Chapter 143: Can't refuse
Charlotte Bobcats suffered another defeat in Atlanta, and in addition to Chen Mo's 28 points, only Gerard Wallace scored in double figures. The sluggish state of the whole team www.biquge.info Pen, Fun, and Pavilion caused this defeat to occur.
"Obviously, this is a team that relies heavily on Jack Chan and when Jack Chan can't step up and score, they're going to lose. I really don't know how anyone would think this team could be a strong contender for the championship. I think at the end of the season, they will be in the top six in the East. Sean Williams put up a taunt in his column this time.
"The scariest thing is that they rely on a guy who is extremely unfit, which is fatal for a single-core team. So, neither Charlotte Bobcats nor Jack Chan was what people expected. They're just ordinary players and ordinary teams in the NBA. ”
But in fact, this guy has no effect on Chen Mo at all, and now Chen Mo is in Falke's office, and they have a contract in front of them.
"Jack, this is a contract that you can't refuse, I don't think you need to negotiate it, this contract is just too big. Falke's expression is very calm now, but his hands are shaking when he receives the contract fax in the morning.
$300 million for 10 years, plus 2% of Under Armour's shares, the largest contract in the NBA sneaker market, is in front of Chen Mo at this time.
Chen Mo was shocked, he never thought that someone would send him such a big contract.
"Jack, what do you think, would you like to meet Mr. Adam in the afternoon? Falk said.
Chen Mo nodded, he really couldn't refuse this contract. I'm afraid that even after the end of the season, he will not be able to sign more than the current one.
Speaking of Chen Mo's contract, yesterday at the UA company headquarters in Baltimore, a group of high-level executives discussed it until the early hours of the morning.
In the end, the company's president, Kevin Plankli, overrode the crowd and went straight to such a contract.
"I've been watching him for a long time, he's the right player for us, and he's Chinese and will help us implement our China strategy for next year. Kevin Blank said in his final decision: "By the end of the season, or after the All-Star break, Nike and Adidas will start to recognize his value, and then we'll be in the race, and we won't have much advantage." ”
"I'll admit it was a big gamble, but we had a big chance of winning. It's been more than a month since he erupted, and he's still unleashing his potential. Also, after he was Zaklar off his pants in Memphis, I noticed that the tights he was wearing under his jersey turned out to be Adidas', and we had to ask him to change those to Under Armour!"
At one o'clock in the afternoon, in Falck's reception room, Chen Mo met Under Armour's Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, Adam Peake.
After several people introduced each other, they went straight to the point, "Mr. Falck, such a huge contract has smashed your door, your door is comparable to the White House!"
Falke laughed: "My boss has told me that I don't want to take any endorsements before the end of the season, and if it weren't for a contract like this, I would have lost my job. ”
Chen Mo sat aside and didn't speak from beginning to end, he looked at Falke's face full of smiles, but unconsciously remembered the contract that Nike Jordan offered him.
Chen Mo has never signed a sneaker contract, and his explosive performance naturally makes many sports brands want to sign him into their names.
But Falke has always wanted Chen Mo to sign with Nike Jordan, so even if Adidas offered a ten-year contract of 180 million, he refused. After all, there is Chen Mo's sentence that he doesn't want to sign before the end of the season, and it is not a violation for him to do so.
Under Armour's contract is different, it's the largest contract in NBA history, and it's beyond anyone's imagination. In the face of interests, Falck, an old and cunning businessman, naturally threw his friendship with Jordan into the toilet.
Falck is arguing with Adam Peake, and he is fighting for the best interests of Chen Mo. The cunning David Falke naturally did not give up an inch of land, and Adam Peake also felt the bargaining power of the former NBA No. 1 agent for the first time.
In the end, the contract was finalized for 10 years, $350 million, 3% of the shares, and Under Armour took a $2 cut for every pair of Chen Mo's signature shoes sold, and $3 for a pair of signed shoes sold in China.
And Chen Mo wants to endorse Under Armour's sports equipment, and Chen Mo has no opinion on this.
When the negotiations were over, both parties did not hesitate to sign their names on the contract. Adam Peake said that Chen's first signature shoe would be launched on the first day of 2011, which coincided with the Bobcat race.
At the same time, on December 23, Chen Mo will travel to Baltimore to attend the signing ceremony and press conference, and his first sneaker commercial will also be filmed at that time.
Originally, these contents should have been completed in the summer, but who made Chen Mo just a marginal player who no one cared about in the summer? Therefore, he completed the signing in the middle of the season, and the time was very tight.
Chen Mo never thought that his sneaker contract would be so simple, this is probably like a pie falling from the sky?
Kevin Planck attaches great importance to Chen Mo, even Chen Mo himself did not expect. Under Armour, which had only a 0.2% share of the U.S. sneaker market last year, must strike hard to shake Nike, which occupies 95% of the U.S. market share.
And what Chen Mo said to Falck about not talking about the endorsement contract for the time being is also crooked. Let Under Armour, who is eager to make a big move, directly smash Falke's door with a huge contract.
As huge as the contract, there is also Chen Mo's signing fee.
When Chen Mo signed his name on the contract, Adam Peake immediately handed him a check for $1 million.
The contract was signed quickly, and Under Armour had been arguing all night before the president finally agreed to the signing.
Adam Peake came with an order that Chen Mo had to be signed, and he had nothing to hesitate about. As for Chen Mo...... In the face of such a huge amount of dollars, he has nothing to disagree with.
Unbeknownst to everyone, Chen Mo and Under Armour reached a cooperation. After Adam Pique returned with his contract, Under Armour was destined to get busy. They had to build momentum for the signing ceremony in a few days, and they also had to prepare for Chen Mo's first-generation signature shoes named "Grim Reaper".
All Chen Mo has to do is to attend the signing press conference and participate in the shooting of the advertisement, and everything else is Under Armour's business, so Chen Mo doesn't have much to do, now he just needs to adjust his condition and celebrate the big contract signed with Under Armour with the blood of the capital team in Washington.