After Zhang Guan returned to the capital, he immediately received a call from He Yiming. People from Fidelity Investment Company arrived in the capital one day earlier than him and brought all the authorization and legal documents.
Zhang Guan signed the relevant documents with He Yiming, and also signed the relevant authorization documents for the championship team. From this moment on, Zhang Guan's agent team, the championship team, was legally recognized.
Then he returned to the Temple of Heaven apartment. From tomorrow, the Olympic championship team can be officially disbanded, and the athletes have begun to go home. Zhang Guan is also preparing to go home to see his parents.
But what surprised Zhang Guan was that someone from the Field Management Center came again, and this time the people who came were acquaintances. They were Director Sun and Manager Wang and Lawyer Zhu from Naike Company.
From the moment he met Manager Wang, Zhang Guan guessed their purpose. A few days ago, he might have felt passive, but now that the legal documents of the championship team have officially come into effect, Zhang Guan can be said to be confident.
Director Sun's attitude was similar to last time. He still handed a few pages of A4 paper to Zhang Guan without any explanation and asked Zhang Guan to sign directly. The content of the A4 paper is the same as last time, which is the authorization letter.
Zhang Guan put down the A4 paper and said, "I'm afraid I can't sign this."
"Why? You are already eighteen years old and an adult." Director Sun's face turned gloomy, as if the mist had turned over.
"I have formed a dedicated team of brokers to be responsible for my business development." Zhang Guanhua paused and then said: "The relevant legal documents have been completed."
"What? Why don't we know?" Director Sun scolded angrily.
"The preparations for the establishment started a few days ago, and all the legal documents were signed just a few hours ago." Zhang Guan thought for a while and added: "It is legal to have a lawyer present."
"No, you can't do this!" Director Sun continued to shout: "You can't do this without the approval of the center's leadership. This is a violation of discipline!"
Zhang Guan had already prepared his words, and he said: "The Sports Federation's "Notice on the Management of Athletes Engaged in Advertising Business Activities" stipulates that active athletes can carry out advertising and other business activities as long as they are approved by the organization. My team has The application form has been prepared and may have been sent to the General Administration now. And I haven’t conducted any advertising activities yet, I just found a team of agents, so it doesn’t count as a violation.”
"How could you do this! There is no organization or discipline. You should report this kind of thing to the center first, and should not go to the general bureau across the hierarchy." Director Sun looked a little annoyed.
Zhang Guan shrugged: "I followed the normal procedure. Moreover, the General Administration also stipulates that part of athletes' bonuses, advertising and other income must be used as the association's reward fund and the National Sports Fund. I will definitely make a lot of it in this regard." It was handed over. I believe everything is done in accordance with the regulations, and everything is done in accordance with the law and regulations."
"You... you..." Director Sun stamped his foot angrily: "I will go back and report to the leader now!"
After Director Sun finished speaking, he turned around and left. Manager Wang and Lawyer Zhu looked at each other, looking increasingly at a loss, but both of them knew that this time it was in vain.
The most depressing thing is Manager Wang. If he knew that Zhang Guan already had a management team, he would not have to bother to find connections in the field management center to find favors. Thinking about how he pretended to be a grandson in order to secure this endorsement two days ago, Manager Wang became more and more frustrated. I think he is even more unjust than Dou E!
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The "Notice on the Management of Athletes Engaged in Advertising Activities" was issued by the State Sports Commission at that time. Now the Sports Commission has been renamed the General Sports Commission. He Yiming also guessed that if it passed the Athletics Association, it would definitely not be approved, so He Yiming decided to bypass the Athletics Association and directly submitted the prepared application form to the Sports Federation.
The Sports Federation was also very hesitant about this application. In principle, they did not want to approve it, but there was no reason for disapproval according to the regulations. Moreover, there was a thick pile of legal documents behind the application. They just found enough There must be a legal basis, and there must be a relatively sufficient reason for disapproval.
In the director's office, Director Hou looked at the application and was extremely hesitant.
