Chapter 104 - Sneaker Contract
In the next week, Li Yao spent the next week in the training camp in Chicago with the Four Heroes of Wind and Dust, in this week's time, Li Yao's harvest can be described as very rich, it should be out of the care of Wade's face, the other three heroes are all unconcealed for Li Yao's guidance, Li Yao's control of the defensive rhythm has been greatly improved compared to the NCAA period, although it has not been tested in the game, but Li Yao has this feeling.
And the most important thing is that Li Yao has gained the friendship of the other three heroes in this week's time. Paul invited Lee to his upcoming training camp in New Orleans. Anthony also patted Li Yao on the shoulder before parting and said that he would go to him if something happened, and he helped Li Yao get it, this sentence made Li Yao sweat in his heart, sure enough, I am brother in society, and people don't talk much.
James was still complaining about Li Yao's unsociability before leaving, why is this? The reason is very simple, as the Four Heroes, after the training in Chicago training camp ends every day, the Four Heroes will go to the nightclub every night to have a dashing time, and Li Yao will always be pulled, but Li Yao has not participated in the follow-up activities once, not because Li Yao is a saint, after all, Li Yao, who has not experienced war these days, is also hungry and thirsty, but Li Yao has not yet reached the point of hunger, although the girls I met in the nightclub are angry, but they do not meet Li Yao's taste, So nothing special happened. This is also the reason why James complained, and originally wanted to bring Li Yao into the small organization of the four of them to have a Five Heroes in the Dust, but it turned out that Li Yao did not match their name as a Hero in the Dust at all.
"Lee, how's it going?" On the plane to Miami, Wade, who was bored reading the magazine, suddenly asked Li Yao.
"Dwyan, to be honest, this week has been more rewarding than ever before, and it's something I couldn't have learned in the NCAA. However, "Li Yao had to admit that this week had brought him a significant increase in strength, but Li Yao suddenly stopped talking.
"But what?" Wade asked curiously, touching the frame of his glasses on the tip of his nose.
"But why do you always let me defend, and don't give me a chance to attack?" Li Yao said aggrievedly, this week's time training is completely on the road of being abused. Paul to Wade to LeBron. James, Cameron. Anthony, the four of them took turns bombing, and Li Yao really almost collapsed.
"Lee, let me ask you, what do you think are the chances of breaking through if you attack Chris with lightning steps?" Wade did not answer Li Yao's question directly, but asked him.
"Well, don't say 100%, there should still be a probability of about 80%." Li Yao pondered carefully for a while, and said in an affirmative tone.
"In that case, why do you practice attacking? And even if you want to practice, I don't want you to rely on the lightning step, I don't need to warn you of its threat. And on the defensive end you can learn a lot more offensive tricks, which you can't argue. Wade stared at Li Yao's eyes seriously and said, he didn't want his little brother to be so high-eyed like other high-ranking rookies, after all, he still has a long way to go, and pride and complacency are the most common things that ruin a rookie.
"Dwyan, I see." Li Yao really couldn't refute Wade's words, this week brought him an increase in strength, only he knew best in his heart, if he blindly used lightning steps, he believed that it would not help his strength to improve.
"By the way, Lee, I heard Gabriel say that the villa next to us is going to be sold, do you have any ideas to be my neighbor?" Seeing Li Yao's enlightened eyes, Wade couldn't help but nodded, it seems that Li Yao is indeed different from those rookies in the past. Now that the business has been done, Wade remembered a trivial matter that he inadvertently talked about when he was on the phone with his girlfriend two days ago, so he asked Li Yao.
Li Yao suddenly became interested, Wade's mansion is not far from Miami Beach, which is also in line with Li Yao's concept of choosing a residence, and it is a good thing to be a neighbor with Wade.
"I'll go back and discuss with Margot Robbie, and by the way, let the agent take a look at the price, although the new contract has arrived now, but it's still not comparable to you, a local tyrant." Li Yao shrugged and said.
"My house was bought in 05 about 4 million US dollars, and the increase in housing prices in recent years is not obvious, plus the homeowner took the initiative to choose to sell, I think there is still a lot of room for counteroffer, this money is indeed a lot of expenses for your salary, but when you go back to sign a few advertising endorsements, these are small money." Wade helped Li Yao plan carefully.
"Hmm." Li Yao is also beginning to look forward to his first advertising endorsement, to be precise, looking forward to the income brought by the first advertising endorsement.
