game and ended the season.

Jamal Crawford and Matt Barnes also scored 14 and 11 points respectively.

Four Clippers players scored in double digits, but they still lost to the Thunder by 4 points.

It can only be said that at the critical moment of the playoffs, it is difficult for the team to win the game without superstars.

On the other side, Portland, Ohio.

A man in a suit sits up from his comfortable boss chair, holding a remote control in one hand and a phone in the other.

"Okay, I see."

After he finished speaking, the man hung up the phone. In front of him, there was a TV diagonally opposite his desk, and the TV walls on both sides were filled with some classic Nike equipment.

For example, Jordan's aj1 and so on.

The game between the Thunder and the Clippers was still being broadcast on TV.

And on the screen was the shot of Lin Chuan blocking Odom's last attack.

"Ugh……"

Looking at the pictures on TV in front of him, he turned off the TV in annoyance.

Then he grabbed the lighter on the table, lit the cigarette in his other hand with a "click", and then took a deep puff.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. He put the cigarette in the ashtray beside him and shouted to the outside of the door,
"Please come in."

The door was pushed open by another middle-aged man. On the door, the words "Chief Marketing Officer Van Hameren" could be seen.

"Mr. Hameren, have you seen Lin Chuan's performance? When are we going to discuss the contract with him?"

Van Hameren stared at the middle-aged man in front of him and said helplessly,

"What do you think, Gino Fesayetti?"

The man in front of him was Nike's current marketing director. When he heard Hamelin's question, he immediately put the document in his hand on the table with a somewhat anxious expression.
"Of course the sooner the better. Didn't you see that he just led his team to sweep the Clippers? He even performed better than our best spokesperson in basketball, Kevin Durant!"

"And as far as I know, Adidas, which has not made any major moves, has also started to contact Lin Chuan, and is planning to find him while he is flying back to Oklahoma!"

Van Hameren felt even more troubled when he heard that Adidas was also starting to take action. Although he thought about signing a sneaker contract with Lin Chuan, they had not yet discussed the specific amount of the contract.

And as the game progressed, he only saw Lin Chuan playing better and better. Although this would be beneficial to the sales of their sneakers after signing him, if he played so well before signing the contract, wouldn't this force them to spend more money?

"Have you discussed the contract amount, Fesayeti?"

"It's almost done. It's tentatively set at 7 million for seven years. This is the plan we think is appropriate after discussion."

"Fuck, giving such a big contract to a Chinese..."

Hearing that the contract was so big, he was a little annoyed.
"Can't it be lower?"

Gino Fesayetti said with a half-smile,
"Hammeren, do you think players of this level are common? If you rashly pressure them to sign a contract, what if others don't like it?"

"never mind!"

Hamelin ended the topic with a wave of his hand.
"That's it for now. You guys should hurry to Oklahoma City as well, so as not to let Adidas get there first."

Gino Fesayetti left the office with the documents, satisfied.

But out of his sight.

Just as the door closed, Hameren picked up the phone at hand.
"Hey, that's right. Later, Feisayeti and the others will go to discuss the contract with Lin Chuan and change the amount to 3000 million."

"Yes, that's right. 5000 million is too much. It's higher than what we gave to James and Durant. He is a Chinese and doesn't deserve such a big endorsement contract. That's it."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

At the same time, their opponents, the Spurs and Warriors, are currently tied at 2:2.

And the two teams fought back and forth.

In the first game, the Warriors played away against the Spurs and lost by only 2 points. And just the day before the Thunder's game, they allowed the Spurs to only score 87 points in the whole game, while they themselves scored 97 points, defeating the Spurs with a 10-point advantage.

Just as Lin Chuan and his team were on a plane to Oklahoma, the decisive battle between the Spurs and the Warriors officially began.

At the beginning of the fifth game, the Spurs once again let the Warriors experience their explosive power at home.

At 6 minutes, the Warriors successfully led the Spurs by three points thanks to Curry's mid-range shot, but then Parker scored 6 points in a row, and Leonard first stole the ball and then made a mid-range shot. The two of them made an 8:0 run and directly reversed the score to 5 points, forcing Mark Jackson to call a timeout to interrupt them.

But after the timeout, the Spurs did not stop scoring and directly brought the score to 15:27. Harrison Barnes finally stopped the bleeding for the team with a three-pointer.

