freeallnovels Chapter 1486 Chapter 1485. I Waited for 3 Years (Ask for a Monthly Ticket)
Chapter 1486 Chapter 1485. I Waited for 3 Years (Ask for a Monthly Ticket)
Chapter 1486 Chapter 1485. I Waited for Three Years (Seeking a Monthly Ticket)
There are experts like Bill Simmons who are very optimistic about the Eagles, and there are experts who are not very optimistic about the Eagles, who are trying to pick up old stars that other teams don’t want. After all, the salary of the Eagles is a bit exaggerated.
After all, judging from the Eagles' roster, Finley, Grant Hill, Brad Miller, and O'Neal are all not wanted by other teams.
But from Liu Mang's point of view, this is already the best lineup of his career.
And Liu Mang is not worried about the flexibility of the team's salary. There are several veterans, except for Brad Miller, who is two years old. Grant Hill, Mason, Finley and others are all 1+1 team options. There is no need to worry about the market for first- and second-year players. Wade is not optimistic now, but his recovery is still an extremely high-quality asset!
"The low-key luxury in the legend has connotations?" Liu Mang thought of a vulgar adjective.
After saying goodbye to his teammates, Liu Mang drove home, and there were guests at home.
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When he got home, he parked the car, and when he came to the living room, Liu Mang heard Levia talking and laughing with William Wesley and Schwartz, and there were two lawyers from Liu Mang's company sitting beside him.
Alexia is preparing dinner. There are guests who want to have dinner together tonight. Now Alexia, who cooks Chinese and Western food very well, is going to show off her skills, and Little Lolita is also helping.
Little Lori started middle school at the end of September, and Alexia also quit her job as a teacher to concentrate on being a full-time mother to take care of her two cubs who are about to turn two years old.
"Uncle Weiss, long time no see!" Liu Mang warmly hugged him.
William Wesley also stood up: "Haha, it's been a long time since I saw you. It's been two years. I heard you called my office? You know, I don't go to that place twice a year."
"Broken place? Uncle Weiss, you can sell me that shabby studio in New York, and the price is up to you!" Liu Mang joked, the "broken place" that William Wesley called Liu Mang had been to, and it was an entire floor of a high-end office building less than 800 meters away from Madison Square Garden.
"No, no, let him leave that kind of broken place empty, how can I take advantage of you, Ace..." Fat William Wesley saw the trick.
After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Mang also sat down. Seeing Liu Mang's return, Levia went to pour a glass of milk for Liu Mang, and sat next to Liu Mang to help Liu Mang negotiate.
Liu Mang, who doesn't often go to nightclubs, sometimes doesn't see William Wesley for a year or two. At this time, the fat communication master came to their house, there must be something.
"Uncle Weiss, you haven't come to see me for two years. You definitely didn't come to have dinner. Let's be direct." Liu Mang cut to the chase.
"I'm not welcome with Ace, Jeff, Levia, haven't you always wanted to ask me the purpose of coming today? This is a new contract from Nike." William Wesley took out the documents from the crumpled briefcase next to him.
William Weasley's movements drew the eyes of the others to the papers in his hand.
Liu Mang took the contract, Levia immediately came up, Schwartz also moved to Liu Mang's left, three heads stared at the contract.
With Liu Mang's hobby, the first thing to look at is of course the contract amount.
"[-] million?" Schwartz exclaimed, this price is too exaggerated!
Even Levia felt unbelievable that an athlete could actually get a $[-] million endorsement contract!
William Wesley was very satisfied with the reactions of Schwartz and Levia, but he was a bit confused about Liu Mang's side.
Seeing the sky-high price of [-] million, William Wesley actually saw a sense of resistance in Liu Mang's eyes.
It's only natural that Liu Mang would resist, [-] million dollars is right, but it's a career contract...
Liu Mang clearly remembers that Durant got a 2014-year 10 million endorsement contract in 3, and LeBron James signed a new career contract with Nike in 2015 when he was already 31 years old, with a total value of more than 10 billion...
Needless to say, Jordan has retired for almost 10 years, and he can get more than 1 million dividends from Nike every year, and AJ is getting more and more popular, and Jordan's income has been rising.
Liu Mang looked at William Wesley's obviously stunned expression, saw the two desires of "money, money, sign sign" written in Schwartz's eyes, and saw Levia noncommittal...
Liu Mang shook his head and said, "Uncle Weiss, let's wait until next year."
The contract between Liu Mang and Nike was signed in 2002, with 7 years of 9000 million and 1 US dollars, and it expires in the summer of 2009. Nike has the priority to match the offers of other competitors.
It is not yet 2008, and Nike is eager to renew the contract.
But Liu Mang was not satisfied with the price.
Really refused!William Wesley guessed that Liu Mang might refuse since Liu Mang had no surprise reaction from the beginning. When Liu Mang really refused, William Wesley still felt incredible!
[-] million just refused?
"Wait," William Weasley asked, thinking of a terrible thing, "Ace, do you want that?"
