Chapter 640 Helping others is the foundation of happiness

Another flagship store of Feiyue is about to open in the prosperous part of the commercial street on the Bund, which is also the largest flagship store opened by Feiyue Sports in China.

The gate of Feiyue flagship store is already full of water, and countless girl fans gathered here early in the morning, holding F4 posters in their hands, waiting for the arrival of their idols.

This time, Feiyue's new store opened without inviting NBA stars, because the NBA has not yet reached the off-season, and the stars signed by Feiyue Sports are busy working hard in the playoffs, how can they come? China.

So Li Weidong invited Chairman Yao to attend.

At that time, Chairman Yao had just helped the Orient Team win the A League Championship, and he and the bus also went to the United States. In the domestic league, Chairman Yao did not even have a decent opponent.

In addition, Li Weidong also invited the popular F4 group.

Although F4 is not the brand spokesperson of Feiyue Sports, running to participate in the opening of Feiyue's flagship store can only be regarded as an ordinary business trick.

But in terms of popularity, F4 obviously crushed Chairman Yao. Although there were also many fans of the Oriental Team, they were instantly overwhelmed by the screams of countless female fans.

To put it another way, with so many young girls around, who would be a normal fan who would stare at Chairman Yao!

It’s like the live broadcast of NBA games now. When the break is suspended, no one will really go to see what fans leave messages, right? It must be the legs!

Finally, F4 appeared in the field of vision of fans. .

Ah! Zazai!

Zizai! I love you!

Many female fans began to scream, and the front of the Feiyue flagship store instantly boiled.

In terms of appearance at that time, Zhou Yimin was indeed slightly better, so there were more female fans who liked him.

The scene was even time-controlled, and the police patrolling nearby had to come over to maintain order.

As the official spokesperson, Chairman Yao is completely like a large light bulb, completely ignored, and can only stand on the side with an embarrassed face.

An assistant approached and said, Mr. Yao, please go in and rest for a while. We have specially made a few new pairs of sneakers for you. You can try them out to see if they fit.

Any player will be very interested in the new shoes.

What's more, Chairman Yao wears size 53 shoes, which he can't buy in the first place.

The usual sneakers are the ones customized by the manufacturer, and the new sneakers are basically unrelated to him. Now I hear that there are new specially made sneakers, and I can't wait to try them out.

In the flagship store, Li Weidong was chatting with an old man.

Chairman Li, handing Feiyue into your hands was the most correct decision I made in my life! If Feiyue continued to be in the hands of our Dafu factory, I'm afraid it would have already stopped production, just like the factory. Look at it now. I feel relieved that Feiyue Shoes can do so well. The old man sighed.

This old man was the director of the Dafu Rubber Factory, Wang.

When the production of raw materials was tight, Director Wang went to Huanghai Petrochemical for help in order to obtain the raw materials for rubber. He happened to meet Li Weidong. In the end, Li Weidong helped Dafu Factory to get the raw materials, and Dafu Factory also sold the Feiyue brand to Li Weidong.

After many years, Dafu Rubber Factory was still unable to recover and entered the stage of bankruptcy and rectification, and Director Wang was already over 60 years old and living in retirement.

Back then, the Dafu Rubber General Plant was built in the Huxi Industrial Zone on the upper reaches of the Suzhou River, which is the location of Putuo District. It is now also the central urban area, not far from the Bund business district.

So this time Feiyue flagship store opened, Li Weidong invited factory director Wang to witness the re-emergence of Feiyue as a national brand.

As the original owner of the Feiyue brand, Dafu Factory is now invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Feiyue flagship store, which also has a feeling of giving up to the ancient throne.

And Li Weidong also wanted to take this opportunity to show his inheritance of the Feiyue brand.

Since the mid-1990s, foreign sports brands such as Nike and Adidas entered China and quickly occupied the high-end market. Subsequently, domestic brands such as Anta and Xtep continued to exert their efforts and quickly divided up the low-end market.

In this fierce market competition, traditional state-owned old brands such as Huili and Shuangxing have begun to survive in the cracks.

If the Feiyue brand remains in the Dafu Rubber Factory, it is estimated that it will be buried with the entire rubber factory.