But the Spurs continued to score points, and at the end of the first quarter, they led by 28 points with 37:9.

But in the second quarter, the Warriors' condition began to improve, and the team blossomed in many places, making the Spurs struggling. At the halftime break, they successfully changed the score to 51:54, only three points behind the Spurs.

But the Spurs are still experienced after all. In the third quarter, the Big Three exerted their strength at the same time, and Danny Green, Dio and Leonard also participated in the surprise attacks from time to time, and they led by 11 points again.

And in the fourth quarter, they always took the initiative on the field. In the last 4 minutes, when they were 18 points behind, Mark Jackson called a timeout and replaced the main players to declare surrender. In the end, the Spurs successfully defeated the Warriors who came from afar at home with 91:109.

They won the decisive battle.

In the next game, they will fly to Oakland and fight the Warriors who are fighting a desperate battle in the sixth game at the Oracle Center!
But these things have nothing to do with Lin Chuan at the moment.

In fact, all his attention was now focused on the scene in front of him.

Just as he landed, he received a call from an unfamiliar number.

After the call was connected, the caller claimed to be the head of Adidas' marketing department and would come to his home tomorrow morning to talk to him about sneaker sponsorship.

After hearing the news, Lin Chuan still felt a little dizzy.

It’s not just because Lin Chuan realized that he could finally have his own signature shoe.

more importantly.

For top stars, the amount of money in a sneaker contract has never been too small.

In short, this sneaker contract will be a windfall for him!

At this moment, Lin Chuan was sitting in the house with dark circles under his eyes, waiting for the Adidas people to come.

Last night, he was so excited about getting a lot of money that he couldn't sleep well.

“I don’t know when they will come…”

Just as Lin Chuan was about to eat something, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Chuan walked up quickly and opened the door.

"welcome!"

Outside the door were Adidas' marketing staff. Lin Chuan looked over and found that they had brought a lot of things.

It seems that they are well prepared this time.

Simon Gill, the marketing director of Adidas, took a look at Lin Chuan's house with a few staff members, and finally set his sights behind Lin Chuan.

"Uh, Mr. Lin's house isn't very big, how about we talk in the living room?"

"Well, that's natural."

Lin Chuan led everyone to the living room somewhat awkwardly.

The lease of this house has not expired yet, so it is not cost-effective to change it now. After all, Lin Chuan is not sure where his next stop will be.

Everyone sat down, filling the small living room.

While signaling everyone to take out all the supplies, Jill began to introduce Lin Chuan to the history of Adidas and the players they had signed over such a long period of time.

Afterwards, he turned on his built-in projector and white screen, and a PPT appeared on it.

Seeing Jill passionately telling him a story based on the PPT, Lin Chuan couldn't help but applaud.

You really came prepared. You even brought this thing with you.

Lin Chuan was shocked.

"Also, Mr. Lin, we have signed quite a few inside players before. I wonder if you are familiar with them. Let me introduce them to you."

After talking about the history of Adidas and its ancient days in basketball, Gill continued,

"For example, during the 'Big Five' period, we signed Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, and later Dwight Howard, who were also signed by us."

"The shoes we made for him even broke the rule that inside players don't sell shoes. The Howard series we released sold very well."

Lin Chuan nodded. He understood clearly what Jill said, but she had not yet touched upon the point he wanted to know.

When it comes to sneaker contracts, there are only two things he cares about.

1: How to determine the contract amount and other profit-sharing terms.

2. Whether to release signature shoes, or just wear shoes under the brand first.

As for the rest, he didn't really care.

Whether it's the honors of those sports companies or their reputation outside.

How much does it have to do with him?

So, after listening to Jill's speech, Lin Chuan also asked the question that he was most concerned about.

"Then may I ask, Mr. Gill, after I sign the contract with your company, will you start making my signature shoes?"

Jill nodded immediately, then signaled the staff next to her with her eyes.

The person next to him didn't say a word, but immediately took out a few pieces of paper from his briefcase and placed them in front of Lin Chuan.

"Of course, Mr. Lin, please take a look at these drawings. They are the logo and sneaker sketches we designed for your signature shoes."

Lin Chuan looked at the spread-out papers and marveled.

In front of you, on the left is a logo design drawing and process.

