Chapter 51 Preliminary Contract

Li Shihao's fingers unconsciously rubbed the back of the phone, thinking about the importance of this news.

For basketball players, the contract is the most important, especially the shoe contract, which is closely related to your career and can determine your achievements to a certain extent!

A good sneaker contract can bring you a huge boost in popularity, and the brand and the player are mutually beneficial.

Li Shihao still does not have his own sneaker contract, he did not easily choose a long-term contract with an annual salary of millions, this is for two reasons, one is that he does not want to have a long-term contract too early to restrain his enterprising spirit, and the other is that he does need to wait for the price to sell, his contract can be better.

Li Shihao was able to enter the NBA, and he naturally had his own pride in his heart, how many famous and powerful basketball teenagers in the American High School League, and how many of them could go so far with him in the end?

This is a rate no less than that of the waves of the sea.

Nowadays, even China has established its own basketball system, although it is not perfect compared with the United States, but under this system, there are still many new generation of powerful players, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, etc., they may be the next Chinese basketball superstars.

He has been able to fight to this day, which is no less than a classic inspirational story. People who can always be enterprising are generally determined and have strong self-confidence in themselves.

Li Shihao is the same, he was able to go from a well-known basketball high school student in an American town to a leading player in Minnesota step by step, and he is also a strong-willed person.

He also has a Michael Jordan dream in his heart to become the strongest athlete in basketball.

However, now he is still a world away from Michael Jordan, he still needs to stay aggressive, move steadily, God rewards hard work, as long as he keeps working hard, he firmly believes that he can be the strongest.

Li Shihao moved the microphone to his mouth and whispered to Duffy on the other end of the phone: "Duffy, how much sincerity did Adidas give this time?" ”

Bill Duffy heard this: "65 million for 7 years, they want to tie you up with this contract." ”

"65 million in 7 years? This contract is really lucrative enough, and they have also invested in it, and they are willing to give such a large share of the contract to a rookie like me, do they plan to concentrate resources on building me? ”

"No, Bruce, they're still hesitating, Derrick Rose is no worse than you, and his Chicago is a big city, far more commercial than Minnesota, they want the two of you to have a competition, for three years, the winner can become Adidas' next brand ambassador, just like the competition between Kobe and Maddie!"

"Hey, these Germans are really rich enough, just to stabilize me, they threw out a big contract of $65 million, it seems that Adidas's ambitions in the United States have not diminished!"

Duffy smiled: "Bruce, this is a good thing, the Germans want to occupy the majority of the North American sneaker market and regain the leading position with Nike, so they need more influential stars, and now, you and Derrick Rose are one of the choices in front of them!" ”

Li Shihao nodded and continued to ask, "Duffy, what about your opinion?" ”

Duffy pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Bruce, I know what you think, you don't want a long-term contract to bind you, what you want is a short-term contract to keep you progressing!" I would suggest that you sign a three-year or four-year contract, which may be a lot lower than the previous one, but after three or four years, you can have more autonomy and you will be more capable at that time. ”

"Duffy, you really understand me, you help me try to communicate with Adidas, I hope the contract is limited to 4 years, and the amount can be refunded to a certain extent."

Bill Duffy nodded, and after talking to Li Shihao in detail about the recent situation of the Timberwolves, he ended the call.

At the invitation of Yao Ming, he became the agent of this Chinese kid, and after Yao Ming was reimbursed for the season, he urgently needed new potential players to work with him, and Yao Ming, who had always been a good friend of him, introduced him to Li Shihao.

Bill Duffy, who had just had the attitude of giving it a try, is now very satisfied, and now he has the enthusiasm he had when he started from scratch, and his heart is full of excitement at the thought that he will have a future superstar employer in the future.

Since Li Shihao wants to ask for a satisfactory contract in Adidas, he naturally has to put his heart down as an agent.

On the evening of December 3, the Timberwolves slaughtered the Memphis Grizzlies, and Li Shihao scored 33 points, 7 assists and 3 steals.

In the third quarter, he continued to create scoring opportunities, leading the main force of the Timberwolves to play a wave of 15:3 offensive climax, which quickly killed the suspense of the game, and the Grizzlies suffered a heavy defeat on their home court.

When the game ended, Al Jefferson greeted everyone in the Timberwolves, and although he looked a little tired, he still couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

In this game, he played against Marc Gasol and Kevin Love under the basket alone, but he did not fall behind, cutting a double-double of 28 points and 12 rebounds, and resisted the Timberwolves two potential big men on the inside.

Although he lost tonight, it seems that Al Jefferson has been used heavily in Memphis, and the treatment of the core of the team has given him the strength to fight again.

Li Shihao smiled slightly, stepped forward to greet Al, and there was a heartfelt blessing in his eyes: "Al, it seems that you are doing well in Memphis, this is your team, good luck!" ”

Al Jefferson touched the top of his head and smiled honestly: "Thank you for your blessings, Bruce, the Timberwolves have played well recently, I believe you have a chance to enter the playoffs!" ”

After the game, Al and the Timberwolves players got together at a local restaurant in Memphis.

When the party was over, it was already one or two o'clock in the morning, and Li Shihao received a call from Bill Duffy, an economist, saying that Adidas personnel had arrived in Memphis and were waiting for him in a club.

Duffy couldn't hide his joy in his tone: "Bruce, the contract was originally planned for 4 years and 32 million, Adidas' senior management is very optimistic about your performance, and their inspectors think that your way of playing is suitable for Adidas' style and philosophy after inspecting you, and they decided to use some resources to train you." ”

Li Shihao couldn't help but smile when he heard this, the way of playing is suitable for Adidas' philosophy? What a strange reason for this, isn't the German concept to be rigorous, rigorous, and rigorous!

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