The second and third things can actually be counted as one thing, because these two things that should not have intersected came at the same time on the same day.

Nike's negotiators came over with Goodwin, and it was clear that Goodwin was the agent that Nike hired for Lin Dong temporarily.

Although they made contact in advance, set the venue for inviting Lin Dong to negotiate that day at the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle, and made a grand reception, etc., it was still difficult to hide the sloppiness of treating Lin Dong as a small character.

How can there be a claim that sponsors help players find agents? Whose interests does the broker represent?

It's clear that I think Asians haven't seen the world, so it's easy to pass away.

This alone has made Lin Dong very unhappy, of course he won't want this kind of agent, it is better to talk about it himself, and what is even more unexpected is Nike's offer.

It was a five-year, $25 million rookie shoe contract, with an annual payment of $5 million, including a cut of a sneaker production line dedicated to him.

Frankly speaking, compared to a rookie in the Dragon Kingdom who has not yet set foot in the NBA, or relative to a yellow person, this offer is already sky-high, and it is definitely a contract that breaks history.

This made both the Nike representative and Goodwin who came to make the offer feel confident.

For this Asian who defeated the American youth team one after another and set off Internet popularity in the United States, Nike executives are still quite optimistic about his commercial value, and the offer has also created an endorsement record for Asians in the sports circle, and this 17-year-old boy who just came from the Dragon Kingdom has no reason to refuse.

"By signing this contract, you will be making an Asian history." Nike representatives and Goodwin both smiled and congratulated Lin Dong: "This is the ...... in the global sports world"

Before the words fell, Lin Dong had already stood up, and then threw the contract in his hand directly into the trash can next to him.

25 million in 5 years? Not long ago, these guys quoted LeBron a 7-year, 93 million contract, 12.8 million per year.

In the eyes of these white people, the people of the Dragon Kingdom are so poor? So easy to pass? These guys are a little too arrogant, and the price they give is not as good as Schultz's coffee seller.

Lin Dong smiled and said: "This is not to create any history, but a humiliation. ”

The Nike rep and Goodwin were a little surprised.

"I don't want to bargain with you, and I don't have that free time." Lin Dong said lightly: "If you want to sign me, show some sincerity, but don't blame me for not reminding you, if there is another such humiliation, then I will never consider any cooperation with you again in my life." ”

Both the Nike rep and Goodwin were stunned.

Humiliate? A 5-year, 25 million contract is a humiliation in the eyes of this Asian boy?

The Nike representatives couldn't help but laugh: "I wonder if there is some misunderstanding in the middle......

"There was no misunderstanding." Lin Dong said, "Is there anything else you want to say?" ”

Anything else to say?

Looking at the contemptuous expression in the Asian teenager's eyes, the Nike representative realized that the other party was serious after a brief period of surprise.

To be honest, the Nike rep kind of wanted to laugh.

He can probably guess some of Lin Dong's thoughts, which is nothing more than benchmarking himself against LeBron's 93 million contract that was hyped on the Internet some time ago.

Yes, you beat LeBron, so what?

This kid forgot a very important thing, LeBron is a pure American, and he is just a yellow-skinned dragon!

Frankly, Nike reps are now in a belly of things to say.

Is this really treating yourself as a dish? Who do you think you are? What do you think of Nike?

You must know that even Yao Ming, who has been popular in the Dragon Country, Nike only gave a 4-year $1.6 million contract two years ago, and then the other party accepted it with gratitude.

And now that Yao Ming has become the NBA champion, the contract that Nike executives plan to renew is only about $25 million for 5 years, which is the same price as the offer to this teenager who has not yet participated in the draft.

I gave you a first-place offer before participating in the draft, but this teenager is not satisfied, Fack! I really don't know how many pounds and taels I have!

All kinds of words that wanted to curse were turned in the mouth of the Nike representative for a long time, and finally swallowed it back with great difficulty.

He smiled faintly, bent down to pick up the contract from the trash can, and said: "It's understandable that young people are a little impulsive, but Mr. Lindon, I have to remind you, don't compare yourself with the value of an American, you can win LeBron by playing, but it does not mean that you have greater commercial value than LeBron, because you are just a dragon country." ”

"Dragons?" Lin Dong narrowed his eyes slightly: "In your eyes, aren't the people of the Dragon Kingdom worthless?" ”

“NONONO！” The Nike representative laughed and said: "We are just businessmen, we will not say this kind of words that hurt the feelings of consumers, we Nike also have good sales in the Dragon Country, but there is a fact that the Nike sales in the Dragon Country are far less than our local market, the market determines the value, this is the first thing that a commercial company should consider, isn't it?" ”

Lin Dong laughed: "That can only mean that you don't know much about the Dragon Country Market, and you don't know me well." ”

"And I don't care about the market you say at all, how to develop the market and whether you can make money is your own business, all I care about is my own value, your offer humiliates me, I refuse, it's as simple as that. If you think I'm not worth it, don't talk to me. ”

"So, what kind of offer does Mr. Lin Dong think is not a humiliation for a Dragon Country talent?"

