Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Feiyue Sports is opening another flagship store in the bustling commercial street of the Bund. This is also the largest flagship store opened by Feiyue Sports in China.

The entrance to the Feiyue flagship store was already packed with people. Countless teenage fans gathered here early in the morning. They held F4 posters in their hands, waiting for their idols to arrive.

This time, Feiyue's new store opened without inviting NBA stars, because the NBA has not yet reached the offseason. The stars signed by Feiyue Sports are all busy competing in the playoffs, so there is no time to spare. China.

So Li Weidong invited Chairman Yao to attend.

At that time, Chairman Yao had just helped the Oriental team win the A-League championship, and both Shou and Daba had gone to the United States. In the domestic league, Chairman Yao didn't even have a decent opponent.

In addition, Li Weidong also invited the popular f4 group over.

Although f4 is not the brand spokesperson of Feiyue Sports, coming to participate in the opening of Feiyue flagship store can only be regarded as an ordinary business trick.

But in terms of popularity, f4 obviously crushed Chairman Yao. Although there were many Oriental team fans present, they were instantly overshadowed by the screams of countless female fans.

To put it another way, with so many young girls around, who would be a normal fan to stare at Chairman Yao!

Just like the current NBA game live broadcast, when there is a break, no one will really watch the fans' messages, right? It must be the legs!

Finally, f4 appeared in the eyes of fans. .

"Ah! Zai Zai!"

"Zai Zai! I love you!"

Many female fans began to scream, and the door of Feiyue flagship store instantly became excited.

In terms of appearance at the time, Zhou Yimin was indeed slightly better, so there were more female fans who liked him.

The scene was even somewhat time-controlled, and police patrolling nearby had to come over to maintain order.

As the official spokesperson, Chairman Yao looked like a big light bulb. He was completely ignored and could only stand aside with an embarrassed look on his face.

An assistant came closer and said, "Mr. Yao, please go in and rest for a while. We have specially made some new pairs of sneakers for you. You can try them out to see if they fit you."

Any player will be very interested in new sneakers.

What's more, Chairman Yao wears size 53 shoes, which are not available in the first place. His usual sneakers are those customized by manufacturers, and new sneakers are basically out of his reach. Now that I heard that there are new specially made sneakers, I immediately couldn’t wait to try them out.

In the flagship store, Li Weidong was chatting with an old man.

"Chairman Li, handing Feiyue into your hands was the most correct decision I made in my life! If Feiyue had continued to be in the hands of our Dafu factory, I'm afraid it would have ceased production just like the factory. Now look I feel relieved that Feiyue Shoes can do so well." The old man sighed.

This old man was the director Wang of Dafu Rubber Factory back then.

When production raw materials were in short supply, Director Wang went to Huanghai Petrochemical for help in order to obtain rubber raw materials. He happened to meet Li Weidong. In the end, Li Weidong helped Dafu Factory obtain the raw materials, and Dafu Factory also sold the Feiyue brand to Li Weidong.

After many years, Dafu Rubber Factory was finally unable to recover and entered the stage of bankruptcy and reorganization. Director Wang had already reached the age of sixty and lived a retired life.

The Dafu Rubber Factory was built in the Huxi Industrial Zone on the upper reaches of the Suzhou River, which is also the location of Putuo District. Now it is also the central city, not far from the Bund business district.

So this time the Feiyue flagship store opened, Li Weidong invited Factory Manager Wang here, so that he could witness the re-emergence of the national brand Feiyue.

Dafu Factory, as the original owner of the Feiyue brand, is now invited to participate in the opening ceremony of the Feiyue flagship store. It also feels like the ancient throne "abdicated".

Li Weidong also wanted to take this opportunity to demonstrate his inheritance of the Feiyue brand.

Starting in the mid-1990s, foreign sports brands such as Nike and Adidas entered China and quickly occupied the high-end market. Later, domestic brands such as Anta and Xtep continued to exert their efforts and quickly carved up the mid- to low-end market.

In this fierce market competition, traditional state-owned brands such as Hui Alai and Double Star have begun to survive in the cracks.

If the Feiyue brand remains in the Dafu Rubber Factory, it will probably be buried with the entire rubber factory.

Li Weidong can make the Feiyue brand bigger and bigger, which may give Director Wang peace of mind.

