Global Demon Transformation.

Chapter 155 The Best Couple Combination
Due to the endorsement contract, Lin Feng and his group stayed at the villa.

Dong Yunan packed lunch from the cafeteria and brought it back to the villa.

Gao Hai and Yang Fan quickly finished their lunch in three minutes and then went back to their busy work.

Five p.m.

"Brother Feng, the 29 endorsement contracts have been signed. Payment will be made before midnight tonight, and the contracts will officially take effect."

Yang Fan shook his slightly sore neck from side to side and said to Lin Feng.

"29 endorsements, how many in total?"

"After tax, the lowest is 85 million for two years and the highest is 120 million for two years. There are 29 endorsement contracts, totaling 1.8124 billion."

Yang Fan did some calculations and said, "If it weren't for the requirement of a two-year contract, the price would be even higher."

Many companies signed Lin Feng with the mindset of taking a gamble.

Lin Feng, however, demanded that the endorsement contract be signed for two years at a time.

If the contract is renewed after two years, the endorsement fee will increase by 100%, meaning that the endorsement fee will double every two years.

This makes it impossible for many companies that want to take a gamble but lack the financial strength to afford such doubled endorsement fees.

Although Lin Feng is now very famous and attracts nationwide attention, he has not actually been able to generate much fan benefit in the past three years.

It's still too weak.

He'll have to wait until his senior year, three years later, to participate in the National College Glory League before he'll have the endorsement value.

It will take at least six years for Lin Feng to actually enter the Glory Professional League and become a professional player.

In six years, the endorsement fee has quadrupled, which is something that most companies cannot accept.

Of course, for large conglomerates and companies, given Lin Feng's future potential and development, it's not much.

Compared to real Honor of Kings All-Star players, it's cheap and perfectly acceptable.

Moreover, it was precisely Lin Feng's demanding two-year contracts and doubled endorsement deals that reassured many large companies that had initially been hesitant or even skeptical.

Nobody's a fool!

Even if you're betting on something, it doesn't mean you should bet recklessly.

Even though Lin Feng made it onto the Glory Rising Stars list, became the top scorer in the college entrance examination, and sat on the first throne, becoming a second-rank martial artist with monstrous martial arts talent, in the end, Lin Feng had not yet refined the demon spirit.

If he can truly refine the Earthly Ranking Demon Spirit, Lin Feng's endorsement contracts will definitely be far more than this number.

This is also why many companies had doubts before.

But Lin Feng really can't refine demon spirits, or rather, he can only refine low-level demon spirits. If he wants to swindle money, he can easily sign a five-year or ten-year contract.

The contract is for two years. If Lin Feng is no longer valuable by then, they can simply choose not to renew it.

Many of the talented players who have made it onto the Honor Rookie Rankings list have signed long-term contracts.

Since it's a gamble, betting on the future of a genius, the endorsement fees are almost always paid in a lump sum.

There are endorsements for ten years, fifteen years, and even a lifetime.

Even with a long-term contract, the endorsement fee can be several times higher because it's paid in one lump sum.

Some companies were optimistic about Lin Feng's future, or were just testing the waters and wanted to sign long-term contracts, offering 20-year, 700 million yuan contracts, but all of them were rejected outright without any room for negotiation.

Although Lin Feng's actions were somewhat strange and contradictory, the endorsement fee for two years was less than 100 million yuan, which was still a gamble that large corporations and conglomerates could afford.

I won't feel too bad if I lose.

Yang Fan and the others naturally had some doubts, but since Lin Feng didn't give a reason, they didn't dare to ask any further questions.

At this moment, no one understood Lin Feng's bizarre move!
Juxing Club Guanglin Branch.

At this time, the Juxing branch was brightly lit.

Although it was very late, all thirty employees of the branch were present and voluntarily stayed to work overtime.

It's not possible to refuse.

Because today, the head of Juxing branch and the senior executives from Beijing are all in the conference room.

"You're not going to stay up all night, are you? I was supposed to go see a midnight movie with my girlfriend tonight!"

The employees pretended to be working diligently, but their eyes kept sneaking glances at the closed conference room door.

"I heard they were discussing Lin Feng?"

"Really? The media has gone crazy today. If you turn on the TV, three out of ten channels are about Lin Feng."

"Guanglin News Station went even further, spending a full three hours analyzing and commenting on him. He's only a freshman, yet he's already receiving the treatment of an All-Star player."

"In the next Glory Rising Star Ranking, I'm afraid Lin Feng will break into the top 100!"

"What do you mean top 100? At least top 50!"

"Is Lin Feng really going to join Juxing?"

"Not necessarily. I heard that Zhaifeng is determined to win and has even made some tough statements. Guanglin is the territory of the Fenghuo team, and Leiting is Lin Feng's city team. We, Juxing, have no advantage at all. I don't think we can compete with them!"

"That makes sense!"

"I was wondering, if Lin Feng really joined Juxing, would he get back together with Ya Ge? They're such a handsome man and a beautiful woman, both so talented—the most dazzling couple in the Glory Alliance!"

