Chapter Seventy-Seven: Three Consecutive Victories, Endorsement Comes to the Door

Miami, International Airport. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The young man stood in front of the terminal with his suitcase in his hand, squinting at the traffic coming and going.

This man has a straight suit, shiny leather shoes, a slender figure, well-groomed hair, handsome facial features, and looks like he is about forty years old.

Beside him, there was also a companion who was also dressed in business attire.

"At this point, Yang Di should still be playing, right?" The middle-aged man casually asked the entourage.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang."

In the distance, the flickering high beams came from far and near, and the black business car finally drove in, slowly stopped in front of the two people, and the entourage immediately stepped forward and opened the door.

The two of them got into it together.

"To be honest, the last time I was in Miami was two years ago, and it doesn't feel like anything has changed." The man known as Mr. Zhang spoke at a moderate pace and had a particularly calm voice.

"That's right, in terms of change, it's still fast and changing with each passing day." The attendant said.

"Xiao Chen, now the pressure of domestic competition is high, don't you know, although we are the first major brand, and our sales are also the first in China all year round, but the form at home and abroad is relatively severe."

"Yes, Mr. Zhang."

The middle-aged man in his forties, known as Mr. Zhang, has a calm momentum up and down, he rolled down the car window, and Miami at night seemed to be a girl dressed in tulle, graceful and charming.

"Go straight to him? I heard that he doesn't have an agent. ”

"No, let's go and handle the cooperation matters of our coming to Miami this time, Yang Di's matter will be solved the day after tomorrow, I looked at the schedule of the Heat, his next game is in Los Angeles, three days later."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang."

……

At the American Airlines Arena, the game against the Wizards has entered a white-hot stage.

The Wizards are not bad, at least with the backcourt firepower of Arenas and Larry Hughes, two quasi-All-Star level players, and after trailing the Heat in the first half, the Wizards launched a counterattack in the third quarter.

"That's accurate!"

Yang Di looked at the zero, and the one-step shot was almost inexplicable in this quarter.

The sudden rise of the offensive wave pushed the atmosphere in the arena to the top, and the third quarter is always the most exciting and hot quarter in the NBA.

Grant played the whole quarter, Yang Di didn't have a chance to play, and the Heat only led the Wizards by one point 77-76 into the fourth quarter.

Yang Di came on at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he came on as a substitute, and Wade was in the rest phase again, and the players on the court had a weak sense of passing.

Yang Di was scheming and took the initiative to block and dismantle Alstom, Alston has the best passing skills and awareness on the court, and he also has a good relationship with him.

More than a minute after the fourth quarter, there was a positional battle where Yang Di passed the ball and was destroyed by the Wizards.

The Wizards fought back, and Larry Hughes made a layup against Caron Butler in the frontcourt to help the Wizards outrun the Heat by one point.

This is more embarrassing, Alston looked at the head coach whose face became a little ugly on the sidelines, and decisively played much more calmly in the next few waves of attacks.

Jandy then grabbed two more rebounds tepidly, didn't take a single shot, and was replaced by Stan Van Gundy in the eighth minute.

"It's boring." Yang Di was a little depressed, when he played with Wade, his power was the greatest.

The two teams battled in the final quarter, and with only two minutes left, the Heat hit a key three-pointer, and Eddie Jones contributed to the Heat's critical moment!

Sometimes, the difference between winning and losing a game can be one or two goals, and the player who can score such a goal is often referred to as the "big heart". The Wizards' Arenas is also a well-known "big heart" level player, and immediately after Jones made this three-pointer, he actually returned to the frontcourt to shoot a three-pointer in response!

“answerball! Giant planet. "Probably only emotion can express the state of mind at this time.

After a timeout, Wade assisted Odom to shoot from mid-range, Arenas missed a breakaway layup, and the rebound was protected by Grant, giving the Heat a five-point lead on the court.

Then into the last minute, the dominant Heat played steadily, Arenas gave Larry Hughes a missed jumper, and the two shots were dumb at the critical moment, directly burying the victory to the Heat.

It's the same as the three-pointer in response to the previous one, and the difference between life and death is probably one or two shots.

In the final statistics, the Heat won 103-97 against the Wizards by 6 points, Odom had 22 points and 13 rebounds to become the best of the game, and Yang Di played 13 minutes and only scored 2 points and 5 rebounds.

The Heat celebrated a three-game winning streak, and Stan Van Gundy finally had some smiles on his face, and after shaking hands with Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan, he swaggered and led the Heat's players back to the locker room.

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On the second day of the rest day, Yang Di was notified by the Heat staff to go to the American Airlines Arena.

"What's the situation?"