The commercialization of sports is the future trend. The country needs development and construction, and money is needed everywhere. The country’s financial subsidies alone cannot support the development of the entire country’s sports industry. Therefore, in recent years, sports lottery and the like have been issued. Several major leagues have also begun large-scale reforms and introduced commercial operation models. These are all efforts to commercialize sports. Since the establishment of Team Yao, it is not uncommon for domestic athletes to set up special economic teams. Now that there are examples, it can be said that there are reasonable reasons for approval.
But national conditions are different after all. Athletes are national assets. If they are operated commercially, there will be a lot of trouble. Not to mention whether they will lose control of the athletes. Just talking about the economic interests will make many athletes lose their way. Direction and losing oneself.
"What should we do?" Director Hou kept tapping the pen on the paper, not knowing whether to write "agree" or "disagree".
At this moment, Director Hou's cell phone suddenly rang. As a leader at his level, the normal contact method should be to contact the secretary first. Anyone who can call directly on the mobile phone must be an acquaintance.
Director Hou picked up the phone and exchanged a few words with the other party. However, the next topic of conversation made Director Hou look serious.
This phone call is to help Zhang Guan make his case.
This surprised Director Hou. There was also a person with status on the other side of the phone, but he definitely had nothing to do with the sports industry. He was actually willing to negotiate for Zhang Guanlai. Director Hou was a little surprised. What's more important was that this application had just been submitted to him not long ago. In front of him, this call came in such a timely manner, which showed that the other party's energy was definitely not small.
Director Hou is still hesitating. He is weighing the pros and cons. He has always been an extremely serious and responsible person in his work, but now that he is facing retirement, he has become more cautious in making decisions. This is his responsibility and responsibility.
At this moment, the cell phone rang again. Director Hou picked up the phone, and it turned out that it was another person who came to plead for Zhang Guan.
Being able to recruit two people to be lobbyists, Director Hou knew that Zhang Guan alone would definitely not be able to do it. Looking at the thick stack of legal documents at the back, Director Hou could vaguely guess that Zhang Guan This so-called brokerage team is definitely not simple.
He began to scroll through the list of members of the "championship team" attached to the document at the back.
"Liu Jing, lawyer; Xu Xiujie, advertising company; Hong Zinan, public relations; Zhou Hanlin, accountant; Zhuge Wenbo, exclusive agent. Quite a group of people!" Director Hou then looked at the last name.
"He Yiming, Yiming consulted... It turned out to be him! No wonder those two were found as lobbyists." At this moment, the mystery in Hou Bureau's heart was instantly solved, and he also guessed the cause and effect.
Yiming Consulting Company is not very well-known, and ordinary people may have never heard of it, but at the level of Director Hou, everyone has heard of He Yiming's name more or less.
Although the doubts in Director Hou's mind have been solved, he still has not put pen to paper. He is still thinking about what to do. He is a very principled person. Even if someone comes to lobby for Zhang Guan, he will still consider issues and make decisions from the perspective of the overall situation.
"After all, the commercial operation of sports is a trend, and Zhang Guan's situation is also very special. It can be an attempt, which is another form of exploration. But there must be a prerequisite. There are some things that must be controlled. You can't lose control, otherwise there will be trouble." Director Hou thought of this and gave instructions with a swipe of his pen.
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In the conference room of the Athletics Association, Zhang Guan's formation of a championship team is also being discussed.
"As long as it does not affect normal training, competition results, or negative impact, it will be approved in principle." After reading this instruction, the president turned the application over and faced everyone, and then said: " This is the personal instruction of the leaders of the General Administration.”
"What does the leader mean? Under normal circumstances, the General Administration is not very involved in the management of athletes in the association!" said a leader next to him.
"Maybe the leader wants to explore this aspect of work!" The president did not discuss the leader's ideas in detail. Instead, he turned to Director Luo and asked: "Director Luo, the specific business work of the Field Management Center is your responsibility. Responsible person, Liu Feiren’s previous business operations were relatively good at the center, and you are considered experienced, so let’s share your opinions first!”
