An extended crane camera was focused on Lin Yu. He caught the basketball, and the camera immediately showed a close-up. Then, he raised his hand and threw the basketball away.
The crane camera quickly moved up, and the camera that captured the footage followed, but with a bang, the basketball hit the frame.
"cut!"
The court recorder shouted loudly, and Lin Yu walked off the court wiping his sweat and shaking his head helplessly.
He was filming a Spalding basketball commercial directed by an old acquaintance, John Lee.
The plot of the commercial is very thin, just Lin Yu, who was covered in sweat and looked exhausted, shot a super long three-pointer that spanned the entire court.
At the moment when the three-pointer was hit, a line of text appeared on the screen: "Spalding Basketball, shoot your crazy!"
But just for this shot, Lin Yu had already shot it four or five times, and he just couldn't hit the ultra-long three-point shot across the court. This thing depends too much on the touch.
"I almost made it, just a little bit closer." Lin Yu walked to the sidelines and made a gesture. "Li, do you want to do it again? I feel like I have found my touch again!"
"You've said this three times, Lin." John Lee calculated the shooting costs and shook his head: "Forget it, let's edit a goal scene later."
"Okay, is the filming over?"
"The rest of the matter is not up to me. You can ask the person in charge of Spalding. You should take a few more publicity photos."
Lin Yu nodded, turned and walked towards the aisle of the arena. The assistant arranged by Jeff Schwartz quickly followed behind him to carry a bag and carry water.
"Lin, here!"
Jeff Schwartz appeared, waved to Lin Yu, and slowly approached.
"Jeff, how's it going?"
On the morning of his rest day, Lin Yu was busy filming Spalding basketball commercials.
On the other side, Jeff Schwartz went to the Celtics headquarters and met with Danny Ainge to conduct the first negotiation on Lin Yu's contract extension.
"I followed your request and put forward an expected offer, a three-year contract with $14 million in the last year, but you know Danny Ainge, he is too shrewd."
Jeff Schwartz led Lin Yu towards a quiet and uninhabited place, and then continued: "He said that you are not worth an absolute maximum salary contract now, so he gave a three-year offer of 15 million US dollars.
, with an average salary of US$5 million.”
"Five million US dollars in the last year? That's a direct difference of almost 10 million US dollars!" Lin Yu shook his head. He thought that Anji would show his stinginess, but he did not expect that Anji would be so stingy.
"So I told him, even without mentioning Linsanity and the Chinese market, for a top wing defender who averaged 13.5 points per game, an offer of $5 million was an insulting offer.
.”
"Then what?"
"Then he gave what he said was his final offer, which was US$18 million over three years, unchanged for the first two years, and US$8 million in the last year."
"Didn't you calculate the average data for him in the last three games?"
After playing against the Magic, the Celtics played two more games. A home game against the Suns. The Celtics lost miserably. Lin Yu made 7 of 15 shots, hit five three-pointers, and scored 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists.
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There was also a home game against the Wizards. The Celtics lost by 6 points. Lin Yu made 6 of 14 shots and scored 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.
Including the game against the Magic, Lin Yu averaged 17.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.0 steals in the three games.
Such a data is already obtained by Lin Yu relying on his own strength after Lin Crazy, and it can be regarded as real data.
Relying on this data to ask Anji for a contract is naturally reasonable.
"I calculated it for him, but he told me that if I want to calculate based on this data, then I have to wait until there are more samples in the game, and then we can discuss contract renewal."
Lin Yu quickly grasped the keywords in this sentence and asked for more samples.
"Did he assume my numbers would decline after a few games?"
Jeff Schwartz looked at Lin Yu: "What do you think, Lin?"
"If Paul Pierce returns, my ball rights will be reduced. I can't guarantee that I can still maintain the 17.7 points per game, but I should be able to average 15 points, 4 assists and 1 steal per game."
Jeff Schwartz did some calculations: "For a top wing defender who averages 15 points, 4 assists and 1 steal per game, 10 million in the last year is no problem. If you add in the bonuses from Linsanity and the Chinese market,
This contract seems a bit cheap."
Following Schwartz's train of thought, Lin Yu also made some calculations.
Because Lin Yu is a second-round pick, limited by the Arenas clause, Lin Yu's starting salary in the contract can only be 5 million US dollars, and the increase in the second year can only be 8%. In other words, in the second year, Lin Yu
The most you can get is $5.4 million.
It is not until the third year that his contract breaks through the Arenas clause. In the third year, he can get up to US$13.9 million, which is basically equivalent to US$14 million.
Lin Yu's original expected contract was US$10 million in the last year and US$20 million in the three-year contract, with an average salary of less than US$7 million. Such a contract is indeed a bit cheap.
"Strive for a maximum salary of US$14 million in the last year. In this way, the overall contract will be US$24 million over three years, with an average salary of US$8 million, which is in line with your worth."
Jeff Schwartz analyzed it from Danny Ainge's perspective: "However, with $14 million in the last year, given Danny Ainge's character, he would rather exercise the team option than refuse to provide it to you.
This contract.”
"He just wants to win the championship, so a quasi-star player taking up $14 million in salary space is something he never wants to see."
"No matter what, I want 14 million US dollars in the last year. If Danny Ainge doesn't give it, there will always be someone who is willing to give it."
Lin Yu made a decision and then moved the topic aside.
"Let's talk about the endorsement. How is the Snickers endorsement going?"
Jeff Schwartz introduced the situation: "The endorsement contract provided by Snickers was a lifetime contract. The offer was US$5 million. I asked for US$10 million, double the difference. They refused, and then offered
A two-year, $600,000 short-term endorsement.”
"It's a short term of two years, so let's take it first."
Jeff Schwartz nodded and had no objection.
Then, he pointed to today's shooting scene: "When you finish shooting today's promotional video and photos, Spalding's first-year endorsement fee will be transferred to your Citibank account."
"In addition, KFC's commercial shooting has been confirmed, just waiting for you to set the time."
Lin Yu calculated the time: "Then let's take the next rest day."
"There are also commercial shootings for Mentholatum and Gatorade, which have basically been confirmed. You should prepare first and make some time in advance."
Although Linsanity has ended, the subsequent impact of Linsanity still exists. In the next six months, Lin Yu will spend the next six months in a busy life of pain and joy.
In the arena, Spalding's staff came over to call for help. Jeff Schwartz looked at the time and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, he thought of another thing: "By the way, Linsanity's influence is too great. I received two special invitations. One is Michael Lewis. Do you know him?"
"Michael Lewis?" Lin Yu shook his head.
"An American writer of sports inspirational novels, has written two well-known sports inspirational novels, "Moneyball" and "Weakness."
"So, he wants to write Crazy Lin into a novel?"
"Yes, do you have any ideas?"
Lin Yu shrugged and spread his hands. A well-known American writer asked him to write a novel that was somewhat similar to a personal biography. What else could he have in mind? Of course he agreed.
"Also, a Chinese director named James Wan contacted me and wanted to make a documentary about Crazy Lin."
"James Wan?"
A familiar name, and it seems to be connected with Amber, one is the director of the future Aquaman, and the other is the female lead of the future Aquaman.
Lin Yu nodded: "Let him contact me directly."
Jeff Schwartz showed a heartfelt smile: "I said, Lin Crazy will make us make a lot of money, and now everything has just begun."
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