The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 199, Signing an endorsement, a big contract.

Phoenix airport.

Just came back from the hotel, Li Senlin who was waiting for Lin Yuner's plane to land received a call from the turtle brother.

"Lee, what do you think of us killing KD and Jeff's sophomore team in the rookie game?"

"Russell, they have won six consecutive years in the second grade. It is very difficult for us to beat them."

"It's okay, I've already made an agreement with Ross, we'll play for real from the beginning, and we won't play with them."

"I'm fine, but if you do this, will the other first graders be willing? They don't want to get hurt."

"OK, you can do it. I'll go find other people and get in touch with them. Don't worry, I've got everything planned."

"Dududu..."

Westbrook excitedly called Li Senlin. He planned to mess with Durant in the rookie game, and hung up immediately after the chat.

Westbrook is going to contact other rookies. He has long been prepared to drink a pot for the second-year team led by Durant. This is something he has planned for a long time since he was listed.

After hanging up the phone, Li Senlin shook his head.

Westbrook has this personality. You all want to play in the All-Star Game and don't care about winning or losing, but he wants to win.

According to the understanding of the turtle, as long as it is a competition, he will win.

This kind of competitive spirit is particularly different.

However, it is difficult to accomplish this kind of thing.

In the All-Star rookie game for the past six years.

All first graders lost.

There is a disadvantage of playing the first grade against the second grade, that is, the second grade players have more NBA experience and stronger confrontation ability, thus resulting in an unbalanced strength comparison.

After all, the second graders have one more year of professional experience than the first graders, and their comprehensive level is higher than that of the first graders, so the probability of winning is very high. It is too difficult for the first graders to counterattack and defeat them. Simple talent comparison.

The NBA All-Star Rookie Game is one of the important games of the NBA All-Star Weekend.

The first All-Star event was held in 1994. In most of the games, the rookie team challenged the previous rookie team (sophomore team). The coaching staff selected the best 9 rookie players at that time to form the rookie team.

This year's rookie list will come out in January.

Second-year star team - Thunder forward Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Hawks center Al Horford, Clippers forward Al Thornton, 76ers forward Thaddeus Young, Knicks forward Will Sen Chandler, Pistons G Rodney Stuckey, Rockets F Luis Scola, G Aaron Brooks
Rookie Star Team - Bulls guard Derrick Rose, Grizzlies guard OJ Mayo, center Marc Gasol, Portland Trail Blazers guard Rudy Fernandez, Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, Li Senlin , Clippers guard Eric Gordon, Heat forward, 2008 No. [-] pick Michael Beasley, and Nets center Brook Lopez.

Li Senlin's outstanding performance in December and January quickly won him the favor of the coaching staff and made him selected for the list.

After the announcement of the list, Li Senlin's performance has become more and more stable. He is undisputedly the top 5 rookies of this year. After scoring 70 points, he also successfully overtook Derrick Rose in the ranking of the best rookies. Now he is on this list Leading all first-round rookies on the singles, slapping the management of 29 teams.

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The All-Star Game has developed from a single game at the beginning to now become the "All-Star Weekend", which lasts for 3 days.

The activities include "All-Star Gala", "Rookie All-Star Challenge", "Slam Dunk Contest", "Three-Point Long Shot Contest", "Basketball Skills Challenge", "Shooting Relay" and "All-Star Game". ".

Of course, the most exciting ones are the "Slam Dunk Contest" and "All-Star Game".

This year's All-Star Weekend, Li Senlin only participated in the Rookie Challenge.

He was invited to the three-point contest, but he didn't go.

He's not going to be the backup point guard on a bad team in the Skills Challenge.

He didn't even have a voting option for the All-Star Game.

As for the most popular slam dunk contest, Li Senlin has dunked less than 5 times this season, and it is even more impossible to invite him.

Therefore, besides participating in officially arranged activities and carnivals, Li Senlin is not too busy. His main task this year is to have fun with Korean girls. By the way, he signed Pelinka's endorsement.

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Another interesting thing happened during the All-Star voting this year.

When the NBA officially announced the results of the third count of votes for the 2009 All-Star Game, Nets forward Yi Jianlian had 95 votes, approaching the one-million mark and surpassing Kevin Garnett.

Although this can explain the status of the UAE in the hearts of Chinese fans, this situation has also aroused the dissatisfaction of other forwards in the East and caused many controversies.

Li Senlin is also very glad that he was not included in the voting list this year, otherwise these unnecessary spearheads would be directed at him. If he killed Paul in the voting, it would be very funny. If his Chinese fans really did this, then This is so unfair.

Now Li Senlin has no time to deal with these off-court matters.

Li Senlin came to Phoenix the day before the start of the rookie game, and checked into the hotel that the team had arranged long ago. Kobe, James, Westbrook, Du Shao and the whole family lived here.

Li Senlin arrived in the morning, and the rookie competition is tomorrow.

