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Chapter 65 [The Goodwin Brothers]

From the moment Su Xi held up the MOP trophy, his life trajectory has entered the high-speed fast lane.

On this night, many people who knew and did not know flocked to him, expressing congratulations and willingness to cooperate with him.Many big men in neat suits asked him to have dinner. NBA superstars welcomed him into the league. Hollywood superstar Denzel Washington walked over and told him: You will definitely become a superstar.

From the court to the locker room, there is only a straight-line distance of 200 meters.But this road is full of flowers, surrounded by crowds, and called by capital... This is a corner of Vanity Fair, and Su Xi has already set foot in it.

Su Xi refused all media interviews on this night, and also rejected many parties held for him by "big shots". As usual, he returned to the hotel arranged for him by the hotel ahead of schedule.The only difference is that he is holding the NCAA's MOP trophy this year.

Bill Duffy arrived at Suzy's room at 10:30 p.m., accompanied by Anthony.

He expressed his intention to seek cooperation with Su Xi, and he also emphasized his own advantages, including what superstars he has, what NBA resources and media resources he has.

What kind of sponsorship can he get for Su Xi.

Including... He now tells Su Xi completely openly: "I am negotiating the next sneaker sponsorship contract for Cameron, and it is close to being reached. Cameron will receive a 6-year, 2100 million dollar endorsement contract before participating in the draft. And the brand will also issue signature shoes for Cameron. You have to know that few players in the entire league have signature shoes."

This is indeed a remarkable achievement.

The facts he said.

However, when Su Xi heard about this amount, he began to realize that Bill Duffy's ability might be just that.

Over the past period of time, LeBron James' growth stories have appeared overwhelmingly in the media.When LeBron James is mentioned, people will think that he has a great mother and a perfect growth experience. He is a super genius created by God for basketball.

But what about Anthony?
NCAA's super scorer?

Then, no more.

Su Xi even felt that Bill Duffy's packaging for Anthony was not as good as Huang Xiaoman's cooperation with Yahoo, including the article on "Sports Illustrated".

The most important thing is that the entire basketball world is now creating a feeling that LeBron James is making a choice between Adidas and Nike, and Adidas is giving a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Bill Duffy didn't want to use this incident to raise Anthony's price at all. Instead, he was complacent about Anthony's 6-year $2100 million contract.

Therefore, Su Xi did not agree immediately.Rather, I'm still thinking about it.

Bill Duffy hit a soft nail, but he was not discouraged at all. He was going to find another collaborator, Yao Ming, to help him canvass votes.

When Anthony and Su Xi said goodbye, he said to Su Xi: "Jack, after two days of rest, I am going to invite Idan LaVine to be my trainer. You know, before going to the NBA team for trial training, we need to improve our physical fitness and skills to the highest level."

Su Xi thanked Anthony for his invitation and said that if she needed it, she would pay the same fee.

Su Xi doesn't want to lose money to her friends.

Although he has lived in poverty these years, he is not short of money.His grandfather's accidental death left him with a compensation of 26 US dollars, which is one of the reasons why he can refuse the temptation of various agents.

Not long after Bill Duffy left.

James brought his agent Aaron Goodwin and Goodwin's brother Eric Goodwin over.

James congratulated Suzy for her amazing achievements, and then straight to the point to sell to the Goodwin brothers.

Compared with Bill Duffy's gentleness and elegance, the two of them looked very shrewd.In fact, their reputation in the agent circle is not very good. They are known for their slant in handling affairs, but they can often use their methods to maximize the interests of players.

They used to be partners with Bill Duffy, but have since parted ways.

The most famous thing about Bill Duffy is that his negligence caused the player to lose 300 million yuan, and he paid for the player's loss out of his own pocket.

This incident won him praise.

However, in the view of the Goodwin brothers, this kind of thing should not have happened at all.

They are "villains" in the eyes of sponsors, if you open your eyes. Almost all of the NBA's famous sky-high sneaker contracts are settled by them.LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant, and Lillard's sky-high contract with Adidas.

A key factor is that Aaron Goodwin previously worked for Reebok, and he was in charge of negotiating a sneaker endorsement contract with Sean Kemp's team as the employer.Therefore, he understands how to increase the upper limit of sponsors.

But at this time, except for LeBron James, the chosen son.The Goodwin brothers have only three employers under Payton, Raheem and Damon Stoudemire.