When he returned to Miami and met Margot Robbie at the hotel, a week of abstinence made Li Yao's heart feel the lust on the verge of fire, just a deep kiss, and the war started again.
After a battle, the two who were both defeated lay quietly on the bed, looking at each other, their eyes full of love.
"My dear, Dwyane told me that a villa next to them is about to be sold, should we be neighbors with Dwyan?" Li Yao kissed Margot Robbie's forehead and touched her hair.
"It's nice to be neighbors to Gabriel, but the houses in their neighborhood aren't cheap." Margot Robbie frowned and said, you must know that she is a very thrifty woman, if it weren't for Li Yao's strong recommendation, in her opinion, it would be better to rent a house to live, after all, Li Yao is still a rookie, although the salary is higher than those drafts later, but compared with the real superstars, the gap is still too big.
"It's okay, you must know that your husband will have a lot of endorsements right away, and the income is simply uproaring." Li Yao signaled Margot Robbie not to care about money, although Li Yao has no money now, he will not be short of money, after all, he is an endorsement and has not yet taken over.
"Okay, that's up to you." Margot Robbie thinks it's better to leave the decision of buying a house to Li Yao.
After lunch, Li Yao dialed Bill. Duffy's call, he wondered if he had any advertisers approaching him during this time.
"Hey, good afternoon Bill."
"Li Yao, are you back from Chicago?"
"Well, by the way, Bill, the villa near Dwynn is for sale, you can help me go and see, Gu Dwynn said that he bought it in 05 for $4 million, how much I think you can talk to the owner."
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to me, and I'll give you a suitable price. By the way, Li Yao, let's not talk about anything else, I think you should still need to decide on the advertising endorsement of sneakers. "Bill. Duffy patted his chest and said that the house matter was handed over to him, and Li Yao just had to rest assured, and then talked to Li Yao about sneakers.
"Tell me about it." Li Yao was also immediately interested, and he was looking forward to his first endorsement income.
"The contract given by Nike is $30 million for 5 years, while Adidas gives $38 million for 6 years, and Reebok and your China Li Ning give $40 million for 6 years, my personal advice is to choose one between Nike and Adidas, after all, these two are far more well-known in the world than the other two, of course, the final decision is still in your hands." Bill. Duffy gave Li Yao the quotations in his hand one by one, waiting for his choice.
After hearing these offers, Li Yao's eyes widened, you must know that his NBA rookie contract is less than 5 million + US dollars, and it is only 6.29 million US dollars in the last year, and now even the endorsement fee issued by Nike, which is the lowest offer, is an average of 6 million US dollars per year, which makes Li Yao, who was a dick in his previous life, have a green light in his eyes.
However, compared to the other three, Li Yao prefers Nike, just like Bill. As Duffy said, although Li Ning is a domestic product in terms of global popularity, it is really not a little worse than Nike and Adidas, as for Reebok? Li Yao didn't think about it at all, looking at Iverson and Yao Ming's injuries, although he couldn't blame all of Reebok's body, but Li Yao gave up decisively in order to avoid touching the mold.
Thinking about it like this, it seems that Adidas is not a good choice, Li Yao thought.
The Adi Five Tigers of that year, it seemed that except for Deng Dudu, the small life of the other people was not comfortable. Howard, of course, is also indispensable to Li Yao's old rival, this year's champion show Derrick. Rose, you must know that Li Yao felt sorry for this guy a lot, a generation of superstars suddenly withered away, and Li Yao became more and more scared.
Thinking about it this way, Li Yao is more inclined to choose Nike, but when the words have reached his mouth, Li Yao paused, because he thought of one thing, this matter is enough for Nike to bleed, that is, the upcoming Beijing Olympics, Li Yao believes that if he can play a wonderful performance in the Beijing Olympics, he will have more capital to ask Nike for higher endorsement fees.
"Bill, I think it's better to wait, I need to make a decision before I make a decision." Li Yao took a deep breath before letting go of the temptation of green oil from the dollar.
"Wait? Li Yao, you want to be in the Beijing Olympics, I understand, Li Yao, your idea is very good, if you can have a good performance, I can fight for greater benefits for you. "Bill. Duffy is also a smart person, he figured out the key points in an instant, and suddenly shouted excitedly, in his opinion, his agent was really a big mistake at this point, and he didn't think as far-reaching as Li Yao's employer.
"Well, I'm suspending all endorsement talks from now on, and everything is waiting for your news." Bill. Duffy was also a decisive guy and immediately called off all negotiations.
"Well, so be it." Li Yao hung up the phone with a lot of thoughts.
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