Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 111 Danzi, Under Armor gave too much...

Jones is someone who took advantage of the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, how could he have been so angry!
With the new enmity of the watch business and the old enmity of looting the wine cellar, he wished he could fight Wu Di on the spot!
But he still held back. Although he is a native of Miami, the Merrick Park mall is not a place where he can run wild. After all, even the leaders of transnational criminal groups have to obediently swipe their cards to pay, let alone him?
However, as a mud leg that Riley recognized and the future general manager of the Suns, Jones quickly thought of a way to retaliate.

He took out his mobile phone, secretly took a photo of Wu Di and Lina when paying, opened his Twitter account and became a keyboard warrior:

"I saw another wealthy Asian, with a white girlfriend, Vacheron Constantin who bought hundreds of thousands of dollars without blinking his eyes! Damn, I have worked hard for more than ten years to save money, Asian Move your fingers and you'll be there..."

After a while, this tweet gained quite a lot of exposure. Jones, who is Asian, shows off his wealth, and has a white girlfriend, has accurately grasped the traffic password of Twitter.

Soon some netizens left foul-smelling comments:

"A lot of Asian money comes from wrong sources, that's why they spend so much and don't know how to save. By the way, guys, where is this place? I want to teach this guy a lesson!"

"I like Asians like this. They don't dare to call the police when they rob them. That's great!"

"WOO, this chick's legs are so straight, what a pity!"

……

And soon some netizens recognized that this is NBA supernova Wu Di:

"Isn't this Wu Di, I just lost yesterday, I didn't expect to spend it today..."

"Shouldn't you go back to training after losing the ball? It's a joke to want revenge like this! Someone compared him to Kobe before. After Kobe lost, he practiced like crazy, and Wu Di played like crazy!"

"Wu Di was only photographed driving a Mercedes-McLaren SLR before, he probably has a mine at home..."

Jones saw that the heat had risen, so he boarded the tuba and started to add fuel to the flames. He reposted this tweet, and pretended to be innocent with a postscript:
"Hey brother, are you here today? This is my former teammate Wu Di. Do you still remember his manager Ariana Rockefeller? He is a rich man, and he has always looked down on us poor children..."

This sentence can be regarded as hitting the G-spot of many low-level people in the United States. The victim paranoia has always made them feel that it is the blockade of these powerful people that prevents them from getting ahead.

After all, the United States is capitalist, and it is very particular about background, and this phenomenon is very serious in the circle of NBA players.

Like Kobe and Curry, they were excluded from the team early in their careers. One of the important reasons was that they came from middle-class families, which were incompatible with the backgrounds of most of the black people in the team. They were even "expelled" because of this. Not worthy of being called "Brother Mud"...

Although it sounds a bit funny, Jones' purpose is quite vicious. He wants to establish Wu Di's superior image, thereby destroying Wu Di's commercial value and the legitimacy of Knight's revenge.

Soon some Jamies joined the battlefield and began to add fuel to the flames:
"When I saw Wu Di driving a McLaren supercar, I wanted to say that King James not only endorsed Kia, but also drove Kia in his own life. This is the civilian hero we should really love!"

"That is, Zuckerberg is so rich that he only drives a Honda Fit. Wu Di's wealth is far behind him, but he drives a $300 million supercar. He really doesn't deserve to be a sports star, because he can't Set a good example for young people!"

"Li Ka-shing, the richest man in the Chinese community, usually wears Citizen's. Wu Di's top-notch wristwatch worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is like buying cabbage. Even if his salary is several million dollars, he can't afford it. Sooner or later he will end up on the street!"

……

Wu Di laughed off these comments. Lao Zhan, Xiao Zha, and Li Cucumber are all the same kind of people. These are just the "people-friendly" images they deliberately manage in front of the public.

The real situation is that Lao Zhan has a bunch of supercars, Kia is only driven for endorsement, Xiao Zha’s Fit is followed by a luxury security team worth 2000 million dollars a year, and Li Cucumber is the largest luxury watch brand Patek Philippe. collector.

Wu Di wasn't going to be a hypocrite like them. In fact, he knew what would happen next when he saw Jones' distraught look, but he wasn't worried, and had already planned.

Soon, his former college classmate and teammate, Evan Turner, published some series of photos of Wu Di's work-study program under this topic.

In this era when p-pictures are far from popular, these photos spanning several years are very convincing, and instantly slapped a lot of rumors and smears.

"Damn it, if there is another chance like this next time, you must tell me in advance! I posted a wave of photos of you today, and you have gained more fans than me in the past few months!"

Turner said with a smile on the phone, "But that Mercedes-McLaren SLR is really a gift from the brand?! It's so cool, brother. When you go to the city for the race next month, you must let me touch it! "

"Okay, you come to my bullfight first, if you win don't talk about touching, just let you drive away!"