Because it is the All-Star Game, the ticket source to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is very tight.

Lin Yun'er's plane ticket can only be booked until the afternoon, and the two who originally agreed to arrive together had to separate.

Li Senlin had no choice but to go back to the hotel to put his luggage, and then come to pick her up in the afternoon.

After Li Senlin hung up Westbrook's phone call, he entered the airport lobby.

At this time, the airport was already crowded with people.

Among them, many fans, media, fans, and family members of the players gathered together, and the scene was very lively.

There were huge crowds of people, which also led to long queues at all entrances and exits, and there were many uniformed personnel maintaining law and order at the scene. .

The NBA's All-Star Weekend is a huge show.

This is a carnival day for all fans and players.

In addition to players and fans, NBA officials also invited many stars from the entertainment industry to perform and interact with players and fans. Therefore, Sky Harbor International Airport, the eighth largest in the United States, ushered in the busiest day of the year.

Li Senlin is a star.

The alliance has already greeted the airport with various preferential treatments.

After Li Senlin entered the airport, he sat in the VIP room of the airport without any hassle, just waiting for the beauty to arrive.

After waiting for about half an hour, Li Senlin saw Lin Yuner coming out of an exit from the window, and he quickly came out of the VIP room.

Lin Yuner was wearing a royal blue one-shoulder ruffled casual top, revealing her sexy white collarbone, and a pair of high-waisted blue denim leggings.

The slightly curly long hair looks very sweet, and it is paired with pink platform high-heeled shoes, which makes the legs look particularly slender. Then she pulls the suitcase with her right hand and looks around with her head, looking for someone.

Li Senlin walked up quickly and took the suitcase from her right hand.

"Ouba, I'm so tired!"

As soon as Lin Yuner saw Li Senlin, she acted coquettishly.

Then her hands got into Li Senlin's arms and kept holding them.

When Li Senlin heard this voice, his bones froze.

As expected of a singer, her voice is really sweet.

"Well, let's go, let's go back first."

The two walked toward the exit very closely.

The moment the two walked out of the airport exit.

"Kakkaka!"

Many media that had been prepared for a long time quickly turned on their flashing lights, and another pair of stars came over. .

In the United States, Li Senlin and Lin Yuner are most familiar stars.

Li Senlin is not at the level of Kobe James, and Lin Yuner is not at the level of Swift and Madonna, so the American media did not respond much.Not surprisingly, they saw too many celebrities today.

However, there are also many Asian media at the exit of the airport, especially Chinese media and Korean media. They are completely crazy, and they are about to rush towards the two with cameras and microphones on their shoulders. .

Li Senlin is undoubtedly the hottest sports star in Asia at the moment, and the other is a popular member of the women's team who is quietly sitting on the position of "Asia's No. [-] women's team" despite the recent Black Sea incident. A generation of goddess-level figures.

Now, the Korean goddess, like a good girlfriend, looks at the Chinese man with her arms crossed with a smile on her face. .

"Big news!!!"

Seeing the rioting Asian media at the airport, they acted quickly, and a group of uniformed personnel helped them open the way.

How dare the two of them stop at the airport for a while.

This is not the time to be interviewed.

As soon as he came out, Li Senlin drove Lin Yuner back to the hotel.

The two just put down their luggage.

Just getting ready to get bored, just kissed.

Li Senlin received a call from his agent Pelinka.

"Lee, where are you now?"

As soon as the phone was connected, Pelinka's impatient voice came from the receiver.

"I'm in the hotel, what's wrong?"

Li Senlin replied unhappily, naturally unhappy when good things are disturbed.

"Oh, it's fine if you're in the hotel. Come up to meeting room 18 on the 1803th floor of the hotel right away! There is a very important endorsement contract that you need to sign today."

"Well, wait a minute."

After Li Senlin finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Helpless, Li Senlin stopped Lin Yuner's hand movements, pushed her away, and said:

"Yun'er, wait a minute, my manager is looking for me, and now I have to go up to the meeting room on the 18th floor of the hotel. He is looking for me to discuss the endorsement contract."

"Well, you go!"

Lin Yun'er was a little unhappy when she heard that Li Senlin was leaving the room. She had to stay alone again just after arriving in a strange place.

As soon as she finished speaking, she looked at Li Senlin with big eyes.

"Go, let's go together!" ·

After all, Li Senlin couldn't bear to leave this girl to go to work as soon as he arrived at the hotel.

"Okay! Can I really go?"

"can!"

Li Senlin said domineeringly.

Pelinka was working for him, not meeting anyone.

"Lee, haha! Guess what price Nike and Adidas offered you?"

As soon as Li Senlin opened the door of the meeting room, Pelinka couldn't help looking at Li Senlin and talking.

Pelinka also saw Lin Yuner behind him.

But he didn't care. It's normal for a player to have one or two girlfriends. He knows that Li Senlin has a sense of proportion, and he doesn't need to worry about commercial secrecy if he can bring them over.

