Chapter 1486 1485. I Waited for Three Years (Asking for Monthly Votes)

There are experts like Bill Simmons who are very optimistic about the Hawks, and there are also experts who are not very optimistic about the Hawks' patchwork to pick up aging stars that other teams don't want. After all, the Hawks' salary is a bit exaggerated. It is the third team in the league with a salary of 100 million yuan. One of the teams, apart from the Knicks and Lakers, is the Hawks. If you are not careful, you will be in a doomed situation like the Knicks.

After all, judging from the Eagles' roster, Finley, Grant Hill, Brad Miller, and O'Neal are all unwanted by other teams.

But Liu Mang's view here is that this is already the best lineup in 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 for two years, Grant Hill, Mason, Finley and others are all 1+1 team options. One or two There is no market for senior players. Wade is not favored now, but he is still an extremely high-quality asset after returning to health!

"Does the legendary low-key luxury have connotation?" Liu Mang thought of a vulgar adjective.

After saying goodbye to his teammates, Liu Mang drove home with 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 the sounds of Levia talking and laughing with William Wesley and Schwartz, and two lawyers from Liu Mang's company were sitting next to them.

Alexia is preparing dinner. There are guests who are going to have dinner with her tonight. Alexia, who is good at cooking Chinese and Western food now, is going to show off her talents. Little Loli is also helping.

Little Loli has started middle school at the end of September, and Alexia has also quit her job as a teacher to focus 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 hugged him enthusiastically.

William Wesley also stood up: "Haha, it's really been a long time since I last saw you. It's been two years. I heard that you even called my office? You know, I haven't seen that shitty place for a year. Will go twice.”

"A crappy place? Uncle Wes, sell me that crappy studio in New York. You decide the price!" Liu Mang joked. Liu Mang had been to the 'crappy place' William Wesley called, and it was a long way away. An entire floor of a high-end office building less than 800 meters straight from Madison Square Garden.

"No, no, no, let him keep that kind of shabby place empty. How can I take advantage of you, Ace..." Fatty William Wesley saw the trick.

After chatting for a while, Liu Mang also sat down. When Levia saw Liu Mang coming back, she went to pour Liu Mang a glass of milk and sat next to Liu Mang, preparing 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. When this fat communication master comes to their house, there must be something wrong.

"Uncle Weiss, if you haven't come to see me for two years, you must not be here for dinner. Let's be more direct." Liu Mang got straight to the point.

"I'm not going to be polite to you, Ace. Jeff, Levia, haven't you always wanted to ask me why I came today? This is the new contract from Nike." William Wesley put the wrinkled face next to him The documents in the briefcase were taken out.

William Wesley's movements attracted everyone else's attention to the document in his hand.

Liu Mang took the contract, Levia immediately came over, and Schwartz also moved to Liu Mang's left, staring at the contract with their three heads.

With Liu Mang's hobby, the first thing he looks at is of course the contract amount.

"Two hundred million?" Schwartz exclaimed, the price is too exaggerated!

Even Levia finds it incredible that an athlete can actually get an endorsement contract of US$200 million!

William Wesley was very satisfied with the reaction of Schwartz and Levia, but he was a little confused about Liu Mang.

Seeing such a sky-high price of 200 million, William Wesley actually saw a sense of resistance in Liu Mang's eyes.

It's natural that Liu Mang would resist. The $200 million is true, but it's a career contract...

Liu Mang clearly remembers that Durant received a 10-year 300 million endorsement contract in 2014, 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 1000000000……

Needless to say, Jordan has been retired for almost 10 years, and he gets more than 100 million in dividends from Nike every year. AJ is becoming more and more popular, and Jordan's income has been rising.

Liu Mang looked at William Wesley's obviously astonished expression, saw the two desires in Schwartz's eyes: "Money, money, money, sign, sign, sign", and saw Levia's 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. It was worth US$90 million and 1 over 7 years and expired in the summer of 2009. Nike has the right to first match the quotations of other competitors.

It's not yet 2008, and Nike is eager to renew the contract.

But Liu Mang was not satisfied with the price.

He really refused! William Wesley guessed that Liu Mang might refuse from Liu Mang's lack of surprise at the beginning. When Liu Mang really refused, William Wesley still felt incredible!

Just reject 200 million?

"Wait a minute," William Wesley thought of a terrible thing and asked, "Ace, do you want that?"

"It's just like what you think, Uncle Wes." Liu Mang and William Wesley are close friends, and they have a tacit understanding on money matters.