Wu Di laughed and said, yes, he also asked Teresi, the owner of the Mercedes-Benz dealer, to issue a statement, confirming that the supercar was completely "gifted" to Wu Di by him:

"It is a great honor to present the supercar Mercedes-McLaren SLR 722, which represents the highest craftsmanship of Mercedes, to Wu Di, the star of the Cavaliers. This star from Ohio State has brought precious hope to Ohio State, just as The shining stars on the three-pointed mark!"

……

Jones looked at the negative comments on Wu Di on the Internet, and felt as if he lost his soul. He couldn't figure out how Wu Di could break his game in such a short period of time...

"Honey, don't worry about it. Although he is just a rookie, he is the global brand ambassador of Pepsi after all. Your grade is indeed much worse than his..."

Beth comforted him by stroking his back. She checked Wu Di's background afterwards, but it was too late to regret it now...

However, Jones threw her away:

"What do you know!! How can he, a guy who was abandoned by Riley, compare to me, the red man in front of Riley? And we only won them by nearly 20 points yesterday..."

However, Beth suddenly covered her mouth in surprise, because when they were arguing, explosive news about Wu Di appeared on Twitter——

Under Armor announced that it will sign an endorsement cooperation contract with Wu Di of the Cavaliers tomorrow. The contract amount will be 4 million US dollars for 7000 years!

"Is Anderma crazy..."

Jones was completely stunned, his plot to affect Wu Di's commercial value all failed...

Moreover, 4 years, 7000 million US dollars! ?
Although everyone plays in the NBA and is known for their 3-pointers, Wu Diguang's income from an endorsement contract is 70 times his annual salary!
Moreover, this amount has far exceeded the endorsement price of a first-line superstar, and if it is split every year, it will far exceed the previous seven-year record of 7 million US dollars in endorsement fees held by Lao Zhan...

At this moment, any words of justification are weak, he and Wu Di are obviously far behind by more than one level, and worse things are yet to come...

"Hi Mr. James Jones, I am James Parist, an attorney at Greenberg LLP, and my client Merrick Park Mall has found that you have violated the privacy of their valued customers and severely damaged the mall's reputation. I I will send you a lawyer's letter stating the basic facts, legal basis and basic demands of the case, please keep it, and we will see you in court!"

Listening to the lawyer's indifferent statement on the phone, Jones' teeth began to chatter involuntarily. He thought he had done a perfect job, but he didn't expect the mall to find him within a day!

"What do I need to do..."

He plucked up the last bit of courage and asked, if this kind of civil lawsuit can be settled with the shopping mall, there is no need to go to court.

"Can you get the forgiveness of the person involved, Mr. Wu?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Jones categorically asked him to apologize to Wu Di?

It would be better to kill him!

"That's troublesome, because you have caused irreparable damage to the reputation of the mall, and my client will claim at least 100 million dollars from you based on the loss..."

With a snap, the phone slipped from Jones' hands, and $100 million...

Jones was completely depressed. He sat on the ground blankly. Although the final compensation amount should not reach this figure, he was already frightened out of his wits just listening to it...

In essence, James Jones is such a "smart man" who doesn't care about his head. After he became the general manager of the Suns, he didn't renew the contract in advance. You can see the clues in the operation.

……

At the same time, Wu Di has already boarded the private jet arranged for him by Under Armour, and is reading the summary version of the endorsement contract with great interest.

I have to say that Ariana is really a genius in business negotiation!

Pepsi's double reward clause for the previous championship was already very attractive, but compared with Under Armor's benefits and rewards, it is still a bit pale.

The first is welfare rights.

There are three main items in this area. The first item is that Under Armor will bear the cost of private security for him.

Under Armor will appoint a professional security company, Blackwater Group, to provide him with a private bodyguard with a gun license, and the annual fee is capped at $150 million.

This is Under Armour's purchase of insurance for its huge investment.

A lot of people are popular, and coupled with the environment of a free America, Ariana successfully persuaded the senior management of Under Armor to invest some necessary funds for Wu Di in terms of personal security.

The second is that Under Armor will set up a scholarship named after Wu Di in Wu Di's alma mater, Ohio State University, with 10 places per year, the upper limit of the fee is 40 US dollars, and the annual sponsorship of the Ohio State men's and women's basketball teams. $10 sporting goods.

While this Under Armor has established a good reputation for Wu Di, it can also be considered as a publicity for himself.

Although the Ohio State school team is not a traditional giant of the NCAA, but because of Wu Di, this year's voice has increased significantly, and Under Armour's investment in this area will definitely not lose money.