Yang Di was a little confused, logically speaking, there was no training and competition today, but since the team had a call, he would have passed, anyway, he was going to go to the stadium for daily training in the afternoon.

Three o'clock, in the office area of the American Airlines arena.

Yang Di made two guests from China in front of him.

"Hello, I've been admiring the name for a long time." Zhang Teng stretched out his hand and took the initiative to shake hands with Yang Di, although he was also one meter eight tall, but in front of Yang Di, he was obviously one size smaller.

"Hello." Yang Di responded politely.

"I've been looking for you for a long time, and I contacted a person named Jones before, and I heard that it was your agent, but he said that he had been fired by you, so he was delayed a lot of work at once."

Zhang Teng is very sophisticated, his speech is calm, neither fast nor slow, and there is always a smile on his face, which makes people feel like a morning breeze, and Yang Di's heart suddenly rises in his favorability.

"Oh, maybe you didn't know about it yet."

Zhang Teng stood up and handed his business card from his pocket.

The business card reads, "Zhang Teng, the marketing manager of Lenovo, and then a row of boys below, writing his contact information and email address." ”

Yang Di blinked, Lenovo knows, a big state-owned brand, come to him?

"The main thing is to ask you to endorse our company's products." Zhang Teng got straight to the point, he gestured to his assistant Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen took out a stack of contracts from his bag.

Yang Di's eyes widened, and he almost didn't jump up with joy, and then he immediately calmed down again, and asked with great interest, "How did you find me?" ”

"Celebrity endorsement contract, I think you fit the definition of our company's new product very well. In fact, what you've achieved in the NBA has made you a great basketball star, especially at home, where you already have a certain number of fans who like you. Zhang Teng said very sincerely.

Zhang Teng said with a smile: "It's just that what I didn't expect was that you didn't hire an agent, which made many of our domestic companies who wanted to find you endorse have no way out." ”

"Take a look at the contract, although it is a relatively simple endorsement contract, but there are still a lot of rules and regulations that need to be looked at in depth, in general, this is a three-year contract, the basic endorsement fee is about 1.5 million per year, and the bonus clause is 1 million, of course, you also need to complete the advertising shooting, commercial activities and so on stipulated in the contract."

Yang Di's fiery heart gradually calmed down, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"What, what's wrong?" Zhang Teng looked at Yang Di's expression, and he immediately asked about it, and there was nothing inappropriate about it.

"There are so many activities that I don't have that much time." Yang Di explained the reason straightforwardly.

"Advertising shooting and commercial activities are necessary to fulfill the obligations, especially commercial activities, which we mainly place in domestic ......"

"Mr. Zhang," Yang Di raised his head, interrupted Zhang Teng's words, and said slowly: "Actually, I am still in my rookie year, my goal is to become a star player in the NBA, my main energy will be in daily training, games, and how to improve my skills. ”

"I don't have any experience in shooting, but I also know that it is impossible to complete an advertisement without a half-day and a day, maybe you want to say that it is not a big deal to miss this half-day and a day, but if you ask the players and coaches of the Heat, you will know, I basically train every day, and if I don't train any day, it must be that the game was too hard the night before yesterday, and my body needs to adjust."

Zhang Teng was interrupted by Yang Di, and after patiently listening to what he said, he was surprised that Yang Di, a basketball player, would say such a thing.

"The better I perform on the court, the higher the value of the endorsement contract." Yang Di said.

"I see." Zhang Teng nodded and motioned for Xiao Chen to take out the notebook: "If you shoot an advertisement, it's no longer a demand, but twice a year?" ”

Yang Di nodded and said briskly: "Yes!" ”

"For business activities, once a year based on the time you return to China."

"And here, the regulations here are not particularly clear...... Yang Di flipped through the contract, pointed to some things on the contract, and directly proposed amendments to the unsatisfactory places.

"Isn't there any objection to the amount?" Zhang Teng asked with a smile.

"No, 1.5 million a year is about less than 200,000 dollars, almost one-fifth of my salary, and among the current NBA players at my bench level, there are only a few who can get an endorsement contract, and this price is very appropriate." How can Yang Di not know how much the current NBA endorsement price is, but it varies from person to person, and it is just different from top to bottom, he has long thought that someone will find him to endorse him, and Yao Ming, an NBA player who is also Chinese like him, is about to make money.

Thinking of Yao Ming, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, earlier, he had seen a report, probably in January this year, Apple Computer signed Yao Ming endorsement advertisement, in order to open the door to the Chinese market.

Oh~ I see, he suddenly understood everything, and felt a slight pain, is this price low? Oops, it just looks like I've been over-pretending......