The aroma of coffee fills the conference room, and the golden sunlight penetrates the glass windows and fills the entire space. It is as if you are flying above the clouds. Inadvertently, you can see the magnificence and magnificence of the entire city from the window, towering into the clouds.
Buildings give humans the illusion of controlling the world.
No wonder everyone loves tall buildings, and who can resist the charm of overlooking New York?
"...After signing Yao, the entire basketball market in Houston experienced an explosive reaction. Not only the sales of basketball jerseys, but their market share in China also showed a soaring momentum..."
"...So much so that NBA teams began to sign Chinese players one after another, from Wang to Ba, to Yi, Sun, and Zhou. Back then, the NBA even held a special national live broadcast for Yi. It was really because his strength had reached the level of the entire
Is the pyramid of the field at the top? The answer is obvious..."
"It's not just us? Look at the five major European football leagues..."
In the conference room, Tobias was making an impassioned speech, and six people were sitting neatly in front of him, all listening attentively.
From this point, we can feel that at least Adidas has paid enough attention to it.
"...In competitive sports, strength is undoubtedly the most important link; but when considering business market prospects, strength is not the only link, especially for the Asian market, where identity and emotional resonance play an important role, even if
It doesn’t matter if your strength is relatively inferior..."
"Li Na and Kei Nishikori are the best representatives."
"However, I believe that Gao can combine the market and the playing field. When signing Gao, what he signed is the market prospect, and more importantly, what he signed is the tennis prospect."
After a short pause, Tobias looked at everyone in the conference room with confidence.
"Do you know who won the first championship trophy ever won by a Chinese men's tennis player?"
Those present here are senior executives from the Adidas marketing department, publicity department, and tennis player department, but they are not real professional tennis people, so they naturally have little understanding of these historical records.
While looking at each other, no one could answer, but there was a little curiosity in their eyes, which seemed to be attracted by Tobias's question.
The corners of Tobias' mouth raised.
"It's high."
Rustling, rustling, there was something unexpected in the conference room.
A middle-aged man with a big belly asked very, very surprised, "Are you sure? You mean all levels of professional tours?"
Tobias nodded slightly in agreement.
"Actually, I didn't realize this before yesterday. It wasn't until Gao won the Challenger Championship for the second consecutive week that I inquired curiously and found out that in all levels of the ATP professional tour, Gao
He is the first and so far the only Chinese male player to win the championship."
According to the historical trajectory, the first championship title for a Chinese male player in all levels of the ATP Professional Tour was not won by Wu Di until the 2016 Hawaii Challenge.
Then, at the San Francisco Challenge the following year, Zhang Ze climbed to the top and won the championship. This was the first championship of his career and the second championship for a Chinese male player.
Now, the emergence of Gao Wen has rewritten history and brought forward the first championship for Chinese men's players by two years; moreover, Wu Di was born in 1991 and was already 25 years old when he reached the top in Hawaii, but
Gawain is only eighteen years old, and a bright future is unfolding before his eyes.
However, after Gao Wen reached the top of the Binghamton Challenge, he was just happy because he won the championship. He had no time to celebrate at all, and for a while, he did not think of such a feat as "making history."
Then he rushed to Lexington without stopping, and then headed to Aptos without touching the ground. The busy game schedule required him to stay highly focused, unaware that he was writing history.
Gawain didn't say anything, and Tobias didn't think about it.
It wasn't until Gawain reached the top of Lexington for the second consecutive week that Tobias failed to open up the situation in the sponsorship negotiations, so he thought about increasing his bargaining chip and took the initiative to investigate. Only then did he realize that Gawain
What it means to Chinese tennis is actually beyond imagination.
Tobias is very confident about today's meeting.
"Moreover, Gao not only won the first challenge championship for a Chinese men's player, but also won the second one in a row."
"Believe me, Gao can become the second Yao. Houston had the courage to select Yao as the No. 1 pick, but Nike missed him because of its arrogance. Instead, Reebok won Yao's sponsorship contract. Now Adidas will not want to make the same mistake again.
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Simple, clear and to the point.
One thing Tobias always emphasizes is:
The cake of the Chinese market is right there. Professional teams in football and basketball have also signed many Chinese players out of market considerations - even if their strength is lower than expected, it doesn't matter, because the market value is right there.
And Gao Wen not only has market value, but also has outstanding strength and huge potential. Adidas has no reason to miss Gao Wen. Even if Gao Wen only has two challenge championships in hand, it is enough.
Tobias believes Adidas will make the right decision.
In the conference room, the senior executives did not give an answer immediately, but exchanged polite greetings. The lively atmosphere was full of smiles, chatting and laughing, which was really harmonious.
But Tobias was slightly anxious.
As an excellent agent, Tobias has his own unique way of interpreting attitude, tone, expression, and atmosphere. He is able to detect the subtleties behind the rhetoric.
If Adidas needs to discuss and consider, it is normal. Tobias does not expect to decide everything in one meeting.
But the attitude of the senior management in front of them was more than noisy and not sincere. Although they had been actively asking about Gao Wen's situation and were concerned about Gao Wen's plans for the next North American season, they seemed to show strong concern. However, the seemingly lively scene was actually
It's all a round about situation.
In other words, they were not interested, or at least not impressed by Tobias.
But why?
Tobias didn't understand.
Tobias's speech today has hit the nail on the head, especially the impact brought by the two challenge championships, which is comparable to the NBA scouting report on Yao/Ming. In addition,
Taking a lesson from the Nike and Yao Ming contract incident, shouldn't Adidas seize the opportunity eagerly?
What are they thinking?
Could it be that his head was caught in the door?
Thoughts were surging in my mind, but on the surface, I still needed to make concessions with these senior officials, at least not to break up with each other. It wasn't until I left the conference room and headed to the elevator that my eyes showed a trace of solemnity——
Or is it that there was a mistake in my strategy?
As a top agent, Tobias needs to reflect on himself all the time to avoid being arrogant and ruining his work. He needs to re-examine himself.