Duke filmed all the commercials before November 15, including the toothbrush commercial. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Because Huawei sponsored a variety show on a satellite TV station, Du Ke went to other provinces in early November, and he participated in a program of the satellite TV station as a guest.

"Celebrity Interview", "Road to Champion" and other talk forms of TV program recording is also indispensable, Du Ke went to 7 TV stations to do programs within half a month, and his exposure rate has been quite high recently.

As of November 15, Duke has received a total of four advertising endorsement projects from Nick, Huawei, Kia, and Bode Toothbrush, with a total contract amount of 89.31 million yuan for the four projects, all of which are one-year contracts.

If all the money is in place, Du Ke can get 35.7 million yuan of the 89.31 million yuan, that is, 40%, pay taxes, and finally get about 30 million yuan of personal endorsement income.

The 30 million yuan was not paid to Du Ke in a lump sum, and the four merchants who asked Du Ke to endorse would pay off the contract within the one-year contract period, not to Du Ke, but to the General Assembly. After receiving the payment, the Federation distributed Duke's personal income to him in batches.

Nick, Huawei, Kia three companies have successively paid part of the contract money, plus the Hong Kong toothbrush company to pay, Du Ke's bank card currently has 12 million yuan in cash, the remaining about 20 million yuan of the balance payment, before October 2014 Du Ke will get all of it.

At the end of the year, there were no competitions in track and field and swimming, and Du Ke originally wanted to use this time period to engage in a career outside of competitions, and Amy suggested Du Ke's idea of building his own brand last time, and Du Ke has been pondering this matter.

But after in-depth contact with Nickelodeon, Du Ke found that it was almost impossible to create a sports brand with 12 million yuan of soft sister coins, and the start-up capital was not enough, and 30 million was not enough.

The Nickelodeon company has to invest more than 10 million US dollars to develop a running shoe, how can tens of millions of soft girl coins compete with others?

More important than funding is the core ingredient: talent.

Du Ke is now the commander of the light pole, and there are only two of them if Su Yun is counted.

Although Duke is a student of management, he has not been to school for a long time, he is now a junior college student at the School of Management of Nangang University, since his sophomore year, he was selected for the swimming national team, and he has not returned to school for a year after that.

Even if Du Ke goes to the classroom every day, he knows in his heart that he and Su Yun can't do any big business alone, he needs a team, a team of professional and loyal veteran drivers.

Where can I find a professional team? Do you post job postings on Careers.com?

Or contact a headhunter?

Relatives and friends introduced?

If Duke wants to open a company or create a brand, he feels that there is a position that must be done first, and that is to find a professional manager.

Du Ke is naturally an investor and a boss, and Su Yun is not suitable to be a professional manager. Du Ke knows some professional managers, such as Ma Jianguo of Nick Company and Wan Zong of Hong Kong Toothbrush Company.

From a professional point of view, Ma Jianguo of Nickelodeon is a qualified professional manager of sports brands, but Du Ke will not invite Ma Jianguo, an American, to be his general manager, and there is a 99% chance that people will not work for Du Ke.

"Let's take one step at a time, the money continues to be earned, and the candidates are slowly searching." Du Ke thinks that his current social circle is gradually expanding, and he will always find the right person.

On November 15, Du Ke came to the Nanyue Provincial Track and Field Team to report that he will conduct winter training in the provincial team until next year's Spring Festival, and after the Spring Festival, he will go to the national track and field team to prepare for various international track and field events starting in March.

At the end of November, Du Ke moved into his new house, and Su Yun would come to Du Ke's new home every few days to stay for one night and show affection.

Su Yun is not living with Du Ke full-time now, she said that women who are too easy to get their hands on, men will not know how to cherish them.

The time for training and preparation passed quickly, and in mid-to-late November and the whole month of December, Du Ke was training in the provincial track and field team.

2013 is over in a blink of an eye, and 2014 is coming.