Director Luo's position in the Athletics Association is vice president and director of the Field Management Center. In the domestic system, each association will have a management center responsible for specific business work. The leader of the management center is usually a vice president of the association.
Director Luo cleared his throat and said: "In the past few years, we have carried out some commercial operations for Liu Feiren. This is also an attempt by the center to operate on the commercial value of athletes. Although we have achieved certain results, I think There is still a lot of room for improvement. When it comes to business operations, I admit that there is a gap between our center and professional brokers. So I think what the leader means is that it is OK to form your own broker team, and it is OK to participate in business activities. But there must be a limit! This limit is what the leaders of the General Administration put forward, which means that it will not affect normal training, will not affect competition results, and will not bring negative impacts. The leadership’s concept is very forward-looking, so I suggest that we follow the leadership’s instructions and let Zhang Guan Form a brokerage team, but we cannot give up supervision completely."
"If this hole is opened and other athletes follow suit in the future, it will not be conducive to our management in the future, right? Athletes who hire agents will definitely be independent in terms of endorsement and advertising income. Once this person has money, he will not I'm too obedient. I can't say that I'm busy with business activities and won't even participate in the competition." A bald man next to him said.
This bald man’s surname is Qu, and he is also the vice president of the association.
During his tenure, Director Luo discovered two athletes, Liu Fei and Zhang Guan, and won two gold medals in the Olympic sprint events. This was a solid political achievement. The organization was very satisfied with Director Luo's performance at the Field Management Center. There are already rumors within the sports system that Director Luo may be promoted as a result.
Once Director Luo is promoted, the position of director of the Field Management Center will be vacant. Under normal circumstances, another vice president will concurrently serve as the director of the center. President Qu is currently the most likely person to become the next director of the center.
President Qu’s position is that the association should be responsible for developing the commercial value of athletes. As President Qu himself said, he is very worried that once the athletes have a lot of money, they will no longer obey the instructions of the Tianjin Management Center. President Qu does not want his biggest athletes to fail after he takes over the Tianjin Management Center in the future. Unwilling to obey, President Qu objected to Zhang Guan’s establishment of a brokerage team.
There was no expression on the president's face, and I don't know if he had seen through President Qu's intention. However, after weighing the pros and cons, he said: "Since the General Administration has issued instructions, we must implement them seriously. So I suggest , first follow the instructions of the leaders of the General Administration, and agree that Zhang Guan will form a team of agents to be responsible for the development of his personal commercial value. This will be used as a pilot for our management of athletes, but it must not affect normal training and competition results. , nor can it cause any negative impact.”
"At the same time, we have to make three rules first. Once Zhang Guan's participation in commercial activities affects his normal training, affects his competition results, or causes a negative impact, he will be ordered to disband his agent team and our center will be responsible for his commercial value. Develop!”
Director Luo nodded and was the first to agree. He had little experience in running athletes' commercial value and was just trying to cross the river by feeling the stones, so he was more concerned about the "pilot nature."
President Qu also agreed. This so-called "Three Chapters of the Agreement" is actually not clear. What does "affecting normal training" mean? What does "affecting competition results" mean? What does "causing negative impact" mean? I trained for five hours today and four and a half hours tomorrow. Is this called impact training? You broke the world record in this competition. In the next competition, you only won a championship and failed to break the world record. Does this affect the results of the competition? All of this is not clearly defined at all. In Chairman Qu's view, the final interpretation and decision-making power still lies with the Athletics Association. As long as the Association is willing, it can just find any excuse to order Zhang Guan to disband the management team.
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The second chapter arrived, a few hours early, because I was working the night shift today and the internet was disconnected at night, just in time to sort out my thoughts. The head of the association should be called "Chairman". To avoid harmony, change it to "President", which just doesn't sound right. Thanks to book friends gigiliu5277, Moon's Crazy Hatred, _Book-Repairing Thug_, Da Yi Cheng, Xing Xuerou, Take a Look Occasionally, Interesting Things in the Small Town, Zhu Luoyan, Bad Hands in the First Class of Junior High School, 9922392, Handsome Rice, and Red Mansion Yanyu for the reward . Thanks.
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