Chapter 578: Salary Increases and Teammates

Li Zihan handed over two of the three contracts to John Dassler and said, "What is the relationship between the two of us, you won't let me suffer, and you are so rich, embarrassed to be stingy with this money?" ”

John jokingly said, "I knew I would write a mark on the contract, and I believe that this company will save a lot of money in a year." ”

Li Zihan said with a smile: "If you really do this, I will bring the children of Chenguang to live in your company tomorrow with quilts and sheets." Li Zihan shrugged: "Because then I won't have the money to take care of them, think about how those bright big eyes and dirty little faces are eager for new clothes, toys, school supplies, and food."

John Dassler: ""

The reason why Li Zihan believes so much in John Dassler and Puma is not because of how good the relationship with John is, although the relationship between the two of them is really good, but there should not be too much personal feelings in the business contract.

Li Zihan believes in Puma because Puma is very sincere to him, thinking back to the beginning, when he was just debuting, Puma signed him with a huge sponsorship of 1 million euros before Adidas and Nike. You must know that for an eighteen-year-old young player who has just played in the professional league, a million sponsorship fee is really a sky-high price! You must know that Li Zihan's teammates, Juventus and Italy's Dinghaishen Buton are also Puma's contracted stars, but his annual sponsorship fee is only 1.2 million

Moreover, Puma took the initiative to add an additional clause to Li Zihan's contract, that is, "with the excellent performance of the season, the player can propose the right to increase the sponsorship fee after the end of the season".

And this time the increase in sponsorship fees was also Puma's own initiative to contact Li Zihan, not Li Zihan went to Puma to ask for a salary increase

Prior to this contract, which was not renewed, Puma gave him a sponsorship fee of £2.4 million. This price point is not too high for football stars, but it is almost top among young players. When Nike signed with Cristiano Ronaldo, the endorsement fee to the Portuguese was five million pounds a year, but at that time Cristiano Ronaldo was already a very famous player, he was the absolute core of Manchester United, and he had a broad space for development when he was young, even Ferguson praised him, and he also created a treble with Manchester United, so the sponsorship fee of five million euros is expensive, but it is definitely worth it.

And Li Zihan only won a Serie A title at Juventus and transferred to Arsenal, there are not too many collective honors, except for a Serie A Oscar for Best Newcomer and the European Golden Boy Award, there are no more individual honors, but in this way he also got half of the original Cristiano Ronaldo's sponsorship fee.

In this new contract, starting from July 1 this year, Li Zihan will receive a sponsorship fee of 7.5 million pounds per year from Puma, the contract is five years, the original contract is void, and the new contract is reused, while retaining the additional clause: "With the excellent performance of the season, the player can propose the right to increase the sponsorship fee after the end of the season"

Such a sponsorship fee is nearly three times more than the previous contract!! It is also more than the five million pounds that Cristiano Ronaldo received from the Nike-sponsored contract that year, and the same as the 7.5 million pounds when Cristiano Ronaldo renewed his contract with Nike!!

Susan glanced at the contract and poked Li Zihan's back, and Li Zihan turned his head to see Susan holding the new contract to him.

The Arabic numerals of 7.5 million pounds above are very eye-catching, and Li Zihan frowned.

"Isn't that a bit much?" Li Zihan said to John Dassler.

"Oh my God, this is the first time I've heard of someone who thinks they have too much money," John Dassler sighed with a hellish look on his face.

Li Zihan's face was slightly red, and he was a little embarrassed. Because John Dassler is really very good to him, he has always given a very generous remuneration in terms of sponsorship, and then there are also a lot of donations in Li Zihan's 'Chenguang Xiwei' fund, as well as more than 800,000 euros of sponsorship for the orphanage, and Li Zihan and others want to dig a hole for John Dassler later

As a result, before Li Zihan's pit was dug up, John Dassler had already fallen into it

Li Zihan smiled and motioned to Susan to put away the contract, then sat next to John Dassler and said: "Such John, you know that I just registered a company a few days ago, and I want to buy a football team in my hometown in the name of this company. This club is currently playing in our country's second division, similar to Germany's second division, although I have enough funds to buy this club now, but in the later operation, I don't have much money, so are you interested?"

