According to NBA rules, agents can only receive 4% or less of the salary from players. A good broker will get 3%-4%, usually around 2%. Sometimes, in order to grab new people, they can only get 1% of their salary. If a rookie player's annual salary is around 2 million, his agent can only get an annual salary of 20,000, and it is more than this price in the United States.

Zhang Yu knows his worth, and in China, his father is responsible for finding a business endorsement for him. Abroad, he needs a really big-name agent to serve him.

The agent's income, the player's salary is only a small part of it, and the real money of an excellent agent is to find endorsements and advertisements for the players, and you can get about 20% of the commission at a time.

However, Zhang Yu will not agree to the figure of 20%, thinking that if it is not the old Philnet, he is half of his own person, and directly opened a sky-high contract for him, if it is an endorsement negotiated by an economic person, he will be taken away 20 million of this 100 million, it hurts to think about it!

But the agent is indispensable for a player, and there are not many people like Phil Knight Sr. who take the initiative to deliver contracts to him, and other contracts still need to be found by economists. In addition, when you are dissatisfied with the team, you don't go directly to the team manager, but the agent; When the contract expires to negotiate a new contract, it is the broker who comes out again; Dissatisfied with the coach and wants the coach to get out! I still have to have an agent......

Zhang Yu's psychological price is 10%, and big-name agents will not serve him if they are lower than this number.

The meeting with Yao Ming was very harmonious, Yao Ming has provoked the Chinese team alone in the past few years, and his shoulders have been bent, and he urgently needs to find a helper to help him relieve pressure. Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue proved to be unable to take on this task, and only Zhang Yu looked decent at the moment.

Zhang Yu's achievements in the United States, only those who play in the United States know how remarkable it is!

18-year-old Zhang Yu is now much more fierce than he was back then, and there is no problem in taking over his shift without accident.

Yao Ming hosted a banquet for Zhang Yu in his restaurant, and at the dinner table he met Yao Ming's agent, Bill Duffy.

Bill Duffy can become a top agent in the NBA, in addition to being good at playing the family card, he also has two weapons: sincerity and kindness. Bill Duffy is very good friends with his players, and he is willing to pay for the loss of players if the work he does is lacking.

However, Zhang Yu is not so easy to trust people, what sincerity and kindness, in his opinion, this is a means for him to solicit business, but Zhang Yu doesn't care so much, the other party's ability and asking price are the first thing.

Bill Duffy is not satisfied with Zhang Yu's 10% endorsement commission and 2% salary commission, he thinks this number is too little, this is the price for ordinary agents, as the top five big-name agents in the NBA, he is not worth more than this price?

In particular, Zhang Yu let his father deal with the domestic market, he took a fancy to the Chinese market, and Bill Duffy, who had worked for Yao Ming for several years, knew that China was full of gold!

Bill Duffy said that if he could hand over a piece of the Chinese market, he could even get a lower commission, such as 8% for endorsement advertising and 2% for salary.

Just kidding, Zhang Yu handed it over to his father because the Chinese market was big enough, and the fertilizer water did not flow into the fields of outsiders!

According to the news brought to him by his father in the past few days, the contracts of China Mobile Dynamic Zone and Zhou XX have expired, and China Mobile intends to let Zhang Yu replace the Taiwanese singer and become its spokesperson, and the endorsement fee is quite high.

Zhang Yu knew that this was compensation from the relevant departments. His first salary in the NBA will be 20% for his sports school, and 30% for the basketball association, which is half inside and out.

However, it is impossible for the Basketball Association to take money for nothing, so that Zhang Yu will not give any face to the Basketball Association.

The Basketball Association has a way to compensate Zhang Yu, and several endorsements of state-owned enterprises immediately made him make up for his losses and make a lot of money. The Basketball Association also knows that if no compensation is given, Zhang Yu will definitely learn from Yao Ming and not give a penny. Now that there are powerful players, the Basketball Association's control over them is no longer strong, and even Space Yi has not given the Basketball Association face, let alone Zhang Yu?

After a meal, Zhang Yu and Bill Duffy did not negotiate, and did not agree on the most important "advertising endorsement commission sharing".

Yao Ming did not interject when the two talked about business, he only talked to Zhang Yu about personal matters and basketball matters.

After eating, Yao Ming invited Zhang Yu to his home as a guest, and Bill Duffy wisely said goodbye and left, he had to carefully consider Zhang Yu's conditions, and prepare for a second negotiation with Zhang Yu. During this period, he had to come up with a reason to make Zhang Yu feel willing to give him 13% of the advertising commission. The final disagreement between the two of them is over whether the advertising commission is 10% or 13%.

Yao Ming's house in the United States is very low-key, which does not match his net worth, perhaps this means that he will not live in the United States for a long time after retiring.

Zhang Yu is also a billionaire now, and even if he pays half of the tax, he is a super tyrant.

"In the Olympic Games in August, Xiao Yu with your strength, will definitely be the starter, the game is on our turf, and we are expected to enter the finals this time!"

Zhang Yu smiled: "I hope so, I'm thinking more about the NBA now, Brother Yao, you are experienced and well-informed, help me come up with ideas." ”

Yao Ming became interested and asked, "This is how it should be, what do you want to ask?" ”

Zhang Yu thought for a while and said: "The Knicks, Timberwolves, SuperSonics, Miami, and Bulls have all approached me in private, hoping that I can go to the team for an exclusive tryout, what does Brother Yao think I should do?" ”

Yao Ming thought carefully about it when he heard this, and then said, "It depends on whether you want to be the boss or not." ”

"How?"

