basketball never sleeps

Chapter 62 Are you going to be an audience member or to receive an award?

"Yes, I believe this is a signing destined to be recorded in history. In the not-too-distant future, everyone will cheer for our mutual choice."

"The WIN series will be designed by our chief design team, and it will become another cross-generation sneaker."

"We plan to launch this year's All-Star, the first star of the WIN series..."

The spokesperson of Nike gave an excited speech in front of the camera, while Mo Wen stood aside, smiling and playing the role of "male model".

Under the bidding of the three companies, after all, Nike survived to the end.

Like signing James before, Nike not only offered a sky-high contract, but also prepared a series of designs for Mo Wen three months in advance, from Chinese elements to Detroit terroir, and then to the classic lens of Mo Wen in Athens. Fully customized 11 sample sneakers for Mo Wen.

It was also the first time for Mo Wen to see what capital's current "dog licking" looks like.

At the beginning, Mo Wen also had the idea of ​​creating his own sneaker brand, just like Li Ning.

However, when I asked my family members to do research, I found that if it was just making clothes, it would be fine, but sneakers are not that simple.

After a brief estimate of the return on investment, I found that instead of investing in loans to operate the brand step by step, it is better to use the prophet of his traveler to invest in some projects that can lie down and pick up money.

Coupled with the resources and help that Nike may bring to him in the NBA, Mo Wen finally decided to sign this 4-year 5200 million + 800 million incentive clause, with a total amount of up to 6000 million dollars.

Not counting the incentive amount, on average, the one-year guarantee contract of 1 million yuan is 1300 yuan higher than Azhan's one-year contract of 1280 million yuan.

Is that much?Compared to what existed in the rumors, Nike offered a 7-year 1.2 million contract in order to save Yao Ming. This price is really not high.But in the real world, this contract is second only to the sky-high price contract offered by Boss Joe back then.

However, Mo Wen did not really give up his own brand. The sneaker contract stipulates that in addition to sports-related clothing, he can have his own trendy brand, let his family buy a foundry, and use his fame to create a brand. Simple trendy brands should not be a big problem, and the investment is much smaller than that of sneakers.

"Another big gamble, what is the magic of China's second-round show?" "

"6000 million signed the best small forward in the Asian Olympics, Nike wants to kick open the door of the Asian market! "

"Will you win?"Tens of millions of big contracts come out frequently, surpassing Kobe, McGrady, and the crazy rookies these years! "

Investment institutions and peers can see Nike's "skillful hands".

But most of the media don't have such a long-term vision. In their view, Mo Wen is a good player-mature style of play, comprehensive skills, and a big heart. In addition, he has limited playing time in the Pistons. of.

But is Mo Wen, a player with not-so-great physical talent and average viewing ability, really worth such a big contract?
The United States is still questioning, and the domestic people are also shocked by Mo Wen's contract.

Dayao has an annual income of almost 1200 million US dollars including salary and sneaker contract. The current exchange rate converts it into soft sister currency to have a full 1 million yuan, which already makes everyone feel very exaggerated.

As a result, when it comes to Mo Wen, the salary is not even counted, but a sneaker contract is 1.5 million, plus salary, [-] million!

"What the hell, is it so profitable to play basketball? I'll let my kids practice it later!"

"You can earn 1000 million yuan a year by endorsing a shoe, my god, how long will it take me to earn this [-] yuan salary!"

"I also wanted to play basketball back then, but my dad refused to let me play. If I had persisted, would I still be able to get a contract worth tens of millions now?"

In addition to shock, envy and admiration, many people in China have a new understanding of the sport of basketball.

Before, everyone just thought that basketball was just an ordinary sport, and if you played it well, it was the upper limit to win glory for the country.

Yao Ming made a lot of money at the time, but with his height, he could not be replicated very much, and the people who moved his mind were not bad.

Mo Wen's height of 198 is not the height of ordinary people, but there are many people who can meet it.

Mo Wen's reputation in the country was already among the top batch, but after this contract, he became the only one there.

This is the sense of oppression that money brings.

"Unexpectedly, my employer has become a multi-millionaire, and suddenly I feel that my salary is going to be less." Sitting on Mo Wen's back, Catherine, who was carrying a weight in front of a human figure, read the newspaper and patted Mo Wen on the back.

"No, I think you made a lot of money. There is no such thing as a multi-millionaire handing over his body to you." Mo Wen gritted his teeth and said with a voice while doing a plank.

"I think we can count my remuneration during this time apart from being your fitness trainer, masseur and nutritionist. For example——" Catherine touched her chin and was still thinking about how to make a name.

"Such as the lover's maintenance fee? I'm willing to pay for it." Mo Wen answered directly.

"Asshole, how many times have I told you that I don't like men, that's just a reward for your serious training!"

An angry Catherine slapped Mo Wen's back.

Although Catherine, who is born independent, has broken the principle physically because of her taste, but she still sticks to the bottom line psychologically.

Mo Wen turned his body sideways and escaped from under the "soft weight" on his body.

"What are you doing, it's not up yet!"

Looking at Mo Wen, who had something wrong in his eyes, a trace of panic appeared in Catherine's eyes.

"Didn't you say you wanted to talk about salary?" The big girl in front of Mo Wen picked it up and walked towards the fitness ball next to it.

"No, you wait...all sweaty..."

"Fack, bastard, why didn't you..."

"I've counted the time, it's safe."

"Not safe, you bastard!"

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"I bet $100 that the tooth marks on your arm were bitten by a woman." On the way to the MTV Music Awards, O'Neill was driving the car, making fun of Mo Wen's bandaged forearm.

Mo Wen shrugged his shoulders noncommittally. The night before yesterday he tried shirtless for the first time. Although the big girl was very happy to recite "Ode to the Goose" at that time, he was mercilessly retaliated by that big girl afterwards. How should I put it, taming a horse The plan has a long way to go.

"Why didn't you bring her here? I remember that you can bring your family members with you on the tickets."

"Oh~, I see! Listen to my advice, and if you look for it in the future, find an obedient one. Don't be like that arrogant curly-haired idiot. Your scar may become an important evidence for the police to trouble you when you look back."

"There are still some things, I also have to remind you, don't look for those..."

O'Neill thought of something, and began to chatter and impart knowledge to Mo Wen.

Mo Wen's face was full of black lines. Where did this go? What do you know?

Catherine has a college roommate who wants to come to Miami today, so she borrowed the car and went out to play, otherwise she would definitely follow along to join in the fun.

Mo Wen, who didn't want to explain anything, could only talk about music with O'Neill.

Apart from basketball, his hobbies in his previous life were listening to music and watching dramas. He is not an expert in music, but occasionally plagiarizing a short section of a future champion single is enough to surprise O'Neill.

"Cool, what's the name of that song just now, who was the original singer, is it a new song? It's just for a song, I'll buy his album when I go back later!" O'Neal was very satisfied with the part that Mo Wen sang just now melody.

"The name of the song is "bet on me", but you probably won't be able to buy the album."

"why?"

"Because I haven't sent it yet."

Mo Wen didn't think about being a copywriter in the United States before. He is a Chinese, and he made a bunch of English songs, which is somewhat contrary to harmony.However, it seems that there is no problem in plagiarizing one or two songs from time to time.

What's more, this song is quite suitable for his recent situation.

"WTF, are you saying you wrote this song yourself?"

"Hiss—so are you going to be a spectator, or to receive an award?"

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