"That's something your company should think about, don't come and ask me." Lin Dong didn't bother to respond to him anymore, although this guy was just a representative, a few words were enough to see Nike's contempt for him.

Just like the sentence just now, if he asked 'what kind of offer is not a humiliation to you', then it would be normal, but he deliberately said 'to a dragon countryman'.

The etiquette of the people of the Dragon Kingdom is engraved in the bones, not a gentleman who flaunts his mouth, if it weren't for the fact that the state of etiquette should have a bit of etiquette, Lin Dong directly wanted to tell him to get out of the way.

"Next time, come back when you think it through, or don't waste my time." Lin Dong smiled and turned to leave, not forgetting the stinky Goodwin: "Mr. Goodwin, you followed the brand side without reaching an agent agreement with me in advance, and wanted to negotiate this matter directly on my behalf, it is really unprofessional enough, I don't know what caused your misunderstanding of the Dragon Kingdom, do you think the Dragon Kingdom people are stupid?" Then I can only regret to remind you that when the people of the Dragon Kingdom were playing with their hearts, your ancestors were still catching lice on the trees. ”

Both the Nike representative and Goodwin were directly stunned, and their mouths were wide open for a long time without coming back to their senses.

What did you hear?

That yellow-skinned, that Asian, is he proud of his identity as a Dragon, and feels that the Dragon's identity is above the Americans?

Oh, it must be, otherwise he wouldn't have said it so naturally, what a ridiculously ignorant idea.

But frankly, this idea that surprised them quite and found it ridiculous, when they think about it, is really a familiar tone.

Since the founding of the United States, such a self-confident, arrogant, and proud guy who is on American soil, but who sincerely thinks that the Dragons are stronger than the Americans, has one and only one in the entire history of the United States, and that is Bruce Lee in the 70s.

And now, it seems that there is another ......

The Nike rep and Goodwin looked at each other, and they almost laughed angrily.

Fack! You deserve it too?!

………………

Coming out of the Four Seasons Hotel, Lin Dong felt as if he had just said a little too much.

After all, he is from the Dragon Kingdom in 2028, which has become the world's largest economy, and at the time of the powerful twilight of the United States, there is a faint trend of the world's new leader, and he is qualified to compete with the United States in all aspects.

Any dragon country person who goes out has the qualifications to be on an equal footing with the Americans, and in the face of all kinds of unfairness, every dragon country person has the courage to correct it, or in other words, there are very few people who will propose similar unfair treaties to the dragon people.

I was also used to that era, but I forgot for a while that it was still 2001, and it was a backward era when the Dragon Kingdom was far from taking off.

I'm afraid my remarks will have a huge impact on those two guys, right?

Never mind...... Whatever.

Lin Dong shook his head.

Not to mention that in the era of 2001, Nike was far from covering the sky with one hand in the NBA, and even in the era when Nike could influence various decisions in the NBA more than ten years later, he could not grow soft bones.

It's against you, what's the matter?

And when this matter gets out, when other brands come to quote again, they must have a little more consideration.

Good thing.

After putting this matter behind, he spent half a month peacefully.

There was no new news on the Internet, and neither Nike nor Goodwin, who had been scolded by himself, seemed to want to attack him with his phrase 'still catching lice in the trees'.

After all, in Lin Dong's view, this is not a glorious thing in itself, and slandering Lin Dong will not bring them any benefits.

On the contrary, Schulz's contract was quickly finalized.

A two-year short endorsement contract worth $7 million, with a payment of $3 million in the first year and $4 million in the second year, Lin Dong only needs to accompany him to shoot two commercials and allow Starbucks to use his portrait for brand promotion.

Compared with sports brands like Nike, the endorsement fee like Starbucks is obviously much less, originally Schultz wanted to provide a 6-year contract of 24 million, but Lin Dong only signed for two years, and the two sides only talked for a short time, and they reached an agreement very happily.

For Lin Dong, his worth will be different after two years, and it will definitely be cost-effective to resign at that time.

As for Schulz, no matter how optimistic he is about Lin Dong, a lot will happen in two years, and if he is injured or something, it is unknown.

What's more, for his current attempt to break into the Dragon Country market, it is enough to have a short contract of two years first, and supersonic has been losing money under the operation of Boeing in recent years, and he has just taken over and invested a lot, and the expansion of the Dragon Country also requires a lot of capital investment, Schulz is actually short of purse, and it is also the most cost-effective choice for him to increase investment after two years to see the effect.

Of course, there is no need to worry about anything other than negotiations.

My mother sent a finance and lawyer to Lin Dong to deal with these matters, and the daily training in the stadium continued until the end of August, when this leisurely and compact life in Seattle came to an end.

Lakeside High School opened, and I had to go to the school to report, and at the same time, I also welcomed two acquaintances from Japan.

Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede.

(End of chapter)