After exchanging pleasantries with Director Wang, Li Weidong went to receive other guests.

A middle-aged man walked up to Li Weidong and whispered: "Chairman Li, can you take a step to speak!"

"Lawyer Wang, please come over here." Li Weidong pointed to the corner.

This middle-aged man is named Wang Xiaopeng. He is a lawyer and a member of the "Yao Team". He is mainly responsible for legal affairs.

When the two came to the corner, Lawyer Wang said: "Chairman Li, I want to talk to you about Yao Yao entering the NBA."

"Is it because the Oriental team refuses to let him go?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"Chairman Li has guessed it?" Lawyer Wang nodded in surprise, and then said: "Last year, Dayao had planned to participate in the NBA draft. At that time, the Philadelphia 76ers and Wizards also contacted Pass the Eastern team.

But at that time, the conditions offered by the Oriental team were more stringent, and they were asking for Dayao's NBA team to exchange for a player of comparable strength, so that the Oriental team would not plummet in strength.

At the same time, this team also needs to hire a high-level coach for the Eastern team, and also needs to fund the construction of a basketball school and a modern gymnasium for the Eastern team. After this condition was made, all the teams that were interested in Dayao were scared away. "

"These are not harsh conditions. It's clear that I don't want to let him go on purpose!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"You are right, so Dayao did not participate in the NBA draft last year." Lawyer Wang continued:

"But it has always been his dream to play in the NBA, and he is already 22 years old this year. According to NBA rules, if he does not participate in the NBA draft, he can only join the NBA as a free agent.

And in this year's A-League, Dayao also helped the Oriental team win the championship, which gave the team and fans an explanation. But the Eastern team is still unwilling to let him go! "

"What conditions did the Oriental team put forward this year?" Li Weidong asked.

"They want a buyout fee of 30 million," Lawyer Wang said.

"30 million is not too high for a player of his level. If you put together the advertising and endorsement fees, you should be able to make it. If it doesn't work, I can also prepay an endorsement fee." Li Weidong said.

Li Weidong obviously thought that Lawyer Wang was here to ask for money, so he was not stingy and expressed his willingness to sponsor a sum.

However, Lawyer Wang said: "The Oriental team wants U.S. dollars!"

"30 million U.S. dollars? This is too much! O'Neal's salary this year is just over 20 million U.S. dollars, and he is the No. 1 center in the NBA and has won two championships before he has such a worth. Yao hasn't gone there yet. In the NBA, the Eastern Team asked for 30 million U.S. dollars, so they didn’t intend to let him go!”

Li Weidong smiled and shook his head, and continued: "But this is understandable. The team has established a youth training system and put great effort into selecting and training athletes. Naturally, they will not let them go easily, not to mention that Dayao just helped the Oriental team get Champion of League A.

But in business matters, everything has a price. Although 30 million US dollars is a bit excessive, I think we can negotiate with the Eastern Team! Let them give you a 40% or 50% discount, which would cost more than 10 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 100 million yuan.

With the current football revenue of League A, relying on selling home game tickets, I don’t know how many years it will take to earn 100 million in revenue. Instead of holding Dayao and letting him play A-A, it would be a better deal to exchange it for 100 million yuan. "

"You are right, so we have been bargaining with the Oriental Team. Now the price has reached 18 million US dollars, and the Oriental Team is not willing to lower the price any more." Lawyer Wang said.

"Eighteen million US dollars is still too high, exceeding his current worth." Li Weidong frowned and continued: "What does the Basketball Association think of this matter? Aren't they always encouraging players to go abroad to play and improve their level?"

"The Basketball Association said that if it was a matter at the national team level, they would definitely take care of it, but if it was an internal matter of the Eastern Team, it would be difficult for them to get involved. After all, they have been promoting the professionalization of the A-League in recent years. As the makers of the rules, the Basketball Association is not in a position to take care of the team's affairs," Lawyer Wang replied.

"That's right, you can't be a referee and a player at the same time!" Li Weidong continued: "Besides, this matter will also impact the youth training system of each team. If the Oriental team does not get enough benefits, it will If you let people go, no one will be able to develop the youth training system in the future, and there will be no successors for Chinese basketball!”

