In mid-September, the Huangpu River is still surrounded by a summer atmosphere. Although it is not midsummer, the temperature approaching 30 degrees Celsius and the strong sunshine are still a difficult test for many people.
Zhang Guan went to the university to report alone, but then all the school leaders rushed over in a hurry. The admission procedures were specially handled for Zhang Guan, and he did not need to participate in the subsequent military training. The school leaders were all focused on taking photos with Zhang Guan at this time. A group photo of two people, a group photo of three people, a group photo of four people, a group photo, and a photo of visiting the school. Then these group photos will be posted to the school's website as quickly as possible, and the publicity staff will start to quickly conceive of the manuscript. The school's photographer will not hesitate to use tape, and the camera will desperately capture Zhang Guan's every move, preparing to catch up with the day. Prime time news.
The competition among the top universities in the country is also very fierce. There is constant competition in various aspects such as subject majors, academic achievements, senior talents, scientific research achievements, patent projects, etc. Fudan is of course the top university among universities, but when it comes to the top universities in the country, people still think of the two century-old universities in the capital first. However, this does not mean that Fudan is willing to lag behind others. Although Zhang Guan's arrival cannot bring about improvement in academic level, the title of Olympic champion and "World's No. 1 Flyer" is obviously a great help to improve the school's brand.
After that, Zhang Guan immediately rushed to the Xinzhuang training base to report. But what surprised Zhang Guan was that Liu Fei and Coach Sun hadn't come back yet, and they were probably still busy in business activities. In fact, Zhang Guan is about the same. He will be shooting an advertisement in the next two or three days. Fortunately, both Yiming Consulting and Hero Advertising have offices in Huangpu, so Zhang Guan is saved time traveling around.
Zhang Guan conducted a short period of adaptive training that day. After the training, Zhang Guan changed his clothes and found that his mobile phone showed several missed calls. The first few were from Director Yu, and the last one was from Zhuge Wenbo. of.
Zhang Guan took the lead in dialing Director Yu's number, and then Director Yu's familiar voice rang from the phone.
"I heard that you have already reported to the Xinzhuang Base? How about it? Get used to it! I have made arrangements before. If you are not used to it, just tell the logistics at the base." Director Yu said.
"It's not bad, I can adapt to it. The facilities here are really good, but the temperature here is still relatively hot. I have conducted adaptive training this afternoon and just finished training." Zhang Guan replied.
"That's good. You practice first. I bought a plane ticket to go to your place the day after tomorrow. If the plane is not delayed, you can arrive at the Xinzhuang base before noon." Director Yu said.
"Are you coming here?" Zhang Guan was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Is there another competition?"
"Yes. Go abroad, to Yokohama, Japan, and leave next week." Director Yu continued: "Liu Fei will also go, but they probably haven't returned to the Xinzhuang base yet. Calculating the time, they should go back tomorrow."
"The time is quite tight. What kind of event is it?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Yokohama IAAF All-Star Game." Director Yu added after finishing his words: "It is an invitational event, and all the strong players are invited. Alan Johnson will go to the 110-meter hurdles event, and Gatlin and Green from the US team will be included in your 100-meter dash event. They will all go too.”
"Invitational tournament!" Zhang Guan asked quietly: "The Japanese must have spent a lot of money!"
Director Yu on the other side of the microphone smiled awkwardly, and then said: "Originally, considering that the Olympic Games have just ended and the athletes are relatively tired, the center is not prepared to let you participate, but considering that this is your first time as an Olympic champion, This is my first trip abroad, and Japan is a very good destination. We are both in Asia and not too far away. Moreover, the organizers of Japan are very sincere, and the center finally agreed to let you participate."
"I'm going to Japan to show off my championship!" Zhang Guan continued: "How much is Japan's sincerity worth?"
"One hundred thousand dollars. The organizer said that as long as you appear, they will give you an appearance fee of one hundred thousand dollars, and the round-trip air tickets will be reimbursed. In addition, they will also arrange a fan meeting for you with an appearance fee of twenty thousand dollars." Director Yu thought for a while, Then he said: "Also, the bonuses are quite high. The 100-meter champion gets 200,000 US dollars."
"It's quite a lot. The Japanese are really willing to spend a lot of money. If the Japanese money is not earned in vain, they will definitely go." Zhang Guan said: "But do the Japanese tend to be sadistic? Pay us to slap them in the face. ?”
The appearance fee for sports games is inherently lower than the appearance fee for commercial activities. After American Maurice Green won the Olympic championship four years ago, his appearance fee for competitions would reach US$20,000; and after Montgomery broke the world record two years ago, his appearance fees for competitions would be approximately US$25,000; consider Taking into account inflation and other factors, if the appearance fee for Zhang Guan is now 30,000 US dollars, it should be a more reasonable price. So the Japanese offered a price of 100,000 US dollars, which was more than three times the normal price.
In the microphone, Director Yu continued: "Actually, there are other more important reasons for sending you to compete. In the past week, there has been a very bad trend in international sports public opinion. They said that the reason why you and Liu Feiren were able to win the Olympic championship , just because of better luck. They believe that in the 110-meter hurdles event, it was because Alan Johnson retired that Liu Feiren won a gold medal; and in the 100-meter dash, it was because the Americans were in poor condition that they won the gold medal. .”