Lin Yuner has a high emotional intelligence, she knows when to speak and when not to interrupt, she just hides behind Li Senlin.

The conference room was occupied by Pelinka for a week.

It is specially used for him to handle work and serve the bosses during the All-Star period. Of course, he also has three or four assistants.

In addition to Li Senlin, Pelinka's Kobe is the top card of this All-Star. As an agent, he must always be ready to deal with all kinds of emergencies.

Of course, Li Senlin's endorsement is also the focus of his work this week.

After hearing Pelinka's question.

"Huh? How much?"

Li Senlin also asked very curiously. .

Li Senlin believes in the professionalism of Pelinka's agent. He has been entrusted with the sole responsibility for the sneaker endorsement. Li Senlin does not need to participate in the entire communication process. Li Senlin only needs to listen to his final negotiation results and wait for him to make a decision. Decide and choose.

"Nike has 6 million US dollars in 7000 years, plus bonuses. If you take it all together, there will be a maximum of 1 million US dollars. There are no signature sneakers."

"Adidas 10 years 1 million US dollars, plus about 1.3 million bonuses. No signature sneakers"

"Li, their two negotiating teams are in the conference room next to ours. As long as you decide, we can sign the agreement immediately."

Pelinka exclaimed excitedly.

Li Senlin was not dazzled by the huge numbers.

He asked very calmly:
"What's your opinion? Pelinka."

"Adidas, they have a larger amount and a longer contract. They are more insurance without signature shoes." Pelinka is very excited.

1 billion dollars.As long as Li Senlin signs, there will be a lot of achievements here.

Lin Yuner was also shocked when she heard the amount of these two endorsements. Both endorsement contracts were worth [-] million US dollars. This was the first time she witnessed the most important decision made by her closest person, involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Still in dollars.

So, she stared at Li Senlin with beautiful eyes, and admired Li Senlin even more. He is only 22 years old, no matter which one he signs, he will become a billionaire.

Li Senlin did not refute Pelinka's opinion.

He is looking at Nike, which has a shorter contract.

In addition, Nike's influence in the NBA has actually surpassed that of Adidas. The competition for many awards in the NBA is actually the competition of brands, and Adidas is far behind Nike.

After thinking for a while, Li Senlin said:
"Pelinka, sign with Nike, after 6 years, they will send a bigger signature shoe contract."

Li Senlin told Pelinka the final decision.

Pelinka did not express any dissatisfaction with Li Senlin's decision not to adopt his opinion. This is the big boss. Li Senlin's maturity is far from being comparable to other rookies. Pelinka believes that Li Senlin has considered this matter. Sign the contract and confirm the amount.

Li Senlin does not look like 22 years old at all.

"Okay, then let's go to Nike's office."

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Then the three of them came out of the conference room and walked into another large conference room next door.

Several top Nike executives have been waiting here for a long time.

The two sides are not polite, and they have confronted many times at the negotiating table. Now is the most tense moment, and it is only waiting for this person to make his own decision.

Li Senlin picked up the contract they had prepared, looked at it, and looked at the number with a string of 0s in his eyes. He was also very moved. Hearing and seeing this number are completely different things.

The terms of the contract are not too harsh. There are many reward terms and obligations that need to be fulfilled. In short, when Li Senlin signs, he can no longer wear sneakers.

Li Senlin didn't look at it for long, then picked up the pen on the table.

At the signing place, he signed his own name.

After signing this contract.

It also means that Li Senlin has become the person with the highest sneaker endorsement fee among this year's rookies.

Li Senlin doesn't ask much for money now, so it's nothing after the shock.

Saw him sign it.

Pelinka and Nike's top executives finally breathed a sigh of relief. They have been playing games on the negotiating table for so long, and today they finally put an end to the contract renewal.

Lin Yuner's heart beat fast when she saw Li Senlin signing, she felt that all this was so unreal.

One hundred million dollars.

How many years did they have to earn as a girl?

This is just one of Li Senlin's endorsement contracts.

Is this really my "boyfriend"?She clutched her chest.

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In addition to James and Kobe, Nike now has Li Senlin among the potential new stars.

When Li Senlin grows up in the future, Adidas' status will further decline.

Watching things settle.

Pelinka also opened the champagne in his hand...

"Oh, Lee, congratulations on becoming a billionaire."

"Okay, let's forget about the previous unhappiness for the time being, Li, beautiful lady, I wish you a wonderful All-Star Weekend, Pelinka, Li, happy cooperation!"

A vice president of Nike at the scene looked at Li Senlin and said to Lin Yuner.

Then everyone raised their glasses of champagne.

"Now you are the boss, Li and I are both part-time workers, haha"

Pelinka laughed.

"You guys will give me a bigger contract in the future, haha"

Li Senlin also raised his glass.

"Well, wait and see, cheers, happy cooperation."

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Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)