However, this Final Four has indeed brought great commercial value to the NCAA.
When it comes to the commercial value of the NCAA Final Four, a key figure is - US$1 billion.
Lu Yu remembered that "Stock God" Buffett once publicly announced that if anyone successfully predicts the outcome of all NCAA tournament games, his company will reward him with US$1 billion over 40 years.
This "1 billion US dollars" is obviously difficult to obtain, and Buffett only used it to earn enough attention, but the other "1 billion US dollars" is the actual benefit generated by the NCAA championship.
According to statistics from the American media, the NCAA's annual financial revenue is as high as 1 billion U.S. dollars, of which more than 80% comes directly from television broadcast revenue. As the core NCAA Final Four, the brand value is as high as 143 million U.S. dollars.
Ranked fifth among the world's ten most valuable sports event brands ranked by Forbes, the NBA Finals does not even rank among the top ten.
This is also the reason why the NBA usually suspends play for one day on the day of the NCAA championship finals.
How much revenue will be generated by the cities hosting the Final Four?
Take the Final Four to be held in Atlanta this year, for example. The game is expected to bring revenue to the city of up to 100 million U.S. dollars, or even more.
Television broadcasters also make a lot of money from this event.
According to last year's statistics, a 30-second advertisement during the game was sold for a high price of 1 million US dollars, and the advertising revenue sold by TV broadcasters through NCAA games throughout the year was as high as 700 million US dollars.
The event is also one of the hottest topics on social media, with more than 350 million people participating in the discussion this year.
This also includes the President of the United States.
On the other side of the ocean in China, because a Chinese player participated in this game and was a core player of one of the teams, CCTV temporarily decided to negotiate with the NCAA for broadcast rights.
Let the NCAA league make another fortune.
But as a player, Lu Yu only had a pitiful bonus from the school.
"I heard from Snoopy that you owe a lot of money for buying the "Sport" magazine?"
Scarlett Johansson pursed her lips and told her the ultimate purpose of coming here.
"I don't owe much, but I can't pay it off for the time being."
Lu Yu said with a smile.
Scarlett's eyes showed a charming smile, and she took out a check from her bag: "You see how much is missing, and I'll fill it in for you. Just treat it as if I'm lending it to you first, or you can treat it as my investment."
"If you help me like this, if I don't have the money to pay back, I'm afraid I'll have to marry you." Lu Yu picked up the check and played with it.
Anne Hathaway walked into the dormitory carrying a basin of sneakers. Snoopy quickly took it. He glanced at Lu Yu and Scarlett Johansson, and then at Anne Hathaway. Anne seemed not to have heard,
He lowered his head and picked up another tub of jerseys and sneakers from the floor, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and continued walking to the laundry room.
Snoopy suddenly felt a little distressed, Lu Yu was really too wild.
Jessica worked tirelessly to help him in the company, and Annie cleaned up in the dormitory without any complaints. Why couldn't he meet such a good girl?
"Scumbag!"
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"But thank you for your kindness, I have no plans to raise funds yet."
Lu Yu politely rejected Scarlett Johansson.
He would not regard Scarlett Johansson as a dissatisfied slut who can thrive in the entertainment industry. Scarlett Johansson definitely has her unique business vision.
The reason why she came to Lu Yu was because of the "Sport" magazine in Lu Yu's hand.
Scarlett saw a bright future for this magazine. During this period, the sales volume surged, and she also seized most of the "Sports Illustrated" market from Salt Lake City, which all proved the potential of this magazine.
It's a pity that Lu Yu was not one of her licking dogs and rejected her.
She wasn't angry either.
If you can't be a business partner, you can try being a bed partner.
The two chatted lively in the room. After a while, Scarlett Johansson received a call from the crew, so she said goodbye to Lu Yu and went back first. As for Anne Hathaway she brought with her, she stayed behind.
Let Lu Yu do this.
Anyway, Anne Hathaway's role in the film is pitiful.
Lu Yu was sitting in the dormitory, and Snoopy continued to fiddle with the magazine's sales report and reported the recent sales situation to Lu Yu. Lu Yu talked to him about everything.
At this time, he was thinking about the progress of the systematic breathing method in his mind. Occasionally, he looked out into the corridor and saw the busy figure of Anne Hathaway.
"The breathing method of water is 61%, the breathing method of thunder is 37%, the breathing method of fire is 34%..."
Just like last time, there was no movement in the water breathing method.
Both the Breathing Method of Thunder and the Breathing Method of Flame have increased by 3%. Lu Yu has not yet had time to measure the specific increase in physical fitness.
According to this progress, after the NCAA, Leihu and Yanhu will rise to about 40%.
Lu Yu felt that it was too slow, and he eagerly wanted to increase one of them to 50%. In this case, there might be additional rewards like the water breathing method.
For Lu Yu, who plans to enter the NBA this year, improving his physical fitness is urgent.
Although the NBA in 2001 was not as fierce as the competition in the 1990s, it was not a heavyweight at all compared to the basketball games twenty years later.
Lu Yu's current physical fitness, if he were in the NBA twenty years later, he would definitely be able to get along like a fish in water.
After all, at that time, many players' biggest injuries were due to their intolerance to exercise, which was precisely Lu Yu's strength, but in this era, it is not a matter of being able to tolerate or not tolerate exercise at all.
Charles Oakley hasn't retired yet.
Larry Johnson wanted to discuss with himself some time ago.
Postman Malone's iron elbow can give people concussions.
If you want to say that the NBA in this era is about playing basketball, Lu Yu doesn’t believe it at all.
So Lu Yu wants to improve these three breathing methods to a higher level before entering the NBA. More importantly, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in his memory has more than just these three breathing methods. If the water breathing method is at 61
% has stagnated, so if the other two methods also reach above 60% and cannot be improved, will there be a fourth breathing method?
After a while, Anne Hathaway walked into the dormitory carrying a basin, went to the balcony, laid out each pair of shoes, and hung the jerseys on the hangers.
Lu Yu brought his thoughts back, looked at her and said, "Let's have dinner together tonight?"
Anne Hathaway shook her head: "I, I'll go back."
Lu Yu didn't stop her. Annie was a bit introverted, and it was normal to be shy.
He sat down and continued thinking about what he had just thought about.
After a while, rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.
Lu Yu looked up and saw Anne Hathaway gasping for air, her chest heaving, and dense beads of sweat oozing out from her forehead as she ran all the way, which were crystal clear under the light.
"I just heard you chatting with Scarlett and saying that you owed a lot of money."
Lu Yu didn't know what she meant and listened calmly.
Anne Hathaway took out a bank card from her pocket: "This is my salary for this movie. I kept some living expenses, and the rest are here."
She is just a small actor, but she finally got this role. This money is almost all her wealth to her.
Anne Hathaway's clear eyes avoided Lu Yu's gaze, and she carefully placed her bank card on the table next to Lu Yu.
