Early in the morning in New York, Joe Hay is woken up by a knock on the door, and David Falck arrives.

"Oh, Joe, I didn't expect you to come to New York from Vancouver, did you come yesterday? Why don't you contact me in advance? I just have a couple of things to talk to you about, oh yes, you haven't played in the past two days, have you? How many days to spend in New York? ”

As soon as they met, David Falck began to babble.

Qiao Hai didn't speak for a long time, and when David Falke finished chattering, he replied: "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, at most the day after tomorrow, I will go back to Vancouver, and we will play the Clippers at home in the next game, the opponent is not very strong, but we must go back in advance to prepare for the game." ”

David Falke nodded: "Okay, then it seems that there is no time." ”

"What's the lack of time?"

Qiao Hai didn't know why.

"That's right." David Falke went straight to the point of explaining. "Versace contacted us and wanted to invite you to endorse them, the contract has not yet been negotiated, but I already know the general conditions, the endorsement fee of $1 million for two years, plus all your suits will be customized by Versace within two years."

"But there are requirements, firstly, you have to shoot a few commercials with them, and secondly, you have to be on the sidelines in Versace every game."

Qiao Hai nodded: "Good endorsement, when will you sign the contract?" ”

David Falck rolled his eyes: "Look when you have time." ”

Qiao Hai thought for a while: "Let's finish this month's game." ”

There are still 6 games left in December, and the last three games are extremely important, and after playing these six games, Qiao Hai can free up time to deal with the issue of endorsements.

"That's time, just in time for me to negotiate with them during this time, do you think the specific terms of this endorsement still need to be changed?"

David Falke thought for a moment and asked.

Qiao Hai shook his head, there is nothing to change, as the head coach, it is already an unexpected joy to have an endorsement to come to the door, if you can earn something, Qiao Hai will not pick.

David Falke nodded in understanding, and then, frowning, asked again: "By the way, Joe, I went to the Celestial Empire some time ago, do you have a friend named Wang Weiye in the Celestial Empire?" ”

Qiao Hai was stunned, Wang Weiye?

"I went to the Celestial Empire to do activities, and I met this Wang Weiye, who seemed to be very powerful in the Celestial Empire, saying that he knew you, and asked me if I could give him your contact information, and I gave it."

Last time Qiao Hai asked Wang Weiye for help, and successfully let him enter the NBA in advance, Qiao Hai gave Wang Weiye two songs, and there was no contact after that, and now Wang Weiye wants to contact himself, Qiao Hai is a little strange, but he still asked David Falke, who brought him the news: "Do you know why you want to contact me?" ”

David Falke shook his head, and Qiao Hai asked again, "Then do you have his contact information?" ”

"Nope." David Falck shook his head again.

Qiao Hai had no choice but to wait for Wang Weiye to contact him.

……

At noon, David Falck invited Qiao Hai to a big meal.

Then, in the afternoon, the two rushed to the company together.

In the conference room of Seawater Investment Company, Qiao Hai, David Falke and Qiao Zhishui, the three major shareholders, held the first shareholders' meeting since the establishment of Seawater Investment.

"I'm happy that the company has been profitable, and I'm supportive of the company's two long-term investments, and I'm optimistic about the future ......of Google and Amazon."

Qiao Hai first praised the company's operation since its establishment, to be honest, Qiao Hai's $500,000 can rise to $2 million in a year, Qiao Zhishui's work is obviously excellent, worthy of praise.

But the focus of Qiao Hai's visit to New York this time is not to inspect the work, but to start his overall development plan except for basketball coaching.

Qiao Zhishui summed up the work, and David Falck didn't say much.

For seawater investment, David Falck doesn't pay so much attention, he just needs to ensure that the $5 million he invested can make money, and now, the $5 million he invested has turned into 10 million, David Falck just thinks that Qiao Zhishui's investment team is good, and the 5 million will not lose at least.

As Michael Jordan's agent, David Falke does not look down on the total investment of more than 10 million in seawater, he feels that the total investment in seawater is only 13 million, and no matter how he operates, it is a small fight.

The reason why he wants to invest in seawater investment, David Falke just wants to get closer to Qiao Hai, and other than that, this investment has no effect.

Therefore, Qiao Hai has a new move, and David Falke is full of support.

The problem is on Qiao Zhishui's side.

After Qiao Zhishui summed up, Qiao Hai said: "Ah Shui, the more than 3 million US dollars recovered by Haisheng Communication, give me 1.5 million." ”

Qiao Hai first asked for half of the current working capital of seawater investment, Qiao Zhishui did not agree for the time being, he waited for Qiao Hai to finish all the plans before making a decision.

"I'm going to set up a media that is mainly based on Internet media, mainly covering sports news."

"News media?" Qiao Zhishui frowned and asked.

David Falck's eyes lit up, as soon as Qiao Hai proposed to establish an online sports media, he felt that this matter was reliable, at least Qiao Hai was also half of the industry, and he must have his own overall plan for the establishment of an online sports media.

Sure enough, Qiao Hai nodded and continued to explain: "At present, the media in North America is still dominated by print media and TV media, and only Yahoo has set up a sports column when it comes to online media, and ESPN is also gradually establishing their website, in addition, the online sports media in North America is still blank. ”

"I think we can take this opportunity to occupy a part of the share of online sports media, only need to invest $500,000 in the initial stage, hire some technical personnel to build the website, find a few professional sports reporters at a high salary, spread out the news source, and finally, invite a few expert reporters to open a column on the website, and slowly operate, with a certain amount of traffic, the website can make money......

As soon as Qiao Hai explained this, Qiao Zhishui's tightly knit brows relaxed.

If you think about it, Qiao Hai's investment plan is not unfeasible.

It doesn't cost much to hire technical personnel to build a website, and the main problem is to expand the market and attract traffic later, but then think about it, with Qiao Hai, the god of basketball, why worry about this sports news website without traffic?

Therefore, after thinking about it, Qiao Zhishui nodded: "I think it's okay." ”

David Falke didn't have any opinion, and he nodded.

Qiao Hai breathed a sigh of relief and was about to make a more detailed plan, but at this time, Qiao Zhishui wrote and drew in his notebook, and suddenly said again: "Dahai, I calculated, it will take up to eight or nine hundred thousand US dollars to build a website in the early stage, hire three or four full-time reporters, plus expand the market and attract traffic later, and how are you going to use it for five or six hundred thousand?" ”

Qiao Hai was about to say this: "The remaining five or six hundred thousand, I am going to go back to the Celestial Empire to establish a similar website." ”

This time, before Qiao Zhishui could say yes, David Falke spoke first: "I agree, the Celestial Empire is a huge market, and spending some of the money to invest in the Celestial Empire is definitely a sure investment." ”

Some time ago, David Falke took a trip to the Celestial Empire, and it seems that he has made a lot of money.

Qiao Hai smiled: "Then it's decided?" ”

Seeing that David Falck and Qiao Zhishui were nodding, Qiao Hai continued: "Then it's decided, Ah Shui, take back the funds of Haisheng Communication as soon as possible, and then recruit a group of skilled technicians to build the website, the website domain name will be positioned'', the Chinese website adds a China after Hoop, the requirements of the website are that the interface is simple, just get a few necessary columns, not too complicated." ”

He turned to look at David Falke again: "David, help find a few full-time reporters who report on sports, and in addition, help me contact a few sports experts, columnists like Bill Simmons, as well as your NBA players and coaches, you can also contact them, and we will pay for them to open a column on the website." ”

David Falck also said no problem.

At the end of the first shareholders' meeting of Seawater Investment, Qiao Hai directly booked a ticket for the afternoon and flew back to Vancouver.