It is roughly the abbreviation of Lin Chuan's name formed by lightning.

The design is very unique, and even Lin Chuan himself was impressed.

"This logo was designed with your current team, the Thunder, and your initials in mind."

"And this side is about the design drawings of the sneakers."

Following Jill's hand pointing to the right, Lin Chuan looked over.

The above is the process of a sneaker going from a sketch to gradually looking like a pair of commercially available shoes.

It also marks out the design concepts and technologies used in each place.

But when put together, it still has the classic Adidas big man sneaker look.

The appearance was a bit disappointing and Lin Chuan was not very satisfied.

Seeing that Lin Chuan was frowning, Jill quickly added,
"If Mr. Lin is not satisfied, we can discuss it again."

Lin Chuan nodded.

"Then is there anything else you want to know, Mr. Lin?"

Hearing Jill's question, Lin Chuan sat up straight.

As for the sneakers, he had a general idea of ​​them during the previous communication, so the next point was what he really cared about.

"Next, let's talk about the main point. How is the specific amount of the contract and the other things calculated?"

Jill perked up, knowing that the real point of this conversation had come.

As long as this one item is agreed upon, the others will just be details.

He asked the staff to take out another contract document, opened it to the middle, and said to Lin Chuan,
"6 million for 5000 years, plus additional incentive bonuses. If you win the championship, you'll get another 300 million in no-fault bonuses. If you get the MVP, it'll be 500 million. DPOY will be 200 million. First team will be 150 million. First defense and rebounding champion will be 100 million. The rest..."

After Jill said this, Lin Chuan didn't pay much attention and continued listening.

After all, he believed that as long as he did not decline in his career, he would not fall to that level as far as the second team and second defense were concerned, and those small honors would come later.

Moreover, for the entire contract, the remaining hundreds of thousands or millions can indeed be considered as some leftovers.

"What about the other stuff? Like the share of sneaker sales?"

After listening to Jill finish speaking, Lin Chuan continued to ask.

"Of course there is, Mr. Lin."

Gil was obviously well prepared. He pointed to the words on the contract and said,

"Not only the sneakers, but also other peripherals will have a 5% sales commission incentive. Take a look, what do you think?"

Lin Chuan took the contract and looked at it carefully.

At least there were no problems in these aspects. And he could also see that Adidas came here with full sincerity.

Apart from anything else, the fact that Adidas is willing to give out even the sales share shows that it is really willing to do so.

I was just asking, but I didn't expect it to really happen. It was completely unexpected.

And although 6 million for 5000 years may not seem like a lot, it is not even as much as the 6-year, 6000 million contract that his good brother Durant signed with Nike during his rookie period.

But you have to know that Lin Chuan is an inside player.

Inside players naturally don’t sell shoes as well as outside players and forwards.

Being able to offer such a contract is already a big deal.

Lin Chuan also learned privately that it usually takes 16 to 24 months to design a signature shoe.

The fact that Adidas was able to give him a highly completed draft so quickly shows that they have at least been paying attention to him for a long time.

Even designing the signature shoe was something that was prepared a long time in advance.

And this time I came fully prepared.

but……

After all, there are still many sports brands in the world. Lin Chuan looked at it and pressed the contract.

"Mr. Gil, I took a quick look and I can see your company's sincerity, but you also know that signing a sneaker contract is a big deal for me right now. I don't want to make a hasty decision. I want to focus on the game first and consider these things carefully after I finish this season."

Jill nodded. He certainly understood Lin Chuan's thoughts and concerns. He stood up, shook hands with Lin Chuan, and said with a smile,
"Then I hope Mr. Lin will choose us in the end so that we can make the sneakers in the picture for you."

Lin Chuan nodded and sent the person out.

Back to the sofa in the living room, Lin Chuan picked up the contract on the table again.

The contract was very long and thick, and Lin Chuan felt dizzy after reading it for a while.

I can't help but feel a little regretful. It would have been great if I had a lawyer here at this moment.

It can help him quickly find out whether there are any problems.

Forget it.

Forget about this for now.

Lin Chuan was just about to go back to rest for a while and get enough energy to prepare for the afternoon training when he received another call.

"Hi, Lin Chuan, I'm Nike's marketing director, Fesayeti. I'm already downstairs at your building. Is it convenient for us to come up?"