"It's not easy to be ambitious, but Ace, your ambition is right," William Wesley affirmed Liu Mang's ambition, "I didn't expect you, Ace, to have such an idea. , I thought that after helping you negotiate a 200 million contract, you would be eager to sign it. I still underestimated you, but as you said, don’t worry about not being able to negotiate. There are many sneaker manufacturers who will do such things for you, and I am looking forward to it. ”

"Let's not talk about the contract for now. Let's have a drink tonight?" Liu Mang said with a smile.

"Of course you have to have a good drink. You have caused me to delay getting my commission for another year or two. You have to compensate me. I heard that your wine cellar has a lot of good wine." William Wesley has always been direct.

"Oh...that was bought with money, Uncle Weiss, you actually wanted to buy my wine!"

"Haha, let me choose carefully. I want to choose the most expensive one and make you feel good..."

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Late at night, after having had enough wine and food, Schwartz called a car for William Wesley and took him to the hotel where William Wesley was staying.

But Schwartz did not leave 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 small endorsements. He always negotiated big endorsements and team contracts by himself, and William Wesley had a good relationship with people outside the company after all. First of all, the direction must be consistent.

Hearing Liu Mang's words, Levia was also very curious. Liu Mang had always been a money man, but this time he was not tempted when he saw 200 million US dollars.

As for the little loli who has no idea, Alexia doesn't care much about it and doesn't take it into consideration.

"Jeff, it's actually very simple. I think the price of my name is not only the 200 million yuan, but also higher. The current contract only expires in 2009. We can't negotiate with other teams yet. The price they gave us is still high." If you haven't reached the bottom line yet, they will be anxious next year, won't you be able to earn more money by then?" Liu Mang said half-truthfully.

When Schwartz thought about it, this was indeed the case. He had never forgotten his original intention since he became an agent. He focused on being pragmatic and steady. Step by step, he got to where he is today. He really didn't have as many ideas as Liu Mang.

Now that this is the case, Schwartz is not in a hurry. Originally, he was really worried about the signing fee that he could get immediately and the stable income of millions of dollars in the future, but these will be available anyway, so he is not in a hurry.

Schwartz has always admired Liu Mang's vision. When it came to beverage endorsements, Schwartz wanted an annual endorsement fee of 2 million U.S. dollars from Coca-Cola or Pepsi, but Liu Mang chose Very Coke, which was settled in SoftMei coins. He would rather Taking into account the sales profits in urban areas and overseas areas, there are now four to five million U.S. dollars in dividends every year, which is the highest beverage endorsement fee among all athletes in the world. Even after paying taxes twice, it is still higher than the endorsement fees of the other two companies. Much higher.

Levia didn't ask any questions. Their property was independent, and she wasn't afraid that Liu Mang would starve to death. Liu Mang's stingy personality would go bankrupt...

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Atlanta has also begun to enter late autumn. Fallen leaves are everywhere on the streets, and there are more sanitation workers cleaning them.

Labor in the United States is very expensive. Liu Mang has lived in the United States for so many years and is very familiar with this matter. There are not so many days when leaves fall, and the local government is reluctant to spend money to hire sanitation workers. Instead, it has the police on duty everywhere when they see someone messing around. You'll be fined if you throw something away...

There is no rush in terms of endorsements. After a day of rest, Liu Mang came to the arena on the morning of the 8th to prepare for tonight's first preseason game with his teammates.

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Looking at Carter, McGrady, Grant Hill and...Liu Mang chatting happily beside him, Rahim took a deep breath and spit it out heavily.

Three years!

Raheem has been waiting for three years after leaving the Eagles, and he finally has a team that can make a name for himself! Finally got a chance 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.

The Magic have a very strong reinforcement this summer - 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 Rahim doesn't care about this at all. It is normal for Liu Mang to have good teammates. The operation over the past few years has been phenomenal.

Rahim only wants to improve himself and the team to become stronger!

Now, with Nelson, Carter, Turkoglu, Howard and Rahim's own lineup, Rahim feels that he finally has the strength to challenge Liu Mang!

Rahim has been waiting for this day since he left the Eagles. He has almost waited until he is past his peak period, and finally waited for this day while he is still in his prime!

While Liu Mang was bragging and spanking with Carter, he was also observing the strength of the Magic players.

Liu Mang didn't care about the substitutes. He didn't believe there was a better team in the league than their substitutes this season.

I saw Raheem's ability evaluation of 92, Carter's ability evaluation of 93, and Howard's ability evaluation of 90...

Both sides start with three stars with 90+ ability evaluations. Liu Mang feels that this season has been interesting from the beginning!

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