273. Never play cards according to common sense
Regarding the endorsement contract, Lao Pa did his best. While stabilizing Puma, he contacted Anta's North American head Mr. Cheng Zhi in private.
Lao Pa arranged a meeting in a high-end restaurant on the evening of the 22nd. He was very considerate and chose a Chinese restaurant, which would make Mr. Cheng Zhi more favorable to them.
In fact, the current situation is that Anta does not think it can snatch Lin Feng from several major brands, especially the wealthy Puma, Germany.
So in order to avoid being ridiculed by their peers, they gave up the offer, but Cheng Zhi received a call from his agent Chichi Perkins, which surprised the whole of Anta.
Obviously, they thought that Lin Sung-Lin took over the 5-year 45 million US dollars given by Puma without hesitation.
In Anta's player endorsement contract, the highest annual salary is Klay Thompson's 1 million-year tax year, and Puma directly gave 9 million.
In Cheng Zhi's eyes, unless he signs a star of Harden or Curry, Anta will not take out a contract higher than Clay to destroy the contract endorsement of players in his own system.
At present, Lam is just a promising rookie, with a talent that can be seen by the naked eye but has not yet been fulfilled.
Klay Thompson is the core player of the Warriors' three championships in four years. He holds three championship rings and is selected as the All-Star four times, and holds the NB single-quarter scoring record.
These honors are admired by Lam Feng, at least he now has nothing but the youngest "Mr. 50".
There is no doubt that Clay is Anta's leader, so they naturally will not offer Lin Feng a higher price than this contract.
Lao Pa knew this very clearly, so when he contacted Cheng Zhi, he clearly stated that Lin Feng could accept quotations lower than Puma.
This surprised Cheng Zhi very much. After all, no one would be unable to get along with money, and he was Puma who made a comeback.
Puma, who has been away from NB for 20 years, has returned to the basketball world. They have signed people this year. Even No. 1 pick Ayton admitted that if he goes to Nike, he will compete with big-name stars such as James. Adidas is in the same situation.
But the empty Puma would leave resources to him, and the competitive pressure was very high, so Ayton accepted Puma's offer without hesitation.
In the same situation, Anta has no reason to think that Lin Sung-san rejected the temptation of $45 million, but the facts are moving towards an unexpected perspective for everyone.
During the day, Lin Feng worked harder than anyone else. Last night, the scene of Mitchell Gobert playing wildly at Staples kept popping up in his mind.
Before he knew it, Lin Feng's competitive spirit was expanding rapidly, and he hoped to defeat all those who stood in front of him.
So I went to the training hall to practice at five o'clock in the morning, and only arrived at the other points.
What does it mean? It was already 2:30 in the middle of the night when he got home last night. He only slept for more than two hours before getting up and leaving.
I thought I would be very sleepy, but when I woke up, I was very energetic. I felt unhappy when I thought of Mitchell's wild appearance in my territory.
He posted a state on the thrust, telling Mitchell that guy not to be too proud, one victory doesn't mean anything, they have three games to play.
It also mentioned the Trail Blazers, who were killed two consecutive games after defeating the Lakers in the first round.
Half an hour after the tweet was played, the Trail Blazers official weakly replied with a scared expression.
Lillard commented below Gary, you want to send a challenge to Mitchell why you should bring us with you
This tweet quickly attracted many comments from stars, and Mitchell also responded to accept the challenge himself.
However, the next time the two teams will face each other on January 11 next year, I don’t know if Lin Feng can still remember his current anger.
He believes that he has found a good way to improve his fighting spirit, that is, to maintain anger, which can help him face the game better.
He was training throughout the day, and he thought that the Lakers' next opponents, the Nuggets, would suffer. Whether it was Oladipo, Teacher Joe or Jamal Murray, they would become the background board for his various shows at that time.
At night, the best Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles is a chain restaurant run by a Chinese catering company. The only one in California is said to have a very authentic taste.
When I saw Mr. Cheng Zhi at the entrance of the restaurant, he and Lao Pa were standing outside waiting.
Lao Pa told him that although they took the initiative, they should show a low attitude at this time, so that they can make more money.
I was a little excited when I saw my compatriots. After all, I was used to seeing Western faces, so the standard national face that suddenly appeared was still very touching.
"Hello Mr. Cheng."
Lin Feng spoke Chinese, which surprised Cheng Zhi.
"Mr. Smith, you speak Chinese and have a very authentic accent."
Cheng Zhi thought that Lin Feng had learned a few Chinese words in order to be polite, so he communicated with him in English.
In fact, Lin Feng's Chinese background was not lost at all. The two of them talked about any problems in Chinese, but they had to take care of Lao Pa, who only knew English. He was the main force in the negotiations tonight.
Lao Pa was not interested in Lin Feng's Chinese speaking. Influenced by him, Lao Pa also became interested in oriental culture.
The ordering session is the most special. Because of the Chinese restaurant, Lao Pa sat aside like a quiet baby watching Lin Feng and Cheng Zhi study the dishes.
Lao Pa is simply incredible about Lin Feng’s expertise in this area. A few months ago, he asked him to bring him two bags of dumplings. He thought he was just a straightforward b who was interested in Chinese culture, but now it seems that this guy is simply obsessed.
“I am obsessed with this delicacy, especially the Australian beef with native oriental potatoes.”
Lin Feng’s comments were very clear, which made Mr. Cheng Zhi look surprised.
Not only food, but also talk about everything in China, Lin Feng is almost very knowledgeable, whether it is entertainment stars or traditional culture.
Of course, Lin Feng did not seem too explicit, and occasionally pretended to be stupid and listened to Cheng Zhi's explanation with a naive look on his face.
After a good start, they did not talk about the contract at all, they were just talking about everything.
Cheng Zhi asked about the reason why Lin Feng was obsessed with Chinese culture. Lin Feng smiled mysteriously, glanced at the same curious Lao Pa, and then slowly said, "Sir, there is an idiom in China called "Fast-for-nothing, then I will just say it, I plan to be a member of you."
Cheng Zhi didn't react for a moment and looked at Lao Pa.
Lao Pa made a "please" gesture and said, "Gary is very adventurous, and there are even more exciting ones behind him."
"Extremely explosive"
Cheng Zhi was even more confused. He didn't know what the two sports people in front of him were thinking.
Lin Feng smiled slightly, "Okay, sir, I don't like to keep it in the dark. It's very simple. I want to join the endorsement of Anta and then become a planner to participate in next year's Basketball World Cup."
After listening to each word, Cheng Zhi instantly sat up straight, and Lin Feng could clearly see him taking a breath of cold air.
"Mr. Smith" he thought he must have heard it wrong.
Old Pa was happy. The gentleman in front of him was just like himself, and he could not understand Lin Feng's wonderful ideas at all.
"He wants to be your planner and then go to the World Cup next year to help you go further. This guy is ambitious and maybe considering winning the championship or something."
Lao Pa said it very easily, but Cheng Zhi didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Chapter completed!