There is no need to worry about the "Death Special Training Camp". After all, it will take a few days for Kobe and Wang Dalin to "shake people up" How long has it been since the offseason? Who else can practice as hard as Kobe every day?
Taking advantage of his free time on June 29, Kobe hurried out in the morning. His trip was to rent the arena.
The arena he wants to rent is at the University of Southern California, only about three kilometers away from downtown Los Angeles Kobe has practiced here in the past few summers, and he has long been familiar with the school's senior officials.
Before Kobe went out, he gave Wang Dalin a key. This was the key to his old house in Pacific Fence, north of Los Angeles.
Today is an important day for Wang Dalin, because he must temporarily borrow Kobe Bryant's old house to entertain guests from ChinaLi Ning, the chairman of the "Li Ning" company, and his entourage.
We haven¡¯t seen each other for two years. Li Ning¡¯s appearance does not seem to have changed, but the aura of a superior person is much stronger than before. It seems that the "Li Ning" company has developed rapidly in the past two years, and Li Ning, the "Prince of Gymnastics" back then, has become more and more powerful. Getting rich and generous.
Wang Dalin and Schwartz had been waiting for them for a long time. When they saw them coming, they took the initiative to greet them.
Wang Dalin and Li Ning shook hands cordially and said with a smile: "Uncle Li, if you don't come again, I can't wait any longer!"
After hearing this, Li Ning laughed and said: "You brat, what do you want to do if you can't wait any longer? Sign for 'Nike' or 'Adidas'?"
Wang Dalin laughed and said: "How dare I? Aren't you afraid that domestic fans will call me a traitor?"
Li Ning couldn't help laughing: "How can it be that exaggerated? At most, I can only say that you are not patriotic!"
Wang Dalin smiled and said: "I am very patriotic. I have to go back to play in the Asian Championships in September this year!"
Li Ning did not answer his question. Instead, he looked at the surrounding environment and said with some confusion: "You are quite frugal, aren't you? I thought you would buy a house in Beverly Hills!"
Wang Dalin smiled and said: "This house does not belong to me, I am just renting it from a friend for a few days."
Li Ning suddenly realized: "I see I just said that you made so much money, how could you buy such a low-key house?"
The old house located in the "Pacific Palisades" in the north of Los Angeles was bought by Kobe the year he first entered the league. As an NBA rookie, it is certainly a very good place to live, but according to Kobe's current net worth, it is obviously too low-key.
After a group of people entered the house, Wang Dalin served them iced juice to relieve the heat.
After taking a sip, Li Ning first said: "We have basically reached an agreement with Jeff before, now we are finalizing the details!"
After saying that, he winked at his entourage, who quickly took out a thick stack of documents from his briefcase and handed them to Wang Dalin and Schwartz respectively.
In fact, "Li Ning" has started contract renewal negotiations with Schwartz in May. Last time, Wang Dalin only signed a two-year, $8 million contract. Although it included a 5% dividend on sneaker revenue, But compared to Wang Dalin's current status, it is obvious that this contract is too small.
This time, "Li Ning" can be said to have suffered a lot of bleeding. It directly offered Wang Dalin a sky-high contract amount of 70 million US dollars for 7 years.
But Schwartz¡¯s attitude is very strong.
He made it clear that the new No. 1 pick LeBron James has not yet entered the league, and the contract he signed with Nike is already as high as 7 years and 93 million U.S. dollars. Wang Dalin cannot accept a lower price than James in any case.
You know, Wang Dalin has already won an MVP and two FMVPs in the past two years. He is a superstar who has proven himself in the league. How can he not be able to compete with a rookie?
But it¡¯s only 2003, what is the concept of US$93 million in 7 years?
The so-called "sky-high price contract" signed by Yao Ming and "Reebok" is only 50 million US dollars for 7 years, which is only a little more than 7 million US dollars per year.
Kobe Bryant¡¯s sneaker contract with Nike is only 5 years and 45 million U.S. dollars, which is exactly 9 million U.S. dollars per year.
And James¡¯s seven-year, US$93 million contract averages up to US$13.286 million per year, which is higher than Wang Dalin¡¯s annual salary in the new season!
Schwartz demanded that Wang Dalin¡¯s contract renewal amount be higher than that of James. Although Wang Dalin¡¯s strength and the honors he has received cannot be regarded as a lion¡¯s opening, such a high asking price still made the people at the ¡°Li Ning¡± company almost Reject directly.
Therefore, the negotiations between the two parties reached a deadlock for a time. In the end, it was Li Ning himself who came forward in person to make the negotiations smoother.
After more than a month of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement, and Wang DalinRegarding the contract, Li Ning was certainly not too stingy and directly signed a check of US$3 million to Wang Dalin as the signing fee.
The Americans may not like this, but Li Ning thinks it should still be given. Who made Wang Dalin earn more than 100 million US dollars for the "Li Ning" company in the past two years?
After receiving the signing fee, Wang Dalin suddenly beamed with joy and had to drag them out for a big meal I have to say that high-end restaurants in Los Angeles are really expensive. There were only seven people in total, and one meal cost him Nearly $100,000.
In fact, the food alone is not that expensive, the main thing is the wine "Uncle Li" may indeed be in a good mood, he opened 5 bottles of "Romanee Conti" from 1990, and drank it with Wang Dalin and others. Very happy.
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After signing such a sky-high endorsement contract, coupled with the money he previously invested in "Kweichow Moutai" stocks, Wang Dalin can barely be considered a billionaire nowwell, a billionaire in US dollars. !
Since you are already so rich, the next step is to buy a big villa in Los Angeles.
The day before, he asked Kobe to help him find a big house in Beverly Hills. Kobe was really unfamiliar with this. Later, he did buy a big villa in Beverly Hills, but that was already in 2008. .
Therefore, Wang Dalin decided to find a housing agency (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com