In the conference room.

The oval conference table, which can seat 20 people, only had a handful of three people.

"I think Lin Feng is considering joining the Juxing Club!"

Zhang Ling frowned slightly. The smell of smoke in the conference room made her very uncomfortable, but she was helpless to do anything about it.

The two people in front of her were, one of whom was the head of the Guanglin branch, and their positions were equal to hers, so it didn't matter to her.

However, the other one was a high-ranking official sent from the headquarters in Beijing, whose status was much higher than hers. Therefore, even though she was feeling uncomfortable from being choked, she didn't dare to say anything more.

What are the sufficient reasons?

Wu Cailiang, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, asked with a somewhat serious expression.

As one of the three heads of the Rising Star Department at Juxing's Beijing headquarters, he arrived in Guanglin three days ago.

He was also present at Hongyun's throne challenge yesterday and witnessed a spectacular match.

Lin Feng and Yun Kai's performance made him feel that the trip was worthwhile.

Two future All-Star seeds.

Signing these two people became his sole objective for this trip to Guanglin.

Although there are many talented newcomers, they pale in comparison to Lin Feng and Yun Kai.

Juxing is determined to acquire these two exceptional geniuses.

Besides their talent and strength, one is handsome and the other is as wild and domineering as a lion, giving them a clear advantage in appearance.

This perfectly aligns with Juxing's principle of combining strength and appearance.

In the future, Yun Kai can completely replace Ye Xing, the current captain of the Juxing team and also the most popular player, and may even be more popular than Ye Xing.

Compared to Lin Feng, Ju Xing actually desired Yun Kai more.

However, as a descendant of an extraordinary race, and now a key figure in the rise of the clan, the Yun clan will not easily allow Yun Kai to join the club.

They didn't even have Yun Kai's contact information, and planned to take down Lin Feng, one of their targets, first.

If Lin Feng can take down the same team, he'll have a better chance of taking down Yun Kai later.

"When we called this afternoon, Lin Feng didn't directly refuse. He said he'd think about it and would get back to us before midnight!"

The pungent smell of smoke finally made Zhang Ling cough a few times before she explained:

“I’ve had a few interactions with Lin Feng, but we only exchanged a few words before he hung up. Sometimes he wouldn’t even answer the phone and would just hang up. This kid has a strange personality; he usually won’t say more than a word to me.”

"If they weren't interested, they would never say they'd give a reply before midnight!"

After Zhang Ling finished speaking, the meeting room became quiet.

After a moment, Wu Cailiang nodded slightly:

“What you said makes some sense, but Lin Feng didn’t make any direct promises! Maybe he’s saying the same thing to everyone, deliberately dragging it out and waiting for the best offer!” “Zhai Feng also gave us a contract. He even said that no matter how much Juxing offers, he’ll go for it. I heard he’s even willing to give Lin Feng the position of chief warrior!”

Song Ming, the person in charge of the Guanglin distribution, said.

He naturally paid close attention to this major competitor, and had already placed a pawn in the Zhaifeng branch in Guanglin.

"Zhaifeng is already outdated. Now they're worried? How ridiculous!"

Wu Cailiang said with some disdain:

"Giving up a leader to lead the war is a first for Zhaifeng, and it's completely contrary to its principles!"

Wu Cailiang scoffed at the motto of Zhaifeng: "Everything is for the championship!"

Everything is for the championship. Right now, we can't even recruit a few of the top 100 rookies on the Glory Rookie Ranking. In a few years, I'm afraid we won't even be able to make it into the top five of the league, let alone win the championship!
Without a proven track record, even fans from the same city might give up and refuse to watch Zhaifeng's matches.

"They were desperate, had no way out, and had no choice, so naturally they were willing to pay a high price!"

Zhang Ling's expression was somewhat serious:

"Back in Jiangcheng, Lin Feng had not yet shown his talent and had only demonstrated his combat skills. Jiang Jun was very optimistic about Lin Feng and contacted him many times afterward, pursuing him relentlessly. If Zhaifeng headquarters had not been unwilling to offer a large contract, Lin Feng would probably have already joined Zhaifeng."

"Well, Jiang Jun's strength is average, but he has good judgment. It's a bit of a pity to keep him in Zhaifeng."

Wu Cailiang sighed.

Zhang Ling's expression changed slightly, but she quickly returned to normal.

"Lin Feng has signed at least ten endorsement contracts today."

Song Ming reminded him.

They had known about this for a long time; it wasn't exactly a secret.

"Idiot, pulling these kinds of tricks before signing a contract is short-sighted and over-exploits your commercial value!"

Wu Cailiang frowned slightly, somewhat disdainfully.

Many rookies sign endorsement contracts before signing with a club to avoid having the club take a cut of their commission.

However, Lin Feng could have the club handle it, and the quality and price of the endorsements would be higher, earning him far more than he would have saved on commissions.

In Wu Cailiang's opinion, Lin Feng was somewhat foolish.

