Chapter 388 386. I Want Money, a Lot of Money!

Time always changes his mind. After a few days of excitement and complicated emotions, Liu Mang really had some special expectations for the start of next season.

On June 29th, the Three Eagles, Muhammad Galatliff and coach Kruger decided not to make any comments on this transaction after discussing it in a hotel in Los Angeles. Let’s take a look after the training camp starts next season. The situation, whether this lineup can be completed will be discussed later.

Now that the Hawks are in their "peak," things can't be changed.

But, not to mention a person's life, his career is still long, and he will always encounter strange things. Liu Wei and others are also professional players. Although they have not experienced it, they have seen many things. As a few days passed, this matter was temporarily put aside.

Coach Kruger organized this core player meeting mainly to calm the players down. Glenn Robinson is notorious for his big mouth. Sure enough, he started to speak loudly the next day, so let’s appease the players. them.

Coupled with the fact that the team's veteran Kukoc was traded, coach Kruger also worried that Liu Mang, who had a good relationship with Kukoc, would be angry with the deal.

Kukoc is definitely going to be traded, a big contract with a two-year final year team option, and has a wealth of experience in the playoffs and accurate shooting, just because the Eagles have to guarantee rebounds inside, there is no way Give Kukoc more playing time, so I plan to use it to exchange some role players, so I was going to trade, but I didn’t expect to trade such a guy back, although I used Prince and Boozer early. The draft pick at the end of the round avoided being cut off by others, but coach Kruger and the boss were worried that Liu Mang would be unhappy.

And Liu Wei didn't care too much about it. Kukoc is at this age, and he has made it clear that he is holding a big contract for retirement. How can he care about playing in another city and traveling, losing such a veteran who can give him tactical analysis on the bench It's really a pity, but people also want playing time at the end of their careers. If they can't get it in the Eagles, there is nothing wrong with changing teams.

Seeing that Liu Mang was not dissatisfied, Coach Kruger heaved a sigh of relief.

Among this group of people, Liu Mang is the one who needs to be appeased. The others have been playing for several years. Needless to say, Ratliff and Muhammad have all climbed up from the bottom players. Jason Terry and Raheem The relationship with Liu Mang is good, in fact, the main thing is to appease Liu Mang.

The players have been appeased, and Coach Kruger has to go back to Atlanta to get busy.

Coach Kruger originally planned to hand over the summer league to Mike Woodson to coach, and then he could go on vacation. Now he has to take Mike Woodson away and replace the assistant coach who is in charge of scouting to coach the summer league.

Because coach Kruger has already set the tone for next season, the three eagles are the core of the offense, Liu Mang, Raheem, and Ratliff are the defensive structure of the outside, mid-range, and inside. Jason Terry's defense is unlikely to improve much, the defense is still solid, almost predictably better than last season.

But now everything is disrupted. There is one more player with the team's second highest salary in the next two seasons, with a salary of $9.86 million and $10.73 million, and his strength is not bad.

This completely broke the team's system. Originally, coach Kruger wanted to exchange Kukoc's big contract for an outside shooter. Who knew that the transaction happened suddenly, and he was caught off guard.

But that's the only way to go. The boss was praised by all the media after the transaction, and happily went to discuss sponsorship projects with investors from China to make money, leaving a lot of things for the coaching staff.

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Liu Mang stayed in Los Angeles for the time being, at least for a month. Raheem and Jason Terry both rejected the invitation of the Dream Five team, and they also found a villa in Los Angeles and rented them to stay in Los Angeles for training and fun. Over there in Hollywood, there are many starlets...

After devoting himself to strength training, Liu Mang immersed himself in the soreness of his muscles. He trained in the morning, and in the afternoon, if a few women sometimes wanted to go out with him, they would go out together. The oiled pickup truck went to the Toyota Center, the Lakers' training facility, for training.

In a flash, ten days passed.

The free market has already started on July 1st, the transfer of the transfer, the departure of the team, the transaction of the transaction.

