The NSAA tournament in Washington State continues, but the topic of Oriental magicians and Asia's great demons never goes out.

Game 5 will be against Leavenworth's Wild Boars, the second-best team in Washington State who lost to Spokane by just three points in the final last year, and they have learned from all the teams they had played against Lindon in their previous four games.

When the Space Needle Team and Lin Dong entered, they were given warm applause on the spot.

So a good show of the Wild Boars turning over in the air was staged, and the result of the game was 72:65, and they only lost to the Space Needle by only 7 points.

Compared to their fateful arch-rival Spokane's 31-point defeat, they were the winners with a smile.

You lost the Space Needle by 31 points, and we only lost by 7 points, finally overpowering the pesky Spokane!

The harmonious mess of the game atmosphere, the alternative eyebrows, let the fans of the entire Washington state understand.

So the opponent in the sixth game began to follow suit.

They not only applauded Lin Dong's arrival, but also shouted Lin Dong's name at home.

"Lin! Forest! Forest! Forest! ”

The result of the enthusiasm was a small loss.

Their star also scored 12 points on the head of Lin Dong, who was known as the big devil of defense and defended McArthurf of the Washington Basketball Man last year to the head of the autistic Lin Dong, giving the kid endless confidence.

So the seventh and eighth ......

Everywhere the Space Needle team went, the stadium was full of jubilation.

These home fans have undoubtedly done everything they can in order to save their own losses and their children to suffer a little less damage.

All kinds of enthusiasm, all kinds of welcomes, all kinds of applause, all kinds of praise, just hang a big red banner above the stadium that says "Welcome the respected Mr. Lin Dong to visit and guide"!

Although there are always those who are not convinced, and there are always those who want to find a sense of existence, the result is obviously a ruthless massacre.

You can win as many points as you want, and you can win as many points as you want.

Now not to mention that Lin Dong has absolute control over the game at this level, even Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede, who were originally deeply afraid of Meigao because of Coach Anzai's description, are now completely confident.

This...... High school basketball in the United States is not very good, it looks like a vegetable, and you can play casually!

Even Tony and the others are now raising their eyebrows.

Although the team is still the same as last year, there is applause everywhere it goes, but can last year's applause be the same as this year's applause?

It was something they felt for the first time from the basketball court, dignity!

The media is now starting to make various predictions about whether there will be boos in each game, analysing the urban environment, fan styles, ......

Although the media is eager to see the live boos attract the big score of the topic, to their regret, there are fewer and fewer fans who dare to boo the Space Needle.

This made the media have to sigh in the newspapers.

- The Asian took away all the pride of the Washington state fans and made the fans of the entire state surrender at his feet.

- On this road to the top, there have been countless people who have walked step by step, but that Asian ...... He traded for a Seattle-specific Boeing plane in just a few races, and he flew it!

- Be strong, the fans of Washington State will never give in!

- A magician cannot live without boos, just as Europe cannot do without Jerusalem!

- Unfortunately, Europe has lost their Jerusalem......

With a very topical rhythm and constant hype from the media, Lin Dong finally returned to his home court in Seattle after leading the Space Needle team to 12 consecutive victories.

Judging from the current No. 1 record of the Space Needle team, they finally don't have to fly around in the second half of the season.

And when Lin Dong stabilized, all kinds of spokespersons finally came as promised.

After the first official offer from Nike, Lin Dong thought that a second or third would come to him soon, but unexpectedly, not only did Nike not make any moves after that, but even other sports brands also died down, and no sports brand came to him to talk about endorsements.

Lin Dong thought at first that this might be a 'ban' from Nike, for example, although he didn't mention it in public, he said something unfavorable to himself in the circle of sports brands.

But Nike at this time is far from being able to cover the sky in the United States, such as Reebok, Adidas, Skechers, Under Armour, Van Si, Converse, etc., although these companies are not as good as Nike in the American sports brand industry, they will never be afraid of Nike, basically belong to the same level of players, how can no one come to quote?

It wasn't until he returned to Seattle during this time to settle down and met the first Converse representative to come into contact that Lin Dong roughly understood the reason.

Nike didn't deliberately slander him in the circle, obviously didn't take the small controversy between him and the Nike representative at that time to heart, but the so-called 'insulting' price insurance for Lin Dong really made Nike, and even all the brands in the United States interested in him a little uncertain.

What if you report a low price and are called 'insulting him' and simply don't answer your phone call in the future?

But if you want to report high, how high can you report?

The brand side has some consideration for Lin Dong's commercial value itself, which has to be judged according to his fan base, future achievements, etc., and it has to strive for its own maximum profit space.

In the eyes of all these brands, the commercial value of an Asian dragon country must not be compared with that of Americans, because there is no good precedent for Asians to endorse and sell products in Europe and the United States, which is a common rule in basketball or other sports.

