Chapter 118: Two Big Contracts

After Bayern won the Champions League, there are only three league games left to play this season.

The European media naturally reported overwhelmingly on him, the 18-year-old Champions League Golden Boot + German Cup Golden Boot, but at this time, Wu Jie just wanted to finish the Bundesliga as soon as possible, and the national team was about to start training, who still wanted to play in the professional league!

Wu Jie felt that he might have a mental illness, because if he were another time-traveler, he would definitely be far away from the national team, and he would only want to play in the top leagues in Europe and the Champions League, and even join these countries to find a way to get the Chinese team.

But he is the opposite, the Champions League is far less important to him than the national team.

If you're going to ask why?

It should be because the national team in this era has hope!

Bayern's next league game is on the 31st, and their opponents are Eintracht Frankfurt.

As long as this game is drawn, Bayern can have a victory parade for the "treble" in advance.

In fact, Bayern is now preparing for a parade, and the city government of Munich has approved all of Bayern's applications for a parade, and it is likely that there will be a citywide carnival of hundreds of people!

So what is Wu Jie doing?

Of course, he fulfilled his promise, and the day after returning to Munich, he was a guest on German television and sang the German-English bilingual song "Forever· Number· One》。

This Bayern team song, which originally came out in the 90s, is not worse in melody than Liverpool's "Youll·never·walk·alone", and this song is completely written for Bayern, not a pop song as a team song, so the lyrics are more in line with the theme and more suitable for the whole chorus.

Of course, this song is better than another all-German song "Stern·des· Südens is a lot worse, and if Forever· Number· If "One" is only on the same level as "Youll·never·walk·alone", then "Stern·des· Südens goes a lot further.

Wu Jie didn't take out the song "Southern Star" right away, and he planned to let it come out in a few months, or next season.

But even the slightly worse Forever· Number· One won in 1981, especially at the time when Bayern was about to win the treble, and once it was sung, it immediately resonated with Bayern fans, both internally and physically.

Bayern fans in front of the TV all felt a trembling excitement when they contacted their team's just achievements, and some emotional female fans even blurred their eyes with tears.

The recording scene of the show was similar, dozens of fans of "ET House" listened to it with fascination, and many people were so excited that they shed tears.

Now the fans of "ET House" are not the same as Bayern fans, they don't completely treat Wu Jie as a star, and even some new members simply join it for his music and appearance.

But is this song over when it's finished?

After Wu Jie sang this team song for the team and fans, he did not end his performance, he played and sang his latest work again.

The song was written for fans of "ET House", and the song is called "Dont· Turn· Off· The· Lights》。

This song Wu Jie is too familiar, in his previous life, he was always used as background music by CCTV's World Football, although the lyrics have nothing to do with football, but because of the beautiful melody and dynamic rhythm, it is very suitable for playing the player highlights as background music.

Wu Jie gave this song to fans, and the lyrics are also a lot more appropriate, coupled with the beautiful melody and dynamic rhythm, Bayern fans in front of the TV even spontaneously made up for Wu Jie's wonderful performances this season.

As soon as these two songs are sung, Wu Jie's second identity as a "genius singer-songwriter" can be regarded as solid.

Today's program is broadcast live in all West Germany, and German TV not only covers the whole of West Germany, but even East Germany can secretly receive it.

He gave such a wonderful performance in the prime time of the evening, and now it is difficult not to think about it all over Germany.

"Now, my fans will increase a lot, right?"

Wu Jie felt that this performance could make his reputation in Germany even better.

That's not a bad idea, because two days later, his agent Felix told him two pieces of good news.

The first piece of good news is that Adidas has finally restarted contract talks after Bayern won the Champions League, and the two sides are progressing very quickly.

Wu Jie knew that this was because he had recently reined in his speech, and the negative impact had begun to diminish as the heat subsided.

But the most important thing is that he helped Bayern win the first treble in West Germany, which is an important reason why Adidas signed him.