Only the Eagles are immobile, because this mountain can no longer move. After the contracts of players such as Alan Henderson, Jacqui Vaughn, and Strickland expired, the Eagles did not renew their contracts, and He signed contracts with Prince, Barnes, and Boozer early with the vacated positions.

Prince got a 4-year rookie contract totaling 4.8 million, and Boozer got a 4-year rookie contract totaling 3.96 million. Both contracts are fully guaranteed.

After 1998 and before the lockout in 2011, the four-year contracts of the first-round picks were fully guaranteed. After 2011, the four-year contracts of the first-round picks became 2+1+1, two team options.

Barnes received a two-year 1+1 team option contract totaling 960,000 yuan, which is a little higher than Liu Mang's basic salary, because the salary cap for the new season has increased by more than 4 million yuan, and the basic salary has also slightly increased.

Liu Mang's salary is 900,000 for two years, and his salary for the next season is only 550,000 dollars. His income is at the "highest level" stipulated by the U.S. tax law. The combined Atlanta state tax and federal tax is 42%. Including 3% of the players' union dues, only 55% will go to the players, which means that Liu Mang will get a salary of $25,200 every two weeks next season.

For Liu Mang, who will buy a house and a car in the future, he said that he is very short of money, quite short of money, but someone who will help him earn money is coming soon!

Staying in Los Angeles for training, in addition to wanting to stay away from the situation where there are countless domestic media stationed in Atlanta, and wanting to spend the summer quietly, there is also the fact that many well-known agents have been retained from Coach Kruger Got the contact information, ready to meet them in Los Angeles.

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July 8th is the day when NBA free market transactions and signings can be officially concluded. All the transactions and signings that have been agreed before have been settled. The first busy period of the agent's busiest offseason has already After that, Liu Mang began to meet with his manager in the afternoon after training.

Liu Mang is not very good at this kind of thing, so he called Jordan for advice. Although McGrady and Kobe have been in the NBA for a few years, they definitely cannot compare their connections and knowledge with Mr. Joe.

Jordan gave Liu Mang a call and said to find someone named Uncle Weiss, he would help.

Liu Mang just hung up the phone with Jordan, and was about to call this Uncle Willie, and asked Uncle Weiss to help him when he made an appointment with his manager in the next few days.

Levia, who just heard that Liu Mang had a meeting with his agent in the afternoon, asked, "Ace, do you want the agent to come this afternoon? An uncle I know who relies on the NBA for business is in Los Angeles. He is very talented. Let me ask him to come and take a look for you, don't be fooled by those third-rate brokers."

Uncle again?

Liu Mang thinks not to bother Jordan's friend for the time being, maybe he is not in Los Angeles, so it is very likely that he will not be able to help today's meeting, and it is okay to let someone Levia knows come and see first.

"Okay, Levia, please contact me. By the way, what aspect of the NBA does your uncle work in? A lawyer?" Liu Mang asked curiously.

"It's not uncle, it's Uncle Weiss. His nickname is Uncle Weiss, and he's my father's publicity consultant." Levia said, took out her phone and looked through it, and went out to make a call.

Hearing the name 'Uncle Weiss', Liu Mang thought it was such a coincidence!

But what Liu Mang really wanted to complain about was that Jordan asked him to find Uncle Weiss, not an uncle named Willy for help, but someone named Uncle Weiss for help.

Who is it? Actually called such a cheap name!

And this Uncle Weiss seems to be quite powerful and well-known, from the NBA to companies who don't know what he does, there are big guys he knows.

Liu Mang was a little curious about this Uncle Weiss...

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The first manager to meet, Liu Mang gave face to Wang Zhizhi's wretched middle-aged uncle manager.

For such a thing as an appointment at a business club, it's better not to reveal the news before deciding who the manager should choose.

Liu Mang and Levia arrived at the appointed place an hour before the scheduled meeting time with the agent named Jeff Schwartz, because half a hour before the scheduled meeting time with Jeff Schwartz When I was young, I made an appointment with Uncle Weiss to arrive early.

Liu Mang and Levia went to the clubhouse and chatted about what kind of person this Uncle Weiss was. Levia didn't know, but only knew that Uncle Weiss was very social and had friends everywhere. I like the NBA and know many big-name players and team owners.