They are selling themselves like crazy.

Seeing Su Xi, Aaron Goodwin stared at Su Xi with his burning eyes: "Jack, choose me. I can help you get the best benefit. Believe me, I have never disappointed any of my players."

"What do you think of my current business value?" Su Xi asked him.

"Very high! Jack. I know there is a superb operator behind you. He made you famous all over the United States before the finals. Now you have a super quadruple double and MOP. Your reputation is catching up to LeBron."

"Moreover, you have a huge advantage over LeBron. There is a vast Chinese market behind you, which is the area with the greatest upward potential and the most obvious upward trend for global sports brands. People have already smelled the wonderful smell of money in Yao Ming. And you, a point guard, have higher commercial value. Now, we just need to tell those sponsors that Jack can become an elite player or even an All-Star player even in the NBA."

"Let them be sure this is going to happen."

"Then, I can help you get a contract with an annual salary of 800 million dollars."

The number reported by Goodwin made Su Xi frowned slightly.

It wasn't the money that surprised him, but the huge difference he found between Goodwin and Bill Duffy, who was more reserved and staid.

The Goodwin brothers were very radical.

It takes radical men to break new ground.

"Am I only worth $800 million?" Suzy asked Goodwin.

His tone is flat, his expression is confident, and his body movements are full of calmness.

Aaron Goodwin was stunned, he was a little unexpected.

But Eric Goodwin next to him was even more aggressive, saying: "Jack, if you agree to let us negotiate your business contract. Please allow us to use you and LeBron to raise prices for each other."

"We all know that there are high-level people behind you, but, believe me, when dealing with specific matters and dealing with those cunning sponsors, no one is more cunning than our two brothers!" Eric's eyes shone with ambition.

"I will definitely let you all get an unprecedented super contract."

"But, before that. I need you all to show up at the training camp and do some pre-operations."

Eric said.

Su Xi thought for a while, and he exchanged eyes with LeBron James.James nodded, and Su Xi also nodded: "You also know that I have my own team behind me. Therefore, I can't sign a long-term cooperation agreement with you, but I can entrust you with the negotiation of my sneaker contract. We can establish a long-term single cooperation model."

"How much commission do you want?" Su Xi asked.

"10% of the total amount." Eric Goodwin said: "Before the contract is finalized, we will be responsible for some of your publicity, as well as your and LeBron's training expenses."

"Too high," said Suzy.

"This is already lower than the market price." Goodwin said quickly.

"I don't need your publicity, I have a publicity team behind me. I don't need you to be responsible for the training expenses, I pay for my own training expenses, and I don't need you to spend on food, clothing, housing and transportation."

Su Xi went on to say: "I will give you 100 million pre-tax commissions. If the annual salary reaches more than 1000 million US dollars, I can give you an additional 50 US dollars as a reward. But the premise is that the contract you negotiated for me can satisfy me. If my psychological expectations are not met, our cooperation will be automatically invalidated."

"How about it? You just need to move your lips, and you can get 100 million US dollars."

"You have nothing to lose. Even if you can't finish it, you can use me to raise the price for LeBron. Isn't it?"

Su Xi looked directly into their eyes, as if to see right through them.

The Goodwin brothers obviously didn't expect Su Xi to be so difficult.

But as Su Xi said, even if they did not negotiate, they have nothing to lose.

"Yes, but we will maintain this long-term single-project cooperation model in the future." Aaron Goodwin had already agreed when his brother was still thinking about it.

Because, he sees through the core of this pattern.

If Su Xi does not have enough commercial value, it is to help James raise the price.

If Su Xi can really impress sponsors, then he will use James' influence to get a premium contract.

In any case, for the Goodwin brothers, he is not at a loss.

So, after he agreed, he asked James specifically: "What do you think of this cooperation model?"

LeBron James nodded: "Yes. Neither of you took advantage of the other, and even if you didn't succeed, you didn't lose to each other."

Then, James said to Suzy: "Jack, from today onwards, we are on the same boat. As I said a long time ago, we are made for each other."

He was all smiles.

At this moment, the door was knocked.

Su Xi walked over and asked, "Who?"

"Larry Bird!"

As soon as the name came out, Su Xi opened the door, and brothers James and Goodwin inside were dumbfounded.

Jack even had a connection with Larry Bird.

The master behind him is not simple.

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(End of this chapter)