Chapter 93 Holding Back Big News?

Just after the press conference, Zhou Tiancheng received a call from Lorca, and the endorsement negotiations with Adi have made decisive progress.

"Zhou, the good news is that Adidas has basically negotiated, and the conditions are pretty good."

"Oh? Look, Peter, let me just say, professional things are entrusted to professional people, which is definitely efficient."

Zhou Tiancheng felt that this decision was indeed very wise. It has only been more than half a month since he agreed to the agreement until now. It can be seen that Lorca's ability is really good.

Lorca laughed: "I told you that as long as you perform well on the field, many problems can be easily dealt with. Adi's conditions are not bad, at least for now, they are considered very good... the preliminary contract I have sent the sample draft to your email, and I will make a decision as soon as possible. Sign the contract early, and everyone can rest assured."

Zhou Tiancheng chuckled: "I think you are the only one who has been worried, worried that a large amount of endorsement commissions will fly away."

"Haha, professional habits, please understand more... I have already sent the specific contract to your mailbox. The initial set is 50 million US dollars in five years, starting at 6 million in the first year, and increasing every year. It can be seen that Adidas I'm really looking forward to your future, but I think it's still a little low, you have to see it before you talk, if it doesn't work, I'll go find them again."

"What? So much! Isn't that 200 million yuan? This is not an advertising endorsement, it's clearly a money grab."

Zhou Tiancheng opened his mouth unconsciously. Even if his father is now an executive of the Volkswagen Group, his annual salary is close to seven figures. He has never seen so much money, so he can't imagine what kind of concept it is.

"Is it a lot? Now you think it's scary, but you will still think so in five years? Before, you might think it was more than one million euros." Loka joked about Zhou Tiancheng's original salary.

"To be honest, I also think it's too much now. That's tens of millions of RMB. How many people in China can't earn this money in their lifetime."

Zhou Tiancheng knows that Adidas is willing to give him an endorsement fee of 6 million US dollars a year, and there is also the support of the Chinese market behind it.

And the endorsement fee is not dead. Because Adidas is Schalke's jersey sponsor, there is also a part of the floating bonus linked to performance: if Schalke successfully defends the league title in the new season, or wins the Champions League, Adidas will add an additional 10% of the endorsement fee as a reward; If Zhou Tiancheng wins any individual award, the bonus will be 15% of the endorsement fee.

As a top commercial brand, Adidas has always been willing to spend money on the players they fancy, and they understand the truth that a rising tide lifts all boats better than anyone else.

Zhou Tiancheng didn't have a background in economics, business administration, or law, so he couldn't understand the detailed rules of the contract. But it didn't bother him. Send it directly to Dad to help check. Dad can sit in this position, and whether there are any hidden tricks in these contracts can be seen through at a glance.

"The conditions are pretty good, sign it, you will be a billionaire. Haha, it seems that I should consider retiring early!" Zhou Zhenyong made a few jokes and cut to the point: "There is nothing wrong with the contract, Luoka is still very responsible Yes. But this year, we have to participate in a series of new product signing activities in the winter window and summer window, and you are busy."

Zhou Tiancheng sighed softly: "That can't be helped. They can offer such a high endorsement fee, how can they get it for nothing? There is no free lunch in the world. It's good, anyway, I'm not used to being idle."

...

During this summer vacation, Zhou Tiancheng was completely split between China and Germany. He had just been urged to sign a salary increase contract with Schalke in Germany, and then rushed back to Beijing to sign a contract with the top management of Adidas in China. And then I participated in a promotional activity for Adidas' new sportswear SLVR this year.

However, although this promotional activity has caused a round of buying spree among sports enthusiasts in China. Media attention is low.

The current turbulent transfer market has seized the pages of most sports media.

No one expected that this year's summer transfer window would be so crazy. Especially the giants who were frustrated last season frequently exposed big moves.

Although Zhou Tiancheng's transfer scandal has been clarified, it does not prevent the domestic media from enjoying watching the rich families waving money.

The biggest "trench" in Xia Chuang is Real Madrid, which is not short of money. After poaching Kaka and Benzema, they really forcibly dug Ronaldo to the Bernabeu. But the final price also reached a staggering 94 million euros!

Not only did Ronaldo become the Xia Chuangbiao king without any suspense, but his agent Jorge Mendes also became famous.

But poaching these three superstars, Real Madrid's footsteps have not stopped. Coveting Zhou Tiancheng's failure, Florentino immediately set his sights on the No. 2 target in midfield: Liverpool midfielder Xavi Alonso.

Thirty-five million euros was another astonishingly high price. Joining with Alonso is right-back Arbeloa, who Real Madrid spent 4 million euros on.

In addition, there are Albiol who transferred from Valencia, Granero who defected to the Bernabeu from Getafe, and Argentine central defender Garay who returned on loan from Racing Santander...

Real Madrid invested a total of 290 million euros in this summer transfer window! More than double the defending champion Barcelona's 110 million euros.

Barcelona's introduction of Zlatan Ibrahimovic for only 68 million euros was a sensation, but they successively sent out champions Eto'o, Gudjohnsen, and Sylvinho. Instead, focus on streamlining the lineup.

A team that guards the country is indeed more practical than a team that fights the country.

What is quite surprising is that after Real Madrid, the second largest "trench" in the summer transfer window actually belongs to the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich. They spent more money than the Serie A giants Inter Milan, which successively introduced the four generals of Eto'o, Lucio, Milito and Sneijder.

The third line and the four are all empty, which is unacceptable to Bayern. When Van Gaal took office, Bayern will make big moves. This is not a surprise, but no one thought that Bayern's first signing would be 24 million euros to poach Dutch winger Arjen Robben.

This amount is not large, but considering that Bayern already has a winger Franck Ribery, Bayern's two wings will fly together in the new season, which makes many media unconsciously start to look forward to it.

And this is just the beginning of Bayern's signings. Then they officially announced several transfers of Mario Gomez, Tymoshchuk, and Planic.

After six signings, the investment is approaching the 100 million euro mark.

And Bayern is here to stir up the situation, and naturally the media will turn their attention to Schalke 04, who is in the highest position.

Interestingly, the heavyweight transfers related to the new Bundesliga champions have remained silent so far.

But not many people believe that Schalke will continue the strategy of self-production and self-sale, unless they want to have a good time and die. Otherwise, in the face of Bayern's big purchase, they will never remain indifferent.

Even the archenemy Dortmund's investment is better than them!

Many media have speculated that maybe there is no movement on the surface, but Schalke is secretly holding back a big news that will cause a sensation in the entire transfer market?

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