Having said that, Liu Mang became even more curious about Uncle Weiss!

Finally, while Liu Mang was looking forward to it, the waiter walked in with a bald man.

Liu Mang looked at that round head, wearing a long-sleeved suit with a shirt inside but not tucked into trousers on a hot day, a pair of sneakers on the soles of his feet, and a big diamond-encrusted watch on his hand. Take off the feeling of a nouveau riche.

But this person, Liu Mang has an impression! And it is the kind of impression that cannot be underestimated!

This guy is William Wesley, a well-known image promotion master in the NBA. His most successful image promotion is LeBron James. He signed a 7-year 90 million endorsement contract before he graduated from high school and entered the NBA. The lifetime endorsement contract with a total value of nearly 1 billion US dollars was promoted by this guy.

Not only that, NBA said that anyone who has been to a nightclub has met this guy who looks like a rich man. Eighty percent of the people know him, but I don’t know why he can chat so much with superstars Happy, because just looking at this look, it is basically impossible for young players to pay attention to it.

Liu Mang finally remembered why the name Uncle Weiss made him so curious, and he still felt a little impressed, because James also called him Uncle Weiss!

Mr. Joe is such a good man! Levia is also great!

Liu Mang looked at William Wesley, almost staring at him, this guy was like a pile of money to the NBA players he helped promote! The amount of money is directly proportional to his size!

William Wesley entered the conference room and was observing Liu Mang's performance. Seeing Liu Mang's expectant look, William Wesley was very satisfied.

Dressed like this, William Wesley, besides pursuing looseness and comfort, also wants to observe what kind of person is the person who wants to cooperate with him and who may become a work partner.

Sometimes geniuses have quirks, and William Wesley had a quirk.

If there is any slight dislike in the first meeting with his clothes, he refuses to help.

William Wesley doesn’t care much about money. He is a social freak. He knows too many big stars. Many people ask him for help. , because he owns 10% of the shares of Nike's Air Jordan brand...

Anyway, in nightclubs everywhere, as long as there is trouble, William Wesley can settle it...

"Hi, Levia long time no see. This is Ace. Nice to meet you. My name is William Wesley. You can call me Uncle Wes. I'm 42 years old. Ace, you can call me uncle. No problem, right?" Everyone said that Fatty knew him well, and William Wesley was very satisfied with Liu Mang's reaction after he came in, and he knew him right away.

"Uncle Weiss, I'm also very happy to meet you. With your help, I won't be afraid of being cheated by a third-rate manager." Liu Mang said enthusiastically.

Suddenly, William Wesley's expression became very serious: "Before this, Ace, tell me, why did you find an agent?"

Why are you looking for a broker? When Liu Mang heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

Is this a test?

How would you answer the test?

I heard that this big fat man loves basketball very much, and he especially likes that kind of pure basketball player. He once offered Nowitzki countless opportunities to help him build a European basketball boot brand, but Nowitzki rejected them all, but this big fat man The fat man likes Nowitzki more than he likes Jordan and James.

Liu Mang thought for a while and said, "There is an agent who can help me solve all the off-court matters, so I can devote myself to basketball!"

"Is that so? Ace, if you don't tell the truth, I won't help you!" William Wesley snorted.

Liu Mang was stunned. Could this answer not reflect how "pure" he loves basketball?

Wait, Liu Mang felt something was wrong, thought for a while, and said: "Well, I want money, I want a lot of money, I have a good manager, relying on my strength and popularity, I can earn more money." Rich!"

"Haha, I just like people like Ace who dare to speak, don't worry, Uncle Weiss, I will definitely help you!" William Wesley laughed.

Liu Mang also likes William Wesley's character very much. Liu Mang and William Wesley are like a bastard who met mung beans, and their eyes met!

The two feel that the other is too suitable for their own tastes, and they are so shameless!

One pretends to be a gentleman, the other pretends to be deep...

"Ace, tell me which agents you have met with. I'll help you screen them out. If you don't have the ability, you'll cancel them. If you're a good agent, I'll help you lower the commission!"

