Chapter 1 Yokohama Athletics All-Star Game
The Huangpu River in mid-September is still surrounded by summer atmosphere, and although it is not the height of summer, the temperature close to 30 degrees Celsius and the fierce sunshine are still quite difficult tests for many people.
Zhang Guan went to the university alone to report, but then the school leaders all hurried over, the admission procedures were specially done for Zhang Guan, and the military training after that did not have to participate, the school leaders at this time focused on taking photos with Zhang Guan, a group photo of two people, a group photo of three people, a group photo of four people, a group photo of a group, and a group photo of visiting the school. Then these group photos will be posted to the school's website as soon as possible, and the propagandists will begin to quickly conceive the draft, and the school's photographer will not hesitate to tape, the camera desperately captures Zhang Guan's every move, ready to catch up with the prime-time news of the day.
The competition between the top universities in China is also very fierce, and there has been competition in various aspects such as disciplines, academic achievements, senior talents, scientific research achievements, patent projects, etc. Of course, Fudan is the top level of universities, but when it comes to the first university in China, people still think of the two century-old shops in the capital, but this does not mean that Fudan is willing to lag behind. Although the arrival of Zhang Guan cannot bring about an improvement in academic standards, the title of Olympic champion and "the world's first flyer" is obviously a great boost to the school's brand.
After that, Zhang Guan immediately rushed to the Xinzhuang training base to report. However, to Zhang Guan's surprise, Liu Feiren and Coach Sun have not come back yet, and they are probably still busy with business activities. In fact, Zhang Guan is similar, and he will shoot an advertisement in the next two or three days. Fortunately, Yiming Consulting and Haojie Advertising have offices in Huangpu, so Zhang Guan has no time to run around.
Zhang Guan carried out a short period of adaptation training that day, and when the training was over, Zhang Guan changed his clothes, but found that his mobile phone showed that there were several missed calls, the first few were called by Yu Gui, and the latter one was called by Zhuge Wenbo.
Zhang Guan took the lead in dialing Yu Gui's number, and then Yu Gui's familiar voice rang from his mobile phone.
"I heard that you have already reported to the Xinzhuang base? How about it, let's get used to it! I've arranged it before, if you are not used to it, you can just tell the logistics on the base directly. Director Yu said.
"It's not bad, you can adapt to it, the facilities here are really good, but the temperature here is still relatively hot. I've had an acclimatization session this afternoon and have just finished training. Zhang Guan replied.
"That's good. You practice first, I bought a ticket to go to you the morning after tomorrow, if the plane is not delayed, I can get to the Xinzhuang base before noon. Director Yu said.
"You're coming here?" Zhang Guan was slightly stunned, and then asked, "Is there another competition?" ”
"Yes. Go abroad, go to Yokohama, Japan, and leave next week. Director Yu continued: "Liu Feiren also went, but they shouldn't have returned to the Xinzhuang base yet." Calculate the time, they should go back tomorrow. ”
"Time is tight. What is the event? Zhang Guan asked.
"Yokohama IAAF All-Star Race." After speaking, Director Yu added: "It's an invitational tournament, and all the invitees are strong players. Alan Johnson will go to the 110m hurdles, as will Gatlin and Green of Team USA in your 100m sprint. ”
"Invitational!" Zhang Guan asked quietly: "The Japanese must have spent a lot of money!" ”
Director Yu, who was on the other side of the microphone, smiled awkwardly, and then said: "Originally, considering that the Olympic Games had just ended and the athletes were tired, the center was not ready to let you participate, but considering that this is your first time going abroad as an Olympic champion, Japan is a very good destination, and it is also Asia, not very far." Moreover, the organizers in Japan were very sincere, and the center finally agreed to your participation. ”
"This is going to Japan to show off the championship!" Zhang Guan continued: "How much is Japan's sincerity worth? ”
"One hundred thousand dollars. The organizer said that as long as you appear, they will give you an appearance fee of 100,000 US dollars, a round-trip ticket reimbursement, and also arrange a fan meeting for you, and an appearance fee of 20,000 US dollars. Director Yu thought for a while, and then said: "There is also a very high prize money, and the 100-meter champion has 200,000 US dollars. ”
"It's a lot, and the Japanese are really willing to pay for it. The Japanese don't make money for nothing, they definitely have to go. Zhang Guan opened his mouth and said, "But are the Japanese masochistic tendencies again?" Paying us to slap us in the face? ”
Appearances in sports are inherently lower than in commercial events. After American Morris Green won the Olympic title four years ago, he was able to pay $20,000 to play in a game; After Montgomery broke the world record two years ago, the appearance fee for the game was about $25,000; Considering inflation and other factors, if Zhang Guan is given an appearance fee now, 30,000 US dollars should be a more reasonable price. So the Japanese offered a price of $100,000, more than three times the normal price.
In the microphone, Director Yu continued: "Actually, there are other more important reasons for sending you to the competition. In the past week, there has been a very bad trend in the international sports public opinion, they say that the reason why you and Liu Feiren were able to win the Olympic championship is only because of good luck. They believe that in the 110m hurdles, because of Alan Johnson's withdrawal, Liu Feiren picked up a gold medal; And the 100-meter dash is because the Americans are not in good shape, so you can get the gold medal. ”
"Liu Feiren won the championship with a world record, and I broke the world record to win the championship, which can't shut their mouths? When the Americans were in good shape, they didn't break a world record. Zhang Guan said disdainfully.