Li Weidong can make the Feiyue brand bigger and bigger. For Director Wang, he may ask for a peace of mind.

After a few words with Director Wang, Li Weidong went to receive other guests.

A middle-aged man approached Li Weidong and whispered, Chairman Li, can you take a step to speak!

Lawyer Wang, we invite you here. Li Weidong pointed to the corner to the side.

The middle-aged man, Wang Xiaopeng, is a lawyer and a member of the Yao Team, mainly responsible for legal affairs.

When the two came to the corner, lawyer Wang said, Chairman Li, I want to talk to you about Dayao's entry into the NBA.

Is it because the Dongfang team refuses to let them go? Li Weidong asked with a smile.

Chairman Li has guessed it? Lawyer Wang nodded in surprise, and then said, Last year, Dayao planned to participate in the NBA draft. At that time, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Wizards also contacted the Wizards. over the East.

It's just that the conditions offered by the Dongfang team at that time were relatively harsh, and they were like a lion. They asked for Dayao's NBA team and needed a player of comparable strength in exchange, so that the Dongfang team would not drop in strength.

At the same time, this team also needs to hire a high-level coach for the Eastern team, and also needs to invest in the construction of a basketball school and a modern gymnasium for the Eastern team. After this condition came out, the teams that were interested in Dayao were scared away.

This is not a harsh condition, it's clear that I don't want to let people go! Li Weidong said with a smile.

You are right, so Dayao did not participate in the NBA draft last year. Lawyer Wang continued:

But it has always been his dream to play in the NBA, and this year he is 22 years old. According to the rules of the NBA, if he does not participate in the NBA draft, he can only join the NBA as a free agent.

And in this year's A League, Dayao also helped the Dongfang team win the championship, which is an explanation for the team and fans. It's just that the Eastern team is still unwilling to let people go!

What conditions did the Oriental team put forward this year? Li Weidong asked.

They want a buyout fee of 30 million yuan. Lawyer Wang said.

30 million is not too high for a player of his level, Neyan. If you can make up the advertising endorsement fee, you should be able to get it together. If it doesn't work, I can also pay an endorsement fee in advance. Li Weidong said.

Li Weidong obviously thinks that lawyer Wang is here to ask for money, so he is not stingy and expresses his willingness to sponsor a sum.

However, lawyer Wang said, The Oriental team wants US dollars!

$30 million? This is too much! O'Neal's salary this year is just over $20 million, and he is the No. 1 center in the NBA. He has won two championships, so he has such a worth. Dayao hasn't gone. As for the NBA, the Oriental team asked for 30 million US dollars, which is not going to let people go!

Li Weidong shook his head with a smile, and continued: But this is understandable. The team has established a youth training system and put all their effort into selecting and cultivating athletes. Naturally, they will not let people go easily, not to mention that Dayao has just helped the Dongfang team to get it. Champions of the A League.

However, in business, everything has a price. Although 30 million US dollars is too much, I think we can negotiate with the Oriental team! Let them get a 45% discount, and that would be more than 10 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 100 million RMB.

With the current revenue of the A League, relying on selling home tickets, I don't know how many years it will be able to sell 100 million in revenue. Instead of holding Dayao all the time and letting him play A, it would be more cost-effective to exchange 100 million yuan.

What you said is, so we have been bargaining with the Oriental team. Now the price has been talked about 18 million US dollars, and the Oriental team is not willing to lower the price. Wang said.

$18 million is still too high, more than his current worth. Li Weidong frowned and continued, What do the basketball associations think about this? Haven't they been encouraging players to go abroad to improve their level?

The Basketball Association said that if it is a matter at the national team level, they will definitely take care of it, but if it is the internal affairs of the Eastern team, they will not be able to intervene. After all, they have been promoting the professionalization of the A-League in recent years. The basketball association is the maker of the rules, and it is not convenient to take care of the team's affairs. Lawyer Wang replied.

That's right, you can't be a referee and a player at the same time! Li Weidong continued: Besides, this incident will also impact the youth training system of each team. If the Oriental Team does not get enough benefits, it will If you let people go, who will engage in the youth training system in the future, and Chinese basketball will have no successor!