"The person meeting today is Jeff Schwartz. I don't know if you know Uncle Weiss..."

Looking at Liu Mang who shamelessly said that he loves money, then at the fat man who pretended to be deep and obscene, and then started the despicable two people who wanted to take advantage of it, Levia said that she didn't know these two people. guy!

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Jeff Schwartz came to the appointed club. Things are not going well for him this year!

Odom's early contract extension was unsuccessful, and the Clippers estimated that they planned to give up Odom after the end of the rookie contract.

On Wang Zhizhi's side, what Jeff Schwartz wanted was to let Wang Zhizhi go to the national team to report later, and play the summer league first to try to find a good team. After all, the World Championships are still early. It is still relying on the help of Liu Mang and Yao Ming to find a suitable team for Wang Zhizhi. Otherwise, in order to stay in the NBA, he can only accept some teams that have no room for development and only sign for Wang Zhizhi as a Chinese.

Jeff Schwartz did not do well in his early years. He belonged to the kind of accumulated accumulation. In his early years, he was digging out some buried talents. After signing Love in 2010, he suddenly became a popular agent and started to make money. Now he is still living in poverty.

It would be great if Liu Mang could be signed!

Jeff Schwartz stood at the door of the meeting room for a long time, and finally knocked on the door when it was exactly three o'clock.

The three people who were chatting happily inside stopped, and the three of them came to open the door together and welcomed Jeff Schwartz in.

Basic courtesy is required.

"Hello, Jeff, long time no see." Liu Mang greeted Jeff Schwartz first, and stretched out his hand.

"Hi, Ace, long time no see... This is Mr. Wesley?" Jeff Schwartz was saying hello, and suddenly exclaimed.

Others don't know how powerful William Wesley is in helping players promote their popularity. Can his agent not know? I didn't expect to come to meet with a player, but this famous promotion master actually came!

At this stage, the most successful promotion case of William Wesley is helping Jordan negotiate with Nike to obtain the ultimate operation of a sub-brand, so he also got 10% of the shares, while Jordan only got 3% Dividends, by 2015, there will be 100 million dividends.

Although generally speaking, the company does not pay dividends and cannot get as much money every year as Jordan does, but William Wesley's worth has risen. When the contract expires, he can completely sell Air Jordan's shares.

At this time, William Wesley came up and greeted Jeff Schwartz warmly: "Mr. Schwartz? Long time no see, Ace, why didn't you tell me it was Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Schwartz is very powerful An agent, his vision is better than a scout, and he can always dig out those buried newcomers."

"Sorry, I forgot to tell you earlier..." Liu Mang showed an embarrassed expression very cooperatively.

"Let's go in and sit down and talk. I'll ask the waiter to bring up drinks and snacks. What would Mr. Schwartz want to drink?" Levia wanted to get out of the way, so she started to make excuses. These two shameless guys, How shameless!

After getting a response, Levia left, and the waiter was in the tea room next door. Each conference room has a dedicated waiter, and it costs hundreds of dollars an afternoon here.

Levia couldn't help but escape because these two shameless guys were still talking about how to lower the price with Jeff Schwartz, but when they came out, they pretended not to know that they really graduated from the Georgia Drama Academy!

William Wesley knew Jeff Schwartz's ability, looked at Liu Mang's meeting list for the next week, William Wesley found that most of them seemed to be well-known but basically could only rely on the star's personal worth Coming to sign the contract is not very good for improving the player's worth.

On the contrary, Jeff Schwartz, who has not been in the NBA for a few years, is the most powerful one. Some players are completely unwanted, and he can find a way to play in the NBA or other sports. Then the new contract signed is expensive.

If it weren't for the Wang Zhizhi incident, Jeff Schwartz would have ruined the good reputation he had accumulated over the past few years, and he wouldn't have become a popular agent until after Love and Jordan came out.

Jeff Schwartz entered the meeting room with a nervous mood. He felt that whether his agent career could continue would depend on this meeting!

If you fail, it is estimated that the future will be sad...

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