The third is that Under Armor will hold a World Tour Elite Challenge themed on "Invincible-Under Armour" during the NBA offseason each year, with a budget of US$100 million, of which the prize money for the game will not be less than US$30.

The most important thing is that this challenge will be held by Wu Di and the way it will be held, and the corresponding Under Armor branches around the world will undertake the organization, coordination and publicity of the competition.

This is Wu Di's key proposal. The semi-public nature of the competition can attract a lot of attention, and it can also allow him to exercise his autonomy.

The sum of these three items has reached 4 million in 1200 years, which is more than the 4-year 900 million sneaker contract Wu Di received from Nike at the beginning.

Bonus terms are even more enticing.

When tempted to get off the plane, Jordan called Wu Di asking him about "betrayal". Wu Di had only reported half of the reward terms, and Jordan interrupted him with "stop and stop".

"Danzi, Under Armour's offer is too much. If you can match their offer, I'll go to your place right away. How about it?"

Wu Di laughed and said that the terms of Under Armour's rewards are in the form of direct distribution of equity.

Elected as the champion of the slam dunk contest, the champion of the three-point contest, the champion of the skill challenge, the best defensive player (DPOY), the All-Star, All-Star MVP, and the second team, directly reward [-]% of Under Armour's shares.

Don't look at the fact that [-]% accounts for very little, but based on the current market value of Under Armour, which is close to [-] billion US dollars, one item is [-] million US dollars!

In addition, the best rookie (ROY), the first team, and the scoring champion are all [-]% of the shares. According to the current market value of Under Armour, which is close to [-] billion US dollars, one item is [-] million US dollars!

However, the two awards with the most rewards are MVP and FMVP, which directly reward [-]% of the shares, each worth [-] million US dollars!

Moreover, the most important thing is that, except for the best rookie and all-star related awards, you can get stock rewards repeatedly for other awards!

That is to say, in theory, Wu Di can get a maximum of [-]% equity incentive in the first year, and a maximum of [-]% equity incentive every year for the next three years.

Wu Di also didn't know how Ariana won so much, especially the terms of repeated acquisition and repeated incentives. Before that, he only said that some shares would be rewarded for winning a certain award, but he didn't mention repeated rewards.

It can only be guessed that Under Armor agreed to this negotiation based on Jordan's precedent. After all, if he can repeatedly win the MVP or FMVP in the first four seasons of his career, then Wu Di is the second Jordan, and it is reasonable to give him these equity incentives.

"Damn it, Under Armor is crazy, but I'm not crazy!"

Jordan sucked in his saliva, this clause, tsk tsk, almost caught up with the [-]% share contract that Nike offered him back then...

But at that time, Nike's market value was far from that of Under Armor, and at that time, Jordan had already won his first MVP trophy...

"Remember, you boy, those limited edition AJs I gave you, you can't put them in the cloakroom for ashes, or send them to me! In addition, you still owe me one..."

"Hello? What are you talking about? Damn, why is the signal suddenly bad...Hello? Hello? I'll call you later..."

Under Jordan's scolding, Wu Di hung up the phone.

Hehe, what are you thinking, I still want to get back what I gave away...

Hey, shouldn't I add a sentence, "If you have the guts, come here and challenge yourself"?
……

After the complicated signing process, Wu Di exported the cultural connotation of the "Invincible" brand to Under Armor's designer team.

"Invincible" is still easy to understand, but the brand logo is directly in Chinese, which is the first time among mainstream sports brands.

Facing this challenging job, Under Armour's top management deliberated and dispatched a top design team led by the company's chief designer Dave Dombrow to serve Wu Di.

Wu Di has no reservations about design, after all, this is his brand of the same name, and if this brand can become a hit, he can be regarded as exporting a wave of Chinese and Chinese culture overseas.

In terms of invincible brand logo design, he suggested that the team refer to the design elements of Huaxia seal engraving.

This kind of design has been a great success since Li Ning used it in [-]. The western trendy brand "Surpreme" is also a successful case.

In terms of the shoe shape of the invincible [-]st generation, based on the current Under Armour’s product library, Wu Di chose Clutchfit Drive, a shoe shape that will be highly praised in the future, as the base for development, and put "none" and "" on the left and right heels respectively. The word "enemy" is very domineering.

Under Wu Di's constant brainwashing, Dave and other Under Armour's designers were greatly shocked, and they have initially become fascinated with Chinese culture, and are ready to enroll in classes to learn Chinese!
Everything is ready, just waiting for the prototype test. Wu Di took a huge check of [-] million US dollars and set foot on the flight back to Kecheng with Ariana.

When the two arrived at the Kecheng Airport at night, it happened to catch up with the first heavy snow this winter.

Wu Di didn't go back to the manor tonight, but followed Ariana to her apartment.