"Liu Fei won the championship by tying the world record, and I won the championship by breaking the world record. How can this not shut their mouths? When the Americans are in good condition, they don't even show me how to break the world record." Zhang Guan said disdainfully. .
"European and American countries will not be able to see our rise. Not only in terms of economy and military, but also in sports. So you have to run well this time, and you have to fight for it even if you don't make steamed buns!" Director Yu paused. , and then said: "After the All-Star Game, I will come back immediately and go to Luzhou to participate in the National Track and Field Grand Prix Finals, so the schedule next week will be intensive, so you must be mentally prepared."
Zhang Guan calculated the time and said, "Doesn't it mean that after returning from Japan, we will go to Luzhou? Time is a bit tight!"
"Yes. You must go to the finals of the National Track and Field Grand Prix. The audience in Luzhou is very enthusiastic. When I heard that you were going, more than 10,000 tickets have been sold out. And by the time of the finals , major sponsors will also participate, so our center hopes to make the competition more lively. If you participate, it will be very helpful for signing sponsors for next year's international track and field events."
When Director Yu said this, he seemed to remember something again, and then said: "There is a competition next week. I have to pay more attention to what I eat recently. Eat all three meals at the base. Don't eat outside."
After ending the call with Director Yu, Zhang Guan dialed Zhuge Wenbo's mobile phone.
"Nike's endorsement has been negotiated." Zhuge Wenbo continued on the mobile phone: "Twenty million for two years, including the cost of an advertisement. Of the twenty million, fifteen million is in cash, and five hundred If it's a sponsorship of sports equipment, what do you think? If possible, I can sign it tomorrow morning."
"Brother Wenbo, you are so awesome. I thought it would be good if you could give me five or six million a year. So in terms of cash alone, it would be 7.5 million a year, and there is also a sponsorship of 2.5 million. With this much money, I will definitely sign!" Zhang Guan spoke.
Zhang Guan knew that, to be fair, the price offered by Naike was definitely quite high. Among other athletes, Liu Feiren re-signed with Nike after winning the Olympics for an endorsement fee of 4 million. The Little Prince of Diving signed a contract with Ruibu for an endorsement fee of 3 million. Among domestic football players, Everton's big iron fee is 200 million per year. million endorsement fee, Sheffield United's Haidong is 1.5 million per year. So in comparison, Naik also spent a lot of money on Zhang Guan, which can be regarded as the number one in the country.
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USA.
Zach returned to his apartment with a tired look on his face, then lay down on the sofa and never wanted to get up again.
He had just visited several angel investors and several technology-focused investment institutions in Silicon Valley, hoping to obtain their investment, but the conditions offered by those greedy angel investors and investment institutions were unacceptable to him. Investors asked him not just for shares, but also for oversight and control of the company.
"If I agree to those investors, then FB will no longer be my company. No, absolutely not! I can't let anyone take away my company!" Zach thought of the faces of those investors and couldn't help but get angry. .
But then Zach thought, if there is no financial support, FB he founded will definitely not be able to continue. Maybe next month, he will not even be able to pay the cost of renting a server!
Since FB was founded in February, the user base has continued to expand, but not long ago, another social network site CONNECTU took FB to court, accusing Zach of illegally using their development source code. In the United States, it costs a lot of money to fight a lawsuit like this to enforce property rights. It costs money to find a lawyer, provide evidence, find expert endorsements, etc., but Zach has no money now.
So in the past few days, Zach began to look for investment. From Boston to Silicon Valley, he found many investors, and many investors were very interested in Zach's FB, but all the investors asked for one thing, that It is the voting rights of the board of directors, and some even require more than 50% of the equity. This condition is absolutely unacceptable to Zach.
"What should I do? What should I do? No, I can't give up yet. If it doesn't work, I will go to New York tomorrow to look for opportunities on Wall Street." Although Zach knows that all the businessmen on Wall Street are cannibals. , but he was at the end of his rope and he had to give it a try.
Just then, Zach's phone rang. He picked up the phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar phone number.
"It must be another telemarketing call, this mortal's telemarketing call!" Zach hung up the phone directly, but unexpectedly, three minutes later, the number called again, and only then did Zach answer the phone.
"Hello, are you Mr. Zach, the founder of FB?" said the other side of the phone.
"It's not American. This isn't an American accent. Could it be British or Australian?" Zach couldn't tell the origin of the other person from his accent. Then he said: "Hello, I am Zach, who are you?"
"Please forgive me for interrupting. My name is Alan Chen. I am a representative of Hong Kong Fidelity Investment Company. Our company feels that FB is a very potential project and we hope to invest in this project." The other party said.
"Invest!" Zach suddenly sat up from the sofa and said immediately: "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, did you just say you wanted to invest?"
"Yes, investment. I don't know when Mr. Zach will have time. We can meet and discuss in detail." Chen said.
"I have time now!" Zach suddenly became energetic: "If possible, we can meet now!"
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