"Okay, come on up."

When Lin Chuan heard that it was a call from Nike, he was a little surprised, and then a little dissatisfied.

Such a big company, coming to discuss cooperation with me without even making an appointment in advance?

You can’t play like this even if you know my whereabouts.

When he walked to the door, he found that Adidas had left a pair of sneakers for him.

I suddenly felt warmed.

It's really thoughtful to think about it.

Of course, he still had to talk to Nike, so he didn't take out the shoes to try them on.

Fesayeti also went upstairs with two people.

When seeing Lin Chuan's house, Feisayeti didn't expect it to be so small.

At the same time, out of the corner of his eye he saw a brand new Adidas shoe box next to the shoe cabinet.

Of course he knew what it meant, and he couldn't help but frowned, but said nothing.

He thought he had concealed it well, but Lin Chuan still noticed his facial expression.

At this time, a staff member who followed Feisayeti stood outside the door and answered the phone in a low voice.

Lin Chuan felt even more unhappy.

"Mr. Lin Chuan, this is our contract. I came here to discuss the sneaker sponsorship contract with you."

Lin Chuan waved his hand to stop him from speaking.
"Don't talk about useless things, just get to the point."

Feisayeti's mouth twitched when he was suddenly interrupted by Lin Chuan.

I have come into contact with so many black players before, but none of them were so impatient. Why is Lin Chuan so anxious?

He thought in his heart, but he still put a smile on his face.
"So what's the point you're making?"

"Of course it's sneakers, man, of course I'm going to pay attention to sneakers when it comes to sneaker contracts."

Lin Chuan looked a little puzzled, not understanding how Nike's marketing director could ask such a stupid question.
"To put it simply, I just want to know if my signature shoes will be released next year after signing the contract?"

Feisayeti looked at Lin Chuan and gave him a polite smile.

"No, Mr. Lin Chuan. For Nike, there have been few who have been able to have their own signature shoes in the first year. They all started with the PE version of other sneakers. But I believe that as long as you can win the championship this year, they will naturally design your own signature sneakers. And Mr. Lin, it's like this. Basically, it takes nearly two years to design a sneaker. Even if we agree to you now, it will take two years before we can see your first generation of Lin."

Fesayetti thought he had high emotional intelligence after his speech, but in the eyes of Lin Chuan, who had just finished talking with Adidas, he seemed very insincere.

You know, when he came again, he not only prepared a lot of supplies for introduction, but also designed sneakers and logos for him, and even secretly left a pair of sneakers as a gift before leaving.

Nike not only had no preparation at the beginning, but the conditions of the sneakers in the contract were also not as good as those of the other party.

Lin Chuan couldn't help but complain in his heart, but he still had to do his best on the surface.

At least ask the rest.
"Then may I ask Mr. Fesayeti, what is the specific amount of the contract?"

Fesayeti immediately responded according to the previously agreed contract amount.
"It's like this, our contract is 7 years and million, Mr. Lin. After all, as you know, inside players are different from outside players, and the sales of their shoes and peripherals will be relatively different. We have considered it carefully to give you a contract of this amount. Considering your huge potential, we made an exception and gave you such a huge contract."

Huge amount?

Lin Chuan raised his eyebrows.

It was lower than the Adidas that came half an hour earlier.

It’s at least 6 million for 5000 years.

However, given the gap between the two brands in the basketball world, he can understand these differences.

At least in terms of the amount, this contract is very competitive with Adidas.

But at this moment, the staff member who had answered the phone suddenly ran to Fesayeti's ear and whispered something.

"What? That guy Hameren actually!"

His pupils suddenly widened, and then his expression seemed a little embarrassed and angry.

He suddenly spoke to Lin Chuan in a somewhat apologetic tone.
"I'm sorry, I just received news from the company that there have been some adjustments. The contract amount is no longer 7 million for 5000 years, but 7 million for 3000 years."

Lin Chuan couldn't help but hold his forehead.

This Nike.

This is too disrespectful.

And looking at their sudden lowering of the contract amount, as for the distribution of those things, Lin Chuan realized that he didn't even need to ask, the answer he got was definitely no.

After all, Lin Chuan would assume the greatest malice towards a company that could do such a thing.