But this time he doesn't plan to let Adidas take the initiative, and the treatment of that contract will have to go up a little more.

In addition, he put forward a new condition in the contract, which was increased to five years and eight million dollars, that is, both parties have the right to terminate the contract at the end of the third year.

This is how he punished Adidas for suspending negotiations earlier, and he was very resolute.

Adidas's previous suspension of negotiations has made him take a big turn towards the company, so he must include an early termination clause for the contract, or he would rather not sign the contract.

He now has the confidence to increase his weight, and Puma has re-engaged with MSM.

Wu Jie does not resist Puma now, he just wants to get enough benefits from these two, and he will not give up a penny on this contract.

Adidas has no choice, Wu Jie has just won the top scorer in the German Cup, and he is tied for the first place in the all-time scorer list in the Champions League with 14 goals.

If it weren't for the fact that Asian players could not participate in the selection of the Ballon d'Or, Wu Jie would definitely have won this year's Ballon d'Or.

Next summer, if Wu Jie can lead the Chinese team to appear in the World Cup, then he can get another big exposure.

Puma has readjusted its strategy and is ready to come up with a higher price to snatch Wu Jie over.

Adidas didn't dare to slack off any longer, even if this new clause was harsh, they could only pay for it as a short-sighted one before.

That's the first piece of good news, no athlete in any sport in the world has ever signed a contract worth more than $1 million a year.

Wu Jie has broken another world record, and now he should be the richest man in the mainland, right?

If not, then he has a second piece of good news.

Wu Jie didn't know if it was because of the performance on German TV 1, and the Polygram headquarters in Germany came to the door again the next day.

MSM had already spoken with PolyGram once, but at that time the two sides could not agree on some of the terms of the contract.

This time, Wu Jie wrote two new songs in a row that are sure to become best-selling singles in Europe, and such amazing creative ability made Polygram finally decide to make concessions on some treaties.

However, PolyGram requires both parties to sign a confidentiality contract, and neither party can disclose the contents of the contract.

Wu Jie knew that Polygram had made a lot of concessions on him, so the content of the contract could not be circulated, otherwise Polygram's international singers would rebel.

First of all, this contract does not set a task requirement for him, that is, Wu Jie can release three records a year, and it is no problem to release one record in three years, in short, everything depends on his will.

In addition, in terms of record sales sharing, this is also one of the biggest differences that could not be negotiated at the beginning.

Wu Jie demanded a 25% share of global sales, and Polygram was responsible for the production, publicity, and distribution of records.

This means that he only works and the rest is contracted by PolyGram.

But in the end, for every dollar sold, he had to directly swipe 2 cents and 5 cents from it.

At first glance, this may not seem like a lot, but you must know that there is a cost to making records, and global publicity and distribution are all money-burning links, and then distributors around the world also have to take a third of the profits.

If you calculate it this way, the 25% share ratio that Wu Jie asked for can be called a lion's mouth, and no one has ever signed this kind of contract to make the record company more like a part-time job before.

It's hard to calculate how much Polygram can earn under such a contract, but Wu Jie's account is very easy to calculate.

Michael Jackson sold almost 100 million records in the 80s, and if you calculate that each 12-inch LP record sold for $10 in the 80s, that's a billion dollars in global sales.

There are so many songs in Wu Jie's database that can be copied, and it is not difficult to sell 100 million records in the next ten years, so isn't it very scary to see the 25% share ratio at this time?

Of course, PolyGram also has requirements for agreeing to such a contract.

They need to sign an 8-year long-term contract with Wu Jie, and automatically get the exclusive rights to distribute each record released by Wu Jie for 20 years during the contract period, which starts from the first day of the record's release.

Wu Jie agreed to this condition, because he knew that the overlord of the record industry in the next ten years would be PolyGram, and this contract was a win-win situation in his eyes.

After the signing of these two big contracts, Wu Jie began to set his sights on China.

Chen Haonan and Luda, it's time for them to make their mark.