"But the price of 18 million US dollars is really too high. The key is that we simply cannot afford that much money. The largest endorsement contract signed by Dayao in recent years is with Feiyue Sports. What is the price? Director Li The boss must know best. Where can we get the 18 million US dollars?" Lawyer Wang sighed.

"In other words, in terms of price, the Oriental team has to continue to make concessions." Li Weidong said.

"Last year, the Oriental team refused to let him go. We feel that if we still can't reach an agreement this year, the chance of the Oriental team letting him go will be even slimmer in the future. Dayao even said that if he couldn't go to the NBA, he would rather Retire and go to college!" Lawyer Wang said.

"This is just an angry talk! Even if Dayao doesn't want to play for the Eastern Team, the national team still needs him." Li Weidong thought for a while and said, "But it's a good idea to go to college."

Lawyer Wang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Although there is a college league in the university, it is still several levels behind League A. Dayao has no rivals in the country. It would be a waste to go to the college league to play. !

Furthermore, the training level in the college league is definitely not as good as that in the A-League. If he really goes to college to play for a few years, his level will not only not increase, but will also decrease. "

"I didn't say that I really wanted Dayao to go to college, but I used this excuse to negotiate with the Oriental team and force them to lower the price." Li Weidong said.

Lawyer Wang thought for a while and said: "This strategy will most likely be seen through by the Eastern Team. The best years for athletes are only in these few years. If you miss it, you will never get back!"

Dayao is 22 years old this year, and he is beginning to reach his peak. If he misses this period, more than half of his sports career will be directly destroyed. In the end, he himself will suffer the biggest loss.

So even if we tell the Eastern team that Dayao will go to college, the Eastern team will think that we are deliberately scaring them, and they will not relax their stance. "

"I didn't say go to a Chinese university, but an American university." Li Weidong replied with a smile.

"Is there any difference?" Lawyer Wang asked.

"Of course there is a big difference." Li Weidong continued: "If you go to an American university to study, you can receive basketball training from American universities and you can also play in the NCAA league of American universities.

I don’t need to introduce the strength of American basketball. It is no exaggeration to say that the overall level of American college basketball is definitely much better than our A-League, and the NCAA League is also higher than our A-League.

I can find a way to help Dayao get an admission letter from a famous American basketball school. You can use this letter to negotiate with the Eastern Team and force them to make concessions.

If they are really a bastard and are determined, then they can simply let Dayao retire, then go to the United States to study, train in American universities, and play in the NCAA league.

In the famous basketball schools in the United States, both coaches and trainers are all NBA-level. There are even many NBA coaches who go to teach American college basketball.

Therefore, if Dayao goes to college in the United States, he can still receive NBA-level training, which means that he has not wasted his great years.

Moreover, Dayao can drop out of school at any time and play in the NBA. Although joining the NBA as a free agent does not offer a high salary as joining the NBA through the draft, at least he can choose his favorite team.

Furthermore, if you can perform well in the NCAA league, even if you enter the NBA as a free agent, your worth will rise. Maybe he can imitate Sabonis of the Trail Blazers! "

Avidas Sabonis of the Trail Blazers is a Lithuanian athlete and an athlete from the former Soviet Union. He was known as the "world's number one center" in the late 1980s.

At the same time, there were also outstanding centers such as Olajuwon and David Robinson, so this title of "No. 1 in the world" will definitely be somewhat controversial.

But Sabonis led his team to win the 1982 World Championship in Colombia and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, which at least shows that he is definitely qualified to compete for this "world's No. 1 center."

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Sabonis led the Lithuanian team and won bronze medals in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He played in professional leagues in Russia and Spain, and won six European Players of the Year and two European Basketball Players.

It is said that the US team worked hard to form the Dream Team 1 and 2 because they could not beat Sabonis in the 1988 Olympics.

In the early 1990s, Sabonis was also the least favorite player among Americans, because Sabonis, at his peak, was always an insurmountable opponent for the American team.

When Sabonis was 32 years old, he finally entered the NBA with a knee injury. Two years later, he scored 1,610 and led the team to the Western Conference Finals, where they lost to the Spurs. The following year he reached the Western Conference Finals again, before losing to the Lakers.