If it were an ordinary rookie, Juxing would have ignored him long ago. However, Lin Feng is no ordinary person. Juxing Club prioritizes the team's performance, so they can only accept it helplessly and try to make up for it later.

"How's the investigation into Zhaifeng's contract going?" Wu Cailiang asked Song Ming.

Just as Song Ming was about to shake his head, his phone vibrated slightly. He opened the message and his expression turned grim: "7 billion over ten years, split 90/10, and a sixth-rank position for the chief strategist!"

After Song Ming finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became heavy.

"A madman, he's actually giving the position to the one who advocates war!"

Wu Cailiang couldn't help but curse.

The 7 billion contract is paid out in installments over several years, with 700 million paid out each year.

Juxing's revenue is 65 billion over ten years, which means the difference is only 50 million per year, not much.

Zhaifeng gets 91% and Juxing gets 82%. It seems like there's a 10% difference, but it's not a small amount.

Zhai Feng is indeed very generous.

Money was fine, but Zhai Feng had really gone mad and directly gave him a starting position.

Just like the contract the Thunder gave Ye Qiu back then, they messed it up!
Six months have passed, and the Thunder team is still in turmoil. Not only has the team's performance declined, but morale is also unstable, and it has been slow to recover.

Given Leiting's previous example, how dare Zhaifeng still do this!

"Now, forget about it."

Zhang Ling said with a hint of helplessness.

Juxing had no chance of competing for the wind removal contract.

The three of them looked grim; it seemed their trip to Guanglin would end in failure.

Having witnessed the extraordinary talents of Lin Feng and Yun Kai, they found it difficult to be interested in other promising rookies.

"madman!"

Wu Cailiang cursed, slammed the cigarette he was holding onto the table, and got up to leave.

"and many more."

Just then, Zhang Ling suddenly pulled out her phone, her whole body trembling slightly, and said excitedly:

"Lin Feng's phone call!"

Wu Cailiang suddenly stopped, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Under their gazes, Zhang Ling held her phone, a smile gradually appearing on her lips, which grew wider and wider.

"It's done!"

Zhang Ling said excitedly after hanging up the phone.

On Awakening Day, she signed Ya Ge and received a generous reward from headquarters.

If Lin Feng were to be signed now, although Wu Cailiang would take the lion's share of the credit, as the head of the Jiangcheng branch, she would naturally receive just as much.

"This time, I'm afraid I'll have to be transferred back to headquarters and climb up the ranks!"

Zhang Ling thought to herself.

Wu Cailiang and Song Ming were also very excited. They had thought there was no hope and had even given up, but they never expected the surprise to come so suddenly.

However, after the initial excitement subsided, Wu Cailiang became somewhat puzzled: "Lin Feng, why not sign Zhai Feng?"

Zhaifeng's contract is much better than Juxing's!
Even as opponents, they felt that Lin Feng had no reason to refuse.

Juxing is indeed a powerful club, but Zhaifeng is also one, and its financial resources are definitely not weak. As a long-established Glory Club, Zhaifeng actually has a deeper foundation in some aspects.

"why?"

I couldn't figure it out, so I was a little uneasy about signing this contract.

After all, it's a massive contract worth 6.5 billion over ten years.

Such a contract is comparable only to that of Ye Xingneng, the Berserker, in the current Juxing team. Even Xie Yixiao, the Little Thunder God, only has a contract of 5 billion over ten years.

“If it were me, I would also choose to take the lead. No one can easily refuse the position of the main fighter!” Wu Cailiang said.

"Could it be a trap?" Song Ming asked with some concern.

Keep in mind that Lin Feng has not yet refined the demon spirit!
If the contract were signed after Lin Feng had finished refining the demon spirit, it would be foolproof. However, it is clear that all the clubs are scrambling to sign the contract because of Lin Feng's monstrous talent, fearing that their rivals will snatch it away first.

"If there's a trap, Lin Feng will choose Zhai Feng, who pays the most money."

Zhang Ling said, and after a while, she seemed to remember something and tentatively asked, "Could it be because of Ya Ge?"

Song of Songs?

Upon hearing Zhang Ling's words, the other two were slightly taken aback, and then suddenly realized what she meant.

Faced with a contract like Zhaifeng, the only reason Lin Feng would choose Juxing seems to be that girl.

"Back then, Lin Feng suppressed his cultivation speed for six years for the sake of Ya Ge!"

The more Zhang Ling thought about it, the more she felt that this was the reason: "The breakup was probably just an impulsive decision, and Lin Feng regrets it!"

"The best couple pairing!"

Wu Cailiang couldn't help but sigh.

The evolution path of the Enchanting Butterfly has been roughly determined.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this girl, whose innocence is tinged with a hint of allure, will likely become one of Juxing's leading stars in the future.

If Lin Feng joins, the two of them will undoubtedly become the most dazzling couple in the Juxing team.

"I'll report this to headquarters."

As he spoke, he started a video call: "Since headquarters has given us the contract, they definitely have no objections. To avoid any unforeseen complications, let's sign the contract with Lin Feng directly, and transfer the first year's signing fee over now!"

(End of this chapter)