But the price of 18 million US dollars is really too high. The key is that we can't afford so much money. The biggest endorsement contract signed by Dayao in recent years is that of Feiyue Sports. What is the price? Director Li Chang must be the clearest. Where are we going to collect this $18 million! Attorney Wang sighed.

That is to say, in terms of price, the Oriental team has to continue to make concessions. Li Weidong said.

Last year, the Oriental team refused to let people go. We feel that if we can't reach an agreement this year, the chances of the Oriental team releasing people will be even slimmer. Dayao even said that if he can't go to the NBA, he would rather go to the NBA. Retire and go to college! Lawyer Wang said.

That's just ranting! Even if Dayao doesn't want to play for the Dongfang team, the national team still needs him. Li Weidong thought about it and said, But it's a good idea to go to college.

Lawyer Wang was stunned for a moment, and then said, Although there are college leagues in the university, they are still several grades lower than the A-League. Dayao has no rivals in China. It would be a waste to play in the college league. !

Besides, the training level of the college league is definitely not comparable to the A League. If he does go to college and play for a few years, not only will his level not rise, but he will decline.

I didn't say I really wanted Dayao to go to college, but used this excuse to negotiate with the Oriental team and force them to lower the price. Li Weidong said.

Lawyer Wang thought for a while and said, This strategy will probably be seen through by the Oriental team. The great years of athletes are in the past few years. If you miss them, you will never be able to go back!

Dayao is 22 years old this year, and it is the period when he is beginning to reach his peak. If he misses this period, his sports career will be directly ruined by more than half, and in the end, the biggest loss is himself.

So even if we tell the Dongfang team that Dayao will go to college, the Dongfang team will think that we are deliberately scaring them, and they should not relax their stance.

I didn't say go to a Chinese university, but to go to an American university. Li Weidong replied with a smile.

What's the difference? Lawyer Wang asked.

Of course there is a big difference. Li Weidong went on to say: If you go to an American university to study, you can receive basketball training in an American university, and you can also play in the NCAA league of an American university.

I don’t need to introduce the strength of American basketball. It is no exaggeration to say that the overall level of American college basketball is definitely much stronger than our League A, and the NCAA League is also higher than our League A.

I can find a way to help Dayao get an admission letter from a famous American basketball school. You can take this letter and negotiate with the Oriental team to force them to make concessions.

If they are really stubborn, let Dayao retire directly, then go to the United States to study, train in American universities, and play in the NCAA league.

In the famous basketball schools in the United States, both the coaches and the trainers are NBA-level, and there are even many NBA coaches who go to work to teach American college basketball.

Therefore, if Dayao goes to college in the United States, he can still receive NBA-level training, and it can be considered that this great time has not been wasted in vain.

Moreover, Dayao can also drop out of school at any time to play in the NBA. Although he joined the NBA as a free agent, it is not as high as joining the NBA through the draft, but at least he can choose his favorite team.

In addition, if you can achieve results in the NCAA league, even if you enter the NBA as a free agent, your worth will rise. Maybe you can emulate Sabonis of the Blazers!

Avedas Sabonis of the Blazers is a Lithuanian athlete and a former Soviet athlete. In the late 1980s, he was known as the world's No. 1 center.

There are also excellent centers such as Olajuwon and David Robinson at the same time, so this title of world number one will definitely be controversial.

But Sabonis led his team to win the 1982 World Championships in Colombia and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, which at least shows that he is absolutely qualified to compete for the world's No. 1 center.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Sabonis led the Lithuania team and won bronze medals in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. He played in professional leagues in Russia and Spain, and won six European Player of the Year and two European Basketball Players.

It is said that the U.S. team went to great lengths to form the Dream Team One and Dream Team Two because they couldn't beat Sabonis in the 1988 Olympics.

In the early 1990s, Sabonis was also the player that Americans disliked the most, because Sabonis, who was at his peak, was always an unsolvable opponent for the US team.

When Sabonis was 32 years old, he finally entered the NBA with a knee injury. Two years later, he scored 16+10, leading the team to the Western Conference finals, and finally lost to the Spurs. The following year he reached the Western Conference finals again, then lost to the Lakers.