"SuperSonics and Miami are both teams with cores, you can't be the boss if you go, if you don't want to be the second leader, naturally rule out these two first. The Timberwolves are small cities, the team has no money, and if you look at Garnett, you will know whether to pick them or not. The Bulls and New York are definitely the best options, and I think it depends on what the team promises you and how you plan for the future. ”

Zhang Yu nodded, Yao Ming and his thoughts are similar, he is also inclined to these two teams in his heart, to be the second? He didn't even think about it!

"Brother Yao, do you think there is a chance for the two of us to join forces? I remember that your contract in 2010 was a free agent, and whether I went to New York or Chicago, the team had enough salary space to give you a max contract. ”

Yao Ming was stunned by Zhang Yu's mindless words?

"Good boy, who are you here to be a lobbyist?"

Yao Ming was stunned for a moment, did not answer this question directly, looked at his feet out of the corner of his eye, and said secretly in his heart: "In 2010, what will be my state at that time?" ”

Zhang Yu lived in Yao Ming's house for three days, and Yao Ming finally felt that he really shouldn't invite this uncle to come to the house, so that he didn't have time to masturbate if he wanted to!

During this period, Zhang Yu did not see Ye Li, probably in China. In the past three days, he went to the Toyota Center to watch a game of the Rockets, and after the game, the media did not interview the Rockets star Maddie, but instead surrounded Zhang Yu, which made him very embarrassed and worried that he would dominate.

However, Morey, the manager of the Rockets, didn't think so, and even invited Zhang Yu to dinner through Yao Ming, which made Zhang Yu a little confused. No matter how bad the Rockets' record is this year, they should be able to enter the playoffs, but they can't choose him anyway, so why invite him to dinner?

Zhang Yu couldn't help but give Yao Ming face, so he could only have a meal with Mo Ji.

This chubby and shrewd manager is very good at talking, and the kung fu of a meal coaxes Zhang Yu very happily and leaves a good impression.

On April 14, Zhang Yu returned to Stanford University and invited Xia Wei and the little girl to have a meal, and was defrauded of more than 3,000 US dollars by the two, which was in time to eat gold. Especially Xia Wei is very undisciplined, knowing that Zhang Yu signed a contract of 100 million yuan, ordered enough food for more than a dozen people to eat, and handed over a few more packages to take away before leaving, which shocked Zhang Yu and the little girl's jaws!

On April 15, Zhang Yu met with another excellent agent, Dan Fagan, in the school dormitory.

Zhang Yu has never been the one to put his eggs in one basket, just as he is ready to go to the Bulls, New York, and Timberwolves for tryouts at the same time. In terms of brokers, he also cast a wide net, so that he can have more choices.

Fagan is one of the NBA's most controversial agents, having become one of the most prolific and experienced agents in the NBA over the past decade.

He set a precedent for players to offer one-year contracts, choosing to allow players to sign with a team for one year and then seek a better contract, an approach that was affirmed in an arbitration with the NBA, which estimated that the one-year contract option increased the player's salary by more than $100 million in one year.

Fagan was much happier than Duffy, and in the face of Zhang Yu's conditions, he also proposed his own modified version.

Dan Fagan's suggestion is very novel in Zhang Yu's opinion, and his plan is: to get Zhang Yu to get less than 15 million US dollars a year for advertising endorsements, and only charge 5% of the advertising commission; 10% commission for advertising endorsements between 15 million and 30 million; Over $30 million, 15% commission! “

Zhang Yu liked Fagan's plan very much, and immediately agreed to this shrewd guy to become his agent.

On April 16, Isaiah Thomas personally invited Zhang Yu to dinner, knowing that this was the beginning of New York's efforts, and he was interested in how Isaiah Thomas would persuade him to join the team. Of course, the premise is that they can get this year's champion lot!

Fagan was very much in favor of Zhang Yu's meeting with Isaiah Thomas, and he most hoped that Zhang Yu would go to New York, because only in big cities would Zhang Yu's exposure be maximized, and he would create the greatest wealth, which was closely related to his income.

Isaiah Thomas didn't place the invitation in a fancy venue, but in a private club, which was a secret meeting, and the team was not suitable to meet with players who were going to participate in the draft before the draft, so it was as low-key as possible.

The smiling assassin has had a bad time this year, the New York fans have already kicked him down, and he is about to take to the streets to demonstrate, and his position as the general manager of the team is already in jeopardy, not to mention that he is now also the head coach, and he has to carry both black pots.

Isaiah Thomas took advantage of the three days of no competition to make a special appointment with Zhang Yu in the hope of convincing him to join New York. As long as Zhang Yu himself agrees, then New York is very sure to select this long-desired Chinese in the draft.

"Mr. Thomas, I'm a person who likes to get straight to the point, just like the first time I met the coach at Stanford, I asked him directly, why should I join Stanford?"

Isaiah Thomas is not very comfortable with Zhang Yu's way of speaking, but he has done a lot of preparation, so he sorted out his rhetoric and said in a sincere tone: "In the new season, we will send away Stephen Marbury, Zach Randolph, Jamal Crawford, Eddie Curry, and trade players who can rebuild around you." If we can't, we'll try to trade to expire so that we can have about 30 million in 2009 or 2010 to increase the team. As you know, we're a team that can pay tens of millions in luxury tax in order to compete for a championship. And that's something that Miami can't do, Seattle can't do, and Minnesota can't do......"

Zhang Yu added in his heart: "It is also a brain-dead team that can give a water cooler player tens of millions of annual salaries!" ”