Chapter 44: Signing Pelinka
Regarding Ye Feng and the previous economic man, Howard, who had a good relationship with Ye Feng, was the first to support Ye Feng: "Ye, do you want my economic man to help take care of your affairs?" ”
Howard's economist is the league's famous economist Dan Fagan, who is currently ranked 6th in the NBA professional agent, Fagan is one of the most controversial agents in the NBA, and in the past 15 years, he has become one of the most prolific and experienced agents in the NBA league, and he has helped players sign contracts of more than $750 million in the past 5 years. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
He also has a lot of new tools and techniques to get the most out of his clients and contracts, he pioneered the one-year contract for players, and chose to allow players to sign a one-year contract with the team before seeking a better contract, which was affirmed in the NBA arbitration, according to the NBA's estimates, the one-year contract option increased the player's salary by more than 100 million in one year.
He has signed All-Star players such as Shaun Marion and Jason Richardson, as well as the likes of Jason Terry, Troy Murphy, Eduardo Nahoola, Anderson Vallejo, Nene and Yi Jianlian, and previously helped Gilbert Arenas secure a six-year, $65 million contract.
It's a pity that Yi Jianlian's incident later caused Fagan's reputation to be greatly damaged, Ye Feng stayed away from it, Howard's kindness Ye Feng understood, but he really didn't dare to use Fagan, Ye Feng was afraid that he would get angry!
"Thanks, Dwight, but Fagan has a bad reputation in our country, and I don't really want to use him!" Ye Feng thought about it and rejected Howard's proposal.
"Okay, Ye, you really need a broker, look at what kind of garbage contract you signed with the Lakers, you're performing so well now, you have to get your economist to get a big contract for you!" Howard didn't care about Ye Feng's opinion of his agent, but said with concern.
"Well, I will!" Ye Feng said with a smile, during this time in the Lakers, although Ye Feng has enemies like Chris Duhon, but also has good brothers like Howard, Ye Feng cherishes this friendship very much, and Ye Feng does not want Howard to choose to leave, but at present, it seems that the possibility of Howard leaving the Lakers is still relatively large, at least Ye Feng heard Howard mention that his agent Dan Fagan has been encouraging Howard to go to the Rockets.
However, for Ye Feng, he was selected by the Lakers, and the annual salary of $2.4 million in two years is not enough to do anything, not to mention that many NBA players can even buy a mansion after signing a contract, but Ye Feng is impossible, and the contract is still non-guaranteed, as long as the Lakers want to lay off Ye Feng, they can do it at any time!
However, the Lakers will definitely not be so brainless, and in the face of a potential rookie like Ye Feng, the Lakers will definitely find a way to keep Ye Feng.
In the evening, Ye Feng was taken by Kobe to an elegant Western restaurant, as soon as he entered the restaurant, a waiter took Kobe and Ye Feng to a private room, Ye Feng found that there was a white man sitting inside, about forty years old, sitting in the box with gold wire glasses and quietly looking at his computer.
"Hey, you're here! I'm really sorry, just now my next player has some problems that I need to deal with, hello, Ye Feng, I'm Rob Pelinka, it's nice to meet you! Pelinka warmly shook hands with Ye Feng after seeing Kobe and Ye Feng walk in, as for Kobe, the two of them are too familiar, just nod their heads.
"Hello, Rob, I was also brought by the boss, I don't know what's going on yet?" Ye Feng said helplessly.
"I'm bringing you here because you're not missing an agent? It just so happens that my friend Rob is a good agent, so let him act as your agent, I'm sure he'll be up to the task! Kobe Bryant said simply, he didn't do it for anything, he just didn't want Ye Feng to be too distracted by these miscellaneous things, Kobe Bryant has always handed over his business affairs to Pelinka, and he just focused on the game, gained fame through the game and then signed a big contract.
As for Rob Pelinka, as a proud disciple of the most well-known agent Arne Tyremp, Pelinka has been working for Tylen until 2005, and Tylen has also trusted a number of its top clients, including Kobe Bryant and Boozer, to be taken care of by Pelinka.
But after Pelinka resigned from Tyleum's company in 2005, he successfully poached 6 stars from the other party, such as Kobe Bryant and Boozer, which can be called a classic case of poaching between agents, and now Pelinka can be regarded as one of the famous agents in the NBA league.
Pelinka's success is inseparable from his responsibility and honesty with his players, and Pelinka now carries his mobile phone and a monitor indicating the arrival of emails in his pocket at all times, and he has to keep in touch with his clients at all times, just to be responsible for his employer.
For professional players who have signed with him, Pelinka first helps the client prepare for the draft, then negotiating the contract, and then dealing with the sponsorship contract.
Outsiders think that an agent is a very brilliant profession, but in fact, no matter what the client needs, the agent has to do it, sometimes accompany the player to away games, play video games with the player, accompany the player to the movies, and even help the player deal with family affairs and help the player move.
And the agent's mouth can't be idle, he has to talk to the team's general manager every day, talk to the coach, talk to the company that wants to hire the player as a spokesperson, talk to the player, talk to the player's family, no matter what time it is, in addition, Pelinka has to watch 75 NBA games every season to understand the status of the players under him.
Pelinka has always adhered to the integrity of his employer's commitment, and he has always protected the privacy of his employer, and always considered his players, which allowed Pelinka to poach 6 stars from Tylenham's company and even Kobe, which shows his ability and personal charm.
"Ye, I think we should be able to have a good chance of cooperation, of course I think I will choose three percent of your salary, and I only need ten percent of your business income!" Pelinka was obviously prepared and confidently said what he agreed with.
To be honest, the three-percent salary commission is even less than the four-percent commission of the general agent, and the ten-percent commission on commercial income is also very sincere, generally speaking, the commercial income of NBA players is generally more than twenty percent, but Pelinka obviously takes into account the Chinese market behind Ye Feng, Ye Feng has more than one billion compatriots behind him, as long as Ye Feng's performance is excellent, the money is not as much as you want, Maybe 10 percent more than 30 percent of other players!
"OK, I hope we can enjoy working together! Besides, I don't want that guy named Langerhans to come and bother me again! Ye Feng smiled and stretched out his left hand.
“GOOD! Ye, it's really great, don't worry that little role will be solved by me, I believe I will definitely fully tap your business potential, as for your contract, don't worry, I will definitely help you get a big contract next season! Pelinka said with a smile, being able to sign Ye Feng became a huge turning point in Pelinka's agent career!