After panting in satisfaction, the two hugged each other affectionately under the quilt, watching the snowflakes like goose feathers slowly falling under the street lamp outside the window, without saying anything.

Finally, they finally won the ideal sneaker contract!

从最初的4年900万美刀，到3年900万美刀，到4年1500万美刀，再到5年2500万美刀……

This rising quotation has witnessed Wu Di's progress and also witnessed Wu Di's growth.

In the middle, because of the catfish effect of Arena's introduction of Pepsi, the sneaker contract jumped to more than 1000 million US dollars per year!

Also, the craziest thing is that they even rejected Adidas' super contract of 7 million US dollars for 1.05 years!
In the end, I still prefer Under Armor's sub-brands, plus generous equity incentives and an extra $1000 million signing bonus...

Anyway, the contract is signed, and the next step is to strive for various honors and get huge equity incentives!
Whether it should be said or not, this is indeed worthy of applause and celebration. Wu Di took out another raincoat...

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Early the next morning, Wu Di came to the Cavaliers training center in high spirits to participate in the team's targeted training.

This afternoon, they will host the Orlando Magic, now fourth in the East, in the absence of Jamison.

Having experienced a big defeat by the Heat, and having just officially signed a sky-high contract with Under Armor, both Wu Di and the Cavaliers desperately need a victory to revive their strength.

But the current combat power of the Magic is far stronger than them.

Their inside line has the twin towers of the All-Star level, the peak "Warcraft" Dwight Howard and "Little Sweet" Rashad Lewis.

Their outside lines are also full of talents, "half man, half god", Vince Carter, one of the four major shooting guards, "White Chocolate" Jason Williams, three-point contest champion "Big Q" Quentin Richard Desen, Jamal Nelson, who was selected as an All-Star last year, and many other stars.

This is destined to be a fierce battle, but Wu Di has no way out, and can only lead the remnants of the knights to face the difficulties.

Because the Cavaliers will face the stronger Celtics in the next game, it will be even more difficult to deal with, even more difficult to fight!

During the training break, Wu Di opened the system panel and checked his own attributes again:
[Host: Wu Di]

【Age: 18 years old】

【Physical talent】

【Height: 196cm】

【Armspan: 211cm】

【Weight: 103kg】

【Extreme Speed: 83 (83)】

【Strength: 85 (85)】

【Waist and abdomen: [-] ([-])】

【Flexible: [-] ([-])】

[Bounce: 88 (88)]

[Explosive power: 8 (8)]

[Physical fitness: 92 (92)]

【Technical talent】

【Possession: 88 (88)】

[pass: 81 (81)]

[Vision: 81 (81)]

[Layup: 3 (3)]

[Dunk: 91 (91)]

【Rely on hitting: [-] ([-])】

【Near shot: 83 (83)】

[CIC: 84 (84)]

[Long shot: [-] ([-])]

[Jump shot: [-] ([-])]

[Steals: 80 (80)]

【Rebounds: 1 (1)】

[Defense: 8 (8)]

[Blocks: 87 (87)]

【medal】

[Punching Master (Purple Diamond): Increase rebounding ability by 20%, reduce sprint take-off distance by 20%]

[Flying Badge (Purple Diamond): When jumping, there is a chance to trigger the flying state. In the flying state, the ability to stay in the air +0%, the ability to layup +[-]%, the ability to dunk +[-]%, the ability to jump shot +[-]%, the ability to block shots +[-]%]

[Comprehensive rating: SS level, NBA superstar player]

[Wealth value: [-] US dollars, can be exchanged for [-] SS-level talent points]

[Main task: "Championship" (in progress, after completing it, you can get a no-injury badge)]

"After deducting the brokerage fee for Ariana, there are still 21 talent points left to add..."

Wu Di muttered, December 12st is his birthday, and it is also the day when the system specifically asks him to improve his static talent.

"If I want to achieve the same static talent as Lao Zhan, I have to increase my height by 10 centimeters and my wingspan by 3 centimeters, which means I will spend 1300 million yuan!"

"But I have 2100 million now, and I can definitely increase my wingspan. For example, I can directly increase my wingspan by 10 centimeters to an even more sky-high 221 centimeters, which is Lao Zhan's height plus Kawhi Leonard's wingspan. ..."

"In this way, I can completely crush Lao Zhan in terms of static talent, and it will be difficult for him to restrict me from receiving the ball..."

"Completely overwhelm Lao Zhan in terms of static talent... Hehe, it's wonderful to think of it! Even when I add attributes such as explosive power and defense later, it can in turn restrict him from receiving the ball..."

"But forget it, as long as I don't suffer from static talent, we still have to rely on technology to win, so that we can beat him to his heart's content! Well, the system, add some explosive power!"

(End of this chapter)