"It's the same as what you think, Uncle Weiss." Liu Mang and William Wesley are close friends, and they have a tacit understanding when it comes to money.
"It's not easy to be ambitious, but Ace's ambition is right," William Wesley affirmed Liu Mang's ambition. "I didn't expect Ace to have such an idea. I thought you would be eager to sign a [-] million contract for you. I still underestimated you. But for you, don't worry about not being able to negotiate. Some sneaker dealers do such things for you, and I'm looking forward to it."
"Let's not talk about the contract, let's have a drink tonight?" Liu Mang said with a smile.
"Of course I have to have a good drink. You caused me to be late for another year or two to get the commission. You have to make it up to me. I heard that your wine cellar has a lot of good wine." William Wesley has always been straightforward.
"Oh... that was bought with money, Uncle Weiss, you actually got the idea of my wine!"
"Haha, let me pick and choose. I want to pick the most expensive one, so you can feel good about it..."
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Late at night, full of wine and food, Schwartz called a car for William Wesley and sent him to the hotel where William Wesley was staying.
But Schwartz didn't leave by himself, but returned to the living room with Liu Mang.
Liu Mang and Schwartz sat down again and asked, "Jeff, do you want to ask me why I rejected such a big contract?"
Schwartz nodded. He didn't ask just now because Liu Mang never cared about the small endorsements. He always negotiated the big endorsements and team contracts by himself, and William Wesley had a good relationship with people outside the company after all. The company must first have the same direction.
Hearing Liu Mang's words, Levia was also very curious. Liu Mang has always been a fan of wealth, but this time he saw [-] million US dollars and was not tempted.
As for Little Lolita, she has no idea, Alexia doesn't care much about it, and she doesn't think about it.
"Jeff, it's actually very simple. I think my name is not only the price of 2009 million yuan, but it can be even higher. The current contract expires in [-]. We can't negotiate with other teams yet. The price they give has not reached the bottom line. They will be anxious next year. Won't you earn more money then?" Liu Mang said half-truthfully.
When Schwartz thought about it, this was indeed the reason. He has never forgotten his original intention since he became an agent. Everything is based on prudence and prudence. He has come to today step by step.
Since this is the case, Schwartz is not in a hurry anymore. He was so distressed about the signing fee he could get immediately and the stable income of several million dollars in the future, but anyway, these will be there, so he is not in a hurry.
Schwartz has always admired Liu Mang's vision. For the beverage endorsement back then, Schwartz wanted Coca-Cola or Pepsi's endorsement fee of 200 million dollars per year, but Liu Mang chose to use soft sister currency to settle the very cola, preferring to share the sales profits in urban areas and overseas regions. Now there are 500 million dollars in dividends every year, which is the highest among all athletes in the world. Even if you pay taxes twice, it is much higher than the other two endorsement fees.
Levia didn't ask too much, the property of the two was independent, and she wasn't afraid that Liu Mang would starve to death, Liu Mang's stingy personality would go bankrupt only to hell...
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Atlanta has also begun to enter late autumn. The streets are full of fallen leaves, and there are more sanitation workers cleaning the fallen leaves.
Labor in the United States is very expensive. Liu Mang has lived in the United States for so many years and understands this aspect very well. There are not so many fallen leaves. The local government is reluctant to pay for sanitation workers. Instead, the police are on duty everywhere, and they are fined when they see people throwing things...
There is no rush for the endorsement. After a day's rest, Liu Mang came to the arena on the morning of the 8th to prepare for the first preseason game tonight with his teammates.
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Seeing Carter, McGrady, Grant Hill and...Liu Mang chatting happily beside him, Raheem took a deep breath and let it out heavily.
It's been three years!
After waiting for three years after Raheem left the Eagles, he finally has a team that can make a name for himself!Finally had the opportunity to confront Liu Mang head-on!
Last year's playoffs were a pain in his heart. He almost made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, but was ruined by the referee's whistle.
This summer, the Magic have an extremely strong reinforcement-Vince Carter!
As for the Eagles’ mixed reinforcements this summer, it is possible that the Eagles will have a wonderful season as Bill Simmons predicted, but Raheem doesn’t care about this at all. It’s normal for Liu Mang to have good teammates.
Raheem only wants to improve himself, and only wants the team to become stronger!
Now, with Nelson, Carter, Turkoglu, Howard and Raheem's own lineup, Raheem feels that he finally has the strength to challenge Liu Mang!
This is the day Raheem waited for when he left the Eagles. He was almost past his peak, and finally he waited for this day when he was still in his prime!
While bragging with Carter, Liu Mang was also observing the strength of the Magic players.
Liu Mang didn't care about the substitutes. He didn't believe that there was a team in the league that was stronger than their substitutes this season.
Seeing Raheem's ability evaluation of 92, Carter's ability evaluation of 93, and Howard's ability evaluation of 90...
Both sides start with 3 stars with 90+ ability evaluation. Liu Mang feels that this season is very interesting from the beginning!
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(End of this chapter)