But when he saw that Fesayeti seemed to have something to say, he suppressed his urge to speak and waited for the Nike team's performance.

"I just saw a pair of Adidas sneakers at the door. I guess Mr. Lin Chuan has already seen them."

Fesayeti glanced at the door and then said,

"In the field of basketball, we are the undisputed leader, and Adidas has always been behind us. Believe me, Mr. Lin, joining us will be your best choice."

Lin Chuan smiled and said,

"Well, do you know what the conditions given by Adidas are?"

Feisayeti shook his head and said casually,
“It should be more than us, but so what?”

Lin Chuan sat on the sofa with his arms folded across his chest.

"It's not just a little more, it's almost double, Mr. Fesayeti. The Adidas contract was for 6 years and 5 million. It's one year shorter and million more."

"But our company is..."

"Not only that."

Lin Chuan interrupted Fesayeti who was about to brag about Nike.

“It also includes a 5% sales commission on all products.”

"This……"

"The most important thing is that they came with all the sketches of their signature shoes and promised me that they could release the signature shoes right away."

Lin Chuan sat back on the sofa, staring at the Nike marketing director in front of him attentively.

"In comparison, your sincerity is so ordinary. How can I consider you?"

Feisayeti gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words to say,

"At least we are the biggest company in the basketball world and can give you more resources. Moreover, your teammates Durant and Westbrook also belong to us. One is Nike and the other is AJ! As players of a team, isn't this more conducive to selling your own products?"

Lin Chuan wanted to laugh.

"If you sell so much, will you give me a share?"

This sentence choked Fesayeti. He flipped through the contract and stammered,
“There is no sales share for you…”

"exactly."

Lin Chuan spread his hands.

"Then what's the point of me choosing you?"

Then he started to chase people away.

"Forget it. If this is all your sincerity, then I think we should go back to the company and discuss it for a while."

Lin Chuan lost interest in the negotiation.

He doesn't have the time to negotiate a sneaker contract with Nike, which pays him so low.

7 million for 3000 years, with no other preferential terms, and he can't even release a signature shoe right away, he has to start with the PE version.

Anyone who wants can sign this crappy contract!
"You're going to regret this, Lin!"

When being driven away in embarrassment, Feisayeti couldn't help but speak,

"We, Nike, are the biggest sports brand in the basketball world. If you reject us like this, you will suffer the consequences!"

"You are sick. You want to control the NBA to expel me, right?"

Lin Chuan felt puzzled. What's wrong with a sports brand?

Before closing the door, he reminded,

"I will seriously consider your offer of 7 million for 5000 years this time, and 3000 million. Of course, after I win the championship, even if you offer me this 7-year million contract again, I will not even look at it. Go back and think it over, talk it over with the leaders in your company, and then come back to me."

After saying that, Lin Chuan closed the door forcefully.

Fesayeti, who wanted to say something else, was turned away.

"Fake!"

Fesayeti couldn't help but swear.

"It's all Hameren's fault! What's wrong with him? He changed the contract without my permission and embarrassed me!"

Seeing Feisayeti's impotent rage, the two staff members beside him didn't dare to say a word.

"Forget it, let's go back first, I won't bother him again!"

After Feisayeti finished cursing, he calmed down a bit. He glanced coldly at the door of Linchuan's house.

"Go first!"

In the elevator, a staff member beside couldn't help but say,
"This Chinese guy is really arrogant. He dares to talk to us like this."

"That's right, Mr. Feisayeti. He's a Chinese center forward. Why did you come to his house in person? Now that you've been turned away, can you put him on the blacklist and never cooperate with him again?"

"Never cooperate?"

Feisayeti stared at the two staff members beside him.
"Idiots! Are you idiots?!"

As he said this, he picked up his briefcase and hit each of the two staff members on the head. The two staff members screamed.

"You guys who are in charge of basketball, can't you even understand the level of the game? He is the undisputed No. 20 center! A groundbreaking player! He is likely to win the MVP and become the No. player in the league! And he is only years old! You two idiots! Do you understand what this means?"

"It means that he is likely to dominate the NBA for a long time! Our sneakers will appear repeatedly in the All-Star Game and the Finals, where the spotlight is highest! You two idiots! And he is Chinese! Do Chinese people understand?"

Feisayeti looked at the two staff members who came with him with a look of disappointment.