Sabonis is also the only idol that Dayao personally admits. It is said that when Dayao plays a certain online game, the registered ID is Sabonis.

The later Sabonis, who made his mark on the Pacers and was traded to the Kings, is the son of the old Sabonis.

Although Sabonis entered the NBA at the age of 32, he also received a large contract of tens of millions of dollars.

At that time, the NBA salary cap was 40 million US dollars, so large contracts of tens of millions of dollars were still very valuable.

At the time, it was rare for Sabonis to make his mark in other national leagues before joining the NBA.

Later, with the increase of international players, similar situations also increased. For example, Ginobili, Scola, Rubio, etc. did not enter the NBA immediately after the draft, but waited for a few years before landing in the NBA.

If Dayao really goes to the United States to go to college first, and then try to join the NBA, the best way is of course to copy Sabonis' path.

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Soon after, Li Weidong gave Dayao an admission letter from North Carolina.

North Carolina has always been a famous basketball school in the United States, especially the birth of the great god Jordan, and it has become the first yearning target of American basketball teenagers, and its popularity has surpassed Duke University.

With this admission letter, the negotiation on Wang's side has become much easier.

In the conference room, representatives of Team Dongfang and Team Yao started a heated negotiation.

As the negotiation between the two sides gradually heated up, lawyer Wang finally came up with the trump card.

If your Dongfang team always insists on such conditions, then our Dayao can only retire to go to college! Lawyer Wang said.

Go to university? That's good, go to study! Who is afraid of who! The representative of the Oriental team snorted coldly, and then said:

The good times for athletes are only a few short years. You go to college, waste a few years, and you don't get professional training. When you want to come back to play again, I'm afraid you can't even play A and B!

Who said that you can't get professional training when you go to university! Lawyer Wang snorted coldly.

I still don't understand the level of college! The most powerful college basketball team is not as good as our youth team! The other party snorted coldly.

After all, the college league is not a professional league, and its strength is really one level worse than that of the professional league.

It can be seen when the CBA is engaged in drafts in later generations. Many professional teams are too lazy to select people at all, because the rookies from colleges are really not up to the requirements of the CBA. In the first few drafts, how many people could play in the CBA?

Those young people who dominate the college league may be very good on the field, but the gap between them and the youth training system of professional teams is still very obvious.

In 2001, when college basketball and professional leagues had just been established, the gap was even greater at that time. To say that the most powerful universities in China could not beat the youth training teams of professional teams was really not bragging.

The youth training system of other professional teams has spent more than ten years selecting and cultivating athletes. If they are not as good as a college basketball student, then the youth training system simply does not need to be done.

However, lawyer Wang smiled unmoved, and he said, The level of domestic universities is indeed not very good, but our Dayao is not going to go to a domestic university!

Lawyer Wang said, lined up North Carolina's admission letter in front of the representative of the Eastern team, and then said: This is the admission letter from the University of North Carolina. Do you know North Carolina? The famous basketball school in the United States, Jordan is that university. graduated!

They can have the world's top coaches and training equipment, and the training level is much better than your Eastern team! Going there to go to university, instead of wasting time, you can get world-class training!

And in the United States to go to university, UU reading www. uukanshu.com You can drop out of school to play in the NBA at any time, and you can still choose a team at that time! This is called getting the moon near the water, and your Eastern team can't stop it! At that time, you won't get a penny of the benefits!

Looking at the admission letter from North Carolina, the negotiator of the Eastern team sank in his heart.

Before that, the worst result for both sides was nothing more than one shot and two breakups. The Dongfang team lost Dayao, and Dayao's career would also be ruined.

How short is the peak career of an athlete! The Dongfang team saw Dayao's reluctance to let go of his own self-destructive future, so all kinds of lions opened their mouths.

However, as soon as the North Carolina admission letter came out, the situation has completely reversed.

Now the worst result is that Dayao goes to college in a famous basketball school in the United States, not only will not affect his training, but he still has the opportunity to land in the NBA. However, the Dongfang team will have nothing, not only lost Dayao, but also can't get a penny!

The next second, the representative of the Oriental team sighed and said, I'm going to make a phone call!

Please! Attorney Wang smiled slightly, he knew that the other party was planning to compromise!