"European and American countries will not see our rise. Not only in terms of the economy and the military, but also in sports. So this time you have to run hard, and you have to fight for this breath if you don't steam steamed buns! Director Yu paused, and then said: "After this all-star game, I will come back soon and go to Luzhou to participate in the finals of the National Track and Field Grand Prix, so next week's schedule will be more intensive, you have to be mentally prepared." ”
Zhang Guan counted the time and said, "Isn't it that when you come back from Japan, you will go to Luzhou next?" Time is a little tight! ”
"Yes. You also have to go to the finals of this National Track and Field Grand Prix, the audience in Luzhou is very enthusiastic, and when they heard that you are going, they have sold out more than 10,000 tickets. And when it comes to the finals, major sponsors will also participate, so our center hopes to make the competition more lively, and if you go to participate, it will be very helpful for the sponsor signing of the international track and field event next year. ”
When Director Yu said this, he seemed to think of something again, and then said: "It's going to be a game next week, and you should pay attention to eating recently, eat all three meals in the base, don't eat outside." ”
After ending the call with Director Yu, Zhang Guan dialed Zhuge Wenbo's mobile phone again.
"Naike's endorsement has been negotiated." Zhuge Wenbo continued on his mobile phone: "20 million for two years, including the cost of an advertisement. Of the 20 million, 15 million is cash and 5 million is the sponsorship of sports equipment, what do you think, if you can, I can sign it tomorrow morning. ”
"Brother Wenbo, you are so amazing, I thought it would be good to give me five or six million a year, so if you calculate it in cash alone, it will be 7.5 million a year, and there will be 2.5 million sponsorships. So much money, definitely signed! Zhang Guan said.
Zhang Guan knew that, in all fairness, the price given by Naike was definitely quite high. Among other athletes, Liu Feiren's endorsement price for re-signing with Naike after winning the Olympic championship is 4 million, the endorsement fee for Ruibu signed by the little prince of diving is 3 million, and among domestic football players, Everton's Da Tie is 2 million per year, and Haidong, where Xie Lian plays, is 1.5 million per year. So in comparison, Naike also invested a lot of money on Zhang Guan, which can be regarded as the first in China.
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United States.
Zach returned to his lodgings with a tired face, then lay down on the couch and never wanted to get up again.
He had just visited several angel investors and several tech-oriented investment institutions in Silicon Valley, hoping to get their investment, but the conditions offered by those greedy angel investors and investment institutions were unacceptable to him. Investors are demanding not only shares from him, but also the supervision and control of the company.
"If I promise those investors, then FB will no longer be my company, no, absolutely not! I can't let anyone take away my company! Zach remembered the faces of those investors and couldn't help but start to get angry.
But Zach thought about it, if there was no financial support, there would definitely be no way to continue the FB he founded, and maybe next month, he wouldn't even be able to pay for renting a server!
SINCE LAUNCHING FB IN FEBRUARY, THE NUMBER OF USERS HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, BUT NOT LONG AGO, ANOTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, CONNECTU, TOOK FB TO COURT, ACCUSING ZACH OF ILLEGALLY USING THEIR DEVELOPMENT SOURCE CODE. In the United States, it takes a lot of money to fight this kind of lawsuit to implement property rights, and it costs money to find a lawyer, present evidence, find an expert to endorse, etc., but Zach has no money now.
So in the past few days, Zach began to look for investment, from Boston all the way to Silicon Valley, he found a lot of investors, and there were also many investors who were very interested in Zach's FB, but all the investors asked for one thing, that is, the voting rights of the board of directors, and some even asked to occupy more than 50% of the equity, this condition Zach is absolutely unacceptable.
"What to do? What am I going to do? No, I can't give up yet, and if I can't, I'll go to New York tomorrow and look for opportunities on Wall Street. Although Zach knew that Wall Street businessmen were all eating people and not spitting out bones, he was at his end and he had to give it a try.
Just then, Zack's phone rang. He picked up the phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar phone number.
"It's definitely telemarketing again, this mortal telemarketing!" Zach hung up the phone directly, but he didn't expect that three minutes later, the number called again, and then Zach picked up the phone.
"Hello, are you Mr. Zack, the founder of FB?" Said on the other side of the phone.
"It's not an American, it's not an American accent, it's a British or an Australian." Zach couldn't tell where the other party came from from the accent. Then he said, "Hello, I'm Zach, who are you?" ”
"Please forgive me for taking the liberty of interrupting, my name is Alan Chen, I am a representative of Fidelity Investment Company in Hong Kong, and our company feels that FB is a very promising project, and we hope to invest in this project." The other party spoke.
"Invest!" Zach sat up from the sofa violently, and then immediately said, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, you just said that you want to invest?" ”
"Yes, investment, I don't know when Mr. Zach will have time, we can meet and talk in detail." Chen said.
"I have time now!" Zach instantly came to his senses: "If we can, we can meet now!" ”
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