"Do you know what this fucking means? This fucking means that he has a market of 1.3 billion or 1.4 billion people behind him!"

"This is bigger than the market in the United States!"

"As long as we can sign him, we can make a lot of money in China!"

"But didn't you say that the shoes and peripheral products in the inner line are not selling well?"

A staff member nearby whispered.

"You're an idiot!"

His words once again brought down a heavy blow from Fesayeti;
"He is Chinese! I just said it! The group behind him is so big, even if he is an insider, he can still sell out! You two are members of the marketing department, but you don't even have a sense of the market. Get out of the marketing department tomorrow!"

Fesayeti was furious.

Not only was he angry at the stupidity of the two subordinates who accompanied him, but the more important reason was that he flew all the way from Portland to Oklahoma, and was backstabbed by his immediate superior Hameren, which resulted in him not only being scolded in person by Lin Chuan, but also being kicked out.

I'm going to lose all my face.

Even though he hasn't returned to Portland yet, he is already prepared to settle the score with him when he returns.

Thinking of this, he immediately made a phone call.

Portland, Ohio.

Nike headquarters.

Hamelin put down the work in his hands and picked up the ringing phone beside him.

"Hey, this is Hamerlen."

“I’m Fesayeti.”

Hearing the cold tone on the phone, Hameren had already guessed the outcome of the negotiations.

"What's wrong? Feisayeti, you sound a little upset. Were you rejected?"

Hearing Hamelun asking her questions as if nothing had happened, Fesayeti couldn't help but laugh in anger.
"Yes, I was rejected directly. But Mr. Hameren, don't you know why I was rejected directly?"

Hamelun didn't expect Feisayeti to speak like this, and immediately frowned.

"Why, are you questioning me, Mr. Fesayetti, the Marketing Director?"

"Oh, no, but how could a proud man like him agree to sign such a humiliating contract?"

Hamelin smiled.

"If he didn't sign, then he didn't sign. We are willing to be patient and send someone of your position to personally negotiate with him, a Chinese center. We are already giving him face, and he even thinks highly of himself."

"Mr. Hamelen!"

Fesayeti's voice rose.
"You underestimated Lin Chuan. He is not a flash in the pan player. His potential is obvious to the naked eye. It will be very painful to miss him. We will miss the entire Chinese market."

"It doesn't matter."

Hamelun spoke frivolously.
"Don't exaggerate the value of just one player. Even without him, we can still dominate the market with so many stars and athletes. As for the Chinese market you mentioned, it doesn't matter. Even without signing Lin Chuan, we can still occupy the largest share of sports brands in the Chinese market. Moreover, our market is all over the world, so it doesn't matter even if we throw out the entire Chinese market."

Feisayeti didn't expect Hamelen to be so short-sighted that he could even say such nonsense as the Chinese market doesn't matter. He was so shocked that he didn't refute it.

Hamelun thought that his words had convinced Fesayeti, and finally said,
"Okay, you guys come back first and talk about it later. As for him, let the people below adjust the contract and contact him later. If he still doesn't agree, forget it."

After saying that, he hung up the phone and continued with the work at hand, leaving Fesayeti on the other end of the line confused.

Lin Chuan sat in his small apartment, watching from the window as the Nike guys walked out of the building and drove away, then he went back to lie down on his bed.

Today, he received two waves of business invitations from world-famous sports brands. Although they were just for temporary consideration, the communication made Lin Chuan feel quite exhausted.

This also made him realize.

Maybe signing commercial contracts with these brands is not the most important thing for him now.

Before that, maybe he should form a team of his own to work for him.

And the most important thing is an agent!

As long as he has a reliable agent, he won't have to worry about these business matters himself.

For example, Mendes in the football world.

He is a typical agent who is responsible for the players under his management.

Able to customize everything for the players according to their situations, even including team selection and acceptance of commercial endorsements.

As long as the players under him are responsible for doing their jobs well and resting and enjoying themselves in their free time, everything will be fine.

Lin Chuan couldn't help but feel excited when he thought that he wouldn't have to worry about these things anymore.

But it’s better to consider these things during the offseason.

Now, the most crucial thing is the upcoming Western Conference Finals.

Now all he needs to do is go to the gym for training, and then face the winner of the Western Conference Finals!
(End of this chapter)