In January 2014, Duke received rumors that he was nominated for the 2013 Laureus Award for Male Athlete of the Year.

The Laureus Awards, which are presented once a year, are the Oscars of sports, and the Best Male Athlete award is the equivalent of an Oscar.

The Laureus World Games awards the world's most outstanding male and female athletes by nominating the last year's outstanding athletes by more than 2,000 senior sports journalists from more than 70 countries and regions, and then selecting six athletes who have performed exceptionally well in the previous year and made significant contributions to world sport.

The Laureus Athletic Academy's 52 members voted to select one winner out of six finalists. The 52 voting members are made up of the most outstanding retired athletes in their respective fields, and each member has a glorious history of achievements and honors.

The primary election lasts for two months, and in early March, a list of six finalists will be produced.

On March 26, at the Laureus Awards Gala in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the winners of nine awards, including the Best Male Athlete, Best Female Athlete, Best Breakthrough Award, Best Comeback Award, and Best Team Award, will be announced.

The Laureus Awards Gala is basically the same as the Oscars, which is the most grand event in world sports every year.

Duke was relatively calm when he learned that he had been nominated for the Laureus Award for Best Male Athlete by reporters.

The primary list is nothing, Liu Xiang was recuperating and recovering from his injuries throughout 2013, and he was also nominated for the primary list.

To be able to enter the final list of six candidates is enough to be hanging, and to stand out from the six and win the Male Athlete of the Year award in one fell swoop, then it can be regarded as the most hanging male athlete in the world today.

Last March, the best male athlete award was won by Usain Bolt (2012 Male Athlete of the Year, Athletics), the year before Djokovic (2011, tennis), the year before Nadal (2010, tennis), and the year before that:

Usain Bolt (2009, track and field);

Usain Bolt (2008, track and field);

Federer (2007, tennis);

Federer (2006, tennis);

Federer (2005, tennis);

Federer (2004, tennis);

Michael Schumacher (2003, F1);

Armstrong (2002, Cycling);

Michael Schumacher (2001, F1);

Tiger Woods (2000, Golf);

Tiger Woods (1999, Golf).

The inaugural Laureus Awards began in March 2000 with the Laureus Athletic Club honoring athletes and teams in all sports in 1999.

To date, a total of seven male athletes including Usain Bolt, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Schumacher, Armstrong and Woods have won the Best Male Athlete award 14 times.

Just look at these thunderous names to see how high the Laureus Award for Male Athlete of the Year is, and for today's athletes in all disciplines, the Laureus Award Male Athlete of the Year title is the world's top honor.

After 2004, there were only two sports for the male athlete of the year: tennis and athletics.

Tennis and track and field athletes have monopolized the Best Male Athlete award since 2004, no male swimmer has ever won the Best Male Athlete award, and Phelps failed to win the Laureus Male Athlete of the Year award at the peak of his eight Olympic gold medals in 2008 (he was selected to the list of six candidates, but lost to Usain Bolt by a wide margin).

In 2013, Du Ke was undoubtedly the brightest star in the world of swimming, and compared to his outstanding contribution to swimming, his contribution in track and field in 2013 was much smaller, and breaking the Asian record and running in 10 seconds was not an earth-shattering achievement.

Of course, Duke would love to be among the six finalists for the Laureus Award for Best Male Athlete, and even more so to win the award. But it seems that compared to athletics, tennis, F1, golf and even cycling, swimming is not very important to Laureus Athletic.

"In 2013, I brushed 14 gold medals in the World Swimming Championships, counting the 200 frog world records broken in the National Games, I broke a total of 10 swimming world records last year, if I can't even make the six-person shortlist, I will feel sad......" Duke still cares about the Laureus Award, but he also knows that it doesn't matter if he votes or something, it is better to retreat and close the net, even if he can't win the best male athlete award this year, then try to get one next year, Swimming is not valued by the Laureus Athletic Club, but track and field should always be taken seriously, right? (To be continued.) )