Sabonis is also the only idol recognized by Dayao personally. It is said that when Dayao played a certain online game, the registered ID was Sabonis.

The later Sabonis who made his mark with the Pacers and was traded to the Kings is the son of the old Sabonis.

Although Sabonis only entered the NBA at the age of 32, he also received a large contract worth tens of millions of dollars.

In that era, the NBA's salary cap was only 40 million US dollars, so a multi-million dollar contract was still very valuable.

At that time, there were very few cases like Sabonis who first established their worth in other national leagues and then joined the NBA.

Later, as the number of international players increased, similar situations became more common. For example, Ginobili, Scola, Rubio, etc. did not enter the NBA immediately after the draft, but waited for several years before landing in the NBA.

If Dayao really goes to college in the United States first and then tries to join the NBA, the best way is of course to copy Sabonis's path.

Soon after, Li Weidong got Dayao an admission notice from North Carolina.

North Carolina has always been a famous basketball school in the United States. Especially because it gave birth to the great player Jordan, it has become the number one destination for American basketball teenagers, surpassing Duke University in popularity.

With this admission letter, the negotiations on Lawyer Wang's side became much easier.

In the conference room, representatives of the Eastern Team and Yao's Team began intense negotiations again.

As the negotiations between the two parties gradually became more intense, Lawyer Wang finally came up with his trump card.

"If your Eastern team keeps insisting on such conditions, then our Yao team will have no choice but to retire and go to college!" Lawyer Wang said.

"Go to college? That's great, go and study! Who is afraid of whom?" The representative of the Eastern Team snorted coldly, and then said:

"The best time for an athlete is only a few years. If you go to college and waste a few years without getting professional training, when you want to come back to play again, I'm afraid you won't even be able to play A and B!"

"Who said you can't get professional training if you go to college!" Lawyer Wang snorted coldly.

"Don't I understand the level of college? The most powerful college basketball team is not as good as our youth team!" The other party snorted coldly.

After all, the college league is not a professional league, and its strength is really a level lower than that of the professional league.

This can be seen when the CBA holds drafts in later generations. Many professional teams don't bother to select players at all, because the level of rookies coming out of college is really not up to CBA requirements. In the first few drafts, how many people can play in the CBA?

Those young people who dominate the college league may be very good on the field, but the gap between them and those who come out of the youth training system of professional teams is still very obvious.

In 2001, college basketball and professional leagues had just been established, and the gap was even greater at that time. To say that the most powerful university in the country could not beat the youth training team of professional teams is really not bragging.

The youth training system of professional teams has spent more than ten years selecting and training athletes. If they are not as good as a college basketball player, then there is no need to develop the youth training system at all.

However, Lawyer Wang smiled unmoved and said, "The level of domestic universities is indeed not very good, but we, Yao Yao, are not going to go to domestic universities!"

As Lawyer Wang spoke, he placed the admission letter from North Carolina in front of the Eastern team representatives, and then said: "This is the admission letter from the University of North Carolina in the United States. Do you know North Carolina? A famous basketball school in the United States, Jordan is that university. graduated!

They have the world's top coaches and training equipment there, and their training level is much better than that of your Eastern team! If you go to college there, not only will you not waste time, but you will get world-class training!

Moreover, when you go to college in the United States, you can drop out of school at any time to play in the NBA, and you can even choose a team when the time comes! This is called first-come-first-served, and you, the Oriental team, can't stop it! When that time comes, you won’t get a penny of benefits! "

Looking at the North Carolina admission notice, the Eastern team's negotiator's heart sank.

Before that, the worst outcome for both sides was nothing more than a breakup. The Eastern team would lose Dayao, and Dayao's career would be ruined.

The peak career of an athlete is so short! The Eastern team saw Yao's unwillingness to destroy his future, so all kinds of lions opened their mouths.

However, as soon as the North Carolina admission notice came out, the situation was completely reversed.

The worst outcome now is that Dayao goes to a famous basketball school in the United States. Not only will his training not be affected, but he will still have the opportunity to land in the NBA. However, the Eastern team will have nothing. Not only will they lose Dayao, they will also not make a penny!

The next second, the representative of the Eastern Team sighed and said, "I have to make a phone call!"

"Please!" Lawyer Wang smiled slightly. He knew that the other party was planning to compromise!

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