Reed, the leader of Hook's negotiation team, made many appointments with Snoopy, but was rejected. This made him a little angry. They also wanted to sign Lu Yu. After all, Lu Yu is the most popular rookie now, and he has a lot of people behind him.
The huge Chinese market is definitely a hot spot.
"Mr. Snoopy, we are really sincere and hope to have an interview with Mr. Lu, is that okay?"
Fender held the phone and combed his hair in a very elegant manner. This was the ninth time this month that he called to communicate with Snoopy.
"I'm really sorry." Snoopy smiled and said, "Your quotation is too low. Mr. Lu feels that you are not sincere."
"The price can be negotiated..."
"The price is on the one hand, but the main reason is that you are not sincere enough. Your first quotation was US$5 million over seven years. To be honest, this price is a bit humiliating."
The hook has always been this virtue. They like to use low prices to test their quotations. Lu Yu remembers that the quotation they gave Yao Ming was only US$1.6 million over four years. It seemed that he was worth a little more than Yao Ming.
"Then our marketing department must have made a mistake. I later revised the quotation to 30 million for seven years. I think Mr. Lu will be satisfied with this price."
"No need, Mr. Lu has already negotiated the price with another brand."
"Another brand?"
"That's right." Snoopy smiled.
Reed frowned. He had inquired, and the other party with the three stripes was only willing to offer this price, so his offer was higher than the other party's. Could it be Reebok?
"Mr. Snoopy, I hope you can give me a chance. I just want to meet Mr. Lu."
"You...are making me very embarrassed..."
"You don't have to be too embarrassed. We only need you to provide a little information. We will not betray you. Of course, I will transfer the information fee to your private account."
As soon as Reed heard that there was something going on, he immediately used his trump card.
"Well, Lu Yu will meet with the brand owner at the Spokane Hotel tonight. I hope your negotiation goes smoothly."
Snoopy put down the phone and recalled in his mind the way Lu Yu kept hooking himself on the negotiation team during this period, which was almost the same as when he hooked on "Sport" magazine.
Lu Yu is truly a fishing expert!
He took out his mobile phone, edited a text message about his account, and sent it to Reed.
Then he sent another text message to Lu Yu.
"The man with the hook has taken the bait."
…
Night gradually falls.
After Lu Yu helped Lao Lu sort out the dishes in the restaurant, he dragged Yi Jianlian, who was cleaning the table, to the side of the electric motorcycle and said: "Get in the car."
"Where to go?"
"I'll take you to eat something delicious, a feast." Lu Yu smiled at him and said, "Don't be afraid, we'll talk about it in the car first."
Yi Jianlian sat on it with some suspicion, still feeling a little uneasy. The small electric motorcycle was driving quickly on the road in Spokane. In fact, it was not that Lu Yu had never thought about buying a car, but now there were too many places to spend money. Magazine
There are still outstanding debts, and the domestic sports media have not reached out yet. On the surface, Lu Yu's "sport" magazine has made millions of dollars in the past two months, but when it comes time to use the money, all the money has been lost.
Not enough to fit between teeth.
When they arrived at the hotel, Ding Shizhong was waiting downstairs and was slightly surprised to see Lu Yu riding a motorcycle with someone in the back seat.
"Mr. Ding, long time no see."
"I just got here too."
"Let's go in and sit down. It's not very convenient outside."
"I was negligent, please come in."
Yi Jianlian stood aside a little embarrassed. He couldn't understand how Lu Yu, a basketball player, could handle such a business situation with ease. If it were him, he would definitely be confused.
"Please take a seat, please. This is..." When they arrived at the box, Ding Shizhong did not ignore Yi Jianlian and immediately asked.
"Yi Jianlian will play at Gonzaga next year."
Lu Yu didn't say much. After finishing speaking, he closed his mouth, looked at his nose and heart, and just smiled casually. He saw Ding Shizhong's eyes light up.
"Today is our get-together, no need to be restrained." Ding Shizhong noticed Yi Jianlian's nervousness and said with a smile: "Since Xiao Yi is Lu Yu's friend, he will be my friend, Ding Shizhong, from now on. I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is
Ding Shizhong is the general manager of Anta Group."
Yi Jianlian was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and said, "Hello, Mr. Ding."
Anta Group is one of the best among domestic sports brands. He looked at Lu Yu and then at Ding Shizhong, seeming to guess what they were going to talk about.
While the three of them were chatting, neither Lu Yu nor Ding Shizhong mentioned the sneaker contract. The atmosphere at the dinner table was very active under Ding Shizhong's mediation.
After three rounds of wine... Well, there was no wine, but the food was over the top.
Ding Shizhong finally said: "Lu Yu, regarding this visit, there is actually one more thing. I want to discuss the price of the sneaker contract with you..."
Lu Yu smiled and said nothing, but looked at Ding Shizhong quietly.
Ding Shizhong was a little embarrassed, coughed slightly and said: "I am very grateful to you for agreeing to endorse the Anta brand before. This is the signing agreement we came up with. Please take a look."
He solemnly took out a document from the black bag placed aside.
They discussed this document within the company for two months and finally finalized the price.
Lu Yu took it and turned it over.
"The price is US$30 million over seven years..."
He inquired and found out that this is Lu Yu's current market price. Even though Lu Yu has not officially played an NBA game, sports brands have already evaluated Lu Yu's market.
About four million dollars a year.
The price is very fair, and Lu Yu did not lower the price arbitrarily just because he had a verbal agreement with them.
Lu Yu closed the document, picked up the water glass and took a sip of water. Yi Jianlian beside him was dumbfounded. Thirty million US dollars, how much does this cost?
"Mr. Ding, you can't do it with nothing?" Lu Yu put down the water glass and smiled slightly: "I checked, Anta's revenue last year was only 4 million, not even US dollars, and you spent 800,000 to sign Kong Linghui.
, it cost 3 million to place ads on CCTV, where did you get 30 million US dollars?"
Anta's annual revenue is less than one-tenth of this contract.
I don’t know whether I should say that Ding Shizhong was more courageous or Lu Yu was more courageous.
Yi Jianlian secretly clenched his fists. In his opinion, the Ding Shizhong in front of him was very suspected of being a liar.
"Seventy million is not a lump sum payment..."
Ding Shizhong smiled awkwardly and said: "But don't worry, I am very confident in the operation of our company, and I have already raised the first year's endorsement fees. There will never be any default in endorsement fees."
Before he finished speaking, the door of the box was pushed open.
Reid, with his neatly parted hair, strode in. The first thing he said was: "Mr. Lu, do you believe that a company with only a few hundred thousand dollars in revenue will give you a contract of thirty million dollars?"
?"
Lu Yu looked at Reed pretending to be confused: "Who are you?"
"I'm sorry to disturb your banquet. I am the negotiator of Nike. We have also prepared a quotation for Mr. Lu. The price is also US$30 million over seven years. But the difference with this company is that we are Nike.
We can afford the money."
Reed raised his chin and looked at Ding Shizhong with contempt.
"Believe me, he is a liar."
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Thank you Qingqingqingqingqingqingqing for the reward! Ding Shizhong is a very courageous person, and they were very bold back then... This time it was another person who lent him money, and there is another story...