In fact, Li Zihan still played a careful thought, can the Chinese Second League be compared with the German Second League??

"I want to contribute to the football in my hometown, and you know what Chinese football is like now. But I am confident that in the future it will become a force to be reckoned with, as long as we do it well. I think you also know that China's football market and business market are a piece of fat, and if China's football industry takes off, it will definitely be very popular as the first batch of companies to contribute to Chinese football."

Li Zihan said a lot, and then drew a delicious pizza for John Dussler, just to get him to participate in his plan.

Li Zihan sketched a beautiful blueprint and a bright future for John Darsler, but I don't know how many years it will be before these things are really completed or realized, of course, whether they can be realized in the future is still a question.

If Li Zihan's words were to be said to a Chinese, the other party would definitely think that he had a brain disease, but if it was given to a businessman who had been peeping into the Chinese market

John Dassler's eyes lit up: "Is there a concrete plan?" ”

Li Zihan knew that since John Dassler asked like this, then he must be interested, and he hurriedly said: "These are still a preliminary idea, and we will discuss the details when the time comes."

In this way, Li Zihan dug a pit for John Dassler and successfully pulled a small partner.

After his trip to Germany, Li Zihan went to Austria, where he will participate in the filming of a video about the Red Bull advertising at the headquarters of the Red Bull Group in Austria, and then there is a new contract with Red Bull.

In Mr. Lee's new contract, the sponsorship fee soared from £800,000 a year to £3.2 million for a total of four years. The wealthy Red Bull Group also expressed their generosity, of course, more because they received the news that Pepsi wanted to use a sponsorship fee of 2.8 million pounds to dig Li Zihan into Pepsi, and then form a new Pepsi football superstar series, so in order to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Li Zihan personally, and in order to avoid the possibility of being poached by Pepsi, Red Bull Group directly increased a lot of sponsorship fees.

There is also Li Zihan who led Arsenal to win the Champions League gave Red Bull Group confidence, and now Li Zihan is only 20 years old, and he still has too much future and potential to be explored, just like the huge Chinese market behind him

After signing the contract, Li Zihan also talked to the head of the sports division of the Red Bull Group about his plans, of course, he still used the rhetoric of "fooling" John Dassler.

But I didn't expect that the Red Bull Group agreed more simply than John Dassler. The person in charge of the Red Bull Group said on the spot that they were willing to sponsor such a club, and were willing to spend a huge amount of money to win the naming rights of the team, such as Chengdu Red Bull Football Club, and then spend money to sponsor the club's stadium, of course, the stadium is called Red Bull Arena, at least it must have the word Red Bull

Of course, considering China's national conditions, it is unlikely that such a title stadium will be built, unless the club itself will fund the construction of the stadium

In fact, Red Bull has been involved in football for a few years, and after its success in Formula 1, Red Bull has set its sights on the world's number one sport - football!

They want to use this way to expand their reach and promote their products all over the world. Red Bull's current products are still relatively simple, if you want to get a broader market, you must launch other products, and then thoroughly promote the name "Red Bull" to the world, there is no doubt that football is the best choice.

There is a football club wholly owned by Red Bull in Austria - Red Bull Austria Football Club, and then there is also a Red Bull football club in the German second division called Red Bull Lesiby Football Club, which has also begun to expand its strength after receiving a huge amount of capital from the Red Bull Group, and their goal is to rush to the Bundesliga, and at the end of the season, they are in third place in the league. Originally, he had the hope of qualifying for the Bundesliga, but he lost to the Bundesliga's big brother in the relegation play-off against Hamburg, who finished third from the bottom of the Bundesliga, and in the end he had to stay in the Bundesliga.