Chapter 804: The New Year is Coming!
Glancing at Smith, Chen Feng said again: "Smith, you can help me reply to underarmour." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn addition, if you talk to the other side, just say that I said it, and the contract amount can be reduced, and it doesn't matter if you don't even want a cent. But there's one thing, if I renew my contract, I want to have the same stake in underarmour as Curry. I want this to be written in black and white in my contract with underarmour. ”
"Hmm. Smith nodded, not saying more.
In fact, Smith thinks the same way, underarmour is a large company with a market value of more than 10 billion, and compared to equity, 5 million dollars is nothing.
After leaving Chen Feng's house, Smith immediately contacted the underarmour company and conveyed Chen Feng's meaning.
Underarmour, for his part, didn't think much about it for long, quickly replied, and sent someone directly to Smith's office to deliver the contract.
When Smith opened the contract, he couldn't help but be taken aback, the content of the contract was the same as the previous intention contract, $5 million a year, and it was not reduced.
Moreover, at the end of the contract, it is noted in black and white that if underarmour and Chen Feng renew the contract after the expiration of this contract, they need to give Chen Feng a part of the shares in accordance with the terms of Curry's new contract, and in principle, this part of the shares shall not be less than 0.5%.
Underarmour not only agreed to Chen Feng's request, but also did not change the contract amount, which made Smith feel a little incredible, and at the same time a little moved by the sincerity of Underarmour, if there was not enough sincerity, it would be absolutely impossible to do so.
Smith told Chen Feng the news as soon as possible, and when he heard the news, Chen Feng was also stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I really didn't misread underarmour, the company's senior management can have this kind of courage, why can't the company develop and grow?"
Of course, underarmour isn't small now!
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Entering February, the Lakers first welcomed the challenge of the Hornets, and after a battle, the Lakers defeated the Hornets by 13 points and ushered in their first victory in February.
That is, the next day, Chen Feng officially signed a contract with Underarmour, becoming the eighteenth NBA player under Underarmour.
On the same day, underarmour held a grand press conference.
At the press conference, underarmour executives said that they were very lucky to be able to sign a contract with Chen Feng, and he announced in public that underarmour will be involved in a sneaker for Chen Feng, and named it after Chen Feng's name "Fengchen", the first generation of sneakers will be called "Fengchen1", and "Fengchen2" and "Fengchen3" may be launched in the future to form a series.
As soon as this news was announced, it immediately caused an uproar.
You must know that Chen Feng is still a rookie, and he has only signed a contract with underarmour for one year for the time being, and underarmour has at most one Chen Feng's sneakers.
But underarmour executives actually said that there will be fengchen2 and fengchen3, and "fengchen" may be made into a series in the future, isn't it a bit too much?
Could it be that now underarmour is ready to renew the contract with Chen Feng and want to cooperate with him for a long time, so they are so optimistic about Chen Feng?
However, media reporters did not know that Chen Feng's contract with underarmour also contained a clause that "if the contract is renewed, it will include equity".
Knowing the terms of Curry's new contract, they'd probably go crazy because it's almost unimaginable. A rookie, no matter how good his performance is, there are many variables in a player's career, and it is not that he is amazing at the beginning, and he will always be like that later.
After all, there are a lot of factors that can affect this, such as the players themselves, such as injuries, etc...... It's hard to guarantee that a rookie will become a superstar, and it's rare for a company to plan for the long term when a player is still a rookie.
It is indeed a bit unbelievable that underarmour has invested so much in a rookie, and even Chen Feng himself is a little strange. When the press conference ended, Chen Feng found a vice president of underarmour and wanted to express his doubts in person.
The vice president of underarmour smiled slightly and replied: "First of all, we are very optimistic about you, and we think that you will become a superstar in the future, at least no worse than Yao Ming." Secondly, you are the only Chinese player in the NBA today. ”
Chen Feng is quite satisfied with this answer, the reason why underarmour is willing to give him such a big benefit is that one is optimistic about him, and the other is optimistic about the Chinese market.
After all, Underarmour wants to challenge Nike and Adidas, and Huaxia is the market they must compete for, and it is also the largest market.
Chen Feng is the only Chinese player in the NBA today, and has an amazing performance, in Underarmour's view, Chen Feng is the best weapon for them to seize the Chinese market, and it is a very important step to surpass Nike and Adidas.
Therefore, they are willing to give Chen Feng a contract that others can't give and are not willing to give.
Of course, underarmour and Chen Feng are only signing for one year now, and this year is a trial, if it works well, then this time next year, underarmour may renew the contract with Chen Feng. If the results are not good and fail to meet expectations, underarmour will not renew Chen Feng's contract.
Signing is just the beginning, renewal is key.
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Next, the Lakers beat the Timberwolves at home and then the Pelicans on the road, starting February with a three-game winning streak.
That is, on the same day that the Lakers defeated the Pelicans, the 2015-2016 CBA regular season ended, and Xiao Meng's Jinhui team successfully entered the playoffs with a third-ranked record, and they will be waiting for the playoffs.
It was also on this day that Chen Feng's parents flew to Los Angeles, because the New Year was coming, and Chen Feng had no way to go back to China for the New Year, so they simply came to the United States to celebrate the New Year with Chen Feng.