The main purpose of signing this Asian is to open up the Asian market, and the dragon country has not yet joined the WTO, and they are not particularly optimistic about the business prospects of the dragon country itself.

In particular, big brands like Nike and Converse are people-friendly products in Europe and the United States, but when they are put in Asia and Dragon Country, they are considered high-end luxury goods.

How many people in the Dragon Kingdom in 2001 could afford to spend a normal pair of Nike sneakers? Not to mention the limited models involving specific stars, so even if they can see that Dragon Country has a large bottom market, this market is not compatible with their consumer groups, which further affects Lin Dong's commercial value in their hearts.

They need more time to weigh it all up, they want to observe more, and also see how their opponent's offer is, just a high school student, not in a hurry.

But it wasn't until Lin Dong's 'magic storm' in Washington State that it entered the hot topic of discussion in the United States, when he saw that this Asian was warmly welcomed to every away game in Washington State.

These companies are finally getting a little bit sitting......

This is an undoubted potential stock, and with the dominance he is currently showing on the court, even if he enters the NBA, it feels like he can definitely thrive as long as he retires early without injury, and this guy has such potential.

At the same time, his ability to create topics is also super strong.

It is foreseeable that this teenager can not only bring a large number of Asian markets to everyone, but even the local market is not impossible to look forward to.

And in the end, the value of Lin Dong secretly judged by several companies is probably about the same, just like the quotation that Converse came this time.

80 million US dollars for 7 years, and listening to the tone of the Converse representative, Lin Dong can obviously feel that the other party's offer leaves him a little room for counteroffer.

Frankly speaking, this price can be called sincere, although it is slightly lower than the sky-high price of 'LeBron 7 years 90 million' last year, but if you carefully understand the crazy heat set off by LeBron in Ohio and the United States last year, you should understand that people can take the 90 million, it is really because the market itself is big enough.

What's more, LeBron didn't sign it, and now Converse's 7-year 80 million has set a precedent for high school students' sporting goods endorsements in the United States and even around the world.

Lin Dong was not dissatisfied with this offer, but one of the conditions proposed made it difficult for Converse.

Don't want 80 million, just 25 million, only sign for 2 years!

………………

Portland, Nike's corporate headquarters.

Mark Parker was listening to his secretary's debriefing.

Nike has undergone a lot of changes in the past two years, since the decline in sales in '99, the once legendary boss fired the former president Clark and returned to the helm of the company, and as the most famous and eccentric boss in the world, anyone who does things under him has to be careful.

He is the CEO who was just promoted by his boss Phil Knight this year, and his predecessor has just been fired, the reason is related to wanting to sign LeBron last year and spreading the matter, making the big boss feel that the brand reputation has been damaged......

And now that he has taken office, Mark is naturally ambitious and wants to make some achievements, and that Asian Lin Dong is one of the many targets he is aiming for.

"Converse has already quoted Lin Dong a 7-year contract of 80 million."

"Under Armour's offer is 82 million for 7 years, Reebok's price is 90 million for 7 years, and Adidas' is 81 million for 7 years......"

The secretary reported like a few treasures.

Mark waved his hand and interrupted: "All rejected?" ”

"Yes," the secretary said, "he only accepts a short-term contract for 2 years, 25 million for 2 years." ”

Mark frowned.

"It's a contract that is unlikely to be accepted by all companies."

A short contract obviously means that the player has full confidence in his ability and wants to play quickly and then get a higher stack.

But all companies are not stupid, willing to spend such a big price to sign you, and they themselves have enough evaluation of you to think that you can get ahead.

For example, a 7-year contract of 90 million yuan includes a kind of 'buyout' for the future.

After all, the first two years have no commercial value at all, but compared to the long term of 7 years, the company has enough time to dig out more profits from you, and there is no doubt that all these profits will not be born in the first two years!

So, 25 million in 2 years?

Now you are just a high school student, why should you take these 25 million?

Popularity, exposure, influence, etc. are not enough, how can the company earn back the 25 million on you as a high school student?

The secretary added: "According to Asians, if the contract is renewed, priority will be given to the contracting company at the same value, and at the same time, if any offer is exceeded, the contracting company will be notified first, and the contract will not be signed privately." ”

"So, the 25 million is just to buy his right of first refusal to renew the license?" Mark couldn't help but laugh.

Although he has a high evaluation of Lin Dong, he is already very optimistic about his future, and he is ready to be full of sincerity.

But...... This is still too arrogant and self-righteous.

It's just a high school student, and there's no reason to do business!

"Then we ......"

"Give him an offer, don't wait." Mark said: "A short contract of 2 years is absolutely not to be considered, the offer is 90 million for 7 years, and the bottom line is 100 million for 7 years, give me the best negotiation team, report any problems at any time, I want to personally ask all the details!" ”

(End of chapter)